WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

• NOIR AGE  02-07-2023 // NARR RADIO                                                                                                                           

Noir Age is an electronic music label based in South Florida run by the visual artist and sound designer Richard Vergez (aka Drowning The Virgin Silence and part of Confinement, Distant Tongues, Möthersky, Night Foundation, Za Za). A cinematic and atmospheric, as well as rhythmic and groovy past/modern one-hour long immersive soundscape delving seamlessly into Ambient, Dub, Jazz, Post-Punk, Wave, EBM, Electrofunk, Avant-Garde, Techno and all around.

• Berlin-based dark disco /dark electronic /wave collaboration between DJ/producers duo Vamparela & Brax Moody and Buenos Aires-native, Local Suicide & Skelesys – “In Space We Roam” title track of upcoming EP [IptamenosDiscos]

Racing through lashing beats, chugging low-end oscillations, tinkling arpeggios and swelling moody synth drifts, haunted by alluring magnetic vocalizations, the Berlin-based German–Greek–Argentinian genre-defying Dark Dance Electronic unit is sure to ignite your dusk-till-dawn dancefloor fantasy night out.

• London, UK veteran ambient /psych /dub /techno /tribal /downtempo /electronic producer-musician (one half of The Grid and Beyond The Wizards Sleeve), Richard Norris “Oracle Sound” single [Sound Station Strategy]

Veteran British “electronic musician’s electronic musician” gives for his birthday an atmospheric dub-wise tribal jam that crackles through trance-inducing, both crisp and padded, rolling percussive patterns, whirring FXs, muted echoing tinkling keys and acid frequencies, to take the listener into heady heaps of blissful hypnotism.

• Deventer-bred, Dutch bass /acid /techno /breakbeat /downtempo/ electronic DJ-producer Bastian Benjamin – “Strange Matter” title track of the new 2-track EP [Who’s Susan]

Up-and-coming Dutch producer delivers a dizzying array of minimalistic and knitted rhythmic dexterity, crackling through crisp broken beats, light-footed jiggly bass pulses, echoing vocal clips and subtle dissonant frequencies, to craft an intricate yet harmonic distinctive weft, absolutely mesmerizing.

• Italian ambient /drone /chill-out /piano composer, producer and sound designer, Stefano Guzzetti “Fede” from “Letters from Nowhere – Piano Book Volume Three” the third and final release in Stefano Guzzetti’s Piano Book series [Home Normal]                                                                                                                                                       
• Leipzig, German ambient /neo-classical /minimalism /piano musician Lorenz Weber “Bloom” from the upcoming album “Zeiten”
  
• German experimental /ambient /minimal /field recordings /electro-acoustic /piano project of composer and sound-designer Uwe Zahn, aka Arovane “Alen Uen” from the cassette album “Seismograf” [Dauw]
• Tokyo, Japan ambient /drone /experimental producer, sounds artist Yui Onodera “Too Ne I” off of the “Too Ne” album [Room40]
• Manchester, UK ambient /drone /electronic producer SANGAM “Bottled Up” from the cassette album “Rest Assured” [DECAYING SPHERES]
• Argentina‘s ambient /drone /experimental /electro-acoustic collaboration of Buenos Aires-based Hissful Tapes head Fernando Perales and Rosario-bred, Barcelona-based Ciro Berenguer, aka Mi Cosa de Resistance & Ciro Berenguer “Las lluvias de Abril” from the upcoming album “El final de las lluvias” [Whitelabrecs]
• Manchester, UK experimental /ambient /field recordings /chamber music /orchestral /classical /duo Manchester Collective “Neon 3: Vanishing feat. Hannah Peel” from the fourth studio release “NEON” LP 12″ [Bedroom Community]
• British ambient /drone /post-rock /cinematic collaboration of guitarists Yellow6 and Wodwo, aka JARR “Into the Mist” from the CD album “42º” [Sound In Silence]
• US/Japan ambient /drone /minimal /electroacoustic /piano collaboration Hollie Kenniff And Kazuma Okabayashi – “Slow Fire” single
  
• UK based J. Thelwell’s mysterious ambient /downtempo /electronica project Loopatronica “Part 2. The Both And Remix” from the 2xcassette /2xCD charity album “Pollinator Project” [Moolakii Club Audio Interface]
• Fukuoka, Japan ambient /dub /psych /downtempo /techno producer Doltz – “Kemuri” off upcoming album “Koquu” [Huinali Recordings]
• Berlin-based ambient /IDM /breakbeat /techno /experimental French electronic producer, live performer, Julienne Dessagne, aka Fantastic Twins “Evil Omatsu” from “46cm Hole In Her Cell” EP
  
• Mexico City-based ambient experimental /leftfield bass /polyrhythmic /downtempo Detroit-born electronic producer, DJ and sound artist Tristan Arp “The Language Change” from “End of a Line or Part of a Circle?” EP [3024]
• Dresden-born, Istanbul-based experimental /ethnic /kraut /downtempo /psych /electronic producer Houschyar “Pas Pour Moi” from upcoming V/A “Interactive Pictures Vol. 2” cassette compilation [Stéréogramme] ·
• UK bass /techno /breaks /percussive /electronic producer Talik “What Do You Feel” from “Wood & Water” EP [Control Freak Recordings]
• Rotterdam-based Ambient /Acid /Breaks /IDM /Electro /Techno /analog Electronix producer Alberta Balsam “Saccharine Shine” from “15 Billion Elektrovolt” EP 12″ [Clone Records]
• UK ambient /breaks /drum n bass /cosmic /acid /techno /electronic collaboration Om Unit + TM404 “London Stock” from the LP “In The Afterworld” [Acid Test]
• German dark ambient /techno /electro producer David Friedrich Koch, aka Shokh “Legs Low Body Legs” [digital only] from S/T EP [brokntoys]
• Hamburg, Germany experimental electronic avant pop trio of Florian Zimmer (Driftmachine), Christoph Brandner (Lali Puna,) and Max Punktezahl (the Notwist), aka Saroos feat. Eva Geist – “Mutazione” from Saroos’ album “Turtle Roll” on Alien Transistor
  
• Berlin, Germany downbeat /psych /indie dance /synth pop /analog electronic duo AFAR “All Of Yours” single off the upcoming new album “The Refuge” [Laut & Luise]
• Zurich, Switzerland Kosmisch /Acid /Wave /Trip-Hop producer Benedikt Merz, aka Tankwart “Lurker” from “White Series #3″ EP 12” [Subject To Restrictions Discs]
• Barcelona-based experimental /percussive /downtempo /psych /electronic /art poetry duo, res_és_nostre “he vist dues serps / he vist dos ocells” single [Hivern Discs]
• Zürich, Switzerland experimental /IDM /techno producer Ostilis “Risk Everything” from the debut EP “The Truth”
  
• Greek ritualistic /tribal /industrial /electronics project of George Kondaktor and George Lem, aka GIDIA feat. Vougioukli Sisters – “Moje Bukura” from the album “STRUGA” 2xLP [L.I.E.S.]
• Belgrade acid /breaks /leftfield /techno production duo and Minor Adjustments label founder, Lil Taty & Bolelee – “Esid” off upcoming V/A “£” cassette EP compilation [DESKONFIGURACIÒN]
• Naples-based, Italian industrial /EBM /new beat /techno /synth producer Francesco Tella, aka NGHTLY “A Rose Like Yourself” [Khoinix]
• Lexington, Kentucky EBM /acid house /industrial /techno duo Molotov Lust – “Snake In The Grass (Termination_800 Remix)”
  
• Grenoble, France dark electronics /EBM /rave /acid /metal /industrial techno producer Maxime Fabre, aka Crystal Geometry – “Le Produit D’une Époque (Extended Mix)” [HEX Recordings]
• Argentina‘s industrial tribal techno producer HUM – “Sin Trigger” single [Order of Nek]
• Spanish hypnotic techno solo project of Héctor Sandoval (1/2 of Exium, Komatssu, Selección Natural), Tensal – “Vanadium (Alessandro Adriani Remix)” off “Forgiveness of Blood Remixes” EP 12″ [KR3 Records]
• US bi-coastal industrial /EBM /electro project between Andi (NYC) and Machino (L.A.), aka Andi + Machino “Sneaking Suspicion” from upcoming “Parafernales” EP 12″ [Mannequin Records]
• Buenos Aires, Argentina EBM /dark disco /dark wave /industrial techno DJ-producer Abby Knives – “The Flowers Of Evil (Alen Skanner Remix)” from the forthcoming EP “The Flowers Of Evil” [Wie Ein Gott Records]
• Canadian EBM /techno /industrial producer (Front Line Assembly, Conjure One and Delerium), Rhys Fulber “Rogue Minority (Years of Denial Remix)” off upcoming “Brutal Nature Redux” EP [FR Recordings]
• Rio de Janeiro/Lyon EBM /wave /techno /indie dance /dark disco duo Neurotiker & Betty, aka Nouveau Futur – “Death Before Disco” off V/A “Die Erlösung: Kapitel II” compilation [CRAVE TAPES]
• Depeche Mode – “Personal Jesus (Randolph & Mortimer Remix)”
  
• 1982‘s Suzy Andrews “Teenage Iceage” (Wunschmaschine Edit)                                                                         
• New York‘s industrial /electronic /witch house trio WHITE RING “Before He Took The Gun” single via Rocket Girl Records
  
• Berlin-based acid/ electro /techno artist and core part of the Berlin collective Ick Mach Welle, Werner Soyeaux, aka Bläck Dävil – “Alptraum (Gesloten Cirkel Remix)” off upcoming debut EP [Killekill]
• Russian EBM /acid /dark disco producer Ruksby – “Forgotten Round (Memory Clap Acid Remix)” from “Dr. Shpritz” EP [Quixotical Records]
• Berlin-based, Polish/Venezuelan hi-octane bass-heavy electro collaboration, Viikatory X Manao “FULLRANGER” from upcoming “Dance Trax Vol.60” EP [Unknown To The Unknown]
• London, UK electronic DJ-producer-engineer (Breakin’ Records and Fresh Up Records founder), Edward Upton (aka DMX Krew), aka David Michael Cross – “Future Man (Remix ’87)” off “Cold War (Remixes)” EP [Turbo Recordings]
• Belgian retro futuristic breakbeat /electro producer François Gustin (aka Analog Memory), aka Paralog “Mirage” from “100 Heartz” EP [Science Cult]
• Russian acid /electro DJ-producer Larionov “Interstellar” from V/A “New World Vol. 1” compilation album [Tiger Weeds]
• Dutch Techno /Breaks /Electro musician and LDI Records head, Erik Griffioen AKA Lloyd Stellar “Electric Sunrise” from upcoming V/A “Sonus Diēi / Klang des Tages Vol. III” compilation album [Vitus’ Curse]
• L.A.-based techno /electro funk production duo of Irish producer Sacha Robotti (Octopus label head) and German-Italian producer Sian (Fka one half of Robosonic) aka Third Culture “U Move” off of upcoming “U Move” EP [Lone Romantic]
• Edinburgh, UK indie rock /folk singer-songwriter and former One Dove frontwoman, Dot Allison “Unchanged (GLOK Remix)” Andy Bell’s remix of the first single from Dot Allison’s incoming new album “Consciousology” [Sonic Cathedral]
• London-based ambient /acid /slow cosmic disco /downtempo /psych /electronic Greek artists and Inside Out Records bosses Stavros Potamitis (aka Stevie R) and Constantinos Parisinos (aka Parisinos), Stevie R & Parisinos – “Aphrodite” from upcoming V/A “Altered States Vol.9” compilation EP [Sinchi]
• Barcelona experimental /ambient /tribal /psych /acid /downtempo /house /electronic duo IRO AKA “Aquamarine” from the album “Planet Earth” [Hivern Discs]
• Russian progressive /trance /electronic DJ/producer Konstantin Isayev (aka Volta Cab), aka Rambal Cochet – “Hypnotic June” off V/A compilation [IDA]
• Amsterdam trance electronic producer Rigson “Princess of Disks (Original mix)” from “Princess of Disks” EP self-released series
  
• Lithuania-based acid /breakbeat /trance /techno electronic producer Alex Pletnev (aka Ponty Mython), aka Pletnev “How Could I Prove You Are Wrong” off upcoming “Carma” EP [Linale Records]
• German minimal /acid /dark disco /indie dance /downtempo producer Nayan Soukie aka Amount “The Snake” from “Psycho Disco” EP [Darkroom Dubs]
• Paris, France indie dance /Italo trance producer Mala Ika – “Yumis Kopfstoß (Original Mix)” from V/A “Muy Divas Vol I – Curated By Mystery Affair” compilation album [Duro]
• UK experimental /techno /psych /acid house /electronic DJ and producer (Fka Lionrock), Justin Robertson’s Deadstock 33s “Watch Me” from “Ritual” EP
  
• Stockholm, Sweden acid house /techno /electronic producer Robert Folkesson, aka The Machine Soul “Engineered State (Högt I Tak Remix)” from upcoming EP “Engineered State” [Paisley Dark Records]
• Paris/Lille, French psych /house /indie dance /dark disco duo You Man “Doors To Shambhala” title track of the new EP [Lumière Noire]
• Berlin-based Italian disco /techno /electro /house DJ and producer Massimiliano Pagliara “Reset feat. Fort Romeau & Coloray – Prins Thomas Diskodub” off ” See You In Paradise Remixes 1″ EP [Permanent Vacation]
• Paris/Lisbonne nu-disco /indie dance /dark disco duo ANTIDOT “Mister Imposter” off upcoming s/t EP [NEIN Records]
• Moscow tech house /breaks /indie dance duo Cheese&Cheese Feat. Icevy – “Volleyball (Mr Morek Remix)” off “Volleyball Part.I” EP [Triori]
• Nantes-born/Bruxelles-based cold wave /psych /dark disco /queer slow techno producer, STRAPONTIN “Stupid” from “Uncloseted – Edit Collection” EP
  
• South Korean producer Jae Zae, aka Tucan Discos – “NameYourPrice Edit 011” from “NameYourPrice Edits” [Les Yeux Orange]
• Granada, Spain wave /trance /melodic house /cosmic Italo Dj-producer Atmoss ─ “Paradise (Original Mix)” off “Analog Dream” EP [Mélopée Records]
• Mexican synthpop /indie dance /dark disco DJ-electronic music artist Levantine “Superficies De Placer (EBM Mix)” from “Superficies De Placer” EP [Exploited]
• Spanish dark disco /indie dance producer José Rodríguez – “Chien” title track of the EP “Chien” [Espacio CIELO]
• German slowmo /downtempo /electronic duo Lui Mafuta & Iorie “Double Double Shake Shake” title track of the new EP [Serafin Audio Imprint]
• French breaks/house electronic act Audacity Feat. Valerie – “The Final One” (1989) from V/A “The Sound Of Love International 005” curated by Orpheu The Wizard [Love International Recordings]
• São Paulo, Brazil tech /house producer DIKITNET, aka Classic Dellas – “Our Life in The Kitchen” from V/A “Anthems Manifesto” EP [Kyma Komplex]
• UK ambient /Balearic /chill-out /house producer Cree – “Solo” from V/A “Shades Of Summer Vol. One” compilation [Shades Of Sound Recordings]
• Italian ambient /acid /minimal /techno /house duo Giammarco Orsini and Jacopo Latini, aka Data Memory Access “Woodwind” from “Hi-Tee” EP [Craigie Knowes]
• Matsumoto, Japan-based ambient /IDM /acid /techno sound artist Darren McClure, aka Dokun “Recurrent” title track from the album “Recurrent” [Móatún 7]
• Dutch ambient /drone creative composer Líom “Neamhní” from “Farewell” EP                                     
• Tbilisi, Georgia experimental /ambient /field recordings/noise /soundscapes solo project FH HF “Shelf Of Ethics Of Ethnics” off the album “The World Leaps | The Mold Speaks”
  
• German experimental /ambient /electronica sound artist Christian Fiesel “Going Sideways” from the album “You Will Find Me In Darkness” [Kalamine Records]
• Brazilian experimental /ambient /soundscapes /electronic composer and sound artist (aka Phantoms vs Fire), Thiago Desant “Sage” from “Wetlands” album
  
• San Francisco-based ambient /ethereal /drone /minimal techno /space music electronic veteran producer Brock Van Wey (AKA Earth House Hold, East Of Oceans), AKA bvdub “Four Tries to Forget” from ltd. CDr album “Four Forgetting” [Sound In Silence]
• Cornwall, UK-based ambient /soundscapes /experimental sound artist Ryan Hooper, aka Heavy Cloud “Juno” from the album “Echo” [Hard Return]
• Israel dark ambient /drone sound artist Wings Of An Angel “Overused Penumbra” from the album “Gadgets And Cataclysms”