Machine Reviews Every Album He Listens To

Machine · 01-09-2018, 06:24 AM

ENTRY 7

goreshit - ureshii!
Genre: Happy Hardcore, Hardcore [EDM], J-Core, J-Pop, Lolicore, Plunderphonics
Release Date: June 14, 2010

So Lolicore is always a genre of electronic music I tried to stray away from due to it's weird cringy fanbase and imagery, but as I was trying to find a bit of Happy Hardcore to get into I noticed most of the top albums were by Lolicore artists. I figured I'd pick the artist that has been recommended to me the most and that is gore****. The album covered seemed shockingly non-cringe so there's my thought process.

Track 1: 桜舞い散る坂道で
Starts off more less exactly how I expected. High tempo and quick breakbeats. I do like the synths going throughout the track, it all feels quite huge. Ah here's the J-Pop, so I'm going to take a wild a guess and say this is gonna be electronic J-Pop. Yeah I'm loving the synths, the melodies are very pretty, and it doesn't relent on the insane beat either. The music itself is actually pretty poorly mixed, but that's sort of to be expected from an artist who was probably about my age at the time making fake J-Pop. The feel of the track goes between sugary pop goodness and these anime soundtrack inspired synth breakdowns, it is a strange combination, but it works better than I thought it would. Yeah I love this track this is really fun, I'd definitely listen to this again.

Track 2: Konacore Original 2010
****, this one is even faster. Loving the drums that are mixed so high they actually distort unnaturally. This sounds like what I wish generic EDM sounded like, this is so much more fun; the melodies are more original and the beat is way hotter in mix and a lot faster as well. Also none of those lame ass side chained drums. This feels a lot older than it actually is, feels like it came out at some point in the 90's, but it's so damn new. I actually remember when these guys first started. This song is pretty repetitive, but I love the groove on it and it isn't as long as the first track, so it's really no big deal.

Track 3: Grace Ma Breaks
As can be taken from the name this is all breakbeats so far. I love how comically loud the kick drums are on all these tracks, it's so distorted it actually just sounds like a note being played. Kind of weird stop right therein the beginning I didn't like too much. I love the vocal sample and the synths backing it up though, those are really pretty. This album has a strange sound to it, it's mixed like a digital hardcore album, but has the feeling of an EDM album; I'm quite sure how it works as well as it does, but it does work well. The album feels very futuristic in a 2000's sense, does that make sense? I'm not sure and I don't care, you'll know whatI mean if you hear this. Solid track.

Track 4: Fly, Heart! Fly!
Love how this is starting already, it has this incredibly sped up sample of a J-Pop vocal and the chords are just going nuts behind it. It's literally just sped up J-Pop except this guy took out everything, but the vocals and replaced all the instrumentation himself at like 4 times the speed. This is easily my favorite track so far, everything works to this song's benefit. The chords are perfectly matched with these beautiful synth melodies and it all sounds so cheap, but in a good way.Too bad it's the shortest track on the album.

Track 5: Die!!Die!!Cover!!!
This is actually a really short album, it's more of an EP but the artist recognized it as an album so ??? The beat is incredibly busy here almost too much going to distinguish everything. Loving the atonal synth lead over these massive breaks and stomped beats. Oh **** yes one of my favorite chord progressions of all time let's GO! This is so energetic that I feel wrong for reviewing this while laying down in bed. Are those guitars?! This track has so much going on man, and it isn't experimental maximalism it's just pure pop maximalism and I ****ing love it. The beat is just everywhere, the bass is going nuts, the chords are moving at 100 miles an hour, and there are multiple lead synths and a vocal melody. WOAH half time groove right the 3 and a half minute mark. What a great track to end things on, everything really fell into place for this one track.

7/10

Machine · 01-22-2018, 04:05 AM

entry 8

weekly roundup week 1

Hendo - lofi beats from the 2018 debut by Hendo
Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop, Instrumental Hip-Hop
Release Date: January 17th, 2018

This is some pretty ridiculous experimental hip-hop by the guy on rym I checked out earlier this week. The drums are so heavily reverberated that they don't even register as a beat half the time. The samples are incredibly warped and the entire project just has this eerie feeling to it that I can't really put my finger on. I'm really excited to hear the full release of this EP when it's done this year because from what we have so far I'm impressed. If you're looking for some thing like cLOUDDEAD (he samples them), Ugly Mane's instrumentals, or Coin Locker Kid definitely don't let this slip through the cracks this year.
6/10

natriums - Deja Vu
Genre: Minimal Techno, Downtempo, Ambient Techno, Outsider House
Release Date: January 7th, 2018

Alright I'm gonna gush about this one for a moment. This is easily some of the most outrageous techno I've ever heard. Now... is it the best? **** no. But this is so meticulously put together I can't imagine how long this took to make. The tracks range from your standard Minimal Tech affair to more courageous experiments with acoustic instruments and electroacoustic music. There's even tinges of modular synth and analog in a lot of the synth tones here which I think is a welcome touch. Morphogenic will most definitely be my tracks of the year along with a few others. I need to give this thing some listens, but what I have gotten is a damn fine album with some damn fine work put into it. (THIS was also made by someone on rym)
7/10

Cupcakke - Euphorize
Genre - Trap Rap, Hip-House, Hardcore Hip-Hop
Release Date: January 5th, 2018

Holy **** this is bad. Not like just kinda bad. I mean HOLY **** this is bad man. The lyrics are being praised as being so forward thinking and sex positive, but it comes off as a stew of S.T.D's on record. Her flow is nothing to write home about and the beats are F-tier levels of EDM synths and generic trap. I couldn't ever imagine listening to a single track from this **** again. And I mean that. There was not a single moment that saved this thing from complete disgust. To put it this way the production was 4/10 and that was the best part of this **** heap.
2/10

Scallops Hotel - Sovereign Nose of (Y)our Arrogant Face
Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop, Abstract Hip-Hop
Release Date: January 1st, 2018

Alright so I've always put off Milo because of his reaction to NOTM by Death Grips, but seeing as I'm trying to actually keep up in 2018 I figured I'd give his new mixtape a chance. It's really damn good. His flow has this weird wonky mood about it, like he knows how to flows, but just actively disagrees with the beat on a philosophical level or something. The lyrics on this re great even despite the fact I disagree with the politics, I especially loved this line "And when I punch Nazi goys they say oy vey, enjoy hey". That's just absolute genius man. Like say what you will about public violence against your political "enemies" or whatever, but that's just amazing. The beats on this thing are off kilter, but not in some avant-garde CLK way, in his own idiosyncratic style that makes this uniquely his.
7/10

Devil's Elbow - Eagle On The Hill
Genre: Glitch Hop, Lofi Hip-Hop
Release Date: January 2nd, 2018

This is so boring. I couldn't really tell you anything about it beyond the constant clipping of the beat EVERY SINGLE TIME a kick drum plays. That's a little annoying.
4/10

Venetian Snares -She Began to Cry Tears of Blood Which Became Little Brick Houses When They Hit the Ground
Genre: Flashcore
Release Date: January 11th, 2018

I don't know if any of you are familiar with Flashcore, so basically what it is is this extreme conclusion of IDM where you have almost nothing beyond near arhythmic drum patterns and amelodic effects. That's almost entirely what this album is beyond a few synths here and there. The first few tracks had me completely hooked because I love this kind of **** man, but as it went on it got more and more monotonous. By the end I actually didn't realize it wasn't playing anymore, that's how zoned out I was. The modular patterns are pretty extreme and it might reveal itself upon closer listens, but I really have no interest in doing that. Really a shame too because Traditional Synthesizer Music and Thank You For Your Consideration we're both absolutely phenomenal albums.
5/10

Sober Drunks - Omnimusic
Genre: Experimental Rock, Avant-Folk, Avant-Prog???

Spoiler for big pic pic:

Alright now for the one y'all have been WAITING for. The new Frown album, the new "Mr. Avant" album guy. And yes I do know this is you and your friend Frown, but for all of our sake this is a Frown album. And well... yeah it's pretty good. This is 40 minutes of mind bending ****. From off the wall free improv to tightly structures and highly melodic Post-Punk and Experimental Rock. From all I can tell having heard most of Frown's music, this is probably his most accessible and I actually think this benefits from that. A lot of his music can be meandering to the point of tedium for me. And while I've always found the merit in his music (unlike some of his more outspoken detractors) I always found it hard to be completely on board either. This album marks a shift there for me, see I think Frown could pull off a truly great experimental/art rock album if he really wanted to and I think he should. Or at least try. Write some cool ****ing avant-prog/art rock songs and get yourself in a studio for a couple days I'm ****ing TELLING you man it'll come out great. My only real problems with this are that it really does meander in some places and a couple sections feel unorganized.
6.5/10

END OF PART 1

**Frownland** · 01-22-2018, 10:20 AM

I thought that the Scallops release was pretty underwhelming tbh, check out Plain Speaking and Milo's most recent solo album.

Thanks for the Sober Drunks shoutout. The creation process was months of just of unrelated jamming (though we only used around 12 cuts for this record) and taking those recordings and trying to put them into a more digestible format. The meandering parts are done somewhat on purpose assuming that you mean the intro and the Rain Dance excerpts. The introduction is to set the tone that you're getting something that's cluttery and weird. Both of those parts also serve to make what they transition into more surprising, but I can also see where you're coming from. I appreciate your thoughts on it.

Also there are strong modern classical elements when the piano comes in. Revert that RYM vote foo.

Machine · 01-22-2018, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frownland

I thought that the Scallops release was pretty underwhelming tbh, check out Plain Speaking and Milo's most recent solo album.

Thanks for the Sober Drunks shoutout. The creation process was months of just of unrelated jamming (though we only used around 12 cuts for this record) and taking those recordings and trying to put them into a more digestible format. The meandering parts are done somewhat on purpose assuming that you mean the intro and the Rain Dance excerpts. The introduction is to set the tone that you're getting something that's cluttery and weird. Both of those parts also serve to make what they transition into more surprising, but I can also see where you're coming from. I appreciate your thoughts on it.

Also there are strong modern classical elements when the piano comes in. Revert that RYM vote foo.

Lmao aight aight, but I think it should be secondary if anything.

Machine · 01-22-2018, 03:22 PM

entry 9

weekly roundup part 2

Coach Wash - Commercial Electronics
Genre: DJ Mix, Gabber, Glitch, Bubblegum Bass, Nightwave???
Release Date: November 9th, 2017

This is a highly addictive blend of futurist electronics and present pop music. In fact some of the songs are just Gabber and Bubblegum Bass remixes of pop songs. It functions as an album, mixtape, and DJ Mix all at once. This song stood out to me as where I wish pop music would actually go Katy Perry - California Gurls (COACH WASH Scary Version). This one song perfectly encapsulates what is so cool about this project, it's completely warped in the way PC Music is, but without the inherent accessibility of their music.
6/10

Mazut - Atlas
Genre: Industrial Techno
Release Date: January 5th, 2018

This barely even classifies as industrial techno I'd personally call this noise techno, but that isn't really a genre I suppose. This is a properly ****ed album, the beats are distorted and the synths are buried beneath layers upon layers of screeching noise. The first track is this opus of crazy sounds that I can't get enough of. The rest of the album completely follows suit and while I don't think it really captures the imagination for the entirety of the release it does have a strong mood and I can give some props for that.
6/10

Duy Gebord - ʤ
Genre: Industrial Techno, Noise, Free Improv
Release Date: January 17th, 2018

This is far more interesting of a release to me than that Mazut album I was talking about a second ago. While I do think this release is inconsistent as **** it has a way about it that I've never heard from a techno album. The synths are purposefully aimless and abrasive while the beats are your standard kick-snare-kick-snare. Half the album are these ridiculous experiments in noise and synth music that don't really grab me, but I appreciate on a sonic level. The other half is what really grabs me, straight up headbangers. I'm not kidding you every single full on industrial techno track I wasn't just grooving to, I was thrashing around the room. If I were to see these peeps live I would try to start a mosh pit. This is pure infectious metallic groove. Keep this out of reach of children they might rock out too hard.
6.5/10

Drake - Scary Hours
Genre: Trap Rap, Alt R&B
Release Date: January 19th, 2018

I've never liked Drake and that continues with this. This is such a ****ing snoozefest and it's literally 2 songs long. The first track is Hotline Bling part 2, but this one has no hook nearly as good as that song and the second is just Drake "spitting" over a jazz sample and a **** tier trap beat. Good god this is meh.
5/10

Profligate - Somewhere Else
Genre: Coldwave, Minimal Synth, Noise Pop
Release Date: January 5th, 2018

Going into this I was expecting something kinda meh based on people's thoughts from rym. Surprisingly I really didn't get that. The first half of this album is REALLY strong, especially the first track. It's a series of long winded post punk flavored pop songs in the same vein as Have A Nice Life with a little less doom and gloom. The first track especially is a standout for me, this 8 minute droning pop song with these cold layers of synths and a simple bass line. It just works so ****ing great. The second half starts to lose me a little bit because the album doesn't really have any variation, once you've heard the first 2 tracks, you've heard the entire album. Despite this the songs are good and I'm left wondering what this guy is gonna do next.
6.5/10

Bienoise - Sharawadji III
Genre: Experimental Electronic
Release Date: January 8th, 2018

This sounds how the album cover looks. It's around 25 minutes of nonstop swirling electronics and simple kick patterns. It's highly experimental and noisy, but there's a certain sense of melody to it that you can't really deny.
6/10

Culture Chester - Outer Baseball
Genre: Experimental Rock, Synth Punk, Memes?
Release Date: January 4th, 2018

This is the worst thing from this year. This is truly directionless noise. Before any of you complain about Frown being "so noisy and experimental it has to be a joke" just listen to this. This is pure ****ing garbage.
0.5/10

Mondo Bungle · 01-24-2018, 06:25 PM

I detract my previous albums cuz this one is crucial https://noosefiller.bandcamp.com/album/noosefiller-2

Machine · 02-09-2018, 11:32 AM

The roundup for album will be coming very shortly, yes I am still doing this.

01-09-2018, 06:24 AM	#21 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	ENTRY 7 goreshit - ureshii! Genre: Happy Hardcore, Hardcore [EDM], J-Core, J-Pop, Lolicore, Plunderphonics Release Date: June 14, 2010 So Lolicore is always a genre of electronic music I tried to stray away from due to it's weird cringy fanbase and imagery, but as I was trying to find a bit of Happy Hardcore to get into I noticed most of the top albums were by Lolicore artists. I figured I'd pick the artist that has been recommended to me the most and that is gore**. The album covered seemed shockingly non-cringe so there's my thought process. Track 1: 桜舞い散る坂道で Starts off more less exactly how I expected. High tempo and quick breakbeats. I do like the synths going throughout the track, it all feels quite huge. Ah here's the J-Pop, so I'm going to take a wild a guess and say this is gonna be electronic J-Pop. Yeah I'm loving the synths, the melodies are very pretty, and it doesn't relent on the insane beat either. The music itself is actually pretty poorly mixed, but that's sort of to be expected from an artist who was probably about my age at the time making fake J-Pop. The feel of the track goes between sugary pop goodness and these anime soundtrack inspired synth breakdowns, it is a strange combination, but it works better than I thought it would. Yeah I love this track this is really fun, I'd definitely listen to this again. Track 2: Konacore Original 2010 , this one is even faster. Loving the drums that are mixed so high they actually distort unnaturally. This sounds like what I wish generic EDM sounded like, this is so much more fun; the melodies are more original and the beat is way hotter in mix and a lot faster as well. Also none of those lame ass side chained drums. This feels a lot older than it actually is, feels like it came out at some point in the 90's, but it's so damn new. I actually remember when these guys first started. This song is pretty repetitive, but I love the groove on it and it isn't as long as the first track, so it's really no big deal. Track 3: Grace Ma Breaks As can be taken from the name this is all breakbeats so far. I love how comically loud the kick drums are on all these tracks, it's so distorted it actually just sounds like a note being played. Kind of weird stop right therein the beginning I didn't like too much. I love the vocal sample and the synths backing it up though, those are really pretty. This album has a strange sound to it, it's mixed like a digital hardcore album, but has the feeling of an EDM album; I'm quite sure how it works as well as it does, but it does work well. The album feels very futuristic in a 2000's sense, does that make sense? I'm not sure and I don't care, you'll know whatI mean if you hear this. Solid track. Track 4: Fly, Heart! Fly! Love how this is starting already, it has this incredibly sped up sample of a J-Pop vocal and the chords are just going nuts behind it. It's literally just sped up J-Pop except this guy took out everything, but the vocals and replaced all the instrumentation himself at like 4 times the speed. This is easily my favorite track so far, everything works to this song's benefit. The chords are perfectly matched with these beautiful synth melodies and it all sounds so cheap, but in a good way.Too bad it's the shortest track on the album. Track 5: Die!!Die!!Cover!!! This is actually a really short album, it's more of an EP but the artist recognized it as an album so ??? The beat is incredibly busy here almost too much going to distinguish everything. Loving the atonal synth lead over these massive breaks and stomped beats. Oh yes one of my favorite chord progressions of all time let's GO! This is so energetic that I feel wrong for reviewing this while laying down in bed. Are those guitars?! This track has so much going on man, and it isn't experimental maximalism it's just pure pop maximalism and I **ing love it. The beat is just everywhere, the bass is going nuts, the chords are moving at 100 miles an hour, and there are multiple lead synths and a vocal melody. WOAH half time groove right the 3 and a half minute mark. What a great track to end things on, everything really fell into place for this one track. 7/10 __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

01-22-2018, 04:05 AM	#22 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	entry 8 weekly roundup week 1 Hendo - lofi beats from the 2018 debut by Hendo Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop, Instrumental Hip-Hop Release Date: January 17th, 2018 This is some pretty ridiculous experimental hip-hop by the guy on rym I checked out earlier this week. The drums are so heavily reverberated that they don't even register as a beat half the time. The samples are incredibly warped and the entire project just has this eerie feeling to it that I can't really put my finger on. I'm really excited to hear the full release of this EP when it's done this year because from what we have so far I'm impressed. If you're looking for some thing like cLOUDDEAD (he samples them), Ugly Mane's instrumentals, or Coin Locker Kid definitely don't let this slip through the cracks this year. 6/10 natriums - Deja Vu Genre: Minimal Techno, Downtempo, Ambient Techno, Outsider House Release Date: January 7th, 2018 Alright I'm gonna gush about this one for a moment. This is easily some of the most outrageous techno I've ever heard. Now... is it the best? ** no. But this is so meticulously put together I can't imagine how long this took to make. The tracks range from your standard Minimal Tech affair to more courageous experiments with acoustic instruments and electroacoustic music. There's even tinges of modular synth and analog in a lot of the synth tones here which I think is a welcome touch. Morphogenic will most definitely be my tracks of the year along with a few others. I need to give this thing some listens, but what I have gotten is a damn fine album with some damn fine work put into it. (THIS was also made by someone on rym) 7/10 Cupcakke - Euphorize Genre - Trap Rap, Hip-House, Hardcore Hip-Hop Release Date: January 5th, 2018 Holy this is bad. Not like just kinda bad. I mean HOLY this is bad man. The lyrics are being praised as being so forward thinking and sex positive, but it comes off as a stew of S.T.D's on record. Her flow is nothing to write home about and the beats are F-tier levels of EDM synths and generic trap. I couldn't ever imagine listening to a single track from this again. And I mean that. There was not a single moment that saved this thing from complete disgust. To put it this way the production was 4/10 and that was the best part of this heap. 2/10 Scallops Hotel - Sovereign Nose of (Y)our Arrogant Face Genre: Experimental Hip-Hop, Abstract Hip-Hop Release Date: January 1st, 2018 Alright so I've always put off Milo because of his reaction to NOTM by Death Grips, but seeing as I'm trying to actually keep up in 2018 I figured I'd give his new mixtape a chance. It's really damn good. His flow has this weird wonky mood about it, like he knows how to flows, but just actively disagrees with the beat on a philosophical level or something. The lyrics on this re great even despite the fact I disagree with the politics, I especially loved this line "And when I punch Nazi goys they say oy vey, enjoy hey". That's just absolute genius man. Like say what you will about public violence against your political "enemies" or whatever, but that's just amazing. The beats on this thing are off kilter, but not in some avant-garde CLK way, in his own idiosyncratic style that makes this uniquely his. 7/10 Devil's Elbow - Eagle On The Hill Genre: Glitch Hop, Lofi Hip-Hop Release Date: January 2nd, 2018 This is so boring. I couldn't really tell you anything about it beyond the constant clipping of the beat EVERY SINGLE TIME a kick drum plays. That's a little annoying. 4/10 Venetian Snares -She Began to Cry Tears of Blood Which Became Little Brick Houses When They Hit the Ground Genre: Flashcore Release Date: January 11th, 2018 I don't know if any of you are familiar with Flashcore, so basically what it is is this extreme conclusion of IDM where you have almost nothing beyond near arhythmic drum patterns and amelodic effects. That's almost entirely what this album is beyond a few synths here and there. The first few tracks had me completely hooked because I love this kind of man, but as it went on it got more and more monotonous. By the end I actually didn't realize it wasn't playing anymore, that's how zoned out I was. The modular patterns are pretty extreme and it might reveal itself upon closer listens, but I really have no interest in doing that. Really a shame too because Traditional Synthesizer Music and Thank You For Your Consideration we're both absolutely phenomenal albums. 5/10 Sober Drunks - Omnimusic Genre: Experimental Rock, Avant-Folk, Avant-Prog??? Spoiler** for big pic pic: Alright now for the one y'all have been WAITING for. The new Frown album, the new "Mr. Avant" album guy. And yes I do know this is you and your friend Frown, but for all of our sake this is a Frown album. And well... yeah it's pretty good. This is 40 minutes of mind bending **. From off the wall free improv to tightly structures and highly melodic Post-Punk and Experimental Rock. From all I can tell having heard most of Frown's music, this is probably his most accessible and I actually think this benefits from that. A lot of his music can be meandering to the point of tedium for me. And while I've always found the merit in his music (unlike some of his more outspoken detractors) I always found it hard to be completely on board either. This album marks a shift there for me, see I think Frown could pull off a truly great experimental/art rock album if he really wanted to and I think he should. Or at least try. Write some cool ing avant-prog/art rock songs and get yourself in a studio for a couple days I'm ing TELLING you man it'll come out great. My only real problems with this are that it really does meander in some places and a couple sections feel unorganized. 6.5/10 END OF PART 1** __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

01-22-2018, 10:20 AM	#23 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I thought that the Scallops release was pretty underwhelming tbh, check out Plain Speaking and Milo's most recent solo album. Thanks for the Sober Drunks shoutout. The creation process was months of just of unrelated jamming (though we only used around 12 cuts for this record) and taking those recordings and trying to put them into a more digestible format. The meandering parts are done somewhat on purpose assuming that you mean the intro and the Rain Dance excerpts. The introduction is to set the tone that you're getting something that's cluttery and weird. Both of those parts also serve to make what they transition into more surprising, but I can also see where you're coming from. I appreciate your thoughts on it. Also there are strong modern classical elements when the piano comes in. Revert that RYM vote foo. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-22-2018, 03:22 PM	#25 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	entry 9 weekly roundup part 2 Coach Wash - Commercial Electronics Genre: DJ Mix, Gabber, Glitch, Bubblegum Bass, Nightwave??? Release Date: November 9th, 2017 This is a highly addictive blend of futurist electronics and present pop music. In fact some of the songs are just Gabber and Bubblegum Bass remixes of pop songs. It functions as an album, mixtape, and DJ Mix all at once. This song stood out to me as where I wish pop music would actually go Katy Perry - California Gurls (COACH WASH Scary Version). This one song perfectly encapsulates what is so cool about this project, it's completely warped in the way PC Music is, but without the inherent accessibility of their music. 6/10 Mazut - Atlas Genre: Industrial Techno Release Date: January 5th, 2018 This barely even classifies as industrial techno I'd personally call this noise techno, but that isn't really a genre I suppose. This is a properly **ed album, the beats are distorted and the synths are buried beneath layers upon layers of screeching noise. The first track is this opus of crazy sounds that I can't get enough of. The rest of the album completely follows suit and while I don't think it really captures the imagination for the entirety of the release it does have a strong mood and I can give some props for that. 6/10 Duy Gebord - ʤ Genre: Industrial Techno, Noise, Free Improv Release Date: January 17th, 2018 This is far more interesting of a release to me than that Mazut album I was talking about a second ago. While I do think this release is inconsistent as it has a way about it that I've never heard from a techno album. The synths are purposefully aimless and abrasive while the beats are your standard kick-snare-kick-snare. Half the album are these ridiculous experiments in noise and synth music that don't really grab me, but I appreciate on a sonic level. The other half is what really grabs me, straight up headbangers. I'm not kidding you every single full on industrial techno track I wasn't just grooving to, I was thrashing around the room. If I were to see these peeps live I would try to start a mosh pit. This is pure infectious metallic groove. Keep this out of reach of children they might rock out too hard. 6.5/10 Drake - Scary Hours Genre: Trap Rap, Alt R&B Release Date: January 19th, 2018 I've never liked Drake and that continues with this. This is such a ing snoozefest and it's literally 2 songs long. The first track is Hotline Bling part 2, but this one has no hook nearly as good as that song and the second is just Drake "spitting" over a jazz sample and a tier trap beat. Good god this is meh. 5/10 Profligate - Somewhere Else Genre: Coldwave, Minimal Synth, Noise Pop Release Date: January 5th, 2018 Going into this I was expecting something kinda meh based on people's thoughts from rym. Surprisingly I really didn't get that. The first half of this album is REALLY strong, especially the first track. It's a series of long winded post punk flavored pop songs in the same vein as Have A Nice Life with a little less doom and gloom. The first track especially is a standout for me, this 8 minute droning pop song with these cold layers of synths and a simple bass line. It just works so ing great. The second half starts to lose me a little bit because the album doesn't really have any variation, once you've heard the first 2 tracks, you've heard the entire album. Despite this the songs are good and I'm left wondering what this guy is gonna do next. 6.5/10 Bienoise - Sharawadji III Genre: Experimental Electronic Release Date: January 8th, 2018 This sounds how the album cover looks. It's around 25 minutes of nonstop swirling electronics and simple kick patterns. It's highly experimental and noisy, but there's a certain sense of melody to it that you can't really deny. 6/10 Culture Chester - Outer Baseball Genre: Experimental Rock, Synth Punk, Memes? Release Date: January 4th, 2018 This is the worst thing from this year. This is truly directionless noise. Before any of you complain about Frown being "so noisy and experimental it has to be a joke" just listen to this. This is pure ing garbage. 0.5/10** __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.

02-09-2018, 11:32 AM	#27 (permalink)
Machine moon lake inc. Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Detroit Posts: 2,125	The roundup for album will be coming very shortly, yes I am still doing this. __________________ boost my ego listen to me stroke my delay pedal ever wanted to hear death grips songs... but they're acoustic? me neither.