Adam Michalak - Seven Colors

netlabel - test tube
genre - ambient
release date - 2010

'Seven Colors' is a gentle collection of very beautiful pieces that Michalak composed during a period of a year and a half, until May 2009. There are some tracks clearly based on specific field recordings picked out carefully by the musician but most of them are very varied in terms of textures and composition. Some are a bit dramatic, emotional and even a bit thick while some others are more ethereal, dreamy and translucid.
Michalak uses dusty vinyl, bells and whistles, electromagnetic buzz, echoing keyboards, drones, silence and many other sound textures to build immense walls of amazing ambient music. Like colors in a faded polaroid, Each 'color' represents something and/or tells a story. It's up to you to discover where it leads. I keep the 'Sixth Color' right next to my heart. testtube.monocromatica.com

tracklist
01 First Color
02 Second Color
03 Third Color
04 Fourth Color
05 Fifth Color
06 Sixth Color
07 Seventh Color

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TrianguliZona - Flossy

netlabel - test tube
genre - jazz, nujazz
release date - 2007

TrianguliZona is Croatian collective. Ivan Kapec (electric guitar and electronics), Andrej Jakuš (trumpet, flugelhorn and electronics), Janko Novoselić (drums) and Vladimir Končar (video), have been working in the confluence of different languages in modern music, a complex reality which, pointing at several directions, blurs the borders between genres and styles. From electro-jazz with distant references to 70’s electric Miles Davis, to ambient-flavored experimentalism, to Steve Reich’s minimalism, going through dub and loop techniques, all framed with a live improvisation setting, there are recognizable signs in the music of TrianguliZona.
This blend results in a homogenous sound, with an experimental flavor. Instant composition as a result of the sound-image interaction, in which sound and vision acquires a special place in live performances. The main impression is jazz-fusion, based on progressive electric guitar, trumpet with pedal and electronic effects, and this mighty groove, balanced with creativity and good taste. Melodic and hypnotic, delicate and subtle, the TrianguliZona sound is likely to become the soundtrack to that special road trip. testtube.monocromatica.com

tracklist
01 Rippling
02 Rising
03 Flossy
04 Waiting
05 Screaming
06 Recapturing

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Jan von Grafenstein - 13

netlebel - test tube
genre - chillout
release date - 2007

"This thirteen track collection could be easily filed under chillout, jazz fusion or even related to the highly productive late 90's Vienna scene.
Easygoing from beginning to end, with voluptous basslines, seductive orchestrations and crisp string arrangements, it has its apex with 'Backboogie', a fantastic and danceable track which pretty much sums up the whole album." testtube.monocromatica.com
Jan von Grafenstein on MySpace.
Thanks to emeliks - netmuzyka.com

tracklist
01 Intro
02 Duds
03 September 23
04 Luun
05 Spoken Word
06 Never Hold
07 Backboogie
08 Work Out
09 Chi
10 Ambaunk
11 Kokago
12 Lila Velvet
13 Fin

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