Beyond Boundaries, ninety-four

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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Kodomo

(drone, experimental electronic)

Quick pitch: Chris Child’s Kodomo recently released ‘SEER EP’ and this is among its most imposing drone compositions…. Murky stuff….

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Spa Water

(experimental, crossover classical, sound collage)

Quick pitch: Frank Zappa meets The Residents, but then joins Foetus with Beethoven on his iPod…. Spa Water… Enjoy responsibly!

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Project Icarus

(harsh noise wall)

Quick pitch: Italian act Project Icarus will test your endurance with this harsh noise wall magnum opus taken from the 2022’s 5-track EP ‘WITHIN’….. Proceed with caution!

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Yukihiro Atsumi / Yutaka Oyama / Akihito Obama / Kou Kakinokihara

(meditation music, field recordings, ambient, folk)

Quick pitch: Ancient Japanese Hogaku music via guitar, this new song from Yukihiro Atsumi includes koto, shakuhachi, & shamisen & natural sounds of rain & birds recorded in Kumano, a World Heritage site.

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Cloud Chaser

(idm, synthwave)

Quick pitch: An “interstellar” hybrid of idm with synthwave with destined for the “black hole” by the German producer and DJ Cloud Chaser….

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Messica Arson

(harsh noise wall)

Quick pitch: Live-coded computational noise music by the American noise-maker Messica Arson ideal for your “twisted escapism”!

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The Psychotic Monks

(post punk, experimental, noise rock)

Quick pitch: A radical 10-minute, highly experimental, post punk/noise rock magnum opus by the French outfit The Psychotic Monks ahead of their upcoming new album ‘Pink Colour Surgery’, out February 3rd 2023 via Vicious Circle / Fat Cat…

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Them Caged Dogs

(art rock, experimental)

Quick pitch: “Them Caged Dogs centers itself on the edgy corners of experimental rock, melding traditions of stylistically far apart artists like Frank Zappa, The Mars Volta or Black-midi in a peculiar, headstrong way. A liberal, modern, uncompromising, critical of society art rock group, that avoids clichés while playing them out in a fresh and modern way.”

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Steinsdotter

(chamber pop, dark wave, crossover classical)

Quick pitch: An uncompromising, cabaret-stylized, chamber pop/dark wave hybrid with excellent vocals, “about reclaiming yourself when your circumstances threaten to overwhelm you…”

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Haruka Salt x Bohan Phoenix x Tony G

(electro, house, hip-hop)

Quick pitch: Now this collaborative track is an authoritative sonic extravaganza that mixed electro with hip-hop and “mutant house” vital for the most eclectic dancefloors….