Stafrænn Hakon - Prammi

Artist: Stafrænn Hakon
Album: Prammi
Genre: Progressive, Shoegaze
Label: Darla, Kimi Recrods, Happy Prince, Resonant
Year: 2012
From : Reykjavík, Iceland

Tracklist
01. Saltvatn 03:05
02. Klump 04:40
03. Hvarf 12 05:51
04. A personal voyage to Meat Planet 03:30
05. The Son 06:30
06. Passage 03:00
07. Hoff 03:29
08. Soft fence 04:30
09. Dufthani 03:57
10. Lusher 04:23
11. Before 01:18
12. Rækjuháls 05:42
13. Wait 06:49

Icelanders Stafrænn Hákon move toward Rock described as Power-Ambient, currently only audible to left handed polar bears. A daring but natural step with pop singalong melodies, which may sound unlikely for the ambient post-rock/electronica band.



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Kashiwa Daisuke - Re:

Artist: Kashiwa Daisuke
Album: Re:
Genre: Piano, Shoegaze
Label: Virgin Babylon Records
Year: 2012
From : Japan

Tracklist
01. april.#19 (2007)
02. deepblue [12"edit] (2006)
03. solar man (2012)
04. Jazz pour une infante defunte (未発表)
05. something is lost (未発表)
06. KATABAMI Dance (2009)
07. april.#07 (2007)
08. Ajanagar (2012)
09. april (未発表)
10. colophon.#02 (2008)
11. april.#20 (公式未発表)

Influenced by progressive rock, kashiwa daisuke started composing music as a student. 2004, the artist started his solo activities as kashiwa daisuke and toured Germany in 2005. At 2006 saw the release of his first album, “april.#02” by Germany’s onpa label, followed by his remix album, “april.#07” in 2007 with guest remixers such as olive oil, and Takeshi Nishimoto (I’m not a Gun). In August of that year, kashiwa released his second album “program music I” from noble labels. September 2008, kashiwa performed at the outdoor festival, Sense of Wonder. The sounds of kashiwa daisuke were introduced in RADIO SAKAMOTO, a radio program by Ryuichi Sakamoto as well as in the sunaokuwahara “2006 Autumn/ Winter Collection”, and his music continues to gather news in a range of other areas including TV programs and commercials. In addition to his own musical activities, the artist provides music to a variety of media and also works as an author, remixer, and mastering engineer.

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Ana Never - Small Years

Artist: Ana Never
Album: Small Years
Genre: Ambient, Post-rock
Label: Fluttery Records
Year: 2012
From : Serbia

Tracklist
01. Future Wife 26:34
02. Half Way 04:46
03. Gorgeous One 16:14
04. To Live For 28:00

Ana Never creates one of the most essential post-rock albums of the year. We will never forget the moment we have received the recording and start listening to it. When we heard the whole album, we knew how lucky we were. "We have listened to one of the greatest post-rock album of all the times."



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Milanku - Pris à la gorge

Artist: Milanku
Album: Pris à la gorge
Genre: Post-metal, Post-rock
Label: D7I Records, Tokyo Jupiter Records
Year: 2012
From : Montréal

Tracklist
01. La Chute 09:22
02. L'inclination 07:14
03. Inhibition 06:10
04. Antalgie 05:05
05. La nausée 06:37
06. Dopamine 04:48
07. Hypomanie 10:32
08. Antigone 04:13

Milanku is a post-metal band from Montreal, Canada.



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Gifts From Enola – A Healthy Fear

Artist: Gifts From Enola
Album: A Healthy Fear
Genre: Post-rock
Label: The Mylene Sheath
Year: 2012
From : Harrisonburg, Virginia

Tracklist
01. Long Weakend 07:00
02. Robespierre 05:44
03. Cherry 06:03
04. Honne/Tatemae 04:13
05. The Benefits of Failure 06:21
06. Jade 05:29
07. Steady Diet 05:04
08. Clawmarks 08:08

"This is an album to be treasured, savoured over and over again and shown off to friends whenever you can corner them. Utterly engaging and simply brilliant there will be few releases this year to match the beauty and sonic power of Gifts from Enola... simply stunning..." — Sonic Abuse



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Valerinne - Kunstformen der natur

Artist: Valerinne
Album: Kunstformen der natur
Genre: Post-rock
Label: Asiluum
Year: 2012
From : Bucharest

Tracklist
01. Messier 08:08
02. Mons 08:51
03. Ins meer 09:30
04. Medusa 08:16
05. Aphelion/Perihelion 11:57

Valerinne is an atmospheric, haunting, loud and emotional instrumental music from Bucharest.



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Bitcrush - Collapse

Artist: Bitcrush
Album: Collapse
Genre: Ambient, Post-rock
Label: n5MD, Component, Zankyo
Year: 2012
From : Oakland

Tracklist
01. The Weight (Of A Future Mutation) - 10:39
02. To Collapse Into - 12:18
03. To Collapse Out Of - 05:50
04. All At Once It Was Refused - 09:33
05. ...For A Void - 11:06

Bitcrush has always had a knack of making something as intangible as emotion seem somehow within reach, and on Collapse Mike Cadoo has taken this project to a new level and managed to create the most human and powerful record of his career to date. While this is beyond doubt a Bitcrush record and still invokes a feeling of a desperate nostalgic hope like a crack of sunlight through parting clouds, this time the clouds are much blacker and tempestuous, the viewing platform less stable. Bitcrush has changed, adding almost JK Broaderick-esque detuned guitars and fragile yet distressed guitar parts, he weaves these new elements into his work effortlessly and somehow manages to make Collapse feel like a living breathing entity.

As Bitcrush has always been the sleeve on which Cadoo wears his heart, the fact that he puts this stylistic shift down to, as he puts it, "emotionally exhausting events in my life", is hardly a surprise and can be felt in every note. More expressive and emotional than ever - pain, hope, slivers of broken joy - Collapse is not a safe record, but somehow manages to take the emotions that created it and make them yours in a journey you're unlikely to forget.



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The Dandelion War - We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes

Artist: The Dandelion War
Album: We Were Always Loyal To Lost Causes
Genre: Ambient, Post-rock, Indie-sound
Label: Deep Elm Records
Year: 2012
From : Oakland, CA

Tracklist
01. Strange Ghosts
02. Drifters
03. 1848
04. A Different Heave’n
05. Bloom
06. A Mi Alrededor
07. The Devil’s Black Wool
08. The Wanderers and Their Shadows
09. De Humo
10. Stone Castles

"The Dandelion War successfully does the airy, Radiohead meets Sigur Ros thing, though not as long-winded. Like other bands in the genre, dynamics shift between multi-instruments, and strong beats provide a solid backdrop for the melodies. The vocals sometimes give way to the playing, which will keep the band from leaning into Coldplay territory. It sounds like they think that's a good thing." -Oakland Tribune

"Like Explosions (in the Sky), The Dandelion War use shimmering guitars, building drums and crescendos of noise to paint pictures." -Bandsofthebay.com



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Unseen Our Voice - Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion

Artist: Unseen Our Voice
Album: Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion
Genre: Post-metal, Post-rock, Ambient, Shoegaze
Label: Unseen Our Voice
Year: 2012
From : Greece

Tracklist
01. Adolf Plays The Jazz - Drive 12:41
02. We.own.the.sky - Raindrops And Oceans 07:35
03. Sleepstream - The Spirit 06:24
04. The Jesterdays - Tricky Moon 04:40
05. Misuse - Dear Hunter 07:51
06. Quiet Pliz! - Alla Prima 09:26
07. Absent Without Leave - Faded Photographs 05:08
08. Gravitysays_i - Τhe Urge Οf Identity, The Figures Οf Enormous Grey 04:57
09. Tuber - Smoked Up Notes 06:40
10. I am no hero - F 16 07:46
11. Afformance - Countryside Somnambulance 05:42
12. Mani Deum - At The End Of The Street 03:21
13. One Hour Before The Trip - 5474 06:56
14. Figurant - Dead Tree 04:21
15. Calf - Dorian Grey Killed The Last Vestiges Of His Conciousness 07:09
16. SnoozeLoop - Eksi (feat P.Stoikos) 06:16
17. Deadfile - A Girl Called Dust Storm 14:33
18. Hior Chronik - Starving But Happy Edition 02:29
19. Accra Minoa - Broken Tympanic Bone 09:36
20. GoodLuckWithTheBombs - Sirens 07:45
21. The Wedding - Sterko 05:53
22. Whodoes - 5 PM 05:55

"Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion" is a specially curated selection of our favourite Greek ambient, postrock, postmetal, experimental, shoegaze artists. Please listen, share and enjoy. The future for Greek music is bright. *Hope, Answers, Fight, Dreamers ... More Hope For Greece*

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Giants Must Fall - The Leprosy EP

Artist: Giants Must Fall
Album: The Leprosy EP
Genre: Post-rock, Shoegaze, Indie-sound
Label: Unsigned
Year: 2012
From : Singapore

Tracklist
01. Prelude 01:17
02. Burning Bride 04:38
03. Leprosy 02:34
04. Leprosy [b] 04:56
05. Bell 03:07



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