Emme - Eravamo Come Non Saremo Piu' (2012)

ViVeriVive

8.8

/Alt-folk, Dream folk, Organic electronica, Singer-songwriter, Experimental folk, Indie folk, Art folk/

Comment: there are up a bunch of sophisticated folk songs by Matteo Micheletti from Italy who offers up acoustic, string-based layers which are densely spiced up with the undercurrents of sonic effects (predominantly reverse effects) and the splinters of organic electronics. All the ditties are sung in Italian being produced and accomplished as dreamy and longing and bucolic ones. Micheletti as an artist and singer-songwriter can be compared with the likes of Artwood, Barbagallo, Nick Rivera, Winstonmcnamara, and Menion all the artists originating from the Apennine peninsula.

Dancefloor Outlaws - Ghetto Funk EP (2012)

Ghetto Funk

9.2

/R`n`b, Bhangra, Plunderphonics, Hiptronica, Soul, Sound collage, Hip-hop, Urban music, Rap, Breaks, Club dance, Crossover/

Comment: the sonic pranksters Will Streetwise and Robin Parris aka Dancefloor Outlaws from UK provide a set of 4 tracks which used to bounce and shoot, mixing tightly up club vibes with the templates of black urban music (r`n`b, soul, hiptronica).In a word, everyone who is listening to it is inclined to dance and groove. Moreover, the listener can detect lots of familiar moments/artists from within the whole because it chirps like a sort of mixtape.

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Clutter - Slow Blizzard

Balam Acab - Downloads (2010)

Lastfm

9.5

/Post-dubstep, Witch house, Dreamwave, Drag house, Trianglecore, Avant-electronica, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Alec Koone aka Balam Acab is a musician who does not to be closely introduced, though. During the last years he has meritedly gained huge popularity due to his issues such as See Birds, and Wander/Wonder through the blogosphere and the year`s top rankings. There are up two ditties (See Birds, Heavy Living Things) which are ethereal and dreamy yet somehow malignant and ghastly on their own. The listener can detect irresistible glacial glow-alike glimpses coming forth from within the thick wall of bewitching smog. Indeed, Alec Koone is a glimmering part of the (post-) dubstep and witch house/drag house movement.

àrbore & apenino - Animals Are Not Things! (2012)

Microphones In The Trees
Bandcamp

8.9

/Free folk, Dream folk, Musique concrète, New Weird Europe, Psych-folk, New Weird Spain, Freak folk/

Comment: Rafael Romero aka àrbore (guitars), and apenino (ukeleles) are the troubadours from Spain who have dedicated this 14-album to animals who are killed, vivisected, served as clothing, trained/tortured for entertainment and so on for every day. The purpose of the artists is to convince us, the listeners become vegan. Sonically it is a quite austere pursuit chiming organically and seamlessly. More profoundly, thoughtful acoustic guitar chord sequences are mixed up with concrete sounds including the voices of domestic animals. Sometimes àrbore whistles in the middle of dominantly instrumental compositions, changing chords and tonalities or playing on minimally shaped patterns and repetitive explorations. Furthermore, at Ngetal, and Tini Mandarini the duo is inclined to enter into a more obscure psych-folk plot. The general result is bucolic and innocent. In a word, an enjoyable one by any means. By the way, there are up a pair of covers originally created by Bill Callahan, and The Silver Jews.

Flying Monkeys - Random Songs From 2005 (2005)

Lastfm

9.0

/Punk rock, Alternative, DIY, Lo-fi, Hardcore punk, Oi! punk/

Comment: Flying Monkeys was a Chicago-based punk group consisting of Riot Cross, and Calvin Chaos aka Xombie Panic. Their sound is truly lo-fi, rough, and dirty, more concretely, all of that is recorded on a 4-track recorder and sounding like having it done without exploiting any plugs and other "normal" devices. Yet, their DIY-aesthetics is highly charming, suggestive, and even exulting now and then involving the elements of oi!, and hardcore-esque noodling at a high frequency. In a word, these 10 short-running blasts (spreaded out over 13 minutes) are worth to be checked out for.