Weekly Electronic Music Tips // MARCH 2025 #11-26
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- DJ HELL – DJ Mat Klaash x SameHeads IX (03/2026)
If it is hard to forget his mid-90s classic trippy mix “X-Mix-5 (Wildstyle)“, I had the lucky chance to attend several DJ Hell‘s nights at the console in early 00s Berlin, although mostly warm-ups or after-shows of live gigs, besides a Gigolo label Party and a too-packed sort of legal rave in his Bavarian region. The iconic underground electronic innovator for over four decades is kicking more than ever with his incendiary high-energy mix of Techno, Electroclash, Wave, Electro, House and all around.
- Birmingham, UK-based experimental /ambient /percussive /dub /techno main electronic music project since the early 90s of producer Robert (Bobby) Bird, aka Higher Intelligence Agency “Juju Love” (1993) from “Juju Love” EP, first vinyl release for early HIA’s three tracks, remastered & cut for vinyl by Stefan Bekte (Pole) [Headphone]
Triggered by “Screamedelica” and the connected Andy Weatherall remixes, and followed soon after by The Orb, The KLF, Biosphere, Orbital and FSOL debuts, HIA‘s 1993 album “Colourform” was one of the first electronic records I bought alongside B12 “Bytes”, Autechre “Incunabula” and the first Warp‘s “Artificial Intelligence” sampler series, to name a few. Those subliminal atmospheric, chill-out, experimental sounds crossed the line between ambient, dub, house and techno, to skirt or possibly be part of the so-called IDM or Braindance, opening new unexplored sonic territories that are still ever evolving in my elated listening wanderings. Enhanced by the Stefan Bekte remaster, the 3-tracker is a pristine reminiscence of the prowess with which Robert Bird elaborated his vision, reiterating his prominent part in the evolution of modern electronica.
- Amsterdam-based Dutch trance /deep hypnotic techno producer Human Space Machine “Gallop” from “Perception Field” EP [Midgar Records]
Dutch producer concocts a fluid and brisk Techno groove, centered in atmosphere, depth, rhythm and restraint through a seamless sensorial stimulation for the mind and body, equally crisp and tactile, as it is intimate and abstract, in which to let yourself become mesmerized wholeheartedly.
- Barcelona-based ambient /acid /psych /tribal /downtempo /techno /trippy electronic duo David Iriarte and Carles Rocamora, aka Iro Aka “Direction 0 (Original Mix)” from “Dimensions” EP [Polychrome Audio]
Catalan mind-bending electronic pair unroll a couple of intoxicating, twisted and trippy percussive Techno stompers, smothered in echoing bleepy, tinkly and bloopy acidic sequences, to stack a loose, bouncy, and playful dance exhilaration.
- Istanbul, Turkish ambient /drone /experimental /texture /folk /electronica artist Ekin Üzeltüzenci, aka Ekin Fil “periferi” title track of the album “periferi” [el manto]
- German ambient /drone /experimental /electro-acoustic /electronic producer (aka Cold Form, Dubatech), Fatih Tuter – “Untitled I” from upcoming “Slowing down the process” album [Slow Tone Collages]
- Los Angeles ambient /drone /shoegaze /ethereal /ambient pop sound artist and singer Cynthia Bernard, aka MARINE EYES “Around the Lake” single
- Taiwan ambient /dark folk /modern classical /piano solo project Green Horizon “Path” from the album “Blessing”
- French ambient /deep drone /minimal /meditative /electronic artist and sound sculptor Guy Teixeira, aka Almøst Silent “Concrete” from the album “KAIZEN” [Past Inside the Present]
- UK ambient /drone /chill-out /atmospheric /noise /soundscapes / sound artist Zen Lemon – “Static Fields Pt. I” from the LP “Drift Theory Aesthetic” [Chitra Records]
- Cadiz, Spain ambient /drone /soundscape sound artist David Cordero “Ljóss” from the LP “La Imagen Muda” [Noray Records]
- Scottish ambient /electro-acoustic /modern classical /piano composer Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken featuring Swedish cellist Henrik Meierkord, aka Glacis with Henrik Meierkord “Desire Becomes Sorrow” from “We Gape and We Are Healed” LP [whitelabrecs]
- Antwerp, Belgium ambient /drone /modern classical /piano musician Michiel Dondeyne, aka Linden S “A first gem” from “Notes from the nave” LP [Klankhaven Records / Shimmering Moods]
- Uruguay ambient /ethereal /drone /tape loops /electro-acoustic /post-rock /experimental sound artist and composer Caminauta “Transcendence In Shadows” from the album “Unseen Dimensions” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
- Barcelona-based ambient /cinematic /soundtrack /chamber pop /electro-acoustic project Berlinist “Underwater” from “Gris: Unreleased sketches” EP
- California ambient /drone /experimental /musique concrete/ sound art /electronic project of Peter Kris, aka PK (founding member of German Army, Final Cop, and Q///Q), aka Concrete Colored Paint “Ashwaawt” from the album “Saahat” [Falt]
- Bogotá, Colombia-based, LA-born ambient /drone /minimalism /electric organ musician, Haana Lee “It will come naturally” from upcoming LP “Deconstructed”
- Norway ambient /tape loops /electro-acoustic /experimental solo project of Hans Marius Jacobsen, aka Duelling Ants “Elverommet” from the LP “Shared Buffers” [ROHS! RECORDS]
- Japanese 90s ambient /abstract /leftfield /eclectic /experimental electronic composer Susumu Yokota “Iconic Air” from the re-issue of the 2003 Skintone Records album “Laputa (Skintone Edition)” 2xLP [Lo Recordings]
- Seoul-based minimal /left of centre ambient electronic music production-DJ duo Uman Therma (Sala) and Yetsuby (Manda), aka Salamanda “allez, pousse!” from the album “Music To Watch Seeds Grow By 008: Salamanda (Basil)” LP [Music To Watch Seeds Grow By]
- Bristol‘s ambient /glitchy /IDM /broken beats /drum & bass /experimental electronica producer Jonathan Worsley, aka Jilk “VHS Wears Thin” from the multi-faceted electronic concept album “Tetsuo II” alternative soundtrack to the 1992 Shin’ya Tsukamoto‘s cyberpunk film “Tetsuo II: Body Hammer” [Bricolage]
- Brighton, UK ambient /experimental electronic long-time project of Neil Hale (1/2 of Heavy Axe), Correlations “3300 WELLSPRING TAPE PHASER REF”
- Bristol, UK-based downtempo /chill-out /ambient electronica project of producer Nik Davies, aka Applefish “Retrospective” single
- Bristol, UK, ambient /chill-out /drone /field recordings /downtempo /dub /techno /dubstep-bass music influential veteran electronic DJ-producer and Skull Disco label co-founder, Laurie Osborne, aka Appleblim “Warmth” from the upcoming album”Liminal Tides” [quiet details]
- Munich, German ambient /breakbeat /dub /deep techno producer Brian Müller, aka SKEE MASK “Following” from the album “F″ (sixth batch of unmastered previously unreleased Skee Mask tracks, spanning 2016 and 2022)
- Lithuanian ambient /dub /minimal /techno producer Tadeuš Jatkevič, aka Akmuo – “Anemoi” from V/A “Save Peace part 2” EP [secret domain]
- France ambient /downtempo /psych /acoustic /broken beats /bass /deep techno producer Tristan Boltz, aka Olorun – “Optical Node” from upcoming EP “Merged ID” [Oslated]
- London-based dubstep /footwork /dub /techno drum and bass DJ-producer Alexander Parkin, aka Einerlei – “Tactless And Rotting” from upcoming “The Doors Of Perception” EP [Ebbs & Flows]
- Lisbon, Portugal ambient /techno /tribal /halftime /tribal /drum & bass collaboration Floating Machine and Inerte “Castanheiro” from “Mato” EP [Crescent London]
- New Zealand-based ambient /downtempo /experimental electronic producer DJ Birdbath “BF” from “Plunge” album [Theory Therapy]
- UK analogue techno /synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins, aka Pye Corner Audio “Springtime Walk” Alzheimer’s Society fundraising single
- Mexican–Jamaican ambient /deep house /psych /broken beats /tribal /dubstep /dub techno artist Andy Martin “Tierra de Nahuales” from upcoming “Tierra de Nahuales” EP [Animalia]
- Brussels, Belgium/Lille, France bass music /dubstep /psych /dub techno production duo Jeune Walker and Édith, aka Anta Doma – “Dubstag” from V/A “Endless Rolling” LP [Dürüm Records]
- Santiago, Chile-based raw /percussive /deep /hypnotic techno Venezuelan DJ-producer Juan Dupouy, aka DUPØUY – “El Castigo del Milagro” from V/A “FRAGOR VA001” EP [Fragor label]
- Rotterdam-based ambient /minimal deep techno DJ-producer Nikos “Spine” off upcoming “Spine” EP [Nous’klaer Audio]
- Seoul, South Korea hypnotic /space /deep techno production trio Scøpe, Xanexx, Ve Bogel “Horaweave” from “Horaweave” EP [SCOPÁVIK]
- Bristol, UK hypnotic techno producer Jack Wallis, aka Decka – “Initialize” off of upcoming “When Time Stopped” EP [Semantica Records]
- Malmö, Sweden-based DIY minimal /abstract /post-techno /experimental chamber pop UK-born musician Thomas Bush “Excommunication” from “Guld” LP [lost domain]
- Tokyo-based US acid /jungle /minimal /deep house /electronic producer and Two Acorns label head, (aka Celer), Will Long “About Where It’s At” from “Long Trax 5” EP off 5th album of the Long Trax series
- Berlin-based house /breakbeat /techno DJ and producer René Pawlowitz, aka Shed “EFX” from the “Applications II” album [ILIAN TAPE]
- Todmorden, UK-based ambient /kraut /kosmische /psychedelic /”gnostic electronic” music duo Lines Of Silence “Transcendental Radiation (Kayla Painter Remix)” from “Radiate” E.P. [Sprechen]
- London electro house production duo Ivan & Johnny – “Balance No Bass (Red Axes Remix)” [Mixed] from V/A “fabric presents Red Axes” psych /house mix from Tel Aviv–based duo of Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi aka Red Axes [Fabric Records]
- Mexico acid /leftfield /psychedelic /minimal house collaborative project of producers Concret & Iñigo Vontier, aka The Diyeis “Americas Jazz Bar” from upcoming LP “Music for Dunkies”
- Mexico City-based indie dance /trance /psych /acid house Argentinian alien DJ-producer and Calypso Records head, Thomass Jackson “Marrasca” from “BANDCAMP TRACKS chapter 3” EP
- UK dubstep /drum & bass production duo Koherent “Let Me Hear” from “3AM” EP [Gemini Gemini]
- British drum and bass producer (one half of the UK garage duo True Steppers), Jonny L “Area 51” from “Politix`” E.P. [Soul In Motion Records]
- Xalapa-born, Mexican footwork /jungle /techno /electro /breaks /Latin folklore meshup tribal groove artist 1OO1O “II (Venganza Djembe)” from his first proper full EP “TRIBALISTA” [TraTraTrax]
- Hong Kong-based acid /techno /house /breaks /electro producer and Klasse Wrecks label co-founder, Luca Lozano “Buck we get” from the split EP “CBGTRX1” by Luca Lozano and Angel D’lite [Klasse Wrecks]
- Prague broken beats /electro /experimental electronic musician and sound designer, Ladislav Zensor (aka Oblaka), aka Exhausted Modern “Soul snatcher” from “Toward Oblivion” EP [OMO Recordings]
- Rotterdam-based, Dutch futuristic electro producer (aka Model Man and Zacharias Heronimus) and RotterHague Records head, Dj Overdose “Short Circuit” from V/A “XTRICTLY ELEKTRO 5” EP [Cosmic Tribe]
- Athens-based EBM /synthwave /techno /dark electro DJ-producer (one half of Monodroids), Fro “My Science (Lemon Schaden remix)” from “My Science & Remixes” EP [Armen Crew]
- Dublin, Irish veteran techno /electro producer Matthew Flanagan, aka DeFeKT “It’s Down” from upcoming “Low Pass Reality” EP [Winthorpe Electronics]
- Frisian Dutch IDM /techno /breaks /electro, breaks DJ-producer Niels Luinenburg, aka Delta Funktionen “scitiloP” from the electro compilation “Collected Four” [Radio Matrix]
- Detroit veteran techno /machine funk /electro producer DJ Godfather – “Sporadic” off upcoming “Sporadic” EP [Databass Records]
- Orlando, FL breaks /electro producer nxtel – “1993” from V/A “Bass District Vol. 1” EP [Neighbourhood Rhythms]
- Irish-born, Manchester-based acid electro producer Kerrie “Enter the Vortex” from upcoming ”Waves of Reverie PT1” EP [Cultivated Electronics]
- Colombia‘s Filmmaker‘s leftfield electro side project, Renderer “A Day More, A Day Less” from the upcoming V/A “Vuelta 6B: Collapse Protocol” compilation LP [Pan-Am Tracks]
- French Techno /Electro producer Mascarpone “V.O.D” from V/A “Body Machines V/A” compilation LP [Connectome Records]
- Athens-based futuristic /techno /dark electro DJ-producer Fro “Paranoid Elektroid (Marie Nyx Remix)” from “Paranoid Elektroid” EP [Synr Records]
- Belarus rave /bass /electro /breaks DJ-producer Nina Indi – “Dub” from “Sharpening” EP [Ovelha Trax]
- Zurich, Switzerland experimental /ambient /IDM /psychdelic /drum & bass /trip-hop /electronic producer Piero Mirio Scherer, aka Des Coda “Rite of Penance” from the upcoming “Mean Field Mutation” LP [Lustpoderosa]
- Minneapolis-based industrial /electronic /dark ambient project of Swedish musician Henrik Karlsson, Subverge “Splintered halo” from “Sequenced suffering”, a decade-spanning archive (2016-2025) of unreleased material, remixes, and rarities [aliens production]
- New York acid /techno /electro experimental performance project of interdisciplinary artist and Voluminous Arts founder Gavilán Rayna Russom, aka Black Meteoric Star “5am Open Air Sunrise (Borusiade Remix)” off “5am Open Air Sunrise”, the first single from her forthcoming album, “WET” [Ransom Note Records / Dark Entries]
- Brittany kraut /downtempo /psychedelic /coldwave /electropop musician Sarakiniko “Venin feat JC (Vox Low)” single [La Maison des Corbeaux]
- German noise /drum & bass /breakbeat /’dark modular funk’ act 16Pad Noise Terrorist “Maintance Rytm” from the upcoming 5th full-length album “Unmute” [HANDS]
- Spanish EBM /Cyberpunk /Synthwave /Darksynth /Electronic music producer Nightcrawler “Shark” single
- Tbilisi, Georgia cinematic /industrial /techno producer § (Section) – “One Step, One Life, One Promise about Myself” off upcoming “Broken Illusions” EP [Vives]
- Indianapolis-based industrial /techno /EBM new project fronted by Jared Birden, aka Absolute Form “Repetition” from the EP “Form & Function” [Jinglhaus Records]
- Brighton, UK industrial /techno production duo Kutkh Jackdaw + DSD – “Blood Sacrifice” from V/A “VOLUME ONE” EP [Acid Reflux]
- Berlin-based industrial/dark techno producer Michael Wollenhaupt, Ancient Methods “Burn the Frame (feat. Night In Athens)” from upcoming “Society of the Spectacle” EP [Persephonic Sirens]
- Mar Del Plata, Argentina EBM /electro /techno producer and Bloody Electronics label co-owner, 909distortion “Bitter Edge” off of upcoming “Horror” EP [D21]
- Berlin/Luxembourg-based industrial /techno /EBM /electro body music production duo of Iranian origin, SARIN x SCARLIT PORT “Piroozi” single [X-IMG]
- Thessaloniki, Greece-based ambient /EBM /Industrial /dark electronics producer Alpha Sect “Spirals” from V/A “Inferno Vol. 1” compilation [From Hell to Disco]
- Negrosex – “Tekno la Droga (Alen Skanner Remix)”
- London-based indie dance /synth-wave /synth-pop /dark disco DJ-producer VELVET VELOUR “Heart Obey” single [Blush Signal]
- Frankfurt am Main-based synth wave /Italo /house /cosmic disco producer Philipp Lauer, aka Lauer “Choirs” off “K1m Fantasy” EP [Melodize]
- Stourbridge, UK acid house /chug /leftfield /cosmic dark disco producer Adrian Morley, aka Dirt Bogarde “Primal” single [Crimson Rotary Club]
- Berlin-based Italo/cosmic disco Italian DJ-producer and Slow Motion label co-head, Franz Scala “Telephone Boy (Fabrizio Mammarella Remix)” from the remix EP “Cafe Futuro Remixes” [Slow Motion Records]
- Argentina-based indie dance /disco /psych /mushroom house DJ-producer, Balam “Mambo Negro (Mandruvá Remix”) off “Mambo Negro” EP [Natural Selections]
- Belfast psych /chug /acid house DJ-producer John McIver, aka Viper Patrol “Space Hammer” off “Tales Of Acid Fellowship” E.P. [Sprechen]
- Indonesian acid /trance /progressive house producer CYDA “Ground Control” from “Ground Control” LP [MINITEL]
- Berlin, Germany percussive /tech house /progressive house producer Cromby “Dialogue (Zombies In Miami Remix)” [POTENCY]
- Paris-based techno-disco /big-beat /progressive trance producer SpunOff “Reflejo (Eoin DJ Remix)” from “Follarrr Incierto” EP [Les Yeux Orange]
- Italo-Mexican-Chilean disco /Tecmex /Latin jackin’ house production trio Berny & Mijo & Alejandro Paz – “Mas Allá (Original Mix)” off V/A “IDWT 14” EP [IN DARK WE TRUST]
- Estonian new beat /Italo disco /synth wave /indie dance /dark disco dance electronic DJ-producer Sugar Rody “Middle East Nights (Neurotiker Remix)” off “Middle East Nights (Remixes)” EP [Disco Pastors]
- Spanish Balearic prog house producer Cabin Luv Affair – “Playa Exotica” Ritmo Paralelo [Mister T. Records]
- San Francisco-based disco /house funk dance music collective with Corey Black, Layne Fox and Jay WIlliams (aka Jaswho?), aka 40 Thieves “Déjà Vu (Payfone Remix)” from “Déjà Vu” [Om Records]
- Tennessee/Georgia ambient /noise /experimental /electronic duo of Mark Cross (9-volt velvet, Viva Voce, The Northern Lights) and Mark Skelton (Aberrations of Light, Alpine Slides, Analog Youth Club), aka Solar Seas “Nautical Mile” from the upcoming LP “kraken” [Somewherecold Records]
- Stroud, Gloucestershire-based ambient /experimental /drone /neo-classical British/Indian cellist and composer Simon McCorry “Memory and Desire” from the LP “All the important things are now connected” [whitelabrecs]
- Brussels-based ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental /electronic artist and flutist Mélodie Blaison “Worn by Salt” (long-form piece recorded live at Le Brass (Brussels) in November 2024) cassette [Final Image]
- Berlin-based, Italian ambient /field recordings /drone /sound experimentalist /noise artist from Naples, Manuel Carbone “Acherusia (Passeggiata Sonora, settembre 2025) II” long-form installation and live performance of the same name presented at Errant Sound, Berlin, in 2025 [Falt]
