Mathieu Lamontage – Lieux Communs (2018)

Audio Gourmet

• Ambient 
• Epic 
• Soundscape 
• Post-classical 
• Ambient drone 
• Field recording 
• Electronic music 
• Musique concrète

Comment: Mathieu Lamontage is an artist of French-Canadian ancestry from the province of Quebec, Canada who is also being known as Arbee. In fact, he is obviously being better known due to the nom de plume due to having it preceded to writing music under his own personal name. What may be the main difference between Mathieu Lamontage and Arbee? His oeuvre being written under his own name is evidently more concentrated on ambient and drone sounds with intention to create more monumental works – by listening to this 3-track outing one can hear either fragmented or segmented fractals related to a majestically sweeping whole which could be considered a representative of those immense snow fields at northern part of Quebec, a good plateau for riding on snowmobile while being surrounded by the overcoming void and wind. Indeed, it is a beatific perspective being separated off the suffocating civilisation. Of course, such picturesque sort of descriptions cannot be eradicated from my personal memory due to experiencing another Quebecer Tim Hecker`s early albums, especially Radio Amor which is some kind of quintessence of the Northern Hemisphere being described through audible artificial frequencies. The blissful glimpse is a part of the discography of Audio Gourmet.

Aigar Vals - Sooner

[Teaser of the day] Yolke - Perfect Burn

• Electronic music
• Alternative
• Wonky
• Digital soul
• Crossover
• Musique concrète
• Ambient pop

Artist: Yolke

Release: New Weird Australia vs Fallopian Tunes, Gloss & Moss

Label: New Weird Australia

Year: 2012

[Teaser of the day] Non Dolet - Downhearted

• Trip-hop
• Cinematic
• World fusion
• Alternative
• Art pop

Artist: Non Dolet

Release: Dreamlover

Label: Dusted Wax Kingdom  

Year: 2018

[Teaser of the day] Pixieguts - Shot At Midnight (with Dementio13)

• Art pop
• Electronic music
• Alternative
• Synthwave
• Singer-songwriter
• Synth-pop
• Gothic pop

Artist: Pixieguts

Release: Walking on Mercury

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2008

[Teaser of the day] Paper Voices - Far Lands

• Ambient drone
• Microtonal
• Experimentalism
• Dark ambient
• Epic
• Minimalism
• Avant-garde
• Organic electronica

Artist: Paper Voices

Release: Clover Hill

Label: Distance Recordings

Year: 2013

[Teaser of the day] Michael Trommer - February Lakes

Serein

• Ambient
• Electronic music
• Organic electronica
• Experimental electronica
• Glitchtronica

Artist: Michael Trommer

Release: Tree Line

Label: Serein

Year: 2008

[Teaser of the day] Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore

Archive.org

• Alternative rock
• Art rock
• Live
• Electro-rock
• Indie rock
• Synth-rock

Artist: Smashing Pumpkins

Release: Live at Wembley Arena on 2018-10-16

Label: Archive.org

Year: 2018

[Teaser of the day] Nine Inch Nails - Head Down

Free Music Archive

• Industrial rock
• Alternative rock
• Industrial metal
• Electro-rock
• Synth-rock

Artist: Nine Inch Nails

Release: The Slip

Label: The Null Corporation/Archive.org

Year: 2008

Erich Schall – Gewichtheben auf Eis (2018)

Der Kleine Grüne Würfel

Archive.org

• Deep house 
• Tech-house 
• Club dance 
• Deep techno 
• Downtempo 
• Drum and bass 
• Electronic music

Comment: this set of 9 pieces of electronic tracks is as playful and fulfilled as one solid electronic and club dance mixed issue can be. Undoubtedly Erich Schall (he is being a member of such combo as Drehkommando) has been an experienced creator of sounds since the beginning of the 10s. Lots of different roundabouts can be met over there – from hypnotic techno and intense jungle rhythms to more dynamic and cinematic house vibes and just laid-back electronic explorations. At times stylistic borders within some tracks will be hazed. Yeah, the favourite of mine is the title track – yeah, it is a superb house propulsion, however, all the tracks are fine factures of tempo and stepwise changes. The most experimental track is obviously Broken Water where a downtempo/modern classical motif plays against the wall of white noise. The issue with intriguing name (weightlifting on ice) is a part of the discography of a Cologne, Germany-based imprint, Der Kleine Grüne Würfel.