http://www.myspace.com/markuskienzlsofasurfers

Origine du Groupe : Austria
Style : Electro , Rap Fusion , Electro Dub , Ragga , Dark Wave , Alternative
Sortie : 2009

By Wayne Stronell from http://www.cyclicdefrost.com

Founding member and key figure of the Vienna-based electronic-dub-collective Sofa Surfers, Markus Kienzl brings us his second solo album, merging electronics, dub, rock, hip hop and soul, melted together into Kienzl’s special blend of urban paranoia, and a further development from the intrinsically dub roots of past Sofa Surfers productions.

Musically, Density has a dirtier, harder edge, full to the brim with live drums, bass, guitar and the usual studio wizardry we’ve come to expect from Klein releases. Rock riffs sit comfortably next to dub effects and vocals from a variety of vocalists and MC’s. The electronics are the glue in the project, subtly underpinning the live sound of the instrumentation, and that is its major strength, enabling a traditional song structure to incorporate originality and inventiveness.

Supported by a vast array of talent, Cutty Ranks, Oddateee, DJ Collage, Jack Hirschmann, Tania Saedie and Dolli Melaine, Kienzl paints a picture of a sounding and shining dark monolith, pulsating with enigmatic forces in a chimerical urban soundscape. There is a bleakness to Density, but it works as a gripping journey through disturbed urban environments.

“For Real” is the perfect track for Oddateee to spit over, its not a Dalek production, but it’s the next best thing, while “Infrared Dot” lays down a similar hard beat for Oddateee, sampled most probably from the same source as the last EP from Jamie Vex’d. The electro-clash of “Scream” leaves me somewhat cold, and seems out of place here. Kienzl switches things around for “The Kung Fu Divas” and “Sniper, Sniper (A Cutty Ranks Tale)”, bringing us back to a dancehall sound that artists from Vienna always seem to be drawn to, and Cutty Ranks toasts like no other. Rounding out the album with “One Of 33 Million”, kind of a cross between Hood and Glen Porter, Density is an album full of inventiveness, this may be downtempo, but it has a harder edge. Worth seeking out.

 

Tracklist :
01: Point Of No Return 04:01
02: For Real 04:40
03: Reach Out 04:51
04: Alter Ego 05:07
05: The Electrosacher Twist 03:56
06: Lullaby 05:06
07: Infrared Dot 04:06
08: Scream 04:54
09: The Kung Fu Divas - Universalist Rework 05:59
10: Sniper Sniper - A Cutty Ranks Tale 06:14
11: One Of 33 Million 04:10

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http://www.myspace.com/dayofthewoman

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Electro Beat , Abstract Hip Hop , Instrumental
Sortie : 2010

La libération tant attendue d'un trio Day Of The Woman, que nous connaissons sur la compilation «Texas» sur le label exponentielle, qui a été présenté près de la voie la plus forte de l'ensemble de la collection «Cassette Tape». L'album présenté 7 morceaux instrumentaux atmosphériques entrecoupées avec un son indie et 7 remixes

by http://respecta.net

Tracklist :   
01.Cassette Tape 05:34        
02.I'd Be Insane to Say It 05:14        
03.Jennifer Hills 03:52        
04.Kill Screen 06:00        
05.Amazing Things 03:54        
06.Pinwheel 03:56        
07.Rocketship Champion 03:54        
08.Amazing Things (Stenographer Remix) 05:33        
09.I'd Be Insane to Say It (Ape School Remix) 05:06        
10.Pinwheel (Landing Remix) 03:03        
11.Cassette Tape (Zoon Van Snook Remix) 04:17        
12.Rocketship Champion (Yppah Remix) 04:00        
13.Jennifer Hills (Mexicans with Guns Remix) 04:34        
14.Killscreen (Pollination Remix) 05:13

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http://ghostly.com/artists/shigeto

http://www.myspace.com/shigeto

Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Electro , Breakbeat , Abstract Hip Hop , Alternative
Sortie : 2010

Shigeto - What We Held On To EP by Moodgadget

Zach Saginaw’s releases as Shigeto are more than just pieces of music—they’re chapters, carefully laid building blocks of a narrative that spans the artist’s increasingly impressive body of work. Building a sonic bridge between the Semi-Circle EP and the upcoming Full Circle full-length, Shigeto’s What We Held On To EP is the next installment in the artist’s ongoing treatise on his family’s troubled history, as well as a free taste of what’s to come from the prolific Brooklyn producer.

What We Held On To is both simpler and heavier than its predecessor, with Shigeto paring his tracks down to their essentials and adding a dollop of blown-speaker low end; it’s also a bit more melancholy, owing to the addition of a few elegantly disheveled vocal samples and liberal use of piano. “After She Smokes” matches a sinister metallic “shhhing!” (Swords colliding? Knives sharpening?) to an elegiac singing voice and a series of swelling synths—certainly one of Shigeto’s prettiest moments—while “Bitter Sweet”’s stuttering boom-clap and machine-like hums alternate with more doe-eyed vocals and a touch of understated bossa-nova cool. The EP’s second half is darker than the first, as the overdriven digital menace of “What We Held On To” leads into “Grandma’s Words / Rise Out of the Stone”, a two-part invocation of Saginaw’s grandmother’s experience as a Japanese-American during the horrors of WWII.

The central mystery with What We Held On To, of course, is the title’s unspecified “what”: what exactly, we’re meant to wonder, did they hold on to? As Shigeto moves steadily toward his full-length debut, he’s been holding on to his family history, bringing that chapter of his musical mission to a close; he’s also holding on to his grandmother’s upright piano (the moody chords of which appear throughout the EP), her last remaining worldly possession after her internment in the US. What We Held On To represents the final piece of Shigeto’s longstanding obsession; on Full Circle, his upcoming full-length, the young producer finally lets go.

from http://ghostly.com/releases/what-we-held-on-to-ep

Tracklist :
1 Spring Textures   
2 After She Smokes   
3 Bitter Sweet   
4 What We Held On To   
5 Grandma's Words / Rise Out Of The Stone

FREE DOWNLOAD

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http://www.myspace.com/nikonn

Origine du Groupe : Grèce
Style : Electro
Sortie : 2008

From Official Myspace :
Behind the personal project NIKONN hides one of the most important personalities in the modern greek music scene, Nikos Bitzenis: one of the founding members of the most successful greek electronica group (MIKRO), creator of many inspired remixes, co-founder of UNDO RECORDS and co-director of several music videoclips. In a few words, a restless personality...
    
Tracklist :
1. Free (3:39)
2. A Lovely Place To Be (4:19)
3. Repair (4:04)
4. Glow (4:14)
5. Safe & Dry (1:10)
6. Sparks (3:48)
7. Frame (3:45)
8. Interlude I (2:01)
9. Lullaby (3:48)
10. Into The Deep Blue Sea (4:16)
11. Don't Awake Me (3:47)
12. Broken Flowers (3:50)
13. Mean Less (1:26)
14. Hypnotized (3:49)
15. Interlude II (1:36)
16. 3:00 A.M. (3:09)
17. Dreams (1:23)
18. Flow (2:50)

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http://www.myspace.com/peaceorchestraofficial

Origine du Groupe : Austria
Style : Electro , Downtempo , Trip Hop , Dark Electro , Abstract , Ambient
Sortie : 1999

Alors que le duo down-tempo autrichien Kruder & Dorfmeister vient de paraître un K & D Sessions très remarqué bien que constitué exclusivement de remixes, les deux acolytes se séparent l'un pour fonder Tosca (Dorfmeister), l'autre pour monter son Peace Orchestra (Kruder), dont cet album éponyme ne connaîtra pas de suite. "Orchestra" dans le nom, car nous tenons ici l'oeuvre d'un seul homme, véritable chef d'orchestre d'une ribambelle de samples, tous plus beaux les uns que les autres. Ce qui frappe d'emblée à l'écoute des deux projets, c'est leur surprenante ressemblance : beats de véritables batteries samplées au son très ample, rythmique lente et hypnotique très riche en basses, savant mélange de sons électroniques et samples d'instruments (contrebasse, clarinette, boucles de voix noyées dans la reverb), apportant une chaleur et un sensualité envoûtante à l'un comme à l'autre. Pourquoi donc les deux artistes n'ont-ils pas continué à bosser ensemble? Je n'en connais pas la réponse...

Là où l'album de Tosca était exclusivement instrumental, Peter Kruder se permet d'inviter la peu connue Chilli Bukasa qui interprète d'une voix chlorophormée le fabuleux "Shining", qui fait lentement dériver dans de très hautes sphères.
Tout comme le Suzuki de Tosca, cet album est à la fois fortement ancré dans le courant trip-hop downtempo de la fin des années 90 et particulièrement intemporel du fait du choix des sons, incroyablement organiques et chauds.

Ce n'est pas pour rien que la pochette contient un pansement (véritable!) collé sur le boîtier plastique à l'avant, sur lequel est écrit Peace Orchestra. Car oui, si le but du disque est de panser d'éventuelles plaies, le pari est réussi. Le disque est simple d'accès, remarquablement mis en sons et me fait voir des paysages gradioses défiler, comme contemplés de la vitre d'un vieux train.

par Sam lowry  pour  http://www.xsilence.net

Tracklist :
01. The Man Part One
02. Meister Petz
03. Double Drums
04. Domination
05. Marakesh
06. Henry
07. Who Am I
08. Shining [Feat. Chilli Bukasa]
09. The Man Part Two

Total running time: 56' 52"

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