Golgotha Communication Ltd. - Vindictive Patent Vol. II (2011)

Sirona-Records
Lastfm

9.1

/Post-industrial, Ritual music, Avant-garde, Experimental electronica, Abstract electronica, Minimal, Drone, Repetitronica, Non-music, Illbient/

Comment: Golgotha Communication Ltd. is a Philly-based experimental trio (Josef K-rpovski, Penny Petticoat, GRECO-NORWEGIAN) which can freely be considered a cult combo who have issued a shitloads of tapes, CDRs, and net albums during a lifespan of 11-12 years. Because of including more than 30 tracks the album shall have to be considered a magnum opus of experimental music, however, being strongly influenced by proto-industrial nihilism and murky modulated ambient and electronica as if were surrounded by a huge amount of ghosts and bad memories. In a word, it is a weird shit. GC`s approach is mostly minimalist because of having based on repetitive loops and shapes which seems to be creepy and malignant. On the other side, the trio showcases itself by a more joyous point of view now and then, providing a ritualistic set of bouncy paces in its idiosyncratic manner which used to be far away from possible pop centers, though. At times the concept is relied with hazy ambient flickerings (Orner of the Solar Cankle), or quite conventionally oscillating drone pop (Broad Forth). The album draws parallels upon such occult legends as Big City Orchestra, early Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents, and Coil. A retrofuturistic, politically incorrect statement by any means.

anata wa sukkari tsukarete shimai - I wish they all could be horror punks

B.R.O - Analog People In A Digital World (2010)

NoEcho

9.4

/Nu jazz, Avant-jazz, Experimentalism, Crossover, Ambient, Modern classical, Chamber music, Improvised music/

Comment: this 8-track publication is a follow-up to the Polish experimental jazz duo B.R.O.`s debut issue Etudes EP (2008) which was an astonishing blend of old and modern, being a melting pot for conciliating cool jazz and nu jazz, frenetic electronic explorations and restraint downbeat-esque undercurrents. However, the brothers Zamojski will continue running on the same path, offering additionally to the improvisation-soaked and hook-laden territory also such sort of music which outreaches the borders of jazz in very apparent way. Stylus, for instance, is an oddball which gets into ambient and classical-induced sort of desire thus reminding more of Dead Can Dance. Or Take-up Reel which provides some spacey glimpses of the outer space within the mixed realm of spoken word and chamber/cabaret-alike milieu. Indeed, B.D.O. does mean a quality sign on its own.

RantZen - Inzi Ma Mul Kar b/w Oyo Vor Keskva (2006)

4-4-2 Music

9.3

/Club dance, Experimental electro, Gore-electro, Avant-electro, Experimental techno, Avant-techno, Dark electro/

Comment: actually not very much time ago I discovered a Sydney, Australia-based label, called 4-4-2 Music which used to publish an intricate rhythm-based vista of club music which apparently does have more experimental approach and angle than usually in the abovementioned field. There are up a pair of tracks which constitute intensely thudding bass-driven oscillations in the vein of murky electro and massively stomping techno music. However, Andy Rantzen`s music is witty and whimsical. The cadences are decorated with subdued, even moaning (indecipherable) vocal lines (the influences of goregrind????) and some constitutive sonic effects within it. The issue is a classic one which is directed upon the listener`s body and soul. This is our gore-electro.

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Elite Gymnastics - Real Friends (2010)

Elite Gymnastics
Lastfm

9.5

/Poptronica, Experimental indie, Post-psychedelic electronica, Alternative dance, Indie dance, Electronic pop, Leftfield, Alternative pop/

Comment: Elite Gymnastics is an arty, intellectual indie combo which used to take a whack at a thread of diverse styles and getting inspiration from different slots. More concretely, it is a bass, rhythm-driven, highly dance-appealed urban indie outlet. Because of having surfaced lots of intriguing minutiae fused in the middle of bouncy cadences the album can be considered enthralling in its stylistical dirtiness reminding of such groups as MGMT, Yeasayer, Gang Gang Dance, Southern Shores. In a nutshell, they used to fly high as the title of one of the songs suggests.

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