Daw Nusk - Hunter Gatherer (2012)

Pandafuzz

9.4

/Ambient, Soundscapes, Minimalism, Avant-garde, Post-rock, Shoegaze, Organic electronica/

Comment: this release by Todd Klempner involves a handful of lengthy compositions made up of the pulsations of Earth, our home planet, slightly psychedelic panoramas and broad ambiances surrounding the human being on the countryside. However, because of being slowly growing while staying majestic the compositions seem to be highly epic and even touched with ritualistic whiffs which in turn are embellished with the croaks of seagulls and flickering humidity located against the background of a picturesque scale. Furthermore, at times, at the time of its most exulting moments it used to reach the borders of post-rock and shoegaze.

Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Live at the OCCII 20/11/2009 (2012)

 

Free Music Archive

9.2

/Afrobeat, Psychedelic pop, Improvised music, Live session, World music/

Comment: TIO is a collective from Switzerland who has managed to get the spot upon a blend of afrobeat-esque grooves and psychedelic vibes. Of course, now and then it used to buck further, incorporating the elements of Orient-driven ethnic themes. More concretely, instrumentally lofty tube sections are interlaced with dashing drum sequences and vibrant electric organs. Moody and dance music as the main parts of the whole are represented there simultaneously.

[Teaser of the day] Tatlum - Farrowed

Summertime's End - Light And Colour (2012)

Bandcamp

8.9

/Chamber pop, Indie pop, Electronic pop, Baroque pop, Alternative pop/

Comment: these 10 pieces are moody revealations introduced with the chords of a piano and backed up with chiming synths, galvanized guitars and mellow vocal lines. It is a little melancholic and sad like the end of summertime, though, on the other side, having managed to be full of hopes and refreshing air. Throughout the course some tracks reveal themselves in a little bit simplistic, cheesy way, the other ones used to be more treated, sophisticated contemplations. However, the eminent tracks used to be Light And Colour, Airport Dreams, Until Blue Skies Return, and There`s Room On My Trolley For Two. 

Drugstore – Gaia EP (2012)

 Cicuta

8.8

/Psytrance, Acid techno, Electronic pop/

Comment: Drugstone`s album is an example of how psytrance-loaded thudding is successfully interlaced with the oscillations of electronic pop and angular techno vibes resembling of the ones having dominated in the beginning of the 90`s. Half of the whole is made up of remixes. In a word, it is interesting and intriguing.

Pilesar - Pilesar`s Ugly Children (2012)

Zeromoon

9.2

/Noise, Krautrock, DIY, Avant-garde, Sound collage, Avant-industrial, Experimentalism, Sampledelic, Psycho-acoustic, Acousmatics/

Comment: Pilesar is being known due to his lo-fi and primitivistic oeuvres for creating of which he used to exploit microphone, broken effects pedals, voice and some other instruments. He has issued a batch of releases under his own label, called Chameleon Dish Archives. This time he represents the brand of Zeromoon. This time his new album is filled in with 11 dazzling patchworks consisting of unbridled noises, dissonating cut-ups and lopsided rhythmic patterns. The whole veers away from obscure noise music and ghastly psycho-acoustic visions to more krautrock-loaded propulsions and early industrial vibes. Very exciting indeed.

[Teaser of the day] Welcome Back Sailors - Other Directions