The Picturesque Episodes - Cosmogenesis (2011)

Picturesque Episodes
Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.0

/Post-rock, Experimental rock, Experimental electronica, Epic, Ambient, Organic electronica, Avant-rock/

Comment: Darius Gerulis, a 23-year-old musician from Lithuania, is a truesome and yet quite undiscovered genius on the post-rock realm. If to compare his youth and productivity with his aesthetic preferences, indeed, there can be found lots of similarities to Nic Ross aka gotikplage aka Our Subatomic Earth. It seems that the creating of music is his obsession as he has released approximately a dozen of albums during the last years. Abundantly textured soundscapes - potent ambient skies, organic synthetic-ness, near-abstract introspections, epic growings, exploding guitar massives, and solemn synergy oozing from those numerous layers. However, as unusual to the (classical) post-rock sound a listener can not get tired of it. Awesome. The huge question is how does Gerulis ring out at the stages of music festivals?

Pollux - I Love My Nervous Twitch

WINSTONMCNAMARA - Amore E Iodio (2011)

42 Records/24

8.7

/Alternative pop/rock, Dance rock, Electronic, Psychedelic pop, I-pop/

Comment: Inspite of the Irish/Celtic-entitled project name you can figure out only Italian-sung songs from there. If to crack a joke about this 10-pieced album, however, it can be considered like a set of the alternative version of Eros Ramazzotti`s music produced by the members of Sonic Youth. Yet, beside those shrill guitar somersaults the concept is made up with orchestrated snippets, dance-appealed interludes and synthetically embellished undercurrents. Altogether, it is a sophisticated pop album indeed.

Brian Green - Untitled With Kayla Valerie (2010)

Luv Sound
Luv Sound

9.2

/Chamber music, Avant-garde, Dark ambient, Acousmatics, Darkwave, Noir, Crossover/

Comment: Oh, this is simply mesmerizing. Although consisting only of a short-running track, however, it carries out an impressive dash upon the centre of your cognitive mind. The sound is conjured up with a cello and elaborated-amplified via electronic devices. All in all, it rings out like an irresistible alloy of (neo)classicism and hauntingly pounding ambient.

Dntel - Clelia II (2011)

Basic_sounds

9.4

/Indietronica, Experimentalism, Ambient, Conceptual, Crossover, Avant-garde, Organic electronica, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Obviously the name of Jimmy Tamborello needs no longer introduction for our obdurate melomans. He has been one of the main stalwarts regarding the worldwide organic electronica/indietronica scene at least for the last decade. This release consists of a 30-minute track only wherein diverse layers as the summary result have epic shifts against or parallel to each other. You can detect for some long-running synth drones, organic electro-acoustic overthrows, air-filled found sound, vastly suggestive motives and much more. Indeed, he did it again.

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Stray Dogg - Almost (2011)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Singer-songwriter, Alt-folk, Chamber folk, Baroque folk, Epic/

Comment: Yesterday I reviewed Shaita, a darkwave-ish modeled singer-songwriter from Zagreb, Croatia. Here is another set of suggestive songs from Balkan (this time from Belgrade, Serbia). These nine songs are an instance of melancholy-drenched introspection using epic transitions and lush arrange of organic/acoustic sounds. The combo consist of Dukat Stray (guitars, vocal, harp), Jelena Damjanovic (piano), Ana Jankovic (violin, backing vocals), and Marko Ignjatovic (solo guitar). Awesome.