2011

James Fella / Steve Jansen / Steve Zimmerman – Full Names, Alphabetical Order (Title)

12″, 45rpm, single-sided, Alien Summer / That’s Cool, 2020 Recorded live at Revolver Records (Phoenix, AZ) on 5/15/2011 Paste on Cover, Limited to 100 copies Style: Free Improvisation, Free Jazz Vibes: Chaotic, Abstract, Raw, Exploratory, Primal, Energetic, Kinetic Musical Qualities: Atonal, Electro-Acoustic, Noisy, Lo-Fi, Collective Improvisation, Live Recording Instrumentation: Saxophone, Homemade Instruments, Amplified Objects, Percussion

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Amon Tobin – ISAM

Style: Sound Sculpture, Experimental Electronic, Epic Collage

Vibes: Otherworldly, Futuristic, Eerie, Abstract, Surreal, Visceral, Mechanical, Nature

Musical Qualities: Sampling, Dense, Instrumental, Digital, Studio-as-an-Instrument

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Anahita – Tourmaline

Fursaxa & Helena Espvall

Style: Free Folk, Drone

Vibe: Ritualistic, Medieval, Nocturnal, Forest, Exploratory, Mysterious, Mystical, Religious, Occult, Cosmic, Witchy

Musical Qualities: Droney, Improvisation, Acoustic, Loops, Slow, Choral

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The Flaming Lips – 7 Skies H3

Abridged version of a 24-hour recording from 2011

Style: Post-Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental Rock, Progressive Electronic

Vibe: Cold, Apocalyptic, Desolate, Ominous, Mournful, Sombre, Mysterious, Existential, Rainy, Spacey, Melancholy, Nihilistic, Haunting, Hypnotic, Lonely, Dreamy, Cerebral, Meandering, Greyscale, Dystopian

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Grouper – A I A: Alien Observer

Style: Ambient, Dream-Folk, Drone Pop

Moods: Melancholy, Nocturnal, Cosmic, Grainy, Contemplative, Lethargic, Meditative, Peaceful, Intimate, Ethereal, Loner, Haunting, Dreamy, Hazy, Meandering, Monochrome, Murky, Soothing

Musical Qualities: Atmospheric, Droney, Lo-Fi, Home Recording, Loops, Simple, Slow, Soft, Solo

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Six Organs of Admittance – Ascent

Taking a detour from his usual loner-droner psych folk style, Ben Chasney enlists former Comets on Fire bandmates to jam some heavy rock burners with a a cosmic amount of electric guitar shredding, evoking Neil Young & Crazy Horse blasting off on a rocket. The new electric energy brought to this album is balanced out by an equal amount of the fingerpicking prog-folk and meditative acoustic ballads that have been developing in his music since the 90’s. While I will always love his more melancholy, nocturnal records that sound like he’s lost in a forest somewhere, I welcome the fiery energy of Ascent.

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