WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

• Blank Wave Guest Mix 130: INCH OF SHADOW 
  

Berlin producer, DJ and member of Berlin’s DADA Collective, Inch of Shadow makes dark dance wave: dark disco, EBM, cold wave, acid and electro, built on analog synthesizers and hardware machines. Roots in post-punk and psychedelic rock set the mood; the 303 sets the pulse. Raw and melancholic, wave music made for a dark floor. His DJ sets thrive on the tension between hypnotic acid melodies and raw dancefloor energy, bringing an unexpected emotional depth to sounds often associated with colder, darker territories. For Blank Wave Guest Mix 130, Inch of Shadow delivers a journey through his sonic universe, featuring “Dans Les Ruines” by Blank Wave Soundsystem feat. Betty, the project’s debut release on Samo Records.

• Boston, MA-based industrial /techno /electro modular synth British producer SIGNAL 72 – “30 SECONDS” from “Static Fields” EP [FLOWTAPE]

Described by the artist as “a collision of industrial sounds — hypnotic and uneasy,” the first excerpt, “30 Seconds,” conjures a stark, ominous, mysterious industrial landscape, relentlessly churned by slashing beats, harsh rattling low ends, and jittery anticipation-building buzzing layers alongside dramatic uncanny flows of fluorescent synth configurations whilst a low voice clip ephemerally breathes messages that end with ‘we stick together’ into the clearer outer regions of the murky rippling expanse.

• Barcelona-based Madrid-bred ambient /bass /drum & bass /dub /deep techno producer Lucas Rojo, R-010 “Macla” from V/A “22° Halo” LP compilation [Higher]

Spanish producer blends atmospheric halftime, dub, and techno elements,  patiently unfurling a mesmeric realm built on crisply sculpted percussion, deep, droney low ends, echoing dubby resonances, and eerie atmospheric pads, building a metaphysical, almost ritualistic cathartic immersion, extremely tactile and contemplative.

• Washington, D.C. fourth-world /cosmic jazz /tribal /percussive /cosmic jazz /experimental electronic project of longtime collaborative musicians Sean McGuinness (drummer for Philly’s Pissed Jeans) and Mike Petillo (member of Protect-U and Geo Rip, and co-founder of dance labels Future Times and U-Udios), On the Iffnesss “Kinfy” lead single from the second album “On the Iffnesss” [Post Present Medium (PPM)]

“Kinfy” explores the interlace between organic polyrhythms and brass resonances through a heady multi-layering of fluidly cascading waves of rousing crisp percussion that raise the unwavering pulse with visceral clattering hypnotic energy, encircled by an edgy echoing swirl of primal brassy wails that up the mind and body up out to a transcendent state of cleansing and focus.

• Greater Manchester, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /soundtrack /electronics musician and producer Jo Montgomery “Mourning Fog” from upcoming LP “Made to Appear” [Nite Hive]
• Ambient /drone /soundscape /ethereal /electronic collaboration between Portland, OR-based Canadian–American artist Hollie Kenniff and Toronto-based producer Daniel Field, Hollie Kenniff & Kilometre Club “Waterglass” single [Nettwerk Music]
• Swedish ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /electronic /modern classical /piano musician (aka PURL, Eternell, Abraço de Vapor, and Illuvia), Ludvig Cimbrelius “If You Follow” from the album “Foreverness” [ LILA लीला ]
• Santiago, Chile ambient /drone /field recordings /nature /organic /modular synth /experimental musician and sound collagist Iván Aguayo, aka Bahía Mansa “Goteras” from “objetos de campo” LP
  
• UK/Cape Town, South Africa ambient /drone /deep field recordings /soundscape /synth /modular electronic collaboration, Ian Hawgood & Jason van Wyk “Surroundings II” from upcoming four-piece long-form LP “Surroundings” [Home Normal]
• Aurora, Maine dark ambient /drone /soundscape /meditative /space music project of electronic producer Bryan Hilyard, aka Dreone “Prescient Umbra” from “RIMM 555” [Ambient Soundscapes]
• Berlin/Mainz-based German ambient /drone /cinematic /electro-acoustic /post-classical composers and producers Sven Laux & Logic Moon “The Lighthouse” from third collaborative album “Sea of Grey” LP [whitelabrecs]
• UK/US ambient /drone /experimental /electronic collaboration between sound artists Samuel Death and Ryan Watts, Tides & Akira Film Script “Through the Cracks” from upcoming “The Shape of Becoming” album [Rohs! Records/Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series]
• Stockholm-based ambient /drone /neo-classical /improvised /cellist, artist and composer from Helsingborg, Henrik Meierkord “Noir” from “Naken” EP
  
• Toronto, Ontario ambient /atmospheric /chillout /drone sound artist Lutes Jennings “Flowing” off “Clouding, Grounding, Flowing, Growing” EP [We All Speak In Poems]
• Brighton, UK ambient /drone /guitar /electronic musician and Home Normal label curator, Ian Hawgood “I love you, big red light” from the LP “all these places, together” [whitelabrecs]
• Brussels-based ambient /downtempo /jazz /leftfield experimental electronic artist Gijs Milius, aka Padesip “Licht Kunstgras” from upcoming s/t album [Futura Resistenza]
• Paris-based experimental /drone /ambient musician Théo Martin, aka Thme “Vanish” from upcoming “Overleaf” album [laaps]
• Bristol, UK ambient /drone /experimental /noise /electronic artist Stuart Cook “Shoot Emergence” from “Flower Blocks” LP [Dustopian Frequencies]
• Edinburgh, UK ambient /minimal /noise /drone /experimental /electronic project of Fraser Burnett, aka Fordell Research Unit “I See Time” from the LP “Thaw”
  
• Brighton, UK-based ambient /drone /minimalism /experimental /electronic non-binary audio-visual artist and composer AGNES HAUS “act.II” from “Eidolon” LP [LINE]
• Moscow-based IDM /lo-fi /abstract /microhouse /experimental electronic solo project by artist Sofya Ivanova (Fka trat), Sofia Ivanova “горбатый кит” first excerpt from “алеа” album [Fuselab]
• Cumbria, UK radiophonic /soundtrack /library music /witchhouse /doomsynth /hauntology /analog electronica /hauntronica project of musician and producer Jonathan Sharp (New Mind, Bio-Tek, Carlisle City Council), The Heartwood Institute “Across Dollywagon Pike To Helvellyn” from “Plague Dogs” LP [FOLK POLICE RECORDINGS]
• Icelandic ambient /soundscape /soundtrack /experimental electronic artist radíókarlsson “DuBlin – vol2” from the upcoming collaborative album “Filmur & vélar” [Möller Records]
• Dublin-based, Irish veteran ambient /IDM /drone /electro /techno /eclectic electronic producer since the mid-90s, Mick Chillage “Dead of Day [Soundescapes]” (2006) from “Glimpses: 30 Years of Mick Chillage Volume One” collection LP
  
• Bradford, UK-based ambient /glitch /downtempo /minimal /spectral electronica project of Gavin Miller, aka worriedaboutsatan “Isogloss” from “Outland” album [Constellation Tatsu]
• South London, Midlands-born ambient /abstract /techno experimental electronic moniker of musician-producer Tom Kellett, Mauv “Staircase” single [all my thoughts]
• Argentine ambient /Berlin school /melodic techno /space music /synth artist Pablo Ariel Bilbao, aka Pabellon Sintetico “Axis” from the LP “Ephemeral Architecture” [Cyclical Dreams]
• Missouri ambient /IDM /soundscape /downtempo / electronica producer Ryan Howell aka Oceanographer “We” from the album “Orctalox” [Bricolage]
• Preston, UK ambient /cinematic /downtempo /electronic musician Joel Stanier, aka Pyramid Eyes “Sirens” from “Fragile wild flowers, stay on the path” LP
  
• Swiss ambient /atmospheric /dub /deep techno producer Marc Doudin, aka Hrímr “Dome” from “Vestiges” EP [Silent Season]
• Tokyo-based ambient /bass /dubstep /psych /experimental techno production duo Herbalistek “Underwake” from “Adaptive Ecology” EP [Obtuse Swamp]
• UK ambient /bass music /percussive /dubstep /techno /electronica DJ/producer and Hemlock Recordings co-head, Untold “Move 37” off upcoming “Crop Milk” EP [Hemlock Recordings] Berlin-based ambient /bass /drum & bass /breaks /dubstep /minimal techno /downtempo /experimental DJ and producer Anna Kost “Ty3r9” from upcoming “Seep M” EP [useless seconds]
• Berlin-based ambient /halfstep /drum & bass /minimal /dub /techno producer Frieder Blume, aka Struktur “Levitation” title track of the LP “Levitation” [Maloca]
• Basque Country ambient /percussive /breaks /dub /minimal techno producer Djalo “Eudemonia (DJ ojo remix)” from the upcoming “Vision” EP [Ethos Records]
• Moscow industrial/halftime /hypnotic /techstep /drum & bass producer HOJI “Hyperbole” from “Scalar” EP [Ornament170]
• Brighton, UK halftime /techno /tribal /drum & bass producer Akinsa – “Wave State VIP” from “Namaste” LP [Third Foundation]
• Hungarian minimal hardgroove techno producer Balazs – “Encode” off “Flona” EP [Solid Tracks Records]
• Spain/Brazil ambient /house /deep dub techno collaboration between Refraction label boss Pedro Capelossi and Brazilian artist Athos Araujo, Pedro Capelossi, Aeikus – “Topaz (Dubtommy Remix)” off “OPAL (REMIXES) EP [REFRACTION RECORDS]
• US ambient /psychedelic /cosmic folk /percussive /experimental collaborative musical project between multi-instrumentalists Colorado-based Stefan Beck (Golden Brown, Prairiewolf) and Wisconsin-based Steve Targo (Nimbudala / Inner Travels), Esther’s Mood Ring “Rosy Maple Moth” off upcoming debut album, “Dream Ecology” [Inner Islands]
• Manchester-based Balearic /new age /disco /percussive /deep house /psychedelic pop producer Psychederek “Central Drive” from “The Right Side Of The Ocean” EP [Via Jupiter]
• Moscow-bred “brutalist house” /EBM /techno /percussive /psychedelic /leftfield disco /psycho-industrial funk electronic music duo of friends Ivan Maslov (Grisha) and DJ Gregory (Vanya), aka Odopt “Repola (AV Banned Trax)” (2020) from the remix compilation “Decided” LP [Self-Released]
• Turin, Italy bass /psych /leftfield /percussive /downtempo /techno producer Sonambient – “Calima (A-Tweed Not Your Favorite Dembow Remix)” from “Dryland Remixes” EP [Salgari Records]
• Berlin/Philadelphia acid /psychedelic /leftfield /techno /house collaboration Roman Flügel & Zillas On Acid “Conga Dream (Didn’t Got To Sleep Last Night Dub)” from “Conga Dream” EP [Sister Midnight]
• Colombian acid /industrial /electro /house /breaks producer Intruso “It’s Gonna Get You (Original Mix)” from “Ritmo Animal” EP [Playground Records]
• UK ambient /library /abstract /leftfield /psych /electronic pop /krautrock collective started in the early ’80s, The Music Liberation Front Sweden “IT’S AN ACE PARTY” from upcoming cassette album “Resistance” [Black Pylon]
• “Within Tomorrow Never Comes – Leftside Wobble vs Coops DJ Edit” cheeky psychedelic groovy mash up (from the old “Solid Gold” days in Windsor) by Maidenhead, UK veteran DJ Mark Cooper, aka Bedford Falls Players
  
• Glasgow acid house /breaks /percussive /chug /techno producer Andy Blip, aka I AM BLIP “Secret Blotter Paper ninjas (MAN2.0 Remix)” from “Emotronic” EP [Embryonic Soundwave]
• San Francisco acid /psychedelic /chillout /chug /house / electronic DJ-producer Marshall Watson – “Never Coming Down (Mr BC remix)” from “Tougher Than Disco EP1” [Paisley Dark Records]
• London-based halftime /breaks /drum & bass producer Biorhythm – “Breach The Multiverse” from “Hyperthread” EP [Squares Music]
• Sete, South of France ambient /dubstep /leftfield /psych /deep dub /reggae /downtempo /breaks production duo Gipsyan & RAVL “Liqa Sto” from “South Steppas” EP [Electric Shapes]
• New Hampshire acid /rave /breakbeat /psychedelic /big beats /techno hardware production duo Eris Drew & Maya Bouldry-Morrison (Octo Octa), Alchemical Sisters “Double Acid” off upcoming double album “Alchemical Sisters” [Interdimensional Transmissions]
• London-based acid /techno /electro producer Darren J Horgan – “It’s Nice to Meet You” from “147 From Beyond” EP [Electric Music Foundation]
• Warsaw-based acid /futuristic electro /techno producer Galaxy Surfer 303 “Neon Tranquilizer” from “What If The Apex Is The Error?” EP [Armen Crew]
• Spanish techno /electro producer and Madrid‘s Distrito 91 label owner Fabio Vinuesa, aka Protocolo Sysex “Neural Networks” from “Singularity” EP, second chapter of a trilogy [DISTRITO 91]
• Brooklyn, NYC techno-bass /electro-funk /machine funk /electro producer, Unsighted “Eye Spy” from “Eye Spy” EP [Kraftjerkz]
• Athens-based Greek EBM /electro DJ-producer FRO – “Master Control Program (Ole Mic Odd Remix)” from “Master Control Program” EP [Ratflak]
• Classic 2004 electro jam from Florida breaks legend MERLYN – “DOMINATE (GUCCI BASS) REMIX” [Divine Audio Music]
• Mexico City acid /electro /techno DJ-producer Carlos Alberto Cruz, aka GEISTECH “The Machine”
  
• Toronto-based dubstep /breakbeat /dub /industrial /noise /techno /electronic producer Andrew Nolan “Barrow Ghost feat. Sectra” from the album “Black Dogs” [GIVE/TAKE]
• Solo project of Belgian electronic pop /vintage synth music producer Passenger S (Metroland), 808 DOT POP “Maximalism (waldspirale)” from upcoming LP “Minimalism (glass house)” companion to “Maximalism” (this black album) [Alfa Matrix]
• Italian dark ambient /industrial /EBM /dark techno DJ-producer Rynzler – “Ex-Aequo” from “In Silence We Trust” EP [Summa Cum Laude]
• Envigado, Colombia, industrial /EBM /electro /dungeon synth /techno/synth-punk producer Faunes Efe, Filmmaker “Swordmaster” from “Slammer Weapons” EP [Bruto Industries]
• Stockholm, Sweden EBM /industrial /goth /dark wave /techno producer Jon Eriksson, aka Persona Non Grata – “Kilsbergen” from “Fast Forward The Future” EP [Mosaique Records]
• Madrid, Spain EBM /dark electro /techno DJ-producer and label boss Nöle & Orlok 101 – “Hilerri” from “ Sex with a cop” EP [BARRO]
• London-based electronic /cyberpunk /mid-tempo /dark techno producer ALVABEAT “Ambition” single
  
• Turin, Italian EBM /rave /industrial /dark techno /electronic producer Matteo Tura “DOLCE MENTE” first single from the upcoming EP
  
• Thessaloniki, Greece-based Industrial /EBM /techno producer George McCall, Alpha Sect – Tonight” from V/A “Raw Disco Traxx Vol. 001” EP [Complejo Records]
• Swiss acid /indie dance /techno /trance /electronic music duo Psycho Weazel “Motion Picture” from V/A “Hard Fist Single Club #2” monthly release [Hard Fist Records]
• London, UK acid /house /chug /dark cosmic disco project of veteran progressive house producer since the late 90s, katakana “Popcorn” from “Elephant in the Room” LP
  
• Italo/German experimental /acid /house /cosmic disco production duo Fabrizio Mammarella and Lauer, aka Black Spuma “Glutamania” from “Megamix” EP [Wrong Era]
• New York-based (by way of London and Belgrade) EBM /new beat /acid /trance /techno producer and Samo Records founder, Facets “Higher” from ” Vicious Cycle” EP [Samo Records]
• Athens-based, Greek indie dance /disco /house electronic DJ and production duo of Vangelis (formerly of LAGASTA) and electronic recording artist Tareq, Boys’ Shorts “MECANIMAUX (Terr Remix)” [ALL SORTS]
• UK nu-disco /house music producer Leo Elstob (1/2 of Totem Projects), aka Leo Zero “Going Strong (Original Mix)”
  
• Cosmopolitan cosmic disco /house /electro-funk veteran duo Sasa Crnobrnja (aka Cosmic Rocker) & Alex Gloor, aka In Flagranti “Public Batherooms” (2026) from “Codek Vault 19” EP [Codek Records]
• Guatemalan acid /house /Latino dance eclectic producer, Fabio Me Llaman Soltero “Romance Caller” off “ESCAMA.” EP [Feines Tier]
• Berlin-based trance /synthwave /cosmic /post-Italo disco DJ-producer Tallac “Pythia” off “Tessitura” EP [Bordello A Parigi]
• Glasgow, Scotland ambient /noise /minimal /modular synth /drone project of Robert Dallas Gray (Life Without Buildings, Whin, Even Sisters) and Joseph Quimby (Dragon’s Eye Recordings), aka Skallagrigg “Largizean” from the s/t album “Skallagrigg” [Shadow World]
• Edinburgh-based ambient /drone /dub /tape loop /musique concrète /experimental electronic producer Graeme Walker, aka The Earl of Dean “The Shroud Of Turin” from the upcoming album “An Elegy To Where We Are“ [Cruel Nature Records]
• German ambient /drone musician Tomas Rosen,  RSN “The Blooming” from the long-form LP “Ephemerality – The Impermanence Project” [Mortality Tables]
• Portland, OR-based ambient /drone /soundtrack /mellotron /tape loops /Wurlitzer /field recordings /improvisational composer Liz Harris “Untitled (from Constellation)” from “Music For Two Films About Water” album (two recent long-form scores for short films by the artists Tanja Engelberts and Takashi Makino) [Kranky]
• UK ambient /drone /noise /shoegazey /electronic project BLACK PYLON V “AGE OF TERRORISM” from the upcoming cassette album “THREE” [Black Pylon]
• Berlin-based ambient /drone /field recordings /electronic US-born producer Domingo Castillo Flores, aka secret getii – “switch brains and hide the heart” from V/A “Windows vol.1” long-form compilation [Foreign Frequencies]
• Tucson, AZ ambient /drone /space music /electronic artist STEVE ROACH “Passion” long-form piece
  
• US experimental bicoastal ambient /drone /meditative /minimalism /folk / electronic duo of musicians Michael Henning and Sean Conrad, aka Skyminds “Meditation I” from 2-piece long-form album “Two Meditations” (recorded at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Oakland, CA as part of a synthetic sound bath residency in 2019, before Michael tragic death in October 2024) [Inner Islands]
• Norwegian ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /neo-classical textures duo of Erik K Skodvin (aka Svarte Greiner) and Otto A Totland, aka Deaf Center “Trinitatis (Live in Dordrecht)” (Live recording of Deaf Center at Dordrecht (NL) Trinitatis chapel on 20th September 2026)
  
• Brooklyn, NY drone /noise /experimental /avantgarde composer, experimental musician, and creative technician Bob Bellerue “chaos is a law, part one” from the 2-piece long-form album “Chaos Is A Law” [The Helen Scarsdale Agency]