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2/25/2024

Hanging Freud – No Body Allowed (2015)




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Post-punk Gothic pop Neoclassical Electronic Coldwave Art pop

Hetkel Šotimaal Glasgow's resideeruva ent Brasiilia juurtega lauljatariga tandemi üks esimesi üllitisi tuli välja üheksa aasta eest Myhand.Thanx netileibeli all, pakkudes eksperimentaalset nihet gootiroki ja neoklassika vahel. Muideks, Paula Borges ja Jonathan Skinner salvestasid käesoleva 7-loolise ent kõigest 19-minutilise taiese Sao Paolo's Paula kodumaal. Nad on flirtinud nii tantsulise kui kingapõrnitsemise elementidega, ning meinstriim on nad tänapäevaks tasapisi avastanud -- nt fs on neid mänginud oma postpunk-saates "Floorshow"; ent selle albumi aegu olid nad tundmatud, kogudes vaevaliselt tunnustust. "No Body Allowed" on kahtlemata nende üks väljapaistvamaid ja terav-süngemaid albumeid, millel Borges'e sisendusjõulist vokaali ja laulumaneeri -- mis niikuinii valdab taiest -- saadavad tumedad elektroakustilised vood, perifeerne elektroonika ning sünged kammerkajad. Tõepoolest, kui hästi lauljatari sugereerivus tungib kunati kuulajale sügavale hinge (nt "It's Time", "Porch"). Olemuslikult klassika, mis paraku vajab veel laiemalt avastamist.

12/19/2018

Hanging Freud – Nowhere (2018)




  • Drone pop 
  • Synth-rock 
  • Organcore 
  • Coldwave 
  • Art pop
  • Dark wave 
  • Electro-indie 
  • Synthwave 
  • Ambient pop 
  • Post-punk

Comment: Hanging Freud (at times it has been called Hangin Freud) is the duo of Paula Borges and Jonathan Skinner whose brand new album Nowhere continues the way the Brazil/British duo has been trudging since the beginning of the 10s. It is an enchanting bound of droning vibrant organs, hovering synths, and restrained female singing. Undoubtedly this is an uncompromising yet blissful pop album inspired by Joy Division yet drifting toward more synth-driven direction. Yet it is neither a new wave nor a synth-pop release. Its poppy strain reflects upon something else. At times it may be considered an accelerated version of Lycia or a pre-exorcized rebound of Cocteau Twins. If such a sort of album were released 35-40 years ago it would have been considered a hallmark outing.  The outstanding issue is a part of the discography of myhand.thanx imprint.

12/09/2018

Borgesss – The Invisible Rope (2017)



  • Slowcore 
  • Alternative rock 
  • Indie rock 
  • Americana 
  • Gothic rock 
  • Singer-songwriter

Comment: does God lie? What happens next if the witch grabs you by the hand? And if you are surrounded by the howl of a pack of wolves or immersed in the darkest blue for some reason? Instead of wolves you could freely be surrounded by Tony Montana, Anton Chigurh, or Max Cady-alike personae. Instead of God you can put the word 'president' or 'leader' to the sentence who know for what is the best for their nations. You can see what is going on in France during a month as the subsequence of such sort of arrogance. And you will have no chance to blame the so-called populists anymore. Furthermore, it indicates the term 'populism' has been used in an exaggerated way. By facing all of that you are either devastated to the bottom in a paralyzing way or will it provide you some power or even inspiration to create something arousing on its own. On this 6-notch release the minor chords played on bold guitar strings and suppressed female singing supported by faint echoes and synthesised electronics are governing the course for all our pleasure. Of course, additionally I do fancy it because Borgesss is the solo project by Paula Borges, the lead vocal of a favourite combo of mine, Hanging Freud. Indeed, there is no chance to partake in deviation of quality and tasteless self-indulgent excesses. By kindred souls one can draw parallels to such artists as Thalia Zedek, Cat Power, For Solacing Grief, Le Bâtiment, Lullabier. The decorous issue is a part of the discography of an imprint called myhand.thanks.

5/29/2016

Hanging Freud – Motherland (2016)




  • Shoegaze 
  • Indie folk
  • Indie dance
  • Post-punk 
  • Alternative dance 
  • Art rock
  • Darkwave 
  • Electronic 
  • Experimental rock 
  • Alternative pop/rock 
  • Indie pop/rock 
  • Space rock


Comment: My first impression with the music of Hanging Freud was in connection with their album Sunken on the Brazilian record label Sinewave and French imprint Myhand.Thanx Records The duo of Paula Borges, and Jonathan Perez made me immediately excited because of craftily merging an exciting feel of songwriting in the vein of experimental rock, shoegaze and space rock. Later on I had listened to the Sao Paulo, Brazil-based duo`s two first issues Hanging Freud (2005), and Continental EP (2007) as well, which maybe were slightly more straightforward yet excellent releases without any doubt. In November 2015 Borges/Perez issued the fourth issue No Body Allowed. This time their 6-notch issue chimes somewhere between paganism and medieval music influenced indie folk/rock and on the other side it is spacey indie, post-punk, poignant electronic music and shoegaze tinged alternative rock. In comparison to the duo’s first albums the issue is partly more dance-appealed, and remarkably more electronic. The outing involves great mind-blowing tracks like Lost Children, Centuries, and The South. By kindred souls there can be drawn parallels with such artists as Espers, My Bloody Valentine (in some tracks the influence of Loveless is perceivable though being interpreted indirectly, in the duo’s own way), Anahita, Lycia, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. However, despite hinting at more recognised artists it does not mean Hanging Freud does lack its own idiosyncratic touch. The instrumentation of the album and the singing of Paula Borges are masterfully balanced and do complement each other thereby resulting in as an excellent issue. The duo's touch is flowing freely being saturated with otherworldly reveries and insights from a psychotic abyss. The harmonies and sonic effects fall seamlessly together. I cannot be wrong by stating that Hanging Freud is one of the most underrated artists worldwide during the last ten years. But I really hope the things will be changed and the current issue will find its place in lists of the best releases in 2016. At least at Recent Music Heroes the notch is guaranteed.  

7/16/2015

We Are All Slaves - You Must Be Stuck Into Some Complications (2015)




/Avant-garde, Noise, Psycho-acoustic, Non-music, Experimentalism, Freeformfreakout/

Comment: my previous experiences with the discography of the French imprint Myhand.Thanx Records were being related to post-punk-ish yet vanguard sonic forms. However, it was great surprise of mine to find out something totally different. The Serbian Filip Stojiljkovic`s 6-track issue is a source at listening to it you must be stuck into complications. The outing starts off with an intense torrent of harsh noise which later will have dissolved into less straightforward yet even more provoking sonic experiments. FS channels his noise music into more complicated, signal-like appearances and even providing rhythmic threads. Additionally, you can listen to elliptic gurgling being interwoven with vowel layers thereby conjuring fucked-up sensations and frantic mental states. The aesthetic of coverprint of the EP is blurred in the way of reminding of the one by Keith Bowsza aka Minòy, the cultish US-based noisenik and artist (1951-2010) whose experiments with photography were laid down in a similar way. 

5/04/2015

ThOmas.W - bru:t (2014)




/Neofolk, Industrial rock, No Wave, Experimental rock/

Comment: these 6 tracks are the result of a noisy improvisation session by an artist called ThOmas.W. The outing gets right due to melting together cold folk vocals, noisy rock snippets and industrial segments. Strident expressions and reverie drenched moments are finely balanced and juxtaposed to create incisive contrasts and provoking pictures in thought. Although the issue chimes frequently in doleful and sad way it is a kind of irritating and even perverse one. If you like such combos as Death In June, Einstürzende Neubauten, Boyd Rice this whole is thought for you. The issue is a part of the excellent borderline punk imprint Myhand.Thanx Records.

6/15/2013

Zoomonk & Zelig - On Time (2012)



9.6

/Art punk, Drone rock, Avant-industrial, No Wave, Avant-rock, Experimental rock, Avant-punk, Noise rock/

Comment: what will be happened when the Finns Zelig Concrete (vocals & lyrics), and Petri Parkkali (guitar, drum machine, syntheziser, stylophone beatbox) join their hands and forces? Their 6-track collaborative album is full of anxiety filled post-punk/No Wave loaded visions and frantic (proto-)industrial mayhems. Indeed, their sound resembles the early days of krautrock, old school industrial groups and more peripheral post-punk esque acts at the ending part of the 70s and at the beginning of the 80s. More closely, it does mean the tracks embrace many experiments with unusual sounds of electronica, provoking synth effects, abrasive guitar representations, Zelig`s haunted singing and restlessly writhing rhythm sections. By the way, Parkkali has hinted of being influenced by the likes of Suicide, Hungry Ghosts, 39 Clocks, Teiji Ito, Neu!, Moondog, Exotica, DNA. I would add such groups as Einstürzende Neubauten, The Fall, and Faust either. The duo is assisted by some guest musicians like Bird Man (bass), Thomas Schärer (Piano & Mellotron at Bunny & Turtle). Great music by any means which is issued on Myhand.Thanx Records, the main discovery of mine among the imprints in the recent months.

6/08/2013

Mh.t031 - theirhands.thanx#1 (2013)


9.8

/Psych-rock, Avant-garde, Art punk, Experimentalism, Dream folk, Noise, Sound art, No Wave, Experimental electronica, Abstract, Acousmatics/

Comment
: this clump of 7 tracks is a formidable yet entertaining insight into the profound world of Myhand.Thanx Records. There are represented such artists as mutantbeatniks, Jeremy Gluck and Dave Fuglewizc, Zoomonk, Hangin Freud, ThOmas.W, Giles Morris, and Jacques de Villiers. Stylistically the whole extends from contained, concrete sound infiltrated ambient progressions and dreamy, otherworldly folk appearances to more highfaluting psych-rock and avant-punk/No Wave tinged noises, malignant but somewhat subdued dark ambient contemplations and acute but poignant electronic experiments charting and embedding frantic turns and wraparounds, exalting frequency based bombings, and a huge array of sonic manipulations into the mix. In a nutshell, it is a tremendous but way too short-running miscellany. It is mandatory for everyone who used to think she/he is keen to experimental music.