9/28/2011
Keep away from heat... - des notes de clementines (2008)
Rack & Ruin
9.0
9.0
/Post-rock, Crossover, Electronic pop, Electro-indie, Alternative, Experimental pop/
Comment: Predrag Nedic is a Belgrade, Serbia-based recording artist better known as pndc and member of the former electro-ambient duo Erogenius. Here are represented 3 tracks walking on the borders of post-rock-ish scaffolds and pulsating electronic indie-esque sultriness, thus showcasing its remarkable pop potential and appealing power. By any means, it is a very interesting issue. However, let`s continue discovering the gems under now defunct Rack & Ruin records.
LFC - Asschoes (2010)
pCloud
9.0
9.0
/Industrial, Avant-garde, Dystopbient, Minimal, Noise, Experimentalism, Ambient noise, Non-music/
Comment: as you know the music history has permanently been the field for weird musical ideas and outlooks to be appeared and poisoned the mainstream correctitude. If you are listening for to get impressed by the sonic whirlwinds and bleak landscapes of LFC you will perceive the impact of 70`s nihilistic industrial music for sure. More detailly, behind this 10-track set you can see the destructive and constructive power units simultaneously. For instance, at times you can detect for the seeds of The Art Of Noises manifesto, declared by Luigi Russolo, one of the forefathers of the contemporary noise and electronic music. LFC takes up so seriously that all its sonic structure is incessantly bumping and shaking. In conclusion, the whole is heavily appealing for sure. In a nutshell, dystopian wastelands are waiting for your listening times.
Thompost - Muffled (2011)
Elpa
9.5
9.5
/Post-rock, Indietronica, Organic electronica, Experimental folk, Folktronica, Experimental indie, Art pop/
Comment: every artist under this sun (and under the other possible suns either) has its genuine vision and speech to describe the world or at least some parts of it. Thompost provides a sublime indie/folk/post-rock vista where organic string-based layers are craftily embellished with the fringes of electronica and some ebullient orchestrated beauty over it. Furthermore, all the concept is built on the contrast of rough and sparse yet expressive patterns and on the other side pertaining of flowing fairness and throbbing sensitiveness. At times it seems to be quicker, at times it is more restraint, yet, most of the time it gets attention from the listener. This 11-track masterpiece is issued on an eminent label from Latvia, called as Elpa.
9/27/2011
Juj - Slack (2010)
/Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Sound collage, Plunderphonics, Urban sound, Trip-hop, Hip-hop, Soul/
Comment: Juj comes from Santa Cruz, California, having produced a sublime 16-track album where hip-hop meets trip-hop which onwards meets cinematic soul and...sunshine. Actually there is left no hollow sense inbetween those mainly short-running notches, all the possible slots are covered with cozy sampledelic outreaches and synergical sampling techniques. His oeuvre can be compared to the likes of Rimar, Ears, Phaseone, kIRk, and htrspltn. Additionally to these names Juj is having a handful of label mates at Wedidit Collective either.
The Vitrines - Utopian Lapses (2010)
/Dystopbient, Noise, Dark ambient, Lo-fi, Ambient noise, Experimentalism, Soundscapes, Avant-garde, Hauntology, Sound-art/
Comment: in fact, all the sound seems to be running and running in the compartments of dystopian and utopian fantasies whereby all the basic aspects and minutiae are deliberately positioned to stay very far from the imaginable subjects and all the ambience above it is filled in with somehow billowy, restraint horror. The 8-track album embarks on with the abrasive bits of noise progressions which throughout the course will be a little bit toned down thus being channelized into more ambient-esque approach (on the other side, having the sound of essentially rough and provocative because of being decorated with any kind of sonic trash and thus providing the withstood to the usual understanding of ambient music). All in all, it might be perceived as an imperfect one in the beginning, yet thanks to it the issue does demonstrate its hitting power.
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