8/25/2011
Snorkel Quintet - 3 (2011)
/Improvised music, Fusion, Experimental rock, Avant-rock, Live session/
Comment: Snorkel Quintet is an improvisation/experimental combo descending from the southern part of the American continent. The 2-piece session was recorded at LAKarraka, extending from gravelly sonic patterns, synth-conjured lunkers and restrained, metallic-hued electro-acoustic ambience to galvanized progressions based on motorik fusion and delicately drawn feedbacks. In the meantime some subtle flute-based wispiness and kind of sampled subtlety can also be apprehended for.
Unfactory - She Bleeds (2008)
/Post-punk, Gothic, Alternative pop/rock, Electro-rock, Pomp rock, Crossover/
Comment: this is a 5-track release by a collective from Florianòpolis, Brazil, which is inclined to reveal dark-hued, post-punk-hooked and electro-drenched pop rock. Buzzing and bubbling synths, and weird "bugs" are hearable in the soundscape at times. The coverprint measures up to. While it is a pompous one (or exactly because of it), the issue seems not to be the deepest fish in the ocean. A sort of AOR for radio shows.
Hukka - Legend of Kalevala soundtrack (2011)
/Electronic pop, Fusion, Primitive pop, IDM, Ethereal, Nu jazz, Electro, Chill out, Tekno, Mood music, Conceptual, Psychedelic electronica/
Comment: Hukka (Joel Toivonen) is a composer from Finland, being involved in music since the mid of 90`s. This is a massive, 24-track dedication/original game soundtrack to the game Legend of Kalevala. (By the way, as you have already figured out, Kalevala is the Finnish epos). However, Hukka shows up his legend, exploiting a diverse array of elements - from jazz-y/fusion, chilled yet highly warped electronic pop (which might be the dominating element therein) and New Age-esque puffs to more primitive, low-bit results and IDM/trance/electro/and tekno-soaked breaks. On the other side, all this bunch of tracks is heavily atmosphere-drenched and harmony-driven and thus subject to manipulate with the physiochemical processes in our brain. In any cases, the output is a convincing and pleasant recording. Listen to other issues (Hukka, and Experim3ntus` releases only) on Gabumat as well.
8/24/2011
Rocketships Of Love - Rocketships Of Love (2008)
Quixodelic
9.2
9.2
/Covers, Space pop, Experimentalism, Electronic pop, Krautrock, Experimental rock, Drone rock, Post-psychedelic, Avant-rock, Psychedelia/
Comment: In the first place, I wanted to call attention to such sites/virtual ambiences as Quixodelic Records, and The Daydream Generation which can be considered a pair of the main support points for DIY music in Europe (analogously to the CLLCT in the USA, furthermore, they are communicated with each other as well). However, one of the most idiosyncratic collective at Quixodelic is Rugby-based Rocketships Of Love which is led by Paul Le Keux, also known from such groups as Uberfuzz, and Grosvenor Suite, respectively. However, ROL was the result of him wanting to take a back seat vocally and get people who he admires to sing the covers of songs he loves. Here are 13 tracks, indeed, some of them are the covers (Spaceman 3, Suicide, Brian Eno, Tommy James and the Shondells, Lou Reed), the residual stuff is a lysergical salute to the creatures of outer space taking on a lot extending from primitive electronic experiments to sublime modular synth-built appearances. An excellent output indeed.
Daniel Maze - The Art Of Sleeping In (2006)
/Glitchtronica, Avant-garde, Ambient noise, Minimal, Sound art, Avant-electronica, Microtonal, Experimentalism, Abstract, Experimental electronica, Noise, Crossover, Ambient/
Comment: While I have deplorably not written any comments/reviews about Daniel Maze`s oeuvre, I have been a fan of him for a while. (Funny, if I think about the Canadian music I used to relate him to Loscil, Tim Hecker, Muhr, GY!BE). The musician from Vancouver has been a profilic composer searching for innovatively striking fields in the realms of ambient, minimal music, sound art, noise, and experimental electronica. Similarly to this 3-pieced album, which consists of 3 long developments. In fact, Maze deserves his surname, propelling from tense, glitch-fried soundscapes and microtonal progressions (digital stridulation of grasshoppers!!!) to slightly soaring, throbbing plateaus and austere abstractness (at times made up of the crackles only), from pulsating electronic music to laid-back noise outbursts/and metallic orchestrations laid out sometimes. I am sure La Monte Young, Luigi Archetti, and Glenn Branca would like this record. In conclusion, it is a classic album of the electronic/and ambient music indeed.
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