Recent Music Heroes

2/13/2017

Telluric – Telluric EP (2014)

Swishcotheque

Bandcamp

Electronic music
Alternative
Synthwave
Psybient
Kosmische Musik
Mood music
Chilltronica

Comment: the first contact of mine with an imprint called Swishcotheque happened to a release (Analog Gentleman) by Marko Sula aka Out-Or who was an idiosyncratic underground artist in Estonia during the 90s. Similarly to the compatriot of mine it is quite problematic to describe the nature of Telluric's self-titled issue. Because it is a mind-blowing issue the role of mine as music reviewer seems to be quite impotent. However, let's trying at least. First of all, it is the kind of electronic music for our pleasure. I guess it is based on certain patches of synthesisers. It is saturated with digital noises and incisive sonic effects sometimes to provoke one's thought and mood. Certainly it is inspired by trance music though in a psychedelic key. On the other side, the aesthetic of synthesiser induced music in its acidic and spacious format is apparently a predominant element within it. It is fairly emotive to enjoy how synthesised chords used to turn upward and then downward in an acidic sauce. Imagine an early Talk Talk or Heaven 17 to starkly be influenced by Tangerine Dream. The issue is a platform to seamlessly merge all these elements with one another. And there is artistic elegance up in the air because the final track Trill Cue is an irresistible earworm. Get afflicted with it. Stunning stuff by any means.

2/12/2017

Theodor Zox – Pastels 1-4 (2004)

Thinner

Techno
Minimal techno
Tech-house
Deep house
Electro-house

Comment: this is so good...this is so good how these minimal techno, tech-house and electronic propulsions are up to change incessantly places with one another. Ultimately the whole chimes like a seamless mix for late hours on a Friday. You can see a formula behind it but the formula is set out to be susceptible to changes and abandon the presumed hard core. One can perceive exquisite vibrations which constitute the glue to hold all that stuff gently together. The issue is a bit of the discography of Thinner, the legendary imprint from Germany.

Maicamia – Crazy Moon (2016)

Bandcamp

Slowcore
Alternative rock
Experimental rock
Avant-rock
Post-rock
Indie rock
Angst rock

Comment: it has always been great fun to arrive at musical groups from Montrèal, Quebec, Canada. Maicamia is an anglophone group led by female voice. Do you remember such artists as Hrsta, Thalia Zedek? Do you remember such a group as Low? Do you remember such a group as Dream City Film Club? Do you know what will happen if to merge all these elements with each other? The result is a band called Maicamia. This is an irresistible blend of angst, angst, and once again angst. Angst is over there to get materialised and to cover a listener with a heavy and suffocating shell. With the very purpose to seal all the shit surrounding a human being. It consists of rough, slowed-down drumming as if being transmitted from a wicked rehearsal room and there are up shrill soul-stabbing guitars and enchanting chants of a female voice (by the way, the opening track is titled ironically Lambourghini Diablo). All of that is reflected on the cover either. It is possible that depression as a state of mind could be truly beautiful in art and it is a case. Holy shit. I have nothing to add to it.

2/09/2017

The Walla Recovery – A Star, a Star (2015)

Noisetrade

Bandcamp

Indie pop/rock
Alternative pop/rock
Conceptual
Chamber pop
Xmas songs
Baroque pop

Comment: they say they (as a quartet) are cello folk combo from Texas, USA. By listening to this 13-track Christmas song miscellany the statement is a partial-truth because they exploit additionally keyboards and guitars as well. Of course, the expression “cello folk” may frighten an indie music lover. It might be he/she starts to think about some rigid classical music oppressed artists or sombre Apocalyptica, or something like that. However, by listening to these fabulous new arrangements of Christmas songs and smooth permutations in chords and volatile solemn easiness it reminds starkly of Sufjan Stevens (and his set of Christmas songs being released some years ago at Noisetrade). In a word, beef up your mood with these 51 minutes on 25^thDecember. In fact, it would function at any time. At least the experience of mine proved it. And Jesus would like it.

2/08/2017

[Teaser of the day] Jan Strach - Skok ze Skarpy

Lo-fi
Acid pop
Space pop
Experimental pop
Indie pop
Improvised music
Bedroom pop
Alternative pop

Artist: Jan Strach

Release: Rosknrolmusis E.P.

Label: Underpolen

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Bardo Pond - Tommygun Angel

Free Music Archive

Alternative rock
Indie rock
Live recording
Psychedelic rock
Live session

Artist: Bardo Pond

Release: Live at ATP-NY 2010

Label: All Tomorrow`s Parties NY on WFMU

Year: 2010

Jorge Grela – Expande (2016)

Pueblo Nuevo

Ambient
Musique concrète
Electronic music
Alternative
Field recordings
Glitchtronica
Avant-garde
Soundscapes
Experimentalism

Comment: it is nice to be back again at the discography of the Chilean imprint Pueblo Nuevo. The artist comes out from the capital of a neighbouring country, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Jorge Grela (born in 1970) provides a set of 19 minutes where one can perceive emotions filled noises, wobbly soundscapes, catchy glitches, and bouncy sound effects. In a word, let's call it emotive ambient music. The result may not have been so appealing without exploiting recorded sounds from the streets and from nature. Thanks to it the soundscape seems to be fairly expansive and broad and made open. Here it is being sophisticated and exuberant. One is the effect of another. Stunning stuff.

2/07/2017

[Teaser of the day] Barcos - Radara

Free Music Archive

Leftfield
Dark Wave
Post-industrial
Electronic music
Drone
Illbient
Experimentalism
Glitch
Avant-garde

Artist: Barcos

Release: Falèsia (by Various Artists)

Label: Enoughrecords/Archive.org/Bandcamp

Year: 2007

[Teaser of the day] MPHM - Pulse

Abyssa

Post-industrial
Rhythmic noise
Illbient
Experimentalism
Leftfield
Dark ambient
Avant-garde

Artist: MPHM

Release: Stunted Time

Label: Abyssa

Year: 2006

Neurotic Wreck – Glow Ghosts (2016)

Vulpiano

Bandcamp

Free Music Archive

Synth-pop
Indie pop/rock
Krautrock
Punk funk
Alternative pop/rock
New wave
Post-punk
Art rock
Electro-indie

Comment: Neurotic Wreck is the Englishman Daniel Shea with some of his friends. St Helens, Merseyside resident has been active since 2011 though the most prolific year for him seems obviously to be the previous year. He is an artist who is having ability to compel a listener with a bunch of great songs within 13 tracks and a 53 minute. Dan Shea is a contemporary artist who has exploited the past to reconstruct catchy melodies and enchanting harmonies in the vein of new wave, post-punk, noise pop, synth-pop, and krautrock. However, the aforementioned list of the styles is not restricting and suffocating at all, it is just a notice you can follow while driving through these 53 minutes. By contemporary artists he can be compared with Alan Driscoll aka The Womb though there can be drawn parallels to the likes of a murky Pulp (at Speak In My Voice), The Jesus & Mary Chain (at I´ll Always Care), The Cure (Never Enough), XTC, Human League, Talk Talk, Joy Division (it is another list of remarks). The issue is a part of the discography of Vulpiano Records.

2/06/2017

[Teaser of the day] vÄäristymä - Ossitaisvirhe

Avant-techno
Minimalism
Experimental electronica
Improvised music
Minimal techno
Alternative

Artist: vÄäristymä

Release: Melko hyvä

Label: Ilse

Year: 2013

[Teaser of the day] Evan Morris - Camp Chaos

Earth Monkey Productions

Breakbeat
Breakcore
Electroclash
Digital hardcore
Alternative

Artist: Evan Morris

Release: The Doors Of Turmoil

Label: Earth Monkey Productions

Year: 2006

[Teaser of the day] Hox Vox - Werkzeug

Jamendo

Avant-prog
Electro-rock
Synth-rock
RIO
Art rock
Alternative
Progressive
Electronic music

Artist: Hox Vox

Release: Tortoise Attempts Escape Because Fuck You, That's Why

Label: Jamendo/Bandcamp

Year: 2015

[Teaser of the day] Speculativism - Noise Off

Archive.org

Avant-garde
Leftfield
Avant-pop
Art music
Sampledelic
Experimental pop

Artist: Speculativism

Release: Experiments in Sound Art

Label: Self-released/Archive.org

Year: 2014

[Teaser of the day] Feminine - Coral Face

Electro-indie
Indietronica
Art pop
Acid pop
Alternative pop
Indie pop

Artist: Feminine

Release: Lorelei

Label: La bèl

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Julien Demoulin - The Illusion Of Asymmetric Insight

Resting Bell

Ambient
Avant-garde
Minimalism
Experimentalism
Soundscapes

Artist: Julien Demoulin

Release: Tough Love EP

Label: Resting Bell

Year: 2012

[Teaser of the day] Martin Dot - White Roses Part II

Rain Netlabel

Modern classical
Ambient
Piano music
Post-classical
Avant-garde
Experimentalism

Artist: Martin Dot

Release: For You

Label: Rain Netlabel

Year: 2006

[Teaser of the day] Jaime Munarriz - Faces

Avant-garde
Experimentalism
Ambient
Improvised music
Experimental electronica
Acousmatic music
Leftfield

Artist: Jaime Munarriz

Release: Subdued

Label: Studio 4632

Year: 2017

Terracota Blue – One Million Sunrises (2016)

Bandcamp

Electronic pop
Chilltronica
Alternative
Post-pop
Trip-hop
Breaks
Cinematic

Comment: I guess the title of this 5-track outing is inspired by Bhagavadgita, however, a listener can perceive the stars and very intense glimpses bursting out of it with a highly luminous effect. Ultimately the experience of the listener may be like flying toward a supernova discerning something unbelievable and magic. It may be a new beginning, it may be the end of something. I shall have to say that the US-based producer Terracotta Blue's ability to establish magic moments is getting even more exquisite and more adept with every subsequent release. It might be there is no room anymore to keep growing bigger and bigger. For instance, the opening composition Rapture is not only about producing and splicing the beats with one another, it is an instance of fine songwriting as well. I guess it is pop music example of a sort and it will be searched for and showed off after the pop music is officially declared to be dead. In a word, it is a favourite issue from the year of 2016. Great man.

Bøzo – Which Way EP (2016)

Unfoundsound

Electronic music
Acid techno
Alternative dance
IDM
Acid house
Deep techno
Tech-house

Comment: this bunch of compositions is something soothing...and soothing though sometimes the kick drums beat heavily with high frequencies from the bottom. This sort of music I would like to call post-IDM. Indeed, it is a rhythm-driven issue getting power from different patterns of the rhythm and some sonic effects. Additionally, it is something like getting into a subdued rave music party. Is it an example of post-rave and acid house and acid techno music? I guess the answer is right. However, the favourite of mine is Patches due to employing more deep synth-based developments in the background and fairly crispy beats hovering in the middle layer. Very deep and suggestive. The following piece Altalena is a platform where a catchy tech-house vibe is tightly mixed up with concrete sounds, more detailedly with children-induced noises and free space (which is also a sonic element). Indeed, the second part is really great because Respawn is a hypnotic, profound glimpse being imbued with suppressed noises and tiny grating frequencies. Adorable. The outing will be finished off by Going Places which is suitable due to its gentle volatile harmonies and downtempo-alike sensitivity. The issue is a bit in the catalogue of Unfoundsound. Solid rhythmic work.

Mabik & Xamax – Treibholzeffekt EP (2007)

Pentagonik

Techno
Electronic music
Alternative dance
Club dance
Electro
Tech-electro

Comment: this set of 4 pieces is a collaborative act by Mabik & Xamax at a half extent. The rest of a couple of compositions is accomplished by Mabik alone. In general, I guess there is no need to make difference between the two aforementioned compartments because the tracks will make up an organic, consistent whole. It is a tonic drift between jagged rhythms of techno and spasmodic vibrations of electro music (the latter element is obviously represented at Im Holze). The opening track D-Meter is a collaborative act and one of the interesting issues as if conjured up by a coiled spring mechanism and then these sonic shards seem to be inserted into the sampling unit. It used to wobble and sway in a peculiar yet amusing manner. The same tendencies seem to come out from the next composition Der Maulwurf either though in a lesser extent. This is an example of low-end techno with stumbling bits and deliberately awkward sonic effects. Der Flossenmann is the most "proper" bird within it due to stepwise progressing and acquiring new (watery) frontiers and dimensions. The issue is a proper one being a part in the catalogue of Pentagonik. On the February 19^ththe issue will celebrate its 10 year birthday.

Marow – Inter (2012)

Bandcamp

Ambient
Soundscapes
Avant-garde
Microtonal
Minimalism
Electronic music
Abstract

Comment: this set of 6 compositions is excellent and highly enjoyable due to minimalist progressions and expansive space around it. It is especially worthwhile today while an average human being is surrounded by lies and selective truth, perversions, quasi-values and a massive bunch of everyday's shit defying frequently description or expression. Thereof Marow's Inter is not the solution, it is a remedy. However, the average human being is as a similar stupid primate as his/her rulers whose free will gifted by the God is to succumb in a state of chaos created by himself/herself. By listening to the issue saturated with beatific stillness and wondrous sonic bits it would be a soundtrack for a post apocalyptic world without awful shrieks, overwhelming pollution, suffocating garbage, annoying noises, rotten horizons of the so-called civilization which in fact is the deviation from nature. It is time to restart it now to erase the reason for this valley of distress. The only reason to live on it is the art in music including the recent issue. The philosophy or the art of thought is dead because it is a source of demagogue and lies. And it is very naive and hypocritical to say that the term "post-truth" is proper to describe the latest elections of the US presidency only. The substance of it did born much time ago. There is no hope and rescue, there is the beast standing on two feet.

2/05/2017

The Cream Canteens – Moderate Peril (2016)

Djummi

Indie pop/rock
Electro indie
Alternative pop/rock
Indietronica
Dance rock
Indie dance
Psychedelic rock
Twee pop
Synth rock

Comment: this 3-track issue is a fabulous torrent being made up of lofty, energetic synthesised boosts, splendid guitar twanging, and stunning singing thereof resulting in something cinematic and lively and brisk. It is such a sort of outing for whom it is quite hard to find out analogues worldwide. At times those guitars may remind of a period in the beginning of the 80s when some post-punk bands turned into a sound which would later be tagged as alternative rock. With hints at The Chameleons at Roman Fortress, for example. It creates contrasts because the album did start off with rusty tonalities which soon would develop into something playfully majestic and impressively lofty. Although it is filled with magniloquent poses and boasting showcases the result goes right, the result is fairly plausible All in all, it is the success expressed in sounds. The outing is a bit in the discography of Djummi.

2/02/2017

[Teaser of the day] Contron - Happy Song

Lo-fi
Americana
Indie folk
Singer-songwriter
New Weird America
DIY
Folk indie

Artist: Contron

Release: Where The Flowers Grow (Contron Is Dead)

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

Roman Panatela – March 2006 EP (2006)

17 Sons

Archive.org

Techno pop
Electronic music
Kraut-techno
Motorik
Alternative
Electro pop
Kraut-electro
Minimalism
Krautrock

Comment: it is the pleasure of mine to loot the catalogue of a French imprint, 17 Sons Records. And those 22 minutes by Roman Panatela are something truly special to be enjoyed for. More profoundly, one can enjoy minimalist rhythms of electronic music as if a train chugging in one rhythm with some barely discernible shades. The more I keep listening to it the more I perceive it to be a contemporary counterpoint or progression of krautrock. Indeed, seminal influences of Kraftwerk, and Neu! come out of it in a refreshing way. This 4-track outing is a good accompanist for one`s drawn-out journey in the car while enjoying monotonous landscapes around and the stripes in the middle of a route going by. It is called motorik. It is a motorik experience by contemporary standards because you are driving with the electric car. Top fare.

2/01/2017

[Teaser of the day] Night Haze - Where Hope Is Just A Poem

Sirona-Records

Electronic music
Ambient pop
Synthwave
Alternative pop
Poptronica
Synth pop

Artist: Night Haze

Release: Integrity Within Change

Label: Sirona-Records

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Los Volks - Dedico a Você

Indie pop
Alternative pop
Bossa nova
Tropicàlia pop
Soft rock

Artist: Los Volks

Release: Luna

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

1/31/2017

[Teaser of the day] The Hathaway Family Plot - Big Machine

Avant-garde
Experimentalism
Art music
Post-classical
Leftfield
Post-industrial
Freeformfreakout
Post-pop
Experimental pop
Musique concrète
Avant-pop

Artist: The Hathaway Family Plot

Release: Mechanics in the Age of Artistic Reproduction

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp/Free Music Archive

Year: 2017

Artist: Bing Satellites

Release: Twilight Sessions volume 20

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Mikk Rebane - Xylonite Stereotypy

Synthwave
Electronic music
Nu jazz
Alternative

Artist: Mikk Rebane

Release: Fragment

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2015

1/30/2017

[Teaser of the day] Black Pus - Juggernaut

Free Music Archive

Avant-rock
No Wave
Noise rock
Psych-rock
Experimental rock
Post-hardcore

Artist: Black Pus

Release: 4: All Aboard the Magic Pus

Label: diareahRama

Year: 2008

[Teaser of the day] Elemental Noise - Richat Structure - Part I

Murmure Intemporel

Electronic music
Synthwave
Kosmische Musik
Alternative
Space music

Artist: Elemental Noise

Release: Eroded

Label: Murmure Intemporel/Free Music Archive

Year: 2016

Skism – Skism EP (2005)

12rec.

IDM
Experimental electronica
Alternative
Nu jazz
Avant-electronica
Glitch-hop
Crossover
Experimental hip-hop

Comment: this set of 10 tracks is the only work by David Grogan aka Skism who at once had lost all of his tracks while his PC crashed. Fortunately some of them could have been rescued from the digital pit. This must have been an extremely pitiful incident because the aesthetics unfolding in front of our ears is something truly consistent and bewildering. While listening to it for first times you get information about the album of being very technical and at times massive and even provocative or nihilistic by its nature (jungle-y Shell (Swift Mix)). The more you get immersed in that the more layers will be opened up around you. For me, the issue is a good example or fact to prove the hypothesis that glitch-hop was remarkably influenced by IDM (intelligent dance music) being very prominent throughout the 90s and in the first half of the 00s. Indeed, it is an exuberant lab where David Grogan creates something ahead of its time because in 2005 there was not glitch-hop presented in the underground scene (I guess he was one of the first mavericks within it). There are also up a couple of visions of (nu) jazz music by him, one of them, Stodj is a favourite track on the outing due to cinematic progressions and a lush, sunshiny panorama revolving around the merry axis of rhythms. In truth, the issue does not involve any weak tracks at all. In a word, the album must be considered a classic one and David Grogan is genius. The issue is a part of the discography of 12rec. .

[Teaser of the day] Bouwakanja - Cable

Section 27

Experimental electronica
Alternative
Glitchstep
Noise electro
Glitchtronica
Avant-garde
Leftfield
Post-industrial

Artist: Bouwakanja

Release: Hajiba

Label: Section 27

Year: 2013

1/29/2017

[Teaser of the day] Diversion Voice - Aqua

Clinical Archives

Fusion
Jazz rock
Art rock
Progressive rock
Alternative rock
Brass pop
Mood music
Smooth jazz

Artist: Diversion Voice

Release: Underwater

Label: Clinical Archives

Year: 2012

[Teaser of the day] Limbo Deluxe - Texas

Jamendo

Psychedelic pop
Surf pop
Alternative dance
Dance rock
Indie pop/rock
Post-punk
Indie dance
Alternative pop/rock

Artist: Limbo Deluxe

Release: Rodeo

Label: Jamendo

Year: 2011

[Teaser of the day] Karl Frank - World Collide

Redstarcommunity

Hypnagogic pop
Alternative
Indie
Chillwave
Glo-fi
DIY
Bedroom pop
Post-pop
Synthwave

Artist: Karl Frank

Release: Fragments Of Decay

Label: Redstarcommunity/Bandcamp

Year: 2015

NuLix – 4RE00LA EP (2010)

Fusion

Ambient techno
Alternative dance
Deep techno
Club dance
Dub techno
Cinematic
Nu jazz
Broken beats
Jazz house
Ambient dub

Comment: NuLix is a Croatian musician/producer/recording artist, Robert Selimović also being known from such groups as Kafkaesque Orchestra, R.U.R., and Random Angels. The issue is a part of Bulgarian imprint Fusion Netlabel and it is an example at its finest on the imprint. If you have been having a keen interest in (deep) techno music and cinematic soundscapes and nocturnal vibes being mixed up with contemporary jazz segments then I am very sure an eargasmic experience will be guaranteed for you. More profoundly, at Space Donky the slippery rhythmic shuffle is vamped up by a velvety, nu jazz/acid jazz-based synthesised whine atop. The chilliest span within the issue. The self-titled track is a profound glimpse inwards based on wobbly, volatile keyboard sounds and a placid yet bold rhythm. Safree [intro] is even more immersive and spacious full of magic from the transcendent spheres. In principle, the same could be said about W.D.W.G either though being a little bit infected with expansive dub seeds. Rattlesnake is to be explored through the prism of dub and being spiced up by upright kick drums and reversed syllables. Spark is a tech-electro outlet though in the terms of Selimović undoubtedly. More concretely, it is something which likes to keep moving across the planned pathway, at the same time gravitating toward a glitch-hop and house mixed electric field. In a word, these 23 minutes are simply the best.

1/28/2017

[Teaser of the day] Tiny Creatures - Te Ra Tu Get

Imaginary Albums

Alternative rock
Indie rock
Psych-rock
DIY
Avant-rock
Experimental rock

Artist: Tiny Creatures

Release: Tiny Creatures

Label: Imaginary Albums/Birdsong

Year: 2004

[Teaser of the day] The Bad Spellers - In The Event We Are Rescued

Racewillbegin

Twee pop
Alternative pop
Indie pop
Acid pop

Artist: The Bad Spellers

Release: rwb006

Label: Racewillbegin/Bandcamp

Year: 2004

Nick R 61 – Cветтудаб (2011)

Fusion

Dub
Raggamuffin
Reggae
Hip-hop
Electronic pop
Urban music
Psychedelic

Comment: this is an oldie, 2-track issue by the Russian artists Nick R 61, and Raggadigma whose music is imbued with the influences of Jamaican music – reggae, dub, and dance-appealed ragga rhythms. On the other side, one can discern a poppy counterpoint set up to it at Свет. Lyrics are sung in Russian and the words are about changing the world into a better place where one could live on without pain and distress and suffering. The intention is good by any means and it would transmit to the soundscape of the song as well. At Ту да б the lyrics are about flying between galaxies and that the outer space is having vigour and being animated. The words are accentuated with astral-tinged volatile synthesisers and enchanting dub delays thereof resulting in something almost intangible. The outing is a part of the discography of Fusion. All in all, the result is placid, mellow and gentle. Fairly soulful and mind-blowing for our late hours.

[Teaser of the day] Graffiti Mechanism - Lovely Soul

Dustin Must Die

Sound art
Ambient noise
Avant-garde
Space music
Post-industrial
Experimentalism
Microtonal
Epic

Artist: Graffiti Mechanism

Release: Liquid Graveyard

Label: Dustin Must Die

Year: 2008

[Teaser of the day] x.y.r. - Volcano

Synthwave
Dreamwave
Avant-pop
Hypnagogic pop
Kosmische Musik
Alternative
Post-pop
Minimalism

Artist: x.y.r.

Release: Mental Journey To B.C.

Label: self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2015

[Teaser of the day] AVECREM - Mira lo que tengo

Bestiar

Art rock
Progressive rock
Math rock
Post-hardcore
Alternative

Artist: AVECREM

Release: AVECREM

Label: Bestiar

Year: 2014

1/27/2017

Dioxadol Borges – Siconauta Tourist Class (2016)

pan y rosas discos

Psychedelic
Improvised music
Acid pop
New Age
Avant-garde
Experimental pop
Mood music
Avant-pop

Comment: before having any factual knowledge about this Uruguayan artist while having listened to this 13-track in a row for many times I rather would have thought of Dioxadol Borges as an artist from Chicago, the home city for pan y rosas discos. Chicago, Illinois, USA is being known due to many experimental music and improvised music scenes, one of them is improvised music/free jazz scene involving such artists as Isotope 217, Brokeback, David Grubbs, Chicago Underground Duo, Chicago Underground Orchestra if to name some well-known ones. In fact, all these artists are genre-fluid, and the same could be said about Dioxadol Borges. Roughly, it could be said the issue is heavily electronic keyboard-driven being accompanied by different sorts of rhythms. At times it is quite laid-back and New Age-y, sometimes driven by more aggressive beats and sonic effects and studio trickery. Those more placid moments remind of another South American (an Argentinian living in Brazil) artist Humberto Luis Schenone, and early albums by Dave Keifer aka Cagey House. Within those more tumultuous moments one can enjoy bold drumming and acidic keyboard beams and mutant, machine-repressed vocals engulfing you in an exuberant way (for instance, at tecnochipland). In a word, the result is somehow chill and mirthful to be adeptly reconciled. It depicts a balanced and graceful motion. Solid work.

1/26/2017

[Teaser of the day] The Hirundu - Farewell Stuart Hall

Alternative rock
Indie rock
Fuzz pop
Lo-fi
Psychedelic rock
Rockabilly

Artist: The Hirundu

Release: Weird

Label: Self-released/Hirundu

Year: 1990

[Teaser of the day] Clinker - Charlie

Electronic
Alternative dance
Electro-rock
Acid house
Indie dance
Acid techno

Artist: Clinker

Release: Music for 'Charlie and Henry'

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2007/2015

Sound Meccano / Jura Laiva – Sireli Aeg (2016)

Crònica

Abstract
Experimentalism
Drone
Ambient
Field recording
Glitchtronica
Avant-garde
Sound art
Musique concrète

Comment: in the first place, I am very glad to be back at the discography of Portugal-based imprint Crònica of which releases seem to be something peripheral and idiosyncratic and stunning. For instance, by listening to this 4-track issue of clocking in at a 28 minute it is an amalgamation of found sounds and manipulated electronics/glitches which used to result in something dreamy and affording physical relief. All these compositions are titled by those places where the concrete sounds had been stored (Lake Mooste; Wind from Põlva; Song of The Lilac; Delta of the River Emajõgi). For me, it is a very special outing because these ones have been done in the south(eastern) Estonia, nearby my childhood places and the dispersion area of my relatives. Partly because of that and partly because of the grandeur of the soundscape it taps into my soul and brain. At Sireli Aeg one can enjoy subtle drones and bubbling electronics and Mira Tarvainen`s vowel effects and staggering chants. At Emajõgi Delta there are up glitched-out spatial dimensions being developed to perfection. Mostly the music is wondrous and sometimes sad at its core. In a nutshell, it is a great issue being related to a cultural laboratory, MoKS in Mooste.

1/25/2017

[Teaser of the day] The Innkeepers - Alaska

Dusted Wax Kingdom

Breaks
Hip-hop
Chilltronica
Sampledelic
Urban music
Mood music
Cinematic
Alternative

Artist: The Innkeepers

Release: Astronaut Delta (EP)

Label: Dusted Wax Kingdom/Archive.org

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Luurel Varas - Confuza

Breaks
DIY
Alternative
Hip-hop
Lo-fi
Urban music
Sampledelic

Artist: Luurel Varas

Release: Luurel Varas

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] f l o d - Tape 2 (Reprise)

Dark ambient
Post-industrial
Experimental electronica
Illbient
Leftfield
Experimentalism
Avant-garde

Artist: f l o d

Release: Eulogia II

Label: Radio Stalingrad

Year: 2014

Dumb Doctors – Singles 2013-2016 (2016)

Pomogite Community

Garage rock
Noise pop
Alternative rock
Indie rock
Psychedelic rock
Blues rock

Comment: although Charleston, US-based combo Dumb Doctors` music has been compared with the likes of Ty Segall, and Black Lips I have to admit the power of their soundscape to come forth from such legendary sources as an early The Rolling Stones, Motörhead, Led Zeppelin, and Black Sabbath. Indeed, it is an invigorating mix of spellbinding blues-induced black energy, and a rough handling on guitars and drums through the diabolical rehearsal room. Furthermore, it is an example of the one and only rock and roll music. Yeah, it is mostly free from ambiguity and very striking in its straight punch. Holy shit for all of us. The issue is a part of the discography of Moscow, Russia-based Pomogite Community. All they do is cool. Absolutely.

1/23/2017

[Teaser of the day] Doc & Lena Selyanina - Neptune

Jamendo

Modern classical
Ambient
Post-classical
Space music
Synthwave
Piano music
Kosmische Musik
Ambient pop
Art music

Artist: Doc/Lena Selyanina

Release: Cosmic Lullabies

Label: Jamendo/Musictrade

Year: 2008

[Teaser of the day] Dereleech - Kristallihiekka

Jamendo

Ambient
Post-classical
Ambient drone
Soundscapes
Epic

Artist: Dereleech

Release: Valosade

Label: Jamendo/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

Richard Eigner – When the Days All Tip from Nests and Fly Down Roads (2016)

Crònica

Dark ambient
Electro-acoustic
Drone
Acousmatic music
Field recording
Avant-garde
Experimentalism
Musique concrète
Ambient drone

Comment: this 31-minute buildup is of high quality being expressed both in composition and narrative and thereby constituting an intriguing trip for a choosy listener. More profoundly, it is made up of field recordings of a rainy day and eerie electro-acoustic clatter and monochromatic but lively drones slowly and elegantly lurking beneath and swaying atop. The artist exploits field recordings of his own, John Grzinich, Jim Haynes, Yirogis Sakellariou, Eamon Sprod, and Simon Whetham. The issue is a part of the discography of Portugal-based imprint Crònica.

1/18/2017

[Teaser of the day] Felixdroid - Pulse

Jamendo

Ambient
Electronic music
Space music
Epic
Soundscape

Artist: Felixdroid

Release: Odd Dots and Squiggles

Label: Jamendo/Bandcamp

Year: 2006

[Teaser of the day] san Hani - Mistoimubsiin

Hip-hop
Rap
Urban music
Electro-hop

Artist: san Hani

Release: SOLARIS 2016

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

s o u L O f m y S h o E s – Inciviltà occidentale (2016)

Bandcamp

Slowcore
Singer-songwriter
DIY
Indietronica
Art rock
Experimental pop
Post-rock
Alternative pop/rock
Indie pop/rock

Comment: this handful of tracks is a nice sway between poppy indie and slightly more experimental approach. For instance, Pins And Needles is a straightforward, chiming indie pop example, however, mostly Davide A., a musician from Turin, Italy likes to trudge between slowcore, indie electronica, and restrained post-rock developments. Honestly, the latter element is more likeable and intriguing. Indeed, at the time all the chords are boldly delineated where sheer guitar keys are accompanied by sublime electronic tingling and soothing storytelling thereof resulting in something majestic and epic though it had been done in a restrained way. I like these blissful build-ups being interwoven with stunning longing and beauty (in the first place, listen to such compositions as Aveiro, and Panamerica). By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Low, The American Analog Set, The Sea And Cake, Archer Prewitt, and Sam Prekop.

1/17/2017

[Teaser of the day] Tont - Dub Vice

Dub
Alternative dance
Electronic music
Post-psychedelic electronica
Sampledelic
Experimental electronica
Alternative

Artist: Tont

Release: Gerilja

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2014

[Teaser of the day] Aislinn - Cape clear - the greenfields of Rossbeigh

Jamendo

World music
New Age
Mood music
Celtic music
Medieval music

Artist: Aislinn

Release: The Bonny Swan

Label: Jamendo

Year: 2009

[Teaser of the day] 4T Thieves - Rain

Enoughrecords

Chilltronica
IDM
Mood music
Ambient pop
Alternative

Artist: 4T Thieves

Release: Electro Cool

Label: Enoughrecords/Free Music Archive/Jamendo/Bandcamp

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Lokom - Jean Sinistre

Breakcore
Thrill and bass
Breakbeat
Crossover
Hip-hop
Sampledelic
Leftfield
Alternative
Electronic music

Artist: Lokom

Release: Nyctalope Ponies

Label: Abstrakt Reflections

Year: 2016

Matto Grosso – Blanco perfecto (2011)

Bandcamp

Noise rock
Hardcore
Alternative rock
Indie rock
Post-punk
Math rock

Comment: Matto Grosso is a collective from Santiago De Compostela, Spain whose 13-notch issue is a powerful blend of hardcore, noise rock, and post-punk. Some lyrics are in Spanish, some in English. By listening to these tracks one can perceive a certain sort of buildup within the quartet`s music – it frequently starts off in technical way, even mathematical sort of relations between instruments can be found out from there. However, many tracks will finally burst into noise torrents with apocalyptic echoes and primal bluesy energy of rock and roll. Yeah, it is a sophisticated and straightforward rock music example at the same time. It makes difference, it makes sense due to the combo's wise planning and impressive energy behind it. At times one can perceive similarities with the likes of Sonic Youth, and The Fall (more remarkably, at Positive). Stunning.