Flavor of the Week #34

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Apoptygma Berzerk
www.apoptygmaberzerk.de
theapboffice.com
( ;D --> In the past few years, Apoptygma Berzerk has forged an identity as a unique voice in the musical landscape. APB blends past experimentations in EBM, futurepop, goth, rock, pop, and more into a distinctive mélange that sets the group apart from its contemporaries.)
Nein Danke!' (2​-​Track Teaser)
pitchblackdrive.bandcamp.com/album/nein-danke-2-track-teaser
( ;D --> 2 tracks from the coming CD/Vinyl EP, "Nein Danke!" due for release late September 2019 via Tatra Records/Pitch Black Drive, distributed by Broken Silence / AudioGlobe.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/07/flavor-of-week-28.html


This Is The Bridge
www.facebook.com/thisisthebridge/
soundcloud.com/this-is-the-bridge
( ;D --> Solo and collaborative electronic music project from London & Liverpool. One of the most important presences in British synth today, This Is The Bridge's progressive, powerful synth is utterly distinctive and uncompromising in its vision. Every This Is The Bridge release on TONN Recordings brings us exquisite minimal synth delivered with poignancy and precision.)
The Absence Of Sensation
titb.bandcamp.com/album/the-absence-of-sensation
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/02/flavor-of-week-8.html


Siva Six
www.sivasix.gr/
( ;D --> Siva Six started in 1997 under the name Wintermute with the following members: Evi (keyboards), Z (Vocals) and Noid (keyboards). In 1998, they contributed the cover version of “Pornography” to Equinox records compilation “A Tribute To The Cure”. They released 2 demo cds as Wintermute and along the way Evi leaves the band. Noid and Z change the name to Siva Six and at the same time they both tour the world as keyboard players with one of the top Greek bands. Italian label Decadance Records finally sign the band, and in 2005, Siva Six release “Rise New Flesh”. The album stays 4 months at IAC, bullet at DUC and 3 weeks at Metropolis chart sales. They get rave reviews from more than 20 countries, worldwide airplay and they play 19 live shows in Greece and outside of Greece too, 32 european live shows with mortiis and gothminister are cancelled plus the support slots with ministry and juno reactor In November of 2006, they release their 2nd fullength cd “Black Will”. The album reviews are once again excellent and the album manages to climb at number 1 at IAC , stays 10 weeks at GAC and 6 consecutive weeks at GEWC with the stand out track “Her Eyes Black”! At the end of 2006, Noid quits and he’s replaced by U-RI. Plenty of Siva Six shows will happen during of 2007 in Greece and many European countries too. Siva six did their debut uk show @ dark city fest ,debut japan live show @ osaka ,live shows in italy-greece-bulgaria-romania-norway during 2006-2008, after 20 shows with siva six live keybord player u-ri is replaced by HERR KHAOS , SIVA SIX new release is the re-print of the cult sold out debut "RISE NEW FLESH" + 1 bonus cd featuring 15 remixes from bands such as DARK SOHO-SOMAN-NOISUFX-BLOOD-AES DANA-DOPESTARS INC-MONO NO AWARE plus many more New live shows are heading and recordings for siva six 3rd studio album.)
Theatre of Tragedy - Forever is The World ( Siva Six Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwoP3P3PNJw
SYX
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/nyx
Dawn Of Days
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/dawn-of-days
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2012/05/flavor-of-week-21.html


Aleksi Perälä
aleksiperala.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Electronic producer Aleksi Perälä, speaking from his home in Lahti in his native Finland, is doing his best to explain Colundi—a tuning system that rejects Western musical scales in favor of a series of resonant frequencies known as “the Colundi Sequence.” For the last few years, Perälä has been using the Colundi Sequence to create a startling amount of music—bubbly, beatific post-rave tracks peppered with curious melodies and a general sense of cosmic optimism.)
The Colundi Sequence Level 17​​.​​2
aleksiperala.bandcamp.com/album/the-colundi-sequence-level-17-2
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/01/flavor-of-week-5.html


Sestrica
www.facebook.com/heysestrica/
soundcloud.com/sestrica
( ;D --> Sestrica is a solo electronic live act (Jenya Kalyan) from Russia.)
Journey IX (nfminilp05)
newfleshrecords.bandcamp.com/album/journey-ix-nfminilp05
Faithless - Insomnia (Sestrica Rework)
soundcloud.com/sestrica/faithless-insomnia-sestrica-rework-1
Unity
open.spotify.com/album/5IusvoH6E9zzsGAjoEITHq?si=t6PDFvydSo-RhbBHOJiiEQ
27
sestrica.bandcamp.com/album/27


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #33

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Flame 2 (Burial & The Bug)
flametwo.bandcamp.com/
Burial
burial.bandcamp.com/
www.factmag.com/tag/burial/
The Bug
www.facebook.com/thebugofficialpage/
www.factmag.com/tag/the-bug/
( ;D --> Burial and The Bug reunite for Flame 2 EP, Dive / Rain. Flame 2 sees the veteran producers exploring UK drill and dancehall over two tracks, ‘Dive’ and ‘Rain’, channeling murky atmospherics and cavernous dub pressure in each of their unmistakable styles.)
www.factmag.com/2019/08/05/burial-the-bug-flame-2/
Dive / Rain
flametwo.bandcamp.com/album/dive-rain
boomkat.com/products/dive-rain
(Burial) Claustro / State Forest
burial.bandcamp.com/album/claustro-state-forest
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/08/flavor-of-week-34.html


Thomas Hessler
www.facebook.com/ThomasHesslerOfficial
( ;D --> Thomas Hessler is part of a promising new generation of Techno producers & DJ’s. Born in East Germany, Hessler’s inspirations are deeply rooted in his home city of Berlin. Growing up during the time of the wall’s fall and resulting changes for Germany itself, his approach to production intends to reflect feelings of change.)
Memories
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5MvnG9XMO0
The Cut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-VQSrsELk
Push
hardwax.com/76770/thomas-hessler/push/


Donato Dozzy & Anna Caragnano
www.facebook.com/donatodozzy
( ;D --> Italian experimental/Ambient/Psych/Electronic collaborative project.)
Variations
donatodozzy.bandcamp.com/album/variations


Karl Hefner & Hugh Lagerfeld
www.facebook.com/hefnerlagerfeld/
( ;D --> Electronic music project. Karl Hefner: synthesizers, programming, samples, treatments. Hugh Lagerfeld: synthesizers, e-drum, guitars, vocals.)
Shadow Of The Day
www.beatport.com/track/shadow-of-the-day-original-mix/12310600
T-800
soundcloud.com/logicalrecords/sets/lr0066-karl-hefner-hugh-lagerfeld-t800-ep-low-res
www.beatport.com/release/t-800/2656999
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/08/flavor-of-week-33.html


Phantoms vs Fire
phantomsvsfire.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Creative, psychedelic shaman music in a modern guise.)
My Mind As Your Amusement Park
phantomsvsfire.bandcamp.com/album/my-mind-as-your-amusement-park-2
blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/my-mind-as-your-amusement-park


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #32

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Velvet Acid Christ
www.velvetacidchrist.com
( ;D --> Velvet Acid Christ had their origins in an 80's high school electronics class, where Bryan and Chris would debate the merits of Amiga versus Atari. Bryan and Grigory Bilham (an early member of VAC) were at the time working in a punk/funk band, which, by 1990, was altered to the trio of Bryan, Chris, and Grig. The band's name was originally Cyberchrist, although this was changed within a few months to Velvet Acid Christ, named (so they say) in honor of a bad acid trip. Grig left the band in 1992, leaving the core of Bryan and Chris (although various other people have had revolving door membership in the band). Bryan and Chris cite a number of influences to their hard driving industrial sound, including Legendary Pink Dots, the Cure, Skinny Puppy, Orbital, and a surprising number of metal bands, including Napalm Death, Godflesh, and Metallica. They also expose a number of social issues, including animal rights and their concern regarding the basic survival of mankind against the onslaught of technoloy. VACs masterpiece and most recent full-length CD release Lust For Blood is possibly VACs most complete and diverse album in the past ten years. Lust For Blood is an aggressive return for one of electronic music’s most prolific artists. Angry and other times haunting vocals are forged to incessant beats, permeating melodies, and relentless bass lines. As an homage to early electronic music, guitars are once again introduced into the mix of patches, pads and circuits.)
Ora Oblivionis (Deluxe Version)
velvetacidchristofficial.bandcamp.com/album/ora-oblivionis-deluxe-version
Fun With Knives (Remastered)
velvetacidchristofficial.bandcamp.com/album/fun-with-knives-remastered
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/01/flavor-of-week-2.html


Telefon Tel Aviv
twitter.com/telefontelaviv
( ;D --> Telefon Tel Aviv is a New Orleans–derived, Chicago-based American electronic music act, formerly comprising Charles Cooper and Joshua Eustis. Since Cooper's accidental death in 2009, Telefon Tel Aviv has continued with Eustis as the sole official member. Eustis is also known for being a member of the most recent lineup of Puscifer and Nine Inch Nails' live performances.)
Standing at the bottom of the ocean; [GI343]
youtu.be/cotwYz_WEVI
From the upcoming album,
Dreams Are Not Enough
(Release date: 27 September 2019)
boomkat.com/products/dream
www.factmag.com/2019/07/31/telefon-tel-aviv-dreams-are-not-enough/
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/flavor-of-week-9.html


Talvekoidik
www.talvekoidik.de/
( ;D --> Due to causality, on one certain point you have to decide to change the language or turn silent because everything has been said. Usually I wont choose the easy way, hence the new language keeps me going, offers new paths of expression. At first it was tough to say yes wherever I said no before, to let go some habits, some structures or processes I worked on before. It still is a process of learning, dealing with my limited abilities and growing with the contradiction between what I have in mind and what comes out in the end. Actually the contradiction is what inspires me a lot in making music. Often I come across some elements, structures or sounds I never thought of. I guess thats what people call “playing” with music.)
Within And Beyond
talvekoidik.bandcamp.com/album/within-and-beyond
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/04/flavor-of-week-18.html


Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
www.facebook.com/ordorosariusequilibrio/
( ;D --> Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio (ORE) is a neofolk and martial industrial music group from Stockholm. The band is composed of its founding member and vocalist Tomas Pettersson, and Rose-Marie Larsen, who replaced Chelsea Krook on backup vocals. In 2008 Fredrik Leijström and Ronnie Bäck joined the band on bass and guitar.)
Let's Play
www.outoflineshop.de/ordo-rosarius-equilibrio-let-s-play-two-girls-a-goat-limited-edition-box.html
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/07/flavor-of-week-31.html


Lowfish
www.lowfishmusic.com/
lowfish.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud.com/lowfish
www.facebook.com/lowfishmusic/
( ;D --> Lowfish, a.k.a. Toronto's Gregory de Rocher, ranks amoung the worlds leading post electro and electronica producers. Active since 1996 he has released records on some of independent dance music's most influential labels, has charted in North America and is noted for his punishing sets of live electronics. His clinical production style is both very modern and built on the DNA of early new wave and IDM.)
Test​(​e)
lowfish.bandcamp.com/album/test-e
( ;D --> Originally self-released as a tape under the artist name Pest(e), this 1996 collection of IDM and analog electronics is in fact the debut Lowfish album. Intended as a demo, it caught the attention of infamous UK label Skam —but after months of fruitless phone tag with the label, it was time for Gregory De Rocher to strike out on his own. Dropping his Pest(e) moniker in favour of Lowfish, in 1997 De Rocher co-founded Suction Records with like-minded producer Jason Amm, aka Solvent. While that Test(e) tape wasn’t technically a Suction Records release, it served as the impetus for starting the label, and we’ve always referred to it as catalog # suction000.)


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #31

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TV HWY
www.facebook.com/tv.hwy.music/
( ;D --> TV HWY is the new IDM project from Portland-based electronic musician Michael Arthur Holloway, whose other projects include 'Dead When I Found Her' (ArtOfFact Records) and the self-released dark jazz album, Guilt Noir. With TV HWY, Holloway takes inspiration from 90s era classic IDM and creates melodic, detail-oriented electronica with an interstellar flair. )
Starship Interiors
tvhwy.bandcamp.com/album/starship-interiors


Hocico
www.hocico.com
( ;D --> The duo was officially formed in 1993 by Erik Garcia a.k.a. Erk Aicrag (lyrics and vocals) and Oscar Mayorga a.k.a. Racso Agroyam (Programming), but both cousins had been experimenting with electronic music, mixing industrial and EBM, since they were fifteen years old. Their music can be described as electro-industrial. Erk Aircrag and Racso Agroyam incited to express their feelings through technology. Given the influence of varying currents of electronic music (mainly Skinny Puppy) they began their trajectory in 1989 in a project called "Niñera Degenerada". Their lyrics are both in Spanish as well as English. The Spanish word hocico means snout, and is used in Mexico as a disrespectful way to describe someone's comments coming out of their mouth.)
Palabras de Sangre
open.spotify.com/track/5L4CMfVx13ip3K0LEGLqaB?si=CKdoR720SN25sE4SvKP8HA
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/12/flavor-of-week-49.html


Bochum Welt
www.facebook.com/bochumwelt/
( ;D --> Gianluigi Di Costanzo, aka Bochum Welt, has been releasing music on Aphex Twin's label, Sony Music Japan and BMG. A former Apple Distinguished Professional and currently an Apple Consultant, Gianluigi has been working with Thomas Dolby and his Los Angeles based companies for several years. Thomas Dolby's companies have taken on high-tech assigments: Productions for Steven Spielberg, David Bowie, the New York's Guggenheim Museum and many others.His logo was designed by Architect Matteo Thun, he joined the Rephlex Australian and European tour, opened for Aphex Twin and Thomas Dolby.)
Seafire
shop.cpurecords.net/album/seafire
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/05/flavor-of-week-20.html


The Ritualists
www.facebook.com/theritualists/
( ;D -->  Aetheric guitars, dreamy sounds and a voice from a different world – The Ritualists let a music rise again that seemed to be forgotten. Names such as David Bowie, Velvet Underground, Duran Duran or Suede plop up in the mind, artists, that broke down frontiers and pushing expression and performance into complete new heights through absolute devotion. It is the legacy of those bands driving The Ritualists. Their soundwork is made of six decades of psychedelic music summed up for nowadays and ready for the pop cultural history books.)
Ice Flower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojJ1zjRmXd0
Painted People
www.outoflineshop.de/the-ritualists-painted-people-cd.html


Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
www.facebook.com/ordorosariusequilibrio/
( ;D --> Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio (ORE) is a neofolk and martial industrial music group from Stockholm. The band is composed of its founding member and vocalist Tomas Pettersson, and Rose-Marie Larsen, who replaced Chelsea Krook on backup vocals. In 2008 Fredrik Leijström and Ronnie Bäck joined the band on bass and guitar.)
Ménage à Quatre
open.spotify.com/album/33KMZaA2vkS0M5lPbadwSk?si=oMHUBPYmTbWZOEKVe4-VDA


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #30

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Grendel
www.facebook.com/grendel.music/
( ;D --> Dutch adrenaline flowing EBM (with their name originated from Beowulf) with Distorted vocals, acidic synth lines, pummeling bass lines, and jagged melodies :). )
Ascending The Abyss
infactedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/ascending-the-abyss
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/09/flavor-of-week-39.html


Tycho
tychomusic.com/
soundcloud.com/Tycho
( ;D --> Tycho is the music project of San Francisco artist and producer Scott Hansen. As Tycho, Hansen blends swirling melodies into vaguely triumphant arcs that crisscross between stuttering beats and vocal samples, creating rolling sonic landscapes that extend into the horizon. Known in the design world as ISO50, Hansen is famed for his bucolic, sun-drenched design style, which serves as a backdrop and mirror for his musical output.)
Weather
tycho.bandcamp.com/album/weather
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/03/flavor-of-week-13.html


Mater Suspiria Vision
www.phantasmadisques.bigcartel.com/artist/mater-suspiria-vision
( ;D --> Witch House - Ghost Drone - Haunted Disco Trance, Hansel and Gretel, Underground Culture of Kabul, Machine Gun Noise.)
Scanners
matersuspiriavision.bandcamp.com/album/scanners
Silent Running
matersuspiriavision.bandcamp.com/track/silent-running
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2016/09/flavor-of-week-40.html


MVK
clinamen.nl/
( ;D --> Matthijs Kouw is an experimental musician based in Utrecht (Netherlands) exploring the relationship between movement and stasis. Using analog synthesis, software, field recordings, and recordings of various objects, Matthijs combines long-form drone with elements from acousmatic music, noise, and microsound.)
ER​-​1
clinamen.bandcamp.com/album/er-1
(;D --> Inspired by the field of thermodynamics, philosopher of technology Gilbert Simondon uses the term 'metastability' to refer to a system state that transcend the classical opposition between stability and instability, and is charged with potentials for a 'becoming'.)
'La Grande Bouffe'
clinamen.bandcamp.com/album/la-grande-bouffe


Reaper
twitter.com/VasiVallis
( ;D --> Reaper was formed by Vasi Vallis shortly before the dissolution of his NamNamBulu project and took on greater prominence following the split. The 'Angst EP' was released in July 2005. The project played a number of live shows prior to the release of the full-length album 'Hell Starts With An H' in early 2007. The project toured Europe supporting Combichrist around this time.)
Babylon killed the music
infactedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/babylon-killed-the-music
Divide the sea
infactedrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/divide-the-sea


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #29

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We The North / Vita Arkivet
www.facebook.com/wethenorthofficial/
wethenorthofficial.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Defining their musical sound as Nordic Noir, new ground is explored using classic electronic sounds. With an intentional and deliberate blending of the old with the new a melancholic hopefulness is created from the dark seasons of life in Scandinavia. Out of this is formed We The North.)
Kall
wethenorthofficial.bandcamp.com/album/kall
VI
open.spotify.com/track/1EY8uZn9az3U4d15Pj9XQw?si=h5U6sFYhR7Sqd_lnppalUA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyp5fksowI8
Split EP
wethenorthofficial.bandcamp.com/album/split-ep
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/11/flavor-of-week-47.html


Neuroticfish
neuroticfish.com
( ;D --> Neuroticfish is the electronic music project of Sascha Mario Klein (Keys, Vocals) and Henning Verlage (Keys, Production). Originally founded as alter ego of Sascha Mario Klein in the early 1990s, Neuroticfish experiments with elements of Synth-Pop, Industrial and EBM to create their own blend of electronic music: "Music For A Paranormal Life", a musical concept that observes life beyond normality. Inspired and influenced by the sound of Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails and Depeche Mode this concept analyses neurosises, paranoias and emotional dependencies and their effects and distills it into a clear and emotional vocal performance with naive pop melodies over harsh and technoid beats.)
Fluchtreflex
neuroticfish.bandcamp.com/album/fluchtreflex
Fluchtreflex (Aesthetische Reframe)
neuroticfish.bandcamp.com/track/fluchtreflex-aesthetische-reframe
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/12/flavor-of-week-51.html


Slighter
www.facebook.com/slighterofficial/
( ;D --> Atmospheric, intense, moody and cinematic are just some of the ways people have described the sound of Slighter. Musician + Remixer. Collaborations with: Front Line Assembly, Cyanotic, Ohm, 16Volt/Back December, Future Funk Squad + more.)
Walls' (featuring Christy Hannon)from Automata (Deluxe Edition
confusioninc.bandcamp.com/track/walls-featuring-christy-hannon
Automata (Deluxe Edition)
confusioninc.bandcamp.com/album/automata-deluxe-edition


OVOD
www.facebook.com/ovodmusic
ovod.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> OVOD is a dark ambient/drone music project made with modular synths.)
Forest Thoughts
ovod.bandcamp.com/album/forest-thoughts
( ;D --> Ambient music full of psychedelic and folk music inspirited melodies, symbiosis of organic and artificial sounds made with modular synthesizers.)


E.R.P. / Convextion
www.facebook.com/convextion/
( ;D --> E.R.P. is Gerard Hanson E.R.P. stands for Event Related Potential. Aliases: Convextion, Gerard Hanson, I/O, Syne Language, Time Light Curve. Gerard Hanson was born in 1972. He hails from of Dallas, Texas USA. Little is known about this producer who seems to have Scandinavian roots. His productions have reflections with Basic Channel/Chain Reaction sound. His main inspirations are Juan Atkins and Derrick May. His music also has influences from Stefan Robbers, Red Planet and Carl Craig. He found a way where everything came together: Deepness, Minimalism and Soul, the Detroit-Berlin connection.)
Burp
open.spotify.com/track/0JZ2OAlq2jTZTZmCQJbZ94?si=NcSCftruTnywLR8jJPbg_A
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7WV0ac_wu4
Paraffin Podcasts - 004 - E.R.P. / Convextion
soundcloud.com/paraffintehran/paraffin-podcasts-004-erp-convextion
Convextion - 2845 - A.R.T.LESS VEXT LP 1 (Preview
soundcloud.com/mojubarecords/convextion-2845-artless-vext-lp-1-preview
a.r.t.less (A.R.T.LESS VEXT LP 1)
mojubarecords.bandcamp.com/album/2845
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2012/04/flavor-of-week-18.html


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #28

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The Chemical Brothers
www.thechemicalbrothers.com/
( ;D --> The act with the first arena-sized sound in the electronica movement, the Chemical Brothers united such varying influences as Public Enemy, Cabaret Voltaire, and My Bloody Valentine to create a dance-rock-rap fusion which rivaled the best old-school DJs on their own terms -- keeping a crowd of people on the floor by working through any number of groove-oriented styles featuring unmissable samples, from familiar guitar riffs to vocal tags to various sound effects. And when the duo (Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons) decided to supplement their DJ careers by turning their bedrooms into recording studios, they pioneered a style of music (later termed big beat) remarkable for its lack of energy loss from the dancefloor to the radio. Chemical Brothers albums were less collections of songs and more hourlong journeys, chock-full of deep bomb-studded beats, percussive breakdowns, and effects borrowed from a host of sources.)
No Geography
www.thechemicalbrothers.com/music-videos/no-geography
open.spotify.com/playlist/6xUgVgOLgAIqLJ6oTeRXUY
( ;D --> The Chemical Brothers headline set at Glastonbury later this month, the electronic duo have teamed with longtime collaborators Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall on the new video for ‘Eve of Destruction'.)
Eve of Destruction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYsXKhBknyM
Catch Me I'm Falling
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfbAjUOVY04
Pre-order Surrender 20th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue:
TheChemicalBrothers.lnk.to/Surrender20
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/05/flavor-of-week-19.html


Boytronic
www.facebook.com/BoytronicOriginal
( ;D --> Boytronic is a German music group that plays electropop. It was founded in 1983 by Holger Wobker and Peter Sawatzki in Hamburg, Germany as Kapitän Sehnsucht (Captain Desire). )
The Robot Treatment' - Album
boytronic01.bandcamp.com/album/the-robot-treatment-album
All You Can Eat' - Single
boytronic01.bandcamp.com/album/all-you-can-eat-single


Stanislav Tolkachev
soundcloud.com/stanislavtolkachev
www.facebook.com/rudiment/
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/stanislavtolkachev
( ;D --> Stanislav Tolkachev is a techno pioneer from Ukraine. His productions are influenced both by the classic sound of Detroit and the sleek minimalistic tendencies born in Berlin. He is focused on experimentation with textures and psychedelic sounds, taking inspiration from many diverse sources. Stanislav Tolkachev influenced a whole generation of techno producers with his raw and atonal sound. Among them is Irakli, a Berlin-based producer who once made up one half of I/Y and helped found Staub, a techno party that's easily among Berlin's best.)
Inkblots #4: Irakli & Stanislav Tolkachev [Inkblots]inkblotsandrawwaxes.bandcamp.com/album/inkblots-4-irakli-stanislav-tolkachev-inkblots
Leather Mask' from 'Pleasšure Instruments'
concernsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/stanislav-tolkachev-leather-mask
While You Are Drawing A Butterfly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct0R5ygdWZo
krymmryk.bandcamp.com/track/stanislav-tolkachev-while-you-are-drawing-a-butterfly
Simple As A Miracle. SEMANTICA 51
semanticarecords.bandcamp.com/album/stanislav-tolkachev-simple-as-a-miracle-semantica-51


Amber clap
www.facebook.com/amperclap
www.facebook.com/amperclapproductions/
soundcloud.com/amper-clap/
( ;D --> Spanish DJ and producer. Electronic music lover since forever, in 1999 he started DJ, strongly driven by the scene breaks the moment. In 2005 he entered the world of essences combining trance production with breaks. Currently, not forgetting its inception and underground sound, their productions beyond, working with great dedication to projects Breaks, Techno, Electro with surround sounds, melodic, progressive and abstract that can reach wrap. With influences as Mr. Oizo, Dark Globe, Simply Jeff, Überzone, Mike Oldfield, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk. Since very little felt weakness for abstract electronic sound, harmonies and melodies enveloping dark sounds etc ... Currently, including its early underground sound and beyond productions, working with great dedication to projects Breaks, House, Techno, Progressive, Electro with surround sounds, melodic, progressive and abstract that can reach wrap.)
Dream Doctor from Urban Connections: XIII by Various
urbanconnectionsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/track/dream-doctor
Reality
urbanconnectionsnetlabel.bandcamp.com/album/reality
In Another Reality
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIycVAlRxh4
Soon; URBAN CONNECTIONS: XIV (Deadline on July 31)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2016/10/flavor-of-week-41.html


Sukabura
sukabura.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Electro EBM project from Sweden.)
JAD
sukabura.bandcamp.com/album/jad


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #27

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Nexus 23
soundcloud.com/nexus23
www.facebook.com/DarkChaoticBeats23/
( ;D --> Electro DJ and producer currently based in Harlesden, North West London. Specialising in dark funky electro beats and baselines.)
Shadow Puppet (RXmode remix) from Renderings
bassagendarecordings.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-puppet-rxmode-remix
Renderings
bassagendarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/renderings
Start Of The Summer 2019 Mix
soundcloud.com/nexus23/start-of-the-summer-2019-mix


Roel Funcken
www.facebook.com/RoelFunck
roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud.com/roelfuncken
( ;D --> Funckarma is the long standing project of Don and Roel Funcken. Two Dutch brothers notorious for their bass heavy, groove filled IDM and experimental approach to all forms of electronic music. Always forging new sounds in their constant sonic evolution. More recently they’re breaking into the dubstep and DnB scenes, bringing their own unique form to these ever shifting landscapes. Roel Funcken officially popped up on the scene in 2010, with his solo debut, titled Vade, out on Ad Noiseam. But fans of electronic music, and IDM in general, have been tracking this Dutch musician for over a decade prior, when, along with his brother, Don, the duo has released some of the genre defining music on labels such as Djak-Up-Bitch, Schematic, Sublight Records, Neo Ouija, n5MD and others, as the one and only Funckarma.)
Newt Scamander
open.spotify.com/track/0IMbWdoV0w3BytJkTjJ8wv?si=kLagV9AiRVeEheGvvZd-VA
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/05/flavor-of-week-23.html


Rex the Dog
www.facebook.com/RexTheDog/
www.rexthedog.net
( ;D --> Rex The Dog makes and performs music with analogue electronics and a self-built Modular Synthesizer. He carries this precious machinery around the world, bringing his idiosyncratic sounds to packed crowds at the best clubs, festivals and parties.)
Vortex
soundcloud.com/kompakt/rex-the-dog-vortex
www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/160706
Crasher EP
rex.lnk.to/crasherWe
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/flavor-of-week-32.html


Helalyn Flowers
www.helalynflowers.com/
( ;D --> Helalyn Flowers are helmed by eclectic Nøemi Aurora [Vocals/Synths/Songwriting/Programmings/Design] and polyhedric studio guru MaXX [Guitars/Synths/Songwriting/Programming/Production] Helalyn Flowers Defined by the press ‘like an orgasm written as music’ Helalyn Flowers are one of the most revolutionary female-fronted acts in the Industrial Rock scene by performing a hugely unique combination of Goth, Metal, Punk and Electro sonorities marked by the outstanding vocal performance of N0emi Aurora, able to cover a wide stylistic range, from Pop/ Rock, Metal to even operatic soprano and madrigal and whom voice has been often compared to great singers like Bjork, Shirley Manson, Madonna or Amy Lee.)
Tetrachromatic (#Aesthetische blue remix) from 'Tetrachromatic'
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/track/tetrachromatic-aesthetische-blue-remix
Nyctophilia
helalynflowers.bandcamp.com/album/nyctophilia-2


IRIS
iris-us.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> After a long hiatus on social media channels, the IRIS-satellite unexpectedly reports back to their homebase, including a 50 second snippet of "Third Strike" - the opening track of their new album "Six" - and the message above. The notion of a remote satellite suddenly starting to broadcast again, from somewhere in outer space, is a metaphor that works well on two fronts: the long media absence of the band, and the core concept of IRIS as a project which is "far out" from the normal synthpop genre. Iris stand out from the herd of their genre competitors not just in terms of quality, but also style and mission.)
Six
iris-us.bandcamp.com/album/six


Over and Out

Flavor of the Week #26

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Pnkblnkt
soundcloud.com/pnkblnkt
pnkblnkt.com/
pnkblnkt.tumblr.com/
( ;D --> Anonymous 20-year-old electro producer from Indiana.)
Apocalypse
open.spotify.com/track/4VXqkYHPKTXv12ypUJopPD?si=B1Xv6Vz-R2yj1rRdBwNGLw
Singles
soundcloud.com/pnkblnkt/sets/singles


Body of Light
www.facebook.com/bodyovlight/
soundcloud.com/bodyoflight
bodyoflightmusic.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Birthed from Arizona’s regaled Ascetic House collective, Body of Light is a dark synth-pop outfit comprised of young brothers Andrew and Alexander Jarson. What began as a vehicle for their exploration of noise and sound during their early teens has evolved into an established production over the last decade, as Body of Light continues to carve out their own style of complex, structured, and moving dancefloor electronics.)
Time To Kill (single)
open.spotify.com/track/6mIVf1jIYyc3osDrkWdq6N?si=CDVywnMIRrqxGAcNnYmazw
Time To Kill (album) releases July 26, 2019
bodyoflightmusic.bandcamp.com/album/time-to-kill
( ;D -->  The lead single from Body of Light's third album "Time To Kill" out on CD/LP/Digital 7.26.19 on Dais Records. The lead single “Time to Kill” debuts with a merciless signature beat, complimented by distorted sample patterns against an infectious, moving bass groove that invites you to “let the memories fade" - an anthemic ode to the underground club hits of an era long gone..)
Somali Extract - Pareidolia
bodyoflightmusic.bandcamp.com/album/somali-extract-pareidolia


FÏX8:SËD8
fix8sed8.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/Fix8Sed8
( ;D --> FÏX8:SËD8 is a dark electro/EBM music group based out of Frankfurt, Germany. Like many notable dark electronic music projects, FÏX8:SËD8 consists of a solo mastermind by the name of Martin Sane.)
Warning Signshttps://en.dependent.de/artists/fix8-sed8/fix8-sed8-warning-signs.html
'Parasite Paradise'from upcoming new album, "Warning Signs".https://youtu.be/03mC8KC3FNo
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/04/flavor-of-week-15.html


Biosphere
www.biosphere.no
( ;D --> Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962), a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his "ambient techno" and "arctic ambient" styles, his use of music loops, and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track "Novelty Waves" was used for the 1995 campaign of Levi's. His 1997 album Substrata was voted by www.hyperreal.org as one of the all time classic ambient albums.)
'Biosphere'
( ;D --> Our biosphere is the global sum of all ecosystems. It can also be called the zone of life on Earth, a closed (apart from solar and cosmic radiation) and self-regulating system.)
The Senja Recordings
biosphere.bandcamp.com/album/the-senja-recordings
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2014/06/flavor-of-week-24.html


Pre Emptive Strike 01
www.preemptivestrike01.com/
( ;D --> Preemptive strike 0.1 was founded on the Greek island of Crete in 2002 with the purpose of creating powerful, melodic EBM music. They have evolved to incorporate eastern elements and traditional Greek instruments as well as often experimenting and collaborating with artists from the extreme metal scene.)
Harbinger
preemptivestrike01.bandcamp.com/album/harbinger
Teratogenesis
preemptivestrike01.bandcamp.com/track/teratogenesis


Happy Midsummer
Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #25

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Enui
soundcloud.com/enui_official
www.facebook.com/Enuimusic
( ;D --> Ambient beats.)
Nigthlife
open.spotify.com/album/2ldDNP8ZQZCuagpOCmnHFP
Singles
soundcloud.com/enui_official/sets/singles
Antipodean
open.spotify.com/album/5Zx2nsSj54FbwiRXUK5rIE
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/12/flavor-of-week-52.html


Datawave
www.facebook.com/Datawave01/
soundcloud.com/datawave
( ;D --> Belgian electro producer meshes an arsenal of crisp synths, sticky basslines, winks of acid and an already glaring ability to build groove and ambience, into a colorful ride through the cosmos - inward or outward, for the mind and the floor.)
Endogenic EP
ukonx.bandcamp.com/album/endogenic-ep
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/08/flavor-of-week-33.html


STATIQ BLOOM
statiqbloom.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/statiqbloom/
( ;D --> Drawing from the grittiness of early #industrial & #EBM, Statiqbloom combine hard beats & #haunting #electronics with disorienting vocals to create pulsing raw Post-Industrial. The new album, Asphyxia, intricately weaves a dark, hallucinogenic path of intricate and grim electronics. Uncompromising, layered, and brilliant, a benchmark for the future of #darkelectro.)
Asphyxia
statiqbloom.bandcamp.com/album/asphyxia
Until Oblivion
statiqbloom.bandcamp.com/track/until-oblivion


The Future Sound of London / FSOL
www.futuresoundoflondon.com/
www.facebook.com/theamorphousandrogynous
( ;D --> The Future Sound of London (often abbreviated to FSOL) is a British electronic music band composed of Garry Cobain (sometimes styled as Gaz Cobain) and Brian Dougans. The duo are often credited with pushing the boundaries of electronic music experimentation and of pioneering a new era of dance music. Although often labelled as ambient, Cobain and Dougans usually resist being typecast into any one particular genre. Their work covers many areas of electronic music, such as ambient techno, house music, trip-hop, ambient dub, acid techno.[4] In addition to music composition, their interests have covered a number of areas including film and video, 2D and 3D computer graphics, animation in making almost all their own videos for their singles, radio broadcasting and creating their own electronic devices for sound making. They have released works under numerous aliases. The artists have been fairly enigmatic in the past but have become more candid with their fanbase in recent years with social websites like Myspace, YouTube, their forum and many interviews in which Cobain almost always speaks for the group.)
Yage 2019
www.fsoldigital.com/product/yage-2019/
The People of Yage' (#Humanoid Rebuild)
youtu.be/QzW7cQYRsHc
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2014/08/flavor-of-week-35.html


Blanck Mass
blanckmass.co.uk/
blanckmass.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Blanck Mass is a British electronic solo project by Benjamin John Power, one of the founding members of drone band Fuck Buttons.)
Animated Violence Mild
blanckmass.bandcamp.com/album/animated-violence-mild
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/02/flavor-of-week-7.html


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #24

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Lee Gamble
soundcloud.com/leegamble
www.facebook.com/leegamblemusic/
( ;D --> Gamble’s music has the feel of someone floating above it, looking in, only tangentially participating in what’s going on. Beats are muffled, signals echo for an eternity; on “Head Model”, there’s acres of room between the parts being triggered, but it never feels like there’s a ton of space opening up. Instead, it’s all dense, claustrophobic reflection, with many of Gamble’s tracks trapped in one very specific moment without any forward flow at all. Occasionally there’s movement, but even that verges on the cyclical. “HMix” begins with a charge of muddied beats and bass, only to get filtered into reedy compression that resembles the worst kind of amphetamine headrush. There’s a similar mindset here to others who have attempted to scoop out the innards of electronics to see what remains—Actress, Autechre, Pan Sonic—but Gamble is in an even more detached place, where the inclusionary side of club culture appears utterly alien.)
In A Paraventral Scale
leegamble.bandcamp.com/album/in-a-paraventral-scale
Déjà Mode
leegamble.bandcamp.com/track/d-j-mode


Linea Aspera
www.facebook.com/lineaaspera
www.soundcloud.com/linea-aspera
lineaaspera.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Linea Aspera is the London duo of Ryan Ambridge (Synths/Programming) and Alison Lewis (Vocals/Synths). They began the project in November 2011, technically drawing inspiration from electronic music from the early 1980s. Within the duo, Alison writes and performs all vocal elements, while Ryan is responsible for the writing and performing of the electronics, as well as recording and mixing of the final recordings. For their debut album they utilized small, simple analog synthesizer set up: Roland SH-09, Roland Juno 6, Vermona DRM MKiii, Korg Poly 800 and Analogue Solutions Semblance. Linea Aspera’s sound includes clear influences from early electronic body music, classic synth-pop and, in some instances, industrial and noise. Lyrically the band incorporates the sciences of osteology, neuroscience, and anthropology weaving a new medical language around themes of desire, despair and renewal. Linea Aspera serve up an icebox of dark doom riding on Alison’s powerful vocals with a soft but sharp touch.)
Preservation Bias
lineaaspera.bandcamp.com/album/preservation-bias
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/10/flavor-of-week-43.html


Synapsyche
www.facebook.com/synapsyche
www.reverbnation.com/synapsyche
synapsyche.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> The italian band Synapsyche was born in the late 2008 by the will of Stefano “Mannequinetik”, mastermind and only composer, with the intent to create an electro-industrial project with dark and aggrotech features, a bit lacking in their own motherland. To start the band up, he simply needed to integrate a singer, expert for both clean and harsh vocals, and able to manage lyrics, vocal lines and rhythmics: the choice falls on Marco “Katatronik” Mantovani, performer with a 10-years experience as singer, both melodic in an italian rock band (Zona Traffico Libero) and screaming-growling in a melodic death metal band (Ultima Necat).)
In praise of folly
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/in-praise-of-folly-bonus-tracks-version
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/03/flavor-of-week-11.html


Mondträume
www.facebook.com/Mondtraeume/
alfa-matrix-store.com/mondtraume
( ;D --> Mondträume originates in the mind of Pikotto in 2010 with the purpose of creating a sound based on melodic electronic music, with just a theme in active (Life is Short) he manages to appear on Extreme Sündenfall vol. 10, with the participation of another singer. Not really fulfilled with the final result, he keeps on searching for that special voice. In late 2011, Pikotto meets Damasius finding the missing vocal part, remaking Life is Short and it is then when Mondträume consolidates as a band and achieves the desired harmony between base and voice.)
Lovers, sinners & liars (Bonus Tracks Version)
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/lovers-sinners-liars-bonus-tracks-version


Aesthetische
soundcloud.com/aesthetische
www.facebook.com/aesthetische
( ;D --> Aesthetische is the musical return of Fab Viscardi and Gui Pires of Aghast View and Biopsy to the hard industrial dance / electronic scene after a hiatus of almost 8 years! Aesthtetische’s electronic sound aims at diversity on the EBM genre and carries craft and complexity to the composition paired with a well rounded production and modern programming technique. Tracks vary from mid tempo solid EBM to more fast paced outbursts of synth layers and beats. Aesthetische is influenced by all sorts of electronic music, not only hard electronics, but all forms of electronic expression. Influences from Rock, world music, contemporary music also play a part on AE’s sound.)
Co3xist3ns3
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/co3xist3ns3
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/06/flavor-of-week-23.html


Over And Out