Flavor of the Week #1

Vitalic
www.myspace.com/vitalicofficial
www.vitalic.org/
www.facebook.com/vitalicofficial
http://soundcloud.com/vitalicofficial
( ;D --> Vitalic is the alter ego of Pascal Arbez, a French programmer/multi-instrumentalist who blends electro, techno, and house -- as well as elements of classical, rock, Italo-disco, and '70s electronic music -- into a sound that recalls the work of fellow countrymen Daft Punk and Air, but has its own hard-edged playfulness. Arbez played trombone as a child and young adult, but became fascinated with dance music when he heard Daft Punk in the mid-'90s. Inspired by them as well as Giorgio Moroder, Arbez switched to analog synths and began writing and recording as Dima.)
Kaspar Hauser soundtrack theme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tq1ol94usA&feature=related
http://soundcloud.com/vitalicofficial/kasparhouser-preview
La Leggenda di Kaspar Hauser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqkl06CfKD4
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/08/flavor-of-week-35.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2006/11/flavor-of-week-47.html


CRIM3S (Previously named "STORY OF ISAAC.)
www.crim3s.co.uk
http://soundcloud.com/crim3s
( ;D --> CRIM3S began as a solo project, but founder Sloww Ddeath has now been joined by lead singer Sadie, and the band has evolved into a heavier darker sound, reflecting the experiences the darker side of london has forced on them. Born out of a love for the london squatt rave scene and an obsession for crystal castles and salem gigs, the sound combines elements of dragged trance, dustup and lo-fi punk.)
"Fade" by CRIM3S
http://vimeo.com/33017429
http://www.crim3s.co.uk/#!__release
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/07/flavor-of-week-30.html


Mind.in.a.box
www.mindinabox.com  
www.myspace.com/mindinabox  
( ;D --> In the world of mind.in.a.box, minds are imprisoned and usually unaware of their confinement. it is a metaphor for everything that prevents our minds from truly being free, from the shackles of everyday life to the fundamental feeling of aloneness a world increasingly exhibiting self-centered behavior provokes in many of us. The songs of mind.in.a.box are stories from this world, building on the metaphor of imprisoned minds and the fact of our fundamental aloneness in the world.)
Revelations
( ;D --> The fifth mind.in.a.box album will be called "Revelations".
"Revelations" will be released in Europe on January 20, 2012 by the new label Dreamweb Music and in North America on 24th January by Metropolis Records.
Pre-sale has started.)
http://www.dreamwebmusic.com/index.php/releases/23-mindinabox-revelations
Revelations Teaser
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_u4JcjTmSA
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/flavor-of-week-20.html  
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/flavor-of-week-38.html   
And (the mind.in.a.box sideproject THYX):
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/10/flavor-of-week-43.html


Asura
www.asura-music.com
www.myspace.com/asuramusic
( ;D --> Since 1996, the project ASURA has polished a personal electronic universe sound, between trance psychedelic, Ambient and World music.
Made by many influences, their music does not remain about it less one personal and considered creation, centered on the perpetual search of infinite spaces and multiple origins. Monotonous melancholic lyrics, symphonic waves, fast and slow rythms, heavy or throbbing, liturgical songs, ASURA introduces a certain solemn vision of the world. Built around electronic machines and acoustic instruments, their music is a curiosity.)
Oxygene
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An Talamh
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUU0CtPKqqU&feature=related


Kate Bush
www.katebush.com
( ;D --> Kate Bush (born Catherine Bush on 30 July 1958 in Bexleyheath, Kent, now part of Greater London) is an English singer-songwriter known for her expressive three-octave voice, idiosyncratic and literary lyrics, and eclectic and meticulous musical and production style. She debuted in 1978 with the surprise hit “Wuthering Heights”, which was number one in the British music charts for four weeks. Even from her earliest works, featuring piano as a primary instrument, Bush wove together many diverse influences, melding classical music, rock, and a wide range of ethnic and folk sources, producing a unique amalgam which has continued throughout her career. Later recordings have moved farther from a rock base, however, notably with the release of The Dreaming in 1982, where she experimented heavily with the then-new technology of sampling.)
50 Words For Snow
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( ;D --> After more than 30 years of writing and recording music unlike anything anyone else produces, Kate Bush, a serious artist disguised as an almost accidental pop star, is as well-known for her musical eccentricities as for her imaginative lyrics, stunning vocals, and lush aural landscapes, and there is no doubt that "50 Words for Snow" could only have been conceived and created by Kate Bush. From the first moments of its quiet opening piano chords and choir-boy vocal performed by her son, Bertie, she takes us on a journey deep into the heart of Winter in a series of seven songs, each of which revels in the contemplative and introspective, rather as if we're sitting with her by a fire while she sits at her piano musing on the nature of love, life, language, and the album's central theme, snow.)
Hounds of Love
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The Kick inside
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Over and Out

Flavor of the Week #52

Woodkid (Yoann Lemoine)
www.yoannlemoine.com/woodkid
( ;D --> Yoann Lemoine (born 1983) is a French music video director, film director, and musician. His most notable works include Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", Taylor Swift's single "Back to December" and Mystery Jets' "Dreaming of Another World". His AIDS Awareness campaign Graffiti has received many prizes and has been viewed more than 10 million times on YouTube.[3] Between 2009 and 2010, he received 5 Lions for his films at the Cannes Lions Advertising festival. Lemoine's films are produced by Hype Williams and David LaChapelle's American production company HSI. Lemoine has gone on to create music, and is an alternative indie artist, going by the stage name Woodkid. On March 28, 2011, Woodkid released his first EP Iron EP. For the music video for the single "Iron", he collaborated with English top model Agyness Deyn. The song was featured in a trailer for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Revelations. On October 15th 2011, during his first world tour as Woodkid, he sang on stage with Lana Del Rey in New York City and created the video for her song "Born to Die".)
Iron EP
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http://soundcloud.com/sirios-hack/woodkid-baltimore-s-fireflies
Iron
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSkb0kDacjs


Tenek
www.myspace.com/tenekuk  
( ;D --> tenek is the latest project from Geoff Pinckney (The Nine/Mesh) and Pete Steer. The sound features shades of classic electronica fused with a contemporary twist.)
EP2
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/10/flavor-of-week-43.html


Dernière Volonté
www.myspace.com/dernirevolont  
http://audela.du.silence.free.fr   
( ;D --> Dernière Volonté (Last Will, in English) is the name under which French musician Geoffroy D writes martial music, neoclassical music, dark ambient and military pop based on atmosphere, rhythm, and historical samples. Dernière Volonté is controversial for its considerable use of fascist imagery, style, and voice samples, and of themes from European fascism and the Second World war.)
DERNIERE VOLONTE - Ne Te Retourne Pas
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Immortel
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L'Ombre Des Reverberes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb3psy44328&
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html


Biometrix
www.facebook.com/Biometrix
http://soundcloud.com/biometrix
( ;D --> From way back in the ancient age of 2008, Jamie Beard (AKA Biometrix) has flourished extensively in his musical voyage as a producer. Having been a saxophonist from the age of 10, and a vocalist from the age of 5, it was no surprise production immediately became his new addiction. Beginning with a more experimental approach as he found his feet in the game, his production styles varied greatly, taking inspiration from legends such as Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, Jack Beats, and The Prodigy, to name just a few, but it was not until late 2009 when he began touching upon what we know as 'Dubstep'.
Originally producing under the alias 'Dee Jay Mee', his library of work was at this point a gigantic cocktail of genres, but the bass-heavy rhythms and percussive thumping evolving from the dubstep genre quickly became his favourite style.)
Genetic Identification
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Schizophrenia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKcdRneU8s&feature=related
Now That You've Gone
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsIBvzv_Eck


Pan Sonic
www.phinnweb.org/panasonic
www.myspace.com/electronicsquelches
( ;D --> Pan Sonic (originally called Panasonic) was a Finnish experimental electronic music duo consisting of Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen.Pan Sonic cite their main influences from the early 1980s, with industrial acts like Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Suicide to reggae, hip-hop and dub. The late outsider rockabilly artist Hasil Adkins is also cited, as well as country music star Johnny Cash. Vainio often remarks that their music is a merger of these two schools of music, taking the harsh and pure sounds typical of industrial techno and spacing them out into longer, subdued soundscapes familiar to instrumental reggae and dub.Some of their equipment is made by third "extra" member Jari Lehtinen. These and other custom made instruments are responsible for creating the sounds typical to Pan Sonic's music. They also use samplers and an MPC2000 sequencer. Pan Sonic are great fans of experimentation and art performances and have done exhibitions and sound installations in museums.)
Gravitoni
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Koilinen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o97Al8KM9JQ&feature=related
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/flavor-of-week-29.html

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Flavor of the Week #51

Holyother
www.myspace.com/holyother
( ;D --> Taking the alien kinetics of UK garage, the euphoric highs of vocal house and the slow, sensuality of R&B, Holy Other has created a sound that’s as melancholy as it is beautiful, spectral and yet slightly at unease with itself. Playing the five songs that make up his debut EP ‘With U’ feels like a slow, solitary walk into the city night, lights flashing around you, muted when once they seemed to shine more brightly.)
With U
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Touch
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXLmWqKMQIg&feature=related


Ital Tek
www.myspace.com/italtekmusic
( ;D --> Ital Tek is 23 year old Alan Myson from Brighton. Since bursting onto the Dubstep scene in 2007 with his Blood Line EP (Planet Mu Records) he has gone on to enjoy success with constant international touring, and has garnered a legion of fans. Alan has carved his own niche with references to 90’s Electronica, Hip Hop and Techno blended masterfully to create his own style of hard hitting and melodic bass music.)
Midnight Colour
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Black & White
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfZFiTUtNyk&feature=related


Encephalon
http://encephalon.ca
www.myspace.com/encephalon
http://soundcloud.com/encephalon
( ;D --> Ottawa's Encephalon unite an accessible and club-friendly sound with the outrageously dynamic vocals of bandleader Matt Gifford. Elements of the classic Canadian electro-industrial sound are woven together with futurepop melodies in a way you've never quite heard before.)
The Transhuman Condition
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Oval
www.myspace.com/markuspopp
www.last.fm/music/Oval
( ;D --> Ever since his groundbreaking early album releases, Markus Popp aka “Oval” continues to be one of *the* prolific / influential forces in contemporary electronic music, a true visionary of digital audio. Popp’s now legendary early album releases sent shockwaves though the electronic music landscape and laid the foundations for an entire new class of digital sound & production aesthetics. With an undeniable instinct for the pleasantly irritating, the drastic and the dreamy, Popp pioneered “glitch” and “clicks & cuts” – and continues to inspire and provoke a new generation of musicians to this day. Oval's new music is functionally much closer to his older music than to anything else, if a bit more skeletal-- nicely harmonized blips and smears of abstracted noise (with some relationship to plucked-string timbres a lot of the time), rhythms that sometimes splatter freely and sometimes snap to a regular pulse. It's lovely, it's pleasantly unsettling, and there's a hell of a lot of it.)
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Ah!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0MWfJE3ejI&feature=related


Murcof
www.murcof.com
www.myspace.com/murcof
( ;D --> Murcof is the performing and recording name of Mexican electronica artist Fernando Corona. Corona was born in 1970 in Tijuana, Mexico and raised in Ensenada. He was for a time a member of the Tijuana-based Nortec Collective of electronic musicians under the Terrestre project name. In 2000 he returned to Tijuana, but has since relocated to Barcelona, Spain.angre iluminada. Murcof's music is sparse, minimalist, electronica. Although founded on abstract, glitchy, sometimes complex electronic percussion, Corona's recordings are more melodic and traditionally structured than many contemporary electronic musicians. Many recordings feature orchestral strings sampled from recordings of works by modern composers such as Arvo Pärt.)
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Amor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EFXWhOXf2c&feature=related
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #50

Nero
www.thisisnero.com/welcome-reality-out-now
www.myspace.com/nerouk
( ;D --> Featuring producers Dan Stephens and Joe Ray along with vocalist Alana Watson, London’s Nero were born a straight drum’n’bass act, but they steadily evolved into a more layered affair, mixing dubstep beats with classic house music melodies and vocals.)
Welcome Reality
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Fugue State
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtpNAxldqzw


IN:TERLAKEN
http://soundcloud.com/1nterlaken
http://elbo.ws/artist/interlaken/
www.facebook.com/pages/Interlaken/194009917348586
( ;D --> Experimental, Musique concrète, Downtempo, Ambient from Switzerland.)
Genghis
http://soundcloud.com/1nterlaken/genghis
Tone of mind
http://soundcloud.com/1nterlaken/tone-of-mind-interlaken


Martial Canterel
www.myspace.com/martialcanterel   
www.mcanterel.net
( ;D --> Martial Canterel is definitely one of the most talented artist in electronic underground music of our time. Each and every single song of him is just gripping. The music stands in the tradition of the past, but is characterized by a super-intense signature sound which is full of melancholy. The mysterious lyrics and the brilliant voice that seems to be absent and emotional at the same time add to the sinister mood of the tracks.
If you are only a little bit into Minimal Wave or Synthpop, you can't ignore Martial Canterel. And if you don't, this could be your entrance ticket into this musical territory!)   
You Today
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/08/flavor-of-week-33.html


Tobias Bernstrup
www.bernstrup.com
( ;D --> Tobias Bernstrup who works both as a visual artist and musician has been active for more than a decade and positioned him self as one of the leading re-inventors of Italo Disco with his unique mix of Italo, New Wave and Gothic Noir. He has created his own unmistakable stage persona wearing androgynous outfits of shiny latex and heavy make-up.)
Sing My Body Electric
http://soundcloud.com/other-voices-records/tobias-bernstrup-sing-my-body
www.othervoicesrecords.com/pages/vox11.html
Martial Canterel + Tobias Bernstrup - Strange Land
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Martial Canterel + Tobias Bernstrup - Strange Land
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbrcgUPRpVg&feature=related


Makina
www.myspace.com/projectmakina
( ;D --> [mkn], also known as [makina] is an Audio Producer who has transcended Music Genres to create an international '[mkn]' effect. While punishing the dance-floors all over the World with his heavy breaks and massive beats; Revengeful, yet unforgiving Ethnic-heritage, machine is the power behind the sets of thousands of Audio Engineers from Japan to Alaska.)
Lambaste Album teaser
http://soundcloud.com/crl-studios/makina-lambaste-album-teaser

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Flavor of the Week #49

Xeno & Oaklander
http://xenoandoaklander.com
www.myspace.com/xenoandoaklander
( ;D --> Xeno and Oaklander are based in Brooklyn, NY. They began writing music in 2004. Miss Liz Wendelbo is French / Norwegian and Sean McBride is from Maryland. They record their songs live in their studio and play analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively. They have toured Europe and the West Coast extensively, and they have played on the East Coast in music venues, lofts and festivals, and have also performed at SF Moma, PS1 Warm Up, Miami Art Basel, the Zürich Kunsthalle and the New Museum in New York.)
Sets & Lights
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Sets & Lights - Single
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http://soundcloud.com/artrockertv/xeno-and-oaklander-sets-lights
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0dzZ18Ji_Y&feature=related


vProjekt
www.myspace.com/vprojekt
( ;D --> Hailing from the rainforests of the East Coast, vProjekt is a dark electronic soundscape worlds away from the beat-driven majority of modern industrial releases, originally brought to our attention by Jay Ruin of CEDIGEST with the prophetic description “So much more than EBM”.vProjekt’s standout sonic signature already caught the ear of no less a scene-figurehead than Johan van Roy of SUICIDE COMMANDO - who not only included the track “Warlord” on his latest “World Wide Electronics 2” sampler, but also agreed to contribute guest vocals to the bonus track “Swarms And Hives”.)
Exhilarate & Disgust
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A Beautiful Reprise
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Kisses Between The Eyes
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Swarms And Hives (feat. Johan van Roy)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDw42TtihdQ


Gary Numan
www.myspace.com/garynuman/music
www.numan.co.uk
( ;D --> One of the founding fathers of synth pop, Gary Numan’s influence extends far beyond his lone American hit, “Cars,” which still stands as one of the defining new wave singles. That seminal track helped usher in the synthpop era on both sides of the Atlantic, especially his native England, where he was a genuine pop star and consistent hitmaker during the early ’80s. Even after new wave had petered out, Numan’s impact continued to make itself felt; his dark, paranoid vision, theatrically icy alien persona, and clinical, robotic sound were echoed strongly in the work of many goth rock and (especially) industrial artists to come.)
Big Noise Transmission (6th of December)
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Replicas (Tubeway Army)
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Gary Numan - 'The Fall' Official Promo Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGiuajhBv7s
 
Vcmg (Vince Clarke & Martin L. Gore.)
http://mute.com/vcmg
( ;D --> After 30 years working on their respective ongoing music projects, Vince Clarke (Erasure / Yazoo / Depeche Mode) and Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) come together for the first time since 1981 as VCMG to release a brand new album preceded by a series of EPs. VCMG is the fruit of initially tentative discussion and subsequent enthused collaboration where Vince and Martin, both influential as pioneers in electronic music, get to exercise their lifelong love of the genre as the techno inspired VCMG.)
ep1-spock
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"Spock" (Edit Select Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOuc7l4tR7w


Kangding Ray
www.kangdingray.com
( ;D --> Kangding Ray is David Letellier Born 1978 in France, lives and works in Berlin.Studied and graduated in architecture in Rennes and Berlin, works in different fields: music, architecture, performances, installations. Evolved as a guitarist and drummer in bands whose influences ranged from noise-rock, to jazz, before buying an akai sampler and moving on to electronic music. Kangding ray's music reflects his wide musical background, and a particular way of merging beats and textured soundscapes into slowly evolving compositions. KR combines machines with « real instruments » in a subtle and rythmic suite, integrating noises, walls of distortion, massive bass lines, voices and field recordings. The result is a blend of deep advanced grooves and dark atmospheres, that one could describe as « abstract bass music »)
OR
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( ;D --> Enhanced and incredibly produced bass music from the Raster Noton camp courtesy of Kangding Ray, reinforced with stunning remixes from Alva Noto and Ben Frost. With 'Pruitt Igoe' Kangding Ray augments his sound to Raster's current avant-techno agenda, logging onto the 'floor with the burly swing of 'Rise' and 'Fall', both echoing Dubstep's move into slower tempos and elevated groove technology like some uncompromising Teutonic cousin to Pinch's 'Croydon House' sound or a steel-plated Shackleton rhythm trip.)
OR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w84PKh8DyOU  

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #48

Burial
www.myspace.com/burialuk
( ;D --> Burial is an electronic musician from South London. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim. The Wire magazine named it their album of the year and it came fifth in the Mixmag 2006 Album of the Year list. On Friday, September 28th 2007, a new Burial album was announced, and Untrue was released 6 weeks later on November 5th. Although both albums have been met with much critical acclaim, Burial remained anonymous until August 2008, stating in a past interview that “only five people know I make tunes”. In February 2008, The Independent reported that Burial was an alumnus of south London’s Elliott School named William Bevan (another alumnus, Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, said in 2006 that Burial was in the year above him). The school’s alumni also include Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet, with whom Bevan has collaborated.)
Street Halo
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( ;D --> 'Street Halo' is the first solo Burial 12" in four years. It's a peach. A-side 'Street Halo' is a yearning 4/4 roller tucked with all the hallmarks of his finest and usefully cut at 45rpm in case you want some slopped and screwed fun. Flipside, we find the slowdown soul-tugger 'NYC' featuring a more prominent vocal in the style of his songs from 'Untrue', but best of all is 'Stolen Dog', hankering after a twoc'ed mutt through a beautiful, Roedelius-like lead refrain, barely-there rhythms and swarming spectral shapes. Worth the wait? Indeed.)
Stolen Dog
http://open.spotify.com/track/0TQnoT0Cpoz86gK6nmBcSR
Stolen Dog (Ollie Macfarlane Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpee7Jkiu10
http://soundcloud.com/olliemacfarlane/burial-stolen-dog-ollie
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/02/flavor-of-week-10.html


L'Âme Immortelle
www.myspace.com/lameimmortelle
www.lai-music.com
( ;D -->  L’âme Immortelle (French: the immortal soul) is an Austrian band that produces darkwave, and more recently also industrial metal. Many of L’âme Immortelle’s songs feature melancholy or lovelorn lyrics in German or English, and juxtaposed harsh male and emotional female vocals. Current work has moved away from the band’s electronic roots into the neue deutsche härte (New German hardness) genre. L’âme Immortelle was formed in 1996 in Vienna, Austria by friends Thomas Rainer (Nachtmahr) and Hannes Medwenitsch.)
Momente (Release: 2012-01-27)
www.infrarot.de/lame-immortelle/momente-special-edition/2010318
10 Jahre: Best of
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Se also:
Thomas Rainer/Nachtmahr
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/09/flavor-of-week-40.html


Chris Connelly
http://chrisconnelly.com/
www.facebook.com/ChrisConnellyOfficial
( ;D --> Chris Connelly is a Scottish musician who became famous for his industrial music work of the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly his involvement with the Revolting Cocks, Ministry, The Damage Manual and Murder Inc. He has since established himself as a talented alternative singer/songwriter. His vocal style is often compared to that of Scott Walker and David Bowie. In 2008, Connelly published a memoir of his early years in the music industry, Concrete, Bulletproof, Invisible, and Fried: My Life As A Revolting Cock (ISBN 0946719950). It describes his professional debut in Finitribe; meeting Al Jourgensen in London; his involvement with the Cocks, Ministry, PTP, Acid Horse, Killing Joke, and Pigface; and the development of his solo career.)
Artificial Madness
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Dead Red Velvet
www.deadredvelvet.com
( ;D --> Dark electronic, industrial, EBM, gothic rock, classical, cabaret and art song... all are vibrant influences on this new album by Dead Red Velvet. Toronto-based composer Karl Mohr rebrands his goth machine and unrolls the moniker Dead Red Velvet for the release of this latex-slick masterwork, "Full Moon Film". With vast, towering electronic arrangements, the album production has been underway for five years, resulting Mohr's most tooled soundscape to date. It boasts the solid quality of a 'best of' album, highlighting Mohr at his best: inviting dark atmospheres, monstrous guitar and synth grooves, relentless dance tracks, clever sound design, intelligent lyrics rich in mystery, and his trademark vocal style.)
Full Moon Film
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Tame Impala
www.myspace.com/tameimpala
www.tameimpala.com  
( ;D --> Tame Impala are a psychedelic rock band from Perth, Australia. They are signed to Modular Records. The band came to prominence in 2010 with the release of their first debut album, Innerspeaker. Their name refers to the impala, a medium sized antelope. They like to see themselves as "a steady flowing psychedelic groove rock band that emphasizes dream-like melody.)
Inner Speaker
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Alter Ego
http://soundcloud.com/tame-impala/alter-ego


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #47

Haujobb
www.myspace.com/haujobbmusic    
http://haujobb-music.com  
( ;D --> Haujobb are part of the newest wave of electronic dance acts to come storming out of Europe. Along with such other notables as :wumpscut: and VNV Nation, Haujobb are bringing, if possible, an even newer surge of adrenaline to a genre that already seems expanding to burst. Their style a synthesis of industrial electronics and dance music, Haujobb formed in Germany in 1993 around the trio of Dejan Samardzic, Daniel Meier with B. Junemann.)
New World March
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/flavor-of-week-24.html  
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/01/kode9-www.html  


Psy'aviah
www.myspace.com/psyaviah  
www.facebook.com/psyaviah
www.psyaviah.com
( ;D --> Psy’Aviah is an open-minded electronic music project that focuses on blending several genres and influences into their own eclectric sound. The band consists of vocalist Emélie Nicolaï, guitarist Kristof De Clerck and producer / composer Yves Schelpe. Experimentation is one of the main philosophies of Psy’Aviah. This is portrayed in both incorporating different genres into their own sound and the different collaborations they have done over the years: from poetry with Suzi Q. Smith and Jean-Luc De Meyer (Front 242), to EBM power-pop with Jennifer Parkin (Ayria), even to Enya-esque reminders with Kristell Lowagie… Due to this experimentation in both music and lyrics, the band fits well on different stages, catering both gothic and electronic festival, as well as the more experimental shows.)
PSY'AVIAH - 'Introspection / Extrospection'
www.alfa-matrix.com/shop_comments.php?id=2070_0_8_0_C
Ok (Matrix Downloaded 001)
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/11/flavor-of-week-46.html


Pitch Black
www.pitchblack.co.nz
( ;D --> Pitch Black are award winning multimedia artist Michael Hodgson and Salmonella Dub producer Paddy Free. Having pumped their way through New Zealand�s electronic music scene since their inaugural performance at the annual Gathering New Year's eve festival in 1997, they have spent the last twelve years rousing dance floor punters, generating rave reviews, winning awards and gaining thousands of fans across the world. Hard to box into a single audio 'genre', Pitch Black is a combination of musical journeys. Their sound is distinctive; ranging from organic ambient beginnings and layered soundscapes to skanking keyboards, cutting acid riffs and thumping rhythmic grooves, with dub being the glue that holds their sound together. One critic has described them as like "Orbital meets King Tubby, or Rhythm and Sound in Technicolor".)
Remixes & Rarities
http://pitchblack.bandcamp.com/
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Pitch Black - Transient Transmission
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr-SCLineC0&feature=player_embedded


Zentriert Ins Antlitz
www.myspace.com/zentriertinsantlitz
www.zentriertinsantlitz.de
( ;D --> Underground electronic music legends Zentriert ins Antlitz releasing their signature sound by injecting infectious beatwork into lush atmospheric soundscapes to create a poignant blend of dark electronica and industrial-tinged ambient aesthetics.)
Tearswitcher (first quarter 2012)
previews
www.myspace.com/zentriertinsantlitz
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http://tympanikaudio.com/releases/ta017/


Straftanz
http://straftanz.de
( ;D --> Obscure germanic industrial streetfight moshpit rave project from the deeper west of Germany. Straftanz described its musical style as "Industrial-Streetfighting-Dance". In fact, the sound of Straftanz is best described as a mixture of EBM, futurepop, trance, rave, metal, and rhythm noise elements that are tied together with a present dance groove.)
Mainstream Sellout Overground
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Flavor of the Week #46

Extrawelt
www.myspace.com/extrawelt
( ;D --> The future of powerful, breathtaking electronic music by Extrawelt (Arne Schaffhausen & Wayan Raabe). Their sound incorporates minimal, progressive and techno, aimed squarely at blowing holes in sound systems. With more than 10 Original Productions and dozens of remixes, Extrawelts’ tank-like driving bass lines, powerful drum beats and blend of menacing, droning, echoing synths are impressing everyone from your 8 year old sister to some of the most prolific DJs in the world including Sasha, John Digweed, James Holden and Sven Vath. Early on Extrawelt’s productions quickly caught the ear of James Holden, who signed their first track to his own Border Community Label. James gave the track a working title “soopertrack” which stuck, and soon became a manifesto for their music, producing and releasing dance floor bomb after bomb, through labels including the Iconic Cocoon label, Traum, Great Stuff and Giant Wheel.)
In Aufruhr
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In Aufruhr *Albumpreview*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fj5uYIxXvQQ
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/09/flavor-of-week-36.html

Dismantled
www.myspace.com/dismantled
www.dismantled.org
( ;D --> Dismantled is the sole product of Gary Zon whose unique blend of progressive electro-pop rock has crossed boundaries, meshing everything from the pop of Paula Abdul to the grind of Nine Inch Nails into a sonic attack like no other.)
The War Inside Me
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http://disease.dismantled.org/
Dystopia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfga7XJ38Q
Human
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZuXLS2dXPo
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/flavor-of-week-37.html


Loscil
www.myspace.com/loscil  
http://loscil.ca
( ;D --> Loscil is the electronic/ambient music project of Scott Morgan, from Vancouver, BC. The name Loscil is taken from the "looping oscillator" function (loscil) in Csound. Scott Morgan is also the drummer for the Vancouver indie band Destroyer.)
Coast/ Range/ Arc
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Sickba
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Iz6N1wVjK8
Endless Falls
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyez8QxweSc


Brodinski
www.myspace.com/brodinskimusic
http://smokemashine.blogspot.com
( ;D --> "Brodinski is the most exciting dj and producer to explode onto the scene in recent years. Yes, he may hail from France (Reims, Lille) but he is quite unlike any of his Parisian peers. His taste in music is broad and this is reflected in his own productions and dj sets which may encompass noisy techno, bass heavy house through to more melodic minimal.)
FABRICLIVE 60: Brodinski
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Bromance #1
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Freakangel
www.freakangel.org
www.myspace.com/freakangelmusic
( ;D --> Freakangel was born in the very end of 2009. Musicly it's possible to describe them as " alternative electro core". Their debut album " The Faults Of Humanity" was relesed in 2010 via Alfa Matrix and Deathwatch Asia.)
My Darling Bullet
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The Faults of Humanity
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Lost Signal/Detroit Diesel (Freakangel Remix)
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DVD Teaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jntz_aCei68&feature=player_embedded#!

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Flavor of the Week #45

Aiboforcen
www.myspace.com/aiboforcenmusic
www.facebook.com/Aiboforcen
( ;D --> After the release of two CD albums ("Elixir Lytique" & "Face (of) Death"), Belgium's Aiboforcen disappeared from the scene to work on various projects. This break allowed them to strike back with a more mature and better mastered type of sound on the "Sons Palliatifs" album which closed their trilogy around the "near death experience" theme, but especially confirm their open-minded song-writing attitude as well as the complexity of their music arrangements. Released in June 2004, their 4th album “Kafarnaüm” offers a complex and modern mixture of eclectic electronic styles ranging from harsh EBM to crunching power industrial through dark trip hop with a certain future pop touch and their trademark combination of harsh male growls and sensual female vocals. Extremely rich in diversity (including an astounding plethora of guest vocalists), this surrealistic album impressively holds a cohesive red line centered on Benoît Blanchart's uniquely intricate song-writing skills, attitude and vicious sampling manipulations, channeled by the recurring lyrical theme of mental and physical chaos.)
Dédale
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Kafarnaüm
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Time & Space
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPyIZZAA3FA


Olivia Louvel
www.olivialouvel.com
( ;D --> Olivia Louvel is a French born, England based composer, producer and performer, crafting electronic songs from laptop and voice.)
Doll Divider
http://olivialouvel.bandcamp.com/album/doll-divider
Luna parc hotel
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Doll Maker"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpL69lXRLjA


Lamb
www.myspace.com/lambofficial
www.lambofficial.com
www.youtube.com/user/lambofficial
( ;D --> Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes. They achieved commercial success with two hit singles "Górecki" and "Gabriel".)
5
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Strong the Root
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7ErXdpdq0
Wise Enough
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHV5o8bqK3w&feature=related


Sundial Aeon
www.myspace.com/sundialaeon
www.sundial.pl
( ;D --> In 2005 Sundial was formed in Poland by the creative ideas of Aural Planet artists Radoslaw Kochman (Raiden), Daniel Lulkowski (hoyden space) and two other musicians, Jaroslaw Jacek (Giku) and Patryk Gegniewicz (revisq) from the electronic act Itoa. In the autumn of 2006 Vladislav Isaev (Scann-Tec) joined Sundial as a full time musician and band DJ. Sundial Aeon music is already used in many projects like games, multimedia presentations, websites, tv and radio jingles.)
Sundial tracks have been released on acclaimed Iboga Recs sub label Sofa Beats, Chillcode Recs, Ultimae and Yellow Sunshine Explosion. In June 2006 Sundial released their debut album Metabasis (Chilling Cuts Part 2) on Flow Recs. In January 2007 Sundial changed their name to Sundial Aeon and the result of new work is the album Apotheosis.)
Mimesis
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www.beatspace.com/6606/Impact+Studio+Records/SUNDIAL+AEON/Mimesis/detail.aspx
Apotheosis
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Pleasure Impact
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mm8UO3GAM&feature=related


Sopor Aeternus
www.myspace.com/soporaeternusofficial
www.soporaeternus.de
Children of the corn
www.infrarot.de/sopor-aeternus/children-of-the-corn-cd-set-collectors-edition/2009783
( ;D --> Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows (Latin: "Eternal Sleep"; often referred to as Sopor Aeternus or Sopor) is a darkwave musical project based in Frankfurt founded in 1989 by Anna-Varney Cantodea. Since the project's beginnings, Anna-Varney's music has gained notoriety for being extremely personalized, melancholic and pessimistic, drawing on a number of different musical and visual styles.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2011/06/flavor-of-week-24.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/flavor-of-week-32.html  

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Flavor of the Week #44

Hardfloor
www.myspace.com/hardfloor
www.hardfloor.de
( ;D --> Hardfloor is a German techno duo, consisting of Oliver Bondzio and Ramon Zenker. Their most famous track is "Acperience 1" (titled simply "Acperience" on many compilations). Their distinctive acid house sound is credited to their virtuoso skill at manipulating Roland TB-303 bass synthesisers, they reputedly use up to six of these machines at once.)
Two Guys Three Boxes
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20 - Two Decades Of Hardfloor
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You Know The score(Morphology Remix).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SucePko-8u8

 
God Module
www.myspace.com/godmodule  
( ;D --> After 4 full length CD's, 3 EP's and hundreds of live performances around the world, God Module is still evolving. God Mod founder Jasyn Bangert has brought his childhood dreams to life as musical nightmares. Aided by God Mod members Clint Carney and Courtney Bangert, God Module take all the common Electro - Gothic - Industrial cliches and systematically tear them apart.)
Séance
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/02/flavor-of-week-7.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-26_24.html


IC 434
www.ic434.com  
www.facebook.com/ic434  
( ;D --> Formed in 1994 by Geert de Wilde as one of the first Belgian authentic dark electro bands, IC 434 quickly got signed on Dirk Ivens' revitalized Body Records label. Well known for their strong live act, the band collaborated over the years with a whole list of people such as Nicolas Van Meirhaeghe (Empusae), Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando) and Guy Van Mieghem (as Geert joined Vomito Negro in the early 2000's).)
Anhedonia
www.infacted-recordings.com/2011/10/17/ic-434-das-neue-album-anhedonia/#more-4699
( ;D --> Infacted Recordings announces the release of the 5th album of the Belgian electro project IC 434. The album will be out on December the 9th, 2011. The album is the first since the 2008 album "Bacteriate". With a band name referring to a galactic cloud, the new material deals again with subjects as society criticism, animal abuse, archeological mysteries and astronomical descriptions, linked with very personal experiences Geert de Wilde has had with death and mental pain. Geert: ""Anhedonia" is defined as the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable." The sound of the 12 "Anhedonia" tracks is completely based on the late 80's Korg M1, with only a couple of additional samples. Interesting move you may say.)
Dogondance
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SSRI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1wcljv9iSE


Monolith
www.myspace.com/monolith1
( ;D --> Monolith started as a soloproject in 1997, formed by the Belgian electronic music veteran and producer Eric Van Wonterghem (ex-Klinik and member of Sonar and Insekt). After the first release "Compressed form", an ambient_industrial soundscape, the next albums "Tribal globe” and “Labyrinth" are well recieved in the (independent)music magazines and Monolith starts performing live all over Europe, Canada and the USA, the result is the "Disco buddha" clubhit… Monolith produces a experimental sound which is a mixture from industrial, ambient and ebm sounds created with the latest technologies and mixed with lots of outboard analog gear. Repetitive loops, hypnotising electronic sequences and carrying rhythmics take you into a multi-coloured journey through electro and industrial landscapes while each time incorporating new exotic elements and using vocal samples and guest vocalists when relevant. Elaborated electronic music arrangements which speak to both body and mind! Between modern urban dance and cold minimal electro/industrial. The band also welcomes a new member aboard, namely Eric’s wife Hilde Ivens, yes the sister of Dirk Ivens, who adds live vocals as well as live video-mixing.)
The Inner Core
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Terror Disco
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VSQ6AwaEsw
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/06/flavor-of-week-26.html


Iszoloscope
www.myspace.com/iszoloscope
www.iszoloscope.net
( ;D --> Since 1999, Iszoloscope has been casting the musical conceptualization of isolation and its induced altered states of consciousness into a powerful, ominous, and immersive world of dark, distorted sonic aesthetic that can be called its very own. Seamlessly bending stylistic constraints by creating a fusion of industrial, break-core, rhythmic noise, psy-trance, electro-acoustic and ambient music; this artistic endeavor sets an exceptional standard in hard, hybrid electronic music.)
Beyond within and so on
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Spontaneous Cognitive Combustion (Remixed By Asche)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=efxyjW2DYt0&feature=related
“Once The Inferno”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVPKle3CD2k

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