- Experimental rock
- Electronic
- Space rock
- Art rock
- Alternative rock
1/14/2015
[Teaser of the day] Figures In Motion - Do Not Wake Up
Patrick Hussey – Assimilation (2008)
/Ambient, Soundscapes, Ambient
drone, Space music, Modern classical, Minimal/
Comment: Hussey`s
4-track issue chimes truly in a wondrous way balancing somewhere in between
static and dynamic. The music`s nature is truly beatific which at times sounds
rather in an abstract or hyper-realistic way. Indeed, the main layers of sound are
craftily accentuated with microscopic noises and sonic effects. I can remember
for that once such sort of music was named as holophonic poetry. Indeed, few
yet expressive sonic bits conjure up something which can be classified as vague
pictures or fictions. Great by any means. It is a classic one released under an unforgettable label, Rack And Ruin Records.
Tunnel Of Love - Tunnel Of Love (2013)
/Noise rock,
Freeformfreakout, Garage rock, Hardcore punk, Avant-garde, Primitronica, DIY/
Comment: there are up 4 tracks within 6 minutes
only. The result is a truly noisy and cacophonic oddball accentuated with a
naïve and primitive electronic interlude (Bumble
Bug). The whole is over there like a mirror reflecting upon flawed
personality so common nowadays due to abundance of information and means of
manipulation. In a word, it is a honest outburst of the Massachusetts based
trio`s feels and susceptibility.
Voyager - Another Wonder (2012)
/Electronic music, Downtempo,
Kosmische Musik, Psybient, Ambient trance/
Comment: Justin Scott Dixon aka Voyager`s music
is a drift along with oneiric synth propulsions and moody atmospheres. The pace
is determined by trance, big beat and tekno drenched rhythms. At times electronic
instruments are accomplished with natural drums and samples thereby broadening
the palette of this 11-track release. Indeed, it is a trip with subtle elements
waiting to be discovered. And the cover print is mesmerizing to connect with the sonic aesthetics over there. The issue is released by Kahvi Records, a prolific
record label. Furthermore, if you like music being issued on Ektoplazm, this
album is thought for you.
Clockwork Keyboard – Da Da EP (2011)
/Drill and bass, Noise,
Experimental electronica, Jungle, Breakcore, Psychedelic electronica/
Comment: actually it is quite problematic to
say is it a collection of sounds which is either to constitute a labyrinth or
is it a miscellany of sounds to be over there to drift across the maze built up
there before it. This 6-track issue can be considered a sort of interactivity
which result is a frantic mix resorting to wild, elliptical beats, rattling
rhythms and their bewildering drifts and sultry conversions. Furthermore, regarding
the last elements in its intensity the release chimes even like sampledelic and
sound collage based one. Clockwork Keyboard is the collaboration act between
Craig Gillman and Joachim Rontxelius (at least was while producing this EP).
1/11/2015
BLAKKR NIO - When The Light Took Us Away (2014)
/Doom metal, Black metal, Drone
doom, Technical metal, Drone metal, Ambient metal, Post-metal/
Comment: Blakkr Nið or BLAKKR NIO`s 5-piece issue is a reverberating and vibrant black and doom metal issue adorned with heavy, repeated riffs and blacked out (at times stoned out) energy boost. At times the artist`s guitar strangulation resembles Tore Elgaroy`s The Sound Of The Sun. Sometimes the artist shows up more affinity toward atmospheric realms and eternity. Emotionally it sways between neutral, and more overwhelming, ominous facets due to layer surfacing from the bottom stepwise. Ultimately it can say that this one-man-project (Peter M) from Canada gives the listener thrills and tickle. It is fascinating and hypnotic by any means.
Kaarel Mihk – Vaade (2014)
/Noise, Experimentalism,
Psycho-acoustic, Post-industrial, Non-music, Spoken word, Space rock, Electro-acoustic,
Lo-fi, DIY, Musique concrete, Avant-garde/
Comment: Kaarel Mihk is an Estonian noisenik who has issued all his 4 issues in 2014. The recent issue is part of discography of Trash Can Dance, a DIY music label from Tallinn, Estonia. Mihk`s 7-track issue used to extend from dull-coloured electro-acoustic and concrete sound blended sonic examples and restrained spaced-out and industrial drenched landscapes to more power electronic jams, straight up pink noise and piercing brown noise torrents and even hirsute guitar-induced noise rock (actually it is rather space rock) appearances. At times he exploits spoken word pieces and samples or something like that – however, those are heavily distorted and mutilated. The result is thought-provoking and upsetting being a refreshing entry into the sparse Estonian noise music scene.
►▲◣▲◣ - ◣◣((▲♥▲▲♥ (2012)
/Glitch-hop, Sampledelic, Clicks and Cuts,
Avant-hop, Alternative, Glitchtronica, Experimental electronica, Breaks,
Glitchstep/
Comment: It was only some months ago when I reviewed an issue by Love Through Cannibalism, a Barcelona, Catalonia residing artist. It is his side project which is remarkably more glitch-y, filled with chopped rhythms, microscopic or hushed noises, clicks, and pitched bits, however, being highly intense by its nature throughout the course. Indeed, it is a contrasty issue because magic melodies and dreamy harmonies are organically mixed up with the aforementioned sonic mould. In a nutshell, it is music on its own.
Egokind & Ozean – Sinus (2014)
/Electronic pop, Alternative/
Ty Segall – September 17, 2014 Webster Hall (2014)
/Garage rock, Fuzz pop,
Alternative rock, Live session, Psychedelic rock/
1/06/2015
Scouts of Uzbekistan – The Scouts of Uzbekistan EP (2011)
/Avant-garde, Leftfield, Experimentalism,
Space music, Neofolk, Avant-rock, Spoken word, Psychedelic rock/
Comment: one is very
sure – it is not a pop release at all though there can be met some restrained
moments juxtaposed to more hirsute and noisy bursts. More profoundly, this
4-track uncanny issue involves stylistically different sections extending from
avant-rock and noise rock torrents to dreamy (neo)folk and hypnagogic spoken
word centred insights. It might be easily these sounds come out of heads of the
personnel of a space lab drifting along millions of miles away from the Earth.
It is deep, it is charming, it is spaced-out, it is… . In spite of incisive
sonic approach the listener can feel somewhat tongue-in-cheek feeling in these
compositions (for instance, using the bluegrass based nexus in one composition).
One of the songs used to depict the hell on its own. Eventually Mark Carolan and Nick d’Uzbekistan produced issue proves very
expressively it is much more worth than most pop albums available right now
around you. In a word, the gem and their record label Year Zero`s discography
is fairly precise to be discovered right now. By kindred souls the can be drawn
parallels upon the likes of The Hirundu, The Residents, Art Abscon(s), Death In
June, for instance.
Mihidea - Sites (2013)
/Experimental, Drone, Microscopic,
Electro-acoustic, Ambient drone, Experimental electronica, Dark ambient,
Dystopbient/
Comment: if to explore
the track titles of the issue you can see the artist is obviously activated by
pessimism and failure of human activity. Eroded
Homeland, Displaced Technology,
and Buried Desires are all lengthy
progressions in sound due to microtonal shades and veiled shards. The
soundscape used to sway between ominous dark ambient/illbient currents and
austere electro-acoustic bits as if communicating impending doom or catastrophe
to the listener. Or is it just the wind coming out of uncharted areas into your
room loaded with dreary messages and awful murmurs? Anyway, it just one example
– there is also up a more lucid, signal-alike droning component with phase
shifting and microscopic electronic ornaments and sonic effects on the top.
Ultimately the issue offers up a nice listening time with underlying
density.
Foxes In Fiction – Ontario Gothic (2014)
/Dream pop, Alternative pop,
Electronic, Avant-pop, Ambient pop, Experimental indie/
Comment: Warren Hildebrand
aka Foxes In Fiction is a Canadian musician who have been living in New York
for some years. I can remember for my first acquaintance with his music 3-4
years ago. Indeed, my then impression was truly unforgettable. The same can be
said about this 7-track album – still it is an organic drift between
hyper-realistic ambient music and indie attitude filled with indescribable
magic and spellbinding glamour. It is very believable that that pure beauty
laid out over here is born through tears and grief due to the death of his
young brother and Caitlin Amanda Morris whom the album is dedicated. He is
assisted by such musicians as Owen Pallett, Ansel Cohen, Beau Sorensen, Rachel
Levy, Caroline White, and Sam Ray. Undoubtedly it was one of the best albums in
2014.
1/04/2015
CKKO40 - Kito Sounds 6 (2014)
/Electro-indie, Alternative
dance, Downtempo, Electro pop, New Wave, Dub, Electronic pop, Techno pop, Synth
wave, Minimal wave, Kraut-electro, Alternative pop/
Comment: CHEZ.KITO.KAT
Records is a French label which set off in 2006 to promote mind-provoking electronic
pop music. The recent compilation involves 17 pieces by such artists as
Artabana, Synthesis, Beat For Sale, Jürgen Jogurt, Binary & Dyslexic,
Det90, E1000, Mr Bios, Shizuka, Kuston Beater, In Circles, Alexandre Martinez,
No Drum No Moog, Dr Geo, Daily Vacation, Arbee, Bochum Ludmila. The compilation
is outstanding because of going out on a limb with regard to traditional synth
pop and electronic pop music examples springing to mind. Why? There can be
drawn parallels upon such movements as minimal wave, post-punk, spaced-out
synthesizer rock, dub, and krautrock which definitely would have impact on the
abovementioned artists in a more or lesser extent. Although the music presented
there is ambitious it does not sacrify its emotional side. Get in those 80
minutes to get a parallel world for yourself.
It May Never End – Such Is Life (2008)
/Post-rock, Epic,
Experimental rock, Ambient rock, Electronic, Drone/
Comment: Victoria,
Australian-based one-man-project by Neil Spicer is a post-rock representative whose
7-track issue is a solid one – it is well produced filled with majestic
Epiphone Les Paul guitar chords and dreamy landscapes in the background.
Sometimes those elements are stretched out or varicoloured with glitch drenched
noises and bewitchingly droning electronic progressions or staticness. By
listening to it the listener may experience a sense while driving across the
hilly landscape open to picturesque panoramas and breath-taking views. However,
at times those landscapes are developed on its own to transcend the borders of
post-rock genre to become a sort of ambient music. Neil Spicer follows a common
post-rock formula to find out fine balance between muscles/body and soul,
between mundane and eternal. However, Spicer used to present their music
without dizzy, slamming crescendos – instead of it the listener can enjoy
slowly developing chords and sections to get its own packet of beauty. In a
word, it is highly recommendable not only for all those post-rock music fans.
It is even more precious because of being Spicer`s only long playing album to
date. Such is life.
Naked House – Afterthought EP (2013)
/Indie pop, Synth rock,
Alternative pop, DIY, Electro-indie/
Comment: Naked House is
an one-man-band (Damon Guyett) from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada whose 6-track
(within a 12 minute set only) issue is
amalgamation of chirpy light-hearted melodies and burbly electronic keyboard
driven pads, optimal string chords and brass whiffs thereby reminding of such
one-man-combos as Magnetic Fields, and His Name Is Alive, for instance. The duo
is backed up by highly sonorous and sensual vocal delivery of Ohsowhy (Ylva
Krantz) whose female vocal contributes to the catchiest ditty on it, called The Joke We Lived Isn`t Funny Anymore by
the way. The lyrics of the album is worth to be discovered (it says something about
the zeitgeist of modern youth). In a word, the duo`s musical approach is simple
and straight up yet striking your ears. Very good. Dig it.
1/03/2015
Recent Music Heroes Mixtape #14 (03.01.2015)
1) Radikal Satan - Perifèrico (2010, Clochette)
2) plusplus - Plantopia (2014, Psycho)
3) Tom Fahy - Time Traveler's Dilemma (Maude) (1995, 5 Minutes to Midnight)
4) Mooval - Like Life Itself (2012, By Immersion)
5) Wladyslaw Komendarek - Smietnikowy Ptak / Trashy Bird (Futurospekcja remix) (2012, Wladyslaw Komendarek/Trashy Bird)
6) Dean – Feelin You
(2012, V.A. - 3 Years Prozent Part One)
7) 3EEM - Slow Motion (2009, Third Segment)
8) Ou Où - Kanya (2013, Geocities)
9) The Hirundu - Timbuktu (2003, Hypnodisq)
10) Vonsuck - Arabella kastekann (1999, Enne und)
11) Oplen - Electronic Music For Disarmament (2014, Besides 06-09)
1/02/2015
[Teaser of the day] Elektrocell & Diagram - Solaris I.II
- Ambient drone
- Space music
- Spoken word
- Avant-garde
- Minimalism
- Dark ambient
- Soundscapes
- Experimentalism
[Teaser of the day] Simon Bird - Stillborn In Autumn
- Alternative
- Electronic
- Exotica pop
- Dreamwave
- Mood music
1/01/2015
Hiyohiyoipseniyo – al ARMA (2014)
/Sound collage, Avant-garde,
Breakcore, Non-music, Experimentalism, Plunderphonics, Drill and bass, Freeformfreakout,
Noise, Leftfield/
Comment: just AAA, just BBB. Just nothing more. Indeed, the
album includes a pair of long-running compositions which will create a truly
oddball impression about the project finally. More concretely, one sample is
followed just by another, from spoken word ones and concrete sounds to incisive
noise attacks, howling drones and skipped, even demented rhythms. The project
used to add even cheesy Eurobeat/trance rhythms into the mix. Different
dimensions will meet with each other very casually. Of course, many samples are
processed but the result is thoroughly sampledelic indeed. The issue is
released on the Barcelona, Catalonia based tape/web label NYAPSTER. Although
the result might be exciting or frustrating (depending on the mood of the listener)
it does not give a damn to you. For me it is truly fascinating.
The Wordsmiths – IUMA
/Baggy, Dance rock, Remixes,
Indie rock, Big beat, Alternative dance, Acid rock, Indie dance, Psychedelic
rock, Alternative rock, Dub/
Comment: The Wordsmiths
was a Penicuik, Scottish alternative rock combo whose preferable stylistic approach
was to create acid fuelled dance rhythms tightly mixed up with psychedelic
guitar textures and highly suggestive organ solos. They formed in 1990 and
issued one LP (Penicuik 1990) and an
EP, Floral Riot (both under Lone
Head Records). Some years ago they returned with a single, called Oliver Cromwell. This 4-track issue
consists of 2 original one and a couple of remixes bringing forth the best aspects
of the musical group. The remixes are more big beat/dub oriented. Ultimately, you
can just listen to it or dance with it. Undoubtedly such kind of dance-appealed
music is open to many people and it is a genuine indie style by its touch and
approach. Highly recommended.
Jealousy Party - All Yours (2013)
/Free jazz, Improvised
music, Dub, Avant-jazz, Dada music, Leftfield, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Improvised
noise/
12/31/2014
Some best albums in 2014
Aden Ohm - La Loi De Morphine (Pavillon36-Recordings)
Panda Eyes - Dream Police (Self-released)
Golden Glow - Beauty/Duty (Bleeding Gold)
Asian Women On The Telephone - You Have Reached Your Destination (Self-released)
Foxes In Fiction - Ontario Gothic (Orchid Tapes)
Cosmen Adelaida - La Foto Fantasma (Self-released)
Ester Poland - Sleipnir (Wooden Sherpa)
Nomsei - Epos of Loneliness (Noiseu)
Faerùn - The Night (Test Tube)
Klaus Marten - Master Tape (Self-released)
Javier Rubio - Cine Roma (Miga)
Ester Poland - Sleipnir (Wooden Sherpa)
Golgotha Communications Ltd. – Wine, Women and Song Pt2 (HAZE)
M.Geddes Gengras - Ishi (Stones Throw / Leaving)
Huey - Ace (Sinewave)
The Mussy Gluves - Pelu Green Puns (Death Roots Syndicate)
EDASI - Orphaned Demon Follow Your Destiny (Dipsomaniac)
EUS – Reviraje (BLWBCK)
Wood Spider - Decadence (Self-released)
Scott Lawlor - The Absence of Light Contains the Shadow of Loss (Buddhist On Fire)
Vaiko Eplik - Nõgesed (Mortimer Snerd)
Data Snow – Phases (2014) (Textural-Records)
6SISS – In Pallid Nights (Entity)
NightWake - Relation (Deadknife)
Dancing Deadlips - Song of the Flight (Self-released)
Centauri - Centauri (Lepers)
The Fucked Up Beat - Investigates Strange Weather Patterns and the UFO Cults of Cold War Nevada (Self-released)
Infirm Individual – Agoraphobia (Self-released)
The Japanese Girl - A Tea With Twiggy Kasumi (Self-released)
Death Grips - Niggas On The Moon (This Worlds/Harvest)
guitarsisyo – Life Is Dictionary (Tanukineiri)
Jim Lace/Alex Nova – Twists (Pan Y Rosas Discos)
TFSL - Tales From The Sleeping Land (Mahorka)
Hans Laguna - Deletrea (Delhotel)
Miami Slice - Brooklyn 2 Brooklyn EP (Midnight Side)
Aairria - Abyss (Rain)
YlangYlang - Am I Being Overdramatic? (Self-released)
Rama The Rad - Rama The Rad (Weakie Discs)
Cement0 - No Man`s Land (Wavelike)
Natural Snow Buildings - The Night Country (Vulpiano)
Iris Garrelfs - Breathing Through Wires (Pan Y Rosas Discos)
Mudlark – Zimdahl (Wood & Wine)
Twyxu - At Dawn And Dusk You Come (Laverna)
plusplus - Psycho (La bèl)
Cinchel - Reign Water (Subterranean Tide)
Elbee - Visions Of Vactrols (Wood & Wire)
The Stepkids - Wanderers (Stones Throw)
fydhws - The Sound (four movements in the key of D) (NGC 147)
Cybernetika - Solar Nexus (Ektoplazm)
Surfacing - Surfacing (Records On Ribs)
Tracing Arcs – Wasteland (23 Seconds)
The Easton Ellises - NightWavs (Enoughrecords/Jamendo)
Mystified - Cardboard Hotel Revisited (Webbed Hand)
This Lonely Crowd - Möbius And The Healing Process (Sinewave)
mnttaB - 3CR Session July 2014 (Self-released)
Tunguska Electronic Music Society - Siberian Jungle Vol. 5 (Jamendo)
Panda Eyes - Dream Police (Self-released)
Golden Glow - Beauty/Duty (Bleeding Gold)
Asian Women On The Telephone - You Have Reached Your Destination (Self-released)
Foxes In Fiction - Ontario Gothic (Orchid Tapes)
Cosmen Adelaida - La Foto Fantasma (Self-released)
Ester Poland - Sleipnir (Wooden Sherpa)
Nomsei - Epos of Loneliness (Noiseu)
Faerùn - The Night (Test Tube)
Klaus Marten - Master Tape (Self-released)
Javier Rubio - Cine Roma (Miga)
Ester Poland - Sleipnir (Wooden Sherpa)
Golgotha Communications Ltd. – Wine, Women and Song Pt2 (HAZE)
M.Geddes Gengras - Ishi (Stones Throw / Leaving)
Huey - Ace (Sinewave)
The Mussy Gluves - Pelu Green Puns (Death Roots Syndicate)
EDASI - Orphaned Demon Follow Your Destiny (Dipsomaniac)
EUS – Reviraje (BLWBCK)
Wood Spider - Decadence (Self-released)
Scott Lawlor - The Absence of Light Contains the Shadow of Loss (Buddhist On Fire)
Vaiko Eplik - Nõgesed (Mortimer Snerd)
Data Snow – Phases (2014) (Textural-Records)
6SISS – In Pallid Nights (Entity)
NightWake - Relation (Deadknife)
Dancing Deadlips - Song of the Flight (Self-released)
Centauri - Centauri (Lepers)
The Fucked Up Beat - Investigates Strange Weather Patterns and the UFO Cults of Cold War Nevada (Self-released)
Infirm Individual – Agoraphobia (Self-released)
The Japanese Girl - A Tea With Twiggy Kasumi (Self-released)
Death Grips - Niggas On The Moon (This Worlds/Harvest)
guitarsisyo – Life Is Dictionary (Tanukineiri)
Jim Lace/Alex Nova – Twists (Pan Y Rosas Discos)
TFSL - Tales From The Sleeping Land (Mahorka)
Hans Laguna - Deletrea (Delhotel)
Miami Slice - Brooklyn 2 Brooklyn EP (Midnight Side)
Aairria - Abyss (Rain)
YlangYlang - Am I Being Overdramatic? (Self-released)
Rama The Rad - Rama The Rad (Weakie Discs)
Cement0 - No Man`s Land (Wavelike)
Natural Snow Buildings - The Night Country (Vulpiano)
Iris Garrelfs - Breathing Through Wires (Pan Y Rosas Discos)
Mudlark – Zimdahl (Wood & Wine)
Twyxu - At Dawn And Dusk You Come (Laverna)
plusplus - Psycho (La bèl)
Cinchel - Reign Water (Subterranean Tide)
Elbee - Visions Of Vactrols (Wood & Wire)
The Stepkids - Wanderers (Stones Throw)
fydhws - The Sound (four movements in the key of D) (NGC 147)
Cybernetika - Solar Nexus (Ektoplazm)
Surfacing - Surfacing (Records On Ribs)
Tracing Arcs – Wasteland (23 Seconds)
The Easton Ellises - NightWavs (Enoughrecords/Jamendo)
Mystified - Cardboard Hotel Revisited (Webbed Hand)
This Lonely Crowd - Möbius And The Healing Process (Sinewave)
mnttaB - 3CR Session July 2014 (Self-released)
Tunguska Electronic Music Society - Siberian Jungle Vol. 5 (Jamendo)
Jonas Kocher/Gaudenz Badrutt - Cinema Rex (Insub.)
Chinese Cookie Poets - ■ (Self-released)
Chinese Cookie Poets - ■ (Self-released)
Hassan K. - Talab (Darling Dada)
Infirm Individual - Spiritual Blackout (Self-released)
PA - 14.05.14 Thru (Take Pills Die)
Jonas Kocher-Gaudenz Badrutt – Cinema Rex (2014)
/Improvised music, Microtonal, Live session, Experimental, Improvised noise, Avant-garde. Glitchtronica, Electro-acoustic,
Drone noise/
All The Empires Of The World - CVRSVS (2014)
/Black metal, Trash metal, Epic doom, Neoclassical, Doom metal, Post-metal, Sludge metal/
Kool Skull – Yum (2014)
/Breakcore, Electro,
Alternative dance, Chiptune/
Comment:
this handful of
tracks used to bounce and put up a fight indeed. More concretely, there are
represented hirsute electro and obsessive chiptune drenched frequencies
offering up the boost through dynamic vectors and tremendous key changes.
Primitive sonorous sources are allied with contemporary software and technique
in a way to be on the ball. However, chiptune based reflection does not have the main purpose on the issue. In a word, it is a good piece created by Juan Larrazabal.
Galeria Discos – Memorias EP (2014)
/Tech-house, Club dance,
Deep house, Remix/
12/28/2014
The Late Virginia Summers – TLVS (2006)
/Lo-fi, Ambient, Cowbell
indie, Drone rock, Post-rock, DIY, Live recording/
Comment: Redstarcommunity is a Swedish record
label having been existing since 2001 and having the discography of 22 issues so
far. TLVS was 11th release
which consisted of elemental crackled noises, graceful glockenspiel snippets,
spaced-out drones, ambient music inspired reverberating soundscapes and improvised
noodling here and there. Emotionally are outstanding those moments when epic
guitar chords are put into delayed loops while being accompanied by sublime
glockenspiel fabric and droning bold cello keys (Almost Asleep, Part One). You
Are What Gets Me In Trouble was recorded in live at The Nanci Raygun in
Richmond, USA. Grossly, it is a lo-fi sort of post-rock/experimental indie
approach produced by Joe Morgan & Nathan McGlothlin.
Abisales – XDCS (2013)
/Post-rock, Experimental
rock, Power pop, Art rock/
Comment: The Còrdoba, Argentina-based combo`s instrumental 5-track issue is
an enchanting listening time because of involving an innumerable amount of key
changes and mood shifts throughout the course for the listener`s pleasure. More
concretely, restless at times even roaring guitar patterns and riffs are
cunningly varicoloured with cinematic keyboard based vignettes and sonic
effects. Indeed, power pop meets art rock in a tumultuous yet picturesque way.
Imagine yourself walking in the forest in a cold winter day while sun is
arising and making the clouds appearing yellowish orange.
Alarm Pressure – CON (2008)
/Psychedelic rock, Free
jazz, Improvised noise, Synth rock, Leftfield, Improvised music, Experimental
rock, Drone rock, Acid rock, Electronic/
Comment: Alarm Pressure is
a duo (Den Mitchell, and Nick Acorne) from Kharkiv, Ukraine whose 8-track debut
issue was an amalgamation of acid drenched sustained noises and synth
improvisations abundantly filled with many key changes and moody dodges. At
times natural instruments are traded for fully electronic progressions. May be
it is not correct to name it a branch of rock music at all because of having
obviously inspired by free jazz and improvised noise either. The LP can be
compared with the Chicago-based experimental jazz scene (Isotope 217, Chicago
Underground Duo). The result is fascinating and suggestive.
Tom Fahy - 5 Minutes to Midnight (1995)
/Experimental rock, Dream
pop, Electronic, Ambient rock, Shoegazetronica, Big beat, Darkgaze, Ethereal
Wave, Post-rock, Alternative/
Comment: Tom Fahy and his satellites` 10-notch
issue is stylistically multi-faceted, extending from New Age-y big beat
cadences, hovering ambient tinged soundscapes and repetition-heavy guitar
shapes to more murky ethereal wave and slowed down progressions. By listening
to it the album resembles slightly My Bloody Valentine`s long-awaited third
album mbv (2013). For instance, Z Machine is saturated with reverb heavy
drums, overdriven guitar effects and signal-alike noises – in spite of it the
track sounds exuberantly full of segmented dreams and insights. And listen to Time Traveler's Dilemma (Maude) – pure
beauty. Sometimes the listener can feel the time to be stopped by or...just you
are stopped for the passing of time. Indeed, the time and being (and Martin
Heidegger) is one of their topics on the release. Ultimately it is a great
release – so do not miss it out on.
12/22/2014
[Teaser of the day] ►▲◣▲◣ - ◣▲((((▲((((((((♥▲▲▲♥
- Glitch-hop
- Breaks
- Hip-hop
- Experimentalism
- Sampledelic
Atlas Sound - 2012-06-22 Athfest Main Stage - Athens, GA (2012)
/Indie rock, Indietronica,
Americana, Dream pop, Live session, Chamber pop, Folk indie, Singer-songwriter,
Indie folk/
Comment: Bradford James Cox is a name which
apparently does need no introducing to the indie audience worldwide. Through
his participation of being the singer and frontman of spaced-out experimental/psych/shoegaze
rock band Deerhunter and creating more electronica and string mixed spacey
Americana music under the moniker Atlas Sound he has been a pioneer in a new
wave of modern indie combos since the mid of 00s. To a wider audience he is now
known as an actor thanks to the film Dallas Buyers Club. This is Cox`s a hour
long live set in his domestic Athens, Georgia, USA. The whole is enchantingly
dream-filled and hypnotic full of continuous delays, astral singing and vowel
effects and daydreamy strumming. There is just one man with the guitar,
harmonica, and electronics on the stage. Highly recommended.
Disgorged Faeces – Contamination II (2012)
/Harsh noise, Non-music,
Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Minimalism/
Comment: I discovered a quite feeling by listening to this 44-minute album
just consisting of one long-running track full of static harsh noise
propulsions and overwhelming sonorous brutality. However, if my first
experience was disgusting because of being without apparent changes then the
track would have mellowed throughout the course. By the conceptual side I truly
like Yevgeniy Kukharik`s approach to reflect upon shortages related to
ecological environmental pollution by malevolent consumption activities of the
human being. The point is he/she pollutes himself/herself either. Is that the
mind of our life? Of course, by exploiting such kind of threatening (white)
noise music to hint at problems related to the human being is not the first
time throughout the history of noise music but, however, the result is impressively yelling into the
listener`s ear. Please do not think about them as crazy ones but it is not the point of it.
Ou Où – Geocities (2013)
/Shoegazetronica, Experimental rock, Epic, Ambient
trance, Leftfield, Crossover, Avant-rock, Kosmische Musik, Ambient drone, Alternative dance/
Comment: it is simply awesome…based on druggy
rhythms which at times will expand into a panoramic moloch amplified with
elemental loops, vivid techno paces, oneiric synth progressions and dreamy,
even astral shoegaze-y pads. The listener can enjoy different motives
simultaneously and stepwise coming out from the same direction to constitute
something unbelievable and cathartic. Although the St Louis, Missouri-based duo (Travis Burski, Patrick Weston) is apparently influenced by such groups/albums as The Orb (Orblivion), Tangerine Dream (Ricochet), My Bloody Valentine (Tremolo EP), and Seefeel (Quique) it is idiosyncratically
overwhelming touch presented on this 6-piece issue. If you listen to the
finishing composition Maidan it
chimes like an eargasmic experience on its own. It might be pop music or not
but it is music with the initals. Mandatory in any sense.
12/21/2014
[Teaser of the day] Shibuya Motors - Mimi Tu
- Free jazz
- Improvised music
- Avant-garde
- Improvised noise
- Experimentalism
- Avant-jazz
(((О))) – CHURCHBURN (2011)
/Witch house, Avant-electronica,
Gothgaze, Drag house, Ghostgaze, Newbreed, Trianglecore, Hip-hop, Epic, Experimental
electronica, Remixes, Darktronica, Post-industrial/
Comment: occult-themed
dark synth progressions, disturbingly shifting rhythms and obscure vowel
experiments are mixed up with each other throughout 15 tracks. Only the
finishing †hroVV y▲ se† in d▲ ▲!r
(Cypress Hill Zombie Rave RMX) remix is clearly more hip-hop centred - with
catchy rapping and signal-fuelled impulses in the background. The issue
involves many highlights due to slowed-down epic synth explorations which seem
to be similar to some gloomy shoegaze/dark wave related albums like Treasure by Cocteau Twins, or The Burning Circle And Then Dust by Lycia. Great stuff!
Gift – a EP (2014)
/Folktronica, Alternative
pop, Jazztronica, Indietronica, Acid pop/
Comment: these 5 pieces represent a blend of
instrumental folk and electronic music in its beauty and craftiness. More
concretely, it consists of skewed guitar chords, chopped and twisted electronic
bits, unexpected dodges and noisy overdrives giving it a refreshing outlook. At
times the guitars are jettisoned in favour of enchanting piano chords and moody
jazzy samples. Frequently the chords seem to be stop-timed to be continued with
a new rush and power. In spite of superficial effects, a sense of melody comes
forth from the nexus. This instrumental issue comes out of Japan and is issued
on Element Perspective. Ultimately the outlet is amusing and charming.
Greendjohn – String Element EP (2014)
/Orchestrated music, Alternative,
Soundtrack/
Comment: in fact, it was very problematic to
categorize this 9-track album because of having no predominant or obvious element
within it. Indeed, it includes panoramic violin progressions and orchestrated
heavens behind it, though it is not classical music on its own. Instead of it
this may resemble more the movie soundtrack. In addition to exuberant orchestrations
and bow instrument based progressions the album involves electric guitar
playing and some synthesised bubbling below the upper layers. Indeed, listen to
this beatific outlet to enjoy and fathom it. I recommend listen to the Belgian
musician`s previous issue (Loophole 2011 - reviewed at Recent Music Heroes) either.
12/19/2014
Mild Bang - One Million EP (2010)
/Tech-house, Electro house, Club
dance, Dub house, Remixes, House, Deep house/
Comment: One Million EP consists of 4 tracks,
one of which is an original one and the rest ones are the remixes of it. The
original track is a catchy, minimally ornamented dub-drenched house progression.
By the remixing activity, it stylistically extends from highly suggestive
electro bumpy house and obsessive tech-house vibrations to flourishing synth
propulsions or wind instrument based motives full of sheeny glamour and dynamic
refreshment. There are represented such remixers as Obando, Alberto Santizzo,
Low Deep. In a word, shake your hands and thrust your pelvis forward. Very
good.
The Vs – The Vs (2013)
/Americana, Alt-folk, Indie
folk, Folk indie, Alternative rock, Psychedelic rock/
Comment: although all
these 10 songs are written and produced by Simon Sixsmith at Black Box Studios,
Utrecht, Netherlands the whole chimes like it were created rather by an
American musician. It is mainly based on Americana music (having hints at
country, folk, blues rock). Maybe the only exceptions are Dynamite where the trio exploits readily acid drenched organs in
composing the song; the enchanting Let's
Tear It Up Some seems to be proper for some southern gothic TV series.
Overall, it is not surprising at all because three guys behind the musical
group took a road-trip across the United State before fulfilling the release. The
issue is written while staying in motels or driving the car. The result is a
bunch of chirpily sounding guitar-strummed ditties.
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