Kisszanto - Surrealism On Tape (2011)

Dusted Wax Kingdom

8.5

/Trip-hop, Hip-hop, Downtempo, Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Lo-fi, Mood music, DIY/ 

Comment: Kisszanto is a producer and DJ from Hungary whose 11-track album Surrealism On Tape used to soothe and bounce simultaneously. Indeed, it is backed up by a wide array of rhythm sequences veering away from slow-natured breaks and hip-hop-alike patterns to more tumultuous jungle/dnb-relied propulsions. All of that is bruished against the sort of homemade aesthetics. Of course, the listener can feel him/herself a little bit confused because there is difference between the title and the content of the album, though, the result is enough enjoyable on its own (built upon repetitive structures, looptronic aesthetics). No doubt, such kind of music seems to be highly influenced by the oeuvres of Flying Lotus.  

I Am Esper - Echoes From A Cold Planet (2012)

Abandonment 

Bandcamp

8.6

/Psycho-acoustic, Acousmatics, Avant-garde, Dark ambient, DIY, Lo-fi, Dystopbient/ 

Comment: this long-running, 18-minute composition seems to be within the realm of lo-fi-tinged black ambient where the listener can perceive hollow shades and some lack of gravity. Indeed, it is a little provolking due to its coarseness and intention to drift in between barely audible and unheardable dimensions as if all of that were situated at the botoom of a well somewhere. Oh, I have forgotten it - it is a cold astral body actually.

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Gangrena - The Zombie Survival Society (2012)

Torn Flesh

9.2

/Death metal, Crust punk, Grindcore, Goregrind, Non-music, Brutal metal/ 

Comment: the listener can be sure that Gangrena, the Mexico-based collective is obviously an out of pop group because of incessantly mutilating and demolishing possible fine song structures and harmonies presented in mind. Gangrena`s release used run on devouring, indecipherable vocal/moaning lines, angrily attacking guitar massives, deathly punching drums and other abrasive (or on the other way unexpected) minutiae by right and left side. As the result the issue releases a vast amount of psyched-out emission into surrounding space. In a word, it is a genuinely cruel, hellish dog.    

Fabian Russ - Schrottmann Remixed (2011)

tonAtom

9.2

/Art pop, Experimental electronica, Sampledelic, Remixes, Sound collage, Downtempo, Crossover, Conceptual, Mood music/ 

Comment: first of all, this release of 9 pieces involves a wide array of different kind of paces and moods, more detailly, extending from airy piano music-induced impetus and uplifting art/indie pop washes to more warped electronic compositions, velvety downtempo/trip-hop gears and old school funk bits. Considering all of this merry-go-round-alike patchwork the outlet can be defined as a subtle instance of sampledelic aesthetics. The remixes are made by such artists as Firnwald, Francis Bacon, Photophob, The Plastic Jazz Orchestra, The1983, Hr. Herr, Marco Sebastian Christ, and Osterland. Pro.

Ratkiller - Gallic Cones (2012)

Dipsomaniac

Lastfm

9.0

/Synth fusion, DIY, Progressive rock, RIO/Avant-prog, Experimental rock, Mood music, Crossover/

Comment: this 10-piece album takes on investigation of the relations between psychedelic fusion, 80`s synthesized regatta pop, space tinged-art pop, DIY-hued aesthetics (indeed, successfully avoiding the quality of sterile studio sound), and RIO/avant-prog glimpses and slots. Anyway, the final result is prudently amusive and uplifting where the technical side of it is finely counterbalanced with moody, psychic sides. Behind the project is Mihkel Kleis, who is being known as the leader of such formations as Luarvik Luarvik, and EDASI.

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Overcolored - Corvus Corone Cornix (2011)

 Bandcamp

Lastfm

8.8

/Post-rock, Crossover, Progressive metal, Art rock, Progressive rock, Symphonic metal, Melodic rock/

Comment: Overcolored is a pretentious ensemble from Krakow, Poland whose oeuvre do meet at the crossroads of soothing, at times concrete music-induced post-rock-ish developments, tumultuous progressive rock-ish rhythm patterns and acrid guitar riffs, and spectacular symphonic rock/melodic metal (indeed, the instrumental side is finely counterbalanced by female operatic soaring). In a nutshell, the result is an intricate and intriguing whole. And the coverprint is shrewd and metaphorical indeed.