Flavor of the Week #27

Boris Divider
http://borisdivider.com
www.drivecom-recs.com
( ;D --> Electro producer Boris Divider develops a dark-minimal Electro style as a consequence of the man-machine atmosphere, the vision of an automated society and a world controlled by machines.)
The Source (DCOM013)
http://drivecom.bandcamp.com/album/the-source-dcom013
I Was
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u838gJE-sKo&feature=relmfu

Arnold Steiner
www.transientforce.com 
( ;D --> electronic experimental techno from Miami.)
Planets+Matter
http://transientforcerecords.bandcamp.com/album/planets-matter
Into You (Transient Force)
Renaissance Woman (TF43) http://soundcloud.com/transientforce/arnold-steiner-renaissance
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6SpNr6fatKk#!
Metronome and Feelings
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw4hGiN0_2o


Dream Into Dust
www.dreamintodust.com
( ;D --> Core Dream Into Dust members Derek Rush and Bryin Dall have kept busy with Thee Majesty, A Murder of Angels, 4th Sign of the Apocalypse, and other industrial electronic experimental projects.)
So Beautiful and So Dangerous
http://chthonicstreams.bigcartel.com/product/so-beautiful-and-so-dangerous-digipak-cd
( ;D --> So Beautiful and So Dangerous… rarely has so appropriate a title ever been given to a work of art as on the latest album from the New York experimental collective known as Dream into Dust. Never ones to succumb to easy categorization with their effective mix of emotionally charged melody and avant-garde soundscapes, the duo of Derek Rush and Bryin Dall have spent the better part of six years working on a worthwhile follow-up to 2003’s The Lathe of Heaven, an album that in this writer’s mind stands as one of the past decade’s most overlooked and most devastating musical experiences. With this third full-length album, the band pulls all the stops to take listeners through a nightmarishly satisfying journey that is as depressing as it is blissful, as introspective as it is expansive.)
Joie Noire - Unknown (Dream Into Dust remix) www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKvKw8osRks&feature=youtu.be


Killing Joke
www.killingjoke.com
www.myspace.com/killingjokeofficial
www.facebook.com/killingjokeofficial
( ;D --> With a reputation forged in fire, brimstone and magic, Killing Joke have long been one of rock’s most iconic & influential outfits with a string of revered recordings to their name. Covered by Metallica, Foo Fighters and more, Killing Joke’s apocalyptic vision continues to draw praise from such high-profile supporters as Jimmy Page and Billy Corgan, and the band’s considerable musical legacy can be heard in the works of Nirvana, Ministry, Nine Inch Nails and the like – artists whose rise to fame never saw them cutting ties with the underground/alternative scene.)
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Meat Beat Manifesto
http://meatbeatmanifesto.com/
www.myspace.com/meatbeatmanifesto
( ;D --> Meat Beat Manifesto have been perfecting their techno sound since 1987 and have been major influencers on trip-hop, as well as drum and bass along the way.)
Test EP
http://shop.meatbeatmanifesto.com/
Synthesizer Test
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYMX5QuUaj4&feature=player_embedded
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/12/flavor-of-week-50.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/01/flavor-of-week-4_18.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/flavor-of-week-33.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/01/flavor-of-week-3.html


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #26

Noise&Noise
http://soundcloud.com/noisenoise
http://transientforcerecords.bandcamp.com http://site.douban.com/noisenoise
( ;D --> The pure electro sound from china.)
Technology and Civilization
http://transientforcerecords.bandcamp.com
Noise&Noise 2012-03-31 live at Beijing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBcRwYsn3LE&feature=youtu.be

Tristesse Contemporaine
www.myspace.com/tristessecontemporaine
( ;D --> For a group with only one released song (and an interpolation of Paul Simon's '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover' at that), the trio of Parisian ex-pats known as Tristesse Contemporaine have sure built up quite a monolith of mystery. Their name comes from a small publication by art historian Hippolyte Fierens Gevaert, though finding out much more is difficult. If not impossible. However, comprised of Narumi and Mau from Telepopmusik and Leo from Aswefall, their musical output has caught the attention of the Parisian underground.)
Hell Is Other People EP
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Hell Is Other People
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1mmREi0WUk&feature=player_embedded
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/01/flavor-of-week-4.html

Organic
www.thisisorganic.be
http://soundcloud.com/organic-music-1
( ;D --> The project started in 2011 after a common Post New Wave Tour.Joris Oster and Raphaël Haubourdin decided to create an electro band merging the power of a fuzzy bass guitar with electronic signals. After few nights spent in a recording studio, Alchemy took place Joris, already bass player in Silver Riot, delivers amazing hard tones in accordance with the Keys sequences and deep voices of Raphaël Haubourdin, also the father of Graceland, a darkwave project. Organic, an effective and original project to shake you head.)
Waves Are Running
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Lorn
www.myspace.com/lornnn
( ;D --> At the forefront of a new generation of hiphop-leaning electronica producers, Lorn comes branded with the Flying Lotus seal of approval. Lorn, dropping the dynamic hiphop electronica with impressively powerful synth arpeggiations between scuttling drums and digital strings, benefitting from a mastering job by Chris Clark, with slow and grinding hiphop rhythms rubbed with basalt horror synths and advanced digital processing. fans of everything from NIN to Gaslamp Killer should check )
Ask The Dust
http://ninjatune.net/release/lorn/ask-the-dust
( ;D --> Lorn returns with a new full-length album, his debut on Ninja Tune, and it’s a huge stride forward since Nothing Else (released on Brainfeeder, June 2010). Listening back to his first album, Lorn says it now seems “cold and strict.” Ask The Dust, on the other hand, is “haunted, oily, smeared,” and with this description he captures something of the intensely felt, visceral aliveness of the music.)
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/01/flavor-of-week-4.html

Shapeshifter
www.shapeshifter.co.nz/
www.myspace.com/shapeshifterlive
( ;D --> Shapeshifter formed in 1999 after the four founding members met at Jazz School. They had a range of musical backgrounds ranging from dub, jazz, and hip-hop, to metal, funk and electronica. As a result, they decided to bring these influences together to create live drum & bass. After playing locally and releasing an early EP entitled D.N.A, they quickly became known as a fresh, innovative act.)
Soulstice
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Summer Haze
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oNtB2JFVN2c#!
http://soundcloud.com/whitneykw/summer-haze-shapeshifter

Happy Summer Solictice :)
www.forbes.com/sites/bethgreenfield/2012/06/19/worldwide-summer-solstice-celebrations-mark-longest-day-of-the-year/ 

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #25

Hot Chip
www.hotchip.co.uk/site www.myspace.com/hotchip
( ;D --> The main duo of British group Hot Chip are Joe Goddard and Alexis Taylor (who go by Ulysses and Sophocles, respectively, in liner notes and elsewhere), write the music and sing the songs. Joe is the master of beats, and Alexis works the keys. They are joined by Owen Clarke on keyboards and guitar, Felix Martin (Mankf) with drums and MPC, and Al "Do It" Doyle on guitar and anything else.)
In Our Heads
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( ;D --> In Our Heads is the fifth album from English quintet Hot Chip. It's 11 stellar tracks of hyper-infectious pop, fizzing percussion, and addictive bass line; there is even a gorgeous ballad or two.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2008/02/flavor-of-week-6.html
And
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/10/flavor-of-week-42.html
Motion Sicknesss
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8fot92rVAY&sns=fb

Saint Saviour  
http://saintsaviour.co.uk/
www.myspace.com/oursaintsaviour http://soundcloud.com/saintsaviour
( ;D --> Saint Saviour is a singer and songwriter from Teeside in the North East of England. She started out in electro band The RGBs before going on to front Groove Armada and co-writing their album Black Light. She is now a solo artist and recently recorded her debut album, 'Union', due for release on her own label, 'Surface Area' on June 25th 2012. Union (Will be released on June 25.)
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Anatomy
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I call this home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hxDWz92pXE&feature=plcp

Maestro
www.myspace.com/maestr00
www.facebook.com/maestromagic
( ;D --> Maestro is a trio. 2 third French, 1 third Scottish :
A sound maniac. An addiction specialist. A Genesis P-Orridge worshiper. Produced between the Tigersushi studio and a cave, it sounds more epic than ever. On the B-side, the Horrors deliver a synth heavy dubby remix that sounds like a collab between The Residents and Emperor Machine. Dub-not-dub, Disco-not-Disco, Pop-not-Pop.)
Timbuck
http://tigersushi.myshopify.com/products/timbuck
Timbuck (The Horrors Remix)
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/Maestro-TimbuckInc.HorrorsRemix-Tigersushi-83424.html
( ;D --> New epic electronic pop single by French / Scottish trio Maestro. Their original version of "Timbuck" has a driving 4/4 house beat, indie vocals and plenty of bleeping electronics and synth work. Indie-dance we calls it. The Horrors remix on the flipside is a bit special, riding a motorik rhythm with a sliding acid bassline, hissing cymbals, krautrock analogue synths and a side order of BBC Radiophonic sound effects. The kind of thing you might hear Andrew Waetherall spinning down at his Love From Outer Space club night.)

Suburban Knight 
www.myspace.com/suburbanknight
( ;D --> James Pennington Profile: A crucial figure on the outskirts of Detroit techno since the mid '80s, James Pennington's recordings as the Suburban Knight pioneered the moodier side of the Motor City with classics like "The Art of Stalking" and "The Groove." And though he collaborated on the biggest hit to come out of Detroit, the techno-pop monster "Big Fun" by Inner City, he later recorded with subterranean mainstays Underground Resistance.)
My Sol Dark Direction
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Collaboration Alpha
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Collaboration Alpha
www.youtube.com/watch?v=idVahABsOLc&feature=youtu.be

Brain Leisure
http://brainleisure.free.fr/
www.myspace.com/brainleisure
( ;D --> Brain Leisure is a one-man dark electro project hailing from France. In the late 80's and early 90's, Dominique Debert was heavily influenced by Skinny Puppy, Frontline Assembly, Numb, the Klinik, Vomito Negro and last but not least Leaether strip.)
Methods To Madness
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:Defect - by Trial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mRloYosoj8&feature=related                         

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #24

The Exaltics
www.the-exaltics.com
www.myspace.com/theexaltics
http://soundcloud.com/the-exaltics
( ;D --> After studying the people of earth for many years the exaltics came to our planet in 2006 to transmit their message to the people. Here they created their own platform: "solaronemusic" for their final mission. Whilst being amongst us they built up connections with people that understood the exaltic mother tongue. Collaboration partners like Z-bop, Transient Force, Bunker and Last Known Trajectory are examples of home bases on earth.)
The Exaltics meets Gosub http://solaronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-exaltics-meets-gosub
( ;D --> The first one in the game beside The Exaltics is non other than the great Shad T. Scott aka Gosub, known for his unique style with lowslung basslines and melodies. 2 pure funk killer tracks from the veteran from miami.The Exaltics return to their homebase SOM, after the great success from the “They Arrive” record on Creme Organization last year. This time with their more melodic style they deliver 2 deep tracks full of wide melodies, dark basses and the typical Exaltics mood.)
We Are Not Your Friends... (Annihilate the Planet)
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‘I.M.O.E.H.’ (2012)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=H1NRB3WQl7g#!

Venetian Snares
www.venetiansnares.com
http://venetiansnares.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk (born January 11, 1975). From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures (mostly 7/4). He is an unusually prolific artist, having released records on the History of the Future, Isolate/DySLeXiC ResPonSe, Addict, Zod, Distort, Sublight, Low-Res, Planet Mu and Hymen record labels.)
Fool The Detector
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se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2008/05/flavor-of-week-21.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/12/flavor-of-week-51.html

Meszahline
http://soundcloud.com/meszahline
http://meszahline.bandcamp.com
http://mesz.greenpunch.nl
( ;D --> Meszahline has been the moniker of Rram Buiter since 2006, but it has taken him 4 years to actually start releasing his experiments. He started out making music on the grounds of Chopped & Screwed and, dare we say, Witchhaus, but is now more interested in making non-genre-based music.)
Popmuziek
http://meszahline.bandcamp.com/album/popmuziek
Now What (w/ Bobbi Dahl) [Vagina Vangi Touch] http://meszahline.bandcamp.com/album/now-what-w-bobbi-dahl-the-remixes

iamamiwhoami
www.youtube.com/user/iamamiwhoami  http://twitter.com/#!/iam_ami_whoami  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iamamiwhoami 
( ;D --> iamamiwhoami is an electronic music and multimedia project headlined by Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee. Videos released from the project's YouTube channel have spread virally. The first clip was uploaded on December 4, 2009, and was forwarded to a number of music journalists and blogs. Another two short videos followed. Chris Cantalini and MTV writer James Montgomery reported about iamamiwhoami, fueling speculation online.)
Kin (released as multi singles):
Kill
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Rascal
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Idle Talk
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In Due Order
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Play
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Good Worker
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Sever
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Drops
http://open.spotify.com/track/0pPc4q2h3IQxCs76njwWEj
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/02/flavor-of-week-8.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/10/flavor-of-week-41.html

Recoil
www.recoil.co.uk
www.myspace.com/recoil
A Strange Hour In Budapest [ red edition ]
http://store.recoil.co.uk/
'A Strange Hour In Budapest'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfnzIJrxXP4&feature=player_embedded
( ;D --> Attila 'Atus' Herkó, the director of 'A STRANGE HOUR IN BUDAPEST' in the first of his planned behind-the-scenes documentaries. Attila talks about how the film came together, meeting Alan & the Recoil team, the logistics of getting the film shot, and the long post-production process to finally bring it to conclusion.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007_05_01_archive.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #23

John Talabot
http://soundcloud.com/john-talabot
www.myspace.com/johntalabot
( ;D --> Barcelona house producer John Talabot has a knack for capturing the very specific kind of bliss associated with dancing on Mediterranean beaches at the height of summer. A penchant for rising chords means that all his melodies make you feel like raising your arms and face to the sun. Talabot also has arguably the greatest sense of build-and-release in dance music since prime Booka Shade: ƒin is full of incredible tension-releasing moments, from the extended break in Destiny to the entrance of Missing You's bouncing bass. The generosity of Talabot's sound can also be ascribed to the amount of disparate ingredients he puts to use in service of his aesthetic – particularly the variety of human voices on display. There are wordless chants and bright, optimistic pop hooks; an echoing scream is plucked from a horror film and deposited in the middle of a carnival on Oro y Sangre, while on So Will Be Now, cut-up vocals coalesce gradually and gorgeously into recognisable language.)
Fin
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Depak Ine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5YqS28-ZI

Modeselektor
www.modeselektor.com/
( ;D --> Modeselektor is an electronic music band formed in Berlin, featuring Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary. The group draws heavily from IDM, glitch, electro and hip hop. In an interview the group said regarding their sound: "Happy metal, hard rap, country-ambient, Russian crunk. We don’t like it if people tag us as being a certain style or school or scene or whatever. We don’t really care about all that.")
Monkeytown
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"Shipwreck"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8XSV-qoHDQ
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/06/flavor-of-week-25.html

Skinny Puppy
www.myspace.com/skinnypuppy http://skinnypuppy.com
( ;D --> Drawing from the pioneering work of artists like Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, and Suicide, the dark avant-industrial group Skinny Puppy formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Originally a duo comprised of former Images in Vogue drummer cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) and Nivek Ogre (aka Kevin Ogilvie), Skinny Puppy followed their debut cassette, Back and Forth, with the EP Remission, the first of many recordings with producer David "Rave" Ogilvie, in 1984. With a squsic uique sound of twisted, metaphorical lyrics combined with technoid madness, shock and terror aestethics with an dystopic, eerie feeling of hopelessness. Skinny Puppy are widely considered the founders of electro-industrial music; forming and cultivating the industrial sound that inspired bands such as Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM and Marilyn Manson.)Bootlegged, Broke And In Solvent Seas (released on June 12.)
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+810
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( ;D --> Metropolis Records writes: "Raw, uncompromising, and visceral, Skinny Puppy live cannot be called simply a concert. It is an experience. Bootlegged, Broke And In Solvent Seas proves this to be true. Recorded in Warsaw, Bratislava, Hildesheim, and Budapest, this is a documentation of Skinny Puppy in top form. Unlike so many other live albums, there is no editing magic or trickery. These are the songs as they were played: captured from the soundboard and a handheld recorder by Ken ‘Hi-Watt’ Marshall. Ogre’s powerful vocal performances coupled with cEvin Key’s synth modulations and sound manipulations and the machine-precise drums of Justin Bennet make this a stunning testimony to the power of this legendary act.")
Morpheus Laughing - Progresja, Warsaw, 18-08-2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iLwv6iA4Qc
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/05/flavor-of-week-19.html

Husband
www.myspace.com/husbandworld
http://soundcloud.com/robot-elephant-records/sets/husband-love-song-slow-motion
( ;D --> Husband are Gianlorenzo and Chiara. They share a love for old American vintage cars, volcanoes, and holidays on Sicily. Hailing from Italy's creative ground zero that is Bologna, they are set out to win the hearts of the pop-savvy people in Europe with their hyperactive tribal jams and off-kilter drone sounds. Whilst Gianlorenzo is not an unknown person in the sprawling Italian pop scene, having toured Europe with his outfit Buzz Aldrin and being affiliated with the likes of His Clancyness and Banjo Or Freakout, Chiara is the dark horse, having almost no musical experiences. They rocked one of London's finest clubs, Corsica Studios, earlier last year in their very first gig together.)
Love Song / Slow Motion
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Love Song / Slow Motion 12" (RER008) - Standard Edition
http://shop.robotelephant.co.uk/product/husband-love-song-slow-motion-12-rer008-standard-edition
Love Song
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ92aOI4XXs

Anthony Rother
www.myspace.com/anthonyrother
www.anthony-rother.com
( ;D --> Anthony Rother is an electro-techno producer from Germany who rose to prominence in the mid-'90s on the label Kanzleramt before founding numerous labels of his own, most notably Psi49net and Datapunk. Influenced primarily by Kraftwerk and Detroit techno.)
Vom Urknall zur Maschine
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Anthony Rother Presents Electro Commando 1 - Welcome To Psicity
www.discogs.com/release/73163
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Mathematik
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH8BGa_eEYg
Landeroberung
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dst77i7Ituw
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2008/02/flavor-of-week-10.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/12/flavor-of-week-50.html



Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #22

The Soft Moon
http://thesoftmoon.com/
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Soft-Moon/159673281315
( ;D --> The Soft Moon is a San Francisco based neo Post-Punk band composed of Luis Vasquez (singer/songwriter/guitar/synthesizers), Justin Anastasi (bass), Damon Way (synthesizers), and Ron Robinson (visuals). Keven Tecon joined the band as a drummer in early 2012. As purveyors of the emerging Post-Apocalyptic sound, The Soft Moon has taken cues from early Synthpunk/Post-Punk bands such as Chrome, Suicide, Danse Society, and The Units.)
Total Decay
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Repetition
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvNPe2j0UBQ


Mascara
https://twitter.com/#!/MA5CARA
http://soundcloud.com/mascara
( ;D --> Mascara (or M△S▴C△RA, if you really insist), is just the tip of a giant iceberg of weirdness called witch house, or sometimes haunted house, or occasionally drag. We know almost nothing about M△S▴C△RA, but that’s par for the course with your average witch house band—except for Salem, they’re all a giant pain in the ass to research. We can tell you that they have an EP out called Black Mass, they’re apparently based in (or at least near) New York, they have some association with the AMDISCS label, and they’ve collaborated with another witch house artist called Ceremonial Dagger. Enjoy :).)Sonnambula
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http://open.spotify.com/track/0gbbNN0PuwlnkW6kjLJgYe
Robot Elephant vs. Tundra Dubs Compilation - LP
http://shop.robotelephant.co.uk/product/robot-elephant-vs-tundra-dubs-compilation-lp
Mascara & //TENSE// - Empire of Man
http://soundcloud.com/mascara/mascara-tense-empire-of-man
Sonnambula
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcJAh5aaqc4
Mascara & The Ceremonial Dagger - Black Mass
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TXNI-spL0


Chymera
www.myspace.com/chymeramusic
http://soundcloud.com/chymera
www.beatport.com/#artist/chymera/22171
( ;D --> Chymera was born and raised in Ireland, but currently resides in Berlin. Being interested in music all his life, it was in 2000 when he was exposed for the first time to electronic music. Quickly latching onto the melody and aggression of techno he learned how to DJ, and in 2002 made the transition to production. He creates a unique mix of techno and house, occasionally touching on electronica, electro and ambient, for such renowned labels as Ovum, NRK, Delsin and others. He is in demand on the DJ and Live circuit and has played all over Europe, Asia, Australia and North America.)
Strange Things Are Afoot - Original Mix
http://open.spotify.com/track/0SbBiPiv1fUXJnFysqjUOs
www.beatport.com/#track/strange-things-are-afoot-original-mix/3507839
Ghosts
http://open.spotify.com/track/1bjrB9mGnkmzoIKinLQeph
Dreamrunner (Funk D'void Remix)
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Aesthetic 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.)
A Nice Place to Destroy
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All Beauty Destroyed
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Inhuman (Official Video)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAA5XCdUe1Q&feature=endscreen&NR=1
As We Decay - Life Cried
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GIoZwU_QB5c#!


Bassferatu
www.nightcrawlermusic.com  
http://nightcrawler.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Nightcrawler is the George Gold's alter ego, co-founder of Medusateam. He's borned in Spain on 1979. He is art director and graphic designer during the day, when the sunset comes in and the midnight arrives he turns into Nightcrawler in order to create dark beats of electronic music.)
Bassferatu EP
http://nightcrawler.bandcamp.com/


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #21

In Strict Confidence
www.instrictconfidence.de
www.myspace.com/instrictconfidence 
( ;D --> For over 15 years, In Strict Confidence has been creating a unique blend of electronic industrial music. Their last few releases saw an incorporation of pop sensibilities thrown into the mix to give their songs a “rock vibe” while maintaining In Strict Confidence’s signature identity. Formed in 1992, In Strict Confidence has been carving their own niche in the music world for over a decade.  The volatile combination of Dennis Ostermann (Vocals / Programming) and Jorg Schelte (Programming) have been soaring up the German charts since the band's inception. ISC burst onto the scene to rave reviews and praises from media and fans worldwide. Soon after, they were named Orkus Magazine's newcomer of the year. Since receiving this honor, ISC has not slowed down, appearing on nearly 70 compilations and releasing seven full length albums, several singles and and two EPs.In Strict Confidence has continued their development and as we cross into the new millennium, they continue to forge ahead laying the groundwork for things to come and setting the standards for all others to follow.)
Morpheus
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/02/flavor-of-week-8.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007_10_01_archive.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/06/flavor-of-week-26_24.html
"Morpheus" Vorschau/Preview/Snippets
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgp2Je85LZQ

Hypefactor
www.hypefactor.com/
http://soundcloud.com/hypefactor_band
( ;D --> F.J. DeSanto and Brandt Gassman founded hypefactor in June 2001, and released their debut EP - The Distracted Lover - in spring 2002. After an eight-year hiatus of lost weekends and second guesses, the band returned in February 2011 with their first full-length album, Exit Strategies. And in April 29, with Descriptive: The Remixes .)
Descriptive
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Exit Strategies
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The Hundred In The Hands
www.myspace.com/thehundredinthehands
http://thehundredinthehands.com
( ;D --> The Hundred In The Hands is a band from  New York City, releasing records through Warp Records, period.)
Red night (release june 11th)
http://thehundredinthehands.com/red-night/
The Hundred In The Hands
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Keep It Low (Andy Stott Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzER_jsUIJM

Solenoid
http://soundcloud.com/grapheneaudio/gr002-solenoid-i-colony
http://grapheneberlin.wordpress.com/solenoid/
( ;D --> Enter into a future prophecy world, where the stark realization of armageddon is foretold in all its hell-fire glory. ‘Solenoid’ is the narrator/observer of a planet controlled and afflicted. The future of the humanoids is about to concede to a terrifying conclusion. Prepare to be sucked into a repressive nightmare. First up: ‘Colony’ is a carved slice of visionary purgatory. Distorted pads swirl in whirlwinds of vortex like cylinders. It’s a piece of perfectly crafted technoid mayhem. On the flip: ‘Feathermen’ begs the questions: Who are they? What will they do? What is their mission? All remains unanswered, except to acknowledge that a vile plan is at work. It’s an hypnotic trip that eerily changes with every play. The main riff attacks your cranium with subtle but deadly force, eating its way into your soul. Shuffling rhythmic drum patterns are juxtaposed with curious bells and creeping washes. The Feathermen are in control. Last on the flip: ‘Pandemic’ is the absolute realization of a contaminated world. The pathogen continues to take down more and more of the planet. Steeped in urgency & despair, the space-age break gives insight to how the world might be after the annihilation….a new beginning or a end of all ends? You must decide. One thing to conclude is that however much they unleash their destruction, they can never defeat nature itself. ‘Solenoid’ delivers a distinctive, badass EP that additionally works sweet as a DJ tool.)Colony 
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Colony
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mwIKGOl8OCY#!

Siva Six
www.myspace.com/sivasix
( ;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.)
The Twin Moons
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Blade Runner (Stardust) - Cover of Vangelis Papathanasiou
http://open.spotify.com/track/4Hn0zzqN91Vl9UtUDXIJAM
Valley Of The Shadows
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Flavor of the Week #20

Hecq
http://hecq.de
http://soundcloud.com/hecq
( ;D --> Since 2003, Ben Lukas Boysen is writing, producing and performing music, specializing in sounddesign and composition. The focus of every project is to find an efficient and direct way to leave a strong emotional impact, whether it is the production of an album or the conception and completion of a commercial project. The concept of investing a lot of thought and therefore making every production special rather than settling with something fast and convenient is the driving force behind every project as well as the thought that every score, commission, track, or remix should get the same amount of attention and detail. In short: moving away from music and sound as a product and perceive every project as a customizable and individual challenge.)
Avenger
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Steeltongued
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Bane
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN6XFAz1pek&feature=related
Hypnos II (Lost For Words)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4RC0JdD5QQ

William Kouam Djoko
www.myspace.com/kouamdjoko
( ;D --> William Kouam Djoko was born near the Dutch The Hague and was raised by a Cameroonian father and Dutch-Ukrainian mother. Ever since his childhood he’s been affected by rhythm, soul and music in general. Starting off as a (professional) dancer, he ended up with playing music when he joined forces with Pete Bandit, Jason Shae and Newton Da Costa to form Jason & The Argonauts.With William mainly focusing on the vocals they ended up to be one of the first and most successful minimal house live acts in the Dutch scene. In the summer of 2011, Jason & The Argonauts are playing their two very last shows, a closure to very beautiful chapter in the book of William’s musical career. William’s solo career, which really started in 2008, with a full 12” on ThirtyOneTwenty, will always benefit from all the experience he accumulated being one of the Argonauts. The “Hard Loving” release earned international respect and gave William a perfect way to present himself as one of Amsterdam’s most diverse and creative house producers.  A lot of big gun producers and DJ’s picked up William’s interesting sound which earned him spots on some of the most respected compilations around like the Watergate, Cocoon and Balance series.His sound, which characterized by full grooves with freaky bits and pieces, got floors shaking from Italy to Berlin and from Barcelona to London. William takes it to the proverbial next level.)
We Are Your Brothers & Sisters
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Enforce YS
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jjzz1hIVwV4#!

G.R.I.T.
http://soundcloud.com/grit#
http://gritdubtechno.co.uk/
( ;D --> Soft dub techno from Gary Brackley, London.)
TTX1 - E2 etc.
http://soundcloud.com/grit#
Tears
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w8I8q4IDBA

Dustin Zahn
www.myspace.com/dustinzahn
http://soundcloud.com/dustin-zahn
( ;D --> The story behind Dustin Zahn is not a particularly unique or exciting one. There are no breakthrough moments or mentors who have taken him under their wing. But since 1998, his work has put his career on a slow and steady ascent. Along the way, Dustin has gained over 10 years of experience and unrivaled musical diversity as both a producer and a performer. This alone has earned him respect among techno and house legends, purists, and contemporary DJs. He now performs regularly around the world at some of the most reputable clubs and festivals along with some dodgy, sleazy warehouses and beach parties in-between.)
Tunnels
www.beatport.com/#release/tunnels/899156
Accelerate
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Tunnels (Dub Tool)
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zrJY7Rmd4LE#!

Mehmet Akar
www.mehmetakar.com
http://soundcloud.com/mehmetakar
( ;D --> Mehmet Akar is one of the most respected and internationally recognized DJs / Producers from Turkey. His music combines deep, melodic, smooth and techy elements based on progressive flows and house vibes.)
Pink Panther EP
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Flavor of the Week #19

Orbital
www.loopzorbital.com/blog
www.orbitalofficial.com
( ;D --> Orbital are a British electronic dance music duo from Sevenoaks, England consisting of brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll. Their career initially ran from 1989 until 2004, but in 2009 they announced that they would be reforming and headlining The Big Chill, in addition to a number of other live shows in 2009.The band's name was taken from Greater London's orbital motorway, the M25, which was central to the early rave scene and party network in the South East during the early days of acid house. One of the biggest names in British electronica during the 1990s, Orbital were both critically and commercially successful, and known particularly for their element of live improvisation during shows, a rarity among techno acts. They were initially influenced by early electro and punk rock.)
Wonky: Limited
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/08/flavor-of-week-34.html

Will Dutta
www.willdutta.com
www.justmusic.co.uk
( ;D --> Will Dutta is a multi-talented concert pianist whose forthcoming debut album, ‘Parergon’, features collaborations with Warp-veterans Plaid, sonic artist John Matthias and composer Max de Wardener.)
Parergon
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( ;D --> ‘Parergon’ is released on 14 May on Just Music, a logical home for Dutta given the label’s aesthetic and previous releases from sonically ideological bedfellows like Digitonal."A beautiful and hypnotic piano-led piece with a treasure chest of swirling, chiming percussion, ‘Distance’ exudes a beguiling sensibility that is equal parts classical and electronica." thecmuwebsite.com.)
Distance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y8AynOWPzw
( ;D --> ‘Distance’ – one of the Plaid co-writes – sounds exactly like you’d imagine a collaboration between the electronic duo and a classical musician would, though it takes a good four and a half minutes before the more techno-fied elements appear. A beautiful and hypnotic piano-led piece with a treasure chest of swirling, chiming percussion, ‘Distance’ exudes a beguiling sensibility that is equal parts classical and electronica.)

Photek
http://photek.fm
( ;D --> Rupert Parkes (born 1972, St Albans, England), known as Photek, is a Los Angeles-based British record producer and DJ.He joined the drum and bass scene relatively early (his first release was in 1992, a collaboration with Rob Solomon a.k.a. Lexis), and is still one of its most respected players. In the mid-to-late Nineties he was a very active remixer, and he has also done some soundtrack work, most notably for The Animatrix. His early tracks are somewhat ambient, but already feature the rhythm pattern of his seminal 1997 work Modus Operandi, which embodies most of his mid-nineties style: atmospheric, but at the same time very cold and paranoid, consisting mostly of jazz-influenced, highly complex drum patterns and sequenced double bass lines, sometimes with minimalistic synth melodies on top. Photek is also influenced by traditional Japanese music and culture, with song titles as "Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu (2 Swords Technique)"(named after the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu technique) and "The Seven Samurai" (named after the movie of the same name). His 1998 follow up to Modus Operandi was the Form & Function compilation album, featuring older tracks, in both original and remixed form. His album Solaris (released in 2000) saw Parkes taking his music in a new direction, with gloomy house tracks alongside free-form ambient noise and the usual snare drum attacks. It included the house single "Mine to Give" (featuring Robert Owens), which reached the top spot of Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play in 2001.After Solaris, he paid his way out of his contract with Virgin Records sublabel Science, and continued to release 12-inch singles on his own Photek Productions label. These tracks are more club-oriented and reminiscent of the recent work of Roni Size. Parkes also worked with Nine Inch Nails on the album With Teeth by providing additional programming on "All The Love In The World" and remixing the single "The Hand That Feeds." He's rumored to also have been working with Pharrell. His most recent compilation album Form & Function Vol. 2 was released on 24 September 2007. He also contributed music to the movie Dreamland. He continues to be based in L.A. working on new, as yet unreleased music - he tweeted in 2009 that he was making dubstep [1]. In November 2010, Radio 1 DJ Benji B played a brand new track by Photek titled '101',sparking rumours of new Photek music to be released in early 2011. In January 2011 it was announced via Photek's official website that he would be releasing a new
EP, Avalanche, in February and that one of its tracks "Slowburn" is available for free download from the site. On 28 February 2011, Photek released the Avalanche EP through his own label, Photek Productions, featuring four original tracks plus a remix by Boddika. In an interview with online music blog 'Fact Magazine' in March 2011, Photek disclosed his plans to release a new "...series of EPs where the best content can be cherry-picked for an album at the end of that series." Plus, "I’ve got a release coming out on Pinch's label, Tectonic called 'Closer'".Photek released his second EP of 2011 in May, titled the Aviator EP on his own label. He then released the aforementioned single "Closer" on Tectonic, which featured a remix by label boss Pinch. Photek has done a number of remixes himself in 2011, for the likes of Moby, Distance, Karin Park and Jess Mills. In December 2011 he was nominated for the 54th Grammy Awards in the 'Best Remix' category for his rework of Daft Punk's 'End Of Line' for the Tron Legacy soundtrack.)
DJ-Kicks
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Avalanche
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AS1
www.myspace.com/as1electro
http://soundcloud.com/as1electro
( ;D --> AS1 is Arnold Steiner a workaholic : music producer, graphic designer and also the brain of the prolefic electro label Transientforce. The AS1's style is a great diversity of sounds : tracks with heavy bass, fast beats with a melancholic melody, deep electro with low bass, dark beat, trippy electro, experimental electronics, freaky remixes.)
Code Reference
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/06/flavor-of-week-25.html

Dakasound
http://soundcloud.com/dakasound
( ;D --> deep dark experimantal techno.)
Synapsen tanzen Folklore (ArpCtrl Mix) (von germaniac1)
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Synapsen tanzen Folklore (CrossMod Mix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBAOTpKvTP8

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