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* * * * * Logh * * * * *

March 15th, 2009 / No Comments » / by Mog'

Lund, Malmö, Sweden (1998 – present)

Logh (pronounced log) is an indie rock band formed in 1998 in Lund, Sweden. Comprising four members, their first LP was released in 2002 on Bad Taste Records, incorporating elements of indie rock and shoegaze with hushed vocals and introspective lyrics. The album was followed by two more, with lo-fi shoegazer elements, lightly brushed snares, subtle guitar strumming, and droning bass lines.

Band Members are:

Mathias Olden (bass)
Jens Hellgren (guitar)
Mattias Friberg (vocals, guitar)

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Artist – Logh
Album – Every Time A Bell Rings, An Angel Gets His Wings
Release Date – 2002
Genre – Indie, Lo-fi, Post-rock Influence

Tracklist

1 In Cold Blood 5:24
2 Yellow Lights Mean Slow Down, Not Speed Up 4:29
3 The Passage 4:24
4 Note on Bathroom Mirror 3:44
5 Music for Flightrecorders 6:14
6 Lookalike 2:42
7 The Bastards Have Landed 3:16
8 Ghosts 4:09
9 Off the Ground 6:09
10 Every Streetlight a Reminder 2:56
11 The Hour We Knew Nothing 1:51
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Logh – Every Time A Bell Rings, An Angel Gets His Wings Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Logh
Album – The Raging Sun
Release Date – 2003
Genre – Indie, Lo-fi, Post-rock Influence

Tracklist

01 The Contractor and the Assasin 4:06
02 End Cycle 2:32
03 An Alliance of Hearts 5:02
04 The Raging Sun 3:15
05 Thin Lines 4:02
06 The Bones of Generations 2:35
07 A Vote for Democracy 3:43
08 At This My Arm Was Weakened 5:19
09 City, I’m Sorry 7:42
10 Lights from Sovereign States 6:25
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Logh – The Raging Sun Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Logh
Album – A Sunset Panorama
Release Date – 2005
Genre – Indie, Lo-fi, Post-rock Influence

Tracklist

01 String Theory
02 Fell Into the Well
03 A Sunset Knife Fight
04 Destinymanifesto
05 Asymmetric Tricks
06 Bring On the Ether
07 The Big Sleep
08 Trace Back the Particle Track
09 Ahabian
10 My Teacher’s Bed
11 The Smoke Will Lead You Home
12 Exit
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Logh – A Sunset Panorama Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Logh
Album – North
Release Date – 2007
Genre – Indie, Lo-fi, Post-rock Influence

Tracklist

01 Saturday Nightmares 3:26
02 Weather Island 3:33
03 The Invitation 4:08
04 All the Trees 3:52
05 Death to My Hometown 3:23
06 The Black Box 4:01
07 Forest Eyes 4:26
08 Thieves in the Palace 7:57
09 Sometimes 3:15
10 A New Hope 5:07
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Logh – North Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Recommendations: Immanu El ~ Bang Gang ~ Dark Star ~ His Hideous Heart ~ Ef
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RÁDIO ETIÓPIA – THE COMPLETE LIST OF YOUR DEMONS

January 27th, 2012 / Comments Off / by Mog'


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[ The Complete List Of Your Demons ] with bands like [ Yann Tiersen ] ~ [ Amiina ] ~ [ The Echelon Effect ] ~ [ Marc Broude ] ~ [ Message To Bears ] ~ [ Caspian ] ~ [ Logh ] ~ [ Julia Holter ] ~ [ False Awakening ] ~ [ Needleleaf ] ~ [ Molasses ] and so on… this is more like a complete list of my favourites artists.

Ema’s Quote:

I´m waiting for a sign or two to sparkle through your closed window and make me luminous outside. I have a complete list of your demons written around my cold wet glass. Empty like wasted time. As I drank, it tasted like struggling angels down to my throat. I have a ticket in my hand. A feather in my tongue. A dream in the shade. Shut your mouth and my heart will speak your ghosts away.
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RELATED ARTISTS…

[ Needleleaf ]
[ Marc Broude ]
[ Misuse ]
[ The Eternal Twilight ]
[ False Awakening ]
[ Caspian ]
[ Amiina ]
[ Asfandyar Khan ]
[ Lunatic Soul ]
[ Julia Holter ]
[ Message To Bears ]
[ Molasses ]
[ Logh ]
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Artist – RÁDIO ETIÓPIA [ VA ]
Album – THE COMPLETE LIST OF YOUR DEMONS [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2012
Genre – Ambient, Classical, Experimental, Post-rock, Experimental [ SIMPLY EPIC / POST OF THE DAY ]

Tracklist

01. Needleleaf – Turn Out the Lights (00.22)
02. Marc Broude – Cure (Feat. Susanne Hafenscher) (01.03)
03. Misuse – Dear Hunter Part I (03.25)
04. The Eternal Twilight – Out Of Focus, Out Of Sight & Suddenlly (07.10)
05. The Eternal Twilight – Sky Is No More A Friend (10.35)
06. Marc Broude – Maladaptive Daydreaming (15.20)
07. Lou Reed – Hudson River Wind (16.30)
08. False Awakening – The 74th Parallel North (17.30)
09. Caspian – The Dove (21.40)
10. Marc Broude – Ivan’s Breathing Machine (24.10)
11. Genesis – The Waiting Room (25.40)
12. Amiina – Souvenir (OMD cover) (26.55)
13. Asfandyar Khan – Hello Morocco (29.30)
14. Lunatic Soul – Gravestone Hill (31.30)
15. Michael Cashmore – My Eyes Open (34.40)
16. Michael Cashmore – How God Moved At Twilight (39.15)
17. The Eternal Twilight – We Grow Up Everyday, Every Moment… (42.45)
18. Julia Holter – So Lillies (45.45)
19. Julia Holter – Pushkin, Inconsolate (48.20)
20. Message To Bears – Daylight Goodbye (50.30)
21. Julia Holter – Interlude (55.00)
22. Julia Holter – Beast Wildest (56.50 to 58.10)
23. Needleleaf – Movement VI (56.50)
24. Caspian – Sycamore (live) (01.00.40)
25. Ruby Throat – All I Have Left Of You (01.02.50)
26. Marc Broude – Ivan’s Breathing Machine (01.08.00)
27. Molasses – Death March (Erskine’s Theme) (01.09.00)
28. Logh – Exite (01.12.50)
29. Kenneth Pattengale – Forever Young
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STREAM LISTEN: RÁDIO ETIÓPIA [ VA ] – THE COMPLETE LIST OF YOUR DEMONS
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: RÁDIO ETIÓPIA [ VA ] – THE COMPLETE LIST OF YOUR DEMONS
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* * * * * [ Imandra Lake ] | | | [ Pia Fraus ] * * * * *

January 27th, 2012 / Comments Off / by Mog'

Tallinn, Estonia (2008 – present)

Estonian indie label Seksound releases Imandra Lake’s debut album Seesamseesam on September 2010, making Estonia richer by another shining shoegaze pearl. Imandra Lake is a new project of Pia Fraus’ Rein Fuks and Eve Komp, formed in 2008 in Tallinn, Estonia, and follows the similar shoegaze line but it’s all fresh and speaks Estonian. The tracks that have been heard here and there so far have caused quite an excitement and received positive feedback. Imandra Lake’s shoegaze is noisy and reverberant but less pop and quite tranquil and deep, reaching even the boundaries of the darker side of folk.

[ Seesamseesam ]  is thoughtful and dreamy, it should not be listened in haste. It is a walk, with musicians as a guide, looking on the listener from above, singing about what the see from up there, from the mountaintops and clouds. They tell us through music about things small and close and so fantastic. For this, they use walls of noise, a wide range of instruments, minimalist lyrics and their mother tongue.

It’s little surprise that the debut album from [ Imandra Lake ] sounds rather like the band that spawned it — both Rein Fuks and Eve Komp are longtime members of [ Pia Fraus ] and the same sense of sweetly tuneful shoegaze “as opposed to full sonic violence” carries over to Seesamseesam. With its linguistic focus fully on the performers’ native Estonian, there’s a slight statement of purpose at work, but given the sonic style’s emphasis on music and harmonies over lyrical straightforwardness it’s more of a sidestep — and above all else, it still sounds lovely. The opening “Öö Laul” may begin with what sounds like autoharp or ukulele but within a few seconds it’s all rich woozy feedback and often enveloping half-sighed singing, so if it’s business as usual in ways it’s still thoroughly enjoyable.

From there the bandmembers make their way across 11 songs all told, steering clear of overt electronic/dance fusions in favor of rock arrangements and playing everything themselves. There are all sorts of now classic tropes at work — not for nothing does “Ilus Aeg” start off with a slightly slower version of the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” drums as swathed with the Jesus and Mary Chain’s “Just Like Honey” echo, followed later in the song by none-more-Kevin Shields guitar tones — but if the reference points are clear, the resultant efforts still sound good (the song in question has a stately roll to it, emphasized by a deep-as-hell bassline).

There’s also a regular emphasis on acoustic instrumentation, as can be heard on the heavily drone-touched “Ole Mu Laev.” Above all their singing, constantly harmonized throughout, has its own take on dream pop’s possibilities, a little more clear, airy, and — perhaps strange to say — restrained than many of its contemporaries.

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Merging [ Pia Fraus ] page with [ Imandra Lake ] and sticking one additional release under the moniker of [ Pia Fraus ] “Wonder What It’s Like”. I’m not adding a youtube preview for each album on this one but I am sure everyone’s knows [ Pia Fraus ] is absolute must have… especially if you dig [ Moose ] ~ [ The Boo Radleys ] ~ [ Airiel ] ~ [ Astrobrite ] and the likes.

< < < < < [ [ Last.FM ] | [ FaceBook ] ]. > > > > >
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Artist – Imandra Lake
Album – Seesamseesam [ * * * * * ] X 10
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Shoegaze, Experimental, Dream-wave [ ABSOLUTELY LUSH ]

Tracklist

01 Öö Laul 4:28
02 Liugle Liugle 3:44
03 Ilus Aeg 4:28
04 Majades 3:53
05 Vajun 4:13
06 Ole Mu Laev 4:15
07 Külm 7:09
08 Puhangus 4:20
09 Seesam 3:49
10 Rabajärv 3:26
11 Igane 3:41
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BANDCAMP ~ Imandra Lake – Seesamseesam
FILEFACTORY ~ Imandra Lake – Seesamseesam
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Artist – Imandra Lake
Album – Ulistuslaulud EP [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Shoegaze, Experimental, Dream-wave

Tracklist

Imandra Lake – Ülistuslaulud EP – 01 Lootus
Imandra Lake – Ülistuslaulud EP – 02 Ärkamise aeg
Imandra Lake – Ülistuslaulud EP – 03 Külm (instrumentaal)
Imandra Lake – Ülistuslaulud EP – 04 Armastuse valgus (Imandra Lake rmx)
Imandra Lake – Ülistuslaulud EP – 05 Lootus (instrumentaal)
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BANDCAMP ~ Imandra Lake – Ulistuslaulud EP
FILEFACTORY ~ Imandra Lake – Ulistuslaulud EP
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – Wonder What It’s Like
Release Date – 2001
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 How Fast Can You Love? 3:01
2 Obnoxious 3:18
3 Moon Like A Pearl 2:04
4 Obnoxious (Galaktlan “Tired” Version) Remix – Galaktlan 3:53
5 Summer Before Spring 3:23
6 In Mind 5:16
7 Deep Purple Girl (Njuu Version) Remix – Njuu 3:39
8 Summer Before Spring (Snafu Edit Version) Remix – Snafu 4:40
9 Beautiful Next Time 2:57
10 Deep Purple Girl 4:17
11 Swim In Eyes (Lobsand Dorje “Evening Tea” Version) Remix – Lobsand Dorje 5:41
12 Swim In Eyes 5:48
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Pia Fraus – Wonder What It’s Like
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – In Solarium
Release Date – 2002
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 400 & 57 3:56
2 Right Hand Traffic 2:11
3 The End of Time and Space Like We Used to Know It Is After You Have Finished Your Tea Approximately at 5:07 pm 3:14
4 Bibabo 3:49
5 No Need for Sanity 5:15
6 Octobergirl 3:55
7 Outskirts of Me 3:16
8 How Fast Can You Love 2:11
9 On You 4:09
10 Zodalovers 3:51
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Pia Fraus – In Solarium Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – Plastilina EP
Release Date – 2003
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 Moon Like a Pearl 2:06
2 Obnoxious 3:23
3 Summer Before Spring 3:26
4 Deep Purple Girl 4:19
5 Swim in Eyes 5:45
Hidden Bonus Track:
6 [silence] 0:59
7 Summer Before Spring (Snafu Remix) 4:41
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Pia Fraus – Plastilina EP Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – Mooie Island EP
Release Date – 2004
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 You Look Fine 4:25
2 Mooie Island 2:49
3 Tähetorn 3:30
4 Hello Hell 3:12
5 My Landlord Is Trying to Kill Me 21:40
Video Track:
6 Mooie Island Video
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Pia Fraus – Mooie Island EP Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – Sailing on a Grapefruit Lake
Release Date – 2005
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 Moon Like a Pearl 2:09
2 Obnoxious 3:25
3 Summer Before Spring 3:28
4 Deep Purple Girl 4:23
5 Swim in Eyes 5:49
6 Summer Before Spring (Snafu Remix) 4:45
7 You Look Fine 4:27
8 Mooie Island 2:51
9 Tähetorn 3:32
10 Hello Hell 3:14
11 My Landlord Is Trying to Kill Me 2:39
12 400 & 57 (Guther Remix) 4:16
13 Pretend to Be Here (Demo Version) 3:05
14 Mooie Island (Hood Remix) 4:13
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Pia Fraus – Sailing on a Grapefruit Lake Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – Nature Heart Software
Release Date – 2006
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 Birds Still Swing 2:48
2 Pretend to Be Here 3:38
3 Chromatic Nights 3:09
4 Day Week or Season 3:27
5 You Know There Are People Living in the Country 3:08
6 Teenage Girl 2:40
7 Super Timeknowing Gentleman 2:28
8 Thank You Peter Parker 3:46
9 Come to Me 3:18
10 Feeling Is New 3:29
11 No Borders 4:54
12 Japanese Heart Software 4:04
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Pia Fraus – Nature Heart Software Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – Ten Remixes of Yenissey
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 Future Pilot AKA – Yenissey vs Future Pilot AKA! 5:31
2 Galaktlan – Galayeni 4:07
3 International Airport – One Transition: Tundra Into Taiga 3:51
4 Mirabilia – Yllar Lyndi uued püksikud 4:34
5 Seeland – Yennesay: Seeland Reemix 4:24
6 Pia Fraus – Niva Meets Yenissey 4:24
7 Teenage Fanclub – Yenissey 2:33
8 3Pead – Las voolab 5:26
9 Bill Wells – Yenissey 3:09
10 His Name Is Alive – Forever 93 4:17
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Pia Fraus – Ten Remixes of Yenissey Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Pia Fraus
Album – After Summer
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Shoegaze, Dream-pop, Indie

Tracklist

1 Springsister
2 Yenissey
3 Sailing Yes
4 Doctor Optimism
5 House Eaten
6 After Summer
7 Late Again
8 Mute the Birds
9 Loveloops
10 Far Fade Whisper
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Pia Fraus – After Summer
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The Constellation Branch | Radio Flyer | [ T.U.N.Q. ] | Lybria | Made Out Of Babies
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* * * * * Six String Malfunction * * * * *

January 27th, 2012 / Comments Off / by Mog'

Roland Daum is the man behind [ Six String Malfunction ], born in Prescott, Arizona. He has been known to live in Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa and Flagstaff. He plays [ or has played ] music in various obscure local bands since the early 1990′s. He likes cats, tea, Cormac McCarthy and vegetarian food. He has been described as a recluse, which is probably not far from the truth.

[ Last.FM ] ~ Six String Malfunction was formed in 1994 by Roland Daum. The intent was to make ambient 4-track recordings – sometimes quiet, sometimes noisy – that blur the lines between fuzzed out dream pop, short-wave radio static and oceans of reverberated, orchestral electric guitar. Sporadic live incarnations have existed in various lineups, with additional elements ranging from vibraphone, didgeri-do, timpani, viola and drums to the multi-guitar wall of drones.

[ http://dashitzine.tripod.com ] QUOTE ~ The best way to describe the overall sound would be terrific background music with an occasional disturbance. The first time I listened to this I was walking on a clear day. There was a warm breeze and seagulls flying by. The music fit the setting so well it made me wonder if one was caused by the other or simply enhanced.

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[ Lovesliescrushing ] and [ Flying Saucer Attack ] fans do not skip this entry at any cost. Simply hit play on the YouTube video and get carried away INSTANTLY…

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Artist – Six String Malfunction
Album – Incandescence
Release Date – 2011 [ Recorded 1997 ]
Genre – Minimal, Ambient, Drone, Shoegaze-ambient [ BRILLIANT ]

Tracklist

M1 British Radar
M2 Embers
M3 Yellow Star
M4 Dead Astronaut
M5 Starlight Waking
M6 Vision Of The Immaterial
M7 Radha

S1 Asleep In The Trees
S2 Relay
S3 Sylilaria
S4 No Receivers
S5 Turning Of Memory
S6 Lamps At Dusk
S7 Untethered And Falling
S8 Lullaby
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Six String Malfunction – Incandescence
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Artist – Six String Malfunction
Album – Echokinetic
Release Date – 1995
Genre – Minimal, Ambient, Drone, Shoegaze-ambient [ BRILLIANT ]

Tracklist

1 Ganymede
2 Remain
3 Expanse
4 Sturm
5 Nightfalling
6 Disremberance
7 Tramontone
8 Bathyscape
9 Arithusa
10 Sea Of Transmission
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Six String Malfunction – Echokinetic
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Artist – Six String Malfunction
Album – Kirlian
Release Date – 1994
Genre – Minimal, Ambient, Drone, Shoegaze-ambient [ BRILLIANT ]

Tracklist

1 SL9
2 Next Time Forever
3 Waterskin
4 Flicker
5 Amaranthine
6 Asrai
7 Breathing Shallow
8 Sputnik
9 Will Of The Wisp
10 Melaphyre And Smoke
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Six String Malfunction – Kirlian
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Sleeping Through Sunday | Lowercase Noises | Arms and Sleepers | Bend Like Branches | Aman / Josh
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* * * * * Willamette * * * * *

January 27th, 2012 / Comments Off / by Mog'

[ Willamette ] may be an unfamiliar name but its members are no newbies; a side-project by the brothers Chong, better known to ambience chasers as Northern, whose album Drawn [ Infraction - INFX 024 ] warmed our ears back in 2007. For Willamette the brothers are joined by Joseph Edward [ Automobile, Swift ], with contributions by cellist, Danny Norbury.

Self-describing as ‘minimal works for tape, silence, voice and various stringed instrumentation’ and ‘romantic music for the old and lackluster,’ they operate at the interstices of space and volume, quasi-classical cadences offering a distinctly austere nostalgia. The project started several years ago and now sees an LP release in Echo Park”. Your music brings various images in my mind. so calm, so sad and so beautiful. best wishes from tokyo…”

[ REVIEW ]

[ Fluid Radio ] ~ Now this is going to look like lazy reviewing. I’m going to start with a comparison that will have all ambient heads groaning in sheer disbelief at the fact that yet another act/album is being compared to Stars of the Lid…but yes, it’s true. This album uses all the tropes associated with the widely acknowledged masters of the genre and it does so to such an extent that it practically screams ‘compare me to stars of the lid’.

We’re all familiar with this comparison and it has become such a cliche that it’s essentially shorthand for ‘this is an ambient album’. Large numbers of flaccid, go-nowhere, uninspired albums have been allowed off the hook by this lazy comparison. Not only does this allow a large volume of shit to flood the market, but it also detracts from the genuine majesty that SOTL display and for which they are rightly acknowledged.

So with that aside, I am pleased to say that Willamette have managed to produce an album that is truly worthy of the comparison. ‘Echo Park’ is an album of diffuse splendour, plaintive sketches, and beautiful, wistful melancholia…all delivered with an acute sense of restraint and precision.

The 10 tracks are, on the whole, relatively brief for the genre (maximum of five and a half minutes) and, to my mind at least, this should be taken as a significant strength…ideas are not allowed to overstay their welcome but certainly never feel underdeveloped. Moods are swiftly evoked, allowed full expression and then softly dissipate. It would have been very easy to extend a few tracks here and there, drag out a sequence past it’s utility, and strive for a pseudo-epic scale for the album.

The fact that the composer/s resisted temptation in this regard speaks volumes for their ability to prioritise artistry over posturing. This ‘just enough to do the job’ sensibility also informs the album’s melodic core. As with all essentially minimal music, it’s the parts that are left out that carry the greatest weight and here, each piece manages to convey a deep emotional resonance with the merest hint of ethereal melody.

The majority of the album is carried by gentle swelling pulses of hazy chords – and as such ‘Echo Park’ is clearly an ‘ambient’ album; easily listened to in the background – but when clear instrumentation comes to the fore (such as on the gorgeous ‘New York Heat’) it has a piercing effect that seizes the listeners attention and brings the music into sharp focus.

Albums of this calibre are, indeed, rare. So if there is to be any criticism levelled at ‘Echo Park’, it is probably that it wears its influences too clearly on its sleeve. Frankly though, if that’s the worst thing I can say about this album the message you should be taking away from this review is that Willamette have produced, with ‘Echo Park’, an album that could easily stand as one of the contenders for ambient album of the year. – John McCaffrey [ Fluid Radio ].

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< < < < < [ 2012 Titles [ Always In Postscript ] Update ]. > > > > >

Willamette compose minimal works for tape, silence, voice and various stringed instrumentation. Romantic music for the old and lackluster, the compositions of willamette are characterized by meticulous notation and uncommon symmetry, emphasizing the importance of space and volume. The classical fugues of their recordings offer a distinctly austere nostalgia, not only capturing the air of an old Delerue record playing in a distant room, but the sound of the room itself. This music was written for the film All the Lines Flow Out by Charles Lim Yi Yong. It received special mention at the Venice film festival.

< < < < < [ [ MySpace ] | [ I NEED MORE ] | [ FaceBook ] ]. > > > > >
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Artist – Willamette
Album – Always In Postscript
Release Date – 2012
Genre – Instrumental, Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Dronescape, Minimal, Ambientscape [ AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL ]

Tracklist

1. portrait of a sleeping girl with radio 03:35
2. un court thème pour lyla 02:35
3. a year of failure, a year of fortune 03:14
4. balustrade (hand writ) 04:09
5. open wounds (for j.n.) 03:43
6. avenue heights, carouselled horse 03:17
7. images d’une longueur de cheveux 04:04
8. always in postscript (free) 04:33
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Willamette – Always In Postscript
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Artist – Willamette
Album – Echo Park [ * * * * * ] X 2
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Dronescape, Minimal, Ambientscape [ AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL ]

Tracklist

Willamette – Echo Park – 01 Suicide Dream
Willamette – Echo Park – 02 Measuring Heartbreak
Willamette – Echo Park – 03 L’amour dans le trestesse
Willamette – Echo Park – 04 Escaping the memory
Willamette – Echo Park – 05 Mid-August, For Rachel
Willamette – Echo Park – 06 New York Heat
Willamette – Echo Park – 07 The Motorist
Willamette – Echo Park – 08 We’re Still Here
Willamette – Echo Park – 09 Echo Park
Willamette – Echo Park – 10 Buried Presidents
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Willamette – Echo Park
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willamette – echo park (album preview) by experimedia
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A Journey Down The Dwell ~ Pastaklubben ~ Triosk ~ Sonicbrat ~ The Sea Shall Not Have Them
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* * * * * Uoh! / Siameses RIP * * * * *

January 27th, 2012 / Comments Off / by Mog'

Uoh! is mostly an instrumental trio band from Montevideo, Uruguay. There’s a lot of improvisation that goes from mellow ambient guitars to heavier shouted parts, lot’s of crescendos, feedback distortion, reverb and delay are in place.

Pablo Duran, Marcos Miranda, and Hiram Miranda, used to play together in Psiconautas, and started Uoh! as a side project, in 2006, at that time the band started off as guitar-guitar-drums formation. At the beginning they mostly did noise driven improvisations. They recorded their first demo that never got to see the light until 2011 where 75 copies were given away for free at their Brasilian Tour.

Juan Brana then joined them for a small period of time in bass-guitar. He stopped playing with the band but he has been their recording engineer in all of their recordings, and co-producer in their demo, their first live album: Uncle John’s Backyard Sessions, and their self-titled EP. Diego Martinez joined them from 2008 to 2010 playing trumpet and keyboards, and recorded together Uncle John’s backyard sessions, and the EP. Manuel Sclavo, who also used to play with them in Psiconautas filled in as keyboardist in 2011, and helped them out on their tours through Brazil and Argentina, as well as recording their latest LP “Manuales Illustrados del Pequeño Tesla Vol 2: Hágalo Usted Mismo”.

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Although all three titles here goes as HIGHLY RECOMMENDED but on a post-rock / instrumental note you might want to start with the [ Self Title EP ] followed by [ Manuales ilustrados del pequeño Tesla vol.2: Hágalo usted mismo ] which brings a dark aura with some solid post-metal elements over heavy stoner influence and lastly the 2008 split album with Siameses [ Uncle John's Backyard Sessions II ] which flaw on a low-end jazz. Be sure to get all three though.

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Artist – Uoh! / Siameses RIP
Album – Uncle John’s Backyard Sessions II
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Instrumental, Post-rock, Experimental [ AWESOME ]

Tracklist

Uoh! – 01 Chan.Chan
Uoh! – 02 Texas BBQ / Once
Uoh! – 03 (L)
Uoh! – 04 d=m/V
Uoh! – 05 Semen E.A.

Siameses RIP – 06 On the cremation of Chogyam Thungpa Vidyadhara
Siameses RIP – 07 Gatè
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Uoh! – Uncle John’s Backyard Sessions II
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Artist – Uoh!
Album – Uoh! [ EP ]
Release Date – 2011
Genre – Instrumental, Post-rock [ GOOD ONE ]

Tracklist

Uoh! – 01 – Andrea
Uoh! – 02 – IkiryoÌ„
Uoh! – 03 – (Final de) Psiconautas
Uoh! – 04 – Bowser oKoopa
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Uoh! – Uoh!
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Artist – Uoh!
Album – Manuales ilustrados del pequeño Tesla vol.2: Hágalo usted mismo.
Release Date – Dec 2011
Genre – Post-metal, Post-rock, Stoner-influence, Experimental [ EXCELLENT ]

Tracklist

01 d=m/V
02 A Mādak
03 Anatomiæ Occultii
04 -273°C
05 Nov.08 04:47a.m.
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Uoh! – Manuales ilustrados del pequeño Tesla vol.2: Hágalo usted mismo.
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Entropia ~ Inertia Blooms ~ The Same But A 100 Times Better ~ Hoping To Collide ~ You Already Know
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