East of Borneo - Larkspur Sessions (2011)

IYNGES
FMA
Lastfm

8.8

/Improvised music, Krautrock, Avant-industrial, Crossover, World music/

Comment: Lyn Goeringer (Theremin controlled synthesis), Michael DeQuattro (percussion and electronics), and Jim Moses (guitar and bass with electronics) do convey a 7-track set of improvised developments made up of some world music chips putting upon the realms of metal-coated industrial music and krautrock-ish propulsions. Furthermore, there is a very little to do with the music and genres coming out of the island Borneo/Kalimantan. Sometimes the trio`s co-operation does bear away over to more haunting results due to theremin, allegedly the first electronic instrument. Intriguing and intricate indeed.

New Animal - Still In Mind (2011)

Bandcamp

8.8

/Post-psychedelic electronica, Experimental indie, Lo-fi, Avant-pop, Alternative,DIY, Weird pop/

Comment: New Animal, an experimental indie duo (Kris Hermstad; Derek Burdette) from Atlanta, Georgia, USA issued the enthralling self-titled debut album at the beginning of 2011 mixing up NWA, post-psychedelic electronica, and indie pop. Upon it they released a 4-track EP, entitled Up!. There is a pair of new songs which does have focus upon more effect-laden rather than a more quotidian verse-centered one. Indeed, these blinking arrangements are imbued with "errors" trying to provoke and wake up the listener. The shape of the songs used to swell and decrease being embellished with blunt electronic effects, disjunctions and repetitive clicking noises above and below it. Mostly below it.

Shirubi Ikazuchi - Warsoul (2011)

Shirubi Ikazuchi
Lastfm

8.6

/Electronic pop, Pomp pop, Trip-hop, Downtempo, Alternative, Alternative dance/

Comment: Shirubi Ikazuchi is just one chapter in a long array of the Estonian female musicians surfaced during the last years. Maria Minerva, Possimiste, Spice Mouse, Queennaive are some innovative names who used to fuse murky/dreamy electronica, DIY-aesthetics, and arty psychedelia. Here are represented 10 tracks running in the vein of slightly dark-hued pop comprised mainly trip-hop/downtempo-induced paces and dramatically accentuated chords and layers, however, Shirubi`s resounding voice powerfully gliding above it. At times it reminds of Army Of Lovers, at times Bjork, at times Catherine Corelli. Indeed, it is bombastic and pretentious searching for to release its huge potentiality. For instance, Seizure is exactly such kind of notch very ready to poison the Eurovision Song Contest (the annual festival for wasting the money of the European tax-payers). By the way, the coverprint is intiguing because of resembling a little bit of Brett Anderson, the frontman of Suede.

Morphine Bandit - Wave Motions EP (2011)

Treetrunk

8.3

/Ambient drone, Ambient, Minimal, Microtonalism/

Comment: this 4-track album shuts down at the length of 28 minutes. Indeed, there is much space and time enough for long-running progressions to enter into the compartment of multiple sonic filters and phase generators where the cycles, oscillations and repetitions will be surfacing after a while. Behind those minimally evoking, hiss-loaded developments you can perceive minimal whirlpools, mostly shy of gravity and compelled to fall freely.

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Gore Obsessed - Impetigo Tribute (2011)

Dis-Organ-Ized

9.2

/Covers, Death metal, Speed metal, Grindcore, Goregrind, Brutal metal/

Comment: Gore Obsessed does cover a pair of tracks for Impetigo, a cult grindcore/death metal band from Bloomington, Illinois, USA. However, the listener can perceive the seams and ruffles of death metal, speed metal, grindcore, and goregrind. Indeed, it is massive and painfully striking, undulating like the stench of a rabid monster dog.

Enmity - Murderabilia (2009)

Enmity

9.3

/Symphonic metal, Avant-metal, Metalcore, Experimental metal, Death metal/

Comment: Enmity is an intriguing and intricate sextet from South Africa who used to fuse deathcore with baritone-driven symphonic pannels and whimsical electronica and acidic synths, spoken word prominencies and programmed breaks. Indeed, it is a feuerwerk on the basis of offbeat metal music. The course spreads out over 12 tracks.