Arcana - The First Era 1996-2002

2012-08-24 / greentea / Reads: 2804

This band does not need to be introduced to anyone. Masters of their genre! From the very first album their music has been wonderfully nostalgic, mystical and full of magical emotions, bringing to mind ancient rituals, secret meetings of witches, wizards, priests, I think most of the fans will agree....

This Vision - The Golden Age We Lost

2012-08-16 / Fairycharlotte / Reads: 2745

"The Golden Age We Lost" is the second album by the Swedish duo This Vision, however, I have never heard this band before. The artists themselves describe this CD as "a melancholic and dreamy pop record". I did expect something more synth-popish at first, but since the band had "introduced...

Low-Fi - What we are is secret

2012-08-14 / nemesea / Reads: 1967

The twins – Alessandro, Adriano - and company – Fabio and Giuseppe from Low-Fi, began the year actively with a release of an album with intriguing title "What we are is secret". It is worth underlining that this is the first LP of the Italian group which already exists few...

WaXaW - Revenge Themes

2012-08-11 / fiuri / Reads: 1890

If you’re familiar with the bands Cyanotic or Rabbit Junk, you should also recognise the name Glitch Mode, the record company under which the above mentioned bands operate. Among this respectable lot there appeared a new project called WaXaW, a brainchild of Dru Brozovitch, who has just released his first...

Lowe - Evolver

2012-08-08 / redellious / Reads: 4155

Evidence that the synth pop is still current and still growing genre is Lowe album - Evolver. It sounds good from the beginning. It captivates with electronic sounds so well known from seventies and eighties, the melodies are catchy but not trivial. Scandinavian melancholy appears in their remixes of　in "Alpha...

Victor Sierra - Electric Rain

2012-08-06 / savetier / Reads: 3227

Victor Sierra is an aspiring Steampunk group from Paris. The crew of the airship "Hydrogen Queen" will surely take you on a vaporous journey. Victor Sierra is an important part of establishing the Steampunk aesthetic in Europe. Steampunk itself is not a musical genre, there is only Steampunk-themed...