Memory keeper. Mostly music and movies, plus some series and video games. Obscure darkness meets pop culture glow.
I’m not familiar with the latin electronics world that this record lives in, so I found this album especially refreshing, new, interesting, and exciting. The melting of latin percussions and rhythms with the kind of dubstep and bass music that I’m familiar with creates this bridge that I know how to walk but shows lots of new tricks along the path.
From ambient through experimental electronics and IDM to modern classical. Quite a journey. Great listen with a focus and in the background as well.
Soothing glitchy ambient. Mostly with autotune vocals (amazingly I find it comforting here, while I usually hate it), sometimes with bits of chiptune sounds.
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.
Cannot say much beyond what I’d expect from Alva Noto on the usual high standard.
I had a hard time decoding this record with its extremes ranging from experimental IDM to cool blue jazz. Just thinking about the aspect of this being some weirdly unique and altered jazz sound, gave me associations of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble or even Brandt Brauer Frick. But this was something different still. And then I read this was a duo of Bernd Friedmann and Uwe Schmidt (Atom™) and it all clicked into place. It’s amazing how two artists can blend into one music in a way that you can see who brought what to the table so clearly.
In full honesty though, my favorite track here is Sweet Silence, which has no electrnics to it, but the film noir atmosphere is just irresistible.
One of my go-to focus music for the past month. Cinematic ambient with chiming sounds, dark textures, monumental spaces, it’s quite a journey. I see the full movie playing in my mind. Also great for reading, especially something eerie, mystical, or set in outer space.
Acid IDM glitch-core. Took a good ten listens to be able to stop at first encounter. Pretty pretty looking forward to the new album.
This album has been around in my queue for a while, mainly because I love it’s cover art so much but could never get myself listen through the music itself. Today I did and it was not easy. It somehow annoys me and it’s not interesting. I almost never write about albums that I don’t like, so this one is an exception because I wanted to put down that the cover art, that photo is absolutely amazing.
Similar effect like before. When the album is over it’s like realizing not having taken a deep breath since it has started. It’s like opressing bodily functions. Heavy. Drone metal opera.