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10/06/2014

guitarsisyo – Life Is Dictionary (2014)




/Folktronica, Indietronica, Crossover, Electro funk, Cowbell indie, Glitch folk, Alternative pop, Poptronica, Electronic pop, Mood music, Synth pop/

Comment: the Japanese project`s musical groundwork is based on acoustic guitar-based chord progressions and grainy electronic rhythms mixed results therefore creating a sense of refreshing aura and picturesque slides moving in front of your eyes. At times the general grid is acoustic though predominantly it used to provide an electronic shift and have a synthetic pitch (i.e containing more synth-based hooks and gears – for instance, at kh_y guitars are totally jettisoned in favour of electronics/keyboards thereby resulting in a crafty funk and synth pop merged exemplar). Furthermore, it is not an ordinary folktronic album with regard to another uncanny inclination toward fusion/jazz rock grooves here and there. Another unusual example is a track, kl_gp_, revealing the project`s buried love for house music and electro funk. In a nutshell, it is a fabulous outlet in any cases.                

Klaten – Klaten (2011)




/Electro pop, Breakcore, Modern classical, Hi-NRG, Trap, Kitsch, Glitch electro, Alternative dance, Sampledelic, Experimental electro/

Comment: Klaten`s self-titled issue is about searching for balance between suggestive harmonies and rhythmic structures keen to experiments and new outputs. Repetitive, even slightly obsessive broken beats, galvanized cadence tops, glitch-y noise washes and acidic harmonies on the top used to get propulsive impulses from Detroit and Cologne. However, Klaten likes to experiment with disparate kind of sounds at the first sight. For instance, Le Globo is embellished with classical music samples thus providing a more baroque edge to the whole. It is produced in an adept way, however, revealing also a humorous aspect within it. The opening track Connes Sequences is an example of infantile kitsch-y-glitch-y splice. Mirlifore does expose a catchy disco hook, and The Bends is a dizzy micro-sample based jazz and big band oldie`s crossover. And so forth and so forth. Especially the second half of this 12-track issue is a frantic cerebral party. The Paris-based author himself classifies the sound as choupi-core. Anyway, by watching the listening times at Lastfm it can say Klaten`s music waits to be discovered and properly estimated. Having a little more than 1,000 times afforded by the listeners over there is a bare fact of being underrated shamefully. By the way, the album was the first notch in the discography of Darling Dada, a French experimental but eclectic record label.          

Jack Hertz- Night Songs (2013)




/Ambient, Space music, Soundscapes, Kosmische Musik/

Comment: the title of this 7-notch album is vivid in one sense – it is certainly about night, though, these compositions are far more than just bare ditties on the other side. More concretely, Hertz has created profound insights and visions with the assistance of sublime sonic perceptions and lingering frequencies of accelerating them into semi-culminations to depict unlimited outer space or at least higher layers within the atmosphere of Earth. However, at times Hertz sounds in a serene way as if all are being performed somehow in a hyper realistic environment. Of course, his spherical manner could be considered a contemporary counterpart to the 70`s Kosmische Musik and a bit later New Age-y concepts. The album can be compared with Scott Lawlor`s The Absence of Light Contains The Shadow of Loss (2004) recently reviewed at Recent Music Heroes which was produced in a similar way, though, being more drenched with human-centred psychic motes and feels. It is supposed to be listened while the day changes into midnight and the ghosts will appear and have full sway. Actually it is not true because this sound is beyond time and having no references to certain hours and minutes.       


10/03/2014

[Teaser of the day] Liviana Mauretti - Tercera Ley De Newton


  • Singer-songwriter
  • Art pop
  • Baroque pop
  • Vaudeville
  • Music hall

[Teaser of the day] Iduvigik - Unenäoaeg



  • New Weird Estonia
  • Free folk
  • DIY
  • Ambient folk
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Avant-folk
  • Lo-fi
  • Weird folk
  • Experimental folk
  • Musique concrète
  • Dream folk

[Teaser of the day] Sun Sunych - Toys (ft. DanBrown)


  • Hip-hop
  • Rap
  • Urban music
  • Sampledelic

[Teaser of the day] Computer at Sea - Spiders in the Moat



  • Avant-pop
  • Leftfield
  • Electronic pop
  • 8-bit
  • Chiptune