Chimney Fish - Tribal Lace (2009)

Rack & Ruin

8.8

/Ethereal pop, Minimalism, Post pop, Avant-pop, Dream pop/

Comment: Chimney Fish is the one-woman-project of Annie Culver  whose album Tribal Lace used to rotate around fragile "singing" which in fact is subjected to vowel effects surrounded with thick hiss carcasses, however, chiming like a tribute issue to the sirens, who in imagery used to be mystical creatures with seductive singing. Suggestive and otherworldly. By thinking of kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Elisabeth Fraser, Iron Like Nylon, Niobe, Meredith Monk, H Stewart.   

Ludwig Maravilla - Dentro del Vientre de la Bestia (2012)

Bandcamp

9.0

/Experimental electronica, Crossover, 8-bit, Glo-fi, Chiptune, Chillwave, Indie, Breakcore, Avant-garde/  

Comment: this 14-track album originates from Mexico, Mexico which takes on refined electronica which in turn are backdropped with different stylistical touches. Indeed, it involves the elements of fascinating noise, glimmering indie and chillwave, hirsute chiptune and breakcore-esque beats. Now and then Ludwig Maravilla has no hesitation to anguish up with thudding bass lines and to calm down with uplifting bubblegum disco beats and world music-infiltrated turns. 

Bosques de mi Mente - 20 de Abril (2012)

Clinical Archives

9.0

/Modern classical, Instrumental, Mood music, Piano/ 

Comment: similarly to his previous albums the Spanish-based musician does experiment with lone piano chords which are amplified and sustained by fine microscopic noises and arpeggio-laden shuffles and gritty concrete sounds. By its moody side the 44-minute composition is immersed with melancholy and cogent longing aspects. 

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(exitpost) - Echo, Location (2012)

Bandcamp

8.9

/New Weird America, Free folk, Americana, Indie folk, Art pop, Avant-pop, Experimental pop/

Comment: this 5-piece album is built on broad vocal magnitudes and accentuated singing and atmospheric folk/indie instrumentation which frequently are accentuated with fabulous brass forays and lush ascensions and crescendos therefore sounding truly like a fairy tale. By the lyrics it contains of lots of references toward nature and its objects which might be interpreted as a hint at the escapism. Ken Harman & Co`s outlet reminds of  the oeuvres of Grizzly Bear, Foxes In Fiction, Coma Cinema, and Dirty Projectors, for instance.  

Fennesz - On Invisible Pause (2012)

Touch

9.5

/Conceptual, Folktronica, Post-rock, Experimental electronica, Modern claasical/

Comment: Fennesz (born in 1962) is Christian Fennesz, the Austrian sound explorer/electronic musician who does not to be introduced for the melomans, though. There is presented just one lengthy composition which will be ended up at 48.13. Furthermore, it is a conceptual publication thought for one dance performance. More profoundly, he makes up layers of sparse, digitally sounding motives and on the other side these elements are backdropped with massive bass thudding. Stylistically it veers away from Borealia-tinged ambient and fine glitchtronica to more post-rock-ish epicness (indeed, undulating glitch-y soundscapes are seamlessly fused with static but mesmerizing guitar washes) or there is up more soothing sonic gliding to fade away below the sky. In the final part Fennesz will enter into the realm of subtle folktronica. In a nutshell, it sounds like a hallmark of today`s classical music.