pEACEFANg - pEACEFANg EP (2010)

No-Source

9.0

/Folktronica, Dream folk, Indietronica, Post-folk, Chamber folk, Electronic, Organic electronica, Dream pop, Experimental folk, Art pop, Ambient pop/

Comment: by the download numbers at Archive.org pEACEFANg`s EP at the moment is being the most popular personal issue having ever been issued on No-Source, an American qualitative sonic brand. Lots of less lucid or more dream-filled subtleties can be found from here. Behind it is an American, A. Fischer, conjuring up on an acoustic guitar and Casio CT-310 synthesiser to getting a  change smoothly from one phase to another, from halcyon guitar-based pastels to beatific synthesised soaring to emotive glockenspiel interventions, thirdly all of that seems to be seamlessly intertwined while meeting each other. It may even remind of Slowdive's Pygmalion in its most quiet moments. Is it an example of artsy mood music? Indeed, it is. Predominantly it is slowed-down and buried yet it does not turn into a lethargic one. By its content it is a greatly uplifting and tranquil mixed release exploring the valences of mellow electronica/ambient, folk and indie.

Sobre A Máquina - Areia (2011)

Sinewave

9.2

/Fusion, Post-metal, Experimental rock, Avant-rock, Improvised music/

Comment: Sobre A Máquina is a Brazilian experimental combo delivering their second issue Areia, a follow-up to Decompor. Their instrumental approach is built on massive guitar dominance poisoned with piano chords, resonating mazes of noises, programmed beats, altogether gathering the enthralled ambience around those abovementioned sonic constituents. Yet, it goes far beyond the borders of post-rock and industrial rock, permitted to land somewhere inbetween post-metal and fusion (saxophone!) and dark wave. I recommend listen to Flora`s Trip (2010), and Wreck And Reference`s Black Cassette (2011) as well.

Alpha Couple - A Walk In Central Park

The Stalactites - Dark Matters (2011)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Instrumental rock, Post-rock, Chamber rock, Experimental rock, Epic/

Comment: instrumental post-rock embellished with the fringes of chamber rock/classical/symphonic music. 11-track issue does have lots of festal moments crafted by Johnny Benoit, Sophie Hebbelynck, and Rudy Hellio. Guitars, drums, and violins are their friends.

Adriano Orrù – Hèsperos (2011)

La bèl

8.7

/Chamber music, Improvised music, Experimentalism/

Comment: Adriano Orrù provides six tracks all played with the help of a double bass and some additional devices. Actually it is much more above you than usual chamber music used to represent cutting edges for. More profoundly, it is filled in with frenetic jam sessions which ultimately seems to be intricate and highly energized.

Lullatone - Growing Up

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Marc Broude - Noise Improvisation