Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JANUARY 2025 #05-26
Interhotel Panorama, Oberhof, 1980s
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- MYSTERY KID – Minor Player’s Residency on Line Out Radio (16, January 2026)
Having cut his teeth in some of the biggest underground clubs in France (Warehouse, Macadam, Badaboum, La Suite) and abroad (Moog, Sisyphos, Freedonia, Kitkat, Renate), French DJ-Producer Mystery Kid became a Rinse FM resident and attracted the attention of programmers from Berlin’s HOR livestream platform. In her first Minor Player’s Residency, she weaves an immersive dual chaos and dark universe with Synth Waves and Rock vibes, where percussive Breaks and EBM merge harmoniously.
- Del Mar, CA experimental electronic /broken beat /drum & bass /techno musician, film composer, recording artist, and Auxiliary label owner, James Clements aka ASC ”Kyubi” from upcoming – 侍栽培三 – EP [Samurai Music offshoot SAIBAI]
Prominent and versatile veteran electronic producer slows things down, building a hypnotic aura with spattering metronomic percussions and punchy kicks, to lay a state of deep atmospheric suspension replete with tension, haunted by cold alienating encircling pads, ghostly echoes, and restless crispy fragments, slowly dissolving, leaving their echo reverberating in the terminal silence.
- London-based acid house /electronic production duo Decius/Paranoid London‘s Quinn Whalley and Posthuman‘s Joshua Doherty, aka True Pleasures – “Pump” from V/A ” Ten Years Of Monologues Records Vol. 3: Acid Trip” EP [MONOLOGUES]
The veteran UK duo push deep into a smouldering, inky pool of hypnotic bouncy bass grooves, raw steady beats, rattling percussion, sleazy vocal tease, and dramatic swirling synth chords, to build a gritty, powerful pump, relentlessly pulling the crushing energy forward to hold the dancefloor in a trance.
- Detroit-based techno /bass music /electro producer DJ Maaco, aka Detroit in Effect “Who’s In Control (Alden Tyrell Remix)” from “Who’s In Control” EP [Clone Records]
Snaking and skittering bass-driven take from experienced Dutch West Coast producer, on the Motor City electrofunk groove, combined with crunchy claps and rich swirling emotive sci-fi synth melodies, about the current technology dystopia.
- Ryfylke, Norway ambient /drone /abstract /experimental /funeral procession music duo, Stine Janvin & Morten Joh “Leaving home – O Verden, Hav Da Gode Nat! (feat. Lucy Railton)” from upcoming “Or Gare” LP [Futura Resistenza]
- Danish ambient /drone /ethereal /electro-acoustic /synth /experimental collaboration Freja Valentin & Internazionale – “It Once Wore Your Name (Retold)” from the upcoming cassette album “Love Is Not A Fugue State” [Janushoved]
- First ambient /drone /soundscape /space music /meditative /electronic collaboration between Minneapolis-based Zach Frizzell and UK-based Tom Squires, zakè & rhubiqs “Nieve” from upcoming LP “Hild” [Zakè Drone Recordings]
- Melbourne-based ambient /electro-acoustic /modern classical /synth /electronic producer Ruby Ester Mae, aka Clariloops ”Stellar Drift” from V/A “Shades” 10-year anniversary label compilation [Whitelabrecs]
- Copenhagen, Denmark ambient /noise /experimental /electronic artist Christian Stadsgaard (Sarah’s Charity, Angry Ayrans, Damien Dubrovnik, The Empire Line), aka Vanity Productions — “Hoarfrost” from upcoming “The Vanity Project” LP [Northern Electronics]
- German ambient /drone /deep listening /electronic composer and producer Christoph Vogel, aka Ghostloop “Time Undefined” from “Parallel Lines” EP [Ambient Soundscapes / Valley View Records]
- Spanish ambient /drone /soundscape /downtempo/dub /electronic artist Agustín Mena, aka Warmth “Skogafoss” (previously unreleased) from the CD-r reissue (plus ten unreleased tracks) of the 2025 album “Latitudes (Surfaces)” [ARCHIVES]
- Regensburg-based, German veteran drone /experimental electronica /ambient pioneer Markus Guentner “Weltschmerz” from “On Brutal Soil, We Grow” LP [Affin]
- Stockholm, Sweden ambient /experimental /techno DJ-producer Evigt Mörker “Tala glödande” from “6” EP
- Milan, Itay ambient /organic /meditative /soundscape /deep listening project Soft Companion “Helleborus” single
- Dutch ambient /drone /meditative /soundscape /electronic creative composer Líom “Behind The Noise” from the album “Goneform”
- Bari, Italy ambient /drone /soundscapes /electronic sound artist Domy Castellano “Meadow, Sparks” from “Meadow, Sparks” EP [Echoes in the Valley]
- Italian ambient /experimental /drone /soundscape /guitar-synth project Far away Nebraska “Racconti perduti di queste montagne” from “La paura del vuoto” LP [Home Normal]
- Melbourne-based ambient /improvised instrumental /synthesizer /vibraphone /experimental duo Zoltan Fecso & Anna Morley “Butterflies” from “Desire Path” LP [Oxtail Recordings]
- London ambient /drone /minimal /field recordings /improvisation /experimental /electronic musician (former guitarist of early 90s UK punk band Huggy Bear), Jo Johnson “We Can Watch” (recorded in 2024)
- Italian ambient /electronic /experimental trio of original members, cellist Francesco Dillon and multi-instrumentalist Riccardo Wanke, and guitarist Stefano Pilia, aka Amuleto “Tlahuixcalpantecuhtli” from the 5th LP “Becoming Forest” LP [laaps]
- French improvisational ambient /drone collaboration between sound artist Jérôme Bouve and organist, musician and vocalist Delphine Dora, JÉRÔME BOUVE & DELPHINE DORA “Le Vast IV” from upcoming LP “Vents d’aether” [Hallow Ground]
- US ambient /folk /country /bluegrass /acoustic /experimental musicians Michael Grigoni “Nod” from V/A “An Ambient Decade” 200th Whitelabrecs release and tenth anniversary compilation [whitelabrecs]
- Sapporo, Japan ambient /drone /field recordings /tape loops /guitar /experimental music artist Yuki Aizawa “Still Dreaming, Still Living” from “Whispers of the Distant” LP [enmossed]
- Spain/Japan ambient /drone /space /field recordings /electro-acoustic /electronic collaboration David Cordero & KENJI KIHARA “Loom”
- Chicago, IL ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /guitar /experimental /electronic music project of Mark Nelson, Pan•American “Death Cleaning” from upcoming “Fly the Ocean in a Silver Plane” LP [Kranky]
- 80s ‘cassette culture’ Dutch ambient /cosmic electronic /synthesizer musician, Enno Velthuys “For Max” from the collection “Music From the Other Side of the Fence” LP [STROOM.tv]
- Berlin-based ambient /minimal /dub techno /experimental electronic Canadian producer Scott Monteith, aka Deadbeat “The Deluge, Unbridled” from “Kansai Botanicals” LP [quiet details]
- Romania ambient /electronic /experimental /jazz /drum and bass /dub /techno producer and Achordat label head, DYL – “CC22 (feat. Roberta)” from “Achordat 002” EP [Achordat]
- Australian ambient /minimal /experimental /clarinet /piano /voice musician and composer, Megan Alice Clune “I’m flying” from “Repetition Study I: imagine being” live album in four movements [meakusma]
- Copenhagen-based ambient /ethereal /dreampop /trip-hop /electronic multidisciplinary artist Hasfeldt “To let go (Feat. Burning Pyre)” from the remix EP “Play Me Like One Of The Others” [REAL LIVE]
- London‘s ambient /cinematic /downtempo /electronic multidisciplinary artist R.Cleveland Aaron, aka f5point6 “La femme au port” from the retrospective collection “In Retrospect” [See Blue Audio]
- Stavanger, Norwegia ambient /downtempo /electronica trio Inuuro “Rest” from “Rest / Alaska” EP
- Oakland, CA ambient /post-industrial IDM /leftfield /breaks /experimental electronic project of producer Mike Cadoo (aka Gridlock, and 1/2 of post-punkers Vague Lanes), Dryft “Low Fixture” from the upcoming fifth full-length album “Particle” [n5MD]
- Italian ambient /IDM /tribal /techno /experimental /electronic producer Marco Sartorelli aka Marco Shuttle “Las Dunas de Taroa” from upcoming “Sumud” EP [Samurai Music]
- Lisbon-based ambient /dubstep /dub techno /experimental Italian DJ-producer Delikwe “6am (Pugilist RMX)” off “MA09” EP [Mole Audio]
- Italian-based ambient /IDM /psy /tribe /experimental /mental deep techno DJ-producer and Venice‘s Opificio collective member, Philip Kylberg “Opal” from upcoming “Shifting Waters” EP [Alliance]
- Stuttgart, German ambient /experimental /psych /minimal /deep /hypnotic techno producer Laima Adelaide – “Hyperbola_2” from upcoming EP “Hyperbola” [DE RIO]
- Brussels-based, French IDM /Techno /electronic music producer UFO95 “Control Your Mind” from upcoming V/A “Analog Fragments” LP [InDepth Imprint]
- Rotterdam dub /trance /house /techno DJ-producer Nikos “Spine” from “Spectral” EP [Nous’klaer Audio]
- Montreal, Québec ambient /dub psych /techno /tek-house electronic producer and composer Phoebé Guillemot, aka RAMZi “Jubili” from “RAMZTEK” LP [ONO Records]
- Frankfurt am Main slow techno /downtempo /tribal /breakbeat /psych /wave /trance /electronic producer Tassilo Vanhöfen – “Toopan Voices” from upcoming “Pleasure Dome” LP [Electric Shapes]
- Italian bass /ethnic/downtempo /acid /dub /tribal /downtempo /modular electronic DJ-producer based in Rome, A-Tweed “Junk Foot” from upcoming “Kraut Cheap Tune” EP [Sketchy Lines records]
- Lyon-based minimal techno /deep house /acid electro /left field club music artist Louen Poppé “Mum (Sapphist Eye Remix)” from “Parasites” EP [Lumière Noire Records]
- Iași, Romania IDM /acid techno /electro producer JWNK – “Turema” from “Rave the world” EP [Howl Records]
- Oslo, Norway leftfield bass /rave /techno /electro /breakbeats /breaks producer DJ Sprinter “Air” from “SAGA002” EP [Fable]
- London, UK-based ambient /bass music /acid /house /techno /breakbeat duo Kassian “Hollow (Gary Gritness Remix)” from “Faux Poly: Remixed 004” LP [Faux Poly]
- Spanish ambient /breaks /cyber electro producer Timed Erase “Nanoreceptor” from “Exoplanetary Disruption” EP [Urban Connections]
- Sanlucar de Barrameda, Spain acid ghettotech breakbeat electro producer NUKBREAKZ “Devil Noise” from “ALANDALUZ NEO BREAKS” EP [PLANETARIA SOUNDSYSTEM]
- French IDM /techno /breaks /electro producer from Bordeaux, Jauzas The Shining “Sundown” from “The Art Of Time” EP [Prbit Records]
- Madrid-based EBM /raw techno /dark electro producer Orlok 101 – “Dantza Geltidu Gabe” from upcoming “Murder is Meat” EP [Aspecto Humano]
- Seminal US industrial /rhythmic /power-noise project of composer Scott Sturgis, aka Converter “Death and the miser” from upcoming “The four last things”EP [Ant-Zen]
- Colombian EBM /Industrial/breaks /electro /synthwave /techno producer Panorama Lineal – “Atomium Vertigo” from “Chronowave Cvlt” EP [Analogue Texture Records]
- Buenos Aires Industrial /Techno/Acid /EBM duo (aka CAMBIAFORMA), SHPSHFT – “Doloriaziòn” from V/A “DIMENSIÒN” cassette album [D3SKONFIGVR@CION]
- Cutting edge techno /EBM new shadowy project, Psionic Syndicate “Alien Strain” debut two-track EP “SYN” [X-IMG]
- Spanish industrial techno/EBM producer and Soil Records founder, SOJ – “Científico del Ruido” title track of “Científico del Ruido″ EP [SOIL]
- Tbilisi-based industrial /techno DJ and producer Giorgi Bekurashvili AKA Ćyan ID “The Coin Has 2 Sides” from V/A “Various Artists Vol.4” EP [VIVES]
- Irish industrial techno heavyweights Faetch & Sunil Sharpe “Vapornation” from “Grotecca” EP [HAVEN]
- Brno, Czechia industrial /trance /tribal /deep techno producer Black Plaid “Pale Skin” off the new EP, “Cannibals”
- Germany/France EBM /Industrial /Cyber-Techno-Punk production duo Celina & Max Brhon “Heat” single
- Italian EBM /techno /dark disco producer O.P.S. “Elettrica (Mundo D Remix)” from upcoming “Mome” EP [Logical Records]
- Estonian electro /indie dance /dark disco duo Parasex – “Put Me Down” off of V/A “Disordine #1” EP [Analog Disorder]
- UK-based electronic /acid-punk /electro grunge artist, Zheng “Love By Nature (Secret Wife Voice Over)” from “Zheng” EP [Ombra INTL036]
- Berlin-based trance /synthwave /cosmic /post-Italo disco DJ-producer Tallac “Phantom Limb” from V/A “Socarrat Vol. 2 (10 years of MM Discos)” compilation [MM Discos]
- NOIA – “Love Mistake (Pasqua Pancrazi Edit)”
- Liverpool-based dark disco /indie dance /new wave artist Stevie Best – “Uhuru” single [Polaris Records]
- Tulum, Mexico indie dance /nu-disco producer Mon Qalamari “Quente (Musumeci Remix)” from “Quente Remixes” EP [LAGA Records]
- Mexico City Latin house /jazz /Italo /nu-disco collaboration, Juan Soto, Destino Sonido, Labibe – “You Live In My Head” from “Todo Es Posible” EP [The Disco Express]
- Brussels-based indie dance /glam rock /disco musician, Leo Vincent “Loving isn’t easy” from “Hi” EP co-produced with David & Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax/2manydjs [DEWEE]
- Italian Latin exotic /tribal /deep house duo Souldynamic – “Toco” [Excedo Records]
- Bristol, UK ambient /drone /electronic sound artist, Saloop “Water That Goes By The Mill” from “Vapours” LP [Neotantra]
- Stroud, UK-based ambient /field recordings /soundscape /electro-acoustic /piano musician and composer Andrew Heath with Mosaicist (Adrian Newton) – “Estuaries” from V/A “Live in Woodbridge” LP (Live recordings from 2025 Woodbridge Ambient Festival)
- Padova, Italy-based ambient /drone /field recordings /tape loops /post-rock /experimental music project by M. Beckmann, aka the volume settings folder “Heavy future” from “Catching time with a butterfly net” LP
- Canadian ambient /drone /cinematic /experimental composer and performer Kyle Bobby Dunn “Long Way” long-form piece
- Northern Connecticut-based ambient /minimal /tape loop /field recordings /electronic /experimental composer-sound artist Jeff Düngfelder, aka Ümlaut “The eyes close” from the 2-piece longform LP “The eyes close, the words open”
Interhotel Panorama, Oberhof, 1980s
