From the Stretching Spaces netlabel comes Equivallentium with fifty five minutes of fast paced drums and classic synth sounds. I’m not sure if this is breakbeat or hip hop or techno or what, but it is definitely worth a listen. BTW, to find it you need to scroll about two thirds of the way down the page; it’s listed as ‘STRETCH017’.
Category Archives: Music
Kliment – Time Revision A
Kliment is standard trance, but this release stood out. Subtle changes and classic synth sounds coupled with odd sound fx and vocal samples set the mood for two hours of grooving electro.
Easily Embarrassed – From Sunset Last Night To Sunrise This Morning (I Don't Want To Sleep)
One single track, weighing in at just under twenty one minutes, it’s like moving through a tunnel – the entrance starts at a cold, technological and sterile environment. The exit is completely opposite, a lush organic aurally rich world of melodies and textures. This is a pleasant train ride through a mountain of possible sound.
Kali Frogz – Archive EP
This set of tracks has a dark, sort of industrial, feel to it. Sparse at times, dense at others, the music throughout has a deeply disturbing feel to it. Droning bass pads and hip hop drum samples accompany a variety of sounds, including Dr. Martin Luther King, robotic vocals, and other, more disturbing, noises. I usually don’t care for experimental stuff, but Kali Frogz is an exception. Only five tracks, this EP clocks in at almost thirty four minutes. Best to listen to in a dark room with no disturbances.
Crepusculum – Sky Diaries EP
Crepusculum is Fred Baty, who creates acoustic guitar melodies for when you’re feeling melancholy. Peaceful yet energetic. Best listened to in headphones with eyes closed.
A Beautiful Machine – Home
This album is a moving journey through space to an ocean on a distant world. Walls of sound, guitar textures and occasional vocals blend together to form this ambient cosmic trip, over fifty minutes long – I would’ve thought it would take much longer than that to get to where A Beautiful Machine is going.
Negative Sound Institute
Soft mellow sounds compliment ambient guitar. I’m not usually a fan of ambient music but this has a feel to it that’s catchy and ominous. A perfect release to fall asleep to.
Bergen – Spring Interval EP
Awesome techno, popping beats with smooth synths. This set of tracks really has a ‘snap’ to it, this is the best find in quite a while. Sort of a loungy, housey feel, if you need something to pick you up then throw this in the mp3 player.
Obsibilo – Movie on the Moon – subnet014
Jazzy electro music. The vibe set up by this release will have you mellowed out and tapping your toes. Snappy and smooth at the same time. Great release, great netlabel as well. Excellent basslines by this artist also.
Hamsa Lila
Is Hamsa Lila Trance? Or Rock? Or World? A little of all three, an acoustic band that does some jazzy trance numbers that will take you somewhere in between the earth and clouds. Ethnic instruments combine with modern dance beats and wonderfully smooth vocals that speak to that mysterious part of your mind that likes to adventure to exotic locations while you’re asleep. Give that bit of your brain what it wants – it wants some Hamsa Lila.