さいごのくに - 黒傘のame (2011)

Bunkai-Kei

8.8

/J-pop, Alternative, Shibuya-kei, Electronic pop, Ethereal pop/

Comment: this set of three compositions (consisting of the original track and a pair of remixes for it) is a case to showcase the ethearalness of J-pop filled with atmospherical voices and vowel effects, and lone guitar chords which in turn are backed up by intriguing elements - for instance, depending on certain tracks there are available such details as seductive glockenspiel works, the noises of radio waves and programmed propulsive chunks.

[Teaser of the day] The Hirundu - Straw Tracker

The Retuses - Lasdehnen

dadub - ∆ (2011)

Mime

9.4

/Dub, Ambient, Ambient dub, Crossover, Dubstep, Soundscapes/

Comment: this 3-track issue produced by Daniele Antezza and Giovanni Conti consists of lengthy progressions at the length of 7-8 minutes where very wide panoramas grow out to bemixed up with catchy but a little bit haunting dub oscillations, however, thus constituting a mesmerizing outlet full of gliding charm and magic dust. The last track remixed by Arogalla sounds like a tribute to a melodica and dub wizard, Augustus Pablo (by the way, yesterday I was listening to an album, called Vanishing Point (1997), the favourite of mine regarding the production of Scottish acid rockers Primal Scream at which the Jamaican musician was also participant once. And kudos to Bobby Gillespie who besides making great music also fights for right subjects in the world). In a word, it is like the flight of the bluebird whom you are not able to catch.

Youth Camp - /​/​-​/​/ (2012)

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Lastfm 

9.0

/Ambient, Minimal, Drone, Experimental electronica, Ambient dub, Experimental rock, Ambient rock, Post-rock/

Comment: this handful of tracks created by the yankee James Harris`one-man project starts off with a little bit unpleasant, tightly abrasive pulsating noises (there can be drawn parallels upon the works of the likes of Konrad Schnitzler, and Manuel Göttsching, for example) which later will be softened, however, turning sometime into pronounced guitar fingerpicking or more rattling twangs either in the middle of lone chords of the bass drum or extensive air areas surrounding the listener around all corners. Furtermore, it involves some moments where you can be a fitness of how Harris can create hearttrending moments. On the other side, it used to convey to the listener concrete sounds and hazy ambient (dub) panoramas blended endeavours. However, the result is impressive and worth to be caught up.

Tomsk IDM Composers - Avalon Glow (2012)

Subwise

Lastfm

9.1

/Dubstep, Experimental techno, IDM, Witch house, Crossover, Experimental electronica, Grime, Hip-hop/

Comment: this set of 4 tracks at the length of over 17 minutes provide either the facets of deviated hip-hop/grime music or dazed IDM/experimental techno outlets. More detailedly, the project do sketch bubbling rhythm tentacles and blissful plateaus and gloomy yet somehow amusing vocal lines. Of course, at the moment such kind of sound represented by the group is to be considered to have lots of intersections with the vibes of such murky styles as witch house and dubstep as well.

[Teaser of the day] Chelsea Marie - Sleep To This

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