Style: Electronica-Indietronic | Pop
Sky Barstow – “It’s Circular” (Peppermill)
Queer and quirky Synthpop | The Canadian Peppermill Netlabel resembles beatismurder.com in many aspects. Their latest addition could have been out at the Austrian label without a problem. Sky Barstow, Norwegian bon vivant and sound engineer, plays synth-driven Indiepop. Low fidelity, high quality!
(12 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)
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Gillicuddy – “The Repeating Thoughts Of Old Zinng Zanng” (Resting Bell)
Less grumpy, rather blissful | Gillicuddy returns with a tiny little EP on Resting Bell Netlabel. His debut "Shmalhans is Kuechenmeister" was quite a good listen with a lot of potential hiding behind the awkward compositions. On "The Repeating Thoughts", Gillicuddy takes the quiet moments, expands and brings them to perfection.
(21 votes, average: 4.90 out of 5) Loading ...Style: Trip Hop
Black Era – “Third eye guerrilla EP” (aquietbump netlabel)
Dark Italian Trip Hop | Maybe Black Era is a dark reflection of the Berlusconi-ruled italian empire. Or maybe it is a reflection of the bad side of the italian soul called Mafia. Maybe none of these conclusions are right. What I can hear for sure are some dusky sounds, creeping slowly on the floor like Massive Attack, Leftfield or Portishead in their brightest moments of opposition.
(10 votes, average: 4.70 out of 5) Loading ...M.W.D. – “Singing Forest” (Budabeats)
Smooth Downbeats | Like his other label mates on Budabeats Netlabel M.W.D. loves Hip Hop, samples, Jazz and crackling vinyl. In comparison with the excellent release by Suhov who delivers rolling rhythms to dance, the drums of M.W.D. sound lighter, smoother. His approach on instrumental Downbeats is more cinematic and relaxed. The DJ from Hungary tries to melt samples, bass loops and percussion together. That makes "Singing Forest" the perfect jazz juice to drink in the morning. Yummy!
(6 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5) Loading ...Style: Downbeat
The Insider – “All’s Fair in Love of Wax”
Crackling Vinyl and Some Breaks | Do you like Vinyl? Do you enjoy those smokin' breakbeats? Do you like some scratches and cuts? What about "All's Fair in Love of Wax"? Jonah Dempcy enjoys all these things to and produces electronic music with live improvisation, resulting in a style of music described sometimes as nu-jazz, electro-jazz or electronic breakbeat jazz.
(13 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5) Loading ...
