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Jasper TX - The Black Sun Transmissions

Jasper TX, The Black Sun Transmissions, Fang Bomb, Ambient, Dag Rosenqvist, drone, post-rock, lo-fi, melodic, post-human, glitch, noisy, abstract, Mike Weis, Aurelio Cianciotta, Jasper-TX---The-Black-Sun-Transmissions.jpg CD - Fang Bomb
Claustrophobic settings, dark patterns in the background, disguised melodies, rather diluted and sidereal threads. In this manner begins "The Black Sun Transmissions" by Dag Rosenqvist, aka Jasper TX, a Swedish musician accustomed to hybrid multi-instrumentalisms, drones and improvisations rooted in  ... [ Continue ]


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experimental . post rock . soundscapes

Gator Bait Ten - Harvester

Gator Bait Ten, Harvester, Ohm Resistence, post rock, experimental, soundscapes, Aurelio Cianciotta, Gator-Bait-Ten---Harvester.jpgCD - Ohm Resistence
The grooves of “Harvester” offer a very shady, almost maniacal sound, characterized by slow cadences and post-rock influences. Gator Bait Ten, comprising M. Gregor Filip, Simon J. Smerdon, Kurt Submerged and Ted Parson, imprint very particular atmospheres that are both melancholic and fascinating. The group  ... [ Continue ]


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acoustic/digital . audio art . drone . laptop . post rock

DiRac - Phon

DiRac, Phon, Valeot, acoustic-digital, drone, laptop music, post-rock, Aurelio Cianciotta, DiRac_Phon.jpgCD - Valeot
Many laptops combined with several acoustic instruments – this is a set-up focused on pattern building, iteration on different levels through precise manipulations designed to modulate tones, resonance and vibration. Peter Kutin, Florian Kindlinger and Daniel Lerche,  ... [ Continue ]


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ambient . electronica . experimental . post rock

Arms And Sleepers - Black Paris 86

Arms And Sleepers, Black Paris 86, Expect Candy, ambient, electronica, experimental, post rock, Aurelio Cianciotta, armsandsleepers_blackparis.jpg CD - Expect Candy
Quiet and elegant intertwining of cinematic ambient weaves, rhythms, experiences unstably balanced in the beats heavily cut. It's a snug electronica, even with melodic treatments, subdivided by Max Lewis and Mirza Ramic in very elegant sequences, gentle, in the tradition of a groove structure contamination that  ... [ Continue ]


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acoustic/digital . experimental . impro . post rock

Mathias Delplanque - Le Pavillon Temoin

Mathias Delplanque, Le Pavillon Temoin, Low Impedance, Burkina Faso, Bidlo, Lena, acoustic/digital, experimental, impro, post-rock, Neural, Aurelio Cianciotta, mathiasdelplanque_lepavillon.jpg CD - Low Impedance
Between electronica and concrete music, glitch and improvisation, flows the inspiration of 'Le Pavillon Temoin', a delicate sound environment by Mathias Delplanque, a musician-producer from Burkina Faso, who used to go by the monikers of Bidlo and Lena. There are many levels this work can be  ... [ Continue ]


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electronica . free form . glitch'n'cuts . post rock

Kingfisherg - Maverick Mouth

Kingfisherg,  Maverick Mouth, Carte Postale, elettronica, post-rock, leftfield pop, electronica, space, jazzy, free form, click'n'glitch, Aurelio Cianciotta, Neural,, kingfisherg_maverickmouth.jpg CD - Carte Postale
Tenuous electronica by Kingfisherg (aka François Boulanger), who releases his second album (but the first one was a mini) for Carte Postale Records, a Belgian independent label specialized in electronica, post-rock and leftfield pop. Digital samples, painted with melodies and calibrated dissonances that  ... [ Continue ]


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drone . experimental . free form . post rock

John Hegre - Colors Don't Clash

John Hegre, Colors Don't Clash, Dekorder, ambient, loop, drone music, electroacoustica, post-rock, noise, Jazkamer, soundscapes, frequencies, johnhegre_colors.jpg CD - Dekorder
John Hegre is back with a solo album that intertwines daring experiments with its favorite instrument: the guitar. Here he's putting on stand by his participation to Jazzkammer group, manipulating chords between resonances and drones, with noises taking off or constructing dainty harmonies. Every track  ... [ Continue ]


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abstract . acoustic/digital . electronica . ethnic . experimental . free form . post rock

The Alps - Jewelt Galaxies/Spirit Shambles

The Alps, Jewelt Galaxies, Spirit Shambles, Spekk Japan, experimental, post rock, electronica, free form, impro, jazz, folk, psichedelia, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Alexis Georgopoulos, Scott Hewicker, Root Strata, Digitalis Recordings, thealps_jeweltgalaxies.jpg CD - Spekk Japan
This release is included in an elegant and purposely oversized digipack, made out by 'The Alps' a group whose members are Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Alexis Georgopoulos and Scott Hewicker. Here they join two previous releases made for Root Strata and Digitalis Recordings. Free form musical structures,  ... [ Continue ]


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drone . impro . post rock

The Moglass - Sparrow Juice

The Moglass, Sparrow Juice, Nexsound, themoglass_sparrowjuice.jpg CD - Nexsound
Moglass are an Ukrainian combination devoted to tangled improvised sounds, even thought they stem from elementary iterations, with drones and digital effects, who give birth to a really fascinating mix that can only loosely be ascribed to the post-rock ambit. The imaginative streak of Yuri Kulishenko,  ... [ Continue ]


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