Weekly Electronic Music Tips – AUGUST//SEPTEMBER #35-23
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Deep Electronics Ambient Sessions # 108 // KAREN VOGT
Karen Vogt certainly needs no introduction in this area, her widely diverse Ambient mix includes an exclusive unreleased track from the forthcoming Guentner | Spieth album (out on AFFIN in October) along with a selection of new releases ranging from experimental ambient to pop ambient. Some vocal ambient tracks are included with Vogt’s own works, remixes of her work and her renowned GALÁN / VOGT collaboration with Spanish composer Pepo Galán.
- Paris-based techno /EBM /electronic producer MIND | MATTER “Ode à La Foudre” single
A hard-kicking, buzzing, clanking and smashing dark Industrial Techno electric rush properly built for unadulterated dancefloor rapture.
- German industrial /acid /dark techno /electronic producer Hendrick Grothe from Leipzig, Blac Kolor “Weltenbrand” title track from upcoming triple 7″ vinyl album “Weltenbrand” [ant-zen]
Leipzig producer reaffirms the imaginative narrative power of his dystopic sonic vision with a hypnotic and chilling blaze of obsessive rattling and smashing percussive syncopations, foreboding frozen wandering synth sweeps along with buzzing and weeping low-end undulations, building a resonant desolate and pitch black aura to echo the stifling agony of a lost humanity.
- Belgrade experimental /ambient /tribal /psych /acid /downtempo /electronic duo TAPAN “Inner Voice feat. Ognen Zlatanov” from upcoming “Inner Voice / High Road” EP
Intoxicating mists and esoteric wanderings slowly pulse and sway through groove-laden crispy rolling percussions, crackling amid a heady and smoldering organic-synthetic array of fluting quivering flutters, shamanic voices of suggestive Middle-Eastern lyricism, arcane sparkling guitar strings, poignant sax blows, to induce the bewitched and mind-boggling ecstasy of a “pure” sound, wholehearted without limits and constraints.
- Danish experimental /ambient /neo-classical /piano sound artist (aka øjeRum), Paw Grabowski “Smertens Kalk” from the cassette album “Lad Vore Hænders Nøgne Træ Få Blomst Og Blade” [Janushoved]
- Italian ambient vocal-only project of vocalist and multimedia artist (one half of She Owl), Jolanda Moletta “The Secret Garden” single
- Ambient /techno /noise /electronic project of Shenzhen, China-based producer Ryan Hill, aka KAGAMI Smile “An Empty Wall” from the cassette “A Known Absence” album on Opal Tapes
- Paris-based Australian experimental /drone /soundscape /ambient vocalist and musician (one half of dream-pop duo Heligoland), Karen Vogt “I’ve Been Waiting for the Longest Time (Extended Version)” [homespun live improvisation guitar-laden session]
- Spanish ambient /drone /electronic producer based in Valencia, Agustín Mena (aka SVLBRD), aka WARMTH “Recovery (Slowed)” from the album “Collider (Slowed)” [ARCHIVES]
- Aarhus, Denmark ambient /drone /loops /synth project /electronic project Rime Trails “Their Shadows Went Before Them” from the album “Ephemera”
- São Paulo//Tokyo-based, Japanese ambient /drone /experimental composer and guitarist, Tatsuro Murakami “Beginning of Something Brilliant” from the upcoming CD album “An Imaginary Autumn” [Whitelabrecs]
- Malmö, Sweden ambient /drone /soundscape /modular synth sound artist John Reidar Holmes “Losing Eden Yet Again” from the album “The Lord of Shades Decides” [Kalamine Records]
- Preston, UK ambient /drone /space synth /electronic project of Stephen James Buckley, aka POLYPORES “Machine Elves” from the album “Multizonal Mindscramble” [DIN]
- Copenhagen, Denmark ambient /experimental /electronic artist Hasfeldt “Turning Year” from ltd cassette EP “Blinder” [Janushoved]
- Melbourne-based ambient /drone /abstract /field recordings composer and musician Zoltan Fecso “Mangroves” from the upcoming cassette album “Other Air” [Oxtail Recordings]
- Texas ambient /electronic artist (aka Xander Harris), Justin Sweatt “Last Tango in Post” from the album “Permian Tapes Vol. 2”
- Chicago, IL ambient /experimental amplified acoustic-synthetic quintet Honestly Same “Foyer Joyment” off the upcoming second album “Hot Plate Only” [Moon Glyph]
- Shenzhen-via-Wuhan experimental /ambient /psych /post-rock /minimal rock Chinese three-piece, Hualun(花伦)“Inner Vision” from upcoming cassette “The Minor Trio I” [KATUKTU COLLECTIVE]
- Chicago, IL /ambient /experimental /dub /techno /electronic trio Tommy Paslaski (aka Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (aka kindtree), and Akeem Asani (aka Millia), Purelink “4k Murmurs feat. J” from “Signs” album [Peak Oil]
- Melbourne, Australia ambient /cinematic /house /techno /electro-acoustic producer Rory McPike (Cactus Head, Bleekman, 2200, Dan White, and 1/2 of Turner St Sound), aka Rings Around Saturn “Lansky’s Vision” from the upcoming LP “All Things Shining” [Best Effort]
- Bath, UK-based ambient /IDM /piano /synth electronic musician Tim Gilbert, aka Fields of Few “Transitions in Colour” off the second album “Nocturnal Summer Drift” [Triplicate Records]
- Chicago krautrock /jazz /psychedelic /improvised analog synth electronic musician, Jeremiah Chiu “In Electric Time” from upcoming cassette album “In Electric Time” (recorded in two days at L.A.’s Vintage Synthesizer Museum/VSM in Highland Park) [International Anthem]
- UK krautrock /post-rock /synth solo project of Ramsgate, Kent-based artist Nick Bonell AKA Lone Bison “Drifting” single off the upcoming album, “Wave Construction” [Castles In Space]
- Italian dark ambient /industrial /experimental producer from Milan, Ex.Hale “Blossom” from the EP “Purple Fields” [Autonoma Industriale]
- Italian/Japanese ambient /IDM /experimental /electronic sound artists Lorenzo Montaná and Kenichi Oka, aka Montanà – Yamaoka “A Tempo 5″ from the cassette/7″/10” album “A Tempo” [Móatún 7]
- London, UK ambient /IDM /electro producer Emile Facey, aka Plant43 – “Tidal Flexing” from the EPs trilogy “Reflection | Reaction – Part Three” 12″ [Plant43 Recordings]
- Brussels-based John Sellekaers‘ long-standing ambient /IDM /experimental electronic project, Xingu Hill “Byways & Tunnels” from the upcoming vinyl 12″ LP “Grigri Pavilion” [Subexotic Records]
- Athens, Greek experimental /cinematic /cosmic /psych /folk /dark electronic /electronic music producer and film director Yannis Veslemes (aka Felizol, Steamcut, Sportex), aka VESLEMES “Apolithoma” from V/A “Time, Tone & Texture Two” cassette compilation (50% proceeds to Glasgow SE Foodbank) [Invisible, Inc.]
- Mumbai, India born acid jazz cosmic disco singer, producer and actress Asha Puthli “Right Down Here (Psychemagik Remix)” (J. J. Cale cover, 1972) off “Disco Mystic: Select Remixes Volume 1” [Naya Beat Records]
- Romanian psychedelic /cosmic /krautrock /tribal /electronic Bucharest-based duo Khidja “Osm To Kbn” from “Transmissions Part 1 & 2″ LP 2×12” [Malka Tuti]
- Bristol, UK electronic /downtempo /dub folk /avant pop band Tara Clerkin Trio “The Turning Ground” from “On The Turning Ground” EP 12″ [World of Echo]
- Berlin, Germany psych /synth pop /analog electronica duo AFAR “The Beach” fourth single from the upcoming album “The Refuge” [Laut & Luise]
- German leftfield /psych /tribal /industrial /dark electronics collaboration project of Benedikt Frey, Dino Schanze and Nadia D’Alo, AKA Dolphins “Wild Bento” off of the “40G” LP 12″ [Pinkman]
- London-based ambient /cinematic /wave /acid house /cosmic /synth DJ-producer, Timothy J. Fairplay “Green Mist” from the “Why Are They Here?” EP 12″ [Archaic Future Sounds]
- Boeatia, Greece dark ambient /wave /electro shadow operator Audioplagio “The Priestess” from the cassette album “Boeotian Chants” a previously unseen collection recorded between 2014 and 2016 [brokntoys]
- Lithuanian experimental /synth wave /synth-pop /electronic producer Viktoras Urbaitis, aka TEATRE “Low” from “2 Songs” 7″ single [Ferry Lane Records]
- French electronic /synthpop /minimal synth project by Waving Hands label founder Laurène Exposito aka EYE – ”Mata el meta” from upcoming vinyl 12″ album “Honolulu / Saigon” (a collection of unreleased and previously cassette released material) [Knekelhuis]
- UK experimental techno project UAN0029 “DIY production processes” from “UAN0029″ EP 12” [Horizontal, anti-capitalist, anarchist behaviours beginning as an agile electronic music label]
- Madison, Wisconsin dark ambient /industrial /dark electronics musician SØLVE “salt (HARSH R REMIX)” from “svovel | salt | kvikksølv” CD album
- Spanish EBM /dark electro /techno DJ /horror disco DJ-producer from Bilbao, WLDV “Cult Liturgy” from “Cult Liturgy” EP
- Iranian experimental /IDM /techno /drum & bass /electronic duo Shahin Entezami & Behrang Najafi, aka Temp-Illusion “Steven Toast” from the cassette EP “Failsafe” [PTP]
- Belgian EBM /Electro /RetroFuture /Synth Wave /New Beat & Acid act from Brussels, Analog 80 “Tragic Error 242” from the vinyl 12″ LP “ATOMIUM”
- London-based EBM /techno /cold electronics collaborative project of London-based producers and DJ duo Oliver and Vilhelm, aka Sob Story – “Doghouse (ANFS Remix)” off upcoming “Doghouse” EP [Khemia Records]
- EBM /new wave /trance /electro /techno Russian producer and Mosaique Records boss, Moralez “Temple of Light (Commuter Remix)” from “The Arm Remixes” EP [Mosaique Records]
- Thessaloniki-based EBM /Industrial /Techno /Dark Electronics DJ-producer Alpha Sect – “She Just Wants To Dance” off V/A “Wechseldatenträger” compilation [Kein Rauch Ohne Feuer]
- Medellín, Colombia lo-fi experimental /electroclash /EBM /techno /dark synth solo project of Faunes Efe, Filmmaker – “Wartech” from upcoming vinyl 12″ album “Machinations” [Wave Tension Records]
- Russian industrial techno /EBM DJ-producer Fyodor Feoktistov, aka MESHES “No Rules” off upcoming “Always Against” EP [Dame-Music]
- Berlin-based EBM /hard techno producer re:akt – “Ruptured Society” off V/A “Acceleration Series Vol.III” compilation [Voxnox]
- French EBM/elektro-punk /post-punk /synth-punk act from Paris, Leroy Se Meurt “Forceps” from the upcoming “New Flesh II” compilation [MURDER]
- Bay Area EBM /coldwave /dark electro /minimal synth /mutant body music project of John Anton Malinowskj, aka EX-HEIR “The Thread” from the album “Crushed” (live improvised 4-track cassette session)
- Berlin-based/Australia-born ethereal /synthpop /darkwave /electronic art-pop project of DJ, vocalist, producer, and performer (former Linea Aspera and Keluar) Alison Lewis, a.k.a. ZANIAS “Simulation (Forces Remix)” first of a series of remixes from “Chrysalis” LP [Fleisch Records]
- Washington, D.C.-based industrial /EBM /techno /coldwave /darkwave Dj-producer Alfredo Lazaro, aka Perdí La Luz – “A Different Time (Jennifer Touch Remix)” off upcoming EP “Cruel Fate”[Death Decay Magic]
- Berlin-based Electro /House /Wave /Synth-Pop /Dark Disco producer Kalipo “Seeking Angels” from upcoming “WUT” EP 12″ [Iptamenos Discos]
- German Euro House / New Beat classic from 1989, Mysterious Art – “Carma (Omen II)” (Jackit ‘Ritual Rave’ Edit)
- Russian/French 90s nu-groove house disco collaboration, BEREZA & Justine Forever “Delay” single [System 108]
- Berlin-based, Italian acid /experimental /breakbeat /electro project of techno/industrial producer and Gravitational Waves label owner, Matteo Chisari (aka System Disorder), aka Dj Nephil “Sex Shop” from upcoming “Horizon Rising” LP 12″ [KRI]
- Colombia‘s Filmmaker’s electro /synth side project, Renderer “Inceptive” from “Forwardings” EP [RECS 001]
- German/Colombian industrial /electro /cosmic disco soundlab duo Tilman Benecke & Sergio Iglesias, aka SCADTA – “Operation Mindcrime” off “Klaatu Barada Nikto” EP [Kaputt.wav]
- Detroit revived early 80s Juan Atkins‘ funkadelic techno project, Cybotron “Mantain” off upcoming “Maintain the Golden Ratio” 12″ EP first in 28 years (co-produced and co-written with Laurens von Oswald) [Tresor Records]
- Xiamen, China-based Bulgarian experimental ‘Nurolektro’ mastermind Petar Tassev, aka Manasyt – “Lothar Schramm” off the vinyl 12″ album “The Genetic Lottery” [Lunatic Records]
- Swiss bass /ghetto tech /breaks /electro Dj-producer and Geneva-based Brainwaves crew member, Hermeth – “Do Ma Ting” off upcoming “Turbo Flemme” EP [Dionysian Mysteries]
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK ambient /techno /electro producer THE JAFFA KID “Zen Gate” from “5 Different Paths” EP
- French dubstep /acid /bass /breaks /downtempo /electronic producer (Beatrice & Melissa, Or+be), Beatrice M. – “Quarrels” off the EP “Quarrels” [KRAKZH]
- Philadelphia-based psych /acid /electropop /house /techno /electronic duo producer and DJ James Weissinger (Zillas on Acid) and video artist “Babystar” (Carolina Leis-Usher), aka Girls Chat Room “Look At My Friends” off the upcoming LP “Sleep Mask” [Byrd Out]
- Enya – “Caribbean Blue (Tagliabue ‘Eterno Ritorno’ Mix)”
- US techno /trance /electronic producer Alex Compton – “One Single Tear” off “Alex Compton & VCRHEADCLEANER” split CD EP [Spektator]
- Spanish indie dance /dark disco DJ-producer Calystarr “Passion For My Mind – Neurotiker Remix” from “Heart Down” EP [Nein Records]
- DEPECHE MODE – “Policy Of Truth” (DE SOFFER REMIX)
- Seville, Spain cosmic /Italo /nu-disco producer Jason Core “Made Of Space Dust” off V/A “Astrovisions Vol.1” compilation [Astrolead recordings]
- London-based Cosmic /Italo disco collector, producer, selector Gianni C (aka Craxi Disco), Super Paolo – “Unicorn (Craxi Disco Remix)” off “Unicorn” EP [Disco Milk Records]
- Milan, Italy nu-Italo /dark electronic /synthpop producers Fred Ventura and Paolo Gozzetti aka ITALOCONNECTION “Better Place (Naked Mix Instrumental)″ off new EP “Better Place”
- Zürich, Switzerland-based dark disco /psych /tribal /chug /indie dance /electronic producer John Parsley “Pazza (Original Mix)” off upcoming “Trota Pazza” EP 12″ [Playground Records]
- L.A.-based psych /synth-wave /house /disco duo Aldridge Brothers “Open World (Original)” off upcoming “Open World” EP [Roam Recordings]
- Hamburg-based experimental rock collective Station 17 “Pusch (Pantha du Prince Sharing Lunch with Apes RMX)” off upcoming 7-track remix LP “Oui Mixe” [Bureau B]
- Offenbach, German acid /breaks /psych /trance /downtempo DJ-producer (aka AJO, Steppin’ Wolf and 1/2 of Recht Auf Rausch), Kalocain “Sound Mind For the Purposes Of Contracting” from “ASMR Reiki for Sleep” EP [Codek Records]
- London, UK dub /reggae /dancehall /ska /drum & bass band, Dub Pistols & Freestylers ft. Horseman – “Nice Up” from Dub Pistols’ 9th album “Frontline” on Kartel Music
- French EBM /dark disco /Italo disco production-Dj duo Alphanova – “Body Talk (Miguel de Bois Remix)” from “First Impressions” EP [Sharped Records]
- Manchester-based ambient /acid /disco /deep house /breaks /electronic producer Loz Goddard – “Space Nugz” off “Are We Ever Leaving Here?” EP 12″ [Oath]
- Brighton-based leftfield /tech-trance /house /electronic producer, Caldera “Dolphin Skii” off the new EP “5D Worlds” 12″ [Nummer Music]
- Leipzig ambient /dub techno resident HAL “Wittow” from “MASA 006″ EP 12” [Masa Series]
- Saint Paul, Minnesota dark ambient /drone /sound collages /field recordings /experimental electronic sound artist Chris Campbell, aka The Creeping Man “Wash My Soul Away Where It Can Never Be Found” from the album “Nullify” [Shady Ridge Records]
- Prague, Czechia ambient /chill-out /analogue /synth /electronic producer Binaural Space “Change of Fate” from the LP “Singuladeity”
- Nairobi-born Berlin-based ambient /field recordings /drone sound artist Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU “CPR-12*” from the LP “Stupor” [Other Power]
- Scotland-based ambient /experimental /soundscape /cinematic /electronic musician, Everyday Dust “Part I” from “Meditation X” 3″ CD [Dustopian Frequencies]
- Chicago, IL-based ambient /abstract /glitch /experimental musician Cinchel “Wish” from the long-form album “Slowly Toward Disaster”
- New York-based experimental /ambient /folk Kranky veteran musician Thomas Meluch aka Benoit Pioulard ‘Vigil (live from La Berceuse)’ [an improvised hour of guitar, bells, voice, piano, tape and field recordings]