Weekly Electronic Music Tips // DECEMBER #49-24
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- DJ REMASURI // Live at Blitz & Donner, Leipzig (16th November 2024)
Hi-NRG and euphoric retro/modern live set, at a local party called „Tanztee Kleinzschocher“, from our favourite veteran Euro-Disco DJ from Leipzig.
- Berlin-based acid /disco /electro /downtempo collaboration, Inch of Shadow & La Groove Machine – “The Alchemist Ritual” from “Eastern Stars” EP [Acid Discos]
Berlin-nestled collaboration between La Groove Machine and Inch of Shadow deftly kidnaps our fantasy through a hypnotic vertigo of whirring acidic spirals, stirred by metronomic crisp snares, braced by the sense-provoking looping pulsation of tactile bass grooves, while shivering distorted frequencies and tantalizing airy coils flutter above our heads, into a sublime mesmeric journey that you will never want to end.
- London-based South Africa-raised ambient /industrial /breakbeat /drum & bass producer Steve “Voidloss” Loss, aka Voidloss – “The Clattering Of Hooves (Homemade Weapons Remix)” from “Bloodlillies In The Moonlight” EP [Onset Audio]
Seattle-based producer’s sharp surgical rework notches up the seething tension, unfolding silky humming bass grooves alongside snappy shuffling breakbeat hypnotism, drifting through sidereal and spectral hallucinatory landscapes imbued with lingering restlessness and arcane mystery.
- London-based house /indie dance /funk/ techno polymath DJ-producer and M.A.D Records mastermind (1/2 of Make a Dance), Josh Ludlow – “New Transition” off of “New Transition” EP 12″ [Toy Tonics]
‘Combining 1990s filter house influences, 00s indie dance and some of the edgy contemporary funk moods’, the London-bred eclectic producer serves up an electrifying hallucinatory jam, spinning a seamless fusion of zestful and groovy, as well as trippy and euphoric sounds, pinning the listener down to the dancefloor for months to come.
- Swedish ambient /drone /field recordings /electroacoustic /piano /electronic artist (aka Eternell, Purl, Illuvia), Ludvig Cimbrelius “These Flames I Gently Let” from the album “Here” CDr [sound in silence]
- L.A.-based ethereal /field recordings /synth /meditative /electronic /ambient music project of veteran electronic music producer James Bernard and Cynthia Bernard (Marine Eyes), aka Awakened Souls “Even” from “Faraway days (2018-2022)” archival collection LP
- UK ambient /drone /ethereal /dreamcore /meditation /electronic sound artist Simon Vince, aka HERE “Deity” from the upcoming CDr album “The Totality Of Existing Things” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
- Brighton/Toronto guitar-ambient project of Home Normal label head Ian Hawgood and Polar Seas Recordings curator Brad Deschamps (Anthéne), aka Rosales “Half-Light III” from “Half-Light” LP [Home Normal]
- German/Spanish ambient /deep techno collaboration between Affin label‘s head Joachim Spieth, and Archives and Faint labels founder Agustin Mena (aka SVLBRD), Joachim Spieth | Warmth “Exosphere” from upcoming LP “Fragments” [Affin]
- Manchester, UK ambient /drone /cyberpunk /dreampunk /electronic producer Sangam “Secondary Losses” from VVV x Sangam split EP “Nano Victories / Secondary Losses”
- Californian experimental /ambient /drone /folk /electronica composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, William Ryan Fritch “Moities” from the LP “Adhesion” (the final installment in a three-album series) [Lost Tribe Sound]
- Porto Alegre, Brazilian ambient /drone /minimal /electronic experimental guitarist & composer, Carlos Ferreira “Utopia (SVLBRD “Remix)” from the upcoming “Dust Inside the Light” LP [ARCHIVES]
- Cadiz, Spanish ambient /drone /field recordings /electro-acoustic /modular synth sound artist David Cordero “Alquézar” from the upcoming album “Postales” CD [DRONARIVM]
- UK ambient /drone /ethereal /dreamcore /meditation /electronic sound artist Simon Vince, aka HERE “Deity” from the upcoming CDr album “The Totality Of Existing Things” [Wayside & Woodland Recordings]
- Cambridge, UK-based ambient /ethereal /cosmic /electro-acoustic /electronic sound artist Tim Martin (Atlantis, Karst, Bluhm, Black Elk, Ouvala), Maps and Diagrams “Assume the Electrons” from the upcoming 2025 “Gleichstrom” CD album [Handstitched*]
- UK ambient /electro-acoustic /folk /experimental electronic composer, Will Samson “Loshult” from the upcoming album “Songs Of Beginning And Belonging” 12″ [Dauw]
- Germany/Portugal ambient /drone /abstract /cinematic /field recordings /experimental sound artists Philipp Bückle & Fernando José Pereira – “A Swift Rustling Sensation In A Library” from “Tension” album [Shimmering Moods]
- UK ambient /hauntology /experimental /folklore /sound art /electronic project The Antiquarian “Past Christmas” from “Christmas” EP [Plenty Wenlock Records]
- Switzerland-based prolific ambient /experimental /synth /electronic musician Rupert Lally “Running Circles (featuring Karen Vogt)” from the CD album “Interzones” [Mortality Tables]
- UK ambient /drone /analogue synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins aka Pye Corner Audio “Simulation Cult (Alessandro Cortini Remix)” from upcoming “Where Things Are Hollow: No Tomorrow” 4xLP Box Set box set revisiting and expanding his acclaimed “Where Things Are Hollow” series [Lapsus Records]
- Austin, TX power ambient /drone /kosmische /electronic project Botany “I’ve Been Dreaming I’ve Been Drowning from the collection album “I’ve Been” [2017-2021]
- Vienna, Austria ambient /drone /guitar /electronic experimental musician Fennesz “Patterning Heart” from the album “Mosaic” [Touch]
- Amsterdam ambient /electro-acoustic /experimental composer, multi-instrumentalist and sound artist Eveline Ypma “Laugarvatn Part III” off “Laugarvatn” album [fveld]
- UK ambient /drone /chill-out /shakuhachi /experimental /electronic project of brothers Joseph and Luke Sanger (aka Luke’s Anger), aka Sanger and Sanger “Warm Alert” from the album “Exotopia” [quiet details]
- Edinburgh-based ambient /drone /loop /psych /experimental solo project from Scottish singer and producer Drew Wright (aka Wounded Knee, and former member of Mac-Talla Nan Creag), aka Hoch Ma Toch “Two Neat Geometries” from the cassette album “Two Neat Geometries” [Old Technology]
- UK ambient pop /minimal techno /dub house solo project of Andrew Johnson (aka Septemberist, and former member of the bands Hood, The Remote Viewer, Famous Boyfriend and On Fell), A New Line (Related) “Lytham And Sound” from the third album “A Quarterly Update On The Sadness” CDr [Sound In Silence]
- Scotland-based ambient /drone /soundtrack /cinematic /experimental electronic musician Everyday Dust “Towers” from the CD album “The Principality Of Dustland” [Dustopian Frequencies]
- Italian ambient /IDM /experimental electronic producer Lorenzo Bracaloni (Fallen/ The Child of A Creek), aka LYS “Dust, Wires” off of “We are numbers” EP 10″ [Intellitronic Bubble]
- London‘s ’90s iconic ambient /IDM /post-rock /shoegaze /electronic band Seefeel “Tail Trails” from the album “Squared Roots” [Warp Records]
- London-based ambient /UK bass /house /techno producer Chris Guillotine “Clint Eastwood (Chris Guillotine VIP)” from “Offcuts vol.1” EP
- Icelandic ambient/dub techno producer Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson aka Yagya “Góður Dagur” from V/A “Pura Lempuyang télu” compilation LP [Lempuyang]
- UK ambient /deep house /analogue synth electronic producer Martin Jenkins aka Pye Corner Audio “Deep Lake Drift” single
- Texas sci-fi /industrial /drone /slomo techno /heavy electronics producer, S.English “Process Red” from cassette album “Impossible Furniture” [L.I.E.S. Records]
- Munich, Germany breakbeat /tech house DJ-producer and Ilian Tape co-founder, Dario Zenker – “Vitalizer” off “Tube Travel” 12″ [Ilian Tape]
- Berlin-based acid /breakbeat /experimental electronic producer, DJ and R.i.O. label co-founder, Benedikt Frey “Henry” from the “Hoover” EP [Rhythmic Culture Records]
- Milan-based, Italian trance /breakbeat /bass /leftfield techno producer Piezo “Deepa” from “Ecstatic Nostalgia” EP UFO Series 12″ [Dekmantel]
- French hi-fi /minimalistic /drum & bass /leftfield /techno /tribal /trance /experimental producer Adrien Van De Velde, aka A Strange Wedding – “Quadra Morphing” from “Pressure” EP [useless seconds]
- Delaware County, New York ambient /bass /leftfield /post-dubstep /breaks /techno /experimental producer Ronan – “Shadowbox (K Wata Remix)” off V/A “Famille Recomposée” LP [Grid Records]
- Barcelona-based experimental /ambient /tribal /psych /acid /downtempo /house /electronic duo IRO AKA “Spiral” off of “Aural II” EP 12″ [Hivern Discs]
- Blow Monkeys – “Save Me (Neville Watsons‘s Dub)” from “A Love From Outer Space” compiled by Sean Johnston (Andrew Weatherall and Sean Johnston’s enduring musical journey is celebrated with a forthcoming 2×12″ LP colored vinyl compilation featuring exclusive tracks) [Material Music]
- California-based kraut /psych /dub electronic project of Glasgow‘s producer Stu Evans, aka Sordid Sound System “I Dream Of Electric Sheep” from “I Dream Of Electric Sheep” EP [Special Place]
- “Finish Me In Chrome Country (Alex Kassian Edit)” by Balearic /house DJ, producer and musician based in Berlin
- London, UK ambient /industrial /tribal /psych /techno /dub house electronic producer and Trule label head, Al Wooton “Facing The Horses Tail” from “Calvinist Hospitality” EP [TRULE]
- Belgian experimental /jam /electro /acid /techno producer Aether, aka DJ Celtric – “Foundation & Empire” off Aether–DJ Celtric‘s EP “From The Vaults” [Dance Mekanik]
- Athens, Greece industrial /drum & bass /dub /darkwave /techno experimental producer Kimisma – “Trvst Issves” single
- Brooklyn, NY-based, Georgian breakbeat /percussive Viking-inspired sounds /techno /electronic DJ-producer Punshukunshu – “Synopsis” off the EP “Invariant” [self-released]
- Berlin-based hypnotic dubbed-out techno producer Lars Huismann – “Aeon” off “Mechanized” EP [Monnom Black]
- Mysterious German techno /breaks /electro producer Elektrotechnik – “Die Bestie” off of the forthcoming EP “Kontrast” [Gladio Operations]
- Berlin-based ambient /IDM /breaks /electro German producer Thomas Pahl, aka VERTICAL67 “Dark Mode (Digital Exclusive)” off upcoming “Mirrored” EP 12″ [Mechatronica]
- Tel Aviv based acid /EBM /techno /electro producer Naor Dayen, aka E-bony “System Error (The Hacker remix)” from “Machine Code” EP [Dame-Music]
- Greek techno /breaks /electro DJ and producer from Athens, Romphea – “Fragging (5ZYL Remix)” off of ”Hard Drive” EP [JADE]
- Krasnodar, Russian industrial /EBM /acid /synthwave /breaks /techno electro producer Sanyanameste “There’s No Point (Disco Morato Remix)” off “Technicolor” EP [Maxima Culpa]
- Brazilian EBM /industrial /electro /techno /experimental producer Edvan Marques Ferreira, aka MVQX “You Won’t Slide If We Don’t Get Along” from “They Never Learn” (EP) [Nothing Was There Records]
- French Ambient /EBM /Techno /Synthwave /Darkwave project of Bordeaux-based videographer, singer, sound designer and musician, Sebastien Carl AKA Hørd “Deliverance (Ancient Methods Remix)” from “Deliverance” EP [Persephonic Sirens ]
- Antioquia, Colombia experimental /industrial /dark electro /EBM /techno producer Faunes Efe, aka Filmmaker “Unseen Forces” from the upcoming album “Great Tribulations”
- Cologne-based Tunisian native EBM /Industrial /Post-punk /Techno /Dark Electronic project of Karim Bornaz (aka Nasty Habits), aka BlindÇhild “OLA” off V/A “Nightshade Prophecy” EP 12″ [Silent Ground]
- New York City-based EBM /industrial /dark electro /techno producer-DJ and SYNTHICIDE label founder, ANDI “End Program” from V/A “Intermezzo Tre” compilation album [Dischi Autunno]
- Belgian EBM /industrial /dark electronic Dirk Da Davo‘s project alongside Glenn Keteleer (aka Radical G) and Pieter-Jan Theunis, NEON ELECTRONICS “Factory Walk” (Dystopian rework by Radical G) [Orginal version by The Neon Judgement] off “Factory Walk Rework” EP [DanceDelicd]
- New York EBM /dub /industrial /techno /darkwave /dark electronic project of Reza Seirafi, aka Vexillary “Animalic (Kris Baha ReDub)” from “Horror ReDubs (Album)” remix LP
- Warsaw-based, Ukrainian EBM /Industrial /Cold Body Music producer Revolt “She Would Like to Fear (Autumns Remix)” from “Splintered Dreams” EP [X-IMG]
- Kortrijk, Belgian Electro /EBM musician Bert Libeert, aka B1980 “Mental Pulse” off “Chronology ” EP [Italo Moderni]
- Russian EBM /Industrial /Techno producer ORYOL – “The Different (Velax Remix)” from “The Different” EP [Bravers]
- Turin, Italian EBM /dark techno /electronic producer MATTEO TURA “MOLOTOV COCKTAIL” from “DISOBEY CLUB” EP
- São Paulo, Brazil EBM /techno producer Sombra Vampiforme “Irrigação Vertebral”
- Italian EBM /proto-funk /synth punk /sex wave duo from Umberto Cavalloni and Giacomo Stefani, aka SLF IMG – “Built To Last” off “Chiodi” EP co-produced and mixed by Luca Venezia (Curses) [Ombra International]
- Frankfurt am Main 1988 Acid /EBM classic Bigod 20 – ”Acid to body (Calystarr & Pumuki Remix)” [Flying Saucer]
- Spanish horror disco /dark electro/acid /synth wave /techno DJ-producer from Bilbao, WLDV “Obsessed (By The Taste Of Flesh)” from “From The Vault” EP
- London, UK based EBM /electroclash /techno Lithuanian producer Ton Globiter – “ Crystal Clear” off the V/A “Hexagon” EP [Samo Records]
- Margate, UK indie dance /80s synth-pop producer (composer of Kill the Justice League & Everything Now), Rupert Cross – “Strapped Out feat. C.A.R. )” from upcoming “Strapped Out” EP [Ransom Note Records]
- Tel Aviv indie dance /dark disco producer Zehava Glantz – “Cabaret Electrize” off “Cabaret Electrize” EP [Nein Records]
- Mexican dark disco /indie dance duo BADWOLF & AUDAE “DECADANSE (Original Mix)” from “DECADANSE” EP [CONTROLLA]
- German 1988 new beat/house classic J.W.B. Hits The Beat – “House Fatale (Curses Revamp” off “Next Wave Acid Punx Revamps” EP [Eskimo Recordings]
- Belfast, Northern Ireland Italo disco /house /indie dance DJ-producer Jordan Nocturne “Musique (Alen Skanner Remix)” from “Musique Remixes” EP [Permanent Vacation]
- San Francisco Bay Area cosmic disco collective 40 Thieves feat. Alona – “Shake You Off (Extended Vocal)” [Roam Recordings]
- Poland/Italy synth-pop /Italo disco collaboration between producers Rafał Lachmirowicz & Fred Ventura, aka A.P. Mono feat. Fred Ventura – “The News” off “All We Need” EP 12″ [Bordello A Parigi]
- Berlin-based, Santiago de Chile native dark cosmic Italo disco producer Manuel Ortúzar (1/2 of Random Atlas), aka Aural Trace “Just With You (Pyrame Remix)” from “Whisper” EP [THISBE Recordings]
- Tel Aviv ethnic /cosmic /indie dance duo of Alexandr Seletsky and Victor Kiriyakidi, YAME – “Talk To Me” [CHEEK]
- Bad Soden, Germany ambient /drone veteran electronic musician, Mathias Grassow “From the centre of life” off the album “A whole Life – The Beauty of Simplicity”
- Denver, Colorado ambient /drone /field-recordings /soundscape project by Jake Carter, aka .foundation “hypnotism I” from “hypnotism” LP tape [Healing Sound Propagandist]
- Indonesia-based, London-born ambient /soundscape /deep listening sound artist Pete Swinton “LB – 2” from the album “Light Blue”
- Baltimore, Maryland ambient /drone /tape loops /electro-acoustic /experimental project of PJ Dorsey, aka Tarotplane “Between Soil and Sky” long-form CD LP [Noir Age]
- Brighton/Toronto guitar-ambient project of Home Normal label head Ian Hawgood and Polar Seas Recordings curator Brad Deschamps (Anthéne), aka Rosales “Reveille” long form work [Home Normal]