evan miller - contacting the eye - gel - cass - 6$
The folk instrument may sound abandoned, but these very clean compositions from Evan Miller display a different instrumental integrity. Melody is stripped away which reveals very focused arrangement of harmonics and drones that live in the now. These tracks offer something invaluably refreshing from this traditionally finger-plucking performer.-gel
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Malaysia is a den of consumerism as the now-aged concept of post-modernism has not hit their recent first-world lifestyle. The basic impressions of underground music follows: Crust and thrash bands are the rage while Black Metal is deemed as anti-islamic and thus recordings of Satan are banned from the country, unless one has the money to bribe the customs agent. The last noise show to occur was in a flashy bar of a mall whose Pyramid-themes take on the post-modernity sans irony. This happened to be a Justice Yeldham set. They shut his sound off after a few minutes because tourist customers were leaving the outdoor techno bar in flocks. So what do the common people listen to on the radio? Radio Malaysia presents a sound of various FM-band frequency scanning. The multi-cultural hub provides sounds ranging from pop in the style of Mandarin, Cantonese, Indian, and some American disco, while another spectrum provides traditional tunes of Indian raga and Islamic prayer and a bit of foreign conversation.
-gel
Fusions of sounds rarely occur with success without it turning into world-class garbage. Fortunately, "Sch" is a rare success indeed as 51717 brings out the best of the east and the west. The tracks appear like romantic synth reflections of anonymous Hong Kong cinema music, while taking advantage of the ambient possibilities of synthetic electronics. "Sch" is a beautiful and confounding amalgamation of digital and analog song.
-gel
"Ryan Garbes of Wet Hair and formerly of Raccoo-oo-on remixes favorite youth-oriented urban music featuring Iggy, Crass, the Impressions, and more. This is a print version of the previously online-only release. See exterminatorstarshine.blogspot.com for more releases and details."
-gel