Tony Anderson - Debris (2022)

A year ago, Tony Anderson appeared on my blog with Nuit, but this time, the Californian artist has something different to offer. Debris is a theme album about the 9/11 attacks and it's structured to feel like a "an experiential and audible documentary".

Apart from the dark and sadness-filled music, the album is filled with fields recordings and samples from news from over a decade ago. We all remember this day, but the album is designed for us to feel as if we were there. As Anderson puts it, "the music isn't supposed to be the focal point - I want you to feel like you're at street level hearing and experiencing these events the way that so many did. If anything, the music is supposed to simply support whatever it is that you need to feel" and it's an absolutely poignant experience. But in the artist's work, it's not only about the difficult topic, the music

that conveys the message is also extremely beautiful, very much thanks to the inclusion of the neoclassical instruments. All of this makes the album both beautiful and airy as well as unnerving and tear-jerking which makes a unique combination indeed.

Debris costs 7 USD.

Tony Anderson - Nuit (2021)

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Country: California, US

Genre: documentary soundscape

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Tony Anderson - Nuit (2021)

Tony Anderson is a California-based composer and electronic music producer who usually creates catchy and uplifting electronic pop songs, some have appeared on this blog already. This time, Anderson made something different and I love it, Nuit is something a fan of darker electronica should reach for.

The title is French for "night" and it's no coincidence as the artist decided to leave the livelier electronica (like in the great Finding Your Heart) for darker, meditative music, "as if the earth were performing a silent ballet while we all slept". And so the dense electronica with heavier, post-dub, gloomy disco-like sounds dominates the soundscape here but it is usually lightened up by beautiful piano, subtle like night sky's stars but very important as well, as it is the case in the album's fantastic opener in Retour.

This all is enriched by the inclusion of classical instruments (and guest classical artists) that include harp, violin and cello. They too sound dark and very much in the correct place in the correct time. The dark electronica works with them in the best possible way, bringing a twist to "traditional" neoclassicism, just listen to the most ethereal and dreamy composition of the title song Nuit. The artist managed to compile music that sounds like a massive body of water, an ocean that is powerful even when not stormy. No wonder Anderson says "it’s the deepest dive I’ve done in my music to date".

Nuit costs 9.99 USD.

Check: Retour

Country: California, US

Genre: dark electronica

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Darja Kazimira - Хтона - моја Majka

Pagan enchantmnets by the artist who was the first topic posted on this blog. The Latvian comes back with her psychedelic dark pagan folk. Perhaps a full-length album soon? The track costs (1 EUR).

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Film School - Crushin

One of those Californian shoegazes that make the whole world follow them, new track, the new album in autumn. The single costs whatever you want to pay.

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otom - Without You

Delicately sang shoegaze from Japan, the airy vocal meets lively, industrial music and absolutely benefits from this encounter. Worth attention. The track costs 1.2 EUR (150 JPY).

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thewalkingicon - Dead Heart

Gothic trip-hop knocking the listeners down with its electronic grandeur and brilliant, insanely catchy chorus. The Moscow-based band's music is worth-checking, a new single out soon. This one, together with a remix, costs whatever you want to pay.

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Tony Anderson - Finding Your Heart

The single from an announced album called "CHASM" (out in August) by the American artist from Kentucky. Anderson's music makes a cinematic electronics sounding as if post-rock was played with samples and keys. Three version of the track (a shorter and a piano only ones as bonus) cost 2 USD.

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Darja Kazimira - Хтона - моја Majka

Pogańskie zaklęcia artystki, która była tematem pierwszego postu na tym blogu. Łotyszka powraca ze swoim psychodelicznie mrocznym pagan folkiem. Może w końcu cała płyta? Utwór kosztuje niecałe 5 złotych (1 EUR).

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Film School - Crushin

Jeden z tych kalifornijskich shoegaze'ów, które zadają szyku reszcie świata, nowy utwór, jesienią album. Singiel kosztuje ile zdecydujesz się zapłacić.

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otom - Without You

Delikatnie zaśpiewany shoegaze z Japonii, eteryczny wokal spotyka żywą, industrialną muzykę i zdecydowanie na tym spotkaniu korzysta, warte uwagi. Kawałek kosztuje 5 złotych (150 JPY).

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thewalkingicon - Dead Heart

Gotycki trip-hop powalający elektronicznym rozmachem i znakomitym, wpadającym od pierwszego momentu w ucho refrenem, warto śledzić dorobek zespołu z Moskwy. Singiel wraz z remiksem kosztuje ile chcesz.

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Tony Anderson - Finding Your Heart

Singiel z zapowiedzianej już nowej płyty "CHASM" (premiera w sierpniu) amerykańskiego artysty z Kentucky. Muzyka Andersona to filmowa elektronika brzmiąca jak post-rock zagrany na samplach i klawiszach. Trzy wersje utworu (dodatkowo skrócona i zagrana tylko na pianinie) kosztują 8 złotych (2 USD)

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