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Ela Minus 'DIA' Album Review
“Abrir Monte,” the opening track of Ela Minus’ sophomore album DIA, comes from childhood. Translating to “open the mountains,” the phrase references the process of cutting through jungle undergrowth to create a new path. Those words stuck with a young Gabriela Jimeno during a youth in Colombia, and they returned to her in her thirties, during the long and searching gestation of DIA. Ela Minus, too, was cutting through murk and mist to reach somewhere else. The phrase and its accompanying music — a curtain-rise instrumental of aqueous synth drones — provide as evocative a reintroduction as one could ask for. For a moment, Jimeno looks all the way to origins and turns deeply inward, but towards the end of once more reinventing herself on DIA.
Noisy Neighbour x Estee Nack – Mouse Trap - Blackout Hip Hop
Noisy Neighbour and Estee Nack catch a few mice on their new track, "Mouse Trap." Neighbour's powerful instrumental provides a perfect landscape for Estee to do his thing. Even though the song's runtime is on the shorter part of the spectrum, reaching just over 2 minutes, it still manages to fit plenty of venomous
The Doppelgangaz – Belong 2 Tha Streets - Blackout Hip Hop
The underground is all fine and healthy, and the Orange County duo The Doppelgangaz are definitely one of primary examples. Since 2009 when they went out with their debut release, they never stopped dropping gems and the latest single is no exception. With a slight G funk-ish vibe in the instrumental and ever-swift lyrics they're
The Weather Station : Humanhood : Aquarium Drunkard
Tamara Lindeman is the Weather Station, for all intents and purposes, so what’s remarkable about her seventh album is how she slips into the mix. She flutters and flourishes like a wild jazz flute. She eddies and cascades in slithery runs. She matches the syncopated stop-go of a piano run, her voice just off center enough to be interesting. She spits out knotty strings of striking imagery. But she does it all as another instrument in a breezy, jazzy mix, as significant but no more so than complicated patterns of percussion, sharp outbursts of flute and cloudier eruptions of saxophone, or the intricate interplay of keyboards, guitars, bass.
G-Sonique Von Brezekhiel Treasuries VST / AU instrument ! | EDM NATIONS
The Vøn Brezekhiel treasures instrument is inspired by the lower layers of simulated reality / simulacra and is suitable not only for film and video game music, but also for dark techno, darkpsy, psycore, hitech, darkprog, neurofunk and deep drum and bass, industrial / electronic body music, dark ambient , experimental, doom metal / black
Listen: Mad Bad World - "Weirdo" -- Obscure Sound
Lush synths and soaring guitar ardency intertwine on “Weirdo,” a memorable track from Mad Bad World. The project comes via multi-instrumentalist Matt Battle. Originally from Rochester, NY, Battle has worked as a producer and drummer in the Los Angeles and NYC scenes, in addition to drumming for psychedelic-soul band Chicano Batman. “Weirdo” dazzles in its escalating tonal charm, ranging impressively from the “tell you that you’re beautiful,” synth engrossment — conveying palpable yearning — and more psych-rock energy. The vulnerable lyrical pursuits — “I need you more than ever,” — complements the melodic drive with sincere qualities. “Weirdo” is amongst
Listen: Lucas Player - "More Than You" -- Obscure Sound
New York-based multi-instrumentalist Lucas Player exudes a wintry, tranquil mystique on new single “More Than You.” Calming piano layers accompany a slight, trickling ambient effect underneath as the haunting vocals emerge. Steady percussive additions bolster the ghostly captivation, expanding steadily into solemn strings that cohesively complement that piano and rhythmic interplay. “More Than You” is a resonating success from Lucas Player, who previously made music under the moniker Kibishi at age 15, and now succeeds with this project at age 21. — This and other tracks featured this month can be streamed on the updating Obscure Sound’s ‘Emerging Singles’ Spotify