Fuji Kureta - See-through (2011)

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Lastfm

9.0

/Electronic pop, Club dance, Experimental electronica, Trip-hop/

Comment: Fuji Kureta is a duo from Istanbul, formed in August 2008. This time the singer Deniz Öztürk and the composer Sahin Kureta take on innovative electronic pop in which Björk-like songwriting shadows can widely be recognized (searching for junctures between electronic pop and more experimental approach). Or making a couple of bows to Kraftwerk (What If). In a more direct way, there can be heard for angular beats, drabbling glockenspiel-esque formations, multiply crossbreeded rhythms, trip-hop spasms, dream-tinged vocal lines, some club dance glimpses and much more. By the way, those 8 songs are recorded in French and English respectively. An accomplished workout indeed.

Frozen Geese - The Starseed (2010)

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Vanity Case
Lastfm

8.7

/Space rock, Improvised music, Krautrock, Avant-rock, Psychedelia, Psych-rock, Experimental rock/

Comment: Frozen Geese is a duo from Leeds, UK making up an exhilarating mix of acid-fried psychedelic carcasses, full-scale space rock, psyched-out grey areas, and structured krautrock hypnotism. The last part of the album is a little clamed down, having even some parallels with near-folk sound. Indeed, the connection between Dave Lazonby and Graham Baily works out really well, searching for the balance between improvised sound (chopped spoken word lines, hauting synth effects) and determined sound collages, however, figuring out such soul mates as Ester Poland, Joxfield ProjeX, Kospel Zeithorn, Acid Mothers Temple, and Faust.

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Astma - there will be a McDonald's (2010)

Zeromoon
Free Music Archive

9.4

/Industrial rock, Avant-garde, Experimental, Improvised music, Psych-rock, Noise rock, Non-music, Experimental rock/

Comment: Alexei Borisov has obviously been one of the most eminent and well-known names after Sergey Kuryokhin in and outside Russia (and in the area of the former Soviet Union as well) regarding any kind of cutting edge music. Previously known by his participations in different groups and his profound workouts in electronic music, however, his recent workouts for few late years are more closely related to a poet, namely to Alexei Rafiev, and co-musician Olga Nosova. The last named one is involved as the gearhead and vocalist in the Moscow noise band Motherfathers. The album is quite huge consisting of 20 tracks, however, representing a propulsive endeavour taking on innovative industrial rock attacks and noise-core overthrows. More detailly, through those very dense improvised scapes dominantly can be perceived some influences by Einstuerzende Neubauten (exactly the early era of the Berlin legends) and even voice patterns similar in a way to the manifestations of the Fall`s consciousness Mark E Smith. Indeed, on the basis of this delightful appearance of noise (rock) and endless energy can be said that Borisov arrived at his roots again.

Lullatone - Elevator Music (2011)

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Lastfm

8.8

/Toytronica, Folktronica, Organic electronica, Child music, Electronic pop, Indietronica, Primitive pop/

Comment: Obviously Lullatone do not need a thorough introduction at the moment anymore. Being active since the first half of 00`s the Seymours became involved in making of intiguing mellow electronica-based sculptures spiced up with naivistic approach. Similarly to the past, the recent release is mostly a calm blend of indie and folk and electronica, as if were created with toys and unconventional music instruments. Conceptually the issue bears a practical purpose for listening to while driving in the elevator. At times those naivistic melodies and joyous gears remind of those cartoons of Czechoslovakia (the Mole Krtek; Štaflik a Špagetka etc) by the 60`s-70`s watched in childhood. Really charming and cute indeed. So let`s call it just cutetronica.

Tree Hopping - The Beat Beat (2010)

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Lastfm

9.0

/New Weird America, Free folk, Tropical pop, DIY, Psychedelic, Poptronica, Avant-pop/

Comment: Gabriel Berrios is a youngster from Gainesville, Florida, USA representing some innovative directions in the New Weird America movement. Basically it is an instance of sample-relied pop mixing up magnificient pop minutiae with each other within high-tempered act of creation. In detail, densely pitched tropical/latin pop elements are drawn on jubilant choruses, synergically pounding drums, and slightly gnarling synths. On the other side, there can be perceived nowadays lo-fi/DIY aesthetics as well. The energy coming forth from those sonic blocks, it is impossible to convey it further through the words indeed.

Younnat - Radiovision (2008)

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Lastfm

9.2

/Psychedelic, Easy listening, Chillout, Sampledelic, Electronic pop, Electro-rock, Poptronica/

Comment: Radiovision is the sophomore issue by the Ukrainian artist Oleg Serdyuk who used to fuse diverse intersections and sonic influences on the album. However, this can be considered a classic one which is compiled of catchy bubblegum-ish rhythms, reed organs, sythesized loops, all in all, making hugely mood and perception. Serdyuk uses to exploit hiss samples of Manu Chao`s radio tuning, Solovyov-Sedoi`s classic Moscow Nights, and the Latvian electro-disco rock legends Zodiac (indeed, which awaits to be more discovered by the Western block people) which at its most frenzied moments resembles of Messer für Frau Müller. An intrinsic beauty which suggests Radiovision is much better than Eurovision.