Hello folks,
Like most bandcamp fridays, I am gonna do a little coverage of the ongoing events again.
Because, just like last time, releases were poured out en masse by the labels!
A reason to rejoice and to smile, and I want to take a deeper look at all that cool stuff (and the *hot* stuff too!)
Like last time, my focal point is mostly on electronic, techno, hardcore etc kind of... stuffz.
Note: No AI has been used when writing these texts.
DrMacabre - The Macabre Excavation (Haunted House Records)
Holy Cow! What a release (one track on the release is literally called "Apocalypse Cow", btw).
I'm certain most electronic fans know the label PCP and the head honchos Marc Acardipane, Miro, Slam Burt... and Dr Macabre was the sneaky french guy who was part of the main crew, too.
So this is some legit music history here, as - nomen est omen - our lunatic from france dug up a lot of his past tracks and put it on this compilation.
There are some sacred, sacred gems here. Like "Dimension of the doomed", his collab with Miro from PCP. Or "Boomstick" with the hilarious Evil Dead quotes ("and this is my.... boomstick").
But the creaming on top is that some bona fide *unreleased* tracks were put on this comp, too, by the french maestro!
https://hauntedhouserecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-macabre-excavation
Vilde Tuv - Truthbomb 2 (Self Released)
Vilde Tuv is a norwegian artist that speaks with stones, sings like an angel, plays the flute, and drops some gabber beats.
what could possibly go wrong? nothing went wrong. and these are some remixes by v.a. of her tracks.
(sorry if the description is misleading. the gabba beats are mostly absent from this release and instead... it's a super cool mixture to be heard!)
https://vilde2v.bandcamp.com/album/truthbomb-2
Hecate - More Tales From The Crypt (Zhark International)
Hecate has been on a huge spree of re-releases lately.
She named herself after the Greek Goddess of liminality, the underworld, witchcraft and long journeys (amongst other things)
And I guess this describes the mood of these tracks very well.
And "from death dub to breakcore and black metal" describes the style of these tracks very well.
https://zharkinternational.bandcamp.com/album/more-tales-from-the-crypt
Somatic Responses - Observation (Self Released)
Surprise release by the welsh brothers.
"The unobserved observer..." oh sorry, my mind slipped into another topic of thought. But, well, no, it's actually a good take on the music here. music that has to be observed, music that has not been observed yet, sounds never seen...
trippy, psychedelic, lush soundscapes. a piano plays in the distance and aliens escape through the Cardiff space-time rift nearby.
https://somaticresponses.bandcamp.com/album/observation
Mokum - Happy Gabber Sounds #4 (Mokum Records)
Mokum was an amsterdam label that filled the european dancefloors in the 90s. With dance and rave smashers like "techno head - i wanna be a hippy" or "party animals - hava naquila".
And, unlike most of the 90s dance craze remnants, mokum is very much active, and not in a zombie state at all.
Like the title says, this is a new compilation of happy dance gabba rave smashers, and that, according to the promo blurb, is "filled with brandnew blasters and a few remixed or remastered Mokum classixxx"
https://mokumrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mok342-happy-gabber-sounds-4
Etat De Droit - 2AM Mix (New Flesh / Rave or Die)
New flesh is slowly becoming my new favorite label. I guess it was named after the video drome quote, btw!
This release is... techno? but very industrial, with electro. and, most importantly, some bad ass french rapping (yes, such things exist!)
https://newfleshrecords.bandcamp.com/track/etat-de-droit-2am-mix-free-download
Lee Holman - Sentinel (RIOT Radio Records)
Remember when Underground Resistance and Detroit was on a huge "Sun Ra" type trip? With all the references to alien communication, star trek, the rings of saturn, and such?
This release reminds me a lot of that! but it does not copy, it just floats in the same river.
Let's... call it space-techno!
https://riotradiorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sentinel
Various Artists - Origo LP (Zodiak Commune / Same Size Soul)
Zodiak Commune Records is one of these labels that do not tie themselves up in one style. There is acid, techno, maybe even house... i guess this follows the "commune" idea, so to say.
the common thread seems to be danceable, hard, dark, and high quality music in these releases.
another style they dedicate themselves to is electro, and, oh boy, this new release is so good!
this is no cheese funk, really crunchy, cold, dark steel electro beats. also mixed with other styles, industrial sounds, minimalism, krautrock... a commune of sounds!
good one.
https://zodiakcommunerecords.bandcamp.com/album/origo-lp-sss-dig001
Noice - Noice 16 (Re:Fusion collective)
Noice is a project by the crazy gabba-germans surrounding "the speed freak".
It's a throwback, to their 90s output on labels with cutie names like "napalm records", "agent orange" or even "street trash alliance".
Let's... call it nosebleed techno! for the total maniacs.
https://refusion.bandcamp.com/album/noice-16
Nonlinear - Nonlinear (Music With Machines)
Harry Harrison was an author who gifted the world with stories like "soylent green", "bill the galactic hero", and one that was called "the final incoherent adventure!".
and this would have been a fitting description of this track (or is it multiple "tracks" ? ) on this release, and a fitting end to our coverage.
because there is no coherence or linearity in this track. seemingly just a collection of noises, beats, and sounds. out of sync, for 16 minutes.
and so do we end. the final.