Weekly Electronic Music Tips – Feb. #8-21
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- VERMELHO // Comme des Larmes podcast # 45
São Paulo, Brazil-based eclectic electronic DJ/producer Márcio Vermelho, aka Vermelho, made a name for himself through his dizzying and multifacet aliases as ‘the performative Vermelho Wonder, the inebriating Video-Sistema, the sophisticated Sphynx, as well as his own curatorial platforms as vigorous label In Their Feelings and the acclaimed ODD parties residency’; for just over an hour set, courtesy of Comme des Larmes podcast, will propel you into a vibrant and compelling electronic odyssey encompassing Electro, Wave, Proto Techno, EBM, Italo, Nu-Disco and Acid. Expect the unexpected!
- Rennes based industrial /techno /electronic producer Weever “Mes pauvres enfants” from “Il Fut Un Temps” LP on INSTINKT
French producer Weever, head of Vives Records, distils an appealing and gripping full-length dose of his distinctive deadly cinematic and esoteric dark electronica. Sentient droning frequencies, mechanical clanks, eerie glowing synth strains, marching militant beats, and haunting ceremonial atmospheric echoes merge into droning and pulsating rhythms of buzzing and magnetic dance floor allure, lust and danger. A heady squadron of remixers such as End Of Mortal Life, Nigh/T\mare, CVRD and Shadowcomplex makes the ceremony even more fatal and transfixing.
- Guadalajara, Mexico EBM/dark wave /techno /electro/dark disco DJ /producer and Bonkers Records founder, Ludviq “Vicium (Aurum Miles Remix)” off “Vicium” EP via Bonkers
Lithuanian electronic artist Aurum Miles instils a luscious and mesmerizing dark disco allure into spiralling acidic frequencies that ebb and flow, haunted by breathy, sensual female vocals and cat-like purrs, releasing pent up tension and teases into the hypnotic surge of buzzing bassline treachery, crawling through the distorted vibrations and luxurious dancefloor corruption with dangerous prowess and obsession.
- Hamburg-based kraut /psych /breakbeat /electro /experimental producer Sebastian Felstau (Teerpappe label head and part of Nostalgie Eternelle, Sauerstofff and Fallbeil), WOSTO “Stöckchen” 7″ vinyl single on Dresden’s Copyshop label
Hamburg based leftfield electronic experimentalist injects apparent No-Deutch Welle nonsense insanity into a kraut-induced, bass-heavy, equally obsessive and surreal, exhilarating breakbeat jam.
- Greek musician /composer Thesia Panayiotou, aka Thesia – “Parodos” (off 1989 ‘Oh Babylon’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) from upcoming V/A “GOST: A Spiritual Exploration into Greek Soundtracks (1975-1989)” double vinyl LP on Into The Light
- Philadelphia‘s experimental /industrial /dark ambient /drone /electronic /synth project of Andrew North, aka Spandex Model “Stuck Being with a Pulse” from the new album “Concrete Spa” on Glowing Dagger
- Greek industrial /cold electronics /rhythmic noise project Izmirlieva “Tsahastrara” from “Incarnate [Triptych I-II-III]” limited triple cassette box set on Sistro
- Electro/Industrial/techno/body music solo project from Morocco, Maniaque Nocturne “Mental Distress”
- Marseille, France dark electronics / industrial / techno / synth-punk producer Loïc D’almeida Bodjollé, aka Cardinal & Nun “Dancing In The Evil” from the upcoming “Dancing in the Evil” LP on L.I.E.S.
- San Diego, Ca dark industrial techno producer Shane Saw, aka VUXNUT “Gutted”
- Athenian EBM /wave /techno /industrial artist Morphs “Rooted In Her Faith” off upcoming “Rumors & Reality” EP on FERMA
- Athens, Greece D.I.Y. Dark Techno/EBM duo One Flesh.Infektion. “Crack” new single
- Munchen, Germany Techno /Industrial /Experimental producer HFR – “Broken World” on INSANE INDUSTRY
- Melbourne, Australia EBM /dark electronic producer and Up North Records head LBEEZE “Inside Out”
- French new beat /synth electronic producer from Paris, Yan Wagner, AKA The Populists “Horror House” off upcoming S/T EP on XXX label
- Greek-based retro-futuristic electro music artist and founder of Dystatik label, Dry Feel “Ether For The President” off upcoming V/A “War is Coming Back in Style” cassette compilation on Dystatik
- New York-based industrial/EBM/electro DJ/artist and Lost Soul Enterprises head, R Gamble “Weaklink” from upcoming V/A “MRG010.” cassette via Italy’s Marguerite Records
- London, UK industrial /dark electronics project of Skullflower and Ramleh, Anthony Di Franco, aka JFK “Embryo” from the upcoming “Avalanche Zone” LP on Long Island Electrical Systems (L.I.E.S.)
- London-bred/Berlin-based industrial techno /noise /EBM producer and a half of Raum-Zeit project, Toni Quiroga, aka DONNA HARINGWEY “Confused Johnny” off upcoming 7-track cassette ‘Venal’ on Strange Therapy
- EBM /industrial techno collaboration project by Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) and Relish Label head Robi Insinna, aka SASM – “Democracy (Silent Servant Remix)” off V/A “Industria Compilation #3” on Industria
- Naples, South Italy industrial /electro /goth /dark electronic /EBM producer Nicola Cimmino (aka Nathaniel) aka SHARPLINES “Stay Sharp” on NovaFuture Recordings
- Derry-based industrial/dark experimental electronic/EBM project of Christian Donaghy, AUTUMNS “Found It” off upcoming V/A “Cotidie Morimur” cassette compilation on Deviant Pleasures
- Alcalá De Guadaíra, Spain EBM /electro /industrial /techno producer RISE BLACK “Έλα Ποιο Κοντά (Come Closer)” from “Phrase Rose” EP on Zyrcadian Editions
- Bogotà, Colombian Electro /Techno /Industrial /EBM producer and founder of DClock Records, Jesús David Restrepo, AKA Damaged Clock – “Come Back and Restart” from upcoming cassette EP “High Life” on Bruto Industries
- São Paulo, Brazil darkwave /acid /techno/EBM duo ÁCIDA ÁCIDA “Hurt” from the EP “TRIAD3”
- Peruvian industrial /dark electro /EBM duo from Lima, MonöChrome “Stuka” EBM Day single
- Prague-based dark synthwave /synthpop /electro DJ/producer and co-founder of Endless Illusion label Ladislav Zensor, aka EXHAUSTED MODERN “Apathy Eats You Alive (Annechoic Remix)” off “Year of the Rat Remixes” EP 12″ soon on Endless Illusion
- Berlin-based acid /rave /trance /techno producer THAM – “THEY CAN´T STOP US (DJKAOS11 FOLLOW THE LIGHT MIX)” Héctor Oaks remix via Space Trax
- Hamburg, Germany industrial /EBM /electro /acid /new beat /wave /punked electro DJ /producer, L.F.T. “Keine Angst (Dollkraut Remix)” from upcoming “Träume Von Gabriel” EP 12″ on Mechatronica
- Berlin-based dark techno /Italo disco /new beat /electronic French producer, half of Imperial Black Unit, aka Lapse Of Reason, PABLO BOZZI “Paradise Lost” off V/A “EGONLAB HORROR STORY AW21” compilation via EGONlab
- Montreal, Quebec electro /synthpop producer Françoise – “It’s Not Just A Dream” from upcoming “Dans L’Ombre” on Red Panther Records
- México electronic/dark disco producer Bernardo Barrera, aka Mufti feat. Vongold – “False Guru” from V/A “RELISH COMPILATION VII” via Relish Recordings
- Melbourne based dance electronic ambient pop producer Kate Durman, aka Purient – “Memories” new single taken from the upcoming EP ‘Memories’ on Burning Rose Records & Pelvis Records
- Moscow-based Italo disco /indie dance /electro producer DJ Wedding – “Hypnosis” off “Melodia” EP on Italo Moderni
- Italian 1994 obscure new beat/tribal classic Bôkaye - “Ethno Groove (I.P. Edit)” off Serenades Edit #19
- Russian nu-disco /ethnic /tribal /electronic project of brothers Andrey and Stas from St. Petersburg, Radial Gaze “Apollonius (SHMLSS Remix)” off “Apollonius” EP 12″ on Feines Tier
- Madrid, Spain dark disco electronic dj/producer and founder of the Logical label, JAVIER BUSTO “My Own Way (Parissior Remix)” off upcoming “My Own Way” EP on Espacio CIELO
- Tel Aviv, Israel dark disco / kraut / electro / techno producers Niv Ast & Eliezer – “Sun Of A Gun feat. Junto Club” off upcoming V/A “NDE Compilation 001” on New Day Everyday
- Rotterdam, Netherlands house /disco producer Talee – “Makes Me Wonder” from V/A “The Weekly No.1” EP on Disco Halal
- Zurich, Switzerland dark electronic producer and Relish label boss Robi Insinna, a.k.a. Headman “Be Loved (Modular Project Remix)” from V/A “RELISH COMPILATION VII” via Relish
- Scottish/Australian slow-mo /dark disco /punk electronic producers/djs duo Stockholm Syndrome AU “Vector Transfer (Tronik Youth Remix)” off “Artimus” EP on Veneno
- Italian ethnic /tribal electronic dj/producer based in Rome, A-Tweed – “Klin Yar Disco (Original Mix)” off upcoming “Klin-Yar Disco” EP on Karakter
- New Mexico ebm /electro /dark disco duo Roswell Brothers “U.A.P” from upcoming “We Are The Domain” EP on NEIN Records
- Lithuanian downtenpo /leftfield /psych /breakbeat producer Jokios Kultūros “Icey Synth” off upcoming EP “Early Years DNA” on Electric Shapes
- London, UK techno /breaks /electro /mid 90s techno funk pioneer Elite Force “Crash & Burn” new single
- Montreal-based techno /electro producer ALL IS WELL “NUMB3RS” from “One For Florian” EP on Permanent Vacation
- Berlin-based ambient /IDM /dub techno/bass /downtempo /leftfield /psych duo H2O & Gats – “Steppes (ft. T.J. Brockmann)” off upcoming “Trance Illusion” EP on Curuba Records
- Los Angeles based UK experimental dub electronic producer, part of the On-U Sound house band, and Anne Clarke collaborator (aka High Stepper, James Hardway, Magnetic, Oicho, Technova), David Harrow “Wolf” off the 2-tracker “Time Between”
- Portuguese dark ambient solo project of Pedro Oliveira based in Porto, The Black Archer “Elsewhere (feat. Sérgio Pereira)” from “Romantic & Jackass” album
- Italian electronic ambient producer Erre Dut – “Impasse” from “Calentador” EP on Bayou Lovers collective
- Scottish ambient /IDM project of electro producer Mark Kastner (aka Galaxian), KAS – “Last Silence” off the LP “Like Sunlit Threads” on Ilian Tapes
- Texas ambient /cinematic /electronic producer Conrad Gonzalez, aka BESTIA “I” off upcoming cassette EP “Variations On A Gem” on Growth in Decay
- Ambient /drone duo Sleepdivision “Distance” from the 2-tracker “Breath / Distance” on Future Astronauts
- Italian ambient /minimal /electronic producer Lorenzo Bracaloni, aka FALLEN “Spiragli” from the album “Ljós” on Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series/Rohs! Records.
- Shenzhen, China ambient /techno /electronic project KAGAMI Smile. “A Word You Spoke Faded in Nothingness” from the cassette album “Motionless, My Eyes Became Adjusted to the Light”
- Toronto, Ontario experimental /ambient /drone /minimal /electronic solo project of Bradley Sean Alexander Deschamps (curator of Polar Seas), Anthéne “Paper Plates” from the album “Slow Wave”
- Brighton, UK ambient/shoegaze/slowcore/folk/electronic singer, songwriter, musician and producer Jacob Ware, aka RAPT “V” from the cassette album “Drouth” on Z Tapes
- French ambient music producer Introversion “Afterlife” from the album “The Sculptress Of Sound” A Tribute To Delia Derbyshire
- Japanese ambient /drone /experimental producer Takahiro Yorifuji, aka Hakobune “Above the northern skies shown, pt.1” from the album “Above the northern skies shown” on Constellation Tatsu
- Japanese pianist & composer Hiroko Murakami, aka Hiroco.M “Until” from “Still” EP on Moderna Records
- Italian ambient /electro-acoustic /modern-classical composer and pianist from Verona, Lorenzo Masotto “i=r (reflection)” from the upcoming LP “i=r” on Whitelabrecs