10/16/2011
Rollin Hunt - Dear People Of The World (2008)
Lost Frog
8.6
/Primitive pop, Lo-fi, Outsider pop, Singer-songwriter, DIY/
8.6
/Primitive pop, Lo-fi, Outsider pop, Singer-songwriter, DIY/
Comment: Chicago, Illinois-based artist Rollin Hunt began recording Dear People of the World in his Chicago bedroom using a karaoke machine with a keyboard, drum machine, guitar and microphone. It is an intimate, funest 15-track recording because of doing it at the evening of the death of his father in 2002. By its primitivistic approach, however, the whole reminds of the deeds by Jandek at times.
10/15/2011
The Hirundu - The Return To Swill Mountain (2011)
/Dark ambient, Experimental electronica, Ambient noise, Sound-art, Ambient drone, Noise, Microtonalism, Minimal, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/
Comment: The Return To Swill Mountain was the first album released by Johnny Crewdson in 2011. More detailly, it is a massive exploration on droning snippets, minimal yet englutting brown noises and microtonal thudding, often surrounded by ghastly (dark) ambient mist which at times is "illuminated" with the glimpses of ancient human voice samples or more "recognized" electronic music (electronica) and shimmering electro-acoustic facades. By the main intention this 8-track publication can have common parts with the likes of Pan Sonic, Caustic Reverie, slept., Frank Bretschneider, The Vitrines, Morgen Mittag, and Marc Broude. An eminent album by any means.
Phantom Vibration - Growing EP (2011)
/Dream pop, Americana, Alternative, Baroque pop, Tropical pop, Psychedelic pop, Experimental indie, Sunshine pop, Post-pop/
Comment: honestly, Phantom Vibration`s (Daniel Clinton-McCausland, Henry Mackaman, and Gunnar Kauth) debut issue Kids EP offered an amazing listening experience, more concretely, which was forged off into the blend of organ-driven dream pop and americana-based sensibility. The follow-up Growing EP continues running on a similar sunshine pop-fringed path, though, having more air and glockenspiel exercises within it. In a nutshell, while the debut album was more appealing, the sophomore one is worth enough to be given a try. Let`s wait for their planned third EP in a row. The trio is certainly worth to be much more recognized.
Jelani - Wait, You Can Rap?!?! (2008)
Comment: Jelani, a hip-hop musician from the Big Apple has been a part of Notherground Music (the fine platform for a circle of DIY hip-hop artists). However, this is certainly of the the strongest albums within it. 12 tracks do demonstrate catchy rhyme settings and enthralling orchestrations (with psychedelic, acid-soaked synths here nad there) and danceable funky beats and blissed-out soul touches in the background. He is assisted by label mates 6th Sense, and Wildabeast, and Mike Maven used to feature in some tracks.
Rainier Lericolais - Adagio Ma Non Tanto (2007)
/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.
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