Projekt Luty - Monokl (2010)

Underpolen

9.0

/Punk, Weird pop, Avant-blues, Dada pop, Noise, DIY, Lo-fi, Non-music, Crossover, Freeformfreakout/

Comment: Projekt Luty (Jan Strach) provides a batch of stylistically loose notches which extend fromfrantic punk strikes and warped blues rock and intense dadaistic stuttering-mumbling and angst-induced shouts to lo-fi-tinged freeform freakouts, crackbrained mc-ing, defiant grindcore-ish moaning, beats-driven programmed mayhems and off-kilter ambient glimpses. The project is confident in Strach`s doings thereby laying out lots of energy coming out from these countless crevices. In a word, it used to be and not to be out of pop at the same time. Regarding this case, however, it is not contradiction at all. Horizont, and No
Escape are superb tracks.

Effendorf - Chemtrails Suite EP (2011)

Tachyon

8.8

/Experimental electronica, Krautrock, Psychedelic rock, Avant-rock, Experimental rock/

Comment: there are represented three tracks spreaded out over 31 minutes in all. Effendorf takes on brooding, undulating sonic effects and intriguing click-clacks permanently popping out from within the structure. Sometimes it displays a more "precise" kind of electronica, sometimes rocks off in its psychedelic frame thus respectively reminding a little bit of some German music compilations on cassettes in the 90`s and the enthralling sonic alchemistry by the primary and secondary krautrock-related echelon, more profoundly, veering away from the doings by Conrad Schnitzler to Neu!, and Harmonia. The album will be ended by more aggressive, heavily synth-driven chords.

Glander - Variations (2010)

Yuki Yaki
Lastfm

9.2

/Dub-tech, Minimal dub, Deep dub, Funk dub, Tech-dub/

Comment: if to trying to categorize it somehow this 6-track release can be tagged "funk(y) dub". And if it used to be funky it is sexy either. Refined grooves are seamlessly laced up with thick oscillations and uplifting vibes. Of course, as the title hints at it the album does not always flourish throughout its course in the abovementioned way, however, being rather charmingly subdued and minimal and profound. A smart sort of music for sure.

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Drainbow - Drainbow (2011)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Psych-rock, Stoner rock, Avant-rock, Sludge metal, Experimental rock, Drone rock, Noise rock, Fuzz rock/

Comment: Drainbow is a trio (Nathan Leach, Jacob Howard, Brad Coupens) from Phoenix, Arizona who fuses hirsute fuzz rock, some glowering stoner metal aspects, powerfully grooving surf rock (especially at Kate) and some threatening sludge metal glimpses into a frantic undulation of psych-rock on their 4-track debut release. Watt & SK resembles of the best days by Sonic Youth at the end of the 80`s. A great instance of sunburned desert rock by any means. In a nutshell, it is what obviously used to be called contemporary rock and roll music.

No Loli-Gagging - The Floor Is Now Lava (2011)

Enough
Bandcamp
Lastfm

7.4

/Plunderphonics, Sound collage, Cut and paste, Breaks, Crossover, Freeformfreakout/

Comment: this album includes 15 (mostly) short-running notches which have been moulded by using cut and paste technique and approach, more concretely, mixing up a huge array of beats or so-called rhythm-based cores with shibuya-kei/J-pop vocal expressionism. On the other side it casts up good taste and more slicker attitudes. Indeed, at times it seems to be way too bulimic due to its high frequency at changing the sound pads and moods or just using very contrasty examples. I guess nobody is not ready to count the total result of samples exploited on the album. In a word, the floor is lava now.