WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

Weekly Electronic Music Tips // JANUARY 2025 #05-25

photo by Jeri Eisenberg

PICKS OF THE WEEK:

  • UMWELT Presents Ravoluson // Episode 29

As always vinyl-only DJ set by Lyon-native pioneer producer Umwelt, a staple of the underground electro and rave scene for 3 decades, and Rave Or Die and New Flesh Recordings labels founder, with a dark, gritty and electrifying Rave-charged mash-up of clattering high-energy techno, intoxicant spacey pads and wicked Electro bass palpitations.

  • Montreal’s DIY ambient /synth-pop /Berlin School minimal electronic project of synth builder and multi-instrumentalist, Christian Richer, AKA Élément Kuuda “Charismatic Catastrophe” from the upcoming cassette album “Harbour of the North Wind” [HOTHAM SOUND RECORDINGS]

In the early foretaste from the alluring collection of sprightly electronic tone poems, “equal parts ambient music, synth-pop, and Berlin School minimalism”, lilting hypnotic rhythmic patterns and stirring emotional melodies intertwine and sway in a languorous oneiric dance, under the poignant vibrancy of shivering elegiac string layers, to disclose a heartfelt rousing and harmonious universe of comfort and nostalgia.

  • Berlin-based ambient /noise /esoteric /tribal /world /Middle East /abstract industrial music project of South of Italy-bred DJ-producer (aka Blood Pressure Machine, The Sympathizer, TANS), co-head of Sons of Traders label along with his cousin Mike Tansella Jr., aka Hannibal III “The unknown Soldiers” from the upcoming debut cassette album “The Lost City” [Gravitational Waves]

A call to awareness and solidarity the compelling debut by the Italian experimental electronic artist conveys a destabilizing, contorted and life-pulsing journey into a continuously evolving fragmented spiral of visceral atmospheric resonances, screeching distortions, ritual percussive interludes, clattering frequencies, and heady Middle Eastern ambiences, overarched by imaginative ghostly echoes of conflict, nostalgia and suffering, to conjure up a thought-provoking contemplation on the tragedy and horror of war and the misery of social injustice.

  • Canberra, Australia ambience /drone /bass /trippy /tribal /esoteric /dub /downtempo producer Indy Anderson, aka Discobasis “Charlatan” from “Said the Light” EP, the first release from the South Eastern Australia label [Stock Grazing]

An esoteric and subliminal concoction of crisp, knocking percussion loops, punchy hypnotic drum kicks, and warm rippling bass pulses, enveloped in reverberating exotic and feral ambience, to immerse and sublimate the listener into a slow flowing, sensorial and tactile, intoxicating deep trance.

  • San Diego-based, UK experimental /ambient /drone /meditative /electronic film composer, recording artist, Auxiliary label owner, James Clements aka ASC “Empty Words” from album “Tales of Introspection” [Quiet Details]
  • Melbourne-based ambient /cinematic /beats /electronic multi-instrumentalist, producer and sound healer Phoebe Dubar, aka IKSRE (I Keep Seeing Rainbows Everywhere) “This very moment (feat Sarah Wilson)”
  • Stromness, UK ambient /abstract /electro-acoustic sound artist Ray Cobley “Nobody” from V/A “11 years of haiku” compilation to celebrate the 11th anniversary of the Naviar Haiku challenge [Naviar Records]
  • Minneapolis, Minnesota ambient /field recordings /organic /soundscapes /electronic musician Hiram “Celadon” from the cassette album “Green Green Earth”
  • Los Angeles-based ambient /drone /field recordings /soundscapes sound artist Kevin Paczesny “Lost Horizons” off “Lost Horizons” LP [Whitelabrecs]
  • New York ambient /shoegaze /neo-classical /piano group founded in 1992, Anilore “Automaton” from 2-track single “Luddite”
  • Ambient /drone /neoclassical /electroacoustic collaboration between German musician Christoph Vogel and Swedish composer and cellist Henrik Meierkord, aka Ghostloop, Henrik Meierkord “Tyska Bukten” from “Archipélagos” EP [Atlantea Records]
  • Norfolk-native, British neo-classical /experimental folk composer and improvising recorder player and violinist Laura Cannell “I Am Bittern” from “A Compendium of Beasts – Volume 1” a modern-day Medieval Bestiary in sound [Brawl Records]
  • German lo-fi jazz /drone /experimental /ambient musician Ulla Straus (aka Ulla Anona, Foamy, Pepper) aka U.e “Lavender (NF)” from the album “Hometown Girl” [u]
  • Chicago-based ambient /experimental /psych /post-rock /electro-acoustic /instrumental duo Allison Trumbo & Rob Logan (Desert Liminal drummer), Midnight Minds “Echo Poem” off the cassette LP “Echo Poems” [radicaldocuments]
  • Malmö, Sweden ambient drone folk project of Andreas Malm, aka Kroppskännedom “Mitt extatiska förakt” from debut s/t album [morctapes]
  • VancouverBC-based ambient /drone /meditative /field recordings /modular synth sound artist, J.T. Gladysz “Coastal Isle” off the album “Lush Vegetation” [isohyet]
  • London-based ambient /cinematic /classical /electronic Italian artist and composer Drum & Lace “Shiver” from the upcoming “Tempora” EP
  • San Francisco‘s IDM /experimental /ambient /electronica veteran producer Brock Van Wey (aka Earth House Hold, East Of Oceans), aka bvdub | Brock Van Wey “For Everything, an End (III)” from “For Everything, an End” EP (#1 of a series of12 four-track EP’s)
  • Ingelheim, Germany experimental /kraut /kosmische /analog electronica DIY cult pioneer synthesist Rüdiger Lorenz “Chamomilla Sabinae” from the collection “Synrise – Early Tape Recordings 1981-83” [Bureau B]
  • New York ambient /kosmische /electronic duo M. Geddes Gengras & Ben Seretan, aka Friends Meeting “Some fantastic proportion” LA fire fundraising single
  • New York ambient /Balearic /organic /downtempo /electronic producer Cofaxx “Breathe” 2-track single
  • Berlin-based experimental psych /groove /hypnotic techno artist MORDIO “Fuiste” from the upcoming “Selva of the Zone” EP [IO]
  • German drone ambient /dub techno producer Michael Fiedler (aka Jah Schulz), aka GHOST DUBS “Chemical Version” from “Extended Damaged Versions” EP 12″ [Pressure]
  • Bristol, UK bass music /house /drum & bass /breaks /techno /acid /dub veteran electronic producer Jim Cole, aka Om Unit “Hungry World” from upcoming “Acid Dub Studies III” LP fifth instalment of ‘Acid Dub Studies’ series
  • Indonesian-born, Singapore-based wave /psych /dark electro /downtempo DJ and producer Jonathan Kusuma, aka KUSUMA “88 KM” from “EDIT WORKS : 3” EP
  • Software “Como amor (1 Night Edit)” edit by Molloy DJ and Stuster of the 1993 Italian House/Trance classic, off of “Free Shelter Edits #11” EP [Free Shelter]
  • São Paulo, Brazil eclectic acid /world /percussive /groovy /psych /downtempo /dark dance electronic producer Ribeirão Preto (Shii Mu, Japanese Limo Boys), aka Niev “Fake” off upcoming “Crystal Play” EP [Nein Records]
  • German ambient /acid /trance /psych /breaks /electronic producer (aka Neuzeitliche Bodenbeläge, one half of AngstLust), Niklas Wandt “Momenti Dell’Eros” from V/A “No Era No Tempo Vol.1” debut label sampler curated by Italian label-heads A-Tweed and Oltrefuturo [Atol Diskz]
  • Berlin-based ambient /soundtrack /kosmische /downtempo /experimental /modular electronic project of French composer, producer, and live performer Julienne Dessagne, aka Fantastic Twins “Ariadne’s Thread, Unraveling” from the upcoming LP “Suite of Rooms” [House of Slessor]
  • Berlin-based, Romanian IDM /industrial /dub /psych /downtempo /electronic producer (one half of Khidja), Andrei Rusu “Radiu” from “A Chance Meeting with Choice” EP [Traverse]
  • Barcelona-based ambient /acid /psych /tribal /downtempo /trippy /electro /techno /breaks /multifaceted electronic voyagers David Iriarte and Carles Rocamora, aka Iro Aka “Plarz” from “Aural” EP 12″ [Hivern Discs]
  • Liverpool-born relocated to Sydney late 90s/early 00s house /psych /jungle /bass /dub experimental producer and MC of Arabic heritage (1/2 of downbeat duo Atone with Andrew Fitzgerald), Ali Omar “Hashish” from the posthumous tribute collection “Hashish Hits” LP [Efficient Space]
  • Fontainebleau, France ambient /drum & bass /half time /trance /hypnotic techno  DJ-producer Drawbridge – “Attack Of The Sandworm” off upcoming EP [techlab.bp]
  • Apulia, Italian ambient /IDM /braindance /abstract /acid /breaks /electro producer Caramel Chameleon “Chordrums-Stoned Bass Thirty” from “Grotte Acide Ricercate” LP [EVEL]
  • Tokyo-based Japanese ambient /acid /psych /techno producer Wata Igarashi “Interweave” from “Kaleidoscopic” EP [Dekmantel]
  • Dallas, TX resident IDM /techno /electro-funk /electro producer Cygnus “Red District Girls” (first 2012 CPU release off “Newmark Phase” LP) from V/A “CPU128 Classics” 2×12″ album [Central Processing Unit]
  • Granada, Spain breakbeat /electro producer Calagad 13 – “Unconscious Self (Erhalder Remix)” off “Inner Revolution Remixes” EP [Cosmic Tribe]
  • Belgian acid /bass /electro producer Dragan Zaranoff “Blue Hour” from “Adrenaline” EP [Posse Up!]
  • French acid /techno /electro duo (aka HR101), Human Rebellion – “Exploration” off upcoming “Exploration” EP [Hilltown Disco]
  • South Florida-based acid /breaks /electro producer and DJ, Dan Cella (Dan Carraway, GlowTape!), aka Cyborg Rhetoric “My 808 Bump” from “Full Time Gangster” EP [Ovelha Trax]
  • French acid /sci-fi /breaks /electro producer JOHNFAUSTUS – “Dione” from “ZC-ELEC012 – The Electro Guilde IV” split EP with Akkaelle and AXIS3340 [Zodiak Commune Records]
  • Saint Petersburg‘s acid /rave /electro-punk /breaks /electro producer Nespit – “Gipser” from V/A “RAVE THERAPY vol.6” LP [GESTALT.PROMO]
  • Bristol, UK based acid /bass /breaks /electro DJ and producer K-65 “Matador” from “Matador / Catch Me Down” EP [Typeless]
  • 80s West Coast hip-hop /electro pioneer The Egyptian Lover – “Into the Future” (Model Citizens Remix Take 1) remix by UK electro duo Phil Klein (Bass Junkie) & Matt Whitehead
  • Sofia, Bulgaria ethereal ambient /IDM /synthwave /breakbeat /electro artist FILLE – “Time is a Circle (Sestrica Remix)” off the upcoming debut LP [Distant Gaze]
  • Athens, Greece experimental /new wave /minimal wave DIY duo Lampros & Fani, aka Savoya/Σαβοΐα “Επιστροφή στο κήτος (ADF RMX)” from “Savoya III” EP
  • Brighton, UK dark ambient /industrial/noise /electronic collaboration between poet and artist Lisa Jayne and drummer Andy Pyne (Kellar, Medicine & Duty, Black Neck Band of the Common Loon, West Hill Blast Quartet), aka MAP 71 “The Future Edge” from V/A “World of Rubber 4″ EP 12” [RUBBER]
  • French electro /minimal wave duo of Bordeaux based, Guillaume Laidain (The Garçon) and Berlin-based, Andrew Claristidge (Acid Washed), aka H​.​L​.​M. – “Ruines, Béton & Industrie” title track of the upcoming LP “Ruines, B​é​ton & Industrie” [L P S]
  • Stockholm-based dub /hip-hop /grime /no wave /post-punk, /disco /proto-body /electro duo of Martin Thomasson and Johan Skugg, aka Harlem Electronics– “Blow by Blow” off upcoming 8-track LP “Cage” [VEYL]
  • Berlin-based EBM /industrial techno DJ-producer Eve Schwarz Feat. Dolgener – “Coping Mechanism (SUBSTENCIA Remix)” off upcoming “COPING MECHANISM” EP [Mutant Modality]
  • Barcelona, Spain darkwave /industrial /techno /EBM artist and From Hell To Disco label founder, Carmilla Sioux “Holy Blood” single [From Hell To Disco]
  • Buenos Aires, Argentina industrial /electro /EBM producer Leo Méndez, aka Jardines, aka  JARDINES SIN EXPLORAR – “H3R1D4S” from the posthumous tribute EP “Control 333″ 12” [Of Dolls and Murder / 21 Records / Little Buttery Records]
  • Los Angeles-based EBM /industrial techno DJ-producer Nick Viola – “Ghost In Your World (Kenny Campbell Remix)” off upcoming “A Ghost In Your World” EP [Venaeform Records]
  • Detroit native, LA-based Nu Disco /Indie Dance /Dark Disco musician and Manta Recordings co-founder, Idoru “Like A Machine (Radio Edit)” off “Like A Machine” EP [Manta Recordings]
  • Desireless – “John (Lucas Novaes Edit)” Dark Disco edit by São Paulo  DJ, musician and producer.
  • Bogotá, Colombia Italo /synthwave /electroclash /EBM producer Disco Radical “Modulator Mixer” single
  • Hamburg, Germany Techno /Darkwave duo SIIE “Cité Lunaire (Panthera Remix)” single [Cold Transmission Music]
  • Barcelona-based progressive house /nu-disco /Italo trance French DJ-producer and Cabana Libre Records label manager, Jo Kazan – “Nocturnal Rush (Louis De Tomaso Remix)” off “Blazing Freedom” EP [Volition]
  • Manchester, UK Indie Dance /Synth-Pop /Wave /Italo Disco /House eclectic producer Error 4012 “Got To Please You (Laion Remix)” off upcoming “Break Circus Remixes” EP [Club Mackan]
  • Cannes-based, French indie dance /disco producer Panthera “Uprising” off “Uprising” EP [Polaris]
  • Berlin-based dark disco /indie dance producer Franz Matthews “Symmetric Dance (Sarah Wild Remix)” from “Symmetric Dance Remixes” EP [HIFI/LOFI Records]
  • Italian Italo /house /electro-disco producer, musician, DJ and co-owner of Raibano Records, Alberto Melloni “Promised Land” from “Lago Lungo” EP [Bordello A Parigi]
  • Austria-born, UK based  house /Italo disco DJ-producer Neidex – “D.Y.T.” from “Ode to Italo” EP [Fresh Take Records]
  • US/Brazil techno /indie dance /left-field electronic visionaries Sian & Waltervelt “Clouds (feat. David Lesal)” [Octopus Recordings]
  • Berlin to Lisbon via Cork house /Italo /nu-disco DJ-producer Brian Ring “Open Secret” from V/A ” Rimini Moods” EP [Monomoods]
  • Turin-based, Italian electro disco /Italo /house producer Hey Cabrera! “AI Agent Says Hello! (Original Mix)” from “Hey Cabrera! – AI Agent Says Hello!” EP [Feinstoff]
  • Barcelona/Madrid-based indie dance /Italo /cosmic disco Franco-Spanish production-DJ duo Agle & Moo Moonster “Pure Intention” EP [Rewind It Records]
  • Boise, Idaho ambient /drone /field recordings /musique concrete /experimental sound artist Luke Hayhurst, aka Robert Eggplant “Peeled and Steamed” off the album “Bacterial Wilt” [Language Instinct]
  • Bellingham, Washington ambient /drone /modular /tape loop /experimental artist Sean Curtis Patrick “Laughing Stock II”
  • US dark ambient /drone /field recordings /sampling /hauntology project of Craig Varian, aka 400 Lonely Things ​“Life Minus” from the album “Children of Eidolon” [Room40]
  • Dublin, Ireland veteran ambient /drone /meditative /cosmic synth /eclectic electronic musician and composer, Mick Chillage “Auroral Devotion [Parts [1&2] ) long-form improvisation from the CD album “Devotology” [Before & After Silence Recordings]
  • Ambient /drone /soundscape /space music collaboration between Reunion Island-born Kévin Séry and MinneapolisPast Inside the Present label head Zach Frizzell, aka From Overseas & zakè “A Whisper” from V/A “Koselig” long-form album in celebration of Zakè Drone Recordings‘ fifth year of releases [Zakè Drone Recordings]
  • Madison, Wisconsin ambient /drone /electro-acoustic /experimental /field recordings /musicìque concrete /improvisational /electronic musician (member of the bands Bon Iver, Volcano Choir, and All Tiny Creatures), Andrew Fitzpatrick “Wall Koy” from the upcoming LP “Forest Calendar” [Shimmering Moods Records]
  • Nashville-based industrial /ambient /drone /esoteric electronic producer, engineer and musician Jeremy Dickens, aka Logickal “Prismatiche” long-form suite [asonu]

photo by Jeri Eisenberg

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