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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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http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php?id=98

Skalpel. Your favorite Polish jazzers gone hip hop. This is a series of 2 mixtapes that Skalpel made a year after their Polish Jazz EP. And is it any wonder they were picked up by Ninja Tune for their next release? Heavy heavy beats and some jarring production make these ones keepers for sure. Drop the needle on these babies at your next soiree, watch the jaws drop and the genitals drip.

As a 'lil side note, here's an interview with Skalpel where they talk about how shitty mp3's are! I guess I'm slightly embarrassed to be sharing and listening to Skalpel's music on mp3, but I'm sure I'd be less of a person without them, shitty quality or not. Pick up their other albums too. They have a completely different feel, but it's a worthwile adventure.

-d.ave
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Origine du Groupe : Poland
Style : Mix , Nu-Jazz , Downtempo , DJ
Sortie : 2001

Tracklist :
01 - side - a
02 - side - b

 

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http://www.lymbycsystym.com

http://www.myspace.com/thelymbycsystym

Lymbyc Systym est l’histoire des frères Bell, Jared et Michael, que vous connaissez peut-être, si vous aimez Crystal Castles et Broken Social Scene dont Michael a fait partie comme batteur. Avec Shutter Release, ils imposent leur musique instrumentale entre shoegaze et post-rock. Une petite merveille.

Jared qui s’occupe de tout ce qui est électronique dans le groupe est le genre de type à affirmer sans sourciller que son seul problème, après la composition des titres, est, à partir d’éléments inclus sur 80 pistes, de faire sonner cela organique pour pouvoir les jouer sur scène sans que cela soit trop synthétique. Rien que de très normal pour celui dont les influences majeures sont Squarepusher, Aphex Twin et Broken Social Scene…

Le duo en est à sa troisième livraison après Carved by Glaciers (EP), Love Your Abuser et Field Studies, un split EP avec les Texans de This Will Destroy You. Et l’intérêt de celui-ci est d’élargir le propos à d’autres musiciens, comme le violoniste Chris Tignor qui tourne avec eux depuis l’automne dernier, et de travailler sur des titres plus courts et aux constructions mélodiques plus simples – attention, c’est pas les Ramones – cela reste au niveau des albums les plus fouillés du post-rock de Tortoise (côté jazz) ou d’Explosions In The Sky (côté cinématique).
Mais, pour un groupe parti du son rock adolescent écrit et joué à Austin où ils ont été élevés, l’évolution est ahurissante et le choix d’une musique instrumentale sans paroles, finalement très malin. Et comme ils aiment vraiment la confusion des genres, ils emploient trompette et banjo joués par de vrais musiciens - mais qu’ils font sonner avec une raideur toute synthétique… Une vraie expérience basée sur les textures sonores. Une belle expérience !

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Origine du Groupe : North America
Style : Electro , Ambient , Abstract
Sortie : 2009

Tracklist :
1.Trichromatic
2.Ghost Clock
3.Interiors
4.Bedroom Anthem
5.Kubrick
6.Contemporary Art
7.T-Ball
8.Shutter Release
9.Teddy
10.Late Night Classic