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    http://www.aokitakamasa.com

    http://www.myspace.com/aokitakamasa


    Superstrings 76+ brise la glace. Après les débuts timides d'un click n cut étonnamment groovant, le morceau opère un virage modem funk imparable. Les mélodies simples et syncopées rebondissent sur des rythmiques ciselées à la Alva Noto période Transspray. Complexe et virtuose, c'est pourtant la simplicité paradoxale du morceau qui stimule, désinhibe et surtout émeut.

    Et ça tombe bien. Takamasa chante sur See That Girl et offre un slow digital beau à tomber. Ceux qui connaissent déjà l'oeuvre du japonais trouveront une parenté certaine avec une chanson de son album Simply Funk, Walk On The Ocean. La même sérénité se dégage ici, douceur paradoxale des glitches domptés par des nappes profondes. Par cette love song informatique, Takamasa ramène la tendresse au centre des bpm.

    Enfin, pour célébrer le premier baiser ou aussi faire oublier le râteau tout frais, le EP se clôt sur Dancing Queen. 4/4 d'oscilloscope et mélodie parfaite font lever les bras en l'air. Cette house laborantine transpire la sensualité et hypnotise par ses nappes minimalistes à la fois âpre et veloutée, ses sound edits discrets et précieux. Le sourire, béat ou/et mélancolique, est sur toutes les lèvres, tenace.

    En s'attaquant au format vinyle, Aoki Takamasa amène avec succès sa musique informatique et humaine sur le dancefloor. La polyvalence de sa musique est indéniable : grand écart parfait entre dance poétique altruiste et musique éxigeante intimiste. Les plus casaniers seront d’ailleurs eux-aussi ravis de recevoir dans leurs oreilles l'amour que distillent ces 3 titres.

    Chroniqué par Nil
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    Origine du Groupe : Japan , Germany
    Style : Electro Minimaliste , Electronique , Glitch
    Sortie : 2004

    Tracklist :
    1 - That Melody
    2 - Superstrings
    3 - M
    4 - Walk On The Ocean
    5 - Prague I.T.M
    6 - Dancing Queen
    7 - Protoco. M.T.T
    8 - Simply Funk
    9 - The Elegant Universe
    10 - Monza

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    http://www.huskymusic.pl

    http://www.myspace.com/huskypolska

    There are at least two bands named "Husky".

    More popular (more tracks submitted so far) is Polish electronica-downtempo duo consisting of Patrycja Hefczynska (vocalist/writer) and Jacek Dojwa (composer/producer). Their music is influenced by such artists as Björk, Craig Armstrong, Amon Tobin, Telefon Tel Aviv, Portishead and Lamb. They released two LP's: "Czy słyszysz?" (eng. Do you hear) in 2002 and "Zgadnij" (eng. Guess) in 2006.

    Based in Charlotte, NC, Husky is made up of Mark Hadden (bass), Phil Strickland (guitar), and Nate Wilkinson (drums). Hadden and Strickland began playing together as high school sophomores in 1991. After various band experiences, they recruited Wilkinson and in early 2000 Husky was born. In the past six years, the instrumental trio has grown from spinning improvised epic rock jams to firing off focused, intelligent yet simple tunes. Ranging from thick, head nodding groove-rock to echoing bluesy twang and swirling psychedelia to driving Southern grit, Husky’s masculine punch has been embraced by fans of blues and classic rock to modern and stoner rock aficionados. Their improv skills often come into play during live shows. They rarely play the same show twice and have recently played with Atomic Bitchwax, Weedeater, Gods of Mars, and Pearls and Brass. The full-length debut “Circle the Wagons” was released in March 2006.

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    Origine du Groupe : Poland
    Style : Electro
    Sortie : 2006

    Tracklist :
    01 Iskrzy, Iskrzy!!! (2:44)
    02 Niue (5:05)
    03 Zgadnij (4:04)
    04 BlackCoffee (4:08)
    05 Hruloe (4:37)
    06 Dwa Warkoczyki (4:18)
    07 Kuki (3:56)
    08 Else (6:44)
    09 Billie H (3:46)
    10 Po Kostki (5:07)

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    http://www.myspace.com/amarchitect

    I could be breaking some unspoken rule of music blogging by posting 2 projects by the same musician so close together. But then again — as you can tell by my recent disappearance from regular posting — the regular rules have never applied to SK.

    A.M. Architect is another project from Diego Chavez (Aether), together with Daniel Stanush, building on a foundation of guitar and keys over smartly produced beats. The most immediate sonic comparison is clearly The Album Leaf, but the beats here possess more of an edge, ocassionally touching on some propulsive BPMs. The melodic sensibility on their debut LP “The Road to the Sun” is one of it’s biggest assets with track after track of densely layered ambience. It’s cinematic, sure, but like similar instrumental stuff, the tracks have enough heft and craft to hold up on their own. Of course, it doesn’t hurt if you’re 100 miles deep into a 400-mile Midwest road trip, lightning lighting up the horizon, the wind starting to rustle the trees lining the road.

    by steve
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    Origine du Groupe : North America
    Style : Electro , Electro Post Rock , Electronica
    Sortie : 2009

    Tracklist :
    01. Unspoken
    02. Please Help Me
    03. Albatross
    04. The Bull Of Heaven
    05. Road to the Sun I
    06. Road to the Sun II
    07. What If
    08. Upon
    09. Next Of Kin
    10. Sleepless Nights
    11. Gave Me Love
    12. February
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    http://www.myspace.com/tetarise

    http://silent.com.md/label/2010/02/08/tetarise-k-a-m-a-slnt009


    “We know not what is good until we have lost it.”

    Have you ever analyzed the past or asked yourself: “What if…”? Unsaid words, unfinished deeds, hopelessly lost time – all of it is like an echo with a delay fading into compressed and distorted reverberation. You’d wish to press “hold” and crash the memories into pieces once and for all.

    “k.a.m.a. – is an attempt to recreate certain episodes of my past. Various memories come to thought – some are good, some aren’t. They are partial, blurred and fullfilled with the imagination. That’s why almost half of them are garbled and seem more like a dream rather than reality. Most usual and common episodes become warmer and enlightened, even can cause joy or a smile. Significant events resemble miracles in the darkness of everyday life.

    The first track “Locked Deep Inside” is a preamble. It’s like I’m rummaging the closet, throwing away the rubbish and stumbling upon a music box. Its melody is like something that passed away long ago. Slowly it grows into something bigger, breaking the borders of past and present, reality and fantasy.”

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    Origine du Groupe : Russia
    Style : Electro , Glitch , Downtempo
    Sortie : 2010

    Tracklis :
    1. Locked Deep Inside [7:27]
    2. A Little Bit About Miracles [7:42]
    3. Last Talk [7:51]
    4. Quiet Winter [8:25]
    5. North-West Connection (Rework 2010) [9:13]
    6. Absolute Kindness [6:00]

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    http://www.myspace.com/benevavsclarknova

    At the end of 2007 we reviewed a 3” CD teaser from this duo, the two-part ambient adventure of Flotsam/Jetsam. The mini-EP served as the opening of Fenêtre’s new 3” series, but also as a teaser heralding the imminent release of Beneva v Clark Nova’s debut album, Sombunall.

    Now it’s here, and wow, what a tour-de-force of new, refreshing sounds. Beneva and Clark Nova, Frank B. Finger and Rudi Simmons hidden behind their artist monikers, are productive and highly versatile musicians, and on Sombunall they demonstrate their grasp of various genres within electronica, swerving between styles to make an entertaining record to listen to that never lets go of your attention, it has highs, lows and intermission-like passages, both ambient sequences to lull you gently towards sleep, but then they slap your face with stuttery, fun rhythms, from ventures into something nearly breakcore-like but also more leftfield and downtempo melodies. Many tracks have a lot of vocal focus, both the rasp voice of one of the guys themselves perhaps, but also the inclusion of lovely, soulful female vocals belonging to upcoming Norwegian talent, Therese Aune. And as we’ve heard before, here are sampled elements and field recordings a-plenty, the programming is ace, beats are frenzic, chords both liquid and broken, and it all sounds crisp as heck!

    One of my personal highlights comes on “Suppose She Was Telepathic”; a stuttery rhythmic beat accompanied by a lovely melody based around guitar and gentle bleeps and accordion-like sounds. There’s little distance between the highlights on the record though, and from the third last song with the fabulous title, “Two Men Being Hospitalised When Only One Had To” and out, the album goes from strength to strength. The song in question, a bit like wild western meets crazed, broken Japanese-sounding vocals with fragmented, reverberated guitar chords, and then we’re off into Squarepusher-land as “Poligraph Poligraphikov” goes off the hook with its high-paced, catchy melody of stuttered, guitar strums fading in and out over a frantic drum beat, and we end on “Nothing, Only Worthwhile” with its repetitive guitar strums over a shimmering synth lead that promise of something uplifting to come.. but we’ve just been through something uplifting over the course of the last 12 tracks, so I already feel fine.

    For fans of music like Four Tet, Squarepusher, Autechre, Plaid, Beneva v Clark Nova should become a household name after this, we think!

    by trym
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    Origine du Groupe : Norvegia
    Style : Electro , Glitch
    Sortie : 2008

    Tracklist :
    1. I'm Twins (The Babies Said)
    2. 88 Kilos of Excrement
    3. His Freefloating Affection (feat. Therese Aune)
    4. Institute Benjamenta
    5. Thora's Inferno
    6. With Love, Etc. (feat. Therese Aune)
    7. Suppose She Was Telepathic
    8. Social Wrist-Twistings
    9. Lazy, But Comfortable Size
    10. Two Men Being Hospitalized When Only One Had to Be
    11. Poligraph Polygraphikov
    12. Nothing, Only Worthwhile

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