Baro Records - Compilation 001

So I'm not exactly sure how to promote this. At eleven total artists, I can't really pin this down to easy description. I've gotten my hands on the excellent, Kickstarter funded, first compilation from Baro Records, Compilation 001. Baro (Breathing and Receiving Oxygen) has flown under my radar thusfar, despite reviewing something from Bre'r (a Baro regular) on (cave) recordings in 2012. That's completely my failing as humble curator of this place. The label aesthetic seems to land squarely in the dreamy, glitched, guitar and ambience space. Lots of really chill and challenging vibes here. Sounds like forward thinking memories of a perfect day.

Pressing of 500, printing on top of old record sleeves, rad green and black vinyl. Don't repeat my mistake, pick up a post kickstarter copy of the comp here, and and dig everything Baro right here.

Bre'r - Homes For Taipei Wifing

And while we're on the topic of the aforementioned Bre'r, let's talk a bit about the latest from the project of D.A Fisher. This time, on Oakland's Sanity Muffin. Forceful, gritty soundscrapes, aching with homespun emotion and sorrow. A close cousin of drone, but not so much. Within these compositions, notes fall into and out of the mix with only moderate sustain. A bit more sophisticated in structure than most ambient music, although that label certainly could apply here. Drifting in consciousness. I find this more akin to the notion of electronic modern classical. These may be some of either the most beautiful, or devastating melodies you will hear. Heck, they are likely both. Exactly the type of release to help the unexposed masses fall in love with experimental music.

Couldn't find a stream of this for the life of me, so hopefully you'll trust my judgement here. Double sided jcard, edition of 100. Grab directly from the Sanity Muffin Webstore.

Bre'r - OLSB Music No.1

Multi dimensional space worship on ((Cave)), with OLSB Music No. 1, from Bre’r. A release so quintessentially ambient, it nearly defines the genre. Elegant melodic structures, with just a bit of something unexpected and unorthodox living in the periphery. Vast overwhelming astral tones, colored with metallic hues. Tracks like Remix Of No Vision, while feeling cold and distant, still beg an emotional response. These aren’t the slow evolving drones commonly invading the ambient realm, but rather mid tempo symphonic movements. Not so much a challenge, as an extraterrestrial voyage into the subconscious. This is without question in my musical sweet spot and required consecutive listens.

Grab directly via San Mateo based ((Cave)) Recordings along with a host of other tape based weirdness from the likes of The Ether Staircase, Chapels, and Evan Lindorff.