Adderall Canyonly - Btonal (2012)

Field Hymns

9.3

/Industrial electro, Electro pop, Noise, Acid, Alternative, Leftfield/

Comment: Adderall Canyonly`s 10-track issue used supposedly to evoke feels and shakes senses with regard to abundant, permanently changing shapes in rhythms and drilling drones matched somewhere between breakcore-esque tendencies, and acute industrial electronic-induced chaos. Yet, despite its slightly frightening outlook the issue is funny and amusing at its core. The whole does have some similarities with Debmaster`s album Crevin reviewed yesterday at RMH.     

Baby Torpedoes - Why? (2013)

Soundcloud

7.5

/Alternative pop/rock, DIY, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock/

Comment: there is up 3 tracks spreaded out over 7.23. More concretely, these are chiming guitar layers mixed up with big swells of hirsute guitars. However, any piece on it is imbued with distinct feeling of the DIY-aesthetics wherein soundscapes are a little dirty and rough. The last track Mauser explores more electronic ways of synth-alike chords and involves a subtle, cinematic sample in the midst of the track.

[Teaser of the day] Snowfeeder - Torso Photo

Deep Lake/Archive

• Ambient noise
• Ambient
• Soundscapes
• Ambient drone
• Epic

[Teaser of the day] The Shalfonts - Howl Discreetly

• Psych-rock
• Singer-songwriter
• DIY
• Alternative rock
• Psychedelia
• Bedroom pop

Debmaster - Crevin (2013)

Da! Heard It

Free Music Archive 

9.7

/Electro pop, Alternative, Electro-indie, Industrial electro, Experimental electro, Alternative dance/ 

Comment: this 16-track album`s idea is related tensely to intense rhythms thereby allowing itself to be described as "breakcore". On the other side, despite of having matched between chiptune, brooding moments and even graceful, Clinic-alike electro-indie turns at times the center of the album is concentrated on electro pulsations mixed up with rigid robot shakes and mesmeric noises. More concretely, Kraftwerk-esque electro pop is varied with more dancefloor measured oscillations and crunked-out, eargasmic chaos on it. The result is tremendous worth to be enjoyed any bits on it. One of the best records in 2013 so far.      

The Sea Life - In Basements (2012)

Bandcamp

9.1

/Alternative pop, Shoegaze, Dream pop, Indie rock, Fuzz pop/

Comment: this batch of 10 tracks sweeps around a towering alternative pop mountain using the washes of shoegaze-y guitars and warm, dreamy terrains. However, sometimes it used to showcase more its sonic muscles thereby a little reminding of such unusual shoegaze-related collectives as The Chameleons (which can be considered a proto-shoegaze example), and Swervedriver (punching pysched-out guitar noises within it). Solid result indeed.

[Teaser of the day] Possimiste - Wanderer

Free Music Archive

• New Weird Estonia
• Free folk
• Weird folk
• Chamber folk
• Avant-folk
• Baroque folk
• Experimental folk
• Psychedelic folk

[Teaser of the day] L.C.E. - Möbius

Hand Craft/Archive

• Krautrock
• Motorik
• Psychedelic rock
• Math rock
• Experimental rock
• Funk
• Avant-rock
• Dance rock

Monroeville Music Center - Le Progrès (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Exotica pop, Space Age, Acid pop, Alternative, Electronic pop, Mood music, Avant-garde, Experimental electronica, DIY, Proto-electronica/

Comment: these 4 tracks are to constitute a simplistic release just produced with the assistance of shimmering synth-based bleeping and crispy beats at the bottom. Those gentle themes and motives atop it used to hark back to the exotica pop and Space Age pop traditions back in the 1960s (at the time when Moog synthesizer was just invented thereby inducing a cult). There can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Raymond Scott, Martin Denny, Gershon Kingsley, Jean Jacques Perrey, Bruce Haack, and Morton Garson. 

Romantic States - Vessels Of Devils (2013)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Slowcore, Dream pop, Alternative pop, Indie pop, Folk indie, Lo-fi/

Comment: Romantic States is a Baltimore, Maryland-based duo who have been issuing since 2010. Their music does have a mellow touch surrounded with chanting vocals and slowcore and dream pop mixed arrangements. Indeed, Vessels Of Devils is an outstanding issue involving some tracks with enthralling melodies and spellbinding harmonies made up with chiming guitars and creeping but multifarious singing and poignant accents. Although it might seem that it sounds a little dry or a bit in a clumsy way but it is such kind of dryness which is exhausting giving you a soothing feeling just before you fall asleep. For instance, listen to such tracks as Time Away, and Pine Forest. By kindred souls I recommend to listen to Ducktails, Low, Slowdive (especially Elephant Soundtrack)/Mojave 3, Lizard Kisses.  

[Teaser of the day] Mafabu - Donde Fuiste

Sofasound/Archive

• Lounge
• Psychedelic
• Latin
• Exotica pop
• Alternative
• Mood music
• Chill out

[Teaser of the day] Dorena - The Morning Bus

• Alternative
• Art rock
• Post-rock
• Experimental rock
• Psychedelic rock

Antique Electronic / Synthesizer Greats 1955 - 1984 Part 1 (2011)

Acroplane

9.2

/Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Experimental electronica, Synth pop, Robot pop, Industrial, Electronic pop, Conceptual/

Comment: there are presented 26 tracks which are reconstructed on the basis of cut-ups of the tracks of seminal electronic combos from the years 1955-1984. Thereby it can be said this vast amount of pieces embodies a wide array of (experimental) electronica tendencies and branches, however, all of them are intriguingly accomplished - at times showcasing brain-centric aspirations, at times more disco-oriented bleeds, at times more synth pop oriented bouncy vibes, at times showing up nihilistic industrial abrasiveness. The traces hark back to such artists as Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, Throbbing Gristle, Vangelis if to point out to just some artists over there). In a word, It is a remarkable, sweating work by Robbie Martin.  

Morphine Bandit - Subtle Shift Theory (2013)

 Batenim

9.5

/Drone, Ambient drone, Experimentalism, Avant-garde, Sound art, Avant-electronica, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Less is more. This batch of 6 lengthy compositions is up there to create enough expressive visual outlets and fantasy-rich visions. For instance, you can imagine moderate burning somewhere which is dubbed with fluorescent droning. Indeed, the result is restrained but intense in baleful manner  as if heralding some adverse events which will happen soon. The last track Alphanumeric provides more deranged, crunked-out bits and twitching impulses and experiments with striking phase changes. All in all, it is a great experience by the listener. 

[Teaser of the day] Robotic Joe - Size Of The Micro-Chipz

cOmaRecOrdz/Archive

• Breakcore
• Experimental electronica
• Robot pop
• Glitch

[Teaser of the day] emmy Curl - Merlin The Cat Is Missing

• Dream folk
• Indie folk
• Singer-songwriter
• Folk indie
• Alternative pop

Vassily K. - ego & e-round (2013)

Clinical Archives

8.8

/Electro-acoustic, Experimentalism, Improvised music, Avant-garde, Psychedelic/ 

Comment: despite the exploitation of a wide array of instruments on this 10-track issue the main intention is closely related to electro-acoustic proceedings which at times do give a signal about more folk-tinged, psychedelic terrains, and accentuated improvised music. The most wondrous moments are related to syllable-centric and vowel experiments and incisive electronic undercurrents providing lofty counterparts to rough sonic girders, at round 9, and round 8, respectively.

A Veil Of Water - Reminder (2013)

Hidden Vibes

8.8

/Classical music, Post-rock, Crossover, Modern classical, Piano music/ 

Comment: the Norwegian A Veil Of Water`s soundscape is composed of piano-tapped chords just following to each other in the mode of changing keys and moods (at times being doleful, at times providing more speedy and a little jollier spans). These 13 pieces constitute soothing feelings getting traction to epic, ascending post-rock overdrives and even outbursts now and then. The ending track Ad Infinitum is the welcome exception regarding the whole on the strength of a suggestive motif of the orchestrated bleed which is a little itchy within the epic concept.  

[Teaser of the day] Revolution Void - Obscure Terrain

Royalty-free music for professional licensing

• Acid
• Nu jazz
• Mood music
• Alternative
• Chill out
• Cinematic
• Cosmic funk

[Teaser of the day] {Tamtrum} - Beach Bum

• Baroque pop
• Alternative pop
• Indie pop
• Chamber pop
• Art pop
• Cinematic

Swaying Smoke - An Autumn Day, Long Ago (2012)

Illusory

9.6

/Ambient, Drone, Soundscapes, Ambient drone, Experimental, Minimal/

Comment: this handful of pieces is all about ambient music filled with different hums and rustles in its various embodiments. Emotionally it catches at the listener due to being either melancholic or serious full of soothing, epic, even symphony-near progressions, drone threads and tremendous shifts and changes within it. The whole soundscape is coherent thanks to be profoundly analyzed and thoroughly segmented. In a word, Swaying Smoke as an artist takes advantage of the depth, austereness and uniformity of these 5 results. Especially superb pieces are Never Enough, and Leaves in the Creek.        

C4 - Coffee (2008)

Microbit

8.0

/Techno, Industrial, DIY, Dance, Lobit, Alternative, Chill out/

Comment: in the first track of this set of a pair of compositions dirty sequences and oscillations are being pushed to the forefront. Indeed, it centres around heavily punching, shattering rhythms and bubbling synthetic hisses. By listening to another track on it you can infer this issue does have two divergent sides to its nature. If the starting track Cheggit is an abrasive, industrial-oriented outburst then Troxium keeps gliding in DIY-tinged, muddy ambiance filled with vague chill out tendencies.    

[Teaser of the day] Pete Da Clinker - Say Nothing

• Space rock
• Psychedelia
• Motorik
• Krautrock
• Experimental rock
• Ambient rock
• Psych-rock
• Alternative rock

[Teaser of the day] Swaying Smoke - Leaves In The Creek

Illusory/Archive

• Dark ambient
• Soundscapes
• Ambient drone
• Avant-garde
• Epic
• Experimentalism

These Are Them - Real People Enjoy Life EP (2013)

Zorch Factory

9.2

/Post-punk, Alternative pop/rock, Electro-indie, Synth rock, Dance rock, Alternative dance/

Comment: this set of 4 ditties by the London, UK-based trio These Are Them takes on either on dashing synth-driven electro indie/rock or less debilitated, more stunned post-rock noises and strikes. Indeed, there might be the tension between these elements throughout the course. On the other hand, the aforementioned differentiation is a little bit artificial because these elements are closely and frequently seamlessly imbued with, though. However, the best piece is Not Always, on the strength of remarkable leaning on jangly guitars and permanently varied drumming patterns. Highly epic and convincing. Pop music at its best for sure. However, the other tracks are on the ball as well. The EP is issued on an unrivalled post-punk/coldwave/art punk label, Zorch Factory.     

aiRless pRoject - Daydreaming of You (2013)

 Bandcamp

9.5

/Experimental electronica, Dark ambient, Kosmische Musik, Downtempo, Neoclassical/

Comment: these 4 pieces are composed on the base of synthesizer blabbering, more concretely, providing doleful, spaced-out electronic and elliptically shaped Kosmische Musik explorations performed with the assistance of bells, and more brooding, even dark ambient/neoclassical entries. Indeed, all these elements can be recognizable just in one track either, however, having distinctive, ebullient background. Ina word, it is an outstanding, uncompromising issue by any means representing the blossoming electronic scene of Macedonia, a state of the former Yugoslavia.    

[Teaser of the day] Vandelklang - Rolanron

Monofònicos

• Tech-house
• Deep house
• Club dance
• Alternative

[Teaser of the day] Joe Meek - Magic Star

Free Music Archive

• Psychedelic pop
• Proto electronica
• Avant-pop
• Space Age
• Experimental pop
• Acid pop
• Dream pop

Hanetration - Nae Troth EP (2013)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Minimal, Experimental electronica, Avant-garde, Drone, Ambient drone, Experimentalism/

Comment: this 22-minute track/issue is produced in a way to provide beatific synth centric drone circuitry and overdrives. More concretely, this release does have quite meager inventory and contained tendency and produced in uniformity throughout the course (augmented by phase changes and enthralling effects) thus pushing this format to the edge of drone and ambient music. The result is both incisive and gets along well with the listener. In a word, Hanetration is already a brand in the experimental music scene (listen to his previous, excellent issues as well).     

Peepr - El Descenso (2012)

  

Maligna

8.5

/Electronic pop, Electro pop, Kitsch pop, Alternative/

Comment: this cluster of 8 pieces invokes the feeling of straightforward, even simplistic electro pop developments which are imbued with kitsch-y (or bad taste) Europop/dance/trance rhythms and melodies (though the project and an imprint, called Maligna, hails from Mexico). Indeed, Andrès Cendejas does have the spot on uplifting motives and easy harmonies which at times do have ascensions to blow off to tumultuous fireworks. The outstanding track is El Idiota Del Planeta wherein blessed-out electro dashing provides suggestive feeling of an unleashed power in music.  

[Teaser of the day] Dmyra - S.W.o.D.

Free Music Archive

• Chamber music
• Art pop
• Electronic pop
• Neoclassical
• Avant-garde
• Noir
• Experimentalism

[Teaser of the day] Heather Woods Broderick - Outside In Here (Peter Broderick Cover)

• Cover
• Poptronica
• Chillwave
• Glo-fi
• Dreamwave
• Post-pop
• Alternative

Aidan Baker & A-Sun Amissa – Scarpe Sensée (2013)

Drowning

9.5

/Drone, Drone folk, Post-psychedelic electronica, Space folk, Avant-rock, Improvised music, Experimentalism/  

Comment: Aidan Baker, a Canadian experimental musician needs not to be introduced more closely due to his numerous solo works and having his predominant participation in Nadja. A-Sun Amissa is being known thanks to his involving in Glissando, The Rustle Of The Stars, Tomorrow We Sail). Anyway, their brand new one consists of one, 20-minute long composition exploring into a droning, spaced-out folk/rock terrain. Indeed, it is laid back and thought-provoking simultaneously lifting up its fist and pointing out to Universe. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Natural Snow Buildings, Kemiälliset Ystävät, Vulcano The Bear, Spacemen 3, Flying Saucer Attack and many other ones.          

Hisko Detria - Static Raw Power Kraut (2013)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Krautrock, Psychedelic rock, Avant-rock, Motorik, Experimental rock, Stoner rock/

Comment: Hisko Detria is a cutting edge collective from Finland whose album is composed of 4 long-running compositions straddling between the borders of krautrock and stoner rock. Indeed, there are up a shitload of moments reminding of motorik grooves of Neu!, jam-heavy madness of CAN (especially those long, elliptical guitar gears resembling Michael Karoli), and enthralling, sleek synth-blessed branches by Faust. On the other side, the aforementioned parts are counterbalanced with hirsute stoner rock craze which in turn seem to hark back to sooty black blues rock tradition. Of course, there can be drawn parallels upon the Finnish compatriots like Kospel Zeithorn, and Ester Poland either. Take your bicycle and go to gaze the stripes on the asphalt road.     

[Teaser of the day] Thedirtycoast - Neurotic

Kill Mommy/Archive

• Indie rock
• Post-punk
• Acid rock
• Alternative pop
• Psychedelic rock
• DIY

[Teaser of the day] Com Intern - Himmelzelt (verlorene version)

• Ambient
• Ethereal pop
• Minimal
• Experimental pop
  

Bread Pitt - Tapes & Files (2013)

Lepers

9.3

/Acid rock, Improvised music, New Weird Italy, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Blues, Lo-fi, Art punk, Space rock, Psych-folk, DIY, Free jazz/

Comment: firstly, this issue is obviously not thought for Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and other celebrities who used to poison the masses through awkward Hollywood motion pictures and scum news produced by pulp magazines and webzines. This set is obviously designed for people prone to think with their own brain and perceive with their own heart. However, the project seems to come out from Italy. The first impression is that the issue could be considered an example of psychedelic indie punk, yet, by having had more listening times the issue winds up step by step fulfilled with weird dodges into dada music, off-kilter electronic snippets, sooty folk appearances, demented blues progressions, improvised music and free jazz mixed results. Moreover, it involves enough provoking sequencing in rhythms and motives and thereby in moods either. Bread Pitt exploits likely low-end synths (Casio SA-1 or similar analogues to it). However, the second part of this 15 piece set centers on more sci-fi, ultramodern rock music, more concretely, experimenting with space rock templates and cockeyed acid rock developments. The outlet is to be remarkably out of pop therefore maintaining its dignity and stubborness.                 

The Fucked Up Beat - Roswell Radio Cult (2013)

Haze

Bandcamp

9.3

/Sampledelic, Sound collage, Cut and paste, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Hauntology, Psycho-acoustic/ 

Comment: this batch of 10 pieces does provide wind instruments-driven snippets, though, not being an instance of brass music on its own, it also provides rhythmic music, though, not being an instance of danceable music on its own, it also provides psychedelic music, though, not being an instance of psyched-out muisc on its own. Instead of it, it is a solid representative in the movement once established by James Kirby aka The Caretaker. Indeed, it is filled with sampledelic collages having compelling hints at cinematic harmonies, vintage Latin motives and some subliminal sounds which are spiced up with haunting vapor and dust pouring out from every slots and breach. There is up one exception, called The Groom Lake Flatwoods Monster/ I'd Like Some Gasoline Please!, coming very close to the aesthetics of indie music. The result is marvellous.         

[Teaser of the day] Oskar & Bruno - Confusione

Royalty-free music for professional licensing

• Psychedelia
• Surf rock
• Alternative
• Acid pop
• Mood music
• Easy listening

[Teaser of the day] Free Range Folk - Thank You

• Country
• Folk
• Gospel
• Bluegrass
• Root music

[Teaser of the day] The Gulls - Alfreds

• New Weird Australia
• Psych-folk
• Avant-folk
• Dream folk
• Free folk
• Freak folk
• Psych-folk

[Compilation] Hibernate Sampler Volume 6 (2013)

Hibernate

9.3

/Ambient, Soundscapes, Drone, Electro-acoustic, Crossover, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Hibernate Recordings is an Italian record label whose sixth compilation comprises such artists and projects as Isnaj Dui, Will Bolton, Jonatan Nastesjö, Caught In The Wake Forever alone and with Yellow6 (obviously the most well-known musical group on this miscellany), Autistici, Matt Collings & Dan Rosenqvist, Ithaca Trio, Clem Leek, and Lowered. This 10-track compilation veers away mostly ethereal sounds whatever stylistic combinations they used to constitute ( crossed over to ambient, post-rock, contemplative singer-songwriterism, digital electronica, drone folk, electro-acoustic compositions). Soothing, deep and graceful by any means.     

Grimes - Geidi Primes (2013)

Bandcamp

9.5

/Leftfield, Indietronica, Glo-fi, Post-psychedelic electronica, New Weird Canada, Alternative, Avant-pop, Post-pop, Alternative dance/

Comment: one of the most beloved artists by the hipsters nowadays, the Canadia(e)n Claire Boucher`s 11-track issue pops up a mesmeric blend of shamanic beats and vowel effects, some epic rises and spaced-out harmonies being refreshing and thought-provoking throughout. Moreover, it is quite problematic to describe this album while it is imbued with unusual doses of spirituality and odd dodges. At times her high-octave "singing" reminds of Liz Fraser of Cocteau Twins, at times she takes fearlessly on Chinese/South East motives. In a word, it could be described as an instance of blessed-out urban shamanism.  

Machine Boy - Star8 (2013)

ShotgunCharlie

9.2

/Kosmische Musik, Krautrock, Experimental electronica, Avant-garde, Psychedelic/

Comment: this release of 3 long-running compositions strikes a chord with spaced-out krautrock/Kosmische Musik mimicked synth propulsions and outstretched psychedelic tunes backed up by reverb-heavy drum punches, synth chord changes/attacks, rough buzzing. Sometimes there are layers to be accelerated, at times keeping run on a more soothing mode. At times it sounds like an elemental yet somehow organized power of nature. Of course, there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Tangerine Dream, and Cluster, for instance. Great.

[SEK] - [Fall] (2013)

 

 Jämmerdosa

9.1

/Alternative, Electro-indie, Indie pop, Electronic pop, Poptronica/

Comment: SEK is a musical group from Sweden, who provides a 4-track EP, called [Fall] on the Jämmerdosa label. All these ditties are sung in Swedish and backed up by crispy electronic rhythms, melody-rich orchestrated synth applications and pronounced female vocal appearance. More concretely, it is a sort of indie music having a distinguishable Scandinavian touch and specific edge which I have used to call just as "meadow pop".   

EDASI - Chants of the Morally Challenged (2013)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Non-music, Black metal, Psychedelia, Drone, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Noise/

Comment: this batch of a handful of tracks is composed by Mihkel Kleis, who was being previously known as the leader of the avant-garde/progressive/RIO group Luarvik Luarvik. Kleis, also known as a visual artist with academic background, winds up perverted sensations and moods tapped out on his Yamaha synthesizer full of references to ritual ambient, neoclassical, and psychedelic black metal resonances. This time he is assisted by Roomet Jakapi, and Paul Von Aphid who share vocal/vowel/moaning/growling duties. Similarly to his previous issues the result is destroyingly mind-sucking.      

[Teaser of the day] [SEK] - Kära Du

Jämmerdosa

• Alternative pop
• Electro-indie
• Electronic pop
• Poptronica

Sofa Club - Lose That Jerk

[Teaser of the day] Romantic States - Strained Days

• Alternative pop
• Indie rock
• Slowcore
• Dream pop

Samedi Night Fever - Voodoo Tapes (2012)

 Aquietbump

9.0

/Reggaeton, Dub, Hip-hop, Crossover/

Comment: these 8 compositions are set up to wake up your attention due to reggaeton, dub at its core. Indeed, its album is about Jamaica-centered music. It is bouncy and shaggy simultaneously filled with doped shadows reminiscent of the aesthetics of Lee "Scratch" Perry, for instance. Joyous and sunshiny. 

Cadra ‎– Less Static, More Noise (2009)

 Sublogic

9.1

/House, Dub house, Electro, Techno/

Comment: as the title hints at noisy tendencies there are up 8 tracks consisting of punching electro and techno blended rhythms and the scope of elliptic, dub-infected vibes. However, in turn all these aforementioned appearances are to be subjected to boasting, predominating house templates.  

The Hathaway Family Plot - Debt (2011)

WM Recordings

Free Music Archive

9.6

/Avant-rock, Indietronica, Alt-folk, No Wave, Experimental rock, Avant-garde, Noise rock, New Weird America, Psychedelia/

Comment: these 13 tracks do constitute an aesthetically big cheese on the strength of a genuine amalgamation of cowbell indie/and primitive indie electronic progressions (a la CocoRosie), alt-folk, and Americana glides. On the other side, it provides knee-deep psychedelic and noise and post-punk deflected roars (thereby resembling an array of No Wave artists from the 70s and 80s). In a word, it is a highly articulated and thought-provoking miscellany of divergent sounds and ideas. Outstanding effort.   

DFRNT - High Friends In Places EP (2012)

Cut

9.5

/Deep techno, Dub house, Cinematic, Chill out, Mood music, Club dance/  

Comment: this set of 3 tracks is made up of moody, cinematic motives and lush, dub-layered yet club-related (read: house, and techno) and also brainwave rhythms which in turn are spiced up with suggestive vowel effects and echoing syllables. Indeed, there can be said it is a flawless drift between club beats and chill out music. Music recommended for the last hours of a day chiefly. But not only.    

Ganzha - Money Fest (Manifesto) (2012)

Editora do Porto

9.2

/Avant-garde, No Wave, Experimental electronica, Post-industrial, Industrial electro/

Comment: this batch of 10 tracks is made up of faulty bits, beeping electro slings and uncanny word repetitions which are gathered and then produced in a way reminding of such old school industrial acts as early Cabaret Voltaire, and Throbbing Gristle. Furthermore, sometimes these demented repetitions do have similarities to Mark E Smith of The Fall.

David J. Fonseca - Re Menor (2013)

Audiotalaia

9.1

/Abstract, Avant-electronica, Sound art, Minimal, Experimental electronica, Noise/

Comment: this album consists of short-running signal-based compositions providing either sharp or soothing edge to the listener. Despite its minimal approach it does have an impact on the listener. Indeed, less seems to be more and quiet is enough loud on this 10-track occasion.

[Teaser of the day] Alex Chester - Vintage

Bump Foot/Archive

• Synth pop
• Electronic pop
• Electro pop
• Acid
• Alternative
• Italo disco

[Teaser of the day] Grimes - Weregild

• Bedroom pop
• Post-psychedelic electronica
• Electronic pop
• Hypnagogic pop
• Glo-fi
• Alternative
• Leftfield

Giuliano Rodrigues - Future Lounge (2013)

Gleichtakt

Soundcloud

9.3

/Ambient dub, Dub techno, Club dance, Deep dub, Deep house, Alternative dance/

Comment: this batch of 6 pieces takes on a blend of mesmeric dub-tinged beats, atmospheric glides and somewhat purple velvety layers. However, However, Giuliano Rodrigues varies the soundscape in rhythms providing examples from knee-deep house vibes to techno propulsions. The result is flawless and graceful.

C.Scott - IIII (2012)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Trip-hop, Cinematic, Breaks, Psychedelic electronica, Sampledelic, Alternative, Hip-hop, Downtempo/ 

Comment: this 17-track issue is the follow-up to C.Scott, Pittsburgh-based producer`s wondrous album Stage Theory (Beats Vol. 3), being one of the top notches in 2012. In any cases, the plan is same - crispy rhythms are mixed up with moody samples and shimmering melodies of airy synths. At times these tracks do have brooding, even a little bit haunting texture. Inspite of the huge amount of compositions the quality of the whole does not deviate at any sites. On the contrary, C. Scott cementes his reputation of being one of the most fascinating producers worldwide.     

[Teaser of the day] Raw Thrills - Diesentinyo

• Post-psychedelic electronica
• Experimental indie
• Avant-pop
• Leftfield
• New Weird America
• DIY

[Teaser of the day] These Are Them - Not Always

• Alternative pop
• Indie rock
• Psychedelic
• Post-punk

Galaktlan - Second Memory (2013)

Archaic Horizon 

Archive

9.6

/Downtempo, IDM, Indietronica, Kosmische Musik, Alternative, Leftfield, Experimental electronica, Ulmetronica/ 

Comment: behind Galaktlan hides himself Taavi Laatsit, a 35-year-old Estonian electronic musician whose has been active since the second half of 90s (under the pseudonym of Von Suck), later he has been involved in such groups as Uni, and Kulgurid whose albums Kosmikud (1999), and Reisimuusika (2008) respectively were unrivalled hallmarks in the Estonian electronic/underground scene (so-called ulmemuusika). Anyway, this list involves Galaktlan`s debut album Sinine Platoo (2002) either. Additionally, he was being a part of Kismabande as well. However, Galaktlan`s third album includes hints at indie and Kosmische Musik-related elements more than ever before, though, of course, being closely imbued with uplifting IDM-esque rhythms, wispy downtempo progressions and glacial synthesizer passages throughout. Emotionally it is a balanced one drifting between pictureque autumnal melancholy and spirit-refreshing letups and moods. Similarly to the soundscape the coverprint is highly mesmeric as well. The more you listen to it the better it gets. One of the best albums in 2013 so far.           

Vulgar Disease - Gangland (2013)

Torn Flesh

9.4

/Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Psycho-acoustic, Noise, Non-music, Microtonal/

Comment: Mario Quiroga`s noiseful torrents and zombie-alike incantations unleashed there over 8 tracks are undoubtedly impressive and striking. More concretely, it involves an incessant array of  ascending and then a little withdrawing energetic units made mainly of brown noise. Quiroga`s soundscapes are up over the area where angry obsession impulses are imbued with instense sexual drives (Erotic Tsunami, Rapequake) and the rush of destroying. 

[Teaser of the day] Terminal Sync - `99

• Deep house
• Club dance
• Dub house
• Alternative dance

[Teaser of the day] A Veil Of Water - Retrouvailles

• Post-rock
• Modern classical
• Epic
• Baroque music

Wozzeck - Zieht Das Kind An Sich (2013)

 pan y rosas discos

8.9

/Abstract electronica, Avant-electronica, Drone, Noise, Experimental electronica, Sound art, Noise drone, Experimentalism/

Comment: this set of 3 lengthy pieces is composed of abstract shadows, drilling drones, noise-induced impulses and dense, electrified soundscapes of glitch-y bits. Methodically the whole used to base on incessant phase changes, ascending layers and uncanny semi-tone rhythms beneath all of that. Thanks to Ilia Belorukov, and Mikhail Ershov.     

The Bear Season - If We Sink Together (2011)

Lepork
The Bear Season

Lastfm

8.6

/Pop punk, Easycore, Acid punk/

Comment: this 6-track issue (spreaded out over 16 minutes) is a poppy amalgamation of acid-tinged punk rock, broadly flourishing synthesizer lines, half-shouting vocal performance and boasting guitar riffs. A ton of energy is up there throughout the course. On the other side, this 6-piece Uruguayian group fortunately know where it is right to stop not to cross over the borders of bad taste.    

[Teaser of the day] Monroeville Music Center - Préparatifs dans la Salle de Rédaction

• Post-psychedelic electronica
• Mood music
• Acid pop
• Alternative
• Exotica pop

[Teaser of the day] Pawspaws - Better To Run

Southern City`s Lab/Archive

• Electro-indie
• Post-punk
• Autotune
• Alternative pop
• Synth pop
• Leftfield

Klient - Kaadri Taga (2013)

Bandcamp

8.7

/Drum and bass, Crossover, Downtempo, Alternative/

Comment: Klient is the nom de plume of Martin Arusalu, a 18-year old producer from Aruküla, Estonia. His 3-track debut issue straddles between the borders of dream-filled downtempo propulsions and more incisive drum and bass oscillations.  

Playing With Nuns - Moving Objects (2013)

Ariel Chapuis

Bandcamp

9.0

/Electro-acoustic, Conceptual, Noise, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Muisque concrète, Ambient noise/

Comment: Behind PWN hides himself Ariel Chapuis, a prolific Argentinian noisenik and sonic experimentator. His 11-track piece is inspired by making music with daily instruments and artifacts, however, offering up electro-acoustic ambiance, concrete infiltrations, harsh noise outbursts and organic noise pouring.   

[Teaser of the day] Post Human Era - Mountain Patterns

Clinical Archives

• Alternative pop
• Electro-indie
• Electronic pop
• Alternative dance
• New Wave

[Teaser of the day] D.G Svon - Applouse

Picpack

• Afrobeat
• Psychedelic pop
• Brass pop
• Art pop
• Electronic pop
• Breakbeat

Suffering Astrid - Transferability

Terracota Blue - Shine Again (2013)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Indie-hop, Hip-hop, Electronic pop, Crossover, Trip-hop, Glo-fi, Downtempo, Alternative, Leftfield, Indietronica/ 

Comment:  US-based artist Terracota Blue`s music is exciting and poignant due to melding crispy hip-hop and cinematic trip-hop paces and chillwave and indie electronic facets into a synergic urban fusion. Indeed, his 11-track album is the apotheosis of him, however, absolutely worth to conquer the sites of well-known webzines and the pages of music journals. All in all, you should bathe in solar sounds and tickling rhythms.  

Eat Rabbit - Kiss The Dolphin (2009)

Da! Heard It 

Free Music Archive 

Lastfm

8.8

/Breakcore, Electro-house, Sound collage, Sampledelic, Chipbreak, Experimental electronica/ 

Comment: this batch of 14 tracks is composed of breakcore-esque segments which does mean it is heavily sampledelic and rhythm-ridden thereby showcasing its acid side as well. More concretely, it veers away the elements of electro house, chiptune music, exotic motives, bent electronics, and glitch-y breaks. The artist comes out from France and the album was issued on Da! Heard It Records, and uploaded at Free Music Archive.   

[Teaser of the day] The Electric Poet - The Activist

Petroglyph/Archive

• Singer-songwriter
• Avant-folk
• DIY
• Experimental folk
• Ambient folk
• Spoken word

[Teaser of the day] Xian - Foundry

• Downtempo
• Chill out
• Mood music
• Chilltronica

Gnod - Science & Industry (2012)

Bandcamp

9.3

/Krautrock, Space rock, Avant-rock, Experimental rock, Doom rock, Psychedelia/

Comment: this bunch of 4 lengthy disseminations constitute a fine example of exaggerated spaced-out guitar trips and demented screaming around it. Stylistically it used to have the nexus between krautrock-induced motorik aesthetics and brooding doom rock and space rock/psychedelic excesses. More concretely, it includes  obvious or veiled references to such bands as Faust, and Bardo Bond, for instance.   

Stilz - Love Confidential (2013)

Neferiu

9.2

/Alternative, Hip-hop, Urban music, Lo-fi, DIY, Soul/ 

Comment: Stilz is a musical project related to Calgary-based hip-hop label Neferiu. There are up 11 track coming out from the sophomore issue Love Confidential filled with heavy devotion to lo-fi tinged hip-hop rhythms, autotuned vocal lines, and laidback soul endeavours. The issue includes a lot of fascinating compositions, for instance, The Secret Garden, and She Don`t Love Him.      

[Teaser of the day] Azealia Banks - Barely Legal

• RnB
• Urban Music
• Digi soul
• Digi funk
• House

[Teaser of the day] The Fucked Up Beat - Flagstaff Crop Circles/ 9 11 Mothman Found Alive In Arizona Desert

Haze/Archive

• Sampledelic
• Sound collage
• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism
• Repetitronica
• Weird pop
• Avant-jazz

Coppertone - Pussy Willow (2012)

Price Tapes

Free Music Archive

9.1

/Electro, No Wave, Noise, Alternative, Post-punk, Experimental electronica, Alternative dance/

Comment: Coppertone`s 4-track issue is an enjoyable amalgamation of rigorous dance-induced vibes, electro and noise mixed propulsions, fluorescent drones which at times do baffle with straightforward post-punk-esque feeling and ethereal ascending layers. Due to its multifaceted appearance and cutting edge-infected aesthetics the issue is getting close to musical groups from within the No Wave genre.               

Item Caligo - Moriatur (2011)

Someone

Lastfm

8.6

/Ambient, Neoclassical, Electro-acoustic, Dark ambient, Modern classical, Post-industrial/

Comment: Item Caligo`s ubiquitous sound which takes on minimal ambient and modern classical compositions is padded with electro-acoustic shards and spoken word snippets, and more brooding, neoclassical or dark ambient outlets. There are even up some moments reminding strongly of Vini Reilly`s (Durutti Column) post-punk-esque topics with attempts at experimental explorations (where guitar chords are amplified through spacey corridors).       

Distraccion Masiva ‎– El Dia Del Diluvio EP (2007)

Lepork

8.6

/Pop-punk, Progressive, Hardcore/

Comment: Distraccion Masiva is a quartet from Buenos Aires, Argentina whose music rely on poppy punk and hardcore tendencies. However, at times the listener can perceive more arty developments toward the templates of progressive rock. For sure, all these unison-sung choruses are sympathetic. The most intriguing elements are represented at Demasiado Tarde where conventional song structures are traded to silence and white noise torrents.   

[Compilation] A Christmas Gift For You From Neotomic Records! (2012)

Neotomic

8.8

/Conceptual, Alternative pop, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Post-punk, Lo-fi, Electronic pop/

Comment: these 10 tracks do constitute an interesting set of poignant Christmas songs which used to be wittily arranged veering away the elements of psychedelic rock, baroque pop, post-punk flickers and some more electronically induced ditties. By the way, one song, by Beachniks, is sung in Russian. However, the favourite of mine is My Teenage Stride`s King Of The Holidays. However, there are represented such artists as Baby & Guy, Beachniks, Monnone Alone, Boa Constrictors, Raw Geronimo, Crystal Stilts, First Base, FIRED UP!, My Teenage Stride, and Sea Lions.     

[Teaser of the day] Momus - Closer To You

Ubuweb

• Alternative
• Leftfield
• Art pop
• Singer-songwriter
• Soul

[Teaser of the day] Claymation - When Crows Attack 199 2nd St.

• Ambient
• Musique concrète
• Ambient drone
• Organic electronica
• Soundscapes

Ricky Eat Acid - Ambien Music (2012)

Bandcamp

8.7

/Ambient, DIY, Ambient drone, Soundscapes, Minimal/ 

Comment: though the auteur hints at the point that just the production process was essential by creating this handful of compositions the result comes off properly. More profoundly, it sounds like a DIY-immersed artist were to have got some music programs and applications for the first time to set up wah-wah enveloped soundscapes. Indeed, it is a very solid effort on the strength of heavily dream-soaked layers, viable naive angle and otherworldly oscillating frequencies. There is up also another effect throughout the course appearing from time to time - regarding unexpected transitions from common sound volume level to a lower one. Actually all these 21 tracks used to chime like just one long-running composition having no idea when it ends up or will start off.