Weekly Electronic Music Tips // DECEMBER #50-23
PICKS OF THE WEEK:
- Moreik / Arbatel “ROOTS 4”
Spanish DJ since 1993 based in Madrid, Javier Moreik aka Arbatel takes us on a nostalgic and energetic trip down his, yet our as well, ’80s/early ’90s memory lanes of Belgian New Beat, Industrial, EBM, Electro-Punk, Eurobeat, Techno and all around.
- London, UK ambient /experimental /techno /leftfield house DJ-producer LEON VYNEHALL “Duofade (Extended)” [Studio Ooze]
Sleek and seductive end-of-the-year gift from London‘s maestro with his unique melting-pot of dance elements, that sizzle over crackling crispy percussions, warm swelling and humming bassline, and swollen atmospheric pads along with chopped-out soulful vocal samples.
- Dresden, Germany techno /breaks /electro duo Conform & k bye – “Bad Bitch Magic (Dub Mix)” off V/A “MIDI E1NS” EP series [Uncanny Valley]
Slashing broken beats, thumping bouncy kicks, ominously droning bassline oscillations, flashing strings, and angsty vocal loops, coalesce in a jittery clattering syncopation, awash in trippy space-out vibes, to keep us on groovin’ in a neverending warped trance.
- Kyoto, Japan cosmic Italo disco /breakbeat /house DJs/producers ktskm and Keiju, aka Kross Section – “Dusk Driving” off V/A ” Make Dream House Great Again Vol.2 ” compilation LP [Fauve Records]
Japanese duo shines an Italo-tinged cosmic synthy slice of throbbing and booming dance-instigating breakbeats, topped by glaring spacey spirals of emotive-ridden bright string euphoria, sure to make ‘dream house’ great again.
- Melbourne-based ambient /drone /game music /modern classical longtime experimental American musician and composer, David Shea “The Forest Labyrithe” from the upcoming 2024 album “The Ship” [Room40]
- Japanese ambient /field recordings /minimal sound artist based in Tokyo, Iu Takahashi “Stable / In Praise Of Shadows” from the CD album “Sense / Margin” [laaps]
- Australian ambient /drone /ethereal /field recordings /soundscape composer and artist, Cat Tyson Hughes “Another Daylight (feat. marine eyes)” from the CD album “Roses in the Casement Window” [quiet details]
- Italian ambient /drone /new age /electronic sound artist Lori Pate “Dustlight” from the cassette album “Sightings” [Peak]
- Trans-Atlantic ambient duo of Detroit‘s Jason Kolb (Auburn Lull) and Denmark‘s Jonas Munk (Manual), aka Billow Observatory “Chasing Ghosts” from upcoming “Soliton” EP 12″ [Felte Records]
- Cardiff, Wales ambient /drone project of Jamie Jones, aka Veins Full of Static “Small Acts of Neglect” from the cassette album “No Such Rust” [Waxing Crescent Records]
- Japan/England ambient /electroacoustic /neo-classical /improv collaboration, aus & Danny Norbury “A diary entry from years ago” off the album “Better Late Than Never” [Facture]
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania ambient /drone /atmospheric /soundscape /electronic sound artist William Creason, aka Blush To The Snow “First Dawn” from the EP “Fading Flames” [Florina Cassettes]
- Georgia-based ambient /minimal /drone maker Rachel Evans, aka Motion Sickness of Time Travel “12 Sagittarius” from the “Zodiac” monthly series for a scheduled album.
- Danish ambient /experimental /electronic solo project of Posh Isolation label co-founder’ Loke Rahbek aka, CROATIAN AMOR “Armita (feat. Soho Rezanejad, Alto Aria & Scandinavian Star)” single on Posh Isolation
- Elusive experimental /ambient pop artists (part of Air Krew), Piper Spray & Lena Tsibizova “Debtor of Presence” title track of the upcoming album “Debtor of Presence” [Theory Therapy]
- British ambient /tape loops /modular synth /electronic musician, photographer, and software engineer Ambalek “Aquatint” from the cassette album “diary#3” [sonic-dialogue]
- French ambient /drone /experimental /guitar project of Allan J.Kimmel, aka Departure Street “A whisper of ordinary life” from the album “Travels With Your Mind” [Kalamine Records]
- Ambient /neo-classical /electronic collaboration between London-based Italian composer, arranger, producer and guitarist (Sigillum S founder) and Berlin-based Japanese violinist, composer, electronic producer and Tangerine Dream member, Eraldo Bernocchi & Hoshiko Yamane “Ichirin” from upcoming second LP “Sabi” 12″ [Denovali]
- Bangkok, Thailand-based ambient /noise /drone sound artist fatalism “Zero” off V/A “Momentum Uninterrupted” remix CD album (Heejin Jang‘s latest LP “Consistency” remixed by 14 artists)
- Basel-based, Croydon, UK native ambient /experimental /electronic percussionist, composer, arranger, technician and producer, Michal Turtle – “Borrowed Times” from V/A “10” 10th anniversary 2xLP/CD compilation [Music From Memory]
- London-based ambient /IDM /experimental /electronic innovator Robin Rimbaud aka SCANNER “Silent Night” from the Christmas festive album “A Scanner Christmas”
- German veteran ambient /downbeat /tech-house /house electronic producer one half of Wighnomy Brothers, Robag Wruhme “Robellada.22” from “T.O.R. LP 001″ LP 12” [Tulpa Ovi Records]
- Oakland, CA downtempo /ambient producer Sudi Wachspress, aka Space Ghost – “New World Energy (Ambient Mix)” from V/A “Medusozoa Vol. III” compilation [Tartelet Records]
- Cairo, Egypt experimental /breakbeat /psych /bass /leftfield /downtempo /electronic producer Hassan Abou Alam “Mawgood (Joaquin Cornejo Remix)” from “Shalfata” EP 12″ [YUKU]
- Catania, Italy Balearic /Nu-Disco /Acid House /Jazz Funk / Electronic producer Dario Aiello AKA My Friend Dario “Tellaro” from “Food for Woofers Vol.2” [Hell Yeah Recordings]
- Melbourne, Australia ambient /psych /percussive /exotic /cosmic synth-pop /downtempo collaboration, Greville & The Lonely Voices – “Sun, Moon, Stars (Navi Mix)” from “Voices of Lonely” LP 12″ [Mad Habitat Recordings]
- UK IDM /ambient /braindance /dub /experimental /electronic ?? Anonymous “idler” from V/A “Covert 4” 2x CD compilation album [Touched Music]
- Rotterdam‘s ambient /IDM /minimal techno producer Charlton, aka Tapirus – “Calm Interval Part 4” off upcoming “Calm Interval” LP 12″ [Infinite Pleasure]
- Germany via South London ambient /acid /ethno /dub /electronic producer Abu AMA “Taliban Bakshish – version” from “Anthrazit Dub” EP
- Experimental /breaks /bass /techno /electro recombination of Rotterdam‘s producer Versalife (aka Conforce, Hexagon, Silent Harbour) and Munich‘s Ilian Tape affiliated Stenny, Versalife X Stenny – “Nova Prospekt” from V/A “TRUST XY.3″ EP 12” recombination series [TRUST]
- London-based ambient /IDM /techno /electro wave producers Kurt Baggaley & Tau Sagittarii, aka Scape One “We’re Not Computers” from “Losing Gravity” album
- Bristol, UK acid /funk /techno /electro producer Jon Chmielewski, aka ZOBOL “Scapegoat” (Originally released on 12″ vinyl by EON & Zeitnot in 2023)
- French dark techno /electro producer Human Rebellion “Modern Slavery (Robodroid remix)” title track of “Unmatrixed” EP [Warehouse Manifesto]
- West Yorkshire, UK vocoder /electro bass producer Sean Higgins, aka Cybereign – “Eternal Night” from “Super Human Being” EP [Borg Recordings]
- Szczecin, Poland breaks /funk /electro producer Robodrum, aka MROCKI “Sample od Legowelta” from “JEST ELEKTRYCZNIE” EP [Elektropunkz]
- Austria-based, Ukrainian lo-fi /dark ambient /leftfield house project by Ruslan Pustota (aka pustota veschey), aka RPSH “phinic”
- Los Angeles based ambient /drone /industrial /techno producer Jaclyn Kendal, aka Terrestrial Paradise “Western Ave” from the album “Artificial Hell” [BANK NYC]
- Birmingham, UK industrial /dub /power electronics /techno /electronica project of musician and producer Justin K Broadrick (aka Jesu, Godflesh, Final and Techno Animal) aka JK Flesh “PI11.2” from the album “PI11 [π11]” [Pi Electronics [π]]
- Berlin-based EBM /synthpop /breaks /electro /techno Portuguese electronic musician Foreign “Talk Your Shit” from the album “Strange World” [Eye For An Eye Recordings]
- Berlin-based hardcore /experimental /breaks /acid /techno Italian producer GAJA “Underground Messiah” from cassette album “All I See I Hate” [Ophism]
- Paris-based, Greek industrial /techno /jack /ghetto /electro artist Boris Barksdale “Hand Off” (originally recorded in 2016)
- French EBM /electro /Italo /noise /breakbeat /techno /dark electronics producers and Raar label founders, Maelstrom & Louisahhh – “Vixen (Cate Hortl Remix)” off the second single “Let The Night” from forthcoming sophomore collaborative album “May the Rage Burn a Path for Joy” [RAAR]
- Moscow-based EBM /Avant-Garde /Dark Wave duo Disco Morato & Varvara Pavlovna – “Princess” from upcoming EP “Hate Epoque” [Maxima Culpa]
- Brussels based ambient /drone /EBM /coldwave /electropop producer and Antibody label head (Orphan Swords, Figure Section), Yannick Franck/RAUM “The Belgian Wave” from “The Belgian Wave (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)” album [Antibody label]
- France EBM /industrial /noise /techno artist Jean Louis Augustes Mescouilles – “Lâche Deviance” off V/A “All Clebards Are Bastards Vol.3” EP [CSC Records]
- Mexican EBM /industrial /techno DJ-producer Datura Inoxia “Traición” from upcoming EP “La Ciudad de la Furia” [Bruto Industries]
- Mexican Industrial Techno /EBM duo project originally from Chiapas, Red Deviil “Lizard Skin” from the CD EP “Overkill” [Intervision]
- Boston, MA EBM /dark wave /techno /industrial dance producer IOAKIMKIR “Dresiarz (feat. 2004)” from S/T album [D. W. R.]
- Berlin-based EBM-Italo-electro-techno collaboration of Pablo Bozzi & Phase Fatale, aka Soft Crash ft. Ready In LED – “Free Yourself (Extended Mix)” from the upcoming Soft Crash‘s “NRG” EP 12″ [BITE]
- Polish EBM /dark techno DJ-producer Adam Radziszewski, aka Adam Rå “Incompatible with Life” title track of the upcoming EP “Incompatible with Life” [Sharped Records]
- Saint-Petersburg based rave /trance /dark techno electronic producer Holod “Queen” off V/A “InterWave 014″ compilation EP 12” [Cult Collective]
- Austrian/Italian indie dance /wave /psych /electro /cosmic disco /techno electronica production duo Nick Hanzo & A-Tweed “Cult Over Apollo” off “Cult over Apollo” EP [Belly Dance Services]
- Tel Aviv-based acid /new beat /EBM /dark electro producer Naor Dayen, aka E-Bony “Jack (La Mverte Remix)” from “NO ONE IN HERE” EP [EYA Records/LONEWOLF]
- UNDERWORLD X KETTAMA – ‘g-town euphoria (luna)’ [edit]
- Berlin-based cosmic /progressive /trance /dark disco /electronic DJ-producer and Kompakt Records affiliated, Kollmorgen – “Escape (Clouzer Remix)” from V/A “Time Warp” EP [Distant Gaze]
- Cardiff, UK rave /genre-bending experimental electronic side project from four members of Super Furry Animals, Das Koolies “Katal (Gabe Gurnsey Extended Dub)” from “Katal – Gabę Gurnsey Remixes” EP
- Frankfurt am Main‘s late ’80s new beat /techno pioneer trio Andy Düx, Thomas Althen, and Udo Niebergall, aka Voyou – “Houseman (DayVentura Hot Night In Chicago Edit)” from the album “The Meld Network: Protocol Modern Surgery Edits I” the first volume of edits and remixes by Italian/Argentinian producers DayVentura & Mystery Friend
- Patrick Hernandez – “Born 2B Alive (David Kust Extended Remix)”
- 1987 Italo Disco classic Ken Scott – “The Voice I Feel Inside (Flemming Dalum Remix)” 12″ [ZYX Music]
- North East of England‘s techno /house /disco DJ-producer and Me Me Me Recordings head, Geoff Kirkwood aka Man Power (feat. Elisabeth Elektra) – “Mail Order Karma” from the upcoming “Mail Order Karma” EP [Live At Robert Johnson]
- Russian ambient /new beat /dream house /disco producer Sim Fossil – “Marimba Desert” off “Course D’Amour” EP [Mister T. Records]
- Late ’80s New Beat /Techno duo Master Program – “Central Europe (Walentin Pauer Edit)” (originally from 1989 12″ on New Zone)
- Bali-based trance /electro /dark disco producer BRDN – “Disco Jedi” off V/A “Altered States Vol.10” EP [Sinchi]
- Mexican house /trance /dark disco /electronic producer and Duro label head, Bufi aka Theus Mago “X-Control” from the EP “Eclipse” [CORRESPONDANT]
- Manchester, UK Trance /New Wave /Indie Dance /Italo eclectic producer Error 401 – “Sound Of The Unknown (Brandski Remix)” off upcoming “Artificial Generation” EP [Raibano Records]
- Amsterdam-based dark disco /indie dance producer Yoram “Marangu” off upcoming “Taijitu” EP [Side Up Works]
- Vienna/London acid /house /chug /disco producers Wolfram & Josh Ludlow “YoYo Disco (Purple Disco Machine Extended Remix)” [Defected Records]
- Spanish acid /dark disco /psych /indie dance collaboration of Barcelona‘s producers Javier Ferreira, Heinech – “Just What I Need (Zombies in Miami Remix)” off “Ele” EP [Roam Recordings]
- Mysterious acid /electro /house /breakbeat /electronic duo Voodoos & Taboos – “Unconditional Love” off “Reversible Dreams” EP [Bordello A Parigi]
- Audio Bullys – “We Don’t Care (Roe Deers Remix)”
- Tune-Yards “Water Fountain (10:40‘s Sidewalk Celebration)” [Powder Wax]
- Parisian acid /breaks /techno /house protean producer Jaymie Silk “Party Downstairs” from “The Rise & Fall Of Jaymie Silk & Rave Culture” LP 12″ [Shall Not Fade]
- Italian dark ambient /psych /kraut /tribal /ethnic /acid /techno /downtempo DJ-producer Antonio De Oto, aka A-Tweed “Kynance” from V/A “The Wailing Woods Compilation” [Mana Abundance]
- French slow techno /trance /breakbeat /psych /downtempo /electronic producer Pont-Levis, aka Drawbridge “Les Vatenguerres feat. Khey Mysterio” from the EP “Journey into my inner forest” [Electric Shapes]
- Cologne, Germany ambient /acid /breaks /psych /trance /tribal /downtempo /electronic producer Grischerr – D.S.M (Hektisch Sprengen DJs 808 Mix)” off upcoming “Blue Gem Cavalcade” LP 12″ [Terra Magica Rec.]
- Argentina‘s tribal /psych /acid /trance /electronic producer Balam “Frenesi” from “Maharana” EP [Ya Hala Ya Hala Records]
- Mexico City acid /trance /breakbeat DJ-producer Umvral – “Slan” [Veneno]
- Parisian house /breaks /trance producer Vitaline – “Bouncy Trip” from V/A “Slump Recordings Artists For Palestine Compilation 2023” [Slump Recordings]
- London, UK melodic electro /house /techno producer Theo Kottis “Lighthouse” off “Lighthouse” EP 12″ [Dekmantel]
- New Jersey-based ambient /electro /dream pop /acid /techno /electro-pop project of Mike Simonetti (Italians Do It Better, 2MR) and Elizabeth Wight (Silver Hands), Pale Blue “The Last Song (Sasha Extended Remix)” from “The Last Song (Sasha Remixes)” EP [Crosstown Rebels]
- West Virginia-based experimental /electronic artist Chase Monty, aka RAN “Commodore 64” from the album “Gates and Zones” [Vivarium Recordings]
- Scotland-based ambient /drone /experimental electronic musician, Everyday Dust “Exorcism” from the cassette album “Existence X” [Dustopian Frequencies]
- Japanese ambient /drone /meditation /electronic sound artist (aka sphontik), KENJI KIHARA “Dim Gray” long-form [Soothe & Sleep]
- Frankfurt Am Main, Germany ambient /electronic synthesist, composer and Seil Label curator, Jogging House “Flashlights” from the new album “Station”
- New Hampshire ambient /electronic sound artist Tom Eaton “Old Town Hill (one hour environment)”
- North American ambient /IDM /modern classical /deep techno /electronic producer Brock Van Wey, aka bvdub “Asleep in Ultramarine” long-form CD album [DRONARIVM]
