Zaivx - Extruder Vol.1 (2014)

Lowtoy

Archive.org

/Chiptune, Chipbreak, Primitive music, 8-bit, Tracker music, Bitpop/

Comment: it is dance music with vintage attitude and format and on the other side it is a sort of moody music because drawing on catchy melody cascades. Actually I have no idea why such sort of music is sympathetic to me – actually it is childish and primitive; it represents the era when the PC music yet started to develop. It might be there is up the contrasts between the aforementioned aspects – between the format and bouncy melodies which will seamlessly fuse into each other. On the other side, another reason is obviously related to our childhood and our fondnedd for Nintendo and cartridge games. Furthermore, this album can be a soundtrack to a superficial yet ideal world of low-resolution bits and pixels. The album is issued on Lowtoy, the Barcelona, Catalonia-based imprint. 

Tallinn Daggers - Fresco LOVER012 (2011)

Love Forever

/Electronic pop, Alternative dance, Breaks, Chill out, Remix, Electro-indie, Mood music/

Comment: Tallinn Daggers is a combo from Tallinn, Estonia headed up by Ardo Kivi. Fresco comes out from a time when TD´s music was to be less rock/post-punk and more electronic, beat and synth-oriented. The single is saturated with interesting sonic effects, and indie dance/baggy rhythms with vocoder-induced vocal lines (sung in English and Estonian). However, Paul Oja`s Nightmare Before Christmas Remix draws on more low-slung rhythms and providing a more tranquil, actually chill out sensibility. Several Symptoms Antidote Mix is set up in the way to have impact upon the listener with respect to the elegant shuffle of beats. By the way, recently they issued a new album, called Suburban Decay (available at Bandcamp, for instance).      

[Teaser of the day] K4MMERER - Take A Risk, Get In

• Post-disco
• Electronic dance music
• Electronic pop

[Teaser of the day] Sir Deja Doog - The Kamikaze Crucifix

• Singer-songwriter
• Indie folk
• DIY
• Folk indie
• Americana

[Teaser of the day] The Pheromoans - Young Black Eyes

Soundcloud

• Alternative rock
• Indie pop
• Psychedelic rock
• Post-punk

Tainnos – Versoa (2014)

Entity

Bandcamp

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/Ambient, Space music, Minimalism, Soundscape/

Comment: Henkka Kyllönen aka Tainnos` handful of tracks is a refined listening time because of providing sublime shifting within the space music compartment which is embellished with birdsong chirps, phantasmagorical flickers and hisses, majestic transitions from one phase to another. The result is craftily designed, however, offering up emotive impact on the listener. At times these peaks reach maximum heights being obviously outside the Earth and human consciousness. In correlation with the sonic side the cover print is mesmerizing as well. Beautiful and beatific in any cases.       

Soy Robot - Sensibles y Binarios (2011)

Belafonte Melodias

mhs.delhotel

/Electro-indie, Alternative pop, Krautrock, Big beat, Indie pop, Garage rock/

Comment: Soy Robot is a one-man project from Monterrey, Mexico and it is a proper time to remember again this overtly underrated and obviously forgotten issue. More profoundly, it is a blend of shimmering synths, atmospheric guitars, dynamic rhythms, elegantly shuffled noises and Spanish sung vocals. Stylistically this 8-track but short-running issue ending at 15.26) does have its place somewhere within the electro-indie pigeonhole yet having some hints to elsewhere either (big beat propulsions at Me, garage rock infused guitars at El, neokrautrock induced motorik beats at Asi, and Hecho, hazy yet relaxing sonic vectors at Han). Additionally to stylistic diversity the listener can perceive much air oozing out of those sonic configurations thereby conveying the sense of freedom. Let´s dig it out.