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4/29/2016

[Teaser of the day] OUDEIS - Harm

Murmure Intemporel

Post-industrial
Avant-garde
Abstract
Electro-acoustic
Neoclassical
Dystopbient
Experimentalism
Dark ambient
Industrial illbient

Artist: OUDEIS

Release: Abused

Label: Murmure Intemporel

Year: 2016

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Morpheus – Alkemiisto (2003/2008/2009)

Aventuèl

Lomeanor

Dark Wave
Dark ambient
Art music
Interpreted music
Neoclassical
Avant-garde
Post-classical

Comment: Morpheus` 14-track issue Alkemiisto is an intriguing issue because the artist’s original music is variegated with his own versions of such classical composers/musicians as Bach, Corelli, Vangelis, Abeni, Vildsvin, Chopin and additionally some video game numbers. It sounds interesting, isn’t? In stylistic and temporal terms it does mean Stanislav Rubyteno has opened possibilities to either unite or juxtapose old, baroque music with blackened ambient and neoclassical tunes. The general mood is resolutely murky and damp thereby allowing few chances to shed light upon in the middle of shadowplay. More concretely, hammering piano chords and solemn organ droning are unwound with yarning orchestrated passages and ominous, expressive ambient glimpses. Undoubtedly Rubyteno`s melancholy is beautiful and dignifying therefore bolstering the issue with quality. Get it.

Amit Buium – Void (2016)

Bandcamp

Shoegazetronica
New Wave
Synth pop
Epic
Dream pop
Electro-rock
Ambient rock
Post-rock
Indietronica
Fusion
Ambient pop
Alternative pop/rock
Synth rock

Comment: Amit Buium is a young and talented artist from Israel who has obviously been loving the 80s for a while with regard to listening to her first proper outing. Those influences come out either directly or circuitously depending on each track. By using a plentiful of more or less hazy synthesiser-based hanky panky and electronic drums and being sacrificed the guitar-based sounds she has produced this 6-notch issue for our pleasure. However, her influences seem to come from the epoch while many (post-) punk musicians changed their sound more toward synthesizer-driven and dance-appealed sound (New Order, Killing Joke, The Cure, A Certain Ratio etc). For instance, at Cheated the listener could perceive her voice to unveil obvious, minor chord similarities and singing manner with Tanita Tikaram while her voice is backed up by intensely whirling synthesizer chords, and New Age-y motives. The young musician surprises me at Landscapes, which conjures up blistery longing on the base of playing in the vein of jazzy/fusion guitar patterns which will turn into a melodic post-rock weave. On the other side, the title track, Rain, and Homesickness (the favourite of mine!) are expertly soaked in reveries and being relentless in progressing to majestic, almost hymn-alike chords. The album is retrospective in a good sense because of creating something idiosyncratic on the base of the older music. At the moment the debut album by Amit Buium is a definitive candidate to be appeared in the list of the best issues in 2016.