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Comment: Victor Jouk dreams of the same thing the human race has been dreaming from very far times. About conquering outer space which though seems to remain an unobtainable dream for us. Of course, music has been one of the best instruments to indulge in very deep fantasies. There are up even such terms as Kosmische Musik, space music to describe the relationship between our dream and a certain sort of music genre. The genre mentioned in the first place came from Germany being closely related to the so-called Krautrock which in general is being the umbrella term to embrace any sort of experimental music germs to have emerged from Germany from the end of the 60s and through the 70s. All of that was a direct output of the self-awareness of German youth. In the narrow sense, Krautrock makes reference to German experimental rock combos and artists like Neu!, CAN, Faust, Guru Guru, Amon Düül, Achim Reichel. This 6-notch release being released on a Belarusian imprint, Haze reflects upon our ambition through its cover print as something naive, hostile and ridiculous. Musically those blue dreams are bugged by some primitive and a bit abrasive electronic communicative smacks and hoarsely groovy sonic effects. The term "groovy" is not thought in the classical term of dance music. It is something which defies an easy way to be classified. Maybe the formula can be depicted kraut meets dyslexic electro meets smeared minimal synth meets fun meets even some orthodox academic approach. Aesthetically and by pleasure it is a very convincing result. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels upon the likes of Konrad Schnitzler, and Asmus Tietchens. If you have an enough amount of money to spend then you could make a gift to Elon Musk under the magniloquent explanation Flight to Mars. It is as an analogue way of behaviour as to listen to Jared Leto and his company's unfledged sound.

1/21/2019

[Teaser of the day] Nyolfen - Earth And Sea

Bunkai-Kei

Electronic music
J-pop
Electro pop
Shibuya-kei
Breaks
Alternative
Crossover
Mood music

Artist: Nyolfen

Release: Create A New World

Label: Bunkai-Kei

Year: 2014

[Teaser of the day] Chin Yi - Unus

Miga

Post-punk
Indie punk
Art punk
Acid punk
Dance-punk
Psych-punk
Alternative rock

Artist: Chin Yi

Release: Sanguinem Mitto EP

Label: Miga/Bandcamp

Year: 2013

[Teaser of the day] Danielle - Jealous

Urban music
Hip-hop
Electro pop
Alternative pop
Electronic music

Artist: Danielle

Release: Do Your Own Thing Album

Label: Heart N Soul

Year: 2017

Cátodo Dúo – Sizigias (2018)

Pan Y Rosas Discos

Improvised music
Avant-garde
Psycho-acoustic
Experimentalism
Electro-acoustic
Improvised noise
Electronic music

Comment: What is the cathode? By a first definition it is a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device. By a second definition it is the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current. Amanda Irarrázabal (analogue synthesizer, double bass, processors) and Ramiro Molina (electric guitar, processors) collaboration has been prolific for more than 6 years when they created a sonic bridge between Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Santiago (Chile). Sizigias is their sophomore outing consisting of a couple of albums full of screeching chords and suppressed noises as if an embodiment of an angry person who has lived for a while with obsessive purpose to control his/her overwhelming crushing sensations. What about disc 2? It is certainly more expressive than disc 1 due to those abrasive sounds played on the analogue synth and high-pitched guitar chords and even funny quackish sonic effects here and there. Disc 1 seems to be more donnish though there is thoroughly up a downright experimental/cutting-edge attitude. It might be I split hairs while trying to differentiate the two discs. The main intention of the release is to preserve the invigorating tension/madness between the acoustic instruments and the electronic device. In other words, it is a witty dialogue between the aforementioned instruments. Given that the most intriguing aspect of the music is to represent some elements of the acoustic instruments as electronically treated and vice versa. It is partly a strange mimic and decoupling process in the same whole. Indeed, the purpose gets fulfilled. The intriguing issue is a part of the Chicago, US-based imprint Pan Y Rosas Discos.

1/20/2019

Stephen Briggs – Earthbound (2018)

Sucu Music

Archive.org

Art music
Guitar ambient
Space rock
Progressive rock
Mood music
Improvised music

Comment: Stephen Briggs used to create a swarm of seven compositions which can be compared with such artists as Gaetano Fontanazza, and Drew Miller, for instance. They are artists who employ their guitars in a way to create meditative soundscapes and enchanting phases of mood. All these artists come from very remote areas related to each other yet their music is comprehensive in a sense. By listening to this issue one could think of it as if it were created by employing electronic devices like synths as well yet it is not so (the same I was thinking mistakenly of the sound of Gaetano Fontanazza). Stephen Briggs employs different sort of technical approaches to brush and vamp up his sound, for instance, by moving chords back and forth and by extending particular chords into the droning and manipulations through phase changes. A main feature is to push electric guitar induced chords are through reverb laden ambiances. Mostly it is illustrated through light-hearted timbres though at times one can hear more ominous threads to disturb the mix. Emotionally the result is adeptly loaded. The spellbinding release is a part of the discography of Sucu Music.

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1/23/2019

[Teaser of the day] Appalachian Falls - GrimGrim

1/22/2019

[Teaser of the day] Christian Doil - In Den Dünen 2

[Teaser of the day] Odradek - Nakamura

[Teaser of the day] Dead Eye Darter - Maria la Bailarina

Victor Jouk – Cosmic Voyager (2016)