2/28/2012
Gillicuddy - ...Plays Guitar (2012)
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Lastfm
8.8
Lastfm
8.8
/Art pop, Singer-songwriter, Instrumental, Conceptual, Experimental/
Comment: undoubtedly Andreas Rohden is one of the most intriguing folk/indie songwriters from (Bochum) Germany and Europe generally. The recent array of 7-tracks clocking in at a length of 15 minutes all in all could be cited as the most accessible album ever produced by him. As the title hints at itself it consists of halcyon guitar chords only. Indeed, the pieces are polished, clear-cut and arranged without effects and whimsical point of view. Yet, on the other side, the whole seems to chime in arty way where arpeggio-pitched acoustic guitar chords used to occur as instrumental introspective visions which altogether will offer pleasant moments and calming milieus.
Sanderson Dear - Circles Change EP (2011)
9.2
/Deep techno, Psybient, Psytrance, Crossover, Experimental electronica/
Comment: Sanderson Dear is a musician/producer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who conveys mostly (ambient) trance-infiltrated techno propulsions which have been managed to get the original vibe and deep shape for the publication. More profoundly, those detectable repetitive patterns and motifs provide essentially enjoyable listening. This 3-track issue can be considered as one of the projections of the Outer Space. The universe is built on hypnotic oscillations and dusty glimpses of light. In a word, circles change.
Deserted Avenues - Hope (2011)
Comment: just a set of 4 tracks which consists of driving and slowly ascending guitar chords or their walls. The very most of it are instrumental compositions created by Deserted Avenues, a musical group who originate from Jönköping, Sweden. In a word, the issue can be described as an instance of post-rock stereotype. Though it is well produced and a times there can be perceived formidable power behind the structures it used to be without alarms and surprises.
2/27/2012
Stones & Holes - Stones & Holes EP (2011)
/Post-punk, Alternative pop/rock, Shoegaze, Indie dance, Madchester, Blues, Shoegaze, Alternative dance/
Comment: Stones & Holes is the collaboration act between the Estonian dance rockers Paul Sild, and Mart Avi (also known as the embodiment of Badass Yuki), and Saint Petersburg, Russia-based psych-rocker Alex Bondarev (aka Amazing Electronic Talking Cave and aka Killorgiveup). However, only good words can be said about this 6-track EP because all the notches are truly outstanding on it. With no exceptions. It veers away from intense, murky post-punk and atmospherical shoegaze-ish layers to catchy, old school Madchester/indie dance rhythm sequences to eccentric, bent visions of blues obviously having gotten influenced by the American Primitivism scene (John Fahey, Leo Kottke etc). However, the favorite of mine is 25 Hour Strip Club because of being highly catchy and nostalgic. More detailly, it involves the elements of formidable shoegaze and dance-appealed throbs, yet, on the other side it is embellished with Mart Avi`s vocal lines reminding of Mozza`s techniques (the impassioned accents, barking whiffs and compelling sighing in the first place). Of course, The Smiths was, is and will be the the best band for all eras (Ok, with The Beatles, and CAN) but this EP is also something which will be very hard to be forgotten.
Malty Media - Buk Buk Buk EP (2009)
/Psyambient, Sampledelic, Cut and paste, Plunderphonics, Sound collage, Experimental electronica/
Comment: Stuart McDonald aka Aquaboogie, and Michael Upton aka Jet Jaguar (who had produced together in MonkeyShuttle, an ambient combo from Wellington, New Zealand back in the 90s) offer up a handful of notches over 17 minutes exploiting a shitloads of samples extending from concrete sounds and elusive orchestration scatterings to glimmering electronic bits to spoken word snippets and pulsating trance rhythms (placed in between dub mixed ambient a la The Orb, and electronic trance rock a la Spacemen 3`s Big City (Everybody I Know Can Be Found From There). For instance, it is all about a track entitled as Chook Nocturne. In a nutshell, it is a very intriguing issue released on the legendary Monotonik records.
Magicks - Maya (2010)
/Experimental indie, New Weird America, Indie dance, Glo-fi, Shoegazetronica, Avant-pop, Chillwave, Dream pop, Freak folk, Post-psychedelic electronica/
Comment: Jason Magicks shows up his muscles throughout this 13-piece release (there is a hidden track as well - a cover version of Beach House`s Walk In The Dark). There is all what can be considered important having come out from the underground scenes of the USA in the course of the previous decade. More concretely, freak/free folk-ish twangs and jubilant vocal whiffs are mixed up with glo-fi/electronic shoegaze-ish progressions. For instance, Moving Right Along, and Chillin All Along are killer progressions (and of course, the abovementioned cover version with a mesmerizing, dance-appealed dimension). This Chicago-based one-man-project shares equally pleasure and challenge to the modern ear. Ohterwise, it is an instance of zeigeist music which used to have potential to outreach temporal borders toward the past and future.
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