WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // FEBRUARY 2025 #06-25

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

ARSENOPOULOS “Hard dreams”

ARSENOPOULOS is the artistic moniker of Athens, Greece-based eclectic DJ and The Beat Society mix series curator with a vibrant and energetic set, seamlessly spanning Indie Dance, EBM, Dark Disco, Electroclash, Techno, Electro and New Wave.

California-based kraut /tribal /psych /dub /downtempo /electronic project of Glasgow‘s producer Stu Evans, aka Sordid Sound System “Tah-Tah-Kle’-Ah” from the upcoming “Gimme Fever” LP [Invisible, Inc.]

Teasing the upcoming LP part Surf Acid, part Dub, part Psych-Exotica, part Motorik, Scottish producer peels off a mesmeric, mystical groovy slow-build of crackling, dubbed-out percussive patterns, teasing warm bass pulses, acidic, slightly funky, fuzzy textures, spiralling hypnotic synth chimes, and fluttering exotic fluting motifs, to lead the listener into a perpetual heady state of colourful trance enhancements

1974 Cosmic Soul Funk classic from Richmond, Virginia-born Jazz keyboardist, Lonnie Liston Smith – “Expansions” (Leo Zero Edit)

Groovalicious bass-induced euphoria edit from UK DJ, remixer, producer and songwriter Leo Elstob, aka Leo Zero.

Berlin-based breaks /dub /bass /percussive /techno /dubstep Venezuelan artists Dagga x Manao – “Desaparecido” from the upcoming “Pendiente” EP [SPE:C]

Venezuelan expat duo spark off a bass-heavy, rolling percussive stomper, laced with muggy vibes and twitchy grooves.

UK experimental /hypno-beat /deep techno /electronic producer George Thompson aka Black Merlin “Hang” from “Wormhole Amphibian” EP

British electronic wizard sublime and mesmeric immersive dive into the mazey furthest reaches of minimal deep techno perceptions, floating on sinuous pulsing frequencies and spectral arcane reverberations, to lose yourself in.

Italian ambient /electro-acoustic /modern-classical composer and pianist from Verona, Lorenzo Masotto “Shiver” from the upcoming LP “Earde” LP [Whitelabrecs]
UK/France/New Zealand experimental /ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /spoken word poetry one-off collaborative project between Félicia Atkinson, Time is Away’s Jack Rollo and Elaine Tierney, Christina Petrie and Maxine Funke, aka Annie A “First the Crocus” from the upcoming LP “The Wind That Had Not Touched Land” [A Colourful Storm]
Spanish/Japanese ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /organic /sound artists David Cordero & Rhucle “Horizontal Line” from the upcoming album “So Far, So Close” [Home Normal]
Iceland ambient /cinematic /piano /soundtrack music collaboration between musicians Sindri Már Sigfússon (of the band Seabear) and Kjartan Dagur Holm (Tutti, For A Minor Reflection, Tófa, Fischersund), aka Sin Fang, Kjartan Holm “Nú er vaktin búin” from “Storm Alerts (Original Soundtrack)” LP [INNI]
London-based ambient /cinematic /experimental composer, multi-instrumentalist, and improviser, Jessica Roch“Waterworld” from the single “Waterworld / Sixteen Fifty-Two” [Moderna Records]
Kostroma, Russia dark ambient /drone /meditation /field recordings musician Evgeniy Shishulin, aka Mitseliy “III” from the album “Loneliness” [The Jewel Garden]
UK ambient /drone /ethereal /dream core /meditation /electronic sound artist Simon Vince, aka HERE “Setting Sun” from the CDr album “The Totality Of Existing Things” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
Los Angeles ambient /drone /shoegaze /ethereal /ambient pop sound artist and singer Cynthia Bernard, aka MARINE EYES “Heart held” LA fire relief fundraising single
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Turin, Italy-born, Berlin-based ambient /ethereal /spiritual /experimental multimedia artist and one-woman electronic choir (front-woman of the folk band She Owl), Jolanda Moletta “Hearth” from the upcoming “Night Caves” LP [whitelabrecs]
Stockholm-based ambient /drone /neo-classical cellist, artist and composer, Henrik Meierkord “String Drone Adagio V” from the upcoming LP “String Drone Adagios” [Imaginary North]
Philadelphia/Moscow ambient /field recordings /minimal /experimental /piano /electro-acoustic cross-continental collaboration between Jason Calhoun and Egor Klochikhin, (aka Foresteppejason), aka calhoun + foresteppe “i” from the vinyl 12″ album “A four part cure” [Florabelle]
Berlin-based ambient /electro-acoustic /piano /experimental electronica collaboration Brueder Selke & Midori Hirano “Scale F” off debut album “Split Scale” [Thrill Jockey Records]
Tokyo-based, Japanese ambient /drone /electronic producer Saitoh Tomohiro “Outer Layer” from V/A “Seven Stages Of Grief” a Neotantra compilation in memory of our friend Árni Grétar [Neotantra]
US/Poland ambient /drone /experimental /piano collaboration, Bill Seaman & Monika Bugajny “Clearing, looking for memory, searching” from the album “Map Of Reflections” [Elm Records]
Vietnam ambient /drone /experimental sound artist Lilith Anthropocene “requiem // let go” from the LP “Syracuse” [Adventurous Music]
Chinese Ambient /Drone /Post Rock /Minimalism project from Zhangjiajie, Muggle “Loess Boundary” from the album “Hollow Mountain” [1724 Records]
Brighton, UK-based ambient /loops /electronic /electric guitarist and sound artist Simon Chandler, aka Expedient Self “Christian Civilisation” from the upcoming “Speaker” EP [Submarine Broadcasting Company]
New York ambient /experimental /tape loops /microsound /psych /jazz duo Michel Mazza & Jeff Düngfelder, aka OdNu + Ümlaut “Mitochondria” from the upcoming album “Mitochondria Johatsu” [Audiobulb Records]
Paris-based, French experimental /ambient /fourth world /electronic composer self-taught guitarist & sound maker Alexandre Navarro “Liturgie” from the album “Les Toiles De Nuits” [Facade Electronics]
Polish ambient /abstract /experimental /microsound /electronic audiovisual artist Jacek Doroszenko “R_Consonances” from “R_sin _io” EP [Audiobulb]
Amsterdam-based ambient /space music /soundscape /beats /electronic artist and experimental sound designer from The Netherlands, Lingua Lustra “Scarlet Sky” from the CD album “Ocean Drops“ [Databloem]
Regensburg-based, German ambient /drone /deep techno /experimental electronica producer Markus Guentner “Downfall” from “Black Dahlia” LP [Affin]
England ambient /field recordings /hauntology /electronic rolling hill from the High Peak of the District, Scholars Of The Peak “The Call Of The Summit” from the upcoming LP “The Call Of The Summit” CD [Wormhole World]
Springfield, Missouri ambient /drone /electronic producer Ryan Howell aka Oceanographer “Magnetic Union” from the CD album “Regen”
Los Angeles dark ambient /cinematic /soundscape /space music /electronica project by Synphaera co-founder Chris Bryant (Ascendant, S1gns Of L1fe), aka Starterra “Faintwell” from the LP “Phasepath” [Exosphere]
São Paulo, Brazil Deep Techno /Hypnotic Techno producer cauê – “Albedo” from the upcoming “Ouroboros” LP [KVLTÖ Records]
Malmö, Sweden ambient /house /techno DJ-producer Martinou “Fragments” from the upcoming EP “The Glow That Lingers” [Fauxpas Musik]
Munich-based ambient /techno /percussive /downtempo versatile DJ-producer, part of the IO collective and QEONE Label founder Lindsey Wang, aka Polygonia – “Neon Oracle (Adhémar Photosynthesis)”
UK ambient /drone /analogue synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins aka Pye Corner Audio “After Effects” off “Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow” archival expanded box set collection of his “Where Things Are Hollow” series [Lapsus Records]
Reykjavík, Icelandic ambient /dub techno /electronic producer Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson aka Yagya “Haust 3” from the album “Vor” [Small Plastic Animals]
Berlin-based, UK deep house /psych /techno /deep house producer Gilles Aiken, aka Edward “Dr Octo” from “Deep Sea Villain” EP [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
Cincinnati, OH ambient /IDM /Braindance /experimental electronics project Carpet Soup “Smact Outsert” 2-track single [Lectric Panda]
Swedish Balearic /jazz /progressive /leftfield /percussive /psychedelic /analog electronic group (featuring members of Göteborgs Fontän, and Ultra Satan), Kanot “Montilla” from the second album “Vind” [Dream On]
Ambient /psych /leftfield /percussive /experimental /downtempo collaborative project of Italian producers Oltrefuturo & Treasure Island, aka Future Island – “A Marvellous Entanglement” from the new São Paulo‘s label first release V/A “Various Vol. 1” EP [Duas Quadras]
Berlin-based Chilean/German ambient /trance /tribal /deep techno artist and Technologia Organica label co-curator J. Altmann, aka Octo Åeterna – “Iteritas Fortunata” from V/A “No Era No Tempo Vol.1” debut label sampler curated by Italian label-heads A-Tweed and Oltrefuturo (AT/OL) [Atol Diskz]
London-based veteran acid house /dub /deep techno /electronic DJ-producer Pete Bones “Gotham City Rockers” from “Baker’s Dozen” EP [Red Ant Records]
York, UK indie dance /breaks /trippy house /electronic solo project of producer Paul Fawcett aka Tecwaa “Diamond Grove (Original Mix)” from “Diamond Grove” EP [Playground Records]
Roma, Italy acid /house /techno legend Marco Passarani, aka Passarani 2099 – “Nerve Pinch [remastered]” from “Digipack Vol. 1″ EP 12” [Studiomaster]
Brussels techno /acid house producer Gerome Sportelli “Crooker” from the album “Lost Acid Tracks” (a unique anthology of tracks, rediscovered and restored in analog format, originally recorded over two decades ago)
Barcelona-based, acid techno electronic French producer Charlie Levan “Decade After” from the forthcoming debut EP “Space Tales” [Esnight Records]
UK acid /electro /house /electronic dance collaboration between Una Camille and veteran electronic musician Dr No (aka Richard Norris), UNA CAMILLE and DR NO “Let Yourself Go – Richard Norris Main Mix” from “Let Yourself Go” EP [HYPNO]
Leipzig-based electroclash /wave /electro funk producer and Clear Memory crew affiliated (1/2 of Dog Balls, Alley X, Westlake & Hayter), Hayter “And In The Meantime” from “Inspector Todd” EP
West Coast 80s hip-hop /funk electro pioneer The Egyptian Lover – “L.A.T.R.O.” (originally recorded in 1984) from the LP “1987” fourth in a series of 80’s The Egyptian Lover’s old-school albums
Comoros-native rave /ghetto /hip-hop /techno /breaks /electro producer Control Vertex “Nobody Smiling (ATM Remix)” from “Hoodsploitation” EP [Ovelha Trax]
Ulaanbaatar-based EBM /techno /futuristic dark electro producer eid55558.55 “Harder” from “SPACE BANSHEE” EP [JUICY GANG RECORDS]
UK hardcore /rave /breaks /techno breakbeat experienced DJ-producer Rob Thomas. aka Spaceface – “Dystopia” from upcoming V/A “STAY FAST 3” double compilation [Lambratech]
Barcelona-based 80s /Dark Ambience /New Wave /Electro /Synth project of Dj-Producer and Italo Moderni label head, Adrian Marth – “Beverly Hills″ off of the EP “Labyrinth Mind” [Schrödinger’s Box]
Chicago-born EBM /industrial /acid /electro producer Jordan Lieb, aka Black Light Smoke “New York Is Dead” off “Control” EP [Turbo Recordings]
US industrial /noise /techno /punk collaboration HIDE // estoc “THE WHEEL SPINS ONWARD PARADISE LOCKED BEHIND A GATE” Palestina aid charity single
Athens, Greece Industrial /EBM /Darkwave /Noise /Techno /Experimental Electronics producer Kimisma – “So Long Farewell” title track of “So long, farewell” EP [Brutal Forms]
London, UK industrial wave /techno project by veteran producer Oliver Ho (Raudive, Zov Zov), BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB ”Night Fall” from the upcoming LP “Songs Of Love And Decay” [Dekmantel UFO Series]
Mexican EBM /Darkwave /Industrial Techno duo, Red Deviil – “Deadline (Evil Dust Remix)” off upcoming “Kristo Siniestro” EP [Tjalk Records]
Barcelona, Spain darkwave /industrial /techno /EBM artist and From Hell To Disco label founder, Carmilla Sioux – “The Awakening” from the upcoming “Lumina Obscura feat. Newborn Ghost” EP [SOIL]
Buenos Aires, Argentina electro /acid /techno /EBM production duo May Mc Laren & Palmariello, aka Happy707 “Metallic Sky” from “Mastermind” EP 3rd Installment from Latin America series [PARTOUT]
Belgian EBM /new beat /synthwave act from Brussels, Analog 80 “Evil_Death_Suffer” second excerpt from the album “The Ghost of Silicon”
Grenoble, France EBM /rave /industrial techno producer Maxime Fabre, aka Crystal Geometry “El negro Matapacos” from “Riot Dogs” EP [BLOCNOIR]
Düsseldorf, Germany EBM /trance /electronic body music /techno producer Hugo Dirac “Veil (Alen Skanner Remix)” from “Veil” EP [Sharped Records]
1989 Techno-House-Synth-Pop US/German collaboration Deborah Sasson & MCL – “(Carmen) Danger In Her Eyes (Curses Revamp)” from Curses‘ “Next Wave Acid Punx Revamps” EP [Eskimo Records]
Paris-based, French EBM /disco /indie dance /synth producer (Fka Gewalt), Gewaltem – “Revenger” from upcoming V/A “Never Enough” double compilation [Murder tbs]
Russia/Chile indie dance /trance /cosmic dark disco collaboration, Radial Gaze, Persona RS, Ducati Flux – “Nebula (Original Mix)” from V/A “Year VI” EP [Bonkers]
Spanish acid /indie dance /dark disco producer Calystarr – “My Crazy World (Original_Mix)” from “This Never Dies” EP [Logical Records]
Valencia, Spanish indie disco /trance /house producer Marc Martinez Nadal, aka AFFKT “Malien (Fel C Remix)” from “Mystery Box Remixes” EP [SINCOPAT]
Barcelona-based acid /tribal /trance /electro /uptempo French producer and Rewind It label head, AGLE “Drumology” from the upcoming EP “Drumology” [THISBE Recordings]
Brännö, Swedish acid house /indie dance /trance /psychedelic disco /electronic producer and When Disco Goes Wrong co-owner, Högt I Tak “Psychedelic Mackerel Safari (Original Mix)” from “Crooked Smiley” EP [When Disco Goes Wrong]
Mexican guaracha /tribal /psytrance /techno producer Benfika “Entre + (Schacke Remix)” off “Entre + Remixes” EP [Terminal]
NYC-based ambient /drone /loops /piano /trombone /guitar /improvisation /experimental artist-composer Nickolas Mohann “Night Horses” from upcoming LP “Speaker Rotations”
Russia drone /ambient /meditation music project of Ivan Sonnov, aka соннов “Kazuwife” from the album “Yelicu”
Slovenia/UK dark ambient /drone /instrumental /vocal collaboration Primož Bončina & Phil Maguire “Dolorosa (with Golem Mécanique)” from the long-form album “Stone and Worship” [Cloudchamber Recordings]
Italian/Australian ambient /drone /field recordings /deep listening /improv /vocal long-form collaboration between the multimedia artist, one-woman electronic choir JM (She Owl) and Paris-based ambient-pop artist KV (Heligoland), aka Jolanda Moletta and Karen Vogt “Suspended Between Worlds (side two)” from “Suspended Between Worlds” long-form album (originally released as a 21-minute deep listening piece on Longform Editions in December, 2024)
Montreal, Quebec ambient /drone /field recordings /atmospheric /sound textures project of Francis Tremblay, aka Grandbruit “Lys” long-form piece [Florina Cassettes]