Weekly Electronic Music Tips // APRIL / MAY 2025 #17-26
Bauhaus school of design, Staatliches Bauhaus, in Dessau, Germany, 1925-1926
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
鬼面 : GWIMYEONCAST 063 // NANOGRAM
Hong Kong-based founder and curator of the underground industrial and techno Entropy 熵night, Nanogram embodies an ever-expanding chaos presenting an elusive music journey spanning techno, industrial, EBM and experimental electronic music to create a driving and enigmatic journey.
- Corfu, Greek based ambient /cosmic /psychedelic /downtempo /experimental /improvised electronica Silesian composer, multi-instrumentalist, UGHH “Nad krajinou (Menqui Remix)” from “49.923827, 14.221380” EP [COLUMBO RECORDS]
Corfu-based Czech peculiar sonic architect improvises across synthesizer, trumpet, and voice, weaving musical collages from poetic texts spanning genres and movements. In the wobbly bass-driven ‘post-punk’ rework of “Above the landscape” by the German R-i-O Label affiliated Menqui, exotic devotional vocals vigorously call out, and echo, next to a trumpet blast that shifts between whimpering collapses and smooth radiating streams under which mechanical, echoed, midtempo drum patterns and sonorous humming bass grooves, anchor the surreal liquid airiness to evoke a metaphysical sense of expansion and insight.
- Dusseldorf, Germany IDM /broken beats /leftfield /dub /experimental /electronic DJ-producer YürkE “Multiply” from the ltd. cassette “yEllP1_I” E.P.
Glitchy and clicky spatial dubby minimalism from Dusseldorf‘s DIY producer with trembly and radiating synth pads that surround repetitive father/child voice clips, asking ‘where abouts did you come from’, with rousing frequencies.
- Los Angeles based indie dance /deep house producer Michael Sandler, aka SAAND – “Marsupial Madness” from V/A “Seeds Vol.1” EP [Disco Halal]
Sultry warm Balearic breezes blend and swirl on top of heady heights with soulful and slinky deep house seduction.
- Los Angeles atmospheric /ethereal /ambient-pop /electronic collaboration Cynthia Bernard (marine eyes) and Noah Gersh (Sleep School, daybreak star*), marine eyes & sleep school “Showing Up” from “commUNITY BROADCAST” EP
- Hong Kong-based ambient /soundscape /ethereal /electro-acoustic musical collaboration of husband-and-wife duo Anita and Ben Tatlow, aka Salt of the Sound “everything breathes” single [Echoes Blue Music]
- Italy-born ambient /ethereal /spiritual /experimental multimedia artist and one-woman electronic choir (front-woman of the folk band She Owl), Jolanda Moletta “Naiade” from the upcoming third album “Oceanine” [Beacon Sound]
- Warsaw, Poland ambient /drone /experimental /electroacoustic /guitar /synth project of Jakub Bujakowski, aka Port Sleep “Pier No. 7” from the album “As Long as This Warmth Remain” [Seil Records]
- UK/Spain ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscapes collaboration between Home Normal label curator and Noray Records head, Ian Hawgood & David Cordero “A Different Pace” from upcoming “Shifting Times” LP [Noray Records]
- Filipino ambient /dream pop /electroacoustic /electronic singer-songwriter Ana Roxanne “X” from the third LP “Poem 1” [Kranky]
- Mexican ambient /drone /field recordings /cinematic /electroacoustic /experimental electronic sound artists, Fax + Braulio Lam “Serifa” from the LP “Mixed Signals III”, final LP of a trilogy started in 2020 [Dragon’s Eye Recordings]
- Toronto, Ontario experimental /drone /minimal /electronic artist Brad Deschamps, aka Anthéne “Starling” from upcoming LP “Air Signs” [DRONARIVM]
- Lincolnshire, UK-based ambient /soundscapes /field recordings /electro-acoustic /experimental sound artist Harry Towell (aka Glåsbird) and Whitelabrecs label founder, Spheruleus “Umbrella Days” from upcoming album “The Lost Catalogue” (reshaped collages of fragments of everyday life captured between 2007 and 2011) [Whitelabrecs]
- Tokyo, Japan/Brighton, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /minimalism /post-classical /electroacoustic collaboration Tomotsugu Nakamura & David Cordero “Mono no Aware” from “Aware 哀れ” LP [Home Normal]
- UK ambient /medieval /folklore /neo-classical /chamber folk musician, improviser and composer Laura Cannell “A Flower Crown Procession” from “The Medieval Drone Society III” LP 3rd part of the album series [Brawl Records]
- London-based Russian-Estonian leftfield experimental electronic musician and singer Alina Astrova (Fka Inga Copeland, part of Hype Williams), aka Lolina “The Mercenaries” from “Monopoly of Mistakes” LP [Relaxin Records]
- Upstate NY-based ambient /drone /field recordings /psych folk /cosmic /synth /electronic music project of multi-instrumentalist Brendan Principato, aka Saapato “Willow” off the upcoming cassette album “Seasons Turn Like Pages” [Aural Canyon]
- Norwegian ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /neo-classical /experimental duo of cellist Erik Skodvin and pianist Otto Totland (both members of the Miasmah Quartet), Deaf Center “I Myst” from the LP “ Through Time” [Sonic Pieces]
- Wuppertal, Germany ambient /Berlin school /space synth /electronic producer and live performer Martin Stürtzer “Protogalaxy” from “Starfields” LP [Echo Elberfeld]
- England ambient /field recordings /hauntology /electronic rolling hill from the High Peak of the District, Scholars Of The Peak “The Moon Remains” from upcoming V/A “Sinking In The Black Mud” 2xcassette compilation album [Preston Capes/Woodford Halse]
- Lancaster, UK experimental /ambient /drone /minimal /analogue synths /field recordings project of Mark Burford, aka Field Lines Cartographer “Sandalwood” from “Roots in the firmament” LP [Astra Solaria Recordings]
- UK atmospheric /cosmic /deep /techno /analog synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins, aka Pye Corner Audio “The Cool Breeze At Sunset”
- Ammanford, UK ambient /IDM /drone /industrial /broken beats /techno /experimental electronica brothers John and Paul Healy, aka Somatic Responses “Forget where you are going (it’s no longer there)” from “Observation” LP
- Montreal-based ambient /glitch /minimal techno /deep house /experimental electronic musician (aka Akufen), Marc Leclair “236e jour” from the double vinyl edition ‘In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi’ edition reissue of the 2005 album “Musique pour 3 femmes enceintes” [Community Music Group]
- Brooklyn, NY ambient /bass /techno /dubstep /dub /electronic producer Talker – “Harmonium” from the upcoming V/A “WZY5.5 willow_pitch” compilation LP [Woozy]
- Berlin-based dub /techno /house /electronic producer R. Pawlowitz (aka Shed), aka WAX “11110B” from “No. 11110” EP [Nowt Recordings]
- Milan, Italy ambient /IDM /glitch /drone /experimental /dub /bass /deep techno /’distorted electronics’ producer Mariachiara Troianiello, aka Katatonic Silentio “Secret Garden” from the upcoming “Paradise Mountain” EP [Maloca]
- Asturias, Spain Tribal /Percussive /Breaks /Techno /Electronic producer Juan Rico, aka Reeko (1/2 of Selección Natural), aka Architectural “Psychedelic Dancefloor Visions” from “Liminal Dancery” EP [Delsin]
- Washington, D.C. based ambient /bass music /Detroit techno /dubstep /house /jazz /electronic DJ-producer Martyn “No One Plays The Game (with Duval Timothy)” from upcoming “Music for Existing” LP [3024 Music]
- UK ambient /sci-fi /trip-hop /jungle /drum ‘n’ bass collaboration between bass music mainstay and SK1 Records co-founder, Synkro, and composer and sound design specialist, Tom Jarmey (aka Ocean Stirs and one half of Mother Of Pearls), Synkro & Tom Jarmey “Shelter (Pugilist Remix)” from upcoming “North Star” EP [Of Paradise]
- Melbourne-based ambient /dubstep /downtempo /jungle /drum’n’bass /broken beats /techno /bass verastile DJ-producer Alex Dickson, aka Pugilist “Machiavellian” from the upcoming “Triads” EP [Samurai Music]
- Sydney, Australia ambient /electronica /post-rock /percussion /drums /improvisational jazz musician Laurence Pike – “Guardians of Memory” from upcoming LP “Possible Utopias for Jazz Quintet” [Balmat]
- London, UK ambient /IDM / field recordings experimental drone of electro producer Emile Facey, aka Plant43 “Resisting Infernal Gravity” from the LP “Spells For Warding Off Evil” [Silver Threads]
- Birmingham, UK, heavily textured, grinding psychedelic dub techno from ex-Napalm Death drummer, Mick Harris “A478” from “Culvert Dubs Session” 2xLP [L.I.E.S. Records]
- UK experimental /minimal /leftfield /microtonal /percussive /digital synth duo of producer and composer Church Andrews (aka Kirk Barley) and drummer Matt Davies, Church Andrews & Matt Davies “Yokai” from the upcoming LP “TILT” [Odda Recordings]
- Newport, UK ambient /contemporary classical/ chamber folk multi-instrumentalist, producer & composer Will Yates, aka memotone “You Are Different (feat. Ugnė Uma)” from the upcoming album “Warm Shadows” [Accidental Meetings]
- Amsterdam, Netherlands-based ambient /spoken words /electronic /art pop duo Luke Elliott and Wynnm Murphy, aka POMELO “Crops” from the album “LORELESS” [Sad Magic Records]
- UK ambient /drone /broken beats /dreampunk producer Sangam “Dirty Streets” from the double A-side single “Beast Within / Dirty Streets”
- London-based ambient /dub /techno /eclectic experimental electronic Chinese musician, DJ and creative chef, Yu Su “Wanli” from “Foundry” [Short Span]
- Berlin-based, South Korean bass /percussive /leftfield techno /experimental electronic producer Soo Kyung Kim, aka soo:k “Briko” off “Briko” EP [Early Reflex]
- Parisian psychedelic /percussive /tribal /house duo Alexis Le Tan and Joakim, aka Full Circle “Shiver (Genderless Wedding Tool)” off upcoming Shive” EP [Offen Music]
- Middlesbrough, UK atmospheric /leftfield /trance /hypnotic /downtempo DJ-producer and Magic Ritmo label co-founder, REES “Mineral (Original Mix)” from uopcoming debut album, “Music For Stalagmites” [Magic Ritmo]
- Chicago based experimental techno /jackin’ house DJ-Producer Mark Grusane “Day Of The Reckoning” from “Angry Birds” LP [L.I.E.S. Records]
- Bristol, UK ambient /slow-mo /leftfield /psych /glitchy /downtempo /dub /techno 7experimental electronic DJ-producer Ido Plumes – “Go Farh (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)” from V/A “Half Way 2 Ten” remix LP [Eye Dow Recordings]
- Mexico City-based acid /techno /psych /nu-disco /house Argentinian producer and Calypso Records co-owner, Thomass Jackson “Cosmin” off upcoming “Forbidden Words” EP [Human Endeavour]
- Soichi Terada – “Han’nya Shingyo (AW Acid Edit)” from “Heart Of Asia” EP, Edits by Athens, Greece new beat /world /psych /acid /techno /downtempo eclectic electronic DJ-producer Anatolian Weapons
- Offenbach EBM /Post-Industrial /Dark Electro /Post Punk /Cold Wave /Techno duo Recht Auf Rausch “Der Frankfurter Weg” from “Der Frankfurter Weg” EP
- New York–based ambient /Moroccan folk /electroacoustic /improv /percussive /coldwave /techno /electronic artist, composer and DJ originally from Morocco, Selwa Abd, aka Bergsonist “Ode To Life” from the 6th LP “Depths” [Dark Entries Records]
- Leeds, UK hardcore /bass music /breaks /jungle /drum & bass moniker of techno stalwart Paul Woolford (aka Bobby Peru), Special Request “Uncanny Valley” from “Uncanny Valley” EP [TIMEDANCE]
- Voronež ambient /sci-fi /electrofunk /electro producer Larionov “Destination Unknown” from upcoming “No Way Back” EP [Tiger Weeds]
- Detroit techno /electro producer, Shawescape Renegade “78 Light Years From Earth” from the upcoming “Exoframe” EP [Tresor Records]
- Moscow-based Rave /New Beat /Electronic Body Music /Acid House /Electro DJ-producer Gelainheim – ” Acid! Acid!” from “Deco” LP [Raflak]
- Orlando, FL breaks /electro producer NXTEL – “Radioactive” from V/A “Planet Section” LP [Ovelha Trax]
- Moscow-based new beat /acid /leftfield /EBM /electronic producer Ptichka3000 – “Frankfurt (Morze Remix)” from “Frankfurt” EP [Oberwave Records]
- Toronto, Canada ambient /industrial /electro /cyberpunk electronica producer Mark Rydyger, aka Holon “Artificially Regulated Response” from the album “A Cohesive Model Of Reality” [Subatomic Audio]
- Brussels-based new electronic body music /rhythmic noise /industrial techno collaboration between Ottoman Grüw and 2+2=5, aka A Body Without “Panoptikon” from “A Body Without” EP [aufnahme + wiedergabe]
- Cincinnati, OH industrial /techno /EBM project of Avery Stanken, aka HEALNG “Through red glass” single
- Germany industrial /noise /EBM /electronic project started by Andreas Davids in 1998, XOTOX “Was hörst Du (Blac Kolor Remix)” off “Dokumentation II: Remix” LP [Infacted Records]
- Guatemala EBM /industrial /techno producer Dario – “Resonancia” from V/A “Neurovision – 1 Year Anniversary” LP [Neurovision]
- Belgrade, Serbia cinematic /breakbeat /techno producer, Wick “Bite Force” off “Bite Force” EP [Void+1 Recordings]
- Warsaw-based, Ukrainian-born EBM / Industrial / Cold Body Music DJ-producer, Revolt “Son of God (Downwell Remix)” from “Netherworld Glow” LP [X-IMG]
- Berlin-based industrial techno /EBM DJ-producer and X-IMG label founder, Sarin “Apostate” single [X-IMG]
- UK/Russia Techno /EBM /dark dance electronic collaboration between Nein Label boss Neil Parnell and Aleksei Velax, Tronik Youth + Velax – “Last Judgement” from “Inner Enemy” EP [Nein Records]
- French EBM / New wave /Indie Dance producer Back From The Wave – “Morsow” from the upcoming V/A “Oval” compilation LP [Samo Records]
- Los Angeles based indie disco /alt rock /deep house /indie dance producer Michael Sandler, SAAND – “Cool To Die Young (Original Mix)” [Beat & Path]
- French-born, Barcelona-based indie dance /dark disco DJ and producer Jo Kazan “Item 9 (Mundo D Remix)” off “Item 9” EP [HEARec]
- Belfast, UK EBM /Balearic /tribal /funk /Afro /house /dub /genre-defying duo Aaron Black & Timmy Stewart, Black Bones “Bashung” from “Black Bones 008” EP (edits)
- Rave/Acid House inspired Akio Nagase‘s remix of the leftfield house/percussive 2025 original by Osaka‘s DJ-producer Ground “ゐこゐこゐこ/IKO IKO IKO (Akio Nagase Remix)” [Chill Mountain Rec]
- Argentinian groovy deep house artist SidiRum featuring Leloir – “Cactus (Original Mix)” from “Mantissa” EP [Playground Records]
- UK ambient /psychedelic /trance /deep techno /progressive house DJ-producer Tom Drew “Changes” from “Astral Plane” EP [Dream Waves]
- Tennessee/Georgia ambient /drone /noise /experimental /electronic duo of Mark Cross (9-volt velvet, Viva Voce, The Northern Lights) and Mark Skelton (Aberrations of Light, Alpine Slides, Analog Youth Club), aka Solar Seas “Hallucination” from the upcoming LP “kraken” [Somewherecold Records]
- Chicago-based experimental /ambient /drone /noise /electronic sound artist Kevin Drumm “Moaning” from “Terror Of Time” EP
- Brighton, UK drone-ambient modular electronic project of Home Normal label head, Ian Hawgood, aka Folk Reels “i love you. i’m dreaming.” long-form piece [folk reels]
- Italy ambient /IDM /chillout /downtempo /experimental electronic sound artist (aka The Child of A Creek), Fallen “Faint Ridges” from the 2-piece longform album “faint ridges,broken promises” [Neotantra]
- Brighton, UK ambient /drone /mellotron /modular electronic /experimental project of Home Normal label head, Ian Hawgood, aka folk reels “I love you. I’m dreaming.” long-form piece
