WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

• ROLANDO PORRO // A Dark Disco Mix
  

Zurich-based experienced DJ since the ’90s, Rolando Porro serves up a dynamic and electrifying journey into the most multifaceted shades of dark retro-futuristic dancefloor vibes.

• San Francisco acid /leftfield /techno /house /experimental veteran producer and Squirrels on Film label co-founder Brian Hock, aka C.L.A.W.S. “Wild Slugs United (featuring Paul Costuros)” from “Splat City II” [Squirrels on Film]

Four groovy and unbridled, idiosyncratic bass-heavy percussive jams, wobbling between thudding, rattling and crispy rhythm patterns, juddering bass lines, evocative desertic guitar strings, galloping tribal house, trippy hypnotic acid carpet flights (ft. label cofounder Solar) and finally vibrant bass clarinet blasts by Paul Costuros (of Murder Murder / Death Sentence: Panda! et al), to turn loose wiry, shrilling free-jazz vibes. Another mesmerizing lethal dose of imaginative and surreal C.L.A.W.S.’ ‘Pure Unfiltered West Coast Squirrel Bait’.

• Bologna-based, Italian EBM /acid /drone /electro /techno musician Davide Nicosia, aka Acid Youth – “Devil in Mr. Jones” from “Devil in Mr. Jones” EP  all proceeds to Palestine’s The Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund [Elephant Gait Music]

Everyone could face their own Mr. Jones at some point, the epitome of modern man’s heartless greed; the question is how to remain a human being. The title track ignites a shaky, penetrating and cold wash of hypnotic dry beats and EBM-inflected gritty undulating bass lines, pierced by emotive spooky synth smudges and squelchy acid sequences, to relentlessly and selfishly wander amid echoes of hopeless decay until the end when gleams of rebirth barely take hold.

• French ambient /cinematic /halftime /tribal /psych /deep techno producer Uman Yazar – “Ma” off upcoming “Unsur” EP [Melifera Records]

Four tracks, each inspired by an element, like fragments of an ancient language reawakened by technology. A sensory and seductive visionary dive into the unfathomable depths of percussive, trancey techno sound, to find in an esoteric darkness a magical and transcendent inner light.

Bologna-based, Italian EBM /acid /drone /electro /techno musician Davide Nicosia, aka Acid Youth – “Devil in Mr. Jones” from “Devil in Mr. Jones” EP [Elephant Gait Music]

Everyone could face their own Mr. Jones at some point, the epitome of modern man’s heartless greed; the question is how to remain a human being. The title track ignites a shaky, rough and cold hypnotic wash of steady dry beats and EBM-inflected gritty undulating low ends to selfishly drive under emotive spooky synth smudges and squelchy acid sequences, relentlessly wandering amid echoes of hopeless decay until the end when gleams of rebirth barely take hold.

• Vancouver, BC IDM /ambient /folktronica /analog synth /electronic artist and musician Jamie Tolagson (member of Vancouver Island’s MMR Collective and Hotham Sound label founder), aka Mount Maxwell “Blue Highways” from V/A “NxNWx10” Hotham Sound Recordings 10th anniversary compilation [Hotham Sound Recordings]
• McAllen, Texas/Tokyo, Japan ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /organic /sound artists, City Of Dawn & Rhucle “Shibui” from the cassette album “Threads” [Aural Canyon]
• German ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscapes /instrumental music project by Simon Zurloh, aka Imagine The Sea – “The City Awakens” from V/A “Imaginary North Transmission 010” LP [Imaginary North]
• Antwerpen, Belgium ambient /drone /experimental /electronic sound artist Autumna “The Stasi Café” from the “World Inside Of You” LP [Frosti]
• Berlin-based German dark ambient /drone /neo-classical /acoustic /cello /piano composer and sound designer, SVEN LAUX “For Dad” from “The Undefined Feeling of Discomfort” LP [Whitelabrecs]
• Copenhagen, Danish ambient /jazz drummer Daniel Sommer featuring Finnish pianist Artturi Rönkä and Swedish bassist Thommy Andersson, aka Artturi Rönkä / Daniel Sommer / Thommy Andersson “Meditation” off the album “Lost Threads” final chapter of Daniel Sommer‘s Nordic Trilogy [April Records]
• US ambient /folk /country /bluegrass /blues /experimental musicians Michael Grigoni * Pan•American “New World, Lonely Ride” from upcoming LP “New World, Lonely Ride” [Kranky]
• Live ambient /neo-classical /experimental collaboration between Belgian string quintet BOW, and Canadian experimental guitarist Aidan Baker (Nadja, Caudal, Tavare), BOW & Aidan Baker “FR 5” from “FR/DE” album (recorded live at Sulfure Festival, Paris, 2019 and Moving Noises Festival, Germany 2023) [Cruel Nature Records]
• Heidelberg, Germany ambient /ethereal /drone /electro-acoustic musician Simon Schilling, aka The Angel Code “Forgive and Forgiven (Open Version)” from “DORCAS” EP [Fauxpas Musik]
• Kostroma, Russia dark ambient /drone /meditation /field recordings musician Evgeniy Shishulin, aka Mitseliy “Rain” from the album “Silence” [Atlantea Records]
• Polish electronic ambient music composer Pruski “Lark” from the upcoming LP “Drifting Stones” [IIKKI]
• Minneapolis, Minnesota ambient /field recordings /organic /soundscapes /electronic musician Hiram “Solstice Song”
  
• Italian ambient /soundtrack /experimental /modern-classical violinist and composer Laura Masotto “North (Iluiteq Rework)” from “The Spirit of Things Reworks” EP [7K!]
• Germany/New Zealand ambient /modern classical /piano /electronic composers, Joachim Spieth | Andrew Thomas “Falling” from the upcoming collaborative album “Nocturna” [Affin]
• Paris, France-based ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /electronic film music composer, producer and songwriter Diego Ayala Raffalli “Diálogo” from “Ausencia” LP [Shimmering Moods Records]
• Tucson, AZ ambient /drone /space music /electronic artist STEVE ROACH “Sensual Sonic” from the album “The Reverent Sky” [Projekt Records]
• Gothenburg-based ambient /IDM /orchestral /trip-hop /electronic Tucson, AZ-bred artist Lela Amparo, aka Amparo “Space Us Out” off upcoming album “Keep Your Soul Young” [Past Inside the Present]
• UK ambient /minimal /deep techno production duo and Verdant Recordings label heads Ulf & Ralf “Hush IV” from “Hush” LP [Verdant Recordings]
• US/Quebec ambient /chill-out /electronic collaboration Behind Clouds X Arbee “Serene Shadows” from “City Lights, Midnight Skies” EP
  
• Raleigh, NC ambient /post-classical /synth electronic musician Daniel Coppens “Nocturnal” from the album “After the End”
  
• Hamburg, Germany-based experimental analog synth producer Glaring “Lonely Graves” from the album “Astral Drone” (improvisational electronic album using the Yamaha PSS-480)
  
• Brooklyn, NY experimental /acid /kraut /cosmic electronica /electro-acoustic /analog synth project from house-techno producer, Chase Smith (W.T. Records, Apartment, is/Was), & documentary filmmaker, Christa Majora, aka Brainwave Research Center “Orange Drop” from upcoming “Psychic Antenna” EP [R.i.O. Label]
• Dresden, Germany ambient /field recordings /dub /deep techno /electronic /modular synth composer and sound artist, Andrea Cichecki “Connection Between Us” from “Drawn Into The Edge Effect” [Castles In Space]
• Malta-based ambient /deep techno producer Faddi “Voices of Valhala” from”Midnight Pill” EP [Khoros Records]
• UK ambient /dub /minimal /techno /house /downtempo /electronic producer and Quiet Details label curator, aka fields we found “Rhythm structure 1.2″ from “Rhythm structures 01″EP new quarterly rhythmic/deep listening EP series
  
• French ambient /acid /breaks /psychedelic /deep hypnotic techno DJ-producer Mown – “Trinity” from “Trinity” EP [Art Bei Ton]
• Malmö, Sweden ambient /minimal /house /techno DJ-producer Martinou “The Lasy Hour” from the EP “The Glow That Lingers” [Fauxpas Musik]
• Paris, France psych /techno /progressive trance producer and sound artist, Tewo Rina – “Solar Rotation” from V/A “Voyager 1” compilation LP [Stardust]
• UK goa trance /early 90s Italian progressive /techno mysterious producer Astral Renegades “Milchstr” from the debut EP “Influencer in Space” [Gated]
• Paris ambient /psych /slow techno /downtempo producer Laaar – “Reborn (Faul & Spaeth Remix)” from “In Different Form (Remixes)” EP [Talpa Rec.]
• Zurich/London-based experimental /breaks /bass /percussive /techno production duo Atrice & Klahrk – “You’ve Changed” from V/A “Multi-Source” [Plasma Source]
• Philadelphia psych /acid /electro duo Thomas Roland & James Weissinger (aka Girls Chat Room and Peyton Farquhar), aka Zillas On Acid – “The Magic of the State feat. Matt O’Hare (The Dude of Stratosphear Remix)” off “Mars Hum Remixes” EP (original tracks from the 2024 EP via NEUBAU)
  
• Amsterdam, Netherlands ambient /minimal /dub /techno producer Tammo Hesselink – “Gossamer” from upcoming “Mantis 16” EP [Delsin Records]
• London, UK ambient /dub /percussive dark techno producer Jay Duncan – “Quantum (Al Wootton Remix)” off “Infinite Mass” EP [TRULE]
• London-based techno /drum & bass /jungle /electronic producer Joe Baker, aka Forest Drive West “Möbius” from “Masking” EP [ILIAN TAPE]
• UK bass music /breaks /techno /dub /experimental collaboration of Bristol‘s pioneering electronic music producer Om Unit with London-based half of BSUN mastermind Soreab, Om Unit & Soreab – “Last Breath” from upcoming “Pressure 3D” EP [Baroque Sunburst]
• Cagliari, Italy ambient /techno /drone /breaks /drum & bass DJ-producer Last Life – “Curse (Torn Remix)” from “Remixed: 2” EP [Samurai Music]
• London, UK ambient /IDM /electronic /Braindance /breaks /electro producer James Shinra “Finch (2025 Rework)” from the upcoming second LP “Meteorites” 2×12″ [Analogical Force]
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK IDM /jungle /Detroit techno /electro /electronica producer The Jaffa Kid “Inside Asylum” from “Ep-ISODE” EP
  
• Uruguayan ambient /techno /electro producer Molen “Machine Dreams” from the upcoming EP “Machine Dreams” [Craigie Knowes]
• London, UK-based ambient techno /deep electro producer K_Schreiber – “Distant Echoes” from the split EP “Fourier Transform(d) Seven” with ReKaB [Fourier Transform]
• Offenbach, German electro pioneer Anthony Rother “Destroy Him My Robots (Hybrid Edit)” from “REDLIGHT DISTRICT / Destroy Him My Robots (Hybrid EDITS)” EP [PSI49NET]
• Montreal, Quebec electro producer and Facecontrol Audio Industries label head, Sean Kosa “Muon G2 (Leblonde Remix)” from “Muon G2 (The Remixes)” [Facecontrol Audio Industries]
• Polish raw breaks /electro producer from Szczecin (aka MROCKI), aka Robodrum “Call Me Bitch” from V/A “The Electro Guilde V” EP [Zodiak Commune Records]
• San Francisco IDM /Miami bass /breaks /electro duo Beyond the Black Hole “Self-Destrukt” from “Protonic Flux” EP
  
• Terrassa, Spanish retro-futuristic /electro producer Ivan Arnau, aka Dark Vektor “Simulación” from the split EP with Robert Cosmic “Verdades Incómodas” [Aspecto Humano]
• French bass /techno /dark electro DJ-producer Atix “Skyline Echo” from “Demon Mafia” EP [Y.NN.K]
• French dark techno /EBM /electro producer from Bordeaux, Djedjotronic “The Third” from V/A “Mellow Bangers Vol.2” LP [ITALO MODERNI]
• Russian breaks /bass /electro-punk producer, nashnocap “Pop It” from Chainsaw” EP [Ovelha Trax]
• English experimental electronic artist-producer WILL FLISK “Living with Éliane Radigue”
  
• Paris-based French wave /electro /house /dark disco /techno /eclectic electronic artist Chloé Thévenin, aka CHLOÉ “Control” single [Lumière Noire Records]
• London-based breakbeat /electro /acid rave-inflected wave  trio Hackney Electronica “Synaptic Shadows” from upcoming “H.E. Nuestro Circuito” EP [Dark Entries Records]
• Heraklion, Greece-based experimental /post-punk /noise /techno producer Tsanga – “Katrakyla (Downfall)” from “A Piece Of Sky” EP [CSC Records]
• Grenoble, France EBM /rave /industrial techno producer Maxime Fabre, aka Crystal Geometry “What Could Go Wrong”
  
• Italy/France rave /trance /techno production duo LPV & Umwelt “Dystopian Attack” from the forthcoming V/A “RAVEBREAKERZ 03” EP [RAVE OR DIE!]
• Berlin-based, Italian EBM /Noise /Techno /Industrial producer Increased Control – “Kinatoli” from “Terza Anomalia” EP [Brutal Forms]
• London, UK experimental /industrial wave /techno project by veteran producer Oliver Ho (Raudive, Zov Zov, Jealous God), BROKEN ENGLISH CLUB ”Prisoner” from “Songs Of Love And Decay” LP Dekmantel UFO Series [Dekmantel Records]
• French cyberpunk /industrial /techno /dark electronic production duo Noizinski & Toutant – “SEDITIOUS (Matteo Tura Remix)” [Distor Records]
• Manchester’s rave /hip-hop /techno /acid house producer Ricky El-Qasem, aka Dark Utopia – “T-Jazz (Original Mix)” from the upcoming four-track EP ” The Change Board” [When Disco Goes Wrong]
• Gelsenkirchen, Germany old school /Balearic /trip-hop /breakbeat /house /chug /downtempo producer duo Markus Schwartz and DJ Mart, aka Schwarzmart “stop the bus” single
  
• Madrid, Spain acid /trippy /percussive /indie dance producer Azaria “Pump (Parissior Remix)” off “Pump” EP [Espacio CIELO]
• Paris-based new beat /dark disco /techno producer Sapphist Eye “Idol Spell” from upcoming EP “Idol Spell”  [Nein Records]
• Mexican dark disco /indie dance /electronic collaboration Roliva & Marito Ramirez “LEGO (Mundo D Remix)” from “Lego” EP [NATIVO]
• Mexican/Chilean acid /dark disco /indie dance project Roswell Brothers “Where is the Money Lebowski (Levantine Remix)”
  
• London-based cosmic dark disco duo Beyond The Struttosphere “Planet Ogo (Shubostar Remix)” from upcoming EP “Planet Ogo” [Discolypso]
• New York acid /nu-disco /indie dance producer Nackley – Sublime Desolation” “Anger Management” EP [Bordello A Parigi]
• Italian/French indie dance /dark disco duo Berny & MMYYLO – “Megalodon” from Berny‘s “Phenomenon” EP [Innisfallen Records]
• Berlin-based slow house /indie dance producer Esmaeili – “Ride Or Die” off “Time With It” EP [KataHaifisch]
• Preston, UK ambient /drone /space synth /electronic project of Stephen James Buckley, aka Polypores “Look at Orchid Swarming With Wasps” from “I Wish There Was a Place Like That” [quiet details]
• Charlotte, NC modular ambient /drone /soundscapes /electronic sound artist, D York “Yucay Part 1 (riochuelo San Juan)” from “Naturally Indwelling” long-form LP [rohs! records]
• Matsumoto, Japan-based ambient /drone /field recordings /electronic sound artist Darren McClure “Cassette Skies” from V/A “Seven Stages Of Grief III” the final compilation instalment in memory of Árni Grétar [Neotantra]
• Brussels ambient /drone /experimental /improv double neck guitar player Pierre Bujeau (of French groups Omertà and Tanz Mein Herz), aka Megabasse “L’Último Sacrifacio” long-form piece from the album “Flamenca” [Efficient Space]
• Ann Arbor, Michigan electronic producer Stephen Hitchell (aka Echospace), Variant “sequential sleep [unreleased granular dub]” from “sequential sleep [series collection]” meditative ambient six-part CD series made for dreaming [Variant]

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