WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JANUARY #02-24

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

MARC HASLER – Live January 2024

London-based DJ Marc Hasler, part of the DJ & Space Commander Collective PIDR (Passion In Dark Rooms) alongside Kirsty Pemberton and Russell Penn, with an eclectic mix for warming and coloring your cold grey winter days, varying from Jazz, Soul, and Funk to Trip Hop, Hip Pop, Drum&Bass, Jungle, Heavy Chug and more…simply expect the unexpected.

Mainz/Stockholm ambient /drone /modern classical /soundscapes collaboration between German sound artist Tobias Lorsbach and Swedish composer and cellist Henrik Meierkord, aka Logic Moon & Henrik Meierkord “Ewiger Wald” off upcoming “Ewiger Wald” EP [Dronarivm]

A stirring violin and cello infused entrancing wintry landscape, perfectly balanced by cold and warm perceptions, blends icy brittle resonances with harsh, toasty orchestral swathes, mild buzzing bass vibrations, chilly rising glows, and soft key melodies to calm an angsty distracted mind with pinpoint focus and peaceful resolve.

Offenbach, German ambient /breaks /leftfield psych /trance /downtempo DJ-producer (aka Ajo, Steppin’ Wolf and 1/2 of Recht Auf Rausch), Kalocain – “Ivermectin” from the upcoming vinyl 12″ EP “Genetic Memory” [Electric Shapes]

German imaginative electronic producer an adventurous off-kilter trip through a heady and skewed soundscape of insistent hypnotic punchy drum kicks, punctuated by metallic lashes and rollingly crisp percussive hits, icy-bright erratic eerie synth flutters, and nervous obsessive effects, where violent screeches tear open concealed doorways into insightful ancestral realms.

Guadalajara, Mexico tropical /house /indie dance /tribal /electronic DJ-Producer and Calypso Records head, Iñigo Vontier, aka The Diyeis “Morenas (profundo mix)” from “Morenas” EP

Mexican ‘chug-maestro’ new moniker delivers a high-energy exotic and surreal sultry daydream of metallic-charged hypnotic, rolling, tribal percussions, obsessive panting string swathes, and buzzing anticipation building FXs, to instigate a heady rhythmic groove whilst roused, teasing female vocals gives a finishing flair to the seductive vibe of “Morenas.”

Japan neo-classical /improv /piano solo artist Hideyuki Hashimoto “Nardia” single
Barcelona-based ambient /cinematic /neo-classical /piano composer and multi-instrumentalist Jaime del Adarve “La Quietud” from upcoming EP “Las Horas” [piano and coffee records]
Portland, OR ambient /ethereal /electronic duo (Goldmund, Mint Julep), Helios and Hollie Kenniff “Slow Motion Dream” single
Ukrainian ambient music act, Endless Melancholy ‘In The Dark” single
bvdub and Criss Van Wey “My Father, My Friend”
Cadiz, Spanish ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /minimal /electronic /experimental sound artist, David Cordero “Melodies of Water” from the CD album “Restless Nature” [Whitelabrecs]
Swedish ambient /drone /trance /experimental /electronic producer and designer TWO HEAVENS “I WANT TO LIVE 4 EVER” from the EP “UNITED 4 EVER” [World Canvas]
New York ambient /drone /experimental sound artist Luke Entelis, aka Viul “(Holy God) Daylight Miner” from the album “Secret Recess” [Dauw]
Japanese ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic collaboration Uchida Sound Labo + Shun Kodama “Kuus 2” from upcoming cassette album “Kuus” [Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series / Rohs! Records]
Spokane, WA experimental /ambient /drone /soundscape /electronic sound artist Drew Sullivan, aka Slow Dancing Society “Retrograde” from “Do We Become Sky?” 2xLP 12″ [Past Inside the Present]
Oregon-based bedroom /lo-fi /hi-fi /dark ambient /electronic /witch house /downtempo producer Mathbonus “Come Near You Dark” from “Pitch Black” LP [VILL4IN]
Italian dark ambient /drone /experimental sound artist (member of Autumn Of Communion, Moss Garden, Ishqamatics, Angling Loser, Memex and The Ashes Of Piemonte), AKA Nacht Plank “Lorotheato (Moss Garden Repaint)” from the album “Friends Within The Darkness” [Neotantra]
International ambient /drone /minimal /electronic collective (Carlos Ferreira, Chuck Soo-Hoo/Ki Oni, Devin Blair/bu.re_, Luke Elliott), Bloooom “Fog Water” from the album “Dew Life” [A RED THREAD]
London-based Danish experimental /electronic /classical composer and viola player Astrid Sonne “Staying Here” from the upcoming third LP “Great Doubt” [Escho]
Siberian ambient /IDM /experimental /minimal /house /techno producer Roma Zuckerman “Nightmare Forms” off upcoming ‘’Phenomenon of Provincial Mentality’’ 2×12″ debut double album [Gost Zvuk]
Munich, German ambient /breakbeat /techno producer Brian Müller, aka SKEE MASK “Bassline Dub” from the album ‘C’ (third collection of unreleased tracks 2016–2020)
Stockholm‘s ambient /drone /dub /shoegaze /new age /electronic producer Tommy Awards “Radio fågelsång” from “Auspicious Beginnings” LP cassette [Dream Chimney]
London based, Beirut-born ambient /dub /deep house /breaks producer & experiential artist, Jad Taleb – “Je Suis Vous Ft. Maxxiii” from upcoming V/A “Banoffee Pies Digi 09” compilation [Banoffee Pies Records]
London, UK kraut /psych /dub /dark disco /acid /proto-house /electronic producer and half of the legendary DJ team A Love From Outer Space (with Andrew Weatherall), Sean Johnston, aka Hardway Bros “Hello My Friends ft Roses Sabra” from “My Friends” EP [Outre-Mer]
Tel Aviv experimental /breakbeat /acid /psych /electronic producer, one half of Red Axes, Niv Arzi, aka Nic Arizona “The Leap (Im into Teleporting) (Amor Fati Remix)” from upcoming “Shavua Tov Remixed” EP [Malka Tuti]
Tel Aviv‘s dub /psych /acid /downtempo /electronic duo Liraz Levinson and Aviv Bens, aka Made In TLV – “Rehab (Simple Symmetry & Xen ‘Get Addicted’ Version)” off “Rehab” EP [Powder Music]
Southampton, UK ambient /breaks /techno veteran DJ-producer Alan Fitzpatrick “Patience” from “Headphone Lullaby” EP [Shall Not Fade]
UK experimental techno producer Jamie Roberts, aka BLAWAN “Dont You Dare Squawk At Me” off upcoming V/A “Federation Of Rytm III” 8×12″ Box Set [Mutual Rytm]
London‘s THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON “L Major Remix” from upcoming “Papua Boot 12″ EP vinyl 12”
Bristol/Stockholm drum & bass DJ-producers Mako & Seba – “Brotherhood” from “Brotherhood / Stockholm Syndrome” EP 12″ [Utopia Music]
Spain-based British breakbeat /industrial /techno-drum & bass artist Samuel Wood, aka Sam KDC “Rhea’s Revenge” from “Omnia” EP 12” [Samurai Music]
Dutch ambient /techno /experimental electro producer (aka Boris Bunnik aka Conforce), aka Versalife “Cosepods” from upcoming “V” EP 12″ [LDI Records]
Polish raw breaks /electro producer (Robodrum) from Szczecin, MROCKI “Super Dziadyga” from “JEST ELEKTRYCZNIE” EP
Bangkok, Thailand-based dub /house /breakbeat /acid /electronic Glasgow‘s producer Kyle Webster (Dark Partials Project, Sixteenth, General Krull), KROKAKAI “Compulsory Game” from “Mother of Invention” EP
Russian ambient /acid /breaks /electro producer Ruksby “Eyes Divert” from “Broken Knee” EP [JADE 014]
France, Montpellier acid /EBSM /dark electro artist Fille de Minuit – “La Bêtise” single
Lithuanian raw techno /electro producer and member of Digital Tsunami crew, EIVYDAS K “INTO THE VOID from upcoming “STOP/START” EP [SONS OF TRADERS RECORDS]
Toulouse, South of France dark ambient /ethereal /new age /dungeon synth music project of multi-disciplinary artist Alison Flora, aka Sopoorific “Liminal Limit” from upcoming third cassette album “Ephemeral and Unseen” [Grande Rousse Disques]
Early-mid 80s performance art and music group based in West Berlin, Die Tödliche Doris “Doris’s Doorbell” by Beau Wanzer from the metal tin cassette album “Die Tödliche Doris im Bausatz” a batch of contemporary producers from around the world reshuffle Die Tödliche Doris original tape recordings [Kashual Plastik]
New Delhi, India industrial /noise /dub /electronic one-man project (Monkeyskull, In Between, Ib2n), Olympic nightingale “Always on my mind” from “The Shadow of the Future” EP
Saint Petersburg, Russia dark witchy dungeon synth side project ov Deformis Bastardis, aka Xarcal Na Fractal “FAIRYTALEDREAM” from the cassette album “Midnight Sorcery” [Clan Destine Records]
Medellin, Colombian Electro /Industrial /EBM /techno DJ-producer Filmmaker “Shadow Industry” from the album “Land of Hidden Variables” [Opal Tapes]
London-bred/Portugal-based industrial /noise /techno / EBM /experimental producer, Toni Quiroga, aka Donna Haringwey – “Wayne Kerr (Qual Remix)” from the remix album “Exiting The Vampire Castle” [Strange Therapy]
Leipzig, German EBM /industrial /dark electronics producer Hendrick Grothe, aka Blac Kolor “Leuchtende stürme (feat. Xtr Human) – organik fanatik remix” from the EP “Leuchtende stürme” [Ant-Zen]
Scottish EBM /techno-industrial producer Kenny Campbell “Gods Darkness (Original Mix)” [Revok Records]
Colombian EBM /industrial /techno producer IMPRESSIVE FAKTORIA “Impulse” off “Impulse” EP [Black Leather Records]
Berlin-based deep dark techno collaboration LIZA AIKIN + BLUSH RESPONSE – “WHY SHOULD I BEHAVE?” off upcoming Liza Aikin‘s “WERKSTATT_018” EP [Megastructure_]
South London based Anglo–Irish indie /electronic /post-punk/new wave outfit NIXER – “People Feel (Kris Baha Club Remix)” remix of the title track from debut Nixer EP “People Feel” via Blowtorch Records
Berlin-based industrial /synthpop /electronic music duo Velvet Vanity “Your Body” debut single
Berlin-based, Australian ethereal /Italo /darkwave /trance /synthpop /dark electronic artist and FLEISCH Records founder, Zoè Zanias, aka Zanias – “Earthborn” from the upcoming LP “Ecdysis” [FLEISCH Records]
Russian melodic house /indie dance /dark disco producer Malia Nima “Flow” from “Flow” EP [NEIN Records]
Mexican prog house /indie dance producer Adriana Roma – “Vas a Ver (Carela Remix)” from “Vas a Ver Remixes” EP [WOMXN]
Tallinn, Estonian new beat /Italo disco /synth wave /electronic producer Sugar Rody – “La Glace (GEWALTEM REMIX)” from the cassette LP “The Night” [Crave Tapes]
Buenos Aires-based, Argentinian Techno /House /New Beat producer Mystery Friend – “I Need It (Extended)” from “MYSTERY BOX II” EP

Slovenian Italo Body Music /trance /indie dance duo RotorMotor “Flashblinded (vocal) ft. Pholia” from “Dream Beams” EP [Skylax Records]
Spanish trance /indie dance /Psy-Italo /disco duo Silicodisco & Bias – “Bunery (Zaratustra Remix)” off “Bunery” EP [Epicure Records]
Berlin’s 90s house /indie dance /Italo disco producer Micropacer “Alte Liebe” from V/A “Shir Khan Presents Welt Am Draht 2023” compilation [Exploited]
French trance /Italo disco /synth-wave duo Italo Bass Line Technology – “Pericoloso (Amarcord Remix)” off “Back In Time” EP [Return To Forever]
Berlin-based acid /Italo /synthpop /cosmic disco /indie dance producer Joal – “Wrong Song (Maltitz Cosmic Disco Remix)” from “Hold It” EP [Urge to Dance]
Mexican dark disco /techno /indie dance producer ALEXIA MALO – “LOCA (TH3OS & XIMENA Remix)” [Controlla]
Montenegro /France synthpop /dark disco /indie dance collaboration Pim Secle & Orchid – “Zivot (Technobeton Remix)” off “Zivot” EP [Espacio Cielo]
Russian house /electro /synthpop /trance /Italo /indie dance musician, DJ and producer Pavel Grachev, aka Apollon Telefax – “Uma Batida Do Barulho Dos Passos Do Gato” off upcoming V/A “Muy Duro Vol 11” EP [Duro]
London-based indie dance /electropop collaboration between Cathal Coughlan (Microdisney, Fatima Mansions) and Jacknife Lee (ex-Compulsion and producer for U2, REM, Modest Mouse), aka Telefis “The Age Of Cling featuring Will Sergeant (Cling Clang Version by Jacknife Lee)” from the remix EPs collection “Special Report” 22-track CD [Dimple Discs]
Oslo-based eclectic Balearic /nu-disco /acid house creator Boblebad “Bakgårdskatt (Wolf Hackmine Backyard Acid Mix)” from “Acidic You” EP [When Disco Goes Wrong]
Barcelona-based acid /techno /tribal /psych /indie dance Mexican producer Luis Fernando, aka Ludviq “Starscourge” off upcoming “Frenzied” EP [Kyma Komplex]
Lithuanian-based electronic project, Roe Deers “Milkyway (Edit)” from “EDITS VOL. 8” edit collection of acid /Italo /disco and house classics
Berlin-based Toronto‘s house /techno /indie dance /electronic producer Sidney Sheldon Thompson (aka Pan/Tone, Gringo Grinder), aka Sid Le Rock “Fear Diary” from V/A “Pals Vol. 8” compilation [Play Pal Music]
Paris-based post-punk /psych /electronic duo Caroline Chapsoul & Eduardo Henriquez (former members of the Chilean post-punk band Panico), Nova Materia “It’s just a game (Thomass Jackson Remix)”
UK Acid /Electronic/ Indie Dance brainchild of 16-year-old musician Bobby Langfield, aka OBOST “Hurry Up” from the album “Er…Hello?”
Melbourne/London Balearic /House /Downtempo producers Eden Burns & Christopher Tubbs “Where Were U In 92?” from “Burns & Tubbs Vol. III” EP 12″ [Public Possession]
Australian techno /breaks /acid /house duo Sillars & Luther “Jingeri” from the EP “Jingeri” [Beats Of No Nation]
South East Australia breaks /trance prog-house producer Reflex Blue “Outdoor Dance” from upcoming “Fuzion” EP 12″ [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
German ambient /drone /experimental /mantras /psychedelia duo of Berlin’s cosmic kraut legend Günter Schickert and musician, DJ, Intermedia-artist Udo Erdenreich, Guenter Schickert & Udo Erdenreich “Kang Rinpoche” (live on August 2008 at Sputnik Kino Berlin ) from “Schickreich” LP 12″ [Marmo Music]
Croatia‘s long-standing Ritual Ambient act TeHÔM “Space For Dead Souls” from the album “Legacy” [Cyclic Law]
German ambient /experimental /field recordings /spoken words /piano /poetry project Humming & Stone “Beyond worlds” from the upcoming album “Imago”
Bratislava, Slovakia ambient /drone /loop /guitar /experimental project of Emil Maťko, aka Strom Noir “The fauna of mirrors” from the 18th double album “Jouska” [Blue Marble 1972]
Hungarian ambient /drone /improv /space /psychedelic guitar one-man band of Ákos Karancz, aka Pilot Voyager “Grains of Sand, Shells and Echoes” from the album “Mapping the Hermetic Void” [psychedelic source records]
Edinburgh, UK dark ambient /drone /noise project Fordell Research Unit “Earth8 (slower & lower)” from the album “Challenging Environments”
Australia‘s ambient /experimental /field recordings /modular synth collaborative work by sound artist Scientia (Lesley Kaye) and visual artist Tenebrae (Caroline Henson), Scientia and Tenebrae “Scene 3 – Lamentations” from “A Trilogy of Postcards” album [Burnt Seed Records]