I’ve always been fascinated by the random, the unforeseen, that which is not predictable by any means of logic, science or calculation. So I figured I should explore this phenomena through music with the help of my computer, ipod and Hypem.com. I let all randomly select a song and then my job is to rate (1-10) and review them. Simple enough, but you never know what I may end up with each Monday from now on.

Computer
Dead Heart Bloom - Halfway Gone
From the In Chains EP, Halfway Gone is a soft and satisfactory example of Dead Heart Bloom’s ability to craft songs oozing with vague and unintentional instrumental references to both Beck and Beatles. There are ounces of the country and blues-inspired soft rock that could be heard on the radio on a motorway in the States in the 70s present in Halfway Gone.
8/10

Ipod
Kraftwerk - Strom
From Kraftwerk’s second album, simply titled Kraftwerk 2, Strom is a purely guitar-based track that excellently displays the blurred convergence of electronic ambient and experimental rock that the band pioneered. Strom means Stream or Electric Current and listening to it might just make a stream of various eerie industrial landscapes flash before your eyes. A solemn and innovative rock music (dis)harmonic hymn, Strom precedes what would become the hard and grim moods of industrial music in all its forms.
9/10

Hypem
The Gothic Archies - Scream And Run Away <— via
Stephen Merritt works under many monikers, The Magnetic Fields is the best known one, but as The Gothic Archies he made something as unusual and brilliant as to make the score for the audio book A Series Of Unfortunate Events! He describes the music himself as goth-bubblegum but the closest Scream And Run Away ever comes near is that of a gloomy yet merry mood in a Tim Burton-esque fashion. It’s filmic and down-to-earth folky at the same time. It’s a quite pleasant and macabre song.
7/10