1998 ~ Below Zero
2001 ~ Bestiary
2003 ~ Temple of the Invisible
2004 ~ Calling Down the Sky
2004 ~ Open Window
2005 ~ Echo of Small Things
2007 ~ Collab’ with [ Markus Reuter ] ” Eleven Questions “.

Quite a number of hits on ” Seven Veils ” and ” Ylang “. If you like those two releases then you’ ll love all [ RR ] materials without a doubt. Extreme ambient ~ space-ambient and Trancebient sound.
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<<<<<< All I can say is BOTH [ Emery Reel ] as well as [ Stafrænn Hákon ] can only do good things in your life >>>>>.
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Almost impossible to find a review on this one but good instrumental, post-rock with a tiny bit of progressive tone. GOOD sound all together. I’ve included a couple of previewing tracks from the album itself. To my understanding [ Introspections Between Waves And States Of Mind ] is a 2010 release. Check it out and by all means have a go.

Artist – All Is Within
Album – Introspections Between Waves And States Of Mind
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Instrumental, Post-rock

Tracklist
1. Drawing lines in circles
2. The supreme colors of contradiction
3. Réflexions en bord de mer
4. Night, alone, perspectives d’espoir ?
5. Atm 777
6. Toxi-City
7. Spleen et Idéal
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All Is Within – Introspections Between Waves And States Of Mind
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Recommendations: Hammock ~ Worrytrain ~ Northvia ~ Labradford ~ Bark Psychosis
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Rumour Cubes are a group of 20-something Londoners with a love for all things musical. Taking influences from Explosions In The Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai, among others, the group layer intricate melodies over technical drum beats and delayed guitars. Working with film makers, poets and DJs and using a joystick to control granulated found sounds, Rumour cubes focus as much on the experience as the music itself. An evening in their company will certainly be different.

Rumour Cubes is made up of Joe Bartlett (bass), Siew Cottis (viola), Hannah Morgan (violin), Omar Rahwangi (drums), Adam Stark (guitar, electronics) and Simon Stark (guitar, electronics). Formed in late 2009, the band have just finished recording their debut EP which will be released on Marriage Of A Dead Dog SING! Records

( Post-Rock with many strings and also an ambient note, high above the mass. Give this title a listen guys – you won’t regret it. ) [ MySpace ] | [ Last.Fm ]

Artist – Rumour Cubes
Album – We Have Sound Houses Also
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Instrumental, Post-Rock, Ambient [ GOOD ]

Tracklist
01 The University Is A Factory 7:27
02 Rain On Titan 5:18
03 At Sea 6:26
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Rumour Cubes – We Have Sound Houses Also
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Recommendations: The Ghost Orchid | Dietrich | Sleeping Through Sunday | When The Clouds | Letter From Belgium
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Random Child is a five piece band based in Brooklyn, New York. The group is led by singer/composer/drummer Ian Cory. The rest of the band is Jack Greenleaf, Eli Sidman, Max Coburn, and Jonathan Edelstein. Genre is unimportant, but expect a mix of post rock, progressive metal, and the music of Nobuo Uematsu.

They formed in 2004 and released their first full length album, “Treatment”, for free on August 9th, 2009. They are currently recording their second full length album, “Isolation”.

( As stated in the biography, they mix up many genres. The result is simply superb. GET IT instantly and turn up the volume. ) [ MySpace ] | [ Last.Fm ]

Artist – Random Child
Album – Treatment
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Progressive-Metal, Post-Progressive, Post-Metal, Post-Rock [ SUPERB - TAGGING IS YOURS ]

Tracklist
01 Subjects 5:53
02 Illusions 2:27
03 Stasis 5:49
04 Angel of Dead New York 5:20
05 Pilgrimage 6:15
06 Plague 8:59
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Random Child – Treatment
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Recommendations: Sombre Light | My Sleeping Karma | Oceansize | Clouds Arrived | Pet Slimmers Of The Year
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Now this is nothing for the Greatest Hits Collection. No excellent piece of craftsmanship, no mentionable artistic value. Just stuff that happened, songs that happened while I was planning on something else, like a comma in the short story that is my life.

That’s how it rolls, you’re designing your career, planning out your steps, willing to create something big and meaningful, and in the meantime there are all those little things going on… friends become strangers, strangers turn into friends, maybe one of them reminds you that life’s not so bad or meanwhile you’ve found comfort in nihilism, and then there’s this little ukulele that you’ve owned for years but rarely ever played… yet suddenly it’s overflowing with music.

No experiments this time. No exploration of unknown terrain. No concepts, nothing big. Sometimes I feel so sick of sounding lovely all the time, of always sounding the same, but then again I can’t help it. So, fuck creativity! Fuck belief in progress! Maybe I should be elsewhere already.

We always feel urged to move forward, do better shit than yesterday, more accomplished, more brilliant, more fancy, and maybe it’s almost considered stagnation in personal development if someone just wants to lean back and play some boring ukulele folk songs to comfort himself. Sure I want to be more brilliant and fancy and better than ever, too, but for now maybe there is no need to reinvent the wheel as long as I’m happy playing my rediscovered ukulele for a while.

All the flamboyant shit can wait until tomorrow. So once more I’m not taking a creative leap forward but rather just sitting down on the very spot I happen to stand right now. But maybe someone wants to sit besides me and listen?

Sometimes I read funny speculations about what instruments I used on my recordings. This was my repertoire for these songs:
A soprano ukulele, a bowed guitar, a bluegrass banjo, a mandolin banjo, glockenspiel, one concertina, another concertina, a wooden flute, borrowed drums and a cardboard box, casio mini-keyboard, shaker & tambourine.

~~~~~~~~ ( In terms of vocals and not musically or instrumentally but just vocals… this is probably the closest to [ Cranberries ] you’ ll ever hear. STUNNING VOCALS to fall in love. [ MySpace ] | [ Last.Fm ] ). ~~~~~~~

Artist – Entertainment For The Braindead
Album – Trivialities
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Folk, Indie, Acoustic, Indie-folk [ STUNNING STUNNING VOCALS ]

Tracklist
1. A Smile
2. A Friend
3. An Answer
4. A River
5. A Glass of Wine
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Entertainment For The Braindead – Trivialities
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Recommendations: Amiina | Jack Rose | James Blackshaw | Profondo Rosso | Win A Sheep Free
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Many centuries before there was a New Zealand, there existed Aotearoa, the ‘Long White Cloud’ homeland of Maori culture and civilisation. The first Europeans arrived with the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642. The Maori, however, prevented Tasman from landing on the soil of Aotearoa, and it wasn’t until Captain James Cook’s voyages in the following century that the country finally capitulated to European interests. In 1840 Aotearoa became New Zealand, a British colony.

Oceania is what happens when Maori culture meets the modern world. The result is extraordinary contemporary music; a rich palette of new sonic possibilities all freshly stirred for our musical delight.

At the heart of Oceania are Maori instruments, legends, history and language, presented to the world for the first time via the talents of singer/songwriter Hinewehi Mohi and the lead singer of British post-punk band Killing Joke, Jaz Coleman.

Over a decade ago Coleman left England for New Zealand, where he became the Composer in Residence for the Auckland Philharmonia. Coleman also recorded several albums for the Phillips Classics label, during which time he was fostering the idea of recording a contemporary Maori album.

This vague ambition was cemented when Jaz met Hinewehi at a traditional Maori blessing for the opening of a new building – in this case a recording studio.

By the time she met Jaz Coleman, Hinewehi had already established a formidable reputation as a singer/songwriter and as a director/producer for Maori programmes at Television New Zealand. Hinewehi has constantly championed the integrity of Maori culture and its contribution to the fabric of New Zealand.

Released in September 1999, Oceania was the first international Maori album. It has achieved double platinum sales in New Zealand and exceeded sales of 70,000 copies worldwide.

( Exotic and modern tones combined with Hinewehi Mohi’s famous voice melt together into a masterpiece. Every song has its interlude where native instruments appear. This album turns out smooth vibes. DON’T MISS THAT by all means. ) [ O Last.Fm ] | [ HM Last.Fm ]

Artist – Oceania & Hinewehi Mohi
Album – Oceania [ * * * * * ]
Release Date – 1999
Genre – Etheral, Dream-Pop, Electro-Pop, Singer-Songwriter, Female Vocalist

Tracklist
01 Pukaea (The Trumpet) 6:32
02 Kotahitanga (Union) 4:41
03 Hautoa (Warrior) 4:46
04 Hinerakatauri (Goddess Of Music) 4:55
05 He Tangata (People) 5:37
06 Kihikihi (Cicada) 6:23
07 Haera Ra (Farewell) 5:35
08 Pepepe (The Moth) 6:17
09 Tino Rangatiratanga (Self-Determination) 6:11
10 Hautoa (Warrior) – Bullet Park Remix 4:41
11 Kotahitanga (Union) – Bullet Park Remix 3:28
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Oceania & Hinewehi Mohi – Oceania
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Recommendations: Fever Ray | Love Spirals Downwards | Malory | Cranes | The Emerald Down
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Nonima (T.Ferrans) is Scottish electronic music producer, and also runs the Section 27 Netlabel with co-conspirator theAudiologist (A.Paterson). His style fits between between Glitch, Downtempo, Ambient, Glitch Hop and Industrial, has released two full length albums “Fear Of Mathematics” and “WrpData”, an out-takes collection “Scream Unheard” as well as a handful of EP’s on various netlabels. A new album titled “Karmadebt” was completed and released in July 2010.

He was involved in a project with theAudiologist that saw the release of three full length albums, “Dystopian Battle Hymns”, “Ceremony After Amputation” and “Almost Tomorrow”. In February of 2010 “Ceremony After Amputation” was re-released as “Ceremony After Amputation : Deluxe Edition” with a bonus EP entitled “Fragile Shards” which contained unreleased tracks from the same sessions as the album, and also the last release under the name of the combined aliases.

They are now involved in the Altered:Carbon project.

[ MySpace ] | [ Last.Fm ]

Artist – Nonima
Album – Karmadebt
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Experimental, Abstract, Abstract-Drone, Glitch, Ambient, IDM

Tracklist
01 – Nonima – Swarm Prediction 3:37
02 – Nonima – Hivemind 6:04
03 – Nonima – Karmadebt 5:55
04 – Nonima – Sin (feat. Adviruz) 5:17
05 – Nonima – Ludic 4:23
06 – Nonima – XIII (feat. Altered-Carbon) 7:49
07 – Nonima – Cfengine 1:54
08 – Nonima – Cyber Tree (Nonimx Of Pollux) 8:45
09 – Nonima – Interlude 1:23
10 – Nonima – Autarchy 4:30
11 – Nonima – pH1 3:57
12 – Nonima – Lullaby (Nonimx Of Theaudiologist) 4:25
13 – Nonima – IWD 4:58
14 – Nonima – Mundane (feat. Theaudiologist) 6:19
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Nonima – Karmadebt
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Recommendations: Ekca Liena | Isartum | Four Tet | Shlohmo | Atonalis
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Probably best known by London gig-goers as the posse behind regular Wednesday club Goonite at the Buffalo Bar in Islington, Wry actually began life many moons ago, back in their homeland of Brazil. Childhood friends Mario (vocals, guitars), Lou (backing vocals, guitars), Chokito (bass) and Renato Bizar (drums), never ones to follow the trend, grew up playing basketball in a country obsessed with football. When it came to music they preferred Jesus & Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine to samba or bossa-nova, and in 1998 they sold their souls to rock’n’roll, called themselves Wry and released their debut Direct.

They quickly built a local following, signed to Brazilian label Monstro and released three albums over five years. They toured Brazil with the likes of Man Or Astroman?, Superchunk, Mudhoney and Make Up, and picked up praise from MTV Brazil who loved them and played their videos. Tim Wheeler from Ash saw them and fell in love, he produced three tracks for their last album (the other tracks were recorded by Strokes producer Gordon Raphael). They also promoted their own festival in Sorocaba/Sao Paulo called Circadelica and played to 4000 people.

2003 the band decided to set up in the UK and split their efforts between London and Sao Paulo. They hooked up with The Subways for a tour and played with bands like The Rakes, The Subways, Ash, Asobi Seksu, The Morning After Girls, The Cribs, Air Formation among others. In the meantime their third album Flames In The Head was released in Brazil and they went back to do their ‘06 In Flames Brazil tour. With the departure of Renato Bizar, in 2007 Andre Z joined the band bringing more flavour to their sound and a vasta range of creativity on writing the new songs.

( Here is a piece of music that shows how great eleven minutes of music could be. Hope that more Wry titles will make their way to TSS. ) [ MySpace ] | [ Last.Fm ]

Artist – Wry
Album – Deep Field / Nostalgia
Release Date – 2010
Genre – Shoegaze, Nu-Gaze, Lo-Fi

Tracklist
01 – deep field / nostalgia 8:35
02 – in the hell of my head (flanix remix) 2:58
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Wry – Deep Field / Nostalgia
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Recommendations: Amusement Parks On Fire | Lower Dens | Actors & Actresses | The Longcut | The Radio Dept.
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