[Teaser of the day] Eufoteoria - The United States of Music

Vermella

Imperial Topaz - Imperial (2012)

Bandcamp

9.4

/Chillwave, Glo-fi, Experimental indie, Electronic pop, Art pop, Alternative, Slowcore/

Comment: Imperial Topaz is a musical project from Brooklyn, NY, USA who used to fuse contemporary indie tendencies into a delicious hotchpotch. Furthermore, all these elements represented there are finely balanced, yet, being remarkably keen on slowcore and glo-fi elements in the first place. Indeed, although it might be perceived to provide predominatingly laidback templates and mesmerising dust for the listener it seems to be invigorating either somehow. This 4-track EP can be compared with the likes of Beach House, Prince Rama, Zola Jesus, Maria Minerva, Julia Holter. Very good by any means.

Circle Of Lebanon - Circle Of Lebanon (1996)

Embryo

9.5

/Sound-art, Experimental metal, Doom rock, Drone doom, Psycho-acoustic, Dark ambient, Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Experimental electronica/

Comment: Circle of Lebanon is one of those projects being closely related to Skye Klein, the Australian avant-rocker and sound manipulator. There are up 5 pieces which take on mayhem-alike progressions filled in with glowering guitar drones and massive drum breaks which meanwhile are replaced with distorted vocal snippets, whimsical yet strained electronic arrangements. Frequently the soundscape is getting to grow beyond the borders of rock/metal borders, however, ultimately, landing in the realm of ambient/sound art/psycho-acoustic music/acousmatics. Indeed, at these moments this sound chimes like a soundtrack for a theatre performance somewhere in a dusty art house. In a nutshell, it is a tremendous stuff being one of those unsung gems waiting to be discovered sometime in the future.

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FMA

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Fake Realize - Supra EP (2012)

Nekura Kid
Bandcamp 

9.1

/Electro-rock, Trance rock, Noise rock, Experimental rock, Industrial rock, EBM/

Comment: this set of 4 tracks is managed in a powerful way to have a shift in between machine-induced beat mayhem, rough guitar washes and heavily thudding bass gears. All in all, this instrumental outlet is a joyous attack (or caress?) to the listener`s body and perception centres. Let`s term the sound design of the EP as "IBM" (industrial body music), though a piece called Try is the refreshing exception because of driving out on repetitive patterns and hypnotic whiffs coming out of it.