Zoom-On-A-Kill - I Was Her (2011)

Bandcamp

8.5

/Samplecore, Breakcore, Cut and paste, Plunderphonics, Freeformfreakout, Sampledelic/

In comparison with the first album (Couleurs Sans Danger, 2010) by Zoom-On-A-Kill the direction and thought of the latest release is not piled up under a bunch of clenched sounds. Therein can be sensed a lot of different milieus and pleasant air fluttering around you, all the samples are clearly segmented and set out, on the other side, yet never keeping on hold against outrageous maelstrom of sounds which at this time does veer from film score samples, vinyl crackles and 8-bit pieces to vintage Latin rhythms, deep vibes, heavily slapping beats, sliced electro-gears and psych-out MC-ing. In a nutshell, these short-running tracks are the witnesses of an astute manipulation of previously cooked sonic information.

Our Ceasing Voice - When The Headline Hit Home (2011)

Our Ceasing Voice
Lastfm

8.5

/Post-rock, Experimental rock, Instrumental rock, Epic, Ambient rock, Musique concrete, Modern classical, Ambient rock/

Comment: OCV is used to be one of my most favorite Austrian band near Radian and The Autistic Daughters. Though having released some of issues(EP`s) before it, indeed, When The Headline Hit Home is the quartet`s first proper full-length one. The title and the coverprint of the album reflects upon the arrogance of the human being, being masterfully supplemented by (omni)potent, at times exploding crescendos, densed guitar channelizations, blissful choir-backed progressions, remote echoes and endlessly perceived atmospheric plateaus. Mainly instrumental rock, though, the insertions of resigned vocal lines sometimes give it another pleasant touch. For ardent post-rock fans, anyway, the release is obligatory for you.

Computer Magic - Spectronic EP (2011)

Computer Magic

Lastfm

8.8

/Synth pop, Lo-fi, Bedroom pop, Glo-fi, DIY, Chillwave, Electronic pop/

Comment: This is a consistent appearance of nowadays grrrl power. Behind it is a young woman from New York named Danielle "Danz" Johnson who composes, sings and plays synths by herself. Having started off in 2010, she has already released handful of issues, intended to create her own sonority, being neither pure-sensed synth pop nor clear-cut glo-fi/chillwave phenomenon. Besides it she has got lots of listening times and obviously gained cult reputation during this short time interval.

Antonina - Pakike

The Womb - Britpop (2006)

The Womb/Danielle Records

9.0

/Britpop, Alternative pop/rock, Experimental indie, Psychedelic pop, Folk noir, Singer-songwriter, Electronic pop, Trip-hop, Big-beat, Alt-folk/
Comment: This album was publicized in 2006, in an era, when britpop has already been dead approximately 6-7 years, yet, the issue reflects exactly upon those tendencies being dominant throughout the 1993-2000 period while London and Manchester were swinging crazily. In fact, in the ending of 90`s Alan Driscoll aka the Womb leaded off with his musical ambitions. Once to get arrived at the title-based reference, indeed, the britpop was not only a movement of guitar-based groups it incorporates the acts of electronica, trip-hop, club dance/pop dance, big beat, atmospheric pop and (acidious) folk music too. So besides Suede, Pulp, Verve, Lightning Seeds, Blur, Primal Scream, Radiohead and other great indie rock acts else there were also Leftfield, Space, Massive Attack, Chemical Brothers, Björk, Tricky, Asian Dub Foundation, Portishead, Super Furry Animals, Gorky`s Zygotic Mynci, Cornershop etc. Though it was a vast bunch of styles and groups, yet, there was a somehow close connection between all those occurrences and signs. This way I felt then and thinking now by the way. The Britpop is made in liasion with Chloë Reeves, who was singing alone of painfully personal songs here. Lots of hitting appearances can be found from within those 10 tracks (My Lover`s Blood; I Disown My Country; Other Lovers; The Dusty Groove, Nostalgia Town). A beautiful and heavily nostalgic appearance.

Syndrôm - Nomades En No Man's Land (2010)

Bypass
Archive.org
Lastfm

8.8

/Samplecore, Jungle, Drum and bass, Experimentalism, Breakbeat, Rhythmcore, Musique concrete, Folktronica, Crossover, Avant-garde/

Comment: Within those 20 tracks will have happened much in fact. Undoubtedly the whole release is trodden upon densely swinging-grooving beat combinations, mainly on jungle, breakbeats and its closest "step" genres. Yet, the whimsical pace mayhem is differentiated by another level which is constructed of concrete sounds, spoken word overthrows, ethnic drums, the first half of the 20`s century proto jazz, bunch of elaborated sounds, murky soundscape and much more else. By its ideology, idiosyncratical sonic mirror and sheer intellectuality, however, Syndrôm resembles the Italian artist IlKobra.

Boletes - Hunnibug EP/Kites Overhead - In the Shadow of the Mountain EP (2010/2011)

No-Source

Forest Records
Bandcamp
Lastfm
Lastfm

8.4

/Dark folk, Folk noir, Alt-folk, Ambient folk, Singer-songwriter, Experimental indie, Post-rock/

Comment: This is a split compiled of two EP`s. Boletes is Roy Cornall from Scotland who plays up slightly flavoured noir-hued folk. More concretely, this is mainly about middle tempod guitar strummings which are fringed with reverb effects and synthesized walls and lots of changes. Kites Overheas is Gene Kondusky from Canada who showcases his abilitis in the realm of of post-rock-infused indie/folk pop, wherein are presented frizzy guitar drives, reversed sonic effects, pace progressions and repetitive elements, all in all, demonstrating dynamical transitions from acoustic pop notches over to electrified and more technical pop occurrence.