Weekly Electronic Music Tips // APRIL #16-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- FLAGELANTE CHAPTER XLV // VALANAÏS X MORAVIE
Porto/Osaka‘s Flagelante label restarts its podcast series with a dark, cold and somber mix that represents the friendship and musical connection between the two French kindred spirit artists, through a selection of lyricist and vocalist VALANAÏS‘ musical pieces, that she wrote for her collaboration with a wide spectrum of Techno /Industrial /EBM /Post-punk artists, mixed by the DJ and producer MORAVIE, to deliver a synergetic voyage that feels intimate and energetic.
- Poland-based Belarusian ambient /cosmic /breaks /electro DJ-producer, Viikatory “Atom Heart” from upcoming “Atom Heart” EP 12″ [Unknown To The Unknown]
Warsaw-based up-and-coming maverick DJ and producer, ceaselessly hovered to explore interdimensional cosmic spaces between Electro and Techno, manifests an abundance of mesmerizing and shifting nuances, honing Acid and House flickers, to satisfy and alter all our cybernetic imaginations.
- Argentina‘s tribal /psych /acid /trance /downtempo /electronic producer Balam “Caravana – “Planetaria (Guitar Mix Instrumental)” off “Caravana Planetaria” EP 12″ [Earthly Measures]
Three Measured ‘Dancefloor ready’ Edits by the imaginative Argentinian producer, from the sultry tribal exotic dancing hypnosis of the club mix to the Balearic feel of the immersive and captivating ‘Guitar Mix‘, wrapping us in soul-stirring hypnotic sways, like the reflections of the sea’s ripples, on a looping roll of crisp shuffling percussions, warm bass pulses, a lilting repetitive melancholic guitar arpeggio and swirling wistful chimes, to glisten as it endlessly folds and unfolds upon itself, to take us entirely to another soothing organic dimension.
- Thai ambient /psych /trance /tribal deep techno poetry performance artist Tul Waitoonkiat – “Nueng Kamtham (Sleep D Remix)” from “Nueng Kamtham” EP 12″ [Siamese Twins Records]
Acclaimed Thai performance artist Tul Waitoonkiat unveils the first teaser from his upcoming collaborative EP, where his distinctive poetry is conjoined into a versatile sonic meeting of minds. The seven-and-a-half-minute hypnotic, immersive, and rousing all at the same time, peak timer imagined by Aussie wizards Corey Kikos and Maryos Syawish, aka Sleep D, rolls over driving sentient percussions, kinetic rippling bass pulses, and shuffling entrancing echoes, slowly expanding with depth and intensity amid magnetic vocal suggestions, synthesizing the overlay between consciousness and imagination with alluring mental clarity.
- Hyogo, Japan-based ambient /field recordings /piano artist Masakatsu Takagi “Marginalia #155”
- Paris, France ambient /modern classical /piano musician and composer Lofi Girl “By The River” from the LP “Mariposa”
- Brooklyn, NY-based experimental /ambient /neo-classical /electronic composer and musician Faten Kanaan “Min Mafra’ el Wadi – من مفرق الوادي (an instrumental variation on Fairuz/Rahbani Brothers‘ Nassam Alayna el Hawa نسّم علينا الهوا , Lebanon, 1967)
- Copenhagen-based ambient /classical /experimental electronic pop artist Aria Leth Schütze, aka Alto Aria “Hummingbird” from “Some Things Are Not Meant To Hold” single [Posh Isolation]
- Paris-based ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscapes /experimental Australian artist, vocalist & musician Karen Vogt “Your Colour Is Gold (demo)”
- Hong Kong-based ambient /dreampop /ethereal vocal artist and musician Anita Tatlow “Solis (with Be Still the Earth)” from “Nocturnae” EP [slow echo]
- Quebec, Canada ambient /drone /meditation /atmospheric /field recordings /electronic sound artist Mathieu Lamontagne, aka Arbee “Petit somme, trois” from the cassette album “Prévisions” [Florina Cassettes]
- English ambient /drone /tape loops /neo-classical /guitar-experimentalist /multi-instrumentalist Andy Cartwright AKA Seabuckthorn “Serre Noir” from the album “This warm, this late” [quiet details]
- Italian ambient /drone /chill-out /field recordings /soundscapes sound artist Enrico Coniglio “Flooded” from the upcoming album “The Sirens of Titan” [DRONARIVM]
- Kazan ambient /drone project of Constantine Horizon, aka Crystalline Reflections “Closer Than We’ve Ever Been” from the upcoming album “Sky Whisper”
- Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /cinematic /experimental harp-accordion musician duo Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements “Nest of Earrings” from the upcoming “Rain on the Road” LP [Thrill Jockey Records]
- Berlin-based Italian dark /avant-garde /minimal electronic analog experimental sonic explorer (aka 5HT2, aka Gondwana), ANDREA TAEGGI “Planetesimals” from the upcoming album “Nattdett” [Hands In The Dark]
- Tokyo-based ambient collaborative music project by H. Takahashi (Kankyō Records label founder) and Kohei Oyamada, aka H TO O “Inflation” from upcoming debut LP “Cycle” [Wisdom Teeth]
- UK ambient /Berlin school /modular synth music /electronic producer State Azure “Scanner” from V/A “Tone Science Module No.9 Theories and Conjectures” album [DiN Records]
- New York ambient /techno /experimental /electronic producer M.Willet – “Lazy In The Safe Space” off the cassette album “Feeling the Fields” [Noir Age]
- Tokyo-based ambient /beats /electro-acoustic duo Shinamo Moki (Auryn) and Rick (Kogane), aka Sogen “Screensavers” from the album “You’ve Got Me” [Nettwerk]
- US/Japan ambient /drone /experimental /guitar /electronic collaboration of Ulla Straus and Kouhei Fukuzumi, aka Ulla & Ultrafog “Sad bowl” from the vinyl 12″ LP “It Means A Lot” [Motion Ward]
- UK experimental /ambient /leftfield /techno /electronic collective UAN0032 “WAVELET 011” off “UAN0032″ EP 12” [Horizontal, anti-capitalist, anarchist behaviours beginning as an agile electronic music label]
- Italian veteran ambient /deep /dub /techno producer from Rome, Luigi Tozzi “Obsidian” from the upcoming “Strati” EP 12″ [Non Series]
- Tokyo, Japan ambient /deep /techno producer Hironori Takahashi – “Exars (Erika Remix)” from V/A “Point C – Remixes” EP compilation [On Board Music]
- Italian ambient /IDM /dub /techno /electronic musical project by Angelo Abbruzzese, aka Akero – “Spacedrum” off V/A “Bubble Flowers Átta” compilation album [Intellitronic Bubble]
- Basel, Switzerland-based ambient /dub techno sound architect Mjulev “Birds On Acid” off “Clouds Are The Better Birds” LP 12″ [Never Late]
- Norfolk, UK IDM /field recordings /bass /beats /acid /dub /post-classical minimal /electro-acoustic music sound adventurer Neil Stringfellow, aka Audio Obscura “Babyloniacid” from “Acid Field Recordings In Dub” LP [Subexotic Records]
- London-based ambient /Balearic /electronic producer Duncan Thornley (one half of Weird Weather and studio engineer at MAP Studios), aka Double Geography – “Famous Italian Referee” from the sophomore LP “Norfolk Island Palm” [Invisible Inc]
- London-based ambient /deep house /soul /erotica /electro-pop /electronic Italian producer, songwriter and vocalist, System Olympia “Luce Rossa” from upcoming “Sanctified” EP
. - Pittsburgh, PA based ambient /minimal /dub /psych /house /techno Santa Marta, Colombia-native DJ-producer, Oscar Celedon “Pulse” from “Coming of Age” EP [DETOUR]
- Berlin-based ambient /dub /techno /experimental producer H3R32DESTROY – “Dois” from V/A “Default” compilation LP [Tax Free Records]
- 1966 iconic Ennio Morricone classic film score “Ecstasy of Gold” (Abacilar Edit) [Levant Disco]
- Palestinian traditional singer Salwa Jaradat, “Inta Mana Walla Mahom (Bawrut Slow Mix)” from the “Inta Mana Walla Mahom” EP [Thawra Records]
- Italian psych/death-disco/tribal house/electronic duo of Claudio Brioschi (aka Brioski) and Andrea Barbiera, aka Tamburi Neri “Dimmi” from the second “La Notte” LP 12″ [42 Records]
- Breakbeat /acid /dub /psych /house /downtempo collaboration between Paris-based Moscow‘s Odopt and Barcelona-based Colombian house producer Sano, Odopt & Sano – “Picha (Jamie Paton Remix)” off “Picha” EP 12″ [Emotional] Especial
- Italian psych /ethnic /leftfield /downtempo /trance /space electronica duo A-Tweed X Oltrefuturo “Bubble” from V/A “Shelter Me – In Crisis” homeless charity compilation for Shelter Me UK
- New Delhi, India trance /tribal /deep /hypnotic techno producer SHFT – “212°F” from “Placid” EP [KVLTÖ Records]
- Vilnius-based ambient /psych /prog house /trance /breaks /techno electronic producer (aka Ponty Mython) Alex Pletnev, aka Pletnev “Space Guitar Never Lies” from “I Gotta Feed My Wasps” EP [R.A.N.D. Muzik x Echocentric]
- Swedish breaks /tribal /deep tech house producer (1/2 of Genius Of Time), Arkajo – “Surge” from the split Arkajo / Dorisburg & Efraim Kent “AniaraWL04″ EP 12” [Aniara Recordings]
- Belgian minimal /breaks /dubstep /bass /percussive dance music producer Cabasa “End Credits” off “Bird Tool” EP 12″ [Control Freak Recordings]
- Leicester, UK ambient /footwork /jungle /drum & bass /breaks production duo Arcane & Jon1st “Waves” from the “Waves” EP [Defrostatica]
- London, UK ambient /soul /bass music /drum & bass producer Halogenix “Take Me Away (ft. dBridge & Steve Spacek)” from upcoming debut LP “Passions” [Gemini Gemini]
- Milan, Italy ambient /jungle /breakbeat /electro producer GOODBOI “Dog Memories” from “The Cosmik Connection Vol.7″ EP 12” [Unknown To The Unknown]
- Los Angeles techno /acid /electro producer Force Placement “Black Clouds” off the upcoming V/A “International Chromies Vol. 15” compilation [International Chrome]
- London-based sci-fi /acid /breakbeat /electro DJ & producer EKATA “Level” from upcoming V/A ” VA – New World Vol. 2″ compilation series [Tiger Weeds]
- Poland-based, Belarusian ambient /bass /cosmic /breaks /electro DJ-producer, Viikatory “Universe (LUZ1E‘s Alternate Universe Remix)” from upcoming “Voyager-1″ EP 12” [Mechatronica]
- France-based IDM /Techno /Electro duo Human Rebellion – “Final Wave” off upcoming “Alien Radio” EP 12″ [Science Cult]
- Shenzhen, China ambient /electronic /dreampunk project KAGAMI Smile “Saturated Moss” from the CD album “Garden Window” [Dream Catalogue]
- Amsterdam-based dark ambient /industrial /percussive /psych /tribal Italian duo Elina Tapio and Marco Segato (aka La Serpiente), aka eoobe – “Halim’s Path” from Brenko / eoobe “Tanzerloch” split EP 12″ [e s p e r p e n t o]
- New York cosmic ambient /techno /synth wizard, soundtrack composer, and Zombi member, Steve Moore – “Eye of Horus” from the upcoming “Eye of Horus” LP 12″ [L.I.E.S.]
- Sheffield, UK late ’70s founded pioneer post-punk /electro-industrial act led by founding member Adi Newton joined by Maurizio Martinucci since 2010, CLOCK DVA “De-Konstructor (Atom ™ remix)” from the remix EP “Re-Konstructed (Atom & Scanner remixes)” [Frigio Records]
- Bialystok, Poland dark ambient /acid /cosmic /deep techno /experimental electronic DJ-producer Mateusz Grzybowski “A SA” from the upcoming album “Charbon” 2x LP 12″ [Subsist]
- Slovakian ambient /IDM /cinematic /darkside /downtempo /electronica project of a dISHARMONY member, Headdreamer “Fragments A” from the LP “Echoes” [aliensproduction]
- German EBM /industrial /futurepop /electro /dark electronic project Massiv in Mensch “Schlagdistanz” 2-track single
- Edinburgh, UK experimental /dark ambient /industrial /noise /harsh-gloom electronics project STABLE “Built Scared” from the cassette album “Empty Gestures” [Venalism]
- Louisville, Kentucky industrial synth punk act Virgin Birth “Die Nachricht” from “From Behind” EP
- Detroit-based body music /post-punk /industrial /experimental electronic duo Mission to the Sun “Needle of Deceit” single via Felte
- Melbourne-based, Australian industrial /new beat /darkwave /dark electro solo act (Grane, Hilda, Rule of Thirds), SECOND SIGHT “Exit Toorong” from “MEGABREAKZ 05 – SECOND SIGHT” EP 12″ vinyl via Oráculo Records
- German minimal wave /synthpop artist (aka Acid Ernst), Konstantin Unwohl “Ein Gewitter zieht auf (Ancient Methods Remix)” from “Im Institut Für Strömungstechnik – Remixed” EP 12″ [aufnahme + wiedergabe]
- Berlin-based US industrial techno DJ-producer and BITE label owner, Hayden Payne aka Phase Fatale “Ambivalence” from “Love Is Destructive” EP [BITE]
- UK EBM /New Beat /Industrial /Techno /Electronic act from Sheffield, Randolph & Mortimer “Resurrector feat. Black Dahlia (Mufti Remix)” from the remix EP “The Future of Truth” [Surface Reality]
- Ukrainian EBM /Cold Body Music producer Revolt “Multidisciplinary Denial” from the cassette album “Unfulfilled Promises” [Khoinix]
- Italian industrial /EBM /noise /techno producer NGHTLY “Headlights At Night” off upcoming EP “An Afflicted Body” [Persephonic Sirens]
- Berlin-based EBM /industrial /minimal wave solo project (fka TRSPSSR), XHIB “Orx” from “Steel Shimmering Viper Squid” EP [X-IMG]
- Dark electro /EBM /industrial techno producer METAKROSS “Step Into The Void” off “ECHOES” EP [WIE EIN GOTT]
- Switzerland-based, French industrial /EBM /electro /techno producer Terence Fixmer “Another End” from the upcoming LP “THE PARADOX IN ME” [Mute]
- Thessaloniki, Greece-based EBM /Industrial /Techno DJ-producer Alpha Sect – “Fragmented Reality (Digital Bonus)” from “Fragmented Reality” EP 12″ [SOIL]
- Georgian/Russian industrial /EBM /techno duo Negative Aura Temple & Meshes – “Paranoid Sight” from the upcoming V/A “Specters and Hunters” cassette compilation [S H I S H I]
- Berlin-based Norwegian noise /techno /industrial producer Fangarm “COH (feat. Hallvard Müller aka EÜ)” from S/T cassette LP [FLUX Musical Art]
- Southern Brazil EBM /industrial /techno producer DOVGLASS “Desperation Comes In Many Shades” single
- Chilean industrial /techno /EBM solo act Bad Wave Project “Powder” maxi-single from upcoming LP “Songs to Ride …and Crash” [Pink Bunker Ltd]
- Bogota, Colombia cold wave/dark electronic duo Nuclear Digital Transistor – ”Ghost Pain (Curses Remix)” off “Ghost Pain Remixes” EP [Kaputt.wav]
- German disco /synthwave /minimal house duo Rework – “Lipstick ” off “Lipstick EP [exlove records]
- London, UK dark disco /indie dance /electronic DJ-producer From Beyond – “Not The Future” from upcoming V/A “New Electronic Innovation Now : NEIN compilation 2024” LP [Nein Records]
- French Italo /cosmic disco /indie dance /electronic DJ-producer Panthera – “Hustle (Lauer Remix)” off “Hustle” EP 12″ [Melodize]
- Netherlands indie dance /synth wave /cosmic /Italo disco producer Doctr – “First Contact” off “They Are Coming” EP [Mélopée Records]
- Mexican dark disco /indie Hypno-dance /tribal house electronic duo and Creatures of the Night label heads, Zombies in Miami – “The Rhythm (Factory Setup Remix)” off “The Rhythm” EP [Creatures of the Night]
- Barcelona’s indie dance /Italo disco producer (Aspecto Humano), Anbau – “Pista da Ballo” off “MORTIROLO ’94″ 12” [Bordello A Parigi]
- 1983 Disco classic Rhetta Hughes – “Angel Man (KMITL Edit)”
- Madrid-based, Spanish chug /psych /indie dance /downtempo /dark disco producer Stylic “PoPoPoPom (Cosmikuro Remix)” off ” “PoPoPoPom Remixes” EP [Paisley Dark Records]
- Paris-based ambient /neo-folk /psychedelic music solo project of American/French electric guitarist Allan J. Kimmel, aka Departure Street “Someday we’ll remember nothing” from the album “Shimmering Shimmering” [Wormhole World Records]
- Italian/American drone /experimental ambient music duo Tropic of Coldness “The Palm Tree Line” from the album “These Were Failed Assumptions” [Facture]
- Batumi, Georgia dark ambient /drone cross-genre solo music project Black Sided Sun “Ltorel” from the album “Aurntengwl” [Neotantra]
- Shipley, UK ambient /drone /sequencers /mellotron /electronica musician Andrew Firth “Radio Row” long-form title track of “Radio Row” LP
- Victoria, Canada forest synth /new age ambient project Woodland Meditation “Part One: Stillness Unfolding” from the long-form album “Stillness”
- UK lo-fi /electronic /experimental homespun project Luddite Tapes, aka Microgamma Bold Extended “Microgamma Bold Extended Part 2” from the cassette “Luddite 1. Microgamma Bold Extended” (sound of a 1990s North Eastern tweenager cosplaying as Hood, The Dead C and Faust) [Woodford Halse]
- “Home Normal Mixtape” by Pakchee (15-year anniversary mixtape series) [Home Normal]
