Flavor of the week #22

Crystal Castles
www.myspace.com/crystalcastles
www.crystalcastles.com  
( ;D --> Crystal Castles music is easily recognized by their heavy use of samples and distorted female vocals. Crystal Castles does not in fact use a modified keyboard with an Atari 5200 sound chip as an oscillator, as it is frequently claimed. Their musical style has been described as having "ferocious, asphyxiating sheets of warped two-dimensional Gameboy glitches and bruising drum bombast pierce [the] skull with sheer shrill force, burrowing deep into the brain like a fever")
Crystal Castles ( II )
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( ;D --> After all of the awful shit Crystal Castles did in the wake of their success, a whole lot of people hoped their new album would be terrible. Sorry, haters: 2010's Crystal Castles improves on their (also self-titled) debut in nearly every way. The latest from the Toronto-based electro duo is reminiscent of the jump forward taken by Deerhunter between Cryptograms and Microcastle, or Fuck Buttons from Street Horrrsing to Tarot Sport. Like those acts, Crystal Castles have reconciled with their detractors instead of running from them. By staying true to themselves, they've created a more focused, propulsive, and satisfying follow-up.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009_02_01_archive.html


Guy Gerber
www.myspace.com/guygerber
www.guygerber.com
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( ;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.)
My Invisible Romance
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( ;D --> "My Invisible Romance" is an intimate glance into the seemingly borderless music production world of Guy Gerber. Whilst showcasing Gerbers’ signature production style this release also surprises with its romantic elements. The inspiration for this release came from Guy’s regular performances and majority from the time spent on the road - as a guest artist in friends’ studios and from his work in "improvised studios".)
Versus by Luciano, Guy Gerber, Lee Van Dowski, Glimpse
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/06/flavor-of-week-26.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-25.html


Phuture-primitive
www.myspace.com/phutureprimitive 
www.phutureprimitive.com
( ;D --> Phutureprimitive is the refreshing musical creation of Oregon-based DJ/Producer, Rain. The Phutureprimitive sound is subterranean electronic tribalism, combining elements of organic downtempo, ethnic breaks, and sensual atmospherics. Ethereal vocals soar over dubbed-out basslines, and live percussion unfolds over odd time signatures creating a groove that is influenced by the synthetic textures of psychedelic trance as well as the kinetic grooves of world music.)
Luminous EP
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Listen:
http://phutureprimitive.bandcamp.com/
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/03/flavor-of-week-14_30.html

Hungry Lucy
www.myspace.com/hungrylucy
( ;D --> Ohio's goth-tinged trip-hop duo Hungry Lucy formed in 1998, when producer/multi-instrumentalist War-N Harrison needed a vocalist for a track he was doing for a Duran Duran tribute; after meeting and collaborating with singer/songwriter Christa Belle, they started writing original songs together.)
Pulse of the Earth
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To Kill a King
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You Are
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zteA5iIjfMU


Ormatie
www.myspace.com/ormatie 
( ;D --> With a string of work under his alias Ormatie he has crossed paths with the likes of Audionova and Jay Lumen, offering up gentle, spacious remixes in stark contrast to their respective original mixes.)
Thus and So
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Emoke
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http://soundcloud.com/ormatie

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Flavor of the week #21

G-Stone Recordings (Kruder & Dorfmeister)
www.g-stoned.com
www.myspace.com/gstonerecordings  
( ;D --> G-Stone is the label owned by the austrian downbeat-legends Kruder & Dorfmeister. Mostly the releases cover smooth dub, downbeat and trip-hop stuff, but on the other hand with their new signing Stereotyp they are getting a bit more faster and electronical.)
Sixteen F**king Years Of G-Stone Recordings
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G Stone Book
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Tosca
( ;D --> Tosca is the joint musical project of Richard Dorfmeister and Rupert Huber from Vienna, Austria. The three Tosca albums „Opera“ (1996), „Suzuki“ (1999) and „Dehli 9“ (2002) are considered milestones of the downtempo genre)
Pony no hassle versions
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/flavor-of-week-41.html


Bluetech
www.myspace.com/iambluetech
www.bluetechonline.com
( ;D --> Evan Bartholomew, under the moniker Bluetech, produces his unique style of experimental noise from San Diego, CA. Classically trained on the piano for public performing, Bartholomew deviated from the traditional sounds and began to express the rhythms that sprouted from within him, and Bluetech was born. This resulted in his interpretation of nature's expression of being, a sound that is dronal ambient, downtempo, improvisational. He devoured the electronic potentials for musical expression and conveyed it in IDM, digidub, and psychedelic trance.)
Love songs to the source
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Listen
Elementary Particles
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Prima Materia
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Kingdom Of The Blind
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Nyk1EvNZRKs&feature=related
Green Sophia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
Alchemie Dub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB3kaviEy_k&feature=youtu.be&a


Marsmobil
www.myspace.com/marsmobil  
( ;D --> "(Why Don't You Take) The Other Side" is the long awaited new album by Marsmobil from Munich, Germany, released by Compost Records in collaboration with Kruder & Dorfmeister's G-Stone imprint.Marsmobil is the brainchild of the German musician/producer Roberto di Gioia who was a member of the country's leading jazz big band Klaus Doldinger's Passport for more than ten years and played with the crème de la crème of the international jazz jetset.)
(Why Don't You) Take the Other Side
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Subklinik
www.myspace.com/subklinik
http://subklinik.blogspot.com
( ;D --> Subklinik continues to create some of the darkest death-industrial / necro-soundscapes in existence. Subklinik has released many substantial recordings throughout the years that are either sold out or extremely hard to find. Electronic terror from the darkest depths of the mind.)


Markus Schulz
www.myspace.com/markusschulz
www.markusschulz.com
www.myspace.com/markusschulzdakota  
( ;D --> Markus Schulz is a German trance music DJ and producer who currently resides in Miami, Florida, USA. Schulz has released three mix compilations and two artist albums. He has also released productions through the alias Dakota. Through his work with remixing tracks, he has had the opportunity to work with such artists as: Depeche Mode, Madonna, Everything But The Girl, Jewel, Oceanlab, Gabriel & Dresden, Karada, Telepopmusik & Fat Boy Slim,)
Global DJ Broadcast Top 15 - March 2010
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Toronto '09 by Markus Schulz
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Dakota/ Thoughts Become Things
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Flavor of the week #20

FM Radio Gods
www.myspace.com/fmradiogods
( ;D --> FM Radio Gods is Andrew Hamilton and Tao-Nhan Nguyen, originating from Montreal, Canada. Since their debut in 2006, they have become known as true heavyweight producers - always ready to deliver a powerfully-dynamic live act. Incorporating everything from minimal house to glitchy electro.)
Acoustic (FM Radio Gods Remix)
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See You Later Oscillator
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZwwUVrrRRg


Mind.in.a.box:
www.mindinabox.com  
www.myspace.com/mindinabox
R.E.T.R.O.
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( ;D --> Mind.In.A.Box s past three albums have garnered a lot of respect with fans and critics alike due to their hard-to-categorize style of electronic music. Their newest album, R.E.T.R.O., takes a slightly different approach to their songwriting. An homage to the era of the Commodore 64 and 1980s video games, the album even includes a few cover versions of cult classics all done in MIAB s signature style. However, do not take these lightly: this is not just another cut and paste cover album. This is Mind.In.A.Box reinventing the past for an advanced future.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/flavor-of-week-38.html


Blam Honey
www.myspace.com/blamhoneyoffical2
www.blamhoney.org
( ;D --> Blam Honey is an Industrial rock band from Japan, formed in 1995 with two members: Tatsuya (vocals, guitar, percussion) and Ryonai (programming, percussion). Their heavy sound incorporates elements of noise and electro-industrial, and is described as "Industrial with a Gothic Sense". They list NIN, Marilyn Manson and Skinny Puppy as influences. Blam Honey released two albums: Grandiose Delusion (1998) and Typical Ingeniousness: Suggest (1999). They have since disbanded. Ryonai started a side project, Suppurate System, and has been creating ambient music and Gothic Lolita fashion accessories that have gained popularity by several prominent visual kei artists.
Tatsuya died of acute leukemia in 2004. Ryonai did not release this information until four years later. As of 2008, Ryonai has confirmed that Blam Honey has resumed activities. A revival performance and memorial CD release took place July 12th, 2009. A new vocalist has been chosen and will debut at Darkest Fest 2010.)
Providence of Decadence
http://darkestlabyrinth.ocnk.net/product/185


BOY 8 BIT
http://www.myspace.com/boy8bit
( ;D --> Boy 8-Bit has been having a great run of releases over the last year. Tunes like "Baltic Pine", "The Cricket Scores" and mixes of Florence and the Machine's "Drumming Song" have been lapped up by fans of his sophisticated synth work and funky treatments with drums.)
The Keep
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Absynthesis
www.myspace.com/absynthesis
www.absynthesis.com
( ;D --> Levon Louis (a.k.a. Absynthesis) is an internationally acclaimed sound artist and producer-DJ with years of work on the frontiers of electronic music, video games, and live p.a. performance. Absynthesis project reflects a wider spectrum of influences, resonating with a broad base of fans from all walks of life. The music has been praised for its relatability, creativity, and danceability... refusing to conform to conventional genre
while also remaining accessable to anyone. Absynthesis music appears on new media soundtracks alongside Aphex Twin, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, William Orbit, Marilyn Manson, Amon Tobin, New Order, and Chemical Brothers.)
Noise Pollution
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Liquid: Ambient Works 2000-2010
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Flavor of the week #19

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.)
In Solvent See
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Revival:
Mythmaker
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The Greater Wrong of the Right
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Remix Dys Temper
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The Process
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Inquisition
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Last Rights
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Spasmolytic
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Too Dark Park
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Worlock
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Rabies
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Testure
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VIVIsectVI
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Bites and Remission
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Addiction
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Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate
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Stairs And Flowers
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Chainsaw
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Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
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Dig it
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Bites
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Remission
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Back and Forth
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Live at Tyrol (July the 27th):
http://tinitus.com/index.php
( ;D --> "It's time for us to celebrate the music of perhaps the greatest melders of aggressive electronics, harsh noise and lush melodies ever to stimulate the ears of humankind: Skinny Puppy!")


Anne Clark
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. .)
Smallest Acts of Kindness
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Hall Of Mirrors Silence Feat. Anne Clark
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Clubroot
www.myspace.com/clubroot
( ;D --> With the benefit of almost zero British press attention, Clubroot's self-titled debut CD gained quite a cult following last year. To sum up Clubroot s sound as succinctly as possible, it's like the perfect hybrid of Burial and Kryptic Minds, taking the mood driven atmospheres and quicksilver slink of Burial and alloying it to dynamic basslines and intricately produced rhythm structures. Clubroot has created a Cinematic ambiance for the new album, S/T (II MMX). The sounds is delicate married to its accompanying elements that it seems as if it was unearthed in complete form as opposed to constructed. It possesses some of the most pronounced and arresting basslines ever heard, delivered musically in a language as ethereal and intense as, say, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins, or perhaps Muslimgauze, but couched in a language informed by the scene around dubstep and UK garage.)
II-Mmx
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Revival:
Clubroot (Selftitled)
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Bomb the Bass
www.myspace.com/bombthebass  
Back to Light
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( ;D --> When BOMB THE BASS released "Future Chaos? in late 2008, it had been nearly a decade in the making. Now, barely a year later, TIM SIMENON is back with a new album whose accomplished songwriting and sonic scope belie the spontaneity with which it came together. The title says it all: "Back to Light". The dusky atmosphere of Future Chaos has given way to a more radiant sound, buoyed by waves of synthesizers and propelled by clean-lined grooves. Raising the tempo, Simenon takes inspiration from classic techno, while vocal contributions from RICHARD DAVIS, KELLEY POLAR, THE BATTLE OF LAND AND SEA, and PAUL CONBOY bring Bomb the Bass into newfound melodic focus.)
Revival:
Future Chaos
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So Special (specialized Mixes)
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( ;D --> awsome specialized Mixes by Paul Conboy, Michael Fakesch & Toob.)


Nicolas Bourbaki
www.myspace.com/furiosostep 
( ;D --> Nicolas Bourbaki breaks down the music itself into its elements and builds it up again from the ground. Obscure sound textures are combined with grooves of archaic strength. However, these acoustic structures do not stay abstract, but you can feel them on the dancefloor.)
Algebra / Topology
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Recalculated EP

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