LFC - Armoço Di Dumingu (2012)

pCloud

8.9

/Avant-blues, Art rock, Improvised music, Experimental rock/

Comment: Brazilian experimental musician Lucas Pastina aks LFC sets out guitars only to create a hirsute instrumentally improvised landscape being obviously influenced by blues-y waxing and waning interactions and John Fahey-tinged distorted primitivistic yet compelling licks. Of course, because of being stylistically so restricted it might sound a little bit obsessive and glowering. This 4-track issue provides if the listener does have enough time for it she/he gets the genuine charm out of it. In any cases, Pastina`s music deserves attention.

[Teaser of the day] Tiaam Basho - YYY

[Teaser of the day] Okinawa Lifestyle - Girls Annoy Boys (feat. Alie Lavoie)

Efiel - Afternoon Nap

Music For Your Plants - Expedition Chant Cup/Sampler EP (2012)

MFYP

FMA

Lastfm

9.4

/Club dance, Electronic pop, Remixes, Alternative dance, Chilltronica, Alternative, Leftfield, Glo-fi, Indie dance/ 

Comment: obviously one of the best contemporary Estonian musical combos MFYP have changed a bit their style propelling more electronic and especially club dance-driven propulsions instead of glo-fi and indie tinged alternative fusion on their 4-track brand (the issue clocks in at 18 minutes) new one sampler. More concretely, this time it veers away distinctive Balearic vibes, esoteric New Age-hued gliding, bouncy trance mixed electronica and blissed-out exotica elements. In a word, let`s enjoy this sampler which has been managed in a way to acquire both visceral and brain dance tendencies for your pleasure.

Lizard Kisses - Water Tap (2012)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Indie pop, Exotica pop, Tropical pop, Alternative, Art pop/

Comment: still fabulous Brooklynites Cory Siegler and Marc Merza make music which is a tiny bit deviated from their artsy and intimate/restrained folk music on this particular track. They are assisted by Jordan Lee (vocals), and Andrew Morehart (drums) therefore rocking a little more off and having somewhat more exotic flavour than in an usual case. More detailedly, it chimes like an instance of pleasing Hawaii-tinged indie/tropical pop full of bouncy guitar hooks, sultry feeling and assuasive vocal harmonies overhead. The single is taken out of their 7" split issue with Crystal Dorval`s one-man-project My Friend Wallis (from Victoria, Canada).

[Teaser of the day] Sylvain Chaveau - Situation Finale

[Teaser of the day] Karaoke Tundra - Audiosmog

The Sunpilots - The Piper's Mirror

Luno - Disbelief (2011)

CLLCT

9.5

/Dream folk, Experimental folk, Dark folk, Singer-songwriter, Alternative, Noir folk/

Comment: I truly adore this set of 3 tracks which contains 2 versions of the eponymous track, and Three Breaths To A Swing in addition to it. However, it stylistically takes on dream folk and neofolk blended outlets based on dreamy synth reveries, anguished vocal delivery and strumming acoustic guitar magic. Because of being the first in a series of singles from Luno`s forthcoming record Precipice I recommend to listen to the album (released in 2012) as well.

[Teaser of the day] C. Scott - Round it Goes

[Teaser of the day] Halubchi - Grandmaster

Benjamin Briggs - At Nerdapalooza

Saito Koji - Again (2012)

Resting Bell

9.6

/Avant-garde, Guitar ambient, Space rock, Experimentalism, Post-rock, Ambient noise, Epic, Shoegaze, Ambient drone, Drone, Soundscapes, Minimalism/

Comment: the japanese experimentalist Saito Koji`s 8-faceted universe does formally rotate around guitars, though, at times these chords are more treated, at times slightly less. It veers away from knee-deep ambient and essential minimalism to freely strumming shoegaze shades and majestic space rock references. More profoundly, it is built upon slowly changing phases, delusive undulation and barely audible turbulences on the ground which in turn will evoke suggestive shades somewhere in a lush sonic bowery. Hopefully I am not the only one who can perceive how the ground stepwisely does subside underneath the feet now and then. Inspite of being quite laconic in his expression Saito`s touch is thoroughly emotive and cathartic. Less is more, as we used to know very well. But do not call it a sort of chill music, though. If I had my own country I probably would choose a track, Sunset, for instance, to be the anthem of the country. I guess Neil Halstead, and Kevin  Shield would be proud of it if it would have been produced by themselves. I recommend to listen to his other issues on Resting Bell and other sites as well.

$PL▲$H ¢LUB 7 - Don`t Stop Splashing (2012)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Seapunk, Sound collage, 8-bit, Drag, Trap, Breakcore, Trianglecore, Witch house, Glo-fi, DIY, Lo-fi, Alternative, Cut and paste, Witchgaze, Leftfield, Electronic pop, Electro pop/


Comment: this one-man- act (previously known as Slowtempo) comes out from New Zealand and is predominantly tagged as "seapunk". The generic term "seapunk" does mean an adjacent form to glo-fi and witch house, however, the aforementioned elements are mixed up with aquatic themes (dripping situations, for instance), self-irony and even a bit absurd. Indeed, this set of 7 tracks clashes basically against ebbing and flowing lo-fi frequencies and DIY aesthetics in a highly tumultuous way, sometimes the aesthetics clears up revealing its sympathy toward shoegaze-ish influences, loose snare drum based trap circulation, hirsute 8-bit-ish droning, and precious electro pop. It is very suitable to start off your day with these frantic vibes.

[Teaser of the day] Terracota Blue - Away

[Teaser of the day] Al Jolson - Hello Tucky

Archive

Spell - Guided Highways

Spell in "Guided Highways" from prOphecy sun on Vimeo.

Along Came December - Lost Memories (2012)

Canata

Lastfm

9.0

/Alternative rock, Art rock, Post-punk, Gothic rock, Art punk/

Comment: Along Came December is a one-man-project launched by the Englishman Glen Jones in 2006 under the nom de plume Hello Stranger. Jones was then sparked by video games and 80s/90s indie rock. Indeed, this set of 4 tracks is an enjoyable journey by listening to a tiny bit austere, post-punk/goth oriented and chiming jangle pop-tinged alternative pop. Yet, this album can not be considered a part of the post-punk revival started off at the beginning of 00s because of being more uncompromising in regard to the contemporary mainstream music. Jones` aesthetics involves faithfully much of the attitude pertaining to the one of the 80`s alternative groups.

Chord - Year As A Ghost (2012)

Basic_sounds

9.2

/Electronic pop, Dreamwave, House, Deep house, Downtempo, Club dance/ 

Comment: indeed, by listening to this 7-track album you could imagine yourself to be a lone ghost for a while. The whole consists of airy piano chords and ethereal vowel whiffs which are waded in by an array of variegating rhythms, concrete sounds-tinged and orchestrated synth stripes at times. However, all these sparawling particles are settled down to wobble within the realm of pouting house vibes backdropped with acidic piano hammering and soulful tuning, at times having a trip through universes which are freed from the burden of gravitation. In a word, the issue because of being soaringly idealistic can be considered a tool to get yourself out from this world. Would you like to be an escapist approximately for an hour?

[Teaser of the day] Smak - Čoveče, ti si mlad!

[Teaser of the day] Something Fiction - Sunshine On My Shoulders

Joxfield ProjeX - Stowaway Lullaby

Juanitos - OrganiXperiment (2012)

Jamendo
Soundcloud

9.2

/Psychedelia, Funk, Surf rock, Alternative, Acid pop, Latin music, Exotica pop, Chill out, Lounge music/ 

Comment: hooray, France-based musician Juan Naveira aka Mr Juan (also known in regard to his side projects Miss Emma, and Limbo Deluxe) is back with a barrage of psychedelic organ sounds, seamless surf licks, dizzy funk grooves, and sly latin motives mixed flickers. Similarly to his previous issues it is highly amusing and chilling. If you dare to call it as "muzak" then you should admit it is a sort of arty muzak whose
inspirational sources do hark back to whimsical space age pop and elfish exotica/tiki pop in addition to the aforementioned sections. However, there are even up some motorik elements related to the aesthetics of krautrock, and indie vibes. Indeed, I have never perceived the use of synthesizers by him before it. In a nutshell, it is a fabulous listening experience.

Binärpilot - You Can't Stop Da Funk (2006)

Jamendo

Binärpilot

Lastfm

9.0

/Chiptune, Electronic pop, Robopop, 8-bit, Funk, Electro pop, World fusion, Poptronica/

Comment: popular Norwegian producer Alexander Støver aka Binärpilot`s 4-track issue does encapsulate a wide range of styles and genres veering away from 70`s Bowie-esque funk propulsions and contemporary rnb appearances to more precise electro cadences and mechanic groove appealed territories where robot-tweaked rhythms are traded to sawtooth and squarewave-shaped rhythms, and on the contrary. There is also up the third dimension which is closely related to slight world music/Orient-fused progressions where you experience both Jewish and Arabic patterns. In a word, we can´t do it.

Teaser of the day] Anton Rothschild - A love song to Evelyn McHale

[Teaser of the day] Bata Ketu - Iroko

Lizard Kisses - Close

Lizard Kisses - Close from LIZARD KISSES on Vimeo.

Nicht Rio - Title Turtle (2011)

Insubordinations

8.9

/Improvised music, Electro-acoustic, Experimentalism, Live session, Avant-garde, Musique concrete, Acousmatics/

Comment: Lionel Malric (prepared piano), Yannis Frier (table guitar, amplified objects), Sebastien Bouhana (drums, percussions) are being a part of the Grand Chahut Collectif. This session was shot during their first tour in 2010 while the trio was travelling in the South of France with a hundred-year-old baby grand piano. They shared the stage with the likes of Sébastien Cirotteau, Emmanuel Cremer, Charles Fichaux, Bastien Pelenc, Heddy Boubaker, Olivier Germain-Noureux and Laurent Rochelle. However, their introducing gig as a trio was performed in the Notre-Dame Chapel in Fabrezan at the "Son MiRé" festival. More profoundly, the particular session does last approximately an half-hour being filled in with squeaking bits, intriguing signal-tweaked effects, buffoonish turns and detours, a little whistling sounds and surrounding dense ambience therefore honouring the kind of electro-acoustic, acousmatic and concrete music. By describing the impulses of the track the listener can detect a course getting grow more intense and noiseful with every subsequent step the ensemble is taking toward the final seconds.

Cadmio - EP (2011)

Yo!

9.3

/Art rock, Indie, Alternative rock, DIY, Noir rock, Post-punk/

Comment: this handful of tracks is produced by the Italian musician Luigi Palmieri whose instrumental ones are composed with the spot on glowering guitar riffs and sprawling hooks and uplifting propulsions which are backed up with sublime synth textures full of emotive lines and intriguing forms. At times the whole reminds a bit of an outtake dragged out from the post-punk/noir rock/art rock scene. It can be compared with Vini Reilly`s guitar work, for instance. Delicious by any means.

[Teaser of the day] Simon Piler and The Atom Band - Two Blues

CLLCT

[Teaser of the day] Nicolas J. Roncea - Play Your Song

A Problem Like Maria - The Girl Can't Help It

C.Scott - Stage Theory (Beats vol. 3) (2012)

Bandcamp

9.5

/Sound collage, Breaks, Trip-hop, Chill out, Mood music, Chilltronica, Cinematic, Experimental hip-hop/

Comment: this set of 17 compositions is a precious release because of appropriately alternating between exactly changing rhythm patterns, moody harmonics and suggestive motives thereby managing to chime timelessly throughout the course. However, the relations between the different parts in particular songs are fresh, dynamic and even whimsical at times. The particles the album is built on are immersed either with glacial and noir-esque shimmers or red giant-soaked glimpses or narcotic feasts. Those languid yet crispy bits can be within the highest objects to enjoy for now and later. There can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Flying Lotus, Ears, Strad, Phaseone, Kisszanto, Bulimic Orgy & Mile, Rimar etc.

Alaska - Shitty Songs For Stupid People (2012)

Bandcamp

Soundcloud

9.2

/Alternative rock, Punk, Garage, Hardcore, Blues, Psychedelic rock, Acid rock/

Comment: there are up 12 rants exceeded over 30 minutes which basically take on punk rock blasts which are variegated with hardcore, garage, blues and dirty electronic chips. The listener can be sure the issue he or she is listening to at a time is an uncompromising explosion of rock and roll embracing slaughtering edges, disillusive noiseful feedbacks, and intoxicating punches. However, what else could you expect from a genuine rock and roll album?

[Teaser of the day] Zero Call - Fear

Archive

[Teaser of the day] Darwin Raymond - Distant Lights

Resting Bell

Bristophe - Dismissed Frankenstein (2012)

Test Tube

8.8

/Improvised music, Soundtrack, Chamber music, Conceptual, Experimentalism/

Comment: Bristophe is an improvised music duo comprising of Brice Catherin, and Cristophe Schweitzer. These 7 tracks have been managed in a way to take on barely audible chamber music filled in with more or less hirsute chords and some mellow storms in a teacup. It sounds somewhere in between Miles Davis´ intimate moments and Penguin Cafe Orchestra`s more restrained glimpses. Furthermore, it sounds like a soundtrack because it was produced like a soundtrack for a film called Frankenstein back in 2009.  

Apskaft Presents: Rolling Stone 500 (2010)

Apskaft

9.0

/Conceptual, Weird pop, Alternative, Avant-garde, Noise, Covers, DIY, Lo-fi/

Comment: this set of 12 tracks is connected to some titles of the Rolling Stone magazine`s choice of the 500 greatest pop songs ever. Behind these cover versions are musical groups and artists related to the avant-garde collective Apskaft. The course veers away from decent alternative pop numbers to more nihilistic lo-fi and noise approaches. Very exciting indeed. The label`s other compilations are worth to be recommended for either.

[Teaser of the day] Barry Anderswin Disko - Alfhild

[Teaser of the day] Kuldar Moor - Q Moodul

Archive

Strad - Post-Apocalyptic Beats (2008)

Dusted Wax Kingdom

Lastfm

9.7

/Breaks, Cinematic, Urban music, Acid, Experimental electronica, Dubstep, Trap/ 

Comment: by watching the title of an album by Strad you can suppose the content of it is about dystopic industrial-filled rustles and hisses. However, in fact, it used to move along this premiss and sometimes not as well. Indeed, it contains a loads of aggressive synth gears, compelling rhythmic metrics, and expressive noises, yet, on the other side Strad takes on cinematic and developments full of opalescent dreams and tremendous desire for reaching cosmic territories and heavy reveries. The issue seems to be laid down somewhere in between a cutting edge-y approach and a more crowd appealing exploration. By the way, this 13-track album can be considered a precursor for Flying Lotus`Cosmogamma issued in 2010 (Warp Records). In a word, it is a superb yet still unsung release.

C. Reider - One Of The Drone Boys (2011)

Linear Obsessional

9.2

/Drone, Experimentalism, Avant-garde, Microtonal, Noise, Minimalism/

Comment: this bundle of 7 compositions is inspired by the words of Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly) who said that C.Reider is "one of the drone boys". However, there is up a proper drone issue produced with the assistance of wave generators, synths, didgeridoos, undocumented samples, site recordings. The soundscapes of him used to be restrained and minimal, though, having an evident impulse for further expansions and escalations. By the coloured scope Reiter`s exploration used to run on the white and gray scale covered up with the frequencies of signals and treated noises.

[Teaser of the day] Etza Meisyara - Marionette Opera

[Teaser of the day] Turrks - Vericose Alley

Mitsuru Shimizu - Ili (2012)

Elementperspective

FMA

Bandcamp

9.0

/Piano, Modern classical, Freeformfreakout, Anime pop, Experimental electronica, Crossover/

Comment: this bundle of 3 tracks sounds like a steamroll launching with restrained, almost inaudible piano chords and glimpses and then stepwisely transmitting into a frantic electronic space and lopsided structures covered with ragged beats, spoken word whiffs, anime-affected textures, and autotuned vocals.

Lauki - 69º54´S​-​135º12´E (2012)

Audio Gourmet
Bandcamp

9.7

/Experimentalism, Chamber music, Modern classical, Avant-garde, Electro-acoustic, Acousmatics/

Comment: (Mikel) Lauki is a Basque-artist (born in Pamplona) who is residing in Barcelona at the moment. His 5-track issue is a melancholic, glittering whole travelling down along with emotive cello chords which in turn are backed up by treated electronics and epic acoustics mixed environment. It involves uplifting crescendos and sublime shuffle of chords. Sometimes it is more experimental, sometimes more poppy thereby reminding even of Penguin Cafe Orchestra. In a word, it is highly pictureque by its expressionistic touch and approach.

[Teaser of the day] Splash Wave - Suburban Heat (radio edit)

[Teaser of the day] The Parents - The Human Adventure

Cagey House - Mostly I Like Everything (2012)

Bump Foot

7.5

/Sound collage, Alternative, Art pop, Experimental electronica, Sampledelic/

Comment: I have always had a soft spot toward Dave Keifer`s (mostly known under the pseudonym Cagey House) aesthetics of sublime electronica, buffoonish propulsions, ghostly sample-based approach and somehow otherworldly dimensions oozing out from here and there. This time his brand new one does not have impression upon me this way. Unfortunately. Maybe it is related to his more loose approach to channel all the stuff in a less emotional and obsessive way, however, therefore sounding a little bit sparsely and without having a sense of viable configuration ultimately. Yet, you can find out a little charm and grace from within it nevertheless

The Wiggly Tendrils - Tendrils in Space (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Alt-folk, Indie folk, Electronic pop, Indie rock, Conceptual, Folk indie, Psychedelic pop, Singer-songwriter/

Comment: it is said that the Wiggly Tendrils is a group of prolific songwriter-producers. Indeed, there are represented such artists as The Parents, D.E. Healey, Sabertooth Man, Daytime Lights, Rachelintrees, B.T. Nook, T.W. Tendrils, and The Potlucks. They have tagged their music as NASA pop, and space music. Nevertheless, they do not poke fun at classifications. In fact, all these 8 songs are dedicated to the final NASA shuttle flight (Mission STS-135). It does not make difference if these songs are soaked in more or less careless acoustic pop or treated more electronically. It is space pop by any means involving truly crafty songs.

[Teaser of the day] La Futur Pompiste - Silent Wishes

[Teaser of the day] Dirty Beaches - My Girl's A Horse Rider

Eurovision Über Alles - The Soundtrack (2012)

On-Mix Media

9.3

/Harsh noise, Illbient, Spoken word, Cut and paste, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Non-music, Plunderphonics/

Comment: this set of 3 tracks is a hell-ish whole by EÜA which is namely a side project of the France-based artist Sobria Ebrietas. It contains a shitloads of samples dragged from horror movies and psychological thrillers. Indeed, it is filled in with the dreadful shrieks and crying of victims and supernatural creatures-sided cagy growling and there are up even some incantations made up for Lucifer`s sake (the God of liberty as they do suggest over there). On the other side it is backed up with powerful noise stabs and callous ambient textures. In a word, it sounds like a radiophonic episode to evoke up the listener`s subconsciousness.

Laiila - Evjiäl (2009)

Far From Showbiz

Lastfm

Laiila

9.2

/Abstract, Glitchtronica, Experimental electronica, Noise, Avant-electronica, Illbient, Non-music/

Comment: this batch of 6 pieces by Nada Alleen is a peripheral amalgamation of effect-based electronic progressions, trashy cuts and glitches, haunting vibrations, improvised noises and restrained shrieks. The album used to open different doors and windows simultaneously, however, some of them seem to be otherworldly and hostile kind of dodges. In a word, the whole is sonically and emotionally very exciting and charming indeed, though, it is not a pop album at all.

[Teaser of the day] Andres Lõo - Death is Always at Hand

[Teaser of the day] Freelove Fenner - Out of Town

Clockwork Keyboard - Clock Soup For Cooked Airports (2012)

20kbps

9.4

/DIY, Lo-fi, Psychedelic, Drone, Ambient, Deep house, Noise, Improvised music, Lobit, Experimentalism, Avant-garde/

Comment: I guess everyone who has listened to the likes of an early Cabaret Voltaire and other then-old school industrial experimentators, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, library music tapes, some early albums by The Hirundu (headed up by John Crewdson), more poppier R Stevie Moore and Ariel Pink and Rangers and Ducktails is able to understand the aesthetics of Clockwork Keyboard which is the collaboration act between Loose Link, Sven Meyer, and Noisesurfer. This huge cluster of 18 tracks takes on warped ambient music which is corrupted and increased in size due to rough beats, low but organic noises, globular psychedelic whiffs, mesmerizing droning and incisive sonic effects. Moreover, even sublime deep house oscillations do have a strong impact upon the soundscape. In a nutshell, I used to have a soft spot for such kind of music because its slight imperfectness seems to be quite perfect in a paradoxic way. Almost all the things which used to be way too produced are hermetic and without remarkable touch by their nature.

Bruno Sanfilippo - Piano Texture Found (2012)

Laverna

9.2

/Modern classical, Ambient, Experimental electronica, Electro-acoustic, Piano music/

Comment: Bruno Sanfilippo is a Barcelona residing composer of Argentinian heritage who provides a batch of 3 compositions undertaking the exploration of experimental piano music where the sequences of subtle piano chords are amplified and channelized into an atmospheric realm which in turn is filled in with sensitive touches, lofty ascensions, fragile digital-ragged fringes and microtonal noises and dropping electro-acoustic bits. In a word, it is a relaxing listening session worth your time to be spent for. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Max Richter, Bosque De mi Mente, Lubomyr Melnyk, for instance.

[Teaser of the day] Moodymann - Got 2 Make It (Dub)

Scion Audio Visual

[Teaser of the day] Cocolixe - Giving Myself To You

ZhangJW - A.D.S.R - Linkage (2008)

Bypass

Lastfm

9.0

/Downtempo, Breaks, Cinematic, Chill out, IDM, Experimental electronica/

Comment: this set of 3 tracks comes out from Beijing, China. ZhangJW is the musician who is known due to establishment of the Bypass Records, a label created for representation of different kind of electronic music and broken beats. His own set has been managed in a way to fuse cinematic, laidback rhythms with some concrete sounds and lush ambient textures.

Anno Bergmann - Dark Diskette (2012)

Punkistpop

9.2

/Electronic pop, Electro-rock, Art pop, Downtempo, Alternative, Indie soul/

Comment: mostly throughout the course this 9-piece set can be generalized for an example of subtle indie soul which originates from Cologne, Germany. More concretely, AB mixes up those wobbly vibrations and ideas with suggestive electronic rhythms, lush layers and ticklingly autotuned vocals which sometimes are more rock-oriented and uplifting, at times more contemplative and sensitive. The only exceptions are a genunine improvised rock-induced glimpse and glacial downtempo-esque appearance presented in the second part of the album.

[Teaser of the day] Beat.Dowsing - I Dream With My Eyes Open

Phonocake

[Teaser of the day] Ears - Boomclap

Argo Vals - Hallitussilmad (2011)

Bandcamp

9.5

/Art pop, Experimental rock, Dream pop, Alternative/

Comment: Argo Vals is a young educated musician from Ahja, Põlva County, Estonia who is probably best known due to his participation in such groups as Viljandi Guitar Trio, and Talamak. However, his 2-track issue is a fascinating one oozing out exhausting dreams and magic dust through the relation based on in between sprawling guitar arrangements and encircling sonic effects. It reminds a little bit of Kaseke, an Estonian fusion/jazz rock band having basically been active in the first period of 80s, and some cloudless motives popped out from many Soviet-period cartoons.

Cambriana - House of Tolerance (2012)

Bandcamp

9.0

/Indie pop, Electronic pop, Alternative, Brass pop, Baroque pop, Soul/ 

Comment: there are presented 10 refined pop songs by Luis Calil who hails from Brazil being apparently inspired by orchestrated indie pop, brass-tinged explorations, 80s new wave artists` synthesized aesthetics, charming soul pop and Phil Spector`s wall of sound. By considering it more intriguingly this might sound like a decent child of A-ha, The Divine Comedy, and Jens Lekman.

[Teaser of the day] Tolerant Sensor - Prototyp b

Archive

[Teaser of the day] Fake Realize - Supra

dUASsEMIcOLCHEIASiNVERTIDAS - SADITREVNiSAIEHCLOcIMEsSAUd (2011)

Enoughrecords

Lastfm

9.1

/Free jazz, Avant-rock, Smooth jazz, Crossover, Psychedelic rock, Space rock, Experimental rock, Jazz rock, Alternative, Krautrock, Improvised music/

Comment: this project with the lengthy name and album title hails from Portugal providing a sprawling blend of free jazz and rock improvisations which in turn do range from spacey explorations and powerfully overdriving dodges to over-the-top guitar sections and noisy walls, acute brass interventions and heavy drumming torrents. In fact, on the other side, all these rough patterns are sometimes toned down with silentful contemplations which in turn are supposed to be the platforms for further brisk shuffles and incisive appearances. So the band do follow the closed circle formula so characteristic for some compartments of experimental music.

Brick Mower - Box Turtle flexi 7 (2010)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Indie punk, Psychedelic rock, Art punk, Acid rock, Power pop, Alternative rock/

Comment: there is up a couple of tracks by Keansburg, New Brunswick-based combo Brick Mower (great name indeed) who do fuse incisive, a little bit acidic power pop propulsions and suggestive punk mixed indie aesthetics into a crafty, poignant whole. In a word, it is an instance of art punk, more profoundly, a way of how punk should be produced and performed.

[Teaser of the day] Meelis Salujärv (Vedeliku Elektroonikud) - Melanhoolia Tasandikud

Archive

[Teaser of the day] Imperial Topaz - In The Waves

Kelly Latimore - Ode To Lovely Names

ode to lovely names from True Blue Whale Hearts on Vimeo.

Kago - Boonus EP (2012)

Õunaviks

8.8

/Alt-folk, Punk folk, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Folk indie, New Weird Estonia/

Comment: Kago is Lauri Sommer (born in 1973), an Estonian poet, writer, and musician who has been releasing albums since 2003 on a small Estonian independent (folk, lo-fi, indie, experimental) label, called Õunaviks since 2003. Prior to Kago, LS had involved in various dada, ethnic, experimental and punk-defined groups. However, Ibipaio is the fifth issue of him which additionally to the physical format does include a small mp3 compilation of bucolic songs supplemented with pristine guitar handling, some treated distortions around it, though, the opening track is up at the base of the vintage chords of a keyboard. The lyrics above it used to be melancholic and contemplative ones seamlessly interlaced with surrealistic turns and eminences. The only shortage is related to the unit`s shortness. However, if you would like to enjoy the aesthetics of Kago forward while having no money or there are some reasons otherwise not to posess the main album then you could download Kago`s third album Monumentalnõi Holodilnik (2007) or his dadaistic side project (with Villem Valme) Tuljak`s Soos must vöö (2006) at the Records site.

Fabian Racca - t-errormachine (2012)

Amor Loco

9.0

/Drone, Minimal, Abstract, Noise, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/

Comment: this batch of 3 compositions does expose lush-textured steamrolling drones filled in with minimal phase changes, discrete burning and tickling pulsations beneath the core. However, onward this silence-near situation will be ruptured with a series of harsh metallic eruptions and mesmeric shuffles and overdriving effects and vowel-based interventions. In a word, these errors do incur impressive results recommended for any serious adherent involved in experimental music. Moreover, the errors are part of our life and if these errors are concerted in an accurate way the outcome can be a glittering deal by any means.

[Teaser of the day] The Pearly Gatecrashers - Pharaoh`s In Space

[Teaser of the day] Tunguska Electronic Music Society (Eugenics Eight) - Spring

Royalty-free music for professional licensing

Massimo Ruberti - II Mio Sogno

Il mio sogno VIDEOCLIP from Massimo Ruberti on Vimeo.

Damn Robot! - Jasurp (2012)

Hawk Moon

Lastfm

9.2

/Post-rock, Experimental rock, Ambient rock, Epic/

Comment: Damn Robot is a duo consisting of the brothers Mark, and Tim Honey who in turn have associated themselves with such groups as Good Weather For An Airstrike, Inachus, and Oceanus. Their 12-track issue is up there at the base of beatifically flourishing and eruptive guitar walls and pronounced drum sequences which now and then are varied with pleasing female singing by Alex Fawcett, lofty orchestrated vapors, more ambient-soaked gliding, programmed beats, some electronic effects and haphazardly appeared spoken word snippets. On the other side, there are some exceptions either. For instance, The One Who Knocks is managed in a way to embrace the elements of profoundly haunting soul music backed up by discrete electric piano-relied chords. By its majesty Pulp would be proud of it, for instance. In a word, it is an ordinary example of a post-rock psyche existing recently. Very good listening indeed.

Indian Wells - Night Drops (2012)

Bad Panda

Bandcamp

Lastfm

9.2

/Alternative, Indietronica, Electronic pop, Epic, Downtempo, Leftfield, Chilltronica, Glo-fi, Chill out/

Comment: the Italy-based Indian Wells is a synth-relied artist who loves sophisticated yet somehow soothing rhythm patterns mixed up with stepwise ascending ethereal motives and glacial whiffs. Nevertheless, the music seems to be an instrumental and quite anonymous one therefore allowing for the listener to find out her/his own corner somewhere. Of course, there are some moments where Indian Wells stands for more brooding sounds and incisive bits. In addition to it there are up some snippets revealing the artist`s  fondness for tennis game as similarly as its name hints at it.

[Teaser of the day] Andrea - Work the Middle (Kodak to Graph Rmx)

[Teaser of the day] Multi-Panel - Lights May Land

Leonard Mynx - My Old Friend (2010)

?alos – Ricordi Indelebili (2012)

Pan y rosas 

9.6

/No Wave, Dada, Anti-punk, Noise rock, Avant-punk, Avant-garde, Chamber music, Art punk, Experimental rock/

Comment: though this batch of 13 notches by the Italian musician Stefania Pedretti was firstly issued in 2006 on Bar La Muerte it is still actual at the recent time due to its essentially rebellious patterns, irritating sonic bugs and incisive effects. More concretely, Pedretti manifests toward her audience in an obsessive and arrogant way being backed up with distorted guitar riffs, acute electronic torrents, rigid chamber-induced processings, and dance rhythms which in fact are not thought to have further intention toward the disco venues. Her nihilistic approach can be compared with such female artists as Diamanda Galas, Lydia Lunch, Maja Ratkje. But not only to hint at them - there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Sonic Youth, Public Image Limited, Gang Gang Dance, and Mark E Smith (The Fall).

Linear Bells - Le Cavalier Bleu (2012)

Hidden Vibes
Lastfm

9.4

/Dystopbient, Ambient drone, Minimalism, Experimentalism, Avant-garde, Soundscapes/ 

Comment: this set of 3 long-running compositions is produced by David Teboul aka Linear Bells from Naoned (Nantes), Brittany, (the territory which has been culturally and ethnically occupied and oppressed by France over many generations) whose album An Island (issued on the Swedish tape label Zeon Light) is being one of the top notches in 2012. However, this time he turned over 180 degrees to take more on discrete space-related effects full of dark-hued and shadowy fringes and corroded resonances. By nature the album is genuinely pessimistic giving no hopes and light-hearted glimpses for next days. It sounds like a broadcast transmitted from an abandoned junkyard of history reflecting still upon the fucked-up dreams and hypocritical life of human kind having had once before the torrent of malignant radiation annihilated it all. The release is to be one nick in the long array of the aesthetics once conceived by Luigi Russolo who warned us from possible consequences and tremendous side effects coming out from the industrialization process.

[Teaser of the day] Keel Her - I Want To Believe

[Teaser of the day] Art Of Empathy - Good Morning Sick World

Bagpipe Whiskey - Men Bason

Drgs - A Load Of Old Drgs (2009)

Hippocamp

9.3

/Hip-hop, Electronic pop, Sampledelic, Sound collage, Chill out/ 

Comment: undoubtedly Hippocamp, the Manchester-based records can be labelled as cult label. Indeed, from within its discographic depth the listener can pull out many gems and hidden qualities. However, the particular, 4-track issue is one of them. In the first place it does reveal itself as being exulting and chill at the same time delivering the appearance of gargantuan rainbows and elemental torrents mixed up with sunny glimpses and transparent clouds. I would like to call the whole as a blended example of emotive electronica.

Bisamråtta - Bisamråtta (2012)

Vulpiano

Mediafire

Lastfm

10.0

/Post-rock, Ambient, Experimental rock, Soundscapes, Post-folk, Epic/

Comment: if I can remember it accurately for Bisamråtta was a philospher in the Moomin Tales, a minor character in one of the most beloved (children) books worldwide written by Tove Jansson. This time Bisamråtta is the Russian artist Vlad Luchansky who provides a batch of 3 mesmeric compositions based on blissful guitar-shaped massives and otherworldly beautiful turns and heart-breaking ascensions. Theoretically, if the listener is interested in to localize the possible place this soundscape would be born once then you have no choice to figure it out. In fact, these tracks used to sound like perfect anthems for possible futuristic, more humanistic polities. In addition to it I recommend to listen to the likes of Natural Snow Buildings, Pan American, Woodworkings, Tudo de Volta.

[Teaser of the day] Pollux - Rain In Your Face & Stress In Your Mind (Loosening Version)

Archive

Morgue's Last Choice - Screamus Vag / Zombied Future

The Jesus Fish Experience - Magnitudes Of Infinity (2011)

Argali

Lastfm

Soundcloud

9.2

/Doom rock, Drone doom, Post-metal, Epic, Experimental metal, Psychedelia, Ambient rock, Post-rock/

Comment: there are up 2 lengthy compositions where the aesthetical approach is spotted upon the mix of fuzzed long chords and powerful yet still soothing guitar penetrations. The second, eponymous track does include the singing by The Game Owl`s Jordan Hyman, more concretely, based on hypnotic repetitions and anxiety-induced exhausting reveries. It is an instance of controlled, exactly channelized  psychedelia, isn`t? Impressive. This is heavy metal to be ours.

Jonas the Plugexpert - Ondervlak (2010)

Acroplane

Bandcamp

Lastfm

8.8

/IDM, Downtempo, Remixes, Experimental electronica, Sampledelic, Jungle, Electronic pop, Breakcore/

Comment: the Netherlands-based sonic explorer Richard Jonas launched his musical activity at the beginning of 90`s then operating with protracker on Amiga 500. Since this moment he has posted up a lot of releases over the internet (mainly at Bandcamp). Ondervlak is a huge publication of 28 compositions standing at the intersection between soothing downtempo, acidic electronic pop, gleaming IDM-esque propulsions and more blustery jungle and breakcore endeavours (which do refer at his past activities either sometimes). Inspite of the abovementioned stylistical boundaries the contents staying in between them do involve much more information than it is allowed to communicate it with possibly exact words.The predominant part of the album had been produced in a timespan of 5 years, between the years of 2005-2010. In addition to original tracks there are presented 4 remixes. In a word, the quality of the issue is undoubtedly high, the only problem is that it is way too long.

[Teaser of the day] Bare Pale - Mexican Wave

[Teaser of the day] Bryn Bowen - Weird Winter

Psychic Boots - Caroline