Weekly Electronic Music Tips – SEPTEMBER #36 – 22
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- THE HACKER at Mechatronica [Live at Berlin’s OXU on 15th July 2022]
Immaculate 2 hour live set from veteran Grenoble-native, French producer, DJ and Paris‘ Zone Label co-founder, Michel Amato that seamlessly blends Detroit Techno, Italo, Electro-Pop, Wave, New Beat, Electro, swirling Acid sounds and Dark immersive atmospheres, taking us on a trippy futuristic journey through space and time. Play it loud!
- London based ambient /drone /deep /psych /abstract techno/analog electronica duo Kyle Martin (one half of Spectral Empire and Land of Light) and Guido Zen (Brain Machine), AKA Vactrol Park “Seemingly Strange” from upcoming V/A “Sheva” 2xLP compilation to celebrate 7 years of Berlin-based Israeli Malka Tuti label.
Minimal modular synths and drum machines craftsmen’s new track outpours with abstract and contemplative fluidity through relentless hypnotic, crispy percussive patterns, immanent mesmeric synth pads and swelling whirring bass ripples to plunge us into a bewildering maze of disturbing cosmic chasms and soothing boundless deep spaces.
- France-based, Colombian industrial techno /EBM DJ-production duo Stephanie Cáceres & Miguel González, aka DEFLESH “Cruel” from V/A “The Pharmacy” EP on Colombian-based label D. Clock Records
EBM-driven seething and rumbling industrial techno from France-based, Colombian duo that throbs through steady punchy snares and treacherous propulsive droning basslines, encircled by uncanny icy sci-fi synth swirls, psyched up to enrapture and seize the dancefloor.
- German electronic music pioneer ASMUS TIETCHENS “Parallele Ebene 1” from the upcoming new album “Parallelen” on LINE
- Brussels-based experimental /ambient /drone /neo-classical /electronic composer, artist, and video-filmmaker, CHRISTINA VANTZOU “Surreal Presence (for SH and FM)” from upcoming LP “No. 5” on Kranky
- Greek post-industrial /ambient /experimental project by Vasilis Angelopoulos, CONJECTURE – Cycnus” from V/A “Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Greece” album on Unexplained Sounds Group
- Helsinki, Finland experimental /ambient /electronic producer ROMANCE RELIC “Garden At The Breakwater” from the double cassette album “Breakwater Of A Veiled Heart” on Janushoved
- Dark Ambient /Drone /IDM /Industrial /tribal /Witch House electronic act Gh⊕s†† “Those Who Are In The Realm Of The Flesh Cannot Please God (Malasso remix)” from the album “Those Who Are In The Realm Of The Flesh Cannot Please God – Remixes + Variations” on Malta-based Music Analysis Discussions Records
- Bucharest-based psychedelic cosmic electronic krautrock Romanian duo Khidja “The Future Has Disappeared” from the EP “Something In The Water” EP on Hivern Discs
- Japanese Ainu singer and mukkuri player (1932 – 2004), Umeko Ando – “Hutare Chui (Tolouse Low Trax Remix)” from V/A “XX, Pingipung. A Record Label Turns 20″ 2×10” vinyl compilation for 20 years of Hamburg‘s label Pingipung
- Italian ambient /experimental /trance /kraut /psych /cosmic electronic producer Joseph Tagliabue from Milan, aka TAGLIABUE “Onda Sotto” from “Profonda Pulsione” EP originally released on vinyl by Berlin-based Sound Metaphors’ Bless You label.
- Frankfurt, Germany ambient /acid house /proto techno /electronic collaboration between Uwe Schmidt (Atom Heart, Señor Coconut) and Peter Kuhlmann, aka Atom™ & Pete Namlook “Invocation (Dance 4 Trance Mix)” from the remastered edition of “Subsequence I-IV” LP originally released in 1993.
- Budapest, Hungarian industrial /EBM /electronic producer (aka LivingTotem, DJ Kraak), Panoramic Barrier – Noize Tron Red Stars from upcoming “Bondage Dance Survivor Machine” EP via Dalmata Daniel
- Zürich, Switzerland EBM /industrial /noise /wave /electro DJ/producer and Schoen mixes curator, sch_tsch “Grzyby” from upcoming EP “NATURA”
- Logic System – “Unit (WLDV Edit)” (edit of 1981 single from Japanese modular synthesist and YMO collaborator Hideki Matsutake)
- Grenoble, France experimental /industrial /new beat /dark electronic producer (half of Hardlab and Peep Night), Leonard Lampion “Le Vide Et Le Froid” from the upcoming CDr album “Vallée Étroite”
- Berlin based industrial techno /EBM artist MÆDON “Destroy That Status Quo (Statiqbloom Remix)” from “Now I Am Become Death Remixed” EP (SGLPRX11) on Sonic Groove
- Scotland lo-fi /EBM /acid /dark electro /techno producer Mike Smith (aka Crossover Network) aka E.L.I. – “ It’s a wasteful Life” from the upcoming EP “Violence is Bliss” 12″ on Lux Rec
- Thessaloniki-based EBM /Industrial /Techno /Dark Electronics DJ-producer Alpha Sect “Internet Rebels (Original mix )” from the upcoming “Internet Rebels” EP on Nu Body Records
- Kraków, Poland electro /EBM /techno producer CHINO “Shoplifters” from upcoming V/A “Modernation VOL. 4” compilation on Italo Moderni.
- Berlin-based EBM-Italo-electro-techno collaboration of Pablo Bozzi & Phase Fatale, AKA Soft Crash – “Artificial Tears” from the upcoming debut album “Your Last Everything” on BITE
- Spanish EBM /techno /dark electronic producer Alen Skanner “Obscura Nox (Cavalry Stone Remix)” from “The System” EP on Sharped Records
- Thessaloniki-based EBM /Industrial /Techno /Dark Electronics DJ-producer Alpha Sect “Fading Memories (feat. Mal Mirage)” from V/A “Wave Earplug No.6″ compilation 12” vinyl LP upcoming on 4mg Records
- Paris-based EBM /industrial /acid /techno /new beat producer Gaël Durieux, AKA Zenau – “Strap ME Up” from the cassette EP “Unsatisfied Desires” on SOIL
- Hannover, Germany Italo disco /synthpop /techno /electronic body music DJ-producer Björn Bahlmann, aka FLOOD “Romeo” from “Romeo” EP [KROF03] on Kein Rauch Ohne Feuer
- Paris/Brest synthpop /dark disco/techno collaboration, DJ Varsovie & Ilyss – “New Millennium” from V/A “Compilation To Remember Earth” album on Intervision
- Berlin-based electronic /post-punk outfit Plattenbau “Crime / Scène (Data Animal Remix)” on DeadStrange
- Italo Body Music project by Kendal & Pablo Bozzi, aka INFRAVISION “That Beat In My Heart” (vocals from 1985‘s Italo disco classic Lisa Lisa – ‘Can You Feel The Beat’) on Dischi Autunno
- Italian cyberpunk EBM /new beat /electro /Italo disco new project from label boss Fabrizio Mammarella and retro-futurist producer Bottin, aka EYE-BM – “EYE-BM-2” from upcoming s/t EP [Slow Motion]
- BEYONCÉ – “I’M THAT GIRL (FALSE PERSONA REMIX)”
- Lyon, France industrial /rave /techno artist Istigkeit – “Jumelia” on Istigkeit Records
- Italian experimental /acid /industrial /breakbeat /electro producer TLXCO “Dicotomia” from first full-length cassette album “Errata Corrige” on Chris Mitchell‘s label Feral Colony
- Scotland, UK acid /house /breaks /electro /techno producer Mike Smith (aka E.L.I.), aka Crossover Network “Cultural Abyss” title track from the upcoming EP on Dionysian Mysteries
- Russian new beat /techno /electro DJ/producer and Mosaique Records label head Alexander Moralez, AKA Moralez “Photones” from the upcoming “The Arm” EP on Mosaique Records
- Latvia/Germany experimental /EBM /mutant wave /synth /electro producer from Riga, STARPLIKTUVE – “Unsustainable”
- Miami electro bass producer Larry McCormick, aka EXZAKT “Hotel Hialeah” from V/A “International Chromies Vol. 11” EP on International Chrome
- Leipzig breaks /ghetto tech /electro producer Angelo Inferno – “Money Off ” from V/A “Elektro Surgery” compilation album via Ovelha Trax
- Vinnytsia, Ukrainian space electro producer Volodymyr Prysich, AKA Saturated Color “Electromagnetic field” from “Phenomena” EP on mystictrax
- Halle, Germany house /downtempo /dark disco producer Bepo – “Alive (Esmaeili & Soulcat Remix)” from the remix EP “Alive & Afterlive” on HuL Berlin
- French dark disco /post-punk /indie dance DJ-producer Idir Abermil aka Id!r – “Midnight (feat. Midnight Locomotive)” from “Rainbow Maquína” EP [Fucanglong Files]
- Mexican house /indie dance DJ-producer KickZologo – “Prohibido (feat. Eliloop)” EP soon on Controlla
- Danish synth-pop /indie dance /Italo disco artist and composer Lucca Leeloo – “I Forgive (Luca Dell’Orso Remix)” off the third single “I Forgive” from his forthcoming album “Prosperous”, produced by Italoconnection
- Brazilian house /indie dance producer Dsant – “No Love (Mau Maioli Remix)” off upcoming EP on Sapient Robots
- Austin, TX long-running experimental /ambient /drone /electronic /pop project of composer-multi-instrumentalist Mari Maurice, aka MORE EAZE “Cold” from the upcoming album “Strawberry Season” on Leaving Records
- Kentucky dark ambient /noise /drone /experimental project of Jason T. Lamoreaux, AKA The Corrupting Sea – “My Spirit Twists” from the album “Lungs Like Lead” on his own label Somewherecold Records
- Glasgow‘s acid /house /techno producer and CB90 Dance Recordings head, Kieran Apter – “Begin Again” from upcoming EP “Begin Again” [Sounds of Lava Lava]
- L.A. based ambient /spiritual jazz /folk /experimental musical project of multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer Jesse Peterson, AKA Turn On The Sunlight “Our Growing Family (feat. Joao)” from the album “You Belong” upcoming on Moon Glyph
- Israeli emotional ambient project of Emil Ilyayev (half of Anasa, Unhide) AKA Zero Cult “Contemplation” title track from the EP on Cosmicleaf Records
- Parisian ambient /drone /field recordings /tape loops /analog synth project of Théo Martin, AKA Thme “Remote memory palace” from the upcoming cassette album “A Grasp of Wonder” on VAAGNER
- German ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /electronic musician based in Hamburg, Jeannine Schulz “Ichi” from the album “Humble” on Polar Sea Recordings
- Mc Allen, TX ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscape /electronic project of Damien Duque a.k.a. City of Dawn “Anemoia” title track from the new cassette album on giraffe tapes
- Serbia‘s ambient /drone /electronic sound artist KNOWER “Empty & Marvelous” from 2-track album “In Search of Nothing” on Slow Tone Collages
- Washington, DC ambient /drone project Lizard Hands “To Feel Space” from the album “Reality Comes”