11/02/2014
Chenard Walcker – The Pusher (2006)
/Funk, World fusion, Soul,
Afrofuturism, Psychedelic, Cut and paste, Art rock, Delta blues, Plunderphonics,
Sound collage, Sampledelic, Experimentalism/
Comment: the French surrealist Chenard Walcker
started off his music career in the beginning of the 00s additionally his
visual collage projects. He had been very prolific during the next 4-5 years in
producing music before he fell in diabetic coma. Most of his sound is produced under
his own Free Sample Zone though some of them are being parts of the discography
of WM Recordings, Comfort Stand, and Laboratoire Moderne. Musically he continued
to solidify the tradition of plunderphonics and sample-based music (John
Oswald, People Like Us, Pogo, Cagey House, Christian Marclay, Cassetteboy, The
Evolution Music Committee, Ergo Phizmiz etc). The Pusher is built up on the black music tradition (mostly
US-based but also suggestive of some Africa centred futuristic progressions) but
also adding some volatile art/prog music whiffs and ecclesiastic Catholic
singing into his melting pot. The result is seamlessly mesmeric, persuasive and
may be introducing to discover the rest legacy of the French juggernaut.
mnttaB - 3CR Session July 2014 (2014)
/No Wave, Leftfield, Electronic,
Noise rock, Sampledelic, Alternative dance, Art punk, Post-punk, Space rock,
Dance rock, Alternative rock/
Comment: it is not the first
appearance of the Australia-based collective mnttaB at Recent Music Heroes. I
can remember for their cutting-edge guitar progressions with danceable
electronic undercurrents. However, this 4-track session is an amazing outlet of
much more elements being added to the mix in comparison to previous times. The
issue embarks on with distressfully morose spacey guitar progressions which
will be traded for a sampledelic content at Men
Resisting Change: Second Wave Feminism And Western Films From 1960-1979. WhiteNoise is a hypnotic, spaced-out
dance notch and Welcome To The Planet, Dear
is saturated with heavy electro chips and noise flinders. In a nutshell,
the result is refreshing and kick-ass. Mandatory for all those guys and gals
who think punk is not dead yet.
Infirm Individual – Agoraphobia (2014)
/Black metal, Technical
metal, Goregrind, Hardcore, Sludge metal, Synthpop, Cybergrind, Electronic pop,
Crossover, Organic electronica, Mood music/
Comment: it is obviously the most
challenging work by Infirm Individual who is an one-man-artist from Germany.
Nevertheless how the album title suggests at the time freedom and unlimited magnitude
for playing readily with disparate facets are obviously the most important premises
for him. In general, different branches of metal music are interlaced with more
volatile and glamorous musical strands and appearances. For instance, the
opening track Draugr (The Living Dead)
is an absolute teaser – I cannot remember for a metal/hardcore exemplar never before
of involving sheeny synthpop and (deep) house vibes. Unebelievable indeed.
However, all these abrupt shifts in mood and paces are managed in a way to hit
effect unflaggingly. This 7-track album just must be heard to get the evidence
of it. One is unarguably sure – I am going to add it the best albums list of
mine in 2014.
11/01/2014
[Teaser of the day] Dahga Bloom - Space Is The Place
- Space rock
- Experimental rock
- Avant-prog
- Psych-rock
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