Trepaneringsritualen - "Septentrional" (2010)

"Sose benrenki, sose bluotrenki, sose lidirenki: ben zi bena, bluot zi bluoda, lid zi geliden, sose gelimida sin."

 Septentrional

Three Legged Race - "Wrong Element" (2012)

A mere 20 minute release by Robert Beatty (Burning Star Core, Hair Police) that yields hours of danceable replayability, Wrong Element is stripped down, minimal techno that is as abstract and indefinite as it is psychedelic + pure.

Wrong Element

Vatnajökull - "Drifting Ice Station" (2008)

Static, formless... arctic field recordings slightly build and eventually meld into soundscapes as fragile as splintering ice. The end result: a frigid, fleeting atmosphere.

D R I F T I N G  I C E  S T A T I O N

Eleh - "Radiant Intervals" (2010)

  

E X P E R I E N C E   E L E H   E T E R N A L

Gramm - "Personal Rock" (2007)

Personal Rock

Treetops - "North" (2008)

This tape is as hazy as an overcast summer day with allergens floating around. A certain lo-fi grittiness in the production combined with weightless synth progressions, this one's sure to induce narcolepsy. I'm seriously a lot more tired... or just more relaxed than I was fifteen minutes ago.

Power-naps here.

Mark McGuire - "Language Barrier" (2009)

 

Mark McGuire, not to be confused with infamous 'roid-filled slugger, Mark McGwire, is a member of Cleveland-based cosmic masters, Emeralds.  Language Barrier features similar epic landscapes with guitar loops building into harmonious rhythms.  All the standard droning effects are here plus some: delay, reverb, a multi-layered blanket of riffs to warm up to when looking at the chilly album artwork.  The sun still shines onto the melting snow -- there are rejuvenating aspects of the sound here too.  Galloping delay riffs like in "Mind Games" drive the snowdrifts through the tundra of arpeggiators.  Admittedly, the electronic drone scene is overrun, and like the ballplayer, a little too synthetic to form a whole lot of respect for.  But it's about making a name for one's self, and both McGuire and McGwire have earned enough fans and have impressive enough stats/releases to realize that whatever they do in their respective focuses deserves some kind of attention.

Language Barrier