Eric Delay - Four Moments (2012)

Fuselab

9.0

/Experimental electronica, IDM, Ambient techno, Downtempo, Mood music/

Comment: Eric Delay aka Silent Cuts (born in 1986) is a musician from Ulyanovsk, Russia who offers up four sonic episodes which will be finished off at the length of 11.30. More concretely, it is a honest, lush blend of gritty brain techno rhythms and downtempo vibes, lambent IDM progressions and tropical electronica. In a word, this is a set of masterfully produced tracks indeed. 

Wrong Way Home - Weedway (2009)

Black Mess

9.5

/Dystopbient, Avant-techno, Industrial techno, Abstract electronica, Industrial illbient, Dark ambient/  

Comment: this 5-piece issue starts off with the kind of abstract, underwater techno which will be followed by more misanthropic, industrial-soaked notches which are full of evil-sounding frequencies, out-of-Earth vibrations and glitch-hued dystopic thudding. However, it conjures up lots of elusive, otherworldly objects of the perception. Amazing drift indeed.

Bulimic Orgy & Mile - Reverse Of the Void LP (2012)

Dusted Wax Kingdom

9.4

/Trip-hop, Sampledelic, Downtempo, Shoegazetronica, Cut and paste, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Bulimic Orgy is a duo from Riga, Latvia who used to fuse the sequences of slow-paced beats and gleaming, sampledelic electronica/trip-hop into a fabulous, organic whole. Now and then it used to grow into a kind of looming reminiscent more of shoegaze-loaded electronica though it used to be laidback frequently as well. However, it is an unforgettable issue because of involving lots of full and half-brushed shades, picturesque effects, and exulting moods. 

[Teaser of the day] ENRIQUE RAMIREZ – Planeras

Elite Gymnastics - Neu! ’92 EP (2011)

Elite Gymnastics

9.5

/Post-psychedelic electronica, Avant-pop, Poptronica, Experimental indie, Alternative, Glo-fi, Neokrautrock/ 

Comment: Elite Gymnastics is another nowadays urban tribal collective which obviously harks back both to the tradition of motorik rock and nature-near (post) psychedelia/the object of hippies and goth-inspired post-punk a la The Cure, and The Comsat Angels. More profoundly, this 4-track issue is filled in with thudding beat sequences and plangent bass frequencies and on the other side blissed-out synth looming and spacey vocal lines. The release can be compared with the oeuvres by the likes of Gang Gang Dance, Excepter, Animal Collective, Chevalier Avant Garde. And of course with Neu!, the legendary Dusseldorf-based krautrock duo which is being the apparent inspiration source for our heroes. At least this time.   

Chevalier Avant Garde - HAIRCUT 7" (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Chillwave, Post-punk, Avant-punk, Alternative, Art punk, Glo-fi, Poptronica, Post-psychedelic electronica, Avant-pop/ 

Comment: let`s go back to Montrèal, Quebec, Canada the city which has been a bacciferous place for a wide array of experimental and avant-garde bands. No doubt, Chevalier Avant Garde is one spot amongst others within there. There are represented a pair of tracks which are full of Zeitgeist-induced tendencies, yet, chiming lovely and naturally. It crosses the territory of blissful chillwave/glo-fi with mechanical, goth-soaked post-punk/art punk a la Joy Division, and Suicide. In a word, it is simply great.   

Metropol - My Own Gravity (2011)

Bandcamp

7.7

/Pomp pop, Alternative pop/rock, Symphonic rock, Synth rock/

Comment: Metropol is a collective from Spain who is obviously influenced by contemporary alternative pop/rock bands like The Killers, Franz Ferdinand, Keane (those chiming guitars) and on the other side it used to incorporate more bombastic elements, for instance the seeds of symphonical rock/metal and even some hair rock elements. There are up some amusing synth progressions and the falsetto-styled vocal is variegated with the baritone singing.  

Mixtape 15-05-2012

Mixtape

Tracklist:

MeDo`s Little Trap - Medicine Sound

http://labelnetlabel.com/artists/medos-little-trap

This Lonely Crowd - Scaramouche

http://sinewave.com.br/2012/02/this-lonely-crowd-doppeldanger-and-other-delicious-secrets-2012/

Electricwest - Scarlet

http://www.archaichorizon.com/releases/show/ah033

Clinker - Music Gives You Power

http://clinker.org.uk/albums/mp3.html 

Depth Affect - Sarah Carbone (D_Rradio remix) 

http://archive.org/details/moulin012

Tracky Birthday - Newish Disco

http://www.upitup.com/catalogue/release.php?cat_id=28

[Teaser of the day] Alexander Wigger - On Television

Carl-Step - From Far Away (2012)

Jamendo

9.0

/Electronic pop, Synth pop, New Wave, Experimental electronica, Robot pop/

Comment: this one track takes on the tradition of synthetic, robot pop. First of all, of course, it hints at Kraftwerk and upon it the legacy of New Wave/space disco/electro rock which in turn was heavily influenced by the German more or less electronic rock (so-called krautrock). More concretely, the track (3.44) bases on the formidable melody hook containing gloomy dust and autotuned vowel dust.