Sniffson Five the -18 jams
-18 stuff I've jammed this month, saving some leftovers for the june list cos it was too much. Whaddup biches? |
| 1 |  | Mikado Koko
Jo No Mai
4.5 [house, techno, ghetto latin whatever that is and so on] EP of the year |
| 2 |  | Mikado Koko
Spiritual Journey
4.0 [deep house] what is this person and why is it so good? |
| 3 |  | HIRS
Friends. Lovers. Favorites.
4.0 [modern grind, powerviolence] whoa this is really really really good |
| 4 |  | Thaniel Ion Lee
Five Ghosts
4.0 [drone] no shame in 4ing a drone record |
| 5 |  | LLNN
Deads
4.0 [sludge, post hardcore] If I say Breach you might agree |
| 6 |  | Zohastre
Pan And The Master Pipers
4.0 [kraut, post rock, psych] now this is a trip drenched in beer, psychedelic drugs and bagpipes |
| 7 |  | Toundra
Vortex
4.0 [instrumental post metal] don't forget this is out |
| 8 |  | Jarada
Jarada
4.0 [hardcore] been a while since i heard such a sincere hardcore onslaught |
| 9 |  | Bruno Angelini
Open Land
4.0-3.5 [jazz] very cinematic. Can be a bit grating but when it's good it's real good |
| 10 |  | Tropical Fuck Storm
A Laughing Death in Meatspace
4.0-3.5 [noise rock, psychedelic rock] wow having all the energy that made the second to last The Drones record so special |
| 11 |  | Surgeon
Luminosity Device
4.0-3.5 [techno] very busy but very engaging |
| 12 |  | Chihei Hatakeyama
Butterfly's Summer and Vanished
4.0-3.5 [ambient drone] this is pretty pretty |
| 13 |  | Dominique Fils-Aime
Nameless
3.5-4.0 [rnb contemporary] wow very beauty |
| 14 |  | Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids
An Angel Fell
3.5-4.0 [jazz, dub, funk, space] imma just cite zak tbh: a cosmic journey through jazz, dub and the interstellar kitchen sink. Essential listening |
| 15 |  | NSDOS
Intuition Vol. 2
3.5-4.0 [techno, very concrete music] starts of as very concrete music goodness but ends up in techno amazingness |
| 16 |  | Pharaoh Overlord
Zero
3.5-4.0 [psych rock] with the Demilich guy on vocals doing his thing. Works surprisingly well together with thicc fuzzy instrumentation |
| 17 |  | Septic Tank
Rotting Civilisation
3.5 [hardcore] it's great fun and distortion |
| 18 |  | Eyes (DK)
Eyes
3.5 [hardcore] dark hardcore of the modern heavily downtuned and distorted one |
| 19 |  | Darryl Yokley
Pictures at an African Exhibition
3.5 [jazz] big band vibes goes hard |
| 20 |  | Joachim Mencel Quintet
Artisena
3.5 [jazz, folk] the folk influences can be a bit annoying but it has a real underlying groove that can't be denied |
| 21 |  | Sonido Gallo Negro
Mambo Cósmico
3.5 [psychedelic kumbia] ay this is a feast and a party |
| 22 |  | Barst
The Endavour
3.5 [dark ambient metal electronic] It can't really be described in that sense maybe i dunno. But it's good and you should check |
| 23 |  | Aphorism
O Grotesco e o Desespero
3.5 [crust, grind, death metal] uno solido crossovero de deathmetalo y crustisimo grindo e ocho perro pero. Muy grande penisimo |
| 24 |  | Bong
Thought and Existence
3.5 [stoner drone] Bong have really stepped their game up lately |
| 25 |  | Kamaal Williams
The Return
3.5 [jazz fusion] Yussuf Kamaal, Henry Wu and now Kamaal Williams. He changes names a lot, what doesn't change is his brand of slick jazz fusion. |
| 26 |  | Convince
Eden
3.5 [neocrust] with heavy metal influences |
| 27 |  | Shinya Fukumori Trio
For 2 Akis
3.5 [jazz] the type you'll hear at your local smokey jazzbar. The talented trio type |
| 28 |  | Dirk Serries
Epitaph
3.5 [ambient] Dirk goes a bit harder on the ambient. It's still good af |
| 29 |  | Jeff Snyder
Sunspots
3.5 [electronic, drone, sound collage] atonal and disjointed first two tracks develop into droning and subtle closing two tracks |
| 30 |  | Rongeur
An Asphyxiating Embrace
3.5 [hardcore, post metal] really well executed mix of genres. Check it out! |
| 31 |  | Pascal Le Boeuf
Into the Anthropocene
3.5 [classical] but very aggressive |
| 32 |  | Uon
Untitled
3.5 [ambient] sounds almost like electro-acoustic at times. Both apparently deeply situade in both dub and ambient |
| 33 |  | Ripped to Shreds
埋葬
3.5 [death metal] above average for one man bands for sure. |
| 34 |  | Giraffes? Giraffes!
Memory Lame
3.5 [math rock] I don't understand why this hasn't got more ratings yet |
| 35 |  | Just Mustard
Wednesday
3.5 [shoegaze, noise rock] this is actually very good and such Abe core |
| 36 |  | OverworX
OverworX 001
3.5 [techno] abbrasive techno stuff but it's real good |
| 37 |  | Klauss and Craig
Momentum
3.5 [techno, house] dark vibes and worth a jam also if you dig dnb |
| 38 |  | Violation Wound
With Man in Charge
3.5 [hardcore punk] floating seamlessly between punk subgenres |
| 39 |  | Xenony
Polish Space Program
3.5 [space keyboard music] fm based blaster mega easter |
| 40 |  | Temisan Adoki
In Flight
3.5 [lo-fi house] made for your headphone listening experience. Also cover art rules! |
| 41 |  | Big Ups
Two Parts Together
3.5 [math rock, post rock, post hardcore] it's as if Fugazi made Spiderland |
| 42 |  | Olivia De Prato
Streya
3.5 [contemporary classical] for violin by a violinist, it's kinda intimidating but also intriguing |
| 43 |  | Death and the Maiden
Wisteria
3.5 [indie pop, post punk] surprisingly decent considering the genres |
| 44 |  | Pershagen
Tarfala
3.5 [instrumental rock, space rock, post rock] Tarfala is a fuckind desolate town. This is full of life though. |
| 45 |  | Zinovia Arvanitidi
Nº 21 Ivory
3.5 [classicales modernales] modern classical, mostly just pretty piano but also some other types of instruments at some points |
| 46 |  | Elysia Crampton
Elysia Crampton
3.5 [latin electronic, post industrial] back on the right track after last years bad outing |
| 47 |  | Chihei Hatakeyama
Void XVI
3.5 [ambient] next in the Void series, who up? |
| 48 |  | Mouse on the Keys
Tres
3.5 [jazzy math rock] New Mouse on the Keys yall |
| 49 |  | ASC
Astral Projection
3.5 [techno] new ASC yall |
| 50 |  | Rotten Sound
Suffer to Abuse
3.5 [grindcore] do these guys never tire. New EP |
| 51 |  | Martin Speake Quartet ft. Ethan Iverson
Intention
3.5 [jazz] traditional sax-jazz |
| 52 |  | Za!
Pachinko Plex
3.5 [math rock, "flumm"] it's out there, no doubt |
| 53 |  | Rival Consoles
Persona
3.5 [arpeggiated idm] let's make this his/their/hers/whatevers most rated |
| 54 |  | Carla Bozulich
Quieter
3.5 [art rock, art pop, drone, whatever] continues her string of very fine releases |
| 55 |  | Fister
No Spirit Within
3.5 [sludge, doom, black metal] in the same ballpark as Primitive Man |
| 56 |  | Steevio
WSDM008
3.5 [psychedelic cuts of modular 2-step techno] Looking forward to when electronic Ep's get real names |
| 57 |  | Beta Librae
Sanguine Bond
3.5 [techno, space ambient] it's a fairly long but still decent trip |
| 58 |  | Dj Healer
Nothing 2 Loose
3.5 [deep house, ambient] faux deep(emotional) deep house |
| 59 |  | HERON (CAN)
A Low Winter's Sun
3.5 [sludge] it sounds like thou! |
| 60 |  | JQ
Invisible
3.5 [ambient house] mostly spacious synths and ambient but some housebeats manage to sneak in here and there |
| 61 |  | Soccer96
Rewind
3.5 [space electronics] criminally unknown band |
| 62 |  | Hmot
Permanent Imbalance
3.5 [IDM] it's cool (cos it's russian) |
| 63 |  | Le Officine Di Efesto
The Elements
3.5 [techno, electronic] "modular wizards" |
| 64 |  | Kataxnia
Crescendo of Despair
3.5 [blackened hardcore] It's pretty slow for crust and that's a bad thing. But it has a certain engaged feeling to it and that is a good thing. |
| 65 |  | Mark
The Least Likely Event Will Occur In The Long Run
3.5 [breaks] besides the factual error in the title this is pretty neat as breakcore |
| 66 |  | Ghastly (FIN)
Death Velour
3.5 [death metal] it's very Finnish ngl. But to me there is better death metal than this out there. |
| 67 |  | Melatonin Man
Cruise Control Love
3.5 [house] with clear chill dub leanings |
| 68 |  | Klaus Schulze
Silhouettes
3.5 [ambient dub] with heavy space-synth influences. It's also kind of really good |
| 69 |  | Gnod
Chapel Perilous
3.5 [psych rock, drone] a bit on the noise rock side. First track is really really good |
| 70 |  | Joe Armon-Jones
Starting Today
3.5-3.0 [jazz funk, fusion] instrumentally fucken A featured vocals are bad as expected |
| 71 |  | War on Women
Capture The Flag
3.5-3.0 [hardcore punk] Do I hear Rise Against in this, but you know, actually good and fun |
| 72 |  | Sarah Davachi
Let Night Come on Bells End the Day
3.5-3.0 [electoacoustic, drone] only the last track really reaches the heights that Vergers did |
| 73 |  | Daniel Blumberg
Minus
3.5-3.0 [art pop] does remind me of Talk Talk from time to time. But also Bowie and more modern art poppers from time to time |
| 74 |  | Nadia Struiwigh
WHRRu
3.5-3.0 [space electronic] moves in the territory of spacy keyboards and more relaxed electronic music |
| 75 |  | Liziuz
Geschichten des Lebens
3.5-3.0 [ambient, techno] is ehm a bit unengaging but well done |
| 76 |  | Accela
Demo
3.5-3.0 [hardcore punk] i don't know how this works cos it sounds so unreal it shouldn't really be working |
| 77 |  | Homewrecker
Hell Is Here Now
3.0-3.5 [hardcore, death metal, thrash metal, metalcore] yadayadayada whatever genres. Sounds like a crossover between Slayer riffs, hardcore chugs and toughguy vocals |
| 78 |  | Leila Abdul-Rauf
Diminution
3.0-3.5 [ambient] piano, brass and vocals make up most of this haunting but still chill? journey |
| 79 |  | Dialect
Loose Blooms
3.0 [ambient, drone] tape manipulation at it's sort of finest |
| 80 |  | The Summer Kills
Last Night We Became Swans
3.0 [alternative rock] Hammock does Hammock, some random dude I probably should know about does vocals. It works sometimes and other times it sounds as bland as U2 |
| 81 |  | Synth Sisters
Euphoria
3.0 [ambient] synth soundscapes that transfers you to a better place |
| 82 |  | CP Unit
Silver Bullet In The Autumn Of Your Years
3.0 [avant jazz] very noisy and improvised. It's cool though |
| 83 |  | Kwes
Songs for Midi
3.0 [electronic explorations] don't really know how to categorize but it's happy fun times for sure |
| 84 |  | PinioL
Bran Coucou
3.0 [avant-garde rock] proper weird |
| 85 |  | Buck Curran
Morning Haikus, Afternoon Ragas
3.0 [classical guitar, ambient] very VERY chill abum |
| 86 |  | SabaSaba
SabaSaba
3.0 [dub, industrial] i don't really know how to describe this. Ehm slow droning dub maybe is the best way |
| 87 |  | V.I.V.E.K
Where Were You // Step FWD
3.0 [dubstep] sounds kinda mainstreamy I guess but it works. |
| 88 |  | Dylan Carlson
Conquistador
3.0 [drone] sounds like happy Earth |
| 89 |  | Nils Frahm
Encores 1
3.0 [same as the previous] same as all melody cos it's leftovers from that record |
| 90 |  | Croatian Amor and Varg
Body of Water
3.0 [electronic] a mishmash of influences turns out alright |
| 91 |  | Wuw
Rien ne nous sera épargné
3.0 [post rock, post metal] is very instrumental, is very tried but here it's decent enough |
| 92 |  | Mary Lattimore
Hundreds of Days
3.0 [harp] it's literally harp music |
| 93 |  | Jim O'Rourke
Steamroom 40
3.0 [drone] happy beautiful drone song for happy people |
| 94 |  | Jim O'Rourke
Steamroom 39
3.0 [drone] dark ambient drone for those who keep it real |
| 95 |  | Jim O'Rourke
Steamroom 38
3.0 [drone] it's cool cos it's american (i think) |
| 96 |  | Chihei Hatakeyama
Scene
3.0 [ambient] does what he do |
| 97 |  | Ill
We Are Ill
3.0 [post punk, garage rock, noise rock] tops every other talantless obnoxious teenage band who knows one chord and one drum beat |
| 98 |  | Gabor Lazar
Unfold
3.0 [techno, idm] synth heavy not very engaging but it's decently performed |
| 99 |  | Dirk Serries/Colin Webster
Gargoyles
3.0 [free jazz, avant-garde] slapping on guitar and slapping on sax in a mess that's rather cool tbh |
| 100 |  | Krimewatch
Krimewatch
3.0 [crust, hardcore] decent 80's leaning crust punk |
| 101 |  | Johnny Jewel
Themes for Television
3.0 [soundtrack] it's decent. Not as good as Digital Rain though |
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