Tont – Rändurvaim (2015)

Bandcamp

• New Age
• Organic electronica
• Dark ambient
• Sound art
• Experimentalism
• Space music
• Electronic music
• Live session
• Avant-garde
• Art music
• Musique concrète

Comment: it cannot be wrong by assuming that The Estonian sonic maverick Tont (“Ghost”, “Spectre” translated in English) brand new ones are events by itself. They are always different, always the same. The topsoil of his issues are different kind of drums which used to loop through reverb and delay heavy effects juxtaposed against found sounds being previously recorded in nature worldwide. The motto of his brand new album Rändurvaim (which could be translated the soul of a pilgrim, i.e the person who likes to travel) is the soul of a pilgrim exists in any of us. It seems that the pendulum in Tont`s life is switched to move diametrically to the opposite side in favour of nature. Fortunately Estonia is a patch of land where the human being could practice such a life. Ideologically and musically it seems to be bounded even more with nature than the artist`s previous outings. Given that the lyrics are all about a stark gratification of natural world and more and less indirectly about escapism from within the civilization which used to absorb and squelch the human being. It might be it is accidental that this bewitching issue had partly been  recorded in Lapland the sultural area being famous due to shamans living over there. By regarding the coverprint of the issue on can figure out correlation with one row on the sleeve by stating there is an ice-coated lake under your foot, there is green colour dancing in heaven. Musically he has reached more spotted abstract, dark ambient and electronic compartments having in turn abandoned doom rock and dub music elements. Moreover, one could hear soothing sounds as if coming out of the engine of a space rocket having stabile gear while flying across Outer Space. However, New Age-y attitude and flutes in the artist`s music are still up there. Emotively it is uncompromisingly consistent from the start to the end. It could be said Tont`s issue is a functional instrument to conjure up one`s dreams. By considering the aforementioned rows the outing could relevantly be described by using adjectives thought to describe the leaf margins of different species of trees, for instance. More profoundly, it is at times lobate, at times crenate, at times serrate, at times ciliate. On the whole, I can feel myself as a happy person who owns an exemplar of the limited tape edition (48) on Tallinn-based underground imprint Trash Can Dance (additonally embracing live versions of a couple of compositions). Additionally I recommend to listen to the artist`s previous issues and Allinn`s music wherein he is also involved in for a while.

[Teaser of the day] Orrorin Daydream - A Waiver

• Ambient drone
• Minimalism
• Abstract
• Soundscape
• Avant-garde
• Microsound
• Experimentalism
• Ambient noise
• Sound art

Artist: Orrorin Daydream
Release: A Distant Veil
Label: Laverna
Year: 2015

Alternative links:
Bandcamp
Archive.org

Here Be Monsters – Thousands Are Still Asleep (1992)

ZH27

Archive.org

• Sound collage
• Ambient
• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism
• Noise
• Psycho-acoustic
• Non-music
• Leftfield
• Plunderphonics
• Industrial music
• Drone
• Electronic music

Comment: this issue consists of one long-running almost 31 minute composition. However, the whole is a medley of different artists` works and disparately stylized compartments. More profoundly, there are up such artists as Minòy, PBK, Adam Bohman, Agog, Crow, De Fabriek, Factor X, Kazuhiro Ohtsuuka, Merz, Mystery Hearsay, Seiei, Jack, Sismoid, Tuf and Van Der Veens. Musically it used to trudge from rattling rhythmical bumps and hisses at different frequencies and word samples to dreamy microscopic noises and sublime electro-acoustic panning. Now and then one might perceive it like an open immense room with many alleyways which is unlocked for all pedestrians coming around and having different musical tastes. On the other side, such a sort of art might switch him/her to be a subject of stampeding perceptions. The mishmash includes a pile of bewildering sonic effects and hazy progressions. For instance, therein is represented singing of oriental heritage though being switched upside down. By the way, the issue embarks on and finishes off with the snippet. Of course, it is very sympathetic the half-hour is replete with lush analogue fabric and threads thereof giving a more softened touch to the sound even though many sounds are designed in an ominous and abrasive mode. In general, there are up two possibilities considering the title – either it is thought to wake up or soothe the listener into profound yet somewhat deranged sleep. Here Be Monster is the project of Zan Hoffman and the issue had initially been released in 1992 (under his own ZH27 imprint). On the whole, beyond the fact of having historical value (the aforementioned artists were a substantial part of the underground cassette movement in the 80s) on its own the whole is a sequence of mind-boggling snippets where chaos is just an instrument to move toward a more universal integrity. Additionally to (re)discover and support old yet underrated artists I recommend to listen to such platforms and imprints as Bob Chaos, Museum Of Microcassette Art, CS Industrial 1982-2010, Cassette Art Classics, Haltapes and read such blog as Die or D.I.Y?. 

[Teaser of the day] KIFOTH - Mrtvý vyslanec

• EBM
• Industrial
• Electronic music
• Leftfield
• New Wave
• Synthcore
• Dark electro
• Power electronics

Artist: KIFOTH

Release: The First Time Public

Label: CS Industrial 1982-2010 

Year: 2015

Flatsound – Losing The Interest and Trust I Had In You (2010)

Bandcamp

Flatsound

• Singer-songwriter
• Indie folk
• Americana
• DIY
• Slowcore
• Lo-fi
• Dream folk
• Folk indie
• Noise pop
• New Weird America

Comment: chronologically it must be one of the first issues by San Diego, US-based artist Mitch Welling being released five years ago. At the time of issuing it he was nineteen years oldas he hints at one composition. Later on, he is being a prolific artist because of issuing ten outings thereafter. Lyrically he considers permanently love theme by searching for signs of everlasting, intact love being ready to get sacrificed for it. However, he could not find it because of painful memories and huge gaps between personalities. Musically it is supported by intimate guitar flows and ebbs saturated with hisses, some concrete sounds and sonic effects and noisy feedback outbursts. Frequently Welling`s compositions are appealingly dreamy and yearning having found the proper thread within the DIY/lo-fi/bedroom pop aesthetic. On the other side, one could percieve similarities with the likes of Yo La Tengo, Galaxie 500, American Music Club, Red House Painters. Ultimately it could be said it is a fairly attractive issue reflecting upon huge potentiality and traditions coming from within the American song-writing legacy. Indeed, nobody could do better than the Americans do. By the way, three months ago he has issued Four Songs For Losing You, his latest one.  

[Teaser of the day] Frallar - Circulo Polar

Breathe Compilations

• Techno
• Electronica
• Alternative dance

Artist: Frallar

Release: Círculo Polar

Label: Breathe Compilations

Year: 2011 

XP43 With Slo-Blo – La Fèminin Sacrè (2015)

Tape Safe

• Post-industrial
• Noise
• Avant-garde
• Acousmatic music
• Drone
• Experimentalism
• Illbient
• Experimental electronica
• Non-music
• Musique concrète
• Psycho-acoustic

Comment: firstly, I like an unconventional nature of the album regarding the outer shape. It is composed of 56 notches replete with disparate impulses and irrational progressions and unchained progressions. The cover print depicts the Barbie doll which is being one of the most exploited artefacts worldwide in a truly skewed way. The artist hijacked the idea of the doll to mock the Western consuming community through over-sexualisation of woman`s body. By conceptual side the artist used to follow a classical noise music idea. The initial idea of noise music was to showcase absurdity and mental disturbance within politically invoked martial games through painfully aroused sounds and weirdly sequenced compositions thereby being thought-provoking and challenging. By musical side it is comprehensive by extending from silence induced snippets and tottering ambient and opaque drone sounds to re-contextualized speech snippets and heavily deranged electronic progressions. However, the loose concept is a positive sign in any cases. The issue is a part of the discography of Tape Safe. 

[Teaser of the day] Cosmic Analogue Ensemble - Unlimited Frequencies

Free Music Archive

• Reggae
• Dub
• Mood music
• Experimental pop
• Afrofuturism

Artist: Cosmic Analogue Ensemble

Release: Fish Fingers

Label: Upitup

Year: 2013  

Loose Link And Option Command + Friends – Karramantha (2011

Sirona-Records

• Chopped and screwed
• Hip-hop
• Rhythmic noise
• Cloud rap
• Avant-hop
• Noise
• Ambient
• Experimentalism
• Remixes
• Experimental electronica
• Leftfield
• Vaporwave

Comment: by listening to this huge 19-track issue (the total length reaches 90 minutes) it arouses different moods and attitudes inside one`s soul. Its rhythmic structures are thoroughly angular and imbued with noisy bits thereby at times chiming like an example of pop music for robot and human being crossed creatures on Earth in the future. On the other side, those rhythms are quite obsessive ones on its own on account of wobbling vibes based on microscopic short-running samples and iterative sonic effects. Frequently the music chimes like a stoned example of being channelized through slow-motion lenses and broken maze-alike wire systems. If to listen to such track as Karramantha (Clockwork Keyboard Remix 2) it could be considered an inverted and skewed hip-hop piece by exploiting nowadays technical support to deform the structure of the issue. Although the artist`s remix makers do exploit deconstruction as a negative approach on its own (because of not creating something new by itself) it results truly impressively though. The music industry will be dead sometime and Bandcamp will have been dominating in the future and such sort of music will be one of the cornerstones of the fabulous platform of combining both commercial tendencies and free music world. In a word, it is an ingenious outing because of brazing poppy and cutting-edge elements into the organic whole eventually. It was an avant-garde one 4 years ago and it is still on. It had been issued under gorgeous imprint Sirona-Records headed by Arnaud Barbe aka Pollux.  

[Teaser of the day] Daliah - Tanqueray

• Vaporwave
• Experimental electronica
• Leftfield
• Seapunk
• Ambient
• Avant-garde

Artist: Daliah

Release: Girlish Boys

Label: No Problema Tapes

Year: 2015

Viktor Van River – Damaged (2015)

Dusted Wax Kingdom

• Mood music
• Nu jazz
• Acid jazz
• Electronica
• Breaks
• Trip-hop
• Sampledelic
• Cinematic

Comment: it is a fabulous contemporary jazz-based roundabout. More profoundly, jazz music meets electronic beats and soulful singing or at least samples of speech snippets over the place. Indeed, if to trying to differentiate it from acid and nu jazz compositions then one could perceive more sample-based aesthetic and slowly, even lazily meandering rhythms on the nexus. These cadences are also sprinkled with lo-fi aesthetic and subtle concrete music samples. Indeed, the latter is an important thing because of being the counterpoint to crafty, mind-blowing harmony progressions. Pardon is the favourite of mine with slightly ominous synth progressions and threateningly stomping rhythms below it. The issue is a part of the discography of the Bulgaria-based imprint Dusted Wax Kingdom. The artist comes out of Almaty, Kazakhstan. Regarding the country I guess Sasha Baron Cohen should listen to it. I am afraid of he is obviously way too dull because of being immersed in his predispositions to be able to understand something like that or it might disturb his embarrasing picture of the world. His attitude in his motion pictures and the tolerance of it by Western people is a case of hypocrisy on its own.

[Teaser of the day] Furniker - Construction Site

Murmure Intemporel

• Acousmatic music
• Psycho-acoustic
• Ambient noise
• Sound-art
• Musique concrète
• Post-industrial
• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism

Artist: Furniker

Release: Furniker

Label: Murmure Intemporel

Year: 2015

Alternative links:

Bandcamp

Wassup Foolie – Gummy (2015)

Mediafire

Youtube

• College rock
• Post-grunge
• Alternative rock

Comment: recently I got a letter by Andrew Gipson Richardson who wrote me in for a submission. More profoundly, I got the 7-track issue called Gummy. In fact, it was not the first time for me to write about music where he was involved in. 4 years ago I reviewed his another project Yall`s 2-track issue GUM (2011) where AGR and Travis Franklin walked on the wild side of rock and roll. Indeed, they did not give a fuck at all (or they did it, though – depending on a point of view adopted). It was the absolutely mind-blowing experience with either haphazardly or mathematically represented drumming patterns and stunning singing and frantic guitar playing to fill the space. Indeed, all of that did have hints at rootsy bluesy power of rock music which is one of the most primary edges regarding the style. Wassup Foolie is the duo of AGR and the drummer Taylor Kohl whose Gummy is the follow-up to the album Nose/Eyebleed EP (2011) being promoted through Noisetrade. By the way, Travis Franklin mixed these 7 compositions made up of grunge music influenced elements, some math rock fabrics and feeling of college rock. It can be said the duo likes to conjure up melodies and tortured singing within the aforementioned styles. In fact, I was honoured to experience two different versions of the album. The tentative version involved more garage-y hues thereby giving more DIY approach to the album. The last version is more polished and restrained though involving some superficial sonic effects here and there. On the whole, it is a decent work though I prefer to be in the midst of the craze of Yall`s music. It does have a truly affective aspect within the music.

[Teaser of the day] Sub Noir - Crowd

• Techno
• IDM
• Ambient pop
• Experimental electronica
• Downtempo

Artist: Sub Noir

Release: Reflex

Label. Inglorious Ocean/Plume

Year: 2010

Juçara Marçal & Cadu Tenório - Anganga (2015)

QTV

Sinewave

• Improvised music
• Freeformfreakout
• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism
• Noise
• Psychedelic
• No Wave
• Non-music
• Leftfield
• Psycho-acoustic
• Improvised noise
• Ambient

Comment: first of all, it is a mind-boggling issue because of disparate elements have been merged in one whole. Juçara Marçal`s ever-changing challenging vocal delivery recalls such artists as Laurie Anderson, Meredith Monk, Diamanada Galas, Maja Ratkje, Jarboe, i.e being the female vocal artist whose aesthetical spot is put on wobbling between singing and mostly high-pitched vowel experiments. From the background she is supported by untamed sonic experiments by Cadu Tenòrio who exploits tapes, prepared violins, synths and manipulated sounds to call forth interesting resonances between those aforementioned compartments. Musically harsh noise torrents, bugs of brown noise and elliptical rhythms used to encounter buried, silence soaked vowel based moments and spaced-out synth induced layers on top. Juçara Marçal sings and chants in Portuguese. The issue is a joint issue to such Brazil based labels as Sinewave, and QTV Records (both of them involve many solid examples in their discography). In a nutshell, the outing is enchanting because of being built upon intriguing sonic compositions, inner burning and accomplished concept. Completed successfully. 

[Teaser of the day] Mais Valia - Metropolis

• Stoner rock
• Hard rock
• Art rock
• Experimental rock
• Math rock
• Progressive rock
• Alternative rock
• Post-rock

Artist: Mais Valia 

Release: Mais Valia

Label: Sinewave

Year: 2015

Alternative links:

Bandcamp

Lee Noble – Un Look (2015)

Patient Sounds

Bandcamp

• Drone pop
• Leftfield pop
• Organcore
• Glo-fi
• Indie
• Art pop
• Soundscape
• Hypnagogic pop
• Ambient 
• Epic
• Avant-pop
• Organic electronica
• Minimalism
• Experimentalism

Comment: The Californian musician Lee Noble`s 11-track issue is an introspective view either through sublimely droning organ-induced compositions or delicately strumming strings and orchestrated synthesised layers. By using the former method Lee Noble explores sounds in an abstract, fairly experimental way. In this case, his music chimes like an example of hyper-realistic daydreaming saturated with little angels and beneficial sprites wobbling and dancing very slowly nearby you because of being either isolated by slow-motion filter or shifted by caressing of a faint sea breeze. For instance, listen to Marble Shroud which gives one goose bumps due to minimally droning organ lines and little yet clearly remarkable phase changes within the one. On the other side, while he is singing then compositions remind of Radiohead and Noble`s vocal comes close to Thom Yorke (for instance, Out Of Out, Pink Laser, Light Death, A Few Better Than Some). At times he exploits majestically floating yet restrained samples and poignant vinyl induced hiss and crackling noise to adorn tracks with a more organic approach (Light Death). It might be the music Lee Noble has produced during the last 6-7 years it will have tagged as baroque pop/chamber pop in the future. In fact, as a reviewer I feel myself quite confused because it is hard to decide is it experimental music or rather being a part of experimental pop music, is it ambient or rather having a place within ambient pop compartment. It might be the issue is a thoroughgoing post-album thereby having crossed all those hypothetical borders laid in front of him. By kindred souls I recommend to listen to Ducktails, Real Estate, M.Geddes Gengras, x.y.r, Cankun, Balam Acab, M. Sage, LAY BAC etc. However, first of all one should discover his previous outings because many of them are essential gems of modern music. Im a word, Un Look is a beatific glimpse indeed. 

[Teaser of the day] M. Kleis - While Slayer Sleeps the Corpses Bleed

• Electronic
• Progressive
• Cybergrind
• Lo-fi
• Industrial electro
• Black metal
• Leftfield
• Crossover

Artist: M. Kleis/Ratkiller/EDASI

Release: Quest for Fire/Visit to Minotaur

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2003

Kroma - Prince of the City (2015)

Trash Can Dance

Bandcamp

• Kosmische Musik
• Space music
• Cosmic fusion
• Chilltronica
• Electronic music
• Synthwave
• Soundtrack

Comment: Antti Turp aka Kroma`s music is tipped on the strength of his previous issues of the likes of Otsi mind Merkuurilt (2013, Trash Can Dance) and Siin kus lõpeb Maa (2014, self-released/Bandcamp). Prince of the City continues obsessively to search for detailed, elaborated soundscape though the result eventually will be quite relaxing and soothing. Indeed, the aspects of creating ambiance are craftily poised with accomplished chord genesis. Mid-tempo rhythms are merged with glacial-alike sonic glimpses as if an alien shuttle waiting for a suitable moment to get started from an Arctic ice glacier into the Outer Space. Indeed, the thought of it is epic and sublime and Turp`s music supports properly this idea. On the other side, I guess the title hints rather to the urban environment though I can only imagine the album to be a soundscape for the sleeping city being lightened by halves. Musically it seems to be steeped in Kosmische Musik tradition, New Age music, motion picture soundtracks and slightly fusion and progressive music tinged formulas. By the way, a couple of compositions are produced by another Estonian electronic music mastermind called Galaktlan.

[Teaser of the day] Acid Buda - Beautiful Psicodelia

Nu-Logic

• Art pop
• Electronic music
• Avant-pop
• Techno pop
• Experimental 
• Leftfield

Artist: Acid Buda

Release: Star EP

Label: Nu-Logic

Year: 2015

Digitalverein – Internal Course (2003)

Thinner

• Dub house
• Club dance
• Deep house

Comment: at the time the hours come closer and closer to the end of a day it is time to listen to deep house drenched vibes and rhythms replete with velvety shades and wobbling dub frequencies and something very magical yet indescribable within and around it. Those slightly shifted layers being juxtaposed against each other and over each other used to create psychedelic vibes within the compositions. Furthermore, it is not a mechanical work at all because of including many beatific harmonies and propulsive gears to eventually conjure up warm emotions inside the listener`s soul (Face The Horizon). Digitalverein is the project of Jörg Schuster and Internal Course is the follow-up to Zu Hause also being released under Thinner. In a word, this issue must be considered a classic deep house item. 

[Teaser of the day] Samurau - Dangerous Squares

• Improvised music
• Jazz
• Fusion
• Mood music

Artist: Samurau

Release: Things Left Unsaid

Label: La bèl

Year: 2015

This Lonely Crowd – Meraki (2015)

Sinewave

Bandcamp

• Post-metal
• Alternative rock
• Shoegaze
• Post-rock
• Epic
• Speed metal
• Doom rock
• Trash metal
• Power pop

Comment: The Curitiba, Brazil residing combo This Lonely Crowd is back with their brand new one Meraki. If to compare it to their previous albums the quintet continues to develop more metal oriented compositions rather than continuing with shoegaze-tinged ones which were being characteristic to their first albums (And Endless Moment Everyday All the Time, Ephemeris). Of course, those elements are represented over there though the impulses to be propelled further come from doom rock, speed metal and trash metal corners. At times one could perceive destructive blackened energy over the place ready to demolish the structure (Sophrosyne). Indeed, heaven meets hell and light meets darkness. In a word, the collective exploits craftily their previous proficiency to create epic clouds and glistening soundscapes to support and arouse the listener`s fantasies. It is truly interesting to wait This Lonely Crowd`s next issue because having no hint at their next direction. One could already perceive the fulfilled content within the concept of the collective. There is obviously no space for old tricks anymore. Maybe I am wrong, though. At this time it works out fairly effectively because of having reached maximal quality from their aesthetical extent.

[Teaser of the day] Philaretordre - Etincelle

Perkunowa

• Psych-rock
• Electro-rock
• Duyster
• Post-rock
• Art rock
• Experimental rock

Artist: Philaretordre

Release: Philaretordre

Label: Perkunowa

Year: 2010

Alternative links:

Bandcamp

St Cheatersburg - How To Lose Your Value on The Heterosexual Market (2015)

Bandcamp

• Post-punk
• Art punk
• No Wave
• Alternative rock
• Kraut-punk
• Indie rock
• Psych-rock

Comment: I first saw Chungin in playing action at the event Metamorfiin in the spring of 2005 while I was performing (as Autharktos) there as well. Indeed, then he was being the fairly charismatic drummer of dub-inflected combo Maikameikers. At the same time with this band he was being a member of another combo called  Chungin & The Strap-On Faggots. St Cheatersburg is his latest project where he used to sing and play guitar. Since the mid-2014 the combo has issued 3 EPs so far. How To Lose Your Value on The Heterosexual Market is a solid effort because of playing rock and roll very effectively. More profoundly, there is viable tension between the first glimpse into the EP and real entity on its own which will be unveiled after many listening times. It could be considered an example of extended punk rock. However, it might say nothing about what there is represented in real sense? For instance, I guess not anyone could imagine for himself/herself the tracks of punk rock being stretched out to 11 minutes. Chungin`s vocal and guitars conjure up different moods and shades – from elegantly resigned ones to more glowering and blurry. The former ones remind of Sonic Youth and Moore/Ranaldo`s pre-apocalyptic shouts and desperation. On the other side, Chungin and company like to exploit many iterative motives and patterns thereby having its place somewhere between psych-pop and krautrock. The combo is assisted by Steve Vanoni whose noisy saxophone ploughs through all the layers at times. Because of that the combo does have the link to the No Wave tradition. Despite these labels above the listener can enjoy something refreshing and catIn a nutshell, it is an exemplar to be added to my list of the best issues in 2015. 

[Teaser of the day] Hello Soviet - Robotomy

Quantum Bit

• Electro pop
• Techno pop
• Experimental pop 
• Alternative

Artist: Hello Soviet

Release: Hello Soviet EP

Label: Quantum Bit

Year: 2010

Super Multifaros - Jan Telefon (2007)

Candy Mind

• Chiptune
• Primitive electronica
• Bitpop
• Tracker music
• Chipbreak
• 8-bit
• Electronic pop

Comment:  Super Multifaros is a Swedish artist whose composition of a handful of tracks has been produced in the way of pushing tongue in cheek. Who invented the telephone actually? Was it either Graham Bell or someone else? In fact, the artist prefers to laugh about this fake problem by using joyful speech samples for consideration. Furthermore, one could find himself/herself to move across the soundscapes of primitive pixel-shaped rhythms which are adorned with rough synthetic layers and robotic odds and ends here and there. The whole is propelled by catchy melodies. In a word, it is a simple but nice listening session. The issue is a part of the discography of Candy Mind.

[Teaser of the day] The Hathaway Family Plot - She Goes Away

• Avant-pop
• Experimental pop
• Alternative pop
• Leftfield pop

Artist: The Hathaway Family Plot

Release: Worry

Label: WM Recordings

Year: 2013

Alternative links:

Free Music Archive

Simon Waldram – Inside Out EP (2015)

23 Seconds

Bandcamp

• Noise pop
• Psych-rock
• Art rock
• Alternative pop
• Garage rock
• Experimental rock

Comment: Simon Waldram is a musician from Notthinghamshire, UK who has issued at least a dozen of outings since the mid-00`s. His 5-track issue embarks on with a fabulous psyched-out blast of conveying overwhelming energy and galvanized burning inside its numerous circles and layers. It may resemble slightly the aesthetic of Jesus And The Mary Chain. Fortunately nothing will change in the next track Revolution Summer which is an intriguing mongrel of jangle pop induced easiness and arrogance of feedback loaded noise pop. Later on, acoustic guitars, and arrangements on cellos and saxophones will be added to the blend, however, the artist upholds partly the aforementioned sharpened sonic compartment to make up viable contrast within the mix. However, acoustic guitar led compositions are more restrained and contemplative and even eerie in an artsy way. Indeed, some space is conjured up around lone string chords with slight yet poignant effects. For instance, Colliding Circles rides on such an effective gimmick. At these time Simon Waldram`s approach reminds slightly of Michael Gira. Eventually it could be admitted Simon Waldram is not an ordinary singer-songwriter whose album under the Gothenburg-based imprint 23 Seconds makes fairly difference. Indeed, simple approach could be ingenious. However, to find it out it is quite hard work to do. 

Keshco - Tyre Dirt

[Teaser of the day] BronZe - Plastik Dream

Groovecaffe

• Hip-hop
• Experimental
• Breaks
• Urban music
• Avant-hop
• Industrial-hop

Artist: BronZe

Release: Ohm Lounge EP

Label: Groovecaffe

Year: 2006

Auxcide – Laniakea (2015)

Bandcamp

• Electronic pop
• 8-bit
• Chiptune
• Electro-pop
• Bitpop
• Tracker music

Comment: Carlisle, Pennsylvania, US-based Auxcide`s 5-track issue Laniakea chimes like an imaginative AOR disc for the robot conquered radio station on Earth. It is drenched with broad way melodies and primitively pulsating harmonies being pushed forward by roughly moving quadrilateral beats. In general, the whole is replete with highly galvanized energy and impulses of poppy pathos. Let`s have some spot upon some compositions. This Could Be is loaded with a more tectonic thudding and very expressively surfaced acid synth progressions thereby giving the piece a slightly different angle in comparison to the other tracks. Furthermore, the artist likes to play with contrasty aspects. At Andromeda the listener can enjoy an easy melody being juxtaposed against heavy beats. If I would have been a radio host I would like to play it on air in the afternoon. In a nutshell, beacuse of the artist`s pop ambition the release does not result totally in an obsessive dive into pixel-shaped pop music. 

Armaud - Patterns

[Teaser of the day] Humberto Luis Schenone - Este Era Mi Barrio (Destiempos)

Clinical Archives

• Chamber music
• Post-classical music
• Avant-garde
• Tango
• Crossover

Artist: Humberto Luis Schenone

Release: Human Tracks V / As Leaves Dance Light in Aspudden’s Life

Label: Clinical Archives

Year: 2010

The Fucked Up Beat - (hope! Our Drones Sent From Heaven) (2015)

Bandcamp

Free Music Archive

• Sound collage
• Plunderphonics
• Breaks
• Hauntology
• Leftfield pop
• Sampledelic
• World music
• Avant-garde

Comment: the year of 2015 was started by a couple of amazing albums (Europa, Europa II) and will be finished off by Brett Zehner and Eddie Palmer aka the internet-based project The Fucked Up Beat. Their brand new one could be described always the same, always different. More concretely, those slowed down and mid-tempo (lopsided Latin) rhythms, old music and speech samples and spaced-out synthesised frequencies are up there to create something of an eerie ambiance to haunt the listener. However, the duo`s music is saturated with tanpura drones and Middle East/Arabic singing. By considering the title of the album and the entity of the outing it could be interpreted as a contrast between the planet Earth changed into the prison because of being overcrowded and on the other side there is some hope up there to send some signals to the Outer Space to rescue our beautiful planet from irreversibly becoming ruined because of our species` insanely irresponsible acts. In fact, this message with the assistance of beatific music is sent to our brains to consume in a lesser extent and find out new possibilities to live more sustainable lives. The recent economic world order seems to be askew because its output is built upon crackbrained consuming though the resources around us will diminish and the nature used to suffer severely. By checking out the situation in recent world you get enough proof for it. In fact, Fucked Up Beat`s music is also a fine example of recycling process. In absolute sense, it is a gorgeous example.

[Teaser of the day] Monarch Mtn - The Dark Room

• Americana
• Folk indie
• Epic
• Singer-songwriter
• Indie folk
• Dream folk
• Alt-folk

Artist: Monarch Mtn

Release: Salvation

Label: Bandcamp/Self-released

Year: 2015

[Teaser of the day] Miriam Kaukosalo - Culver City

Free Music Archive

• Acid rock
• No Wave
• Space pop
• Psych-pop
• Leftfield pop
• Lo-fi
• DIY

Artist: Miriam Kaukosalo

Release: It`s The Tooth

Label: Bakery Allstars

Year: 2011

Eureka Brown – O Utopia (2015)

Digitalia

Archive.org

• Indie pop
• Alternative pop
• Singer-songwriter
• Art pop
• Americana
• DIY
• Psychedelic pop
• Lounge

Comment: the US-based one-man-artist Kris Bauer aka Eureka Brown is back with his third proper album O Utopia after a long time span. I can remember for his first two albums Future Visions of the Digital Universe (2007), and iDigitalia! (2009) provide amazing listening experiences where catchy DIY aesthetics in approach met sci-fi production in sound. These issues involved shitloads of moments replete with psychedelic gears, electronic pop undercurrents, clockwork sounds and semi-orchestrated whiffs and abstract folk touch being one of the most mysteriously fascinating pop acts in the end of the 00s. O Utopia includes 7 pieces at a length of 16 minutes. It is not surprising because Bauer`s previous tracks were not lengthier on average while concentrating on spellbinding melodic and harmonic sparks. It is a solid issue though providing less glistening moments than did his previous outings. One could hear more rustic country/bluegrass and Americana related moments in his sound while some hip-hop centred scratches are also presented over there. The soundscape seems to be less synthetic and produced more in a downright way. It makes sense either. The final track Knute`s Tune is something very new and special in his oeuvre – it is a sort of easy listening music in the style of Tiki lounge. Indeed, it is very special. In absolute scale, it is a solid issue. 

Leksha – Mark EP (2006)

Nishi

• Glitch-hop
• Experimental techno
• Glitch-techno
• Glitch-electro
• Abstract
• Avant-electro

Comment: Leksha`s 4-track issue is a nervous yet sublime issue on its own. First of all, it is a convulsive trudge through heavy glitched-out rhythms and minimally designed noise laden frequencies thereby making up an idiosyncratic experience eventually. At times buzzing synth induced drones used to get magnified and amplified in a spastic yet charming way (nmttm). The backbones of the pieces are not steady at all as if a substance represented over there having no restful, relaxing aspect on its own. By the way, by listening to the issue I recommend to watch the cover print of the issue which is a movable GIF file of creating psychedelic, dizzy feeling. . In a nutshell, the more I listen to it the more I think it is a classic one. Fascinating shit indeed.

[Teaser of the day] Imandra Lake - Küll süda teab

• Shoegaze
• Indie rock
• Alternative pop
• Dream pop
• Space pop
• Cover

Artist: Imandra Lake

Release: Küll süda teab

Label: Seksound/Bandcamp

Year: 2015

Misdea – Acetilene (2013)

Acustronica

• Post-rock
• Ambient pop
• Experimental rock
• Electronic
• Soundscape
• Conceptual
• Leftfield
• Crossover

Comment: Acetilene is an intriguing journey across thought-awakening landscapes where one could perceive disparate tendencies within less pop oriented music. At times it chimes like ambient pop, at times like experimental/post-rock, at times like a picturesque or abstract sonic ornament for something. At times it rings like a polyphonic composition with different layers being showcased at the same time. At times the soundscape is saturated with noisy debris thereby making up enough contrast to unite different elements with one another. The purpose of it is to create a hyper-realist experience. This "something" is thought to be a dedication to the Italian mercury mine Abbadia San Salvatore. Despite its cutting-edge approach in technology of creating the sound the result is enchantingly dreamlike. Acetilene is produced by the Berlin residing artist Emiliano Baiocchi.

[Teaser of the day] Day of the Triangle - 90⁰ CCW

• Space music
• Ambient
• Electro-acoustic
• New Age
• Electronica

Artist: Day of the Triangle
Release: Chair Conspiracy
Label: Trash Can Dance/Bandcamp
Year. 2015

[Teaser of the day] Nameless Dancers - Freestyle

Free Music Archive

• Latin music
• Crossover
• Electronic pop
• Lounge music
• Salsa
• Rumba
• Funk

Artist: Nameless Dancers

Release: Morning Touches

Label: Bump Foot

Year. 2010

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Jonathon Roberts & Scott Hawlay – Prayer (2004)

Luv Sound

• Avant-garde
• Drone
• Abstract
• Noise
• Conceptual
• Remix
• Post-classical 
• Experimentalism

Comment: there is not much to know about this 3-track composition but it was the first issue in the discography of Luv Sound. One cannot find out even the release date of the album because it lacks this kind of information at the file/release information and at Discogs. Furthermore, I still do know nothing about Scott Hawlay and what he has produced so far. However, I guess the issue had been released sometime in 2004 while the imprint started to work. Jonathon Roberts is a contemporary composer of having obviously classical music background. The title track deserves its name where prayer-alike singing with extended chords and glistening points is accompanied by droning cello and cathedral organ-alike reflections eventually resulting in the epic peak. The next piece is Prayer: Mom and Pop (remix by the Eviscerator Reanimator) is a stoned deconstruction of the first one. It is filled with crackling noises and wobbling sonic waves to be the ambiance for a bleak sonic glimpse coming out of it. The last piece is the instrumental version of Prayer. In a word, the result is enchanting in its dark and white shadow play.

Akashic Crow's Nest - Torment of the Metals (2009)

Webbed Hand

• Post-rock
• Avant-garde
• Minimalism
• Drone
• Electronic music
• Experimentalism
• Ambient

Comment: Akashic Crow`s Nest is one of the aliases by Chris P. McDill also known as Drone Wallah, Rolling Calf Sinfonette, Rowboat Magicians, Saluki Regicide, and Tree Helicopter. He is obviously one of the most prolific solo artists being around today. Most albums have been released under the likes of Webbed Hand Records, and Treetrunk Records. The composition consists of three compositions of a total time of 67 minutes. Two of them are very extended compositions though the nature of these tracks is quite minimal. More profoundly, it used to wobble in a restrained mode conveying feeble changes in structure and pace. At times it seems like the artist is searching for the resonance with the listener`s perception because it might be you are perceiving some sounds which might not exist at all. It is a sort of psychoacoustic phenomenon being deliberately created. Stylistically it could be considered an example of minimal music in general though it provides branches into electronic, ambient, drone and even post-rock music indirectly.

[Teaser of the day] Keme - Iquique

Musica Docil

• IDM
• Downtempo
• Experimental electronica

Artist: Keme

Release: Wax

Label: Musica Docil

Year. 2014

Jukka-Pekka Kervinen – Expected Values (2011)

Altered State Reflections

Free Music Archive

• Experimentalism
• Conceptual
• Experimental electronica
• Avant-garde
• Contemporary classical
• Abstract music

Comment: it is time to arrive at Altered State Reflections which is led by Jared C. Balogh who is experimental musician as well. The Finnish artist Jukka-Pekka Kervinen`s 3-track issue is technically conceptual because all the tracks represented over there are subjected to algorithmic patterns though played in different instrument-based modes. More profoundly, Kurtosis is for celesta and toy piano, Monotone is for clarinet, and Population Of Size N is for flute, oboe, and viola. However, one could perceive a shitloads of turns and rapid chord changes to elevate the concept to the next, robot-alike abstract level. Despite it, paradoxically, the whole involves many progressions which seem to be somehow warm and temperate ones. Maybe it is not abstract kind of music at all? However, it could be tagged as an example of such sort of classical music being related to academic, educated music circles. In a word, it is a thought-provoking glass bead game through the sonic frequencies.

[Teaser of the day] The Fucked Up Beat - Defy!

• Avant-garde
• Psychedelic
• Leftfield pop
• Alternative dance
• World fusion
• Experimental electronica
• Experimental pop

Artist: The Fucked Up Beat

Release: (hope! Our Drones Sent From Heaven)

Label: Bandcamp/Self-released

Year:  2015

Meow Meow vs. Jefflocks - Hard Gaan (2014)

Sociopath Recordings

Bandcamp

• Bhangra
• Alternative dance
• Drum and bass
• Jungle
• Wolrd fusion
• Crossover
• Breakbeat

Comment: this 7-piece issue by the Netherlands-based artists is a fabulous example of catchy broken rhythms and vocal delivery. More profoundly, it is relied on highly energized drum and bass and bold jungle paces to provide the background to bhangra stylized singing. At times the whole is saturated with relaxing synth progressions being so characteristic to deep house progressions thereby adding some complexity in structure (infrrrrma fe Dead). However, one can perceive some sublime noises and scattered sub bass frequencies coming out of the maze of the blend of those intensive rhythms and vocal deliveries. In a word, it is a fascinating punch getting your soul and body. Last but not least - it reminds me of cool late teenage listening sessions with music by Asian Dub Foundation, and Fun-Da-Mental in the 90s, The issue is a part of the discogrpahy of a meritorious label, Sociopath Recordings being active since 2006.  

[Teaser of the day] Blues For Spacegirl - Quiet Fire In The Sun

Jamendo

• Soundscape
• Ambient
• Minimalism
• Dystopbient
• Avant-garde
• Micronoise

Artist: Blues For Spacegirl

Release: Theme For August

Label: Jamendo

Year. 2009

Basicnoise – More Agravic EP (2009)

Schall

• Ambient dub
• Dub techno
• Crossover
• Deep dub
• Experimental electronica
• Dub house
• Techno dub

Comment: it is a haunting beauty from the past – it is both dance-appealed for your brain and the very overwhelming object to be depicted through your legs, hands and body in general. It could have been an example of perfect ambient music if these compositions would have spared from “smearing” with house, techno, and dub elements. However, the Peter Fanai`s result seems to be even better thanks to the aforementioned smorgasbord of sounds and styles. All these branches will be reflected in one another thereby constituting the circle which is a perfect figure since the ancient Greeks. By listening to it you can perceive that the sentence “I can travel to the future” seems to be downrightly true.