9/20/2012
10Minimal - ブリキノユメ (2012)
9.2
/Folktronica, J-pop, Experimental electronica, Electronic pop, Modern classical, Ethereal pop, Poptronica/
Comment: as you have already noticed this 4-piece album hails from Japan. It veers away from restrained but a little bit glacial electronic swinging headed up by fragile female singing and electronica-mixed folk-esque fingerpicking to flaring waves of ethereal pop (or ocean pop as it is tagged over at Bandcamp). In addition to J-pop its intention and concept do near to the aesthetics of such sirens as Kate Bush, and Jane Siberry. In a nutshell, the result sounds in an otherworldly and uncanny way.
Domovoy - Chaotic Filesystem (2008)
9.1
/Techno, Acid techno, Club dance/
Comment: there is represented a set of 3 tracks which takes on rigid, austere techno rhythms by their form, however, which on the other side paradoxically reveal its more affective side. We love human robots since the appearance of Kraftwerk, isn`t? And the Dusseldorf-based legends` adherents such as Orbital, LFO, and The Future Sound Of London as well. More concretely, it hints at biocontrollers, mechanisms, and (as you have already figured out) chaotic lifesystems.
9/18/2012
Plusplus - Game Over (2012)
9.4
/Baroque pop, Alt-folk, Krautrock, Americana, Chamber folk, Indie folk, Psych-folk, Post-folk, Post-rock, Experimental rock, Folk indie/
Comment: behind the nom de plume Plusplus hides himself the cockney Adam Randmall (the Plantman guitarist, and former Beatglider synth player) for whom it is the sophomore album, a follow-up to Evils (issued on the nonesuch La bèl Records either). Basically this set of 8 pieces (though, the album is also available in another, 11-track format) is an instance of the astonishing dissemination of cinematic folk music, heart-breaking horns and brass-relied ruffles and abysmal sonic reveries. Yet, there are up notches where folk-inspired borders will be annihilated and replaced with more massive, post-rock-ish plateaus and even motorik rock-inspired propulsions or on the other side with silenful yet still chiming contemplations. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Wilco, Robbie Basho, Fog, Barbagallo, Wild Honey. Hopefully the game is not over yet.
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