WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

• EKATA  // Fanzine Fest 2025 X Black Toner Podcast
  

London-based, hard-working and talented DJ/Producer and Natural Selection Resident EKATA makes a name for herself with an unmistakable dark, cinematic, futuristic and refined approach to Techno-tinged Electro sounds. Recorded during the annual Fanziner Fest to celebrate the label, promoters & electronic music school based in A Coruña, Spain, directed by The Panic Room & Roi.

• Spanish ambient /drone /field recordings /minimal /electro-acoustic /soundscapes /organic /sound artist and Noray Records head, David Cordero “Inercia” from the upcoming cassette LP “Numen” [Noray Records]

A painstaking chiseler of contemplative organic electro-acoustic visions with brushes of sad introspective drops that chime lightly into a silent depth, reverberating and hanging ghost-like in mesmeric shifts of high/low, vibrant/dull, wide/thin tones, to explore what is delicate and ephemeral through silence, texture, and the invisible resonance between the notes.

• Netherlands/Thailand ambient /minimal /psych /deep techno new collaborative series between Amsterdam-based Detroit-inspired techno producer HSM and Bangkok-based Siamese Twins label co-founder Sunju Hargun, Human Space Machine & Sunju Hargun “Among” from “HSH001” EP [HSH Series]

The first jam from the new collaborative improvisational series swings relentlessly on the heart-beating pulses of razor-sharp, crisp percussive patterns and murky, droning bass tones surrounded by icy sweeping shivering synths and feral echoes, to take a trippy excursion into the uncharted headspace of light and dark where the primal meets the transcendent.

• Warsaw-based ambient /IDM /tribal /percussive /deep uptempo /hypnotic techno Ukrainian musician, producer, sound designer, and owner of the EMAHO! label, Archypness “Bhahdra” from the upcoming LP “Abyss Bloom” [Obtuse Swamp]

First glimpse into the fourth label’s swamp dive from the up-tempo introspective explorer Archypness: “Bhadra”, meaning good fortune, unfolds an intricate and rippling expansive terrain where tribal drum patterns emerge from the distance into an array of glassy, brittle chimes, underwater living sounds, arcane frequencies and magic clearing orbs, speeding up in jittering pace to evoke a sense of urgency at the behest of some sort of metaphysical disentanglements.

• Andalusia/Quebec ambient /electroacoustic /neo-classical collaboration between composers and sound artists, antxnio graz & Noah Rosa – “An Answer” from V/A “TwentyTwentyFive: A Dragon’s Eye Recordings Mixtape” 2nd installment of the label’s annual mixtape series [Dragon’s Eye Recordings]
• Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /shoegaze /ethereal /meditative /soundscape /dream pop solo project of Cynthia Bernard, aka Marine Eyes “Moonflower” from “Morning will come” EP
  
• Wimborne, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /experimental electronic sound artist Adrian Newton, aka Mosaicist “Late Autumn Rains” from the album “The Fog Is Lifting” eRecords digital series [whitelabrecs]
• Spanish ambient /drone /soundscape /electronic artist Agustín Mena, aka Warmth “I Need the Night” from “This Place, Now · I Need the Night” EP [ARCHIVES]
• Belluno, Italy ambient /drone /abstract /ethereal /field recordings /organic /electronic sound artist Morning Haze “Temporary Exposure” from “Room with a View” EP [Echoes in the Valley]
• Italian experimental /ambient /esoteric /electronica /spoken word duo Omar Cheikh & Arkangelo “Haven” from “untitled” EP [Lente Fantasma]
• UK ambient /drone /field recordings /tape loops /experimental electronic composer Hans Nox “Past Powers” from “Future Flowers” LP [Facture]
• US ambient /field recordings /electro-acoustic /experimental electronic collaboration between Tallinn, Estonia-based Paul Beaudoin & Weatogue, Connecticut-based Jeff Dungfelder, aka Paul Beaudoin + Ümlaut “Unfettered” from upcoming album “Cairn” [Audiobulb]
• New York ambient/crossover /contemporary classical /modern percussion ensemble Sō Percussion “June” from upcoming live album “Amid the Noise Live” (recorded live in August 2024) [Cantaloupe Music]
• Italian experimental electroacoustic composer, ambient musician and producer from Venice, Gigi Masin “Lumen 03” from “Implodendo in una accecante oscurità Pt. 1” LP (also included in the “a sad song for A.” 4CD Boxset) [Silentes]
• French ambient /electro-acoustic /classical /experimental /collaborative contemporary music ensemble led by musicians Stéphane Garin, Sylvain Chauveau and Joël Mérah, aka Ensemble 0 “L’Incroyable Femme Des Neiges” from the album “L’Incroyable Femme Des Neiges” [laaps]
• Ambient /drone /meditative /electro-acoustic collaboration of Italian sound-artist Marco Billi, French flautist and chanteuse Odile Bruckert and Sweden’s cellist/violist Henrik Meierkord, aka Bruckert Jarguna / Odile Bruckert / Henrik Meierkord “Furrows of Memory” title track of the album “Furrows of Memory” [Projekt Records]
• Berlin-based dark ambient /atmospheric /moody experimental electronic project of double bassist & music-maker (part of groups led by Oren Ambarchi, Hailu Mergia, member of the trio Lotto), Mike Majkowski “Over” from upcoming LP “Invisible” [Hands in the Dark Records]
• Berlin-based, Nairobi, Kenya-native experimental /ambient /drone /field recordings sound artist Joseph Kamaru, aka KMRU “With Trees Where We Can See” from upcoming 2026 “Kin” EP [Editions Mego]
• New York-based ambient /neo-classical /experimental electroacoustic composer, producer & DJ, Alexis Georgopoulos, aka Arp “Future Nature” from “Drifts” LP [Modern Obscure Music]
• LA-based ambient /experimental /new age /indie electronic classically-trained Pacific Northwest-bred composer, performer and producer, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith “I Miss The Way You Swim” single [Nettwerk]
• Liguria, Italy ambient /drone field recordings /psych-folk /acoustic guitar project of artist, Davide Cedolin “Tawny ground the light at dusk burns” from upcoming cassette album “Ligurian Pastoral Vol.II” [Torto Editions]
• London ambient /electro-acoustic folk project Horses “Between The Wish And The Thing The World Lies Waiting” from the debut LP “Every Dumb Thing I Ever Did” [ECSTATIC]
• Leicester, UK-based ambient /drone /post-rock /electronica  solo project of Jon Attwood (1/2 of Jarr), aka Yellow6 “Burning a hole” from the CDr album “LINES” 27th installment of the merry6mas series [merry6mas 2025]
• UK ambient /pastoral /rural soundscape /cinematic /post-rock musician Ben Holton, aka The Balloonist “Floating Slowly Upwards, Ever Further Away From What We Once Knew” from the EP “Wulfrun” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
• UK ambient guitar solo project We Paint the Skies “Summer Breeze” single [Valley View Records]
• Carmel, Indiana, ambient /acoustic /chillout /neo-classical /fingerstyle guitar composer, multi‐instrumentalist, and classically-trained guitarist Michelle Qureshi “In the Fifth Dimension” single
  
• Richmond, Virginia ambient /electronic composer and artist FM Skyline “Blue #1 (Darn That Dream)” from the LP “Blue” (studies in blue for solo e. piano)
  
• Brussels-based, French avant pop artist, Che Vuoi “Fango” from the upcoming first album “Cinecittàx” [Disques de la Spirale]
• Brussels-based ambient /improvisational /electro-acoustic /folk /experimental pop /electronic musician and composer Hiele “Slink d’Ivy” from the LP “Emo Inhaler” [STROOM.tv]
• UK ambient /downtempo /experimental /guitar /electronics project Leif “Filmed Backwards” from upcoming “Collide” album [AD 93]
• Breda, Netherlands-born hip hop /drum & bass /world /folk /jungle /breakbeat /electronic producer and Myor label head, Coco Bryce “Hazina” from “Noches Sephardies” LP [Myor]
• Osaka, Japan ambient /soundscapes /downbeat /electronic musician and composer Chie Otomi – “Sparrows within all of the Noise” from the upcoming Split cassette album “The Unrush Tapes 03” with Danieli[i] & Lukas Freisem [Unrush]
• Devizes, UK ambient /exotic /electronica /hauntology project of Alex Cargill, aka The Central Office of Information “Animal Furniture” from the CD album “Cabinet Of Curiosities” [Shady Ridge Records]
• Bologna ambient /abstract /minimal /aquatic /drone /dub /deep tribal /techno producer Marco Maldarella “Blurred Edge” from upcoming “Silent Logic” LP [Omen Wapta]
• French/US ambient /drone /soundscape /minimal electronic collaboration between producers Alexandre de Charrin (owner of Apnea and Mare Nostrum Labels) and Derek Carter, aka Le Code & KapTep “Friday to Friday (Sebby Kowal Remix)” from the LP “Urban Garden, Vol. 2” [Ambient Cat]
• Manchester, UK ambient /chilly /dub /deep techno /electronic producer JS Zeiter “Paradox” from “Context Collapse” 2xLP [Lempuyang]
• Paris, France dark ambient /drone /psych /tribal /breaks /techno /electronic producer Cyberlife – “Shamanic Neural Network” off V/A “Various Artists IV” LP [Cosmic Wave Records]
• Nantes, France ambient /breaks /psychedelic trance /deep /hypnotic techno producer Jeremie Kagan, aka Solarythm – “Passage” from V/A “ONP VA 2025” EP [ONP / One New Planet Records]
• Lyon, France ambient /bass music /percussive /deep dubstep /electronic production duo Maelita & Qant – “Missing Notes” from V/A “Diplopia” LP [Virtual Forest Records]
• Honley, UK ambient /post-rock /drone /’luminescent electronica’ composer Thomas Ragsdale (FFION, Two Way Mirrors), aka Sulk Rooms “Innellea” from the upcoming “Rewilding” LP [Floodlit Recordings]
• Hokkaido, Japan ambient /techno /experimental electronic producer Kenichi Oka, aka Yamaoka “piece001” from “Ars Antiqua” EP [Facade Electronics]
• Japan ambient /IDM /techno producer Yasutaka Sato, aka Virgo “Fallen Leaves” from the CD album “Collision With Chronos” [Mighty Force]
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /progressive /trance /techno /house producers djfix & Gbar – “Dusted” off djfix‘s “A Soft Place to Land” EP [Earth Dog]
• Brooklyn, New York ambient /progressive /trance /techno /house production duo Nathan Donovan & Jack Anderson, aka djfix & jek – “Shimmer” from V/A “Signs of Life 001” compilation LP [Daisy Records]
• Marseille, France experimental /leftfield /psy trance /dub /psych /cosmic /deep-techno producer Adrien Van de Velde, aka A Strange Wedding – “To Name (ft. Mass)” from “The Null Zone” EP [Biofield]
• Northern Czechia ambient /bass music /dubstep /deep techno DJ-producer Kletis – “Over Emphaty (Sub Accent remix)” from upcoming EP “Over Emphaty” [Ethos Records]
• Aarhus, Denmark ambient /minimal /percussive /deep techno producer Natal Zaks, aka Aquafaba “Plak” from “Plura” EP [Kalahari Oyster Cult]
• Bristol, UK experimental /hip-hop /minimal /drum & bass /breakbeat /electronic producer Kristian Jabs aka Pessimist “E-Style” from “DVLA” EP [Ilian Tape]
• Wirral, UK-based ambient /experimental /house /electronic project of Wirral-based producer Neil Grant, aka LO FIVE “Story” from the album “SUPERDANK” [Castles in Space‘s Lunar Module]
• Barcelona-based trance /techno /house producer (aka Ponty Mython), Pletnev – “¿Sabes?” off upcoming “Functions of Blood” EP [999 goosebumps]
• Offenbach, German acid /breaks /psych /house /downtempo DJ-producer (aka Ajo, Steppin’ Wolf and 1/2 of Recht Auf Rausch), Kalocain – “Do You Still Mind″ from the EP “Don’t Laugh Don’t Smile” [Codek Records]
• Sheffield, UK IDM /Chicago house /Detroit techno /electronic producer duo Synaptic Voyager “Deep Impact” from “High Rise” EP [Cyphon Recordings]
• Bristol, UK rave /bass /electro /breaks producer featuring Taipan Trax label founder, K-65 & Phasmid – “Datura” from K-65’s “Double Vision” EP [Taipan Trax]
• Enigmatic IDM /techno /breakbeat /electro producer Transpac “Kernspeicher” from “Login Sequence” EP [PRBIT Records]
• Zagreb, Croatia electro funk producer (member of ELVEX / LVX-2, Zagrebački Električni, 2nd Best Men), Separate Signal ft. Danny Notter – “Sand Pit” from the fundraising V/A compilation “Vuelta 6A: Consensus Error” LP [Pan-Am Tracks]
• Budapest, Hungary breakbeat /electro production duo Imre Kiss & Norwell “Sex Operator” from “Archives” EP (recorded between 2015 and 2020) [Crisis Records]
  
• German techno /breaks /electro producer Elektrotechnik “I Continue To Provoke” from V/A “VIBRACID 3 · BEYOND LOGIC” EP [Cosmic Tribe]
• Toulouse, France techno /analog electro funk producer Mascarpone “Nanochrome” from the forthcoming “Module 33” EP [Mechatronica]
• Valencia, Spain techno /electro producer Nebula Circuit “Time Dealers” from “Synthetic Resistance” [Raw Planet]
• Lyon-native rave /electro /techno producer and New Flesh Records owner, Umwelt “Synthetic Nightfall” from “Echoes of a Broken Future” EP [New Flesh Records] old tra
• Frankfurt am Main veteran techno /electro DJ-producer since the early ’90s, Gregor Tresher “Echoes From A Wasted Land (feat. Exzakt)” from “Riot Gear” 2xLP [Turbo Recordings]
• German techno /breaks /electro producer Elektrotechnik “Be Your Enemy” single
  
• Ibiza-based, French experimental /industrial /techno /psych /dark electro producer from Bordeaux, Jauzas The Shining “Art Of Noise” off “Art of Noise | PANZERKREUZ SPACE WAR 2017” EP [ Bunker Records]
• Hamburg , Germany rave /industrial /breaks /deep techno DJ-producer Strathy “Mercury Effect” from the upcoming album “Calluna” [Ohne Kommerziellen Wert]
• Armenia/Sweden ambient /experimental /techno production duo Cloistral & Drottning Omma“untitled” from “& det som rämnar” LP [offworldcolonies ltd.]
• Berlin-based industrial /noise /power electronics /experimental /grey electronics collaboration between Sound & Company‘s Danish duo Christian Stadsgaard (Vanity Productions) & Hannes Norrvide (Lust For Youth) with German musician and sound artist Rosa Anschütz, aka Sound & Company + Rosa Anschütz “You’re Looking So Sleek” from s/t EP [Total Bleak]
• London-bred, Portugal-based industrial /noise /techno /EBM /experimental producer, Toni Quiroga, aka Donna Haringwey “Life” (Des’ree Edit)
  
• Leipzig, Germany-based EBM /breaks /techno producer (aka Haujobb and Architect), Daniel Myer “Wuhan v2” from “Arcuate Incision Files” LP of demos and ideas
  
• Hamburg, Germany industrial /EBM /post-punk /coldwave /techno /electro DJ-producer and live act Johannes Haas, aka L.F.T. “Knebelfreunde (feat. Das Kinn)” from “Hell Was Boring” 2xLP [Mannequin Records]
• Moscow industrial/EBM/dark electronic/techno noise DJ-producer, T_ERROR 404 “Immortal Aura
  from V/A “2/4 Anger” compilation [Ratflak]
• Berlin-based industrial /post-rock /techno new moniker of experimental electronic multidisciplinary artist Alexey Volkov, aka Perfect Tension “Choker” from the first “Null” LP
  
• Amsterdam-based, Scottish EBM /industrial techno DJ-producer Swærm – “Mechanical Death” off upcoming V/A ” À nos amours contrariés” LP [Ghost To Host Records]
• Italian EBM /industrial/dark techno DJ-producer Rynzler – “The Journey Of Shakti” title track of the new EP “Journey Of Shakti” [VIVES]
• Italian acid /post-punk /cold-wave /leftfield electronics /indie dance trio F.U.R.O. “Hooked” title track of the upcoming EP [Samo Records]
• UK techno /EBM /industrial electronics project of William Maybelline (Lebanon Hanover, General Dynamics), Qual “Come With Me” from “Love Zone” LP
  
• Paris-based rave /dark techno producer Darzack – “Stop Crying (8:18 SCHRANZ RETOUCH)”
  
• Italian-born, Venezuela-bred, Argentina-based experimental hard techno DJ-producer Michel Lauriola – “Reflect” from “Abstract Biopolarity” series LP [Ucker]
• London-based indie dance /synth-wave /synth-pop /dark disco DJ-producer and vocalist VELVET VELOUR “Shiver” single [Blush Signal]                                                                                                         
• North East of England‘s trippy /disco /Detroit techno /house DJ-producer and Me Me Me Recordings head, Geoff Kirkwood, aka Man Power “Iteration (Iñigo Vontier Remix)” off “Iteration” EP [Riotvan]
• Frankfurt Am Main-based Italo /house /cosmic disco /synth wave producer Philipp Lauer AKA Lauer – “Visit Dove” from “Smack Is The Message” EP [ITALO MODERNI]
• Brazilian indie dance /cosmic /Italo disco producer ROTCIV “Memory (Chinaski Remix)” off “Memory” EP [Melodize]
• Tel Aviv-based acid /psych /synth /indie dance producer Liran Ackerman, aka Ackerman “Happy Days” off “Happy Day” EP [NEIN Records]
• Madrid-based techno /disco /Latin house /indie dance collaboration between Chilean DJ-producer Fernanda Arrau and Polish house veteran Ketiov, Fernanda Arrau & Ketiov “Mexico Tour (Theus Mago Remix)” off upcoming “Mexico Tour” EP [Duro Label]
• Poland/Lithuania dark disco /indie dance production Aurum Miles & In-Link – “Two Lines (Stylic Remix)” off “Machine” EP [Quixotical Records]
• Buenos Aires, Argentina electro /techno /dark disco producer Gonzalo Blaya “Malware (Original Mix)” from “Deca Dance” EP [Logia Records]
• Mexico City acid /cosmic tribal house /techno DJ-producer Tata Gaya “Trekking Green” from “Pantone” EP [Human Endeavour]
• London-based 80s synth-pop /electrorock /indie dance artist Alexander Price “Saint Tropez (Justine Forever Remix)” from “Saint Tropez” EP [Mélopée Records]
• Parisian jazz /funk /soul /disco maestro, Young Pulse “Ali’s Movin’ On” from “Paris Edits Vol.9” EP [G.A.M.M. Enterprises]
• Manchester, UK ambient /chilly /dub /deep techno /electronic producer JS Zeiter “Desire Line (Rod Modell Ambient Mix) (Digital Exclusive)” from “Context Collapse Remixes (Digital Edition)” LP [Lempuyang]
• Bristol, UK ambient /drone /dream pop /folk improvisational one-take recordings at Jabu home studio featuring Jabu members Guest & Amos Childs with Leeds‘ musician Teresa Winter, and NYC-based Nate Kinsella (Birthmark), aka Teresa Winter, Birthmark, Guest, A.Childs “2” from the s/t album [do you have peace?]
• Glaswegian ambient /experimental /improvisational solo guitar project (Ex-Life Without Buildings, current Whin), Robert Dallas Gray “Harrow” from the album “Last Missal”
  
• Derby, UK ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /guitarscraper sound artist Ray Robinson, aka Wodwo “Stay With Me” title track of the upcoming album “Stay With Me”
  
• Wirral, UK ambient /ethereal /experimental electronica DIY nano label Moolakii Club Audio Interface “Slow Bells” from the 2-piece long-form album “The Entropy of Bells And Wine : A Christmas Special” CD LP [Moolakii Club Audio Interface]
• Italian ambient /drone /meditation /new age /experimental electronic project John Green “Follow The Road To The Left” from the long-form 2-track LP “Follow The Road” [Peak]
• Glasgow-based veteran hip hop /dub /Berlin school /Moog /synth experimental electronic multi-instrumentalist since the early-90s, Richard Youngs “Hidden II” from the upcoming two-piece long-form LP “Hidden” [Black Truffle]
• UK ambient /drone /field recordings /modular synthesis project Yorkshire Modular Society “0332” long-form piece
  
•  Italian ambient /drone /experimental /electronic sound artists Enrico Coniglio & Andrea Porcu “Onda ~ Particella” long form piece [Lᴏɴᴛᴀɴᴏ Series]

Picture by Masao Yamamoto