Weekly Electronic Music Tips #49
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Karagi ಏ KIRSTY P
There is always something precious to discover in the sophisticated and enthralling eclectic DJ sets and tasteful musical selections from the London-based DJ and fresh Sonorous Chamber label founder Kirsty P. One-hour mix, courtesy of Paris’ parties collective Karagi, replete with psychedelic, slo-mo, ethnic, industrial, synth and dark electronic reveries.
- Portland, OR-based experimental /ambient /electronic sound designer /musician /curator, Patricia Wolf “Position From The Sun” new single
A muggy atmospheric pour of emotional tides tickles relaxing melodies, while warm, soothing synth modulations radiate harmony through the wounded chambers of the heart, triggering an omnipotent arcane remedy of cathartic, droning life’s force bliss. New absorbing single from Portland-based soundscape sculptress.
- Barcelona experimental /ambient /tribal /psych /acid /downtempo /house /electronic duo IRO AKA “Будущее – Anatolian Weapons Remix” off “Futur” EP on Elephant Gait Music
A gripping and mesmerising whimsical sonic journey, fueled by the off-kilter, leftfield dance-floor vibes injected by Tapan and Anatolian Weapons, from Barcelona experimentalists, abstract and hypnotic yet intensely groovy, a heady concoct of hauntingly uninhibited esoteric tribal rhythms, spiralling and winding hearty bassline, buzzing and moody swirling synths and eerie ethnic voice textures, to create an equally immersive and pulsating, body and soul, trippy listening experience. Imaginific and intriguing first foray from the brand new Spanish imprint Elephant Gait Music.
- Early 90s Malmö, Sweden based band of former members of the Hungarian industrial group Das Kapital, Magizter – “Das Kapital ’93 Remix (Heap Version)” from the upcoming 2-track “Das Kapital at Ráday Klub Remixed” 12″ on Fasaan Recordings
Buzzing and clanging psychedelic remix by Vienna‘s, Neubau label head and producer Heap of a live track from an obscure early 90s Malmö-based industrial outfit of Hungarian expats, to elicit tinny thug rhythm prowls syncopated, stomping bass thumps along fluttering alienating synth strains’ droning rebellion, stacked in wiry frequency modulations, while sparse inaudible vocals fade and echo hypnotic revelations into the tripping and chilling dancefloor dilemma.
- Cypriot ambient synth-pop artist Maria Spivak, aka SPIVAK “Πήγαινέ Μέ” from the debut album “Μετά Το Ρέιβ” on Ecstatic
- Former Italians Do It Better (Chromatics, Glass Candy) co-founder Mike Simonetti along with Elizabeth Wight‘s ambient/electro/dream pop/acid/techno/electronic project, Pale Blue ‘Silver Tears’ new single on 2MR
- Vienna, Austria surrealist techno/goth house/experimental electronic project of Christian Sundl (Wilhelm show me the Major Label operator and member of Lady Lynch), SUNDL “Beatbox ft. The Damski” off the cassette album “Sundl” on Cut Surface coop /w Wilhelm show me the Major Label
- Los Angeles, Ca dark ambient /downtempo /dark electronics /deathbeats producer SNAKES OF RUSSIA “Carried To California In A Swarm Of Bees” title track from the new EP “Carried To California In A Swarm Of Bees” on Errorgrid
- Saint-Petersburg based ambient/dark synth/industrial/electronic producer Eugene Meineger aka HOLOD “Voyage”
- Greek EBM/New Beat/Darkwave/dark electro D.I.Y. project from Athens, Bat Habits? “A Different Robot”
- Moscow based electro/Goa Trance/EBM/dark techno Dj/producer and Maxima Culpa Records co-founder, GEGEN MANN “Hunter” title trak from the upcoming new LP “Hunter” on Oberwave Records
- Industrial/dark electronic/electro/EBM solo project Urban Matrix “Scheinheilig” from “Eine Welt des Grauens” EP
- Madison industrial/EBM/electro solo project by Matt Fanale of Klack, CAUSTIC “Tu Madre” from the EP “A Succession Of Repetitive Beats”
- Berlin-based industrial/wave/EBM/techno DJ and producer Chloe Lula “Errant Bodies” title track from upcoming “EP “Errant Bodies” on aufnahme + wiedergabe
- Mid-80s Dutch synthpop/minimal wave duo Tranquil Eyes – “Television (Sariim Likpsalm Edit)” [originally from the self-released album ‘ Walks’, 1985] from future TEMPLE OF JOY‘s “Temple Edits Vol’1” tape compilation
- Georgian techno/acid/darkwave/EBM DJ/Producer from Tbilisi, Henyox – “Devote Your Body (Unconscious Remix)” off upcoming “No Devotion” LP on Synthicide
- French EBM/electro composer, producer, remixer and Black Strobe member, Arnaud Rebotini “Shiny Black Leather” title track from the upcoming EP on Mannequin Records
- Belgian dark techno body music /EBM project RADIKAL KUSS “Data Suicide” off upcoming V/A “Tears for Fears Vol. 3” double cassette compilation on SOIL
- Göteborg, Sweden ritual dark ambient, post-industrial project of Thomas Martin Ekelund, Trepaneringsritualen “Serpent Seed (Ancient Methods Remix)” from upcoming “Kainskult Remixed” on aufnahme + wiedergabe
- Dark heavy electronics/EBM solo project of Lebanon Hanover‘s William Maybelline, QUAL “Septic Kiss” from V/A “DEVOTION TO PLEASURE” on Rubber Mind Recordings
- Berlin-based EBM/dark electronic/techno/Italo disco French producer, half of Imperial Black Unit, aka Lapse Of Reason, PABLO BOZZI “Paradise Lost” from V/A “Grey Area 5 Years – A Post Injecting Bleach World” cassette compilation [Grey Area Agency]
- Moscow, Russia electronic /industrial techno /EBM producer IAN LAPA – “Leave Me” from “Generation” EP on The Hiddens
- Greek EBM /industrial techno /dark electronic producer from Athens, MORAH “Tight – Fitting Leather” from the upcoming cassette EP “Rosslyn” on Athens’ dib project
- Buenos Aires-based industrial /EBM /post-punk /dark techno DJ and producer and Of Dolls And Murder label head Damian Visgard, aka Anti Yo – “Mueren Esperando” title track from upcoming EP on BURACO
- Córdoba, Argentina industrial techno producer and Terra Furia founder, DISTANT “Kill the system (Evil Dust remix)” from upcoming cassette EP “Cypher” on Interplanetary Ltd.
- Moscow‘s industrial /dark techno /EBM producer (also known by Forgttn and Blind Assault), PAUL BEGGE “Vanishing Glow (Distørshn Shape Remix)” from “Vanishing Glow” EP on his own Beggnoise label
- German industrial /acid /dark techno /electronic producer Hendrick Grothe from Leipzig, Blac Kolor “New Leader (Single Edit)” from the upcoming “New Leader” on aufnahme + wiedergabe
- León, Spain industrial/EBM/techno producer xKukum – “Rough Dreams” from V/A “Garden Under Debris” [BRT001] first cassette compilation from new Spanish label Bruto Industries
- Brussels EBM/industrial techno duo, Techno Thriller “L’Armée des Morts feat Drwiwy” from forthcoming “Decameron” album on Teenage Menopause Records
- Los Angeles industrial techno /EBM producer Matt Bauer, aka Pressure Vessel “Venerate [Irradiated]” from the album “Marks” on WETWIRE
- Belgian experimental electronic brother duo Thomas and Nicolas Giets (Citrus Reticulata, Egotopia, Rony & Suzy), aka SELM “Sin” off 2-track single “Sin / Brett” ahead of the release of Selm’s album ‘TiiiER / Post-Adrenaline’ in January 2021 on Opal Tapes
- Greek experimental /ethnic /psychedelic /electronic producer Aggelos Baltas (aka Dream Weapons and Fantastikoi Hxoi), Anatolian Weapons “Desert Track 28” from “Anatolian Weapons / LINJA” Split EP on Serenades
- Liverpool, UK mid-80s Shiny Two Shiny member Flo Sullivan, real name Gayna Rose Madder – “Element (Heap Remix)” trance /breakbeat /acid /psych /electronic rework by Vienna’s Heap, from the new edition of 1985 synth-pop release “Higher” 12″ on new Dutch imprint Betonska
- Turkish psych/acid house/folk electronic duo Mîro and Îrfo AKA Mekîne Û Teksî “♥ [original mix]” from V/A – “Acephiles I” off 4-track EP from residents of Dusseldorf’s Salon des Amateurs, curated by the kolonya! collective for Cologne’s Acephale
- New Orleans, Louisiana industrial/glam/no-wave/punk 4-piece SPECIAL INTERESTS “Street Pulse Beat (Boy Harsher Remix)” from upcoming remix album “The Passion Of: Remixed” on Nude Club Records
- Italian Indie Dance/Dark Disco/Breakbeat/Disco Punk producer CSK “Wave C” title track from the upcoming EP on NEIN Records
- Mexican/French indie dance/disco/downtempo/psychelic collaboration between producers Bufi and mysterious Lille’s Kubebe (member of the electronic band, Volcan La Peté), Bufi & Kubebe – “Corrado” off “Bufebe” EP on Fauna Rêve
- Vilnius, Lithuania dark disco producer /songwriter /DJ Aurimas Milesinas, aka Aurum Miles “I Don’t Think So” from the EP “Z-Nation” on Berlin’s DowntempoLove
- Germany based, Irish house/synthpop/Italo Disco producer David Jackson – “Oohhyyee” from the new 12″ EP “Airport Disco” on Frank Music
- Italian Italo/cosmic disco DJ/producer Franz Scala “Museum of Illusions” from the debut LP “Mondo Della Notte” on his own Slow Motion Records
- Depeche Mode – ‘Enjoy The Silence (Also Playable Mono 30th Anniversary Tribute Edit)’
- Berlin-based disco/electro/synth-pop/electronic duo Alexander Arpeggio & Ohlandy – “L’ Appel” off upcoming V/A “Diapason Compilation Vol. 1” cassette compilation [Sameheads]
- Dutch electro producer, aka Model Man and RotterHague Records head, Dj Overdose “Kekko” from the album “Emulator Amour” on L.I.E.S. Records
- French synthwave/electro producer from Bordeaux, Jauzas The Shining “Llentrisca” from S/T lathe cut 7″ single on brokntoys
- Argentina‘s lo-fi /industrial /dark noise /breakbeat electronic producer SWORDSMITH – “Choose your destiny” off upcoming V/A “Creatures 001″ EP 12” on Syndicate Of Creatures
- Frankfurt-born acid/techno/electro producer LUZ1E “Dynamix” off V/A “Various Artists Vol.1″ EP 12” on Source Material
- Bristol, UK electronic techno producer Jacob Martin, aka Hodge – “Shadows In Blue (Surgeon Remix)” off remix EP “Remixes In Blue” on Houndstooth
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK techno producer and Municipal resident, SPEWIS ‘Invisible Fabric’ from forthcoming ‘Invisible Fabric’ EP on Soft Verse
- Brooklyn, NY experimental electronic/techno producer and Discwoman collective co-founder UMFANG “Off Court” from the album ‘Camber’ out now via Thanks For Enlightening Me.
- Berlin-based abstract /tribal /post-dubstep /psych experimental project of UK producer Shackleton along with keyboardist Takumi Motokawa and vibraphonist Raphael Meinhart, Tunes Of Negation “Water To Ashes” from “Like The Stars Forever And Ever” on Cosmo Rhythmatic
- Greek ambient/ downtempo /IDM /leftfield /electronic musician from Thessaloniki, Elias Smilios, aka Grey Skies “Hunter” from the debut album “Year” on FWF Records
- Amsterdam based, Bordeaux ambient/ethnic/experimental producer Da Iguana – “Ambiantik” from “Kalim & Marim” EP on Russian collective Serenades
- Kansas City/Melbourne ambient/abstract/glitch/electronic collaborative mysterious duo PICNIC “folds and rips (Huerco S. version)” from the upcoming S/T album on Daisart
- US experimental/horror/soundtrack/electronic/synthwave musician, Yves Malone “Crack’d The Spines And Spires Alike” off cassette album “Immortal Death” on Third Kind Records
- Portland, Or ambient electronic artist (half of Mind Julep), Hollie Kenniff “Shifting Winds” on Unseen
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ambient/drone project of Robert Sergel, ARE ESS “Naphtha Fumes” from the album “Place Of Stones” on Fallen Moon Recordings
- Calgary-born ambient /experimental /drone/ minimal /church music composer and performer Sarah Davachi “Accord of Voice II” from cassette EP “Laurus” on Late Music
- Copenhagen resident multi-instrumentalist (aka Brille Bjarke, Grøn, Human Trails, Panama Mirrors), Bjarke Rasmussen – “Untitled 4” from the upcoming vinyl reissue of the album “Introvert Musik” on Eastern Nurseries
- Vancouver-born ambient /experimental /granular synthesis producer Kelly Claude Nairn, aka WZRDRYAV “Heavy Clouds” from the upcoming album “West Coast Systems” on Line
- NYC-based American guitarist and composer and Swans collaborator, Norman Westberg “Kelly Isn’t That Interested In What’s Going On” from 2-track EP “Short Songs For The Long Winter” (produced by Lawrence English) on Room40