Hurtato Bros. Royal Marimba Band of Guatemala - Aida Selection (1916)

78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings

10.0

/Exotica pop, Conceptual, Classical music, Covers/

Comment: in the first place, indeed, it is a classic one because Giuseppe Verdi`s Aida gets covered with the assistance of marimbas by a Guatemalan ensemble over there. However, one of the most well-known motives of all eras gets accomplished in a fine way by any means - it has managed to restrain a possible canto, it is full of variegating colours and moods, it is soothing and exciting at the same time. Of course, this thick hiss surrounding the chords used to add lots of charming, mysterious feeling to the whole. In a word, let`s call it an instance of conceptual exotica pop. Thirdly, it is an example of pure heritage - it was recorded in 1916, the year when my maternal grandfather was born. Holy shit.  

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Jef Barbara - Cocaine Love (DannielRadall Remix)

Wyrm - Paramount (2011)

Drowning

9.0

/Doom metal, Post-metal, Experimental metal, Epic, Avant-metal/

Comment: this issue involves 4 long-running compositions by Bryan Ferguson who mixes up the aspects of epic, high-register-loaded doom metal with thick crackling and some innovative electronic progressions. Of course, below the clearly visible the listener can perceive suggestive minimal sonic piles which used to repeat and grow simultaneously.

Knife City - Knife City (2012)

8bit peoples

Bandcamp 

9.0

/8-bit, Tracker music, Chipbreak, Psychedelic dance, Bitpop, Nintendocore, Primitive pop/

Comment: Knife City is the nom de plume for Luke Silas who used to fuse essentially catchy rhythm patterns with 8-bit/chiptune/chipbreak templates. There are up a handful of notches which provide a kind of alternative for your usual imagination about dance music. More profoundly, it showcases short pace cycle tendencies and offhand frequencies regarding all of that which used to be produced with the help of Gameboy consoles and vintage programmes-plugins. On the other side, it is psychedelic and acute making your feel good. In any cases, Just Trash is the outstanding track on the album.

Hanetration - Tenth Oar EP (2012)

Bandcamp

9.2

/ Avant-garde, Neoclassical, Neofolk, Drone folk, Experimentalism, Avant-folk, Improvised music/

Comment: there are represented 4 notches which used to come out like the reflections through broken pop mirrors. Indeed, it is a little bit out of pop where the listener can perceive hazy compositions involving ghastly, neoclassical/neofolk tendencies which in turn are brought forth with droning harmonium-alike instruments which are backed up by slight cadences on the background. Yet, it is just one tendency regarding the album. The listener can perceive hatching some influences by Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and Daniel Figgis from this egg now and then. Furthermore, some improvised, freeform explorations are up there as well. 

[Teaser of the day] Southern Shores - Mauna Loa

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