Weekly Electronic Music Tips – April #16-21
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- SHARPLINES | UNMASKED DISCUSSION 120
High energy, scorching and striking set as usual from Naples finest Nicola Cimmino (aka Nathaniel), courtesy of London’s Unmasked podcast, under his Sharplines , expect ‘techno, marching industrial, acid and EBM, together with a great attention to sound design and love for gritty textures’.
- Italian psych /slow-mo /downtempo /cosmic /electronic production duo of Giorgio Giri and Marco Lentano, aka Mushrooms Project “Tum Angola” from “Caldosavana” EP on Special place recordings
Tension and mystery weave effortlessly giving life to slow-mo dilated wavy sequences, permeates by persistent muddy lysergic vapors, built by deep organic bass vibrations, washed in translucent enveloping synth swirls, and twinkling piling chords, amidst simmering hypnotic tribal rhythms, towards imaginative projections sprinkled with arcane Afro samples, in an oneiric dance-inducing trippy flow replete of fascinating exotic suggestions.
- Paris, France post-punk /dark electro /Italo /dark disco/techno artist DJ Varsovie – “Tes Derniers Signes (Kendal “Cheesy Crush” Remix)” from the single “Tes Derniers Signes” on his own Intervision label
Killer Italo remix by Toulouse‘s Ritmo Fatale label boss and DJ/producer Kendal to inject further intrigue and shimmering dark energy to the original with retro hypnotic tight, drum-filled patterns, stuttering, brooding bassline, and trance-inducing glowing synth swirls to inject relentless winding melancholy around alluring deep croons laced with affliction and nostalgia.
- Texas / Kentucky ambient /drone collaboration between Damien Duque (City Of Dawn) & Jason T. Lamoreaux (The Corrupting Sea), City of Dawn & The Corrupting Sea “3 A.M. Thoughts” from the album “Mosaic of Senses” upcoming on Somewherecold Records
Expanded flowing hazy modulations and diaphanous melodic lines combine to form a mesmeric dazzling harmonic carpet, punctuated by gently resonant echoing drops of early morning inward-looking abstraction, that unfurl over a calm immersion into contemplative dreamscapes, where the sound is shaped into a soothing caressing breeze to heal the senses.
- Zoviet France – “Hidden-By-The Wall” (Mean Flow Rework)
- 80s experimental /psychedelic /electronic band Deadline Paranoia “Dost Köyü Dub” from “Deadline Paranoia 3/3” 3rd in a 3 part series of archival albums from 80s cassette material on Hongehoord
- Berlin-based ambient /experimental /electronics project by Norwegian sound artist and instrument builder Camilla Vatne Barratt-Due, CANILLA “the extinction’s voluptuous odor” off her upcoming debut album “you always wanted more in life, but now you don’t have the appetite” via Street Pulse Records.
- French dark synth /electro-pop duo of Sebastien Chenut & Maud Geffray, Scratch Massive – “Closer” [lockdown escape remix by Apoptose]
- Tennessee experimental /post-punk /minimal wave project of Daniel Holt, Human Figures “Footsteps” title track from the cassette album “Footsteps” on Frigio Records / Btx3R/F01101/Exe.
- Athens, Greece one-man instrumental experimental/cold synth electronics project BLAKAUT “Γκύζη 85” from ltd. cassette mini-album “Σημείο Μηδέν”
- Bogotà, Colombian Electro /Techno /Industrial /EBM producer and founder of DClock Records, Jesús David Restrepo, AKA Damaged Clock “Apocalypse” from the EP “The Art of Bass” on Pildoras Tapes
- French harsh trap /industrial punk side project of producer Tim Gainet (aka IV Horsemen and Poison Point), aka ALEISTER BLAKE – “Cyber Fame, Real Pain” title track off the debut cassette release “Cyber Fame, Real Pain” on Clan Destine Records
- Italian industrial /proto-S&M-EBM /dark electronic project of Francesco Baudazzi (Obtane, Zooloft Records), VIOLET POISON “LSD Take One” off upcoming EP “Archives (2013-2014)” [Concrete Records]
- Odessa-based / Daghestan-born, система|system label‘s experimental electronic artist Gael Abakarova, aka GAEL “FUCK THIS NOISE (Navine Version)”
- Italian EBM /Industrial /Wave /Synthwave /Techno project of Raw Culture label boss from Rome (part of trio Fauna53), aka Asymmetrical “Bullshit” off upcoming album “Blind Faith” [RWCLTR017] on Raw Culture
- Viña del Mar, Chile experimental /EBM /dark techno /electronic producer ciclo. “SoloMaquina02.ciclo”
- Greek EBM/industrial techno/dark electronic producer from Athens, MORAH “Do Not Bow Your Head, The Only Way Is Resistance Again” off V/A “Metanoia” [Khoinix]
- Stuttgart, Germany hard-trance /techno duo DISRUPTION “Seductive Sins” from “Baptized in Fire” EP on COUP
- Glasgow based production duo, founders of Animal Farm Records, Quail + AISHA – “Sunna” title track off upcoming “Sunna” EP on Soma Records
- Caen, France acid /techno Dj-Producer of the Oiz collective/label, Onelas “No Break” off V/A “MAD CREATURES” on Innergate
- Spanish ambient /acid /techno producer Oxygeno – “Electrified” off “Mirror Of Confusion” EP on Lost Verses
- London based experimental industrial techno producer (aka Severin Black and former member of Fat White family), NAPE – “THIRD EUROPE IV” off cassette EP “THIRD EUROPE” (OOTGY004) on Croatia’s Optimism Is Out To Get You
- Experimental /electronic /industrial /techno project NONNA “Untitled” from “NONNA” EP on Athens’ Several Minor Promises
- Belgrade, Serbia experimental /electronic /techno /acid /synthwave /electro duo Zastranienie “Ritual” from the new 2-tracker “ELEKTRO”
- French dark electronic /sci-fi /acid /electro DJ-producer (head of New Flesh and Rave Or Die labels) from Lyon, UMWELT “Raiders Of The Final Frontier” off upcoming 12″ EP “Fear On The Dark Planet” on Midnight Shift
- UK experimental /grime /rap /techno /electronic duo of vocalist lloydfears and producer SHALT, aka Gressive “Sever Ties” from self-titled EP on Infinite Machine
- London, UK grime /bass /breakbeat /techno /electronic producer First Circle – “778” from upcoming new EP “Mouse” [Hi-NRG]
- London, UK Hip-Hop /Breaks /Bleeps /Bass Electronic DJ-producer Jerome Hill – “We Are Not Alone” off upcoming “BLE-EP” 6-Track vinyl compilation [Yellow Machines]
- Italian cosmic disco /dark electro disco /electronic Florence Renaissance producer TULIOXI “I’m Used To Music (Original Mix)” off “I’m Used To Music” EP on Melopee
- Saint Etienne, France EBM /psych electro /dark techno producer and Positive Education Festival mainstay, Jacques Satre – “Port Chastel” from upcoming V/A ‘Intermezzo Uno’ first volume of two-part compilation [Dischi Autunno]
- Madrid, Spain dark disco /indie dance /electronic DJ/ producer and founder of the Logical label, JAVIER BUSTO “ Mood Swing (Uj Pa Gaz)” off “Mood Swing” EP on Evil Plans
- Berlin/NYC dark disco electronic artist TONY Y NOT – “No Mercy For Delirium (Shubostar Remix)” off Tony y Not and Bonnie Spacey collaborative EP [Critical Monday]
- UK electronic dark disco Producer/Remixer/DJ Neil Parnell aka Tronik Youth “U R A SLAVE (Black Light Smoke Remix)” off upcoming EP “U R A Slave” on Nein Records
- Spanish indie dance /dark disco producer and headmaster at Logical Records HQ, Ivan de la Rouch “Comunica Me” off “Dime” EP [Maleante Records]
- Stockholm acid /house /disco /electronic duo Elfenberg – “Yo Ken” off V/A “La Danse #2” [HRDF13] on Hard Fist
- Philadelphia psych /acid /electro duo Thomas Roland and James Weissinger (aka Girls Chat Room and Peyton Farquhar), aka Zillas On Acid “You You You You” from upcoming EP “A Wonderful Time in a Terrible Club” [Inside Out Records]
- Germany based, Latvian experimental /minimal synth /electro producer Gatis Druvaskalns, aka ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? ???? “Questions Left”
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK electro /synth project of Mike Watson, The Tomorrow Project – “Stargazers”
- Spanish electro producer Univac – “Mandelbrot Set” off upcoming EP “Polar” [Melodize Music]
- US/Australia experimental /ambient /techno /IDM collaborative project between tsrono and Melted_Self, aka 0.syx “Centrics” from “Radials” EP on Schematic Music Company
- Madrid, Spain Dark /Chill /Jazz /Downtempo project of Vadym Sycantrhope, BLACK SHAMAN “Liturgy” from S/T EP on creepy sound
- UK experimental /ambient /drone /electronic musician and producer (Techno Animal, King Midas Sound, The Bug), Kevin Richard Martin “In Love With A Ghost” from the album “Return to Solaris” rescore of Andrei Tarkovsky’s seminal 1972 movie “Solaris” on Phantom Limb
- Belgrade ambient /drone /experimental /electronic DJ /producer Zhe Pechorin – “After Shining” from V/A “01.” [SVA01] compilation album on Systolic
- UK cinematic /post-industrial /synth project EVA|3 “a world within (part.2)” from the album “a world within” on ant-zen
- Tokyo, Japan experimental /ambient /drone /electronic artist 関 大夏志 Seki Takashi from the album “Olfactus” on Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series
- London, UK pianist and composer Matt Stewart-Evans “Together” on 1631 Recordings
- Swedish neo-classical/piano artist, Library Tapes “Midnight to Morning”