nula.cc – Fall To Earth (2018)

Bandcamp

• Musique concrète 
• Microtonal 
• Avant-garde 
• Experimentalism 
• Field recording 
• Electro-acoustic 
• Electronic music 
• Abstract 
• Microsound 
• Ambient

Comment: nula.cc`s East by Rail was one of the favourite albums in 2017. Concrete sounds were mixed up with artificial ones in a way to conjure up unforgettable synergy from within the initial parts. The sum of its particles was exceeded by the whole amount. Similarly to the Prague, the Czech Republic based project`s previous issue Fall To Earth should be listened in the mode while all nearby windows and doors are closed because otherwise the listener is foreclosed to evaluate the issue`s intellectual impact while its functional impact is implemented though. Because of getting well resonated with the surrounding ambient you have to admit the latter goal is fulfilled. In comparison to East By Rail the result seems to be more reserved and hazy, it is quite hard to find access to it. You can hear vague sounds coming in and out and then alternate unobtrusively and being traded for other hazy progressions. However, my senses got finally moved at Stigmata which is a vague yet haunting drone/ambient track being spiced up by remote clanks and an accidental tittle-tattle. But the listener should not forget the project`s goal as an organic chain of different representations. It is just an artsy shift from one point to another one. Indeed, points which came thereafter were Monumentum, and Points On A Map. In a word, map nula.cc`s trajcetory.

[Teaser of the day] pandoras.box - Monomeet

Clinical Archives

• Indie rock
• Alternative rock
• Dream pop

Artist: pandoras.box

Release: Monomeet

Label: Clinical Archives

Year: 2011

Lycia – Tripping Back Into The Broken Days (2002)

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Projekt

• Dark wave 
• Shoegaze 
• Alternative 
• Ambient rock 
• Dreamgaze 
• Epic 
• Neoclassical 
• Ethereal wave

Comment: I guess Tripping Back Into The Broken Days is a good start for beginners to make acquaintance with Tempe, Arizona, US-based combo. My first contact with Mike VanPortfleet led trio (though the recent one is created by Mike VanPortfleet, and Tara Vanflower) was in 2004 while I got an album by my friend and thereafter was listening to it with my bride in the bed in a darkened room. Yeah, the impression was powerful, I got dazed and I fell in love with Lycia. I think Lycia is one of the most underrated combos in the music history and the trio`s music should be immensely more appreciated. If there is up a topic about shoegaze then you could not find out any hints at Lycia in that regard. Indeed, Lycia as a combo is a juggernaut between shoegaze and dark wave, maybe even between post-punk, and neofolk/dark folk/neoclassical. For instance, at times Lycia, and Slowdive do have much in common. The formula of Lycia is quite simple – their music used to take off with reverb-drenched, extended guitar chords being backed up by murky atmospheric synthesisers and longing vocal lines and then progress slowly and then pertify in a sense. A perfect music example to back up your dreams and anxious minds. Lycia`s music may be considered a break to the other side, or at least something of reflecting shades and dim rays from that dimension. By watching the cover print and considering the title of this 12-track outing you can perceive hints at American gothic and magic realism. It is a place where the past comes into the present in a quaint way and start to dominate the latter. In the sense you can similarities with Morrissey`s lyrics. A mandatory release for sure. The issue was intially released on Projekt Records.

[Teaser of the day] Cagey House - Cagey House is a Big Sissy

Bypass

• Avant-garde
• Electro-rock
• Art rock
• Synth-rock
• Avant-prog
• Freeformfreakout
• RIO
• Crossover
• Psychedelic rock
• Improvised music
• Electronic music
• Acid rock
• Experimentalism

Artist: Cagey House

Release: Calico Pastry Sunshine 

Label: Bypass

Year: 2011

[Teaser of the day] Ben Woods - Always

• Post-classical
• Ambient
• Art music
• Modern classical
• Epic

Artist: Ben Woods

Release: Passing Intervals

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Antanas Jasenka - Denis & His Programme

Nishi

• Experimental electronica
• Drum and bass
• Glitch techno
• Crossover
• Experimental electro
• Jungle
• Breakcore

Artist: Antanas Jasenka

Release: Car Music 

Label: Nishi

Year: 2006 

[Teaser of the day] Least Carpet - Mirrors

• Psych-folk
• Raga music
• Drone folk
• New Weird Germany
• Dream folk
• Minimalism

Artist: Least Carpet

Release: Shahi Baaja

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2015

[Teaser of the day] Walt Thisney - Sun`s Gone

Free Music Archive

• Post-classical
• Contemporary classical
• Chamber music
• Art music
• Modern classical
• Mood music

Artist: Walt Thisney

Release: Galactic Voodoo

Label: Murmure Intemporel/Free Music Archive

Year: 2018 

Ilya i Alisa – Winter Invocation (2007)

Bandcamp

• Micronoise 
• Avant-garde 
• Drone 
• Microsound 
• Experimentalism 
• Leftfield 
• Spoken word 
• Alternative 
• Acousmatic music 
• Electronic music 
• Field recording 
• Musique concrete 
• Art music

Comment: Ilya Bogatyryov aka Ilya i Alisa as his one-man-project can be considered as one of the most enchanting and mystical groups to have ever been existed in Estonia. Previously I have commented about How I Entered The Dark Forest (2010) which was a true miscellany of post-punk, drone, dream folk, ambient, progressive rock, spoken word but the recent case is more austere but it does not mean it is somehow less profound and more superficial. The aforementioned releases are issued on tapes by Trash Can Dance, a Tallinn-based underground imprint. Winter Invocation is a short release of approximately 20 minutes. I guess the winter in 2007 was fragile with regard to the title. Unfortunately I cannot remember it anymore. The issue consists of electro-acoustic noises and drones creating the background mostly for female singing and chants in this way. Yet the words are not sufficient enough to bring forth the depth of the release. For instance, if you listen to the abovementioned microscopic noise soundscape I assume Snow Queen also appears in the background. It is ennobling and somehow frightening at the same time. It's beautiful in its uncompromising, anti-pop bearing. It is beautiful, beatific ugliness. So yeah, listen to it and get a copy of the tape if possible which ultimately will cost much money.

Seedge – Assorted Selections (2016)

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• Breaks 
• Electronic music 
• Nu jazz 
• Easy listening 
• Mood music 
• Cinematic 
• Sampledelic 
• Acid jazz 
• Funk

Comment: Seedge is an artist from Montréal, Canada whose 11-track outing is a miscellany of predominantly baggy beats and cinematic progressive horizons atop demonstrating stylistically its dwelling place somewhere between nu jazz, sampledelic/sound collage, and easy listening though the listener can experience detours into psychedelic, funk and yacht pop/rock either. Beyond that music is embellished with some mind-blowing tricks from a recording session set. In general, the result is uplifting and provides an additional space for the listener. Nice work.