Diskette Etikette Rekords
As is the case with floppy disk releases, the washy tones of low bitrate music have to be tolerable to the ear. But I can’t imagine much bitrate snobbery in this underground anyway.
Kicking this disk off is Guillotines from Stoke-on-Trent, the vocalist being Jake Kent of Power Negi Records and the guitarist being Rich of The Madness of the Crowd zine. Their two sub-minute tracks are good songs, but a bit randomly thrown on to the split. “Everyone Loves a Piano” leaks frantic, chaotic melody, treading that line between subtly dissonant and fairly beautiful; a sound track. “Untitled One” is a much quieter, far more spastic track comprised of consistent atonality, that unfortunately sounds less imaginative than the first track and leaves you slightly bewildered about the last twenty-nine seconds of your life.
Lost In Bazaar from Turkey offer a single track, “Disposing Meanings,” clocking in at just over a minute and half. As is with anything I’ve heard from Lost In Bazaar, “Disposing Meanings” is absolutely beautiful; their dream-like guitar sequences are unique unto them, like they’re a dream pop band who took a bunch of speed. I honestly can’t get enough of these guys.
A nice, brief, awesomely-packaged floppy disk. But Lost In Bazaar win me over. I need to take a walk and be philosophical and cool now.
Guillotines: 6.5/10
Lost In Bazaar: 8.5/10
Overall: 7.5/10
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