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“ambient sorcerer” someone is listening
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&RUE Top 10 Songs of 2024 10 | Aspect, Nyah, Viznode & zy - Beyond the Veiled Crossing | Self-Released | IDM Right off the start, it serves as a well-deserved sequel to "Lunar Veil," as these artists once again flex their sound design in another eight-minute brain-massaging experimental masterpiece. It's now a tradition that occurs once a year, I suppose, and there is already a forthcoming third song which further piques my interest. World building and storytelling is on point, using glitchy soundscapes that differ strikingly by acoustic electronica atmospheres. I'll correct myself from earlier; it's now a tradition for this group of artists to blow my mind once a year, I suppose, and THERE WILL BE A THIRD SONG?!?! This is difficult to top, but I prefer this over "Lunar Veil" by a thread. It really is the best of the best - and this is just Number Ten. 9 | Convexity - Sycophant | Disciple | Riddim 8 | Paintscratcher - abraxas | Retrac Recordings | Stoner Rock One of my favorite new artist discoveries of this year has been Paintscratcher, who I think is the best experimental artist of this year. He produces drum and bass, industrial, ambient, noise, electro and drone metal. To see his effort and sound be integrated into all of these genres, and to combine them all nicely into a 4 hour album is insane. On his second self-tilted album, there are highs and lows. But when the highs hit, it is so satisfying. "abraxas" is the best track because of how raw every sound is, yet low-quality the track is musically and emotionally. It's a nice change from the usual drone metal switchup in the second half of his albums. 7 | Convexity - End All Be All | Disciple | Future Riddim I expected this EP to be heavier due to its release on Disciple, but I'm surprised how dark these tracks are. Admittedly, It's not my favorite piece of work from Convexity, but it's definitely the smooth and cleanest work I have heard from them. The biggest difference with tracks like "Sycophant," "Alice Ring," and "End All Be All" is how the oneshots and flow in the drops are better connected and less choppy, when compared to entries from the "Timeless" EP, or the "Lost Connection" EP. There is also a stronger balance between the dubstep sound design, the jazz instrumentation, and the gloomy vaporwave influences. The nostalgic narrative is a classic from Convexity, and I am so happy and proud of the opportunities they have gotten with their music, overall this year. 6 | Tanger - somewhere, someday, (with lorem ipsum) | Self-Released | Dancefloor DnB 5 | Tanger - Womp Womp | Self-Released | Moombahcore "somewhere, someday," is a beautiful closer to a creative and colourful album from Tanger, where arpeggiated MIDI pianos float over gritty basses, and emotion flows through melodies and nostalgic sound design. Its seven minute runtime for an outro is practically flawless. "Womp Womp" is emotionally melodic and heavily nostalgic. The growls are filth and carry such a playful angst throughout the track. It's pretty short but serves as a welcome successor to the electronica-driven intro of Tanger's album. The beginning of the track itself prepares you for the bewildering energy this track has to offer. 4 | kole - Constant Fear Of Fading | AMFLARA | Dreampunk This is what makes kole soar greater and faster than a lot of other "chill" artists in electronic/ambient music. It's the journey's they take you on. Choices, Plastic Window, stupid protogen; whatever name they are under, you are 100% promised to be welcomed with open arms into a soundscape you will want to explore more of. "Constant Fear Of Fading" really does feel like a battle in the mind; the mentality of desires, the torment of feelings. Three minutes in, kole brings you in deeper as the track muffles, resembling the fight, urge to break free from the shackles fear has on everybody. As the track nearly approaches the nine minute mark, we come to a satisfactory fade-out as a bittersweet conclusion has arrived. The chords are clearer, the tones are brighter. This track is a pinnacle of doing so much with so little. Less is more. 3 | Cynik - forget | Neoluminum: Star Recruits | Downtempo Such a deep lonely-feeling sub with a piano crying for hope, someone, anyone. A somber continuation of its joint track "forgive." What is Cynik trying to say not only with the music, but with the related song titles; what does it mean to him to both "forgive" and "forget." It's like a story is happening about a relationship between two people, and Cynik is providing the soundtrack. These last four and a half minutes feel quite open-ended, and I am curious to see where Cynik will go next in his future musical endeavours. But with an incredibly gloomy, but worthy rating ten out of ten track like this, in my opinion, I think he's in a good, strong direction here. He's onto something. I can hear it. 2 | Afternoon Dew - Afternoon Dew | Crossover for Charity | Ambient avarti, mothdreams, Dyspro, Layne Arpeggi, Zerderler and DragonTunes, all pair up to deliver what I consider to be the best ambient track this year. The sustained drones feel they are clinging on to hope by a thread, the piano is melancholy, yet peaceful, and the vinyl crackle feels reminiscent of Burial's "Endorphin;" how it transforms into something of a relatively bittersweet atmosphere. The closing guitar is a sorrow somber farewell to the listener. This is a beautiful ambient track, and I am so happy this got on the compilation. 1 | Porter Robinson - Easier To Love You | Mom+Pop | Indietronica "SMILE! :D" is open and honest in every way imaginable, and expands upon such a vulnerable state of mind through topics of parasocial interactions, overwhelming fatigue, creative burnout, and even suicidal ideation. However, this album sheds its skin quickly within its runtime as the sounds and ideas become resilient and hopeful. While these ideas are somewhat clear right from the beginning, the second half further explores nostalgia, self-worth, personal growth, and a general appreciation for others who care. Through its occasionally heavy-handed cheekiness; especially when it comes to the lyrics, Porter Robinson works through his deepest and darkest emotions in order to achieve the Cloud 9-esque epiphanies, visualized by upbeat indie-influenced; yet typically digitalized sound design. Each song is well-crafted, and the tracklist is like skimming through a table of contents; with each chapter about a significant thought or point in Porter's life, and why this specific occurrence is purposeful to the project's story. "Easier To Love You' is my favorite of the bunch as Porter is addressing his past self and how different he is apart from him. It's about self-love, self-acceptance, and overall, feels like a lullaby made for young Porter. The chorus is beautiful and feels reminiscent of the "Nurture" track, "Blossom." While that track was towards how comforted he is by his wife, this is a love song towards how comfortable he is with himself in the present. I felt a lot of personal feelings around this track, and that's why it's my favorite track of 2024 - Number One. (1 year ago)
 
 
&RUE Top 10 Songs of December 22-28 (& 29-31), 2024 10 | sighnik (aka Cynik) - am i is | AMFLARA | UK Dubstep I'm surprised Cynik doesn't explore dubstep more, because this is amazing. It's like if "Parallax" by Direct was made today. It's clean, straightforward and wastes no time getting gnarly and somber within its sound design. 9 | Jenceno - Turbulent | Progressive Alliance | Melodic House So stuttery, but still melodic and beautiful. I wish the melody was expanded more, but overall, this is a brain massage of a house track. And those white noise rushes definitely make it feel very old-school. Very enjoyable. 8 | Fazius - Lost Memories | Progressive Alliance | Progressive House The mixing is a lot better in this one. "Lost Memories" is packed with innocent childlike nostalgia and adrenaline-filled emotion as Fazius takes you on a trip with plastic prog-house synths boosting through reverbed children's playground chatter. 7 | Vylet Pony - Happier Than Ever | Self-Released | Art Rock I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present. I'm surprised how heavy the climax is, with the electric guitar sort of leading the song for the rest of this section, as hard dance kicks pulsate over guitar feedback. 6 | shamane - the god inside our love | Sounds for the Soul Records | Drone I get the same tone of moving water around the tip of a glass to create a sound, as I do in this song. It's so calming, the peaceful minimalism pays off so well, and I love how fitting the title is. 5 | Jaron - a broken room | Modern Art | Glitch Pop Jaron definitely has something special, even if I don't think it was fully realized on "LIGHTYEARS." But if we are talking about "a broken room" specifically, I feel as if he really did find God in a melody. He is great at creating repetitive hooks and catering them towards his audience, so they can snatch onto something in order to stay for the whole track. It's like dangling a lollipop in front of a baby. I'll give him that. His vocals are amazing, and the guitar work is so raw and magnificently personable. Plus, this is a perfect segue into "BUTTERFLY." 4 | alixi - 6eside me | AMFLARA | Melodic Drumstep alixi knows how to take the melodic aspects of dubstep and blend them into telling a story. Almost brought me to tears. 3 | Asha Patera - Departure | Sounds for the Soul Records | Drone It's like the last cry before giving in to the endtimes. The synth-work done on this track is astonishingly melancholy, yet so beautiful and subtle with its harmonic patterns. 2 | Harmony In Ultraviolet - The Sunscrambler | Sounds for the Soul Records | Drone An anthem representing your spirit being positively lifted up into the sky; like you are going to live forever and that you can do whatever you want in life. This is the complete opposite of the previous song I discussed, and it's surprisingly euphoric for some gritty distortion effects added onto the mix. Either way, it's powerful. 10s 1 | kole - Constant Fear Of Fading | AMFLARA | Dreampunk This is what makes kole soar greater and faster than a lot of other "chill" artists in electronic/ambient music. It's the journey's they take you on. Choices, Plastic Window, stupid protogen; whatever name they are under, you are 100% promised to be welcomed with open arms into a soundscape you will want to explore more of. "Constant Fear Of Fading" really does feel like a battle in the mind; the mentality of desires, the torment of feelings. Three minutes in, kole brings you in deeper as the track muffles, resembling the fight, urge to break free from the shackles fear has on everybody. As the track nearly approaches the nine minute mark, we come to a satisfactory fade-out as a bittersweet conclusion has arrived. The chords are clearer, the tones are brighter. This track is a pinnacle of doing so much with so little. Less is more. (1 year ago (edited))
 
 
&RUE Top 10 Songs of December 15-21, 2024 10 | MYRID - Afterimage | Self-Released | Hybrid Trap I love the energy in this one. MYRID is an artist who knows how to fuse industrial sound design with bass music, and with "Afterimage," she provides an entertainingly gritty and nuanced experience. It's magical, futuristic and robotic. 9 | FUNCTION - SWAMP | SHUTTLE RECS. & Nekonata | Riddim Slimey and echoey, as the good Riddim lord intended. 8 | (un)familiar. & sharkbarksss - westwood animals | Self-Released | Leftfield Bass A mesh of sounds coming from two forces that shouldn't be messed with. The track itself is so powerful and overwhelming, it's like it was birthed in a nuclear power plant. It's so sporadic, but surprisingly clean, mix-wise. eugene on steroids. 7 | splitter - Yeah Right | Interval Audio | Dubstep splitter splitters and it pays off. Dua Lipa pre-drop vocal fill goes hard. 6 | Bishu - DO OR DIE (feat. PROP) (Tails Remix) | Monstercat | Deep House It's bouncy and fun, a lot less moody than most Tails songs I know, but I still get a lot of enjoyment out of it. 5 | Easy Password - coming home | Unbeyond Anthologies | Ambient Soothing and peaceful. Easy Password ambient is a gift to this world. 4 | zeroth - new ID, let me know | Self-Released | Bass House Some of the most fun-sounding house music I've heard in the while, and the articulate attention to detail is astounding. 3 | Bishu - SO ABSURD (VIP) | Monstercat | Heaven Trap Miles better than the original. Stronger energy and better emphasized passion and emotion in the music. The drop has a late 2010s SLANDER vibe which I unironically adore. It also reminds me of "Let You Down" with Aviella, another BISHU song I love. Overall, I think BISHU still makes incredibly strong Trap, and this is another living example. 2 | euphee - what money Cant buy | Neoluminum | Drumstep Through slide whistles and stock sound effects, euphee crafts an equally heavy and emotional bass-driven soundscape of musical creativity; a form of happiness money could not certainly buy. To put more bluntly, euphee is putting the fun and passion back into bass music with this song (as well as the rest of their discography) - and the way it comes off is in an extremely giddy manner, which I love. Keep painting your canvas, euphee. 1 | Kryokin - Patience | SHUTTLE RECS. & Nekonata | Future Bass Future Bass sound design with Dubstep percussion. Kryokin easily crafts one of my favorite songs from them, featuring an addictive melody, sugary synth choices, and crisp kick-clap patterns. This is an entry of pure bliss in bass music. (1 year ago)
 
 
&RUE Top 10 Songs Of December 8-14, 2024 10 | MOB - DISS | Disciple Round Table | Riddim Been interested in MOB since 2020, and this EP is for sure a step in the right direction. Every sound design choice isn't the greatest, but the effort is 100% there. "DISS" is the strongest track here by far. The heaviness and grittiness throughout it all is pretty cool. And I think it's worth seeing what else MOB could do in 2025. 9 | HYPERSPVCE - Radiance | SAFEinSOUND | Ambient Entrancing melody, and a cozy vibe. Ends off a great year for HYPERSPVCE's discography overall. Excited to see where he goes from here on out in 2025. 8 | Topi - Wide Open | Monstercat | G-House Topi is one of the most underrated artists in bass music. His new Monstercat song is so dirty, funky and groovy. The level of where he is at as an artist is insane, and his sound design keeps evolving and unfolding with every song. For someone who doesn't explore much G-House, "Wide Open" convinces me that I should be listening to more. 7 | Aether - Stay | Monstercat | Chillout Just another ethereal atmosphere from Aether, only a lot more somber than usual. The mood feels depressing, but I admire how the melody progresses during this whole song. Good stuff. 6 | OVSKY - Heart | Self-Released | UK Garage Such a happy-go-lucky melody with a beat perfectly suitable for a club setting. Reminds me a lot of artists like Fishcracks who have done blissfully melodic UK Garage tracks like this in the past. OVSKY does it again, and nails the vibe right on the head. 5 | Beatcore & Ashley Apollodor - Lights Go Down | Arctic Empire | Melodic Dubstep Euphoric. 4 | After Wes - good for nothing | bitbird | Future House Insan3lik3 energy. It's also impressive this track has a moody, dreary and addictive melody for a house song in C major, a relatively sugary and happy-sounding key. 3 | Mr FijiWiji - Everybody | Spaceman Recordings | Future Trap Fiji chops are insane. Every artist this week really dropping their best track of 2024. Crazy! 2 | N33T - new best friend | bitbird | Bitpop I don't know. The singles from this album were better, but it's the Porter-inspired sound design that carries this album which is unfortunate. I love N33T's vocals on this, and her production is amazing. The only problem I have with this is that she needs to come into herself more as an artist. "Mirrors" and "new best friend" are the best tracks vocally and structurally speaking. 10s 1 | Paintscratcher - a life blinded by smoke | Retrac Recordings | Atmospheric DnB 1 | Paintscratcher - nostabull | Retrac Recordings | Post-Industrial 1 | Paintscratcher - abraxas | Retrac Recordings | Stoner Rock One of my favorite new artist discoveries of this year has been Paintscratcher, who I think is the best experimental artist of this year. He produces drum and bass, industrial, ambient, noise, electro and drone metal. To see his effort and sound be integrated into all of these genres, and to combine them all nicely into a 4 hour album is insane. On his second self-tilted album, there are highs and lows. But when the highs hit, it is so satisfying. (1 year ago (edited))
 
 
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hexnight (2 years ago)
really good album :)