Rainier Lericolais - Adagio Ma Non Tanto (2007)

Tripostal
Lastfm

9.4

/Electro-acoustic, Psycho-acoustic, Film noir, Modern classical, Chamber music, Acousmatic, Organic electronica, Experimentalism, Spoken word, Avant-garde, Sound-art, Noise/

Comment: an eminent 5-track leap by the French electroacoustic/avant-garde musician/sound-artist Rainier Lericolais. Indeed, organic sonic tissue meets the haunting waves of blurred electronica and film noir-patterned curtains which in turn are interwoven with japanese spoken word snippets and vowel effects. Chamber music? Indeed. Ultimately it makes out as an instance of otherworldly experience. I am not sure that those elves possibly audible above there would be well-intentioned on its own...or maybe not. All in all, it is a monumental masterpiece and it does make difference. Beausty-full.

Five Star Debauchery - Five Star Debauchery (2011)

Kill Mommy
Lastfm

8.8

/Punk rock, Alternative pop/rock, Fuzz rock, Blues, Folk rock, Singer-songwriter/

Comment: only good words can I say about this Kentucky-rooted musician`s debut album. These 20 relatively short-running tracks are played up with the help of twanging and fuzzy guitars, harmonica-relied whiffs, and appealingly striking voice (actually you can clearly perceive how he used to love his enterprise). Taylor stands at the crossroad of American roots music (blues, folk and rock`n`roll) and punk respectively. While the release is created with the bunch of ordinary rock instruments Taylor is able to churn lots of modalities and accents on it. Inspite of conjuring up either dreamy jitters or making more straightforward drive sometime, however, his concept is highly enjoyable and hitting all the time. Rock and roll must go on.

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.