9/22/2011
Sam Gas Can - Summer Of Sam (2011)
/Primitive music, Lo-fi, DIY, Experimentalism, Noise, Sound collage, Free folk, New Weird Belorussia, Improvised music, Freeformfreakout, Psych-music/
Comment: Sam Gas Sam is an eccentric sound creator from Belorussia who has headed the label Faux-Pas Industries. (And making mistakes since 1986!). Actually such sorts of rough approaches has always had huge impact on me, more detailly, using amusing samples, abstract buzzes and sheer noise, rusty anti-folk-ish twanging, free improvised unplugged record sessions and...and of course, a shitloads of "errors". Furthermore, all the soundscape is heavily lopsided, sharing lots of hints right and left, up and down. Its madness used to veer from Einstürzende Neubauten to Vierivä Viiksiportieri. These 11 tracks constitute an enjoyable whole which is part of the New Weird Europe scene. Viva la free spirit!
The Nightchild - Some Stories And Thoughts (2011)
Comment: a pathetic dark pop/rock combo from Ukraine, consisting of Alexey Nightchild A (vocals, guitars, keyboard, programming) and Olga "Holy Cat" (bass guitar). Rigid bass/drums-driven progressions are the base for such kinds of explorations veering from gothic post-punk to brooding electro-rock to more Nightwish-esque pompous symphonic metal approach. Business as usual, yet, seems a little bit weary.
Art Boys Collection - Stoned Wall (1972/2011)
Golden Pavilion
Free Music Archive
9.2
Free Music Archive
9.2
/Art rock, Acid rock, Psychedelic rock, Psych-folk, Soul rock, Progressive rock, Proto disco/
Comment: Art Boys Collection was an Austrian (1969-1975) sextet who offers a delicious set of the blend of psych-folk, art rock, psychedelic rock, and progressive rock. Walter Holz`s organ-driven vibes are on the ball, variegating a bunch of (at times heavily jamming) guitars and sublime vocal mannerism round it. The chords and moods are craftily fixed there, resulting in as a spectacular whole. This 12-track issue reminds of the Canterbury scene, and 60`s angelic introspective folk ensembles a la Dulcimer. But not such obscure artists only. It takes on The Beatles, Queen, and even Motown`s proto-disco vibes as well. In a foreign country, and Jesus said had big potential to blow off the charts. This amazing album was initially recorded in 1972.
Dreamphish - Garlic Icecream (1997)
Bandcamp
10.0
10.0
/Experimental indie, Art pop, Dream pop, Alternative pop, Indie pop, Art punk, Shoegaze, Post-rock/
Comment: Dreamphish was one of the foremost Estonian indie pop/rock bands with Dallas, Bizarre, and Borax in the second half of the 90`s. Their debut album Garlic Icecream (released on the cassette format only) rings out even today in an idiosyncratical and vanguard-ish way. While the quintet`s irresistible compositions are based on conventional yet majestic song structures it is spliced up with more uncompromising progressions - trip-hop-relied shadows, naughty punk rock, lofty shoegaze forays, and darkly gleaming post-rock-ish outer space. You can perceive the connections with Pulp, Stereolab, Portishead, Sonic Youth... . Most of the time the 10-track album induces to be longing and looking so hopefully for the future. Indeed, it is a glorious chapter of the Estonian innovative pop/rock. Inspite of missing nostalgically for those old good times, however, the album chimes perfectly on its own. I recommend listen to their follow-up It Is I (2000) either.
Morbo y Mambo - Das Papier EP (2011)
Bandcamp
8.8
8.8
/Improvised music, Cool jazz, Fusion, Crossover, Psychedelic, Free jazz/
Comment: no doubt, this is a lush, spatial improvisation set by a sextet from Argentina. Cool jazz-approved trumpets, acid-fried stumbling synths, rattling drums function to take on frenzied grooves and psychedelic washes everywhere. Indeed, it is pleasantly perverted by language.
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