Flavor of the Week #14

Skinny Puppy
www.myspace.com/skinnypuppy
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.
weapon
www.litany.net/posts/2013/02/13/skinny-puppy---weapon-may-2013
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+870
( ;D --> In its nearly three decades of existence, Skinny Puppy has established itself as a groundbreaking innovative voice in the world of electronic music. Fearless in both its musical experimentation and voicing a stance on the issues of our times, the new album, Weapon, is no exception. This stunning new album stands as a commentary on that which it is named after, the Weapon, or more specifically, to the concurrent glorification of the gun culture and simultaneous horror at the devastation the gun can cause. Given this view, the pop undertones of the albums opening “wornin” and the compelling counterpoint of the vocals and lyrics seem to reflect our mass media homogenization of an instrument of death into an entertainment centerpiece. “illisiT" could then be focusing on the authoritarian control applied to us under the guise of protecting us from the criminal element. Though possibly it is from the view of the average citizen, arming themselves against the threat of each other. The more it is analyzed, the more it could be pondered on varying levels. Perhaps the classic Skinny Puppy sounds evident in the song “solvent” are a nod to not only the past, but to a bleak Orwellian future, cycle of the weapon leads only to power in the hands of those who have no fear of using it. Are we facing a 1984 dystopia filtered through a Kafkaesque lens? A world where the illusion of power given to the private citizen afforded ownership of a weapon distracts them from the Big Brother drones that watch overhead? Parallels could certainly be drawn from our own society to a track like “tsudanama”, where the ever building menace of the mechanized rhythms crashes over the listener in waves as the vocals at times seem to take the tone of the voice of protest, standing against the inevitable tide of the dystopian path of progress. Then does “plasiCage” implore the listener to take up the fight against a gun worship culture and the spiraling towards oligarchy? Or are the mournful tones “terminal” a funeral dirge for our society? Could the weapon be the gun, or the one who wields it? Is it in creating an arms race among the populace, or does it lie in the resulting authoritarian control given to those who are charged with protecting us from ourselves? Is it the power to profit from the cycle? Is it the singular act of speaking against the conditioning of our thoughts and actions?)
Inage Mantra
youtu.be/S3VLkcJ5BW4
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/05/flavor-of-week-19.html

Daft Punk
www.myspace.com/daftpunk
www.daftpunk.com
( ;D --> Daft Punk are an influential electronic dance duo formed by French producers Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo in Paris in 1993. Their music is a fusion of electronic styles including techno, house and disco that has since been described as 'French house'. The duo are protective of their physical identities and are usually depicted wearing masks or with their faces out of focus - this was initially through shyness, although the image of man-machines was in keeping with the electronic nature of their music. The band are also known for their videos, using the skills of acclaimed directors Spike Jonze ("Da Funk"), Michel Gondry ("Around The World"), and Roman Coppola ("Revolution 909").)
Random Access Memories
www.myplaydirect.com/daft-punk/random-access-memories-cd/details/28153081
www.daftpunk.com
Random Access Memories (10 MINUTE LOOP)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu17fxjvk6I
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/11/flavor-of-week-46.html

Mount Kimbie
www.mountkimbie.com
( ;D --> Up to this point, Mount Kimbie have sounded comfortable crafting intimate house party soundtracks or providing the score for a long bus ride home-- but the first single from their forthcoming album Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, "Made to Stray", is Mount Kimbie nudging their way toward the dancefloor, interested in filling space as much clearing room for it. Slathered in static and pulled forward by a military-esque beat, it eventually shakes off the fog, snapping into focus and adding soft bass thuds, echo-laden synth squiggles, and plaintive chords that stretch out in all directions. By the time the vocal comes in, you're hooked.)
Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
www.mountkimbie.com
Made To Stray
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SfFInoSotg

Larva
www.larvas.net
( ;D --> Spanish Dark Electro band. The project was born on the 1998, by the hand of InqUesT and Blackend with the name ‘Morbid Mind’. On the year 2003 already in solitary and with renewed forces InqUesT gives a new course to the project it changing name (now ‘Larva’). Due to the technical, social and ideological change of the formation. Now more involved in social topics and with a more powerful sound; more noises and hardness, without losing an alone apex of his darkness. In the beginning of the 2006 the formation had enriched by the contribution of two more members (M.L. and Anoxia); what provides to his compositions of major diversity, and the live shows of more energy. Voces del laberinto will include two videos as a bonus tracks and has been masterized by Jan (X-Fusion, Noisuf-X).)
Where the butterflies go to die (Available in spring 2013.)
www.advoxya-records.com
Where the butterflies go to die
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttAN87wdarE&sns=fb

Attrition
http://www.attrition.co.uk
( ;D --> "Forever there will be the speculation that the exploration of darkness as a beautiful place will lessen our fear of it all, ease the pain a little...".)
Narcissist ep
attritionuk.bandcamp.com/album/narcissist-ep


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Flavor of the Week #13

Code 64
www.myspace.com/code64
www.code64.se
( ;D --> Code 64 was formed 2000 in a little town called Lysekil located on the westcoast of Sweden by the three teenagers Christian Espeland, Hasse Mattsson and Henrik Piehl. In the early years they created a lot of different songs and started to create their own sound into what that was to become a typical Code 64 sound. In 2003 they were signed by the small Norwegian label "Angel productions". The work of their debut "Storm" were in progress and was finished later the same year. Their debut album quickly sold out and Code 64 started to build a steady ground and a fan base.)
Accelerate
open.spotify.com/track/0MSfw0nG3DL3Ht0j0uf020
progress-productions.com/product.php?pid=68
Power Up (schedule for a release later 2013)
( ;D --> Code 64 is finally back. After the huge success with their last album "Trialouge" that even won then the "Synthalbum of the year award at the Manifest awards the wait for new material is finally over. "Accelerate" is a mindblowing wonderful delivered dancefloor bomb which feels like an instant future classic. One of those tracks you know you will dance to for years to come in the electroclubs all over the world. Once again they also deliver a perfect production, great catchy melodies and a wonderful vocal performance. "Accelerate" is the first teaser from the upcoming album "Power Up" which Is schedule for a release later 2013. Except the original version we also fin the title track remixed by Apoptygma Berzerk v/s OK Minus and Henrik Bäckström (Necro Facility). And as an extra the exclusive tracks "SD Sequence" and a brilliant cover of the old technoclassic "Love Sees No Colour" originally performed by U96.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010_09_01_archive.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/04/flavor-of-week-18.html

BL/\CK CEILING
soundcloud.com/danocean
auralsects.bandcamp.com/album/ii
( ;D --> BL/\CK CEILING is the alias of recording artist Dan Ocean, sometime hip-hop, electro and dubstep producer, and collaborator with rapper Quiz. A well-known figure in the local music scene of his native Spokane, Washington, Ocean's latest project BL/\CK CEILING explores the sounds and textures of the emergent Witch House genre.)
TEENWVFF REDUX
maxbeta.bandcamp.com/album/teenwvff-redux
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/07/flavor-of-week-29.html

Melotron
www.melotron.de
( ;D --> From Moscow to Washington, from Buenos Aires to Tel Aviv – Melotron are Germany’s most successful export when it comes to German-language Electro Pop.)
Stuck in the Mirror
M_amazon
Der Anfang
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rPEjVupa0ok#!

CygnosiC
www.cygnosic.gr
( ;D --> This Athens-based, one man band of Georg Psaroudakis was originally formed late in 2006, in an attempt to execute this notion. In 2007 the self-released EP “In the lag of time” was revealed to the public and served as an initial introduction to the scene. In 2008 CygnosiC signed to BLC Productions, an American indie label specialized in industrial music and in 2009 the debut album entitled “A deity in pain” was released and received excellent album reviews and critiques. Additionally throughout these years CygnosiC participated in various compilations and albums with various remixes, remaining active and alert, giving interviews to several magazines and web sites plus performing live in various occasions and thus remaining interactive with their audience and therefore forming a considerably extensive fan core.)
Fire And Forget
dwa-digital.com/album/fire-and-forget
Fallen
dwa-digital.com/album/fallen
As We Approach The End
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwU0SlMu07E

SINS (?†N?)
soundcloud.com/gn0sis
www.facebook.com/SINSMUSIK
vimeo.com/24828860
sins.bigcartel.com/
( ;D --> ?†N? exists outside of time and space. The music and art made by ?†N? focuses on coming to terms with the bleak remains of our dying world and transforming the pain into something cosmic and Beautiful.)
19th Call
vimeo.com/34088165
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/07/flavor-of-week-28.html

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Flavor of the Week #12

Blüchel and von Deylen
bluechelvondeylen.net/
www.haraldbluechel.de/
( ;D --> It is a well known fact that opposites attract. And the encounter of Harald Blüchel & Christopher Von Deylen on Bi Polar proves this once again. Also called Cosmic Baby, the former was rianed at the Nuremberg Conservatory, while the latter stirred Hamburg's nightlife under the pseudonym Schiller. Then one day in Berlin, the idea of a collaboration suddenly seemed obvious. a brilliant blend of electronica and classical music, the work of this German duo comes wrapped in pop, easy-listenning and chillout.)
Bi-Polar
bluechelvondeylen.net/bi-polar.html
BvD_amazon
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/10/flavor-of-week-44.html
 
Download
www.subconsciousstudios.com/download/
www.litany.net
( ;D --> Download is a Canadian electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1994. The initial lineup also included Off & Gone's Phil Western and Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air, but has since been particularly fluid, with Key and Western being the only constant members following Goettel's death. Download's music has been described as post-industrial, drawing from the band's genesis as part of Skinny Puppy but also sharing common stylistic ground with such artists as Aphex Twin and Autechre. The primary instrumentation common throughout their albums is a blend of synthesizers and sampled instruments; the music is particularly centered on elements of percussion and rhythm. Other artists that have been involved are Genesis P. Orridge, Anthony Valcic, Bill Van Rooy, and Ken Marshall. Earlier releases frequently included vocal elements and lyrics, but since III (and Mark Spybey's departure in 1996) their work has been strictly instrumental.)
LingAM
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+873
( ;D --> VIn Hindu scripture, the lingam is the beginning-less and endless cosmic pillar, symbolizing the infinite nature of Shiva, and such infinity can be sensed in Download’s latest album. Entitled LingAM, the duo of cEvin Key and Phil Western use their impressive repertoire of skills, synthesizers and sequencers to create a transcendent work of experimental electronica. Analog squelches and percussive grooves blend seamlessly with elements of trance, noise, IDM, and post-industrial to create a beat driven epic. Centered, as with all Download releases, around a pillar of percussion and rhythm, LingAM stands as an enchanting sonic expression.)
Furnace Re: Dux
D_amazonFiXeR
D1_amazon
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/02/flavor-of-week-06.html

The Panic Lift
paniclift.tumblr.com/
( ;D --> Since releasing their debut album "Witness To Our Collapse" in 2008, Panic Lift has slowly carved a name for themselves in the electronic genre. The band has played along side many of the scene's largest acts including Combichrist, Imperative Reaction, Psyclon Nine, Hocico, and Ayria as well as playing several large scale festivals which included Wave Gothik Treffen in Leipzig Germany, and Triton Festival in Brooklyn, New York.)
Is This Goodbye?
PL_amazon
Temptress (Encephalon Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6-4QPAYVmk

Phutureprimitive
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.)
Searching For Beauty In The Darkest Places
highlineballroom.com/show/2013/04/11/phutureprimitive-ill-esha/
thedolab.com/blog/2013/03/08/phutureprimitive-reveals-two-new-albums-on-the-way-and-discusses-performing-with-ill-esha-and-the-do-lab/
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/03/flavor-of-week-10.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/crystal-castles-www.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/03/flavor-of-week-14_30.html 
Elysium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDMtiodiK0Y

Dunkelwerk
www.myspace.com/dunkelwerk 
www.dunkelwerk.de
( ;D --> Dunkelwerk is the name of a German band which describes its sound as Endzeit Electro (dark electronic beats and sounds often combined with Nazism themes or horror apocalyptic scenarios and distorted vocals), referring to a genre which was originally established by bands like :wumpscut: and Leæther Strip and is nowadays produced by bands like The Retrosic, Suicide Commando or Hocico. Dunkelwerk consists of only one person; Martin V. Kester and is a pure studio project, not doing any live performances or any other public events. The name of the band is an old German idiom which can be translated as "dark work" or "dark factory". The producer behind Dunkelwerk has decided to work under the pseudonym "losttrooper", being restrained to offer pictures of himself.)
Operation: Duesterland (Bonus Tracks Version)
D_amazon
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/08/flavor-of-week-32.html
Operation: Duesterland promo trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7vP22F9d8I

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Flavor of the Week #11

Anthony Rother
www.myspace.com/anthonyrother
soundcloud.com/anthony-rother
www.anthony-rother.com
( ;D --> Anthony Rother is an electro-techno producer from Germany who rose to prominence in the mid-'90s on the label Kanzleramt before founding numerous labels of his own, most notably Psi49net and Datapunk. Influenced primarily by Kraftwerk and Detroit techno.)
Metro Boy / Catharsis
AR_amazon
www.junodownload.com/products/anthony-rother-metro-boy/2153873-02/
Traumzeitreise
www.beatport.com/release/traumzeitreise-1-2-3-4/1000084
Grid Stripper/Ape machine
www.beatport.com/release/grid-stripper-ape-machine/937760
Traumzeitreise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEkZ2MCsDgM
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/12/flavor-of-week-50.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/flavor-of-week-10.html

Antoni Maiovvi
www.myspace.com/djantonimaiovvi
www.facebook.com/antonimaiovvi
( ;D--> Antoni Maiovvi's music is akin to the overwhelming horror of the stalked. The sound of dimly lit streets where everyone is at risk. A place of supernatural existential terror where the lines of reality become that of opium blurs. Operating from spaces previously occupied by Goblin, Tangerine Dream, Patrick Cowley and John Carpenter, under the pseudonym Antoni Maiovvi, Anton Maiof (Geisha / Defibrillators) has been creating psychotronic disco for the criminally insane since 2005 having emerged from the UK's underground noise scene, here presenting retro-futurist b-movie soundtracks with the precision and flair of an Argento death sequence.)
Stockholm Synthdrone EP
soundcloud.com/giallo-disco-records/sets/giallo-disco-records-002
Thorns of Love
AM_amazon
Darkroom
vimeo.com/58929745

Kryptic Minds
www.myspace.com/krypticminds1
http://soundcloud.com/kryptic-minds
( ;D --> Ten years since they formed, 2009 marks a turning point in the disturbed mental explorations of Kryptic Minds. Having built an enviable back catalogue of dark, deadly drum & bass, the production duo of Si & Leon aka Kryptic Minds have quickly established a foothold in the exploding global dubstep scene. momentum and release. Instead they unleash fearsome sub bass assaults that lead listeners into an edgy otherworld and have become staples of sets by halfstep innovator Youngsta (Rinse FM) as well as Loefah himself.)
Namaste
www.surus.co.uk/Osiris-Music-UK/Namaste-EP-21204.aspx
( ;D --> KM also gives away 'Varia'.)
www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/02/varia
soundcloud.com/xlr8r/kryptic-minds-varia
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/04/flavor-of-week-15.html

BLKrKRT
www.facebook.com/pages/BLKrKRT-Blacker-Karat/340602102634404
www.youtube.com/philfordfeel
( ;D --> Modern electronic music with a chilled out vibe.)
TATHAGATAGARBHA
curious-absurdities.bandcamp.com/album/tathagatagarbha

#366: A life lived
soundcloud.com/366alifelived
www.facebook.com/366alifelived
( ;D --> #366 A Life Lived might be a new band, the band members are far from newbies. They did hard industrial electro in the nineties as Slug and Headtrip Inc. with demo productions for the latter by Covenant's Eskil Simonsson ("Pure past" 2-track single digitally released on Electric Fantastic Sound in October 2006) and S.P.O.C.K.'s Christer Hermodsson ("MRC Session" 2-track demo). Members shifted and the band broke apart after a gig in Germany in 2001. The 'originals' got together again in 2011 and formed '#366 A Life Lived' with a more experimental electro. Says the band: "We were young, drank lot on gigs and misbehaved. We don't want that anymore. We want the core of music, preferably the electronic version.)
Songs;
www.reverbnation.com/366alifelived/songs

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Flavor of the Week #10

Chainless
soundcloud.com/chainless
( ;D --> Chainless takes a leap towards a fast and otherworldly atmosphere while the undertone of his music remains foggy. Numbering synths fall right in place with thundering baselines. Chainless has recently worked on collaborations with IVVVO & 4bidden. His debut EP “Pandora’s Box” is due May 28th 2013.)
Pandoras Box
moun10.fm/?portfolio=chainless-pandoras-box
Statues and Flowers
soundcloud.com/chainless/chainless-4bidden-statues-and
Grey Veils
soundcloud.com/chainless/grey-veils

Thyx
www.thyxmusic.com
( ;D --> The mind.in.a.box sideproject THYX released their debut single "Into the Realm". It seems that Stefan Poiss, the mastermind behind mind.in.a.box, was getting bored in his studio because now there is a second electronic music project out there penned by him. Big arrangement, sci-fi atmosphere and a very unique sound were the trademarks by mind.in.a.box and made them famous in the Gothic/Electro scene. The sideproject THYX, which was founded by Stefan Poiss in January this year, stays very electronic but gives the sound a more experimental touch without loosing the catchy tunes and atmosphere.)
Electronic sounds, bombastic arrangements, melodies and voices, mixed with emotions from another dimension. Atmospheres from cyberspace, a musical image from a far-away future from which THYX speaks to us and carries its sound cosmos directly into the brains of listeners.)
Below The City
www.thyxmusic.com/store/product.php?id_product=62
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/10/flavor-of-week-43.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/flavor-of-week-20.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/09/flavor-of-week-38.html 

Horologium
horologium.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Horologium was conceived in the year 2004 as a musical project of Grzegorz Siedlecki. The project, which musically ranges from dark ambient to neoclassical and martial music.)
Du Grand Désir
horologium.bandcamp.com/album/du-grand-d-sir

Carved Souls
carvedsouls.com
( ;D --> Carved Souls was originally an orchestral instrumental side project started in late 90s.  Later in 2003 the project was revisited and members: Suede (Vocals), Legion (Synthz) & Gotham (Synthz) started to work on music for Carved Souls again with a different approach. Influenced by synth-pop/darkwave and other various styles the trio worked on composing scores for commercials and short films.  While working and creating together they decided to explore other medias by developing new ideas and techniques. A unique sound was then forged by adding the mixture of the trio's simplistic styles. This combination made the elements which created the sound of Carved Souls.  Since that time Carved Souls has emerged and submerged repeatedly avoiding the spotlight and remaining as an underground source.)
Waveform
CS_amazon
Taste of imagination (2012 VERSION)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyXOUyMbogo

Nomine 
soundcloud.com/nominesound
www.facebook.com/NomineSound
( ;D --> Nomine, the mysterious producer only made his debut release in July of last year, but his tracks have already gained support from Youngsta, J:Kenzo, and Plastician, who included the track “Waves” in his Dubstep Allstars Vol. 10 mix. With his first release on Dubzilla Recordings, Nomine offered up four tracks of densely layered, tropical and eastern flavored, sub heavy dubstep.)
Tempa
http://hardwax.com/67639/nomine/nomines-sound/
Nomine's Sound
http://youtu.be/Qt2Qz8UH4g4

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