[Teaser of the day] Joël Lavoie - états III

• Ambient
• Avant-garde
• Soundscape
• Ambient noise
• Electronic music
• Micronoise
• Experimentalism
• Glitchtronica
• Microtonal

Artist: Joël Lavoie

Release: Cabines

Label: Jeunesse Cosmique

Year: 2018

K.D. Expression – For the Broken Heart from Collapsed Dreams (2007)

Nishi

No Type

• Ambient pop 
• Electronic music 
• Trance 
• Alternative dance
• Chilltronica 
• EDM
• Hi-NRG
• Electronic pop 
• Organic electronica 
• Electro pop

Comment: Sascha Müller aka Pharmacom`s discography and involvement in music is being impressive. As an artist and as a DJ and as the leader of imprints he has also taken part in the establishment of the weblabel/audio world. 9-track For the Broken Heart from Collapsed Dreams is a churning blend of electro beats, bombastic synthesised orchestrations, trance-y threads and atmospheric upper layers providing the asylum to an acid/ecstasy-intoxicated head (it results in a placebo effect though because this part is also thoroughly synthetic). As I have figured out one of his tenures was to play as a DJ at Love Parade. I guess he has played better music there as an average music choice used to be there (which has been quite horrendous in fact!). At least one can hear over there is certainly better stuff. In truth, the current issue is also more mainstream rather than underground influenced because all those bold electro rhythmic patterns and synthesised pads used to be in the contemporary EDM vein (but my intention is not to dilute the estimation of the album because of that). On the other side, given that the issue was released in 2007 on Canadian underground imprints like No Type, and Nishi its mainstream tendency was not so clear then. In a nutshell, it is a solid, coherent flow. It vamps up a mood that is tumultuous and soothing ceaselessly as if the reflection from a day of a person with bipolar syndrome and provides some interesting compositional solutions as well.

Distopia – Visuales (2012)

CABAÑA DISCOS

• Indie pop/rock 
• Dance rock 
• Electro-indie 
• Lo-fi 
• DIY 
• Organcore 
• Alternative pop 
• Drone pop 
• Psych-pop/rock 
• Chillwave 
• Alternative dance

Comment: my first thought about this short-running, 7-track issue was it is an example of the post-genesis of post-punk. In fact, this was my only opinion. However, the more I would have listened to it I got convinced it is a good example in term of the so-called retro music. An example of inferior retro music is something which just roughly copies elements from it and providing no further developments and so on. At Visuales which is an album by an Argentine-based artist Federico Maqui used to progress into a session of juggling of the contemporary chillwave and psych-rock scene while keeping up an intellectual and historic bound with the style. As we knew many post-punk bands´ first releases were downright experimental but later they into more dance-appealed areas and psychedelic music. For sure, the primary and secondary enterprises were influenced by krautrock and post-punk artists liked to dance. Visuales is a permanently fluid release veering away from crisp psych-pop/rock and dance rock numbers to chillwave-ish and drone pop excursions. Yet it is a wander-in-rags chillwave concept because the artist`s intention is not to provide a stairway to heaven or at least a slot into a roseate past. More credibility is added by another outstanding Argentine-based artist Transvorder (Mariano Peccineti) who mastered the issue (under CABAÑA DISCOS).

Microscopes – Points of Interest (2010)

Vulpiano

Free Music Archive

• Lo-fi 
• Space pop 
• DIY 
• Indie pop 
• Bedroom pop 
• Synth-pop 
• Art pop 
• Soul

Comment: given that the issue was released in 2010 and while listening to the duo`s music I would like to assume their points of interest are closely Zeitgeist-ridden drawing on lo-fi and DIY approach which made a renaissance in the beginning of the 00s. Moreover, their music does away with sterile studio production and even incorporating hirsute and noisy developments into the 11-track mix. Dusty or spaced-out synth pads which used to come in and go out and Fred´s singing rather in high registers add an extra value to the blend. At times it is soul, at times just deranged mumbling out of a bedroom, at times like an example of proto-house. On the other side, it involves every kind of classical pop tendencies so by matching the two aforementioned tendencies the result is intriguing enough as have showcased such lo-fi luminaries as Ariel Pink, and R Stevie Moore and many more before the year of 2010. The favourite tunes of mine are artsy Wolfman, and Child`s Play. The issue is a part of the discography of Vulpiano Records.

[Teaser of the day] Giant Giants - Eat Your Fear

• Spoken word
• Alternative rock
• Post-rock
• Art rock
• Indie rock

Artist: Giant Giants

Release: A Sudden Punch

Label: Bleeding Gold

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Tom Fahy - Epsilon Limited

Archive.org

• Space music
• Ambient jazz
• Improvised music
• Soundscape
• Mood music
• Cool jazz
• Space jazz

Artist: Tom Fahy

Release: Cygnus Express

Label: Self-released/Archive.org

Year: 1997

[Teaser of the day] fydhws - VI

• Ambient
• Experimentalism
• Leftfield
• Avant-garde
• Abstract
• Post-industrial
• Experimental rock
• Avant-rock

Artist: fydhws

Release: Early Recordings V​.​2 Fictions

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp 

Year: 2011 

[Teaser of the day] Matti T - Almost There

Phonocake

• Ambient pop
• Chilltronica
• Mood music
• Alternative pop
• Electronic music

Artist: Matti T

Release: Past and Future

Label: Phonocake

Year: 2017

Monkey Warhol – Hannah Banana (2018)

Free Music Archive

• House pop 
• Indie pop/rock 
• Electronic pop 
• Indietronica
• Electro pop 
• Robot pop 
• Alternative pop/rock 
• Alternative dance

Comment: I am very delighted to listen to a brand new issue called Hannah Banana by Monkey Warhol. In fact, by having listened to the previous issues by the artist I soon realized he is an outstanding musician due to a humorous touch and dadaist turn while preserving his overwhelming poppy drive. The recent set of 31 minutes provides something new and surprising – indeed, similarly to the previous experience you can take part in light-hearted post-disco, carefree electro and flowing poppy house and alternative dance appearances but the whole of 8 compositions adds an extra value with such numbers as Fremdenfuhrer which is an artsy indie pop/rock number. Almost same things can be said about Open Highway which is a witty drone and power pop mixed balladry. In truth, it takes my heart. Very beautiful. Beyond all of that you can hear intense robot pop-inflected numbers. Let's ascend into a cliché – he did it again.

Le Mansarde Hermetique – Haunted Attic (2017)

Petroglyph

Petroglyph

Bandcamp

• Kosmische Musik
• Krautrock 
• Motorik 
• Electronic music 
• Ambient pop 
• Psychedelic 
• Alternative 
• Space music

Comment: this bunch of 8 compositions takes on an exploration of spaced-out electronica inspired by Kosmische Musik/krautrock. Minimally surfacing and slowly changing rhythms and microtonal changes create vintage yet arousing ambiances around the listener. So yeah, it is beatific and ennobling at the same time. I guess it can be considered an example of harmonious music because you can hear proportionate and symmetrical structures and elements faced against one another. Even more, it can be considered an example of music for the spheres. All the pivotal points are subtly integrated into the mix from scratch and given that the music is a mellow flow without any disruptions and deranged effects. Mostly it used to base on synths though some guitars add an additional value to the blend. At Sonnige Zeiten one hears a psychedelic droning with an obsessive, minimal/motorik rhythm. By kindred souls one can draw parallels upon the likes of Tangerine Dream, Manuel Göttsching, Klaus Schulze, Ash Ra Tempel. The issue is a part of the discography of Petroglyph Music, a Norwegian imprint. Behind the project are Micahel Brückner, and Mathias Brüssel, and Haunted Attic is their homage paid to French comic artist Jean Giraud aka Moebius (1938-2012). Top (kraut/Kosmische) release.