Drgs - A Load Of Old Drgs (2009)

Hippocamp

9.3

/Hip-hop, Electronic pop, Sampledelic, Sound collage, Chill out/ 

Comment: undoubtedly Hippocamp, the Manchester-based records can be labelled as cult label. Indeed, from within its discographic depth the listener can pull out many gems and hidden qualities. However, the particular, 4-track issue is one of them. In the first place it does reveal itself as being exulting and chill at the same time delivering the appearance of gargantuan rainbows and elemental torrents mixed up with sunny glimpses and transparent clouds. I would like to call the whole as a blended example of emotive electronica.

Bisamråtta - Bisamråtta (2012)

Vulpiano

Mediafire

Lastfm

10.0

/Post-rock, Ambient, Experimental rock, Soundscapes, Post-folk, Epic/

Comment: if I can remember it accurately for Bisamråtta was a philospher in the Moomin Tales, a minor character in one of the most beloved (children) books worldwide written by Tove Jansson. This time Bisamråtta is the Russian artist Vlad Luchansky who provides a batch of 3 mesmeric compositions based on blissful guitar-shaped massives and otherworldly beautiful turns and heart-breaking ascensions. Theoretically, if the listener is interested in to localize the possible place this soundscape would be born once then you have no choice to figure it out. In fact, these tracks used to sound like perfect anthems for possible futuristic, more humanistic polities. In addition to it I recommend to listen to the likes of Natural Snow Buildings, Pan American, Woodworkings, Tudo de Volta.

[Teaser of the day] Pollux - Rain In Your Face & Stress In Your Mind (Loosening Version)

Archive

Morgue's Last Choice - Screamus Vag / Zombied Future

The Jesus Fish Experience - Magnitudes Of Infinity (2011)

Argali

Lastfm

Soundcloud

9.2

/Doom rock, Drone doom, Post-metal, Epic, Experimental metal, Psychedelia, Ambient rock, Post-rock/

Comment: there are up 2 lengthy compositions where the aesthetical approach is spotted upon the mix of fuzzed long chords and powerful yet still soothing guitar penetrations. The second, eponymous track does include the singing by The Game Owl`s Jordan Hyman, more concretely, based on hypnotic repetitions and anxiety-induced exhausting reveries. It is an instance of controlled, exactly channelized  psychedelia, isn`t? Impressive. This is heavy metal to be ours.

Jonas the Plugexpert - Ondervlak (2010)

Acroplane

Bandcamp

Lastfm

8.8

/IDM, Downtempo, Remixes, Experimental electronica, Sampledelic, Jungle, Electronic pop, Breakcore/

Comment: the Netherlands-based sonic explorer Richard Jonas launched his musical activity at the beginning of 90`s then operating with protracker on Amiga 500. Since this moment he has posted up a lot of releases over the internet (mainly at Bandcamp). Ondervlak is a huge publication of 28 compositions standing at the intersection between soothing downtempo, acidic electronic pop, gleaming IDM-esque propulsions and more blustery jungle and breakcore endeavours (which do refer at his past activities either sometimes). Inspite of the abovementioned stylistical boundaries the contents staying in between them do involve much more information than it is allowed to communicate it with possibly exact words.The predominant part of the album had been produced in a timespan of 5 years, between the years of 2005-2010. In addition to original tracks there are presented 4 remixes. In a word, the quality of the issue is undoubtedly high, the only problem is that it is way too long.

[Teaser of the day] Bare Pale - Mexican Wave