9/14/2012
Beat.Dowsing - Trigger. Melodies (2012)
9.4
/House, Electronic pop, Alternative, Dub-tech, Downtempo, Mood music, Soul-hop, Remixes, Disco pop, Nu jazz, Cinematic, Breaks, Chill out/
Comment: undoubtedly this album is entitled properly because it includes lots of exulting and catchy elements providing endlessly allusions toward a wide array of styles and genres. By the emotional side it is sexy and seductive due to its more or less direct hints and velvety margins. Technically it is based on gritty loop-driven rhythms (veering away from downtempo and cinematic nu jazz glimpses to shimmering electro, some dub-tech vibes at the beginning of some compositions, and soulful house music) blissed-out harmony sections emerged from within the samples of acidic synthesizers sounds and programmed cadences. Some variations presented there are indulged by using acoustic guitars and the orchestrated sounds to strum up the soundscape. Predominantly there is represented such sort of music I would like to call simply as "soul-hop". By the way, the album involves a pair of tracks where Beat.Dowsing (aka Transient) remixes such artists as Carmen Chiles, and Lumeet. In a nutshell, it is a pleasing, sublime hour worth to be spent with it again and again later on.
Abe Lyman Orch - Never Swat A Fly (1930)
9.5
/Big Band, Jazz, Classic, Classic pop/
Comment: indeed, this track was composed 82 years ago. Inspite of the huge temporal interval I suppose the track sounds as entertaining and joyous as many decades ago, though, obviously chiming in a more exotic way. It consists of uplifting swinging and grooves set up for a big band collective. Dance music in any sense which predicted the birth of rock and roll ready to be conceived after a timespan of 25 years onward. Classic.
9/13/2012
Swamping - New Weird Asheville, Vol. I (2012)
9.2
/New Weird America, Psych rock, Avant-garde, Psychedelic rock, No Wave, Experimental rock, Free folk, Singer-songwriter, Alternative, Shoegaze, Indie, Sound poetry, Spoken word/
Comment: this compilation is compiled by Christian Church, and Spooky Bubble (of Alligator Indian) who have had the goal to unite Asheville-based lesser known artists under the collective umbrella. Although usually the term "New Weird" hints at odd folk explorations this miscellany of 16 pieces strides beyond the borders of the aforementioned style. It is provocative in its unconventional noisefulness or is ready to create contrasts through the representation of psychedelic synth/No Wave appearances, distorted soul music, cosmic fusion arrangements, tortured shoegazers, provoking sound poetry/spoken word, loop-based post-krautrock propulsions, bombastic chamber pop outputs etc. There are up such artists as T.S Rex, Luke Puke, Ànubis Rude, Glorious Incandescence, Replicants, Alligator Indian, Muntjac, The Pilot and The Pussy, Diesel Daiquiri, Merryl, Tom Vinson, dep, ER Airplane, Doc Aquatic, and Myla. In conclusion, it is an important compilation which provides a partial overview about interesting music having been producing in Carolina. However, there is already up another compilation with new artists from Asheville.
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