5/22/2012
Hox Vox - Hurry Up Harry - part 2 (2012)
8.9
/Alternative, Avant-garde, Avant-prog, Psychedelic rock, World music, Funk, RIO, Experimental rock, Crossover, Progressive rock/
Comment: Gianluca Missero aka Hox Vox is back with his brand new one (21 pieces) whose axis comprises the elements of lopsided progressive rock (let`s call it this way). On the other side, it involves lots of reference points extending from psychedelic funk and disco vibes and bhangra-laden thudding to more ethnic-mixed developments and (psychedelic) trance-alike synthesized bubbling and acidic synth-driven art rock manifestos. It is obvious on the album that one stylistical element used to meld quickly and organically into another. Now and then it sounds like the direct translation broadcasted from a carnival. In a word, Hox Vox proves again to have been a talented musician in his explorations. The album id dedicated to the memory of Marco Bianchi, the drummer of Death In Venice.
Kisszanto - Surrealism On Tape (2011)
8.5
/Trip-hop, Hip-hop, Downtempo, Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Lo-fi, Mood music, DIY/
Comment: Kisszanto is a producer and DJ from Hungary whose 11-track album Surrealism On Tape used to soothe and bounce simultaneously. Indeed, it is backed up by a wide array of rhythm sequences veering away from slow-natured breaks and hip-hop-alike patterns to more tumultuous jungle/dnb-relied propulsions. All of that is bruished against the sort of homemade aesthetics. Of course, the listener can feel him/herself a little bit confused because there is difference between the title and the content of the album, though, the result is enough enjoyable on its own (built upon repetitive structures, looptronic aesthetics). No doubt, such kind of music seems to be highly influenced by the oeuvres of Flying Lotus.
I Am Esper - Echoes From A Cold Planet (2012)
8.6
/Psycho-acoustic, Acousmatics, Avant-garde, Dark ambient, DIY, Lo-fi, Dystopbient/
Comment: this long-running, 18-minute composition seems to be within the realm of lo-fi-tinged black ambient where the listener can perceive hollow shades and some lack of gravity. Indeed, it is a little provolking due to its coarseness and intention to drift in between barely audible and unheardable dimensions as if all of that were situated at the botoom of a well somewhere. Oh, I have forgotten it - it is a cold astral body actually.
5/21/2012
Gangrena - The Zombie Survival Society (2012)
9.2
/Death metal, Crust punk, Grindcore, Goregrind, Non-music, Brutal metal/
Comment: the listener can be sure that Gangrena, the Mexico-based collective is obviously an out of pop group because of incessantly mutilating and demolishing possible fine song structures and harmonies presented in mind. Gangrena`s release used run on devouring, indecipherable vocal/moaning lines, angrily attacking guitar massives, deathly punching drums and other abrasive (or on the other way unexpected) minutiae by right and left side. As the result the issue releases a vast amount of psyched-out emission into surrounding space. In a word, it is a genuinely cruel, hellish dog.
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