s o u L O f m y S h o E s - EP (2011)

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9.1

/Alt-folk, Folktronica, Experimental folk, Lo-fi, Organic electronica, Indie folk, Folk indie/

Comment: at first blush simple, lovely folk progressions effortlessly floating out of a bedroom in Torino, Italy are actually not so straightforward ones at all. Feeling-loaded guitar strings are interlaced with organic electronic-filled undercurrents thus some tracks can be considered more alt-folk/indie folk-ish and other ones more folktronic outputs respectively. Moreover, the first track kicks off with blissed-out brass sounds. Elsewhere you can detect for some lo-fi touches and glimpses either. Majority of the ditties are sung in English, a few of them in Italian. You should go into for it. This project can be compared with such (Italian) projects as Ballpen, Nick Rivera, Barbagallo, Artwood, and Elisa Luu.

Gondowanland School of Subcutaneous Noise Infraction - Bobby OddSocks in the land of the NoChiefs (2011)

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8.8

/Thrill`n`bass, Freeformfreakout, Experimentalism, Avant-garde, Noise/

Comment: if you are a cagey person by your nature and you accidentally meet some releases of artists somehow related with Apskraft, then you should watch out. Apskraft is a platform for outsider musicians worldwide releasing diverse yet innovative sound. GSSNI is one of such projects searching for redemption while sloshing in the swamp of gritty noise and thrill`n´bass and more generally freakout music. Here are up 6 episodes which are outsider yet eminent ones.

Fuck Yuo I Am A Robot - Hydraulic

Gel-Sol - Gel-Sol's Adventures Beyond the Plunderworld (2009)

Gel-Sol

9.2

/Plunderphonics, Sound collage, Conceptual, Cut and paste, Humour, Experimentalism, Spoken word, Non-music/

Comment: there is just one, 27-minute progression of...music? spoken word? radio play? Never mind, what ever it could be but it is intricate in its intense turn of samples and snippets which is filled with blue jokes, amusing bits from ancient movies, farting, kung fu fighting, fit of angers and immense using of foul language (keep it listening far away from children!). Andrew Reichel created this publication with over 7 years of collected samples. Of course, such kind of release was not the first composition and will not be the last one undoubtedly. If to check it out toward the past I can remember for Cassetteboy`s adventures either.

Tears On My Pillow: Part II (2011)

Cactus-Mouth

9.0

/Covers, Experimental indie, Psychedelic pop, Rockabilly, Conceptual, Indie pop, Fuzz pop, Glo-fi, DIY/

Comment: this 12-track I discovered thanks to the listening of Lizard Kisses` cover version of the Drifters` Please Stay. Beside this heartbreaking effort you can enjoy other solid versions of the ditties of pop juggernauts either. School Knights, My Parasol, Holytigress, Shimmering Stars, Acid Glasses, High Pop, Filardo, Ba Babes, Cloud Nothings, Guitars, and Kid Counselor do their work completely.

~▲†▲~ - ~▲††▲~ (2011)

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9.5

/Witch house, Avant-garde, Lo-fi, Trianglecore, Synth noir, Electronic pop, Noirwave, Dark wave, Hauntology, Drag/

Comment: I am very glad that this avant-electronica project from Moscow, Russia has dominated as the most popular group at Recent Music Heroes approximately for a year. ~▲†▲~`s sophomore issue continues in the similar vein searching for lofty crossroads between haunting electronica, mesmerizing ambient, dark wave. It might be that shoegaze influences are a little bit reduced if to compare it with the first, self-titled album (except the avant-gaze anthem Stickweed Houses, which was also represented on the previous issue). On the other side, Vague I used to take on an organic electronica/musique concrète-soaked "light" approach. At times the release chimes like a demented sort of M83 (doing much better in this way). Indeed, the project is continually my favourite witch house/drag/trianglecore ensemble.

Sobria Ebrietas - Esion (part 1)