- Tech-house
- Club dance
- Hi-NRG
- Electronic dance music
Artist: Kalvik
Album: Kalvikkaanid
Label: Lejal Genes
Year: 2006
Alternative links:
6/22/2015
Joxfield ProjeX – Archives EP 7 – Dark Castle (2013)
/Space rock, Improvised music, Psych-rock, Avant-rock,
Electronic, Art rock, Fusion, Experimental rock, Jazz rock, Avant-prog, Kosmische Musik/
Comment:
any time I feel tempted to
repeat what I have already said in earlier reviews and add something new to more
recent issues with regard to Joxfield ProjeX, the Swedish magical duo of Janne
Yan Andersson, and Stefan Oax Ek. I recommend search for my interview with
Stefan at Recent Music Heroes taken approximately four years ago where he cast
light upon their activity, influences, history and something else. More
concretely, they are two gentlemen from the two biggest cities In Sweden who
started their collaboration exactly 50 years ago while doing it for 10 years.
However, their new activity in the embodiment of Joxfield ProjeX was born in 2005
in a small village (Kolpebo) somewhere in between Gothenburg and Stockholm.
They just decided to gather over there to create and produce music for its own sake. Indeed, what dedication! Most albums produced so far are being released
on their own imprint Tin Can Music, and Moscow-based Clinical Archives. This
year, however, they issued a vinyl release, called Casino Royal in collaboration with Acid Mother Temple`s ex-singer
and synth player Cotton Casino. The pre-eminent outing was released on Bam
Balam, the legendary French imprint for innovative rock music since 1982. Hurry up, it is the limited edition only! Besides, they have collaborated with such progressive rock luminaries as Geoff
Leigh, and Pat Mastoletto, and digital culture sociopath Kenji Siratori during
this quite short span of time. By the way, Acid Mother Temple`s frontman Makoto
Kawabata featured at Submarine Trees
on Casino Royal.
At Archives
EP – Dark Castle all the sound is produced by themselves only which does
not surprise because the EP is a part of the Archives EP series, a bunch if
issues which used to reflect upon their early doings in the 00s. It consists of
two compositions (Dark Castle; Heavy Oax Missing) replete with more hidden
or unveiled sonic layers. The sound is mostly improvised, yet, it chimes in the
way the process to be properly managed. And it is actually very fine because
allowing to get more focused and bring forth more ingredients and flavours from
within. Despite it the more you listen to it the more you will experience
vertigo and feel how your foot lose touch with the ground. By regarding the psychedelic
music it is the very goal on its own. Musically there are represented incisive
guitar strokes and deliberately dysfunctional guitar riffs (reminding of Jimi
Hendrix at times) which are permeated with haunting fusion-alike chord
progressions and eerie woodwind whiffs somewhere in the middle of it. The other counterpoints come out from rhythm fuelled levels – those obsessively monotonous
punches only accentuate the glowering nature of the issue even more. Highly
recommended.
6/21/2015
[Teaser of the day] LuckEnHouse - Mangalore
- Mood music
- Ambient trance
- Psyambient
- Space music
- Chilltronica
- Crossover
- World music
- Exotic
Artist: LuckEnHouse
Release: Panaji
Label: The Tinopener`s Music
Year: 2014
Golgotha Communications Ltd - Those Who Can Do, Those Who Can't, Dj (2014)
/Glitchtronica, Experimentalism, Sampledelic,
Post-industrial, Minimal, Abstract, Noise, Psycho-acoustics, Avant-garde/
Comment:
it is time to get back to Golgotha Communications Ltd., the Philadelphia,
US-based combo whose 12-track issue on SP Net might spawn different feelings in
your rotten soul. There are up some intriguing moments within the mix. For
instance, the issue can be considered an example of industrial music which is
predominantly coated with the black/white vamp, however, there are up samples
which used to iterate quite funny to counterbalance the issue. More concretely,
the slightly aggressive female vocal-based repetition at I Saw Him Putting Mascara On is permeated with “errors” at the volume
level and the upper layers are effectively accentuated with gay rhythms (by the
noun side, however, the LGBT people`s role has been important in the history of
industrial music – of course, it does not mean that the sexual disposition is
somehow superior in creative doings). In truth, you can exploit speech samples
in a way to change the context and creating something differently new. Secondly,
there are up some occupying production tricks as if conjuring up horrifying flashbacks in
your mindset. It can be considered in conjunction with those “errors” being
mentioned above. In fact, there is up one “chill out” track called A Huge Bra, Lying In The Middle Of The
Dancefloor. It is calmed down in the sense as if you have profoundly cried
for a while before and then being got rid of feels you just listening to it with
an unimpressed gaze. In a nutshell, it is a configuration of vanguard shit and
diverting roundabouts yet setting its place in a distance being very remote from
imaginable centres of pop music.
6/20/2015
[Teaser of the day] Bottlesmoker - Frozen Scratch Cerulean
- IDM
- Alternative pop
- Acid pop
- Mood music
- Indietronica
- Electronic pop
Artist: Bottlesmoker
Release: Hypnagogic
Label: Dystopiaq
Year: 2013
PA - 14.05.04 Thru (2014)
/Neo-krautrock, Kosmische Musik, New
Age, Psychedelic, Drone pop, Electronic, Mood music, Motorik, Ambient pop,
Experimental rock/
Comment:
regarding the stylistic perception quite much has changed in heads of the
listeners since the times of 10 years or more ago. For instance, music which
was considered as “noise” (for instance, My Bloody Valentine, or Sonic Youth)
sounds quite poppy and common nowadays. Furthermore, for “krautrock” which was to denote something
very vanguard on its own, however, one branch of it coalesced into a more poppy
and soothing approach (more concretely, by handling such bands from a new wave
of the axis of Cologne-Dusseldorf as Tarwater, Kreidler, To Rococo Rot) and
Stereolab, Lali Puna, and Ladytron from elsewhere. Of course, it didn`t mean
these bands were somehow betrayers of the genre but it might be it was the only
way to create something new being influenced by the zeitgeist. However, today
the term “krautrock” and “noise” are so ambivalent because the seeds of the genres are spread out to
everywhere and can be found from almost any track regarding indie music (taken
up more or less consciously). The case of decadence, isn`t? Andrew Cauthen is an artist from Richmond,
Virginia, USA who has been producing music for more than a decade and being
loved by many listeners (just watch the downloading rates of his albums
at Archive.org). His sonic palette is being quite broad, though, gravitated
towards electronic music. The recent issue consists of 3 long-running
compositions which is tagged as "ambient", "IDM", "chillwave", "indie pop" among others. Indeed, all these stylistic elements are represented on the issue though
the main point focuses on minimalist motorik krautrock rhythms, sublime psychedelic droning
and spaced-out phasing and progressions reminding of Kosmische Musik-tinged synthesised
whiffs and blows and lingering chill out contortions. By its approach the music
reminds of such old artists as Neu!, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream. Although the
album lacks guitars the issue rocks off in an indirect sense anyway. Get a glimpse upon it!
[Teaser of the day] Comptroller - Heartbeat Nites
- Acid jazz
- Wonky
- Glitch-hop
- Nu jazz
- Breaks
- Chill out
- Mood music
Artist: Comptroller
Release: Blue Video Romance
Label: Self-released
Year: 2015
Manakal - Goodbye My Life (2014)
/Lobit, Lo-fi, DIY, Non-music,
Leftfield, Psycho-acoustic/
Comment:
it is said at the Popsakal Records` site this is the goodbye album by Manakal.
Having had no knowledge of that I would think it is a soundtrack for to commit
suicide. Yet, there is the hint to his life thus thinking in this direction is
quite reasonable. More profoundly, what kind of suicide then with regard to a
length of 3.33? Hanging by the neck? Cutting the veins? Jumping down from the board of a
plane? Rolling down from the mountain? Inhale the CO in the garage while the
engine of a car is switched on? In comparison with the sparse seconds the
issue`s content is even more austere. It sounds like a reversed soundscape of
the moaning viscera where peristalsis is severely dysfunctional and painful
conjuring up dull and indecipherable sounds. Or is it the sound coming from an outer
space of asshole-shaped? In a word, the result is same in any cases. I like these
absurd albums issued on the politically highly incorrect Popsakal Records. At
least these artists got used to be without hypocrisy in their expression if compared
to the rest of this arse felt world. Let´s smack that ass-to-mouth misanthropic
thing.
6/18/2015
[Teaser of the day] Deprivation - Freyr
- Mood music
- Nu jazz
- Breaks
- Jungle
- Club jazz
- Chill out
- Crossover
- Acid jazz
- Breakbeat
Artist: Deprivation
Release: Corona
Label: Chill-label
Year: 2013
Alexico – Acosador de Media Noche (Episodio No. 2) (2011)
/Synth punk, Electronic, Lo-fi, Alternative
dance, Singer-songwriter, Synth funk/
Comment:
Alexico sounds literally nearly as close as Calexico, the Southern US-based
Americana band with some Mexican music influences (the so-called Tex Mex
genre). Although Alexico comes out of Monterrey, Mexico the artist`s soundscape
is completely different exploring remarkably more chaotic and noisy sonic
soundscapes. This bunch of 6 tracks is saturated with restless attitude where
cheap synths are severely twisted and the general vibe of the EP is
deliberately discontinuous and rhythms and moods are frequently skipped.
Granted the guy behind the project is young at age the compositions are replete
with angst, incisive shouts and spicy vocal choruses. The production is mainly
blaring thereby coming quite close to the aesthetic of digital hardcore (though
stylistically this notch makes difference) and being quite contrary to such
nowadays analogue-based indie artists as Lee Noble, Ducktails, M Geddes Gengras,
for instance. The artist`s apparent purpose is not to provide possibilities
about coalescence at it because of ranging from infantile synth progressions to
frantic punk outbursts to thought-provoking electronic experiments (based mainly on the vocal modulations) to more calmed down synth funk cadences. By the
way, as it is mentioned afore the artist originates from Monterrey where dwells
an interesting indie coterie gravitating towards Delhotel Records. In short, it
is an interesting issue indeed.
6/17/2015
[Teaser of the day] Sol - Ceremonial Rot
- Art metal
- Funeral doom
- Post-metal
- Chamber music
- Experimental metal
- Avant-metal
Artist: Sol
Release: And The Mouth Of Time Is Open
Label: Drowning.cc
Year: 2013
Luarvik Luarvik – Tabamata Ime (2002)
/Synth rock, Progressive rock, Fusion,
Improvised music, RIO, Avant-rock, Psychedelic, Art rock/
Comment: because of having no intentional pop pretensions (or having it in other,
more inferior and hidden terms) Mihkel Kleis headed combo`s sophomoric issue is
not a subject about the second and problematic album topic being so popular in discussions
about pop albums throughout last decades. Although the line-up is a little bit
changed with regard to the breath-taking debut album Baltic Station Sessions (2000) the musicians continue to solidify
their fusion and prog-rock based metaphysics in terms of sounds. If to compare
it to the debut album the issue involves more spiky, high-pitched synths and
noisy, chunky guitar chord infused undercurrents here and there (making nods
toward Canterbury-based prog/fusion groups of the 60s and 70s and dizzy electrically
groovy albums by Miles Davis in the first half of the 70s and even to the Soviet
period regatta pop and yacht rock groups). On the other side, emotively the
result is similar due to an uncountable quantum of key changes, simultaneously surfacing
theme explorations and chords from different channels and watery synth vamps
interwoven with light-hearted drumming by Andres Lõo. Probably the most poppy
notch is Ak due to careless shift and
full-fledged easiness at its core. The first four tracks are recorded in the
studio and the rest of three ones are takings from one musical event in 2001. By
not much time passed after that Mihkel Kleis started off his more experimental
and conceptually more ambiguous project EDASI and later made some solo albums
(his recent music project is called Ratkiller). In any cases, Tabamata Ime constitutes a dynamic and
organic chapter in the Estonian progressive and jazz rock history.
6/16/2015
[Teaser of the day] Aydio - Track
- Trip-hop
- Chilltronica
- Downtempo
- Cinematic
- Indie-hop
- Dub
- Mood music
- Chill out
Artist: Aydio
Release: Deltitnu EP
Label: Dusted Wax Kingdom
A Sol Mechanic - Just Pick Me Up EP (2014)
/RnB, Soul, Urban music, Cinematic,
Sampledelic, Mood music, Chill out/
Comment:
A Sol Mechanic is a producer from Los Angeles, California, USA who issued
his 5-track issue on New York-based imprint Stereocure. Actually it is highly
symbolic to build bridge between the two biggest cities in the USA because the
artist`s album is thoroughly urban, modern and related to urbanity. More
concretely, the album is a representative of the so-called modern rhythm and
blues and soul music. It does mean it runs on a shitloads of samples and the
knacks represented on it are the workout of intense production. The mood touch
is truly relaxing due to low-slung paces, wonky LFO filtered piano taps, cinematic
vibes and slightly drunk-pitched vocal deliveries. At times those soothing yet
hazy bass lines remind of more subdued moments from Air`s classical album Moon Safari (particularly in the
beginning at Feels Like Us). However,
this release`s essentiality couldn`t be brought forth without the influence of
Flying Lotus´ importance on the aforementioned genres (you can distinctly hear
sampledelic and chunky lo-fi approach in creating the sequence of rhythms). As
the artist sings /just take your time,
just take your time for me/crosslife for me/. Just pick it up!
6/15/2015
[Teaser of the day] Hanetration - Tthwiel
- Abstract
- Illbient
- Art music
- Post-classical
- Avant-garde
- Minimalism
- Experimentalism
- Post-industrial
ある一日。 – 文月だいご (2015)
/Toytronica, Baroque pop, Organic electronica, Chamber pop,
Indietronica, Post-pop, Art folk, Folktronica, Post-folk, Crossover, Cowbell
indie/
Comment: although I have listened to this
handful of tracks for many times I do not know how the artist`s name and the
title of the album should be pronounced being signified for the MS Mincho font.
However, it might even be useful of having no hints at it because of getting
free hands to interpret it on more emotional level. By classification it is a
menarche of styles which core is loaded emotionally for your sad days (divorce
from your lover, enjoying late autumn days). Indeed, it veers away from infantile
indie electronic progressions and arpeggio-shaped guitar shaping to
full-fledged orchestrated manoeuvres and picturesque cowbell indie tinkling.
Sonically it is an interesting listening because much debris used to flit
around to get entered into the mix of stringed instruments and electronic
shuffles. Furtermore, the artist exploits concrete sounds to progress into it or getting out of it. In any cases, doing it in an organic way. Although there is passed by many decades from the onset of
indietronic/folktronic music to be appeared the genre still does have enough
potential and credibility to compete with nascent genres and survive many of
them (for instance, chillwave, witch house). Similar artists might be
candidates for the future mainstream charts sometime (for instance, in 2055). One
of the most pre-eminent issues in 2015 is here to get immersed in. Utmost
coalescence.
6/14/2015
[Teaser of the day] DavidKBD - El Cuervo Asustado Se Escapa
- Heavy metal
- Chiptune
- 8-bit
- Electro-metal
- Tracker music
- Crossover
- Acid metal
- Synth fusion
[Teaser of the day] BLAKKR NIO - Harvest King`s Revenge
- Stoner metal
- Drone doom metal
- Post-metal
- Experimental metal
- Avant-metal
FatCat + Õunaviks present: TMW 2015 (2015)
/Indie folk, Dream folk, New
Weird, Folk indie, World music, Post-classical, Experimental electronica, Art music, Folktronica,
Lo-fi/
Comment: the title of this
35-minute long issue hints at different subjects. Before anything else, it is
related to such a musical event as Tallinn Music Week which main goal is to promote
Estonian independent artists to invited foreign music promoters and other music
business related people. However, the event consists of different compartments
and sections where is a place for the artists outside Estonia either (mainly
for the artists of Lihuania, and Latvia). FatCat is a well-known record label
from UK and Õunaviks is an imprint for home recording artists in Estonia. This
sampler will constitute a cohesive whole of folk tinged compositions. Some
tracks are infused with more electronic fabrics, some are more traditional or
world music oriented. Cirkl`s piece Malmö
is a doo wop fuelled electronic masterpiece, Mirjam Tally`s composition Intro - Main Theme From Ülo Pikkov's Film
Body Memory binds together post-classical compositional rationales with
folksy whiffs. The most pre-eminent artist on it is Vashti Bunyan whose Across The Water is a wondrous trip
through the eras and across the mystical plateaus. Additionally, there are represented
such artists as Kago, C Duncan, Maarja Nuut, Mari Kalkun, and Spice Mouse.
Zaivx - Extruder Vol.1 (2014)
/Chiptune, Chipbreak,
Primitive music, 8-bit, Tracker music, Bitpop/
Comment: it is dance music
with vintage attitude and format and on the other side it is a sort of moody
music because drawing on catchy melody cascades. Actually I have no idea why
such sort of music is sympathetic to me – actually it is childish and primitive;
it represents the era when the PC music yet started to develop. It might be
there is up the contrasts between the aforementioned aspects – between the
format and bouncy melodies which will seamlessly fuse into each other. On the
other side, another reason is obviously related to our childhood and our
fondnedd for Nintendo and cartridge games. Furthermore, this album can be a
soundtrack to a superficial yet ideal world of low-resolution bits and pixels. The album is issued on Lowtoy, the Barcelona, Catalonia-based imprint.
Tallinn Daggers - Fresco LOVER012 (2011)
/Electronic pop, Alternative
dance, Breaks, Chill out, Remix, Electro-indie, Mood music/
Comment: Tallinn Daggers is a combo from Tallinn, Estonia headed up by Ardo Kivi. Fresco comes out from a time when TD´s music was to be less rock/post-punk and more electronic, beat and synth-oriented. The single is saturated with interesting sonic effects, and indie dance/baggy rhythms with vocoder-induced vocal lines (sung in English and Estonian). However, Paul Oja`s Nightmare Before Christmas Remix draws on more low-slung rhythms and providing a more tranquil, actually chill out sensibility. Several Symptoms Antidote Mix is set up in the way to have impact upon the listener with respect to the elegant shuffle of beats. By the way, recently they issued a new album, called Suburban Decay (available at Bandcamp, for instance).
6/12/2015
[Teaser of the day] Sir Deja Doog - The Kamikaze Crucifix
- Singer-songwriter
- Indie folk
- DIY
- Folk indie
- Americana
Tainnos – Versoa (2014)
/Ambient, Space music,
Minimalism, Soundscape/
Comment: Henkka Kyllönen
aka Tainnos` handful of tracks is a refined listening time because of providing
sublime shifting within the space music compartment which is embellished with
birdsong chirps, phantasmagorical flickers and hisses, majestic transitions
from one phase to another. The result is craftily designed, however, offering
up emotive impact on the listener. At times these peaks reach maximum heights
being obviously outside the Earth and human consciousness. In correlation with the sonic side the cover print is mesmerizing as well. Beautiful and
beatific in any cases.
6/11/2015
Soy Robot - Sensibles y Binarios (2011)
/Electro-indie, Alternative
pop, Krautrock, Big beat, Indie pop, Garage rock/
Comment: Soy Robot is a one-man project from Monterrey, Mexico and it is a
proper time to remember again this overtly underrated and obviously forgotten
issue. More profoundly, it is a blend of shimmering synths, atmospheric
guitars, dynamic rhythms, elegantly shuffled noises and Spanish sung vocals.
Stylistically this 8-track but short-running issue ending at 15.26) does have
its place somewhere within the electro-indie pigeonhole yet having some hints
to elsewhere either (big beat propulsions at Me, garage rock infused guitars at El, neokrautrock induced motorik beats at Asi, and Hecho, hazy yet
relaxing sonic vectors at Han).
Additionally to stylistic diversity the listener can perceive much air oozing
out of those sonic configurations thereby conveying the sense of freedom. Let´s
dig it out.
The Tinopener's Art - Pure Elektronik Part 1 (2012)
/Robot pop, Remix,
Experimental electronica, Tekno, Trance, Alternative dance, Electro pop, Leftfield,
Mood music/
Comment: Tinopener`s Art is
a musical project from Munich, Bavaria, Germany whose issue is a sort where
electronic sonic art meets emotive odds and ends. It embarks on with a
habit-forming electro pop song where robot dance and sing at the same time.
Later on, Nanomaster evolves into a
more trance-y territory with catchy rhythms and slightly dreamy synth crust
atop. Actually the expression “German trance” was a pejorative one for 15-20
years ago but the recent one clearly deviates from it. LuckeEnHouse`s trance
mix is a more straightforward yet self-ironic composition due to bouncy
cadences and diverting cheers with regard to the previous track. Later tracks
represented on the 6-notch issue are quite similar though variegating in mood
and rhythmic nuances, however, conveying a plentiful back-up of spacey sounds
throughout the course. Grab it!
6/09/2015
[Teaser of the day] The Bordellos - Bomb Psychedelia
- Psychedelic rock
- Experimental rock
- Space rock
- Dark Wave
- Art rock
Aires & Rui. P. Andrade - Pânico-Ambiente (2015)
/Noise, Ambient,
Experimentalism, Drone, Improvised noise, Leftfield, Avant-garde, Ambient
noise, Power electronics, Minimalism/
Comment: there is an
evergreen question with regard to noise music – which kind of noise music is a
good one? I guess this 2-notch issue is a decent one because these intense
impulses are counterbalanced with more sublime textures. More concretely, harsh
noise chords are interwoven with ambient templates and sonic
effects/undulations though the former one is the predominant one. However, those
sonic effects are configured in the way to conjure up tectonic outbursts and
overthrows both in your mind and in the real soundscape. The Portugal-dwelling
artists used to exploit the concepts of the wall of sound created by Phil
Spector and full-spectrum-wide sonic coverage by Glenn Branca. Top notch.
Asian Women On The Telephone - You Have Reached Your Destination (2014)
/Avant-rock, Improvised
music, Leftfield, No Wave, Experimental rock, Free jazz, Electronic, Krautrock,
Acid rock, Dada music, Spoken word, Psychedelic/
Comment: by listening to
this overwhelming and deranged Russian avant-garde combo´s album you can perceive
disparate impact areas – from psychedelic acid rock propulsions, free jazz
induced solos to more destructive Dadaist aesthetics. Indeed, the whole chimes
organically, as if the sonic whirlpool with many twists and threads. The
listener can partake in obsessive yet amusing chants (in Russian) declared in
front of the washes of incessantly flooding sonic torrents. Similarly to Faust,
it involves an innumerable amount of unexpected turns in styles and moody
excursions. I don´t know is it induced by knee-deep despair or is it just a fit
of sarcastic laugh or cold-blooded manipulation with your mental health. Never
mind. Astonishing work by any means. If you like the music by Ne Zhdali, Zvuki
Mu, CAN`s Tago Mago, The Fall
(especially the album Perverted By
Language), Faust, Suicide, Borbetomagus, Maja Ratkje it is thought for
you.
Vaatican Records - "Sampler N°30" (2014)
/Experimental electronica,
Leftfield, Psyambient, Sampledelic, Glitchtronica, Breakcore/
6/07/2015
Nachtzug – Compression (2011)
/Electro pop, Alternative
dance, Robot pop, Downtempo/
Comment: this 7-track issue
is something truly special which even might need some listening times to become
apparent. Gritty analogue synth basses and rhythmic structures flicker and
dither beneath synthesizers-induced explorations of creating great harmonic and
melodic synapses at times (at Attic,
more apparently). Nachtzug does mean the nightly train in German but the music
laid down in front of our ears is also very suitable for listening in daytime
(the duo comes out of Berlin, indeed). By ideological standpoint the release
might chime like a modern update of Kraftwerk. By the way, Compression is only one part of the trilogy (the other parts are Tension, and Fatigue). Top classic notch.
AEdB - B1620-25i (2014)
/Experimentalism, Avant-electronica,
Leftfield, Improvised music/
Comment: the coverprint
of the album is intriguing – it consists of a sonographic exposure involving
shimmering dots as if the stars were represented in the human body. However,
this set of 7 pieces starts off with electronic progressions replete with
tectonic quivers as if the bogeyman had lost its way and entered into the music
device. Later on, lots of interesting sounds are ready to come to the surface –
epic synthesised plateaus (even slightly reminding of Kraftwerk), droning
harmonica whiffs, emulated marimba sounds and improvised electronic
explorations saturated with inner powerful impulses and bold sonic effects. By
watching the titles of this 7-track issue it constitutes two disparate
subtitles. Eventually it can be admitted the result is a top notch for those
who search for the integrated result between electronic music and improvised
noises. The outing is a part of the Plataforma Records, the thought-provoking
record label from South America.
Ssaliva – All Downhill From Here (2012)
/Ambient, Chillwave, Mood
music, Space music, New Age, Downtempo, Soundscape, Kosmische Musik/
Comment: the Belgian producer Ssaliva`s
13-track album involves blissful sketches at an average length of approximately
2 minutes. By genre it can be classified as ambient music with hints at
chillwave, Kosmische Musik, New Age, and downtempo music. More profoundly,
those otherworldly longing synthesised layers atop used to flicker and blossom
in different directions being at times accompanied by bold rhythms, at times
just bare repeated clicks and cuts, at times mettlesome synth-induced
explorations. Although these compositions are simple by their nature the
emotional content oozing from it is frequently thrilling. In a word, let`s
listen to it.
Golgotha Communications Ltd. - Helen McPhee (Galgen 2B) (2012)
/Experimentalism, Lobit, Musique
concréte, Non-music, Acousmatic music, Post-industrial, Avant-garde, Microtonal,
Minimalism, Microsound, Abstract/
Comment: Golgotha Communications Ltd. is a combo from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA who emerged within the webaudio world at the
end of 00s. Since then on, they have issued a heap of issues under different
imprints. Stylistically the project`s music explores the behaviour of sounds in
the compartment of post-industrial music. This issue consists of two
compositions one of them is 16-minute long, another 4-minute long. It starts
off from nowhere to progress into looped exhausted vocal samples and hazy
frequencies around it emerging like a lobit example. Later on, a little will be changing throughout
the course. A Night`s Rest is the
turning point because some street sounds are organically added to the mix
thereby establishing a more haunting ambiance around your cerebral focuses. The
outing is a part of the discography of French electronic musician Arnaud Barbe
(aka Pollux) led record label Sirona-Records.
Modern - Untitled (2014)
/Experimentalism,
Avant-garde, Improvised music, Acousmatic music, Post-industrial,
Electro-acoustic, Abstract, Non-music/
Comment: by listening to it
for the first time I could not figure out when it was produced. Was it created
in the 70s or was it a recent one? Indeed, I rather thought it was an old
school industrial outing from the 70s. Behind the project is J. Peterson from
Arizona, USA being quite frugal with exploiting instruments/sonic packs to
create these sounds. More it consists of industrial bangles and minimal
electronic works which are subjected to improvisation music algorithms. At
times these elements are varicoloured with sampled orchestrations as if creating
polyphonic sensation. More concretely, these 4 tracks are up to encounter on
the territories of electro-acoustic, free improvisation and industrial music. Fairly
mind-provoking efforts indeed.
6/02/2015
Futurospekcja – Lamacz (2013)
/Big beat, Indietronica,
Alternative pop, Acid jazz, Mood music/
Comment: this pair of tracks
is based on exuberant rhythm shuffles as if a mix involving the elements of
indie guitars and big beat and acid jazz cadences replete with distracted
milieu and broken constructions. If to speak about it in a more in-depth way,
it is a notch somewhere between Skalpel, and Spaceman 3`s Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found From There), for instance.
I don`t even know is it a sort of mood music or not (even if these elements are
represented there). However, all these questions are properly pseudo ones or at
tleat irrelevant because Futurospekcja`s soundscape surfaces in astonishing
way. This album is produced by Błażej Gębura who is being related to the artists of such labels as Noecho, and SuperSound.
Shadow Speaker – Decline (2015)
/Dark Wave, Industrial
techno, Industrial illbient, Leftfield, Post-industrial, Avant-garde/
Comment: Shadow
Speaker`s 5-track outing is composed of emotionless techno beats and ominous
reverberations which are set up to follow each other incessantly and create
synergy between those compartments. Actually there are represented some
emotions but these are clearly produced to bring forth the negative sign. More
concretely, by listening to it you can imagine to travelling in an environment
ruled by malefic creatures who tried to slaughter your life at first occasion.
By kindred souls it reminds of some works by Boyd Rice aka NON. Impressive in its
artistry and evilness. The issue is a part of the Russian imprint Otium.
NDR002-BABYLON BY USB (2014)
/8-bit, Tracker music, Dub,
Reggae, Chiptune, Mood music, Chip-hop, Alternative dance, Raggamuffin,
Crossover/
Comment: At first I would thank Natty Droid Netlabel for that unique
crossover music act where rough chiptune induced rhythms meet catchy chanting
in the vein of reggae music, dub, reggaeton and ragamuffin. I am very sure anyone who is ready
to take on this 35-track (within
folders) menarche would find out his/her favourite track. The
compilation is collaborated by many artists under the aforementioned imprint. It
almost sounds like a punk album by its attitude and actually deviating quite a
little from the soundscape of such prominent (post)-punk groups like The Clash,
The Slits and Public Image Limited who liked to explore the interface between
punk rock and dub music. Truly enchanting music by any means. Get it.
5/31/2015
[Teaser of the day] Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt - Crossing Color
- Ambient
- Avant-garde
- Acousmatics
- Improvised music
- Musique concrète
- Experimentalism
- Electro-acoustic
Death Grips – Fashion Week (2015)
/Hip-hop, Breaks, Art music,
Industrial electro, Cyber-hop, Synth electro, Cyberpunk, Leftfield, Breakcore, Alternative
dance, Mood music/
Comment: this is Death
Grip`s quite surprising, instrumental album of consisting of 14 compositions at
a length of 47-48 minutes issued at the start of January in 2015. At the
beginning of listening to it this did not impose on me because of lacking MC
Ride`s frantic recitation and dizzy howling over labyrinthine and spastic
cadences. However, later being conformed at their new format I discovered new
intriguing shadows and incisive rhythms structures in the Sacramento-based
combo´s music. Interestingly, their stylistic approach and emotional touch is
changed due to a lack of vocals in the concept. Although the pads take mostly
on murky sounds and highly iterative rhythm progressions, the result is somewhat
more freed of unagitated noises and even providing some light-hearted melodic motives
and even soothing synth progressions moving upward into the clouds (more
remarkably at hockey organ sample based Runway
N (at a length of 2.42), and Runway D
– where synth electro progressions are interwoven with glacial IDM-tinged
techno rhythms). Furthermore, there are some tracks which could be considered
examples of cyberpunk/metal/grind music and experimenting with more artsy
sounds here and there. On the other side, by production side, all the sounds
laid down here are properly accentuated and filled up. Eventually it can say
this soundtrack styled issue is fairly accomplished having inner dynamics and
power to grow gradually on the listener. It is one of the most galvanising
issues in 2015 so far. You, guys, are simply amazing. I shall have to leave
from listening to this monster, however, it is a really disturbing fact for me.
Aarrghhhh!!!
OCP – Atmos (2006)
/Ambient dub. Abstract, Glitchtronica,
Ambient techno, Glitch ambient/
Comment: by listening to
this 5-track issue it can be admitted good
music is timeless. Indeed, almost nine years has passed by the establishment of
the release by Portuguese musician João Ricardo. His assumptions on dub, glitch
electronica and ambient were to produce astonishing results. Mostly it is the slow
amber based on glistening dub oscillations and subtle glitched-out shards
filled up with emotional dust and easily spread sea mink. Maybe the finishing
track Atmos Five used to
differentiate from the rest of the issue with regard to a more thumping techno
induced beat structure; and also Atmos
Two which also exploits more prominent cadences though revealing a more
abstract approach to the concept. I can readily imagine it does make difference
while listening to it by falling asleep – it chimes like an anthem of the
modern Sandman who plays hypnagogic beats instead of sprinkling sand in human
being`s eyes. The album is a part of the discography of Serein.
Go No Go For Launch – Re-Entry (2015)
/Lo-fi, DIY, Synth fusion, Tape music, Electro-rock, Sampledelic, Mood music, Synth rock/
Comment: Bandcamp is an
essential platform for many record labels worldwide, including many tape labels
either. One of such imprints is US-based Field Hymns whose discography has
reached already 60 bars. For instance, Millions` Line In The Sky is one of the most pre-eminent albums in 2015, a fascinating example of the interface between ambient, drone, electronics and post-rock. Randall
Taylor aka Go No Go For Launch`s short-running issue was initially produced in
2006 but being officially unreleased so far. More concretely, with the appearance
of wonky rhythms, shrill guitar chords and cheap fusion-styled synthesizers and
funny samples (one of such is a sample taken from the MacGyver theme) it
results in a pleasantly entertaining, self-ironic outing.
5/29/2015
[Teaser of the day] Ryukau - ETU
- Primitive music
- Leftfield
- Electro pop
- Tracker music
- Chiptune
- Experimental electro
- Glitch electro
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