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https://otayonii.bandcamp.com/album/mingming Genre: Avant Garde Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp February 22, 2021 MingMing is a collection of avant-garde compositions compacted into a pop music format. Another review of this record, the only I could find in fact, argued that comparisons to Bjork are lazy. Well, being about the laziest piece of shit you’ll ever meetContinue reading “MingMing by otay:onii”

https://dungeonsdeeprecords.bandcamp.com/album/ancient-hearsay Genre: Dungeon Synth Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp December 17, 2021 This genre! I always think the music is going to be corny and campy and amateurish. But this is it! I’m done with the prejudiced stereotyping. These are great compositions. The music is beautifully atmospheric and cinematic. It could easily call itself neo-RenaissanceContinue reading “Ancient Hearsay by Thousandth Cave”

https://junglegymrecords.bandcamp.com/album/jgt71-falling-i-thought-i-caught-a-glimpse-of-paradise Genre: Electronic Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp December 19, 2021 The music on this release transitions smoothly from musique-concrete to ambient drones to downtempo. Idk what they listen to but it seems to me to be somewhat influenced by Aphex Twin and a bit more heavily influenced by Boards of Canada. It’s the latterContinue reading “[JGT71] “Falling, I Thought I Caught A Glimpse Of Paradise” by Precipitation”

https://calebcolledge.bandcamp.com Genre: Spiritual Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp October 22, 2021 Today’s younger generations, really everything post gen-x and they seem to just keep getting better and better, have managed to create a linguistic revolution of improved language and communication to express and identify and most importantly to heal from trauma. The spoken wordContinue reading “Out of the Dark by Caleb Colledge”

https://walterphumfray.bandcamp.com/album/ii Genre: Ambient Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp August 21, 2021 I think I had this mixed up with something else in my head because after listening to it when I googled to see what sort of buzz, if any, it has created, I expected this to have garnered a lot of attention. Instead,Continue reading “II by WPH”

https://aarondilloway.bandcamp.com/album/lucy-aaron Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released On Bandcamp May 6, 2021 Two major forces in avant-garde music join forces on this powerful record. This is a gem. Anyone interested in intelligent and engaging experimental music will want to make the acquaintance of Lucy & Aaron. Few 2021 releases in this genre are as satisfying. PerhapsContinue reading “Lucy & Aaron by Aaron Dilloway & Lucrecia Dalt”

I was going to do what I normally do on here which is listen to a record and review it. In this case, it was Icons or to be exact IconsPlus which includes two bonus tracks. Listen to it here: https://elikeszler.bandcamp.com/album/icons-2 Pitchfork already reviewed it. Often, if a record already has mainstream press (if that’sContinue reading “Trying to understand Eli Keszler”

https://tvgirl.bandcamp.com/album/summers-over Genre: Art Pop Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp October 16, 2021 I don’t think people really agree on this definition but back in the late 1980’s I asked one of my professors what post-modern means and she said she said it was borrowing from any other intellectual or artistic movement without accepting ideological confinement.Continue reading “Summer’s Over by Jordana and TV Girl”

https://homenormal.bandcamp.com/album/impulses Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 In the very crowded field of ambient music it’s very hard to separate from the pack. And the reason why is the same as any other genre: You have to be able to write good music. Electronics provide nice soundscapes by default. But nice isn’t excellent. Tasselmyer creates excellent sonicContinue reading “Impulses by Andrew Tasselmyer”

https://canbardd.bandcamp.com/album/devoured-by-the-oak Genre: Black Metal Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp November 12, 2021 I believe in plant sentience. I believe that the most important thing a black metal band can do is bridge the thought gap between humans and trees, especially oak trees. I’m not saying that’s what this band thinks they’ve done or set outContinue reading “Devoured By The Oak by Cân Bardd”

https://mforsleep.bandcamp.com/album/la-coesione-tra-i-due-mondi Genre: Ambient Rating: 4/5 Utilitarian dreamyness. Slept like if Hypnos just nutted in Pasithea. Like if Somnus nutted in Juno. Like when God nutted in Mary. If Rip Van Winkle nutted in Sleeping Beauty. Slept like Terri Schiavo. Like Gary Dockery. Like Butterbean after Tyson 💤

https://dronarivm.bandcamp.com Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5, released on bandcamp November 12, 2021 These tracks stretch the melodic structure to the brink of drone but catch themselves at the precipice opting to evoke sorrow instead hypnotization. The music is atmospheric or cinematic if you will. It digs deep. This might be a bit overly stereotypical but itContinue reading “Alpine Variations by Enrico Coniglio”

https://susanasantossilva.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-ground-birds-are-born Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released February 23, 2021 Portuguese trumpeter and student of Electroacoustic Composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm Silva is a leading figure in the new jazz scene, especially since her solo release of All The Rivers in 2018. https://susanasantossilva.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-rivers From The Ground Birds Are Born is the firstContinue reading “From The Ground Birds Are Born by Susana Santos Silva”

https://djinnsweden.bandcamp.com/album/transmission Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 2, 2021 I was thinking the first thing I was going to write was pretty much everyone who needs to know about this collective already does but the truth is they don’t have the web presence I thought they would so now I’m thinking they’reContinue reading “Transmission by DJINN”

Genre: Experimental Noise Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp December 3, 2021 Austere hard hitting industrial noise. Droning sounds of destruction of the ecological holocaust variety.

Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp December 3, 2021 French is a prolific and ambitious artist who has taken his uncompromising ways around the globe and has enjoyed residences in many places. He seems to run in academic circles more than most musicians. He has the spirit of Tim Hecker and the intellect ofContinue reading “music for headphone listening | ear cleaning by Jez riley French”

Genre: Chill Hop Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp August 18, 2021 One laudable goal of chill hop is to re-justify the beat on the mellow. As ambient moved on and on it finally seemed to conclude the we’re better off without the beat. I remember when I was about twenty, these older Christian guys toldContinue reading “Passing Notes by Middle School”

Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp November 5, 2021 Experimental electronic music that suddenly releases into beautiful lush landscapes of sound. I can draw comparisons is Sigur Ros and Boards of Canada but this is very pioneering and honestly I’ve never heard anything quite like it. It absolutely, demands to be listened to inContinue reading “Levende Lyd by Alexander”

These are some of my fave 2021 releases thus far: Proof by BLOOP (Lina Allemano / Mike Smith) Eternal Screw by ONY Lost Dreams (Chopped and Screwed) by Dj Purpberry Waterfall Arcing in the Still of Night by Tuluum Shimmering In Love & Fracture by C. Diab Burning Apricot by Carnivorous Plants Cyberdreaming by VHSContinue reading “Editor’s Picks”

https://noproblemadigital.bandcamp.com/album/sad-gazing Genre: Space Music Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp November 29, 2021 One of the philosophical themes found in science fiction literature is the vast loneliness of space. It’s too big and too dark and too empty and too dead. Check the song titles: distances, edges, cold things never die. On and on with spaceContinue reading “sad gazing by c i t a d e l 寒い世界”