Weekly Electronic Music Tips // NOVEMBER #45-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- House Plant // HYSTERIC – Sessions Volume V
George Hysteric is a jack of all trades and master of many, famed for his vast vinyl collection of ’80s synth and disco oddities, the Melbourne-based DJ, producer and Mothball Records head honcho dug deep into his collection of Electro and Electroclash from his pre-Italo days of clubbing and DJing in the early 2000s.
- Karlsruhe, German krautelektro project by the recently sorely departed DJ-producer Rainer Buchmüller, aka Fred und Luna “Der Allgemeine Tenor” from V/A “Future Sounds Of Kraut Vol. 3 – Compiled by Fred und Luna” [Compost Records]
One of the two previously unreleased posthumous tracks by late German producer Rainer Buchmüller,as a tasty yet moving introduction to the third volume of the “Kraut” compilation curated as always by himself, wobbles on hypnotic beats and mild jittery warm bass pulses, swept by glacial fluid cosmic synth expansions and anticipation-building tinkling stabs, amid reverberating suggestive voice clips, to unwind tension with soft enveloping and immersive escapist spacey grooves.
- Greek industrial /techno /breaks /electro producer Petros Spataros “Datura” from upcoming “Vultures” EP 12″ [FERMA]
Dark, hypnotic, high-energy Industrial-dusted, Breakbeat-heavy cut from Greek producer to unleash relentless racing broken beats that pound with a stark dose of shuddering hissing urgency through oscillating droning basslines and buzzing industrial menace, churning with both eerie and immensely sinister shrilling resonance.
- Ribeirão Preto, Brazil acid /percussive /psychedelic /downtempo producer and co-founder of the electronic music projects Japanese Limo Boys and Shii Mu, Laghi “Aleonam” title track off the debut “Aleonam” EP [Nein Records]
A trippy, loose and hypnotic slo-mo excursion into a tropical and sultry whimsical daydream, rolling through crispy percussions, shuffling beats, warm bass pulses, acidic warbles and insistent edgy buzzy and twisted swirly resonances, to lock the dancer into a vivid mind-bending groove.
- Connecticut-based, Bristol, UK-born ambient /retro synth horror /cinematic DJ-producer, film score composer and co-owner of Giallo Disco Records, Antoni Maiovvi “Wolves” from the album “An Animal” (collection of tracks used in a film that may or may not ever be released)
- Manchester, UK ambient /dreampunk /electronic producer Sangam “Crystal Clear” from the cassette album “Drained Sky” [Emerging Technology]
- UK ambient /drone /ethereal /soundscape /space music /cosmic /electronica project of Simon Huxtable (aka Aural Imbalance), aka Inhmost – “Approaching Celestial Body” off “Future Research Journal Entries (Part I)” LP [Past Inside the Present]
- Icelandic ambient /drone /soundscape /field recordings /IDM /experimental electronic producer Árni Grétar, AKA Futuregrapher “Ringo Is High” from V/A tʌntrə XXVII” compilation 2xCD [Neotantra]
- Spanish ambient /drone /soundscape /electronic artist Agustín Mena, aka Warmth “Breakwater (Slowed)” from the CD album “The Black Sand (Slowed)” [ARCHIVES]
- Los Angeles based fantasy ambient /ethereal /electronica sound artist Sofia Hultquist (Teal Pop), aka Dream Crease “Grotto (feat. Drum & Lace)”
- UK ambient /drone /space /dream pop /ambient pop /electronic producer Dennis Huddleston, a.k.a. 36 “Exit All The Lights” from the upcoming album “Exit All The Lights” [3six Recordings]
- Wellington, New Zealand ambient /drone /jazz /soundscapes /electro-acoustic /neo-classical /improvisation /electronica duo of Andrew Thomas and Bevan Smith, Feeling Flying “Current” from upcoming “Spirit Level” album [Whitelabrecs]
- Bretagne-based ambient /ethereal /electro-acoustic /instrumental project of Scottish legendary Cocteau Twins co-founder and Harold Budd collaborator, Robin Guthrie “Jura” from “Astoria” EP [soleil après minuit]
- Cambridge, UK-based ambient /ethereal /cosmic /electro-acoustic /electronic sound artist Tim Martin (Atlantis, Karst, Bluhm, Black Elk, Ouvala), Maps and Diagrams “Kettletoft” from “Islands” CD album [Handstitched*]
- Maltese ambient /hardware synth artist Robert Farrugia “Ballotra” from the soundtrack album “Natura Maltija [official soundtrack]” [Phantom Limb]
- Vancouver-based, Bristol, UK-born ambient /drone /strings project of veteran electronic musician-DJ-producer, Kuma “He Fell For The Moon” from “String Treatments” LP [Subexotic Records]
- Copenhagen, Denmark ambient /drone /chillout /downtempo /electronica project by Kalle Christensen and Henrik Laugesen, aka Lauge & Baba Gnohm “Flat Roof” from upcoming “Aspire” EP [Ambient Soundscapes]
- Maine ambient /drone /kosmische /space music transcendentalist Matt LaJoie, aka ML Wah “Living Space (ft. Wednesday Knudsen)” from the upcoming album “Sight Unfolding” [Flower Room]
- Barcelona, Spain ambient /hypnotic /deep techno producer Overturn – “Aerials” from the “Aerials” EP [Indefinite Pitch]
- Lyon, France ambient /dubstep /drum & bass /deep techno /breaks halftime /electronic DJ-producer Vardae “Altan Ovo (w/ Estrato Aurora)” from “Power of the tribe” EP 12″ [Annulled Music]
- UK electronic/ Balearic /tech house /’folk rave’ music producers Justin Deighton and Leo Elstob (Leo Zero), aka Totem Projects “totem edits 12 – Feel”
- London-based jazz /cinematic /folktronica singer-songwriter, producer, DJ and founder of the Albert’s Favourites label, Scrimshire “Hazel” from the LP “Music for Autumn Lovers” [Albert’s Favourites]
- Scotland, UK ambient /field recordings /synth /experimental electronica musician, Sam Annand “Waveshape Sequence″ off 12” LP “Cupar Grain Silo” LP [Blackford Hill]
- Manchester, UK-based IDM /ambient /drone /experimental project of Mat Mills (of Goodbye Wudaokou), aka Irkya “Sub aura” from “Night Flowers” EP [Wormhole World]
- US ambient /glitch /experimental /electronica musician and producer Belial Pelegrim – “Astral Cartographer” from the upcoming concept album “The Astronaut’s Last Polaroid” [Bricolage]
- US/UK ambient /IDM /acid /techno duo of Jeremy Rice (Abdicant, Curious Inversions) and Paul Alexander (Pandacetamol, Fluffy Inside), aka Cognition Delay “Wonky Sonata” from the CD album “Firewalker” [Móatún 7]
- London-based ambient /IDM /techno /experimental /leftfield electronic producer and sound artist (guitarist of cosmic pop group Firestations), Bit Cloudly “A Definite Distance” from the cassette album “The Visitation Plays”
- London-based ambient /dub /deep /techno /experimental DJ and sound artist, Jin Synth “Same Roots” off “Enigmatica” EP [On Board Music]
- UK electronic /psych /steppers /digi-dub multi-instrumentalist Alan Briand, aka Shelter “Kings, Knights And Rooks” from “Checkmates In Dub” EP [Emotional Response]
- Collaborative project between 90s UK electronic jazz-funk pathfinders Red Snapper and LA-based experimental synth alchemist David Harrow, Red Snapper ft. David Harrow “Hold My Hand Up’ lead track from the forthcoming “Tight Chest” EP via Lo Recordings
- UK ambient /dreamwave /synthwave /electronic producer Last Ceremony “Neon Skies” from the album “Days Of Glory” [Underwater Computing_]
- Bruxelles based Balearic /leftfield /dream pop /synth-pop /wave /psych /cosmic disco duo Leya Touch & soFa elsewhere aka Dream Baby Dream “Banana Trance” from the upcoming “Banana Trance” remix EP [Hell Yeah Recordings]
- Saint Leonards, UK drone /dub /neo-krautrock /indie rock group of Justin Welch (Piroshka, Elastica, Suede, JAMC), Oliver Cherer (Gilroy Mere, Dollboy, Miki Berenyi Trio), Katharine Wallinger (Wedding Present, Viv Albertine) & Riz Maslen (Neotropic, FSOL), aka Aircooled “Airports (James Atkin Rework)” [Music’s Not Dead]
- Cologne‘s late 90s eclectic minimal techno /electronic pioneer producer, Kompakt co-founder and Profan label head Wolfgang Voigt (Love Inc., Studio 1, Gas, Burger and many more), aka Wassermann – “W.I.R. Machen Weiter (Christuskirchen Mix)” from “Earquake 1999” LP ninth and final part of the 1990s “Best of” box set vinyl series by Wolfgang Voigt [Kompakt]
- Edinburgh, Scotland-based, Tunisian industrial /chug /disco /house electronic artist A.B.HABIBI “Daffodil” from “Daffodil / Tired” EP [Vicious Charm Recordings]
- Vienna/Barcelona techno /psych /indie dance production duo Nick Hanzo and Ludviq “Raving Miles (Original Mix)” off “Raving Miles” EP [Melomana Records]
- Oslo-based funk /disco/house veteran British producer Dan Tyler (of the legendary 90s duo Idjut Boys), aka NAD “Das Wordy” from “DB12 017″ EP 12” [Duca Bianco]
- Rumanian ambient /psychedelic /dub /post-punk /wave /downtempo /electronic musician Andrei Rusu (one half of Khidja), aka Ed Rain – “Slow Talk from the upcoming album “Met Him on a Wednesday” [Malka Tuti]
- Marlow, UK ambient /acid /dub /electro /house /electronic producer Ian Crabtree, aka Krabberz “Banbri Effects”
- Guatemalan EBM /acid /house /Latino dance bon vivant eclectic producer, Fabio Me Llaman Soltero “Kelly Kapowski” off “Hotel Erogena Vol I” EP [Party Central]
- Philadelphia psych /acid /electro duo Thomas Roland & James Weissinger (aka Girls Chat Room and Peyton Farquhar), aka Zillas On Acid “Portal To Nowhere” from “Portal To Nowhere” EP [Live At Robert Johnson]
- London based ambient /electro /acid techno /electronic DJ/producer from Hamburg, Helena Hauff “Multiplying My Absurdities” title track of the forthcoming “Multiplying My Absurdities” EP [Tresor Records]
- Barcelona-based IDM /acid /techno /electro DJ and producer Annie Hall “Atomic 20 (Kodah Remix)” off “Atomic 20″ EP 12” [Natural Selection]
- Berlin-based, Moscow‘s techno /electro producer Egor Zakharov, aka Arpatronic “The Classic Vision”
- German breaks /dark electro producer Elektrotechnik “Sigma (Larionov Remix)” off “Kontrast” EP 12″ [Gladio Operations]
- Moscow-based Detroit-influenced cyber funk /electro producer SINITSIN – “Cognitive Robotics” off “Cognitive Robotics” EP 12″ [Analog Concept]
- German Sci-Fi /Wave /Electro DJ-producer Electrotechnik – “Autopilot” from V/A “Xuntanza Vol.IV” EP [Fanzine Records]
- Polish techno /electro producer Somnolent Works – “Picture Of Science” off V/A “Breaking Bounds Vol. 2” compilation LP [Native Boundaries]
- Tel Aviv acid /futuristic dark electro producer, Rapha – “U Win I Win” from upcoming “Midnight Dancer” LP 12″ [Dalmata Daniel]
- South Korean acid /EBM /ghetto /techno /electro DJ-producer SONGPANCAKE – “I3I3” from V/A “HerBass” compilation LP [Ovelha Trax]
- Australian industrial /techno/ electro duo and International Chrome label founders, Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code “Neuromancer” from “NRG LVLS” EP [TRUST]
- Dutch 4-piece ambient /dub /minimal electronics act active in the late 90s/early ’00s, Girotuna – “7 Augustus 2000” off upcoming retrospective collection “Elektronische Selectie” LP [Vrystaete21 / Enfant Terrible]
- Berlin-based, Melbourne‘s industrial /goth rock /punk /sludge /electronic artist (FKA Fibre Optixx), Pleaser “Bow Before The Saint” from upcoming cassette EP “Pleaser” [Honey Trap/HT-1]
- Milan, Italy ambient /drone /industrial /experimental /IDM /noise /techno /’distorted electronics’ producer Mariachiara Troianiello, aka Katatonic Silentio – “Middle Ages” title track of the upcoming cassette EP “Middle Ages” [UNDER MY FEET]
- Italian EBM /industrial /techno /new wave solo project from Milan, Abe Schwartz “Abe Schwartz” from the upcoming LP “Schwarze Leidensleider” [Lux Rec]
- Berlin-based new beat /EBM /industrial /techno DJ-producer and X-IMG label head, Sarin “Fire to Blood” the first single from the forthcoming SARIN album [X-IMG]
- Thessaloniki, Greece-based EBM /Industrial /Italo Body /Techno DJ-producer Alpha Sect – “Telos Tou Kosmou” off “Fragmented Reality” LP 12″ [Soil Records]
- Berlin, Germany EBM /industrial /bass /techno duo Schwefelgelb – “IO” from upcoming EP “Trigger” [n-PLEX]
- Berlin-based industrial /EBM /post-punk project of musician, producer and performer Alberto Santacruz, aka Santacruz “Respiración (Geistform Remix)” from “Respiración” EP [aufnahme + wiedergabe]
- Berlin-based industrial /techno /EBM project of Johannes Stabel, aka XTR Human ” Neid (Liza Aikin Remix)” taken from the album “Schrank (Remixes)” [Wie Ein Gott Records]
- US EBM /acid /post-punk /electro /industrial /electronic producer KNOWNPLEASURES “Selfhate” single
- German techno goth /wave /EBM trio Die Selektion “Was übrig bleibt (Club Edit)” from “Zeuge aus Licht (Club Edits)” EP
- Murcia-based EBM /electro /industrial /electronic DJ-producer JG Outsider “PROVIDENCE (Spammerheads Remix)” from the LP “Despierto” [Cold Transmission Music]
- Rhein/Main, German EBM /Synthpop /Techno production duo DSTRTD SGNL “Lose Control” [Infacted Recordings]
- Turin, Italian EBM /dark techno /electronic producer MATTEO TURA “Femme Fatale” single
- LA-based EBM /Indie Dance /Dark Disco /Acid House Detroit native DJ-producer and Manta Recordings founder, Idoru “Love Slave (Original Mix) (Extended)” single [Manta Recordings]
- Tromsø, Norway psych /electro /psych /trance /body music electronic producer Charlotte Bendiks – “Ima Flora (rRoxymore Remix)” from “Ima Flora” EP [Multi Culti]
- Italian EBM /new wave /acid house /dark disco DJ-producer, Amarcord “Reject This Wave” (Nottetempo Series / NS01)
- New York EBM /psy /neo-Italo /dark disco /indie dance /electronic DJ-producer, Kate Stein “Psychworld (Mufti + REMAIN Remix)” from upcoming “Psychworld” EP [99FVR]
- Rimini, Italian electro-disco producer, musician, DJ and co-owner of Raibano Records, Alberto Melloni – “Sayonara” from “Prism” EP [Mélopée Records]
- London-based 80s /wave /house /disco /electropop /indie dance musician, singer-songwriter, and live performer of Iranian origin, Amirali – “Visionary Puff” off “Nirvana Affair” EP [Sincopat]
- French synth-wave /neo-Italo disco artist Bubs “Bubble Tea” off “Bubble Tea” EP [Feinstoff]
- Mexican Latin house /indie dance duo Gabriel Montaño and Maria Garza, aka MAHO “Sabes Que Sí (Chinosynth Remix)” off “Sabes Que Sí” single [Roam Recordings]
- Madrid, Spain funk /nu-disco DJ-producer and Rare Wiri Records head, Rayko “Mexico ’86” from “Mexico ’86” EP [Rare Wiri Records]
- Italian Detroit Techno /Italo-Disco producer Cixxx J, aka Queen Of Coins – “Damaged Souls” from the forthcoming album “Queen Of Coins” [Bosconi Records]
- Berlin-based ambient /drone /field recordings /techno /experimental artist, producer and musician Florian TM Zeisig, aka Angel R “Together” from upcoming “Mossed Capable Of Being Observant” LP [enmossed]
- North West of England ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /folklore /soundtrack /experimental /folk songwriter and electronic artist Sam McLoughlin “Herefordshire | Eight Tales” from the long-form split album with Benjamin D. Duvall “Ceremonial County Series Vol.IX – Merseyside | Herefordshire” [Folklore Tapes]
- New Jersey ambient /drone /noise /experimental producer Cementation Anxiety “Collective Ennui” from Cementation Anxiety / Lord Ursus split tape album [Human Geography Recordings]
- Dutch ambient /drone /improv /neo-classical /electroacoustic /experimental collaboration by Mariska Baars (aka soccer Committee), Niki Jansen, and Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek), Mariska Baars / Niki Jansen / Rutger Zuydervelt “Hardanger II” from the long-form album “Hardanger” CD [laaps]
- Paris, France avant-garde /minimal /ambient /electronic composer and musician Jonathan Fitoussi “Music For Chai” from “Mobilis” LP 12″/book (an annex to the virtual and physical installation piece “Mobilis” created in 2022 for Hennessy) [Transversales Disques]
- Ireland-based, British ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental /sound recording & visual art project of CF Moore (aka Richard Skelton), aka Imperial Valley “To safeguard a nation” from “Imperial Valley, V” fifth in Richard Skelton’s ‘projective ethnography’ series [Folded Time]