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5/20/2018

[Teaser of the day] Jan LF Strach - Neighbourinna



  • Avant-pop
  • Lo-fi
  • Dada pop
  • Sampledelic
  • Psych-pop/rock
  • Acid pop
  • Space pop
  • Leftfield
  • DIY
  • Outsider pop
  • Experimental pop

Artist: Jan LF Strach
Label: Underpolen
Year: 2018

Wings of an Angel & Scott Lawlor – Lo And Behold Ye Confirmed Minister Of War, The Olympian Falcon (2017)





  • Drone 
  • Microtonal 
  • Avant-garde 
  • Minimalism 
  • Sound art 
  • Microsound 
  • Electronic music 
  • Micronoise 
  • Experimentalism 
  • Abstract 
  • Leftfield 
  • Non-music 
  • Drone noise

Comment: firstly I decided to use Scott Lawlor`s title version on Bandcamp because Wings of an Angel`s version is way too long for the row of the title (Lo And Behold Ye Confirmed Minister Of War, The Olympian Falcon, Galloping Away Like A Humiliated Homer, You Were The Perfect Ripper In The Backdoors Of London, Before You Had Found Your Forepleasures In The Subdefinitions Of The Prowling, Censorious, Nutcrackers Of The Kitchen). It is massive and profound, isn't? Indeed, it is a joint release by the Israeli and US-based musician both of them are well known within the circles of experimental music. Wings of an Angel is probably the most prolific artist at the moment worldwide and Scott Lawlor is also being known as the lead figure of Earth Mantra netlabel. By listening to these 54 minutes I tried to guess whether is it the measured midway between the aesthetics of the two artists or is it something absolutely qualitatively new created by them? Indeed, the track is lengthy (yet not drawn-out) so it can be said the both aspects are really true. For sure, it does away with modern/post/contemporary classical progressions which is an important part in the aesthetics of Wings of an Angel but on the other side the Israeli juggernaut`s ambient touch is bound tightly with the US-artist`s abstract droning and austere ambient/sound art appearance. Furthermore, you can hear as if all the sounds were produced on nearby a custom-made saw mill as if all the sounds were processed through restrained sonic channels and then the erroneous result were cranked up to a maximal volume bar. Indeed, the result is very tight and abrasive yet it is not an obnoxious noise release. Because of arousing majestic and epic feelings in the listener I have to admit it is a fairly exquisite issue on its own. You will be bludgeoned and caressed at the same time. It might be even more an epitome of ruining the contemporary civilization by throwing the stones into its clockwork. It might be the sound of the collapsing one. It may also be a synonym of the human being`s greediness asi if experiencing the feel of ingurgitation. Get the newest technical applications and cell phones to your home and into your pocket, respectively! Eat yourself fitter! The second part of the track/composition/album seems to be chiming as if just moving on inertially. But you know one`s perception starts to play mischievous tricks on his/her mind while listening to such a sort of tight soundscape. And now while listening to this great one just try to decipher the point of the title.

5/19/2018

[Teaser of the day] Galgo - Dromomania



  • Dance rock
  • Indie rock
  • Space pop
  • Alternative rock
  • Indie dance
  • Alternative dance
  • Psychedelic rock

Artist: Galgo
Release: EP5
Label: Self-released/Bandcamp
Year: 2015

[Teaser of the day] Monster Rally - Jungle Cruise



  • Exotica pop
  • Lounge music
  • Alternative
  • Mood music
  • Tiki music
  • Breaks
  • Minimalism
  • Electronic music
  • Chill out
  • World music
  • Sampledelic
  • Avant-pop
  • Post-pop

Artist: Monster Rally
Label: Self-released/Bandcamp
Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] Vista Kid Cruiser - Please, One Last Dance



  • Electronic pop
  • Post-disco
  • Psychedelic
  • Hypnagogic pop
  • Alternative dance

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp
Year: 2014

Bite – Calle Palma (2015)




  • Modern classical 
  • Post-classical 
  • Field recording 
  • Ambient 
  • Electronic music 
  • Avant-garde 
  • Epic 
  • Experimentalism 
  • Organic electronica 
  • Minimalism 
  • Piano music 
  • Musique concrète 
  • Art music 
  • Drone

Comment: you are searching for profound and tranquil soundscapes to find a remedy for suffocating your desperate feels and borderline madness. You are aware of the premiss the ideal album must have the imposing centre point being surrounded by many and frequently changing satellite sounds. The method makes sense. Josè Barrera aka Bite's 9-track release on basic_sounds makes sense in that way. It is just an infinite moving where it makes no sense to remember the starting point and the finishing point. Any temporal moment and chord makes sense. The music is very present in any present moment. Given that you have entered into the sphere of continuous present and it does mean the term time makes no sense altogether. That's the point. Musically you hear at times hammering at times slightly lofty piano chords followed by one another and at the same time being accompanied by acidic electronic counterpoints, microscopic noises and ennobling natural sounds. For example, the self-titled track is a fabulous incantation full of profound, iterative, magic reality. Indeed, it bites you. And the rest of eight tracks do the same effect. Superb work by any means. I guess if Beethoven could have had the same technical possibilities he would produce an analogous stuff but instead of the known musical and historical reputation he might have a more hidden influence upon us.

Josh McClure – Z-Mon EP (2017)




  • Shoegaze 
  • Hip-hop 
  • Avant-hop 
  • Experimental hip-hop 
  • Leftfield 
  • Crossover 
  • Electronic 
  • Indietronica

Comment: this bunch of 3 tracks is a fascinating and at the same time frenetic blend of shaggy yet imposing hip-hop rhythms, shoegaze-y guitar-led horizons and spaced-out sonic effects. You can perceive synergistic halo rings coming out from these enchanting noises, massive reverberations and blazing electronic trickery. Of course, I would call it indie music at any time but given that many decayed and conformist music groups are called with the same term and having no joint point with the topic of the recent issue so it would be misleading to do it. On the other side, it is much more worth than an average hip-hop issue. It can be concluded it is great to dwell nowhere or at least somewhere in a mediate position (yet it is not a bare derivative release) and having a more sophisticated and uncompromising spot upon this life. Let's call it an example of beautiful noise though making noise music is not the purpose of the artist. By kindred souls I would compare it to the likes of Seefeel, Dälek, Death Grips yet the comparison regards more the attitude of the combos than their sonic examples. The outstanding outing is a bit in the discography of Tape Safe.

Samarah – Robots Smile Too (2006)




  • Indietronica 
  • Electro-indie 
  • Alternative 
  • Electronic music 
  • DIY 
  • Lo-fi 
  • Dream pop 
  • Minimal electro 
  • Electro pop

Comment: what is that? Is it a reaction to electroclash music having been so prevalent in the beginning of the 00s? On the other side, it could be admitted to be a subdued and strongly decelerated version of Ladytron. Samarah provides a remarkably more lo-fi, primitive and minimal counterpoint to it. It is just the truth in a half measure. The listener can hear progressions toward the aesthetic of dream pop. Or are the progressions instead of it something reflecting upon the more immersive and ghastly trajectories by Throbbing Gristle? The truth is obviously somewhere out there. The issue is a part of the discography of Nishi, No Type, and Panospria, a quite weird and important angle from Canada within the netlabel/webaudio world. Indeed, robots smile too but the question is whether the smile is human-friendly or not?

5/17/2018

[Teaser of the day] Roy Chicky Arad - I Love You


  • Cinematic
  • Sampledelic
  • Easy listening
  • Chill out
  • Mood music

Release: Yedidim Tovim
Year: 2006

[Teaser of the day] L.Valerie - Aperture



  • Electro-indie
  • Art pop
  • Avant-pop
  • Experimental pop
  • Indietronica

Artist: L.Valerie
Year: 2018