I Neurologici, Youthman, Resina – Dubotik Riddim
[SDR038]
I Neurologici, Youthman, Resina
“Dubotik Riddim”
posted 28 April 2017
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Timezone LaFontaine – Timezone LaFontaine
[BSMX0159]
Timezone LaFontaine
“Timezone LaFontaine”
Today we’ve got the dope new Timezone LaFontaine single The Road Goes On Forever / Heavier Than Ever… the second from his blocSonic debut album Soul Night. The incredible A-Side The Road Goes On Forever features none other than blocSonic’s own Cheese N Pot-C, Donnie Ozone & The Impossebulls in addition to the talents of Czech Norris, Seed Verb & Sloe-T. The B-Side album version also features the beatboxing wizardry of Camo! I guess what I’m trying to tell you, is that there’s a load of talent packed onto this single and you should probably not sleep. Get to downloading… word.
Mega thanks goes out to Timezone LaFontaine and the rest of the collaborators for this dope single!
Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver the music you’ll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do. Remember… everything we release is cool to share! Always keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! If you’re in radio… support independent music and broadcast it!
posted 25 April 2017
Red Kite – #1
[pn119]
Red Kite
“#1”
“Red Kite” (‘Cometa Roja’ in Spanish) is a project by Sergio Sánchez, sound artist and anointed experimental musician in Murcia (Spain), that is born from the need to bring together several of his scattered works that did not follow the aesthetic criteria of his better known alias, ‘Jazznoize‘.
These compositions are differentiated by the use of distinct sound sources. While with ‘Jazznoize‘, the principle element for sonic experimentation is the field recording, with ‘Red Kite‘ it is precisely the opposite, electronic music as a compositional basis for generating sound structures that participate in what Kim Cascone called ‘Aesthetic of error’, centered on the less complacent drone and ambient genres. The post-digital sounds, with the use of software and instruments such as samplers and some low fi synthesizers, are the principle reference coupled with a Marxist ideological posture in the conception of his works.
An example of this is his new work under this pseudonym. It is titled ‘#1‘, and brings together topics inspired by some moments of the twentieth century, such as the revolution in Germany organized by the Spartakus League, or the Argentine dictatorship with his criticism of the 1978 World Cup that celebrated goals while a genuine genocide and the suppression of liberties was occuring, and also the revindication of revolutionary and anti-imperialist Marxism by a well known figure, Ernesto Che Guevara. The other two recordings move away from the political commitment to concetrate on highlighting figures like the composer Eliane Radigue. And in the case of ‘Olimpo’ (Olympus) it is a stylistic exercise, a simple re-reading of the previous themes using samplers from some micro-sounds. The most significant influences for generating the textures of ‘Red Kite‘ are Oval (his first works), Tim Hecker, Fennesz, Adam Pacione, Alva Noto, but with an isolationist edge in his sound and with a sense of repetition as a nodular element that redirects the noises and the melodies of his compositions.”
Sergio Sánchez
(Murcia, España / Spain. Abril / April, 2017)
posted 23 April 2017
Nenormalizm Crew – Async
[JAM004]
Nenormalizm Crew
“Async”
Selected experimental electronica produced by various creative artists. Real-time improvisations recorded during live meetings.
posted 17 April 2017
Blit – Fauna ficcion
[M023]
Blit
“Fauna ficcion”
Blit – Fauna ficción
Blit is a well-known talented chilean producer who adds to the catalog of Modismo with a new proof of his versatility.
‘Repite’, track that opens the album, manages to outline the ground in which ‘Fauna Ficción’ moves, as a smoke screen we pass through to go all over a work where experimentation in electronic music is addressed with a ludic spirit.
This way, he is able to approach these compositions to a more restless instrumental pop, crossing over intricate keyboard sounds at dark low frecuencies that works as counterpoint. It is a careful production of the rhythmic patterns that sounds updated with contemporary urban rhythms and with a strong accent on hip-hop derivatives.
The centerpiece of this Blit’s new delivery are the three parts of ‘Exilio’, being the second one the moment in greater tune with the dancefloor. The album closes with ‘Morel’, a track that seems to recall Richard D. James’ legacy, though it ends up shaking the nostalgic off with a powerful rhythmic dose.
In less than 20 minutes ‘Fauna Ficción’ succeedes in introducing us into a world that catches us, captivating our ear with fresh sounds and keeping our feet in constant motion thanks to its playful beats. Seven tracks that only confirm Blit’s huge potential and the good times for the electronic music production that prevails in today’s Chile.
By Javier Moraga, Valparaíso, Chile, 2017
posted 15 April 2017
Art Electronix – Backspace
[deepx370]
Art Electronix
“Backspace”
Label: Deep-X Recordings
Catalog#: deepx370
Format: 5 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Country: Russia
Released: 12 Apr 2017
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Minimal Techno, Tech House
Catalog#: deepx370
Format: 5 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Country: Russia
Released: 12 Apr 2017
Genres: Electronic
Styles: Minimal Techno, Tech House
Tracklist:
01 – Maya (5:13)
02 – DopeX (4:15)
03 – Not Too Late For Anything (4:40)
04 – HypeMachine (5:55)
05 – Little Bit More Acid (6:34)
posted 12 April 2017
Cubenx – Hollow (feat. Guilhem)
Cubenx
“Hollow (feat. Guilhem)”
artwork photography by Amira Fritz
credits
released April 10, 2017
credits
released April 10, 2017
posted 10 April 2017
Bralitz – Bralitz
[BSMX0155]
Bralitz
“Bralitz”
“Bralitz is a one-man-band who plays guitar, drums and percussion, piano, bass, harmonica, ukulele and sings songs he writes himself. He randomly chose the name Bralitz (a small town in North Eastern Germany) for no real reason other than its simplicity and the fact he often goes there to participate in a music festival organized by his friends. Bralitz draws inspiration from classics of various genres, i.e. rock ’n roll, folk, bossa nova, chanson, and manouche, to name a few. Using multi-track recording, he performs all the parts on most of his songs and sings most of the harmonies to his own lead vocals.”
So that’s the official bio. I’ll only add that this little collection of songs packs a melodic punch with thematic ties running throughout. You’ll likely find yourself putting the album on repeat for a while.
A very special thanks to Bralitz for the terrific EP! Welcome to the blocSonic fam!
Of course, thanks once again to you for downloading & listening. We always strive to deliver the music you’ll love. Please spread the word about blocSonic, if you enjoy what we do. Remember… everything we release is cool to share! Always keep the music moving… share it… blog it… podcast it! If you’re in radio… support independent music and broadcast it!
posted 07 April 2017
Ethers – The Nothing
[SCL-SNG007]
Ethers
“The Nothing”
Ethers is a Russian rock band formed in Krasnodar in 2016. Originally was making dream-pop music at home. Then changed genre to indie rock and released their debut studio album No Karma with minimalistic sounding of post-punk in October of 2016. For now band is experimenting with sounds and rhythms and working on a new album which will be released in 2017.
Join Us!
posted 07 April 2017
Artem Bemba – Nonsence
Artem Bemba
“Nonsence”
Album “Cinealarm”, release 20.05.2017
posted 06 April 2017
ps – Volatile
[enrmp400]
ps
“Volatile”
This album is about volatile things and moments. Friendships, relationships, life, random situations. It’s about the importance of finding yourself, knowing yourself, not losing track of what’s important. Getting used to navigate through the acid burns that life flings at you, but also learning to understand others, learning to understand yourself. This album is meant to be listened at home alone at 3 AM. Considering other people don’t appreciate loud sounds at 3 AM you might want to use headphones.
Tracks 1 and 2 feature instrument samples by Amir Baghiri and samples from the movie Still Alice.
Track 3 features samples from the series Making a Murderer and the movies Reservoir Dogs, Drunken Master and Zero Theorem.
Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 feature spoken word passages read from the book The Vegetarian.
Track 9 features samples from the movie Zero Theorem, Curtis Hoard Videogames, The Straight Road and from a random 80s educational video on Missile Guidance Systems.
Tracks 10 and 11 features samples from the series Fargo.
Track 11 features sample from the movie Deadpool.
All other sounds in this album were conjured by Filipe ‘ps’ Cruz using Jeskola Buzz. Mixed down using Reaper.
posted 03 April 2017
Baradit – Electro Lines
[pn118]
Baradit
“Electro Lines”
“Of a tranquil but sure evolution, and generous in melodies that awaken the ear insistently, and to the precise extent, is this new album by the Valparaiso based electronic musician Baradit, a key figure in the scene constructed with machines and danceable beats in studios and clubs in the Fifth Region, being one of the founders of the excellent netlabel Epa Sonidos in 2001.
In this work, the author passes comfortably through many of the influences that have permeated his creation over time, always with interesting results, from musical movements that have remained in perpetuity due to their importance and teachings, such as the EBM, or the ever present and transformable synth pop, techno and other aspects that coexist within the most welcoming and evocative universe of electronics.
Scenes well built and cemented in electro beats, analog basses of good company, notes suggestive of contemplative feelings, are the basis of several of his compositions, like ‘Pruss Pruss’, ‘Guitar Day’, ‘Ocean’, ‘I Need’, to name a few. A good invitation to explore the electro pop happening outside the limits of our self-absorbed and centralized reality. Certainly, a pleasant experience.”
Francisco Pinto
(Santiago, Chile. Abril / April, 2017)
posted 02 April 2017
Asim Khan feat. Moduler Gee – Kisi Yaad Nay
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[0kbps112]
Asim Khan feat. Moduler Gee
“Kisi Yaad Nay”
Asim Khan
Kisi Yaad Nay (prod. by Moduler Gee) [0kbps112]
MAV [0kbps] Records, March 2017
posted 25 March 2017
Elsa Bergman + Ãscar Santis – Errante
[pn117]
Elsa Bergman + Óscar Santis
“Errante”
“Elsa Bergman (double bass) and Óscar Santis (Likembe, mixer, soundboxes, effects, computer), deliver us a generous recording of their first encounter as a duo of improvisers. The album, called Errante, was conceived in its fullness in the magical landscapes of Amereida.
The result is translated in a mixture of exquisite and varietal languages, distinguished by the hypnotic seduction corresponding to the interpretation of Elsa Bergman, who in accordance with her worldview manages to articulate a more onomatopoeic and percussive line as compared to Óscar Santis, the owner of a structured and ferrous sonic vocabulary.
These conversations, generated in an autopoietic state, deliver us soundscapes cemented with Nordic emulsions and the saline corrosion accumulated for decades in the territory of Ciudad Abierta (Open City).
The atmosphere that Errante offers us is divided in seven electrifying cuts, with “Autopista” being the most extensive track (12:05), which ends in magnificent fashion this exchange of musical expectations y concerns that pass through the fields of minimalist electronica and the indelible legacy of free-jazz.”
Sergio Miranda
(Valparaíso, Chile. Marzo / March, 2017)
posted 14 March 2017
marrach – Swing with a Black Dog
marrach
“Swing with a Black Dog”
very slow quazzi jazz pieces
posted 13 March 2017
Ffiper – VESNA
[SCL192]
Ffiper
“VESNA”
В основу альбома легла обыденность “Slow Things”. Меняется мир, добро побеждает зло, а музыка тем временем сотрясает душу.
Проект Ffiper (Файпер) был создан в мае 2015-го. Главной идеей первого альбома послужил внутренний переворот мира, переживания и любовь. Музыка писалась исключительно на iPod touch, а вокал на стандартном микрофоне от наушников. Так вышел в свет “Slow Things”. Через полгода началась работа над “Lit vecher”. Это был порыв поэзии, игра слов и грусть, воссоздаваемая авторами. Заключительной главой стала “VESNA”. Все тот же взрыв, что был в первом альбоме, но только в новом переплете. Атом тепла, внутреннего света и любви.
Все, что дальше – исключительно прекрасное. Все, что старое – частица истории.
posted 09 March 2017
M-PeX – Carinae
[enrmp398]
M-PeX
“Carinae”
In Carinae, M-PeX explores the conceptual symbiosis between the original sound of the portuguese guitar, to which is added the sound of André Coelho’s contrabass, and the ambient electronic sound which is born out of an experimental and digital manipulation of sounds captured on the portuguese guitar for the acoustic themes. Photography by Carina Nunes and graphical artwork by Marco Madruga.
posted 09 March 2017
rr.gross – Stills
[SSSDlp07]
rr.gross
“Stills”
Stills
1-7 are attempts at making music that doesn’t change
over its somewhat arbitrarily chosen length of 5 minutes, akin to
looking at a painting or photograph.
1-7 are attempts at making music that doesn’t change
over its somewhat arbitrarily chosen length of 5 minutes, akin to
looking at a painting or photograph.
Massively
Still combines them all. Akin, I suppose, to looking at 7
paintings at once.
Then
there is unstill…
All
sounds performed on a Novation MiniNova and mixed in Reaper.
posted 06 March 2017
Futurguerra – Kraftwerk 2017 â Trans Human Express (Clone Music)
[0kbps111]
Futurguerra
“Kraftwerk 2017 – Trans Human Express (Clone Music)”
Futurguerra
Kraftwerk 2017 – Trans Human Express (Clone Music) [0kbps111]
Autobahn mix 2′ 33”
Computer Welt mix 3′ 47”
Die Roboter mix 5′ 31”
Electric Café mix 3′ 09”
Europe Endless mix 1′ 55”
Franz Schubert mix 2′ 48”
Klink Klang mix 5′ 48”
Kometenmelody mix 4′ 05”
Kristallo mix 4′ 40”
Minicalcolatore mix 2′ 32”
Radioactivity mix 2′ 46”
Sex Object mix 5′ 04”
Telephone Line 5′ 58”
The Man Machine mix 1′ 40”
Tour de France mix 3′ 48”*
(remix words Futurguerra)
Trans Europe (Human) Express mix 2′ 42”
*Virtual Vocalist Futurguerra
“La tecno-fantasia «suggerisce un rapporto vivente con l’estetica della realtà», nota Roberto Guerra, che la trasferisce nella visionarietà dei suoi video e testi”
Vitaldo Conte (Pulsional Gender Art, Avanguardia 21, 2011)
Tra poesia sonora e musica elettronica, tra dada, futurismo e situazionismo… Da anni i Kraftwerk fans attendono un nuovo album, solo un paio ex novo in oltre 30 anni (Electric Café – 1986 e Tour de France-2004, oltre a Expo2000, ma straordinari mix e remix dei Kraftwerk stessi: al punto che live, tour non stop e negli ultimi anni in 3D sembrano incredibilmente album e canzoni elettroniche (e Video) ex novo. Futuristi e quindi anche transumanisti, autopotenzianti i brani dei Kraftwerk, (Ralf Hutter e Florian Schneider, il duo originario e fondatore, poi via diversi altri robot musicisti- è rimasto da tempo il solo Hutter), padri della musica elettronica, canzoni tecnhopop (nato con i Kraftwerk) letteralmente “immortali”, mind up loading songs non stop. Ecco quindi, da un fan poeta, spesso ispirato a tarda notte mentre scriviamo poesie o saggi, il nuovo virtuale album dei Kraftwerk. Operazione di arte estrema, mix di sconcertante semplicità, musica per cloni! Un giocattolo “elettronico” sia ben chiaro, ma forse davvero queste soundtrack kraftwerkiane della computer age sembrano una volta di più (ri)composte il giorno prima…
(Roberto Guerra)
MAV [0kbps] Records, March 2017
posted 06 March 2017
Browne/Thompson/Sanderson – Solitude, Reef and the Starry Veil
[LOR 090]
Browne/Thompson/Sanderson
“Solitude, Reef and the Starry Veil”
For their second release the trio of Mark Browne (collected objects and saxophones), Daniel Thompson (acoustic guitar) and Richard Sanderson (melodeon and small instruments) continue their exploration of a particularly arcane form of free improvisation, creating music that varies from ritual-like percussive sound environments to microscopically intense interplay. Returning to the glorious acoustics of the Girl Guide hut in Aylesbury which produced their much praised first album, the trio dig deeper into their own utterly unique soundworld to create a music which is fascinating, recondite and very human.
posted 27 February 2017
Far Rainbow – Somwhere Out There Was the Wave
[LOR 083]
Far Rainbow
“Somwhere Out There Was the Wave”
Far Rainbow create vast neo-psychedelic slabs of gradually developing sound. “Somewhere Out There Was The Wave” is perhaps their darkest and purest release so far- a single expanding piece created from murky drones and loops and ominous percussion, the work has enormous dynamic control and intensity that sustains interest for its full duration.
“Somewhere Out There Was The Wave” was
improvised live to tape by Far Rainbow
(Emily Mary Barnett & Bobby Barry)
at Gunfactory Studios, London.
Photographs by Emily Mary Barnett.
posted 27 February 2017
Suspektema – wiLl/thE/dayS/paSsing/loNg/ovEr/backwardS/Sound
[SSSDlp06]
Suspektema
“wiLl/thE/dayS/paSsing/loNg/ovEr/backwardS/Sound”
The first release by Suspicious Sound artist Suspektema contains 93 minutes of drone-based introspection, culminating, eventually, in the same nothingness from which it emerged.
posted 25 February 2017
Bruno de Vincenti – Jorge Castro – Vlisa – PAISAJE MODULAR
[PN116]
Bruno de Vincenti – Jorge Castro – Vlisa
“PAISAJE MODULAR”
“‘Organic’ is a word used in many situations; in this case it covers perfectly the bird’s eye description of this work. We can intuit in the first listening that improvisation and wisdom have met to create a record that lets you travel through the wide variety of sounds. We can let it flow and enjoy a fine work, which leads you to say, ‘uff, it’s over already’, and then give it another ‘play’. No doubt it is solid, but in a way that lets you breathe, it is not a block, it is solid as a cloud that has an important presence, but it is light and smooth.
Jorge Castro (aka Fisternni) is the host, recorded in La Cúpula, his bunker in Córdoba, accompanied here by two excellent artists, Bruno De Vincenti and Ramiro Cruz Larrain (aka Vlisa), essential components of the Argentine electronic scene and with an impressive history.
Without a doubt, this record is recommended; you have to sit in your armchairs and enjoy it again and again, because we never tire of seeing the clouds…”
Luis Lezama aka Luis Marte
(Buenos Aires, Argentina. Febrero / February, 2017)
posted 10 February 2017
Alpha Male Project – I Could Come
[SDR037]
Alpha Male Project
“I Could Come”
Code: SDR037
Artist: Alpha Male Project
Title: I Could Come
Genre: Electro
License: CC BY NC SA
Date: 02.2017
Artist: Alpha Male Project
Title: I Could Come
Genre: Electro
License: CC BY NC SA
Date: 02.2017
Composed and arranged by Alpha Male Project
Lyrics by Alpha Male Project
Produced, recorded and mixed by Fabio Chiantini @ Strato Dischi Studios, Roma
Mastered by Fabio Pieri @ Strato Dischi Mobile, Roma
Cover by AMP
Fabio Chiantini: programming, bass, guitars
Marco Di Marco: voice
posted 06 February 2017
posted 06 February 2017
