35 under the radar 2016.
Rec me 2016 stuff. Varying degrees of under the radar-ness.
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1 | | Public Memory Wuthering Drum
Some kind of twisted dark post rock, electronic lovechild.
3.5/5 |
2 | | Irezumi Thirty
Cute ambient.
3.5/5 |
3 | | KETEV Traces of Weakness
Dark ambient with a touch of house, delicious.
4.5/5 |
4 | | Feed Me Jack Ultra Ego
Fun math rock. Aquire for free over here http://feedmejack.com/album/ultra-ego.
3.5/5 |
5 | | Fire! She Sleeps, She Sleeps
Amazing free jazz with some boundaries too.
4/5 |
6 | | Bent Sorensen Snowbells
Classical with a touch of modernism.
3/5 |
7 | | Applescal Leone Highway
Some form of "tropical house", IDM stuff. Well worth a spin for the textures.
3.5/5 |
8 | | Surgeon From Farthest Known Objects
Techno and maybe some house in that mix.
3.5/5 |
9 | | This Is Nowhere Music to Relapse
Garage rock, stoner rock, jam rock. You know the drill.
3.5/5 |
10 | | Daniel Wohl Holographic
Ambient, electronic and textures.
4/5 |
11 | | Dextro In the Crossing
Slow moving post rock, ambient.
4/5 |
12 | | Waclaw Zimpel Lines
Jazz played like jazz isn't usually played.
3.5/5 |
13 | | GIAL Uppgorelse/Frigorelse
Noisy ambient from rural Sweden.
3/5 |
14 | | Ukandanz Awo
Amazing combination of rock, jazz and some stonier riffs. On top of that the singing...
4/5 |
15 | | Healthspin Radiance
Downtempo, ambient. For free over at https://healthspin.bandcamp.com.
4/5 |
16 | | Cavern of Anti-Matter void beats / invocation trex
A mixture of groovy genres, some funky beats, some electronic. Very dance friendly even though the length is pretty hard to digest.
3.5/5 |
17 | | Carpadium What You Need
Super fun and well executed math rock. Get it for free over here. https://carpadium.bandcamp.com/.
4/5 |
18 | | April Rain a melting snowman EP
Post Rock that's a treat to the ears.
3.5/5 |
19 | | NA Cellar
Bass heavy house, dubstep.
3.5/5 |
20 | | Anenon Petrol
Electronic jazz. Well worth a try.
3.5/5 |
21 | | Qluster Echtzeit
Krautrock and some electronic.
3/5 |
22 | | Making Fuck A Harrowing End
Sludge, doom in the vein of SubRosa. Amazing.
4/5 |
23 | | Average Rap Band El Sol
Fun aussie rap with a couple of really great tracks. Found for free over here. https://averagerapband.bandcamp.com/album/el-sol
3/5 |
24 | | Amnesia Scanner AS
Electronic, glitchy, grime smelling, all over the place-amaze. A really tasty jam.
4/5 |
25 | | Henry Threadgill's Ensamble Double Up Old Locks and Irregular Verbs
Jazz in an interesting form.
4/5 |
26 | | Colin Stetson Sorrow - Reimagining of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony
It's not even funny how good the first track is. Post rock, experimental jazz, remake.
4/5 |
27 | | Cities of Mars Celestial Mistress
A fun stoner rock jam.
3.5/5 |
28 | | Pyramido Vatten
Pyramido finally living up to their potential. Doom, sludge, post metal and such.
4/5 |
29 | | Body Sculptures A Body Turns to Eden
Dark ambient of the finest sort.
4/5 |
30 | | Jizue Story
You know this jazz, post rock combo. Get on it now.
4/5 |
31 | | Klara Lewis Too
A lot less dance friendly than her debut. A lot more dark textures. I like it. Dark ambient.
4/5 |
32 | | Erik Levander Halv
Dark ambient. Check this out for sure if you like those ambient soundscapes.
4/5 |
33 | | Raime Tooth
Darkness, ambient, minimal and such things.
4/5 |
34 | | Dan Lissvik Midnight
Funky dance music. First track could be the most dance-able song all year.
3.5/5 |
35 | | Apathy Handshakes With Snakes
Hip-hop. Apathy return with a more focused and enjoyable release than last time he went solo. Lyrics are mostly on point.
3.5/5 |
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