Caustic Reverie - Unearthly Sun (2011)

Jamendo
Bandcamp
Lastfm

8.8

/Ambient, Drone, Minimal, Epic, Experimental, Dystopbient, Acousmatics, Soundscapes/

Comment: Bryn Schurman is a Florida-based musician, who is being known behind the likes of TheForgotten, and Shufflebrain, though, in the first place he is known due to Caustic Reverie, his ambient and drone music project. Over time, he has issued a loads of albums, so Unearthly Sun is happened to be his 15th release under Caustic Reverie moniker already. There are represented 3 tracks, two if them are very long-running progressions which consist of droning and oscillating ambient tunes - within it you can hear epic changes and minimal orchestrations ascending and dilatating above it, however, giving the outlet almost exulting dimension. The self-titled notch offers up subtle solar wind gusts, which is also one of the highlights of the album. The album embarks on with picturesque kind of looming comprising the frequencies of shoegaze and ambient and drone, this way getting quite close to Slowdive`s Pygmalion (1995). All in all, these three notches are soothing and awakening simultaneously. Yet, Schurman has done more suggestive publications before it.

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Cocolixe - 442-net7-10may (2010)

4-4-2

9.4

/New Wave, Industrial techno, Breaks, Sound collage, Experimental techno/

Comment: a Barcelona, Catalonia-based producer provides a pair of captivating outlets which function as an array of cut-ups of diverse stylistical ingredients. A Day of Happiness shows up static kind of looming taking on restraint techno, beatific synth seeds and slight electro vibes above and around it. The second one, Lift Your Eyes used to chime like the early Cabaret Voltaire would have produced more electro-spinning grooves instead of a provoking, nihilistic industrial-charged punch. Indeed, besides the likeness with industrial groups the whole resembles more of the 80`s than the logic of nowadays musical directions and aspirations - all those dance-appealed post-punk groups and New Wave/synth pop combos from the Foggy Albion in ending part of 70`s and at the beginning of 80`s come in mind. So you can say it is a little bit more than just one endeavor amongst the others. Mandatory for all the melomans all around the world!

Nick Bommarito - Folk Psychology

Bardo Pond Live at Metro Cafe on 1999-12-09 (1999)

Archive.org

9.2

/Doom rock, Post-metal, Doomgaze, Shoegaze, Experimental rock, Post-rock, Stoner rock, Crossover, Psychedelic rock, Drone rock, Avant-rock, Live session, Improvised music/

Comment: Bardo Pond is a musical collective which obviously needs not to be introduced for the fans of experimental rock at all. Throughout the last 2 decades this Philly-based experimental juggernaut does have explored the realms of psychedelic and drone rock, doom and stoner rock through the eyes of demented shoegazers. Along with Jessamine, The Dylan Group, Labradford, and Tortoise the quintet redefined the term "rock" in the US-based underground scene in the 90s. More concretely, additionally to the abovementioned styles the listener can detect post-metal elements on this 8-piece gig, which are fringed below and on the lateral sides with thick psychedelic grooves and bold hooks and epic riffs. All these long (or very long) progressions can be reduced to the model of cyclic, psychedelic rock revs. Really hope they will sometime come to the Northern part of Europe either.

Lebensjunge - Lebensjunge (der junge Tag) (2004/2009)

Accessory Takes
FMA
Bandcamp

9.3

/Noise, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Non-music, Rhythmic noise, Abstract, Powerelectronics, Cut and paste/

Comment: I have always loved to variegate my listening habits with listening to noise music-induced compositions because most of these proponents are intended to get rid of feelings and not being burdened with melodies and harmonies. For instance, this album with a handful of arrangements are about sonic explorations, showcasing its ability to think in the categories of pure mind and transcendent realms.I think Immanuel Kant would have loved it. On the other side, the album does have its more pop-appealed (or more recognizable) moments within it, though. For instance, Lebensjunge (a project from Moscow, Russia) involves the aspects of near-ethnic music at 9:17.58 and the issue will be ended up with a cut and paste-alike act by using the samples of highly suggestive library music (4:12.10). If to emanate from the point of view of kindred souls, however, the likes of Kanin Krusete, Dror Feiler, Psovod, and Edgeist should be mentioned at least. A highly convincing enterprise indeed.

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