WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JULY 2025 #28-25

Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine County, WI

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

MK-ULTRA 23 – ÆSTR

One of the most solid and flowing DJs in the genre of the latest period, ÆSTR, the moniker of Lyon-based DJ & Producer Esther Filankembo (also known as Yshar, a professional dancer and musician), presents a relentless and tightly curated hour of techno body music and industrial techno. ‘Carving sonic rituals at the crossroads of Industrial techno, Hypnotic, Techno Body Music and Rhythmic Noise, ÆSTR weaves relentless sets inspired by dystopia, horror, sci-fi and spirituality’.

Puerto Rico-based techno /breaks /tribal /psych /Caribbean /cosmic /Afro-fusion /indie dance electronic collective of Raymond Gadget (Macroporno, Psiconautas), Jorge Martinez (Matotumba, SIMILAR), and Jorge Ramos (deep, Ha!), aka Panic Broadcast “Raza (Nick Hanzo Remix)” off “Raza” EP [Belly Dance Services]

The Caribbean producer’s bouncy and entrancing original ‘electronic rumba laced with the Afro-Fusion textures”, is mutated by the Viennese Belly Dance Services head’s vision into a twisted trippy journey revolved around broken lashing beat sequences, obsessively pulsing bass grooves and flickering synth swirls, entering Raza’s, surreal doorway depicted by intricate swirling layers of kaleidoscopic and garish sound tints, to explore a mesmerizing mind-bending dance dimension.

Paris-based ambient /IDM /bass /downtempo /minimal /deep techno /analog synth producer Gëinst – “Pendulum” from “Split 01” EP with Simone Bauer [Lowless]

A relentless pulsing focal point of undercurrent energy seamlessly intertwines with mesmeric crisp percussive structures and deep spatial ambiences, to ignite a heady, lifting ground where ancestral hypnotism and obsessive warped builds of glaring nagging strains melt into a cosmic release of cathartic insight.

Berlin-based, Italian ambient /house /percussive /techno duo Fireground “Smile As One” title track of “Smile As One” EP 12″ [ILIAN TAPES]

An immaculate balance between warm tones and introspective moods, deep atmospheric pads and infectious skittering percussive patterns sheds feather-light, emotional house grooves for a cocooned voyage into elated, heady dancing escapism.

NYC-born, Tamil Nadu, India-raised meditative /experimental /spiritual jazz /piano vocalist & multi-instrumentalist Ganavya “Madi” single [LEITER]
US ambient /organic synth /dreamy vocal collaboration, Formless Cascade & Reanne “Murmurs” from “Anima vocis” EP [Echoes Blue Music]
Danish/Polish ambient /field recordings /electro-acoustic /psychedelic folk collaboration between Copenhagen-based electronic musician-composer Sofie Birch and Warsaw-based vocalist Antonina Nowacka, aka Sofie Birch and Antonina Nowacka “Hiraeth” title track of the second album “Hiraeth” [Unsound]
Spanish meditative /minimalist collaboration between flamenco guitarist and ambient-drone sound artist Raúl Cantizano, and Noray Records owner David Cordero, Raúl Cantizano & David Cordero “Algo a lo que regresar (feat Lela Soto)” from “Aunque llegue la mañana” LP [Noray Records]
Ambient /cinematic /jazz /modern classical /electro-acoustic collaboration between Norwegian composer and pianist Julia Gjertsen and Swedish trombonist and sound artist Gustav Davidsson, Julia Gjertsen & Gustav Davidsson “Mot Kvelden” from “Wandering Mind, Drifting Weather” LP [whitelabrecs]
California-based field recordings /ambient /folk /americana /electro-acoustic /soundtrack /cinematic /electronic composer Austin Ray “Salton Sea Sirens” single
Copenhagen ambient /drone /electroacoustic /soundscape /experimental /electronic duo Ida Urd & Ingri Hoyland “Duvet” title track of the upcoming album “Duvet” [Balmat]
Portland, OR-based ambient /ethereal /piano husband-wife duo Hollie Kenniff & Goldmund, aka Harbors “Indigo” second single from the debut album, “When We Are Free” [Nettwerk]
US/Italy cinematic-ambient collaboration Dear Gravity & Domy Castellano “Moment of Gray” off “Hinterland” EP [Echoes Blue Music]
London-based ambient/field recordings /cinematic /organic /electro-acoustic project of songwriter-producer VLMV “Rain Is Here, Find Shelter” from “A Study of The English Countryside” LP [Nice Weather for Airstrikes Records]
Vancouver ambient /drone /electronica musician Kuma “Be Careful What You Get Good At” from “Your Taped Up Heart” LP [Frosti]
UK ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /modular electronic sound artist Wil Bolton “Heather and Gorse” from upcoming “Rusted in the Salt Air” LP [Home Normal]
Berlin-based ambient /freeform experimental producer Florian TM Zeisig “Thank You Pharoah” from upcoming LP “A New Life” [STROOM.tv]
London-based ambient /experimental /electronic composer & sound designer, Delia Ra “Zicatela Olas” single
US ambient /cinematic /electro-organic /downtempo /experimental electronic musician Belial Pelegrim “The Glade Between Hours” from the album “Sleepwalking Through Rain Maps”
German ambient /experimental /electronic collaboration between music composer and performer with modern classical ensemble, Hainbach & Ensemble Recherche “So We Found Serenity” from “Retold” LP [Seil Records]
Chicago-based ambient /downtempo /electronic producer (1/2 of Immaterialize), DJ Immaterial “A New Day” from the debut LP “Post-Op” [Extremely Pure]
Madrid, Spanish ambient /drone /meditative/soundscapes /electro-acoustic sound designer, producer (aka Blovk), Anto Molina “Secretos del equilibrio” from the album “Paisajes en coma” [Non-transparent]
Portuguese ambient /fourth world /freeform /organic /experimental /synth /electronica musician and composer Pedro Tavares, aka Funcionário “Nascer” from the LP “Horizonte” [Holuzam]
UK/US ambient /drone /shoegaze /soundscape /post-rock /collaboration between Jon Attwood (Yellow6) and Jason T. Lamoreaux (The Corrupting Sea), aka The Deep Bells “Shelter” from the LP “Liberté”
German krautrock /synth-pop /kosmische /electronic duo Adelbert von Deyen and Dieter Schütz “Baltic Sea” from the reissue of the album “Inventions” (originally released on Sky Records in 1983) [Bureau B]
Buckinghamshire, UK Ambient /Cinematic /Electro-Dubfunk /Electronic musician Fingerwolf “Into The City” from the cassette LP “At The Mountains Of Madness” [Dustopian Frequencies]
UK ambient /future garage /2step /downtempo /dreampunk project CRYOSAUNA “Ishii” from “Restless” LP [PURE LIFE]
UK deathdream /ghost tech /vaporwave /electronic /dreampunk producer Hollowpulse “Hypnagogic Rave Scene” from “Night Train” LP [Vivarium Recordings]
Bolton, UK-based electro /synth pop musician MISTRUST “S.O.A.P.” from the charity mini-album “Sunlight”
Late 80s/early 90s UK experimental electronic music group (FKA The Working Party, and Mr Schmertz’s Wordless War), Except Buses “Vice Squad” (c.1987) from “P.O. Box 1439” retrospective compilation for the 40th anniversary of the TCFSR label [The Committee for Sonic Research]
Berlin-based US dark ambient /abstract /bass /post-dubstep /techno /electronic producer and 3XL label boss (aka uon, shy, Caveman LSD), Special Guest DJ “How Long Can I Burn?” from “Our Fantasy Complex” LP [3XL]
Edinburgh, UK ambient /drone /experimental /techno /synth /electronica producer Graeme Walker, aka The Earl of Dean “Stardust Cluster” from forthcoming EP “Silence About To Break”
London-based Italian veteran ambient /IDM /braindance /minimal analog electronic producer Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt “Night’s Frost” from “JS” LP (curated in collaboration with Jil Sander)
North-West of England acid /underground house /Detroit techno DJ-producer and owner Non Stop Rhythm, Tom Carruthers “Surreal” off “Surreal / Nebula” EP [Non Stop Rhythm]
UK drone /ambient /downtempo /dub techno /live modular synth project of sound artist and Quiet Details label curator, fields we found “rhythm structure 2.2″ from “rhythm structures 02” album series [Quiet Details]
Istanbul, Turkey ambient /dub /deep techno producer Ismail Genc, aka Havantepe “Overcast” from “Rain on Window” EP [Vertex: Verdant Recordings+Exalt Records]
Berlin-based, French ambient /drone /percussive /minimal /deep techno producer and IDO Records head, Valentino Mora “IIIII1IIIIIII4IIIIIIIII” from “Biotope” 2xLP [Spazio Disponibile]
Veteran Berlin-based dub-inflected techno DJ-producer and FLASH Recordings boss, Florian Meindl – “Slice” from V/A “Grey Strobe” EP [FLASH Recordings]
London-based German experimental /ambient /bass /psych /tribal /percussive /deep techno producer (aka Loop LF) featuring Utrecht-based producer queniv, Caldera & queniv – “Rhymo” from “Last Transmissions From Jevvers” EP [DANS]
Brussels-based ambient /trip-hop /bass /dub /psych /downtempo /slow techno DJ-producer Gustave Retour – “Loop Antenna” from V/A “Séance à Trois Corps” with label co-founders Konalgad and Edouard-Marc [Low Volume Randomization]
Florence, Italy ambient /IDM /deep techno /trance /post-tribal collaboration between Abo Abo (Daniele Carcassi) and TOMO (Tommaso Andorlini), co-founders of the DE RIO label/collective, aka Abo Abo & TOMO – “Endoline” from the upcoming Split LP “GEON” [Alliance]
Ostrava, Czech deep bass music /grime /drum & bass /techno /dubstep producer Myca$h – “Surprise” from upcoming “Deterministic” EP [Hidden Rhythms]
Melbourne acid /trance /progressive house producer DJ Seen – “Nature (Nurture Mix)” from “Dual Signal” EP [Pyramid Fields / Neptune Discs]
Shanghai, China ambient /drone /psych /deep techno producer Rainsoft – “The Endless Ocean Of Dreams” from upcoming cassette compilation V/A “BLENDE02” [Blende Hub/instinkt lab]
UK experimental /eclectic /electronic artist-producer WILL FLISK “Face The Sun”
Bangkok, Thailand‘s ambient /experimental /world /psychedelic /percussive /techno /tribal /electronic production duo, Sunju Hargun & GiGi FM “Lens of Time” from V/A “Ragom V.A. (ST๐๑๒)” cassette album [Siamese Twins Records]
Irish acid /electronic /nudisco /trip disco producer Signa Rust “Love On The Edge” single
Guadalajara‘s acid /psych /indie dance /dark disco /percussive /chug maestro DJ-Producer behind Calypso Records and Calypso Cvlt parties, Iñigo Vontier “Acid Cowboy” from “Acid Cowboy” EP [Multi Culti]
Buenos Aires, Argentina‘s tribal /psych /acid /trance /leftfield techno /downtempo /electronic producer Ludmila Fuks “Traicion numero 3 (Thomass Jackson Remix)” off “Traiciones” EP [Calypso Records]
Parisian acid /Italo /techno /mutant digi-dub duo and Delodio label heads, Froid Dub “On the Nose (Zillas on Acid Remix)” from “Tears Maker Chant Remixes” LP [Ransom Note]
Moscow-based ambient /acid /dub /psych /downtempo /trance /leftfield house /slow techno production duo, on85 & Robsn – “Pixel Rain (Dima Studitsky Remix)” from “Pixel Rain” EP [Elephant Gait Music]
Rennes, French rave /acid /electro /psych /breakbeat /electronic producer, resident and member of the ÖND collective, Dj Eendracht, aka Lemon Schaden – “Dancers Pit” off V/A “Tracklistings & Division Virtuel Records VA Compilation, Pt. 2” compilation LP [Division Virtuel/Tracklistings]
Russian ambient /acid /IDM /jungle /breaks /techno producer Dawn Razor “Recognize Yourself” from “2247 invites: Dawn Razor” EP [2247]
French Acid /Electro producer Byron Carignan “Astro Basslines” from “Symmetrical Universe” LP [Mighty Force]
Manchester, UK based acid /prog /breaks /electro producer Kalani – “Surface Tension” from V/A “DCVA1” EP [Alien Communications]
Berlin-based electro /jungle /breaks Venezuelan producer Manao “Valle Frio (Tom Place Remix)” from “Pressure” EP [Unknown To The Unknown]
English Electro DJ-producer SETI Code “Take Control” from “Elektro Magnético – Chapter 3” EP series [Ovelha Trax]
Lugo-based, Spanish Sci-Fi /Electro producer Synth Alien “R.Disco Galaxy” from V/A “XX Anniversary Hypnotica Colectiva – V.A. Compilation Vol. 1” 20th anniversary label compilation [HC Records]
Leipzig-based industrial /wave /electro funk producer and Clear Memory crew affiliated (Dog Balls, and Westlake & Hayter), Hayter “Second Set Of Ears” title track of the upcoming “Second Set Of Ears” LP [Clear Memory]
Amsterdam-based acid electro DJ-producer and 8rgr8 Records head, Dirk Wiertz – “They Are Here””
Lithuanian acid /techno /electro producer Ement “Choice Paralysis (Umwelt Remix)” from the EP “Choice Paralysis” [PZ Records]
Greek experimental /industrial /drone /techno producer Thoture – “Skinaki” from cassette album “Vutirama” [HOMVA040]
Berlin-based, Italian noise /industrial /techno project led by Rome‘s artist Sebastian Vimercati, aka Cranya – “Scoundrel” from the cassette V/A “VIY-A\I” LP [Autonoma Industriale]
Warsaw, Poland EBM /coldwave /electro /post-punk /minimal wave /electronic artist Frank Wodorost “Detained” off upcoming cassette debut album “You Never Know”
Italian industrial /EBM /dark electronics DJ-producer Rynzler “Never Ending March” from “Veritas” [X-IMG]
Seattle solo Darkwave /Industrial artist Nuda “Losing Touch (VL7N Remix)” off of the “Stranger” album
Mexico techno /EBM producer 86DFROMHELL “CHERIE”
System of a Down – “B.Y.O.B (Konfusia Remix)”
Montreal, Quebec-based electro funk DJ-producer Tiga “IAMWHATIAM feat. MRD” single (produced by Tiga Sontag, Gesloten Cirkel and MRD) [Secret City Records Inc. / Turbo Recordings]
Salzburg, Austria industrial /dark disco /indie dance producer Modeca “Vicioso (Original Mix) ft. Lucciana” from “Vicioso” EP
Switzerland Cosmic Disco /Psych /Tribal House production duo Sasa Crnobrnja & Alex Gloor, aka In Flagranti “Lustron Saucer” off “Take Me To Your Leader” EP [Codek Records]
Cologne deep house /techno /indie dance production duo Hidden Empire – “Got Me” off “Cali’s Sun” EP [Stil vor Talent]
Berlin-based EBM /italo /disco /electro /indie dance /hardware DJ-producer Italo Brutalo “Memory Sync (Defex Remix)” [Bungalo Disco]
Austin, Texas acid /techno /indie dance /Italo /dark disco DJ-producer Dream Days – “Pure Energy” off “Present Moment” EP [Nein Records]
French dark disco /techno /indie dance producer Mylo Salté aka MMYYLO “Fury” [Polaris]
English-born, Lisbon-based indie dance /Italo /disco producer Chris Barratt aka Eagles & Butterflies feat. Annie “Next 2 U (Club Mix)” from “Diskoteka” EP [Permanent Vacation]
Argentina prog /disco /groovy house producer Toomy Disco “Rip That Ass ( Takuya Matsumoto Remix)” from “I’m Yours” EP [Inhale Exhale Records]
London-based house /UK garage collaboration, Fold & cu.rve “Business” [Ingram]
German/Switzerland ambient /kraut /prog rock /avant-garde /experimental /electronica collaboration Markus Reuter & Stephan Thelen “Promise of a Better World” from 2-piece long-form LP “Promise of a Better World” [iapetus]
UK /Poland ambient /drone /abstract /electro-acoustic /modern classical /electronic collaboration, Autistici & Jacek Doroszenko – “After Water Formed A Shape” from “Familiarity Folded” album, first of Autistici’s three-part collaborative release series [Audiobulb]
London, UK veteran ambient /drone /dub /minimal /improvisational /experimental musician (one half of the Grid, and Beyond The Wizards Sleeve), Richard Norris “Rust” from the album “Music For Healing – Colours Volume Two” [Republic of Music]
Japanese ambient /drone /ethereal /acoustic collaboration between soundscape musician Chihei Hatakeyama and jazz drummer Shun Ishiwaka, aka Chihei Hatakeyama & Shun Ishiwaka “M3 (feat. Cecilia Bignall)” from the LP “Magnificent Little Dudes, Volume 02” [White Paddy Mountain]