Robert Wallace – 3 albums on 1 disc (CD)

Robert Wallace (hot & ready records) started transferring his cassettes on CD. I like tapes but I told him that tapes (also VHS) after numerous listens tend to lose sound and also break up. A CD lasts longer. You can even convert your audio as mp3 files and put them on an external drive or a backup CD / DVD, just in case (better be safe than sorry). Robert send me this CD, a three way albums split (44 songs):

1 – Not much of an excuse.

2 – Gross dummy.

3 – Obah Shaquille part V (parts of).

I`ve been listening to this CD all week long. It is oh so excellent. The music oscillates between lo-fi, bedroom pop (à la Eric`s Trip), indie, weird psychedelic pop and experimental sound collage. I like it and you should. Highly recommended. Send real cash to:

R. L. Wallace

2700 White Avenue # 3

Chico

CA

95973                                                                                                   USA

Momentum – diskotek (CD)

The obscure item of the day. I found this album at Renaissance Montréal for 2.00$ There`s no information regarding this band, except they`re from Québec. They have a website, unfortunately it`s closed down. I had a feeling that it was electronically oriented music, and I was right. There`s 11 songs in there (57.27 minutes). They like to mix things up., to be honest it flows perfectly. The music moves in various directions: chill-out, lounge, disco, jazz, electronica, pop, ethereal, dream pop, dub, reggae, some break beats included, trip hop, dark dub, ambient, psychedelic and electronic music. A couple of tracks caught my attention big time

3 – Disco tango (6.21 minutes) = jazz + lounge + electronica with a dash of flamenco perhaps. Sweet.

10 – Kick it down now (4.90 minutes) = a weird, phased-out, psyched-out, spaced-out psychedelic number. Space, the final frontier… 

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Various Artists – Protos Orofos – 1 (CD)

This is a compilation (10 tracks = 57.20 minutes) of bands which played live at 1ος Όροφος, in Thessaloniki, Greece, from Nov 2007 to Apr 2009. There`s a good variety of styles at work here: IDM (Wickid Culture Dance Orchestra), experimental electronic (Leaf , Vague), psychedelic rock (Vialka,Κεντρική Ψύξη), post rock (Experimental Souvenir, Esprit de Corps), electronic (Emdy), a free out there jam session (Fun With Nuns), and minimal electronics (PS Stamps Back & Mono.tonik). A couple of songs simply took my head off.

3 – Vialka – premier pas (6.37 minutes) = Pink Floyd circa Syd Barrett + The Byrds + Cocteau Twins if that`s a possibility.

7 – Emdy – tallxier (4.58 minutes) = intense electronic / techno crossover with some nice break beats as well.

9 - PS Stamps Back & Mono.tonik – nullbaby (10,21inutes) = beautiful  nearly ambient minimal electronic music with experimental undertones.  Limited edition of 1000 copies. This baby`s probably sold out.  More info here;   http://protosorofos.gr/                  Download link also here:   http://protosorofos.bandcamp.com/album/protos-orofos-1

Bodycocktail – guiltless pretext (CD)

I don`t remember where I got this album. It was lying on my huge, ever expanding, to listen pile. Bodycocktail is Zan Hoffman`s band since 1993. Since 2012 they released 177 albums, you do the math here. This came out in 2009 on ZH27 (this is the name for Zan`s record label). He started his label in 1984 and since then, he released 336 albums. He is an extremely prolific individual. This is my first Bodycocktail listening experience (10 songs = 32 minutes). It`s not what I was expecting, I`m impressed. This is a mix of rock / new wave i.e. bent-out-of-shape proto new wave. Imagine a jam session between the following unlikely participants; Eric`s Trip (lo-fi wholesomeness), The Vaselines (subtle pop sensibility) and Suicide (minimal orchestrations). My favorite songs are:

1 – Pass through flame (3.52 minutes) = melancholic (don`t think gothic), minimal, nearly new wave.

2 – Darkness or fraud (3.29 minutes) = lo-fi, slightly psychedelic lil pop number.

9 – Peace tock (2.22 minutes) = a schizoid / schizophrenic, out there, proto new wave / pop song. I like it I like it I like it! Freebies here: https://archive.org/details/zh27