Somnium & Alenda - Split (2011)

 DNA Production

9.2 

/Dark ambient, Drone, Neoclassical music, Soundscapes, Dystopbient, Minimalism/

Comment: there are up 3 long-running tracks which take on murky ambient, rigid drone developments, dystopic soundscapes and silentful yet quite malignant sort of burning. Of course, it is masterfully produced, more profoundly, exploiting the templates of minimal music slowly growing and ascending thus ultimately acquiring the characteristics of neoclassical music. On the other side, although it is austerely treated it used to evoke more feelings than most of the instances of pop music are able to do.

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Emmerichk - Periodic Waveforms (2011)

 Tropic

Bandcamp

9.3

/Tech-dub, Glitch techno, Minimal techno, Dubstep, Deep techno/

Comment: this album is represented through 4 long-running tracks each of them is longer than 10 minutes. These one used to explore the depth of dub layers and the width of glitch-based oscillations and the frequency of minimal techno beats. It is soft and warm yet somehow terrifying thus getting close to the territory of dubstep music. It won`t be wrong to say the issue is a subtle combination of maximal and minimal efforts and attitudes.

Christian Samuel - Shallow Bursts (2012)

Bandcamp

9.0

/Shoegazetronica, Indie dance, Electro-indie, Alternative pop, Electronic pop, Noise rock/

Comment: this batch of 10 notches does start off with psych-tinged guitar rolling which soon will be replaced and making a halt on electronic thudding and more massive, shoegaze-ish washes of guitars. Some moments on it are filled in with highly acute noise forays (Blip), and epic yet dreamy orchestrations (Latex Skin). In a nutshell, the release is full of intense washes of electronica and treated and amplified guitars. The project can be compared with the likes of Ulrich Schnauss, and the old peers like My Bloody Valentine, and Chapterhouse.

Between Cathedrals - Matriarch (2012)

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Lastfm 

9.1

 /Electronic pop, Poptronica, Krautrock, IDM, Mood music/

Comment: only good words can be said about this 10-piece instrumental album. More profoundly, it veers away from IDM-tinged moody electronic pop vibes to the full-electronic krautrock. Indeed, there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Younnat and Zodiac to Harmonia and Cluster. It can make your day!

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