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2/03/2011
[Old but important] Retrigger Jeanie & Caroline Album (Psicotropicodelia)
This album of 15 tracks sounds as a maelstrom of styles and sounds, veering from electro-rock, psychedelia, samplecore and fusion to creepy chiptune/8-bit shreds, joyous brass music and library music/space age pop samples. Indeed, it might be seemed as a kind of weird compilation compiled by diverse artists from here and there. Yet, Jeanie & Caroline Album is a brainchild by the one and only musician Raul Costa from Brazil who firstly released it under the title Jeanie & Caroline at Ego Twister in 2007. Now it is empowered by three more tracks including the huge LIVE at neverland (MixSetBonus). More concretely, on this publication Costa is intended to convey heavy guitar riffs, bubblegum-pumped big-beat paces, sublime doo wop, trashing surf pop, caustic synth glimpses and catchy brass fields, sometimes reminding of the Saint Petersbourg`s combo Messer Chups by its slightly mocking manner regarding the attitude against pop cliches or the French combo Juanitos by its stabbing blend of psychedelia, surf pop and brass attacks. On the other side, paying a tribute to the early electro pop experiments by The Silver Apples as well. Sometimes the tracks glide into the easiness of chillout pop, exploiting in half-transparent way some well-known pop motives (for example, Edward Grieg`s Peer Gynt). Indeed, the whole is a bulimic attack yet it is a sort of refreshing sonic binge first of all.
Listen to it here
2/02/2011
2/01/2011
Wings Of Icaro Andirubio (Jamendo)
Wings of Icaro is a project from Priego do Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain, more concretely, a project of José Rodríguez who is also known from another project Other Track. All the action began in the late of 90`s while Rodríguez was studying physics in an university, so it was his way to balance himself through expressing concepts, ideas or occurrences which were distorted inside him in the meantime. The spaniard`s first issue called Imbalance (2008, Jamendo) contained the section of tracks from the first half of the 00`s, being stilistically poised between soothing downtempo, chillout, and IDM-esque beats.
The follow-up Andirubio is much shorter, being represented with 5 tracks (within 23 minutes) only, yet, noting the change upon new frontiers and influence realms. However, the soundscape is more richer and sophisticated, which is partly set off by lots of collaboration acts by other musicians for sure. By supplied with vast amount of air, indeed, let`s enter and make acquaintance with subtle folktronic fingerpickings and arpeggios, soulful commitment of female vocal affections, trip-hop grooves and turns (often reminiscent of Portishead). At times the beats will be evolved into a more idiosyncratic approach, for example at Hazardous Waste, which is made out by the interplay between sublimely dark-hued flutes and massive rhythm shuffles turned out as an example of neofolk-ish shivering. Or the last track Wild Guess which at its noir-ish outlook seems to obviously be influenced by the Bond theme and the aforementioned Bristol-based trio again. And not only by them. In a nutshell, a really impressive accompaniment indeed.
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9.5
1/31/2011
The KVB Beko_73 (Beko DSL)
Behind The KVB is a man named as Klaus Von Barrel who comes from Southampton, England. He is previously known as a guitarist in the line-up of the gothic/post-punk band Suicide Party. His 3-track EP under Beko DSL is essentially rock and roll music even by nowadays variety and omnipotence. Imagine a kind of New Order which is line-upped with Ian Curtis and his murky seethings and introspective wraiths. Or like Bauhaus with a more synthetic approach. In a more concrete way, the concept is focused upon an impressive mix of throbbing synthezised rhythms, drilling acid-filled sonic coats, dark-hued synth clouds, impassive sense of vocal manner, rattle and brusque guitar massives, and whistling feedback which purposefully come forth to flutter again and again.The whole is here to be destroyed by itself and thereafter to be re-created for itself. A forceful destroyer and reminder simultaneously, indeed.
Listen to it here
9.7
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