Nu jazz grooves, from liquid drum and bass vibes to abstract jazzy arrangements.
Skalpel – Origins
JK Flesh – Sewer Bait
This is not necessarily an outstanding album, but it’s been a very long time that I listened to rhythmic noise. So cheers to that! Side note: interesting that this is self-labelled as industrial techno, haven’t thought of rhythmic noise as such, but it makes sense.
Soft Crash – Your Last Everything
Industrial and EBM with some techno and trance. Some cyberpunk soundtrack, some party scene score.
O’Flynn x Frazer Ray – Shimmer
Pleasant house and jungle sounds, backdrop music, great for work.
Noise Unit – Cheeba City Blues
I wasn’t aware that Noise Unit was a Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber project. But I’ve been listening to this album as casual daily backdrop for months. It’s nothing too outstanding or new to be honest, but it combines many of the things that I just like to hear in the industrial electronic music spectrum, which is not so surprising given Leeb and Fulber. It also has this musical diversity (like dub reverbs with a strong modern bass line and EBM-like vocals in one track), which always gives me some cyberpunk feeling (the “beyond globalization” kind where everything goes in the multicultural blender).
Tomaga – Intimate Immensity
It’s like if you played IDM ambient but with live instruments (which reminds me of the time I attended a Plaid concert played by an orchestra in a concert hall), other times industrial jazz and a touch of experimental music. But it’s rather smooth and pleasant, not harsh.
Modeselektor – Extended
Electronic music on the bass side and with lots of flow and power to it. Based on the most recent Moderat and Modeselektor records, my take is that the Moderat project was great for two records but it should be left behind to shine from the past and Modeselektor should rather do what’s really their thing. This record is as awesome as any other Modeselektor output, instantly wanting to hear them play live and rock the roof off.
Shanti Celeste – Cutie / Shimmer
Cutie is a weirdo little fun house. Shimmer is a big chill beach vibe house. (The Central Remix is more dance floor.)
Acid Witch – Rot Among Us
Doom metal with a psychedelic edge. I’m obsessed with Psychedeathic Swampnosis where otherworldly flute melodies is layered over some psy-doom metal pillars. It’s like the soundtrack of an old fantasy movie (the Labyrinth kind) but with metal.
Molybaron – The Mutiny
I mentioned this before when Lucifer came out as a single. Just putting the album on this shelf for the record, too, absolutely worthy as a full-lengh unpacking of what I’ve heard coming in the single. It’s an amazingly well crafted metal record.