WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // MAY 2025 #18-26

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

Darkness Calls Podcast 14 | KUTKH JACKDAW

Brighton, UK-based, Scottish producer, DJ and co-runner of Brighton-based event and label/podcast series Acid Reflux, Kutkh Jackdaw draws influences from a wide variety of different genres channelled in the new mix for Georgian Darkness Calls Podcast, that fuses body music, techno, electro, and industrial with raw, driving energy and high dancefloor impact.

Milan, Italy acid techno /cosmic disco veteran DJ-producer Marcello Giordani, aka Italo Deviance “Purple Galaxy (Red Axes Striped Remix)” from “Purple Galaxy” E.P. [Italo Deviance Music]

Dizzying retro space-out remix from Tel Aviv eclectic master duo, with hissing thumping rhythms, crispy rolling percussions and sinuously burbling bass grooves, topped by a luminous melancholic spiraling of cosmic synth energy, amidst suggestive female vocals oozing seductive charm with ‘moonlight and stories.’

Hangzhou, China, ambient /IDM /field recordings /organic /breaks /techno /modular synth /electronic music producer 3Fungi – “ChinaHaptic Fracture” from upcoming “Landless Tribe” EP [GSXS]

The Chinese electronic producer has elaborated a distinctive sonic language across modular synthesizer, digital audio technologies, and field recording. In the “Haptic Fracture”, buzzy and glitchy mists anxiously squirm in search of an unobstructed connection, atop a peaceful aura of slowly ebbing and flowing glassy waters that are strained by a wobbly undertow of soft pitter-patter percussion, yet colourful, wistful key melodies wander introspectively before speeding up along with low urgent rattling rhythms, becoming distorted to coalesce with the fading tension.

South London ambient /downtempo /percussive /breaks /dub /drum & bass /techno producer Joe Baker, aka Forest Drive West – “Circuit” from upcoming “Mantis 1920” [Delsin Records]

A painstakingly sculpted and terribly functional first excerpt, as we are used to, from the UK techno/d&b imaginative producer. A dubbed out, slinky percussive, mind-bending downtempo trip, “Circuit” elicits a sinister tension-building sensation of lurking danger before swathes of icy crystal orbs scan and clear the surroundings with vivid awareness.

UK ambient /pastoral /rural soundscape /meditative /cinematic /post-rock /electronic musician Ben Holton, aka The Balloonist “Suburban Meditation” from the cassette “Suburban Meditation” (a collaborative project with Stone Circle Sampler‘s ‘Local History’ series and Industrial Coast) [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
Australian ambient /drone /field recordings /ethereal /improvised /folk collaboration between Melbourne-based musician and composer Nick Huggins and Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Helen Franzmann (also of McKisko, and Mess Esque), Helen Franzmann and Nick Huggins “Slow Moving Waters” from the album “Public Holiday at You Yangs Regional Park” [brierfield flood press]
French ambient /drone /minimalistic /cinematic /landscapes /composer Thomas Méreur Heÿkla “The Morning After” from “Echoes of Loneliness” LP [Driftworks]
Buenos Aires, Argentina ambient /dreamy /tape music /collage /acoustic sound artist Federico Durand “Los días se acortan” from the album “La Manzana Mágica” [12k]
Canadian ambient /drone /chillout /field recordings /guitar /electronic collaboration sound artists and producers Michael Scott Dawson and Brad Deschamps (anthéne), aka Michael Scott Dawson & anthéne “language flaws” from the album “broadcast colours” [Home Normal]
Brighton, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscapes /electronic sound artist Tarl Broad-Ashman, aka The Silent Tide “Hollow Distance” from “Drift & Distance” EP [Mare Nostrum Label]
Ambient /drone /cinematic /soundscape collaboration between composers Denver, CO-based Marshall Usinger and Hong Kong-based Benjamin Tatlow, aka Be Still the Earth & Memories of the Forgotten “the carpet feels like leaves” from “turn down the sun” EP [Echoes Blue Music]
UK ambient /drone /ethereal /dream core /meditation /electronic sound artist Simon Vince, aka HERE “Resting Place” from the album “Acceptance” [Whitelabrecs]
Hamilton, Ontario-based ambient /drone /tape loops /experimental /analog electronic musician Doug Tewksbury, aka Tewksbury “Cascadia” from the album “rust/wave” [Imaginary North]
Japanese ambient /drone /tape loops /minimal /micro sound /analog synth /piano musician, Aiko Takahashi “Sun. 01:40 (ink on paper)”
from the album “歌 (Songs)” [ato.archives]
Gravdal, Norway ambient /musique concrete /collage /noise /experimental sound artist T. Jervell ” Cave Hill Park at Sunrise” from “(to moss)” LP [Wormhole World]
Yamanashi, Japan ambient /drone /experimental musician Ayami Suzuki “ Warm Absence” from “Remnants” album [Students Of Decay]
London-based ambient /jazz /folk /improvised experimental musician Luke Cowan, Luke Cowan & Friends “Rain for Cymbal” from the LP “SPRiNG!” [Infinite Expanse]
Valencia, Spain ambient /drone /field recordings /electronic Glaswegian composer Yulyseus “Turadh” from upcoming LP “Nothing Under Heaven” [n5MD]
Milwaukee, Wisconsin ambient /minimal /experimental /modular synth musician Steve Zydek, aka Wavefiler – “Between Whether” from the upcoming split “Area Flood” 7″ EP by Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop / Wavefiler [Mystery Circle]
Zürich, Switzerland ambient /experimental /electronic /folk duo Xueyan Chen and Nicolas Balmer, aka Gūsū “Murky Feeling With A Caterpillar On My Back” from the second LP “Inhabiting Me” [Subject To Restrictions Discs]
UK ambient /drone /minimal /jungle /UK hardcore electronic producer Dennis Huddleston, a.k.a. 36 “99.9 Dream FM” from “Hardcore, Static: Pirate Transmissions From The North Of England, 1990-1994” album [Auxiliary]
London-based ambient /sci-fi /kosmische /space disco /progressive /jazz funk /Detroit house /experimental analog electronica /synthesiser player and record producer, Dan Leavers (Soccer96, The Comet Is Coming), Danalogue “Moebius Triptych” from the debut solo LP “Teleportations” [Castles in Space]
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK ambient /experimental /soundtrack /leftfield /prog synth /electronic project of Simon Bowler (aka Natures Revenge), aka Pyramids Of Phobos “The Whale” from the album “A Door Which Doesn’t Exist” [Wormhole World]
Honley, UK ambient /drone /chillout /downtempo /electronica composer Thomas Ragsdale (aka FFION), aka Sulk Rooms “The Losing Grip” from “Songs of Soil” LP [quiet details]
Queens, NY-based ambient /experimental analog electronica project of electronic musician and producer Chris Moore (While and Light Vortex, A.M. Boys), aka Light Vortex “Opulent Flamelike” from the second album “Aurora In Georgian Bay” [Mortality Tables]
San Francisco-based ambient /IDM /deep house /downtempo /electronic producer, bvdub | Brock Van Wey “Strange Butterflies” from the album “Butterflies Over 72° North”
Berlin-based atmospheric /acid /hypnotic /techno Italian electronic producer, Teik Arô “Lone Stranger” from “Traces Of Light” EP [ARTS]
Seoul, South Korea ambient /acid /psych /hypnotic /deep techno producer Scøpe – “Immersed” from Mire” EP [non series]
Frankfurt am Main, Germany ambient /techno production duo and OKTOGON Label owners, VILLA — “Build To Last” off “atöm.09” EP [Molekül]
London-based ambient /deep techno producer, DJ and Temple Of Sound founder Sub Basics – “Untitled 333”
UK/Italy ambient /acid /psych /percussive /drum & bass /deep techno collaboration between experimental electronic producers Bristol‘s Omar McCutcheon and Rome‘s Donato Dozzy, aka Batu and Donato Dozzy “Drift” from upcoming “Exhale” 2xLP [K7 Records]
London-based ambient /techno /dub /drum & bass /experimental producer Michael Watters, aka Sciama ” Shifting Formants” from upcoming “Wave Interaction” EP [Samurai Music]
Milan, Italy ambient /abstract /psych /dubstep /drum and bass /experimental deep techno producer Davide Perrone aka Pianeti Sintetici – “Curvature” from the upcoming V/A “ETEREA 02” compilation EP [ETEREA]
Düsseldorf, Germany ambient /cinematic /kosmische /breaks /psych /trance /percussion /house /techno DJ-producer (half of Bar, Stabil Elite), Lucas Croon “Zülpi Trance” from V/A “Movin Below” compilation LP [Terra Magica Rec]
Epinal, France ambient /organic /dub /tribal /halftime /percussive /deep techno producer Clarence Rise – “sequel” off “Outreciel” EP [Melifera Records]
Nice, France ambient /broken beats /psychedelic /tribal /deep techno producer JC Laurent, aka Aawadh – “Weight Of Light” off V/A “WZY5.5 willow_pitch LP compilation [Woozy]
Mannheim, Germany ambient /percussive /deep techno producer Ronny Pinazza – “Protuberanza (Up in the Sky Version)” from “Protuberanza” LP [Secuencias Temporales]
Japanese ambient /psychedelic /percussive /tribal /deep house producer DJ Himitsu “Sometime” from “Sometime” EP [RUKI Records]
German acid /footwork /leftfield /drum and bass /electronic DJ-producer (aka Steppin’ Wolf, Ajo, and 1/2 of Recht Auf Rausch), aka Kalocain “Dodgy Caller” from V/A “Dancing Poetry IV” LP [Ethos Records]
Durban, South Africa‘s gqom /grime /trap /afrotech /techno producer Nkalipho Andile Mkhize, aka Akiid “Chuck Norris” from “Sheffu” EP [HAKUNA KULALA]
Barcelona acid /bass /breaks /downbeat / slomo /techno /slow rave electronica producer Umo – “Syntax” from “Trece” EP [openthenext]
Paris-based drone /cosmic /disco /cinematic /jazz /psychedelic /noir electronic /poetry Montreal-native artist Bernardino Femminielli “Raconte-moi ton histoire feat. Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge” from the upcoming “Mémoires d’un Auto-Sabotage” LP [Knekelhuis]
Ukrainian ambient /dub techno /jazzy /deep house producer Vakula “Soul Time” from “Times” EP [Oath]
Munich, Germany-based ambient /experimental /dub /breakbeat /house /techno /electronic DJ-producer Robin Wang , aka SAM GOKU “Warm Soils” from “Bliss Drift″ EP [Dekmantel]
Guadalajara, Mexico downtempo /acid /psych /tribal /slow techno /experimental electronic production duo ALF CHAMPION & MDHNTR “B.R.E.A.T.H.E. (Rodion Cumbiatron Remix)” from “B.R.E.A.T.E.” EP [ Kaputt.wav ]
Canary Islands, Spain ambient /psych /indie dance /techno /house genre-defying electronic producer Alex Medina – “Treasure bells” from “Abaku” EP [Sum Over Histories]
UK acid /UK bass /dubstep /breaks producer Jéeby – “Acid Tool” off Knock You Out” EP [Dionysian Mysteries]
Geneva, Switzerland-based acid /ghetto /breakbeat /electro Valencian producer Hermeth “Just Like A Toxin .feat NoctisIX” single
Berlin-based, Miami bass /electro /breakbeat Spanish producer JAMES ROD – “I got the power to energy” (Rodriguez Reworks 009) [Golden Soul Records]
Tel Aviv acid /techno /electro producer Naor Dayen, aka E-bony “Save Us” from upcoming V/A “Uriel” EP [Hilltown Disco]
Cork, Ireland IDM /electro /electronica producer Darqhorse “Eternal Return” from “The Inner Realms” LP
Dallas, TX ambient /acid /house /breaks /electro producer and Pan-Am Tracks label founder, Aserrín – “Bust Out” off “Bust Out” EP [Pan-Am Tracks]
Turku-based acid /bass /electro producer and Lasergum Records head, Kirill Junolainen, aka Konerytmi – “Energiajuoma” off upcoming “Energiajuoma” EP [Traxual]
Dutch acid /techno /electronic producer Roel Dijcks aka Ekman “Drowning in Midnight Oil” from “Into The Den” EP [Zodiak Commune Records]
Brussels-based acid /techno /electro music producer Valentin Rocher “Gonna Rain” from the forthcoming EP “You Do Remember The Future” [Activities Records]
Detroit/Netherlands West Coast/Detroit electro collaboration DJ Maaco (Detroit in Effect) and Dutch producer Martijn Hoogendijk (Alden Tyrell), aka Alden Tyrell & Detroit In Effect “We Still Kill The Old Way (pt.II)” from “Alden Tyrell & Detroit In Effect presents: The Greys II” EP [Clone West Coast Series]
Leipzig-based industrial /acid /electro-funk /electro producer and Clear Memory crew affiliated (Dog Balls, and Westlake & Hayter), Hayter “In The Darkness” from the upcoming “Digital Digits” EP [Hilltown Disco]
Amsterdam IDM /drone /cinematic /soundtrack /avant-garde /neo-classical /experimental /synth duo of producer Pascal Pinkert (Dollkraut) with bassist Timothy Francis, aka Ambassade “Gunslinger” from “Manrira” LP [Pinkman]
Dutch experimental /industrial /punk /hardcore /psych /body music /techno duo of Parrish Smith & Mark Van De Maat (aka Mark Knekelhuis), aka VOLITION IMMANENT ”Follow The Money” from the second LP “Too Late”
Berlin-based hard /hypnotic techno producers VSK & Liza Aikin – “Oxide” from “KR077” EP [KR Records]
Slovenia/Croatia EBM /techno /dark wave /dark electro duo Christian Kroupa & Le Chocolat Noir, aka Black Dot “CDG Rouge (Innershades Remix)” from “Lust” EP [KRI]
Envigado, Colombia, industrial techno alias of label head Faunes Efe (aka Filmmaker), GLYF Historical Collapse” from Unbalance Of Nature” [Body Musick]
Ecuadorian EBM /industrial /techno DJ-producer Pedro Aguirre, aka Ciberfobia – “Paranoia Program” from V/A “Neurovision – 1 Year Anniversary” LP [Neurovision]
Berlin-based, Drone /Noise /Industrial Techno Italian DJ-producer and Monolith Records founder, Sirio Gry J “Injection” from “Severing All Ties” LP [Industrial Complexx]
Berlin-based rave /electro /acid /breakbeat /techno producer Omon Breaker “PRIRVA” from “PLAN B” EP
1996 Belgian Eurodance hit single Paradisio “Bailando (Vhyce Remix)” disco /deep house remix from Belgian DJ-producer
Italian acid /progressive house /tribal /trance /Hi-NRG /indie dance producer Astroloop – “Lovers Tribe (Original Mix)” off “Lovers Tribe” EP [Rotten CityRecords]
Brighton, UK acid/ progressive house /chug /techno /electronic DJ-producer Ben Hunt “Religious Music” from upcoming “Religious Music” EP [Paisley Dark Records]
Manchester, UK, dark disco /house /indie dance /techno producer Keith Forrester – “The Future” from upcoming “Future” EP [Nein Records]
Hamburg/Berlin Italo house /disco collaboration RSS Disco & Amount “Mind Melt (Maltitz Remix)” [Mireia Records]
Thessaloniki, Greece acid /synth‑pop /electro house trio of brothers Christos and Fotis Papadakis, and guitarist Elias Smilios, aka Tendts – Ghost Boys (Lauer Remix)” from “Ghost Boys” EP [Bordello A Parigi]
Canary Islands, Spain, Hi-NRG electronic cosmic disco music producer and owner of Astrolead Recordings, Ilya Santana “Odamusa feat. Damo mementto” off “Odamusa” EP
Copenhagen-based ambient /drone /electroacoustic /experimental electronic composer and musician Markus Sollid “Low Dweller”
from upcoming LP “Elastic Embrace” [Rhizome]
Antwerp, Belgian veteran experimental /improvisation /ambient composer (aka Fear Falls Burning and Vidna Obmana), Dirk Serries “vapour pathway” from long-form Streams Of Consciousness series album “250109” [Dirk Serries’ Streams Of Consciousness]
Kent, UK-based ambient /soundtrack /hauntology /experimental electronica collaborative ‘Dover Unlocked’ project of musician, musical director Richard Bundy and violinist, composer Anna Phoebe, Richard Bundy & Anna Phoebe “The Immersion” from the 2-piece long-form album “From the Edge” [Clay Pipe Music]