˦eS‡∆iSL & Zoom-on-a-Kill - ∆uthentic Sexual Liberation (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Witch house, Newbreed, Avan-garde, Avant-electronica, Drag, Trianglecore, Experimental electronica, Dark pop/

Comment: crosses and triangles. This 12-track album is as sharp as the razor blades on your face or on your ... . The collaboration act comes out from Mexico, providing truly angry and demented and on the other side some peculiarly soothing appearances running in the wake of witch house/newbreed/drag aesthetics. More concretely, hardcore, grindcore, (post-)dubstep, dark wave, ethereal sequences, and even some such sort of examples reflecting upon the aesthetics of cut and paste/sound collage - all these styles are seamlessly mixed up with each other showcasing the outlet as essentially convincing - however, outreaching the realm closely related to hipsters`bounce. Louder than bombs indeed. The instance of nowadays punk music for sure. I am sure Malcolm McLaren would have liked it.

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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino - Live at WFMU on Transpacific Sound Paradise October 8th, 2011 (2011)

FMA

9.4

/Ethnic music, World Music, Live session/

Comment: captivating ethnic music-tinged incantations and colourful wassails by a septet from Salento, Puglia, the southern part of Italy. By listening to it am not wondering at all about the fact that they were awarded as the best Italian World Music group in 2010. These 7 tracks are laced together from diverse influences from different places of the world, however, which used to swing and stomp and exult incessantly or on the other side taking on more brooding (Questa Matina) or droning (Tira Cavallu) gears. The songs are variegated with female and male-sung voices and more instrument-relied endeavors (Indiavolata). At Indiavolata the combo gets quite close to the sonorous yet pensive aesthetics of Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Great

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Simon Piler and The Atom Band - Lo Swing of the Earth (2011)

Quixodelic

9.2

/Psych-folk, Weird folk, Indie folk, Alt-folk, New Weird America, Psychedelic, Spoken word, Avant-folk/

Comment: these 8 pieces by Simon Piler and Brendon Hertz, Scarytoes, Def Mute, Emerson Betchkal, and Lt. Spark are all about folk music, though, the combo used to outreach the average, stereotype-obscured understanding of it. Strumming guitars are blended with chanting, at times even hysterical sort of singing. All of that is present within the open-ended yet somewhat warped atmosphere. Indeed, it symbolically hints at a vast array of possibilities so characteristic to this publication. The group`s guitar works are used to come across close to the aesthetics of John Fahey, Leo Kottke and other representatives of American Primitivism and on the other digging out lots of inspiration from the tradition of 60`s hippie and psych-folk seeds. At times these chants are variegated with spoken word interludes and found sound records. In a nutshell, all these projects related to the umbrella of Quixodelic and Daydream Generation do not disappoint the listener.

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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