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https://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/poleas Genre: Field Recording Rating: 3/5 releases on bandcamp August 31, 2021 Recorded in the train stations of Buenos Aries this is well organized to create an ambient feel. It’s good. And 3/5 is a good rating but Calarco’s approach is little to minimalist for my taste. insects are by Masayuki Imanishi an earlier 2021Continue reading “poleas by juan josé calarco”

https://willguthrie.bandcamp.com/album/will-guthrie-live-ateliers-claus Genre: Solo Percussion Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp January 18, 2021 Solo percussion along with a cappella music are the purist expressions of art through sound. A favoritism toward the voice may have roots in Western Culture favoritism. Jazz drummers may or may not get their due but too few of usContinue reading “Will Guthrie – live ateliers claus by Will Guthrie”

https://breakfastmakesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/in-bed Genre: Jangle Pop Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp May 28, 2021 When I first started following this neo-jangle movement on bandcamp I thought hey this is a great genre that everyone enjoys it’s going to be gold nug after gold nug but instead I’ve found a bunch of fucking fool’s gold by suckers whoContinue reading “In Bed by Breakfast”

https://tribetapes.bandcamp.com/album/the-mark-of-the-adder-lies-dormant-in-the-baltic-sea Genre: Noise Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp January 19, 2021 Pure aggressive alienating noise. Deeply experimental. Avant-garde. Decaying communication strands dancing with grim crippled thoughts.

https://seilrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sui Genre: Ambient Rating: 5/5 released January 12, 2021 Ambient music based around at least one plucked stringed instrument probably a guitar but perhaps something more exotic. Reminds me of a lot of the glitch stuff coming out five to ten years ago but not exactly. Less gimmicky more purely ambient. Does anybody remember TheContinue reading “sui by morimoto naoki”

https://walterphumfray.bandcamp.com/album/ii Genre: Drone Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp August 21, 2021 Maybe you could describe this as Metal Machine Music on Xanax. A lot of it is like that rumbling along in a slow subtle sonic texture. However, tracks I and II can’t really be categorized that way. It’s more like avant garde American primitivismContinue reading “II by WPH”

https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com/album/lay-de-yaled-ambient-noise-drone Genre: Experimental Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp April 24, 2020 Shit. I try to limit my reviews to recent 2021 releases but I but this one sneaked in. I still say snuck tbh. Well, anyway, if you’re going to make experimental music make it interesting. Murphy does that. This is an engaging and fascinatingContinue reading “Lay De Yaled (Ambient / Noise / Drone) by Pete Murphy”

https://genevaskeen.bandcamp.com/album/universal-building-supply Genre: Experimental Rating: 2/5 released on bandcamp August 20, 2021 Mostly frogs and feedback.

https://9128live.bandcamp.com/album/session-one Genre: Minimalism Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp August 20, 2021 Hopefully I’m wrong but I can see this as potentially not receiving near the credit it deserves. This is a dense forest of music that is in no way static. While it’s smooth and never jars the listener it’s also surprisingly eclectic and borrowsContinue reading “Session One by Jo Johnson & Hilary Robinson”

https://nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pacemaker Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 Liudas Mockūnas, who makes up half of this duo and probably about 80% of the sound vibrations, plays a variety of reed instruments to some very intense and intriguing affect. Sometimes it sounds like a boar or some sort of animal you wouldn’t want to meet up with outsideContinue reading “Pacemaker by LIudas Mockūnas / Christian Windfeld”

https://maxpenticost.bandcamp.com/album/and-a-stillness-washed-over-me Genre: Beat Ambient Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp July 30, 2021 Instrumental ambient tracks in the tradition of Boards of Canada. These well constructed and compositionally sound tracks evoke a sense of optimism. I almost completely moved away from wanting to hear beats but after quite a few years of almost completely rejecting anyContinue reading “and a Stillness Washed Over Me by Max Penticost”

https://tonguedepressor.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-quarter-column-2 Genre: Drone Rating: 3/5 released on bandcamp June 4, 2021 Music that swings with turbulence but never spins out of control. To continue with the aircraft analogy, it’s like a smooth landing but not a gentle one; you know you’re in good hands but it’s rough conditions. These musicians do not fumble. The musicContinue reading “In The Quarter Column by TONGUE DEPRESSOR”

https://lucyrailton.bandcamp.com/album/subaerial Genre: Neo-Contemporary Classical Improvisation Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp August 13, 2021 Subaerial is slightly melancholy but mostly emotionally ambiguous modern music. Performed by an organ and cello duet there’s great third stream avant garde communication from these very naturally compatible instruments. Sometimes Bachlike church sounding alternative with late night irie bandwidth FM communityContinue reading “Subaerial by Lucy Railton & Kit Downe”

Genre: Ambient Rating: 3/5 https://modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/heima These are solid compositions. And they’re very subtle. Three’ s a good rating and that means I liked it but it also means I think it could be better. These could be Library Tapes compositions but truthfully they’re not as intriguing or engaging. Besides piano there are strings on thisContinue reading “Heima by Stefán Hafsteinsson”

https://m.soundcloud.com/lilyeat/sets/alive-285629700 Genre: Trap Rating: 2/5 Album 1:03:26 22 Tracks Jul 15, 2021 A young man went into a studio and came out with over an hour’s worth of material. A music blogger listened to it and asked, “Is that all do? Future imitations?”

https://floppyears.bandcamp.com/album/unknown-calls-and-hangups Genre: Electric Guitar Improvisational Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp July 26, 2021 This is the first thing I’ve heard from kwon’s large discography. It’s not at all showy or flashy just moderately paced solo guitar improvisations I’d say somewhat in the vein of Derek Bailey. The tone is outstanding. It’s beautiful. And the arrangementsContinue reading “Unknown Calls and Hangups by dani kwon”

https://l33k5p1n84574rd5.bandcamp.com/album/–29 Genre: Vaporized Dub Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp August 13, 2021 Defeated stragglers slowed down in a world that moves too fast. Sonic evacuation in a space that needs to be evacuated. Methodical but mindless in a world that thinks too much. Plastic plants don’t clean the air but this isn’t a utilitarian art.Continue reading “深夜のスペースダブ by ロフィ騎手 vs. Dub H4xx0r”

https://xperrymental.bandcamp.com/album/oddio-xperryments-1 Genre: Neo-Early Electronic Music Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp July 12, 2021 I’m not sure how many of them X Perry Mental is aware of but there are influences galore stamped all over this record. The least flattering, in my opinion, is The Residents, an overrated band that tries too hard. However, my criticismsContinue reading “Oddio XPerryments 1 by X Perry Mental”

https://rosieturton.bandcamp.com/album/expansions-and-transformations-part-i-ii Genre: Jazz Rating: 4/5 Definitely a group of top shelf musicians here on this EP of little less than 25 minutes. Obviously, this could be stretched out, no doubt these musicians could solo and still keep you captivated for twice the length but instead the music is intensely economical. The mission is clearly theContinue reading “Expansions and Transformations: Part I & II by Rosie Turton”

https://tonydark.bandcamp.com/album/the-legend-of-d-b-looper Genre: Hip Hop Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp August 6, 2021 An interesting, entertaining, and aesthetically pleasing mellow pop-oriented hip hop release out of Houston. They’re doing their own thing but it’s Tribe or De La Soul (*3 Feet High and Rising is finally coming to Spotify btw – if you care – notContinue reading “The Legend of D.B. Looper by TonyDark”

https://lillernetapes.bandcamp.com/album/frisson Genre: Experimental Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp August 10, 2021 This is a solid experimental release with a lot of cool sounds. These kids are so clever these days. I bet they made this on their phone while hiding in the restroom at work. Or they were running it in the background during covid/zoomContinue reading “Frisson by Etelin”

https://deathbombarc.bandcamp.com/album/mother-of-sighs Genre: Post Punk Rating: 4/5 released on bandcamp August 6, 2021 In the vein of Throbbing Gristle this is apparently a concept album centered around a very difficult experience with motherhood. The music successfully captures the creepiness of the old post punk days. Weird droning keyboards and slow beats with weird vocals and allContinue reading “Mother of Sighs by Mother of Sighs”

https://halcyontapes.bandcamp.com/album/rolling-the-sky Genre: Slush Wave Rating: 4/5 released On Bandcamp August 8, 2021 Functions like an orchestra. The beats are like texts that got lost on a dead phone that never woke up but kept on dreaming. Like the best of this genre it turns nostalgia on its head: wistful, luminous, inspired, dazed, reality wrapped inContinue reading “Rolling The Sky by Wizard of Loneliness”

https://silentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/clog-time Genre: Drone Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp August 6, 2021 I know I’m too liberal with praise and my excuse that I’m a fan not a critic doesn’t help my readers understand how 5/5 the 5/5 releases are. They’re all great. I mean that. I can’t help that we are in a golden ageContinue reading “Clog Time by DreamCloud/Pacific 231”

https://doekraw.bandcamp.com/album/doek-composes-silence-by-wilbert-de-joode Genre: Free Jazz Rating: 5/5 released on bandcamp August 6, 2021 Four accomplished jazz musicians interpret a composition by Wilbert De Joode for solo improvisations. Wilbert De Joode, who doesn’t actually perform on this record is generally known for his bass playing. Those interested in hearing more of his playing may want to checkContinue reading “Doek composes – Silence by Wilbert de Joode by Doek RAW”