WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips – NOVEMBER/DECEMBER #49 – 22

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • Meakusma Festival 2022LOW BAT                                                                                                                         

Northern France-based, Glasgow’s Phase Group label-affiliated DJ, musician, and teacher under his Low Bat alias keeps himself busy playing with his band Jean Luc, co-running the Yellow Light of Death festival and curating radio as 1/3 of the team behind Tbilisi‘s Mutant Radio. He recently features as one half of Lowspace in a split tape with Lostsoundbytes due out this December for the Scottish imprint. His Mix is a masterfully sequenced trippy ride through Post-Punk, Psych-Rock, French Trip-Hop, and Cosmic Proto-Trance.  

  • Eastern Germany experimental /breaks /techno /electro semi-enigmatic one-off project by Gnista aka Gista aka DJ Detox and friend, Left Unknown – “Mädchen (Sneaker Remix)” off V/A “Sneaker’s Give ‘n’ Take 2” EP via Dresden‘s Uncanny Valley

Dresden‘s electronic mastermind Sneaker DJ (aka Dunkeltier), a Detroit Electro and Chicago House devotee, as well wandering between Italo (Bionda e Lupo), EBM (Gott with Scannoir) and Minimal Synth, put together four of his favorite tracks for Uncanny Valley‘s compilation series with a special dedication to the inspirational unsung House music legend L.B. BaD, to encompass a wide spectrum of sonic emotions, taking the listener to entirely diverse entrancing sound realms, twisted and intricated, yet deep and metaphysical.

  • Parisian ambient /industrial /cosmic /techno DJ-producer Substencia “Mouth of Krishna” single

Parisian producer blends rolling Industrial techno with ethereal esoteric atmospherics, driven by hypnotic skipping drum kicks and stacking chiming low ends, amid buzzing and strident swirling FX, that ceaselessly coalesce enshrouded in a profound metaphysical aura infused with a cosmic afflatus.

  • German/Colombian industrial /electro /cosmic disco soundlab duo Tilman Benecke & Sergio Iglesias, aka SCADTA – “Phuckphone (Original Mix)” off upcoming “Phuckphone” EP on Kaputt.wav

Heady new EP from Colombia based unit Scadta, boosted by seemingly synth-laden remixes by Fabrizio Mammarella and Zombies in Miami, that bounces with vocoder-charged electro-funk jams beautifully colliding with bright and resonant Cosmic Disco allure into a futurist dance-inducing soundscape rife with low-end dark energy, robotic rhythmic anxiety, and swirling spacey synth seduction. 

  • London based ambient /neo-classical solo project of former Japan‘s, Steve Jansen “Home” music composed for a visual/audio exhibit by Anny and Sibel Öztürk which took place in Frankfurt and Tel Aviv in the Spring of 2022
  • Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /ethereal /meditative /soundscape music artist and producer Cynthia Bernard, AKA Marine Eyes “Safe” single
  • Swedish ambient /drone /sci-fi /cinematic /electronic sound artist (From The Mouth of The Sun, de la Mancha and The Silence Set), Dag Rosenqvist “Ignoto” from the upcoming album “Lexika” on DRONARIVM
  • Chicago, IL lo-fi /ambient /chillout /experimental /dub /electronic trio Purelink “Personal Velocity” from upcoming V/A – “…it wasn’t really me” vinyl LP compilation on Knekelhuis
  • Ambient /Dub /Breaks /Downtempo /Psych /Electronic music producer from Philadelphia, Pontiac Streator “Deja Entendu w/ James K” from the single “Deja Entendu / Sunset 2”
  • Italian psych /ethnic /leftfield /downtempo /space electronica duo A-Tweed X Oltrefuturo – “Axis Tilt Winter” from upcoming EP “Morphism” [Fauna Rêve]
  • Swedish experimental /ambient /techno DJ and producer from Stockholm, Evigt Mörker “Osynlig kniv” from the cassette album “Ovigd jord” on Northern Electronics
  • London based ambient /Italo /kraut /sci-fi /analog synth DJ-producer Timothy J. Fairplay “Yellow Headlights V1” from “Chariots In The Sky” EP” on Archaic Future Sounds
  • Antwerp, Belgium ambient /indietronica solo project of Arne Van Petegem AKA styrofoam “Smile Though Your Heart is Breaking” from the new LP “Happiness is Obsolete”
  • Silvana Simone – “Dimensione Ritmo” (Originally Released on Edipan label’s  “Almeno Tentare” Album 1980) from the compilation “RITMICHE ITALIANE – Percussions and Oddities from the Italian Avant-Garde (19761995)” on Milan‘s Ultimo Tango label
  • Dutch experimental electro producer from Rotterdam, Ian Martin – “Alternative Red Pill” off the cassette album “Grey Theatre” on Confused Machines
  • Toronto, Canada‘s IDM /electro producer and co-owner of Suction Records (with Jason Hamm, aka Solvent) Gregory de Rocher, aka LOWFISH “Theme to Tedium” from “Thaw” EP 12″ on Analogical Force
  • German acid /house /leftfield /breaks /Detroit techno /electronic producer Stefan Wust aka SW. “stepCLASSixMOtor” from the album “okALGORYTHM” 2xLP on Acid Test
  • Bournemouth, UK dark ambient /techno /breakbeat /drum & bass /electro producer Overlook “Soft Focus” new EP 12″ on brokntoys
  • Belgian industrial /dark electro /technopop project of Passenger S, aka METROLAND “Davos (edit)” off “2.0” EP from the upcoming album “0” on Alfa Matrix
  • Phoenix, AZ ambient /industrial pop/electronic musician (The Sheaves), Daniel Schurgin “Kaddish” from the cassette album “Immersive Bongo World” on Total Peace
  • Marseille based slowmo /psych /dark disco /techno DJ-producer and part of the Discordance collective, Oras Elone – “Alarm” from the upcoming V/A “MRS ~ BXL” Brussels/Marseille split compilation album on Biologic Records
  • Berlin-based Saint Petersburg bred new beat /industrial /noise /dark techno producer Alexey Volkov “Ascenda” from his upcoming mini-album “Monotonic Impermanence” on Strange Therapy
  • Utrecht-based electro /minimal synth DJ-musician-producer Roberto Auser – “Flush” from upcoming 7″ single “Flush b/w Spy Satellite” via Ferry Lane Records
  • Mexican EBM /electro /techno producer SFXDJ – “Pandorum” from V/A “CIUDAD EN RUINAS” EP on Colapso Records
  • Edinburgh, UK based industrial /cyberpunk /metal /synthwave /techno solo project of musician and composer  Miska Aunala (aka Phonolector) aka COPY 2.0 “Erase What I Was” from upcoming EP “Factory Reset”
  • The Hague based EBM /industrial /wave /dark electro project of DJ-producer and soundtrack composer, Antoni Maiovvi aka Ye Gods “Remove Your Material Worth From This Earth” from the album “Babalon Works” on Phage Tapes
  • Italian EBM /industrial /techno DJ-producer, Endless Nothing – “The Beauty Of Misery” from V/A “ Choices For Instability” compilation EP on Frenesia
  • Polish industrial /EBM /new beat /synth-wave producer BlackSunDreamer “Harmless” from upcoming LP “Thick Blood”
  • Russian acid /coldwave /electro /EBM DJ-producer Alexey Bork, aka Rudiment “Fire! Fire! Fire! feat. XTR HUMAN” from upcoming cassette EP “ZEITENWENDE” on WIE EIN GOTT
  • French electro-punk /synth-punk act Bracco “Fribourg (Kris Baha Remix)” from the remix EP “Fribourg Remixed” on MILK ME.
  • German industrial /dark techno producer from Berlin, Headless Horseman “Deformation” from V/A “003” EP on Disconnekt Records
  • A Coruña, Spain bass /dark techno DJ-producer and co-head of Fanzine project, Roi – “Ogma” from “Bandua” EP on his sublabel IOR Records
  • Amsterdam, Dutch leftfield /acid /breakbeat /jungle /techno /electro DJ-producer, Identified Patient “Walk With Me” from upcoming EP “Elevator Music for Headbangers” 12″ on his new co-own label Nerve Collect
  • Tambov, Russian breaks/electro /electronic sound producer Skrpump – “GODZILLA” on SVODKA Records
  • Dublin bred breaks /electro DJ-producer Ngoni Egan – “A Compute B Programme” off V/A “Planet Destroyed” compilation [Avoidant Records]
  • New York‘s hardware-based machine funk /acid /electro DJ-producer and The New U.S. Government head, Michael Padgett AKA Ole Mic Odd “Internalize” from upcoming 12″ EP “Robotronix” on Kraftjerkz
  • Viennese bass /breaks /electro duo Daniel Lodig and Martin Sovinz aka /DL/MS/ “_이 기쁨” from upcoming EP “Halo” on Mechatronica
  • Palm Beach, FL glitch /bass music /electro producer GROW “Late” from “Robüttz” mini-album via his own CHP Recordings
  • Spanish bass /electro producer Dark Vektor – “Mil Imperios Mil Destinos” from V/A “Our Own Algorithm VOL.1″ EP 12” on DISTRITO 91
  • Italian acid electro producer Roberto Crisma aka KWASIR “Parallel Universe” from the upcoming “Screams From Outer Space” EP on FERMA
  • Hungarian EBM /acid /IDM /techno /electro producer (1/3 of Wedding Acid Group), J. Mono “Rf Orig” from the upcoming album “Redate III” on Dalmata Daniel
  • UK Industrial /Body Music /Synth /Electronic act from Sheffield, Randolph & Mortimer “Solta No Caos feat. Avnoar (Vermelho Remix)” off new single EP “Solta No Caos feat. Avnoar” on Surface Reality
  • Dutch acid /house /hardcore /indie pop /electronic project LE MOTAT “Niet Doen (Betonkust KoOrtSrEmiX)”
  • London based cosmic dark disco duo Beyond The Struttosphere “Contralo” on Berlin-based IDWT
  • Chillville, France based new beat /indie dance /cosmic disco Russian producer Sim Fossil – “Zero Action” from V/A “Musica per Ballare / para Bailar (Vol.1)” EP on Mister T. Edits
  • Melbourne’s cosmic disco /indie dance DJ-producer Gumm “Dance Of Fortune” from V/A “Buone Vacanze Vol. 1″ EP 12” on Bordello A Parigi
  • 1983‘s Italo Disco classic Brando – “Rainy Day (Flemming Dalum Remix)” 12″ vinyl on ZYX Music‘s new 40 Years Anniversary Series
  • Glasgow, UK old-school /Italo /nu-disco /electro /synth producer Marshall Brill aka Vital Spark “Rusutsu” off debut E.P. “Curriculum Vital”
  • Italian Italo Disco /Synthpop producers Fred Ventura and Paolo Gozzetti aka Italoconnection “Lost In Paris” maxi single
  • Prague electronic /neo-classical pianist and composer Lucie Palečková, AKA Orka “Beauty Is In Everything (ELUARD Remix)” from the EP “Pearl” on COLUMBO RECORDS
  • ItaloSwiss nu-disco /wave /synthpop transdisciplinary artist Alan Strani – “Le Pacifique (feat. Tessa Martin)” off “Apocalypso” LP on Bordello A Parigi
  • Copenhagen‘s experimental /ambient /techno producer Rune Bagge “Fade Away (Touch the Sky) from “Grab a Star” album on Northern Electronics
  • Vermont based ambient /soundscape /cinematic /electronic sound artist Andrew Shaffer AKA Go Outside “It’s winter” from the EP “It’s winter but there is no snow”
  • UK/US ambient /drone /electronic collaboration between Dennis Huddleston (head of 3six Recordings) and Zach Frizzell (founder of the Past Inside the Present label/imprint & Healing Sound Propagandist), AKA 36 & zakè “Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel (Earth Visions Part 4)” from the second album “Stasis Sounds For Long-Distance Space Travel II” on Past Inside the Present   
  • Budapest, Hungary IDM /braindance /ambient /electronica producer András Hargitai AKA Soutien Gorge “Rather Lazy” from the album “Tarskapcsolatodban” on Touched Music
  • St. Petersburg based, Russian ambient /drone /field recordings /cosmic /church organ project of keyboard fantasist Vova Kolbin AKA Childese “Adamov Effect” from the cassette album “Minor Eden” on Not Not Fun Records
  • Canadian industrial ambient duo M. Klebanoff (Death Kneel, Tomb Mold) and M. Harrison (Moss Harvest), AKA Topiary “Cape Of Good Hope” from the cassette album “At A Glacial Pace” on AUGHT \ VOID
  • Ellsworth, Maine ambient /drone /electronic sound artist Bryan Hilyard, AKA Hilyard “Fragile wraith” from the album “A wake in shadows” on Stereoscenic Records
  • Cleveland based dark ambient /experimental electronic /vaporwave producer Distance Prefix “Decaying entropy” from the album “Morning sadness: sides I & II” on Stargazing at Blank Skies!
  • Tokyo, Japan ambient /organic /electro-acoustic /piano sound artist Tomoyoshi Date “熱 Netsu (33 rpm)” from the third solo album “438Hz As It Is, As You Are” on laaps