WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

• Disco Pastors Mix №: 039 // MISLAYOLYA
  

Mislayolya, aka Flower Knife, is an electronic and dark pop singer and music maker from Saint-Petersburg, mixing playful beats with lyrics steeped in shadow and sorrow. Through the art of selection and flow, she reshapes her obscure vision into a spellbound soundscape 

• Vancouver‘s ambient /off-kilter /psychedelic /downtempo /electronic multidisciplinary artist, DJ and producer, dj_2button “Underwater” from “2 Tired” E.P. (Doucement les Basses #4 series) [Antinote]

A squiggly yet off-kilter, tantalizing trippy escapade into crisp, buzzing and dubby downtempo grooves, warm bass pulses, lilting surreal vocal clips, flickering trippy frequencies, and intoxicating fluid spurts of spacey synths, guaranteed to melt your mind and stir your imagination.

• Berlin-based Canadian-born ambient /trance /deep techno DJ-producer and co-founder of Nachtcrew collective Dina Khashan, aka DINA “Rift” from upcoming “Assembly” EP [<AIR WAYS>]  

Berlin-based trance virtuosa diverges from her usual beat-driven dance-floor-focused sounds with an album of five inspirational, heavenly ambient-laden suites. unfolds into a sinuous and soothing rippling expanse of vibrant looping fluctuations, slow embracing warm cosmic pads and sparse swooshing hisses, to elicit an organic ecstatic letting go with the heady flow.

• London-based German experimental /ambient /deep soft techno producer Caldera, aka Loop LF – “Roe” from V/A “PSPN003” EP [Prosophone]

German producer suggests atmospheric aquatic visions with gently flowing and enveloping, subtly frothing, waves of sultry warm pads, glitchy bubbling-up percussions, hissing hats, and rotund pinpoint bass pulses, fuse together in a breathing, immersive, and calming onward motion into unfathomable depths.

• Dutch ambient /drone /soundscapes creative composer Líom “Forethought (feat. Úrhelli)” from the album “Gan Tú”
  
• Iceland ambient /drone /electro-acoustic sound artist Herbert Már Sigmundsson, aka Hyldýpi “Faðmur” from the upcoming LP “Heilun” [Past Inside the Present]
• US/Canada ambient /electro-acoustic /piano collaboration Blocktane & Arbee “Forlorn” single
  
• UK ambient /drone /ethereal /dreamcore /meditation /electronic sound artist Simon Vince, aka HERE “After The Sun Has Set” from the upcoming “Hues Of Amber & Rose” LP eRecords series [whitelabrecs]
• Swedish ambient /drone /cinematic /soundscapes /electronic sound artist (From The Mouth of The Sun, de la Mancha and The Silence Set), Dag Rosenqvist “Somna, sov” from “Tvåhundra ord för ensamhet” LP [DRONARIVM]
• UK ambient /drone /cinematic /electronic sound artist Winter Silhouette “Broken Leaf” from “Left For History” EP [Mare Nostrum Label]
• Japan/UK ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic collaboration Rhucle & Hatsü – 秘密 – from “Longing” EP
  
• Bari, Italy/Vermont, US ambient /field recordings /electro-acoustic /electronic collaboration Domy Castellano & Go Outside “Desiderio” from the EP “Garden Lullabies” [Echoes in the Valley]
• French ambient music producer Alexandre de Charrin (owner of Apnea Label and Mare Nostrum Label, 1/2 of Belle Brume), aka Le Code “Vol De Nuit” from the album “Soft Cloud Caress”
  
• Italian/Russian ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic collaboration between Andrea Morana and Denis Davydov, Runaway Horses and Valotihkuu “Calm Stream” from the EP “Above” [Elm Records]
• Valencia, Spain ambient /drone /neo-classical /meditative /electronic sound artist Rest in Clouds “Flow in Calm” from “Quietude” EP [Valley View Records]
• UK experimental /drone /ambient /field recordings /tape loops /electro-acoustic musician, composer and Home Normal label curator, Ian Hawgood “the only thing is you” from “well, here we are” LP [quiet details]
• Italian ambient project of elettronic musician and Betulla Records co-founder, Piercarlo Bormida aka Herne “Cloches à Vent” from “Guardians Of Gardens” LP [Neotantra]
• Lutruwita/Tasmania-based ambient /field recordings /electro-acoustic project of gardener and composer Alex Last aka Soda Lite “Shade” from the cassette album “Earthbound” [Aural Canyon]
• Burlington, Ontario-born post sacred-music /minimalistic /experimental /electro-acoustic musician, composer and producer Kara-Lis Coverdale “Freedom” from the LP “From Where You Came” [Smalltown Supersound]
• Wirral-born Nottingham-based UK experimental /ambient /folk artist Ben McElroy “The Howling” from “Elkwort” LP [laaps]
• Los Angeles spiritual jazz /meditative /improvised instrumental band led by upright bassist Seth Ford-Young, Phi-Psonics “New Pyramid” from the upcoming third LP “Expanding to One” [Gondwana Records]
• Tokyo-based drone /neo-classical /chamber music /electronic experimental sound composer Shigeo Honda, aka Ear Has No Lid “Postcard Undelivered” from the second album “You Wanna Go Without Me”
  
• Indianapolis-based drone /jazz /ambient trio of Zach Frizzell (aka zakè), Marc Ertel, and Damien Duque (aka City of Dawn), aka Dawn Chorus and the Infallible Sea “Cadere Interpretation” from the 2-track single “Detroit Interpretations” [Sonic Cathedral]
• Minimal ambient modular synth project of French composer and sound designer, Hélène Vogelsinger “Transmission” from the fourth album “Reappearance” [Microsmose]
• Barcelona-based ambient /dreamwave /electronica /modular synth musician Julia Bondar “It was just a fantasy” from upcoming LP “FATALISM”
  
• Brighton, UK ambient /sci-fi /bass /breaks /techno /electronica producer, BUNKR “Oriam Speedway (Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan Guzzoline Mix)” from upcoming remix album “Antenne (Remixed)” [VLSI Records]
• Sheffield, UK IDM /ambient /techno /experimental musicians and makers, The Black Dog “Béton House” from upcoming LP “My Brutal Life 2” [Dust Science]
• London-based early ’80s post-industrial /experimental /ambient /electronic pioneer duo of Nottingham‘s Roger Horberry & Andrew Hulme, aka O Yuki Conjugate “Hour and Hour” from “1983 Unearthed” a collection of the previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1983 [Final Image]
• Brussels experimental /avant-garde /leftfield /dub /breaks /downtempo electronic duo of sound activist Eric Desjeux (Tzii) and Alban Mercier (Officium), aka Näcken Du Naon – “Sterile Narratives” from V/A “SIMPLE MUSIC EXPERIENCE VOL.4” cassette compilation [Simple Music Experience]
• Berlin-based ambient /IDM /bass /loops /breakbeat /improvisational /experimental electronica producer LINT. – “No Time for Distance (Origin Mix)” from debut EP “01 No Time for Distance” (recorded live at Kwia, Berlin) [appendix.files]
• Edmonton, Alberta ambient /dub /house /deep techno /downtempo producer Khotin “On Heaven” from “Peace Portal” EP [Khotin Industries]
• UK ambient /IDM /glitch /broken beats /electronica new collaborative project (previously known as Jilk) of Jon Worsley and Kayla Painter, aka Sarno Ultra – ウォークマン – from the s/t album “Sarno Ultra” [Bricolage]
• Copenhagen, Denmark ambient /trance /deep techno DJ Hauge – “Unbody” off the upcoming V/A “Pulsar Ritual” compilation [Ninety Three Collective]
• Bangalore, India ambient /IDM /broken beat /downtempo /electronica multimedia artist I7HVN – “Glass I” from “Sculpt I” EP 
  
• Brussels ambient /90s house /bass /breakbeat electronic selectah & producer Samee “Late nights” from “Piki Piki” EP [Brokeboi Records]
• Berlin-based bass /psych /techno /dubstep producer and Femme Bass Mafia founder, Dangermami – “Angel Number” off upcoming V/A “One Hundred and Fifty Steps II” EP [Bait]
• Lyon, France ambient /IDM /dub /halftime /downtempo /deep techno DJ-producer Paul Rêve – “Bird Migration” from upcoming V/A “More French Fries” LP compilation [Dürüm Records]
• Dublin, Ireland funky /grime /techno /hard drum /percussion /club electronic producer Ozwald “Dog Fight” from upcoming EP “Dog Fight” [Flood]
• Lithuanian techno /house /breaks duo Big Tasty and Cport Cistema, aka Big Changa – “Something Here” from “Dazed Euphoria” EP [Good Skills]
• Tokio – “V Gorode (Sasha Foam Lullaby Edit)” (2006)
  
• Offenbach, Germany chill-hop /beats /hip-hop instrumental producer Knowsum “Pacific Planet” from the upcoming EP “Space Tales” [Vinyl Digital]
• France/Scotland IDM /electro /acid techno /experimental collaboration between Nîmes‘ Liryc303 and Glasgow‘s Fluffy Inside, Cylander & Friends “Haunted Disco (Sequin Spectre Remix)” from “Disco Most Haunted” remix album of the original 2024 “Haunted Disco” album on Electric Music Foundation label [Mighty Force]
• Roma, Italy acid techno legend since 1993, Marco Passarani, aka Passarani “Night Walker” from “The Temple″ EP 12” [Studiomaster]
• Munich, German ambient /breakbeat /techno producer Brian Müller, aka SKEE MASK “MD25” from “Stressmanagement” EP [ILIAN TAPE]
• London-based post-punk /psych rock /acid house /techno duo of Nick Stash Magnetic & Rebecca Magnetic, aka Stash Magnetic – “Underground Deception (Rude Audio Dub Mix)”
  
• UK acid /chug /slowmo /techno /house producer Kieran Boyle, aka Kiakí – “Northern Solar” from “Northern Solar/And Then Some” EP [Sprechen]
• Ireland acid chug /house /psych /dark disco producer Signa Rust “Blood Candle” from “Blood Candle” E.P.
  
• Swedish/French EBM /dark disco /synthpop /indie dance longtime partnership of Anna Masurel (aka Ravage Sentimental) and duo Jérôme Darmois and Chris Vella (aka Moderne Romance), AKA Eftersom – “Surface” off V/A “VARIOUS WORLD WIDE V” LP [Belly Dance Services]
• Parisian acid /progressive /cosmic /house DJ-producer and Epicure Records head, Prinze “Call My Guru” from “We Are Free” EP [Epicure Records]
• Belfast-born veteran techno /electronic DJ-producer, Phil Kieran “Escaped From New York” from “It’s All Gone Wrong” EP
  
• French acid /techno /electro duo Kragg – Shifton” from upcoming “RTR” EP [Acid Avengers / Tripalium Corp]
• Dublin-based, Kent-born acid /IDM /techno /electro producer CIGNOL “Asking for a Friend” from the upcoming “Ocean Of Space” EP [Who Is Paula]
• Berlin-based ambient /IDM /breaks /electro German producer Thomas Pahl, aka VERTICAL67 “Species” off  V/A “Prbit 4 Bizzy” compilation LP [Prbit Records]
• German enigmatic Electro producer ELEKTROTECHNIK “Bipolar” from “Impulse” EP [Tiger Weeds]
• Mexican acid /percussive /psych /house /tribal /breakbeat /electro producer artists, RodMan “The Flock” from “Birds Of Paradise” EP [Cluster Traxx]
• Parisian industrial /acid /rave /psych /breakbeat /electro DJ-production duo Minimum Syndicat “Knowing That We Know Nothing” from “ZC-ELEC014 – “Revelation” EP [Zodiak Commune Records]
• Buenos Aires, Argentina EBM /Techno /Electro DJ-producer Chemical Pulp “La Leyenda” off the debut EP, “Reflejos De Ambicion” [Neurovision]
• Slovenian IDM /electro /techno producer Nitz “Methane” off upcoming “Plast” EP [Linale Records]
• Brooklyn, NY-based EBM /Minimal Synth /Electro /New Beat project of Nicolás Sierra, aka Unsighted – “Unwanted Witness” from “Foreboding EP [Mutante Records]
• British Columbia industrial /EBM /electro /dark techno producer (Front Line Assembly, Delerium, and Conjure One), Rhys Fulber “The Abyss (feat. Qual)” single [Artoffact Records]
• Groningen-based, Dutch Industrial /Rhythmic Noise /Techno /Experimental collaboration Kirril & Nanophoria – “Queixa (Remix)” from “Volume Ø” LP
  
• Canadian experimental industrial electronics duo ORPHX “Pox Americana 2025” from V/A “FORMS OF HANDS 24” compilation LP [HANDS]
• Leipzig, German experimental /industrial /techno producer MALENA “Verzweigung” single [DON’T BE AFRAID OF YOURSELF]
• Brest, France post-industrial /techno /noise /electronic music project Ushijima – “Mind Control” from upcoming “Past Life” EP [VIVES]
• Tijuana, Mexico EBM /Techno /Darkwave /Industrial /Electronic project of Brianda Yuriar (Rare Voltage), aka Mecaník Fabrík “I’m so far away” from the upcoming release “Sounds from inestables minds Vol.1”
  
• Berlin-based post-industrial /techno producer Arthur Bdt (1/2 of ATT Corp), aka Incendie “Relapse” from upcoming “Drowning” LP [HANDS]
• German EBM /industrial /techno electronic /darkwave duo MONO/XYD “Lessons II (Monya Remix)” from “Inmotion” EP [SOIL]
• São Paulo, Brazil EBM /dark disco /techno /electronic producer Lucas Novaes “Power Relations (Alen Skanner Remix)” from upcoming “Power Relations” EP [SISHI]
• Tallinn, Estonian rave /new beat /Italo disco /hard techno /electronic producer Sugar Rody – “Shadow Of The Rave (Original Mix)”
  
• New York-based cosmic disco /psychedelic synth-pop duo Kate Stein & Lord Fascinator – “Asteroid (Extended Mix)” from “Primary” EP [Eskimo Recordings]
• Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synth-wave live act of Greco-German duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo, Dina Summer “Disco Goth (The Populists Remix)” from the EP “Girls Gang-Remixes” [Iptamenos Discos]
• Spanish acid /indie dance /dark disco producer Calystarr – “Energy Man (Gameboyz Remix) ” from “Synthetize” EP [Espacio Cielo]
• Ukrainian EBM /Trance /Italo Disco DJ-producer Vladyslav Putistin “White Moustache (Ton Globiter Remix)” from “White Moustache” EP [Nubians of Plutonia Records]
• Paris-based EBM /cinematic /horror synth /electro-clash /dark Italo disco DJ-producer Karassimeon – “Panique Synthetique” from “AETHERNOVA” EP [Ritmo Fatale]
• Italian indie dance /breakbeat /melodic techno DJ-producer Vicky Montefusco “Raw Test” off “Join / Raw Test” EP [BAU_HAUS]
• Berlin-based Chilean New Beat /Techno /Neo-Italo Disco producer Aural Trace – “Beyond the Horizon” title track of the upcoming EP [Mélopée Records]
• New York-based cosmic disco /psychedelic synth-pop duo Kate Stein & Lord Fascinator – “Asteroid (Extended Mix)” from “Primary” EP [Eskimo Recordings]
• London, UK cult ‘90s jazz /funk /house club outfit made of Ashley Beedle, Rocky & Diesel of X-Press 2 and David Hill (of Nuphonic Records), aka The Ballistic Brothers “Jam Jah” from the reissue of the 1994 album “The Ballistic Brothers vs. The Eccentric Afros (Vol. 2″)” [Acid Jazz]
• LA/NYC tech house /Afro /tribal production duo TOBEHONEST & Ky William – “Going Fast” [Club Bad]
• 1983 UK Disco classic Marsha Raven “You Make Me Feel Like Loving You (Dagfest Rework)” [PHREEK Edits]
• Los Angeles-based soul /funk /nu-disco DJ-producer and multi-instrumentalist Filip Nikolic (Ima Robot, Poolside and Junior Senior), aka Turbotito – “Time Starts Moving Slow” from V/A “THE SUNSET MANIFESTO Volume 2” compilation [Too Slow To Disco]
• Philadelphia-based ambient /electronic /modular synth composer and performer, Danielle Nia “Where Does It All Go” from upcoming LP “A New Light” [i u we records]
• Baltimore, Maryland ambient /trip-hop /chillout /barber beats /vaporwave /electronic project Oblique Occasions “周りのクソを停止します” from “圧倒的な魅力 v2” LP
  
• Peruvian/American ambient /live electronics /experimental composer-artist raised in Seattle, WA, Briana Marela “Vibrant Sheen” from upcoming LP “My Inner Rest” [AKP Recordings]
• New York-based avant-garde /electro-acoustic /experimental collaboration of composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies with composer and bassist Tristan Kasten-Krause, Sarah Hennies & Tristan Kasten-Krause “Axo” from the long-form 2-piece album “The Quiet Sun” [Dinzu Artefacts]
• England ambient /drone /experimental electronic composer and musician (active since 1985 as Ferial Confine, also part of Organum, Vortex Campaign, New Blockaders, Ora, Marsfield, Giancarlo Toniutti, Jonathan Coleclough, Mirror), Andrew Chalk “Winter Arc” from long-form album “EAST OF THE SUN”
              
• French experimental /ambient /drone project The Āryabhaṭa-Siddhanta Society “The Secret Life Of A Comet Part 3” from the long-form album “The Secret Life Of A Comet” [Lotophagus Records]
• Canadian field recordings /drone /experimental artist Joshua Bonnetta “Spring (I)” from the longform field recordings album “The Pines” [The Dim Coast]

Photo by Gabriele Basilico. Courtesy of Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea