[Teaser of the day] Swain - Quay Dismay

Imaginary Albums

• Indietronica
• Alternative
• Post-rock
• IDM
• Electronic music

Artist: Swain

Release: The Single

Label: Imaginary Albums

Year: 2003

[Teaser of the day] Aitänna77 - Waveforms

• Sampledelic
• Electronic music
• Easy listening
• Spoken word
• Alternative
• Mood music

Artist: Aitänna77

Release: Dried Flowers II

Label: Dusted Wax Kingdom

Year: 2017

Reomini – Whitetrash Weekend (2006)

Midinette

• Breakcore 
• Digital hardcore 
• Electronic music 
• Alternative 
• Jungle 
• Primitive music

Comment: this batch of 6 short-running compositions is an intensified blend of rough, lo-fi tinged rhythmic patterns and tight electronic oscillations and overloaded effects and neurotic syncopations within the pace. Yet it does not seem to be a lo-fi release eventually because the lo-fi approach is not here by natural causes but rather as an instrumental mean to bring deliberately forth something unconventional to the brink. At times those cadences are truly primitive kind of (at Geniokabchihoca, for example). You can imagine it as a universe which consists of incoming sounds from parallel universes at the same time, at times one of them is alternately being switched off and on. The joyful issue is a part of the discography of Midinette Records.

Neuronphase – 212 (2017)

Bandcamp

• House 
• Alternative dance 
• Electronic music 
• Acid jazz 
• Electro house 
• Club dance 
• Deep house 
• Nu jazz 
• Mood music 
• Sampledelic

Comment: Anti Aaver comes out of Tartu, Estonia once having been a member of the legendary DJ combo Neuronphase with Kalev K, and Tritse in the 90s. Furthermore, he had also been a member of the indie group Bizarre whose album Cafè De Flor (1996, Sally Cinnamon Music) can be considered an outstanding album within the Estonian underground scene with a blistering blend of dreamy guitars, mystically sounding samples and dance-induced rhythms. It is still a magic, time proven record after a 20 year span. By the way, Anti Aaver played guitars over there and at 212 one hear some accidental guitars to appear either. However, the main course is driven by his club-related doings and the 9-notch outing hovers fairly up to the highest standard. Skiddy synth layers, loosely yet succulently gravitating house cadences, exquisite hisses, velvety and sultry synthesised wrappings where you can feel a sturdy touch of (nu) jazz influence (by the way, such a German combo as Jazzanova is highly beloved in the Estonian house circles). Additionally to its dance-induced angle you are also aroused by its emotive depth. The course is changing stepwise thereby adding an extra value to the mix. Another value is based on those prolonged synthesised peaks in the last section of the tracks. In a word, it is a definite addition to the list of the best albums in 2017. A must have stuff to a lover of house music because of being a good example of how an interesting house album should be produced Anno Domini 2017.

Seppuku – Permanent Real Delicate (2011)

Dracula Horse

• New Wave 
• Post-punk 
• Synth-rock 
• Alternative rock 
• Indie rock 
• Synth-pop 
• Dreamwave 
• Alternative 
• Space pop 
• Kosmische Musik 
• Dance rock 
• Art punk 
• Acid rock

Comment: it is tremendous honour to be back at the discography of Dracula Horse, the American imprint of being closely related to Coolrunnings, a combo that had produced a bunch of outstanding contemporary psychedelic issues. However, Seppuku's 6-track issue of being embedded in a 16-minute is as great as well. It starts off with an abrasive electronic/synth-punk/new wave rant to stepwise evolve into more psychedelic and spacious appearances at will. The artist is dripping with dreamy guitars and dream-drenched synthesisers which used to have more in common with such space explorers as M Geddes Gengras, Oneothrix Point Never, Steve Hauschildt, Leyland Kirby rather than with die-hard post-punk ensembles. First and foremost, I am talking about composition called Ravine. And of course, all of that effortless aplomb leads eventually to remembering Tangerine Dream. In a word, that's an explosive yet bewildering miscellany of dance-appealed guitar chords, and reverie-induced keyboards, and suggestive propulsions. Top quality by any means.

rr.gross – Plug One (2017)

Suspicious Sound

• Minimalism 
• Experimentalism 
• Avant-garde 
• Abstract 
• Electronic music 
• Ambient 
• Sound art 
• Avant-electronica 
• Dada music

Comment: undoubtedly this 4-notch issue provides a peculiar listening experience because of being linearly built up and also consisting of minimal changes throughout the course of 4 tracks, three of them are up to 14 minutes each on their own. And one of the tracks clocks in at a nearby 2 minute in contrast. However, I could not recognise it to be up to more than 40 minutes in total. I perceived it to be remarkably shorter though having no idea of how lengthy it used to be in fact. Furthermore, I have checked out to convince myself to have listened to an album consisting of more than one track. It is an intriguing listening experience because of enjoying primitive and complex progressions at the same time. More profoundly, the progressions which may seem primitive at the first glance are enough complex and astute at the second one. You do meet tricky electronic effects, repetitive enchantment, profound ambient layers and watery chord meltdowns. I guess the artist is influenced by such visual artists as Salvador Dali. Most of the course seems to have been transforming while doing violently away with its previous shape. With regard to a tongue-in-cheek attitude it at times turns into a slight dadaist flicker. However, ultimately the release is a surreal appearance. rr.gross is a composer and improviser from the Big Apple who has released it on his own imprint Suspicious Sound.

[Teaser of the day] Sergi Boal - Fukushima

No-Source

• Flamenco
• World music
• Acoustic pop
• Art music

Artist: Sergi Boal

Release: Nylon & Turtle

Label: No-Source/Acustronica

Year: 2012