Candy Panda – Andro & Gigolo (2009)

Creative Obsession
Lastfm

8.7

/Bubblegum techno, Tekno, Electro pop, Robo pop, Crossover/

Comment: If to summarize this album shortly, it can be considered a bubblegum-ish coverage of a barely distinguishable line between techno and tekno, which at times is hold on the course of elliptical shapes of rhythmic bows and robotic pace patterns. The outstanding tracks are respectively Live in Paris which mixes up 8-bit bleeps with the catchy, electro-fried running, and Clash with an irresistibly pulsating tekno gear. All in all, it is a convincing, 5 -pieced issue indeed.

Stray Dogg - Almost

Barbagallo - Spectacle (2009)

Grateful Dead - Live at Carousel Ballroom on 1968-03-30 (1968)

Archive.org

8.6

/Psychedelic rock, Blues, Southern rock, Soul rock, Live session, Classical rock/

Comment: This 11-track gig was performed just one year before Jerry Garcia & Co`s performing at the famous Woodstock festival in 1969. This is a dense mix of psychedelic rock, southern rock, blues-tinged jams and even got drowned in soul and gospel music at times. For instance, if to juxtapose it to the other important psychedelic rock outfit, the Doors, GD was even more influenced by the US-based roots sound which mainly bases on the black music traditions.

Keshco - Accountants By Day (2010)

23 Seconds
Lastfm

8.4

/Experimental indie, Alt-folk, Weird pop, Art-pop, Folktronica, Psychedelic pop/

Comment: This London-based trio has been active for more than a decade, having released a handful of issues during the period. The concrete album under the 23 Seconds records starts out with somewhat solemn yet very warm vocal timbres and spatial flute-relied appearances. In following tracks the whole will mainly be structured through quirky experimental pop evolvements, however, it is an intricate kind of the singer-songwriterism having no inclination to be revealed it at once. It sounds almost normal/or a little "deviating" from the usual standards of alt-folk/experimental folk. In detail, you can figure out lots of elements the issue is constituted of- haunting soundscapes, toy sounds, skipping guitar strums, tricky synth elaborations, unexpected key and mood changes.

Professor Kliq - Movement EP (2010)

Jamendo
Lastfm

8.8

/Digital funk, Breakcore, Hip-hop, Electro pop, Electronic pop, Electro-tech, Crossover, Hardstep/

Comment: This is a "hard" album in many senses. Indeed, it is not easy to categorize it and get the initial sense from it. This Chicago-based resident used to repeat in the second track All Control (Hard Version) too that they have lost all the control. (Do they have it actually?) No doubt, the album is the sort of grower, revealing its machinery - first of all, regarding those highly energized, cadence-relied skeletons - with each following listening. It seizes the machine-alike structures of brooding hardstep and rusty breakcore music, bug-filled digital funk (Work At Night - an outstanding moment on it), determined hip-hop, and sampledelic progressions.

Virgin of the Birds - Let Me Be Your Bride