Eclectic Vibes
by Andrew Frey
Mose Giganticus - Gift Horse
Mose GiganticusGift Horse
Label: Relapse Records
How does music sound large? Or huge? These intense hard rock architects have sculpted a magnificent debut that is modern, powerful, groovy, expansive and generally kicks a lot of ass! Amorphis meets the Melvins.
• Mose Giganticus Website • Mose Giganticus Facebook • Mose Giganticus WikiWaitiki 7 - New Sounds of Exotica
Waitiki 7New Sounds of Exotica
Label: Pass Out Records
When you think of tropical lounge sounds, you expect what this 1950’s style throwback release has to offer. Dedicated to preserving the Exotica sound and tiki culture they produce lush jazzy flows of flute over a variety of percussion, complimented by bass, piano, sax, etc. Fly me to the tropics!
• The Waitiki 7 Website • The Waitiki 7 FacebookWalter Gibbons - Jungle Music
Walter GibbonsJungle Music
Label: Strut Records
Pioneering reel to reel editing in mid 1970s led to many amazing things for this prolific DJ who became known for his remixes and influence in the early Disco and electronic scene. This 2 CD release of 14 lengthy remix tracks serves as a brief history lesson into the roots of synthetic beats and the sounds of the late 70s and early 80s.
• Walter Gibbons Website • Walter Gibbons Facebook • Walter Gibbons WikiCARMEN RIZZO - Looking Through Leaves
CARMEN RIZZOLooking Through Leaves
Label: Electrofone Records
Rizzo is a two time Grammy nominee producer, re-mixer, and artist, with an extensive list of credentials. This solo journey of chilled minimalistic soundscapes is sprinkling with evocative textures, rhythms, and grooves to beautify any existence where it is welcomed.
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CAS HALEYConnection
Label: Easy Star Records
Perhaps you remember Cas from his second place finish on the second season of America’s Got Talent in 2007. If you do, then you will also remember his easy flowing reggae style with blues flavoring and his equally enticing vocal stylings. If not, you may want to examine what he has to offer, especially his revisioning of Alicia Keys’ song “No One.”
• CAS HALEY Website • CAS HALEY Facebook • CAS HALEY WikiCEPHALIC CARNAGE - Misled By Certainty
CEPHALIC CARNAGEMisled By Certainty
Label: Relapse
Cascades of extreme metal come pouring forth from the instruments of this furious and hard working Colorado concoction. After hammering down the grind on the first dozen tracks of their sixth Relapse release, they end with the epic length, genre spanning “Repangaea.”
• CEPHALIC CARNAGE Website • CEPHALIC CARNAGE Facebook • CEPHALIC CARNAGE WikiCHARMING HOSTESS - The Bowls Project
CHARMING HOSTESSThe Bowls Project
Label: Tzadik
This is a bizarre mixture of intensely creative elements that links female vocals, Iraqi folk, Jewish culture, rock, metal, sex, love, angels, demons, and oodles more in an eclectic fashion. Inspiration here was garnered from inscriptions found on bowls buried beneath Jewish Babylonian houses which allowed group leader Jewlia Eisenberg a culturally poignant and diverse perspective to compose from.
• CHARMING HOSTESS Website • CHARMING HOSTESS Facebook • CHARMING HOSTESS WikiDean - Outside In
DeanOutside In
Label: Dean Music Art
Dean is a one man project. He is a songwriter, a producer and plays all the instruments. Songs are formed by introducing expansive vistas of electronica and spicing them up with Latin or Afrobeat rhythms while overlaying jazz, blues, and fusion elements to spin additional ambiance.
• Dean WebsiteDJ Centra - A Shared Will To Live
DJ CentraA Shared Will To Live
Label: Broke Boy Records
Spinning since the early 90s, and falling squarely in the trance side of the techno spectrum, this DJ begins by matching serene diva vocals with the beat before touching off the spark on several non-vocal tracks that explore the numerous nooks and crannies of what trance has to offer.
• DJ Centra Website • DJ Centra FacebookEL-P - WEARALLGOINGTOBURNINHELLMEGAMIXX3
EL-PWEARALLGOINGTOBURNINHELLMEGAMIXX3
Label: Gold Dust
Punchy attitude filled hyper-drive techno, washed with quirky-smirky samples and a lot of industrial type backdrops. Although EL-P is a noted deep wit rapper, this full tilt release is all instrumental.
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Formosa TriangleFormosa Triangle
Label:
They may have taken their name from an area located about 100 miles south of Tokyo, Japan, which has had mysterious ship losses, but the tight and heavy groove-metal that flourishes in the continuum established between the two lone members of this Chicago powerhouse may propel them further than the Pacific Ocean.
• Formosa Triangle WebsiteMichal Menert - Dreaming of a Bigger Life
Michal MenertDreaming of a Bigger Life
Label: Pretty Lights Music
This charming downtempo electronica is from the co-producer of the first Pretty Lights release. As such, this sounds quite a lot like Pretty Lights in the fluidic way the songs unfold and are composed. Also, as the first outside release on the Pretty Lights music label, it is available as a free download (with optional donation button) so you don’t have to steal it.
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