folktronica

Just came home and not in the mood to write a lot, so enjoy th’s cute little nugget from Japenese singer/songwriter Shugo Tokumaru. Off 2007’s Exit, folktronica?

“Influenced by the golden age of bossa nova, sophisticated soundtracks, classic psychological thrillers, and the subtle horrors of suburban life, the once enlightened Council Flats of Kingsbury make extreme efforts to hold it together for circa 35 minutes on this delicate home production.”

A personal remark for Origamibiro, by Can Ayverdi. Origambiro, an artist whom I never heard before, has mostly accomplished this. I thank Tom Hill for giving such wonderful music to this world. A must grab album : Cracked Mirrors And Stopped Clocks, out since 2007. Only one song will tell..

Beautiful melancholic folktronica / ambient album with lots of hiss and piano, from Oskar Hallbert. Free download on the Italian Zymogen netlabel.

Cologne based electronic music producer Napoli Is Not Nepal is one of the most underrated artists coming from Germany. Debuting on Shitkatapult in 2002 with Revolv_er with an idiosyncratic mix of pop and IDM I would have expected him to be better known, yet he never made big like T. Raumschmiere, Apparat or Telefon Tel-Aviv..

Well not really, but if you look ‘ard enough you can find some solid things for free: A roundup of good netlabel releases we’ve checked out this month, from Auflegware, Breathe, Id.eology and Pulsations for You netlabels.

After all these years, I know that the blogosphere doesn’t have an attention span of more than a few days so whatever you present should either be shit hot or totally vintage, effectively rendering albums from say, 2006 out of sight. Today we make an exception for Eglantine Gouzy a lesser known bedroom pop artist from Paris.

A selection of tracks & mixes, including folktronica by Kettel courtesy of kracfive, electrodub from Sardinia Bass Legalize, free download on A Quiet Bump netlabel, electro acoustic guitar processing from Mark Templeton, soundscapes from Tauchsieder (free download album from their own website)