8/07/2011
Doctrine - Leavers` Do (2011)
9.1
/Chillwave, Electronic pop, Glo-fi, Robot pop, Alternative dance, Synth pop, New Wave/
Comment: Doctrine is the sonic conglomerate by Holden Brahms, and Douglas Donovan. They used to fuse new and old, which mostly is an entrancing forge of chillwave and new wave, post-punk-ish thick bass lines and robot pop (this mix of autotuned vocal lines and bubblegum beats are really elusive). inconnection with this issue I recommend listen to the Okinawa Lifestyle (from Georgia), and the Latvian electro-rock-disco-proto-indie legends Zodiac. By the way, these 5 tracks are produced by Clyde Drexler (having no idea, is it either the former basketball star or his namesake).
Motorama - One Moment (2011)
Motorama
9.4
/Post-punk, New wave, Dance rock, Gothic, Alternative pop/rock/
9.4
/Post-punk, New wave, Dance rock, Gothic, Alternative pop/rock/
Comment: From Russia with love...this five-pieced collective comes from Rostov-on-Don and makes highly catchy post-punk/and gothic pop-influenced rock music. The synergic, harsh-mellow interplay between the members of Motoram is potently up to the standard, revivifying the legacy of such 70`s bands as Joy Division, Comsat Angels, Sad Lovers and Giants, and The Sound (if to hint at some ones of them). Listen to their album Alps (2010, Free Music Archive) either.
edPorth - Key Black (2011)
/IDM, Experimental electronica, Electronic pop, Art-pop, Downtempo, Ambient, Alternative/
Comment: Patrizio Piastra has abandoned guitars an his epic post-rock-ish ambitions so evidently represented on the debut album Saying vamos and thinking let`s go (2010, Inglorious Ocean). All what is up here is proudly clothed with burbling, pounding electronics and beats and subtle ambient layers above it. This 11-pieced whole veers from mellow, organic electronica/IDM and dystopic ambient and calm downtempo to soothing, art pop-ish singing and pleasant electronic pop. Some of the tracks are very slightly throbbing ones. You can see influences ranging from Bola and Art Of Noise to Dead Can Dance and Seefeel. A solid accomplishment indeed.
8/06/2011
Tschabba - Tschai (2009)
Jamendo
8.8
8.8
/P-funk, Art-funk, Hip-hop, Crossover, Acid jazz, Fusion, Afro funk, Urban music, Chill out/
Comment: This 10-track album comes out from Idar-Oberstein, Germany. T Brendel jr has done good job working out P-funk and art-funk, bossa nova ideology and hip-hop/scratch overthrows, slightly opened Latin rhythms and decent acid jazz influences, always frabjously functioning psychedelic afrofuturistic progressions and mellow chill out elaborations into the seamlessly, synergically sounding whole. Indeed, lots of using of reed organ-based backdrops and different kinds of breaks and pipes. Enjoy and blaring it out.
Alligator Indian - Beko_92 (2011)
/Post-punk, Psychedelia, Alternative pop/rock, Garage rock, Gothic, DIY, Experimental indie/
Comment: Asheville-based combo (of two guys and one gal) Alligator Indian (formerly known as Eleven and the Falcons) provides an exhilarating jaunt of garage rock over to its punk-ish (and post-punk-ish/gothic) and psychedelic roots of the 70`s, and even some bristled jangle pop action lines (a la the Pastels sometimes). It reminds a bit of Slutever, Best Coast, and Vivian Girls, and Electrelane (if to compare it to their contemporaries). Stay tuned for the collective`s future publications.
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