Weekly Electronic Music Tips // FEBRUARY 2025 #07-25
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Immortal Sin w/ RODNEY [31.01.2025]
Both old-school vibes and forward-thinking flair are instilled in the hot/cold mutant sound transmissions from L.A.-based Rodney’s galaxy, crossing seamlessly with striking energy Acid, Techno and House.
- Munich-based ambient /trance /techno /percussive /downtempo versatile DJ-producer, part of the IO collective and QEONE Label founder Lindsey Wang, aka Polygonia – “Broken Temptation” from upcoming V/A “On Board 10” compilation LP [On Board Music]
A head-tripping atmospheric immersion into sheer recondite rhythmical sound depths from Munich producer, painstakingly draped in an intricate vibrant maze of crisp and tinkly dub-laced percussive finery, lushly trimmed with a shivering cascade of droning percussive hazes, staggeringly ghosting in sublime mirages of striking wonder.
- Düsseldorf, Germany EBM /trance /electronic body music /techno producer Hugo Dirac “Lament” from “Veil” EP [Sharped Records]
An all-absorbing visionary ventures into the ominous sharp-edged rhythmic darkness from the gritty tightened grids of the heaviest Techno/Electronic Body Music’s visceral core.
- French industrial /electro /jungle /leftfield /noise /breaks /experimental producer Lord Jalapeños – “Forbidden Radio Fqcy (Boris Barksdale remix)” off “L’Ombre de Toi-même” EP [Ethos Records]
Paris-based, Greek producer’s Industrial-laced clattering re-work unleashes a fire-cracking breakbeat-propelled tight getaway, hampered by obsessive convulsive stabs of raucous noise and gritty distortion, into a relentless panting, oppressive, hopeless dead end.
- London-based ambient /jazz /electronic /electro-acoustic /piano /spoken words composer and producer Sam Beste, aka The Vernon Spring “Requiem for Reem” from the upcoming LP “Under a Familiar Sun” [Lanugo Fur / RVNG Intl]
- Honley, UK ambient /drone /electronica composer Thomas Ragsdale (FFION, Two Way Mirrors), aka Sulk Rooms “A Dear Friend” from the LP “Take A Look At God’s Face (Music From The Original Soundtrack)” soundtrack to a short film of the same name by Jack Laurance [Subexotic Records]
- UK experimental /ambient /drone /jazz /dub /electronic musician and producer (Techno Animal, King Midas Sound, The Bug) featuring vocalist Felicia Chen, Kevin Richard Martin / Dis Fig “Silent” single [Intercranial Recordings]
- Sendai, Japan ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscape /experimental /guitar /electro-acoustic sound artist Kazuma Kobayashi, aka Genfukei – “The Hand Extended” off the upcoming LP “Harvest of Thought” [Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series / Rohs! Records]
- Berlin-based Italian ambient /ethereal /spiritual /experimental multimedia artist and one-woman electronic choir (front-woman of the folk band She Owl), Jolanda Moletta “I Breathe Darkness” from the album “Night Caves” [whitelabrecs]
- Leeds, UK-based ambient /experimental /electronica solo project of musician Gareth S. Brown (aka The Unpleasants, Jerstice and Royal-Librarian, a former member of Hood and Canvas, and current-occasional member of Memory Drawings and The Declining Winter), Death-Static “Reentry” from “Time Is Ignorance” album [Sound In Silence]
- Chicago, US/Gloucestershire, UK ambient /drone /soundscape /cello /guitar /neo-classical collaboration Tyresta & Simon McCorry “Azimuth” title track of the upcoming LP “Azimuth” [Past Inside the Present]
- North Carolina ambient /drone /minimal /electroacoustic /electronic sound artist, Wesley Davis, aka bios+a+ic “Mom Is A Mermaid Now” from the album “My Heart Is Floating Down The River” [Neotantra]
- London, UK ambient /drone /post-rock /electronic /experimental musician and composer Tom Squires, aka rhubiqs “Glacial Drift Pt. I” from upcoming “Glacial Drift” EP (collaboration with label boss Joachim Spieth) [Affin]
- Tokyo-based, Japanese ambient /experimental /electroacoustic /electronic sound and visual artist, Takeo Watanabe “Yukitubaki” from the upcoming cassette LP “Piece of My Scape” [Artificial Owl Recordings]
- Uppsala, Sweden ambient /dub /experimental /electronic producer Tomas Bodén, aka Civilistjävel! “XVI” from the album “Följd” [FELT]
- San Francisco‘s IDM /experimental /ambient /electronica veteran producer Brock Van Wey (aka Earth House Hold, East Of Oceans), aka bvdub | Brock Van Wey “No More Rain” from archival EP “No More Rain”
- Glasgow, Scotland ambient /glitch /soundscape /downtempo /electronica producer Sulci “Bloodsports” from the sophomore album “Four Chambers” [Bricolage]
- Brighton, UK lo-fi /ambient /trip-hop /downtempo /electronica solo project Light of Cacti “Race To Dreams” from the album “Neverland is a State of Mind” [Tonights Dream Records]
- Leipzig ambient /dub modular techno producer and Insectorama label founder, Markus Masuhr – “Natural State (Dubree Edit)” from V/A “Dubree Kosmische Edits” LP Insectorama 200th Release [insectorama]
- London, UK electronic dub sound pioneers formed in the 80s, Alpha & Omega “Only Jah Children (Tor.Ma in Dub Raw Remix)” from “Only Jah Children” EP [Dubmission Records]
- Portsmouth, UK ambient /deep techno DJ-producer and Gnosis Records head, Operator – “Sector Seven” off “Cala Serena” EP [ILIAN TAPE]
- Russian experimental /dark ambient /field recordings /dub /hypnotic /minimal /electronic /deep techno producer-live act Toki Fuko – “Insomnia” from upcoming “Phantom Scripts” EP [spclnch BLACK]
- London-based ambient /dub /trance /breaks /downtempo /minimal /deep techno producer and Cozi label head, Softi “5am awakening” from “Illusion” EP
- French ambient /abstract /dub /psych /synth-wave /electronica producer CCTemple – “HomeSeq (Azu Tiwaline Remix)” from CCTemple’s debut album ”First Exploration” [I.O.T Records]
- Italian psych /death-disco /tribal house /electronic producer Claudio Brioschi, aka Brioski “Calling 626” from V/A “A Love From Outer Space” 2xLP+zine compilation to celebrate Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s enduring musical journey [Material Music]
- MASSIVE ATTACK – “TEARDROP (AKIO NAGASE ACID DUB EDIT)” brilliant edit by Osaka-based DJ-producer and Makedub Records head.
- Italian World /Acid /Psych /Leftfield /Downbeats /Cosmic Disco /Trance /Tribal /Techno DJ-producer Ant De Oto based in Rome, aka A-Tweed – “Kauppatori” from V/A “No Era No Tempo Vol.1” debut label sampler curated by Italian label-heads A-Tweed and Oltrefuturo [Atol Diskz]
- London, UK leftfield bass /grime /percussive /psych /techno producer Soreab “Hail & Farewell” from “Fragments of Utopia” EP [YUKU]
- US/Egypt collaboration between Los Angeles-based trippy psychedelic experimental producer Al Lover and Cairo-based Arabic electro cha3bi pioneers, Al Lover Meets Cairo Liberation Front “Level 6” from “Nymphaea Caerulea” EP [Höga Nord Rekords]
- Berlin/Lisbon ambient /ritualistic /percussive /trance /deep hypnotic techno artist Hypnotic Black Magic – “Ishigaki Dragon Flowers (Solarythm remix)” from “Passages” EP [Art Bei Ton]
- Berlin-based Australian ambient /breaks /house /bass /progressive trance //techno DJ-producer Roza Terenzi “Endurance” from “Ministry Of Wish” EP [Step Ball Chain]
- Paris-based ambient /electropop /synthwave /electronica producer Emmanuel Mario (drummer with Laetitia Sadier, Arnaud Fleurent-Didier, Pink Shabab, Marker Starling, Institut, Iko ChérieEmmanuel Mario…), Astrobal “Miami 2064” off the third album “L’uomo e la natura” [Karaoke Kalk]
- UK ambient /ethereal /downtempo /dream-pop /dark electronic musical project of Cardiff-based artist, Dominique Finnegan, aka Yellow Belly “Golden Hour” from the cassette album “Ghostwriter” [Cruel Nature Records]
- Georgian lo-fi /experimental jazz /deep house electronic duo David Lomtatidze (Emperraum/David Germain) and Irakli Beriashvili, aka Modular Synth Affection – “Lucid Dreams” from the EP “Legacy of Utopia” [Diffuse Reality]
- Berlin-based influential techno DJ-producer Marcel Dettmann “Water (Interstellar Funk Remix)” from “Fear Of Programming Remixes” EP [Dekmantel Records]
- Thessaloniki, Greece house /nudisco/indie dance /hypnotic /trippy /electronic cross-genre DJ-producer, Hema Wolfe – “Stress” off “COMPLIMENTARY MUSIC” EP [whypeopledance]
- Dutch bass music /percussive /techno /breakbeat producer sept7 “Rush” from 5-track EP “Résilience” [Dionysian Mysteries]
- Vienna-based ambient /d&b /breakbeat DJ-producer Dzc. – “Dream Chaser” from upcoming V/A “GROWTH OF THE FILTH” EP [Vienna’s Filthiest]
- Ukrainian trippy acid electro producer Artem Kres, aka Grid User “State Transition” from the split “Transcosmic” EP with Intergalactic Noize Commander [mystictrax]
- Saint Petersburg-based acid /breaks /techno /electro producer Trngl “Moon Runner” off “Minus Thirty One Fahrenheit” EP [FERMA016]
- Yerevan, Armenia dark ambient /tribal /ethnic /esoteric /dark electronica DJ-producer yutani – “Dead Whales” title track of “Dead Whales” EP [META MOTO]
- Horror soundtrack /dark electronic duo of Mexican techno producer Alejandro Barba (aka Dellarge) and French documentary-film producer Pierre Labret, aka Children Of The Night – “I (Alessandro Adriani Remix)” from upcoming “Children Of The Night” 2xLP [Mannequin Records]
- French new beat /techno /dark electronics producer UVB aka Elements of Joy “Nemesis” off “Elements of Joy / Stave – SPLIT#4″ split LP 12″ the final release to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Greek label Pi Electronics [π]
- German experimental /industrial /minimal /EBM /wave /electro /dark electronics project En Direct – “This World” off ‘‘The Illusion Of Control’’ EP [Clear Memory]
- Los Angeles-based industrial /techno producer (Fractured Transmission), Nick Viola “It’s Still Real” from “A Ghost In Your World” EP [Venaeform]
- Berlin-based industrial /EBM /techno project by owner and founder of aufnahme + wiedergabe label Philipp Strobel, and long-time label associate Friedemann Kootz, aka Philipp Strobel + Friedemann Kootz “The Soul (Original)” debut single [aufnahme + wiedergabe]
- Kyoto, Japan cinematic /breakbeat /dark techno composer-producer and KWAIOTO Records founder, Cam Lasky – “Fiorina 161 (Original Mix)” from “XENOMORPH: BISHOP” EP [Void+1 Recordings]
- Antioquia, Colombia experimental /industrial /raw electro /EBM /techno producer Faunes Efe, aka Filmmaker “Eat My Aura” from the upcoming “Skeleton Key” EP
- Berlin-based Italian EBM/Techno producer Velvet May – “Beneath The Tedium (Roses Bloom)” from V/A “Never Enough” LP compilation [Murder tbs]
- Ukrainian industrial /EBM/dark techno producer Lvcerate “Blissful Wounds” from the upcoming “Clouds of Sin & Terror” EP [X-IMG]
- Uruguay EBM /electro /techno producer Silenus – “Bye Kitty” from upcoming V/A “Blood Selections Chapter 3” LP [Bloody Electronics]
- Lyon, France industrial /EBM /techno producer NZM 99 “Mental Drift” from V/A “Dominator VA” LP [Objection]
- New Zealand 3 piece maximalists act Grecco Romank – “Bootlicker (Body Beat Ritual Club Mix)” remix by UK-raised, NZ industrial /techno /EBM producer Body Beat Ritual
- UK early 90s industrial /EBM /proto-techno duo Chromium – “Something In The Air (The Hacker Club Mix)” from “Something In The Air” EP (originally part of the Chromium Industries (1991-1992) collection) [Mannequin Records]
- 1981 German NDW /Electronic Body Music classic Liaisons Dangereuses – “Los Niños Del Parque (Karassimeon Edit)” ‘A Ufo’ free edit series [Slow Motion Records]
- London, UK post-industrial /acid /cold wave /post-punk /experimental /dance electronic group of Gabe Gurnsey & Nik Colk Void, aka Factory Floor “Between You” single [Phantasy Sound]
- Kate B_ “Hills” (Ilya Santana re-work)
- Berlin-based EBM /dark disco /house duo CYRK – “The Heat feat. Yona Marie (Leather Mix)” off upcoming “The Heat” EP [POLARI]
- San Francisco acid /indie dance /techno /dark disco veteran DJ, producer, and label boss at Roam Recordings (aka JP Soul), Jason Peters – “Satellites” from “It’s Ok to Be Sad” EP [Roam Recordings]
- Barcelona-based acid /tribal /trance /electro /uptempo French producer and Rewind It label head, AGLE “Second City – Pyrame Remix” from the upcoming EP “Drumology” [THISBE Recordings]
- London-based, French House music artist DJ, and producer K3RPAT “Find Your Way (The Robot Scientists Party Mix)” from “Find Your Way” EP [Emerald & Doreen]
- Israeli acid tribal melodic house production duo Nino Tores, Bensho – “Eight or Shake” [Magician On Duty]
- Italian jazz funk /original disco producer Da Lukas “Discomeraviglia” off “In Motion” EP [The Disco Express]
- Vienna, Austria ambient /drone /guitar /electronic experimental musician Fennesz “The Last Days of May” long-form piece [Longform Editions]
- Edinburgh, UK/Cincinnati, OH dark ambient /drone /modular electronic collaboration Exit Chamber & Ed Herbers “Destruction” from upcoming “SELF-” LP [Passed Recordings]
- UK ambient /drone /chill-out /field recordings /electronic sound artist (1/2 of Slow Reels and Slowcraft label head), James Murray “Semaphore” long-form track [Home Normal]
- Nottingham, UK dark ambient /noise /drone project Mouth of Life “This Will Disappear” title track of debut EP “This Will Disappear”
- UK drone /ambient /field recordings /modular synth /sound artist and Quiet Details label curator, fields we found “resolve / relate 02” long-form piece
- Brussels-based, French ambient /ethereal /field recordings /brass /synth /soundscape /electronic artist (aka Silencio, Pandorama, and Aeons), Julien Demoulin – “A Trial Of Distances (Zakè remix)” from the LP “A Trial Of Distances” [Sound In Silence]
- Dayton, OH ambient /drone /meditation /psychedelic /analog electronic music producer Brian Grainger (aka Coppice Halifax), aka Milieu “Taking Shelter Beneath a Stone Arch in the Wilderness (Part 1: Dorian)” from “A Stone Arch in the Wilderness” 34th Sleepbuilding broadcast
