8/01/2011
Enzo Carlino - the wood of the mists and other tales (2008)
8.8
/Soundtrack, Classical music, Mood music, Orchestrated music, Chill out/
Comment: An epic drift between jubilant, heartbreaking harmonies and kitsch-y, synth-programmed beats (indeed, it is very nicely balanced - without sticking out like a sore thumb). Mostly all of that is created in dominating minor key reminding strongly of Ennio Morricone`s monumental tunes. Powerful orchestrated sounds stick out like the philosophy written in chords instead of bare, deteriorating words. The heart-throb of mine is The Marvellous Voyage of Captain Knob which originally was composed as Concerto for oboe, theremin, electronic and orchestra.
Uton - Taivaan Joka Kolossa (2008/2011)
8.6
/Noise, Psych-music, Improvised music, Experimentalism, Avant-folk, Avant-garde/Comment: Uton is a nom de plume for Jani Hirvonen who is known as an ambassador of the Finnish avant-folk/psych-folk/psychedelic folk/electro folk generalized as "forest folk". Here are represented 15 tracks veering from rough freeform improvisations to psych-ish and nihilistic noiseful overthrows. First of all, the album reminds of Vierivä Viiksiportieeri`s vehement, open-aired works and Kemialliset Ystävät`s crawling, layered metaphysics (if to speak in the context of the Finnish folk scene).
Sally Paradise - Virtual 7" No. 8 (2011)
/Chillwave, Glo-fi, Shoegaze, Avant-pop, Experimental pop, DIY, Lo-fi, Electronic/
Comment: Montrèal is not only the birthplace of ice hockey and home city for Canadiens but also a cultural and musical metropolis for the rest of the world which has offered a loads of musical collectives like Bran Van 3000, Arcade Fire, Tim Hecker, Muhr, Gino Soccio, Akufen, Martin Tetreault, GY!BE (and its subsidiaries) etc. No doubt, Montrèal does have the potent lo-fi/DIY scene nowadays (listen to Hobo Cult`s compilations, for instance) and Sally Paradise is one of those discerning butterflies from there. Here are represented three tracks, which used to extend from bombastic chillwave superflight to lo-fi experimental pop and bubbling dada-near avant-pop. The first track Robert Smith On The Beach pays tribute to the Cure by name (as Robert Smith used to esteem MBV`s Loveless) ringing out like a spoiled yet majestic shoegaze instance. By the way, SP released a new album, called Aouu! at Bandcamp.
7/31/2011
7/30/2011
Tribe Of Astronauts – Magic Water, Magic Ice (2011)
/Dark ambient, Minimal, Soundscapes, Ambient drone, Modern classical, Dystopbient, Experimentalism/
Saito Koji - Luck (2011)
9.5
/Ambient, Ambient drone, Shoegazetronica, Microtonal, Minimalism, Experimental electronica, Guitar ambient/
Comment: 3-track album by a Japanese experimental musician, Saito Koji, which used to murmur in a minimal yet highly emotive way. Light-hearted synth droning is laced with deluging organic touch and chirpy guitar-based soothing. Fundamental repetitions, more or less elliptically shaped rhythm patterns-loops, beatific reflet exemplified permanently therein are up to standard. Moreover, the issue seems to be the kind of grower. However, if the ending track were speeded up twice as much, it would have chimed as a hallmark of shoegaze music, in principle. In fact, it applies to the other tracks and recent moment either. It sticks out like a warped version of Slowdive`s sound, yet, having existence of full value on its own. A mesmerizing phenomenon indeed.
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