Hello Stranger #5 - Krovo

I was going to write an entirely original piece on our featured artist Krovo, but after reading his last.fm page, I really don't think I could sum it up any better.

Directly from his last.fm bio :

"Krovo is an abstract musical project of last.fm user DefaultXR. He is very interested in creating a continually evolving and shifting sound - often the parts of the music sound slightly different each time they occur. Krovo’s songs can sometimes sound messy and random because structure is buried under a plethora of effects, LFOs, and random variables. This can be partially attributed to a fascination with nature, which might seem completely arbitrary to those who choose not to understand the order and purpose behind it all.

Krovo’s musical influences include glitch, noise, hip-hop, industrial, breakcore, punk, math, and video games. Krovo’s abstract and non-musical influences include love, autumn, evolution, chaos, nature, and the sense of vision. All of these inspirations can be heard in Krovo’s sound. For example, sounds are often made in attempts to create audio versions of visual things - a texture within a song might be an attempt to make the sound of what the ground looks like.

The sounds are produced in a variety of ways - usually digitally but not always on computers. For software, FL Studio, Audacity, LMMS, MilkyTracker, and Pd have all been used at some point. Hardware used by Krovo includes: Alesis Micron, Roland SP-404, and microphones.

Krovo has released three albums and five EPs thus far:

Skk - debut album, psychedelic rhythmic noise.
Noiser - first EP, harsher, more abstract sounds.
Find - second EP, much more conventional rhythmic electronica.
Senkyder - second album, dense rhythmic noise and poppier tunes.
Oktrans - third EP, autumn-inspired textures and melodies.
Diskyder - fourth EP, dark ominous remixes of Senkyder tracks.
Axis - fifth EP, sometimes glitchy, always evolving.
Xyko - third album, composed 100% of synthesizer glitches.

Krovo has also made a total of three remixes for other artists, as well as various ringtones.

All of Krovo’s music is available for free download online via the netlabel K-PDT, and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. This means that you are free to copy, modify, and distribute it, as long as you provide credit and are not using it for commercial purposes."

- Krovo's last.fm biography

He seriously made my job that much easier. Here's to Krovo -- our most blog-prepared artist thus far.

Sleep well, everyone!
C.C.I xx

Hello Stranger(s) #3

(Due to the increased submissions in our new segment, we've decided to double the artist-per-post for this edition of 'Hello, Stranger'.)


Our first submission comes to us from the Great White North, an area in which Captain Captain Industries has increased trouble attaining steady readers. Representing Ontario, Canada, C.C.I presents "Naked Women's Street Fighting League", in what could arguably be the best-named group we've featured on the website thus far. While their MySpace Music Page dubs them as 'Alternative/Punk/Rock', we feel that may be a bit misleading. NWSFL, or what I've heard from them, is strictly two-to-three minute, fast-paced punk to the core.

If you are one of our incredibly scarce Canadian readers, catch them at Black Pirate's Pub on the 22nd and 30th, located at aptly-named Thunder Bay, Ontario CA.

Interested in NWSFL? Click 'here' for their MySpace Page and give these guys a listen. They only have two limited tracks, but it appears that they have four more on the way.

Here's to actually seeing a naked women's street fighting league before I die.

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From Canada back to the United Kingdom, alternative-ska group "Ruberlaris" brings something quite new to the table. While I've heard numerous ska groups in my day, there's just something more 'experimental' with these guys. The tones they use are so unique that I was swayed instantly -- Ruberlaris could be the best rendition of ska that I've heard in a while.

This group is the whole reason I'm doing this project -- to find quality music that may not have presented itself otherwise. While you may have not heard of this group before, Ruberlaris is fairly popular in comparison with most of the artists featured in this segment. With almost 45,000 MySpace Music Profile views, it's pretty evident that they've got their neighborhoods bouncing around to what has been described by the band as 'Rastabilly Skank'.

New 'Ruberlaris' EP out -- December 18th, 2010.

You can experience Ruberlaris at a number of websites :

Click "here" for their MySpace Music Account.

Click "here" for their FaceBook Account.

Click "here" for their Twitter Page.



Look at that -- they have all three major social networking sites, which means you have no excuses not to give them a listen. Be sure to join the mailing list, and as always, give 'em some positive feedback.


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That about does it for now. Be sure to give both "Naked Women's Street Fighting League" and "Ruberlaris" a listen, a good review, and always remember to support our featured artists. Go out and buy a t-shirt or somethin'!
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Shoot, it's supposed to snow today...
C.C.I xx

Hello Stranger #2

Our second edition of 'Hello, Stranger" comes to us from overseas, in our first international artist feature here on C.C.I. Straight from the U.K., diabolical mash-up wizard 'Schismatic' appeared over on 420chan.org, a Captain Captain Industries online favorite, if I do say so myself. Schismatic arrives in perfect time for the up-and-coming mash-up revival, and I must say, these tracks completely hold their own.

Give a minute of your time to check out Schismatic, and if you have a SoundCloud account, give him some good feedback and a definite subscription. While these individual songs are limited to only four, you can easily see that Schis' knows how to blend effortlessly.

Don't take my word for it though! Listen for yourself.

-- Captain Captain Industries and SoundCloud present --

Schismatic

Kong vs Beware by Schismatic

On It '08 vs California Sunshine by Schismatic

Coup d'Etat vs El Microfono by Schismatic

Under the Radar by Schismatic

I think you just found the music for your next night-time get-togethers.

C.C.I xx

Hello, Stranger -- New C.C.I Segment.

After our initial success of featuring various local artists here at Captain Captain Industries, we've decided to do a new, exclusive segment featuring musical artists from every corner of the world, solely through pure online connection -- we're dubbing this new adventure, "Hello, Stranger", as I have never met, nor heard of, any of these artists before this project. After a two-week span of soliciting various Internet forums, I've collected a handful of up-and-coming musicians, artists and styles you may have never have heard -- until now.

In our first featured segment, we've decided to invite Arizona folk artist, Shath, to the conference room. When he's not shredding out to Blitzen Trapper, (to which the Captain was delighted -- he's seen Blitzen Trapper open for his hero, Stephen Malkmus), Shath lays down some star-gazing desert-folk, which I'm happy to announce will grace my weekly radio playlist at KRUU FM.

Check out today's featured artist, Shath, at his BandCamp profile, where you can find a free album that's just begging to be downloaded. In fact, I believe mine has just finished downloading as I'm typing this.

For those who still frequent MySpace, Shath is also available here.

Congratulations, Shath, our first featured artist of our brand-new, "Hello, Stranger" series. Keep up the good work. As Tim and Eric would say : "Great Job."

C.C.I xx