Flavor of the week #27

Monolake
www.myspace.com/monolakemusic
www.monolake.de
( ;D --> Monolake is an open project dedicated to computer generated music, founded in 1995 by Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles. Monolake are impressed and influenced by minimal techno music and drum&bass and at the same discovered the sonic richness and sophistication of academic computer music.)
Atlas Titan
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( ;D --> This is the first new material released since 2006's 'Polygon Cities' album Cities' and quite frankly, it's class. 'Atlas' is a truly epic opener, setting out on a 138bpm flex with techno-skippin' rhythm fluctuations inheriting a lot of swing from T++'s recent material and mind blowing bass dynamics coaxed into being by Robert Henke's next-level programming skills. The inclusion of an almost-organic sounding woodwind instrument is a clever ploy, as in all reality it's most likely been programmed from pure data, but lends a human element. 'Titan' should satisfy your unnatural cravings with a purist composition of darkside steppers techno, running at 138bpm and morphed between immense occlusions of darkside atmospherics. It's the sound you all know and love, but updated in the true Monolake sense for 2009. Essential!)
www.monolake.de/releases/ml-023.html
Se also: http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/08/flavor-of-week-33.html

Sven Weisemann
www.myspace.com/svenweisemann
www.mojubarecords.com
( ;D --> Sven Weisemann is a somewhat strange figure in Berlin's electronic music scene. When he's not making elegantly smooth deep house tracks for labels like Mojuba, Liebe*Detail and House Cafe Music, he's busy composing modern classical pieces for piano and cello. Those more familiar with Weisemann's own productions may be surprised by his DJing style, as he weaves effortlessly between his trademark deeper sound and classic house and techno dancefloor jack tracks.)
Light Soil EP
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Mojuba Box
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Ojui
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( ;D --> Upcoming):
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Namito
www.myspace.com/namito
www.namito.com
( ;D --> Undoubtedly, Namito belongs to the very designers of the Berlin techno scene. Since 1992, due to his distinctive sets, he is constantly booked by all major clubs in town, be it the legendary “E-Werk” or “Tresor”, where he raved the crowd as a resident for years. In 1996, Namito’s first releases caught the attraction of European clubs such as London's Turnmills and the Brancaleone in Rome. By meeting Martin Eyerer in 2004, Namito redefines his sound. As a result, he has releases on labels like Multicolor, Kling Klong and Great Stuff. Furthermore, he then remixes for acts such as Kosheen, Client and Gusgus.)
Eleven
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( ;D --> Eleven” has it all: the deepness of late night grooves combined with the audiophile finesse that makes Namito’s productions so tight and crisp. A very laidback attitude and a lot of knowledge and feeling combined with a lot of imagination equal a massive ride that never sounds worn out or prefabricated.)
Namito's Goldies Not Oldies
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The Crystal Method
www.myspace.com/thecrystalmethod
www.thecrystalmethod.com
( ;D --> The Crystal Method is a Grammy nominated electronic music duo that formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1990s. It is made up of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland. The duo is known for their live sets and for having many of their songs feature in films, television shows, and video games. With the platinum-status album Vegas, The Crystal Method has become one of the best-selling electronica bands in the United States.)
Divided by Night
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( ;D--> 2009 release, the fourth album by Electronic music pioneers Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland (AKA The Crystal Method). Bolstered by the innovation, flexibility and craftsmanship that made the duo club culture icons, Divided By Night is nothing short of a masterpiece and easily the duo's most inventive and accomplished album to date! Divided By Night explodes with an assortment of high caliber guests which includes New Order bassist Peter Hook, Metric front-woman Emily Haines, drummer Samantha Maloney, one-time Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle and She Wants Revenge vocalist Justin Warfield.)

Moritz von Oswald
www.discogs.com/artist/Moritz+von+Oswald
www.redbullmusicacademy.com/video-archive/lectures/moritz_von_oswald_early_morning_freestyles
( ;D --> co-founder of Berlin's Basic Channel label, Von Oswald is one of electronica's most influential figures, and this solo debut won't disappoint fans of his soundscapes.)
Vertical Ascent (the Moritz von Oswald Trio)
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Recomposed by Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald
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Watamu Beach
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Flavor of the week #26

Guy Gerber
www.myspace.com/guygerber
www.guygerber.com
( ;D --> Guy is certainly one of the hottest producers in the techno scene. Next to his promising production skills Guy Gerber is also a demanded live act with bookings in many countries that love his unique sound of bittersweet harmonies, natural mixture of strong and deep grooves and futuristic basslines.)
Timing
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( ;D --> For those who don't listen carefully to Cocoon's varied output, Guy Gerber's "Timing" is most likely exactly what listeners think the imprint sounds like. Overpoweringly massive, unabashedly anthemic and towering in its majesty, the track is a Platonic ideal of "big room" techno.)
Stoppage Time
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Se also: http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-25.html

VNV Nation
www.myspace.com/vnvnation
( ;D --> VNV Nation are an electronic music band originally from Wexford and London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of industrial music, trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM). Earlier works also include some electro-industrial influences. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson. The "VNV" in the name stands for Victory, not Vengeance, in keeping with the group's motto, "One should strive to achieve; not sit in bitter regret.)
Se also: http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/flavor-of-week-1.html
Of Faith, Power and Glory
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( ;D --> VNV Nation have been frequently described as one of the most unique and passionate musical acts in the world of Alternative music. Of Faith Power & Glory sees the band reach a whole new level musically. More soulful and raw than before, the album is set to be the band's strongest and most profoundly evocative release yet.)

Max Cooper
www.myspace.com/maxcoopermax
Harmonisch-Serie
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The Blind Watchmaker EP
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portion control
www.myspace.com/porcon
( ;D --> Portion Control from the UK was at the forefront of the upcoming electro industrial scene in the early eighties. Inspired by the punk mentality and the first experimental industrial acts such as Throbbing Gristle, SPK or yet Chris & Cosey, Portion Control themselves influenced electro giants such as Skinny Puppy or yet Front Line Assembly. Portion Control)
( ;D --> Portion Control also performed a marvelous gig at the latet & last ;( Tinitus Festival in April (09): http://tinitus.com/index.php .)
Crop
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( ;D --> http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=42806_0_2_0_C .)
Slug
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( ;D --> In the past several years, Portion Control has done well to regain their status as innovators in the field of electronic music. While widespread recognition still eludes them, it has been to their advantage as they've operated as artists in the truest sense of the word, devoting their energy to providing the masses with an audiovisual extravaganza that adheres to no rules but their own. With their latest outing, deviously titled SLUG, the group - now solely consisting of John Whybrew and Dean Piavani - continues further down the path of experimental software synthesis paved by their more recent work, while still giving us a few accessibly danceable tracks to hold the interest of the casual listener.)
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Markus Güntner
www.myspace.com/markusguentner
www.kompakt.fm/artists/markus_guentner
( ;D --> Along with Olaf Dettinger, Ulf Lohmann, and Argentina's Gustavo Lamas, Markus Guentner represents the ambient-leaning end of the Kompakt label spectrum, proof positive that the label offers far more than tech-house; his productions for the Cologne, Germany, imprint are rarely reliant upon beats and overt melodies, often sticking to drifting, oceanic atmospherics and chime-like effects.)
Play Pool
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Lovely Society
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Pop Ambient/ Kompakt
www.kompakt.fm/releases/pop_ambient_2008

Florian Meindl
www.myspace.com/florianmeindl
www.florianmeindl.com
( ;D --> Austrian born, London based dj and producer Florian Meindl is one of the rising stars of the European techno scene. Together with Berlin’s Oliver Koletzki he also runs Flash Recordings.)
www.myspace.com/flashrec
Aorta
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Bilbao (Florian Meindl Remix)
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Blast
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Flavor of the week #25

Tyske ludder
www.myspace.com/tyskeludder
( ;D --> The next big thing! Everybody, who thought that this band ran out of steam - get ready for the best TYSKE LUDDER album ever! Once being called Oldschool-EBM legend, TYSKE LUDDER easily manage it to step out of their own shadow and start a new chapter in the band's 20 years history with new and fresh sounds combining Electro- and EBM-sounds. Harsh beats collide with soundscapes that fight against Albert's dominant and unique voice - tracks like "Shookz", "Frya Frisena" or "Bastard" will definitely smash up your ass.)
Anonymous
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Luke Slater/ Planetary Assault System
www.myspace.com/thereallukeslater
( ;D --> For some fifteen years now the name of Luke Slater has been synonymous with quality electronic music. Atechno alchemist, Slater has always sought out the extreme often melding influences and styles into a furious and unique sound that has seen him acclaimed as one of the pioneers of British techno. Yet he has never been happy to remain static, preferring a constant quest of exploration and musical discovery. His many and varied releases have seen him mature from an acid house inspired amateur to respected elder statesman of the global electronic empire.)
Temporary Suspension
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( ;D --> The next OstGut Ton is coming from Luke Slater. The Brit released his first record exactly 20 years ago and has been working as an ambitious artist under numerous pseudonyms producing a broad range of electronic music ever since. Be it tough detroit techno, obscure electronica, ambient, or conceptual electro – Slater has definitely left his stamp on the last two decades as a DJ and a producer. After contributing a gorgeous ambient piece as The 7th Plain to our Ballet cd „Shut Up And Dance! Updated“, Luke now is returning to OstGut Ton under his legendary techno pseudonym as Planetary Assault Systems.
The „Temporary Suspension“ EP is a taster for his forthcoming, eponymously titled album on OstGut Ton. “Planetary has always been about going forward, music and mind states working together, pushing movements and alpha waves on the dancefloor“ says Slater.)
Se also: http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/04/flavor-of-week-16.html

Atom Heart TM
www.myspace.com/atomtm
http://atom-heart.com
( ;D --> Uwe Schmidt is one of those producers with whom it's worth taking a step back from, just to look in awe at his esteemed catalogue. Over a handful of years, the German producer has released countless albums under countless monikers -- Atom Heart, Dropshadow Disease, Dos Tracks, Midisport, Senor Coconut, LB, Erik Satin -- each showing yet another facet to his astounding talent. He makes electronic music, but this is electronic music with a whimsy and a cracked sense of musical form unlike anything you've heard before.)
Liedgut
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Moderat (modeselektor and Apparat)
www.myspace.com/moderat
www.myspace.com/apparat
www.myspace.com/mdslktr
( ;D --> A bit darker than modeselektor or even apparat's stuff, reminds you of burial at times. Great stuff!.)
Moderat
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The Mole
www.myspace.com/eslamolita
( ;D --> Born in Canada, the Mole (Colin de la Plante) spent time in both British Columbia and Quebec, which might explain something about the origins of his sound. From the west coast, he gets the jazzy, soulful exuberance of Cobblestone Jazz's Mathew Jonson and the B.C.-based Wagon Repair label; from the east, the polished restraint associated with Montreal's MUTEK festival. (De la Plante has collaborated extensively with both crews.) While the Mole's 2005 EP One Foot on Either Side of the Ladder is split between punchy minimal techno and a disco vibe, on subsequent releases -- the EPs Conversations With My Past, In My Song and Baby, You're the One and the 2008 album As High As the Sky, all for Wagon Repair -- his sound just gets deeper and deeper. Relying heavily on looped disco samples, the Mole follows in the footsteps of Theo Parrish and Moodymann, but his proximity to the techno scene in Berlin, where he lives, lends his music a crisper sound.)
For the lost
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( ;D --> Trance-inducing delay loops move around the mix like tides in 'For The Lost', consequently bringing to mind Underworld in a fairly big way. 'There's Hope' is a grittier, more groove-based, disco-tinged affair that shows the sort of variety at the disposal of Mole-man Colin De La Plante. Good stuff.)
As High as the Sky
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Greatest Hits (Ha Ha Ha) Vol. 1
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Flavor of the week #24

Parralox
www.myspace.com/parralox
www.parralox.com/
( ;D --> The Melbourne electro-pop duo Parralox are human beings -- classically trained vocalist Roxy and vintage-synth-obsessed producer John Von Ahlen -- but given the uncanny efficiency and precision of their working methods, it almost seems as if there's something robotic about them. Formed in early 2008, they posted their first song, "I Fell in Love with a Drum Machine," online in February, followed it up with a quick succession of additional tracks, each accompanied by its own artwork and production notes, and completed and released their debut album by the end of the summer.)
Sharper Than A Knife
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Electricity
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theonomatopoeian
www.myspace.com/theonomatopoeian
( ;D --> Music from the Asteroid-Belt.. --> Strange cargo from Thailand!)

Cyanotic
www.myspace.com/cyanoticonline
www.cyanotic-online.com/
( ;D --> Cyanotic is a Chicago-based industrial rock collective fronted by Sean Payne that formed in 2002. Cyanotic is known for its genre-blending work, which fuses traditional industrial beats and vocals with drum n bass, sampling and heavy metal to create a very hard sound. The band's lyrics contain many tongue-in-cheek references to transhumanism.)
T3rm1n8t0r (Glitch Mode Mix)
http://t3rm1n8t0r.com
( ;D --> Cyanotic's rendition of the classic theme.)
Utopia Burning (Terminator theme)
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Prehab 25mg
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Aku Aku
www.myspace.com/akuaku030
( ;D --> Great dub-tech/detroit-techno/deep-house electro-ambient tracks.)
The Ceremony
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Epigon
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Unterhaltungselektronik
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www.myspace.com/ornithopterrecords

Ambient Fabric
www.myspace.com/qfabricambient
( ;D --> Interesting ambience from Norway.)
Time and Space with R.I.N (random industrial noise)
R.I.N.
www.myspace.com/randomindustrialnoise
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