Lindstrom himself says that this project was his final relief from compromising his musical view in his previous bands. As an artist he is more interested in exploring sound and not in entertaining the crowd. One fan at a show is already enough for him. So maybe this independent attitude is the key to his spectacular music and it makes tracks like I Feel Space and Further Into The Future sound so awesome.

Their album Making A Scene released this year is starting with small electronic intro and then flows into the first song Fading, with great lyrics and pop emo styled vocals. The singer sometimes uses some effects to make the vocals more distorted (similar to some Postal Service songs), it really helps sometimes when the lyrics are a bit boring. Generally this album is filled with hits, nice dance parts, catchy choruses, incredible melodies, fine lyrics and great positive vibe. Really a great album made by five kids from the US, and by the way it is completely independent, no major labels, so it totally rocks.

Music itself mixes ambient with unusual beats and remixed vocal samples. The first untitled track of the album is a king of into to first hit Archangel that will give a first impression about this spectacular album. So if the sound of this track is not your type you can press stop and throw away the CD. If you will decide to move on, you will drown in the ocean of samples ranging from Christina Aguilera to Silent Hill and Metal Gear Solid games, not forgetting Beyonce and Aaliyah. Small interludes like In McDonalds are also there.

Actually Burial is good music for work and for relaxation, for early mornings and late evenings, for grey depression and huge love. It’s just genius.

RushJet1 is playing almost original chuptune with no modern sounds, good atmosphere and awesome melodies. While his first album “Sounds of the 2A03” has a bit more aggressive (even a bit breakcore) sound his second work – “Out There” has more dreamy and space approach. Reminiscent of the space era pop and soundtracks mixed with vintage computer games the album delivers exactly the best retro space vibe. The only bad thing that it is too short.

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In his first solo album he presented a fine cocktail of analog electronics, 8 bit and different non musical sounds. Matrix printers, real life electronic sounds are also a part of his sound archive. He mixes it a bit avant way but it is still listenable and you can definitely hear some old-school styled influences in his music.

Another thing is his live shows. That’s a WOW! A toy steering wheel that is reprogrammed and used as a DJ mixer. A joystick used in retro gaming themes based on old C64 sounds. Matrix printer with live keyboards, life of a house simulated with home electronics sounds. And finally a feature song with live girl singing opera vocals and sampling with a playstation joystick. I bet in few years he will be a number one guest on different GameCons. But now the world only has his debut album Ryba, which is also a great release on modern electronics scene.

Lots of strings and a piano build the carcass of this album. Professionally arranged and very dramatic, it is like Clint Mancell meeting School of Emotional Engineering with a twist of Danny Elfmans vision. The sound is very cinematic and even if you have no imagination the music is building for you great pictures. The whole mood is a dystopian noir movie street with some big steampunk machinery seen between the grey rooftops.

Each song is like a part of this movie. A chase, a mystery, a murder… the sound is a reflection of a lonely soul caught in blank mechanic society. Very similar to a recent noir movie La Antena. The track For Auschwitz is I think the best part of the album. Still the whole work is a very touching piece of music especially in modern music that has mostly lost its soul somewhere between labels and contracts.

The vintage thinking is becoming more and more popular in almost every style of music. Dozens pf bands like wolfmother take the best from the good old days and just brew it with modern technologies. The product is way better than some of the experimental efforts but definitely worse than the original stuff.

Lindstorm is another guy who is missing the good old retro future times. It is an electronic project playing something that can be described as vintage space disco. The vintage synts are mixed with groovy bass lines, minimalistic drums and lots of analog sounds. Of course some of the space groove is lost in progress still Lindstorm is one of the best soundtracks if you want to get green star shaped sunglasses and go meet the space guests.

You still have some time to grab his CD till 12^th of April and celebrate another space day in space disco mood!

Plus-Tech Squeeze Box is technically one of the j-pop types called picopop, practically it is a crazy mix of electronic, more traditional j-pop, jazz, lounge and even some indie rock. And it is hell of a positive band. My favorite album Fakebox is the mood of Tokio, Japanese school girls, crazy arcades and sushi dinners. It is a ride from busy business mornings to space exploration and retro games.

First time when I heard them it seemed to me so fast that I wasn’t able even to get the idea of this music. It is this like incredibly fast japan that is written to a CD. It’s not a music it is a neon poster of a happy life. Some people prefer alcohol, some prefer energy drinks, my recipe is at least 3 songs of Plus-Tech Squeeze Box and you will have good mood for hours!

The history of this band starts in the seventies when the movie Captain Future was released for the first time. This movie inspired the Russian animators to make a rip-off called “The Mystery of The Third Planet”. The music was also stolen.

Many many years later this music inspired few guys from St Petersburg to combine retro analog space-pop with lounge creating a wonderful mix of space vibe and relaxing lounge. The name they choose comes from the names of the main heroes from the soviet movie – Kim and Buran.

They already have three albums of this awesome music that can be described as easy listening soviet-style electronics. It reminds of robots, spaceships, planets far away, but mostly it reminds of the good old space.

He is awesome at creating amazing soundscapes but this work is like watching a small slow-motion movie. The music is very gentle with mostly a piano leading the melody, sometimes supported by violin guitar, bass and drums. But mostly it is melted with Frost’s trade mark gentle electronic ambient. Two songs have vocal lines but as for me it was not necessary.

In one of the interviews Frost said that the instrumental part was recorded in few days but he spent a year with his notebook deepening the sound and giving this plate more feeling.

Well the only thing that I can say, this year was worth it!