[Teaser of the day] Lux Raptor - Ayrton

• Lo-fi
• Alternative pop
• Synthwave
• DIY
• Dreamwave
• Electronic

Artist: Lux Raptor

Release: Sobrenatural

Label: Bandcamp/Self-released

Year: 2015

Cankun + Holy Strays - Beko_91 (2011)

Beko DSL

• Lo-fi
• Hypnagogic pop
• Dreamwave
• DIY
• Experimental pop
• Avant-pop
• Chillwave
• Poptronica
• Post-psychedelic electronica
• Glo-fi

Comment: Beko DSL is a French contemporary music imprint who started to issue singles and compilations at the beginning of the 10s when such styles as chillwave, glo-fi, hypnagogic pop, dreamwave started to appear. Undoubtedly it was one of the best sources to get proper overview about new music. Unfortunately they decided to finish off their doings at the end of 2011, though all the releases are still up there. Beko_91 involves three compositions (one track is provided by Cankun, and two by Holy Strays both artists coming from France). Cankun who is now highly acclaimed artist within indie music circles provides a track called Coconuts which used to circle around due to fairly sultry synth loops and dusty ambience as if providing an interface for ambient and lo-fi pop. Indeed, I like that the sounds are subdued as if buried in. Holy Strays`s tracks are also immersed in mildly glistening echoes and DIY aesthetic driven synthesiser`s soup. In a word, listen to it and let`s remember those good old times replete with hope and desire. 

[Teaser of the day] Vanquish - Retribution

Ekleipsi

• Progressive metal
• Art metal
• Symphonic metal
• Speed metal

Artist: Vanquish

Release: Nine Deadly Sins

Label: Ekleipsi

Year: 2007  

Laika`s Child – The Great Sacramento Fire

Rack And Ruin

• Lo-fi
• Ambient pop
• Primitive pop
• Experimental pop
• Electronic
• Bedroom music
• Post-psychedelic
• Avant-pop
• DIY

Comment: if you think Google is omnipotent to find out easily any sort of information from any edge worldwide then you`re obviously wrong. Indeed, I have had Laika`s Child`s album The Great Sacramento Fire in my mp3 player for a while but I could not connect to any record label anymore. Finally I found it thanks to a vague hint. Indeed, Laika Child has issued its albums through Rack And Ruin catalogue fitting nicely with its accentuated lo-fi/DIY/primitive music aesthetic. More profoundly, Laika`s Child`s 5-track issue is composed of clumsy piano chords in progression, rough rhythmic bits and serene synthesiser induced layers thereby constituting the balanced whole for the listener`s joy. At times those sounds are vamped with concrete sounds (for instance, one can hear wintry gusts moving from one channel to another and burning logs in the stove and exploiting the sounds of a driving car). Such sort of music reveals more honesty and chimes more organically than many profoundly produced issues around us at the time. Furthermore, you need more listening times rather than just having one to discover all the nuances hidden adeptly to the whole. The artist says that the oeuvre is the product of boredom, dental work, and pure ambition. That`s OK.

Nota Bene! I was quite disappointed having no success while trying to download Dylan Ettinger`s issue One Rude Dude (2008). Indeed, his album is still up on the site of the imprint. As we know very well Ettinger moved on to publish releases under well-known underground labels like Not Not Fun, and NNA Tapes but that fact should not exclude his earlier sonic footsteps within the netlabel area.

[Teaser of the day] slept . - P. II

Test Tube

• Ambient
• Soundscape
• Experimentalism
• Glitchtronica
• Minimalism
• Avant-garde

Artist: slept.

Release: slept. EP   

Label: Test Tube

Year:  2009 

Alternative links:

Bandcamp

[Teaser of the day] Vyadha - Thief

• Witch-hop
• Vaporwave
• Drag-hop
• Avant-hop
• Seapunk
• Experimental hop
• Dream-hop

Artist: Vyadha

Release: Halo EP

Label: Aural Sects

Year: 2015

Orrorin Daydream - A Distant Veil (2015)

Laverna
Archive.org

Bandcamp

/Dark ambient, Soundscape, Experimentalism, Minimalism, Abstract, Ambient dub, Epic/

Comment: Orroin Daydream`s 10-track issue A Distant Veil is a case of exuberant layers within catchy noises and fluctuating pulsating ambience coated with hisses and microscopic sounds (of course, all of that it is made in a deliberate way). Emotionally it is at times restrained and neutral, at times ready to turn into more ominous compartments saturated with echoes, specters and monochromic gothic fictions. In any cases, the whole stimulates the listener`s brain to fantasy and create pictures in her/his head. To understand the purpose it is quite trivial but it is the very goal ascribed to music. The Belgium-residing artist`s music could be compared with the likes of Tim Hecker (especially the Canadian musician`s first albums where boreal-related fictions were more depicted than on his later issues) and Vladislav Delay (also the artist coming from the northern hemisphere, more concretely from Finland) because of depicting a trudge across the pathway of (sub) dub-inflected wobbles and electro-acoustic bangles. In a word, the result is an outstanding notch within the realm of holophonic poetry getting a place in the list of the best albums of 2015. Being related to the Halloween date by the way.  

[t]ghost – Terminal Damage EP (2008)

BPM Front

/Industrial techno, Big beat, Leftfield, Illbient, Neoclassical, EBM/

Comment: [t]ghost is an artist from Russia whose 2-track issue is an amalgamation of tectonic-alike crushing rhythms which seem to break up thereafter they are fallen down to the soil and malignant synth progressions with some hints at neoclassical orchestrated music, martial music and electronic body music. By using speech samples to bring forth the very core of this it is thoroughly viable and reasonable. More profoundly, there are up such tracks as March of The GPA Mechanics, and Terminal Damage. These ones say quite much about the whole. I guess by speaking about such kind of genres it is very important to figure out adequate milieu of them – indeed, all of that is represented over that – it is aggressive, it is powerful, it is rhythmical, it is obscure, it is mystical. In a word, all is properly balanced, all is properly (re)presented. The issue is a part of the roster of the Argentinian label BPM Front.

Jeesh - Space Ranger (Toy Story Remix)

[Teaser of the day] Bopapocalypse - III

• Wonky
• Hip-hop
• Cloud rap
• Rap
• Seapunk
• Chopped And Screwed
• Avant-hop
• Experimental hop
• Vaporwave

Artist: Bopapocalypse

Release: Lamp of the South.

Label: Peradam Tapes

Year: 2014

Owl Brain Atlas – AM/FM/UFO (2011)

SuRRism-Phonoethics

Free Music Archive

Owl Brain Atlas

• Dada music
• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism
• Acousmatic music
• Drone
• Sound collage
• Non-music
• Improvised noise
• Leftfield
• Avant-electronica
• Psycho-acoustic
• Electro-acoustic

Comment: frequently unusual and weird sort of music is called “UFO music” by superficial music listeners. Indeed, J. D. Nelson`s produced album is one of that because of consisting of 23 tracks with a total duration of 26 minutes only (the only exception is XI which last beyond 9 minutes). It does mean an average structure of musical compositions one cannot find from there because all is thoroughly warped and destroyed/deconstructed or subjected to uncompromising algorithms of cutting-edge noises, repeated loops of very short samples and incisive droning here and there. At times it rings like an example of sound collage by using speech samples and electro-acoustic snippets. Those speech samples are being exploited in different ways with different purposes to conjure up different associations in the listener`s head. For instance, at times it chimes like an instance of dada madness, at times it chimes like a time span filled with groans and moans as if reflecting zombies to come nearby to attack a new target. Indeed, every element within it is thoroughly elaborated and channelized despite its overtly fragmented appearance. In fact, J. D. Nelson has produced it for four yeards (2007-2011). In a word, it is a thought-provoking, frantically manipulated electronica/noise mayhem. 

[Teaser of the day] Fabio Keiner - Whispering

Petroglyph

• Soundscape
• Dark ambient
• Illbient
• Abstract
• Post-industrial
• Experimentalism
• Avant-garde

Artist: Fabio Keiner

Release: Songs From Tehom

Label: Petroglyph

Year: 2015

Stakka – Alone EP (2004)

Camomille

• IDM
• Glitchtronica
• Experimental electronica
• Minimal techno
• Glitch-hop
• Experimental techno

Comment: this 6-track package is a fabulous mix of crunchy rhythms, synthesised wobbles and glitched-out noises flitting in around by the Polish producer Stakka. Given that the outing had been issued in 2004 this might be a quite ordinary practice to take on minimal techno/IDM rhythms, catchy melody lines and beautiful harmonies by following the influence of such labels as Mille Plateaux, and Morr Music then. However, the best time to test the quality of music is to do it many years after the release date of an issue (it is similar to be done with regard to historical events). Here we come in approximately 11 years later. I have no complains, I have no hints at something which could have done in a better way. All is equilibrated all is measured in a proper way. Furthermore, the Polish producer deviates from the aforementioned formula because of providing a couple of nervous hip-hop/glitch-hop compositions which truly make difference (Mosaik, Lucky People). In a word, get this gem which is a part of the discography of the Montrèal, Quebec, Canada based imprint Camomille which had been led by Vincent Fugère aka Muhr.   

[Teaser of the day] Adouk Boucan - L'Indiscrete

ComaRecOrdz

• Experimental hop
• Hip-hop
• Rap
• Trip-hop
• Avant-hop
• Electronica
• Breaks

Artist: Adouk Boucan

Release: Poudre Noire Sampler EP

Label: cOmaRecOrdz

Year: 2015

Feast of Violet – Botany Charm EP (2010)

Bandcamp

• Avant-rock
• Electronic
• Post-rock
• Abstract
• Experimental rock
• Ambient techno
• Shoegazetronica

Comment: Feast of Violet is the nom de plume of Allen Taylor, the resident from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. This is his first issue which might sound like an ultramodern rock album though it could be considered “rock” in an indirect sense due to some examples coming out from the past. For instance, some shoegaze movement related groups in the beginning of the 90s decided to go beyond the genre-related borders. For instance, Slowdive`s Pygmalion (1995, Creation) was an abstract issue drifting somewhere in between experimental rock and ambient. Seefeel was being a combo whose sounds were channelized into eerie echoes, techno rhythms and abstract noises to kill their predecessors in a softly yet convincing way. Indeed, Botany Charm EP could be considered a child of it. More profoundly, it is replete with spaced-out sounds, multiple layered echoes, noisy yet epic blossoming, concrete and electro-acoustic sounds running out of focus and from one channel to another. Indeed, Taylor`s result is uncompromising because all these sounds are elaborated and spliced masterfully to bring forth the powerful effect ultimately. In a nutshell, the result is mesmerizing.

[Teaser of the day] BUG - cuhr

• Experimentalism
• Avant-garde
• Improvised noise
• Drone
• Leftfield
• Krautrock
• Organcore

Artist: BUG

Release: Sediment

Label: Attenuation Circuit

Year: 2015

Terrible Terrible - Get The New Computer (2015)

Jamendo

Bandcamp

• Alternative pop
• Indie soul
• Hypnagogic pop
• Art pop
• Chillwave
• Experimental pop
• Chamber pop
• Glo-fi
• Electronic
• Dream pop
• Doo wop
• Indie rock
• Baroque pop

Comment: I am very convinced to assume that New Jersey, USA based combo Terrible Terrible is one of the best acts I have ever found at Jamendo, the France-based free music platform. Jack Browning, Mike Tarnofsky, Steve Kelly, and Mark Bucci have issued a couple of releases (Fail Better, and Get The New Computer) under the French imprint though their very first issues Hteet Gnillup, and Pulling Teeth can be found out at Bandcamp. Get The New Computer is not about machines unless they are talking about very sensitive machines because their music is thoroughly soulful, poignantly dreamy and replete with lush arrangements wherein crafty electronic undercurrents are inseparably mixed with Tarnofsky`s daydreamy vocal delivery, shuffled rhythms and artsy guitar handling.  All of that is saturated with something of a hyper-realist feel as if an interface to amalgamate baroque pop with glo-fi/chillwave touch, to mix up slowcore with hypnagogic attitude. If one wants to go back in time then she/he could hear doo wop drenched easiness and effortlessness in harmony structures. If you are searching some more known artists to draw parallel within it then you could find out some similarities with such projects as Atlas Sound, Gravenhurst, Grizzly Bear, Beat Detectives. In a word, it is an absolutely flawless effort.

[Teaser of the day] Kayaka - Feline Stilts

Zeromoon

• Krautrock
• Experimental rock
• Avant-rock
• Art music
• Post-rock
• Leftfield
• Electronic music

Artist: Kayaka

Release: Silence Walk

Label: Zeromoon

Year: 2013

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Stained Glass (2013)

Sirona-Records

• Post-punk
• Neo-progressive rock
• Alternative rock
• Synth rock
• Electro-rock
• Crossover
• Dance rock

Comment: this notch takes on a borderline of such styles as post-punk, progressive rock, symphonic rock, electro-rock/synth/dance rock. To add all these elements into one melting pot at a time it is not very ordinary even today at the time of postmodernist approaches and practices wherein different styles are crossed and recontextualized into something familiar yet different. All the compositions are instrumental and could be quite contemplative (Let It Burn!). Many patterns of synths, many patterns of guitars, many patterns of rhythms are interlaced with each other into the organic whole. It is the one-man-project of Maxim Khorsun from Simferopol, Crimea peninsula, Ukraine which is occupied by the Russian Federation at the moment.

{Teaser of the day] KIDS. - Waterfall

• Indie pop
• Alternative rock
• Psychedelic pop
• Garage rock

Artist: KIDS.

Release: Growing Up

Label: (10:39 Records)/Bandcamp

Year: 2013

Math - Nature EP (2006)

Poni Republic

Bandcamp

/Indietronica, Lo-fi, DIY, Electronic pop, Singer-songwriter, Folktronica, Alternative/

Comment: Math is the project of Kevin Steinhauser whose 7-track issue is an amusing travel through a spectre of diverse sounds, naïve aesthetic and a huge amount of fantasy. It is filled with the laugh both in a direct and indirect sense. The issue had been produced in the mid of the 00s when such sort of music was quite ubiquitous to be issued for the listeners. More profoundly, electronic propulsions and digital hisses and concrete music noises are mixed up with the twangs of folkloric instruments (mandolin) and glockenspiel chords, however, all of that it subjected to the DIY/lo-fi aesthetic. You can be sure many bands worldwide were then greatly influenced by the positive energy of Animal Collective. It is nice music from the Providence, Rhode Island, USA being issued under the then-Hugo Chavez ruled Venezuela based label Poni Republic. The point is that a cultural bridge is much easier to create for than doing it though political/diplomatic channels.

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[Teaser of the day] The Cousins - Toniosong

Jamendo

• Blues
• Experimental rock
• Neo-psychedelia
• Psych-rock
• Americana
• Alternative rock
• Trance rock

Artist: The Cousins

Release: Tapes Sounds

Label: Jamendo

Year: 2009

DIYE - Cemetery Lane (2014)

Bandcamp

/Psychedelic rock, Noise rock, Experimental rock, Ethereal wave, Space rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock/

Comment: DIYE is the duo of Albert Dean, and Maria Soromenho from London, UK. The album starts off with a track, called Paris which is very relevant with regard to recently happened horrendous events in the capital of France. Furthermore, the album`s title has references to the event either. Paris reminds quite of the mystical milieu of being dominating on Cocteau Twins` album Treasure. In fact, the track seems to be more serious-minded due to airy yet lone guitar chords and some sublime arpeggios coming through the air being supported by Maria Soromenho´s floaty voice. And vice versa. However, the rest of a couple of tracks are decent one either – Bad Girl In A Fur Rug is a more indie oriented one reminding slightly of some of the pieces of the Estonian indie classic Dreamphish though the Londoner`s music is more spaced-out and noisy. No Time is fraught with elegant anxiety and guitars are getting almost lost in dense vapour of noisy sounds. Additionally I recommend listen to music being issued on Little Ying Records.

[Teaser of the day] The Search - Bizmylla Jive

afmusic

• Indie rock
• Soft rock
• Pomp rock
• Alternative pop

Artist: The Search

Release: The Silverslut

Label: afmusic

Year: 2011

Alternative links:

Bandcamp

Steinregen Dubsystem – Recycled (2013)

LibreCommeLair

/Alternative dance, Raggamuffin, Remixes, Dancehall, World music, Electronica, Crossover, Dub, Urban music/ 

Comment: there are represented 17 tracks by various artists who tread the compositions of a 6-piece collective, Steinregen Dubsystem from Freiburg, Germany. In general, it could be said Jamaica is an island of fast-running people and shaggy reggae and dub inflected music. With regard to the compilation the listener can enjoy many crossovers and derivations coming out of the aforementioned styles. Emotionally it is a poignant issue because it used to insinuate lots of dodges and turns within the whole. There are represented pieces being made up of echoes which used to last very long thereby bringing forth a thoroughly spaced-out feeling. There are up some curiosities either where Balkan and other ethnic motives are interlaced with the Jamaican music. Despite putting slightly uncanny elements into the melting pot there is good effect about it. There are up remixes by the likes of Goyo Naranja & Damaa, Dava, Ras Amerlock, EQuBE, Bassinfected, Herbstauch, Lüra, Lata, Pellectronica, Hans Gruber, Ras Tilo, Juju, Akarola, and TRVE.

[Teaser of the day] Vlor - Heart Shaped

Silber

• Shoegaze
• Space rock
• Alternative rock
• Lo-fi
• Ambient rock
• Indie rock
• DIY

Artist: Vlor

Release: Sacred Placed In The City 

Label: Silber

Year: 1999

Enkil – Evolution (2014)

Teque-Nique

/Psytechno, EBM, Tekno, Alternative dance, Psybient, Psytrance/

Comment: Franco Barletta aka Enkil is a musician with the rock music background, however, who discovered the world of electronic music/analogic synth for approximately 13 years ago. He has issued 4 outings under Teque-Nique so far. Evolution consists of three compositions (Kimika, Hypnotic State, Evolution). Roughly it is a blend of psychedelic techno and tekno and trance propulsions, alarm-alike synth wobbling and bold synth threads and some glistening ambient textures. By historical influences in music one could hear electronic body aesthetic and pathos coming out of those exuberant, solid synth developments. Eventually it could be admitted it is a solid exertion reflecting upon the solid genre.

[Teaser of the day] Balkar Wachholz - Scene Nu. 2

Hortus Conclusus

• Electro-acoustic
• Improvised music
• Abstract
• Organic electronica
• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism

Artist: Balkar Wachholz

Release: Deleted Scenes

Label: Hortus Conclusus

Year: 2015

Speculativism - kilo mega giga tera peta exa zetta yotta (2010)

Speculativism

/Art rock, Leftfield, Avant-prog, RIO, Singer-songwriter, Electronic, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/

Comment: it is being always interesting to discover Exeter, UK-based musician Peter-David Smith aka Speculativism`s progressions in different directions on his many, approximately 15 albums. One is sure clearly conventionality is not on his menu. His issues are being quite lengthy, for instance, the recent issue extends beyond 80 minutes. Roughly it could be said he likes to experiment with lyrics and sounds, at times those lyrics and pun are truly funny and surreal, the sounds light up tremendous swaying in Smith`s soundscape. Indeed, mostly it is avant-rock/progressive rock oriented madness which is filled with many changes in structure and soundscape (all those paradiddling keyboard sounds coming in and then leaving out of focus) at times it is more restrained (yet uncanny and even ghastly) thereby being more closely related to singer-songwriter-like approach though it is contingent. Emotionally the whole is amusing, of course, because all will be changing and winding throughout the course. In a nutshell, it could be concluded it is a solid interface between comedy and dada art, art/progressive rock, electronic music, and something else additionally which is elusive enough to subject it to my words and sentences.

[Teaser of the day] Jan Jelinek - Synthsil2

Free Music Archive

• Experimental electronica
• Conceptual
• Clicks and cuts
• Ambient
• Avant-electronica
• Experimentalism

Artist: Jan Jelinek

Release: Intelligent Toys: We Make Music

Label: Sutemos

Year: 2010

Sledding With Tigers/KIDS. – Split (2011)

Bandcamp

Bandcamp

/Acid rock, Folk punk, Blues rock, Drone rock, Psychedelic rock, Bluegrass, Alternative rock, Indie pop/

Comment: I feel myself very satisfied thanks to this 8-track split album by KIDS., and Sledding With Tigers (both musical groups from san Diego, USA). Sledding With Tigers´ music used to rely on Appalachian music tradition because the combo mixes up bluegrass and country music and its instruments with some punk attitude. Their message is related to worldly wisdom of talking about odds and ends which ultimately constitute the important whole. One can be sure they don`t like the situation they live within. You shall have to go to work because you need to pay the rent. I can agree with them it would be great to be a slacker. KIDS.´ music is remarkably more indie oriented, dance-appealed and psychedelic one because they exploit a buzzing electric organ which used to drone and vibrate through their four tracks. On the other side, the term “indie” used to be a weary one today because this word is used way too extensively and thereby saying nothing actually. It is very sympathetic that their sound is sustained with some sonic easiness of doo wop and yo-yo girl pop movement the styles which were prevalent in the 60s and 70s. The favourite of mine is Float because reflecting its power through the wall of droning organs, beautiful yet hefty female singing and catchy melodic gears here and there. On the other side, Monkeys is a bouncy blend of blues and rockabilly music. Get it. 

[Teaser of the day] Polaroid Notes - Return To Nowhere

• Modern classical
• Ambient
• Epic
• Experimental electronica

Artist: Polaroid Notes

Release: The Long Bright Dark

Label: Audio Gourmet

Year: 2015

Lezet – Accumulation (2014)

Buddhist On Fire

Lezet

/Experimental electronica, Ambient, Ethnotronica, Glitchtronica, Rocktronica, Modern classical, Musique concrète, Crossover, Abstract, Avant-garde/

Comment: Lezet is a very prolific artist from Serbia who has issued approximately 70 albums so far. Accumulation is a short-running issue (ending at the length of 20.56) but it justifies its name because many elements used to surface throughout the course. One could hear mandatory experimental electronic developments, glitched-out noises, and even world music infected motives and sultry rhythms of rock music are represented over there. At times his progressions used to turn into an abstract one – for instance, Bezoar is one of such sort of tracks where vocal loops are slightly shifted against each other to create an indecipherable message and culminate into noisy torrents at the end of the composition. Rain is a fragile modern classical piece saturated with a heavy raining sample. The result is dreamy and giving one a cozy corner to freshen /himself/herself up in his/her haste. Indeed, Lezet exploits samples now and then to saturate his soundscape. In a word, it is a thoroughgoing exertion with many interesting moments. The issue is a notch in the discography of Buddhist On Fire.

[Teaser of the day] Litmus - Keep Your Smile

Enough

• Electronic pop
• Post-disco
• Electronic dance music
• Alternative dance

Artist: Litmus

Release: Perception Of Light

Label: Enough

Year: 2011

Alternative links:

Free Music Archive

Sobre A Máquina – Anomia (2011)

Sinewave

Bandcamp

/Post-metal, Progressive metal, Experimentalism, RIO, Avant-garde, Improvised music, Avant-prog/

Comment: the concept “Anomie” is a sociological term invented by the well-known French sociologist and thinker Èmile Durkheim in his work Suicide (1897). The term does refer to the breakdown of social ties between a person and the community. More profoundly, it is a state of derangement and unrest when moral norms are placed in doubt. Sobre A Maquina´s 2-piece issue is a follow-up to such issues as Decompor, and Areia which were the outings of problematic kind to be classified into very certain pigeonhole. Indeed, The Brazil trio`s music is something which rebels permanently against the stylistic borders though the ones are important because of conveying premises for further crossing. In a word, you need borders to cross them and thereby get somewhere else. Mostly the outing sounds like something of metal music being subjugated to the algorithms of krautrock and avant-prog/RIO aesthetic. It involves a shitloads of unexpected changes in style and instrumentation, in mood and in structure. At times it is calmed down at times it is thoroughly demented and stoned ready to annihilate its very core. It is not background music, it crashes into the listener. In a nutshell, the Rio De Janeiro based combo`s plan was ambitious, however, they were apt to fulfil it. 

[Teaser of the day] Bacanal Intruder - To Take My Way

• Lo-fi
• DIY
• Electro-folk
• Folk indie
• Art folk
• Folktronica
• Glitch-folk
• New Weird Spain
• Epic
• Indie folk
• Post-folk

Artist: Bacanal Intruder

Release: To Take My Way EP

Label: Bandcamp/self-released

Year: 2004 

[Teaser of the day] Doombox – ___Lysergberserk___

Torn Flesh

• Industrial metal 
• Power electronics
• Rhythmic noise
• Post-metal
• Noise
• Avant-garde
• Doom industrial
• Non-music
• Glitchtronica
• Experimentalism

Artist: Doombox

Release: ___Deliveries of DOOM___

Label: Torn Flesh 

Year: 2015

Hanetration – Waldsterben (2015)

Bandcamp

/Electronic, Experimentalism, Drone rock, Krautrock, Alternative dance, Acid rock, Illbient, Leftfield pop, Minimalism/

Comment: Hanetration, the London-based combo is back again with brand new issue Waldsterben (as much as I have learned German and already forgot much of it this probably does mean “death (process) of the forest” which has been a very serious problem in Germanic countries while the civilization has been established for long ago. Indeed, where is the right for human being to annihilate something which is being highly blissful enough to elevate our souls? Indeed, as Elias Canetti has wrote once the forest is a cathedral replete with trees like pillars towering and constituting something very special. By my opinion, the forest is an environment where the human being can feel himself/herself to be a part of the Divine plan. By listening to Waldsterben one might say the project is dead aesthetically. Indeed, the suicide is being committed to get a chance to resurrect again. Their previous album Acid Reflux EP was a gorgeous drift between post-industrial tendencies, drone music and chamber music touch. This time Hanetration`s brand new one chimes like a poppy yet alternative music bound one saturated with catchy rhythms and having a more superficial appeal. Only the ending piece Aurora is something about the project`s previous tradition taking on buried rhythms and ominous drones while providing incessantly minimal changes throughout the course. Friction is an example of how Hanetration has bent its course into a fabulous droning acid rock template while ringing truly majestic due to cathedral organ sounds above. Impulse is something which obviously gets inspiration from motorik/krautrock tradition because of coming together at a junction of an iterative bass chord and slightly buried drum sounds thereby most notably reminding of NEU!`s trademark. In a word, it might be it is the transmissive/opposite issue by the project, however, trying to understand the artist`s intention one should perceive the artist`s discography similarly to a meandering pathway of being comprised of bigger and smaller curves and dodges and incorporations. In the absolute scale of sonic creation, however, it is an outstanding issue for sure. 

Massimo Ruberti – Armstrong (2015)

Nostress

/Space music, Electronic music, Conceptual, Ambient, Kosmische Musik, Experimental electronica/

Comment: it is nice that musicians are still up to get inspired by benchmarks with regard to conquering of the outer space by the human race. Unfortunately there have been way too little space flights into the space after Yuri Gagarin and US astronauts did it. More profoundly, there is no qualitative progression to have been since then (it might be the reason why there are arising conspiracy theories about expressing doubts regarding the flight to the Moon in 1969 and thereafter, for instance). The flight to Mars seems to be very far away if not impossible altogether. Of course, it needs a huge amount of money to prepare it. On the other side, countries are rivalling with each other to spend their money to get economic, resource-related, and military advantages and the most worst one is that wasting resources and annihilating environment around us. As the human race we have no sole fist to realize our goals. By personal aspect I have no faith into it anymore. It might be the only aspect what we could realistically do for the cosmos is to protect our beautiful home planet Earth, the only genuine pearl that we have been having. The human being is way too stupid to reach it if he/she is not able to change the overwhelming economic order around him/her based on excessive, destroying consumption. The human being is still as clumsy as he/she was many deacdes ago in connection with curing such diseases as high-grade astrocytomas, pancreatic cancer, lung cancer and myeloma, for instance. This is a notch of our Mars which needs to be conquered. However, Armstrong by Livorno, Italy-based experienced electronic musician Massimo Ruberti is a pearl as well, though a sonic pearl. The titles of it reflect upon Armstrong`s stages to get into and to be in the outer space and landing on the surface of the Moon. By listening to it one could experience hyper-realistic emotions wherein dreamy,glacial-alike synth threads and glimpses used to intersect with the sounds of digital bug filled radio transmitters where the message of an astronaut coming out of it rings in a fabulous way. It is quite weird and funny that at the ending part of Moon Ruberti uses a mandolin induced motive that reminds of a Russian folklore ditty as if depicting Russians landed on the Moon instead of US-Americans. On the other side, maybe it is a try to consolidate two nations to have at least one goal to conquer the nearest planets. By regarding the example the Italian composer extends its scope beyond usual understanding of electronic music by using exuberant orchestrations and motives and rhythms in addition to ordinary package of electronic sounds. In a word, get this album, listen to it. Even if your optimism about space expansion will not be aroused those sounds and constructions respectively entering into your ear and brain give you a candidate for the list of the best albums in 2015. 

[Teaser of the day] Dan Brasco - Trouble With Dad

Astor Bell

• Alternative dance
• Tech-electro
• Electronic pop
• Acid 
• Synth-electro

Artist: Dan Brasco

Release: Sick Family

Label: Astor Bell

Year: 2009

[Teaser of the day] Airless Project - Morning Of Remission

• Experimental electronica
• Ambient techno
• Experimental techno
• IDM

Artist: Airless Project

Release: Dopamine Entities

Label: Bandcamp/self-released

Year: 2010

Entartete Musik – Modern Bolero (2014)

Bandcamp

/Sampledelic, Plunderphonics, Sound collage, Field recording, Freeformfreakout, Experimentalism/

Comment: this project could readily be named Retardede Musik, for instance, because it chimes like it would have been produced by a stoned producer. In fact, it was German expression to depict the fight Hitler and his silly company exerted against the so-called degenerate music. It is sample-based, it is inconsistent, it is mad, it is cut-up into a thousands of pieces. More concretely, these samples come out of very different sources ranging from tumultuous metal riff oriented torrents and smooth classical compositions to spoken word samples, organic street noises and fragile flamenco guitar chords to electronic sonic effects. It sounds like a reflection of human people`s world where things used to change permanently in the direction to the future or having no physical and temporal entry toward the past (read: chance to go back to his/her youngster days). On the other side, the title track Modern Bolero reflects upon the contrary tendency – it consists of permanent ringing of the table phone being open to minimal changes and iterative sonic samples. In a word, it provides intriguing listening thrills for sure. This was the artist`s first issue to release four further albums later during four years. The album comes out of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Sébastien Biset – Openfield (2009)

PERKūNowA

/Noise, Freeformfreakout, Anti-folk, Drone folk, Weird folk, Musique concrète, Crossover, Indietronica, Folktronica, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/

Comment: it was some days ago when I discovered that I had stored two issues by such artist as Sébastien Biset, Openfield and The Time I Was Spending, Running And Shouting In The Wind. More concretely, his 11-bar issue is a psyched-out outing based on short-running compositions segmented into harsh noise torrents (indeed, it is thoroughly intense!), sublime indie and folk-tinged compositions and mellow indie electronic insights or just exploiting field recording-based samples to build up disparate dimensions. However, it is interesting that the melting pot consisting of different elements works very well, having no distractions and conjuring up no inferior feels. The issue is a part of the discography of PERKūNowA.

[Teaser of the day] Miroslav Wilde - Ocean

• Dub-techno
• Tech-dub
• Club dance
• Chill-out
• Mood music

Artist: Miroslav Wilde

Release: Ocean EP

Label: Kopoc 

Year: 2015

Jamie Stephan – Challenger (2015)

Intox Noize
Intox Noize

/Tech-house, Club dance, Tekno, Electro/

Comment: Jamie Stephan`s 3-track issue used to wind across techno and house blended paths, however creating sublime mood and vibes in your brain and body, respectively. However, Ohrenschmalz is the track which changes the pace taking more on wobbling, tekno and electro-oriented rhythms. Indeed, the result is credible and blossoming. Challenger is his second issue, the follow-up to Vogelscharm (2014), and Flötentanz (in collaboration with Chris Kaoz) (2015). All these issues have been released on Russian imprint Intox Noize.

[Teaser of the day] Kaazim Zareb - Zahaab wa Eeyab

Webbed Hand

• World music
• Drone
• Ethnic music
• New Age
• Improvised music

Artist: Kaazim Zareb

Release: Miraaya

Label: Webbed Hand

Year: 2005

Cagey House – Sometimes Always Never (2015)

pan y rosas discos

Free Music Archive

/Ambient, Post-rock, Post-folk, Experimental pop, Art pop, Mood music, Alternative pop/

Comment: I have frequently wondered about how much time has passed and how much things around us and within the artist`s aesthetic has changed during the course between some artist`s first and most recent albums. Baltimore, Maryland, US-based artist Dave Keifer aka Cagey House started off sometime in the mid of the 00´s with electro-vamped tracks while revealing rock music impulses inside it. Later on, his sound had changed toward more artificial yet wondrous world of deliberately chosen rhythms and sounds somehow similar to Oneohtrix Point Never had unveiled on his album R Plus Seven to a more wide audience (2013). Indeed, Keifer showcased this spellbinding, hyper-realistic world a little bit earlier than Daniel Lopatin did. However, Keifer`s aesthetic has changed throughout this awesome course, it is like moving across fragile yet rewarding path to amend and discover himself, to add new sonic notches into the bar thereby magnifying the legacy of honest music. His brand new one Sometimes Always Never is quite trance-y and restrained saturated with iterative jazz-y drum relied rhythms and guitar sounds being a new aspect in his sonic palette. Indeed, this time Keifer`s music could sometimes be described with the term “post-rock” because those guitar patterns with more or less delayed glockenspiel chords represented within it used to conjure up intriguing dynamics and emotive associations which may resemble of such combos as Mice Parade, Mercury Program, and The Dylan Group, for instance. Cagey House`s last albums have been issued on pan y rosas discos, the label dedicated to release innovative, improvisation-based music. I have no explicit overview about Keifer`s methods of how he creates compositions in the sense of how much it is determined (I mean to be previously set out and then exactly programmed) and how much there has been space for improvised aspects. In fact, the improvised music could also be determined getting its inner impulse from the planned goal. Then the chaos is more organized and may even be more impressive rather than just aimlessly slamming and rattling around. Indeed, I am being quite curious for technical aspects but by listening to Sometimes Always Never my drive to know it just dissolved. Simply I am enjoying of how these sounds move, meander, and come across to the other side. In a word, it is an outstanding issue.

[Teaser of the day] Vapour Night - Snow Fled

• Indie rock
• Ethereal Wave
• Post-punk
• Alternative dance
• Dream pop
• Electronic
• Alternative pop

Artist: Vapour Night

Release: Snow Fled

Label: Bandcamp/Self-released

Year: 2015