Brother Saturn – Unstable Lands (2016)

We Are All Ghosts

Bandcamp

• Dreamwave 
• Abstract 
• Ambient drone 
• Space music 
• Kosmische Musik 
• Indietronica 
• Alternative 
• Synthwave 
• Ambient 
• Electronic music 
• Post-rock 
• Ambient rock

Comment: sometime in the first half of the 90s when Sun Ra left Earth for Saturn forever, to arrive at his birth place he also left vacant his place on the blue planet. By listening to spatial music by Colorado, US-based artist Drew Miller aka Brother Saturn, and enjoying the quality and quantity of his sound he could be an excellent candidate to replace the legend. Unstable Land is a beatific progression through extended and stretched chords and drones being saturated with vibrations. He exploits both guitars and apparently modular synthesisers to fortify the soundscape. At times there can be drawn parallels upon Slowdive's abstract development Pygmalion, at times upon M Geddes Gengras, at times upon the most hazy moments by Ducktails, at times upon epic still life by Pan American at Quiet City, however, the artist does have his own subtle touch and sublime approach among the other ones. I guess Miller's proficiency used to come forth through a dense creative act while drifting between the formalism and sensual (emotive) music. Indeed, one element does not exclude another one in his theoretical setup. Maybe there is also up invisible magic needed to unify the both elements into an enchanting whole. The finishing track Nature`s Reckoning is more mundane in comparison to the other compositions due the stomping mid-tempo rhythm which is accompanied by a distinct guitar pattern. All in all, the result is worth to be added to a list of the best albums in 2016. It was announced Unstable Lands to be his last issue on We Are All Ghosts. By the way, in recent times the artist issued a couple of brand new ones called Descent Into Madness, and Light! Joy! Ascent! I See The Stars In Your Heart.

[Teaser of the day] Glenn Sogge - Part 2

• Avant-garde
• Musique concrète
• New Age
• Electronic music
• Crossover
• Acousmatic music
• Field recording
• Experimentalism
• Post-classical
• Art music

Artist: Glenn Sogge

Release: The Once And Future Dystopian

Label: Studio 4632

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Thuoom - Liike

Textural Healing

• Abstract
• Illbient
• Soundscape
• Microtonal
• Post-industrial
• Avant-garde
• Sound art
• Minimalism
• Experimentalism

Artist: Thuoom

Release: Reuna EP

Label: Textural Healing

Year: 2016

Sean Nicholas Savage – Magnificent Fist (2016)

Arbutus

• Blue-eyed soul 
• Alternative pop 
• Indie pop 
• Soft rock
• Singer-songwriter
• Psychedelic pop

Comment: I can remember for it happened approximately 4-5 years ago at a small indie festival at Killingi-Nõmme, Estonia called Schilling nearby the natural environment when I was enjoying a performance by the Canadian troubadour Sean Nicholas Savage. It was fascinating because of seeing barefooted Savage walking and at times sitting down while singing at the stage in late night being predominant and staggering with his voice which used to expand everywhere being just accompanied by one guitar. It was one of the most impressive gigs I had ever seen. And it is true to recent days. The Montrèal-based artist is being sonically active to have released CDs, LPs, tapes and digital items under Arbutus Records. Yeah, SNS does have his own idiosyncratic style to have expanded and developed over the years. His ascetic and spartan blue-eyed soul is full of emotions and enchanting soulful resonances and one can perceive his flickering longing while singing about love and his love towards music /Music saved my life that's why I wanna spend all my time doing music/music gets me high that's why I wanna spend the rest of my time doing music/music saved my life so many times/. Indeed, I guess Music is one of the finest direct dedications to a most exquisite branch of art. In truth, your own thoughts and experiences get transmitted back to you in a spirited way. It touches very closely all those of us being addicted to music and sonic design. However, this is just one great ditty among others within the outing. Maybe it is even more honest to conclude about the albums of him as wholesome fists of compositions which used to hit the listener (by the way, Montrèal-based artists like to employ the fists in their music, even if those are the skinny ones with regard to GYBE!). It will live up to your expectations even given that you could expect from it before to start listening. It could be said he is one of those contemporary indie stalwarts with Connan Mockasin and Soft Hair and partly Kevin Parker from Tame Impala and in recent days even Kurt Wagner from Lambchop who have developed soul mannerism and added new threads and twists to it within the indie music scene. In a word, it is a subsequent great listening session by him and support him by buying his vinyls, tapes and CDs and digital files.

[Teaser of the day] Kevin Lyons - The Tractate Middoth

We Are All Ghosts

• Ambient
• Avant-garde
• Soundscape
• Sound art
• Abstract
• Experimentalism
• Space music
• Electronic music
• Electro-acoustic

Artist: Kevin Lyons

Release: Curious Warnings

Label: We Are All Ghosts

Year: 2013

[Teaser of the day] Wacky Southern Current - Trains Are Cool

• Art pop
• Indietronica
• Easy listening
• Alternative
• Electronic
• Mood music
• Post-pop

Artist: Wacky Southern Current

Release: Today`s Embrace

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2014

Calla Soiled – Lucoq (2015)

Bunkai-Kei

Bandcamp

• Chilltronica 
• Alternative dance 
• Yacht pop 
• Electronic pop 
• Electro-house
• Deep house 
• Crossover
• Mood music 
• Nu jazz 
• Balearic house 
• Design pop

Comment: it have always felt myself delighted while coming to a Japanese imprint, this time to Bunkai-Kei. This issue of 11 compositions by Calla Soiled is a true beast due to fairly exquisite modes on chill out, electronica, design pop, jazz, and (Balearic) and electro and deep house and even drowsy yacht pop elements are also represented over there. On the other side, all these elements are not represented in pure way and even not in a sectional way but instead of it with intention to think off something which could be considered an example of universal contemporary music. An example of electronic music without the borders. And the artist reaches the goal in doing it. I have been listening to it since early morning today but the result is getting even more woozy and hazy. It is not because the structure and configuration of these songs is filled with microscopic flaws one could find out after an intense listening session but rather it is zipped in a sophisticated way full of alchemically sticky elements which used to react with one another after a while. On the other hand, it might be I caught the level of nocturnal and deep house-inflected hours within it (for instance, at Rainfall; at Pellucid). By considering the blanket of the issue and the music pouring out from within it you could imagine eine Lichtung /a clearing/lighting to be seen within the ragged top of a volcano in Heideggerian way. Top standing indeed. For your soul, for your body, for your dream, for your reality, for your transcendental mind.