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Cutside – [2016] Paramnesia
Powerful big beat trip hop. High-concept sounds meet instrumental hip hop.
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Floating Machine – [2017] Convergence EP
Monotonic, minimal trance. Evokes unconscious head nodding; its creator calls it “hypnotic”. No experiments.
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Geotic – [2009] Hearth
Minimal guitar drone ambience. Soothing instrumental music based almost completely on subdued, soft, echoing guitar melodies.
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Triplexity – [2008] Live in Triplex City
Non-cheesy world lounge. A striking balance between combining multiple music and ethnic styles, and producing a coherent musical release.
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Timezone LaFontaine – [2017] Soul Night
Very musical vocal hip hop. Serious musical loops and very rhythmic lyrics give this rap release a very distinct feel.
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Golden Grey – [2016] Awaken the Wolf
Glitch-craft ambient. Beautiful electro sound, aiming at the space between C148’s Minecraft and soft, minimal synth quirkiness.
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Tony Mahoney – [2013] Dark Blue
Faux antique trip hop. Twenty songs, over one hour of vinyl samples, including dust specks, enhancing the faux antique sound, replaying against the backdrop of subtle modern beats. Great instrumental hip hop with trip hop influences. The tracks are loopy on the surface, but the repetitions slowly evolve time, new samples fading in or out…
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Lorenzo’s Music – [2017] Cool ships and heat exchangers
(Un)conventional alternative rock. With netlabel blocSonic, it’s hard to not be impressed. I adore how they keep publishing consistently solid to exceptional albums and compilations year after year. The word conventional is meant as a compliment. Although it is not strictly correct: the use of brass instruments and synth sounds clearly is an exception to…
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stockfinster – [2009] Dead Line
Carefully crafted electronica. This is a gem from now defunct netlabel Sutemos, back from 2009. Artist stockfinster, whom I have reviewed in this blog before, is a household name in the Creative Commons scene, and for a reason. His productions occupy a quiet, warm corner somewhere between New Age ambient and IDM electronica. I like…
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Antethic – [2017] Ghost Shirt Society
Electronic post rock greatness. We probably all have heard those drawn-out, long, boring post rock extravaganzas with minutes of continuous distorted guitar sound carpets without sense or measure. This not one of those… Instead, the genre is enriched by upbeat tracks, careful addition of electronic effects and ornamentation. In short: it sounds pretty fresh! Read…
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Triplexity – [2008] Between Light and Shadow
Diverse trip hop lounge world jazz… did I say diverse? Oh my gosh is this album diverse. The common theme is laid-back background music, but otherwise all bets are off. Just listen to the three picks I have selected this week and decide for yourself…
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M-PeX – [2017] Carianae
Portuguese electro ambient guitar. Excellent mostly instrumental guitar and contrabass, just with a tiny bit of electronic ambience in the background. The release for me has an incredibly intense cinematic touch. Highly recommended for headphones to capture the subtle effects. Already a modern classic, I would say.
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Mr. Bitterness And The Guilty Pleasures – [2017] Songs From The Surveillance Age
Coming to save alternative rock. Wow, what an excellent production. It’s rare to be blown away by so “little” happening on the surface, while so much falls all into the right place in the background. Electronic effects left and right, used in subtle ways for great effect make this a well crafted release.