Hi All! It's been a while since I posted my reviews which I'm going to fix
right now. Sorry if it gets too rapturous - I'm just completely happy to
have that stuff:
Phonem - Phonetic LP (Morr)
Amazing. Brilliant. Fantastic. Ae fans and such shall crash the stores to
get that. Four long tracks of everchanging idm tales told by one of the most
sucessive downtempo idm acts up to date. Classics in its true meaning.
(9.5/10)
Richard Devine - Lipswitch (Schematic/Warp)
I do not know why the list had only negative reviews about it so far. It is
great! For those who dig into his sound on Schemetic comps and Odd Jobs, of
course. Unprecedent mix of nice dark ambient short tracks with terroristic
robot marches full of clicks, glitches, blops, cuts, etc. in Mr. Devine's
favorite style. Must buy for those who like their brains torn and worn out
by the storm of idm noise. (8/10)
Proem - Burn Plate No. 1
Mix hard rhythmic crunches with beautiful tender melodies and boil them
toghether for some time and you may get a feeling of what you going to hear
on that CD. It is authentic and it is idm, but.... yu have to hear it to
understand.. and listen to it more than once to realise that it is one of
the best original idm ever released.... (9/10)
Novel 23 - Melodies of Childhood for Advanced Imagination (Pitchcadet)
Never heard russian idm? It is a great place to start if you are looking for
tender electronic warmth blended into amazing rhytmic landscapes. I've just
had a call on 8:00 in the moring from a friend who started like screaming
over the phone telling me how great it was that I gave him that CD last
night... 8) (8/10)
Jake Mandell - Underlings (Kodama)
Never expected such album from a man who's tracks I've heard on various
comps.... Excellent dark ambient album if you ask me. Not exactly idm, imho,
but definetely worth checking if you like Lull, Koner, Lustmord and such.
(9/10)
Styrofoam - A Point Misser (Morr)
Hmmm.. My English is not good enough to express my love to all of those
artists I recently bought. Another amazing example of what modern idm is.
Tender melodies, warm rhythms and soft crunches mix up in another electronic
must buy fairy tale... (8.5/10)
MD - Appelsap (Merck)
One of the albums that I had in mp3 for a long time and finally bought in
original CD quality. Comparisons are hard to find for this one. It is more
pc electronic influenced than by pure idm. Imagine the best tune you ever
heard from private pc composers that evolved since countless trackers
(software) invaded pc market and you'll be close to MD sound. Great
authentic electronic music. (8/10)
Detroit Escalator Co. - Excerpts
After Black Buildings EP I expected to get great ambientish idm close to
Bola or Arovane's Atol Scrap... I got even more! Go and buy it immediately
as it is fantasticly soothing record. If you want a deep relaxation in the
sea of warm electronic vibes, you'll have even more of it. Tender downtempo
for stargazing it is as told on the sleeve. (9/10)
Ooops. I'm tired of writing this message already and I still have tons of
great music to list... I'll skip to even more short version of my review..
Aspen - Album (Elephant Electronics)
Downtempo ambient idm. (8/10)
Aspen - Are you that retail snob? (Involve)
Ambient like eletronic. (8/10)
V/A - Cottage Industries (Neo Ouija)
Great line-up including Phonem, Geiom, Yunx, Clatterbox, Penfold Plum,
Bauri, Herrman&Kleine.... Must buy for imd fans. (9.5/10)
V/A - Artist & Computer
Good line up of sombre idm tracks by Lilienthal, Accelera Deck, Antarktic...
I'll definetely go hunting for Liliental after this comp... (7/10)
V/A - Putting the Morr back to Morrissey (Morr)
Great comp of ambient and downtempo idm, tender and warm from Morr already
famous artists. (8/10)
Delarosa & Asora - Backsome EP (Schematic)
Extremely original idm act familiar to those who have Schematic comps. Mix
crunchy noise like idm with jazz and hip-hop and you'll at least be prepared
to what you're going to hear. 8) Very short :( (8/10)
I'm sure I missed some new stuff as I'm not at home now but this is at least
a view of what I recently bought for my collection. Enjoy.
peace
Alien
np. V/A - Cotttage Industries (Neo Ouija)
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