Flavor of the week #26

Vladislav Delay
www.myspace.com/vladislavdelaymusic
www.vladislavdelay.com
( ;D --> Vladislav Delay, Uusitalo, Luomo, Conoco, Sistol. Under a raft of different names this Finnish artist (Sasu Ripatti *1976) has experimented with ambient, broken beat, glitch as well as grooves and house music with soulful vocals. In addition he has collaborated with and worked for a wide range of artists ranging from Scissor Sisters and Craig Armstrong to AGF, Black Dice, Massive Attack, Towa Tei and Ryuichi Sakamoto. While his side-projects and remixes are there to flirt with more stable rhythms and dancefloor institutions, his main love as well as his background is in experimenting with different kind of sounds and rhythms; a quest to find some music not heard yet. The soundtrack of Vladislav Delay. His forte is the rhythm, even if so subtle at times. In fact, he may as well be classified as a “percussionist” (actually he is originally a drummer) rather than an electronic musician despite the fact that that is how he mostly generates his sound and music, because it is the beat and its possibilities which lie closest to his heart, which further serves to explain why he has experimented with it from so many different musical angles.)
Latoma
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Vladislav Delay Quartet/Debut
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/05/flavor-of-week-20_15.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/flavor-of-week-30.html


Ryan Davis
www.myspace.com/ryandavissounds 
http://soundcloud.com/ryan-davis
( ;D --> In 1983 Ryan Davis first saw the light of the world. At the age of 9 he started with classical guitar training to the age of 18. During these years he has experienced a fascination with anything that created an analog tone. Aged 21 he began spinning records and became a good Dj but quite soon he realized he had to start writing his own music. The incentive for producing came from the common problem not be able to find the type of music he was seeking. It lacked on that certain something, so Ryan was inspired to express that special in his own music with lot of passion. He greatly enjoyed his professional classical guitar training which was helpful to reveal a sensible understanding for melody and harmony. He tried to explore and invent new possibilities of novel songs and ideas by spending hours in the studio emerging an own innovative style. Ryan Davis is always looking for the unknown and unique. Right now Ryan is on a journey to the wide spaces of the sound world.) 
Light & Shadow
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Fawna
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The Wolve
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Fading Star
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdj6GvTEmNM
The Wolve (Max Cooper Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JC57Iq4HFM 


Andy Stott
www.myspace.com/andystott_modernlove
( ;D -->Taking influence from an array of seemingly incoherent noises, from the indefinable and unforgettable mindtricks of Arthur Russell to the slowhouse of Kassem Mosse, from the alternate VHS realities of James Feraro and Jamal Moss to the Linn Drum classics of the
vintage Prince era. The tracks create their own pace and agenda, largely shying away from the dancefloor in favour of something more complex and hard to define. Following on from the tribal malfunctions of opening intro Signature, New Ground heads into a chasm of layered loops, creating a decimated and re-wired funk template coloured in with frayed percussion and vocal samples. North To South starts off from similar ground but adds a shuffling vibe at a deceptively intoxicated 110 bpm. Intermittent is something altogether different, taking perfectly formed Boogie templates and screwing with them until nothing quite fits, brittle elements floating in and out of time yet somehow keeping it together, before Dark Details delivers the most dancefloor compatible six minute stretch of the set, all clanging stabs and dense percussion, somewhere between Shackleton and Bam Bam.)
Passed me by
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Streamed :)
http://soundcloud.com/modernlove/sets/andy-stott-passed-me-by
Dark Details
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r2AXalsphY


Accessory
www.myspace.com/accessoryweb
( ;D --> The Accessory-project was founded in 1994 by Dirk Steyer. Right after Kay Resch followed his musical inspiration and joined the project. Inspired by Electro-/Techno-Acts of the early nineties. Accessory returns in 2011 to orchestrate another addictive thunderstorm of hard EBM melodies and smashing bass. Delivering the electro scene with one of this year's premier alternative chart attacks, "Underbeat" is the band's sixth full-length release since their 2001 debut album "Jukka2147.de." Influential bands such as Front Line Assembly and Mentallo and the Fixer served as a foundation over the years as frontman Dirk Steyer continued to craft his own unique fusion of dark electronics. Now Accessory is pushing its sounds to new pioneering peaks.)
Underbeat (Deluxe)
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- It Sounds Like
http://zerothdegree.tumblr.com/post/6593975647/accessory-it-sounds-like


Mist
http://soundcloud.com/memorybomb
( ;D --> Chances are, you’ve listened to one of the projects of the men who make up Mist. John Elliott, of Emeralds/Outer Space/Imaginary Softwoods, and Sam Goldberg, of Radio People, have teamed up once again for Mist’s upcoming sophomore album, House. “Twin Lanes” is the opener for the album, and it displays a perfect balance of Elliot’s epic and deep loops alongside Goldberg’s colorful synth lines.)
House
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/408390-mist-john-elliott-sam-goldberg-house#
twin lanes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qiMl9o4Zv4
http://soundcloud.com/memorybomb/twin-lanes-by-mist-from

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Flavor of the week #25

AS1
www.myspace.com/as1electro
http://soundcloud.com/as1electro
( ;D --> AS1 is Arnold Steiner a workaholic : music producer, graphic designer and also the brain of the prolefic electro label Transientforce. The AS1's style is a great diversity of sounds : tracks with heavy bass, fast beats with a melancholic melody, deep electro with low bass, dark beat, trippy electro, experimental electronics, freaky remixes.)
Mind of Metall
www.transientforce.com  --> page 2 --> Mind of Metall
AS1 - Broken Dreams - Transient Force
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4MTFh39Og0
AS1 - Have_You_Been_Here? - Transient force
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Y4uX25b2k


Perfect Stranger
www.myspace.com/perfectblt
( ;D --> From the mid 90's Yuli Fershtat has been committed to his love for Trance, which is as dance as music gets. But a generic label would not do justice to the depth of his heartfelt music, which transposes feelings from across the wide range of human emotions. In his creation, you'll find tracks inspired by the bliss of sunbeams, by an ironic but yet candid take on the simple pleasures of life, or by the darker side of the self.)
IL-SF
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Easy (Quantize Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7YmSlzd9bg&amp  


Alone
www.myspace.com/alonehybrid
( ;D --> Darkwave band from Belgrade.)
Spomenik Neznanom Umetniku
www.nauk.rs/spomenik-eng.html
Altruizam anonime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f21xK37o91E


The Fabric
www.matthewmullane.com/news/2011/1/13/fabric-debut-album-available-for-preorder.html
( ;D --> Matthew Mullane is a Chicago multi-instrumentalist performing under the guise of Fabric. Here we have a fine suite of compositions which embark on a voyage through darkness of night and the brightness of day. Washed-out dark colors and static pulses sweep across your stereo painting a portrait of intense yearning and determination. Recorded over the course of a year, Matthew has constructed a multi-dimensional organism of sound that has perplexing depth and astounding detail.)
A Sort Of Radiance
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Streamed album :)
http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/fabric-a-sort-of-radiance


Ovro
http://www.myspace.com/ovro
http://ovro.someplaceelse.org
( ;D --> Unconventional conjurer of surrealistic soundscapes, illustrator of dreams and nightmares with a distinct style.Surreal music, subterranian soundscapes. Dormant volcanoes coming to life. Scratches, crackles and human voice put through alchemy of sound. Bass abuse. Church bells conjured out of the sound of breathing. Odd evo/invocative lyrics. Hauntingly disturbing atmospheres, subconscious landscapes.)
Revisited
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Caustic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xdSSt_Bgj0&amp
Silence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUR4Z1Q0_-c&amp

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Flavor of the week #24

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
http://romealbum.com
Rome
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( ;D --> One of my favourite producers Danger Mouse collaborating with Italian composer Daniele Luppi on an album of theatrical Spagetti movie soundscapes, and the vocals of Jack White and Norah Jones. How could it possibly fail?)
Rome Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHDrWfndze0
The Gambling Priest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txEGzCudnso


ROME
www.myspace.com/romecmi
( ;D --> After having played in several underground bands in Luxembourg,singer-songwriter Jerome Reuter almost unintentionally founded ROME in December 2005. The music and lyrical world of ROME is genuinely unique and constantly brilliant. Blending excellent songwriting craftsmanship, unusual arrangements and fine poetry into one monstruous and intimate musical output that combines chanson, dark ambient, apocalyptic folk, pop, acoustic rock, martial industrial, cold wave – all rolled into one impressive avantgarde package.)
Our Holy Rue/The Merchant Fleet
www.trisol.de/en/news/86-rome-ourholyrue.html
( ;D--> Gone! Gone are the days of mellow and lush ballads, it seems - for this is ROME at its rawest! As an artist Jerome Reuter remains completely unpredictable, which may come as a shock to those who discovered ROME as a Chanson Noir outfit: What you are looking for is gone for good! "Our Holy Rue" is a harsh, industrial beauty: relentless and uncompromising. And the rather folkish song "The Merchant Fleet" is an instant classic, dedicated to Jerome's brotherhood of the sea!)
Novemberblut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTDUopIJtdU&feature=related
The Torture Detachment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=okmOA9f_xLg&feature=player_embedded
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/flavor-of-week-23.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/09/flavor-of-week-39.html


Tearist
www.myspace.com/teariststst
( ;D --> Gothic-psychedelic style from the 80's ala Siouxie..)
Living: 2009-Present
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Tearist
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lo-v
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOecHcVUPk
Ashes to Ashes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT6u-yFbrqU&feature=related


Amon Tobin
www.myspace.com/tobinamon  
www.amontobin.com
( ;D --> Brazilian DJ and Producer Amon Tobin is known for his brand of jazz-influenced IDM ("intelligent dance music"), which also takes in influences from hip-hop, drum'n'bass, breakbeat and samba music.)
ISAM
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( ;D --> uploaded it as a one-track stream on Soundcloud :).)
http://soundcloud.com/amon-tobin/amon-tobin-isam
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/03/flavor-of-week-12.html


Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows
www.myspace.com/soporaeternusofficial
www.soporaeternus.de
( ;D --> Officially founded in 1989, the Germany based SOPOR AETERNUS & THE ENSEMBLE OF SHADOWS is one of the last of the very few dark groups/projects in Europe (in fact, on this planet), who have based the trinity of their music, poetry and visual appearance on the explicit emphasis of the highly individual expression of pain, isolation, depression, token suicides and the desperate search for the ?sacred reunion?; all conceived and acted out by SOPOR's sole protagonist ? ? the transgendered and utterly beautiful Goddess (and likewise tragically Butoh-esque creature) ANNA-VARNEY CANTODEA.)
Have You Seen This Ghost?
www.infrarot.de/sopor-aeternus/have-you-seen-this-ghost/2008266
( ;D --> There are no words to adequately describe the enchanted music(k) of Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows' release. Those of you, who are familiar with Anna-Varney Cantodea's art, know that s/he (literally) plays in her own league. Generally speaking, her work is always like the forgotten soundtrack to a phantastic, gothic horror film that was never meant for a human audience to see ... - and this album is certainly no exception.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/flavor-of-week-32.html
Fragemnto Modela est Sopor aeternus (Cover on Kraftwerks "the Modell")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPCWvBmFIT0

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Flavor of the week #23

Tropic of Cancer
http://tropicofcancer.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Tropic of Cancer is Camella Lobo & J Mendez, who's probably better known as Sandwell District's Silent Servant. With a Sound of Arcane folk drones and smacked out vocals, driven by Suicide style drum machine minimalism and shuddering within some of the bleakest soundscapes this side of Sun, inspired by a wealth of classic darkside influences to end up with a dank basement sound bearing traces of everything from The Velvets to MBV, with distant drum loops and miserablist guitars trawling the surface. Despite not being remotely techno, the sound perfectly suits the sinisterly irony-free Black country aesthetic.)
The Sorrow of Two Blooms
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( ;D --> Blackest Ever Black made an indelible mark on 2010 with a couplet of stunning releases from Raime. This year they open their leathery wings to shelter Tropic Of Cancer aka Camella Lobo and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant) for a midnight mission away from their spiritual home, Regis' Downwards sect. No doubt, this is their strongest material to date: three passionately gothic odes to the romance of misery. There are clear, strong references to the gothic digital minimalism of Martin Hannet's work on Joy Division, and maybe more apt allusions to the skinny Post Punk of Savage Republic, and Faith/Pornography/Seventeen Seconds era The Cure, but unlike many contemporary guardians of this sound, TOC's misanthropy is articulated with exquisite production values closer to those of Grouper or Broadcast, making their introversion that much more tangible and heart-breakingly glorious.)
The Dull Age / Victims
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/221368-tropic-of-cancer-the-dull-age-victims#
Temporal Vessels
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGlc_M2aIzI&feature=related
A Color
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1iaB3778s
The dull age
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRyyft_pkYs&feature=player_embedded


Teemu T
www.myspace.com/teemut
http://soundcloud.com/teemu-t
( ;D --> spaced out dub techno in the spirit of northern contrast between urban and nature. After nearly two decades in years of musical experiences, Teemu T has become a lazy but hard working dub techno ear. From the first tracker sequencer tests to full-scale projects he has developed a style of deep dub techno,with minimal techno grooves and analoque sounds.)
Re-Ender EP
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Opto02/From the Album file under dub #3
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Rainflower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQmpyxUwxA&feature=related
Radial Shift
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfIwrnf8EyY


Diskjokke
www.myspace.com/diskjokke
www.diskjokke.com
( ;D --> “Emotion-rich electronic disco epic” – IDJ Magazine. “Bright, playful, spacey, and colorful, music for the nighttime that retains the warmth of an afternoon on the beach” (8.0) – Pitchfork Following the success of Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas comes diskJokke (a.k.a. Joachim Dyrdahl) the latest in a string of exciting and innovative artists hailing from the respected Oslo electronica scene.)
Sagara
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Digital Factor
www.myspace.com/digitalfactor
www.digitalfactor.de
( ;D --> Electro-EBM formation Digital Factor delivers pure and stretched analog sequences with harsh rhythms since 15 years.)
Look back to go forward
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X Rayzor
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qh_Y05AJBp4#at=36
( ;D --> Digital Factor joins Black Rain + on tour with Front Line Assembly.)
www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46331_0_2_0_C


Astral Projection
www.myspace.com/astralprojectionavilior  
www.astral-projection.com
( ;D --> The psychedelic trance outfit Astral Projection have gained respect and sales as one of the best in their field despite their base in Israel, far afield from the European dance mainstream. The group evolved from a production partnership involving childhood friends Avi Nissim and Lior Perlmutter, each of whom were DJs in Israel's dance/industrial scene of the late '80s before beginning their production careers in 1989. Astral Projection produces high octane futuristic trance combined with certain Old Skool Goa elements.)
Open Society - The EP.
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/09/flavor-of-week-39.html


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