Tomsk IDM Composers - Avalon Glow (2012)

Subwise

Lastfm

9.1

/Dubstep, Experimental techno, IDM, Witch house, Crossover, Experimental electronica, Grime, Hip-hop/

Comment: this set of 4 tracks at the length of over 17 minutes provide either the facets of deviated hip-hop/grime music or dazed IDM/experimental techno outlets. More detailedly, the project do sketch bubbling rhythm tentacles and blissful plateaus and gloomy yet somehow amusing vocal lines. Of course, at the moment such kind of sound represented by the group is to be considered to have lots of intersections with the vibes of such murky styles as witch house and dubstep as well.

[Teaser of the day] Chelsea Marie - Sleep To This

CLLCT

lucky one - SuperKontraBass

Insub Meta Orchestra - archive #1 (2011)

Insubordinations

9.2

/Acousmatics, Psycho-acoustic, Electro-acoustic, Noise, Improvised music, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Microtonal, Musique concrète, Conceptual/

Comment: the lineup of Insub Meta Orchestra consists of a formidable amount of artists who used to exploit unusual instruments and "instruments" in addition to the conventional ones. For instance, besides guitars, violin, saxophone and laptop the listener will get aware of the presence of theremin, tone generator, tennis racquet (sic!), and buzuki. On the other side, in rough sense this 6-piece album can be considered a cooperation (or exploration of) between acoustic and electronic sonority which is tightly spiced up with the snippets of concrete sounds and amplified sonic effect-relied washes. This erratic universe results in flourishing psycho-acoustic noises and cagy microtonal contemplations where the inner borders are blurred and could only be fixed contingently. Is it an instance of meta sound then?         

Major Crimes - Monsoon (2012)

Bandcamp

9.1

/Leftfield, Alternative pop, Bedroom pop, DIY, Experimental indie/ 

Comment: behind this Adeliade, Australia-based group hides himself Brian Bonz and his numerous collaborators and friends at the time of recording sessions. Their 4-track publication stands at the crossroads of new and old, between modern and traditional, between bedroom/DIY aesthetics and "established" music. Basically it is instrumental psychedelic pop showcasing slight soul and funk ingredients based on spatial guitar chords and wah wah based effects and programmed rhythms in the background. This album could be considered a solid chain between Ariel Pink, and the mid-period CAN or hypothetically Jimi Hendrix and Sly & The Family Stone mixed enterprises, for instance.  

Ze German ‎– White Label Techno (2011)

Depth

8.4

/Techno, Club dance, Rave, Trance techno, Electronic pop/ 

Comment: this 4-track issue takes mostly on trance mixed techno which is directed toward party and rave peoples using swift paces and acute frequencies. More detailedly, potential arty aspirations are quite minimized and more power and electricity is accrued instead of it. Almost every notch on it involves samples from other artists` compositions (Musique, Yaz, Robert Tepper) thereby providing quite loose, even sampledelic transitions to other directions. These pumping beats can be thought to be an optimal subject played both in the abandoned factories and at the Freedom Parade. Let`s call it either street or stadium techno.

[Teaser of the day] x.y.r. - First Weeks On The Island

Dyman - Suns Of Neurons Teaser

DYMAN - SUNS OF NEURONS TEASER from DYMAN on Vimeo.

The Plastic Jazz Orchestra - 39° (2012)

Headphonica

9.4

/IDM, Experimental electronica, Nu-jazz, Indietronica, Avant-electronica/

Comment: TPJO was established by Bernd Burnson as an ensemble electronique for modern music in late 2006. Although soon thereafter he passed away his ideas do perdure. Indeed, the rhythms and beats coming out of it are poignantly composed, however, having a loads of hints at different genres and fields (indie, jazz, IDM, tango). At times it comes out as quite joyous entertainment, sometimes, on the contrary, providing more epic gliding and shifts. If you are interested in to get the more detailed comparisons for it then you can think of it as an example of how Bang On A Can could sound under the umbrella of Warp Records.

Вежа Хмар - Плач (1998)

Homepage

9.2

/New Weird Ukraine, Neofolk, Lo-fi, Weird folk, Avant-folk, Dream folk, Experimental folk, Dark folk, Anti-folk, Free folk, Improvised music/
 
Comment: this 17-piece issue is a hidden gem having already been recorded in the ending part of the 1990s. This Ukraine-based musical group takes on a quirky kind of folk music which pours out ghastly vowel lines and effects, trance-induced drums, elusive (mini)-orchestrations, silentful monotonously bouncing bass chords, and some expressive keyboard drones (one track includes even the samples by Kraftwerk). The whole is an organic drift made up of both improvised approach and deliberated tactics. There can be drawn parallels upon the representatives of dark/neofolk, New Weird-related and the Finnish forest folk scenes. In a word, after listening to the release you can feel it was a truly elusive, unforgettable experience of the folk shamanism. Purgative and relieving in any cases.