Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
Big Mean Sound Machine - Contraband
Big Mean Sound MachineContraband
Label: Angry Mom Records
An instant dance party! They throw down the funk with lots of horns, then pump up the Afrobeat before sizzling up some psychedelia and jazzy gyrations. Recorded live to capture their raw 12-member fury only makes me want to experience this party live ASAP!
• Big Mean Sound Machine Website • Big Mean Sound Machine FacebookCelia - Shaman Journey
CeliaShaman Journey
Label: self-published
An everyday Goddess showing off many of her lovely musical facets, travelling through the seasons as easily as across the ocean. Celtic, new age and shamanic intonations are found in abundance as she weaves rhythms and chants that entice and caress your soul. Plus her live performances show off her comedic talents as well as her chanteuse.
• Celia WebsiteHypnagog - Thematic Mathematics
HypnagogThematic Mathematics
Label: Kinematic Records
Swirling together a wide swath of well-thought-out electronica, from glitch to trance, progressive to psychedelic, dreamscapes to breakbeats, as well as flirting with many others, Melbourne based Hypnagog, aka Felix Greenlees, gives us a lot to choose from on this adventurous and dynamic release. On his own Kinematic Records too!
• Hypnagog Website • Hypnagog FacebookSee-I - Knowledge Shine Bright
See-IKnowledge Shine Bright
Label: Fort Knox Recordings
Garnering experience during their 15 years as front-men for the Thievery Corporation live band, brothers Arthur “Rootz” Steele and Archie “Zeebo” Steele founded SEE-I and are now leaders the reggae-soul movement. Funk, dancehouse, and smooth, jazzy electronics blend with the soul and reggae to produce a surprisingly broad vista of styles to work with and enjoy.
• See-I Website • See-I FacebookBeat Fatigue - Malfunktionality Part One
Beat FatigueMalfunktionality Part One
Label: Adapted Records
So many of my favorite things all rolled into one! Clever guitar jams are imbibed with funky bass lines and blues stamina while pushed out on the dance floor with groovy electronics. This Amsterdam based DJ, producer promises much more to come with Part 2!
• Beat Fatigue WebsiteDavid Starfire - Awakening
David StarfireAwakening
Label: Amrita Recordings
A world-renowned producer/composer/multi-instrumentalist/DJ that has worked with numerous electronic musicians as welll as had songs featured in many TV, cable, movies and video games. Awakening is an invigorating juxtaposition of ethnic grooves throbbing with exquisite electronic psydub buoyancy.
• David Starfire Website • David Starfire Facebook • David Starfire WikiEntheogenic - Enthymesis
EntheogenicEnthymesis
Label: Universal Symbiosis Records
An excellent 8th studio album for Entheogenic! Sliding grooves and moody ambient space-scapes glide into faster psytrance rhythms and brain scratching Terence McKenna platitudes. Mesmerizing trance within quirky glitch and magnificent hubub.
• Entheogenic Website • Entheogenic Facebook • Entheogenic WikiMark de Clive-Lowe - Church
Mark de Clive-LoweChurch
Label: Mashibeats/Ropeadope
Sophisticated avant soul jazz-tronica that sizzles with intensity. This New Zealand born musician, DJ and producer (who now resides in LA) started playing piano at age 4 and has continued his musical exploration ever since! Layers of flavors, rhythms and instrumentation are conjured for each composition and flow through several diverse styles as well as musical collaborators.
• Mark de Clive-Lowe Website • Mark de Clive-Lowe Facebook • Mark de Clive-Lowe WikiAnchor Hill - Medicine Grove
Anchor HillMedicine Grove
Label: Luminosity Project
Flowing electronica that takes you on adventures through mystic soundscapes and majestic altitudes. While exploring eddies of jazzy sojourns and reflections of forgotten terrain in dreamy forests of glitch-hop, one is allowed take the time to make revelations of discovery and introspection. The dancing rhythms and cozy vibrations access a necessary solitude to find success and inspiration.
• Anchor Hill Website • Anchor Hill FacebookFine Alarm Funk - Abandonearth
Fine Alarm FunkAbandonearth
Label: CD Baby
Even though the album is themed as, “A DIABOLICAL journey to the center of the Earth and the subsequent DESTRUCTION of the planet!!!” you probably aren’t expecting what this 9 member heavy funk outfit from Vancouver has cooked up for you as they blast through a barrage of breakneck Balkan brass n punk infused musical roller coaster rides while vocally sounding like a gruffer Gogol Bordello. Surprising and refreshing!
• Fine Alarm Funk Website • Fine Alarm Funk FacebookLotus - Gilded Age
LotusGilded Age
Label: Lotus Vibes Music LLC
Continuing to explore and develop new and old facets of their musical awareness, long time favorites Lotus give us a release focused on the original organic instruments: drum, bass, guitar, piano and percussion. Combined with the fact they recorded it live to analog tape means the sound is very front and center for the listener. Guest vocalist Steve Yutzy-Burkey is featured on this first of three tracks on the album, which also gives the release a fulfillment of another kind. The Gilded Age proves once again that the ethereal ambiance that Lotus is known for will continue unabated.
• Lotus Website • Lotus Facebook • Lotus WikiZebbler Encanti Experience - Freakquency
Zebbler Encanti ExperienceFreakquency
Label: Gravitas Records
A dynamic and very contemporary combination of styles and sounds including but not limited to dubstep, glitch, psytrance, and trap produce what ZEE have dubbed psytrap. While the effervescent melodies and buoyant bass lines will capture your attention, the manic breaks of tension and release will activate all but the completely comatose. I can’t wait to see this combined with their legendary projection light shows!
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