Flavor of the week #23

Dark Night of the Soul
www.dnots.com
(by Danger Mouse, Sparklehorse & David Lynch.)
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( ;D --> Musical visionary Danger Mouse, iconoclastic filmmaker David Lynch, and celebrated rock recluse Sparklehorse have converged to create Dark Night of the Soul, a project encompassing a new full-length album and limited edition book. As half of the acclaimed duo Gnarls Barkley, Danger Mouse is no stranger to high-stakes collaborations. With the help of Sparklehorse, he has recruited a remarkable cast of contemporary artists to lend their vocals, including the Flaming Lips, Black Francis of the Pixies, Julian Casablancas of the Strokes, James Mercer of the Shins, Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, Nina Persson of the Cardigans, cryptic Southern songwriter Vic Chesnutt, avant-folk icon Suzanne Vega, punk titan Iggy Pop, and even Lynch himself. To create the images that accompany the music, Danger Mouse chose David Lynch. Known for revealing the gripping horror beneath suburban banality, Lynch crafts eerie beauty from the most irregular of elements. For Dark Night of the Soul, the creator of Twin Peaks, Inland Empire, Blue Velvet, and Eraserhead, delivers a gorgeous, hypnotic series of photographs. This captivating project explores and escapes the reality of the world. The book package includes the full sequence of Lynch's images, a foreword by Danger Mouse, selected lyrics, and an art-printed CD-R, in a run of only 5000 copies, each individually numbered.)
www.dangermousesite.com
( ;D --> Danger Mouse is an eleven-time Grammy Award nominated; two-time Grammy Award winning artist and producer. In a short time, he has created a diverse body of work, including albums with Beck, the Black Keys, Gorillaz, and his own hugely successful band Gnarls Barkley. He was recently named one of Esquire's 75 most influential people of the 21st Century.)
www.sparklehorse.com
www.myspace.com/sparklehorse
( ;D --> Sparklehorse is Mark Linkous, a guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Richmond, Virginia. He has released four acclaimed albums and collaborated with Tom Waits, the Flaming Lips, Thom Yorke of Radiohead, and many others.)
www.davidlynch.com
www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186
( ;D --> David Lynch is a filmmaker and Eagle Scout from Missoula, Montana.)
www.kohngallery.com
( ;D --> A visual interpretation of songs from the album by David Lynch at Kohngallery, L.A.)

Byetone
www.myspace.com/benderbyetone
( ;D --> Germany-based Olaf Bender is one of three founders of the Raster-Noton imprint. He often records under such aliases as Byetone and Lumen for solo projects, and together with Komet and Carsten Nicolai (aka Alva Noto) forms the laptop microsound trio Signal. His output is extremely sparse, with his sole full-length contributions being a disc in the prize-winning 20 to 2000 series and 2003's Feld, released on Raster-affiliated label Binemusic. He handles the administrative and creative duties for Raster-Noton as well as tours frequently.)
Death of a Typographer
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Skullduggery
www.myspace.com/skullduggery
You are Here. [nowhere]
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Iammynewt vs. Skullduggery: Ohaka
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( ;D --> Chris Cozort has been steadily making a name for himself in the digital underground, offering his skills behind the mixing console to such acts as Cyanotic and Pigface, all the whole appearing on compilations and remixes with his own project under the Iammynewt moniker. Now in collaboration with Jayme Bass of Skullduggery, who has also appeared on Glitch Mode Recordings' Hordes of the Elite compilation with Iammynewt, the pair releases Ohaka, a debut album of chilling ambient textures and caustic industrial beats that offers the best of both artists' respective work.)
Iammynewton
www.myspace.com/iammynewt
www.iammynewt.com
Digital Decay
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( ;D --> Trozoc Productions' noisome compilation of post-industrial, glitch-laden instrumental artists at least does its part to present the current crop of underground artists.
Chris Cozort has certainly been doing well for himself in the underground music scene, making his name as a producer and mastering engineer for artists as diverse as Cyanotic, Diverje, Mangadrive, and even the legendary Pigface. Having released several tracks on various compilations under his Iammynewt moniker, he released on his Trozoc Productions label the Ohaka collaboration with Skullduggery, presenting the world with his own inimitable style full of deep synthesized bass lines and edgy glitch-laden rhythms. Now in association with Death Wax Records, Trozoc releases Digital Decay, showcasing as every good compilation does a cross-section of the scene's current rising stars in the world of underground post-industrial.)
Trozoc
www.myspace.com/trozoc
www.trozoc.com/


Emil Lassaria
www.myspace.com/emillassaria
after the sky
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Alexuuu & TDK Otra Cosita (Emil Lassaria Remix)
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Back in plastic
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Compulsive Shopping Disorder
www.myspace.com/compulsiveshoppingdisorder
( ;D --> The wonderfully named Compulsive Shopping Disorder makes edgy, cold and grim synth music that’s lined with noise elements and inventive / surprising edges. In the Cube falls somewhere between EMB, dark and cold synth pop, electronica, dark electronic sound tracking and industrial.)
In the cube
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Flavor of the week #22

Eliot Lipp
www.myspace.com/eliotlipp
http://eliotlipp.blogspot.com
( ;D --> Lipp creates tracks that sound far beyond his limited means. Lipp’s fluid instrumentals are a fresh to the ears, yet they already sound like classic cuts with dust settled deep into the grooves. MCs would love to get all over these tracks, but the songs just don’t require them. Enjoy the layered moments of spacey synth and gritty drums. They are all you need.)
Peace Love Weed 3d
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Beamrider
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V.E.G.A.S. Whores
www.myspace.com/theconqueringsociety
( ;D --> V.E.G.A.S. Whores are an electro duo, only less in the Pet Shop Boys/Erasure/OMD vein than in the Suicide/DAF/Cabaret Voltaire sense, all jackhammer beats and cacophonous synth-noise terror. They play mainly instrumentals (frontman Tewary has a side project called IR HEDONIST with more vocals) but there is some singing and also found voices thrown into the mix. So great is their admiration for the original New York synth-punk twosome, they named themselves after them (they had a track called Alan Vega's Whores and took it from there) and they've even got a track called Suicide, although it sounds more like the Velvet Underground had they been an electronic outfit. V.E.G.A.S. Whores deliveres a Deep and penetrating hypnotic electronic pulses collide with surging guitar feedback. Elements of Sonic Youth, Aphex Twin and Suicide convulse in a relenting live spectacle of visuals and noise.)
Album is coming up;
( ;D --> "The album is almost finished and we have a label in London that wants to release it. I've got a side project called IR HEDONIST and the compositions are dominated by vocals. The album should have elements of both projects. I think it’s more the disregard of typical song structures that sets VW/// apart." )
I.R HEDONIST
www.myspace.com/smellslikehedonist

Capsula
www.myspace.com/dreamcapsula
www.dreamcapsula.com
( ;D --> Trippy chillout, dub drenched music with acidic patterns and alive sounding synths. The Shpongle-link is evident, but it’s too easy to just write this off, as a Shpongle-clone… It’s not! This is the work of a very talented guy – seeking inspiration in all kinds of music. All kept within a framework of spiritual and psychedelic downbeat.)
Synthesis Of Reality
www.psyshop.com/shop/CDs/aja/aja1cd003.html
www.ajana-records.com/ajacd003.htm
I Know That I Know
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Shinjuku Thief
www.darrinverhagen.com
( ;D --> Shinjuku Thief is an experimental recording project of Australian musician Darrin Verhagen, that could be described as ambient or industrial.)
The Scribbler
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Klangforscherch
www.myspace.com/klangforscherch
www.surroundsfx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=462
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Drowning" by Klangforscher featuring Eliane
www.klangforscher.ch/mp3/Drowning.mp3

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Flavor of the week #21

Luke Hess
www.myspace.com/hesslabs
( ;D --> Luke Hess is the new star out of Detroit where he has harnessed a deep appreciation for electronic music and the expression of the underground movement. His background in mathematics and engineering has given him a scientific approach to the dance floor, using frequencies, tones, and sound-scapes to transform surroundings and mood.)
Anton Zap & Luke Hess/ Our Music Is A Secret Order Remixed
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Believe and Receive
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AGF/Delay - Antye Greie-Fuchs & Vladislav Delay
www.myspace.com/agfdelay
www.agfdelay.com
www.myspace.com/vladislavdelaymusic
Symptoms
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( ;D --> On the second album from AGF/Delay - German sound artist and poet Antye Greie-Fuchs and her Finnish producer boyfriend, Vladislav Delay (Sasu Ripatti), better known for his work under the Luomo moniker - the pair have honed their aesthetic considerably. As Greie-Fuchs intones meditations on humanity, technology and society in an understated singspiel, Delay makes her emotions manifest in metallic, tolling chords, rumbling electronic storms and beats that sound like feet shuffling in powdery snow. Even though the pair exhibit a wilfully abstruse, clinical air, Symptoms is both hooky and tactile. It's even, at times, danceable (the demented jack-in-the-box rhythm of Generic.)

Holger Zilske
www.myspace.com/zilskeholger
( ;D --> Holger Zilske, also known as Smash TV and co-producer of Ellen Alien and her BPitch Control imprint.)
Holz
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Menschdefekt
www.myspace.com/psychaotica
( ;D --> If you're into aggressive electronics à la Hocico, you might enjoy Menschdefekt. This newcomer is not original in any sense whatsoever, but they know what they're doing and they have a solid, catchy foundation to build on in the future.)
Massiv in Mensch
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Interlace
www.myspace.com/interlace
www.designforanewbreed.com
( ;D --> High quality industrial EBM – hard rhythms, harsh voices, atmospheric landscapes and a strong theme.)
Nemesis
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( ;D --> Harsh and atmospheric EBM project Interlace returns after a long hiatus with the single "Nemesis". The complex track debuted live at last year's electriXmas festival in Interlace's home country Sweden. Interlace put much effort in their theatrical performances and have previously also played in South Asia and Germany. Now, they are heading for Canada's Kinetik Festival where the "Nemesis" CDM will be a bonus to a festival compilation CD.)
Imago
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Flavor of the week #20

Harmonic 313/ Mark Pritchard
www.myspace.com/officialmarkpritchard
www.harmonic313.com/wordproblems
( ;D --> As one half of Global Communication and Jedi Knights, Mark Pritchard has released some of the most important records of the early nineties, and his work continues to influence younger musicians today.)
When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
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The horrors
http://thehorrors.co.uk
www.myspace.com/thehorrors
( ;D --> Joy Division, Bauhaus and the Cramps is some Gothic ancestors that directly pops up in my mind whilse listing to The Horrors.)
Primary Colours
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( ;D --> The album has been produced by Craig Silvey, Geoff Barrow, of Portishead, videos by Chris Cunningham.)

MO2 (Mind Orchestra)
www.myspace.com/mindorchestra
( ;D --> MO2 recognizes the dichotomy and connection between both the universal and individual energies, creating an open and free environment to experience their clean mix and raw vibe that drives the dance floor. Mo2 has been established as San Francisco's most up and coming livetronica band, unique backgrounds forge to create an inspirational, hypnotic experience.)
thousand nine
Free Download at: http://www.mo2music.com/
DSD
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Die Form
www.myspace.com/dieformofficial
www.dieform.net
( ;D --> Die Form is a French post-industrial and electronic band formed in 1977-78. The name 'Die Form' means '(the) form' in German, like the Bauhaus diary and is a play on the English homonym 'deformed' and on the French homonym 'difforme' (without form). Die Form is the primary project of the French electronic musician and multimedia artist Phillipe Fichot (who is usually accompanied by singer Eliane P. Primarily). Die Form deliveres a combination of esoteric electronic experiments with an underlying theme of erotism, death and other 'taboo' subjects, apparent in both the music and the album artwork, which Phillpe also produces.)
Noir Magnétique (Release May the 29th)
Preorder collector's set/deluxe-box (strictly limited to 999 copies) at:
Indietective
( ;D--> One of the most prolific and unique musical projects in the electronic music scene returns with a long-awaited new long-playing album that marks one of the strongest works Die Form has ever created. Elaborately combining mesmerizing and disturbing photo art, experimental sound scapes, classical influences, heavenly voices and a rather healthy dose of relentless club sounds. Noir Magnétique” is not only driving Die Form’s unique sound to perfection – it is also an instant classic that shows the French Art Electro project at its very best. Electronic Club Sounds as an art form)
Best Of XXX
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Empire State Human
www.myspace.com/empirestatehumanmusic
( ;D --> Irish electro pop outfit Empire State Human has a new album "Audio Gothic" features the single "Melancholic Afro" which is a track made together with ex-Kraftwerk man Wolfgang Flür. Aidan Casserly and Sean Barron seem to be productive lads, having released two digital only albums last year.)
Audio Gothic
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Flavor of the week #19

Gary Lucas Vs The Dark Poets
www.myspace.com/garylucasvsthedarkpoetsalbum
www.myspace.com/thedarkpoets
( ;D --> His work with Jeff Buckley and Captain Beefheart probably makes Gary Lucas the world's most popular avant-rock guitarist, though his solo work can lack focus. Here, his solo pieces mingle with tracks recorded with electronic composer James Hunter, aka The Dark Poets, whose samplescapes, synth beds and vocal samples about things like military mind-control techniques recall the dark portents of Cabaret Voltaire.)
Beyond The Pale
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Nathan Fake
www.myspace.com/nathancake
www.nathanfake.co.uk
( ;D --> Nathan Fake is an English electronic music artist from Norfolk, who has released numerous singles as well as a full-length album on labels such as Border Community and Traum Schallplatten.In 2006, his debut album "Drowning in a Sea of Love" was released on Border Community. The album received excellent reviews in the music press.)
Hard Islands
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The Sky Was Pink (Icelandic Version)
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TaWk
www.myspace.com/iiitawk
www.iiitawk.com/
( ;D --> The ingenious soul of TAWk remains hidden behind the veils of alchemy. The experience and innovative style of TAWk has been a part of a cultural movement for over a decade, where sound has been redefined for simply the love of it. TAWk's unique sound is eclectic, innovative, euphoric in style, its intonation is incomparable to the mainstream. A delicate mashup of; Drum'n'bass, Triphop, Ambientsoul & Gothiclounge)
Can we Tawk:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOoYy-lLnQY&feature=channel
Drunk Art
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When Aliens Tawk
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Oxia
www.myspace.com/oxiagoodlife
( ;D --> eclectic, atmospheric, uplifting, groovy and minimal house & techno)
Domino
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24 Heures
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Lost Memory EP
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Ben Klock
www.myspace.com/benklock
( ;D --> For many DJs, becoming a resident at Berlin's Berghain is about as good as it gets. Not only do you know that you're playing for one of the most musically informed crowds in the world, but you also know they're going to be there with you all night, all morning and all the next day. For Ben Klock it's what got him into playing music and buying records again. ) Klock plays hard, fist-in-the-air, techno – the only music that can survive in the pit of Berghain. His productions have been released on Ostgut Ton and Bpitch Control.)
One
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