A Tiny Window - First Jams With Phil Self (2011)

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/Alt-folk, New Weird Britain, Psych-folk, Improvised music, Live session/

Comment: this is a nice bundle of 4 tracks coming out from England. A Tiny Window is Matthew Watkins who is being known from Exeter-based experimental/free/space folk crew Children of The Drone. This time he collaborates with Kent-based Phil Self (from the folk and roots music combo Cocos Lovers). The duo improvises on such instruments as mandolin, baglama, and saz resulting in a bit melancholic but spellbinding, transcendent progressions of string conjured chords. It makes the listener feel a little bit dizzy and hazy. Of course, all those who have enjoyed vast discography by Children Of The Drone and its offshoots may have a hunch what to expect from it.           

DasKapital - Ruído Negro (2011)

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/Experimental pop, Alternative, Electronic pop, Electro-acoustic, Mood music, Leftfield, Indietronica/

Comment: DasKapital is a leftfield Spain residing combo whose 8-track issue is filled with different dodges and insights into an electronic and rock music related world. The project`s music is deliberately cutting-edge filled with spoken word snippets, uncanny sounds/noises and sonic effects (especially the finishing track Black Noise, and the starting O Anxo Do Desespero). Of course, it is not predominating throughout the course but present frequently, though. Mostly the album is a crossover of electronic sounds and programmed rhythms and rock music tendencies, however, bringing forth catchy melodies and suggestive harmonies. The singer`s approach reminds a little bit of Blixa Bargeld`s murmuring singing manner. In a word, the result is intriguing.          

Sun Sunych – Hybris (2014)

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Sun Sunych

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/Hip-hop, Rap, Pop/

Comment: Sun Sunych is a Russian hip-hop group whose 15-track issue is based on male chanting and mainstream/pop influenced rhythms. The songs are in Russian (with some phrases in English, though) concentrating on bringing forth attitudes and statements being at times straightforward at times more ironic. The favourite ditties are sublime Pegasus (with charming female intervention and more soul-soaked background), Intro (ft. Alex East Block) which contains intriguing interaction between two singers and ear-catching, pitched sonic effects. Life (ft. Marina Zakharchenko) is a simply beautiful pop song, I'd better (ft. Sunniq and Alex East Block) involves a catchy sample and more funky ambiance around the centre. 

Aan -Kultainen Kupoli (2011)

OM HA SVA HA KSHA MA LA VA RA YAM

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/Drone, Avant-garde, Space music, Experimentalism, Electro-acoustic, Improvised music, Forest folk/

Comment: Aan is a Finnish combo whose sound could be classified as forest folk in a general manner, though, the combo´s aesthetics does have embrace enough other experimental elements either. More concretely, Aan`s soundscape is constituted by bristled improvised electro-acoustic progressions, throat singing, vowel experiments and heavy spaced-out drones thereby reminding a little bit of Vibracathedral Orchestra, Uton, and Kemialliset Ystävät, for instance. All of that results in convincing shaman-alike insights and outer space explorations. The album starts off with Aurinkotanssi, and finishes off with Aurinkotranssi.     

Bird Paradigma – Abject Fields (2011)

Do Androids Dream Ov Electric Sheep

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/Noise, Experimentalism, Rhythmic noise, Improvised music/

Comment: Sara Santos aka Bird Paradigma is an artist from Lisboa, Portugal whose album is made up of a couple of long-running tracks (the total time exceeds over an hour) is saturated with heavy bass loaded noises and drones. More concretely, Bird Paradigma does take on wobbling bass sounds, bent higher frequencies, and resounding rhythmic noise brushes. Frequently these sounds will get infiltrated constituting a gormandizing assembly of different impulses. This album can be deemed a noise music example being equivalent to jazz/improvised music.     

Il Nostro Tempo Violento - Fuori La Tempesta (2014)

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/Singer-songwriter, Folk indie, Alt-folk, Americana, Indie folk/

Comment: behind this pseudonym hides himself Matteo Micheletti from Siena, Italy. He is also being known as Emme issuing the album Eravamo Come Non Saremo Piu' under ViVeriVeve in 2012. However, the recent issue is a decent example of how to write catchy songs with obvious Americana influences (though the lyrics are presented in Italian). Micheletti exploits different templates of song-writing extending from ballad makers to more psychedelic insights and even slightly spaced-out glimpses. Especially great used to be those harmonica snippets which are mixed up with predominating guitar patterns.     

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