Recent Music Heroes

7/29/2017

The Hirundu – Telemachus (2017)

Hirundu

Bandcamp

Experimental rock
Lo-Fi
Ska
Jazz
Electronic
Art pop
Alternative pop
Electro-indie
DIY
Ambient
Mood music
Indie
Leftfield pop
Post-rock
Crossover

Comment: it happens approximately in the mid of 2008 when I discovered more closely then such a great platform as lastfm and mostly due to it I discovered a huge, independently existing sonic world called the webaudio/netlabel scene. Of course, there were up an immense amount of artists who had been existing on their own way. One of the most magnificent artists was The Hirundu from Blackpool, UK; firstly John Crewdson-led combo/or John Crewdson only had been so productive though his tenure as the combo's frontman started off at the end of the 80s, secondly The Hirundu's sound was being so variegated and provoking yet being technically in accomplishment a cut above in comparison to most other combos around. From incisive lo-fi/DIY/post-punk madness to kinda radiophonic and plunderphonics art and broken psychedelia to an idiosyncratic electronic music and stoned dance act which later on evolved into a dark ambient branch. Telemachus, the 12-notch outing is a step further within the discography showing up Johnny Crewdson's ability to create potent ditties. These can freely be entitled pop songs of certainly deserving to be played on respected indie/alternative pop radio shows. Or maybe it is way too radical and unpredictable to be presented through the air because one can feel a tongue in cheek attitude in these wonky pop songs. However, it is a part of the credibility of the Hirundu we used to adore and jealously defend for because of being a hallmark of our own strong identity. On the other hand, I have had no time and wish to listen to The Fall's last albums for a while because I know what I could expect by MES and it does not cheer me up anymore. What you could get by Johnny Crewdson it is being a cheerful expectation due to a cornucopia of seminal ideas. From murky experimental rock to moody jazz standards to a blissful ambient progression to a funky ska number to a chopped-up yet exuberant electronic/ post-punk to something indecipherable and the description goes on and on. Top tier by any means. Hail to The Hirundu. By the way, Johnny Crewdson has also been a member of another combo, Golf Harris. Pitch And Putt has been the unofficial imprint for The Hirundu's music for all these years.

MediaData – Submersion (2017)

Abstrakt Reflections

Ambient
Downtempo
Breaks
Ambient
Shoegaze
Electronic music
Breakbeat
Alternative
Art music
Post-classical
Remix
Space music
Kosmische Musik
Avant-garde
Experimentalism
Post-industrial
Ambient techno
Soundscape

Comment: I am truly glad to be back at the discography of the Argentina-based record label Abstrakt Reflections of which soaring has been impressive since its starting point. Yesterday I felt myself a bit nauseous with regard to softened values in music today actually I do not. A human being's life is full of contradictions it might be even better not to thoroughly analyse yourself and your doings from one day to another. I can feel this huge bunch of 16 pieces includes some softened elements too though in overall it is the balanced whole of crispy rhythms and spaced-out synthesised orchestrations which will take you far away, bringing you out somewhere there is no place for distress and pain. You are allowed to see a big picture. Indeed, beauty saves the world. There are up enough examples of the kind, for example, Symptomatology. With regard to the title and on the other hand relying on the otherworldly feeling of the outing it can be compared with the doings of such adventurous heroes as Hans Hass, and Jacques Yves Cousteau who had spent much time of their life spans under the water. However, is it either the sound of underwater or Outer Space? I guess the both variations are right because the music over there is thoroughly immersed in divine touch. From highly lofty plateaus to going down into mystical abysses. By listening to this thoroughly balanced and organically multifaceted set you can think of heretical thoughts of having no necessity for music criticism as a phenomenon. Indeed, the words are excessive to convey it. Some tracks are remixed by such producers as Huron, r.roo, and c0ma. Denis VAs is a mastermind and these 49 minutes and 20 seconds constitute a best outing in this year.