Weekly Electronic Music Tips // MAY 2025 #19-26
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
Recovery Sessions EP. 025 // Sleepless Collective Invites: IVNA JI
Croatian-born, Eindhoven-based DJ, producer and Parcela label head, Ivna Ji moves between electro, experimental techno and deep atmospheric textures with a sound that feels both futuristic and deeply human. Her sets balance rhythm and emotion, tension and space, always telling a story through sound.
- Russian ambient /deep /jungle /soulful /dub techno producer Roman Nazarov, aka R.Hz – “Ras” off “Hybrid Dub” LP [spclnch Black Series]
A sampler of R.Hz‘s ‘Hybrid Dub’, a hybrid resonance formed between the machine and the human senses. A placid, feathery, atmospheric and immersive dub-infused soundscaping excursion, searching for connection, while a surreal voice clip elicits scents of groovy suggestion.
- Montreal, Quebec techno /electro producer and Facecontrol Audio Industries label head, Sean Kosa “Axis of Disorder” 2-track EP [Facecontrol Audio Industries]
Montreal‘s label head Sean Kosa rolls out two cuts of factory-ready, asymmetrical electro. The title track unfolds with steady high-energy beats and moody meandering bass lines, stabbed through by crisp tinkly hits, anxiety-laced whirls of sharp, stuttering bleeps, and nagging buzzy swooshes, to swell with wistful “Axis of Disorder” vocoded voice clips, into a buildup and release of tension.
- Turin, Italy ambient /percussive /dub /techno producer Sabla “Punti” from “SI 00” EP [Sistema Infinito]
Seven minutes of gently immersive and warmly enveloping, contemplative slow pulsing drift, lilted by a bare bones, woody and crisp percussive hypnotism, from Turin techno producer’s new label endeavour.
- Kraków, Poland ambient /drone /experimental /ethereal /folk musician Martyna Basta “Say It Closely (feat. james K)” from the third LP “Winged in Collapse” [7K]
- Hyogo, Japan-based ambient /field recordings /piano artist Masakatsu Takagi “Marginalia #225”
- Bologna, Italy ambient /cinematic /minimal /modern classical /piano musician and composer Andrea Vanzo “Valzer d’Estate”
- Canada/US ambient /minimal /classical collaboration between Toronto-based Alaskan Tapes (on piano) and Portland-based Blu Miles (on saxophone), aka Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles “In-Cloud (ft. Ann Annie)” from “Blank Slate, Open Space” LP [We All Speak In Poems]
- Alexandroupolis, Northeastern Greece ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /analog electronica sound artist Giannis Gogos “Daydreaming” from upcoming LP “A Quiet Place” [Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series / rohs! records]
- Canadian ambient /drone /modular synth composer My Second Guess “Getting Smaller” from “Suspended” EP [Ambient Soundscapes]
- Ramsgate, UK based ambient /drone /field recordings /loops/piano musician and sound artist Pedro Figueiredo, aka Stray wool “Mox” from the album “The Sorrow” [Evergreen Music]
- London-based ambient /drone /field recordings /electronic sound artist Lucas Dupuy “Leaves” from “As In Leaves” LP
- Melbourne, Australia ambient /drone /minimal /experimental /electronic sound artist and Room40 label honcho, Lawrence English “Sodium Vapour Halo (alone)” from upcoming “The Rest Is My Ghost” LP [Room40]
- Portland, OR-based experimental ambient recording artist Matthew Cooper, aka Eluvium “The Fires At Night” from the LP “Virga III”, third installment in Eluvium’s inspired experimental series [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
- UK ambient /drone /ethereal /dreamcore /meditation /electronic sound artist Simon Vince, aka HERE “Held By The Unseen” from “Acceptance” LP [whitelabrecs]
- UK ambient /drone /field recordings /glitch /synth /experimental /electronic sound artist Clay Monke “Garden Kinetics” from “The Idyllian” LP [Vivarium Recordings]
- Florida ambient /experimental sound artist Josh Mason – “Untitled” from the upcoming “Wave Salt +7” LP [Students of Decay]
- Germany/US ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /electronic musicians, Arovane & Taylor Deupree – “Gaun” from the forthcoming second collaborative LP “Enth” [laaps]
- London-based ambient /cinematic /jazz /classical /instrumental saxophonist, composer and bandleader Jasmine Myra “Reflections”
from “Where Light Settles” LP [Gondwana Records] - Kiel, Germany ambient /pastoral /fourth world /landscape /electronica sound artist Phil Struck “Ufer” from the album “Kiliae I” [Cosima Pitz]
- US ambient /dub /glitch /experimental /techno /loop /electronic producer Topdown Dialectic “A-02” from “False LP A” [False Aralia]
- Leipzig-based hi-fi ambient /ethereal /downtempo /trip-hop /dub /techno /electronic /experimental artist, tibslc “I Can Barely See You” from the upcoming LP “City of Something” [co:clear]
- Germany ambient /psytrance /broken beats /techno producer nonova – “Non è Vero” from “Miasma” EP [Curiosity Pill]
- Nashville, TN ambient /jazz /dub /electronic drummer and composer Eric Sublett “Rose Gradient” from “Channel” LP
- Dutch ambient /IDM /experimental /techno /electronic producer Albert van Abbe “Kept Hostage, I Woke” from “Broken Cymbals Too” EP [Semantica]
- Leipzig, Germany ambient /minimal /dub techno producer Markus Masuhr “Fading Blue Dub” from “Lowlight Currents” LP [Insectorama]
- Paris-based ambient /psych /percussive /progressive trance /dub /techno collaboration, Bambi & Forest “Sefarae (Cheeky Dub Mix)” from “Sefarae” EP Monolith 45 series II [Organic Signs]
- Scotland, UK ambient /percussive /minimal /breakbeat /psych /deep house /dub techno /electronica producer Neil McDonald, aka Lord Of The Isles “Pedal Dub” off “Venus Flux” EP [Far Blue]
- Berlin/Leipzig, German ambient /poly-rhythmic /breaks / trip-hop producer Eira Haul – “Fixation (Water)” from V/A “Various Artists 003” LP [Dream Theory]
- Scotland, UK ambient /cinematic /house /electronica duo of Ali O’May and Frazer Brown, Dohnavùr “Unwavering” from upcoming LP “We Owe Each Other Everything” [Castles in Space / Signal To Noise]
- Bristol, UK bass music /jazz /jungle /dubstep /downtempo /breaks /drum & bass producer Larry Edgar Anderson , aka Low End Activist — “Midnight” from the upcoming “JH Versions” LP [XCPT]
- Chicago-based ambient /jangle /deep drum & bass producer Arcologies “Lake Effect” from “Nautical Sunset” EP [Memory Archives]
- Switzerland ambient /acid /IDM /techno /drum & bass side project of The Oscilloscope, Inner Coherence “Protons” from the first LP “Ritual Mechanics”
- London-based, Italian-born dub /bass /psych /techno /breakbeat /progressive trance /electronic DJ, producer and co-founder of Baroque Sunburst label, Soreab “SDS”
- Berlin-based cinematic /percussive /techno DJ-producer Marcel Dettmann “Lower Lodge” from “My Own Shadow: Faultline” EP [!K7 Music]
- Edmonton, Alberta ambient /dub /techno /deep house /downtempo producer Khotin “Rays Ways” from “KIND 013” EP [Khotin Industries]
- Marseille, France acid /electro-house /dark cosmic disco /electronic pop dance DJ-producer and la Dame Noir resident, Did Virgo – “Smooth & Fast feat. Alta” from “Nankurunaisa” EP [Jane Musica]
- Germany/Belgium psych /kraut /downtempo /leftfield electronic collaboration between Fribourg trio Low Bat, Ariel Garcia and Luc Bersier with Brussels-based Nose Job label head Rick Shiver, Jean-Luc et Rick – “L’Abat-Jour” from V/A “Dertien” LP compilation [Nose Job]
- Berlin/Düsseldorf-based ambient /dub /funk /cinematic /experimental electronic trio of Thomas Klein, Alexander Paulick, and Andreas Reihse, aka Kreidler “The distance between you” from the 9th studio album “Schemes” [Bureau B]
- Milan, Italy world /bass /psych /tribal /downtempo /electronic musician and producer Go Dugong – “Naga” from “Due Volte il Fuoco” EP [42 Records]
- Italian acid /progressive house /tribal /trance /Hi-NRG /indie dance producer Astroloop – “The Subtle Smile (Treasure Island Remix)” off “Lovers Tribe” EP [Rotten City Records]
- New York-based experimental /acid /psych /breaks /techno /electro Bay Area-bred American/Iranian DJ-producer and live act
Sepehr “Fool’s Ovation” from upcoming “Fool’s Ovation” EP [Kapsela] - Mexico City-based indie dance /trance /psych /acid house DJ-producer Juan José Navarro Velarde, aka Iñigo Vontier “Delfin al Rave” from “Human Raves” EP [Echocentric Records]
- Kerala, India ambient /bass /jungle /breaks /electro /techno producer Sooraj Sivadas, aka MONé – “Comatose” from the LP “Lucid Dreams” [Bøne.FM]
- Wellington, NZ jungle /drum & bass /techstep producer J-KON – “Abscent” from “Eternal Dawn” EP [DSCI]
- Berlin-based Australian-born ambient /field recordings /wave /jazz /folk samples /jungle /broken beats producer Gareth Psaltis – “Closer On Water Droplets” from upcoming “In Her Reflection” EP [Uncanny Valley]
- Amsterdam-based bass music /acid /trance /breaks /dub techno producer and Nerve Collect co-head, Identified Patient – “Lost Noise Ceremony” from “Head Fuse” EP [Nerve Collect]
- Tacoma, WA-based Criminal Nation‘s 1990 gangsta/hip-hop classic “Release The Pressure” (DJ Jeff remix)
- London, UK veteran ambient /IDM /experimental /techno /electro producer (aka Kurt Baggaley, and Tau Sagittarii), Scape One “Matter Waves” from the LP “Empathic Recall”
- Italian Ambient /Drone /IDM /Techno /Electro experimental project of DJ-producer Gennaro Di Bartolomeo (aka Dib), aka Deeb “Futuregrapher” from “Intellitronic” EP, a tribute to Árni Grétar (Intellitronic, Moatun7) [Science Cult]
- Berlin acid /breaks /electro DJ/Producer whø? “Riding The Bassline” from his forthcoming EP “Riding The Bassline” [Who Is Paula]
- Detroit Motor City future machine funk /techno /electro producer Lamont Norwood, aka DJ Di’jital (The Aquanauts), The Lone Aquanaut “Age of Aquarius” [Synaptic Cliffs]
- UK-based IDM /machine-funk /electro Eddie Symons, aka Nullptr ” Inceptant” from “Tides & Gravities” EP [Fanzine Records]
- Barcelona techno /dark electro project of Rafael M. Espinosa (aka Univac), aka Geistform – “Nueva Física” from the split EP “D91LINKSERIES_01” by Geistform / Half Mute [Distrito 91]
- Madrid-based Santander-native EBM /breaks /electro producer Javier Vidania, aka BIHABI ” Dance Dance (Original Mix)” [Bonkers Music]
- Chicago-based acid /techno /leftfield electro DJ-producer Michael Padgett, aka Ole Mic Odd “Yes Yes Yall” from V/A “Volume One” Lp compilation [Research & Development]
- Russian ghettotech /electro /electro-punk /breakbeat producer Posleutra “Its Under My Bed” from “ENVY” EP [УРБАН / URBAN]
- French atmospheric /industrial /techno /dark electro producer from Bordeaux, Jauzas The Shining “Entrevue” from “Entrevue” EP [New York Haunted]
- Glasgow acid /techno /breakbeat /electro producer and Lifeforms label head, Callum Melvin, aka Gavelman “Ausso One”
from upcoming LP “Orb Age” [Lifeforms] - Barcelona-based EBM /New Beat /Techno DJ-producer asymetric80 “Criminal Kind” from V/A 2XX Anniversary Hypnotica Colectiva – V.A. Compilation Vol. 4″ LP [HC Records]
- Berlin-based EBM /post-punk /acid /electro-wave artist Jennifer Touch “Don’t” from V/A “Cold Voltage Vol. 1” EP [Mechatronica]
- Bogotá, Colombia body music /disco /techno /electroclash /electro producer Disco Radical “Kate Moss” single
- Detroit, MI industrial /cinematic /EBM /techno musician and producer (member of Ritual Howls and Mission To The Sun), Christopher Samuels ” More Than Human” from “After Selection” EP [detroitindustrial]
- Milan, Italy electronic /industrial /post-punk /darkwave solo project NEVER “REVXK feat. Filmmaker” from the sophomore album “THE GRAY” [VEYL]
- Brussels-based new electronic body music /rhythmic noise /industrial techno collaboration between Ottoman Grüw and 2+2=5, aka A Body Without “For The Masses” from “A Body Without” EP [aufnahme + wiedergabe]
- Ukrainian/French EBM /industrial /techno collaboration Lvcerate & Ezekiel Gauthier – “Pathologic” from Lvcerate’s “Agitated Core ” EP [Ghost to Host Records]
- Barcelona-based industrial /EBM /darksynth /synthwave electronic solo project Nightcrawler “Course Navette Pt.2” single
- Toulouse/New York New Beat /Dark Disco /Synthwave collaboration, Kendal & Andi – “Still Human” from V/A “Curses presents Next Wave Acid Punx TROIS” 2xLP [Eskimo Recordings]
- Paris, France EBM /synthwave /techno /cosmic disco producer D3LMAT “Lost In The Galaxy” from upcoming “No Escape” EP [Mélopée Records]
- Geneva, Swiss experimental Hi-NRG /nu-disco duo Limbo & Metal Scott, Pornopolis “La Reine Des Près” from the upcoming “Wet Dreams” EP [Slow Motion Records]
- Mexico City disco /acid /Latino /electro-house /indie dance producer and Duro Label co-head, Theus Mago ft. Fátima “JUICY (Original Mix)” [Duro]
- Sofia, Bulgaria disco house /nu-disco producer GROOVEMASTA – “Temptation” [Spa In Disco]
- Los Angeles-based noise /psych /ambient sound artist and field recordist Jake Muir “Celestial Visions” from upcoming “Pareidolia” LP [enmossed]
- Canada/US ambient /experimental collaboration between Toronto-based Jordan Czamanski (aka Jordan GCZ, and part of Juju & Jordash, and Magic Mountain High) and Amsterdam-based US legendary saxophonist Jeff Hollie (Frank Zappa and Ike Willis collaborator), Mei Honeycomb ” Duct Tape Blues” from the LP “Clairvoyant Dimensions” [meakusma]
- Australia ambient /experimental sound artist TKB – “Lo On The Ilm” long-form title track from “Lo On The Ilm” LP [Burgan Triangle Tapes]
- Nova Scotia ambient /drone /experimental musician Logan Hawkes “Optic Flow” from 2-piece long-form LP “Worlding”
- Washington D.C. ambient /drone /field recordings /improvised /soundscape /electroacoustic sound artist Dionis Afonichev, aka Dionisaf “Blooming” long-form piece [Ambient Cat]
