Weekly Electronic Music Tips // MAY #18-24
Richard Misrach, 1983
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- This is Not My Future 010 w/ METAMAN (Fade Radio // 02.05.2024)
Old school and futuristic Acid-speckled Broken Beats crash and harmonize seamlessly in the one-hour radio set of broken beats by Athens-based Greek Electro producer Metaman.
- Parisian industrial /acid /rave /psych /breakbeat /electro DJ-production duo Minimum Syndicat “The mantis-priests have gathered” from the debut LP “S.C.H.O.R.L.” 12″ [KILLEKILL]
Other Parisian subgenre-defying electronic visionaries unleash relentless bouncy and pounding broken drum kicks, obsessively punctuated by a heavy burden of sinister rattling industrial-fueled hitting momentums, layer eerie ghostly morphing vocal laments with throbbing low-end frenzy and doomy droning synth swells, to evoke the feeling of being isolated and emotional amid a relentless swirl of mechanized frequencies.
- The Prodigy – “Baby’s Got A Temper (PRIMIT REMIX)” (acid /electro-punk remix of 2002 The Prodigy’s minor classic from Seoul‘s producer)
Korean producer injects further breakbeat fire and swirling acid inflexions into the primal, unrelenting in-your-face signature aggression from the mostly underrated, myself included, and controversial 2002 The Prodigy minor classic. R.I.P. Keith Flint.
- French ambient /dub /exotic /cosmic /tribal /leftfield /psych /wave /techno /slo-mo/electro producer-DJ and Maturre label head honcho, Jonathan Cambefort, aka Poperttelli “Simplifie” from “Disjointed Dreams” LP 12″ [Macadam Mambo]
The genre-bending, cinematic and visionary French electronic sound traveller lands in the kindred spirit Macadam Mambo label to delve into uncharted grippingly expansive and immersive, both cosmic and futuristic dark arcane domains, peppered with warm exotic and dubwise flavours, pulsing, roiling, stumbling, and droning at slo-mo trippy pace, to enshroud with a vibrant repeated mantra of “simplifie.”
- Hyogo, Japan-based ambient /field recordings /piano artist Masakatsu Takagi “Marginalia #157”
- London-based ambient /neo-classical collaboration between violinist James Underwood and string arranger Sam Saynes, Iskra Strings + Sam Symes “Thaw” from “Shadow” EP
- Western Ireland ambient /minimal composer and multi-instrumentalist Seamus O’Muineachain “Feel Light” from the 7th album “Liminality”
- Italian ambient /drone /electroacoustic /experimental duo of Nicola Fornasari ( Xu(e), That Which is Not, La Petite Vague, Twyxu, Zero Wait enSemble) and Swiss born, former All My Faith Lost member, Francis M. Gri (aka Apart and KrysaliSound label curator), Xu & Francis Gri “Ghost Hills” from the upcoming CD album “Valley of Languages” [Whitelabrecs]
- Boise, Idaho ambient /drone /new age /experimental /kankyo ongaku /electronic /sound artist No Memory “Still Life” off the cassette album “Kiko’s Secret Garden” [the Tidal Charm]
- Toronto, Ontario ambient /chillout /drone /organic /field recordings /electronic sound artist Brad Deschamps (curator of Polar Seas), Anthéne “Deeper in the valley” from upcoming “Cloudburst” LP [Home Normal]
- Glovertown, Newfoundland and Labrador ambient /drone /tape loops /piano musician Aaron Powell, aka farewell, alaska “Margaret” from the album “Dream Death”
- Finland‘s ambient /pastoral /neo-classical /piano /experimental eclectic pianist-electronic producer, Otto Taimela “Living In A Lullaby” from the vinyl album “Inner Beauty” [SWIMS]
- Swedish ethereal and meditative music project of Ludvig Cimbrelius, Eternell “Sky Meadow” single from the upcoming Eternell album ”Sonora” [LILA लीला]
- Indianapolis-based drone /ambient /cinematic /modern classical artist Zach Frizzell, aka zakè “Glory” from “Veta” LP [Zakè Drone Recordings / Past Inside the Present]
- Pisa, Italy ambient /drone /chill-out /electro-acoustic sound artist Andrea Morana, aka Runaway Horses “One with Nature” from “Recollected in Tranquility” [DRONARIVM]
- Melbourne based ambient /cinematic /beats /electronic multi-instrumentalist, producer and sound healer Phoebe Dubar, aka IKSRE “It was never meant to be this way” from “We are all the same on the inside (b sides + live versions)” LP
- Washington, D.C. ambient /drone /experimental /post-rock /electronic band Requiem “Breathe” single
- Antwerp-based composer and synth virtuoso Miaux “The Old Pavilion Near the lake” off her new vinyl 12″ album ”Never Coming Back’’ rooted in the recent film score she composed for the surreal and haunted 1962 cult movie ‘Carnival of Souls’ [VIERNULVIER Records]
- UK ambient /drone /experimental collaboration between Lee Norris and Matt Hillier, Plank & Ishq “Nandoori Space” from “Semigraphic “Mindsets” 6xCD BoxSet [Fantasy Enhancing]
- Berlin-based field recordings /modular synth /ambient collaborative project, Stewart Walker & Faru “Glass Tetra” from “Fluoresz” LP
- Tulsa, Oklahoma ambient /drone /field recordings /shoegazey /electro-acoustic composer Whettman Chelmets – “Fallen Footsteps” from V/A “Clarities” compilation [The Jewel Garden]
- Copenhagen, Denmark ambient /experimental electronic artist Hercegovina “Memory Of The Water” from the album “The Galloping Masses” 2XCassette [Janushoved]
- Devotional music outfit of US-based dark-ambient producer Arzat Skia and The Hague-based Russian-American pianist Leo Svirsky, aka Unstern “Of Fire And The Many-Eyed Wheels” from upcoming “Es Geht Der Tag” LP 12″ [A L T E R]
- Copenhagen, Denmark ambient /drone /experimental electronic artist and Kornmod collective member Jakob Folke Ivarsson, aka J. Folke “The Blue Silk Dress 8. Last Painting, Fatal Fruit 9. Furrow, Nightshade” from the long-form cassette album “Pale Bower, Speaking Stone” [Janushoved]
- Thai ambient /psych /trance /tribal deep techno poetry performance artist Tul Waitoonkiat – “Nueng Kamtham (Black Merlin Traverse Dub Mix)” from ‘Nueng Kamtham’‘ EP 12″ [Siamese Twins Records]
- Krakow, Polish eclectic electronic DJ-producer Leona Jacewska, aka Charlie “The Laboratory At Dawn” from the cassette album “The Machine – Soundtrack” score for the movie by Maria Loboda [Pinkman]
- Barcelona-based Ukrainian ambient /cinematic /techno /modular synth electronic music artist, singer, and songwriter, Julia Bondar “Silky Rough”
- New York-based Irish-bred ambient /sci-fi /psych /kosmische /radiophonic /modular synth /electronic sound projection imagined and realized by David K. Mason, aka Listening Center – “Cold Panorama” from the 12th album “Sight and Scene” 12” [Castle In Space]
- UK acid sci-fi cinematic analogue synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins aka Pye Corner Audio “Walk In The Forest Acid” single
- London , UK ambient /IDM /deep house /techno /bass /tribal /slo-mo /experimental electronic three-piece electronic concept group created by Chris Coco in the early 90s, Coco Steel & Lovebomb “Im Garten (Director’s Cut)” preview release from off upcoming album “After Hours” [DSPPR]
- Berlin based ambient /breakbeat /techno /electronic producer Nthng “And On” from upcoming “I’d Love To Fly” EP
- Milan, Italy ambient /acid /psych /cosmic /dub /downtempo /electronic producer nICo – “Saturation Dub” from “Unexplored Earths” EP [Estuary Tapes]
- London-based late ’80s formed, electronic trio Fluke – “Insanely Beautiful – Hardway Bros Meet Monkton Uptown Dub” [HBMMUD]
- UK psych /percussive /house /tropical /slo-mo electronic duo Hudson’s Choice & Franc Spangler “Myatts Field” from “Myatts Field” EP [Delusions Of Grandeur]
- Ukrainian psych /tribal /downtempo /slow-mo /electronic producer Juli Riot – “Ranok” from V/A “Unreleased Territory vol. 5: Low Voltage” compilation [Electric Shapes]
- Glasgow ambient /acid /braindance /breaks /dub techno /electronica producer Arctor “Shotgun Dub” from “Shotgun Dub / Amanda” single [Tremors]
- London, UK 4th world ambient /tribal /techno /dub house electronic producer and Trule label head, Al Wooton – “A Novena To The Purisima” from “Lifted From The Earth” LP [Berceuse Heroique]
- Experimental polyrhythmic /psych /drum & bass /breaks /percussive /techno Japanese operator Lemna “Mycena Chlorophos” from “Mantis 14″ EP 12” [Delsin Records]
- London, UK ambient /dub techno /electronica alias of veteran producer Luke Slater (The 7th Plain, Planetary Assault Systems,), aka L.B.Dub Corp “Only The Good Times (Burial Remix)” part of forthcoming album “Saturn to Home” [Dekmantel]
- Mysterious Central Poland‘s ambient /dub /minimal /wave /electronic duo of Sandra Mikołajczyk and Igor Gadomski, aka SSR “DOB” from the ltd. cassette S/T “SSR” album [Pointless Geometry]
- Berlin-based house /dub /techno /electronic producer René Pawlowitz (aka Shed), WAX “90009A” from “WAX90009″ EP 12” [Nowt Recordings]
- London born and based ambient /jazz /world /improv /cosmic /bass /downtempo /electronica producer and multi-instrumentalist (Smokin Sessions, On The Edge Records, and Deep Heads labels owner), Zeb Samuels “Just For A Day (Sunday)” from V/A “Cosmic Vibrations Vol.5” compilation [Deep Heads]
- Amsterdam, Netherlands ambient /deep /tech house producer Hame “Tell Me Where” from “Almost Home” EP 12″ [Noire & Blanche]
- Reissue of the ethereal cosmic downtempo techno cult classic, originally released in 1990 by Whitley Bay, England‘s musician-producer Geoff Waterston, aka G.F.X. “Eternal (Mix 1)” from “Eternal” EP 12″ [Magic Ritmo]
- Berlin ambient/ Detroit techno /house producer and DJ, Anna Schreit – “Enzio On Rainbow Road” from “Duck” EP 12″ [Compost]
- Athens, Greece Balearic /house /deep house DJ and music producer Alex Andrikopolous, aka Lex “Super Awake” from “Remixes” EP 12″ [Leng Records]
- UK ambient /jazz /chillwave /hauntology /dream pop /electronic project of Ben Holton (epic45, My Autumn Empire, Birds In The Brickwork), The Balloonist “Clouds” from the CD LP “A Quiet Day” via Wayside & Woodland Recordings
- New Jersey ambient /field recordings /synthesizers /piano /manipulated vocals /electric guitar musician Corey Mastrangelo “Shift” from the album “Figure 12 CD [Shimmering Moods Records]
- Richmond, IL lo-fi /IDM /experimental /piano /electroacoustic /electronic project Time Rival “Aomame” from the album “Pattern Year”
- US ambient /experimental /IDM /electronic producer Second Seasons “d-Nt” from “R Def 1” LP [Schematic Music Company]
- Icelandic ambient /acid /IDM /experimental electronic producer Árni Grétar, AKA Futuregrapher “0305_08″ from “03-05_08_18” EP [Intellitronic Bubble]
- Glasgow psych /acid techno producer Fluffy Inside “Silver Bubble Bath” from “The Silver Weave” EP 12″ [ACID WORKS]
- London-based rave /acid /breaks /electro duo Keith Tenniswood & Ben Mallot, aka Radioactive Man & Ben Pest “A Gentlemen From London Was Very Upset” from upcoming “I Don’t Want This Sort Of Thing In My House” EP 12″ [Asking For Trouble]
- UK halftime /dark bass /drum & bass /techno producer Mat Ranson (aka Fisk Industries, and Kwaidan), aka Focal Point “Manufactured Superstition” from “Manufactured Superstition / Statecraft” EP 12″ [The Collection Artaud]
- Dutch/British techno /electro duo Philip Adeon and Damian Henderson, aka Synthbotics “A Moog’s Whisper” from “Electro Planet” [Adeon Records]
- Colorado Ambient /Industrial /Detroit Techno /Electro-Funk /Electro devotee producer-DJ and Dark Science Electro curator Johan Sebastian Bot aka DVS NME “Accumulated Labor” from the new album “Public Relations”
- English underground electro /old school Chicago house producer and owner/founder of L&T Recordings & Non Stop Rhythm, Tom Carruthers “Cold World” from “Cold World” EP 12″ [RISK MANAGEMENT 01] on L.I.E.S. sub-label Risk Management Production
- Berlin-based IDM /breaks /electro producer Serge Geyzel “Memorize [Dagga remix]” from “Memorize” EP 12″ [EMC]
- Kursk, Russia-based breaks /techno /electro DJ-producer VDM – “Vector” [LOCAL RADIO]
- London new beat /techno /analog dark electro French producer Mascarpone “Spherical Mechanism” from the forthcoming “Chronology Of The Universe” EP [Nocturbulous Records]
- Poland-based Belarusian ambient /cosmic /breaks /electro DJ-producer, Viikatory “Equinox” from the upcoming “Voyager-1” EP 12″ [Mechatronica]
- The Hague, Dutch lo-fi /acid /hypnagogic /techno /electro-funk musician Danny Wolfers, aka Legowelt – “Seven Challenges” from “Like a Song From Your Dream” LP 12″ [L.I.E.S.Records]
- Lyon, French acid /techno /electro DJ-producer (owner of New Flesh and Rave Or Die labels), Umwelt – “Undercurrent” from the forthcoming V/A “Ravebreakerz Vol 1” EP [Rave Or Die]
- Italian acid /leftfield /experimental /techno /electro duo Marco Segato and TLXCO, aka Machinete “FUCK THE SSTM” from the upcoming “Schei e Paura” album [Feral Colony]
- Stockholm-based new beat /no wave /electro-funk duo Johan Skugge & Martin Thomasson, aka Harlem Electronics “Blynde” from the cassette EP “Cagey” [Marguerite Records]
- Industrial /sci-fi /cyberpunk /cinematic /techno /dark electronics collaborative project, founded in 2013 in Toronto, by SARIN & Matt Cangiano, aka Human Performance Lab “Cryptaesthesia” single from the upcoming LP [X-IMG]
- Georgian industrial techno DJ-producer Boyd Schidt “Caustic Sun” off “Caustic Sun” EP [Sonic Groove]
- Berlin-based, Auckland‘s rave /industrial techno producer and head of HAVEN label, James Barrett, aka Keepsakes – “Pray For Hype” from ” Rant 4 Cash” EP 12″ [Perc Trax]
- Italian industrial /EBM /noise /techno producer Nghtly “Mastery Of One’s Mind” from “An Afflicted Body” EP 12″ [Persephonic Sirens 027]
- Thessaloniki, Greece-based EBM /Industrial /Italo Body /Techno DJ-producer Alpha Sect – “Telos Tou Kosmou (Local Suicide & Skelesys remix)” from “Fragmented Reality” EP 12″ [SOIL]
- Berlin-based Australian cyber body /EBM /techno producer Kris Baha “Hypercortex” from the cassette “Cyber Body Music Vol.1” EP [Kindcrime Recordings]
- Mexican EBM /techno /synthwave /bodymusik producer BLAK G “SADISKO” from “KLUB HELL” EP [KLUB HELL]
- Istanbul, Turkey breaks /electro-punk act HAGOZA – “Punx is not dead” from V/A “FIRETALES 2” compilation [ANTIBURN]
- French wave /indie dance /electro /dark electronic artist, producer and DJ, Justine Forever “Freak Reboot” from “CF011” single [Her Majesty’s Ship / Club Forever]
- Spanish 70’s Disco classic Zoom – “Space Rescue (WLDV Edit)”
- 1988 NYC-house/synthpop classic Midnight Fantasy – “Is It Me Or Is It Her? (feat. Nadia)” (Alpha Sect Edit)
- Barcelona, Spain acid /breakbeat /downbeat /slow trance /slo-mo /”Slow Rave” DJ-producer UMO ”PeaceMaker – Linja remix” from “As Below So Above” EP [OPENTHENEXT]
- Berlin-based indie dance /tribal /acid /techno collaboration Radial Gaze x Pyrame “Voodooridoo” from Voodooridoo” EP [Thisbe Recordings]
- Middlesbrough, UK EBM /leftfield /electro /wave /trance /hypnotic /electronic DJ-producer and Magic Ritmo co-founder REES “Echo Ritual” from “Echo Ritual” EP [Human Endeavour]
- Zurich, Switzerland electro /proto-house /post-punk /breaks /dark electronic producer and Relish label boss Robi Insinna, a.k.a. Headman “Live 120 (Richard Sen remix)” from “SOMEVERSION/LIVE120RMX” EP [Relish]
- Mancunian leftfield house electronica producer-DJ, Joey T ” WYNOMM (Tee Mango Remix)” from “STRONG TEAM EP#1″ 12” [SUPERUNKNOWN]
- London based Balearic /house /acid disco /electronic project of members of Trashmouth Records, Fat White Family & Paranoid London, aka DECIUS “Lez Torez” from “DECIUS TRAX EP V” [Trashmouth Records]
- Mexico City breakbeat /techno /acid /psych /trance /electronic producer Umvral – “Arce Nico (Vekan & Praqqa Remix)” [Veneno]
- Berlin-based indie dance /electronic producer Acud – “Supermarkt (Mijo Remix)” from “Supermarkt Remixes” EP [KELLER]
- Stockholm based Dark Disco /Trance /Italo DJ-producer Marcus Christiansen – “Sir Trancelot” off upcoming V/A “A Retro Futuristic Collage Vol. 2” compilation [Club Mackan]
- Parisian acid /house /trance /Italo disco DJ-producer and Epicure Records curator, Prinze – “Gwadacid (Austher Remix)” off upcoming “Sex Wax” EP [EPICURE]
- London-based electro /spoken word /acid /house /baile funk /breaks duo Kassian “Pulgueiro Baile (Extended Version)” from “Supercontinent” EP 12″ [!K7]
- Greek ambient /trance /downtempo /deep techno /electronic artist, Theef “Sun & Smoke (Original mixed version)” from “Sun & Smoke” (2-hour self-produced mix uploaded to Youtube and Soundcloud in 2018) 2xLP 12″ [A Strangely Isolated Place]
- Japanese ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscape /guitar /electronic musician and composer, Chihei Hatakeyama “Breeze From The South” (2024) from the album “The Ancient Forest IX” (3 long-form cuts recorded, edited, mixed and mastered between May 2017 and April 2024) [White Paddy Mountain]
- Ambient /minimal /modern classical musician based out of Denton, Texas. Kory Reeder “Everywhere the Truth Rushes In” from “Everywhere the Truth Rushes In” long-form album CD [kuyin]
- Baltimore, Maryland ambient /drone /kraut /psych /electro-acoustic /experimental project Tarotplane “Sounds Unseen 1-Contemporary Music from Europe & Beyond 1980-1994” from the album “Zikzak 11”
- UK/Japan ambient music project exploring the relationship between analogue synthesizers and Japanese Koto harp by Clementine Blue, Akiharu Kitagawa, and ASUKA, Clementine Blue “Meditation ~ 心静 Feat. ASUKA” from the upcoming “Energy Flow” LP
- Montreal/Mexico City ambient /drone /minimalistic /experimental /field recordings /improv /modular synth collaboration, FRANCE JOBIN + YAMIL REZC “La Reforma” from the album “Un día en México” [LINE]
