Flavor of the week #9

oOoOO
www.myspace.com/wkwkwkwkwkwkwkwk 
( ;D --> While the earlier part of this new decade was full of hope, soundtracked by the dreamy, nostalgic feelgood vibes of Memory Tapes, Toro Y Moi and Washed Out; a darker mood has descended on the music scene now, courtesy of the gothic, woozy beats of Salem and the movement they’re calling “witch house” or “drag”. It would seem that with Eyjafjallajökull erupting, the oil slick and fears of “double-dip recession”, we don’t have much to be happy about after all. “Drag” took its name from the syrupy, chopped and screwed hip hop of Houston-based DJ screw – vocals are timestretched to infinity (once memorably described as the sound of “Nick Cave smoking midnight cigarettes in slow motion”) and spooky synths and samples drift in and out of the flickering spotlight creating a Lynchian sense of unease and disquiet. While Salem released their monolithic sounding debut album, “King Night” in the fall, there are a host of other disparate artists lurking in the shadows, putting their own unique slant on this exciting, haunting new noise. Many of the bands from Balam Acab, oOoOO and Creep feature on ice-cool new imprint, Tri Angle, founded by Robin Carolan of the influential freak-noise blog, 20 Jazz Funk Greats. On his eponymous EP, San Francisco-based producer, oOoOO (pronounced “Oh”) takes the distorted, ghostly bones of hip hop and infuses a new sensuality and pop sensibility, reflecting his love of the boundary-pushing end of Top 40 fodder from Nicki Minaj to the sparse robotic funk of Britney Spears’ “Blackout” album. Quite simply, it’s the sound of the apocalypse set to a disco beat.)
Roses / Seaww - Emotion Single
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oOoOO - Seaww
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0zYmPKAP18&feature=related


Spooky
www.myspace.com/thebandspooky
www.spooky.uk.com
http://soundcloud.com/SPOOKY-UK
( ;D --> Spooky is an electronica duo from the uk consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. They debuted with "Gargantuan" after signing to guerilla records, William Orbit's old progressive house label. The album was critically acclaimed, as was the follow-up, "Found Sound" (1996). This was followed by several popular singles, released on Spooky's own generic records.)
The Nebula EP
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Open
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Spooky - Shelter (Slow Phase)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUlHYuuKvSM


Komor Kommando
www.myspace.com/komorkommando
( ;D --> Sebastian R. Komor is a Polish born, Norwegian raised EBM/Industrial musician, best known for his collaborative work in Icon of Coil and Zombie Girl. A prolific artist, Komor has also released electronic music under a variety of solo projects and aliases since the late 1990s. Sebastian does production work as Xenomorph Productions. He produced the album Hearts For Bullets by Ayria in 2008. Komor mastered the Depeche Mode tribute album Alfa Matrix Re:Covered in 2009, which included two covers by Komor Kommando. That same year he also mastered fellow Canadian electro-industrial act iVardensphere's debut album Scatterface. In February 2010 Komor released a collection of over 400 audio samples from his studio, some from his released projects and some unused. A second volume followed in June of that same year.Yet another active side project of Seb's is Komor Kommando, his dark techno/EBM/aggrotech club-oriented DJ alias.
Komor is also a visual artist, and designs the artwork for his own releases.)
Oil, Steel & Rhythm
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Diffuzion
www.myspace.com/diffuzion1313
www.diffuzion.org
( ;D --> Industrial electro from Belarus.)
Body Code
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dbd (while you can).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K_yItKQS6g


Acretongue
www.acretongue.com
( ;D --> Acretongue is about a perception of situations & observations, and the interpretation of those situations and observations in a musical way. It's about atmospheres and textures and depth, about structure and sometimes the lack of structure. It's about asking questions, and though there might not always be an answer, there will always be a search for some kind of understanding. Acretongue is Nico J.)
Septic VIII/ Dragonfly (nymph)
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