6/18/2015
[Teaser of the day] Deprivation - Freyr
- Mood music
- Nu jazz
- Breaks
- Jungle
- Club jazz
- Chill out
- Crossover
- Acid jazz
- Breakbeat
Artist: Deprivation
Release: Corona
Label: Chill-label
Year: 2013
Alexico – Acosador de Media Noche (Episodio No. 2) (2011)
/Synth punk, Electronic, Lo-fi, Alternative
dance, Singer-songwriter, Synth funk/
Comment:
Alexico sounds literally nearly as close as Calexico, the Southern US-based
Americana band with some Mexican music influences (the so-called Tex Mex
genre). Although Alexico comes out of Monterrey, Mexico the artist`s soundscape
is completely different exploring remarkably more chaotic and noisy sonic
soundscapes. This bunch of 6 tracks is saturated with restless attitude where
cheap synths are severely twisted and the general vibe of the EP is
deliberately discontinuous and rhythms and moods are frequently skipped.
Granted the guy behind the project is young at age the compositions are replete
with angst, incisive shouts and spicy vocal choruses. The production is mainly
blaring thereby coming quite close to the aesthetic of digital hardcore (though
stylistically this notch makes difference) and being quite contrary to such
nowadays analogue-based indie artists as Lee Noble, Ducktails, M Geddes Gengras,
for instance. The artist`s apparent purpose is not to provide possibilities
about coalescence at it because of ranging from infantile synth progressions to
frantic punk outbursts to thought-provoking electronic experiments (based mainly on the vocal modulations) to more calmed down synth funk cadences. By the
way, as it is mentioned afore the artist originates from Monterrey where dwells
an interesting indie coterie gravitating towards Delhotel Records. In short, it
is an interesting issue indeed.
6/17/2015
[Teaser of the day] Sol - Ceremonial Rot
- Art metal
- Funeral doom
- Post-metal
- Chamber music
- Experimental metal
- Avant-metal
Artist: Sol
Release: And The Mouth Of Time Is Open
Label: Drowning.cc
Year: 2013
Luarvik Luarvik – Tabamata Ime (2002)
/Synth rock, Progressive rock, Fusion,
Improvised music, RIO, Avant-rock, Psychedelic, Art rock/
Comment: because of having no intentional pop pretensions (or having it in other,
more inferior and hidden terms) Mihkel Kleis headed combo`s sophomoric issue is
not a subject about the second and problematic album topic being so popular in discussions
about pop albums throughout last decades. Although the line-up is a little bit
changed with regard to the breath-taking debut album Baltic Station Sessions (2000) the musicians continue to solidify
their fusion and prog-rock based metaphysics in terms of sounds. If to compare
it to the debut album the issue involves more spiky, high-pitched synths and
noisy, chunky guitar chord infused undercurrents here and there (making nods
toward Canterbury-based prog/fusion groups of the 60s and 70s and dizzy electrically
groovy albums by Miles Davis in the first half of the 70s and even to the Soviet
period regatta pop and yacht rock groups). On the other side, emotively the
result is similar due to an uncountable quantum of key changes, simultaneously surfacing
theme explorations and chords from different channels and watery synth vamps
interwoven with light-hearted drumming by Andres Lõo. Probably the most poppy
notch is Ak due to careless shift and
full-fledged easiness at its core. The first four tracks are recorded in the
studio and the rest of three ones are takings from one musical event in 2001. By
not much time passed after that Mihkel Kleis started off his more experimental
and conceptually more ambiguous project EDASI and later made some solo albums
(his recent music project is called Ratkiller). In any cases, Tabamata Ime constitutes a dynamic and
organic chapter in the Estonian progressive and jazz rock history.
6/16/2015
[Teaser of the day] Aydio - Track
- Trip-hop
- Chilltronica
- Downtempo
- Cinematic
- Indie-hop
- Dub
- Mood music
- Chill out
Artist: Aydio
Release: Deltitnu EP
Label: Dusted Wax Kingdom
A Sol Mechanic - Just Pick Me Up EP (2014)
/RnB, Soul, Urban music, Cinematic,
Sampledelic, Mood music, Chill out/
Comment:
A Sol Mechanic is a producer from Los Angeles, California, USA who issued
his 5-track issue on New York-based imprint Stereocure. Actually it is highly
symbolic to build bridge between the two biggest cities in the USA because the
artist`s album is thoroughly urban, modern and related to urbanity. More
concretely, the album is a representative of the so-called modern rhythm and
blues and soul music. It does mean it runs on a shitloads of samples and the
knacks represented on it are the workout of intense production. The mood touch
is truly relaxing due to low-slung paces, wonky LFO filtered piano taps, cinematic
vibes and slightly drunk-pitched vocal deliveries. At times those soothing yet
hazy bass lines remind of more subdued moments from Air`s classical album Moon Safari (particularly in the
beginning at Feels Like Us). However,
this release`s essentiality couldn`t be brought forth without the influence of
Flying Lotus´ importance on the aforementioned genres (you can distinctly hear
sampledelic and chunky lo-fi approach in creating the sequence of rhythms). As
the artist sings /just take your time,
just take your time for me/crosslife for me/. Just pick it up!
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