EP: Laura - I Hope

Band: Laura
Album: I Hope EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2006










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01. I Hope
02. Ash On Lake Vostok
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The "I Hope" EP was a very limited CD/DVD single released by Laura in 2006. These audio tracks from the original EP are now available to download for the first time, marking the first official digital release of "Ash On Lake Vostok" - a 17+ minute out-take from the Radio Swan Is Down sessions. Both are taken from our original 24-bit 96khz masters.

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Album: Behzad Mehrnoosh - Himlavalvet

Band: Behzad Mehrnoosh
Album: Himlavalvet
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










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01. Aftonrodnad
02. Himlavalvet
03. Allt Vi Vill
04. Bort, Härifrån
05. Besvikelse
06. Klippstränder
07. Jag Vill Också Vara Som Du
08. Den Här Platsen
09. Himmelens Barn
10. En Sång Om Hopp
11. Tretton Änglars Död
12. Världsalltet
13. Dom Låter Oss Aldrig Vara
14. Jag Vet Inte Vem Jag Är
15. Vår Samtid Är En Sorgetid
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Behzad Mehrnoosh started as a side project to get away from the tense environment of bands and to straggle any limitations or restrains in the music. The whole reason as to creating the project was so I could do whatever I wanted, without having to deal with any of the moral or idealistic consequence. This is me trying to break my shackles.

In his words : I am a part-time student/part-time musician. The combination of the two isn’t exactly preferable and therefore, at times the process of music writing/recording tends to take a bit more time than it normally should. As for now, everything is and has been done on an amateur level, which means that all of the recordings and mastering have been done in my home “studio”. If not noted on an album or a song, then everything you hear is and has also been recorded by myself. Even the packaging of the physical records and releasing them has so far been done completely DIY-style, with the help of some good friends.

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EP: Glorie - Falling

Band: Glorie
Album: Falling EP
Label: Self Released
Year: 2013










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01. Sunshine Then Nightmares
02. Run Away
03. Smoke
04. Falling
05. The Lotus
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Instrumental band, Glorie, was formed in Memphis in the spring of 2009 by former Satyrs frontman, Jason Paxton, after an eight year hiatus from playing music. The other members of Glorie (Jonathan Kirkscey, Robert Brimhall, Andy Saunders, and Jeff Hulett) come from diverse musical backgrounds and have performed with an impressive array of artists such as Cat Power, Jay Reatard, The Bloodthirsty Lovers, Snowglobe, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and Al Green.

The band started as a desire to create more substantive, engaging instrumental music with a strong focus on melody. Their music blends acoustic, electric, and electronic sounds and draws inspiration from many genres including rock and instrumental hip- hop. Texturally, the instrumentation is diverse including layers of strings, synthesizer, guitar, piano, and vibraphone creating an entrancing thick wall of sound with a cinematic quality.

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Album: Milanku - Pris À La Gorge

Band: Milanku
Album: Pris À La Gorge
Label: Replenish Records
Year: 2013










Tracklist
01. La Chute
02. L'Inclination
03. Inhibition
04. Antalgie
05. La Nausée
06. Dopamine
07. Hypomanie
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On Pris À La Gorge, Quebecois act Milanku craft extremely solid post-metal-type post-rock, with a couple moments during this nearly hour-long affair that elevate them from just "bon" to "très bon."

Maybe it's a little ignorant or xenophobic to say, but these guys remind me of a heavier Envy, because they're essentially shouting a foreign language (to me) over a dark downbeat (with some occasional spoken-word, like on "La Nausée"). It's nonetheless awesome at times. Opener "La Chute" is a great example summing up what the band does so well: roll along at a slower tempo with moody, atmospheric rhythms that give way into harsh, growled, crushing juggernauts that warrant comparisons to Envy's sorta contemporaries Isis or Cult Of Luna.

This is the type of album where one's interest might slip away during some of the more restrained, building sections, but there are those aforementioned junctures that reel you back in hard. It's also sort of same-y (the acoustic and piano brushes on the album's shortest song, closer "Antigone," are a refreshing touch), but some times are more beautiful than others: Probably my favorite song here, "Inhibition" begins with this guitar interplay where the tone is basically perfect, and near the end when the harsh, slightly distorted yells come in while one of the guitar tracks drops out-I have no other way to describe it but "cool as fuck." It's a pick-me-up transition for sure, something that's needed more when the almost too-subtle dynamics of something like "Hypomanic" saunter through.

Still, this is an impressive long-player overall. If you like this style, it's hard to go wrong checking out Milanku's offering here. - punknews.org

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Album: Drawing The Endless Shore - Don't Despair

Band: Drawing The Endless Shore
Album: Don't Despair
Label: Flowers Blossom In The Space
Year: 2011










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01. Tomorrow We'll Be Dying
02. In Death
03. The Disappearance
04. Warm Morning Raindrops
05. Her Simple Dreams
06. Lies Hurt
07. Empty Room
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Drawing The Endless Shore - is an IDM/trip-hop solo-project of Ukrainian musician Sergey Lunev (also known as The Best Pessimist). Band was formed in 2010 and the next year, he released his first full-length album “Don’t Despair” on Flowers Blossom In The Space label.

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