Pasqualino Ubaldini - Metissage (2011)

Jamendo

9.0

/Free folk, Drone folk, Easy listening, Chill out, Crossover, World music, Jazz, Improvised music/

Comment: the Italian experimentalist/improvisation artist Pasqualino Ubaldini is back with his brand new one. Here are 8 strong tracks which are set up to follow three separate tendencies on its own - the first of them is hypnotic, truly shimmering folk droning resembling of the doings by the Exeter-based collective Children Of The Drone and its subsidiaries. However, the second one follows the restraint jazz-soaked improvisations and standards from different areas. The third one is biased toward soothing mood music - suddenly ascending whiffs of flutes, wistful orchestrations, ethnic motives (if you are the fan - of course you are! - of Ennio Morricone then these glitches are thought for you). In a nutshell, the release is complete, profound, introspective, on the other side, it is enough tempered and filled in with solar rays and cosmic power.

▼□■□■□■ - CDR (2010)

Mediafire
Lastfm

9.2

/Drag, Witch house, Hauntology, Trianglecore, Post-industrial, Experimental electronica, Lo-fi/

Comment: after a while I am back again with a release by a drag/witch house/trianglecore artist. I love ▼□■□■□■ (pronounce it Mourning Star)`s approach which goes beyond the supposed borders of drag sound because of having the apparent signs of hauntology/ancient sound-based sound collage. Here are represented 6 tracks at the length of 21 minutes. More profoundly, indeed, it is creepy, ghastly, roughly thudding, however, intended to heavily slap your ass and brain. Those warped vocal lines are really impressive. Almost perfect in its imperfectness.

Monotronaut - star.soaked.sea (2011)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Downtempo, Shoegazetronica, Post-rock, Modern classical, Crossover/

Comment: an instrumental crossover set of shoegaze-ish rays, post-rock-ish ascensions, and somber modern classical introspections which is driven by the paces of big beat, downtempo, and more rock resembling beats. It veers away such celebrities as My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Durutti Column, Death In Vegas, Bosques de mi Mente and obviously many more.

Ixtlan - We Both had Motocycles

Amitron_7 - Try For Next Stage Free (2011)

EnoughRecords
Lastfm

9.3

/Ambient dub, Cinematic, Avant-garde, Dubtronica, Cosmic fusion, Electronic pop, Organic electronica, Sampledelic, Sound collage, Progressive, Crossover, Experimental rock, Experimental electronica/

Comment: no doubt, Amitron_7`s The Anton Phase Electro Clockwork Menagerie was one of the top notches in 2009. More profoundly, ultramodern prog meets space rock meets atmospherical dub paces. The Englishman continues his way in a similar mode - the crunchy bits of mostly slowed down electronica is obtained by floating through dub filters, which is embellished with the layers of overdriving cinematic electronica, on the other side, the elements of progressive rock are more subdued, yet, at times appearing like the solar rays amongst the highly concentrated mist. Furthermore, Amitron_7 used to employ lots of spoken word pieces to colour it with clockwork, twisting sonic effects in the background, thus making up somehow sampledelic touch for the listener. Even (open content) folk glimpses can be seen at times (Everything Is Orange Now). However, this 12-track album is excellent and challenging at the same time.

Chamberlain - The Wild And The Innocent EP (2010)

Hujan! Rekords

8.4

/Pomp pop, Alternative pop/rock, Soft rock/

Comment: melodramatic and lovelorn and bombastic yet convincing alternative rock/soft pop from Bandung, Indonesia. Just four tracks are represented there including an instrumental introspection either. Music is issued on Hujan! Rekords and being an example of flourishing pop rock scene in Indonesia.

Beko DSL - Skrotup (2011)

Beko DSL
Lastfm

9.1

/Lo-fi, DIY, Experimental rock, Electro-rock, Post-industrial, Weird pop, Experimental metal/

Comment: rough and brutal yet excellent shit... . Here are uploaded artists who provide heavily effect-charged lo-fi/DIY music which apparently gets inspiration from the compartments of 70`s nihilistic industrial progressions, electro-rock and the hype of witch house/drag music. Yet, you can listen to dub-influenced angst rock, warped metal progressions, straightforwardly punching guitar dashes and much more. Here are represented the likes of Endless Endless Endless, Heroin In Tahiti, Braindamage, Portable Morla, Loopgoat, and many others. The more you listen to the miscellany the more it opens up. The sign of quality indeed. By the way, all these artists are related to the Copenhagen`s experimental label Skrot Up.