What: “Voices From Antidimension” by VooDooMan
Netlabel: LOM
This music was released in May 2013 by LOM located in Bratislava, Slovakia. It’s a 14-track retrospective of music by VooDooMan. He is described on the site as “an enfant terrible of the Slovakian underground electronic music scene. He has been composing songs since the early 90s and he has self-released 9 albums on his own label Oshipanah Records.” Elsewhere I found it mentioned that he apparently releases his music in limited editions of 33 CDR’s – so clearly he’s just angling for the pop charts.
This is a fairly lengthy release, with about half the tracks clocking in at 9 minutes or longer, and there is quite a variety of music here. Some (like the not-totally-easy-listening “Esquema Incognita” or the ocean waves and piano of “Sailing on the Wave of 1/f”) are closer to the ambient side of things, while other pieces are more experimental/industrial (“Schizophrenia”) or noise soundscapes (“Template of the Intergalactic Panic”). There’s even a curve ball thrown in on “Bude to tvoj megahit!” which is basically voice and acoustic guitar.
Two of my favorites are “Gentle Bell From Tibet” and “Something Follows You in the Night.” With “Gentle…” you get largely what the title promises – bells. Some of the notes form little melodies, while others are more random. After a few minutes some other subtle noises and effects start creeping in and the piece slowly becomes more chaotic, eventually returning to the more gentle bells until the aggressive finish. “Something…” is a very noise based with ominous electronic sounds and weird rhythms. It reminds me of some of the early stripped-down Cabaret Voltaire noise experiments updated with a glitch aesthetic.
LOM says their mission is “…trying to help unknown or forgotten experimental artists to start publishing their work.” Aside from digital downloads there is also physical music product available, experimental software, and more.