George R. Powell - Legend of Zelda_Majora's Mask: Then the Healing Came OC ReMix (2014)

Ocremix

/Neoclassical, Soundtrack, Epic, Remix, Alternative, Game music/

Comment: these 200 seconds are fabulous ones – full of epic, film score-alike ascensions, sublime expansions and delicately murky glides. The remix comes out of such site as OcreMix which main topic is dedicated to chiptune/tracker music though this time the progressions used to be very far away from the style. The tracks` style reminds me of another American Nicholas Kirk`s handwriting who has been closely related to Whitestone Motion Pictures.  The Ninendo game`s original music was created by Koji Kondo, and Toru Minegishi.  

[Teaser of the day] Luncil - Brisa

Petroglyph

• Ambient rock
• Dream pop
• Ethereal wave
• Dark wave
• Art rock
• Experimental rock

[Teaser of the day] The War on Drugs - Baby Missiles

Lastfm

• Psychedelic rock
• Alternative pop
• Indie rock

The Vévé Seashore - A Cup of Coffee for Your Fears

Chenard Walcker – The Pusher (2006)

Free Sample Zone

/Funk, World fusion, Soul, Afrofuturism, Psychedelic, Cut and paste, Art rock, Delta blues, Plunderphonics, Sound collage, Sampledelic, Experimentalism/

Comment: the French surrealist Chenard Walcker started off his music career in the beginning of the 00s additionally his visual collage projects. He had been very prolific during the next 4-5 years in producing music before he fell in diabetic coma. Most of his sound is produced under his own Free Sample Zone though some of them are being parts of the discography of WM Recordings, Comfort Stand, and Laboratoire Moderne. Musically he continued to solidify the tradition of plunderphonics and sample-based music (John Oswald, People Like Us, Pogo, Cagey House, Christian Marclay, Cassetteboy, The Evolution Music Committee, Ergo Phizmiz etc). The Pusher is built up on the black music tradition (mostly US-based but also suggestive of some Africa centred futuristic progressions) but also adding some volatile art/prog music whiffs and ecclesiastic Catholic singing into his melting pot. The result is seamlessly mesmeric, persuasive and may be introducing to discover the rest legacy of the French juggernaut.

mnttaB - 3CR Session July 2014 (2014)

Bandcamp

/No Wave, Leftfield, Electronic, Noise rock, Sampledelic, Alternative dance, Art punk, Post-punk, Space rock, Dance rock, Alternative rock/

Comment: it is not the first appearance of the Australia-based collective mnttaB at Recent Music Heroes. I can remember for their cutting-edge guitar progressions with danceable electronic undercurrents. However, this 4-track session is an amazing outlet of much more elements being added to the mix in comparison to previous times. The issue embarks on with distressfully morose spacey guitar progressions which will be traded for a sampledelic content at Men Resisting Change: Second Wave Feminism And Western Films From 1960-1979. WhiteNoise is a hypnotic, spaced-out dance notch and Welcome To The Planet, Dear is saturated with heavy electro chips and noise flinders. In a nutshell, the result is refreshing and kick-ass. Mandatory for all those guys and gals who think punk is not dead yet.      

Infirm Individual – Agoraphobia (2014)

Infirm Individual

/Black metal, Technical metal, Goregrind, Hardcore, Sludge metal, Synthpop, Cybergrind, Electronic pop, Crossover, Organic electronica, Mood music/

Comment: it is obviously the most challenging work by Infirm Individual who is an one-man-artist from Germany. Nevertheless how the album title suggests at the time freedom and unlimited magnitude for playing readily with disparate facets are obviously the most important premises for him. In general, different branches of metal music are interlaced with more volatile and glamorous musical strands and appearances. For instance, the opening track Draugr (The Living Dead) is an absolute teaser – I cannot remember for a metal/hardcore exemplar never before of involving sheeny synthpop and (deep) house vibes. Unebelievable indeed. However, all these abrupt shifts in mood and paces are managed in a way to hit effect unflaggingly. This 7-track album just must be heard to get the evidence of it. One is unarguably sure – I am going to add it the best albums list of mine in 2014.