Yokandesh – Viva Como Queira (2011)

MixGalaxy

9.1

/Crossover, Jazz, Latin music, Hip-hop, Urban music, Baião, Samba, Pop rock, Easy listening/

Comment: Yokandesh is a musician (born in 1985) from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, who used to merge traditional Brazilian/South American beats and colours (samba, rock, baião, jazz, bossa) with fine hip-hop beats and rhymes. However, being up there to realize his ambitions in an excellent way. The average quality of this 18-track album is high thereby a handful of truly mesmerizing pop songs can be found out from there. Moreover, it involves much more than a common summery pop album.

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Honeydrum - Dead In The West (2011)

Bandcamp

9.6

/Psych-rock, Krautrock, Noise, Avant-rock, Noise rock, Experimental rock, Psychedelia/

Comment: dear psych-heads all around the world. This 2-track single/EP is apparently thought for you. Especially Dead In The West, though low noise-inflected feedbacks and moaning vocal lines. The second one, Levitator, conjures up a dazzling sunshine, taking on a blend of quasi ethnic psychedelia and krautrock-ish phenomenon. A wonderful shit indeed, which makes you feel really free.

Holmes - Holmes EP (2011)

Holmes

7.4

/8-bit, Bitpop, Primitive pop, Experimental electronica, Tracker music, Electronic pop/

Comment: while it is an example of slow 8-bit electronic sound, it does not mean that is a kind of slow music a jot. There are represented 3 notches which showcase running on through acidic sonic tunnels, more detailly, taking on simplistic chord progressions and slightly abrasive throbbing. On the other side, it is without a large scope of colours and rhythm patterns making more sense for us. Indeed, the issue seems to be black and white, simple and unpretentious.

Squadra Omega - Tenebroso (2008)

Clinical Archives

9.2

/Krautrock, Experimental rock, Avant-rock, Space rock, Improvised music, Psychedelia/

Comment: Approximately one month ago I reviewed the Italian krautrock combo Squadra Omega`s album Rennes Le Chateau (2010, Vuoto). However, this one-track album was a follow-up to Tenebroso, issued on the legendary Russian label Clinical Archives on Christmas Eve in 2008. Similarly to RLC, it is a spatial, metronome-shaped improvised rock and roll-relied instance, filled in with blissed-out ridges and penetrating bottoms. Moreover, it is borderless in its absolutely psychedelic course. Yet, it makes some difference, more concretely, through a more straightforward approach, having no time for off-the-wall sonic knitting and effects. If to draw parallels upon a handful of kindred souls, however, you can enjoy Joxfield ProjeX, Frozen Geese, Replicast, and Faust (of course). By the way, OmegaMac used to exploit bzz bZz machine, and the coverprint is amazing.

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Housewife - Galaxy Galaxy (2011)

Bandcamp

8.7

/Hip-hop, Instrumental, Sound collage, Avant-hop, Cut and paste, Sampledelic, Urban music/

Comment: this is Sydney-residing psych-head Hamish Duncan (also known as Sleep In) and his very version of hip-hop (or/and sound collage/cut and paste). Galaxy Galaxy is the first LP after 3 EP`s issued during the January, 2011. The whole is cooked ready for us without any vocal and spoken word snippets (just some vowel parts), presented through loads of diverse sample combinations and dynamical bass-relied mayhem. Impressive murky yet airy layers are laid out over to the background.