Vernon LeNoir – Balkan Spezialitaeten (2006)

WM Recordings

• Sampledelic 
• Electronic music 
• World music 
• Alternative 
• Conceptual
• Plunderphonics 
• Sound collage 
• Avant-garde

Comment: these 20 minutes are as diversified and manifold as the chart of the Balkan peninsula used to be in front of our eyes at the globe. Indeed, in English the word "balkanization" refers to something hostile and excessively divided. In the context of this issue the meaning of the word would be exploited positively. It is based on samples being either adjusted with each other or superimposed upon. Musically it contains mainly the vivid rhythms of Gypsy music though one can hear Slavic languages and hints at them either. Indeed, the outing is not arbitrarily lopsided. There are also represented spoken word snippets in English and...ABBA additionally. Those light-hearted upper layers and predominant motifs are backed up by thudding basses beneath. In a nutshell, the artist gets right to create a carnival-alike milieu throughout the course. By kindred souls it reminds me of a little bit Russian projects Messer Chups, and Messer Für Frau Müller by its exuberant madness. By artistic side the inspiration for LeNoir were the poetry of Igor Dithyrambescu and the surreal interpretations of Tizian paintings by Anushka Hamedalidbegovic. The issue is a part of the discography of WM Recordings.

[Teaser of the day] Bockholt - The District

Jamendo

• Chilltronica
• Electronic pop
• Electro pop
• Alternative 
• Mood music
• Synth pop

Artist: Bockholt

Release: 2009

Label: Jamendo

Year: 2009

[Teaser of the day] Weldroid - Shanghai Madmen

• Tracker music
• Chiptune
• Alternative
• Electro pop
• 8-bit
• Alternative dance
• Electronic music

Artist: Weldroid

Release: Silicate Garden

Label: Self-released/Bandcamp

Year: 2014

Elvis Bordello – Harmony Beijing (2014)

King Of The Glitch

• Electro-indie 
• Leftfield 
• Alternative 
• Electronic 
• Experimental pop 
• Krautrock
• Leftfield 
• Indie 
• Drone pop

Comment: this bunch of 10 tracks is somehow oppressive and relieving at the same time. Mostly it consists of rigid electro(nica) and austere drones, almost industrial music-alike sonic elements providing somehow dance-appealed seeds within it. The point, however, is it is not a sort of danceable music for the human being. It rather describes robots to shake their clanging hands and rattling fingers in the rhythm of these vibrations. On the other side, these spasmodic and awkward robots seem to have acquired some human characteristics to be gentle and kind in their own terms. It is a remarkable characteristic throughout the album. It can be concluded that the humanism is allowed to exist without the human beings themselves on this occasion. The more you listen to it the more it is getting softened stepwise the more it will absorb and deny its hirsute nature. It is like living under such a star which used to bomb its subjects with tickling electromagnetic flows and arousing particles. All in all, it is the outstanding result of a mind-blowing idea. The artist is promoting his 11 albums through his own blog (King Of The Glitch) of whom Harmony Beijing is the latest one. Undoubtedly we are going to arrive at it sometime.

[Teaser of the day] Ergo Phizmiz - Daruckatekarte

Wombnet

• Avant-pop
• Experimental pop
• Leftfield pop
• Indie
• Art pop
• Electronic
• Alternative

Artist: Ergo Phizmiz 

Release: Nose Points In Different Directions   

Label: Wombnet/Free Music Archive

Year: 2010

[Teaser of the day] Ann Deveria - Primera Parte

Audiotalaia

• Avant-garde
• Experimentalism
• Electro-acoustic
• Ambient drone
• Sound art
• Microtonal
• Electronic music
• Abstract
• Live recording
• Drone
• Acousmatic music

Artist: Ann Deveria

Release: Domingo Tarde

Label: Audiotalaia

Year: 2009

Trent Hawkins – Ninnananne/t2helaev (2015/2016)

Bandcamp

• Kosmische Musik 
• Krautrock 
• Ambient 
• Synthwave 
• Electronic music 
• Alternative 
• Art music 
• Mood music

Comment: indeed, by now I decided to review two issues by an artist within one comment because I am listening to a tape which physically includes both of them being issued by Tallinn, Estonian underground imprint Trash Can Dance (a print-run of 36 tapes; soon in next days it will be officially announced for sale). Trent Hawkins is the pseudonym of a guy from Tartu, Estonia who is also known as the drummer of a local stoner rock group, Smõuk. However, substantial guitar riffs and oppressive psychedelic noodling of desert rock is jettisoned for floating synthesisers and ticking rhythms which are up there to depict something otherworldly and beatific. I like the artist's pure aesthetic of Kosmische Musik where all the elements are enjoyably aligned to constitute a logical whole with enchanting space between and around. It might slightly remind of some works by M. Geddes Gengras under Umor-Rex where one can discern similar perceptions of mathematical relations and measures between the establishing sonic elements. Furthermore, it is as pristine as one counterpart could be against lousy aspects surrounding us in our every day's life. A sort of music for escapists. Similarly to the American musician's soundscapes the recent one is also the grower. At first glance it might seem a little bit lightweight and even superficial but it is the deceptive impression. At first one needs to take some time for warm-up to comprehend this hippy of ambient music (the description by the label boss Gert "Trash" Moser). Or maybe not, though. All in all, both of them are fairly fine ones. After listening to these ones I am sure you will be listening to Trent Hawkins third issue (3) either (also available in tape format on Trash Can Dance).