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Fire Island Pines - Bratislava EP (2011)

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8.8

/Indie pop, Twee pop, Alternative pop/rock, Baroque pop/

Comment: FIP, a Britain-based sextet have just issued a brand new release, called Richie Lee Jones EP but Bratislava EP is their previous one. The parcel consists of a handful, convincing ditties taking on sonorous but a little bit melancholic twee/indie pop soaked melodic hooks and harmonious turns. Slowly surfing guitar chords are variegated with the shuffle of drum brush sticks and suggestive trumpet gliding. The listener can draw parallels upon the roster of Sarah Records and on the other side wave to the US-based alt-country folk movements.

The Asthmatics - In loving memory of Wayne

Sekotis - People In Grass Houses (2010)

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9.4

/Post-rock, Krautrock, Experimental indie, Alternative dance, Avant-rock, Electronic pop, Experimental rock, Shoegazetronica/

Comment: behind Sekotis is Tom Stokes, a Wolverhampton, UK-based musician who fuses electronic undercurrents with indie and post-rock endeavours. At PIGH he demonstrates a diverse array of tendencies extending from slightly glowering krautrock-ish vibes and grooves (Littlefield) and slowly straggling pop experiments to more flourishing dance appealed undertakings (Black Sand). Indeed, Stokes rock off in a profound and broad way. His music can be compared to the likes of Harmonia, Superficial Random Knowledge Porridge, Seefeel, Neu!, Simon Bird, Weird Ribs, Fuck Buttons, and Mark Van Hoen.

Open Work Stocking - Guanine (2009)

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9.4

/IDM, Organic electronica, Glo-fi, Glitch ambient, Chillwave, Modern classical, Electronic pop, Poptronica, Crossover/

Comment: OWS is a producer from Saint Petersbourg/Sankt Peterburg, Russia who fuses IDM, glo-fi/chillwave, glitch ambient, and modern classical-loaded tendencies into an uplifting whole. These 6 compositions used to run along the lush paths and uplifting curves, and on the other side, being melancholic at times. Now and then the ditties chime like the orchestrations which seem to get inspired by the chirps of grasshoppers. Yet, there are a pair of outstanding tracks amongst the pearls. Forgotten Feelings uses an unforgettable motif, and the title song which is an amazingly intense noise-drenched modern classical looming. Feel it, love it!

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Etnoscope – Drums From The Dawn Of Time (2010)

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9.1

/Psytrance, Chilltronica, Tribal, Chill out, Goa trance, Psychedelic electronica, Experimental electronica/

Comment: these 11 tracks used to interlace psychedelic (electronic) music vibes with thudding (goa) trance rhythms and tribal influences into a floating whole. However, at times it is disturbed with electronic effects and booming high chorded drones. There are some exceptions either - Hidden Track hides in itself amusing "country" music, and Dawn Of Time toys with the frequencies and drones of didgeridoo in heavy way. Or beatific Sunrise exploiting oriental female vowel singing. All in all, it is relaxing and inspiring at the same time by Etnoscope, a Swedish psytrance legend being active since the year of 2000.