WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // OCTOBER 2026 #42-26

Toshio Shibata’s Night-Photographs

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

ORNAMENT // Ornament170 podcast 09

Siberian DJ-producer and Ornament170 label head honcho, Hoji, unrolls an immersive cinematic journey through deep drum & bass, techno-inspired rhythms and atmospheric 170 BPM soundscapes. Heavy bass pressure, dark textures and late-night energy.

Amsterdam-based techno /machine-funk /electro DJ-producer and V35 Records label founder Jasper van der Vliet, JSPRV35 – “Catalyst” from the split EP “Brain Glitch” by Generali Minerali / JSPRV35 [Osu Rhythms]

Dutch dynamic producer seamlessly walks a fine line between Techno and Electro, as he’s deftly shown this week. The killer club-minded, gripping machine funk progression, “Catalyst,” revolves around a relentless, punchy beatdown alongside rapid-fire, glitchy bass cuts, slowly shrouded in eerie, shivering, glowing synths, to build a highly hypnotic, driving groove, churned by robotic vocalizations of a brisk, irritated, and gloomy, tired essence that fire off in a call-and-response type of communication.

Mexico City/Miami downtempo /Latino /cumbia /dub techno producers Daniel Rincón (aka Nap and Isla label head) & Pablo Arrangoiz (DJ Fitness, El Gusano, Rental Snakes, Crespi Drum Syndicate, etc.), aka Pico “Alegría” from the upcoming s/t EP [ISLA]

Latino Cumbia propulsion meets Dub Techno atmospherics in the Mexico City/Miami-based Chicano production duo’s new collaborative EP, teased by a bubbling downtempo dip that seamlessly fuses off-beat, percussion-laced grooves with deep, spacious dub tones, heavily swaying from side to side, under blinking and ephemeral quirky synth configurations, and echoing warm vocal clips, chugging with a head-down bob into a calm and kaleidoscopic headspace teetering toward oblivion.

Madrid-based ambient /atmospheric /drum & bass /halftime /deep techno producer and Eigenblau label head, Truglut – “Faraway” from “Shadow Rollers” EP [Eigenblau]

Madrid’s label honcho finely balances atmospheric rollers and glitchy halftime chops, amidst a heady, immersive interaction of hypnotic, tensile and intricate beats with powdery bass ripples and enveloping, melancholic glowing textures, with spectral sonic hues that drift in and out effortlessly, to explore spacious, deep, and endlessly emotive edges, wafting with a transcendental sonic flair.

UK ambient /drone /field recordings /tape loops /electro-acoustic /soundscape /experimental sound artist Alex Gold (Quiet Details label curator), aka fields we found “Interior 01′′ first in the interior series
Belgian ambient /drone /field recordings /tape loops /acoustic /electronic music composer and sound artist (aka ‘t Geruis), Daniël Jolan “17h15″ from “Cartographie” LP [Home Normal]
Stockholm-based ambient /drone /minimalist /electro-acoustic /mosern classical /cello /acoustic guitar /bach organ /experimental US composer, synthesist and organist Kali Malone “My Eve My Dawn” from “Burning Song” LP [IDEOLOGIC ORGAN]
Ambient /noise /neo-classical /experimental electronic collaboration between Japanese veteran noise musician and visual artist, active since 1992, Yasutoshi Yoshida (Xerxes label founder) and Danish musician Christian Stadsgaard (co-founder of Copenhagen-based label Posh Isolation), Government Alpha & Vanity Productions “The Domain of the Moment (feat. Rush Falknor)” from the upcoming LP “Anticipation of the Night” [Amulet of Tears]
French ambient /drone /minimal /tape loops /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /piano musician Aries Mond “Hoeken” from the LP “Edge Angles” [Whitelabrecs]
Stroud, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /minimal electronic composer Andrew Heath “Voyager’s last Signal” from “Collected Light Patterns” LP [Driftworks]
Chicago/Rotterdam ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /experimental electronic collaboration between US drummer, percussionist, musician Steven Hess (Locrian, Cleared, Pan•American, Haptic) and Dutch composer Rutger Zuydervelt (a.k.a. Machinefabriek), Steven Hess + Rutger Zuydervelt “Soon” from the second LP “Re:construct” [Room40]
Paris-based ambient /drone /field recordings /soundtrack /experimental electronic artist Near Stoic “Hours With You, Ages Apart” from the third full-length album “Under the Pomegranate Shade” [Third Kind Records]
Detroit, MI ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental electronic /analog synth sound artist and Low Versions label founder and operator Isaac Helsen “Copse” from “Refugia” EP [Low Versions]
London-based ambient /field recordings /trance /r&b electronic /new project of experimental sound artist of Chinese and Malaysian heritage, Flora Yin-Wong, aka Lily of the Valley “Lommerlust” from debut LP “LAX” [YYAA]
NYC-based, Cincinnati-born ambient /cinematic /soundtrack /electro-acoustic composer and multi-instrumentalist Kyle Acheson “Brass Cosmos” from “Vigil” LP [Bathysphere Records]
San Francisco-based ambient /experimental acoustician, composer, and French horn player, Andy Guthrie “Brittle Bag” from “Rootless” LP [Students of Decay]
Germany/US ambient /electro-acoustic /experimental electronic collaboration between Munich‘s DJ-producer (A Strange Child label founder) Bryan Müller and Los Angeles-based artist (Driftless Recordings co-founder) Patrick McDermott, aka Skee Mask & North Americans – “29072025” from the first “Final Circle” LP [City Slang]
Russia ambient /IDM /glitch /breaks /melodic /leftfield /experimental electronic producers NDORFIK & DEE-KEY “Laivu” from upcoming “Laivu” EP [Local Gods]
Germany ambient /drone /glitch /new age/experimental electronic /modular synth producer Nils Quak “Waschbeton Mon Amour” from his 43rd solo release “Nils Quak rettet die Welt” [Oxtail Recordings]
Bilbao, Spain-based IDM /abstract /glitch /experimental modular synth British producer 3kuad “Shun ichi aoba” from “Works” LP [People Can Listen]
Glasgow‘s IDM /experimental /electropop band of Allan Carroll, Chris Connick and Martin Henry (members of Knockout Ned, De Rosa, Whin), JEWEL SCHEME “Leisuredrome” from “Write > Protect > Release” LP [Gargleblast Records]
Runcorn, UK ambient /new wave /folk /experimental /electronic /synth project of musician Gordon Chapman-Fox, aka Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan “Heavy Industry” from the upcoming 7th album “Industrial Growth” [Castles In Space]
UK veteran ambient /IDM /neo-classical /leftfield /techno experimental electronic producer Clark “Relentless Opponent” from “Steep Stims II” LP [Throttle Records]
San Gabriel Valley, California ambient /leftfield /experimental /tribal /psych /percussive /techno /electronic musical project of former German Army member, B Wells (aka Concrete Colored Paint, 0824), Body Habitat “Zelaya To Pinabete” from “Furcraea” LP [Last Language]
Spain ambient /field recordings /minimalism /electro-acoustic /folklore project by Valencian synthesist Juanvi Fortea, aka Mínim “Aliment dels Déus” from the cassette LP “El Pes Del Món” [Not Not Fun Records]
Portland, Maine ambient /kosmische /percussive /nature /psychedelic /soundscape project of Matthew Olerio, aka EREV “Second Hand Prophecy” from “The Wind Forgot Its Shape” LP [Aural Canyon]
Japanese ambient /electro-acoustic experimental collaboration between Fukuoka-born guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist Takeshi Nishimoto and Tokyo-born techno /electronic music DJ-producer Hiroshi Watanabe, Takeshi Nishimoto & Hiroshi Watanabe “Empty Park” from the upcoming LP “Curving Time” [Lo Recordings]
UK ambient /drone /minimal /downtempo /electro-acoustic /synth electronic producer Dennis Huddleston, a.k.a. 36 “Room 2” from the album “The Infinity Room (All Worlds Edition)” revisited 10th anniversary edition (Originally released on October 26th, 2016) [A Strangely Isolated Place]
South African-born, New York-based ambient /dub techno electronic music composer & performer (aka Beat Pharmacy, and Echologist), Brendon Moeller – ” Interzone Pulse” from “Codebreaker” EP [Samurai Music]
Berlin-based ambient /bass /drum & bass /dub /electronica Italian sound artist Simone Guido Izzi, aka Banishsh “All Incomplet” from “SMM0000107” EP
Tokyo-based, Japanese ambient /psychedelic /hypnotic /deep techno /experimental electronic artist AGE “Glimmer” from V/A “Twisting Old Systems” LP [Art Bei Ton]
Tokyo-based ambient /leftfield bass /dubstep /psych /experimental techno production duo Herbalistek “Quiet Mass” from “OS05: Adaptive Ecology” EP [Obtuse Swamp]
Italian ambient /bass /downtempo /percussive /psychedelic /minimal /deep techno DJ-producer Simone Giovannetti, aka Simone Bauer – “Primo Fuoco” from the split EP “Materia Prima” by Simone Bauer / Biocym [DE RIO]
Berlin-based experimental /ambient /percussive /polyrhythmic /low slung /deep techno producer Ilayruni “Driftwood” from V/A “Alba” compilation LP [Sure Thing]
Cutting egde /off-kilter /bass /techno /experimental electronic music collaboration between Amsterdam-based producer upsammy (Thessa Torsing) and Milan-based artist Piezo (Luca Mucci), Eerie Enterprise “Folding Origin” off the album, “Places Remember Events” [Dekmantel Records]
Russian ambient /dub techno producer and Space Of Variants label head, Sergey “Mr. Cloudy” Barkalov, aka Mr. Cloudy “DS Dub” from “DS Chords” EP [Space Of Variants]
Melbourne indie dance /leftfield /deep house /electronic DJ-producer Pretty Girl “Seaford Sunset” single
Manchester-based Balearic /new age /disco /percussive /deep house /psychedelic pop producer Psychederek “Everything Settles” from “The Right Side Of The Ocean” EP [Via Jupiter]
Dundee, Scotland Balearic house /tribal /chug /space disco /percussive /cosmic electronic producer Michael Robertson “Daydreamer” off “Daydreamer” E.P. [Sprechen]
UK/Japan ambient /drone /bass /r&b /downtempo /dub /electronic collaboration between British musician Kevin Richard Martin and Tokyo-based trip-hop duo led by vocalist Masumi, The Bug / Friday Night Plans “If” from “Ladybug 3” single series [Pressure]
Zürich-based ambient /UK bass /IDM /dubstep /breakbeat /leftfield techno project by Colombian/Swiss duo Pablo Chacon-Pino e Lino Schilling, aka Atrice “Runnersihldub” from “Default Settings” LP [ILIAN TAPE]
Obscure Jerusalem experimental electronic music producer active from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Eli Talgi “Just By Wishing (Anatolian Weapons remix)” from “Remixed” EP [Confused Machines]
Southern Germany-based bass /tribal /broken beat /techno Colombian DJ-producer sepbtt – “Yautja Run” from V/A “Sonoplexia” compilation LP [RUTA]
London-based bass /tribal /percussive /dubstep producers SPD & Mike Carter – “Swarms” from upcoming SPD “Arctic Fury” EP [Erbium Records]
UK-based ambient /breakbeat /drum & bass production duo SHYRKA & SIN – “Merced” from “Confessor / Merced” EP [Architecture Recordings]
Barcelona-native hypnotic /acid techno producer Khabiar “303 Day” from “Hirameki 2.0” [Acid EP] [Planet Rhythm]
Medellín-based Colombian electro /dark digital techno producer Serge X “Utenshi” from “Minotauro” EP [Pan-Am Tracks]
Adelaide, Australia dark ambient /horror soundtrack /electro producer Featherstone “Dr Dracula” single
Slovenian IDM /acid /breaks /electro producer (aka Umek), Zeta Reticula “Reticuli Control Protocol (Zobol Remix)” from “Return To Zeta Prime” EP [Distorted Sensory Perception]
London-based ambient /IDM /techno /electro producer Emile Facey, aka Plant43 “Glide Ratio” title track of the forthcoming EP [Pant43 Recordings]
Brooklyn, NYC techno-bass /machine funk /electro producer, Unsighted “ Over Telephone Wires ” from “Eye Spy” EP [Kraftjerkz]
Amsterdam-based hip-hop DJ, producer, and turntablist DJ Jeff “U.F.O.”, remix of ‘The Wizard’ Jeff Mills techno classic
Spanish techno /machine-driven electro project of Alex Veiga and David Crespo, aka Slit Observers “Sent Ahead” from “The next condition” EP [Fanzine Records]
Amsterdam-based techno /machine-funk /electro DJ-producer and V35 Records label founder Jasper van der Vliet, JSPRV35 “Freaky” from “Resort” EP [V35 Records]
Montreal/South Florida tech-house /Miami bass /electro collaboration Sean Kosa & Cyborg Rhetoric “Booty Ambush (Nasty Boxes Remix)” from “Booty Ambush” EP [Facecontrol Audio Industries]
French techno /breaks /electro DJ-producer Human Rebellion “The Future Is Now” from the upcoming “Terror Machine” EP [Human Rebellion Records]
French rave /acid /breakbeat /electro DJ-producer (owner of New Flesh and Rave Or Die labels) from Lyon, Umwelt “Parable Of Power” title track of the upcoming EP [Mechatronica]
Amsterdam-based raw hypnotic techno DJ-producer and V35 Records label founder Jasper van der Vliet, aka JSPRV35 “Twisted” from “Twisted” EP [Frenzy Records]
Spanish experimental techno project of Héctor Sandoval (one half of Exium), Tensal – “Ningus” off “Iraultza” EP [BITE]
UK-based dark, groove-driven techno artist Adam Cutting, aka HALF LIFE “Where There’s Hope” from “Where There’s Hope” EP [GRÜV]
Berlin-based EBM /techno duo Schwefelgelb “Kunst” from V/A “AGW02” EP [Agora Records]
Turin, Italy-based IDM /breakbeat /industrial techno Serbian producer and Void+1 Recordings head Nikola Grebovic, aka Scalameriya – “Skimmer (Original Mix)” from “Terra Cognita” EP [Void+1 Recordings]
South-East London-based industrial techno /power electronics /noise DJ, producer, live electronic act, Siobhan “BANSHEE
from “VICE – VERSA” EP [Industrial Coast]
South-West of France Italo /Trance /Darkwave /EBM /New Beat producer and live performer LAVION “Millennial Dust” from V/A “Inhale Vol. II” LP compilation [Breathing Records]
San Jose, CA EBM /industrial techno DIY producer ÜTIL “Cargo” from “Cargo Cult” EP
Yaroslavl, Russia EBM /industrial /electro /techno electronic music project and producer, Ustillground “Violence For Violence” from “Violence For Violence” LP [RATFLAK]
Envigado, Colombia, industrial /EBM /minimal synth /darkwave /techno/synth-punk producer Faunes Efe, Filmmaker “Null (Feat. Panorama Lineal)” from “Exulansis” LP
Italian kosmische /wave /electronic ensemble featuring Nicola Caleffi (of Julie’s Haircut), Cloud Canyons – “Mantle of Light – Calystarr Remix” from “Mantle of Light Remixes” EP [Nein Records]
Spokane, WA breaks /dark synth /experimental electronic /witch house producer Frank Ocean, aka BLVCK CEILING “Galaxy” from “Boats®” LP
London-based Italo body music /progressive trance-laced house duo, CLOSE PROXIMITY “Every Body (Extended Mix)” from “Every Body” EP [Ritmo Fatale]
Tel Aviv indie dance /disco /house producer Roy Heyman – “South Marais (Alvaro Cabana Bandcamp Exclusive Remix)” from V/A “Eleven Years Of Rotten City” Compilation LP [Rotten City Records]
British veteran Acid House /Nu Italo /Techno /Deep House /Electronic DJ-producer and long-running Dark Disco Radio show host, IAN VALE – “SLIDING (STATUES REMIX)” from “Panopticon” EP [eclectics]
Tijuana-born, Mexican techno /house /Nortec sound creator and veteran producer Pepe Mogt – “Black Wings (Rebolledo’s Black Habanero Hot Wings)” from “Black Wings Remixes” EP [Born In Mexico]
William Orbit produced 1998‘s dance classic Madonna – “Ray Of Light (SX2 Remix)”
German progressive house /melodic techno /dark disco /indie dance DJ-producer Kurt Kjergaard – “Free Your Mind (Kay-Chi Remix)” from “Free Your Mind” EP [Burning Synths]
Dutch dub techno /deep house producer and VIAVIA Records head, Milio “Never Want To Leave” from “Maybe Tomorrow” EP [VIAVIA Records]
Madrid-based Spanish Balearic /space /cosmic disco DJ, producer, remixer, and the founder of Rare Wiri Records, RAYKO “Space Fun” from “Nostalgic Dreams” EP [Rare Wiri Records]
Athens-based Swedish-Greek 80s /electropop /Italo disco /synth driven collaborative trio Milano Flash “Bits and Pieces” single
London ambient /funk /jazz /avant-pop /psychedelic-folk /genre-defying experimental collective of musicians, Qwalia “Live at Fishfactory – L’Esprit Descalier” from “Synthesis” LP, final part of the Qwalia Fish Factory sessions trilogy [Albert’s Favourites]
Danish experimental electronic /ambient artist Christian Stadsgaard (co-founder of the Copenhagen-based label Posh Isolation and half of Damien Dubrovnik, and The Empire Line), aka Vanity Productions “Images Rémanentes”, long-form saturated sound piece made for Joanna Filipowska’s site-specific installation “Images Rémanentes” [Penlight Publications]
Canadian ambient /drone /cinematic /experimental /guitar loops composer and performer Kyle Bobby Dunn “Dreams On Angel Wings” long-form piece
Athens, Georgia ambient /new age drone /progressive synth sound artist Marcel Sletten “The Pilgrim’s Process II” from the ninth album, “The Pilgrim’s Process” [Primordial Void]
Oakland, CA ambient /drone /improvisation /meditation /sound bath /experimental synth electronic duo of Michael Henning (RIP) and Sean Conrad, Skyminds “Meditation I” from the upcoming 2-piece long-form cassette album “Two Meditations” [Inner Islands]
New York based ambient /experimental folk /raga /cosmic country /drone instrumental project led by multi-instrumentalist Mike Horn alongside lap steel player Jarrod Annis, Seawind of Battery “Heavy Eyes (excerpt)” long-form piece [Eiderdown Records]
Uganda ethnography /ceremonial /percussion /Afrobeat /horns /tribal /agwara dance /youthful live performance group with roots in Nebbi district, Kucwiny Theatre Industry “Ay Iwanga” from “Luo Sound of the Alur” LP [Nyege Nyege Tapes]
Poland/Germany experimental /drone ambient collaboration between Olsztyn‘s improviser Marcin Lasek and Ruhr area-based interdisciplinary artist Thomas Rosen, aka Marcin Lasek & RSN “Plone” from “Plone/None” long-form LP [Mahorka]
Chicago-based experimental, ambient, drone, noise, and tabletop guitar/synthesizer sound artist Kevin Drumm “Rent Etc” long-form piece
Athens-based, Greek genre-defying electronic DJ-producer (aka Dream Weapons, Fantastikoi Hxoi), Anatolian Weapons “Internal Vision – A Tribute to Crosspoint” a mix to honor the independent electronic and global/traditional music record label based in Tokyo, Japan, established around 2007 (JUZU a.k.a. MOOCHY (e.g., Crosspoint / Counterpoint) and Kenji Ikegami (KANNON))