Flavor of the Week #28

S†NS
soundcloud.com/gn0sis
www.facebook.com/SINSMUSIK
vimeo.com/24828860
sins.bigcartel.com/
( ;D --> S†NS exists outside of time and space. The music and art made by SINS focuses on coming to terms with the bleak remains of our dying world and transforming the pain he sees into something cosmic and beautiful.)
I die
soundcloud.com/gn0sis/sets/i-die-album
www.indie-pool.com/order/cart.asp?showCompany=1&winsize=
theblackbox-djsets.blogspot.ca/2013/07/pretty-pretty-records-sins-I-die.html
( ;D --> During the recording of I DIE, Sins was inspired by death, specifically by his own death. The Japanese have a word “Aware” pronounced (Ah-Wa-Re), which translates roughly to “a gentle sadness towards the impermanence of things”. It's the concept that life and death are but two sides of the same coin. Sins is at one with death, embracing it with one hand while gripping life and living it to its fullest in the other. Aleister Crowley's Sabbath of the Goat sums up this concept nicely.)
Logic
http://noisey.vice.com/blog/premiere-sins-logic
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/03/flavor-of-week-13.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2012/07/flavor-of-week-28.html
 
The Legendary Pink Dots
www.myspace.com/thelegendarypinkdots
legendarypinkdots.org
( ;D --> The Legendary Pink Dots (LPD) are an Anglo-Dutch experimental rock band formed in London in August 1980. Although far outside the mainstream (in terms of their music and career path), LPD have released more than 40 albums, have a devoted worldwide following, and tour frequently. The story behind the band's name is a source of speculation because Edward has given multiple explanations behind its origins. The most plausible and common explanation traces back to the mysterious pink dots on certain keys of the band's main recording studio piano named "Osbert"; the dots that can be found at either end of the keys do not make any particular chord or scale pattern and the reason for them remains unknown to this day. The piano itself is still owned by one of the founding band members, April White, and can be found at her home recording studio in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire. Their music touches on elements of neo-psychedelia, ambient music, electronic music, tape music, industrial, psych folk, synth-pop, post-punk, progressive, jazz, noise, pop, and goth rock, with a distinctly experimental/avant-garde bent; their sound has evolved over time and remains distinctive, making it difficult to place the group into a concise style or genre. The group's overall sound combined with Ka-Spel's distinct lyrics and singing have earned comparisons to Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett;[1] the group also has links to the sounds of krautrock bands such as Can,[2] Faust, Brainticket, Magma or Neu! (whose "Super" they covered on the 1999 tribute album "A Homage to NEU!"), as well, to some post-industrial`pioneers as Nurse With Wound and the neo-folk of Current 93. Edward Ka-Spel has said their musical influences range from the likes of Abba to Iannis Xenakis. The Pink Dots also collaborated with Skinny Puppy's cEvin Key, forming a side project named The Tear Garden. Key also appears on the 1994 LPD album 9 Lives to Wonder. Others groups related to present and past Pink Dots members are Strange Attractor, Mimir and Minizza.)
The Gethsemane Option
metropolisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-gethsemane-option
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2012/08/flavor-of-week-32.html
 
Tuxedomoon
tuxedomoon.co
( ;D --> Tuxedomoon is an experimental avant-garde post-punk New Wave group formed in San Francisco, California consisting of core members Blaine L. Reininger, Steven Brown and Peter Principle, Luc van Lieshout and video artist Bruce Geduldig. Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Blaine L. Reininger and Steven Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College, with technical assistance from video artist Tommy Tadlock, Tuxedomoon started playing salons and accompanying performances by The Angels of Light. Brown's connections to local theatre gave the band access to vocalists Gregory Cruikshank, Victoria Lowe, and, most frequently, Winston Tong. The band gained some level of recognition in 1978 when they opened for Devo. Michael Belfer, (guitarist), and Paul Zahl, (drummer) joined the band in time to help with the group's first EP, No Tears. Lowe left prior to the album's release in 1978. Soon afterward, Tong and Belfer left the group temporarily, and bassist Peter Principle joined the lineup. In 1979, the group signed to The Residents' Ralph Records, with whom they recorded their next two albums, Half Mute in 1980 and Desire in 1981, after which the band relocated to Rotterdam for a short time and moved on to Brussels, believing their sound better fit the electronic scene in Europe. In Brussels, the band soon created the score for a ballet by Maurice Bejart,  released in 1982 as "Divine". In 1983 Reininger left the group in order to pursue a solo career, and trumpeter Luc Van Lieshout joined. In 1985 Tuxedomoon had its largest success commercially with the international release of Holy Wars. Tong left the group again soon after its release. Multi-instrumentalist Ivan Georgiev was brought in to perform on the group's next two albums, 1986's Ship of Fools and 1987's You. The band remained inactive through most of the 1990s, although never technically broke up. On July 20, 2004 a reborn Tuxedomoon, consisting of Steven Brown, Blaine Reininger, Peter Principle, and Luc Van Lieshout released a new studio album, Cabin in the Sky. They continue to work and tour together and have since released Bardo Hotel Soundtrack in 2006, with upcoming projects coinciding with the group's 30th year anniversary, the Vapour Trails album and the boxed set 7707.)
At Twilight [Special Edition]
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( ;D --> An anthology of classic Crépuscule singles and associated recordings by Tuxedomoon, the exiled American avant-gardists who recorded for LDDC between 1981 and 1983. At Twilight includes all tracks from the three vintage singles Ninotchka (TWI 055), Time to Lose (TWI 084) and The Cage (TWI 142), as well as rare compilation tracks including Shelved Dreams and Weihnachtsrap, the latter recorded for festive album Ghosts of Christmas Past (TWI 058). Also included in the haunting opening theme from The Ghost Sonata, an 'opera without words' performed by the group in Italy during the summer of 1982, while the set closes with the final three song demo with Blaine L. Reininger before his (temporary) departure in 1983.)
Holy Wars
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Desire/No Tears
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Half Mute / Scream With a View
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Subterranean Modern
www.discogs.com/Chrome-8-MX-80-Sound-Residents-The-Tuxedomoon-Subterranean-Modern/release/242385
( ;D --> Excellent & Rare Raplph Records compilation from 1979.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/flavor-of-week-43.html
 
Ra-X
oundcloud.com/ra-x
( ;D --> Vincent Koreman is an electro/noise artist who’s been around since ‘92 producing records for labels such as Bunker Records, KK trax, KK Records, Silver Recordings, Kommando 6, Asbest records, Angelmaker Records, Mighty Robot Recordings and numerous tracks on comps, splits and 7”s for different labels.)
Cosmic Catastrophes That Befell The Thetans http://transientforcerecords.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-catastrophes-that-befell-the-thetans
Crack City
soundcloud.com/ra-x/ra-x-crack-city
the opium den (part 5)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSfh8aE4Fc
 
Sixth June
www.sixthjunemusic.com/
soundcloud.com/user9976845
( ;D --> Dark Electro Pop from Berlin.)
New_EP
( ;D --> 4 track Ep is being mixed, out soon :).)
Fade
https://soundcloud.com/user9976845/sixth-june-fade

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Flavor of the Week #27

M‡яc▲ll▲
soundcloud.com/m-c-ll
soundcloud.com/m-c-ll/m-llevs-m-l-fic-rvm-m-c-ll-v
carmilla-mircalla.blogspot.com
( ;D --> Electronic Horror Soundtracks To Psychic Photography.)
MΛLLEVS MΛLΞFIC▲RVM
mcll.bandcamp.com/album/m-llevs-m-l-fic-rvm
 
Röyksopp
royksopp.com
( ;D --> ( ;D --> Named after a kind of fungi, Röyksopp was formed in 1998 by Norwegians Torbjörn Brundtland and Svein Berge who delivered a new kind of electronica with their debut album Melody A.M. in 2001.
The sound was a big hit with the advertising world and tracks were co-opted for a variety of products including a Apple, an insurance group and broadcasters in the US and the UK.
With their taste for experimentation extending to their videos, they won an MTV Europe award for "Remind Me" from their second album The Understanding.
The band's skills as producers have been utilized with remixes for Beck, Coldplay and Peter Gabriel and they were invited to do a compilation album for the Back To Mine series in 2006.)
Late Night Tales
open.spotify.com/album/6LEyHNCEZpp1uln8pk93Hm
latenighttales.co.uk/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_Night_Tales:_R%C3%B6yksopp
( ;D --> Late Night Tales invites the world’s best artists to delve deep into their music collections to create the ultimate "late night” selection. The series features expertly curated mixes by MGMT, Friendly Fires, The Flaming Lips, Metronomy, Groove Armada, The Cinematic Orchestra, Four Tet, Belle & Sebastian, Jamiroquai, Midlake, Arctic Monkeys and more top artists. Each offering includes an exclusive cover version by the artist and a spoken word story narrated by the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Self, Bootsy Collins, Brian Blessed and Patrick Moore. Late Night Tales: music and stories worth staying up for.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/09/flavor-of-week-37.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/03/flavor-of-week-11.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/05/flavor-of-week-22.html

Mark Pritchard
https://soundcloud.com/markprtchrd
( ;D --> Mark Pritchard has previously recorded under many guises - including Africa Hi-Tech, Harmonic 313, and Harmonic 33, to name a few.  As one half of Global Communication and Jedi Knights, Mark Pritchard has released some of the most important records of the early nineties, and his work continues to influence younger musicians today.)
Ghosts
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( ;D --> This release marks the start of all his production styles coming together under one name. The EP demonstrates Pritchard’s expansive work and will be available as a 12” wrapped in a special obi-strip.)
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/05/flavor-of-week-20.html

Raymond Watts (PIG)
heswining.com
( ;D --> Raymond Watts(PIG) inhabits a genre of one. How to begin to describe it? We can start with KMFDM, since the unforgettable Englishman behind it – Raymond Watts – was a founder member. Once you have a certain combination of hard rock, soulful electro-pop and funk in your head, you can introduce Foetus: big band, blues and classical samples pounded into place by some behemoth of machinery – but PIG zigs where Foetus zags. JG Thirlwell was a frequent collaborator and shaper of the early sound; he appears on ‘Peoria‘ and ‘Sick City‘ and produced the first couple of albums. Accordingly, Watts took a brief turn in the Foetus live band, and contributed to the first two Steroid Maximus albums.)
Reality Machine
raymondpigwatts.bandcamp.com/album/platos-reality-machine-original-soundtrack-2
Schaft
( ;D --> Schaft was a Japanese musical side project whose main members were Maki Fuji of Soft Ballet and Hisashi Imai of Buck-Tick. Schaft can be thought of as being a supergroup in that Maki and Imai formed the core of the group and a rotating roster of collaborators, who are well-known within their genres, were brought in to work on various songs. Raymond Watts of PIG was Schaft's most recurring collaborator, having contributed to half the songs on their debut album and toured with the band. Maki Fujii (Soft Ballet) and Hisashi Imai (Buck-Tick) originally conceived Schaft as a one-off monikor for a song. The track was for a 1991 Japanese compilation titled "Dance 2 Noise 001". After a few sporadic live dates, they decided to bring Raymond Watts (Pig, KMFDM) into the line-up and record a full album. Collaborations with Autechre, Coil, Meat Beat Manifesto and others brought a cult following to the project. 1994 was their only full year of activity. However in 2001, Schwein surfaced as a somewhat unofficial continuation of Schaft.)
Switchblade
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Olive (mixed by Coil) from the 1994 album Switchblade
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RKZfZKXACI
Praise the Lard
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Akkord
www.houndstoothlabel.com/artist/akkord
( ;D --> Initially conceived as an outlet for a collective of like-minded artists from the rural outskirts of Manchester, Akkord have already achieved more than the sum of their parts. Having self-released two long sold out records and with their ‘Surge’ track gracing the first ever 12” from the label arm of the incredibly well respected Electronic Explorations; they’ve achieved something of a cult following completely on the merits of their output. Bringing together their collected musical experience, ?kkord channel a sound that’s a hybrid of the electronic musics its members were raised on and their four track debut EP for Houndstooth is a further distillation of their passions for sonic minimalism and sound design.)
Navigate
soundcloud.com/houndstoothlbl/akkord-navigate-clips/s-qQjE3

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Flavor of the Week #26

Covenant
www.covenant.de
( ;D --> In the late 1970s and early 1980s, electronic music and several of its subgenres became a preferred musical style among European underground culture. It gained favor initially within major cities and eventually trickled into the continent's more socially secluded regions. This new wave of music was discovered at different instances by a group of friends living among the shadows of Helsingborg, a scenic municipality in western Sweden. philosophy, and matters of existence, were enthralled by the unique presentation and the emotional content offered through the music, specifically by that of bands such as Kraftwerk, The Human League, Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb.)
Last Dance
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=VffwRPczk04
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/04/flavor-of-week-18.html

Ghost Capsules
www.ghostcapsules.com
( ;D --> Electro quartet Ghost Capsules can trace their beginnings back to a Bomb The Bass gig in Vienna. Here it was that Tim Simenon, touring the 'Back To Light' album, met his support band that featured drummer Roman Lugmayr and keyboard player Georg Lichtenauer. The three hit it off, so much so that Tim relocated from Amsterdam to the Austrian capital. Here the missing piece for the Ghost Capsules jigsaw was found in singer Laura Gomez, who Tim had booked to play at one of his club nights. Proof positive that there's no business as sociable as music.)
Ghost Capsules
open.spotify.com/album/1hbqWDPmJisZl0ctEvAGIq
Time & Matter
open.spotify.com/track/5u8gW9b8ZmdmDzQ0X1wi7R

DECAYEDen
www.facebook.com/DecayedENOfficial
( ;D --> Jeremiah Saint + Emotion * Passion = DECAYEDen. Darkwave, Downbeat, Industrial, Gothic.)
Dead Angels & Forgotten Ghosts
www.decayeden.bandcamp.com

Mondkopf
soundcloud.com/mondkopf
www.myspace.com/mondkopfonthemoon
( ;D --> Mondkopf is a French artist with a German name, which is fitting, given how often his productions play in a middle ground between those two countries' archetypal modes of electronic music. Looked at a certain way, Rising Doom, the 24-year old's latest full-length and first for Fool House, the label imprint of French fashion/mp3 blog Fluokids, borrows the machine muscle of harsh Teutonic techno and leavens it with just a bit of the joviality and melody of French touch.)mondkopf.tumblr.com/post/52820393531/white-pimp-cut-up
The Nicest Way
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Ave Maria
open.spotify.com/track/0lz20yB2KNeTNTUryCy692
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2012/03/flavor-of-week-12.html

Caribou
www.myspace.com/cariboumanitoba
( ;D --> Daniel Victor Snaith better known by the stage names Caribou and Manitoba, is a Canadian electronic musician. He is the son of Victor Snaith, a mathematics professor at the University of Sheffield.)
Start Breaking my hart
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010_01_01_archive.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/09/flavor-of-week-39.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #25

Stimming
soundcloud.com/stimming
www.stimming.org/
( ;D --> Few people bring a truly original sound to house music. At a relatively young age, Hamburg’s Martin Stimming did just that, demonstrating a sophisticated yet accessible sound that’s beyond his years.
Two years after hooking up with Solomun’s Diynamic Music, his 2008 breakthrough hit Una Pena made the electronic world sit up and take notice, and before long acclaimed labels like Freerange, liebe*detail, Buzzin’ Fly, Green and Poker Flat were snapping up his work. 2009 saw him release his immaculate debut album Reflections to great acclaim, cementing his reputation as one of the most exciting new producers of his generation. His second album, Liquorice, eschews the normal kick-clap/snare template by and large to explore more interesting and progressive territories, but always with that trademark magpie-like sense of texture, emotion and discovery. His productions are filled with a multitude of his own unique, charismatic field recordings, and he never uses the same sample more than once.)
Stimming
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Shpongle
shpongle.com
www.myspace.com/therealshpongle
www.twistedmusic.com/artists/shpongle
( ;D --> Simon Posford and Raja Ram are Shpongle, an ambient techno/trance project formed in 1996 after the pair viewed a solar eclipse in India. The two went into the studio and attempted to duplicate the experience in sonic form, and the result was a 20-minute track, "...And the Day Turned to Night," which was featured on a Twisted label compilation titled Eclipse.)
Museum Of Consciousness
shpongle.com/museumofconsciousness/us/
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See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/10/flavor-of-week-43.html

Beacon
beacon.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud.com/beaconmusicnyc
( ;D --> The best music is music that can make you think as well as feel, sounds that are as visceral as they are cerebral. And the best love songs are those that acknowledge that the power of human sexuality can be just as terrifying as it is thrilling, that the passion that leads us to love can also lead us into dark, dark places. Welcome to the world of Brooklyn duo Beacon, who explore the dark side of the sweet melody with a sound that’s as seductive as it is subtly discomfiting. The duo – Thomas Mullarney III and Jacob Gossett – met at Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute, where they were studying sculpture and painting respectively. As with many other great musical partnerships, this one involves two disparate sets of influences coming together to form a sound that’s both fresh and exciting. They fuse the deceptively sweet melodies of R&B with an intoxicating undercurrent of darkness, drawing on influence as disparate as Warp’s back catalogue and Underworld.  The fusion of these two sounds – R&B’s melody and sexuality, electronic music’s complexity and, especially, the bass - heavy sound design of Mullarney’s influences (“Bass is key to our music,” he enthuses, “big, thunderous rap bass”) – would provide a blueprint for Beacon’s own sound: there’s a duality at play here, an idea of something dark lurking beneath a sleek veneer, a sense of latent conflict and uncertain resolution.)
The Ways We Separate
open.spotify.com/album/4yeZneqzXybmC5k7JGKiW0
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Nousia
www.nousia.com.ve
( ;D --> Dark electro-industrial from Venezuela.)
Score For The End Of Times (Volume 1)
nousia.bandcamp.com/

Zomby
4ad.com/artists/zomby
( ;D --> Zomby is an electronic musician who began releasing music in 2007. He has released music on several labels, including Hyperdub, Werk Discs and 4AD. Zomby's influences include jungle music and Wiley's eskibeat sound.)
WIth Love
shopusa.4ad.com/with-love
Soliloquy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgPRVTHAnds
( ;D -->'Soliloquy' is taken from Zomby's new album, With Love, released 17/18th June 2013.)

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #24

Guy Gerber
soundcloud.com/guygerber
www.myspace.com/guygerber
www.guygerber.com
( ;D --> Guy Gerber has always been comfortable as an outlier. From being the rock kid at the rave, to the Israeli DJ on the European club circuit, to the electronic producer with a fetish for live instruments, he tends to skirt the edge of whatever scene he's in. It's a position that suits him well––so far it's led to dozens of lush, melodic records, an ever-evolving live act and his own label, Supplement Facts. This nonconformist attitude, combined with the emotional content of his art (so rare in today's electronic music), explains how Gerber keeps his audience locked in, be it on record or on stage.)
Steady (feat. Jaw)/Defected In The House Miami 2013
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Fabric 64: Guy Gerber
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Steady feat. Jaw (Richie G's 'She's The One' Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0t8ClbCmg4
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/05/crystal-castles-www.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/06/flavor-of-week-26.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-25.html

Nine Inch Nails
www.nin.com
www.myspace.com/nin
( ;D --> Nine Inch Nails (abbreviated as NIN, sometimes stylized as NIИ) is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction. Nine Inch Nails' music straddles a wide range of genres. After recording a new album, Reznor usually assembles a live band to perform with him. The touring band features a revolving lineup that often rearranges songs to fit a live setting. On stage, Nine Inch Nails often employs visual elements to accompany performances, which frequently include light shows.)
Came Back Haunted
soundcloud.com/nineinchnails/came-back-haunted-2013
( ;D --> After Trent Reznor let slip last week that he had secretly recorded a new Nine Inch Nails album over the past year, he offered the title and release date yesterday, along with a slippery new song and the itinerary for a fall tour.)
Hesitation Marks (will be released September 3rd)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2008_04_01_archive.html

Cynical Existence
www.facebook.com/cynical.existence.official
( ;D --> Project of Fredrik Croona (Ex Project Rotten and Menschdefekt) and Steve Alton (System:FX). bleeding from the ears is a normal side-effect. Cynical Existence started out as a solo project from founder and lead vocalist of the aggrotech/industrial act Project Rotten and also former vocalist of dark electro/industrial act Menschdefekt.)
Beholder
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/beholder-ep
Mardröm
lfamatrix.bandcamp.com/track/mardr-m

Paul Jebanasam
twitter.com/pauljebanasam
www.subtextrecordings.net/SUBCD004.html
( ;D --> UK based Sri Lankan born artist Paul Jebanasam. Rites brings together five settings of stark sonic poetry whose underlying logic bridges the worlds of contemporary classical, metal, sacred music and sound design.)
Rites
subtextrecordings.net/SUBCD004.html
soundcloud.com/experimedia/paul-jebanasam-rites-album
( :D --> With the scope of modern composition, the ferocity of metal, and the starkness of electronic music at its bleakest, Paul Jebanasam's debut full-length on his own Subtext imprint is a savage and intimidating creature. This awe-inspiring presence is only superseded by the deft, mult-dimensional compositions that make up "Rites." Though rooted in the language of electronic music, the difference between this album and those usually tagged with that genre is a vast chasm in both vision and execution as "Rites" is more akin to Ben Frost's "Theory of Machines" or Deaf Center's "Owl Splinters." The highpoints are many - from the string-imbued "Rites III" to the static-drenched epic "Rites IV" - but Jebanasam's best moment is the album's second track. "Rites II" is a menacing thriller of a song that roils to a blistering peak of distortion blasts and throbbing sub-bass and leaves the listener battered and wanting more. As a debut, "Rites" is beyond impressive. - Ryan Potts, Experimedia.)

U Hang No Da
www.myspace.com/uterozzzaaa
soundcloud.com/u-hangnoda
www.facebook.com/u.hangnoda
( ;D --> Industrial punk from Oska, Japan, recomended by CEvin Key :).)
Recorded on 2005 sense
soundcloud.com/u-hangnoda/uterozzzaaa-recorded-2005


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #23

Marnie
www.facebook.com/helen.marnie.official
www.pledgemusic.com/projects/marnie
( ;D --> Helen Marnie (born in 1978 in Glasgow, Scotland),[1] also known for her solo project as Marnie, is the lead vocalist and one of the keyboardists and songwriters of the electronic band Ladytron. Produced by Daniel Hunt www.facebook.com/daniel.hunt.producer.)
Crystal World
www.pledgemusic.com/projects/marnie
The hunter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqJQEf9q6go&sns=fb

Psychic Rites
www.facebook.com/psychicrites/info
psychicrites.storenvy.com
psychicrites.tumblr.com
( ;D --> Aimless filters of sentience.)
Elohim
soundcloud.com/psychicrites/elohim#new-timed-comment-at-203868
Psychic Rites
auralsects.bandcamp.com/album/psychic-rites

Benji Vaughan, aka Prometheus
www.twistedmusic.com/artists/prometheus
( ;D --> Producer Benji Vaughan, aka Prometheus, is one of Twisted Records' leading producers. Shining at the forefront of the international electronica scene, creating music and playing gigs as "Prometheus" solo, "Younger Brother" and the newly created The Zap! -with respective partners in crime, Simon Posford and Raja Ram- he's rocked thousands in countries such as Greece, Japan, Finland, Denmark, Mexico, Hungary, and the U.S, to name a few. Since the early nineties, he has been creating techno and electronica under various guises. As a producer, he is well respected in the dance music world in general, getting play from Sasha, Nick Warren, Steve Lawler and John Digweed. He has performed remix work for EMI and Jive Records as well as producing the band The Egg. In addition, he's won several awards, most notably one from Sony for his soundtrack to a Nike TV advert.)
Spike
www.twistedmusic.com/shop/artists/prometheus/prometheus-spike-mp3.html
Shine Electronic. Day 2
www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152812362225212
Colour Storm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH5SgOZk2Gc

BL/\CK CEILING
soundcloud.com/danocean
www.facebook.com/BC
auralsects.bandcamp.com/album/ii
( ;D --> BL/\CK CEILING is the alias of recording artist Dan Ocean, sometime hip-hop, electro and dubstep producer, and collaborator with rapper Quiz. A well-known figure in the local music scene of his native Spokane, Washington, Ocean's latest project BL/\CK CEILING explores the sounds and textures of the emergent Witch House genre.)
Call me Contra
maxbeta.bandcamp.com/album/call-me-contra
( ;D --> This album is a combination of 2 projects from 2008/2009, pre-BC.
 the begininng of what would later on become BC.)
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/07/flavor-of-week-29.html

Droid Sector Decay
soundcloud.com/droidsectordecay
www.myspace.com/droidsectordecayofficial
( ;D --> DSD was formed in April 2009 as a one man project. Their first work called "Spread the VIRUS...Western DECAY" was an independent release, and influenced by the dark electro/industrial scene from the early 80's with today's modern twist of industrial sounds. In September 2011, the second album, "There Is No Light Over Devil's Land" was released. A new member, Aubrey, joined during this time making the band the duo that exists today. DSD is an experimental project which combines influences from all music genres. It is not an easy listening $commercial$ act. You will hear sounds from our twisted aspect of view.)
A Reflection Of Fear
droidsectordecay.bandcamp.com/album/a-reflection-of-fear
There Is No Light Over Devil's Land
www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/droid-sector-decay-there-is-no-light-over-devil-s-land/
The Android Invasion
droidsectordecay.bandcamp.com/album/the-android-invasion

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #22

Krystal System
www.myspace.com/krystalfoundation 
( ;D --> The French female fronted duo Krystal System took the underground music scene by surprise with their exquisite debut album "Underground" and the following EP extension "Underground: VooDoo Night Sessions". Apparently their combination of music genres - ranging from dark electro, cold wave, industrial rock and metal - seems to please quite a varied audience.)
Rage
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open.spotify.com/album/2UwzQ8jFkpn4SUFTxN2Vzd
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/05/flavor-of-week-19.html

Corvx de Timor
soundcloud.com/corvxdetimor 
www.corvxdetimor.com
( ;D --> Corvx de Timor was formed in 2012 by Ben Arp, previously known for the now defunct label, Crunch Pod and defunct music project, C/A/T. After taking a year off focusing on producing other styles of music, Arp returned to dark electronic music under the vague name, “C/?/T” – a nod to his previous project. After a series of EPs and singles, including a release on the occult label Phantasma Disques, Arp changed the name formally to Corvx de Timor in November 2012.)
Change of Heart
music.corvxdetimor.com/album/change-of-heart
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/02/flavor-of-week-9.html

Orphan
https://soundcloud.com/orphantracks
( ;D --> Anonymous producer Orphan is the latest artist to deliver a cassette via the fledgling Kaleidoscope tape label, ran by equally mysterious producer patten. After the tape sold out in a reported 10 minutes—taking into consideration the fact that there were only six copies made, albeit all from seperate performances tracked live to cassette.)
Most of Missing
soundcloud.com/xlr8r/orphan-most-of-missing

Aynth
aynth.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Neon, Gore & Pink Bunnys. Conceptual industrial music out of Anthropoda.)
Daena Yn Hsytoria
aynth.bandcamp.com/

Abdulla Rashim
soundcloud.com/abdulla
( ;D --> "Not much is known of the mysterious character Abdulla Rashim. Being situated in Sweden and having released several records in his own imprint (Abdulla Rashim Records) and Prologue as well as a selection of remixes, Abdulla keeps both his sound and himself below the surface.")
www.beatport.com/release/weldiya-ep/953417
Weldiya EP
soundcloud.com/prologue/prg026-abdulla-rashim-weldiya

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Flavor of the Week #21

Marek Hemmann
www.myspace.com/marekhemmann
www.marekhemmann.com
( ;D --> Marek Hemmann has grown into the electronic music as a hunter, collector and true connoisseur of tones and sonics. It all began in the beginning of the 90’s with a guitar whose sonic spectrum was far too limited for him. The discovery of the samplers and the synthesizers suddenly opened new possibilities where the acoustic world could be conserved; it was now possible with sound and noise on synthesizers to create what the human ear has never before experienced. The reason for the sonic passion was delivered to him via the techno parties late 90’s in his home area of Gera which was soon a weekly anchor for electronic experimentation.)
Monsieur Juno EP
Monsieur Juno
open.spotify.com/track/7yG82RAQ1KvY6C9gA6uLUc
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/12/flavor-of-week-50.html

Kite
www.myspace.com/kitemalmo 
www.facebook.com/KiteHQ
( ;D --> The story of Kite started when Christian Berg (Yvonne, Strip Music) asked Nicklas Stenemo (The Mo, Melody Club) to sing on one of Christian’s instrumental songs. The day after the demo version of ”My girl and I” was finished. They started to make songs at a daily basis in Nicklas’ studio where Christian’s love for monotone synth melted together with Nicklas’ pophits. One day Nicklas sold his Fender guitar and the band Kite was born.)
V
open.spotify.com/album/2lNUn0R0V8JUU9k3OYcGPu
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Kite EP
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If You Want Me
http://open.spotify.com/track/7D0mmnMx6BXw7hHHpEG93g

Desireless & Operation Of The Sun
desirelessoots.wix.com
antoineaureche.wix.com
( ;D --> Everything began while Antoine was studying at the conservatoire at the end of the 90s. He met, by playing classical music in the street, a band of progressive rockers, and it was the beginning of his first strong musical experience. With those new friends, influenced by bands such as King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Robert Wyatt, he created his first band, Thork, and produced two albums (Urdoxa, 2000 and Weila, 2004). Antoine continued his road alone, after his arrival in Lyon, and he created his acoustic project TAT, which allowed him to sign with the Swiss label Urgence Disk Records and to produce three albums (Quinta Essentia, 2006, Le Sperme De Tous Les Métaux, 2007, and Testament, 2010). The purpose of TAT is very experimental and spiritual: to make a musical alchemy. Through this project, TAT collaborated with several underground artists such as Le Chiffre, Vx69 of Punish Yourself, Laurie Lipton & Laurent Courau (from the Abode Of Chaos). Antoine finally created Operation Of The Sun, last improbable idea which allowed him to play a music which he had never played up to now: a retro-futuristic & dancefloor electro.)
Désir Parabolique
operationofthesun.bandcamp.com/
Hail Poppy Hans
vimeo.com/44599447
John
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykT8Tke_-sI
Sertão [remix by Oil 10] |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y0wKJWZJMY

Nobodisoundz
soundcloud.com/nobodisoundz
( ;D --> The Nobodisoundz project was born in 2008 (with a reference to the character of "Nobody "in Dead Man, a Jim Jarmusch film) I first started this sound-making project by cobbling together music samples, sounds, field recordings and the results of my fiddling with some software. These sounds completed my works and added an atmosphere within and around my paintings, subsequent installations and videos. With time, these sounds have gained a more and more important place and have become self-sufficient, no longer requiring any other medium. I look for dense, heavy, noisy, squeaky, tense and quiet atmospheres, which have to be both dark and bright at the same time.)
Slowly
www.format-noise.com/releases.php?viewRelease=48
( ;D --> Nobodisoundz drops us his fantastic new album "Slowly". heavy, noisy, squeaky, tense and quiet atmospheres, which are dark and bright at the same time. A very serious work of dark ambient and experimental influences.)

Roel Hoogendoorn
www.traumschallplatten.de/traum/traumv163/traumv163.html
( ;D --> Born in the small town Badhoevedorp, located just outside of Amsterdam, Roel came in touch with Traum in 2007 when he remixed Minilogue's "The Leopard".
 He has recently done a remix for Ryan Davis & Electric Rescue on Traum and a compilation track on "Tour De Traum V" which put him on the map as a skilful and serious recordings artist writing unique music. Roel also gave his debut on the Traum label night in Groningen's Grand Theatre together with Max Cooper, Mononoid and Ryan Davis in February.)
Soundcastel Ep
www.beatport.com/release/soundcastle/1070149
Crimson (Traum 163)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e-hFgzhrRg

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Flavor of the Week #20

Tangent
musictangent.com/
( ;D --> While not much is known about Tangent (aka Robbert Kok and Ralph van Reijendam), this is their first proper release with Mindtrick Recordings. As the burgeoning imprint delves further into the recesses of abstract glitch and experimental audio science, they’ve further embedded their roster into a varied and utterly satisfying creative envelope. Such is the case for 1 mk2—a plethora of astronomical audio extrusions deliver a mechanical foray of post-industrial collisions between noise and melodious subatomic particles.)
1mk2
mindtrickrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mtr013cd-tangent-1mk2
Infinite End
youtu.be/7mDrEF_-bqo
 
Atiq & EnK
soundcloud.com/atiq-enk
( ;D --> In 2007 after a few years of exploring the Dutch metal scene, Guido & Pim got bored with screaming guitars and pounding drums, therefore Atiq & EnK joined forces for a new challenge. To create electronic music, without the fear of the unknown.
As years went by they evolved their sound not fearing the experiment and focussed on blending breakbeat and sampling with classical, atmospheric and bass heavy sounds.)
Fear of the Unknown
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igloomag.com/reviews/atiq-enk-fear-of-the-unknown-tympanik-audio-mindtrick
 
Petshop Boys
www.petshopboys.co.uk/
( ;D --> Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasional vocals. Pet Shop Boys have sold 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four number ones: "West End Girls", "It's a Sin", "Always on My Mind" and "Heart".)
Electric (July) 
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Axis
hardcandymusic.com/2013/05/pet-shop-boys-axis.html
Axis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDCU17wXktY

Dunkelwerk
www.myspace.com/dunkelwerk 
www.dunkelwerk.de
( ;D --> Dunkelwerk is the name of a German band which describes its sound as Endzeit Electro (dark electronic beats and sounds often combined with Nazism themes or horror apocalyptic scenarios and distorted vocals), referring to a genre which was originally established by bands like :wumpscut: and Leæther Strip and is nowadays produced by bands like The Retrosic, Suicide Commando or Hocico. Dunkelwerk consists of only one person; Martin V. Kester and is a pure studio project, not doing any live performances or any other public events. The name of the band is an old German idiom which can be translated as "dark work" or "dark factory". The producer behind Dunkelwerk has decided to work under the pseudonym "losttrooper", being restrained to offer pictures of himself.)
Operation: Duesterland – Limited Edition
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See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/08/flavor-of-week-32.html

KuBO
https://soundcloud.com/kubo-music
https://www.facebook.com/Kubo.Music
( ;D --> Kubo are a Dublin based electronic project, producing synthwave/minimal electronic music on vintage analogue synthesizers.)
I Dream Electric
vocodertapes.bandcamp.com/album/i-dream-Electric
 
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Flavor of the Week #19

Boards of Canada
www.boardsofcanada.com
( ;D --> Boards of Canada (commonly abbreviated BoC) are a Scottish electronic music duo consisting of brothers Michael Sandison (born 1 June 1970) and Marcus Eoin (born 21 July 1971). They have released several works on Warp Records with little advertising and few interviews, while also having an elusive and obscure back-catalogue of releases on their self-run Music70 label. They have also recorded at least four tracks under the alias Hell Interface. Boards of Canada's music is reminiscent of the warm, analogue sounds of 1970s media and contains themes of childhood, nostalgia and the natural world. Mike and Marcus have mentioned the documentary films of the National Film Board of Canada, from which the group's name is derived, as a source of inspiration. BoC's sound is a product of their use of analogue equipment, mix of electronic and conventional instrumentation, use of distorted samples as well as live and recorded lyrics, and their layering and blending of these elements. Because they avoid a purely synthetic sound, their music is often described as having a warm, emotive quality often meant to inspire nostalgia. This is helped by the use of samples from 1970s television shows and other media prevalent in the era of the brothers' shared childhood, especially the nature-inspired documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada.)
Tomorrow's Harvest (June 10/11)
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bleep.com/boards-of-canada-tomorrows-harvest
blog.iso50.com/31722/boards-of-canada-album-pre-order/
Transmission
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2lyYEUPat8
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007_01_01_archive.html

[MR024] Alessandro Parisi - 
alessandroparisi.bandcamp.com/
www.minimalrome.com/
www.facebook.com/er.metico707
( ;D --> "Hic Sunt Leones is a story about secret ancient technologies coming from pre-human civilization. Sacred steam-cyber punk electronix to describe mystic visions about laser marble, positron iron and extra-dimensional explorers too far from our technology-teenage era. Hindi's Vimana, Israel's Ark of the covenant, are just footsteps of what we inherit from our creators. The unknown camouflaged into the holy, the inexplicable into the dangerous: this is the aim of the keepers of our evolution.)
Hic Sunt Leones
soundcloud.com/minimalrome/mr024-alessandro-parisi-hic
clone.nl/item27098.html

Glis
www.facebook.com/glis.music
www.alfa-matrix.com/bio_glis.php
( ;D --> Glis is an Electronic / Industrial music project founded in 2001 by Shaun Frandsen of Seattle, WA (USA). The band has experienced several lineup changes and guest appearances, with frontman Shaun Frandsen acting as the primary producer, vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Notable guest, Jean-Luc De Meyer of Front 242, contributed vocals on two studio tracks for the Glis album "Nemesis" in 2005.)
Phoenix (limited edition)' 2CD
www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=2292_0_8_0_C

Aestethetic Perfection
www.aesthetic-perfection.net/
( ;D --> Aesthetic Perfection is an American electronic-industrial musical project created by Daniel Graves in 2000. As of Fall 2011, Aesthetic Perfection is signed directly to Metropolis Records in the USA and Out of Line Records in Europe. Additionally, the band is licensed to Gravitator Records in the Russian federation and Death Watch Asia in Japan.)
Antibody
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3ha-Obl2-g
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/05/flavor-of-week-22.html

Discodeine
www.d-i-r-t-y.com/discodeine/
www.myspace.com/discodeine
( ;D -->  is a french duo born in 2007 from the sick minds of Pilooski and Pentile. They have separatedly released some acclaimed records in the last past years (Pentile was involved in Octet and France Copland, Pilooski has remixed LCD Sound System, Mystery Jets and Frankie Valli) before finding a mutual ground around their love for sci fi movies, weird club music and south western french cooking style. Discodeine is signed on french imprint DIRTY, home label of the well known “Dirty edits” (a collaborative project between Pilooski and Dirty Sound System) and some other cool and weird compilations projects.)
Aydin
www.alainfinkielkrautrock.com/discodeine-aydin-ep/
Discodeine
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Aydin
www.vice.com/fr/noisey-vbs/discodeine-aydin

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