Stefan Tretau – Yesterday You Said Tomorrow (2011)

Broque
Lastfm

9.0

/Tech-house, Dub-tech, Dub-house, Club dance, Crossover/

Comment: this is a solid trip by an experienced producer from Germany who this time kicks off at a crossroad of house, dub and techno. The album`s quaintness is brought forth due to acoustic (string) lines which are interlaced with dreamy, versatile paces in crafty way. However, the coverprint is pleasant in its organic way, demonstrating apparently the tendencies of this 7-track issue. Thought not only for hours around the midnight.

Zloty Dawai - Jazz Nazis Must Die!

Meanwhile Project.ltd - The Sober EP (2011)

WM Recordings
Bandcamp
Lastfm

9.3

/Noirscape, Musique concrète, Psychedelia, Covers, Experimentalism, Modern classical /

Comment: a peculiar (just trying to avoid describing it as "macabre") shit which contains musique concrète-hued mourning classical music and essentially obsessive noirscapes, by the way including a cover version of the Pink Floyd`s coolest song Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, and a version of the Twin Peaks theme composed by Angelo Badalamenti. The EP is issued on WM Recordings, a great label from the Netherlands (Phil Reavis, R Stevie Moore, Chenard Walcker, Happy Elf, Spheriot, Roy Chicky Arad, Keshco and many other ones)

Jakim - To Bleep Or Not To Bleep (2011)

Jamendo
Lastfm

8.8

/Chiptune, Chipbreak, Chilltronica, Psychedelic electronica, 8-bit, Tracker music, Electronic pop/

Comment: Jakim (20-year-old Mateusz Szymànski from Poland) provides a 15-track set (turns to the end at the length of 29 minutes!) of lush, psychedelic electronica (catchy motifs and upbeat progressions). More profoundly, it is somewhat jazzy (fusion) and funk-tuned, yet, in the first place it is played up with the help of the sawtooth-shaped beats and buzzing noise of 8-bit/tracker music, chiptune. Indeed, it is chill and brain-eating at the same time.

Virgin Of The Birds - Fugitive Works (2011)

Abandoned Love
Lastfm

8.8

/Indie folk, Singer-songwriter, Baroque folk, Alt-folk, Folk indie/

Comment: five suggestive folk-drenched indie pop songs composed by Jon Rooney. At times the ditties will turn into more introspective ones reminding of baroque pop with those subtle strumming and orchestrations, yet, most of the course they used to exploit a more burbly approach. Listen to it and you will not get disappointed.

Hypermagic - Lasso

Oskar Hallbert - Promenader & Utflykter (2011)

Resting Bell

9.2

/Dream folk, Avant-folk, Musique concrète, Drone folk, Organic electronica, Microtonal, Experimental folk/

Comment: Oskar Hallbert is a Swedish musican who allegedly lives in the middle of the forest massives somewhere in the countryside (at least it was a preterit legend about him). However, Hallbert continues the similar path he used to exploit on his previous releases on Resting Bell, Rain, and Zymogen. More profoundly, here are represented little, restraint miniature compositions consisting of some lofty drones, sparse string fingerpicking, mellotron`s vibraphone glimpses which are effortlessly penetrating through thick mist-and-natural sound blend. It may be these elusive and otherworldly vibes are made by fairy creatures.