2015. március 27., péntek

Xenoton - Traveller

Xenoton ‎– Traveller
Label: TonAtom ‎– tonAtom.137
Format: 7 × File, FLAC, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 15 Mar 2015
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro
Artwork – Laura Marie Reinwarth
Photography By – Laura Marie Reinwarth

The tracks on "Traveller" do without striking effects and fashionable frills. instead the listener can expect clean elaborate electro sounds that focus on an aspect that has been put aside in many other places: composition and melodics. the songs deploy these features to tell us about moods that oscillate between wanderlust, homesickness, well-being and mere existence."Traveller" is deliberately less percussive and emphasizes the narrative facetes of the melodies.
This album, although almost classical at its core, develops its very own modernity.  The combination of highly pleasing feel-good components  and tension-building bass and lead lines develops the typical Xenoton charm.

The two
remixes complement this release excellently. Both reinterpret the
original track in their very own ways by adding something new to the
already described characteristics. Abjective adds some ruptured unrest
to "camden lock" revealing a somewhat different aspect of the track. Weldroid quite properly underlines the rocking (or at least
head-nodding) character of "friedrichshain" with massive beats. Both
remixes are not added just for being there but they add fascinating
aspects to Xenoton's music and enhance the whole release.
 


Listening to "Traveller" is fun, while repeated listenings reward through
the discovery of new details. It is highly recommended to go on the next
part of the journey with this travel guide.

(carsten buettemeier)
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tonAtom is a germany-based netlabel.
"tonAtom was founded in march 2002 and is working as a strict non-profit alternative to the established label and publishing system.
tonAtom stands for netvideo and netaudio productions ranging from ambient to experimental, far off from airplay, dancefloor, club or other limitations.
Our artists and our releases are selected to be strange and intelligent, challenging and inspiring, timeless and cutting-edge, innovative and essential."

More info here: http://tonatom.net/releases/137/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonAtomNetlabel
Xenoton - Traveller is released under Creative Commons License;
Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 3.0 Deutschland (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE)

2015. március 21., szombat

moto-hi - The Lost Way

“But happiness is being able to hope, however faintly, for happiness. So, at least, we must believe if we are to live in the world of today.”
Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

The Lost Way
by Motohiko Hirami
all songs written by moto-hi
artwork by Igor Bartolec
released 28 December 2014
More info here: https://kazenoyouna.bandcamp.com/album/the-lost-way