Hecker’s Japanese trip is an elegantly spaced ambient composition. Negative space, Japanese instruments, digital noise, ritual, calm, sacral scents.
Tim Hecker – Anoyo
Belief Defect – Decadent Yet Depraved
Wow, this is intense, surprising, deep, a journey. Apocalyptic bass heavy rhythmic noise with an industrial feel to it. Bites with sharp teeth and consumes with acid. And this is a debut album, taking off at Raster – not bad, not bad. Reminds me of when Diamond Version was new.
Deena Abdelwahed – Khonnar
Experimenting electronics, exciting, new.
Current 93 – The Light Is Leaving Us All
This one is a weirdo, and I find it fascinating.
“[…] the feeling of listening to a preacher behind the pulpit, or a doomsayer on the soapbox. […] a kind of sage or guru, a grey-bearded mystic of deep, arcane wisdom. His industrial noise and mournful neo-folk teems with hymns, incantations, and transcribed dreams.”
JASSS - Weightless
Experimental, electronic, slow techno, some industrial flavor, and probably the best new stuff I came across along these lines this year (although it is from last year).
Aïsha Devi – DNA Feelings
Found it with techno records, something experimental downtempo electronics, sounds ritual.
Mamuthones – Fear On The Corner
WTF experimental-kraut-rock from Italy. Cool cover.
Sevdaliza – ISON
It’s like Portishead remastered with a more current sound. Has weight.
Dälek – Endangered Philosophies
Just the experimental hiphop that you would expect from Dälek.
Ben Frost – Threshold of Faith
At times experimenting ambient, other times beautiful modern composition, and then some noisy downtempo.