12/31/2011
Leah Rosier - Irie rmx EP (2011)
Dubbhism
Soundcloud
9.2
Soundcloud
9.2
/Dub, Crossover, Remix, Pop, Dancehall, Reggae/
Comment: this is an amusing 6-track remix album comprising the Caribbean rhythms and ambiances and on the other side within these Jamaica-relied elements you can clearly perceive how the pop intentions by Leah Rosier, a singer from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have been maintained to seep optimal dose out of it. So the EP can be called a sort of crossover release where a type of catchy mainstream-inflected pop example is intertwined with dub/dancehall cadences. The music of Leah Rosier is remixed by Bruno Tanmateos, Monolow, Digikal Roots, Peter Speakah, Caballo & Neki Stranac, and Not Easy At All. Ultimately, it is an enjoyable and charming music in any sense of these adjectives.
[Compilation] 8081 - va006 (2011)
8081
8.6
8.6
/Tracker music, 8bit, Bitpop, Chipbreak, Chiptune, Experimental electronica/
Comment: 8081 is a label from Russia dedicated for consecrating the chiptune/bitpop/tracker music/8-bit pop, however, a kind of music considered to be a precedessor of the nowadays electronic music scene (by the way, allegedly the deceased Malcolm McLaren was truly fascinated with such sort of music at the ending period of 90s/beginning of 00s having a talk about it as a new version of punk music) This is a 11-track miscellany providing quite usual understanding of the aforementioned styles. On the other side, there are some exceptions as well. The first track offers up an angry, rave-inflected vista; the favorite of mine, the seventh notch is up here to display a tough conglomeration between tracker music and jungle undercurrents. Here are represented the artists such as Good Chemistry, Moaner, Light Elf, Den Derty, AlexOrge, <3an, vefiretiwina, Max Tailord, BOB The Builder!, spacecosmic, and fakediscoclub.
Skala Collective - Black Constellation (2011)
/Krautrock, Post-rock, Avant-rock, Ambient rock, Instrumental rock, Psychedelic rock, Free jazz, Avant-industrial, Space rock, Experimental rock, Dub rock, Electronic, Improvised music/
Comment: Skala Collective, a trio out there provides a mesmerizing blend of post-rock, electronica, free jazz/improvised music, space rock, ambient. At times it is gloomy and contemplative on its propulsive post-metal/doom metal and illbient/dark ambient-esque run, at times thoroughly acute due to its krautrock-ish progressions. On the other side, however, the most off-beat tendency is that the trio (Roger; Maya; GBart) fuses the structures of post-rock with the steps of dub rock balancing between majestic and soothing. In any cases, you can draw parallels upon the likes of Cul De Sac, and Tortoise, Jessamine, and Bardo Pond, Melting Clouds, and Gastr Del Sol. All in all, it is an outstanding (rock) album for sure.
A Happy New Year!
Dear musicians, music activists, bloggers, melomans and listeners!
The year 2011 will be over soon and 2012 will be starting thereafter. It was a prolific year, for musicians, for labels and for writers. I guess I will not be wrong just saying that there are not being around such a year with so many issues and truly qualitative music. While I have listened to enormous quantity of releases, however, a countless more time of albums was not to be listened to and waiting to be shed light upon in 2012, 2013, and so on.
However, I am going to point out some artists who did have huge impact by their impressive aesthetics on me. Mirabilia, Clinker, Nick Rivera, Woodworkings, The Hirundu, Possimiste, slept., Lee Noble, Brian Eno (on Warp), Ermine Coat, EDASI, Saito Koji, Bing Satellites, 2muchachos, Derek Clegg, Wonder Wheel, ~▲†▲~, Wreck And Reference, plusplus, Sejdman, The Womb, The Wreck Up, The Bilinda Butchers, Nick Rivera, fydhws, bryyn (previously Pinkle), VIYA, Gutta Percha, Super Random Knowledge Porridge, Valery & The Greedies, Cold Womb Descent, Bear Mountain, The Hatsune Mikus, Bob Ostertag, Starfire Connective Sound, Doug Sharp, Speculativism.
Unfortunately there were some unpleasant moments and tendencies as well. While lots of new websites and blogs appeared on the free music blogosphere, Free Music Galore, Peter`s Blog, and Netlabels Revue - very eminent blogs - decided to end up their activity. Another aspect is closely related to the possible pressure on free issued music and culture. As you know it is no surprise that some instances are intended to smother this movement. Let`s recall Bradford Cox case at the end of 2010 and this year they tried their "fortune" at Recent Music Heroes. I was really surprised how arbitrarily and absurdly these processes used to happen (for instance, blaming someone without the author`s approval who otherwise used to share this content legally at Bandcamp). Of course, don`t forget the SOPA case being relevant to it running on at the moment. I hope the common sense of the US representatives will win ultimately.
In a nutshell, we need even more blogs and websites to cover all the amount of free music as a kind of the expression of free people`s free will. God bless you. A Happy New Year in 2012.
The year 2011 will be over soon and 2012 will be starting thereafter. It was a prolific year, for musicians, for labels and for writers. I guess I will not be wrong just saying that there are not being around such a year with so many issues and truly qualitative music. While I have listened to enormous quantity of releases, however, a countless more time of albums was not to be listened to and waiting to be shed light upon in 2012, 2013, and so on.
However, I am going to point out some artists who did have huge impact by their impressive aesthetics on me. Mirabilia, Clinker, Nick Rivera, Woodworkings, The Hirundu, Possimiste, slept., Lee Noble, Brian Eno (on Warp), Ermine Coat, EDASI, Saito Koji, Bing Satellites, 2muchachos, Derek Clegg, Wonder Wheel, ~▲†▲~, Wreck And Reference, plusplus, Sejdman, The Womb, The Wreck Up, The Bilinda Butchers, Nick Rivera, fydhws, bryyn (previously Pinkle), VIYA, Gutta Percha, Super Random Knowledge Porridge, Valery & The Greedies, Cold Womb Descent, Bear Mountain, The Hatsune Mikus, Bob Ostertag, Starfire Connective Sound, Doug Sharp, Speculativism.
Unfortunately there were some unpleasant moments and tendencies as well. While lots of new websites and blogs appeared on the free music blogosphere, Free Music Galore, Peter`s Blog, and Netlabels Revue - very eminent blogs - decided to end up their activity. Another aspect is closely related to the possible pressure on free issued music and culture. As you know it is no surprise that some instances are intended to smother this movement. Let`s recall Bradford Cox case at the end of 2010 and this year they tried their "fortune" at Recent Music Heroes. I was really surprised how arbitrarily and absurdly these processes used to happen (for instance, blaming someone without the author`s approval who otherwise used to share this content legally at Bandcamp). Of course, don`t forget the SOPA case being relevant to it running on at the moment. I hope the common sense of the US representatives will win ultimately.
In a nutshell, we need even more blogs and websites to cover all the amount of free music as a kind of the expression of free people`s free will. God bless you. A Happy New Year in 2012.
12/29/2011
Derek Clegg - Across Town (2011)
/Alt-folk, Folk indie, Singer-songwriter, Indie folk, Alt-country, Americana/
Comment: Derek Clegg is a troubadour from Chicago, Illinois, USA who has issued three albums in 2011. Across Town is a follow-up to the albums Here Comes Your Fate, Quick Duck, and Beautiful World. I can say only superlative words about this 12-notch album. All the elements of the album are craftily unisoned with each other, offering up a remembering worth listening experience. Mostly it is folk, less it is country, however, all of that is made up of high-flown, majestic Americana. More profoundly, the velvety, accentuated singing manner is counterbalanced with lofty synthesized strings and numerous chord changes in a big manner. On the other side, Beautiful World pays tribute to John Fahey and other representatives of the American Primitivism scene. Anyway, you can admit to have parallels with Wilco, Alexi Murdoch, Josh Woodward, and Brian Borcherdt as well. An outstanding album indeed (I have yet not listened to his previous albums, though).
Subterrestrial - Map of the Interior World (2010/2011)
/IDM, Experimental electronica, Chiptune, Lo-fi, DIY, Folktronica/
Comment: it is said on the blogspot/homesite of Subterrestrial that Map of the Interior World was available on a specially packaged 3.5" floppy disk from Diskette Etikette Rekords, catalog number DER008. It was originally issued on July 27, 2010 and limited to 35 copies. However, now is the EP issued on a label, Diskette Etikette Net. The 4-track publication consists of intimately chiming short-running developments, incorporating the elements of lo-fi electronica, chiptune-resembling shades, and art-tronica/IDM-tinged spawns. The favorite of mine is the closing notch interior_world4.map which is an elusive vista based on glockenspiel/laptop folk-determined sequences and glitches.
Annorkoth - Voids EP (2011)
/Glam rock, Dark pop, Dark wave, Alternative, Lo-fi, DIY, Neoclassical/
Comment: it is said that Annorkoth is an atmospheric depressive black metal band from Podolsk, Russia. But wait for a moment! This EP of 24 minutes spreading out over 7 tracks chimes at least like a light-weighted or steam-rolled version of brutal metal. Indeed, it is murky, at times embellished with martial-induced paces and sometimes offering up slightly bleak visions (as similar as the coverprint of it used to be) but on the other side it is conducted by the melancholic drops of piano chords, fast tempo progressions and breezy structural dodges. Altogether, it seems more restraint glam than black or more dark wave than black metal. And it is absolutely the sort of instrumental music. Visit Annorkoth`s self-titled website/blogspot where are uploaded shitloads of albums, EPs, splits/collaborations.
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