. Alex Banks
https://alexbanksmusic.co.uk
www.facebook.com/alexbanksmusic
( ;D --> Alex Banks’ musical mission is going into overdrive. After building a hefty reputation via killer DJs sets across Europe and a few extraordinary remixes (Bonobo, Husky Rescue, Andreya Triana etc), he’s now signed to Monkeytown, the label owned by doyens of German electronic/club music, Modeselektor. His talents are showcased on the album, ‘Illuminate’. Two years in the making, it’s the culmination of Banks’ initial aspirations, at once rich in production artistry but ready for the dancefloor, seasoned with melodies and the leaping vocals of Gazelle Twin’s Elizabeth Bernholz, yet boasting a sonic heft and ambition on a par with the likes of Jon Hopkins, Daniel Avery and Nicolas Jaar.)
Afterlife
https://open.spotify.com/album/2B4vv22wcXda9Tq2HxWZ90
See also:
https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2024/10/blog-post.html
Hocico
www.hocico.com
www.facebook.com/hocicoofficial
( ;D --> The duo was officially formed in 1993 by Erik Garcia a.k.a. Erk Aicrag (lyrics and vocals) and Oscar Mayorga a.k.a. Racso Agroyam (Programming), but both cousins had been experimenting with electronic music, mixing industrial and EBM, since they were fifteen years old. Their music can be described as electro-industrial. Erk Aircrag and Racso Agroyam incited to express their feelings through technology. Given the influence of varying currents of electronic music (mainly Skinny Puppy) they began their trajectory in 1989 in a project called "Niñera Degenerada". Their lyrics are both in Spanish as well as English. The Spanish word hocico means snout, and is used in Mexico as a disrespectful way to describe someone's comments coming out of their mouth.)
The Screen
https://hocico666.bandcamp.com/track/the-screen
See also:
https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
Carl Finlow
www.facebook.com/carl.finlow
https://carlfinlow.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/carlfinlow
( ;D --> Carl has been writing and recording music since 1986 but his first real record involvement was co writing and producing Moments of Inertia by Circle City on Warp in 1993. After a year or so working with Leeds indie band The Bridewells and culminating in an album with them recorded in Roxy Music's studio, he settled down into writing and producing dance music. In 1994 he and DJ Ralph Lawson set up 2020 Vision Records, producing deep house flavours of their own as Wolf and Flow and under his own solo guise of Random Factor, remixing artists from around the globe including Blaze, Josh Wink, Superman Lovers and Fatboy Slim. His solo work is heavily electro tinted, reflective of the Kraftwerk era but owing as much to the likes of Drexciya, Prince, Depeche Mode and Yello. During the mid 90s he teamed up with SCSI founder Daz Quayle and wrote under the name Scarletron and also as Black Labs with two releases on Thomas Heckmann's Trope Recordings around 1995. Working under the names of Random Factor (2020 Vision) Voice Stealer (Subvert) and more recently Silicon Scally (SCSI, Satamile) he has released music on labels including Warp, Fuel, Playhouse, Paper, Trope, Sony, Klang, Arista, Soma, Pagan and Minifunk. He is also a keen remixer in his own right, having reworked tracks by 2 Lone Swordsman, Luke Slater, Swayzak, Dave Tipper and Alexi Delano. 2002 saw the release of the critically acclaimed Mr. Machine album on SCSI recordings. In 2003 the combined EP's on Device Entertainment Recordings were released as the album Electrilogy+ under his real name, Carl A Finlow. Shortly after this release, he moved to Paris.)
Reprise+Noha remixes
https://nohabekind.bandcamp.com/album/reprise-noha-remixes
Memory (Feat Mili)
https://nohabekind.bandcamp.com/track/memory-feat-mili
See also:
https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/04/flavor-of-week-15.html
Sestrica
www.facebook.com/heysestrica/
https://soundcloud.com/sestrica
( ;D --> Sestrica is a solo electronic live act (Jenya Kalyan) from Russia.)
Fam
https://open.spotify.com/album/5p45cmdoQFNrzohPOqAWsY
Memory Lane
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ILdz7wkhepERLytcR5jg3
See also:
https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/08/flavor-of-week-34.html
Ohota
www.instagram.com/ivan.ohota
( ;D --> Ohota is a DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter. His music career starts in 2008 with an electro punk cabaret. After that, project moved to Berlin. After 2 years of silence Ivan started solo career, a trashy hard techno project Gazovaya Eblya.)
All the Things I Said
https://open.spotify.com/album/7r3I5iieWMb0T8GmhMrj0G
Over And Out
