Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JULY 2025 #26-25
© Sotiris Lamprou
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- ANIL // Faciendo
Co-head of Furthur Electronix imprint and a man with a collection that spans the entirety of the dance music landscape, UK digger extraordinaire Anil treats us to this unique atmospheric downtempo trip.
- Vanguard – “DB1 (Felix K Version)” from “Felix K Versions #1″ EP [Nullpunkt Rec]
In the wake of his freshly released brilliant “Berlin” full-length, classy warm, reverberating Berlin-style dubby techno minimalism from two hard-stepping remixes by drum & bass futurist Felix K, steeped in hazed atmospheres and subliminal grooves, drawing you in deep with layers of cerebral intrigue.
- London-based experimental /improvisational bamboo percussion from the drummer of musician collective Qwalia, Yusuf Ahmed “Bambyu” [Maps for Getting Lost]
A brightened improvisational rolling slab of crisply rattling and driving bamboo percussive patterns bounces like hollow hypnotic raindrops brimming with prismatic vibrancy to bring forth a harmonised sense of organic connection.
- Prague, Czechia ambient /broken beats /percussive /trance /techno producer Kobayashi Maru “Induction Texture” off upcoming “Induction Texture” EP [Amphibian Records]
An imaginative psychoactive immersion into crackling, spangled, tightly percussive minimalism, simmering with fluent tension, rolling and flurrying outward with crisp coiling spirals that rattle upon trippy shimmery and mesmeric soundscapes, stretching and transcending the intricate misty mazes of introspection into a conjured sense of calm amidst the chaos.
- London-based ambient /drone /cinematic /minimal /atmospheric /soundscape /electronic composer oliviaway “Silver of the First Frost” from “Field Where Oblivion Grows” LP
- Dublin, Ireland veteran ambient /drone /meditative /cosmic synth /eclectic electronic musician and composer, Mick Chillage “Drone Ensembles Pt.4″ from “Drone Ensembles” LP
- Stockholm-based ambient /neo-classical Swedish actor, musician and producer (aka Luchs), Patrik Berg Almkvisth “Khumbu” single [Nettwerk]
- Norfolk, UK ambient /improvised medieval /folklore /neo-classical /chamber folk musician and composer Laura Cannell “The Oyster Catcher Brings Protection” from “A Compendium of Beasts Volume 3” EP CD series [Brawl Records]
- Ambient /piano /neoclassical collaboration between Breton minimalistic pianist-composer, and English electronic musician and former Japan frontman, Melaine Dalibert & David Sylvian “Musique pour le lever du jour (short version)” from “Vermilion Hours” [Mind Travels Series]
- Italian experimental /ambient /drone /neo-classical /piano artist Grotta Veterano “We Followed White Lines” from “How To Remember To Forget” EP
- Derby, UK ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /soundscape sound artist Ray Robinson, AKA Wodwo “Lutra” from the album “Plinio”
- Japanese ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /organic /sound artist Rhucle “Airship feat. Arbee” from “No Wind” LP [Constellation Tatsu]
- UK ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental /electronic project of Phil Frodsham, The Deccan Traps “Mount Famine” from “Sentinel of the Moors” album [Whitelabrecs]
- UK ambient /dream pop /post-rock /guitar project of Ben Holton (epic45, My Autumn Empire), AKA Birds In The Brickwork “Always, The Sea” from the EP “Coastal Study #1” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
- Berlin-based ambient /minimalism /Americana /glitch /pedal steel duo of Leaving Records‘ N Kramer and The Zennmen‘s Magnus Bang Olsen, aka N Kramer & Magnus Bang Olsen “Limbic Fresco” from the upcoming LP “Pastoral Blend” [Music From Memory]
- Amsterdam-based ambient jazz /dream-pop /folk musician, composer and Melody As Truth label head (1/3 of Gaussian Curve), Jonny Nash “Green Lane” from the upcoming LP “Once Was Ours Forever” [Melody As Truth]
- Fernie, Canada ambient /drone /chillout /downtempo /synth /electronica producer Trees Can Talk “Lost In The Signal” from the album “The Shape of Anomaly”
- Kruibeke, Belgium ambient /drone /field recordings /modern classical /experimental electronic sound artist and composer Marc Neys “Fossick” from the upcoming LP “Sanctuary” [Audiobulb]
- New York ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental /electronic composer Rafael Anton Irisarri – “Secretly Wishing for Rain (William Basinski and Gary Thomas Wright rework)” from “A Fragile Geography: Reworks” cassette [Black Knoll Edition]
- Italian dark ambient /drone /experimental /meditation/electronic sound artist Emanuele Liguori (aka Gy0, 祭司, Leik), aka Buried Marie “I Will Wait Until My….” from “I Will Wait Until My Mind Dissolves” LP [Neotantra]
- Paris-based, French experimental /ambient /fourth world /electronic composer, self-taught guitarist & sound maker Alexandre Navarro “Litha” single
- Russian ambient /drone /chillout /glitch /field recordings /downtempo /electronic collaboration Heavenchord & Infinity Dots “Vozneseniye” from “Sea Pulses” LP [Secret Domain]
- Berlin-based ambient /drone /experimental /electronic project of St. Petersburg-native artist, DJ, and radio.syg.ma co-founder, Sasha Zakharenko, aka PERILA “Give it all” from the album “Omnis festinatio ex parte diaboli est” [West Mineral Ltd.]
- Bristolian ambient /hauntology /field recordings /tape music /kraut /experimental /electronic modular synth musician James McKeown, aka Hawksmoor “Aesthetic IV” from the album “An Aesthetic – Experiments in Tape” [Lunar Module]
- Brazilian ambient /Berlin school /soundtrack /cosmic music /synth electronic musician and composer Hari Maia “Universalis I Pt. II” from “Universalis” LP [Cyclical Dreams]
- UK ambient /deep drones /dub hiss /humid techno /experimental electronic producer Sevenism “solitudemx” from “water glimmer” EP
- Russian ambient /deep /dub techno producer Denis Popov, aka Chain Selector “Some One” from “Ghost Train to Pnom Penh” LP [insectorama]
- Constanța, Romania psy trance /dub techno producer E-Mantra – “Siberian Night” from V/A “Solstice Dub Vol. 3” LP [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB]
- Berlin-native experimental /half-step /techno /drum & bass composer, producer Felix K “IF (52.539778 13.410567 2001.0616)” from the LP “Berlin” [Nullpunkt Rec]
- Hudson, NY ambient /IDM /drone /dub /leftfield house /deep techno /electronic producer Griff Fulton, aka Aspetuck “Sunny Conditions Will Continue For The Rest Of The Day” from the album “Today Is Tomorrow” [Oslated]
- Vietnamese Paris-based ambient /broken beats /trance /percussive /techno artist and Worship label head, Dangkhoa Chau, aka Đ.K. – “Inertia” off “Signals from the Stars” [Midgar Records]
- London-based, German ambient /experimental /bass /psych /tribal /percussive /deep techno producer (aka Loop LF), Caldera “Ziggy” from “Last Transmissions From Jevvers” EP [DANS]
- London-based dubstep /drum & bass producer Mantra “Levitation Dub” off “Locked in, Locked on” EP [Ilian Tape]
- Marseille-based bass music /dubstep /jungle /tribal /drum & bass producer RAVL – “Vestiges” from “Vestiges” EP [Blue Night Jungle]
- Berlin-based ambient /minimal /percussive /dub techno Canadian producer Scott Monteith, aka Deadbeat feat. Paul St.Hillaire – “Run Things So” off “Rooms of Kairos Sessions” EP [Kontakt Records]
- Parisian ambient /noise /musique concrète /experimental /electronic composer Matthias Puech “Duc de Malabar” from the second LP “Cabanes” [Hands in the Dark]
- Lindau, Germany IDM /ambient /experimental electronic producer since the mid-90s, Christian Kleine “Wonder Var” from “Beyond Repair (Version) / Wonder Var” (Originally only available as a bonus 7″ accompanying Christian’s latest album, ‘Electronic Music From The Lost World Vol 1998-2001 (Vol.2)) [A Strangely Isolated Place]
- Stroud, UK ambient /IDM /chillout /trip-hop /downtempo /electronica musician Rob Adams (Woodland Tape Exchange), CRSY “Erin’s forgotten world” title track of the new EP “Erin’s forgotten world”
- Malaga, Spain-based ambient /acid /IDM /techno /experimental musician and recording artist Craig Murphy (1/2 of Ashtoreth’s Gate, and Solipsism & Nacht Plank), aka Solipsism “Spark Some Numbers” from “Spark Some Numbers” EP
- Brighton, UK acid /deep house /dub /chug /space disco producer Ben Hunt “Midsommar”
- Dusseldorf, Germany IDM /broken beats /dub /experimental DJ-producer YürkE “1Shot” from cassette single “BluTape_4”
- London-based industrial /percussive /synthwave /electro instrumental music duo of Francesco Pastaldi (Jean-Louis, Fantazio) & Olivier Demeaux (Heimat, Accident du travail), Ciccio & 2mo “Spring” single [Hublotone Records]
- Miami-based ambient /psych /bass dancehall /tribal /percussion /electronic producer Nick León “Metromover Feat. Jonny from Space” off the album “A Tropical Entropy” [TraTraTrax]
- Melbourne/London Acid House /Downtempo producers Eden Burns & Christopher Tubbs “Drums Are Dangerous (Original Mix)” off “Tubbs & Burns IV” EP [Public Possession]
- Manchester, UK hip-hop /(cloud)rap /trip-hop /vaportrap artist VHS MIDNIGHT STYLE “Cement” from “Life’s a Zoo” LP [Mutualism]
- Oslo, Norway‘s breaks /trance /house /techno producer and Ute.Rec co-founder, Filip Storsveen, aka Oprofessional – “Untitled” from nthng & Oprofessionell‘s “Nothing Unprofessional” EP 12, first of the After Hour series [Blue Hour Music]
- Del Mar, CA ambient /experimental /techno /drum & bass /electronic musician, film composer, recording artist, Auxiliary label owner, James Clements aka ASC “Alacrity” from “Echoes In Space Part One” EP [Auxiliary]
- Dutch veteran experimental /ambient /Braindance / IDM /electro /breaks producer and Aquatic Ape label co-head, Reimer Eising, aka Kettel “Dedemoon” off “Inmate Shuffle” EP [Analogical Force]
- London, UK based acid /house /electro producer Chupacabras – “Thanet Boogie” from the upcoming V/A “Persephone” EP [Hilltown Disco]
- Rotterdam via London-based acid /dubstep /bass /electro producer and Feed The Void label head, Birds “Shake Things Up” off upcoming EP “Space Transmissions From A Cruel World” [Feed The Void]
- Sydney, Australia bass /footwork /breaks /techno/ electro producer and International Chrome founder, Mikey Melas, aka Jensen Interceptor “New Way” from the upcoming second LP “Interception” [International Chrome]
- Manchester, UK-based techno /progressive trance /electro /breaks producer Kalani “Surface Tension” from V/A “DCVA1” EP [Alien Communications]
- Sheffield, UK futuristic machine funk /electro producer Intergalactic Mechanic “A New Age” from “Who’s Watching” EP [Computer Controlled Records]
- German sci-fi /futuristic /breks /techno /electro production duo Elektrotechnik & Intergalactic Noize Commander “Sys 64738” off “Made In Germany” EP [Mars Frequency Records]
- Lithuanian veteran bass /breaks /electro producer SVK “Sam On Ham” from V/A “Breaking Bounds VA Vol. 4” LP [Native Boundaries]
- Amsterdam-based acid /bass /techno /electro DJ-producer Wessel Janssen, aka The Spy “Evil Wins” from upcoming “Spiral” EP [Hilltown Disco]
- Copenhagen industrial /post-witchhouse /synth-wave /dark futuristic music project of Christoffer Bagge (aka Totvm), UZR “Branches” from the album “Post-Media”
- Belgian dark ambient /IDM /experimental rhymic noise /techno project of brothers Thomas and Nicolas Giets (aka Egotopia, Rony & Suzy), SELM “oBviR nR2” from the LP “dehNUNG” [Aesthetical]
- Italian Ambient /Dub /Industrial /Techno producer LPV “Warp Drive Wander” off “Quantum Leap” 2xEP [Monnom Black]
- Gelsenkirchen, Germany noise /industrial techno act Swanika “Zimmer 237 (Tomohiko Sagae)” from “Renoised from Japan” LP [Benevolent Pain]
- London, UK EBM /electro /dark electronic music project of Hugo Bussiere, Mascarpone – “Trigger” title track of “Trigger” EP [Meteors Recordings]
- L.A. based Industrial /Techno /EBM /Experimental project of New York‘s producer David Christian aka Cervello Elettronico “Bill Gates (Statiqbloom Remix)” from “Theory” EP [HANDS]
- Tokyo-based EBM /Dark Wave /Industrial Techno DJ-producer FECROMASS – “Cursed Situation” [Self-Released]
- LA-based Detroit native Electro /Indie Dance /Dark Disco producer Idoru “Faith (Original Mix)” [Manta Recordings]
- Paris, France EBM /synthwave /cosmic Italo disco producer D3LMAT – “In This Night (Jabba 2.3 Remix)” off “In This Night” EP [Mélopée Records]
- New York-based Italo disco /indie dance /house Australian-born production duo Kate Stein & Lord Fascinator “Asteroid (Aeroplane Remix)” from “Asteroid” EP [Eskimo Recordings]
- Asunción, Paraguay dark disco /indie dance /indie electro-pop duo Poly Fiction – “Sauvages (Poulper & Introverso Remix)”
- Mexican dark disco /tribal house electronic music duo Zombies in Miami “Feeling The Heat” [Creatures Of The Night]
- Berlin-based Italian disco /tribal /chug /downtempo /cosmic house DJ-producer TRENT “Down to Oz” from “1000 Flashbacks” EP [Multi Culti]
- Oslo-based acid /deep house producer and Boring Crew Records co-founder, Henrik Villard “Control” from “Soft Touches” EP [Epicure Records]
- Argentina/Spain psych /indie dance /slow techno collaboration between Quixotical Records co-founder Poulper, Buenos Aires‘ Mauro Chianea (aka PDK) and Madrid‘s Stylic, aka POULPER + PDK + STYLIC “Nada Normal” single [Quixotical Records]
- Madrid, Spain funk /cosmic /nu-disco DJ-producer and Rare Wiri Records head, Rayko feat. Elena Hikari – “Nunca Jamas” from V/A “Cosmic Memories vol.10” LP [Rare Wiri Records]
- Costa Rican Afro /organic house producer SALAS (CR) “Kiwake Tembo (Bahri Bekil remix)” off “Kiwake Tembo” EP [SHANGO RECORDS]
- Montreal, Québec ambient /jazz /folk /neo-classical collaboration between pianist Laurie Torres and harpist Nailah Hunter, aka Laurie Torres & Nailah Hunter “Correspondances II” single [Tonal Union]
- Long-form organ pop deconstructions from London‘s Maz Gilkes, aka Mazy Day “Lamorna” from “Hap Da” LP [Kit Records]
- Russia ambient /warm drone /meditative /soundscape /electronic sound artist (aka Desolate Horizons), singing sorrows “Lines of longing” long-form piece
- UK ambient /drone /field recordings /generative long-form project of Daniel Land, riverrun “A Secret Cove” final chapter in the “Somerset Trilogy”
- Australian ambient /electronic long-standing project of Sydney-based visual artist Danny Wild, aka Low Flung “Leaf A ” from the long-form album “Leaf”
- Kiel, Germany-based ambient /piano improvisations moniker of San Rafael, Argentina-born travelling artist, Nebel lang “El Aire Que Respiro” from the long-form album “Alejado De Todo Mal” [Home Normal]
- Dayton, Ohio dark ambient /drone /minimal /generative /deep listening /electronic sound artist Brian Grainger (aka Limestone Ziggurat), aka LSZ “Interior Lands 3″ from long-form album “Interior Landscaping” [Milieu Music Digital]
