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Strad - Post-Apocalyptic Beats (2008)

Dusted Wax Kingdom

Lastfm

9.7

/Breaks, Cinematic, Urban music, Acid, Experimental electronica, Dubstep, Trap/ 

Comment: by watching the title of an album by Strad you can suppose the content of it is about dystopic industrial-filled rustles and hisses. However, in fact, it used to move along this premiss and sometimes not as well. Indeed, it contains a loads of aggressive synth gears, compelling rhythmic metrics, and expressive noises, yet, on the other side Strad takes on cinematic and developments full of opalescent dreams and tremendous desire for reaching cosmic territories and heavy reveries. The issue seems to be laid down somewhere in between a cutting edge-y approach and a more crowd appealing exploration. By the way, this 13-track album can be considered a precursor for Flying Lotus`Cosmogamma issued in 2010 (Warp Records). In a word, it is a superb yet still unsung release.

C. Reider - One Of The Drone Boys (2011)

Linear Obsessional

9.2

/Drone, Experimentalism, Avant-garde, Microtonal, Noise, Minimalism/

Comment: this bundle of 7 compositions is inspired by the words of Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly) who said that C.Reider is "one of the drone boys". However, there is up a proper drone issue produced with the assistance of wave generators, synths, didgeridoos, undocumented samples, site recordings. The soundscapes of him used to be restrained and minimal, though, having an evident impulse for further expansions and escalations. By the coloured scope Reiter`s exploration used to run on the white and gray scale covered up with the frequencies of signals and treated noises.

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Mitsuru Shimizu - Ili (2012)

Elementperspective

FMA

Bandcamp

9.0

/Piano, Modern classical, Freeformfreakout, Anime pop, Experimental electronica, Crossover/

Comment: this bundle of 3 tracks sounds like a steamroll launching with restrained, almost inaudible piano chords and glimpses and then stepwisely transmitting into a frantic electronic space and lopsided structures covered with ragged beats, spoken word whiffs, anime-affected textures, and autotuned vocals.

Lauki - 69º54´S​-​135º12´E (2012)

Audio Gourmet
Bandcamp

9.7

/Experimentalism, Chamber music, Modern classical, Avant-garde, Electro-acoustic, Acousmatics/

Comment: (Mikel) Lauki is a Basque-artist (born in Pamplona) who is residing in Barcelona at the moment. His 5-track issue is a melancholic, glittering whole travelling down along with emotive cello chords which in turn are backed up by treated electronics and epic acoustics mixed environment. It involves uplifting crescendos and sublime shuffle of chords. Sometimes it is more experimental, sometimes more poppy thereby reminding even of Penguin Cafe Orchestra. In a word, it is highly pictureque by its expressionistic touch and approach.