Category: Artist Review

Planet Boelex is an electronic music project originating from Finland, formed in 2004. Consisting of just one member, Ossi, a self-taught computer musician, who learned to craft his own music in the mid-90’s. T

he first release, “Sinking in the Soup” EP was released in 2005 on the Monotonik netlabel, under the Creative Commons license. This debut release shaped the sound of Planet Boelex, which could be described as soft, melodic electronica, fused with slight influence from genres like ambient and IDM.

Ever since, Planet Boelex has released more than seven hours worth of freely downloadable music, on netlabels like Kahvi Collective and Soft Phase, including various compilation appearances and a collaboration EP with Lisa’s antenna. Planet Boelex has performed live gigs in nine European countries, mostly in electronic music related festivals.

Almost nothing is known about Oscuro, a burgeoning producer with post-rock and electronica tendencies, but we do know that he’s incredibly talented. If you’re a fan of Caribou or similar post-dance IDM (eurgh, for lack of a better phrase), then Oscuro will be right up your street. His production’s organic, stuffed with natural samples – like panpipes – and tribal beats.

It’s almost like traditional folk music of South America reworked into a hedonistic paean to movement. Chopped vox bleed into pitched percussion, and chiming synths blur into the wonderfully imperfect chaos, and rather than quantised, autotuned and plasticised – regardless of whether it is or not – it seems like its just dripping from the fingers of Oscuro. It feels very real, very of the moment, and as if he’s letting the noise slip from his body.

Erothyme was born on planet Earth and has been making the jams since, like, forever, man! His sound is a majestic blend of overblown hyperbole and meaningless adjectives that actually have nothing to do with music. Each festy season he journeys across the land inducing immersive cutting-edge bassgasms and killin’ it, bro. Scientific research suggests that he is freshy fresh and his tracks land in your ear like a dolphin gracefully diving into the surface of the ocean after doing a triple backflip in front of the setting sun. Erothyme founded the Perpetual Victory Machine at the beginning of time because he knew it was good to be on the winning team. Some people think that Erothyme doesn’t be like he is, but he do.

Argus is a downtempo/ambient project made by Branko Stojiljkovic from Serbia. His sounds can be described as emotional ethno vibes, athmospheric and unique harmonies and music that is wide open, performed and produced with live instruments.

Ever since he was very young, he felt drawn to the magical world of music
which he was surrounded with. The first instrument that he showed interested for was the guitar because his father was a guitar player, but keyboards became his main instrument very soon.
After many years of musical education, at the age of 18, he started to play music professionaly in many bands across the country. Meanwhile his brother Bojan introduced the world of electronic music which he began to do professionally. Together they came up with the idea to make ambient-chill music with live instruments and vocals.

By the end of 2012 they made their first release album called “Four oak Trees” for Ovnimoon records. Their second release came a year later, it was a full lenght album called “Beyond sight”, also for Ovnimoon records 2013.Then they released e.p. called “The Perfect Element” 2014., also for Ovnimoon records.

After couple of years of sound improvements and deepening the connection with ambient music, Argus decided to make a solo album called “The Architect of Time” which was released for Altar records. In winter 2016., Argus joins the Altar Records and continues his work there.

Experience the beautiful creation of Argus and explore all of its bursting colors, melodies and depths. If you’re a psychill fan, this music will take you spiraling beyond, with gentle psychedelic sounds, skillfully crafted compositions and soothing ethereal vocals,that will take you on a spin into far away realms.

Cobalt Rabbit is an American producer, composer, and DJ. He creates music under many genres by means of electronics and organic instrumentation to communicate and tell stories through means of music and sound design. Cobalt Rabbit is an invisible friend exploring the vast galaxy of emotion through aural experiments.

Drogtech is a music producer who lives and works in Poland. There is no specific genre that define his pesonal style but downtempo would be the first thought. Currently influenced by producers such as Solar Fields, Four Tet, Ulrich Schnauss and every song with atmospheric background.

First artirst album “Ordinary Life” (2012) took two years to complete. Its more downtempo oriented with breaks and progressive touch. Other Drogtech’s works: Anxiety (2014, EP), Passing Through (2014, EP), These Moments (2015, EP), Reverie (2016, EP), In Search of Unknown (2018, album), Seasons (2018, EP) and some remixes. In 2013 track “Around the corner” has been released by label “Project Mooncircle” at “Uprising” сompilation.

Northcape is the ongoing work of a mainly self-taught British artist who has felt compelled to produce music ever since he got his first cheap Casio keyboard, and has been releasing music on the internet since 2003. Inspired by nature and science as well as personal experience, the music is an attempt to capture and translate moments, environments, landscapes and memory that would be difficult to express in any other way.

Northcape is not concerned about genre, but the music sits within the broad range encompassed by melodic electronica, IDM and ambient. It tries to avoid over-complexity and focussing too much on the technology and techniques used. The result is a distinctively personal-sounding form of downtempo electronic music that draws elements from various genres and combines ambience and depth with a strong sense of melody, and, despite its melancholic moments, a fundamental optimism.