Meng Qi is a Chinese experimental music composer based out of my current place of residence, Beijing. His music is unlike most of the genre, where one would expect to hear an avalanche of nearly pointless noise. There is a beauty to his compositions that I don’t find much in a lot of modern releases that purport to be ‘experimental’. He’s definitely an intriguing character.
Music Reviews
[Music] The Mobbers – Run Baby Run
I don’t get much of a chance to review garage rock bands. I love the genre, but it’s not my forté. In this case, The Mobbers found me, and I have to say I’m glad for that. This is crunchy, loud, hard fast rock & roll, as you would expect from the genre. For fans of The Oblivions, The Makers, and Crypt Records aficionados.
[Music] Dorninger – Slide To Glide
Wolfgang “Fadi” Dorninger is something of a legend in my circle. When I was a teenager, I came across his work thanks to a very active cassette culture which was happening in Los Angeles, and was blown away by his project at the time, Monochrome Bleu.
He is still releasing rather amazing, tranquil ambient work, and it’s good to see a familiar name come up on my radar again. Give his work a good, deep listen on headphones. It’s good music to let your brain swim to.
[Music] Braderin – Anger Is A Gift
An unsolicited release came into my email box a few weeks ago from the band Braderin, and I finally have time to check it out. It’s a crunchy piece of ambient music, and EP’s worth of music that reminds me of the 1980s post-Industrial cassette culture. Somewhat occultish, perhaps influenced by sci-fi films.
A really good effort out of Turkey.
[Music] Various Artists – The Blog That Celebrates Itself Records: Kosmische Musik
[Music] Lousberg – The Death Of Humanity
The record cover of this new EP by Lousberg, The Death of Humanity, gives it the aura of either a black metal band or a black ambient band circa 1990s-era Cold Meat Industry. It is neither of these. In fact, it’s a swelling, sumptuous piece of neoclassical music which would work as a soundtrack to many a movie. I quite like this!
Check out more releases like this one at Dunkelheit Produktionen out of Germany. They seem to be releasing a lot of quality material.
[Music] Oak – Not Afraid Anymore
I came across these guys thanks to a fine poster over at Reddit. Very solid post-rock out of France, not too derivative of other bands like Immanu El and the like.
[Music] BIG STAR-PIONEERS OF POWER POP. — dereksmusicblog
A big thank you to Derek’s Music Blog for highlighting one of America’s finest power pop bands, Big Star:
Big Star-Pioneers Of Power Pop. Sadly, in music, talent doesn’t guarantee commercial success. If it did, Big Star would’ve been one of the biggest bands in musical history. Alas, that wasn’t the case. Lady luck failed to smile on Big Star when they released a trio of albums between 1972 and 1978. Despite this, Big Star […]
[Music] Steve Roach – Structures From Silence
If I recall correctly, it was Audion Magazine’s review section, a wealth of information for a person who had little access to either electronic music, New Age, or what would eventually be called ambient music, which introduced me to the work of Steve Roach.
In fact, this was the first Roach album I had the pleasure of buying. 30 years later, it still sounds fresh, and Steve is still releasing amazing material, and special thanks is due to Projekt Records for keeping his work in print.
[Music] AK – Branches
Aljosha Konstanty (AK) has quite a good body of work, but this particular release, his newest, really caught my ear.
Downtempo, relaxing, and it allows you to work unencumbered by anything distracting.
A beautiful release.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 