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Comment: there we are to continue with an immense collection of the Jewish musician Wings of An Angel´s sequent issue Pause Play (Memoirs Of Russian Spiritual Landscapes, Aug 2016) from this year. I guess he might be the most prolific artist worldwide in 2016. In spite of the fact there is no decline in quality with regard to his music. His 9-notch issue might be disturbing ideologically to Russians because there are some disdainful, critical hints at it (Bawdy Songs About Shopping With The Wives Of Russian Oligarchs; Repeat My Mistakes (Why Does Russian History Repeat Itself Flawlessly And So Do I?; The Spiritual Horrors Of Our Imaginary Superiority)). Musically, however, it is a mellow drift between piano music and (dark) ambient music though the main elements are represented in tracks separately. Of course, the artist`s piano music is something unusual because those chords are either hammered or played on a prepared piano (Repeat My Mistakes (Why Does Russian History Repeat Itself Flawlessly And So Do I?; Without Permanent Identity (I Remain The ID-Free Cosmopolitan Vagabond Even As Years Pass On By; Innocent Blonde Girls Play Hopscotch In The Backrooms Of Post-Soviet Hotels)). The latter of them is the favourite of mine because of chiming like the play on an old, dusty piano. The artist’s ambient compositions are played with a pathos as if channelized through angelic filters, being solemn and compelling simultaneously. I guess there are up cathedral organ-alike drones to be added to inject something divine and wondrous to a body of work. At times it is a spacey and abstract riding, rather than a solemn insight into a mystical universe. In a word, it is an outstanding forge in 2016.

11/20/2016

The Bordellos – How To Lose Friends And Influence No-One (2016)

Small Bear

Post-punk
Alternative rock
Indie rock
Psychedelic rock
Americana
Lo-fi
DIY
Trance rock
Acid folk

Comment: The English combo The Bordellos started their issue with the statement we don't believe in motherfuckers anymore, which rather used to foretell a pessimistic approach to come. Indeed, it is fastened by the title, being a paraphrase of a Dale Carnegie's writing. Lyrically it hints at many cultural subjects and artists, at times cynically and ironically, at times on nostalgic feels though musically the album is foremost an enjoyable entry into psychedelic and lo-fi littered music. However, the combo provides some dodges into American roots music (involving much harmonica interplay with the rest of a composition) and trance rock, however, the latter having a common part with psychedelia anyway. For me, the musical group associates with contemporary British DIY culture, having joint parts with the likes of The Hirundu, and Clinker, for example. Of course, by listening to this 13-track outing one can suppose about many artists of being obvious influences under it (The Fall, Captain Beefheart, Spaceman 3, 60s acid folk from the UK, Jesus And The Mary Chain, Jandek, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Bob Dylan among others) I like their critical disposition and anti-pop stance against some cultural appearances and institutions with regard to the song titles (Piss On Spotify, Did The Bastards At The BBC Kill John Peel?, Vinyl Record Stamp Collector) which in turn fortunately is backed up by stark psychedelic touch and ability to create strong, often jam-alike compositions. Listen to this issue and read more about their thoughts in an interview for Yeah I Know It Sucks. The issue is a part of the discography of Small Bear Records.

11/17/2016

[Teaser of the day] Hypermagic - Ferris Reel

Alternative
Shoegazetronica
Indie
Nu-gaze
Hypnagogic pop
Electronic
Indietronica

Artist: Hypermagic

Release: Of Marsh and Mallow

Label: Self-released/Free Music Archive/Bandcamp

Year: 2012

[Teaser of the day] Alphaxone - Beyond Borders

Otium

Dark ambient
Experimentalism
Illbient
Epic
Soundscapes
Minimalism
Ambient drone
Avant-garde

Artist: Alphaxone

Release: Explorations

Label: Otium

Year: 2011

[Teaser of the day] El Negro Ricardo - Macumba

Dance rock
Art punk
Indie dance
Punk funk
Post-punk
Alternative dance

Artist: El Negro Ricardo

Release: La ermita de los negros

Label: Socsub

Year: 2016

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11/22/2016

[Teaser of the day] Dustmotes - Noise_Machine

[Teaser of the day] beat.dowsing - Elo.Hymn

Wings Of An Angel – Pause Play (Memoirs Of Russian Spiritual Landscapes, Aug 2016) (2016)