Monday, May 14, 2012

[2012] Milky Toad + Chikiss - zimní son
first impression

Some weird shit i found looking for weird shit to find. This is a split release, 5 tracks apiece.

Milky Toad is melodic, hazy, slightly electronic, russian but I thought it was japanese for at least three tracks, and that tells you about how clear the (male) vocals are. They seem to be there for atmosphere, not to for the words, anyway. I could swear I've heard the fifth track, "nebozloye" somewhere before. Lots of piano, very mellow, will listen again.

Chikiss is also russian, this music is also hazy and melodic, more electronic, actual drum machine, (female) vocals much higher in the mix and with fewer effects. I like this less but it doesn't suck. The label, Dopefish, seems to be run in part by these two artists, so if you like this album please support them by buying it - or another album by just one of these artists, since they both appear to have several.

Or, for that matter, an album by label-mate minimal art manifesto, for whom the listed genres on the Dopefish site are "c++ / markov chains / tracker music".

His songs are very short (38 seconds?) and have really weird-looking waveforms on soundcloud and I'm a little scared.



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