Pan:core - "Kithara Kodex"

Brilliant dark experimental electronica (9/10) If you like my music, i would be happy to read some nice words on a postcard. just send it to maik sommer – hechtstr.47 – 01097 – dresden – germany enjoy. Brilliant dark experimental electronica. Thank you, pan:core. At first I didn't like the cover of "Moonlight Sonata", because of the hip-hop beats in the background. But the ending is so powerful and haunting that I had to revise my opinion. The only track I still don't like is "Intro" - it is just tiring, ugly and, in the first place, doesn't fit the rest of the album. It's like a mole on a beautiful face. [mirror @ archive.org] [Artist's website]

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Turzbot - "Piso:plax"

11-minute album - 11-word review (7/10) Turzbot was originally founded as Polymorphic back in 2000. The music hasn't changed a lot since then. It is not that innovative nowadays as it used to be, but is more mature and more sophisticated. The project name has been changed as the old one was no longer unique. If you like pure, abstract IDM old school electronica give it a go, and you're gonna like it. Description by: 49manekinow.net netlabel electronica, glitch, breakbeat, instrumental, too short, very good, experimental, creative, recommended [Artist's Myspace]

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Turzbot - "Dronerysm"

Very good electronica (8/10) Turzbot was originally founded as Polymorphic back in 2000. The music hasn't changed a lot since then. It is not that innovative nowadays as it used to be, but is more mature and more sophisticated. The project name has been changed as the old one was no longer unique. If you like pure, abstract IDM old school electronica give it a go, and you're gonna like it. Description by: 49manekinow.net netlabel Very good electronica, highly recommended to all the fans of the genre. It's fully instrumental, with broken beats and influenced by glitch. It's not focused on catchy melodies or beats, but rather on contrasts and creative use of strange sounds. I have only one complaint - it's too short. [Artist's Myspace]

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Monsieur Connard - "Du ciel tombent des cierges"

Great experimental electronica (10/10) Careful people remember that few years ago, Switzerland producers from audio - visual collective Audioactivity Sound System (also members of Audioactivity net-label) were visiting Poland with Monsieur Connard on the mothership board. In year 2003 they played with such artists as: Funkstorung (Chris De Luca and Michael Fakesch), RDJ2, Luke Vibert (Wagon Christ), Zion Train or High Tone. Connard being asked about what they want to play answered in a poetic way: Our intention is creating intelligent dancefloor where boom boom is present, unknown melodies and acid sounds comes from nowhere leaving dirt and dark connections still active. We'll vomiting all our musical inspirations… Five years later through the virtual channel vomiting gentleman from France comes back to our country. Du ciel tombent des cierges EP is seven fresh compositions which we present with great pleasure. Cavalcade of nosing beats infiltrates with lissome IDM glitches. Background is full of still changing ambient passages. Admirers of French in touch will enjoy poetical declaims of Connard. Are you wondering how looks Vichy folklore? We have sizable doze for you! Truly great recording. Broken beats and distorted sounds on a noisy ambient background. So much is happening in these tracks that they could easily fall into chaos. But the artist never loses grip and is in full control of his vision and the resulting creation. Well done! Thanks for sharing this outstanding work for free. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format. [Artist's Website / Myspace]

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Television Tom - "Static Action" [EP]

Two good, one bad (6/10) Do you recall all these platform, adventure games? If not, "static action" will drag you away from reality for a literally few minutes and will haul you in rhythm of mad adventure held in lo-fi aesthetics. Seemingly, a short, simple and effortless single but in reality it constitutes very well-thought-out and interesting composition. Opening whole "runner" brings to mind a mythical game "dizzy" where a title character changes from lazy and outwardly calm egg into mad and full of beans runner who lark all obstacles and mysteries of level 1 without effort and in very fast rate. In "commander coma" he changes into detective who riddle mysteries of secret organization. A track "pilot ballon" which is closing this short album could be a brilliant ending of whole adventure, a final stage of the game. It could be a moment when all tension and emotions are slowly stalling, there are presenting the credits and demo- in which our character is getting on balloon and passes out. If there will be a reedition of some mythical platform game, "static action" or other tv tom`s recordings could be a perfect soundtrack. Highly prescribed! This is a 3-track album of 8-bit techno. Unfortunately only two of the songs are good. The track no. 1 is too simple, with a primitive melody - completely devoid of creativeness. But still, I recommend to download and check this recording out, as the remainder of the album is quite the opposite. While still exploring the 8-bit realm, the tracks no. 2 & 3 are highly entertaining, if only someone is able to appreciate the deliberate use of lo-fi samples. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

Ralp - "Vruoxoil"

8-bit - only partially successful (6/10) Crazy and mad music which will make you feel giddy and totally wired. Sounds emanating from everywhere take you unawares and stick you a new dose of absolutely positive energy. Raül Peix (Ralp). Multifaceted artist member of Device, Lowtoy, Distortled Box, Tricoma, NFFCTS, MicroBCN and NGFX, independent collectives dedicated to audiovisual creations. Under the same name, Ralp takes different paths in music, 3D, motion, graphic and installation. He creates 100% electronic music with an IDMcore aesthetic made with computer, some hardware, circuit bending toys, machines built from zero and 8 Bit productions with Nintendo Game Boy and Commodore 64. During his trajectory he has played in some events and festivals around Europe and in a lots of improvised "mini raves" in the streets. So far he has published sonorous material in some netlabels like Brainstormlab (London), Crazy-Language (Berlin), DexandtheCity (Letonia), 49 Manekinow (Polonia), Noise-Joy (USA), Spoomusic (USA) and Chippanze (Brasil). This is typical 8-bit techno. Unfortunately only partially successful. Some tracks are interesting, well crafted, but others are dull and chaotic, sounding like if samples were placed in purely accidental order. Good ones: 01, 03, 04, 06, 09. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

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Mikrodepresja - "Static Improvised Soloworks For Non-input Mixer Vol. 1"

Boring glitch-based ambient (3/10) Non-input mixing board improvised series vol. 1 is a new simple logic project. For one day in one week mikrodepresja will be prepared a few pieces of improvised live electronics based only at non-input mixer feedbacks, glitches, failings and defects. No mix, no mastering no re-recordings, cut-up's etc. Pure, static non-input mixing board noises and drones. LISTEN LOUD! or WITH HEADPHONES (also loud)! The owner of the netlabel 49manekinow that publishes Mikrodepresja here must really hate this band. The previous album was packed in a password-protected rar archive (sic!). This one is in wma format. :-/ If you don't like this band - just drop them! ;-P As for the music - this time at least it is possible to listen to them. And it's nothing special, unfortunately (now I understand why the previous album was password-protected ;-> ). It is simple ambient, based on noise and glitch. Totally boring, without any creative ideas, like a recording session of some equipment tuning. Don't waste your time. On second thought, if you're a dedicated fan of noise/glitch, you can check it out. But I am able to find interesting works for me also in this genre. But not this one. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in wma (!) format.

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Shema - "Shema" [EP]

Great intelligent electronica (10/10) Piece of melancholic idm, glitch music in xela style straight from Russia. Great intelligent electronica - very diverse and catchy (in a wicked experimental way). What especially catches attention is very creative use of original industrial samples. There is only one disadvantage of this work - it's too short. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

Nick R 61 - "Time Ime Me E"

Very good electronica concept album (9/10) The idea of album is time. Tiny, distant sounds represent hours, glitches represents seconds etc... Very good creative electronica playing on theme of time and clocks. Reminds me of Jean Michel Jarre in this regard, although musically it's much more modern, of course. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format. [Artist's Website / Myspace]

Ventolyn And Becotyde - "Audissect"

Great diverse electronica (10/10) Hailing from Galway, Ireland is one Ventolyn & Becotyde who brings us "[Audissect]", a 22 track opus that tickles your ears gently with its warm synths, kicks you in the face with basslines (see "Bass Tamers System Lick") whilst the fractured glitchy beats shine like glass shards. Suffice to say it’s got many sides to its form. [Audissect] comes on like an album of many moods, yet always retains its "wholeness". We have a feeling there are nothing but better things to come from this artist but for now we have this to wrap our heads around. An absolute sonic delight in the headphones, [Audissect] is now available for free download from Section 27, and Jamendo. Great electronica album mostly combining breakbeat with glitch. The tunes are well-crafted, diverse and never boring. See also the review at Drop-d music journal. Apart from Jamendo, the album has been released by several netlabels: Section 27 - download & webpage @ archive.org Pavillon36 Recordings - webpage @ archive.org 49 manekinow - download & webpage @ archive.org I won't provide a link to the fourth netlabel as they have only lower quality vbr version.

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Phon - "bSides"

Good intelligent electronica (8/10) techno/electronica/idm Earliest work and probably most "finished" Really fine intelligent electronica. I like all the tracks: 01 - nice atmospheric tune 02 - positively crazy miniature 03 & 04 - intelligently disturbing 05 - pleasant downtempo Just check it out - it's worth it. Previously this album included one more track (as no. 1), which was too repetitive and annoying. The particular elements didn't compose well with the others. They didn't form a cohesive whole. As it has been removed, I raised my rating from 7 to 8. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS If you like this album and you can afford it, consider supporting the artist by making a donation.

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Nie, dziekuje - "Spacery"

Not so good... (4/10) What does drummer do when he is fed up with hammering on hides? He became an enginer of space travelling... in a walking tempo. How much does the devoid drums ambient-experimental heaven of Michal Witkowski offer? You will find it out right now. If people are stars, then the space is crowded is in places. There are also nebulas of calm and pianos of emptiness. The first walk from the second is separated by four deep breaths. Because in autumn the rhythm is unnecessary to stroll. It's some experimental ambient. Unfortunately, the experiment has failed. Only two tracks (04 & 06) are listenable, while others are boring, chaotic, without any thought behind them. Not to say about ripping or compression errors present in some places. :-/ The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

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FusionArt - "FusionArt" [EP]

Classy electronica (10/10) Piece of beautiful music introducing into the world of senses and instincts. Beautiful intelligent dance music straight from capital city of Poland. FusionArt is an duo from Warsaw which decided to takes you for a short trip (20 minutes) over the most tasty pieces of IDM style. As opposed to style created by our artist Grammar, FusiosArt didn't construct claustrophobic spaces, there is no cavalcades of irregular beats (maybe sometimes, but they are not chaotic). Every little sound creates a new beautiful landscape. Sometimes you can see cloudness, serene skies, sometimes you can see beautiful places, forests, valleys, combs and foreign cities from the bird's-eye view. Sometimes this music reminds box full of birds, sometimes reminds abandoned, old, sad house...but you can only hear and see those things... you can't touch them. It's look like a guys from FusionArt strikes a funny medium between happy, heartsome, jocund idm and his unhappy, melancholic, deep side. This fusion art release reminds us best works such giants of glitch / idm / ambient as proem, phonem or arovane. Highly recommended piece of sounds. Classy intelligent electronica, combining ambient, glitch, breakbeat. Catchy tunes, good production, interesting ideas. Go for it! The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format. [Myspace]

Lupus - "Obertura"

Great electronica (10/10)

Piece of melancholic, emotional and very interesting experiments straight from Spain. Obertura is an masterpiece work of young artist called Lupus and we are very proud that we can show this debut release to you! This very mature album sounds somewhere between avant garde / idm / glitch / concrete music. Sounds flirt amongst, they brushes, crashes, blend in, connect and melt in sometimes melodic, sometimes unmelodic structures. In few songs you can hear some of live instruments. Would you like to find them?

Great ambient / downtempo / experimental electronica. The artist really knows how to keep your attention, what is not always easy in this genre. The tunes are slightly melancholic, yet energetic. I highly recommend it even to those who do not like such music too much - maybe you will change your mind after this one.

The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

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Phon - "Beatles Are Dead"

Better than the original versions! (9/10) "remixes the beatles" a recent attempt with some interesting ideas These remixes are amazing. I love the way the artist treated these legendary compositions. Everyone tries to play the Beatles "with respect" and the covers are inferior. But Phon does not have any complexes, he approached these masterpieces with an empty --- err, I mean open --- mind and he won! I love so many ideas on this album. On "Yesterday" I love heavy guitars and growling in choruses - very surprising in a song that was once a ballad. Use of a symphonic orchestra in "Day in a life" may seem a bit strange firstly, but as the track unfolds, you begin to comprehend and appreciate the idea that Phon asked musicians to swap their instruments for this one session. On "Come together" mixing John's & Paul's voices with Britney Spears' "Ooops I did it again" was just another master's move. You feel this tune should have always sounded this way! Yodelling on "Helter Skelter" fits perfectly the awkward German language version of lyrics, autotranslated with Babelfish. The choir of drunken Afghan talibs is a great counterpoint to Lennon's piano played on fast forward on "Eleanor Rigby". I also like their funny English accents and how they replaced "Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door" with "Waits at the window, keeping the head of George W. in a jar by the door". I could go on like this for an hour, there are so many fresh concepts here, giving the listener fresh look on these thousand-times heard songs. One thing I didn't like is replacing the original vocal line with an opera-singing on "Yellow Submarine". But maybe that's because I don't like opera. So, to summarize: Everybody! Please welcome Phon, the remixing master! And I'm waiting for the followup album: "Phon the Rolling Stone" with his versions of Satisfaction, Angie and so on... Maybe with a guest appearance by Kokkaljos? I'm asking for too much, I know...

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Macroform - "Your Heart Is A Transceiver"

Fantastic downtempo/ambient (9/10) Macroform creates ambient, and experimental instrumental music with electronic and acoustic instruments. Many content creators have Macroform's music to be suitable for creative media productions including films, podcasts, games, and mixed media projects. Contact me regarding usage permission. Macroform resides in Troy, Ohio, USA. He is a musician who explores sound and experiments with a broad range of instruments including guitars, old Casio keyboards, African drums and percussion and found sounds and synthesizers. contact: paulshuler at gmail dot com This album is full of fantastic downtempo / ambient tunes. Sometimes a little experimental, but still smooth - no hardcore here. Great catchy melodies, nice soothing atmosphere, fine use of real instruments (or really really good samples). Never boring, like so many bad ambient productions. Just a pure feast for yer ears. Simon says: Check it out now! The highlights include: 1 Cold Day 2 Cool Grass 3 Canister 5 Leaves Fall P.S. Why not 10? 10 is given too often on Jamendo. Note that good albums start at 7... What's use for rating if every album gets 10?

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Grammar - "EP"

Very fine ambient-based glitch (9/10)

With great pleasure we give in your hands debut EP of young American artist hidden under GRAMMAR nickname. Artist penetrates cold and distant areas of idm / glitch / abstract sounds establishing to scapes created by Autechre duo. Grammar ep gives us 20 minutes of highly organised chaos. You may ask: organised chaos? Yes! Ostensible minimalism and freezing cold compositions intertwine with highly extended and complex metalurgical backgrounds, spaces and surfaces. Unequal, rough beat blends with all kinds of cracks, glitches, snaps, clicks and smashes generating unique shape of records created by young American. Grammar first ep is dose of intelligent, melancholic electronics filled with tronic emotions. If you ever saw music in colours, Grammar sounds looks like blue light illuminating digital palettes of ice and mechanical colors.

Very fine ambient-based glitch. Calm and disturbing at the same time. Experimental, yet surprisingly accessible. Highly recommended work.

The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

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Plexigrass - "Plexi Rain"

Great intelligent electronica (10/10) Plexi rain - ep of Krzysztof Orluk (known as MORE) is dose of beautiful idm filled not only with deep passages but also straight, harmonic and imaginative sounds. In our eyes, plexi rain may be visualized as a drops of little, thiny pipes hiting the space. Sometimes as a frozen tears they are shattering on the space of time but there are also a moments when the sounds strike a form of light and glint an infinite amount of colours. The synaesthetic experience with this ep will remain in your memory for a long time and will encourage you to return to its author not only once again. Necessary release for a early autechre`s fans. Great intelligent electronica with broken beats, strange sounds and general experimental feel to it. Highly recommended. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

New Slumber, the - "Night Echoes"

Very good ambient mixed with noise (8/10)

newest release at 49manekinow.net in "experiments with 49animals" section.
[49animal002] the new slumber - night echoes [ep] is dose of experimental, ambient, idm and noisy sounds straight from nashville in USA.

The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.

Galaxykidgamma - "First Days On Earth (And What I Found There)"

Nice minimal electronica (8/10)

Richmond, VA’s galaxykidgamma has the spastic attitude that makes you always love ambient music. He covers such a large spectrum in his new ep “first days on earth (and what I found there)” that you forget it’s five pieces of music. Each track effortlessly slides into the next one, and soon you’re starting it over again.

Each track centers around a particular item he found on Earth. The first being a typewriter followed by a guitar, a cellphone, a sampler, and an NES.
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The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.