Operation Echo

Artist: killingtheoldman Album: The Violence of Sound Location: Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA Genres: Industrial Rock, Gothic Rock, Christian Industrial Year Released: 2000 Date Refound / Posted: 2023-06-10  Format(s) Released: CD Explanation:  I don't know much about this project, hell I didn't even know about most of this scene until last year. I'm planning on a bigger better writeup for that scene but for now I'll write this. Killingtheoldman is a forgotten industrial rock project, led by one person. It was active in the late 90s, probably vanished in them mp3.com purge and is a member of the lost-media-heavy Christian Industrial scene.   This record is their second record, released in 2000. Currently, it is the only record of this group not lost.  I listened to it and while Industrial rock isn't really my thing it was still enjoyable. The first track Evolved, is also the best, with these laid back by still really heavy sound. Almost surfy in a twisted, roundabout wa...

  Artist: Vito Genovese Album: The Island Location: Port Richey, United States Genres (Primary, Seconday, Influence): Slowcore, Post-Rock, Hypnagogic Pop, Blogspot Scene Year Released: 2010 Date Refound / Posted: 2023-05-28 Format(s) Released: Mp3-via-RYM Explanation: Vito Genovese is a legendary electronic artist. With a cavalcade of albums across different aliases, the founder one of the largest vaporwave labels in history (DMT Tapes FL with over 1K releases out) to becoming one of the most accomplished and in my opinion one of the greatest vaporwave artists of all time. Before he had an epiphany and entered the vaporwave movement he was an electronic musician who blended slowcore, hypnagogic pop, the blogspot scene and more into these emotive and depressive releases. From about 2008 to 2012 he relased a bucnh of these records. The Island is one of them. It was a fusion of different styles with some tracks featuring Vito playing guitar and singing with reverb and stuff, some indi...