Weekly Electronic Music Tips // OCTOBER 2025 #39-25
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- UMWELT // 90s Techno – 100% vinyl set – @ Matriz, Granada, Spain | 26.09.25
Forged in the 90s rave scene, Lyon-based veteran DJ-Producer and Rave Or Die/New Flesh Records boss, Umwelt, renowned for his unyielding and unpredictable fusion of Electro and Techno, unleashes a 100% vinyl set oozing with raw and unhinged 90s techno spirit.
- Paris-based ambient /jazz /funk /downtempo project of Marseille-born veteran electronic DJ-producer and founding member of the influential French trio Troublemakers, Lionel Corsini, aka DJ Oil “Afters (Feat. Jean Paul & Cyril B)” from the upcoming LP “Reserve” [Multi Culti]
Longtime purveyor of ‘rare grooves’, the Marseille musician builds on this foundation with layered productions that draw from rare samples, analog sounds and rhythmic influences rooted in African-American and global traditions. The first teaser unfurls a pulsing, vivid, bustling tapestry in constant motion, rich in vibrant giddy colors and spoken-word samples, through hypnotic looping percussions, warm low ends, deep jazzy fancies, fluty flitters and swirling heady frequencies, swelling in a loose drum led, obsessive finale, to strike a fine balance between raw free-form spontaneity and refined structure.
- Spanish Italo /space /cosmic /disco music producer from the Canary Islands, ILYA SANTANA “Novus Magnificant (Fran Deeper Remix)” off “Novus Magnificant” EP [Astrolead Recordings]
Balearic producer flies high with a vocoder-infused space disco remix, fueled by rolling percussions and trotting along bass grooves, layered with swirling lush strings, that build and build throughout, to rouse into a vibrant bloom of euphoric energy.
- UK percussive/Afro/tribal/psychedelic project by Lee J Malcolm (formerly of Vessels) and his live ensemble, featuring Danny Templeman (Submotion Orchestra), Nathan Moseley, Gustavo Andrade, Caroline Webb, and Otis Jones, aka Jinjé & A Brief Utopia “The Scam (Chez De Milo Remix)” from “We Invisible : Reworks” EP [Earthly Measures]
The visionary British artist Chez De Milo transforms the airy and playful Afro percussive-laden original into something more darkly obsessive, arcane and disturbing, a cyclical, warped and mind-bending journey, sneakingly paced by the addictive nodding recurrence of deep and warm pulsing bass grooves and simmering, rolling percussion patterns layered with squalling synth swirls and tribal voice clips, building towards a ravishing trance-inducing primeval dimension.
- Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /meditative /ethereal /electronic music project of veteran electronic music producer, James Bernard and Cynthia Bernard (marine eyes), aka Awakened Souls “Lua”
- Los Angeles based fantasy ambient /ethereal /electronica sound artist Marina Aguerre (of psych-pop band Teal Pop), aka Dream Crease “Mariposa Nocturna (feat. NATURE)”
- Pau, France ambient /drone /atmospheric /field recordings /loops /acoustic project of multidisciplinary artist Emmanuel Hourquet, aka EMHO “WPS03” off the cassette album “Waves, pines & stones” [sonic-dialogue]
- Ambient /drone /minimal /experimental /piano /abstract project The Abstract Observer “π: to whirl, to pulse” from the LP “The Dawn Identity”
- Czech Republic experimental ambient /drone /minimal /tape loops /field recordings /microsound /electronic sound artist Blochemy “rol” from the album “aryvael” [Driftworks]
- London, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /post-rock /electronic /experimental musician and composer, Tom Squires, aka rhubiqs “Endless Nights” from upcoming “Spectral Passage” album [Affin]
- Chicago-based ambient /field recordings /experimental /electronic project of cellist, composer, and sound artist Lia Kohl “Home, Los Angeles, feat. Claire Rousay” from “Various Small Whistles and a Song” LP of 16 one-minute tracks which mirror Ed Ruscha’s 1964 photographic artist book [Dauw]
- Norwegian ambient /nature /soundscapes producer Daniel Wold, aka Saktefall “Stjernedryss” from “Tåke” EP [Echoes in the Valley]
- Liverpool, UK/San Diego, CA ambient /drone /field recordings /sound collage /acoustic /electronic duo Jonathan Hammond (Jayhaych) and Brandon Tani (daily rituals), aka Animal Visions “birdsong in the abyss” from the s/t album “Animal Visions” [Seil Records]
- Mougins, France ambient /drone/soundscapes /electro-acoustic sound artist Aurélien Regert, aka Of Mountains and Seas “Andromeda” from the s/t album “Of Mountains and Seas” [Shimmering Moods Records]
- Russian/French ambient /electroacoustic /minimalism /experimental /modern classical collaboration between electronic music polymath Ivan Pavlov a.k.a. CoH and the mysterious Parisian sound artist Wladimir Schall, aka CoH & Wladimir Schall “Soii Noir” from the upcoming LP “Covers” [Hollow Ground]
- UK/France ambient /chillout /space music /electronic collaboration The Silent Tide & Ancient Astronaut “Dusk Light” from “Fleeting Moments” EP [Ambient Soundscapes]
- Scotland drone /space ambient project of Stuart David (co-founder and bass player of Belle & Sebastian) and his wife, Karn, aka Looper “New Domains” single
- Toronto/Tokyo ambient /drone /field recordings collaboration Kilometre Club & Rhucle “Soil” from “Invisible Arch” EP [Imaginary North]
- Danish dark ambient /drone /contemplative /electronic project by Henrik Laugesen, aka Lauge “Darkness#2” from the double single “Darkness”
- London-based ambient /fantasy pop /electronic duo Yawning Portal “In Iowa” from the upcoming LP “Anywhere” [YEAR0001]
- Ormskirk, UK drone /percussive electro-ambient project HDRF “Blue Roses No More” from the upcoming “Wire And Water” LP [Moolakii Club Audio Interface]
- Siberian ambient /field recordings /acoustic guitar /folk /experimental music artist Egor Klochikhin, aka Foresteppe “Katyusha is a gun” single
- Brussels-based, Belgian ambient /electro-acoustic /improv /electronic pop /experimental composer and musician Roman Hiele, aka Hiele “Brumaire” from upcoming “Emo Inhaler” LP [STROOM.tv]
- Bristol, UK dark ambient /experimental /electronic composer and artist of Sri Lanka origin, Paul Jebanasam “Be earth now” first single from the third studio album “mātr” [Subtext Recordings]
- Tokyo-based ambient /post-classical /piano Australian composer and producer Madeleine Cocolas “A Celestial Awakening” from “Häxan” LP live film score for the seminal 1922 silent film “Häxan: Witchcraft Through The Ages” by Danish director Benjamin Christensen [self-released]
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin ambient /kosmische /psych /space music /experimental electronic musician, keyboardist, and sound designer Lorna Dune “Metal Gamelan” from upcoming LP “Sequential Dreaming” [Mystery Circles]
- Moscow region IDM /electro /dub /Berlin School /space ambient /electronica producer Dubree “Sidereal Day” from “Ratio et Caritas” LP [Mestnost]
- Runcorn, UK ambient /coldwave /folk /experimental /electronic /synth project of musician Gordon Chapman-Fox, AKA Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan “Renewal and Regeneration” from the 6th album “Public Works and Utilities” [Castles In Space]
- Sheffield, UK IDM /drone /experimental techno trio THE BLACK DOG “They Came For My Head” from upcoming LP “Loud Ambient”
- Glasgow, UK ambient /IDM /minimal techno /electronic producer PUB “Rain For Rest (Boss K)” from the upcoming “Mamor” EP [ampoule records]
- Ambient /IDM /experimental /electro-acoustic /electronica collaboration between Scottish producer Tam Ferrans (aka Peltiform / Mitoma) and US artist Jeremy Rice, Nonima + Abdicant “AMR PLATE” from “Phase Memory” LP [mahorka]
- Berlin-based Kassel-born ambient /abstract /drone /minimal /deep /techno /experimental electronic DJ-producer and musician Phillip Sollmann aka Efdemin “Signal to Noise” from the upcoming 5th album “Poly” 2xLP [Ostgut Ton]
- Regensburg, German deep hardgroove techno producer Gockel – “Enduring Rush” off V/A “PATENT001 – Downtown Dubs” EP [Patent]
- Belgian ambient /downtempo /dub techno producer ZEROA “Devil’s Kitchen” from “Beneath the Surface” EP
- Bulgarian-born, Oslo-based experimental /hypnotic /atmospheric /techno DJ-producer Kameliia – “Delusion Of Time” from “Blue Hour presents TERRA” LP [Blue Hour Music]
- London-based ambient /deep-breaks /deep techno producer Kliche “Dabrea 01” from “Dabrea” EP [Blank Mind]
- Osaka, Japan, based, Chinese ambient /hypnotic /dub /percussive /deep techno music producer and GSXS label founder, CTAFAD – “Allelopathy” from “Temperament” EP [Melifera]
- Paris-based ambient /drum & bass /bass /percussive /deep /hypnotic psychedelic techno producer and co-founder of Virtual Forest Records, Solma – “Symplec” from “Fiber Bundle” LP [Alliance]
- Tbilisi-based ambient /IDM /organic /glitch /breaks /tribal /trance /techno French/Polish artist, Ina Kacz “Last Night’s Dream” from “Misty Secrets” EP [QEONE]
- Copenhagen/The Hague ambient /tribe /psy trance /techno collaboration Matriark x HyperLili – “The System” off V/A “The Matriarchy Series” LP compilation [HYPERWAVES]
- Tokyo based ambient /leftfield bass music /breaks /experimental /dubstep duo Herbalistek “Tactile Drift” from “Tropism” EP [Ethos Records]
- Oslo, Norway, 90s-inspired deep techno /progressive house /trance producer and Peak Experience label head, Alvar “Follow” from “The Mist” LP [Peak Experience]
- Berlin-based, Italian ambient /IDM /psych /experimental /techno /electronic producer Marco Shuttle “ 808 kisses” from “TD10” LP, Bristol‘s Timedance label 10th anniversary compilation [TIMEDANCE]
- Cardiff, Wales breakbeat /acid techno producer J-Lower – “Vortex (from Midnight Echoes)” from V/A “MOON” LP [Mighty Force]
- Swedish electronica /downtempo /deep house producer Martin Jarl “My Friend J” from “My Friend J” EP [Seven Villas Music]
- Ghent, Belgium Drum n Bass DJ-producer, Phase – “Diamond Rita (ft. Cleveland Watkiss)” from “Diamond Rita / I Fall” EP [Metalheadz]”
- Paris-based indie dance /post-punk /psych /dark disco producer La Mverte “Witches & Wicked Bodies” single
- Berlin-based acid /house /electro /techno /Indie dance /dark disco producer, Moderna “The Future Is Among Us (Kimshies Remix)” from “The Future Is Among Us Remixes” EP [Brave New Rave]
- São Paulo, Brazil eclectic acid /Latin /percussive /groovy /psych /downtempo /dark dance electronic producer Ribeirão Preto (Shii Mu, Japanese Limo Boys), aka Niev “Aham” off “Stress” EP [Calypso Records]
- Marlow, UK ambient /acid /electro /house /dub /electronic producer Ian Crabtree, aka Krabberz “Falling Time (David Harrow Remix)” off “ Falling Time / Sweet Max” EP [self release]
- London-based acid house /slowmo /psych /chug /indie dance DJ-producer and Tici Taci label founder, Duncan Grey “Rolling and Boiling” [Tici taci]
- Paris ambient /esoteric /percussive /psychedelic /downtempo producer Đ.K. “High Rise” from upcoming “Realm Of Symbols” EP [TRULE]
- South East London-based Balearic /house /Arabic /psych /chunky /leftfield /chug /dub /cosmic trio Mark Ratcliff, Gordon Rutherford and Duncan Gray, aka Rude Audio “North Star Dub” from “Strange Phenomena” EP [Self Release]
- Melbourne minimal /hypnotic /psych /tech house producer DJ Chrysalis – “A Place like a Place” from “A Place Like a Place” EP [KANN]
- The Knife “Heartbeats” (Peza Re-Edit) chuggy /acid Re-Edit by Wolverhampton, UK producer Peza
- Los Angeles acid /progressive /house /electro /psych /breaks producer and co-founder of Sensory Signal, Adult Hits – “Attitude Drums” off “Attitude Drums” EP [99FVR]
- Saint Petersburg-based ambient /deep /house /electro producer LIMINAL 8 – “SISYPHUS” from the upcoming compilation “V/A vol.1” LP [DO THE RAW]
- Dutch ambient /dub /house /techno producer Delta Funktionen “Techno Turmoil” from upcoming “Echoes Of Order” EP [Radio Matrix]
- Portuguese experimental /IDM /acid /electro DJ-producer Gonçalo Salgado, aka Lake Haze “Modular Processed Data – Mixed” from V/A “FIDES X – Mixed by Z.I.P.P.O” 10th anniversary compilation [Fides Records]
- London-based breakbeat /acid /electro producer Keith Tenniswood (Two Lone Swordsmen), aka Radioactive Man “Do it till you’re satisfied (Ara-u Remix)” from the remix LP “Jam Out The Mix”
- Spanish IDM /Electro producer Pablo Miranda (1/2 of The Wire Alliance), aka Paul Basscoigne “Atlantean Synapse” from “Abyssal Rift” EP [Science Cult]
- Australian acid /breaks /electro producer Scott Featherstone, aka Featherstone – “The Ascent” from “Shapeshifter” EP [Who Is Paula]
- French acid /techno /electro duo of John Lord Fonda and Kazyo (half of Teenage Bad Girl), aka Fondzyo – “Same Thingz” from split EP “AAR033” by Fondzyo / Nomenklatür [Acid Avengers]
- Malta based acid /techno /electro producer Neil Hales, aka Acidulant “Emotions Of The 303″ from the split EP “We Are The Acid Robots vol. 1” by Baka & Acidulant [Zodiak Commune Records]
- UK/Belarus bass /electro /breaks collaboration K-65 & Nina Indi – “That’s Right” from “Frozen Echo” EP [Terbium Records]
- Israeli acid /techno /electro producer Naor Dayen, aka E-bony “Escape Velocity” from “Party Line” EP [ITALO MODERNI]
- Russian EBM /industrial /electro artist Alexey Mironyuk, aka Velax “Illusion of Choice” from V/A “1/4 Fear” LP [Ratflak]
- Scottish/Luxembourgish acid house /krautrock /psych /electronic trio of producers Thomas Lea Clarke (aka MR TC), Nelly (of the 4-piece Easy Goat) and Low Bat (1/2 of Jean-Luc), Trystero “This Is The Future And That Is The Past” from the second LP “Humming” [Knekelhuis]
- Argentinian New Beat /EBM /Acid /Dark Wave /Leftfield /Techno /Electro duo Sintex Bortexx “Tango Romeo Alpha” from “Ask Yourself” EP [Samo Records]
- Northern Ireland EBM /industrial /post-punk /bass /techno /dub wave producer Christian Donaghey, aka Autumns “Trolley Coin” single [Ransom Note Records]
- Hamburg, Germany industrial /EBM /post-punk /coldwave /techno /electro DJ-producer and live act Johannes Haas, aka L.F.T. “Beiss Mich! (feat. Rosaceae)” from “Hell Was Boring” 2xLP [Mannequin Records]
- New York-based industrial /techno production duo Ne/Re/A & Clarisa Kimskii “Ride To Bite 3000” off V/A “Solid Snake Series 01” EP [BITE]
- Brazilian EBM /Darkwave /Industrial /Techno producer and musician DOVGLASS “LÂMINAS, DOBRAS & DRAPEJOS” single [self production]
- Buenos Aires, Argentina new beat /EBM /industrial /techno /electronic producer KALPA – “Neural floodgates” from the third volume of V/A “NEURORITMOS VA-03” EP [Neurovision]
- Berlin-based cyberpunk /EBM /industrial techno Cuban/American musician Joey Blush, aka Blush Response “No Sanity” from “Ego Death” LP [Artoffact Records]
- Greece-based EBM /Industrial /Italo Body /Techno DJ-producer Alpha Sect – “Felt Her Knife” from “FELT HER KNIFE” EP [Crave Tapes]
- Italian EBM /industrial /horror soundtrack /techno /electronic artist Rōnin “Evil Seeks Evil” from “DE OPERATIONE DAEMONUM” LP [BODY MUSICK]
- Berlin-based EBM /dark disco /synthwave /techno /darkwave /dance electronic project of Greek/German duo Local Suicide “Houdini” off “Houdini” EP [Iptamenos Discos]
- New York acid /Italo /indie dance /dark disco producer Nackley – “Is Any Of It Real” from “All Turns To Silver Glass” EP [Bordello A Parigi]
- Belfast, UK acid /chug /psychedelic /indie dance /cosmic /dark disco producer Viper Patrol “Dancing Voices” from “Dancing Voices / Def Charge EP [Paisley Dark Records]
- Bristol-based acid house /psychedelic /cosmic/leftfield /techno /nu-disco /indie dance /eclectic DJ-producer extraordinaire Chez de Milo – “The Kaiser” from “The Curse Of Bad Passion, Ten Years Of Not An Animal Records -Part 1” LP compilation [Not An Animal Records]
- London-based Chug /Acid House /Dark Disco production-DJ duo Beyond The Struttosphere – “Silver Hawk (Jason Peters Remix)” from “Silver Hawk” EP [Roam Recordings]
- Russian dark acid leftfield electronic ‘brutalist house’ duo from Moscow, ODOPT “Point – L-0″ from upcoming “Wired” EP [Club Blanco]
- UK Britpop/indie pop-rock band Dodgy – “Hello Beautiful (Radondo Remix)” [Flip Flop Records]
- NYC-based indie dance /nu-disco producer DJ TURMIX – “I Wanna Dance Disco (Dani Diaz Remix)” from “C’Mon And Get It” EP [Boite Music Records / Spa In Disco]
- Stuttgart, Germany house /disco /indie dance collaboration between producer Jakob Mäder and the singer/songwriter JULIENT, Jakob Mäder & JULIENT “Gimme Some (Brian Ring Remix)” [Constant Change]
- Portland, OR ambient /drone /noise /guitar project of veteran experimental musician Aaron Davis (aka Acre), aka Spiritual Exit “September” from “Fragment” LP [Debacle Records]
- New Hampshire ambient /drone /noise /spoken word /experimental project Red Shift Andromeda “1” from “10/10/2025” LP
- Mexican ambient /drone /field recordings /organ grinders /experimental /composer and producer Yamil Rezc “Orgrinder” long-form conceptual piece [Facade Electronics]
- Finland‘s ambient /drone /field recordings /meditative /loops /electronic sound artist Hanna Ojala, aka H-M O “Misty Lake” long-form piece [Ingrown Records]
- Modena, Italia ambient /drone /post-classical artist Marco Lucchi “The Path (Henrik Meierkord rework) long-form rework by Stockholm-based cellist and composer Henrik Meierkord
- Japanese ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscape musician Chihei Hatakeyama “Chihei Hatakeyama Live at House of Zutto 2” from the cassette album “Carpet & Sound Rec Vol.1” two long-form improvisational performances [White Paddy Mountain]
- “Jougə Savasana Mix” ambient /drone /meditative mix by Nagoi [Neotantra]
