- Slowcore
- Indie pop
- Live session
- Dream pop
- Alternative pop
- Chamber pop
2/17/2015
[Teaser of the day] Nodding by the Fire - The Oldest Living Things
- Indie folk
- Americana
- Folk indie
- Alt-folk
- Epic
[Teaser of the day] Grace Valhalla - Jenny
- Electronic pop
- Alternative
- Psychedelic
- Poptronica
- Acid
- Robot pop
Zero a m m 0 - Temporary Shades Of Gray (2007)
/Post-rock, Avant-rock, Crossover,
Modern classical, Spoken word, Electro-acoustic, Chamber music, Art rock,
Experimental rock, Ambient/
Comment: Zero a m m 0 is
a combo (Mathieu Graveline, Benoit Panneton) from Montréal, Quebec, Canada
showing up a distinct sound exploration being so characteristic for the section
of Montrèal based music collectives mainly related to Constellation
Records. Indeed, the duo exploits
post-rock layers and nowadays sonic manipulation devices to design their sound.
More concretely, those guitar based currents are channelized through the algorithm
of reverse effect, chord loops, pitch bending and on the other side varicoloured
with spoken word snippets and piano keys ranging from stomping to volatile
ones. Because all of this this batch of 3 tracks can be considered as a
transitional one trudging into the electro-acoustic, ambient and modern
classical music territory. Furthermore, there is distinctly represented also
interplay between sound and silence, between sonorous de-escalation and growing
louder into elemental, noisy peaks. The result is enjoyably consistent and
worth of any bit of it.
Chad Golda – 8IGHT (2013)
/Free folk, Freak folk, Musique
concrete, DIY, Weird folk, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Americana, New Weird America,
Folk indie, Conceptual/
Comment: Chad Golda is a
singer-songwriter from Fort Collins, USA whose was erstwhile being known as a
member of such Michigan-based trio as Ringo Star/starstarstar, the combo who
had issued some splendid albums under Rack & Ruin Records. Upon it he
embarked on solo project which resulted in some poignant experimental releases made
up of free folk, psychedelic rock, noise and electronics. However, this case is
up there to provide eight brand new ones which are subjected to eight different
modes/ recording premises ranging from the acoustic tape, digital four track,
acoustic digital, and digital drum setup to electric digital drums, digital
field recordings, and electric loop setup. More profoundly, at times the
listener can enjoy bare acoustic guitar strumming at times the strings are accompanied
with harmonium-drenched drones and more distinctly designed rhythmic patterns (may
he be exploiting the drum machine if necessary at a time?) and some concrete
sounds and reverberant singing layers. If to compare it to his first solo issues than aesthetically he is calmed down. It does mean the whole includes 64
tracks in total. Indeed, it is tremendous but worth to unzip it.
(((О))) – The Trial (2011)
/Witch house, Avant-electronica,
Dark wave, Drag house, Leftfield, Experimentalism/
Comment: The Trial is (((0))`s debut issue on
ODDOT includes three tracks (Trial, Josephine, Waiting). The result is a marvellous witch house record because of
gritty, bold beats and superficial noises are organically interlaced with
haunting synth overtones and other bewitching sonic fabric elements (buried spoken
word aspects, crackling electronic layers). The cover print also caress the ear
(sorry, the eye). Highly recommended.
2/15/2015
[Teaser of the day] Super Besse - Камни и лес
- Post-punk
- Dance rock
- Alternative rock
- Electro-indie
- Cold wave
- New Wave
- Gothic rock
- Alternative dance
- Synth-punk
The Kinoslav Studio Orchestra - ICON (2014)
/Neoclassical, Crossover, Ambient,
Leftfield, Post industrial, Film noir, Gothic, Dark wave, Experimentalism,
Avant-garde, Drone, Electronic/
Comment: one is sure as shooting that The Kinoslav
Studio Orchestra`s debut album pleases my ears thoroughly. However, it does not
mean that all is friendly, serene and sunshiny sonorously on it. On the
contrary, throughout the most of its course the US-based project conjures up
melancholic and sombre landscapes which are punctuated by slowed down beats,
sad cello layering, whimsical bagpipe-alike drones and eerie and manipulated
electronics atop or in the midst of. Infrequently some blissful, spaced-out
glimpses are to ascend, swirl and change their phases. Many sounds represented
over there are remarkably processed and suppressed into the forms of otherworldly
life which used to flicker and flutter. And stylistically the issue is
implacable because of spitting at possibility to have the range of a certain
style. The album was produced on two studios in Illinois and Iowa.
Moscow Club – Radio Vietnam EP (2012)
/Indie pop, Chillwave, Glo-fi,
Synth pop, Alternative pop, Poptronica/
Comment: it is always a great pleasure to arrive at a Japanese combo, Moscow Club`s music due to its
serene sonorous cloud made up of exquisite synth progressions and volatile
vocal progressions and sublime guitar chords. The title track is a more guitar
oriented one with the poignant guitar gear, Sanatorium,
however, sounds like a full-fledged synthesizer pop example with slightly
autotuned, wadded singing as if coming out of the 80s. Enjoy it!
The Go! Team - Rwb003 (2004)
/Indie rock, Alternative
pop, Brass pop, Southern rock, Psychedelic rock, Sunshine pop/
Comment: this couple of tracks was issued some
months before The Brighton-based (Great Britain) sextet surfaced to the
limelight thanks to their highly acclaimed debut album Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Memphis Industries). These 7 minutes
used to constitute a solid span for enjoying great guitar music being mixed up
with cinematic woodwind drenched motives and suggestive piano chords. However,
although they come out of Europe the combo´s sound and aesthetics remind more
of the US-based tradition (the so-called Southern rock). One of the songs (Junior Kickstart) would also be represented
on the debut issue. The result is fabulous and hilarious at the same time.
2/12/2015
The Love Songs – Some Protest Music For Today's Youth (2005)
/Post-rock, Ambient pop,
Drone pop, Indietronica, Experimental rock, Musique concrete, Organcore/
Comment: these 33
minutes are fairly gorgeous ones because Sven Swift provides a flawless set of
concrete sounds, balmy noisy impulses based either on vague post-rock templates
or sublime drone hovers. At times these elements will be bent through some
experiments on pitched effects or will be channelized into ecstatic
signal-alike buzzes and psychedelic outputs. On the other side, such sort of
music can be considered a modern form of nowadays New Age music. This 5-set album
was issued in 2005 and obviously forecasted the coming of such band as
Oneohtrix Point Never, for instance. In a nutshell, you have a chance to enjoy
this excellent experimental album which unfortunately would not have got enough
feedback from contemporary indie peers.
Simone D'Annunzio - Near Death Experience #01 (2014)
/Noise, Abstract, Musiqe
concrete, Post-industrial, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Tape music/
Comment: this Italian artist depicts desolate landscapes made up of wailing metallic echoes, ellipse haped drone patterns and choking noise outbursts. Furthermore, Simone`s 2-track increases gradually in volume and loudness or just downshifting its drift in different directions in the meanwhile. A trump of D´Annunzio`s concept is that it is not a harrowing one because those noisy torrents are wisely variegated with more hesychastic, silence and poignant concrete sounds induced snippets. However, he is a fine example of continuity within the course of glorious Italian noise music harking back to such artists as Maurizio Bianchi, Luigi Russolo, Atrax Morgue, Mauthausen Orchestra.
▒◊↭ᑯⅈℤ௨ழ↭◊▒ - 3D文学 (2013)
/Electronic pop, Vaporwave, Poptronica,
Alternative/
Comment: this 3-notch
release from Nippon reveals its aesthetical backbone and impetus through
aquatic and soporiferous synth vortexes and canorous electric piano based
chords which constitute the rhythmical background for clear-cut declamations in
Japanese (it is slightly warped at times, though). Eventually it can say any
chord envisaged on it pleases the eye (and ear). The issue was released on Poem
Core Records
Alejandro Remeseiro – Storm (2014)
/Spoken word,
Experimentalism, Organic electronica, Avant-garde, Musique concrète,
Conceptual, Dark ambient/
Comment: Alejandro Remeseiro aka Thanatorium
aka Elias Falken aka Eemian aka Prowano Prosper aka The Advanced Antennas aka
Konsumprodukt is a prolific sound explorer from Spain whose 5-piece issue Storm
is based on a relatively simple idea, mixing up agitated weather report
annunciations (regarding the hurricane Sandy in 2012 on the east coast) with
emotionally loaded sonic backgrounds and effects. However, the result is
impressive because of going right to evoke epic dread and impending doom.
Remeseiro`s work is haunting a little reminding of such seminal work as Irdial-Discs´
The Conet Project: Recordings of
Shortwave Numbers Stations (1997) (although do not have even a similar
context).
Sueño De Dahlia - Sueño De Dahlia (2013)
/Pop rock, Pomp rock,
College rock/
Comment: this 10-piece
issue is thought for everyone who likes listen to ostentatiously designed pop
and rock music with obvious mainstream appeal. Lots of simplistic acoustic
guitar strums and vivacious singing are varicoloured with more punching guitar
riffs, slamming drums and massive electric guitar feedbacks and some sonic effects.
From the beginning to its end the album includes an immense amount of key and
moody changes even though these elements used to be recurrent and same. However,
the ditties are well-crafted and fulfilled. The quartet comes out of Puerto
Rico and the lyrics are presented in Spanish.
2/10/2015
Beko_cs02 (August 2010)
/Indie pop, Alternative pop,
Indietronica, Electronic, Dream pop, Ambient pop/
Comment: as you can see a huge amount of stylistic tags above this compilation of 21 tracks embraces a lot of artists from the modern indie music spectrum. Mostly it is dominated by synthetic, keyboard percolated orchestrations and tenuous vocals. Indeed, the guitars do have a backseat role within the case. The miscellany was issued 5 years ago and it can say at the moment that some of these artists have gained popularity meanwhile and are solidly represented in most important webzines. For instance, Blackbird Blackbird, Porcelain Raft, Foxes In Fiction are those ones. Additionally there are represented such artists as Fluker Love, Black Coffee & Cherry Pie, Wizard Oz, Kites Sail High, Raw Moans & Party Trash, Petit Tambour, Cosmic Sound, Pandit, Liquid Days, Kiss Kiss Fantastic, Lay Bac, The Beauty, Vacation Dad, Mon Insomnie, The Cq, Hard Mix, Winter Drones, Coma Cinema.
Bigcityorcheestrea - Child's Garden of NOIZE EP
/Experimentalism,
Sampledelic, Avant-garde, Sound art, Toytronica, Spoken word, Weird,
Radiophonic art, Psychedelic, Sound collage/
Comment: the California-based Big City Orchestra (or issuing music
under other name derivatives like the recent one) is a master of shifting
context and toying with disparate samples from the recent world and travelling
back to mirror the music produced many decades ago. Indeed, the result is
fairly weird filled with child`s singing, concrete sounds, spoken word snippets
(involving ambiguous minds), and improvisations on toy instruments (by the way, the subtitle of the album is four songs for kids for noise all day). These 15
minutes used to chime like the radio drama at first blush although it obviously
emits beyond the genre. Emotionally it is intimidating and amusing
simultaneously to arouse your sensibility to the next level. By the way, the
date of the issue is designated with the year of 1903. In a nutshell, BCO`s art
is still inescapably enchanting.
Revolution Void - Increase the Dosage (2004)
/Nu jazz, Acid jazz, Breaks,
Electronic, Club jazz, Alternative, Mood music/
Comment: Jonah Dempcy
aka Revolution Void`s 11-track issue crosses jazzy progressions and mellow
woodwind, electric piano, reed organ and vibraphone based instrumentation with gritty programmed
beats which eventually result in genuinely moody hovers and entertaining 68
minutes. All these sounds and layers used to swirl in a frenzied way. Besides Dempcy the activity is
provided by many musicians (Matthew Garrison, Seamus Blake, Darryl Estes, Nicolas
Manel, Michael Shrieve, Gino Yevdjevich, Ill-esha, Steven Burke, James Rotondi,
Dave Hill Jr).
A Short Apnea – A Short Apnea (2011)
/Noise, Experimental rock, Drone
rock, Avant-rock. Leftfield, Spoken word, Experimental indie/
Comment: Neon Paralleli is
an Italian label whose discography involves many avant-garde gems being relevant
today and will obviously be relevant tomorrow either. A Short Apnea`s eponymous
release is one of such albums (initially it was recorded in 1999 on Beware! and
Wallace Records). More profoundly, the 10-track issue is built upon humming
drones, different noises, pulsating electronics, some spoken word snippets in
Italian and reverb drenched guitar chords which are there to conjure up different
patterns from relatively clear-cut guitar progressions to more mysterious
ambiances and neurotic studies ready to sustain thought-provoking feel and
tickling suspense. In a word, it is a sophisticated one for your brain and soul.
2/05/2015
[Teaser of the day] Tapeheads - Acouphène
- Lo-fi
- Funk rock
- Psychedelic
- Alternative rock
- Bedroom pop
- New Weird Canada
- DIY
- Alternative dance
KTNG – Depths (2014)
/Experimental electronica,
Sampledelic, Ambient/
Comment: KTNG is a
project from Montrèal, Quebec, Canada, one of the most important music centres
worldwide. It is suffice to say KTNG deserves to be a part of the city`s music
scene. More concretely, it is built up on deep layering of buzzing electronic
sounds, slightly ominous echoes, spaced-out rays, pitched sonic effects and
samples (some of them are hushed) taken from the nature and social world. On
the other side, these elements are seamlessly bound to a moody fabric which
used to float freely. In a nutshell, all these 10 pieces will be united into a
whole.
Rickolus - Coyote And Mule Cassingle (2010)
/Indie folk,
Singer-songwriter, Psychedelic, Anti-folk, Experimental pop, Folk indie,
Electronic, Lo-fi, DIY/
Comment: this very short-running
issue (6 tracks feeding back up to 9 minutes only) includes different glimpses
of alternative pop music – extending from slightly dreamy and psychedelic folk insights
and reverberating noise driven indie rock propulsions to naivety laden
electronic melodies full of cunning innocence and charm. Of course, this issue
can be considered a piece of the cassette culture movement which was to have arrived
in the 10s little by little. The outlet is publicized on such US-based label as
Noise Horror.
Sanchez Is Driven By Demons – Robot Replicas (2009)
/Post-rock, Indietronica, Organcore,
Glitchtronica, Electronic, Noise, Leftfield, Experimental indie, Ambient rock, Jazztronica/
Comment: Sanchez Is
Driven By Demons` 10-track issue is a mixture set up of indie, post-rock, noise,
jazz and electronic compartments. The result is astonishing and it might be one
of the most intriguing post-rock and indietronic albums ever produced because
of revealing unsettling nature and unconventional use of sonic components within
itself. It is awash with many disparate sounds and tickling effects replete
with inner power and readiness to convey further vivid impulses and glistening
thoughts. The combo (Emil Johansson and Jonas Ottosson from Sweden) proves that
noise can be penetrating and epic at the same time, and silence can be threatening
and beatific simultaneously and (free) jazz can be very sexy and appealing. By
kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon such projects as Tortoise, and
Bark Psychosis.
Landing Swabs – Fucking Melt EP (2007)
/Noise, Experimentalism, Improvised
noise, Psychoacoustic, Avant-garde, Improvised music, Non-music/
Comment: Landing Swabs`
2-track issue insinuates a feeling as if you are listening to inner processes
of an industrial proceeding in the factory building. The result is a tumultuous
blend of noisy grits and demented noise torrents. All of that results in brown
noise waves and violent sonic brushes appearing in the middle and periphery of
layers. On the other side, the release can be tagged as improvised music because
these elements follow somewhat chaotic and unpredictable path. Furthermore,
there can be heard some impulses by such noise rock/experimental music combos
as Black Dice, Battles, Hella, Black Pus, Lightning Bolt. The album is issued
on legendary Moscow label Clinical Archives.
Luciftias - Dronosphere III Transcension (2014)
/Drone, Abstract, Epic, Soundscapes,
Drone rock, Dronegaze, Avant-garde, Dark ambient, Experimentalism, Minimalism/
Comment: undoubtedly La Monte Young and his
comrades have much contributed to the development and broadening of sense of music.
The tentacles of drone music can be found from everywhere today – from academic
circuits and black metal and doom metal to more pop infected genres. However, by
speaking about Luciftias` 70-minute composition it is problematic to generalize
it – is it whether drone induced rock music or drone music with some influences
pulled out from the experimental rock scene. However, it does make no sense
because the main point reflects upon inability to differ audible sounds from
inaudible ones whether being generated by the listener`s fondness to conjure up
sounds or just produced by their imagination. Less is more does not mean it is
somehow simplistic or inferior. In a word, the result is bewildering and
spellbinding full of epic crescendos and swells for your pleasure. Mundane
meets divine, rough meets sublime.
2/02/2015
[Teaser of the day] Foxes In Fiction - Altars
- Alternative pop
- Indie pop
- Dream pop
- Glo-fi
- Art pop
- Post pop
[Teaser of the day] Some Protest Music For Today's - Liberte Danse
- Musique concrète
- Organic electronica
- Avant-electronica
- Abstract electronica
- Sound art
- Kosmische Musik
- Minimal
Legacy: 25th Anniversary Game Boy (2014)
/Chiptune, Mood music,
Alternative pop, Conceptual, Electronic pop, Metal/
Comment: this
compilation involves 15 tracks dedicated to GB games. Stylistically the whole
is mottled extending from brisk indie pop progressions and catchy electro pop
propulsions to South Asia inspired quasi ethnic music hovers, New Age/pop
classical extensions and acute metal riff laden compositions. In any cases,
despite different rhythm expressions most of these pieces seem to be subjected
to the same motive. It is quite surprising that chiptune/tracker music numbers
are represented so austerely. There are represented such artists as The GuitahHeroe,
urdailywater, Malcos, Rexy, DusK, Hylian Lemon, Sir_nutS, Argle, timaeus222,
Bluelighter, Brandon Strader, HelicopterKnife Fight, Eino Keskitalo, Tuberz
McGee, Chernabogue. In a nutshell, the result is moody and worth to be picked
up.
Pixelgypsy – Perpetual Motion (2013)
/Experimental electronica,
Drone, Leftfield, Ambient/
Comment: this set of
handful of tracks is a blend of shadowy electronica, hazy drones and vapour
induced ambient music which in turn are embellished with ghostly surfaced vocal
samples, lots of changes within the key spectrum. At times the compositions
appear like improvisational ones. Actually one cannot say it is a part of
ambient or drone music – generally it is a sort of experimental music which
just used to incorporate abovementioned stylistic elements into the mix.
Although it is an example of experimental music it provides lots of emotions
and sensations. Perceive them.
Shalma – Second Blur (2005)
/IDM, Organic electronica, Experimental
electronica, Minimal techno/
Comment: although
this4-track issue was produced approximately 10 years ago it is still relevant
and contemporary regarding such styles as IDM and intellectual techno music. Shalma`s
outlet involves gritty layering filled with microscopic bits and hypnotic (semi)
rhythms. Indeed, all these layers are masterfully melted into each other. The
artist does add craftily organic sounds, oneiric noises and appropriate samples
into the blend thereby giving it a natural feeling. In a nutshell, give it a
try because it should have been a classic one.
1/31/2015
Memoirs of a Fallen Bomb - This Semester Is Going To End (2008)
/Noise rock, Experimental
rock, No Wave, Art rock, Space rock/
Comment: it is great
pleasure to return to the catalogue of Rack & Ruin Records again and again.
Memoirs of a Fallen Bomb`s 5-track issue consists of noisy and hirsute guitar
riffs and more restrained noise burning on inferior levels. Maybe it is a
contemporary, spacey instance of blues rock. However, on the other side there
are also represented arpeggio-laden guitar arrangements which nature is
remarkably circumspect yet filled with aesthetic tension. By the way, the
release involves a video either. In a nutshell, this issue is worth to be
remembered.
(((О))) - Smoke (2011)
/Witch house, Epic,
Newbreed, Darkgaze, Drag house, Leftfield, Trianglecore/
Comment: this 6-track issue is a fine example from the pigeonhole of the so-called witch house/drag house music. I am very satisfied with this issue because of providing solemn synth feeling conjured up by tight cathedral organ drones and on the other side it broadens your imagination due to dystopia invoked compositional impulses. Sea incorporates field recording sounds into the mix of hanging synth progressions. The best moment on the album is Night which is profoundly dreamlike, warm and majestic offering the feeling like you are swimming in a pool with the temperature at least 35 C by Celsius.
Nils Frahm - Screws (2012)
/Modern classical, Piano music, Minimal, Post-classical/
Comment: Screws was recorded while Berlin,
Germany based musician Nils Frahm was recovering from a thumb injury. The album
includes volatile chord progressions and restrained motive developments played
on the piano. Indeed, those motives spawned over there used to surface and then
meander over lone landscapes and then disappear into nothing. It can say that
Frahm´s goal is not to reach some goal in a direct sense but just to move on
and provide moody impulses and moments. On the other side, the album`s sense
can be considered a successful equilibrium between silence and sound.
1/26/2015
[Teaser of the day] Fatti Frances - You´re Dead
- Avant-pop
- Electronic
- Drag house
- Leftfield
- Crunkgaze
- Noir music
- Psychedelic
- Witch house
The Utica Flower Company - The Utica Flower Company (2007)
/New Weird America, Free
folk, Space rock, Acid rock, Indie folk, Psychedelic folk, Drone folk, Trance
rock, Experimental folk, Folk indie, Psych-folk/
Comment: this 14-track
issue is a decorous example of the so-called New Weird (America) movement. The
album was released in 2007 which was the heyday of the style. More profoundly,
expressive but ecstatic singing is tightly surrounded by burbly guitar
twanging, spacey drones, and solfeggio choruses. At times folk tunes are to
progress and metabolize into hazy trance rock templates thereby conjuring up
psychedelic flashbacks and dilated self-realization. Certainly it is a wondrous
experience to stop by and listen and be part of it. Indeed, those times were
unforgettable ones because anyone called the shots and believed he/she can provide
something precious to the world. The collective was related to such
labels/platforms as Quixodelic Records and Daydream Generation which in turn
were closely related to such wondrous music platform as it was Indiana-based CLLCT,
of which involving hundreds of DIY projects. I really hope it is possible to
recover it sometime.
Spacegoats – Live at the Rainbow Church '94 (1994)
/Psych-folk, New Weird
Britain, Free folk, Live session, Exprimental folk, Improvised music, World fusion, Raga
folk/
Comment: I guess
everyone who has listened to music produced by Children Of The Drone and its
satellite projects can recognise immediately the link between these projects. However, these crews are not being directly related to each other (Spacegoats started off in 1991 and lasted for approximately 10 years). This 10-track issue is a fabulous set of
gushing energy and good feeling invoked by powerful singing and chanting and
mystical string based progressions and ethnic music/tribal propulsions (there
are represented such rarefied instruments as bouzouki, djembe, dulcimer,
didgeridoo, mandolin). It sounds like carnival music uniting mundane dimension
with divine perspective. It is a very proper issue worthy of historical legacy. Highly recommended (pf course).
Philip Johnson – 0714 (2015)
/Experimental pop, Primitive
music, Industrial, Experimental electronica,
Avant-pop, Art pop, Dada music, Freeformfreakout, Non-music, Improvised
music, Weird pop/
Comment: this the second
entry of mine into the discography of Year Zero Records, an experimental label
frequently promoted by such great blogspot as Die or D.I.Y?. Philip Johnson`s
30-minute long album consists of spastic electronic drifts, overdriven guitar noises
and angular drumming reminding an early Cabaret Voltaire, for instance. However,
all of it said above conveys almost nothing about the release because if you do
not listen to it you cannot perceive this frantic dada-drenched attitude resulting
in fairly weird sonic effects, bent words, spinning noises, elongated keys and
uncanny classical music developments. Furthermore, it is simultaneously
primitive (sometimes also mimicking minimalist music stances) and sophisticated
(for instance, conveying feeling of social relevance to the listener at Just Like It Should). Johnson`s
experiments with simplistic yet somewhat eerie electronic beeps remind me of
such eccentric electronic music pioneers as Bruce Haack, and Raymond Scott. Very
solid issue by any avant-garde measures.
Tunguska Electronic Music Society - Siberian Jungle Vol.5 (2014)
/Drum and bass, Electronica,
Jungle, Mood music, Dream and bass/
Comment: TEMS is a collective of artists and musicians from Siberia, Russia who
have issued a barrage of compilation albums during the last 7-8 years. They
have got many followers all around the world. This time their key word is
jungle, though their approach is without orthodox one because of mixing those
pumped rhythms with synthesizer invoked magniloquent panoramas and drowsy new
age-y feeling and even indie electronic and jazzy whiffs. It is a moody album
rather than having intention to conquer the club venues. However, there are up
some exceptions either. Get yourself the headphones and listen to this decent
agreement between those spaced-out panoramas, blissful synth touches and spicy
rhythms. It used to ignite some memories from my childhood while watching and
enjoying the film score of such cartoon as Tayna
Tretey Planety (1981, Sojuzmultfilm). Indeed, the compilation embraces a
lot of outstanding compositions. There are represented such artists as Susanin,
N-Box, Black Dominates, Joint Stock Galaxy, Berkheya, Cj Ools, Parhelia, SND,
Van. In a word, TEMS did it again. It is obviously one of the best compilations
from the year 2014. The more you listen to it the more it winds up.
1/24/2015
[Teaser of the day] Microvolt - Morta
- Micronoise
- Modern classical
- Organic electronica
- Experimentalism
- Avant-garde
- Glitchtronica
Chinese Cookie Poets – ■ (2014)
/No Wave, Experimental rock,
Free jazz, Avant-rock, Improvised music, Electro-rock, Alternative dance/
Comment: Chinese Cookie Poets is a Rio De Janeiro, Brazil-based combo who has issued some albums with a spicy touch of No Wave and improvisation based templates. This album hints at black square which was a symbol spawned by the geometric abstract art pioneer Kazimir Malevich. This time CCP`s 13-track issue crosses more evidently than ever before experimental tendencies with dance rock propulsions full of synergic impulses and vivid incantations. Bold bass lines are interlaced with electronically drenched noises and elongated impulses over there. One of the best albums in 2014.
Deepfunk – Mistakes Are Blue (2014)
/Krautrock, Electronic pop, Synth pop, Alternative/
Comment: by listening to
this couple of tracks it reminds of the Krautrock legend Kraftwerk because of
exploiting those slowly meandering harmony progressions and mid-tempo
electronic synth cadences. Furthermore, it can even say it is somehow epic and
majestic despite (or thanks to) its mechanical shell. Indeed, there is up a
refined relationship between sublime rhythms and beatific melodies which
revolve in a spiral way returning and fading away again.
w.x – Certain Species (2011)
/Experimental electronica,
Ambient, Avant-electronica, Drone, Electronic pop/
Comment: this 3-track
album starts off with swaying and beeping synthesised effects, microtonal sonic
fabrics, industrial-tinged dizzy echoes and hypnotic ambient-alike hovers atop
(quite reminiscent the aesthetics of an early period Kraftwerk). Upon it the
release goes on in the same direction filled with majestic droning, oneiric
noises and semi tones which are there to win over eventually. It is quite
simple but mind-blowing by a producer from Winsconsin, USA.
Tomas Nordström – Untitled (2004)
/Electro pop, Alternative
dance, Techno pop, Robot pop, Covers, Chiptune, Autotune/
Comment: The Swede Tomas Nordström`s 2-track issue is
based on cover versions (Kylie Minogue, and Kelis). Minogue`s Slow is airy and natural thanks to Chill`s sensual yet self-confident vocal
delivery. The robot pop meets soul music. This should have reached a hit
status. Kelis` Milkshake is a remarkably
more autotuned and chip bomb loaded fresco. I like those primitive yet fairly catchy
sonic templates beneath the vocal lines delivering a dynamic touch to the whole.
In a word, it is a highly commendable issue from the year 2004.
1/18/2015
[Teaser of the day] Naked House - The Joke We Lived Isn't Funny Anymore (Feat. Ohsowhy)
- Indie pop
- Alternative pop
- Electro-indie
Minóy – Devil Music (1988)
/Noise, Electro-acoustic,
Live session, Drone, Improvised music, Non-music, Experimentalism,
Freeformfreakout, Avant-garde/
Comment: this live performed on an
university campus by two US based noise musicians (Minoy, and PBK) turned into a
controversial one because some attending people thought it was an act of
diabolic worship presented on the stage. Eventually the live was shut down and
the musicians were escorted off the campus. The issue consists of a pair of
lengthy compositions which involves different styles and elements – from
droning didgeridoo-alike buzzes and crackle-filled improvised guitar noises to
Minoy invoked desperate screams and PBK`s played Moog sounds and effects. In a
word, by listening to it today this chimes in an enchanting way. Do not give a
heck to this legacy. I also recommend read a book, Minòy written by Joseph Nechvatal and dedicated to Stanley Keith
Bowsza aka Minòy (1951-2010)
Darkotic & 6_DEL - Dulce Paranoia EP (2014)
/Deep techno, Tech-house,
Electro-house, Club dance, Tekno/
Comment: this 4-track issue by Argentina-residing producers is to encompass techno,
tekno, house and electro vibes to interlace them organically with each other.
More profoundly, it is at times knee-deep, at times pumped up, at times genuinely
catchy full of euphoria drenched propulsions and adrenaline-loaded cadences. In
a word, it is a wondrous issue worth to get discovered.
Carontte – La Tormenta (2008)
/Post-metal, Epic, Post-rock,
Crossover/
Comment: this one-track EP
starts off with natural/field recording sounds which soon will be traded for
heavy-weight guitars and more ominously glowering yet epic panoramas. Indeed,
lighter, higher guitar chords are varicoloured with more grinding guitar noises
in an impressive way. It would be a good soundtrack for some belligerent fairy
tale motion picture. It is a decent work from Catalonia.
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