Flavor of the week #35

Alexander Kowalski
www.myspace.com/alexanderkowalski
www.alexanderkowalski.com
( ;D --> Kowalski elegantly fuses elements from classic Detroit and historical Berlin techno sound. His affection for sophisticated bass lines, deep beats and challenging arrangements breathes new life into Techno. He knows perfectly how to program his tracks to sound straight, deep, housy, dubby or funky.)
Puesta de Sol
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The Heat Of The Night
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The Lost Chamber - Alexander Kowalski
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3pjYiLOmrU&feature=related
Start Chasing - Alexander Kowalski (extrawelt remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SeWJNTGRRE&feature=related 
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/ricardo-villalobos-www.html

Conforce
www.myspace.com/conforce
( ;D --> Conforce is the moniker of Boris Bunnik from The Island of Terschelling. Nowadays he lives in the city of Leeuwarden. He developed his passion for electronic music around the age of 10. His father owned a large collection of usual and unusual instruments like the bagpipe, accordion, guitar, piano and harmonica's. Somehow this must have contained him with some musical interest. Michael Jackson also got airplay in his living room. But it was in a summer that his father who is also working as a forester was on a patrol in the eastern part of the island. He found a black colored tape who someone must have lost during a walk. When he took it home, he gave it to his son with the words “perhaps you could do something with it”. Not much later he bought his first taperecorder. The next thing he did was to put the tape in and take a listen. Soon there were all kinds of weird and freaky noises coming out. It attacked him. “What was this kind of sh*t?” he wondered. After that listen he did put it away in the closet - only for a very short while. He realised that this must have been the first serious house music he had been listening to. On the tape was Detroit orientated techno from producers like Orlando Voorn, Speedy J, Joey Beltram and Carl Craig who worked with the characteristic hardware equipment.)
Grace
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( ;D --> It's hard to believe that Grace is Conforce's debut release for Delsin. Like that label's output, Boris Bunnik's work typifies an open-ended approach to music-making, which integrates techniques from the first wave of Dutch techno producers mixed with other influences.)


SAM
www.myspace.com/projectsam
( ;D --> Founded by the highly explosive duo Joel Meyer and Daniel Meyer, the industrial project SAM has so far released two highly successful albums in 2006 and 2008 and have also established a reputation as an excellent live act.)
Brainwasher
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Portico Quartet
www.myspace.com/porticoquartet  
http://porticoquartet.com
( ;D --> The Portico Quartet are a bunch of guys in their early twenties who play instrumental music. Formed four years ago from two sets of schoolfriends, they share a house in East London, make recordings, and play festivals and clubs. Yet what distinguishes them from dozens of other Hackney hopefuls is the way they sound - a fresh, unclichéd resynthesis and reinvention of music that's both pleasingly familiar and thrillingly new, like World Music from the future. With largely acoustic resources - percussion, bass and wind instruments - they have conjured and refined a group signature that's immediately recognisable. Thanks to the use of the hang, a tuned percussion instrument bought on impulse at a music festival, they have a sound that is instantly attractive, yet uncompromisingly individual, and it's this, combined with the cheerful eloquence of their performances, that has brought Portico Quartet a long way in a short time.)
Isla
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Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub
www.myspace.com/phillipboaandthevoodooclub
www.phillipboa.com
( ;D --> In 1985, Phillip Boa (born Ernst Ulrich Figgen) founded the Independent band Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub. With their album Hair and the single Container Love, they experienced a commercial breakthrough and international recognition in 1989. Boa's music is influenced by British punk rock and New Wave, its style swings between pop and avantgarde. A continuous charasteric are the catchy and melodic choruses, interrupted or alienated by atmospheric shifts. Thereby the voice of band member Pia Lund and Boa's own throaty singing contrast diametrically.
Live! Exile on Valetta Street
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And Then She Kissed Her
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2BocR5s3u4&feature=related

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Flavor of the week #34

Kant Kino
www.myspace.com/kantkino08
( ;D --> Kant Kino was started late 2008 for playing at a free slot at Elektrostat 2008 (major underground festival in Norway celebrating 10 years - this year with Apoptygma Berzerk and Front for 242 and many others). Kant Kino consist of band members active in Industrial Heads, Skin Disease and The Film Inside. KANT KINO inject the distorted force of the 90's dark elektro genre into their strong 80's EBM roots to render dark body music with distorted vocals and a strong sense for melody. Have you ever dared to have the forbidden thought of hearing a fresh combination of HOCICO or WUMPSCUT’s distorted darkness with the melodic EBM side of classic acts like NITZER EBB or LEAETHER STRIP? Expect EBM with the Norwegian seal of quality!)
We Are Kant Kino - You Are Too
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http://open.spotify.com/album/7rjN1Nj6CQAqI1ik6PnVuC
We Are Kant Kino - You Are Not

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CombiChrist
www.myspace.com/combichrist  
www.combichrist.com  
Never Surrender
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( ;D --> After one and a half years of continuous touring activities (also supporting German legends Rammstein along the way), one of the most influential Electro-Industrial-acts of our time returns with a bang: Combichrist! The red hot new single “Never Surrender” is a raw and dry beat-attack that discharges into an infernal mayhem of a chorus. With this aggressive groove-monster, Andy LaPlegua and band are bound to take the alternative dance floors around the world by storm, making the single a formidable appetizer for the new album “Making Monsters”, scheduled for release on August 27th, 2010. Remixes from IAMX, Terence Fixmer and Melt round off this relentless and excellent club package.)
Making monsters
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/04/front-line-assembly-www.html
and:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/04/flavor-of-week-17.html


Kiew
www.myspace.com/kiew
www.kiew.org
( ;D --> KiEw is a German electro-industrial project founded in late 1990 by Andreas "Thedi" Thedens.)
Mental [per]mutation
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( ;D --> Welcome to a new audio therapy in the Electro-madhouse! On “mental [per]mutation”, our favourite patients dive deeper into the everyday life of the institution, unearthing a sonic roller coaster ride of thudding mutated dance-floor-Industrial hybrids (“Käferfrühstück”, “Mister 29” and many more) , acoustic experiments, as well as instrumentals with a soundtrack-like feel (the “Retrograd”-series.) During the course of the album, the listener will gain deep insights into psychoacoustic excerpts from the patients’ files, strange new forms of therapy and numerous soliloquies, often between multiple personalities. “mental [per]mutation“ includes a second disc on which special cases from outside the institution (among them the NYC-Techno-legend Lenny Dee) have gained access to KiEw’s sound files to inject them with their very own madness. Welcome to Disco Dementia! Only one question remains: are the musicians mad or is it the listener?)


Holy Fuck
www.myspace.com/holyfuck
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( ;D --> An interesting fact is that they don't use computers to produce the music. Instead, they use live drums and bass, as well as a myriad of other electric devices (toy keyboards, guitar effects pedals, and notably a 35mm film synchronizer). It's said that they also don't rehearse, which is pretty mind-blowing after listening to the tight jams on this album.)
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/02/flavor-of-week-7.html


Faithless
www.myspace.com/faithless
www.faithless.co.uk
( ;D --> Faithless is "unique among dance acts in excelling at both high-octane club tracks and fully-rounded, satisfying eclectic albums," according to Q magazine. The London-based trio has sold more than three million albums—including Reverence, Sunday 8pm, and Outrospective—and four million singles worldwide with hits such as "Salva Mea," "Insomnia," "God Is a Deejay," and "We Come 1.")
The Dance
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( ;D --> 2010 release from the iconic British Electronic act. The Dance sees Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo reach the bar that their back-cat sets so high, and Maxi reckons it's 'chock-a-block with dance tunes which we hope will be the soundtrack to many Saturday nights for a while to come.)
Not Going Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqmtqbNuqG4  

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Flavor of the week #33

Schwefelgelb
www.myspace.com/schwefelgelb
www.schwefelgelb.de
( ;D --> "Two handsome german boys" making in-your-face electro that's as much punk as it is pop. Call it the neu neue deutsche Welle. Melodys drill themselves inside the head, beats forge ahead as piercing vocals meet lovingly produced, minimalistic musical details. Though definitly influenced by 80's New Wave, NDW and Punk, SCHWEFELGELB transfer these old cliches into something very new via some razor-sharp progressive sounds)
Das Ende vom Kreis Release: 29.10.2010
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Alt und Neu
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Ich Hab Dich Gesehen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dk11mmcuX4&feature=related


Adolf Diguer
www.myspace.com/adolfdiguer
( ;D --> Initially influenced by groups like Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, O.M.D, Front 242 … etc. His interest for the music of that epoch was leading him to realizing mixed tapes. Evolving the Electro and the Minimal influenced by Djs and such producers as Richie Hawtin, Michael Mayer, Miss Kittin, Dj Hell etc .. having like indexes someone of the stamps most important (Minus, Poker Flat, Bpitch, Get Physical ..). These styles allow him to realize meetings more electronic and to explore all his slopes, which they can include from Electro House, Minimal and up to the most pure Electro.)
Acoustic Drug
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Hocico
www.hocico.com
www.myspace.com/hocico
Dog Eat Dog
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( ;D --> A massive appetizer for the upcoming album “Tiempos De Furia!” Hocico will be touring in autumn!)
Blasphemies In The Unholy Land
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Disidencia Inquebrantable
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Dog eat dog
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKPrxgROYE
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/03/flavor-of-week-12.html


Vavinchi
www.myspace.com/vavinchi
( ;D --> Vladimir Vavilov started music carreer as a composer and sound producer and launched intrinsic projects "HOBOS" in Moscow presented like a symbiose between progressive techno house and electro tendencies.Vladimir is curently creating and advancing the new solo project "VAVINCHI DEEP HOUSE Trance.)
ROOFTOP 07.02.10 vavinchi DJ SET
http://soundcloud.com/vavinchi
Astronaut
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Naïve Custo
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Mick Chillage
www.myspace.com/mickchillage  
( ;D --> Mick Chillage is one half of Dublin based radio DJ's The Chillage Idiots who have been playing a wide range of music within the spectrum of electronica on Dublins XFM..Mick has been producing music since late 1996. His Influences are wide ranging from John Barry to Kraftwerk to Eno to Larry Heard & beyond so his productions cover a variety of genres, techno,house,electro, IDM, ambient, dub, minimal etc, sometimes fusing all these styles in to one track.)
Vaporized

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Tales from the Igloo
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Flavor of the week #32

Gregor Tresher
www.myspace.com/gregortresher
www.gregor-tresher.de
( ;D --> In the field of electronic music, Gregor Tresher is by no means a debutant. For more than ten years the thirty-four-year old DJ and producer from Frankfurt gathered merits modernizing the algorithms of electronic music. It has been his “Still EP“ in 2004 that upgraded him into the Champions League of European Techno producers. After many highlight releases like “Neon“, “Full Range Madness“, “The Wombat“ or “The Now People“ on labels like Intacto, Cocoon, Great Stuff or Rebel One, it was his eagerly-awaited debut album “A Thousand Nights“ that defined the state of the art in electronic dancemusic 2008, with its titletrack beeing the year´s best selling Techno song on Beatport.)
The Life Wire
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A Thousand Nights
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Still
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5OkpOeWvB4&feature=related
Black Rain (Gregor Tresher remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRwUM-pk86c&feature=related
A Thousand Nights (Extrawelt Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnyqQ0e1wvo&feature=related


Hans Zimmer
www.hans-zimmer.com
( ;D --> If you have been to the cinema or watched a DVD in the last 20 years, it's likely you have heard a Hans Zimmer track. Born in Germany in 1957, the keyboard player and writer began his career in the early 1980's electronic bands Ultravox and The Buggles, and with an Italian new wave band Krisma. His real fame came from his film scores; his first big success was in 1988 with the music for the film Rain Man, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Since then the multi award-winning producer has an extensive list of credits that include The Lion King, Gladiator and The Da Vinci Code. As a tribute to his versatility, his most recent success is the "Spider Pig" tune from The Simpsons Movie.)
Inception [Soundtrack]
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Inception: Building the Dream (Time)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGfR44GxlCY&feature=player_embedded


Polarkreis 18
www.myspace.com/polarkreis18
www.polarkreis18.de
( ;D --> Polarkreis 18 is a German pop band from Dresden, Saxony. The bandmembers met at school where they formed the band Jack of all Trades in 1998. In 2004 they renamed their band Polarkreis 18. The musical style of the band can be described as pop, synthpop and indietronic. Their albums include: Polarkreis 18 and more recently The Colour Of Snow with the single "Allein Allein" (Alone Alone) which scored number one on the German Media Control Top100 Singles from 31 October 2008 to 4 December 2008.)
Colour of Snow
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Artesia

www.myspace.com/artesia1983
www.artesia-music.com
( ;D --> With ethereal female choirs and a celtic violonist, Artesia invent a fairyesque and dark atmosphere close to The Lords of the ring's original soundtrack. Artesia invites us in this land of mysteries & legends from the West of France.)
Llydaw
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Chants d'automne
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Hilvern
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Artesia - Invitation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3fPvK5WMaw&NR=1


Dark Matter :: Multiverse
www.multiverse-music.com
( ;D --> Multiverse Music have pulled together several of the best labels in dubstep and techno. The labels include Tectonic, Earwax, Caravan, Build and Kapsize, along with other currently dormant labels (Subtext, Vertical Sound etc) and between them they've helped define the sound of Bristol's bass music culture over the years. Multiverse Music have released a compilation to tie everything in together, it's called Dark Matter, which steers us from the early days of dubstep, with classics from Pinch, Skream and Loefah, to now, with the likes of Joker, 2562, Emptyset, Baobinga and even me (hello).)
You can have a quick preview here:
Dark Matter :: Multiverse 2004-2009
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http://soundcloud.com/multiverse/sets/multiverse-darkmatter

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