Knock-Knock & NECROdog - Deja Vu (2011)

Ruszud

8.7

/Electro, Gabber, Tekno, Club dance/

Comment: there are up 2 notches based on rigid but fast electro and tekno/gabber mixed beats, tingling synth oscillations and sharp vocal samples. Indeed, the pair of tracks is deliberately minimal, though, the second track (Gabber In Psychedeliya) does have more time and diapason to get more involved in shuffled and variegated patterns on rhythms.

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Alligator Indian - I Gave Myself A Science Lecture

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Neurobit - Maison De Verre Sur Le Chantier (2012)

Clinical Archives

9.2

/Experimental electronica, Ambient pop, Electronic pop, Drone pop, Post-psychedelic electronica, Post-pop, Soundscapes/

Comment: this issue by Bas Welling aka Neurobit consists of one lengthy composition only. More concretely, there are up approximately 1200 seconds at which the listener can discern different parts which are brought forth due to incessant progressions. A particular amount of chords are channelized into soothing undulations and reaching the borders of otherworldly beatific spheres. However, these lucid synth undercurrents (actually they are rather overcurrents) and silentfully ticking, vibraphone-near electronica which is set subtly between the lines comes quite close to the aesthetics of early Mice Parade, Tortoise, and The Dylan Group. The finishing part of the track will be evolving step by step into an instance of pronounced drone pop full of poignant shapes and austere yet epic outbursts (comparable with such contemporary projects as Oneothrix Point Never, and Emeralds, and The Silver Apples by the 1960s).

Boyish/Daisyblue - Gentle Breeze EP (2012)

Canata
Lastfm 

9.2

/Alternative rock, Indie pop, Jangle pop, J-pop/

Comment: this is a sequent issue on a Japanese label, called Canata Records. In any cases, this 4-track issue created by two bands can be characterized by highly joyous guitar works reminiscent of a timespan having been between the mid-80s and the beginning of 90s when the indies made their first efforts. The whole is filled with blossoming guitar chords and suggestive vocal reveries (variegated with male and female vocals respectively) which sometimes is embellished with heavy keyboard-based works. There can be drawn parallels upon the likes of McCarthy, The Pastels, early Primal Scream, The Chameleons. The closing Summer Film track by Daisyblue resembles a little bit of Happy Mondays` Lazytis. In all, it is soo nostalgic and impressive!

brh06 V.A.- Breathe 06 (2012)

Breathe

8.7

/Indie pop, Krautrock, Chillout, Dark ambient, Electronic pop, Funk, Downtempo, Baroque pop/

Comment: this 14-track miscellany involves such artists as ArnAck, Transmission 13, Ohuican/Jaguar Nahuatl, Capisconne, Ray Garrido, Bobby Wotnot, Invector, Dimitris, Nahuatl Sound System, PerlssDj, TSS Tortue Super sonic, Nulix, Gapisconne, 1981, and Vela. However, the music presented by these projects used to extend from brooding ambient/dark ambient and New Age-tinged reverberations to flourishing indie pop appearances and motorik krautrock-ish propulsions and smooth funk vibes and uplifting chillout appearances.   

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