The Death Sound - TDS: Year One (2008)

OFF/BRUMA

Lastfm

/Avant-garde, Noise, Experimentalism, Live recording, Spoken word, Psycho-acoustic, Electronic, Industrial, Leftfield/

Comment: I don`t know does deserve the project of Matt and Alex its name or not but music outstretched at a course of 77 minutes is fairly startling because pushing forward an avant-garde concept. However, the issue embraces some live recordings which are obviously less important and more confusing and quite tedious parts on it (for instance, The Birthday Party coming out of a length of 33 minutes). Otherwise, there are up plenty of incisive and thought-provoking electronic progressions being obviously influenced by the tradition of old school industrial music (Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Big City Orchestra, Clock DVA). It includes off-kilter spoken recitations, ominously throbbing dance rhythms or more insolent and louder clanging, reverb-heavy steely rains, wobbling electronic wisps, squelchy synth progressions being interwoven with some spoken samples from having-no-idea-wherefrom. Those different rhythmic formations used to reflect upon different mental and spiritual states. At times the artist`s appearance can be highly immersive (for instance, Psychic Wave - Crest 2) or weirdly light-hearted while rejecting law of gravitation (For instance, The Zac Cunningham Throwing Up in His Bedsheets Memorial Benediction), a times presenting the lunatic´s lullaby songs (No Waking). The project reaches its goal by providing oppressive milieu to be coated over the listener`s mind. In a word, you must hear it. It rewards close listening for sure.

[Teaser of the day] Indigowave - Sidewalk

Soundcloud

• Alternative dance
• Electro-indie
• Indie pop
• Chillwave
• Alternative pop

Artist: Indigowave

Release: Sidewalk

Label: Self-released 

Year: 2014

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AbJo - The Art Of Dreaming (2010)

Mediafire

/Breaks, Alternative pop, Soul-hop, Electronica, Dream-hop, Trip-hop, Chilltronica, Piano music, Art music, Mood music/

Comment: San Diego-based producer AbJo`s issues can be dug out from Bandcamp – there are represented 16 ones. However, The Art Of Dreaming is an exception being outside the row. In any cases, The Art of Dreaming is an eminent issue where more or less fractured hip-hop and trip-hop breaks are adorned with subtle glockenspiel induced jingle-jangle, captivated synth loops, moderate sonic effects, dizzy harp drenched enchantment and intellectual play of art pop tendencies. Mandatory tones of soul music are also up there. Although the predominant milieu on it is sedative and soothing the signs of a good album cut through during the course of these 22 minutes. It almost sounds like the 00s instrumental equivalent to Radiohead`s OK Computer (1997). In true, some guitars are represented over there now and then. Moreover, AbJo did manipulate with such sonic elements and extended techniques which later would be reflected on the albums of Oneothrix Point Never. Check it out. 

[Teaser of the day] Bing Satellites - Rise

BFW Recordings

• Ambient
• Soundscape
• Abstract
• Experimental electronica
• Ambient drone
• Space music
• Epic
• Minimalism

Artist: Bing Satellites

Release: Rain

Label: BFW Recordings

Year: 2015

Alternative links:

Bandcamp

LuckEnHouse – Panaji (2014)

The Tinopener`s Music

/Psytrance, Ambient trance, Psychill, Mood music, Psybient, Alternative dance, World music, Ethnic electronica/

Comment: exactly one year ago, on the 19^th of July in 2014 LuckEnHouse posted at his Facebook site the announcement about the release of an album, Panaji which used to weave psychedelic hazes, electronic rhythms of trance and chill out music and world music/ethnic music oriented motives to create a set of 57 minute to embed the needle deep into the listener`s hedonistic cerebral centre. Yeah! Indeed, it is a sophisticated outing with regard to have got to set out the plan to balance smoothly between the aforementioned styles. Since the 60s the Indian music has been having a substantial influence on the Western pop culture. Regarding the issue the listener can perceive ethnic motives coming out of the northern regions of India and influences of Goa trance stranded in the midst of bouncy rhythms and breezy synthesised orchestrations atop. This album could readily be a part of the discography of Ektoplazm, the trance oriented label. The issue is dedicated to Richard H Kirk who founded Cabaret Voltaire with Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson thereby being one of the pioneers of industrial music, noise music, post-punk music and later electronic dance music either. In a nutshell, this 8-notch issue is an elysian meal for your body and mood.  

[Teaser of the day] .Khi - Killer Lady

Bump Foot

• Experimental techno
• Post-classical
• Avant-garde
• Leftfield
• Glitch techno
• Crossover
• Experimental electronica

Artist: .Khi

Release: I Had A Dream

Label: Bump Foot

Year: 2007

Alternative links:

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Sound Awakener - Five Chapters (2014)

Petroplyph

Bandcamp

Soundcloud

/Avant-garde, Experimentalism, Piano music, Field recording, Improvised music/

Comment: Vietnam-based artist Nguyễn Hồng Nhung aka Sound Awakener takes on an upright acoustic piano to create something inspired and beautiful. The issue starts off with Vibrate which differentiates due to a more buried timbre and sonic vamp. Later on, the artist creates tracks by amplifying them to the edge of distortion and dissonance, or using the sounds of field recording, or adding reverb-heavy spaces, some hissy wisps and stereo tricks to the blend. Nguyễn Hồng Nhung is an endued musician because of being classically educated he has not lost his explorative nature to educational formalism. In fact, these two characteristic vectors do have the same direction thereby resulting in the hitting stomp emotively. More concretely, hilarious moments are variegated with more shadowy glimpses into the soul of piano improvisation. Some tracks might sound in a lo-fi way at times yet it is not something of a lo-fi album because all the layers added to the mix are produced in an adept way. You could call it the knavish lo-fi outing if you wish. On this example the Vietnamese musician`s outing resembles the Swede Oskar Hallbert`s slightly introvertive and hazy compositions. Solid issue indeed.