Flavor of the Week #40

Laut und Luise
www.facebook.com/lautundluisemusik
http://soundcloud.com/lautundluise
( ;D --> The journey of the happy fellas of Laut & Luise begins with nightly expeditions through a sometimes way to serious Cologne party landscape. In persuing their goal of transforming this dreary environment into a more color- and cheerful one they join forces with some odd fi gures: happy artists and audiophile equipment nerds alike, anyone who’s willing to experience emotions that can’t be found in everyday life is gladly
welcomed. Laut & Luise represents flawed love for detail instead of straight perfection. It strives for creating new space for this atmosphere and sound beyond the usual borders of party and nightlife.)
Duererstuben - Sonnenblut am Platz der Perlen
(Constantijn Lange Remix)
www.facebook.com/lautundluisemusik?sk=app_178091127385


Atomtrakt
www.myspace.com/atomtraktofficial
www.atomtrakt.com
( ;D --> Atomtrakt is a solo-project of Christoph Vinterriket Ziegler founded in 2003. Cold, Militant, Apocalyptic & Heroic Martial Industrial.)
Artefakte des Verderbens
( ;D --> "Artefakte des Verderbens", the upcoming Atomtrakt full-length album, is currently being mastered. Apocalypic, cold, monumental, heroic, martial.... Get prepared for a trip to Stalingrad.)
Pagan Folk and Apocalyptic Psychedelia Vol 3.
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( ;D --> ATOMTRAKT - Triumphzug 2011 (advance version / excerpt) ATOMTRAKT is featured on the "Pagan Folk & Apocalyptic Psychedelia" Compilation part III, the yearly Steinklang Records (AUT) compilation. ATOMTRAKT is featured with the track "Triumphzug" (advance mix) which will also be featured on the upcoming ATOMTRAKT album "Artefakte des Verderbens" (out in late 2011 / STEINKLANG(SK056)). The compilation is out since early June 2011.)
Schutt & Asche
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Nuklearchetyp
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Artefakte des Verderbens CD 2011 - ADVANCE PROMO MEDLEY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmJ1jz7EGkI
Kalte Relikte Des Verfalls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lXHSG-Vopg
Blut und Erde
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lJqUr7q2ko


Kemko
www.myspace.com/kemkoo
( ;D --> Techno/Minimal producer & live act from Montpellier, as well as Béziers, France.)
Breath
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ThruByRed
www.thrubyred.com/
www.myspace.com/thrubyredofficial
( ;D --> Eclectic Elevator Music.)
Abyede Bye ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlcrsXoi4DE&feature=
The Earth In Flames
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8wdeMQPCXU


Lustmord
www.myspace.com/lustmord  
www.lustmord.com  
The monstrous soul vinyl edition
http://burningworldrecords.com/item/the-monstrous-soul-ltd-ed-green-vinyl-lp2
( ;D --> "The Monstrous Soul" was conceived in Sheffield in 1990 by B. Lustmord and Clock DVA founder Adi Newton. First released by London label World Serpent, it followed the seminal and highly influential dark ambient album "Heresy" (Soleilmoon SOL 9 CD). Although the release dates were barely a year apart, "The Monstrous Soul" marked a turning point for Lustmord, one that mapped the future more than it mirrored the past. Much more digital magic and electronic processing was employed this time, where much of the material on "Heresy" utilized acoustic sound sources and traditional analog recording technologies. "The Monstrous Soul" dedicated itself to creating a environment of gloom in which the listener was totally enveloped by an hour long soundscape best described as a journey through a frozen hell. At the time "The Monstrous Soul" was recorded, the legendary B. Lustmord resided in a squat in London, near the Oval cricket ground, just around the corner from David Tibet, founder of Current 93. It takes little imagination to connect the bleak visual landscape of south London's worst slum to Lustmord's grim electronics. This wasn't simply a fantasy video game soundtrack, it truly reflected the environment from which is came.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/11/flavor-of-week-46.html

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Flavor of the Week #39

Luomo (Vladislav Delay)
www.myspace.com/luomomusic
( ;D --> Vladislav Delay is one of the pseudonyms of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo and Conoco.)
Plus
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Make my day
www.myspace.com/luomomusic#!/luomomusic/music/songs/luomo-make-my-day-77389070
Good Stuff
http://vimeo.com/29060803
( ;D --> First single off the new album, Plus (out on 23 September 2011, Moodmusic Records). Video directed by Jenny RK.)
Tessio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O53-C8fMXhI
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/06/flavor-of-week-26.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/05/flavor-of-week-20_15.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/flavor-of-week-30.html  


Santa Hates You
www.myspace.com/santahatesyou
www.santahatesyou.com
( ;D --> Santa Hates You is a German based band formed in autumn 2007. Members and founders of the band are the musical icon Peter "PS" Spilles and the enigmatic italian vocalist Jinxy. Legend has it that they first met at the Ohlsdorfer Cemetery in Hamburg, where it is said that they accidentally 'scared the hell out of each other'. Apparently it was then that PS noticed Jinxy's unusual voice, and, well, it seems safe to say that he was quite intrigued by what he heard. After discovering their common passion for dark music, macabre arts and rebellious humor, the two became friends and soon decided to start a band together. Santa Hates You's music is straight forward dark-electro, with industrial traits and extremely danceable beats on one side, and catchy sequences as well as gothic and electro-punk elements on the other. While the band describes their sound as "juicy electronic-gothic-industrial", many others have tried, in the course of the last years, to characterize the Santa Hates You - style.'A musical maelstrom';'The perfect soundtrack to the Mad Hatter's tea party'; 'Bizarre and grotesque like some kind of sexy freak show')
Jolly Roger
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Panic Town
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLVK639r-xU


E.R.P. (Gerard Hanson)
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/convextion
www.convextion.com
( ;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
Evoked Potentials (Part Three).)
www.juno.co.uk/products/evoked-potentials-part-three/416501-01
Sensory Process [Plant43 Remix]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hiyea-q7REI
Respose
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aOLWnpB5V8
cold colony
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3ii5SkpeTU&amp


Henric de la Cour
www.myspace.com/henricdelacour
( ;D --> Henric de la Cour, the voice behind Yvonne and Strip Music now goes solo.
The sound is more electronic than before, but just as dark and epic. In the spring “Dogs” was released, a brilliant goth pop song about a complicated relationship, as a teaser on Youtube and on our "Born///Evolve///Progress///3"-compilation. Now comes the album, chock full of pumping electro beats, huge choruses and vampiric romance.)
Henric de la Cour
www.progress-productions.com/product.php?pid=55
Dracula
http://soundcloud.com/progressproductions/henric-de-la-cour-dracula
www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46850_0_2_0_C


Stahlwerk 9
www.myspace.com/stahlwerk9  
( ;D --> Stahlwerk 9 is Reinhard Hopfe, from Germany. Stahlwerk 9 makes ambient/noise/heavy industrial and is also known as the “grandmaster of death ambient”. He is well known for using many Russian samples and takes from history, mostly from the second world war and nazism, but also the Roman era.)
STAHLWERK 9 - 212
www.steinklang.at/shop/index.phpmain_page=product_music_info&cPath=13&products_id=41&language=en
( ;D --> wooden box with printed copper plate on top containing 12 coloured 7"es and a fold-inlay - lim.>212< / Steinklang the music is about the French Revolution in 1789 and the 7"es are coloured like the french national flag. each 7" stands for one month of the new revolutionary calendar wich started 212 years ago on 22.Sept.1792. Sounds not unlike the famousOradour CD; heroic and dark soundscapes from a dark age with fine samples and a few vocals.)
Steinklang Industries III 2006-2007
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Denzatsu / Steinklang [RARE]
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( ;D --> Koji Tano 1961 - 31.07.2005.Koji Tano is one of the most respected Japanese artists in contemporary electronic Music. additionally to countless great releases, he ran a record-store for experimental arts in Tokyo.)
www.steinklang-records.at/koji-tano.html
Rubicon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm6CfQ08zOE&feature=related
STAHLWERK 9 & RASTHOF DACHAU
Blood Soil
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X386BuB9iio&feature=player_embedded#!
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/11/flavor-of-week-48.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #38

In Strict Confidence
www.instrictconfidence.de  
www.myspace.com/instrictconfidence
( ;D --> Formed in 1991, In Strict Confidence are once again poised to take control of the electro/industrial scene with their latest offering Love Kills! Led by frontman Dennis Ostermann (Vocals/machines) and Jörg Schelte (machines), ISC once again push the envelope of experimentation and further their own evolution. ISC's distinct brand of pounding beats, harsh vocals and melodic undertones sets a new standard while distancing themselves from all others. Tracks such as "Zauberschloss" and "Kiss Your Shadow" are destined club hits and once again prove ISC as a true pioneers of the modern sound. Also the welcome addition of a female vocalist on "Silent Memorial" and the lending hands of mega producer Bruno Kramm (Das Ich) and Olaf Wollschläger (Paradise Lost, Yello and Melotron) have sculpted and perfected the new ISC soundscapes. The latest ISC offering is a must have for fans of Frontline Assembly, Skinny Puppy and KMFDM.)
Love Kills (Reisued)
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/02/flavor-of-week-8.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/apparat-www.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-26_24.html


Teemu T
www.myspace.com/teemut
http://soundcloud.com/teemu-t
( ;D --> spaced out dub techno in the spirit of northern contrast between urban and nature. After nearly two decades in years of musical experiences, Teemu T has become a lazy but hard working dub techno ear. From the first tracker sequencer tests to full-scale projects he has developed a style of deep dub techno,with minimal techno grooves and analoque sounds.)
The Resistance Of Aguilar: Tapes Part II
http://www.entropy-records.com/release100034.htm
http://soundcloud.com/urenga/urenga-high-wind-the
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/06/flavor-of-week-23.html


VNV Nation
www.myspace.com/vnvnation
www.youtube.com/channelvnv
( ;D --> Irish/English duo VNV Nation have persistently leaped from strength to strength over the last few years, emerging as a powerhouse in the alternative electronic rock and industrial scenes. Their unique sound blends influences from contemporary electronic music, indie, rock, underground dance music and 80s industrial, with thematic lyrics and inspiring, emotive vocals. The music can range from hard-hitting beats to indie-electronic anthems to haunting ballads to symphonic orchestrations. VNV Nation have also earned incredible acclaim for their energetic live shows and gained a fanatical worldwide following.)
Automatic
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Solitary EP
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/06/flavor-of-week-26.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/flavor-of-week-1.html


Little Dragon
www.myspace.com/littledragon
http://little-dragon.net/
( ;D --> Little Dragon is an electronic music band, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards).)
Ritual Union
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Brush the Heat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jtuf1TIl3E


Eftos
www.myspace.com/eftosrx
http://eftos.bandcamp.com/
www.eftos.de/
( ;D --> Interesting IDM / New Wave / Psykadelia.)
Eftos!rx I
http://justaloud.com/rxeftos/music/eftosrx-i/


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #37

Nicolas Jaar
www.myspace.com/nicolasjaar
www.nicolasjaar.net
( ;D --> Nicolas Jaar was born in NY but quickly relocated to Santiago de Chile in the 90s only to come back to his birth place as a teenager. Haunted by Mulatu Astatke and Erik Satie, Nico started to make organic electronic music in 2004 at the age of 14. At 17, he made his debut with “The Student EP” on Wolf and Lamb Music with a remix by Seth Troxler who called him " one of the most talented minds dance music is about to see develop".)
Space Is Only Noise
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Time for us EP
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Time For Us
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt6SpEAF_GU


Apparat
www.myspace.com/apparat
www.apparat.net
www.facebook.com/apparat.official
( ;D --> Apparat (Sascha Ring) is a German electronic musician living in Berlin and one of the owners of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and more recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats".)
The Devil's Walk
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( ;D --> A bunch of Berliners and Chicagoans manage to escape the winter and work on some music that will be released as "The Devil's Walk" on Mute Records in late September 2011.)
Making of "The Devil's Walk" pt.1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7L3nzdtUhY  
Ash/Black Veil Chez Cherie Sessions pt.1
www.youtube.com/watch?v=skQbwoUVwkg
Black water
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv6sHgq6hFc
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/11/flavor-of-week-45.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/06/flavor-of-week-25.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/apparat-www.html


Douglas Greed
www.myspace.com/douglasgreed
www.douglas-greed.com/KRL
( ;D --> Over the years, we’ve come to know Douglas as a producer with a rather diverse view on all things electronic. His music is not easily to be categorized, as most of his releases can be seen as exciting fusions of (deep) house, minimal, downbeat, and techno. The same applies to his new album KRL, a collection of 12 mostly downtempo tracks of which every single one of them is a shapeshifting genre-crosser.)
“KRL”
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( ;D --> Douglas Greed’s KRL has become a rather unorthodox album marked by soothing but dark tracks that seem to transform continuously over the course of their playtime. Melodies and fx play major roles in its content, but it’s the overall vibe of each track that had me nailed to the couch during listening. If you’re looking for something special outside the ‘dance-or-I’ll-shoot’ spectrum, then this one’s for you.)
St. Eisbein
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Oh My
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHxXxLX-is
Mooryc- Turn left (Douglas Greed's From Here To Poznan Mix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIk1aOTdvKo


Ladytron
www.myspace.com/ladytron
www.ladytron.com
( ;D --> Ladytron blends electronic pop music and New Wave, using an array of vintage analogue equipment to achieve their distinct sound. Albums so far have focused on a balance between pop structures and digitally edited analogue electronic sound, along with some more experimental leanings including psychedelic elements. All four members write songs differently, which adds to the eclectic nature of their albums.)
Gravity The Seducer
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
and:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2006/12/flavor-of-week-49.html
and:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/04/flavor-of-week-15.html


Apoptygma Berzerk
www.myspace.com/apoptygmaberzerk
www.apoptygmaberzerk.de
http://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. This EP is the second installment of the Black EP series and a companion to the album Rocket Science, featuring unreleased remixes, exclusive tracks, and a cover of the Joy Division classic Love Will Tear Us Apart.)
Black EP vol 2
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html
And
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/flavor-of-week-29.html


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #36

The Shadow Bureau
http://theshadowbureau.com
www.facebook.com/theshadowbureau
( ;D --> The Shadow Bureau is a new project from Nitzer Ebb's Bon Harris and A Matter Gray's Jeehun Hwang. What at first started off as compositions for several indie films has since taken on a life of its own, featuring collaborations with the likes of Wolfgang Flür (Kraftwerk), Curt Smith (Tears For Fears) and Isabelle Erkendal (Peaches, West End Girls).)
Don't Give Yourself Away
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Axis Of Envy
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Neon Indian
www.myspace.com/neonindian  
http://neonindian.com
( ;D --> An elusive project from composer Alan Palomo (VEGA). Neon Indian delivers equal parts synthetic nostalgia, dream-pop lullabies, and grinding guitar noise. Neon Indian is Alan Palomo, the Mexican-born, Texas-raised, brilliantly lucid 21-year-old synth-wizard who learned his production chops as part of Ghosthunter and honed them in VEGA. In October 2009 Neon Indian released his critically acclaimed and heralded debut album, Psychic Chasms, nearly anonymously and drew wild speculation for months. As Neon Indian, Palomo has made an art of leaving out the details and letting the world draw its own conclusions.)
Era Extrana
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( ;D --> dreampop pioneer and flaming lips collaborator neon indian releases his new album 'era extrana' with a startling bonus: a mini analog synthesizer designed by bleep labs and the man himself! the synth is a hand-held gadget which features two triangle wave oscillators which can be activated independently or together, modulating each other and swappable controls which allow you to easily attach the included potentiometers or photocells - or a number of other devices - in any configuration to the three oscillators to create all kinds of chaos. 'era extrana' sees the chillwave wizard boldly step out from the synth surf just enough to make himself heard. previous work focused on the hooksome grooves of drum vs. synth, all but buring the vocals but here alan palomo clears his throat and sings out. there's more of an electro-pop angle here which is rooted in vintage 80s synth work and while the production is still lush and blurred by echo and reverb it's a true pleasure to hear the drums hit a little harder and the melodies a little clearer. the result is a crucial pop album that makes you dance and stare wistfully as the sunset falls on a lost summer.)
http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=342647#
Step Into the World With Your PAL198X
http://vimeo.com/neonindian/pal198x
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/09/flavor-of-week-37.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/01/flavor-of-week-3.html


Breton
www.myspace.com/bretonbretonbreton
( ;D --> Born from the creative force of musicians and filmmakers - Roman Rappak and Adam Ainger - and expanded recently into a multi-instrumental and visual collective with the inclusion of Ian Patterson, Daniel McIlvenny and Alex Wadey. Breton are the glaring beacons of the mp3 generation; the generation of immediate access to music and visuals, where careers and genres spanning decades, cultures and the globe are spread wide open for the taking, downloading and mixing into billions of individual, eclectic and genre-defying playlists. With such light speed assimilation of influences - spanning from The Beach Boys to Minimal House, Dub-Step to David Bowie, Bjork to East Coast Hip-Hop and a noticeable chunk of Post-Punk, Breton create wholly individual songs, with the end result being a blasting, constantly evolving sonic assault.)
Sharing Notes
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The Commission
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLO4IeRb-lA&amp


Sibian & Faun
www.sibianandfaun.com
http://soundcloud.com/sibianandfaun
( ;D --> Fresh BrakeBeat/electroSoul, extreamly anonymous on the web though.)
I'm sorry
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI4--omHGX4&amp
( ;D --> Mix for B-flats Forthcoming album "Infinite Machine IM002"):
Gotcha
http://soundcloud.com/sibianandfaun/b-flat-gotcha-sibian-faun


Candle Nine
www.candlenine.com
http://soundcloud.com/candle-nine
www.myspace.com/candlenine
( ;D --> From his first experience with a sequencer in 2006, the mysterious Candle Nine has done little else but constantly reshape and refine his own sound based upon his own path towards artistic aural expression. Heavily inspired by genre-breaking projects such as Gridlock,Haujobb, Converter, and Download, Candle Nine’s music is altogether harsh, destructive, atmospheric, and splintered, while all at once being very moving and cerebral. With his mixture of ambient soundscapes, glitched synths and percussion, and shattered IDM-laced breakbeats, Candle Nine pays homage to his influences and ultimately creates a sound all his own.)
The Muse In The Machine
http://tympanikaudio.com/products-page/?product_id=461
Internally Threaded
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0FAW5wMAug&amp  
Penumbra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gpA9wVrVLc&NR=1

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #35

HTRK
www.myspace.com/htrk
( ;D --> Even with the suicide of Sean Stewart(middle) in 2010, HTRK now just becoming a Duo have released a new single for a new EP and will be releasing an LP Work (Work, Work). 6th September 2011.)
Work (work, work)
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Eat Yr Heart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGS8EKJJa4Y&amp


Lucidstatic
www.myspace.com/dbit
( ;D --> In stark contrast to the cold Alaskan landscape from which he hails, LUCIDSTATIC offers a fierce hybrid of Breakcore, Powernoise, and classic Industrial elements.)
Symbiont Underground
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http://tympanikaudio.bandcamp.com/album/symbiont-underground
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/flavor-of-week-8.html


Datassette
www.myspace.com/datassette
www.datassette.net
http://soundcloud.com/datashat
( ;D --> John Datashat Davies.)
The Aviatrix
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Fechte
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wgvpa5NwJQ&amp;  


Jon Hopkins
www.myspace.com/jonhopkins
www.jonhopkins.co.uk   
( ;D --> Jon Hopkins (born 1979) is a London-based producer and musician who writes and performs his own melodic electronica and dance music. After starting his career performing keyboard for Imogen Heap, he's produced or contributed to albums by Brian Eno, Coldplay, David Holmes, and others.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hopkins
Opalescent
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Vessel
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( ;D --> Following the Mercury nomination for their first collaborative album Diamond Mine, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins can now reveal details of their next EP, Honest Words. Featuring a reworking of album track 'Bats In The Attic' as well as two brand new songs, the EP will be available on 19th September.)
Diamond mine
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( ;D --> Small Craft on a Milk Sea is a 2010 album by British electronic musician and record producer Brian Eno. The album—his debut with Warp—was released in Japan on 19 October 2010, in the United States on 2 November, and the United Kingdom on 15 November. The album was recorded with collaborators Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams in 2009 and 2010.)
Small Craft On A Milk Sea
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Insides (Live at The ICA, London)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Rcet8BjdM

 
Rustie
www.myspace.com/rustiebeetz
http://warp.net/records/rustie
http://soundcloud.com/rustie
( ;D --> Warp based brakebeat/Dubstep act from Glasgow.)
Glass Swords
http://warp.net/records/releases/rustie/glass-swords
( ;D --> album opener and title track preview):
http://warp.net/records/rustie/player/video/glass-swords-intro
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k6PQcGzcBI

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #34

Ioan Gamboa (Kill Minimal)
www.myspace.com/ioangamboa
http://ioangamboa.com/
( ;D --> Ioan Gamboa is the chosen name by Kill minimal to identify his current music style, a sound way more closer to his melodic roots that matches a new stage in his artistic search. Nowadays Ioan Gamboa has settled his Studio in Berlin where he is absorbing, at first hand, the flowing energy of this rockin city.  As Kill minimal he has already released on a wide range of electro...nic music labels all over the world (Spain, Germany, Italy, Uk, Canada..), and some of his latest tracks have been supported by artists like Richie Hawtin (Minus/Plus 8), Hernan Cattaneo (Sudbeat/Renaissance), Xpansul (Plus 8/Ovum) or Marc Antona (Mobilee/Highgrade Rec.).)
Hier rein da raus (Kill Minimal)
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Hope (Original Mix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4CoGlKv0qY&feature=player_embedded#!


Luke Hess
www.myspace.com/hesslabs
( ;D --> With 13 years of DJ experience, he is regarded as a perfectionist in his Live sets and behind the decks layering his tracks in a very detailed and hypnotic manner. Luke has played at notable venues and events such as Culture Box (Copenhagen), Panorama Bar (Berlin), Unit (Tokyo), Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Detroit), Fabric (London), The End Up (San Francisco), Golden Pudel (Hamburg), Sirup (Zagreb), Weekend Club (Berlin), Cubic Club (Madrid), and The Bunker (NYC). Luke’s continued hard work behind the decks and in the studio combined with his unyielding interest in technology and sound will no doubt stimulate the boundaries of electronic music.)
Light in the Dark
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Reflections
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Fr-gyDv7U&feature=player_embedded#at=194


SONOIO
http://sonoio.org
( ;D --> SONOIO is a solo project of Alessandro Cortini (part of the Nine Inch Nails lineup from 2005 to 2008 and a member of Modwheelmood). SONOIO, which comes from the italian phrase “sono io”, which means “it’s me”, consists of solely Alessandro Cortini.)
Red
http://sonoio.or  --> Digital download
Enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4HT1Mu7zNk  


Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald
www.carlcraig.net
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/moritzvonoswald
( ;D --> Most definitely one of the most touching and well executed albums I've heard in recent years. This one really has it all: it's reinterpretation as much as it's innovation, as much as the music gets recomposed, it also gets reconstructed from scratch. I have listened to other releases where electronic and classical music come together, but the studio chemistry Moritz Von Oswald and Carl Craig have must exceed them all!)
ReComposed Remixes
http://www.discogs.com/Carl-Craig-Moritz-von-Oswald-ReComposed-New-Mixes-By-Ricardo-Villalobos-Carl-Craig/release/1573694
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Movement 8 (c2 version)
http://soundcloud.com/pimax/carl-craig-and-moritz-von-oswald-movement-8-c2-version
http://open.spotify.com/track/6ybXEXcCe5jd9xrSxVk0E7


Ben Frost
www.myspace.com/theghostofbenfrost
( ;D --> Ben Frost (born 1980 in Melbourne Australia, now based in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a musician, composer and producer. Frost is probably most widely recognized for his experimental music drawing widely on influences of minimalism, post-punk, black metal and noise best demonstrated on the 2007 release "Theory of Machines" and 2009's "BY THE THROAT")
By the Throat
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Killshot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YG2bsEQtM&feature=player_embedded#at=282

 
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Flavor of the Week #33

Plaid
( ;D --> One of my absolute favourite artists)
www.plaid.co.uk  
( ;D --> Plaid is a British electronic music duo comprising Andy Turner and Ed Handley, and based out of London. They are former members of The Black Dog and used many other names, such as Atypic (Andrew Turner) and Balil (Ed Handley), before settling on Plaid. They have collaborated with female singers Mara Carlyle, Nicolette and Björk. Although Plaid pre-existed the association, the duo's Ed Handley and Andy Turner spent most of their early recording years with Ken Downie as the dancefloor-confounding Black Dog Productions. Meshing well with Downie's vision of heavily hybridized post-techno and obscurantist thematics.)
Scintilli
http://scintilli.com
( ;D --> Preorder expected release date of the 26th of September.)
http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=31369
( ;D --> The CD will be initially available in a ‘Muda na Mono’ puzzle pack, the name taken from a Japanese phrase meaning ‘pointless object’. It contains two die-cut rings and a CD which can be assembled as per the diagram above. If correctly aligned, the sphere created allows the track titles to be read. The packaging reflects a desire to give the CD an ornamental function, beyond its one use as a basic storage device for music.)
35 Summers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNf5Ga1rw78  
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/08/flavor-of-week-33.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/08/flavor-of-week-35.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/02/flavor-of-week-06.html  
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2006/11/flavor-of-week-47.html


ASC
http://theasc.blogspot.com
http://soundcloud.com/auxiliarylabel
( ;D --> ACS is rapidly becoming one of the most important names in electronic music. I'm not a massive fan of his older, more conventional drum 'n bass material, but in the last couple of years Clements has found an outlet for a much more ambient and experimental direction. Obviously the hype centres around his role in the Autonomic sound, but that's just the tip of the iceberg. Melding ambient and IDM with drum 'n bass, dubstep, techno and a huge obsession with science fiction culture and philosophy, ASC is making some of the most cutting edge music around that still evokes the spaced-out futurism that has defined so much of electronic music for the past 40 years.)
AUXWL001
http://soundcloud.com/auxiliarylabel/sets/auxwl001-asc
Open Spaces
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Windchime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b86BzXl9AxM


Joachim Witt
www.myspace.com/JoachimWitt
( ;D --> Joachim Witt became a major star of the German pop scene during the eighties with huge hits such as "Der Goldene Reiter". He was one of the biggest names of the "Neue Deutsche Welle" (New German Wave), of which performers like Nena and Falco were also a part. He made a big comeback at the end of the nineties, when he scored a major hit with "Die Flut", a duet with Peter Heppner, the singer of popular German synth pop group Wolfsheim. Witt's album "Bayreuth 1" (1998) scored platinum in Germany and Austria. "Bayreuth 2" followed two years later. He has collaborated with such artists as Apocalyptica, Oomph!, Angelzoom, Tilo Wolff of Lacrimosa and just recently, German Electropop group Purwien as well.)
Bayreuth 3
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“Wo Versteckt Sich Gott? (VNV Nation remix)”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2cxMcEVIb4


Wingsthat Bliss
www.myspace.com/wingsthatbliss
www.facebook.com/wingsthatbliss
( ;D --> Electro-Industrial music with taste of ChillOut formed 2011 by Aleksi Martikainen and Kimmo Huhtala.)
"Decipher" demo 2011
( ;D --> Not yet released.)
Vertigo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSRn1b5W9dQ
Scarlet
www.youtube.com/user/WingsThatBliss#p/a/u/0/23J6_NxKi-0
Halo Of Affliction
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXZcnwxU8Ww


Amphetamine Virus
www.myspace.com/amphetaminevirus  
( ;D --> Amphetamine Virus is the Breakcore/Darkstep project of MDS.)
The Monoxide Sessions
http://amphetaminevirus.bandcamp.com/album/the-monoxide-sessions

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Flavor of the Week #32

Sbtrkt
www.myspace.com/subtractone
www.sbtrkt.com
( ;D --> SBTRKT is a anonymous producer from England. His beats are what I would call a mix of hip hop and dubstep but with a great pop sensibility. Most of the vocals on this album are provided by Sampah, which range from good to great.)
Sbtrkt
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Step In Shadows - EP
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Wildfire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-LEiOzXHWM
Trials of the Past
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h58OAXYyleA&feature=share


Gus Gus
www.myspace.com/gusgus  
www.gusgus.com  
( ;D --> Together Daníel Ágúst, Veiran and President Bongo are GusGus, Iceland's leading techno-/soul band. GusGus' music is eclectic, and although primarily classified with techno, trip-hop and house music, they have experimented with numerous other styles. They have also remixed several famous artists, including Björk, Depeche Mode, Moloko, and Sigur Rós. Added to this they released the song "Desire" with Ian Brown in January 2004. A remix of the track "Purple" appeared in remixed form on Paul Oakenfold's successful trance compilation called Tranceport. The band's name refers to the 1974 German film Ali: Fear Eats the Soul by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, where a female character is cooking couscous for her lover, pronouncing it "Gus Gus".)
Arabian Horse
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Within You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRzupZkTGeg
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/flavor-of-week-42.html


Kidneythieves
www.myspace.com/kidneythieves
www.kidneythieves.com
www.youtube.com/user/kidneythieves
( ;D --> Kidneythieves is an alternative and industrial rock band led by Free Dominguez (vocals) and Bruce Somers (guitar/engineering).)
The Invisible Plan
( ;D --> Kidneythieves plan to release their new EP, The Invisible Plan in 2011, which will only be available through the band's website.)
Bruce and Free working out "F2theF" arrange for The Invisible Plan:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjK66p8N00E
Trypt0fanatic
( ;D --> The 2010 album Trypt0fanatic is also being distributed independently through the band's website. Kidneythieves plan to release their new EP, The Invisible Plan in 2011, which will also only be available through the band's website.)


Dusthead
www.myspace.com/dusthead123
http://soundcloud.com/dustheaddusthead 
( ;D --> Miami based Ethnic/ritualistic Beat composition. Subliminal musical sandwich of hypnotic sound complexities created to induce visionary trance states. It consists of TribalSTEP/downtempo,/hip-hop, Vocal,Electronica and classical conglomerational gellings.)
Mind Drops
http://soundcloud.com/dustheaddusthead/mind-drops
Angel Dance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzYtILe62c0
The Rebellion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc9dilfx-2k


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.)
Nightbreeders
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Ungethüm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRnfeodDOG0

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Flavor of the Week #31

Com Truise
www.myspace.com/iamcomtruise
http://comtruise.com
( ;D --> Com Truise is one of the many personas of producer and designer Seth Haley, born and raised in upstate New York and operating out of a 12’-overrun apartment in Princeton, New Jersey. An admitted synth obsessive, Com Truise is the maker of an experimental and bottom heavy style he calls “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk”.
What do you call musicians like Com Truise? He seems easy enough to pin down—throw out some words like “nostalgia,” “synth-wave,” “eighties,” and “electro-funk” and you’ll scrape by—but to be truly insightful about his music is tough, because art that is so blatantly referencing certain things in a certain way while also making them weird and new and unique is confusing. How do you classify something that is so obviously both vintage and current but is too fun to call postmodern?)
Galactic Melt
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TRON Legacy R3CONF1GUR3D - 10 - Encom Part 2 (Com Truise Remix) [Daft Punk]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o41oYhhFwS8
"Polyhurt"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOCFNXHiB9w


Lackluster
www.myspace.com/lacklust3r
( ;D --> One of a kind is indeed the expression, which best describes the electronic music auteur Esa Ruoho, regardless whether we are talking about the organic quality of his music under the artist name Lackluster or just the artist himself in his private life. Esa Ruoho is truly an original; a homegrown and uncompromising composer and an eccentric explorer of science and nature, whose artistic career might seem at first glimpse to be just a sum of happy accidents. However, the illusion quickly dissolves after carefully examining his biography. Instead of coincidence, there is only talent and hard work.)
#296: Various / Secret Games
www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=296
Repulsine Ep
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Jack of no trades
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHFK4tGFRw8
Reasonable Excuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZDsCS-vpic&feature=player_embedded


Justice
www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous
www.myspace.com/edbangerrecords
( ;D --> Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé (born 21 May 1979 in Besançon, Doubs) and Xavier de Rosnay (born 2 July 1982 in Ozoir-la-Ferrière, Seine et Marne). The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter. Justice is known for incorporating a strong rock and indie influence into their music and image.)
Civilization
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one minute to midnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7XTqHbsrdY
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html


Mat Zo
www.myspace.com/matzomusic
www.matzomusic.com
( ;D --> London based musician Matan Zohar taught himself to produce dance music at 13 years old, and by 16, he had taught himself to DJ. By mid-2007, Mat Zo had remixed for Andy Moor, Markus Schulz, and he became a DJ household name after Tiesto hired him to remix "Driving To Heaven", and the remix appeared on Tiesto's internationally recognized "In Search Of Sunrise 7" CD compilation. Mat Zo quickly worked up the ranks to become one of the most sought after progressive dance music producers in history. He has played in such cities as Holland, Germany, Ukraine, Ibiza, India, and various cities in England. Mat Zo's global reach multiplied when his Zoned monthly radio program was picked up by Afterhours.fm the summer of 2008. In the past couple of years Mat Zo’s fearsome reputation has grown with th release of a swathe of stunning productions. “The Lost”, “Near The End”, “24 Hours”, “The Found”, “Superman” and the huge collaboration with Arty “Rebound” have been just some of the highlights of this prolific producer’s output.)
Rebound
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Near The End (Original Mix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s6OlKhEMOA


Flying Lotus
www.myspace.com/flyinglotus  
http://flying-lotus.com
( ;D --> Flying Lotus, (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block and he has also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists, including Mia Doi Todd. He is referred to as FlyLo by fans and critics. He is the nephew of the late Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane.)
Pattern & Grid World
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( ;D --> 2010 EP release from producer/musician Steven Ellison (AKA Flying Lotus). While the album Cosmogramma was high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern + Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines. These machines are speaking from the go, as "Clay" introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of "Kill Your Co-Workers". Drenched in alternating melodies, it's a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth's subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

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