TRIBES OF NEUROT - SILVER BLOOD TRANSMISSION
Tribes of Neurot "Silver Blood Transmission" Album Review
Musical Nirvana
From the minds behind Neurosis comes this amazingly different band. Tribes of Neurot is simply one of those bands that cannot be put into any sort of genre, it is there on its own. With an amazing mix of industrial, dark ambient, noise, darkwave, metal, and anything else you can think of, 'Silver Blood Transmission' can best be described as a think wall of bludgeoning sound. After my first listen of this album I was both blown away and at a loss for words, 75 minutes of pulsating depressingly beautiful music. With samples ranging from fairly strange chants and tribal drums ("Manifestation of Modern Means") to some fairly heavy distortion ("Wolf Lava") it is very diverse so it does not get very old at all. My personal favorite track has got to be "Fires of Purification". The song is just pure emotional release, this song alone is worth the price of the C.D. "Primordial Uncarved Block" is another sincerely depressing track that allows aural euphoria to the listener. All in all this is an amazing album that must be obtained at any costs.
TWELVE GIRLS BAND - FREEDOM
Twelve Girls Band "Freedom" Album Review
Pass the chopstix and get out that game of GO!
My daughter turned me on to these gals when I was looking for music to go with my Mongolian Hot Pot party. They are sort of an Asian Mannheim Steamroller sound. I would love to see them live.
Video Twelve Girls Band - Freedom (Videoclip)
Amazing Video Clip of my favorite chinese band
CHAMBAO - POKITO A POKO
Chambao "Pokito A Poko" Album Review
Brilliant
Fantastic sound, great chillout. Pokito a Poko and Sueno y muero (especially) are fantastic!
Video Chambao - Pokito A Poko
Chambao - Pokito A Poko
ALIO DIE AND JACK OR JIVE - MEI
Alio Die and Jack or Jive "Mei" Album Review
voices & soft drones in the stream
Okay, in writing this review, i will keep from being too meticulous. I have listened to it a few times and would rather articulate in childlike images. Simply stated, i will say that the voice/singing, which occasionally is doubled to make vocal harmony, combined with the sonic landscapes that Alio Die lays down area very gentle, contemplative, exotic... there are even some samples from sea lions barking, just lovely places we get to visit through the sound. Somewhere i was treated to 30 second snippets from each track and that helped to really enroll me in what i could trust to be receiving in what i ordered. If you know Alio Die's sound, you are half way there; i was unfamiliar with Jack or Jive, so the sound snippets gave me a taste of how her vocal approach would sound and mesh with Stefano's sound treatments. Plus, Jack or Jive plays flute, keyboard and piano here and there, which gives the landscape a different shine, like a very informal, soft psychedelic tea ceremony in a Japanese Zen Garden when you have nothing you need to do other than just look around you and listen.
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