Rok Vrbancic, Neuf Meuf & Automassage
Rok Vrbancic is a young fellow from Slovenia. His music is very dense, rich of melody and hidden under a beautiful shell of cracklings and noises from time to time. His instruments are mostly analogue (guitar, drums, field-recordings, fragments of voice) but the way he develops his songs he is closer to electronic- or ambient-music.
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Rok Vrbancic aka Neuf Meuf:
Neuf Meuf's "It's Cold In Space", released back in 2006 as a cooperation project between Serein Netlabel and 12rec:
- "So, what of the music? 'It's cold in space' says the title, but I'm hard pushed to find anything cold about this album. Listening to it seems the perfect accompaniment to the hot weather that's finally found it's way to British shores; gently plucked guitars lilting in and out of the sun drenched picture Neuf Meuf paints. Snatches of vocals and the rattle and whirr of percussion and field recordings will have you melting whether the sun is shining or not. There are darker moments here too, though. 'Unrest unsave', featuring vocals from 'Sepia Hours' plunges you into darkness and will leave you feeling quite unsettled, before raising the mood once again with the epic and enchanting 'goldberry dreamstream'."
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Rok Vrbancic with Automassage from 2008 and very much different from Neuf Meuf:
- "The music of AUTOMASSAGE lies at the experimental and eclectic side of the post rock spectrum, relying on noisy cacophonies, minimalist repetitions, melancholic guitar soundscapes, meaty bass and electronic waves at the same time. Field sounds, acoustic chords, various bleeps and noises, brass samples and other surprising elements come to enrich the overall sound. While not really sounding like anyone else, the brilliant music of AUTOMASSAGE should be liked by fans of early experimental post rock (GASTR DEL SOL, BRISEGLACE, TORTOISE), eccentric post rock (KAMMERFLIEMER KOLLEKTIEF, BEATEN BY THEM, FOND OF TIGERS), the GY!BE galaxy (SET FIRE TO FLAMES, EXHAUST, A SILVER MT. ZION), heavy post rock (65DAYSOFSTATIC), noise rock (SONIC YOUTH, SHELLAC) or math rock (RUSSIAN CIRCLES, HELLA, DON CABBALERO). Quite a bouquet!"
- There's a slightly different version on 12rec @ Archive.org
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