11/09/2012
Ross Baker - Photographic Reflection (2012)
9.4
/Shoegaze, Experimental folk, Dream folk, Epic, Laptop folk, Ambient folk, Space folk, Ambient, Soundscapes, Noise/
Comment: Ross Baker aka Second Thought`s set is a lofty blend of digital-shaped borealic noises, microscopic shoegaze washes, acoustic folk guitar-based strums, and majestic synth horizons. In a word, it is a pleasing batch of 10 track drifting visually somewhere across the Arctic snowfields in a warm ship. There can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Clark Nova Portable, Tim Hecker, brunk, Alicia Or Simbra, Loscil, Slowdive, Bed..
ACL - The New Myself (2012)
8.8
/Electro-indie, Electronic pop, Breaks, Acid, Trance pop, Electro pop, Chilltronica/
Comment: this bunch of 12 tracks contains hypnotic, trance and indie tinged chilltronica with angular breaks, acidic bubbling synths and somewhat exhausting milieus, however, reminding of Kraftwerk sometimes.
11/08/2012
Julian Percy, Jon Evans, John Murphy - Last Dominion Lost (2012)
9.5
/Electro-acoustic, Avant-metal, Noise rock, Ambient noise, Avant-garde, Brutal metal, Psycho-acoustic, Sound art, Experimentalism, Noise/
Comment: this bundle of 6 compositions is a sultry blend of chirping noises, signal-based frequencies, and suggestive pitch effects and phase changes below and overhead. Sometimes the soundscape is carved with the assistance of distorted voices and clattery drums and thudding bass vibes, however, changing its situation into a quite clinical case. Even an instance of ambient progressions is represented within it (of course, it is made up in their own mode of expression). In a word, at times the whole used to sound in a mesmeric way, sometimes in a more straightforward way, though, being uncompromisingly idiosyncratic throughout the course. By kindred souls the combo can be compared with the likes of Interlard, and Hella. Truly extreme indeed.
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