Weekly Electronic Music Tips // MARCH #13-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- CARRIER – “Pre Millennium Witchcraft (1995 – 1998)” Mixtape [Berceuse Heroique ]
Deadly 70-minute session from UK club technician Carrier (Shifted, Covered in Sand, Commix) hailing his roots in mid-late ‘90s Drum&Bass with a ridiculously strong mixtape of pre-millennial, post-junglist rufige — 100% firecracker heyday D&B brilliance, still cutting edge & futuristic 3 decades later.
- Brooklyn-based ambient /dub techno artist, Eden Aurelius “Want 2” from “Plateau” EP 12″ [co:clear]
“A lacework of chiller dub-techno and ambient sparkle, crafted via recorded material, astute sampling, and live instrumentation”. The first teaser is an immersive journey amidst warm-hazed enveloping atmospheric pads, crystalline, chimey and chilly echoing frequencies, smooth bass pulses, and subtly tight crispy percussions, helping to loosen the body and mind whilst abandoning ourselves to the mesmerizing unrestrained resonance of the sound.
- Berlin-based EBM /techno /minimal electro-wave /synth-punk Mexican DJ-producer and Miseria label head honcho, Carlos GrabStein, a.k.a. 89st “Lessons Of Pain” from upcoming V/A “Brutality III” compilation [Brutal Forms]
High energy uncompromising return after a while from the Mexican artist, to unleash harsh, smoldering industrial EBM menace, snapping with crunching and droning low-end energy, sternly thumping drum kick ritual and scowling vocals, for a stark, edgy yet hypnotizing dancefloor experience.
- Lille, French indie dance /disco /tribal /psych /jungle cumbia /electronic producer and multi-instrumentalist (member of the electronic band, Volcan La Peté), Kubebe – “Pféfi (Original Mix)” Secret Potion #034 series [Playground Records]
The eclectic French musician triggers a churning syncopated mesh-up of tightly skipping beats and sultry crisp rolling cumbia-laced percussion patterns, droning resonant bass vibrations, and alienating obsessive chiming frequencies, to beam trippy and groovy, yet angsty, tropical vibes.
- The Hague, Netherlands one-woman experimental /analog dark synth project Dim Garden – “Dans La Forêt Du Temps Passé” from V/A “Yarrow Ballet V.A. 01” cassette compilation [Yarrow Ballet]
- French ambient /church organ /improv /musician and vocalist Delphine Dora “Opus Divinum” from the cassette version of the 2022 album “Hymness Apophatiques” (recorded in 2021 during a residency at the Church of St Saphorin, Switzerland) [Mascarpone Discos]
- Scottish ambient /modern classical composer Euan Alexander Millar-McMeeken, aka Glacis “I Watched The Sun Go Down” from piano day improv EP “What Is Now Will Soon Be”
- Hyogo, Japan-based ambient /field recordings /piano artist Masakatsu Takagi “Marginalia #151”
- Scottish ambient /abstract jazz /classical /piano project of 80s musician behind ’80s synthpop duo Vazz, Hugh Small, aka VAZZ “The White Cathedral” from “Anatomy Of A Piano” LP (50 pieces collection recorded in Edinburgh between 2014 – 2016) [STROOM.tv]
- India/Australia ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscape /electro-acoustic collaboration Suseti & Willebrant “The coming rains” from “The Coming Rains” EP
- Parisian dark ambient /space music /soundscape /minimal /modern classical musician and founding member of the band Lightwave, Christian Wittman “Expanding Galaxies” from the album ” The Story of the Sun, Moon, and Stars” [Whitelabrecs]
- Spanish ambient /drone /soundscape /electronic artist Agustín Mena, aka Warmth “The Blame” from the CD album “The Black Sand” [ARCHIVES]
- San Francisco ambient /drone /experimental /classical /chamber music composer Danny Clay “Part 4” from the album “No More Darkness, No More Night” [laaps]
- Ottawa, Canadian ambient /drone /cinematic /electronic sound artist and Altus Music head, Mike Carss, aka Loneward – “Dreaming Upon Waves” from the album “Beyond the Sea Part One” [Altus Music]
- UK ambient /soundscape producer Nik Davies, aka Stillness Sanctuary “Clouds Parting” single [Ambient Soundscapes]
- New York ambient /drone /field recordings /organic /synth sound artist, Saapato “Morning Swale Song” from upcoming cassette album “On Fire Island” [sound as language]
- Berlin-based ambient /wave /electronic /experimental pop Greek harpist, composer and singer-songwriter Sissi Makropoulou, aka Sissi Rada “Sunnefo” off upcoming new album, “Aporia” [STROOM.tv]
- Ambient /electronic collaborative project from Stockholm production duo Sporer and Canadian author Adrian M. Gibson, Sporer “Fragmented Memories” from the cassette album “Mushroom Blues” [Fruiting Bodies]
- Montreal, Quebec/Groningen, Netherlands ambient /dub /techno /microhouse producers Pheek & Jos Lok “Soft Empathy” from the upcoming album “Transparessence” [Archipel Musique]
- Japanese industrial /psych /dub /experimental mysterious Kyoto trio, R.N.A. Organism “Yes, Every Africa Must Be Free Eternally” from the remastered vinyl edition of the lone 1980 album “R.N.A.O Meets P.O.P.O” (first released by legendary Osaka label Vanity Records) [MESH-KEY]
- Munich, German ambient /breakbeat /dub /deep techno producer Brian Müller, aka SKEE MASK “Stomp” from “ISS010″ 2×12” LP [ILIAN TAPE]
- L.A. ambient /drone /dub /psych /house /techno /experimental duo Lac Seul “First Sight Of Dawn” from the cassette album “Depth Finder” [Jungle Gym Records]
- Graz, Austrian ambient /abstract /broken beats /techno producer Timo Bürgler (aka Awo Ojiji), aka Toupaz “Cadeau” from the EP “Keisaku” EP [Soft Raw]
- German IDM /Chillout /Acid /Breakbeat producer Daniel Schock, aka SubDan “Bliss” from “TUN033 – Cycle” 10″ EP [Móatún 7]
- Dresden, Germany ambient /IDM /acid /techno /breakbeat producer Clemens Acidus “Along the Line” from “Summer Sunrise” EP [Kahvi Collective]
- London-based ambient /IDM /acid house /psych /techno /experimental electronic pioneer duo Future Sound Of London – “Do5 sk” from V/A “Full Spectrum” 2xCD charity compilation [Touched Music]
- US Sci-Fi /House /Trance /Trip Hop producer Ted Heinz, aka Digital Imagination “The Essence Of Thought” from the vinyl 12″ reissue of “The Essence of Thought” (originally released in 1993 on Concept Records) [Sunny Crypt]
- British-born ambient /field recordings /organic house /downtempo electronica producer El Búho “Ritmo de Coro Mallorquín” [raso.]
- Foggia, Italy house /space disco /dark cosmic disco DJ-producer, NAVIBERG – “Lasciati Andare (Original Mix)” from “Erotika” EP [Boite Music Records / Spa In Disco]
- Athens-based Balearic-ambient-cosmic electronica mid-90s project of Italian–Greek musician since the mid-’80s (Tuxedomoon, Stereo Nova, In Trance 95, and RAW collaborator), Costantino Luca Rolando Kiriakos, aka Coti K. “Theros” from the upcoming reissue EP 12″ [Dark Entries]
- French ambient /jazzy /deep house electronic music producer hailing from Paris, ELOI “A Perfect Misconception” from “LTDBLBL013″ EP 12” [Limited White Label]
- Edinburgh, UK ambient /electro /dub /techno /computer music /experimental electronic producer Calum Gunn “Outer” from the LP “Burnt Motto”
- Italy‘s The Fire jazz live crew meets British dub legend and legendary On-U-Sound label founder Adrian Sherwood, aka Fire feat. Adrian Sherwood – “A Queda Do Ceu (A-Tweed & Oltrefuturo Remix)” from the first volume of two remix albums “Remixes Vol.1” LP [Salgari Records]
- Italian ethnic /downtempo /acid /tribal /downtempo /modular electronic DJ-producer based in Rome, A-Tweed “Beeswax Hexagon” from upcoming “Necker Cubism” EP [Inside Out Records]
- Manchester, UK based acid analogue techno pioneers Joe Wretham and Ian Scott, aka Buran – “Alnitak” off “The Hunter” EP [Insult To Injury Records]
- Dresden, Germany slow techno /chug /house /dark disco producer Kike Am Radar – “It’s All Lies” from V/A “Flash, Vol. 1” EP [Lumière Noire]
- London-based acid /house /techno /breakbeat DJ, architect & animator Chog Burley, aka Void Complet “d’ACID” from “My Idea of Fun” EP [CHOBU]
- London-based ambient /Italo /acid /kraut /sci-fi /electro /analog synth DJ-producer Timothy J. Fairplay “TV Tower” from Timothy J. Fairplay / Norwell‘s “DDS09″ split EP 12” [Dalmata Daniel]
- UK house /techno electro-funk and Detroit-inspired house producer Kilowatt “Automatik” from the reissue of the 1995 “The Last EP” 4-track compilation featuring a blend of (originally on Rob Gretton’s Manchester label Rob’s Records) 12″ [Mint Condition]
- Manchester, UK-based acid analogue techno pioneers Joe Wretham and Ian Scott, aka Buran – “Alnitak” off “The Hunter” EP [Insult To Injury Records]
- Italian industrial /techno /dark synth electronic DJ, Producer, Remixer and head of Mannequin Records, Alessandro Adriani “Matter And Memory” from V/A “MURK AT DAWN” EP 12″ [Rapture]
- Berlin-based EBM /Balkan folk /noise /techno /post-industrial trio of Philipp Strobel, Berlin Bunny, and Eyes Dice, aka INVOLUCIJA “hiperfokus (Hiperfocus)” from “Tiha povest involucije” LP 2×12″ [INVOLUCIJA]
- German–Georgian EBM /percussive /industrial-techno /Kartvelian folk project by artists Tasime and Hidonash, aka TASIME DA HIDONASH – “Harmonia | ჰარმონია” single [GLANZ + ELEND]
- Springfield, IL EBM /industrial /techno /dark electronics producer Daymon Kiliman, aka Luct Melod – “Ademption” off V/A “The Semiconscious System II VA” cassette compilation [Idlestates Recordings]
- Greece-based EBM /Industrial /Techno /Dark Electronics producer Alpha Sect “Your A Side Killed Me” from the digital reissue of “La Naissance Des Morts” EP
- Buenos Aires industrial /noise /techno Dj-producer and member of Knife collective, Kamé – “Waiting For You” from upcoming V/A “Suicide Rituals Vol.1” cassette compilation [Phobia Tapes]
- German industrial /experimental /EBM /darkwave /noise /electronic act ALMAX UND FORTE “Mysterious Relief” off “Nois D’Avui” Ltd. Edition 12″ EP [Oráculo Records]
- Olympia, WA EBM /Industrial /Body Music producer STATIC GHOST “MNDFRCTR” from the cassette EP “DEPATTERNED”
- French hardcore /industrial /techno producer KØNY “I Reach The Timer” from “Painful Brain” EP [Culture of Violence]
- Mexico City based EBM /techno producer Bass Cvlt “Degrade – Bass Cvlt (Original Mix)”
- L.A. based Industrial /Techno /EBM /Experimental project of New York‘s producer David Christian aka CERVELLO ELETTRONICO “Eternal (Nightmare Mix)” from “Eternal” EP [SquareWav]
- Mexico City dark ambient /industrial /dark techno producer-DJ and live act, owner of the Psychophonie De L’eternel label, SELF-AWARENESS – “Waters above the firmament” off “Tehom” EP [VūMantra Records]
- Paris-based, French new beat /Italo disco /house electronic producer and Skylax crew member, DJ Tsygan “Grey” from “The Sound Of Tsy” EP 12″ [SKYLAX RECORDS]
- Montreal, Québec EBM /Industrial /Techno-House /New Beat duo of Rubin G (formerly Low Factor) and Cris.py (ex-member of Perverted Justice and Police des Moeurs), aka Belly Hatcher – “No Choice” from V/A “MUTANT MODALITY vol. 2” compilation [MUTANT MODALITY]
- Tokyo-based new-wave /house /techno /disco DJ and producer Moscoman ‘Wait’ off 2-track EP 12″ [Disco Halal]
- Mexican acid /dark disco /indie dance producer Ticopa – “Quien Me Cuida (Original Mix)” off “Natura y los Disidentes” EP [Maleante Records]
- French indie dance /dark disco/electronic duo of Peo Watson and Mika Frojman, aka Kimshies “End of Love feat S//Rose (Original)” off “End of Love” EP [Roam Recordings]
- ’80s Italo Disco producer Gianni Coraini, aka Jaco – “Spanish Run (Flemming Dalum remix)” (originally released on Sensation Records in 1984) 12″ [ZYX Music]
- Brazilian indie dance /synth wave /Italo disco artist Vasconcellos “Italo Metálico (Bizzarro Universe Remix)” off “Italo Metálico” EP [Inner Shah Recordings]
- Barcelona /Rotterdam sci-fi /indie dance /Italo /cosmic disco /electronic production duo Agle & Machinegewehr – “Into The Night (Original Mix)” [Rewind It]
- Die Avon Beraterin – “Secret Jam (Kommissar Keller‘s Italo Edit)”
- Tel Aviv‘s disco /indie dance producer Eliezer & Bardellas Ft. Adina – “Hergel Megune” off “Pushkin” EP [La Dame Noir Records]
- Russian cosmic dark disco duo Bruce The Bat Person & Vector Malevolent – “Mé En Té (Cosmosolar Remix)” off “Mé en Té” EP [Epicure Records]
- Lithuanian indie dance /trance /Italo /space disco Ripe Rhythm “Clear”
- Berlin-based wave /house /trance /indie dance /dark disco producer Avi Sakorka “Deeper (Original Mix)” from “Break the Sound” EP [HEARec]
- Amsterdam based acid house /indie dance /trance /piano house /Italo disco producer Laion “Conquest of Happiness” from “Musical Incidents in an Irrational World” EP [Club Mackan]
- French Italo /cosmic disco /indie dance /dark disco DJ-producer Darlyn Vlys “Last Drive Feat. Haptic” from “Last Drive” EP [POLARIS]
- Jalisco, Mexico dark disco /house /indie dance /tribal /psych /electronic DJ-Producer and Calypso Records head, Iñigo Vontier “Fire Papi” title track of “Fire Papi” EP [Multi Culti]
- Amsterdam-based, Indian-born techno /breaks /cosmic disco /acid house DJ-producer and Sinchi Collective member, Hary Shanthi “King of Kings (Italo Brutalo Remix)” from the upcoming “King of Kings” EP [Sinchi]
- Berlin/Barcelona based acid /breaks /psych /downtempo collaboration between Russian producer one half of Oblako Maranta and Mexican head of Bonkers Music label, Radial Gaze & Ludviq “Maze” from “Ruins of Argos” EP [ODD Pleasures]
- Florence, Italian acid house /techno producer Marco D’Aquino, aka Dukwa “Digital Forest” from “Mental Fortitude” EP [Gudu Records]
- Maryland-based dark ambient /post-minimalist /drone /electronic music Composer, Sound Designer and Modular Synthesist BLAKMOTH “Restless Wanderings” title track of the LP “Restless Wanderings [Errorgrid Records]
- L.A.-based ambient /drone /industrial producer Cop Funeral “he died and I was glad he died” from cassette EP “Fragile Men” [Already Dead Tapes and Records]
- Devon, UK ambient /drone /psych /new age /electronic producer Biospirals “3-03” from the upcoming cassette album “3” [JUNGLE GYM RECORDS]
- Iceland ambient /IDM /techno /electronic singer-songwriter and producer rauður “My World Pt. 2” from “TUN034 – My World” EP 10″ [Móatún 7]
- Fennesz + Wozencroft “Live in Norberg 30th July 2004” from “Liquid Music ll” digital audio/video [Touch]
- New South Wales, Australia ambient producer Broken Chip “Home Normal Mixtape” 4th in the mixtape digital series [Home Normal]
