WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // MARCH 2025 #11-25

BMW Tower admin. building, Munich, 1968-72 Architect: Karl Schwanzer – Photo by Sigrid Neubert

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

ILIAN TAPE – Podcast Series 114: REEKO

Asturias’ native boundary-pushing experimental techno mastermind Juan Rico, aka Reeko, seamlessly blends hypnotic percussive rhythms and visionary synth textures, for a sublime, raw, and immersive sonic journey.

Goldie vs Friske – “Hyena 24K” from V/A “30 Years of Metalheadz VIP – Part 1″ EP 10” (the final instalment of 30 Years of Metalheadz celebrations) [Metalheadz]

A seminal label for yours truly, which I still preciously own a good part of its catalogue, still fresh and energetic despite 3 decades, as exemplified by Sam Oliver aka Friske‘s sizzling and rousing heavyweight breakneck take of pioneer label boss Goldie‘s 1998 original in an electrifying clash of generations.

Le Midi-based ambient /psy /trance /drum & bass /deep techno French producer and Rinse France resident, Souzo “Haze Modulator” from upcoming “The Other Side” EP [useless seconds]

Wielding elements of aquatic drum ‘n’ bass and deep techno, the track takes a deep dive into misty deep edged realms triggered by hypnotic stomping, droning bass ripplets, and swirling bubbling and whirring heady spirals, to take you into the next dimension of sentient immersive explorations.

Athens, Greek techno /breaks /electro producer Nikos Lappas, aka Morken “Van Cleef” lathe cut 10″ EP [brokntoys]

Broken beat-led buzzy and hypnotic Electro ride through endless barren ghostly highways into the timeless dimension of a dead-end night.

Boston, MA industrial /techno /electro modular synth producer SIGNAL 72 “DOWNWARDS JACK” single

Industrial blanketed rough, oppressive and mechanical nightmarish Electro rambling ceaselessly driven by tight lashing beats, and loopy jolts of jittery bass pulses, topped by obsessive flurries of shivering swirling synth oppression that lock you into a blind alley of doomy paranoia.

London-based ambient /cinematic /experimental composer, multi-instrumentalist, and improviser, Jessica Roch “Nineteen-oh-Nine” from For V/A “LA, Vol. 3” LA wildfire relief fundraiser compilation organized by Keith Kenniff & Hollie Kenniff
Czech Republic experimental ambient /drone /tape loops /field recordings /microsound /electronic sound artist Blochemy “Slong” from upcoming LP “Avey” [Lontano Series /rohs! records]
McAllen, Texas/Tokyo, Japan ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /organic /sound artists, City Of Dawn & Rhucle “Thoughts Mingle In Rain” from the upcoming album “Threads” [Aural Canyon]
Berlin-based, St. Petersburg‘s experimental /ambient /spoken word /electronic producer Alexandra Zakharenko aka Perilan “Unseen” from the upcoming album “The Air Outside Feels Crazy Right Now” [VAAGNER]
French Alps-based, English ambient /drone /field recordings /acoustic guitarist & multi-instrumentalist (aka Seabuckthorn), Andy Cartwright “Jade Surface” from the upcoming album “Yonder” [whitelabrecs]
Sydney, Australia ambient /drone /tape loops /organic /electro-acoustic /minimal /electronic sound artist Scattered Light “Beneath” from the album “Unfurl”
Dallas, TX ambient /drone /loops sound artist Summer Film – “Cherry trees for all seasons” from the LP “Gardens to visit this weekend” [Language Instinct]
US ambient /drone /noise /vaporwave /experimental Alice Texture “Garden” from the album “Shading Effect” [Evening Disclosure]
Koblenz, Germany-based ambient /drone /modular synth /experimental musician Oberlin “A Sense Of Longing” from the album “The Gold Pit Sessions Vol. 1” [oscarson]
French ambient /drone /field recordings /liminal space /artist Aurélien Buiron, aka Ghost In The Loop “Band Rehearsal – Year Unknown – Time Anomaly – Media Status Unknown (Feat Seth Weaver)” off the album “Selected Soundtracks for Lost Media” [Imaginary North]
London-based ambient /drone /hauntology /folktronica /experimental project of Anglo-Spanish duo of pianist/synthesist Isabel Pérez Castro and guitarist/synthesist Stephen Holbrook, Micro Moon “Radiofaro” from the mini Cd album “Figure in a Landscape” [Clay Pipe Music]
Milan, Italy-based ambient /IDM /psych /experimental electronic sound artist Mariachiara Troianiello, aka Katatonic Silentio “Ride Against Time” from the mini-album “The Space Within” [Self-Released]
Berlin‘s electronic keyboardist, composer and longtime member of the groundbreaking kosmische group Tangerine Dream, Peter Baumann “From A Far Land” from the upcoming LP “Nightfall” [Bureau B]
France minimal /dub ambient music producer Meridian “Marja” from “Marja / Nocturne” EP [Shimmering Moods Records]
Berlin/Tokyo-based ambient /abstract /experimental /techno Non-Print label head and producer Głós “Protector (Slowed + Reverb)” from the ‘Daycore’ collection album “With All Eyes Closed” [Non-Print]
South African-born, New York-based ambient /dubstep /dub techno /electronic music composer & performer (aka Beat Pharmacy), Brendon Moeller “Peacemaker” from “Peacemaker” EP
New Zealand pūoro Māori music /taonga pūoro /soundsystem /dub /electronica collaboration Te Manu x Shankara NZ “Pūnganangana (Dub)” from “Pūnganangana” EP [Dubmission]
French experimental /house /kraut /psych /bass /death-disco /dub /downtempo DJ-producer and La Belle label owner, Antoine Harispuru aka GOLDEN BUG “Autobahn (Al Baabi Redub Instrumental)” from “Autobahn ft. Ruben Kielmannsegge” EP [La Belle]
Hannover‘s ambient /experimental /dub techno producer VRIL “Crystal Cell Energy” title track of the upcoming EP “Crystal Cell Energy” [Kynant Records]
Pesaro, Italian ambient /Balearic /boogie /dub /house /world /jazz-funk /electronic music collective Aura Safari “Riserva Naturale (My Friend Dario Remix)” album [Hell Yeah Recordings] from “Island Dreams – Remixes” [Hell Yeah Recordings]
Athens, Greece ambient /jazz /dub techno producer and musician Konstantinos Soublis (aka K. Soublis), aka Fluxion “Magenta” from the LP “Haxe [Vibrant Music]
Rome-based, Italian ambient /percussive /deep techno producer Feral “Hallucinated” from upcoming V/A “SENSE003” EP [Sense Code]
Brussels-based ambient /IDM /minimal deep techno producer and Peaou label owner, A. Brehme “The Objekt” from “peaou004” EP [Peaou]
Valencia, Spain ambient /psych /percussive /deep /hypnotic techno producer Ilayruni “Cleanse (Toki Fuko Reinterpretation)” from “Mountain Flyers” EP [Sungate]
Rennes, France IDM /electro /jungle /techno duo Cwtch – “Rust” from “Untamed” EP [Ethos Records]
Lyon, French acid /psych /drum & bass /breaks /bass music /electronic DJ-producer Aurélien Arnaud, Warzou “Do a Barrel Roll” from V/A “EEGGSSZZ” compilation [Bardouin Music]
French ambient /bass /tribal /denbow /percussive /psych /leftfield /techno DJ-producer First Epoque – “POD-03” from V/A “Good Vibes Vol. 2” compilation cassette LP [Bad Trips]
India ambient /IDM /broken beat /psych /downtempo /electronica multimedia artist I7HVN – “Primal Inflection” title track of the “Primal Inflection” EP [Safar Collective]
Leeds, UK ambient /psych /trance /techno /downtempo producer Cosmikuro – “Ellis Dee” from V/A “Transmissions Vol. I” compilation LP [Dream Space]
Ambient /acid /psych /leftfield /percussive /experimental /downtempo collaborative project of Italian producers Oltrefuturo & Treasure Island, aka Future Island – “ Enza Owens” from “Reflexionism” EP [Estuary Tapes]
Brussels-based ambient /industrial /drone /breaks /grime /percussive /leftfield bass /dubstep /electronic producer Vastechoses Records head, Lostsoundbytes – “Dubka” from the upcoming cassette album “Panthera” [Eclipse Tribez]
Glasgow, UK experimental /drone ambient /electro /leftfield /techno /dub /breakbeat project of Phase Group label founders MR TC and Lo Kindre, aka TC LK “Aro” from the upcoming debut s/t “TC LK” album [Phase Group]
Portland, OR ambient /drone /post-rock /noise collective Bus Gas “Fraught House” from the LP “Mercy View” [We All Speak In Poems]
High Peak District, UK ambient /drone /cinematic /breakbeat /cosmic /experimental /drum ‘n’ bass /techno /electronic producer Ancestral Voices “Annwn” from the forthcoming LP “Nemeton” [Samurai Music]
Berlin-based ambient /IDM /jazz /breaks /drum & bass /electronic producer Serge Geyzel “Visions I lost p.1″ from “Visions I Lost” EP [EC Underground]
UK veteran electro producer (aka Random Factor and Silicon Scally), Carl Finlow “Phalanx” from “Terminus” EP [Fanzine Records]
Louisiana acid /electro producer LectrO cOd_E “Really Nasty” from “Panic Mode” EP
London-based acid /house /electro Texan DJ-producer Jeremy D. Rodriguez, aka Chupacabras “Distorted Outlook” from upcoming V/A “A Benumbed Waiting”[Selvamancer]
Geneva, Switzerland bass /ghetto /techno /breaks producer and part of the Brainwaves crew, Hermeth “Butt Erfly” from “Meth We Found”
Bournemouth, UK broken beats /bass /electronic producer False Persona – “Set Them Right (Ft. Le3 Black)” off upcoming “Set Them Right” EP [Fragrance Recordings]
Leipzig, Germany ambient /Detroit /techno DJ-producer JANEIN – “Here And There feat. Olga Phage” off upcoming EP “Here And There feat. Olga Phage” [Adroit Recordings]
Russian industrial /experimental /acid /electro producer Chaosy “They Make Us Smile So We Close Our Eyes” from upcoming cassette LP “OVERVOLTAGE” [Gravitational Waves]
French post-punk /psych /experimental /leftfield electronic pop duo of Olivier Demeaux (Cheveu, Accident du Travail) and Armelle Oberlé (The Dreams, Badaboom), aka HEIMAT “Koko” from the third album “Iti Eta No” [Teenage Menopause]
Paris-based industrial /post-punk /psych /minimal /dance electronic duo of Caroline Chapsoul & Eduardo Henriquez, aka Nova Materia “Lo Que No Entiendes” from “CURRENT MUTATIONS” EP
English renowned techno /electronic DJ-musician since 1994 (Counterbalance e Dynamic Tension labels founder), Anthony Child aka Surgeon “Soul Fire” off upcoming LP, “Shell~Wave” [Tresor Records]
Canadian 90s cyberpunk /EBM /electro /industrial side project of Holon, Sylac “System Instability”
Australian-born, Berlin-based electro-EBM producer Brixx “Prophecy” from “The Psychic Tapes” EP [SYNTHICIDE]
Colombian EBM /industrial /techno /dark electronics DJ-producer Felipe Novoa, aka Magnum Opus – “Crimson Beats” from the EP “Nocturnal Rhythms” [Wie Ein Gott Records]
Wiesbaden, Germany goth /EBM /industrial /techno producer and performer Reyylito “Killer” single
Glasgow, Scottish EBM /hard-techno-industrial producer Kenny Campbell “Emotional Maelstrom Act 3 (OTTOMAN GRÜW Remix)″ from “Emotional Maelstrom” EP [Ghost To Host Records]
Paris, France EBM /industrial /dark techno DJ-producer Pierre Berge-Cia “Inanis (Daniel Myer Remix)” off upcoming cassette EP “UNKNOWN BODY FEEDBACK” [Mutant Modality]
Barcelona, Spain darkwave /industrial /techno /EBM artist and From Hell To Disco label founder, Carmilla Sioux feat. Newborn Ghost – “Vermillion (WLDV Remix)” from ”Lumina Obscura” EP [SOIL]
London, UK-based Disco /Electro Noir Synthpop synth diva Valeria Valuyskaya, aka Velvet Velour “Caribbean Sea” from “THALASSA” EP [Jardin de Bliss]
Germany/US melodic house /indie dance collaboration between producer Marc Antoine (half of Villanova) and New York-based vocalist Barbara Nicole, Selim Sivade & Barbara Nicole – “Just Skin (Bawrut Remix)” off “Just Skin” EP [Beton Brut]
Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synth wave /electronic live project of Greco/German duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo (Frittenbude), Dina Summer “FOMO (DJ Hell Extended Version)” from “Girls Gang – Remixes” EP [Iptamenos Discos]
Eastern US indie dance /EBM /space /dark disco producer TDWS – “Shatter” from the upcoming “Shatter” EP [Nein Records]
Berlin-based EBM /house /dark disco duo CYRK – “Double Crash” from upcoming V/A “Mellow Bangers Vol.2” 5th-year anniversary compilation [ITALO MODERNI]
Parisian dark disco /indie dance producer Decklan – “Rush Rider (Akrav Remix)” from “Rush Rider” EP [Logical Records]
Mexican dark disco /indie dance /electronic collaboration Roliva & Marito Ramirez “LEGO (Prince Terrible Remix)” from “Lego” EP [NATIVO]
Madrid, Spain trippy /percussive /indie dance producer Azaria – “Like an Invassion” off upcoming “Pump” EP [Espacio CIELO]
L.A. melodic techno /dark disco /indie dance production trio Sian, Bobby Nourmand, David LeSal – “Basements (Joyce Muniz Remix)” from “Basements” EP [Octopus Recordings]
London-based cosmic dark disco duo Beyond The Struttosphere “Replicants (Tegel Boys Remix)” from upcoming EP “Planet Ogo” [Discolypso]
Hungarian acid /indie dance /disco /trance /tribal psych /electronic duo Geopard Tourist “Monks Of Midnight (Sobek Remix)” from “Monks Of Midnight” EP [Playground Records]
UK cosmic /nu-disco DJ-producer Will Perry, aka Peza “Put Your Love In Me” from Oscillator” EP [Rare Wiri Records]
Scottish ambient /modern classical composer Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken, aka Glacis “Walls Beneath Walls Beneath Walls Beneath Walls” from the long-form “Exuberance” LP [oscarson]
US/France ambient /drone collaboration between Zach Frizzell (aka zakè) and Guy Teixeira (aka Almøst Silent), zakè & Almøst Silent – “Dross” from the long-form album “Wind Rust [Zakè Drone Recordings]
Osaka’s ambient /drone /experimental legendary producer and DJ, AOKI takamasa “Everything Is Spinning 1” from the album “Sound for Photo Exhibitions” [Muzan Editions]
Italian ambient /minimalistic /field recordings /experimental techno sound artist Marco Shuttle “Part Two” from “Sonidos y Modulaciones de la Selva” long-form LP 12″ [Astral Industries]
Berlin-based ambient /drone /field recordings /cinematic /experimental audiovisual artist and electronic musician Robert Heel “Sorry, I didn’t realize what time it was – A” two sides long-form album [Lontano Series /rohs! records]
UK tape loops /experimental artist Gary Salomon “Bars 15-17” from the cassette long-form album “Merry-Go-Round” [Preston Capes]