Weekly Electronic Music Tips // NOVEMBER #47-24
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PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- NTS Radio – Luke Mele w/ CHANTSSSS (November 20, 2024)
Guest on Los Angeles monthly soft-touch home listening live selections by Luke Mele, a textural, floaty, and misty imaginative ambience from Rome-based, Italian artist CHANTSSSS, through an emotional immersive aural narrative sure to envelop and enrapture with a flourishing of sentient perceptions
- Barcelona-based ambient /acid /bass /house /breaks /trippy /downtempo /trance DJ-producer oma totem – “cançó per València (dos)” from V/A “Horta Sud” [Lapsus Records]
What can we say about what happened on the 29th of October that hasn’t already been said?” Lapsus, along with a wonderful lineup of artists, presents ‘Horta Sud’, with all proceeds going to the Fundació Horta Sud, a Valencian foundation that supports local associations, councils, and on-the-ground technicians in the reconstruction of the hardest-hit area, a crucial effort in the challenging phase that lies ahead.
- Madrid-based acid /house /techno Italian-born electronic producer Bawrut “Toma” off V/A “Amor i Ritme: Valencia Relief Fundraiser” compilation LP [Ransom Note Records]
A music compilation for Valencia to raise funds for victims of the devastating floods that hit the Spanish city in early November. “Amor i Ritme” is the music of solidarity: 27 artists united in a single beat. A release that travels through different sounds and styles from Ambient and House to Industrial EBM, Techno and Acid in solidarity with one of the most emblematic places of the electronic music scene in Spain.
- Various Artists “Resiliencia (Fundraising for Valencia) Vol.2″ compilation album [Industrial Complexx]
Industrial Complexx label coordinates the release of a compilation album in which different artists and labels collaborate, such as Faith Disciplines, Soil Records, Subsist Records, HC Records, Fill-Lex Records, Unknown Pleasures Records or Banshees Records, with sound styles ranging from Industrial to Experimental, Electronica, EBM, Power Electronics, Dark Ambient, Post-punk, Cold Wave, Dark Wave. This reference intends to raise funds to help the NGO Algemesí Solidari (www.algemesisolidari.org), an organisation that directly acts in the towns most affected by the recent floods that hit Valencia. This compilation will be active until this situation is resolved and the NGO, or any other, no longer needs any kind of financial support for the resilience of the Valencian people.
- US-based ambient /drone /ethereal /meditative /minimal /cinematic /soundscapes /electronica collaboration between PITP label head Zach Frizzell (zakè), Kévin Séry (From Overseas) and James Bernard, aka From Overseas, James Bernard, zakè “Thistle [feat. Marine Eyes]” from the album “Flint” [Past Inside the Present]
- Hamilton, Ontario ambient /drone scientist & composer Anne Sulikowski “Always leaving (feat. Aaron Wu)” from the album “Under the blankets surrounded by bats ”
- Hyogo, Japan-based ambient /field recordings /piano artist Masakatsu Takagi “Marginalia #184”
- French ambient /jazz /electronic /modern classical duo of Mathieu Gabry and Christine Ott, aka Snowdrops “The River” from the album “Singing Stones (Volume 1)” CD [Wald Tapes / Gizeh Records]
- Montreal/Paris ambient /drone /chill /tape /soundscapes /experimental sound artists Pier-Luc Tremblay and Théo Martin, aka Lamasz & Thme “Lueurs” from the cassette album “Chiffons d’azur” [Seil Records]
- Toronto-based ambient /drone /meditative /soundscapes /electronica multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and electronic producer Chad Skinner, aka Sun Rain “Seven” from the upcoming EP “Mea Culpa” [Imaginary North]
- Swedish ambient /drone /deep techno /electronic sound artist, singer and songwriter Ludvig Cimbrelius (aka Illuvia, Eternell, Abraço de Vapor), aka Purl “Övergivet Hjärta” from the CD album “Himmelsandar” [LILA लीला]
- Santa Fe-based found sound /classical-drone /loop recording project One Far West “Eventide” from “Heliacal Risings” eRecords album series [whitelabrecs]
- US-based ambient /drone /tape hiss /minimal /electronic sound artist and composer Francis Morning “Channels” from tape album “Subtle Bodies” [Lo Recordings]
- Belgian ambient /drone /cinematic /soundscape producer and founder of Atlantea Records, Tom Lievens, aka Atmøsphäre “Underwater Life” from “Passenger” album [Atlantea Records]
- Italian ambient /drone /electronic music producer, filmmaker, and sound healer, Edmondo Riccardo Annoni “Tra le pieghe del tempo” from the CD album “La Grotta è aperta” [rohs! records]
- Brisbane, Australia ambient /abstract /neo-classical /sound art /collaboration Madeleine Cocolas x Vintage Credenza – “Rather Cold” from the collaborative EP “Drone Prompts I” first of the series created by John Russell (aka Vintage Credenza) [4000 Records]
- East Berlin-born, Potsdam-based ambient /chamber music /modern classical /cello /piano /electro-acoustic /poly-instrumental composer brother duo Brueder Selke “Zima” from the CD live album “Stimmen in Prague” [oscarson]
- German /US ambient /drone /guitar /soundscapes collaboration between Mainz sound artist Tobias Lorsbach and Michigan musician Michael Cottone, aka Logic Moon & The Green Kingdom – “Dusk Shroud” from V/A “Illuminations III” compilation 2xCDr [DRONARIVM]
- Málaga, Spain-based dark ambient /sound collage /experimental electronic multimedia artist Stefan Dowsing “FRAGMENT” from “MESH” EP [Vivarium Recordings]
- Cornwall, UK ambient /drone /folk /improv /electronica /musician Kemper Norton “Peggoty’s” from the cassette album “Tall Trees (and other tales)” [Zona Watusa]
- US ambient /glitch /experimental /electronica musician and producer Belial Pelegrim – “Mirrors Made of Falling Snow” from the concept album “The Astronaut’s Last Polaroid” [Bricolage]
- Chiemgau, Bavaria IDM /dreamy ambient /electronic musician MPU101 “Sequoia10” off “MPU105″ LP 12” [ILIAN TAPE]
- Malmö, Swedish ambient /dub /techno /drum & bass /breaks /bass producer Amoura “Trim de Tride (DJ ojo Remix)” from Amoura’s “Trim de Tride / Tar Roof” EP [Trip the Light]
- Dutch ambient /IDM /bass /electroacoustic /experimental electronic DJ-producer Thessa Torsing, aka upsammy “Lapis Manalis” from the 12″ album “Strange Meridians” [topo2]
- The Netherlands-based Japanese ambient /IDM /house /psych /breaks /experimental electronic producer and sound sculpturer So Oishi “Ophelia” from V/A “11 Years SoHaSo – Horizons” second 11th year birthday compilation album [Something Happening Somewhere]
- Melbourne-based, Brisbane‘s Ambient /Acid /Psych /Bass /Breaks /Electronic DJ-producer Monikr “Spherical” off upcoming V/A “One – VA” compilation LP [Geotherapy]
- Berlin-based acid /breakbeat /experimental electronic producer, DJ and R.i.O. label co-founder, Benedikt Frey “Deadlines” from the upcoming “Hoover” EP [Rhythmic Culture Records]
- Berlin-based. Romanian-born experimental /wave /industrial /electronic DJ and producer Miruna Boruzescu aka Borusiade “The Fall” from the third LP “THE FALL: A Series of Documented Experiences” [Dark Entries Records]
- UK-based proto-post-punk /drums /bass /breaks /electronic project of Italo-Japanese experimental composers and multi-instrumentalists Valentina Magaletti & Susumu Zongamin Mukai, aka V/Z “An IKEA Moment” from upcoming cassette LP “It’s Cold in Baltimore” [Offen Music]
- French synth-dub duo Froid Dub “Tina Cherche L’amour_(Digital Bonus Track)” from “FOTOGENICO (The Movie Soundtrack)” LP 12″ [DELODIO]
- UK acid /electro /chug /techno /electronic project of Andrew Weatherall & Nina Walsh, aka The Woodleigh Research Facility “Vous Du” from the unreleased 4-track EP “Vous Du Music” (recorded between 2016 and 2017) 12″/7″ [Byrd Out Limited]
- Nashville, TN electro /synthwave project of Matthew Steven Pusti aka Makeup and Vanity Set “Moiré System” off “New Waveforms” (subscribers’ exclusive EP)
- Melbourne-based breaks /experimental pop /electronic producer and vocalist Kate Durman, aka Purient “I Won’t Remember You” from “Mwah” EP [STEEL CITY DANCE DISCS]
- Gelsenkirchen, Germany old school /house /jungle /breakbeat producer duo Markus Schwartz and DJ Mart, aka Schwarzmart “Come” single
- Philadelphia psych /acid /electro duo Thomas Roland & James Weissinger (aka Girls Chat Room and Peyton Farquhar), aka Zillas On Acid “Regression Session” off upcoming “Regression Session” LP 12″ [Feines Tier]
- Russian EBM /acid /electro /progressive Italo electronic DJ-producer Karolina BNV – “1988” from “Yet To Come” EP [Slow Motion Records]
- Sydney-born, NYC-based electro /percussive /techno /house /analog synth artist Ash Moses, aka Tunnel Signs “Coral (Beats & Bass Mix)” off “Soft Chewing Voice” EP [Darkroom Dubs]
- Norfolk, UK electro funk /jackin’ techno master, Luke’s Anger “The Sentinel” from the upcoming “Corporate Hell” EP 12″ [Co-Accused]
- Leipzig-based electroclash /wave /electro funk producer and Clear Memory crew affiliated (Dog Balls and Westlake & Hayter), Hayter “Phases” from upcoming “Everyday” EP 12″ [KRI]
- Valladolid, Spain techno /breaks /electro producer Allumynd “Mind´s Limits Broken” from upcoming “Existen-Z” LP 12″ [DISTRITO 91]
- London-based Electro DJ-producer and VELΛ Pulsar Records head, EKATA – “Quantum Knot” off V/A “Abaddon” EP 11th Angel of the “Angel Series” [Hilltown Disco]
- Amsterdam, Dutch electro/ minimal synth wave project by Willem Stinissen, aka Raderkraft “Het Huis Van Mijn Gedachten” from V/A “A Dutch X-Mas Party” 10″ EP curated by Oscar Smit
- Derry, Northern Ireland industrial /post-punk /techno /dub wave /’EBM producer Autumns “The Devil Down The Hole” from the compilation album V/A ” Retrospective – A Monday Night in Middlesbrough” cassette [Industrial Coast]
- Marseille, France industrial /IDM /bass music /noise /breaks /experimental electronic producer TOTALECHIEN “Saveuradulte (Méconium Sensationmature –18 Remix)” from “Plus rien n’est drôle” EP [Martine Ravage Records]
- Estonian new beat /Italo disco /synth wave /electronic producer Sugar Rody – “Yashik” from the upcoming V/A “5 Years Crave Tapes Compilation” LP [Crave Tapes]
- Tel Aviv-based EBM /techno /acid /electro producer Naor Dayen, aka E-bony “Machine Code” off “Machine Code” EP [Dame-Music 051]
- Lyon, French industrial /techno /raw dark electro producer Haeminum – “Pensée Noire” off upcoming “Pensée Noire” EP [As Martyr Records]
- Paris-based EBM /industrial /electroclash /techno DJ-producer, Adèce – “Impossible Hybrid” off the forthcoming EP “Seraphim” [Crisis of Man]
- Mexican industrial /techno /EBM artist featuring French dark spoken word vocals of Valérie Hendrich, Datura Inoxia & Valanais – “L¨ivresse” from Datura Inoxia’s “Killer Eyes” EP [Brutal Forms]
- Stockholm-based, Swedish industrial /synthpop duo SYSTEM “Likeminded (Celldöd Mix)” from the album “Autonomous Systems” the first LP in more than 13 years [Progress Productions]
- Chicago-based Industrial /EBM /Techno Body Music /Dark Electro Puerto Rican DJ-producer La Sanguijuela – Blackout” from V/A “Electric Skies” EP [HorrorShow]
- Medellín, Colombia-based industrial /Italo Body Music /EBM /techno producer, Osccurate – “Ñalazos (Mundus Remix)” off Osccurate‘s “Computer Decay” EP [SYNTHICIDE]
- Colombian EBM /Industrial /techno production duo Magnum Opus & Undisclosed 1122 – “Blind (KRSSV Remix)” off “Blind Corruption” EP [Khoinix]
- Austin, Texas EBM /Wave /Electro /Techno DJ-producer Dev aka Dream Days “Bizarre Thoughts” from V/A ” Hexagon” EP [SAMO RECORDS]
- Berlin-based dark disco /new wave /synth wave /electronic project of Greco/German DJ-production duo Local Suicide and Bavarian producer Kalipo, aka Dina Summer “Nothing To Hide” from the upcoming sophomore album “Girls Gang” [Iptamenos Discos]
- Margate, UK indie dance /80s synth-pop producer (composer of Kill the Justice League & Everything Now), Rupert Cross – “Blue Line (feat. C.A.R.)” from upcoming “Strapped Out” EP [Ransom Note Records]
- Dutch dark disco /wave /electro-pop duo Aroy Dee & Miss Jagroe, Army Of God – “Fear The Night” off upcoming EP 12″ [Bordello A Parigi]
- Berlin-based EBM /electroclash /indie dance /dark disco Portuguese producer and Inner Shah Recordings founder, Madd Rod “Mind Invasion (Mufti Remix)” from “Mind Invasion” EP [Volition]
- Antwerp, Belgium-based industrial /Hi-NRG /wave /synth-pop /dark electronics /Italo disco project of Canadian artist Tristan Finck (FKA Arsenic Of Jabir), DVPLVX “Intoxicating Rhythm” single
- Geneva, Swiss indie dance /trance /house producer Daniel Fuciec, aka Fermecat – Everything I Could Say” off V/A “LSC005” EP [Le Ski Club]
- Argentina/Mexico EBM /electro /dark disco /indie dance production duo Poulper + Second Gate “No Respect” title track of the upcoming EP [Nein Records]
- French EBM /techno /indie dance producer Endrik Schroeder – “Falling Down” from V/A “Intermezzo Tre” EP compilation [DISCHI/Dischi Autunno]
- Spanish indie dance /dark disco /Italocosmic producers, Moo Moonster & Parissior “One Nation Sunrise” off upcoming Moo Moonster‘s “Work & Believe” EP [Mélopée Records]
- Mexican EBM /house /electro /indie dance producer Montessori “Rotundo (Original Mix)” off “Awake” EP [Innisfallen Records]
- Jakarta, Indonesia Indie Dance /Dark Disco project of Rizki Soerja Djanegara, aka Peaces – “Poised Ranger (Arvin Fajar Remix)” off “Hour Strike” EP [ODD Pleasures]
- Argentine acid house /industrial techno /indie dance duo and Modula label head Flamme and Yerno Vil, aka Voltage Controlled Illusion [V.C.I.] – “Martes (Prinze Remix)” off “Martes Prinze Remix” EP [Modula]
- French progressive /piano-house /Italo dance DJ-production duo Deborah Aime La Bagarre & Herr Krank – “Street View (Kendal Remix)” off “Street View” EP [Average Records]
- Berlin-based EBM /new beat /house /trance /Italo disco French producer (half of Imperial Black Unit, aka Lapse Of Reason), Pablo Bozzi “Neon Dreams” from V/A “Intermezzo Tre” EP compilation [DISCHI/Dischi Autunno]
- Berlin-based EBM /indie dance /trance /house artist Schiela “Flight 664 (Neurotiker Remix)” off “Your Passion” EP [Club Mackan]
- Mexican dark disco /indie dance duo Prince Terrible & Maligna Trash – “Mano De Gloria (Roliva Remix)” [NATIVO]
- Geneva, Swiss indie dance /trance /house producer Daniel Fuciec, aka Fermecat – “Everything I Could Say” off V/A “LSC005” EP [Le Ski Club]
- Austria based dream-pop /tech-house /electronic duo HVOB “What They Gave Me” single [Tragen Records]
- UK ambient /experimental /house /techno producer Tom VR “You’re Making My Teeth Grow Longer” 2-track EP [Heart Somersault]
- Stockholm-based experimental /house /tribal /techno /electronic producer Nicolai Zellmani, aka Zellmani “Yongheng Forever” from “Yongheng Forever” EP 12″ [Public Possession]
- Hungarian ambient /drone /experimental /drone /electronica artist A. Abigél Bánházi, aka Swanasa “Swan Song” from the album “Mirror” [A Strangely Isolated Place]
- UK lo-fi /ambient /drone /meditative /modular synth /electronic producer State Azure “Dawn Frost from the long-form album “Ambient Tape Session One”
- Brighton, UK ambient /drone /field recordings /guitar /experimental sound artists Ian Hawgood and Ben Jones, aka sea + i “Ghostly variation I” from “Ghostly variations” LP [Home Normal]
- Dayton, OH ambient /drone /meditation /psychedelic /analog electronic music producer Brian Grainger (aka Coppice Halifax), aka Milieu “A Table of Tides (Part 1 / Section 2)” from “A Table of Tides” thirty-first Sleepbuilding release, originally broadcast overnight on 30th May 2023 [Milieu Music Digital]
