Dockta Valkus - Infobomb EP (2010)

Neferiu Records
Dockta Valkus
Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.7

/Experimental, Hip-hop, Avant-garde, Psychedelic/

Comment: After his high-acclaimed debut issue SKYBASE (2008) Dockta Valkus is back with his 6 new tracks within 16 minutes, making collaboration with Mighty Vega whose hectic MC-ing makes potently sense in front of a background built on outer space-looking samples, mystically profound, abyss-arrived bass beats, all in all, making the EP out as a remote species from the chart-appealing rap music, moreover, embodying as a kind of ideal hip-hop paces on its own.

Dark van Galaxy - Ekania (2011)

Tunguska Electronic music Society - Tunguska Chillout Grooves vol. 3 (Lilith & Selena)

Jamendo

7.7

/Electronic pop, Psyambient, Chillout, Psytrance, New Age, Downtempo/

Comment: This compilation consists of two albums (Lilith; Selena), having the total length more than 2 hours. I love ARGONIKA`s track Do You Hear, which makes difference with a fine robot pop. Or Alexander V. Mogilco (feat. JAMA)`s soul notch tuned New Age-drenched mix. In the most part, however, it is a kind of middle-tempo swaying on soothing and burbling synths and synthesized flute passages. By the way, the beautiful coverprint as well.

Random Article - Valley Sessions, January-February 2011 (2011)

Archive.org

/Drone folk, Improvised music, Jam session, Live recording, Experimental folk, Psychedelic folk/

8.5

Comment: It has always been a big pleasure to listen to the Exeter-based improvisational folk groups, mainly concentrated on around a band named as Children Of The Drone. Here is a set of 20 songs, relied upon meditative, improvised raga tunes, restrainted drone folk, played upon bass, violin, vocal improvisations and occasional bouzouki and percussion interventions (tablas) plus burning chestnut logs recorded at a cottage in the Broad Oak valley, near Canterbury (UK), January-February 2011.

Digi G'Alessio - The Cinar Session (2010)

Bedroom Research
Free Music Archive
Bandcamp

/Electro, Club dance, Breakbeat, Sound collage, Lo-fi/

7.6

Comment: This is a Cristiano Crisci`s set of 6 tracks having basically drifts between dirty, lo-fi-esque electro paces and brooding breakbeats, being spiced up with speech samples, old school video game music-alike snippets, MC-ing, and even haunting, near-noise reverbs and undercurrents at times.

Plusplus - Tip Toes

The Crayons - The Only Real Place (2010)

Totokoko

8.7

/Electro-indie, Electronic, Lo-fi, Dance rock, Art-rock, DIY, Alternative pop, Remix, Cover/

Comment: The American duo The Crayons made their first appearance with the album Raised by BestFriends (2009) on the Rack & Ruin label. However, now the duo is an artist under the Japanese label Totokoko showcasing their solid abilities to write catchy electro-backed rock tunes, for instance, Finding a Black Hole is a mesmerizing track which should have been stuck by the whole indie pop blogosphere. Through the tracks like Mr Bug, and Summer Camp With The Crayons they made a big bow toward the mister R Stevie Moore. The ending part of the album is reserved for a heavily effect-loaded remix (helped by ADK) and in live made cover (of Sam & Valley`s track) respectively.