Flavor of the Week #17

Efdemin
soundcloud.com/efdemin
www.facebook.com/efdemin
( ;D --> Efdemin—Phillip Sollmann, originally from Kassel and based, for the past nine years, in Berlin—has come to savor these sorts of sights in the seven or eight years that he’s been traveling as a DJ. “It’s strange,” he says. “Sometimes you travel for one day, and you end up being in the other side of the world, in Berlin or L.A. or something, and it looks exactly the same. And sometimes it’s sad, I think.” A former student of electroacoustic music in Vienna, he released his first EP on Hamburg’s Dial label, his longtime home base, in 2004, and has spent the past decade winding his way through the house/techno double helix, both as a producer and a DJ. He brings a similar aesthetic to both crafts, carving long, rippling shapes with a dull gleam. There aren’t many DJs whose sets sound more like their own records, and vice versa—no matter whose records he’s playing. In recent years, his own output has slowed; to hear him tell it, studio time has become a victim to his traveling schedule. But he reversed
the trend last fall, when he and his partner, the artist Hanna Schwarz, received a grant to spend three months in Japan working on a collaborative film project. While in Kyoto, Sollmann dug into a hard drive full of sketches and jams he had made back in his studio in Berlin and came up with Decay, his third album.)
Decay
E_amazon
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/05/flavor-of-week-19.html

Detachments
detachments.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/Detachmentsband
( ;D --> Detachments are back to release new single The Promenade on 14 April 2014. Detachments released their critically acclaimed debut in 2011; which saw James Ford on production duties (Arctic Monkeys, Haim, Simian Mobile Disco). Led by self-styled creative visionary Bastien, Detachments’ “dark wave” synth-pop takes its cues from electro-visionaries such as Gary Numan, Ultravox and Visage. Their previous accolades include being crowned Guardian Band of the Day (No.666), Drowned in Sound ‘Single of the Week’ and NME ‘Top 10 Track’.)
The Promenade
soundcloud.com/polvorecords/the-promenade
D_Amazon
Detachments
D1_amazon

Labyrinth ear
labyrinthear.com/
soundcloud.com/labyrinth-ear
( ;D --> Labyrinth Ear are a UK electronic duo made up of Emily and Tom. Coming from different sides of London, they were brought together by mutual tastes in music, while each bringing their own set of influences. Emily's folk-like lyrics invoke colourful, visual stories, while bringing together a wide range of musical influences, ranging from Classic film scores, world music and vintage electronica. With songs that are both melancholic and euphoric, they combine samples with synths and psychedelic, Worldly sounds along with child-like vocals to create fantasia pop music with a foot in the past, present and future.)
The Orchid Room
www.musicglue.com/labyrinthear/
Crescent Moon
soundcloud.com/labyrinth-ear/crescent-moon
Urchin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lBKbwTbF4o

Demure & Oxidia
soundcloud.com/dankndirtydubz/oxidia-Voyager
(  ;D --> Two like-minded and existing members of the Dank 'N' Dirty Dubz roster combine forces to bring some fresh garage vibes to the table with this collaborative release. This 5-track release contains two solo tracks by both Oxidia and Demure as well as an incredibly thought-provoking collaboration, the titled track, 'Elision'. The release focuses on the chilled side of future garage and is bound to bring shivers down the spine of those who indulge in the soulful sounds.)
Elision EP [DANK017]
djsashwat.bandcamp.com/album/elision-ep-dank017

Acucrack
http://www.cracknation.com/acucrack.html
( ;D --> Acucrack is a favorite in the underground electronic circuit, has several video game credits (Mech Assault, Amped, Tiger Woods XBOX Golf, Project Gotham Racing 2) and a slew of major support slots with luminaries such as Front Line Assembly, Curve, Cubanate, Lords of Acid, KMFDM, Goldie, Ed Rush, C-tek, Photek, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult and more! You might have heard them on HBO’s “True Blood” series…)
The Mawn Reproduction
cracknationrecords.bandcamp.com/album/acucrack-the-mawn-reproduction


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #16

Fujiya & Miyagi
www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk
( ;D --> They are self-described as being heavily influenced by Krautrock bands, Can and Neu! as well as the early 1990s electronic music artist, Aphex Twin. The origins of the band's name come from a character in the film, The Karate Kid as well as the brand of a record player. The lines "We're not a couple of shadowboxers/Oh/Oh/Just two Anglo-Saxons" from the 2008 track Butterfingers and "We were just pretending to be Japanese" from Photocopier may be comments on the band name and how it is perceived.)
Artificial Sweeteners (6th of May
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JK2C4PS/ref=dm_att_alb1
Tetrahydrofolic Acid
soundcloud.com/xlr8r/fujiya-miyagi-tetrahydrofolic-acid
Flaws
www.stereogum.com/1675930/fujiya-miyagi-flaws-video-stereogum-premiere/video/
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/07/flavor-of-week-28.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-24.html

Machinista
soundcloud.com/machinista
( ;D --> John Lindqwister (Cat Rapes Dog, Basswood Dollies etc.) - Vocals, Lyrics | Richard Flow (Vision Talk, Haze For Sale etc.). In december 2012 John and Richard decided to try out a new fresh project beside their other bands. The first result was a cover of David Bowie´s "Heroes", and the band also did a low-fi video for the song. The feedback was awesome from start and the band decided to move along with own written songs. The song "Molecules and carbon" followed the same procedure with a low-fi video and also a soundcloud account to let more people access to the music. Once again the feedback was really good and the band started to have followers on facebook/Soundcloud etc. Also magazines like Sideline, Peek-a-Boo, Elektroskull etc. started to encourage the band.
Xenoglossy
music.juggernautservices.com/album/xenoglossy
( ;D -->  Xenoglossy - The art of speaking or writing in a language unknown to the Orator. Somewhat appropriate for a band already ripping apart Synthpop boundaries, Machinista sprint across the finish line with "Xenoglossy", before "Arizona Lights" even approaches the final hurdle.  Anticipated hotly since the EP debuted in March, "Xenoglossy" acts on the back of one of the biggest selling records we've ever worked with.  To somewhat counter-balance the tracklisting of the EP, "Xenoglossy" comes with 11 original tracks (closing with a popular cover of David Bowie's "Heroes", and NO remixes - we already have some in the works for a later release.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/08/flavor-of-week-36.html

CIMA MUTA
soundcloud.com/cim-mut
www.facebook.com/Cimamuta
( ;D --> Electronic, IDM, Dark Ambient, Witch House from Düsseldorf.)
Glade of Revelation
soundcloud.com/cim-mut/glade-of-revelation
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/11/flavor-of-week-49.html

Ice Out
soundcloud.com/iceoutmusic
www.ice-out.com/
www.facebook.com/iceoutmusic
( ;D --> the further adventures of the music producer previously known as corvx de timor.
Your Love Is Fading (May)
www.ice-out.com/#/your-love-is-fading/
So It Begins
reallyes.bandcamp.com/releases
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/02/flavor-of-week-9.html

Sandra Electronics
minimalwave.com/artists/artist/sandra-Electronics
( ;D --> Karl O’Connor (aka Regis) and Juan Mendez (aka Silent Servant). Also see Sandra Plays Electronics.)
Sandra Electronics - Sessions
minimalwave.com/articles/article/sandra-electronics-sessions-cassette
( ;D --> sette of Sandra Electronics sessions. These are recordings based on their live sets as well as the first recordings of Sandra Electronics that were made in Birmingham during the late 1980’s and 90s. The A side of the tape features reworked rehearsal takes of tracks which first appeared on the early Downwards 7"s and in 2011 were released as part of the White Savage Dance EP. They also include two versions of Her Needs, which we had released under the Sandra Plays Electronics pseudonym in March, 2013. The B side of the tape contains the original recordings from those Downwards 7"s, all made in Birmingham during the late 1980’s and 90s.)
Sandra Plays Electronics, Her Needs (1999) [Minimal Wave 2013]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5ZvQnPd82M#t=100

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #15

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.
Hybridcore (Deluxe Edition)
A_amazon
Synaptics
soundcloud.com/aesthetische/synaptics
Stray - Remember Me [Aesthetische Remix]
soundcloud.com/aesthetische-fab/stray-remember-me-aesthetische
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/09/flavor-of-week-38.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/08/flavor-of-week-33.html

Front Line Assembly
www.myspace.com/thefrontlineassembly
www.mindphaser.com
( ;D --> Front Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-'80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber.)
Echoes (released on May 13, 2014.)
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+942
( ;D --> Electro-industrial veterans Front Line Assembly are following up last years critically acclaimed ‘Echogenetic’ (one of my top albums of 2013) with ‘Echoes’, a 14 track remix collection with some of their favourite artists reworking their latest release. Artists going to work on their material include Haujobb, Sonic Mayhem, Youth Code, Techdiff and more. ‘Echoes’ is also set to feature two new tracks co-written with Ian Pickering of the Sneaker Pimps.)
www.sonicseducer.de/index.php/News_2014/_Echoes_Rhys_Fulber_Haujobb_HECQ_Youth_Code_u.v.a._remixen_Front_Line_Assembly.html
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/04/flavor-of-week-18.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/09/flavor-of-week-39.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/04/front-line-assembly-www.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.comLi/2007_09_01_archive.html

The Ladder
soundcloud.com/theladder
www.facebook.com/theladderuk
( ;D --> Founded by Addz Vindicare in 2006 as an electronic solo project, Addz was to be later joined by keyboardist Katrina and vocalist/producer Danny Dellamorte, fusing together influences to create a sound familiar yet different sound The Ladder has gone through many changes throughout the years to finally see E.P. 'Charade' as it's official debut release.)
Disconnect (Teaser pre vox demo)
soundcloud.com/theladder/the-ladder-disconnect-teaser
Charade
theladder.bandcamp.com/releases

Arditi
www.facebook.com/arditiofficial
arditisweden.blogspot.se/
( ;D --> Arditi is a Swedish martial industrial and neoclassical band. It consists of Henry Möller of Puissance and Mårten Björkman from black metal bands Algaion and Octinomos. Arditi formed in 2001, deriving their name from the early Italian special forces unit known as the Arditi. They released their first EP, Unity of Blood in 2002, following it soon after was their first full length album, Marching on to Victory in 2003. Since then Arditi has released four more full length albums, Spirit of Sacrifice in 2005, Standards of Triumph in 2006, Omne Ensis Impera in 2008, Leading the Iron Resistance in 2011 as well as three more EPs, including a limited edition split album with Toroidh.)
Split-EP
( ;D --> New split-EP from the masters of martial industrial Atomtrakt & Arditi.)
www.oldeuropacafe.com/main.php?nav=pd&prdct=12617
Atomtrakt
www.atomtrakt.com
( ;D --> Atomtrakt is a solo-project of Christoph Vinterriket Ziegler founded in 2003. Cold, Militant, Apocalyptic & Heroic Martial Industrial.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/09/flavor-of-week-40.html

Andre Bratten
soundcloud.com/andre-bratten
www.facebook.com/AndreBratten
( ;D --> Andre Bratten was born in Oslo and grew up in a suburb of the Norwegian capital, which borders on the deep, dark Scandinavian forest. Like most kids in the late 1990s, he was bitten by the hiphop bug, but he also got turned on by the Led Zeppelin records he picked out from his father’s record collection. He’s broadminded enough to be into everything from the Norwegian electronica masters Røyksopp to Metro Area, Sigur Rós, Eno, Cluster and Weather Report.)
Be A Man You Ant
www.beatport.com/release/be-a-man-you-ant/1078530
Be A Man You Ant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=alA0KWdOj9M#t=209

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #14

LekroiD
http://lektroid.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/Lektroid
( ;D --> DJ/Producer, R. Elliott has been producing since the 1980s, starting on his trusted Commodore 64, as well as producing with a friend Paul Doherty on a range of analogue hardware. First getting his music played out in a club called 'Tekno Dreem' in Peterborough, back in 1989. Since then, he teamed up with several other artists as a producer, forming groups such as Digital Kaos, Mysticism, & the better known Brainstorm Crew. He had several releases in this scene, and is currently building his own electronic music equipment, including an Analogue Modular Synthesizer, as well as various other gadgetry to create the unique and futuristic 'LektroiD' sound.)
Quantum Theory
lektroid.bandcamp.com/album/quantum-theory
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/01/flavor-of-week-4.html

Current 93
www.facebook.com/Current93
www.brainwashed.com/c93/
www.davidtibet.com
( ;D --> Current 93 is an eclectic British experimental music group, working since the early 1980s in folk-based musical forms. The band was founded in 1982 by David Tibet (ne David Michael Bunting, renamed 'Tibet' by Genesis P-Orridge sometime prior to forming the group).)
I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel
open.spotify.com/album/3jYNNbNGXwEorwt1OjuR9f
C93_amazon
www.davidtibet.com/collections/i-am-the-last-of-all-the-field-that-fell/products/current-93-i-am-the-last-of-all-the-field-that-fell-uk-pink-vinyl-2lp-with-print
Baalstorm Sing Omega
open.spotify.com/artist/7vF3DcPluq6lZI36VniagW
Englands Hidden Reverse
www.discogs.com/Nurse-With-Wound-Current-93-Coil-Englands-Hidden-Reverse/release/557131
www.amazon.co.uk/Englands-Hidden-Reverse-David-Keenan/dp/1907222170

Client
www.client-online.net
www.myspace.com/client
www.client-online.net
( ;D --> Client are a futurist British musical group from London, England. They are most popular in Germany where they have had most commercial success. They combine Scandinavian airline hostess uniforms with glamour-girl aesthetics and harsh electronics to create a sound reminiscent of early forays into electronic sound manipulation and New Wave. Their uniforms have become their trademark. Client was the first act signed to Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher's record label, Toast Hawaii/(Mute). They have toured with the likes of Depeche Mode and Erasure and have been described as a combination of "The Pet Shop Boys at their most commercial and The Human League at their most obscure".)
Authority
C_amazon
( ;D --> http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=50806_0_2_0_C .)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/04/flavor-of-week-16.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/02/flavor-of-week-06.html

Anne Clark (& herrB)
www.myspace.com/anneclark
www.anneclarkofficial.com
( ;D --> Anne Clark is largely known in Europe for her early-'80s material ("Sleeper in Metropolis", "Our darkness"), an unique mix of synth pop with despairing, poetic lyrics. Her electronica-based approach with neo-classical music. industrial, otherworldly environment. With droning, machine-like synths and icy vocals, building a claustrophobic but fascinating atmosphere.)
Life Wires (21 April 2014)
soundcloud.com/anneclark/anne-clark-herrb-life-wires-ep?in=sound-injections/sets/anne
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/03/flavor-of-week-12.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/flavor-of-week-19.html

The Residents
www.myspace.com/theresidents
www.residents.com
n.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Residents
( ;D --> Over the course of a recording career spanning several decades, the Residents remained a riddle of Sphinx-like proportions; cloaking their lives and music in a haze of willful obscurity, the band's members never identified themselves by name, always appearing in public in disguise -- usually tuxedos, top hats and giant eyeball masks -- and refusing to grant media interviews. Drawing inspiration from the likes of fellow innovators including Harry Partch, Sun Ra, and Captain Beefheart, the Residents channelled the breadth of American music into their idiosyncratic, satiric vision, their mercurial blend of electronics, distortion, avant-jazz, classical symphonies and gratingly nasal vocals reinterpreting everyone from John Philip Sousa to James Brown while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of theatrical performance and multimedia interaction.)
Mush-Room
www.needcompany.org/EN/mush-room
( ;D --> the iconic avant-garde American performance art collective The Residents has written music for Grace Ellen Barkey and Needcompany! The Residents leapt onto her shoulders and grabbed hold of her unruly hair, and then they galloped off together into another dimension and danced a divine duet. Just imagine: The Residents, the masters of weird, and Grace Ellen Barkey, the president of the movement against melancholy.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/09/flavor-of-week-37.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/flavor-of-week-50.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/11/flavor-of-week-47.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #13

Dmitry Distant
soundcloud.com/dmitrydistant
www.facebook.com/pages/Distant-VisionsDmitry-Distant/163470773696728?fref=ts
( ;D --> From hard techno to oldschool electro techno, throught Electro banging techno.
Life Drift EP
killerrrec.com
TS XXI - Dmitry Distant Live (Tochka RnD @ 20140309)www.mixcloud.com/Nightfall/nightfall-ts-xxi-dmitry-distant-live-tochka-rnd-20140309/
Deux (Minimum Syndicat 07)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsxIz1-j_uU
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2014/01/flavor-of-week-5.html

Mental Discipline
mental-discipline.com
( ; D--> Mental Discipline is a one-man project formed by Alexandr Mental in 2008. After releasing a couple of demos packed with catchy and danceable tracks, it has become widely recognized as one of Russia’s most promising futurepop projects.)
Butterfly
skyqode.bandcamp.com/album/butterfly
( ;D --> After the release of the critically-acclaimed debut album, “Constellation”, which featured collaborations with guest vocalists from Frozen Plasma, !Distain, Culture Kultür, Endanger, Pulcher Femina, Spektralized, and others, Mental Discipline quickly became a favorite on the dancefloors around the world. In 2013, the album was followed up by a successful EP "Fall To Pieces" featuring remixes from Assemblage 23, [:SITD:] and Ginger Snap5 as well as a collaboration with Swedish singer Tess Fries (ex-Dual Density).  The new EP presents the track "Butterfly", taken off the forthcoming album, due to be released later this year. Originally self-released on a demo album back in 2009, the title track was completely reworked to match the bands current sound. The EP also features a brand new track, "Until The End", which is exclusive to this release, and another collaboration with Tess. Also included are remixes done by acclaimed Austrian electronic act Mind.In.A.Box, and talented Russian project, Unity One.)

Diary of dreams
www.myspace.com/diaryofdreams
www.diaryofdreams.de
( ;D --> Diary of Dreams is a German electronic music group with a gothic attitude. The lead singer and founding member Adrian Hates has produced most of the albums by himself or with minimal help from others. He rarely uses a full band, except when he is on tour.)
Elegies in Darkness
play.spotify.com/album/46zVOi9N83bVolwTaIuV14
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/07/flavor-of-week-27.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/04/flavor-of-week-16.html

Makeup
soundcloud.com/m-a-k-e-u-p
www.facebook.com/mak3up
( ;D --> Smooth & smart electronic IDM/Ambient-pop/Downtempo-experimental-electro.
Divine Fashion
make-up.bandcamp.com/
www.templeofholy.com/
Vessels as shadows
soundcloud.com/xlr8r/makeup-vessels-as-shadows
vimeo.com/86625841

cyclobe
www.cyclobe.com/
www.myspace.com/bestialcelestial
( ;D --> Duo of Stephen Thrower (Coil) and Simon Norris (Death in June).)
Suphultur-Tarot-Garden
C_amazon
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/05/flavor-of-week-22.html
And
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/03/flavor-of-week-11.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #12

Plaid
( ;D --> One of my absolute favourite.)
www.plaid.co.uk
soundcloud.com/plaid-1
( ;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.)
Reachy Prints (Warp Records on the 19th May 2014 :D.)
warp.net/records/plaid/new-album-reachy-prints
( ;D --> Plaid's tenth album confirms their position at the vanguard of underground electronic music production incorporating the latest synthesis technologies in these compositions, whilst retaining their trademark emotive, yet playful, signature style present throughout their career. After 25 years together as Plaid, Andy Turner and Ed Handley are still true innovators within their field. This album, musically, feels like a journey into a subterranean world. 'Reachy Prints' continues the evolution in Plaid’s long nurtured sound - and reveals some of its hidden, most complex domains.)
Hawkmoth
soundcloud.com/plaid-1/hawkmoth
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ6I6J0yrHQ&feature=youtu.be
Plaid @ Green Galactic 20, L.A. 2013-06-30
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvzroNsY0Ok&list=UUmOghYrVWpa0Tdemu2r35Xw
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/08/flavor-of-week-33.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/08/flavor-of-week-33.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/08/flavor-of-week-35.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/02/flavor-of-week-06.html  
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2006/11/flavor-of-week-47.html
 
Fatima Al Qadiri
fatimaalqadiri.com
twitter.com/FatimaAlQadiri
myspace.com/fatimaalqadiri
soundcloud.com/fatima-al-qadiri
dismagazine.com/blog/global-wav
www.last.fm/music/Fatima+Al+Qadiri
( ;D--> Polymathic multimedia artiste Fatima Al Qadiri may have been brought up in Kuwait, but her forthcoming début full-length, Asiatisch, is instead inspired by “imagined China” – what of the Orient we (inclusive of Al Qadiri herself, having never been) see of it through our Westernised screens, lenses and so on. And in Szechuan, the first we’ve yet heard from the now Brooklyn-based producer’s upcoming release, we hear Asiatic mystique adroitly interwoven with twitching synth riffs, synthetic rhythms and attack music taken from These New Puritans’ seminal Hidden, this evocative auteur’s perception of the East thus filtered through certain tropes most commonly associated with this, the Occident. And you can in turn consider our intrigue piqued by this rather piquant introduction…)
Asiatisch
www.hyperdub.net/
www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=23921
Szechuan
soundcloud.com/hyperdub/fatima-al-qadari-szechuan
 
Chainless
soundcloud.com/chainless
( ;D --> Chainless takes a leap towards a fast and otherworldly atmosphere while the undertone of his music remains foggy. Numbering synths fall right in place with thundering baselines. Chainless has recently worked on collaborations with IVVVO & 4bidden. His debut EP “Pandora’s Box” is due May 28th 2013.)
Grey Veils EP
soundcloud.com/cohort-recordings/sets/chainless-grey-veils-preview
vk.com/chainlessmusic
www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2014/03/ancient-ruins
( ;D --> Nascent London label Cohort is kicking off its discography with the dark-palleted Grey Veils EP, the imprint's inaugural release by Libson-based producer Chainless. According to a press release, the aptly named producer aims to not be "bonded up to anything, not being bonded to a face or to a music genre." And he succeeds with mysterious EP cut "Ancient Ruins"; the shadowy piece features an arrangement of percussion and choppy, ritualistic vocal bits which are held together with intense synth tones. The rest of Chainless' disquieting Grey Veils EP will appear on March 31.)
Artifacts (Dusk + Blackdown Rinse FM Rip)
soundcloud.com/rossjplatt/chainless-artifacts-dusk
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/03/flavor-of-week-10.html
 
Mushy
mushy.it/
www.facebook.com/mushymvshy
mushy.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Mushy is the solo project of Valentina Fanigliulo, a sound-experimentalist rising from the dusty ruins of Rome, the eternal city. Since 2003, Mushy’s style combines and synthesizes electronica, shoegaze, blues and new-wave, with a psychedelic/kraut soul. Her soundscape-like compositions reveal a spellbinding universe that emerges from the mixture of analog drum-machines, burgeoning cold drones, tempestuous noises and spectral chants. Mushy has been deeply inspired by the works of Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Slowdive, Lush, Minimal Compact, New Order, Swans, Nico, and legendary singers Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald. Mushy’s debut album, ‘Faded Heart’,  has been released by Italian underground label Mannequin Records on Feb 2011. It’s an album recorded essentially at home and its lo-fi charms derives from the amalgamation of obsessive drum-machine loops, synths and an effect-processed old and battered acoustic guitar, found in a flea market with only 4 strings. Mushy considers ‘Faded Heart’ as her personal take on blues. The album was picked as Rough Trade’s Album Of The Week, in March 2011 and was described as the most convincing European answer to contemporaneous releases by American artists such as Zola Jesus and Tamaryn.)
Split EP (Mushy/Meddicine)
weyrdsonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/split-ep
Breathless
www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/releases/?id=30407
Meddicine split tape
mushy.bandcamp.com/album/mushy-meddicine-split-tape
Split on ClanDestine Rec.
mushy.bandcamp.com/album/split-on-clandestine-rec
Faded Heart
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZX1dgveIYY

Future Islands
www.future-islands.com
myspace.com/futureislands
( ;D --> Future Islands are a synthpop band based in Baltimore, Maryland, signed to 4AD. The band is composed of Gerrit Welmers (keyboards and programming), William Cashion (bass, acoustic and electric guitars), and Samuel T. Herring (words and vocals). Future Islands formed in January 2006 in Greenville, North Carolina.)
Singles
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IRF6LLW/ref=mu_dm_alb_dp

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Flavor of the Week #11

Trust
www.ttrustt.com
soundcloud.com/ttrustt
( ;D --> Trust is the alter ego of Toronto artist Robert Alfons and Maya Postepski. With a soundscape consisting of subtle fragility and delicious sensuality, Trust (alter ego of Robert Alfons) has created one of the most darkly beautiful and atmospheric albums of 2012. Alfons' debut 'TRST' was released this past February and since then, he has taken his provocative sound to clubs across the globe. Dramatic landscapes take us from sonic and sexy to heavy and moody with Alfons' deep laments and moans guiding us through mazes of synth beats and pulsating rhythm. In a world of self-conscious gazes, inhibited desire and overwhelming attraction, the sound of Trust is saturated in a plethora of sounds that take us on an epic trip from places cold and distant to sexy and flirtatious, with rhythm that will incite both lust and the need to dance.)
Joyland
www.amazon.com/Joyland-The-Trust/dp/B00I2E9W3M
open.spotify.com/album/0vcREmtVgzxhGXfmZcu2ej
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/10/flavor-of-week-43.html
 
Foretaste
soundcloud.com/foretaste
www.foretaste-music.com
www.myspace.com/foretaste
( ;D --> Foretaste is a Modern synth Pop duo with enigmatic names: XX handles the vocals with a very capable, sexy-sounding voice – with a French accent, of course – while XY does some very creative programming and backing vocals.)
Love On Demand
www.amazon.com/Love-Demand-Foretaste/dp/B006JXG44S
Terrorist TV
www.amazon.com/Terrorist-TV-Foretaste/dp/B004ZJDSEW
 
Atiq & EnK
soundcloud.com/atiq-enk
( ;D --> In 2007 after a few years of exploring the Dutch metal scene, Guido & Pim got bored with screaming guitars and pounding drums, therefore Atiq & EnK joined forces for a new challenge. To create electronic music, without the fear of the unknown.
As years went by they evolved their sound not fearing the experiment and focussed on blending breakbeat and sampling with classical, atmospheric and bass heavy sounds.
Embracing The Unknown
www.amazon.com/Embracing-Atiq-Enk/dp/B00IUI7SLS
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/05/flavor-of-week-21.html
 
IC3PEAK
www.facebook.com/ic3peak
soundcloud.com/ic3peak
( ;D -->  Russian based audiovisual terrorists, Nick & Nastya aka IC3PEAK. Their musical debut 'SUBSTANCES' contains five obsession-worthy eerie compositions, lending a profoundly dark response to the overwhelming internet music domain.)
Substances EP
stylss.com/album/ic3peak-substances-ep
 
Tycho
www.myspace.com/tycho
ychomusic.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.)Awake
www.amazon.com/Awake-Tycho/dp/B00IU2JAHO/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/03/flavor-of-week-13.html

 
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Flavor of the Week #10

God Module
www.facebook.com/godmodule
www.myspace.com/godmodule
jasyn9.wix.com/god-module
( ;D --> God Module is an American dark electronic band from Orlando, Florida. The band was founded in Florida in 1999 and later relocated to Washington in 2006. God Module combines elements of harsh Techno, Darkwave, Goth and Industrial. Pounding beats mix with hypnotic synth hooks, deranged film samples and psychotically-effected vocals to make up a sound that is as disturbing as it is danceable.  After 4 full length CD's, 3 EP's and hundreds of live performances around the world, God Module is still evolving. God Mod founder Jasyn Bangert has brought his childhood dreams to life as musical nightmares. Aided by God Mod members Clint Carney and Courtney Bangert, God Module take all the common Electro - Gothic - Industrial cliches and systematically tear them apart.)
False Face
GM_amazon
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/10/flavor-of-week-44.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/02/flavor-of-week-7.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-26_24.html

Thyx
www.thyxmusic.com
( ;D --> The mind.in.a.box sideproject THYX released their debut single "Into the Realm". It seems that Stefan Poiss, the mastermind behind mind.in.a.box, was getting bored in his studio because now there is a second electronic music project out there penned by him. Big arrangement, sci-fi atmosphere and a very unique sound were the trademarks by mind.in.a.box and made them famous in the Gothic/Electro scene. The sideproject THYX, which was founded by Stefan Poiss in January this year, stays very electronic but gives the sound a more experimental touch without loosing the catchy tunes and atmosphere.)
Electronic sounds, bombastic arrangements, melodies and voices, mixed with emotions from another dimension. Atmospheres from cyberspace, a musical image from a far-away future from which THYX speaks to us and carries its sound cosmos directly into the brains of listeners.)
Super Vision (Releasedate: 25th March 2014)
thyxmusic.com/store/en/home/80-thyx-super-vision.html
Super Vision
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/p...
Robots Don't Lie ( ;D --> Taken from the forthcoming album THYX - Super Vision.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=75fqyhMLUUU
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/10/flavor-of-week-43.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/10/flavor-of-week-43.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/flavor-of-week-20.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/flavor-of-week-38.html 

Lukas & Popstar
www.facebook.com/lukasNpopstar
( ;D --> Victoria Lukas & Yeti Popstar.)
The Perfect Murder Scene
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pMmbNCnr4I
Dead Star's Comfort
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sqjt8LvHrE
( ;D --> Music by Victoria Lukas & Yeti Popstar. Images taken from Metropolis By Fritz Lang.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/12/flavor-of-week-53.html

Eno I Hyde
enohyde.com
( ;D --> Warp announce a very special collaboration between Brian Eno and Karl Hyde of Underworld. The album is comprised of nine songs, composed and sung by Eno • Hyde together with a highly distinguished cast of supporting musicians, including Tessa Angus, Nell Catchpole, Marianna Champion, Will Champion, Kasia Daszykowska, Don E., Darla Eno, Fred Gibson, Georgie Gibson, Andy Mackay, John Reynolds and Chris Vatalaro.
The release was produced by Brian Eno with 20 year old Fred Gibson, continuing an ongoing collaboration between Karl and Brian which sees the two together on a complete album for the very first time.
Brian Eno:
“A lot of the nicer cities I know are cities built on hills, and the cities are beautiful because the buildings have a challenge to adapt to. They have to mould themselves around the geology that they've formed upon. And that always makes for very interesting buildings, because they can't just be blocks, they have to somehow morph around the environment. A lot of the constructions on the album were deliberately irregular and awkward.
I had a big collection of 'beginnings' sitting around waiting for something to galvanise them into life, to make them more than just 'experiments'. That something turned out to be Karl Hyde.”
Karl Hyde:
“It's a bit like being nine years old again.  You have no idea what you've just been given, the record button has been pressed and you're on. And then these unlikely patterns start to happen. The biggest surprise was discovering we both had a love of Afrobeat, Cyclical music based in live playing. When Brian played me these early tracks it was, 'Oh my god, this is home! Can I borrow a guitar?”)
Someday World
bleep.com/release/50027-eno-hyde-someday-world

Amethystium
www.amethystium.com
www.myspace.com/Amethystium
( ;D --> Amethystium is a musical project founded by Øystein Ramfjord around 1998. Hard to pigeon-hole as belonging in one specific category, the music can be described as a blend of new age, darkwave, ethno-ambient and electronica. Sonicly it ranges from dreamy and relaxing, to relatively upbeat, all with an evoking, atmospheric, and sometimes dark and moody soundscape.)
Transience (28/3)
A_amazon
amethystium.com/news/new-amethystium-album-coming-in-march/
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/02/flavor-of-week-8_24.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/flavor-of-week-32.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/01/flavor-of-week-02.html

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