The Hathaway Family Plot – Mechanics In The Age Of Artistic Reproduction (2017)

Bandcamp

Free Music Archive

• Avant-garde 
• No Wave 
• Art pop 
• Noise 
• Experimentalism 
• Experimental pop 
• Freeformfreakout 
• Post-industrial 
• Drone pop 
• Improvised music 
• Avant-pop

Comment: it is not surprise at all I have been fascinated with the aesthetics of The Hathaway Family Plot for a while because every step by a Buffalo, US-based artist called Kevin McFadden is worth to be parsed and thought off. It is interesting and intriguing. In comparison to his previous albums he used to incorporate new elements and axial aspects to the mix and making it in the way to change the paradigm being set out by him previously. The current 14-notch issue is overwhelmed by stomping noises, designed deranged noise sculptures (Dymaxion; Not Gonna Leave), gentle yet uncanny improvisations of having neither time nor space and some mutilated vocal lines and if to compare it to the artist previous issue Having No Alternative it is more inclined to be a successor of No Wave music and the aesthetic of beatniks. Its purpose is to to be set free from oppressive conventions and annoying traditions being an effect of a society of having no future and certain plan to transcend recent economic and survival understanding. At least it seems so while Kevin McFadden likes to manipulate with it and finally destroy it by deconstructing it into something new and challenging. Indeed, one part of the whole it is made up of thought-provoking sounds but the rest of it reveals a huge emotional impact on one's weary sensations and resigned soul. It can be concluded it is ultimately a positive plan to be set out for the sake of all of us. Indeed, by listening to the whole I can imagine it as if a sonic counterpoint of a beatnik text being converted into. But it does not mean the artist dislikes silent moments. For instance, Elegy for Thomas Kincaid The Younger (1661-1726) is a sublime number of a droning organ and a dense harmonica (?). However, The Locks reminds of the art of Robert Wyatt. In general, Mechanics In The Age Of Artistic Reproduction is a fine outing which is a chapter along the path paved by Kevin McFadden. Alarms are up there everywhere but we need more and more surprises to cope with them. Digital simulacra and the simulacra of real life are just nugatory objects to deceive himself/herself thoroughly. It is not the solution at all.  

Vincent Casanova – Cosmic Bikini EP (2005)

Epsilonlab

• House 
• Tech-house 
• Club dance 
• Electronic music 
• Electro house

Comment: first of all, it is quite annoying to review house and club music related issues because those ones are quite orthodox by its nature except if a style is still in the beginning of its formation. For example, Vincent Casanova's 4-notch outing is a strong statement through electro house and tech-house pathways. All the mandatory elements which make music loveable are nicely represented over there - catchy rhythms, iterative rhythmic patterns, hovering synthesisers atop. At times you will forget yourself in the midst of those trance-inducing gaits. What else to add? I like the title. Even more I would like to know who is supposed to wear the cloth? The outing is a bit in the discography of Montrèal-based imprint Epsilonlab. Solid work.

[Teaser of the day] Franq - Modern Rites

Zimmer-Records

• Electronic pop
• Italo disco
• Electro pop
• Electro-disco
• Alternative dance

Artist: Franq

Release: Anxious States EP

Label: Zimmer-Records

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] M-Pex - Varmiton

Enoughrecords

• Post-rock
• Post-classical
• Experimental rock
• Chamber music
• Crossover
• Avant-rock
• Electro-acoustic

Artist: M-Pex

Release: Carinae

Label: Enoughrecords/Free Music Archive/Bandcamp

Year: 2017

[Teaser of the day] HS - $HELL

Tape Safe

• Kosmische Musik
• Electronic music
• Cosmic synth
• Synthwave
• Cosmic fusion
• Ambient pop
• Alternative

Artist: HS 

Release: DARKSHINIZER (Sylphides/HS)

Label: Tape Safe

Year: 2016

[Teaser of the day] Earthborn Visions - String Theory

Petroglyph

• Drone
• Microsound
• Ambient drone
• Avant-garde
• Microtonal
• Experimentalism

Artist: Earthborn Visions

Release: Nuclear Folklore

Label: Petroglyph Music

Year: 2017

Fuellsand – The Days Are Just Packed (2004)

12rec.

Swift Music

• Indietronica 
• Improvised music 
• Indie pop 
• Alternative pop 
• Lo-fi 
• DIY 
• Musique concrète 
• Cowbell indie 
• Electronic music 
• Hip-hop 
• Krautrock

Comment: if your days are packed then your task is just to unzip them. It does mean that if you are finishing off your any day you can say that you have added (much) more good in comparison to the previous one. For instance, clean up your room, listen to music, make some comments about it and thereof promote other people's music, read the books and think of it, do not pollute the environment, take care of other people, make good job in overall. And of course, take care of yourself. By listening to Fuellsand it can be said the members of it did unzip some new perspectives in indie music. Lo-fi progressions with a guitar and improvisations on a rusty keyboard are accompanied by field recordings, sonic effects, off-kilter orchestrations, hip-hop chants and scratches. At My Algorithmic Arkestra one can hear something that makes difference even in the band's own terms by sounding as if a swarm of digitized bees. The following piece The Approaching Siren (Reprise) reveals their compelling inclination towards krautrock and Miles-esque jazz. The self-titled track pays tribute to Kraftwerk which is backed up by some hip-hop glimpses. The bond between the aforementioned group, and the style is symbolic while it is a well-known fact that early US hip-hop musicians of African descent would find one of their anchors from the music of the legendary Düsseldorf group. This nice playful issue is a part of the discography of 12 rec., and Swift Music