Weekly Electronic Music Tips – January #03-22
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Sonidos Subterraneos | Episode 111 | TANS
Berlin-based South of Italy bred DJ/producer TANS (aka Hannibal III and The Sympathizer), co-head of Sons of Traders label along with his cousin Mike Tansella jr., with whom forms also a production duo under the same moniker. More than an hour, thrilling and blazing mind-twisting concoction of thick, robotic, and rugged rhythms, distorted droning, at acid-flecked, basslines, twisted proto-electro incursions and both bouncing and funky coarse industrialized electronics.
- Ibiza-based, French experimental /synthwave /electro producer from Bordeaux, Jauzas The Shining “Be Free” off of upcoming V/A “Artificial Intelligence VOL. I” compilation album on Artificial Intelligence
French producer contributes to the upcoming first compilation from Spanish label Artificial Intelligence with a minimal, trippy and claustrophobic downtempo cut insinuating eerie spatial vibes through hallucinating ethereal synth rotations, gassy and whirring modulations, dry robotic snare beats, gritty chunky low end contortions, and haunted distorted vocals, with underwater illusions of introverted bliss to open alternate cyber dimensions with a heady construction of disturbing electro daydreams.
- Rome-bred, Berlin-based EBM /industrial techno /darkwave /experimental electronics Italian producers, Lestat & Lady Maru “Claustrophobia” from the upcoming album “Bloody & Teary Country” on Moscow’s Routine Records
Rome-bred, Italian electronic producers, relocated to Berlin, Lestat & Lady Maru, explore darker and EBM inflected territories over the upcoming 7-track album; the first preview injects chasmic layers of cold, urgent, and ominous dimensions to drive fear and allure through stomping steam-powered beats, buzzing percolating basslines danger, icy bright swathes of synth bleakness and magnetic paranoia-inducing vocal repetitions to rise and fall in the unescapable oppressive vibes of “Claustrophobia.”
- Tbilisi, Georgia EBM /Rave /Post-Punk /Dark Techno DJ and producer Ćyan ID “Aimed Assault (Hecate Legacy Remix)” from cassette/10″ EP “Valley Of Dead Bones” on Thessaloniki’s OSM tapes
Up-and-coming young Tbilisi-based DJ and producer Giorgi Bekurashvili AKA Ćyan ID returns on Greek label OSM tapes with an upcoming cassette/10″ EP replete with his heady concoction of Body Music, Industrial Post-punk, Rave and ‘rare Techno’; the first preview, the remix by fellow Georgian musician Hecate Legacy, spreads outs enough buzzing bassline danger, eerily sharp synth strain drama and pummelling mechanical marching beats, surrounded by sparse distant swirling screams and childish babbles, to grip you into an apocalyptic dancefloor trance.
- Portland-based ambient /drone /soundscape /ethereal /electronic musician, synthesist and sound designer, Patricia Wolf “Severed” from the upcoming album “I’ll Look For You In Others” on Past Inside the Present
- Wurzburg, Germany experimental /abstract /ambient project of Christian Schoppik (half of the experimental dark folk duo Brannten Schnüre), aka Läuten der Seele “Das Biotop im Traum und in der Wirklichkeit” from upcoming album “Läuten der Seele” on Hands In The Dark
- Bangkok, Thailand based experimental /ambient /rave /ethnic /techno /electronic audio-visual project by Coil‘s Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson (Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV founding member), The Threshold HouseBoys Choir “As Doors Open Into Space” from the remastered CD/Vinyl 12″ reissue of the 2007 album “Form Grows Rampant” on Mental Groove Records / Musique Pour La Danse
- Paris based wave /dub /disco /kraut /post-punk /electronic producer and I’m A Cliche label head Benjamin Boguet, aka COSMO VITELLI “High Blood Pressure” from the upcoming LP “Medhead” on I’m a Cliché
- Berlin, German ambient /techno /electro producer and Vortex Traks label co-head Thomas Pahl, aka VERTICAL67 “Relics” from the EP “Abandoned Places” on brokntoys
- CAN – “Mother Sky [Kompleks Edit]” by Belgrade‘s Lüle aka Bojan Gajić, aka KOMPLEKS
- Early ’80s founded San Francisco Bay Area Avant-Pop /Art-Funk /Surrealist Indie Rock outfit Zru Vogue “I’m Not People (instrumental rough mix)” from the retrospective collection “Rough Mixes and Demos (2010–2020)”
- Scottish soundtrack /synth /electronic duo from Glasgow, Ubre Blanca “Gain Of Function (Part I)” from V/A “ACID 2 BODY” Archaic Future Sounds Compilation trilogy
- Netherlands witch house /post-industrial producer Benjamin Sch, aka NOIRE ANTIDOTE “Taxidermy for beginners” from the upcoming EP “Cryptomnesia”
- German dark electronic / witch house producer Catargo from Hamburg Altona, aka FLESH ”Hohlkreuz” title track from the new Flesh’s album “Hohlkreuz”
- Gent, Belgium Organic /Ritual /Electro-Acoustic /Ambient /Doom /Post-Industrial /Soundtrack project of Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe, AKA Empusae “Progressus Mysterium” from “Præter” EP
- L.A. experimental /punk /electronic /avant-garde artist and performer JIMMY SMACK “Hating life” from the upcoming compilation LP “Death Is Certain” [1981 – 1983] on Knekelhuis
- Nice-born, Brussels based industrial /noise /post-punk /dark electronics producer and Unknown Precept co-founder AIR LQD – “Hate will only hurt you” from “SPLIT : JIHEM RITA / AIR LQD” split cassette album on Champ Döner
- San Antonio, TX industrial /techno /synthpop /synthwave artist, ZEN HANDER “Blood & Gold” from the second EP “Shimmer”
- Berlin-based, Buenos Aires‘s dark disco / dark electronic / wave producer Skelesys “The Beginning Of The End” from “Epsilon” EP 12″ on Oráculo Records
- Thessaloniki, Greece based ambient /EBM /Industrial /dark electronics producer Alpha Sect “La Liberté (feat. Sydney Valette)” off of V/A “Punks For Biologica Squat” solidarity fundraising compilation
- Berlin-based dark disco /dark electronic /wave collaboration between DJ/producers duo Vamparela & Brax Moody and Buenos Aires-native Damian, aka Local Suicide & Skelesys – “Built To Fail” title track from “You’re Mine” EP on Snap, Crackle & Pop
- Leipzig-based industrial /EBM /dark techno /electro project by Daniel Myer, LIEBKNECHT “Danzig” from the album “Produkt V1.1”
- Berlin-based post-industrial /EBM /techno Italian producer Andrea Riberti, UNCONSCIOUS “Forced Isolation” from the cassette “La vittima è la musica” on Detriti Records
- French synth-punk /techno /post-punk /coldwave duo of Timothée Gainet & Arnaud Derochefort from Lyon, POISON POINT “Amore Mortale” from upcoming V/A “HOUND Vol.1” via new Georgian label Hound
- London-based EBM /Techno /Synthwave /electronic project of Oliver Gibson, AKA Oliver. “Das Lebenleere Leben ft. Die Selektion (Kontravoid Remix)” from “Neither Wise Nor Gods” EP 12″ on Oráculo Records
- Moscow-based EBM /industrial /electro /techno producer Fyodor Feoktistov, aka MESHES feat Iron Court – “Инстинкт (Instinct)” from V/A “Termoiónico” compilation on Chile’s Absu Lab
- Derry-based industrial /dark experimental electronic /EBM project of Christian Donaghy, AKA Autumns “Elbow Grease” off of V/A “The Semiconscious System” compilation on Idlestates Recordings
- Bernau, Germany Industrial /Electronic /EBM solo project BodyFarm “Lackstiefel (ronSCH Mix)”
- Nice-born, Brussels based industrial /noise /post-punk /dark electronics producer and Unknown Precept co-founder AIR LQD – “Social Distance” from upcoming V/A “Allegories” compilation [INSURGENCY]
- Lyon, France industrial /acid /EBM /post-punk /electronic producer and co-founder of the label Rafale Records, L’Ätlas “Love For My Tribe” from V/A “Various Artists #05: Steel Helmet” on Harbor Concept
- Parisian industrial /rave /trance /techno producer BXTR – “The Last Human Tape” from V/A “Immortal Cell” EP on Carcères Records
- Buenos Aires, Argentina‘s EBM /disco /electro /acid /techno duo May Mc Laren “L4$7 BR347H”
- Leipzig-based Electro /Body Music /New Wave /Techno producer, painter, Rat Life label boss, Alexander Dorn a.k.a. Credit 00 “Fatty Acid” from “Data Phobia” EP 12″ on Mechatronica
- London based leftfield /acid /techno /analog electronic producer (head drone of FOLD Records and Imprfct), Voicedrone – “Darkness” off of V/A “Sonic Textures 04” EP [Syncretism]
- Berlin-based Tel-Aviv born wave/Italo/house/techno/electro duo and Parallax label heads, Ori Itshaki & Doron Mastey, aka TV.OUT ‘Trollin’ In My 64’ from the forthcoming V/A Compilation “Valley of Tears Vol.4” on the Spanish label Soil Records.
- Brussels, Belgium based electro /breakbeat producer Arsonist Recorder – “Heat Seek” from V/A “Occupants v1” on Science Cult
- UK bass /dark dubstep /breakbeat /electronic producer Adam Crawford aka Mercy System “Recognise” title track from the “Recognise” EP on Voitax
- France/UK goa trance /psych /slow techno duo Alexis Le-Tan and Tom Colebrook aka ALTC “Brotherhood” from “Social(ist) Edits Vol.6” collection on 44,100Hz Social Club
- Philadelphia‘s indie rock /psych /funk singer-songwriter (aka Tinmouth), Timothy TeBordo “Guns love and the cosmos (Zillas on Acid Remix)” from “Guns love and the cosmos” maxi-single
- Moscow, Russian cosmic /techno /acid /house /electronic producer and co-founder of ИДА label & DJ-crew, Kolomensky “Hidden Paradox” from V/A “Unreleased Territory vol. 3” on Electric Shapes
- Mexico-based psych /acid /disco /indie dance collaboration between Calypso Records and Duro Records bosses respectively, Thomass Jackson & Theus Mago – “El Venao” title track from the upcoming EP “El Venao” [Hard Fist]
- Dark disco/downtempo /indie dance collaboration between Barcelona-based Argentinian producer and Playground Records co-head, Martin Noise and Italian DJ-producer from Rome, A-Tweed, Martin Noise & A-Tweed – “Cumbia Gótica (Original Mix)” from upcoming V/A “9 Years Compilation” on Playground Records
- Mexican disco /acid /indie dance producers Theus Mago & Tyu – “Piel De Oso (feat. Livia) (Moisees & ZEA Remix)” off of “Piel de Oso” EP [Duro]
- Tel Aviv dark disco /trance /house /funk /electronic producer Mishell – “Slope” title track from the new EP [Feines Tier]
- Moscow based UK ambient /dub techno project Dive Craft – “Unstable Balance” title track from the EP “Unstable Balance” [spclnch]
- Melbourne based dub /downtempo /broken beats /techno /bass producer & DJ, PUGILIST “Déjà Vu” from the upcoming “Static” EP on Banoffee Pies Records
- Berlin-based, Brazilian experimental electronic sound artist, researcher and new media producer Felipe Vaz – “Just A Bit In The Style Of Mark Fell” from the album “More Or Less In The Style Of Mark Fell” on New York Haunted
- Iranian IDM /ambient /electronic project produced by Mohamad Nikpour and directed by Behzad Shahravan, aka Dance of Soul “Adrift” from the album “Debut” on Teheran‘s Kopi Records
- Berlin based experimental /ambient /neo-classical composer Maya Shenfeld “Mountain Larkspur” from the album “In Free Fall” on Thrill Jockey Records
- Japanese ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental /electronic artist Kei Nogami aka K Nogami “their” from cassette album “here / there” on Tbilisi‘s Giraffe tapes
- Spanish experimental /ambient composer and multi-instrumentalist born in Malaga, Pepo Galán “Sowing” from V/A “A Speechless Body” on Whitelabrecs
- Lebanese ambient musician, producer, sound engineer and guitarist Fadi Tabbal “Snow Scene (with Ghassan Sahhab)” from the cassette album “Music For The Lonely Vol.2 (2019-2021)” on Ruptured Records
- UK experimental /ambient cellist, composer and sound designer based in Stroud, Gloucestershire, Simon McCorry – “Drift” from V/A “sleeplaboratory3.0” on Whitelabrecs
- Swedish ethereal and meditative music project of Ludvig Cimbrelius, based in Höör, ETERNELL “drift below” from the album “Mira” on LILA लीला
- Bay Area ambient /piano collaboration between Re/Search zine founder Val Vale and fellow artist Marian Wallace, AKA V.Vale & La Mére “Rainbow’s End” from the album “Situationist Music” via Discontinuous Innovation Inc. and Re/Search Magazine
- Helsinki based experimental /ambient /drone /electroacoustic musician Olli Aarni “Aallokossa” from the upcoming vinyl album “Loput” on LAAPS
- Danish ambient electronic collage artist and musician øjeRum “Lav Sol” title track from the forthcoming cassette album “Lav Sol” on Amulet of Tears
- Amsterdam, Netherlands minimal ambient /drone musical project of Sietse van Erve, aka ORPHAX “Less Is More” August 2021‘s live performance at Factor-IJ, Amsterdam via Moving Furniture Records