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auralpatterns · 3 years ago

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well it's been a while on here! let's do a 2021 wrap-up of discoveries (from any year; people who think they can do an effective end-of-year wrapup of all releases that year as casual listeners are fooling themselves)

per RYM I've logged 212 new ratings:

| 2 at 5 stars |||| 21 at 4.5 stars |||||||||||| 59 at 4 stars |||||||||||||| 66 at 3.5 stars |||||||||| 47 at 3 stars ||| 14 at 2.5 stars | 1 at 2 stars | 2 at 1.5 stars (first ratings I've given this low since 2007)

One of the two 5-stars is a 90s single I've known for long and hadn't gotten around to rating before … so my best-rated find of the year is uncontestedly Arjen Schats, Manifolds (2021); classic Berlin School

The 4.5-ers:

Sergey Eybog: Everlasting Summer (Bright Side) (2013) – cool VGM, very sunny atmospheres. I have not played the game (apparently a visual novel actually)

Nigel Mullaney: The Navigator (2021) – versatile synthwork from a long-time Ian Boddy collaborator

U/V Light: Cenotaph (2015) – hella catchy retro synthpop; 5 stars for the opener "Arriviste"

V/A / Lucky Lotus label: Journey to the Stars (2016) – four-hour orbital strike of J-core / J-trance / allies. I got this in 2018 already but eh it was back in its day a major stimulant for me get my thesis finished and all, might as well leave it a shoutout here

Material Object: Indiana Drones (2013) – very ambient techno, dedicated to the late Pete Namlook

CFCF: Liquid Colors (2019) – the new savior of ambient d'n'b? not even in a meme way?

Curium: Aember (2007) – chill IDM from what I think of as the "netlabel side" of the genre: none of the drillcore 3avant5u aggression, just a honest interest in doing clever electronic music

Маяк: Река (2013), Вышеe звёзд (EP, 2014) – best synthwave find of the year. you may need to know something about East European 80s to get full nostalgy bonus from this

Holon: Connect | Isolate (2017), Echoes of the Void (2017) – a new breed of synth music entirely really; psybient techniques without the drugs, electro-industrial soundworld without the angst, space exploration without the analog fetish … to honor the trend of Really Dumb Genre Names I've decided this should be called "Uplifting Industrial"

Kashiwa Daisuke: april.#07 (2007) – modern electro-classical snippets; some fantastic, some eh

Doss: Doss (EP, 2014) – dream trance! it's not just for the 90s, even if kids these days for some reason get the core idea usually wrong completely *coughxd*

Penguin Cafe: Handfuls of Night (2019) – not the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra but an excellent "sequel band"; if you ever needed more Brian Eno in their work maybe

Aural Expansion: Surreal Sheep (1995) – kinda same deal as Aember above, more actively techno; might be better than the much-hyped 76:14. it is very cool when labels put their 90s or 00s back-catalogue, rarities and all, on Bandcamp

Floating Points: Bias (single, 2020) – some promising initial exploration into "future garage". I still have no idea what is the core sense of "garage" or if one even exists

Nanoray: Zapper (2021) – wherein it turns out that hardcore breaks is not just a new spelling for breakbeat hardcore and is actually a cooler new evolution. a lot of it is a bit over-memed but this one is just right for me

Martin Stürtzer: The Omarion Nebula (2020) – best ambient find of the year; artist mostly does somewhat less outstanding Berlin School

Zabutom: Zeta Force (Digitone Version) (single, 2021) – FM synth re-edit from Swedish chiptune legend's 2011 EP. more please

Tangerine Dream: Recurring Dreams (?? compilation, 2019) – new-generation lineup goes back to the basics forreal and puts out excellent advanced covers of their classic-era work. much better than similar attempts in earlier decades

Earth Trax: LP2 (2020) – I'm finally starting to find good clues / entrypoints into house; this one and several others found via @lamuyazimina (thx!)

#2021 #bandcamp #ambient #berlin school #idm

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gfrbs3w · 14 years ago

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THE [IN]COMPLEAT Gerardo Figueroa Rodríguez 8 diciembre 2011 SH 016

hAZARdo(u)s viii (2005) [soundwork]

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Canto de Amanecida (2009) [fake field recording]

Te Quiero (1991-4) [love ballad]

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No Man's Land [invertida] (2004-5) [original soundtrack]

Geraldine (2003-5) [pop song]

Pasadizo (1991) [skit]

Hommes Fatales (1994) [original soundtrack]

hAZARdo(u)s vii (2005) [soundwork]

No Man's Land [2º aniversario] (2007) [home recording]

Trance-Q-Rear [hAZARdo(u)s xiv] (2005) [soundwork]

Honey, Where R U (2004) [soundwork]

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(a.k.a. "The MIssin' Linx" (2005), "Gerardo Figueroa" (2009), "Gerardo Figueroa Rodríguez" (2010), "STOMPer" (2011)) - incompleat version. Remixed and remastered by Gerardo Figueroa Rodríguez on August 2010 using Adobe Audition 1.0. Cover art by GFR based on photo by Alejandra Bustos & Marcelo Segura (August 2004). Produced by GFR Broadcasting System for Loyola Records (2009-11) and Sheep Netlabel (2011). NOTES: "Canto de Amanecida" 320 kbps mp3 file @ http://www.michitarex.com/fakuta-armar-y-desarmar-single/ "Transcurrir" 128 kbps mp3 fiel @ http://www.kunstradio.at/PROJECTS/AB2008/presents-pool.php?c=9 All soundz by Gerardo Figueroa Rodríguez, except 'No Man's Land [2º aniversario]' (vocals and accordion performed and recorded by Lucy Quezada (February 2007)) XTRA INFO: http://www.artes.uchile.cl/?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=notArtes&url=54391 http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/radio/nube---palabras-sonido-desaliento---13-09-10/875769/

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#2011 #2009 #2007 #2005 #2004 #2003 #1994 #1991

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