Let's get the ball rolling : Taxi Taxi - Maps and Legends : NY indie rockers Taxi Taxi have presented a solid album with lots of good songs, I even have second thoughts about how it may have deserved a higher spot. Odd Nosdam - Level level wires (Anticon) : Released on California's Anticon, this album blends minimalist electronics with soundscapes and beats. [vimeo 416755] Arve Henriksen - Strjon (Rune Grammofon) : Trumpetist Arve Henriksen's glacial trumpet drones on our fave Scandinavian label. Past review on undomondo The Focus Group - We're all Pan's people (Ghost Box) : The lovely UK label Ghost Box, which gave us another topnotch Focus Group album and the fantasticBelbury Poly album last year, strikes once again. I totally love everything The Focus Group produces. Very disoriented short BBC Radiophonics type of retro non-music. Elegi - Sistereis (Miasmah) : Released on Miasmah, one of the foremost netlabels, Sistereis is a dark & haunting atmospheric ambient album with minimal strings and drones. Sale on Boomkat, don't miss it. Roam the Hello Clouds - Near Misses (~scape) : Dreamlike ambient electronic jazz from Triosk & Prefuse 73 drummer Lawrence Pike, trumpetist Phil Slater and laptop-man Dave Miller from Pivot. Eric Malmberg - Verklighet och beat (Häpna) : Ex member of Sagor & Swing on Häpna, with a terrific album. I haven't had enough time to listen to this one, else it would have rated higher I guess. Bittersweet, instrumental moog synth stuff with a vast array of influences like 70's psychedelia. Vikter Duplaix - Bold and Beautiful (BBE) : Urban neo-soul from Philadelphia's Vikter Duplaix. past review on undomondo
Taxi Taxi - Maps and Legends Odd Nosdam - Up in Flames Arve Henriksen - Leaf and Rock The Focus Group - The New Activity The Focus Group - Salty Sun Tales Elegi - Despotiets Vesen Roam the Hello Clouds - Phases Eric Malmberg - Slutet pĥ en epok Vikter Duplaix - Nothing like your Touch