Richard There - Future Come Back To Me (2008)

Bandcamp

8.0

/Primitive pop, Non-music, Dada music, Conceptual, Avant-garde, Experimentalism/

Comment: this is the debut album by Richard There, Cologne-based artist whose musical ambition tends to outrun the borders of usual understanding of pop music. It is infiltrated with peculiar dodges and whimsical forays coming out of the middle of...an undeciphered centre. It is filled in with provoking, primitivistic vocal tricks, austere dadaism, zaly repetitions, vague hints at the tradition of pop culture (Kraftwerk). More concretely, it is made up of using vocal-based yet intimate, schizoid freakishness as if the music were translated into the format of some sort of (sonic) comics (RT is also being known due to the writing of it). Is it a kind of singer-songwriter-ism? However, it is weird shit indeed.      

White Floor Circus - White Floor Circus (2011)

Kill Mommy

8.6

/Lo-fi, DIY, Improvised music, Cut and paste, Psychedelic rock, Progressive rock, Sound collage, Krautrock, Alternative/

Comment: this album involves 3 lengthy compositions which is made up of loose jamming of furry, psychedelic (more more glowering) guitar riffs, flowing subconscious vocal hovering, angular drum parts and distending synth orchestrations (thus reminding of CAN sometimes), mixed up with some droll samples now and then. The duo originates from Siracusa, Italy.    

Giant Claw - Tunnel Mind (2011)

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Digitalis Industries

9.0

/Electronic pop, Glo-fi, Electro pop, Alternative, Electro-funk, Electro techno, Synth fusion, Kosmische Musik/


Comment: this 6-track issue is a frantic mix of glo-fi electro which is embellished with some techno vibes, uplifting funk grooves and gleaming cosmic progressions thereby Keith Rankin mixes up some old traditions with new, glo-fi and DIY aesthetics.

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The Brainhole - Scorch

Dirtman - Land An Atom (2011)

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Lastfm

9.0 

/Alt-folk, Folk indie, Experimental indie, Power pop, Lo-fi, Alternative rock, Art-folk/


Comment: Dirtman is the trio consisting of Dan Jircitano, April Brennan, and Arthur Bond coming out of Rochester, USA. They provide a little lopsided folk music (with the seeds of brass, lo-fi rock, uncompromising indie attitude, faery pop glimpses, power pop developments) being assisted by a numerous amount of collaborators. However, the paralleles can be drawn upon such artists as those ones being related with the Elephant Six.

Binärpilot - Nordland (2010)

Binärpilot

Jamendo

Lastfm

8.4

/Electro pop, 8-bit, Tracker music, Crossover, Alternative dance/ 

Comment: this set of 10 tracks is a crossover album which is overlaid with the frequencies of (at times catchy) electro pop and sawtooth-shaped 8-bit/tracker music. Consequently, the album used to create temperate sort of mood.