Beyond Boundaries is a 10-track playlist aiming to feature 10 “out-of-the-box”, outstanding gems! Not exactly unclassified, but certainly unique and uncommon.
“Sound Explorer”: Christos Doukakis
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Bambie Thug
(hyperpop, indie electronic, psychedelic)
Quick pitch: Proudly supporting LGBTQ+ creatives and causes, Bambie Thug’s music knows no limits and boldly smashes through gender and socio-political stereotypes. Non-conformist sounds!
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Goatsong
(drone, post rock, noise)
Quick pitch: Inspired by the shape of a black hole and the experience one would have falling through one or simply dying…. An 11+ minute experience vital for any “sound explorer”!
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Odalie
(experimental electronic, contemporary music, ambient)
Quick pitch: “The piece stretches out fragilely, a subtle dialogue between cello and modular synthesizer, while Melancholic arpeggios rely on reverberating updrafts to articulate distant memories, buried emotions.” Infinite!
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Clamb
(electro funk, kraut)
Quick pitch: The one-chord funk energy of James Brown down to its barest essence, using bass, drums, and analog synths to dig deep into the realms of rhythmic nuances.
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Ægir
(indie electronic, experimental)
Quick pitch: “This refers to – as so many things do – social anxiety and lack of confidence which leads to feelings of isolation and loneliness,” Ægir
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Kuzu
(Feat. Jack Sapienza)
(experimental electronic, “wave”)
Quick pitch: A song about fragments of memories, a song about utopian architecture, that sinks its roots in metaphysics
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Florian Brunner
(experimental electronic, modern classical, cinematic)
Quick pitch: A strange, dark and fantastic world in the style of Junkie XL (Mad Max – Fury Road) and Hans Zimmer by French composer of electronic music Florian Brunner….
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elephant bass communication
(experimental, drone, dark electro)
Quick pitch: With influences that range from Coil, The Legendary Pink Dots (whom ebc has worked with cofounding member Edward Ka-Spel), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Joy Division, The Smiths- from ABBA to Xiu Xiu, elephant bass communication delivers the goods!
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Hermit Kingdom
(harsh noise wall)
Quick pitch: Are 11,5 minutes of intense harsh noise wall enough to wake you up from hibernation? Well, you bet! Recorded between 2001-2003 and recently unearthed by B. Wood (also known by his flagship moniker Monggrel) and transferred from Mini disc to PC with very little sound adjustment….
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Proud Creature
(glitch, jazztronica, experimental)
Quick pitch: File under “electro angst jazz.” Or if you prefer glitch + jazztronica + tons of experimentation = Proud Creature’s ‘Group Therapy’
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