These are all reviews and articles tagged with "free".
Category: Trip Hop
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 [...]
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 [...]
Category: Downbeat
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, [...]
Subbass and Breakbeats | In “I love you” an 808-like bassdrum kicks relaxed in slow-motion. Some drive give the shuffled Dubstep-inspired beats around it.
Category: Experimental | Rock
RU-ral Psychedelic Rock | If you are a keen follower of Phlow Magazine, you know that I regularly write about Russian and East European musicians. Up next we have got V.O.M., rather an idea than a band, acting simultaneously from (at least) three different cities, all in the name of hypnotic Krautrock.
V.O.M. IV – Part [...]
Category: Experimental | Pop
Leftfield Pop that has seen it all | This record has been sleeping on my HD for quite a while- well, sleeping is not the accurate description. It has been running on heavy rotation actually. But I never made it for a proper review. But now! Lovers of leftfield Pop, ca. Beta Band and Books, [...]