Flavor of the Week #18

Front Line Assembly
www.myspace.com/thefrontlineassembly
www.mindphaser.com
( ;D --> Front Line Assembly was the best known of the various electronic music projects undertaken by the prolific Vancouver-based duo of Bill Leeb (vocals, synthesizers) and Rhys Fulber (synthesizers, samplers). After working in the mid-'80s under the pseudonym Wilhelm Schroeder with Skinny Puppy, the Austrian-born Leeb formed the industrial/techno-based Front Line Assembly in 1986 with Fulber.)
Echogenetic
www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=MET+885
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/09/flavor-of-week-39.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/04/front-line-assembly-www.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.comLi/2007_09_01_archive.html


Miss Kittin
www.myspace.com/kittinmusic
www.misskittin.com
( ;D --> Caroline Hervé (born 1973), better known by her stage name Miss Kittin, is a French electronic music DJ, singer, and songwriter. Since rising to prominence in 1998 for her singles "1982" and "Frank Sinatra" with The Hacker, she has worked with other musicians such as Chicks on Speed, Felix da Housecat and Golden Boy. She released her debut solo album I Com in 2004 and second solo album BatBox in 2008. She achieved international popularity with the singles "Rippin Kittin" and "Silver Screen Shower Scene".)
Calling From The Stars
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open.spotify.com/album/5cPXN2lqLQkWHxZ1itCO3U
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/12/flavor-of-week-52.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/03/flavor-of-week-13.html

Ronne
rone-music.com/
open.spotify.com/artist/3Dw9w3jnmr58ocgxiwITcq
( ;D --> Despite the many years still ahead of him, Rone (otherwise known as Erwan Castex) has already come a long way, being one of the most acclaimed young French musicians (he’s just turned 32) on the electronic scene. After passing his Baccalauréat, Erwan was not too sure what he wanted to do for the rest of his life and took up film studies at university. He looks back fondly on this most formative period but, when not in lectures, he would assiduously cultivate his prime passion: music. After obtaining his MA, he started working on film shoots in various roles (including assistant director, production coordinator and set decorator) while continuing to make music in his spare time. And then one day – InFiné – spotted some of his tracks on the web (Bora in particular, which was featured on Agoria’s At The Controls mix) and got in touch with him. From then on, things went very fast: he released his debut EP (2008), performed his first live show at the Rex Club and released his first critically-acclaimed album, Spanish Breakfast, in 2009. Rone’s career had just taken off. Three years have passed since the release of Spanish Breakfast and now his next album, Tohu-Bohu, is coming out.)
Bye Bye Macadam Remixes
open.spotify.com/album/0zv6TYTnudjBGQsp1po6Jy
Tohu Bohu
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Mix of the Day: Rone
www.electronicbeats.net/audiopost/mix-of-the-day-rone/

Swayzak / S_W_Z_K
www.swayzak.com
www.myspace.com/swayzak
soundcloud.com/s_w_z_k
( ;D --> Since 1997, James “darkfarmer” Taylor and David “brun” Brown have been plying their trade as the influential underground electronic act SWAYZAK. In that time they have released 5 studio albums and 2 dj compilations which have awoken the world of electronic music to their signature sound. Starting with the deep dubbed out classic “Snowboarding in Argentina” via the legendary “Fabric 11” cd to singles like “State of Grace”, “Make up your Mind” and “In the Car Crash” and the more experimental works of the “Clicks and Cuts”, not forgeting the acclaimed works on M_nus with Detroit’s Theorem and the all out electro pop assault of 2002's “Dirty Dancing”. Swayzak somehow still manage to be dark, twisted and unmistakable.)
Stadkind - swayzak give it the treatment mix (unreleased mix) 2001 soundcloud.com/s_w_z_k/stadkind-swayzak-give-it-the
Selected recordings
www.beatport.com/release/selected-remixes/974447
Snowboarding in Argentina
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See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007/09/flavor-of-week-39.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2007_01_01_archive.html

Veils
soundcloud.com/veils
vvveils.bandcamp.com
( ;D -->  Electronic duo from Lisbon, Portugal, formed late 2010.)
Cocoon
soundcloud.com/veils/sets/cocoon-ep


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Flavor of the Week #17

ClarkClark (Chris Clark)
throttleclark.com
www.myspace.com/throttleclark 
www.facebook.com/throttleclark
soundcloud.com/throttleclark
( ;D --> Chris Clark is an English electronic musician currently signed to Warp Records. With the 2006 release of Throttle Furniture, he shortened his artist name to Clark. Throttle Furniture and Body Riddle were both three years in the making, during which time Clark refined his sound considerably. His meticulous production style makes much use of manipulated live drum samples, which are used to construct complex beats. He performed with a live drummer (often Rob Lee aka Wax Stag).)
Fantasm Planes - EP
bleep.com/release/37466
( ;D --> 'Fantasm Planes' is the counterpart to recently released 'Iradelphic', featuring new variations on the latter’s key album tracks. Clark promises to conjure ‘full mind distortion’. Designed for loud soundsystems, this EP is far more hard-hitting than the warm and melodic 'Iradelphic' release. As Clark himself says, 'Analogue bass and psychedelic melodies to trip out to on the dance floor.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/01/flavor-of-week-5.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/08/flavor-of-week-33.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/04/flavor-of-week-18.html  

Diamond Version
diamondversion.info
( ;D --> Experiemental dance musicians walk a fine line. On one hand, there’s a drive to push the limits of electronic invention; but then, you can’t ignore the beat. It’s a limitation to a physical, often emotional matrix. Diamond Version embody this conflict moreso than most. The duo, formed of German producers Byetone and Alva Noto, make driving, intelligent floor-fillers that are darkly ecstatic and drain the potential of this vernacular.)
EP4
boomkat.com/downloads/649967-diamond-version-ep-4

Blutengel
www.myspace.com/officialblutengel 
www.blutengel.de
( ;D --> Blutengel (German: Blood Angel) is a German futurepop musical group. It was formed by singer Chris Pohl, also of the groups Terminal Choice, Tumor, and Miss Construction and the owner of the Fear Section label.)
Monument
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open.spotify.com/album/5Y4y0UQYTbK9bqVVQItkJQ
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/11/flavor-of-week-49.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/02/flavor-of-week-7.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/10/flavor-of-week-42.html

Atheus
www.myspace.com/atheusmusic
( ;D --> Serge Collin (aka Atheus) has cultivated an aura of mystery, creating somber techno atmospherics through analogue synths and an arsenal of effects. In the dark recesses of his sound lab, the enigmatic producer has whipped up layered compositions for vinyl. These have brought about exposure on minimal dub and dark ambient imprints such as Ghost Sounds, Silent Season, Styrax, Mom, and Baum.)
Soundscapes & Drones
boomkat.com/cds/245807-atheus-soundscapes-drones
www.discogs.com/Atheus-Soundscapes-Drones/release/2022114
Vox Obscura
atheus.bandcamp.com/track/vox-obscura
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSvEhFo5G58

Arzt?+?Pfusch
http://www.arztpfusch.com
( ;D --> The year 2000 saw the last physical release from Danish EBM/Industrial act Arzt+Pfusch with the album “LOVE”, and the decapitation of the original band member, Der Doktor. Then there were seven years of silence, and a new singer (Dr. Sigh Ape), before the free online release of the album “S.I.C.K.” in 2007 which was downloaded over 16.000 times. The music is not only the good old “noisebmstupidevildustrial”, but it’s also drenched through with orchestral influences. They are ready to spread their “Psychotic Sonic Surgery” all over the Galaxy. The lyrics are still deranged and over-evil but now with an inspiration from the Warhammer 40.000 universe. The three keywords are still: burn, doctors and death, - the true recipe for a good barbecue party.)
Fuck You Reality
ccproductions.bandcamp.com/track/fuck-you-reality
Inside The Volcano. Vol. 1.
Various Artists
Lictor Evaporated
ccproductions.bandcamp.com/album/lictor-evaporated


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Flavor of the Week #16

Juno Reactor
www.myspace.com/juno_reactor
www.reactorleak.com
( ;D --> Juno Reactor are a musical and performing act known for the cinematic fusion of electronic, orchestral and global music. Central to the project is Ben Watkins, and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world, including percussionist Mabi Thobejane from South Africa along with countrymen Amampondo, Eduardo Niebla, Steve Stevens, Taz Alexander, Ghetto Priest, Sugizo and recently Yasmin Levy. They are also famous for collaborating with composer Don Davis for the musical score of the film 'The Matrix' as well as other films. Originally Juno Reactor was formed as an art project in 1990; Ben Watkins wanted to collaborate with other artists to produce and be involved in exciting projects that were not commercially driven. He wanted to create experimental music/non musical soundtracks that would work with installations, art pieces and film projects.)
The Golden Sun Of The Great East
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www.junoreactor.com/audio/the-golden-sun-of-the-great-east/ 
soundcloud.com/wakyo-records/sets/the-golden-sun-of-the-great
Final Frontier
( ;D --> A Homage to Blade Runner - The wonderful Hamsika Iyer on vocals with Two Great remixes by Jayant AKA Jitter. The track is to be used for a Toyota Campaign later this Month.)
open.spotify.com/track/6JLZbmi5uIPFIryUDdtkXf
youtu.be/T0jsuWX-qtk
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/10/flavor-of-week-43.html 
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/03/flavor-of-week-13_28.html
 
The Exaltics
www.the-exaltics.com
www.myspace.com/theexaltics
soundcloud.com/the-exaltics
( ;D --> After studying the people of earth for many years the exaltics came to our planet in 2006 to transmit their message to the people. Here they created their own platform: "solaronemusic" for their final mission. Whilst being amongst us they built up connections with people that understood the exaltic mother tongue. Collaboration partners like Z-bop, Transient Force, Bunker and Last Known Trajectory are examples of home bases on earth.)
Muted World
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Witclub.net interviews The Exaltics
witclub.net/2013/04/04/witclub-net-interviews-the-exaltics/
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012/06/flavor-of-week-24.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/01/flavor-of-week-2.html

Punish Yourself vs Sonic area
www.myspace.com/sonicarea
www.myspace.com/punishyourself
www.myspace.com/phenomediamusic
( ;D --> Sonic area is a quest to enlarge the doors of a living and therefore unpredictable sound universe. this project, which has been alive itself since 1997, is the alter ego of arnaud coëffic aka arco trauma (chrysalide, f.y.d.), co-founder of the french audiotrauma collective where he has published most of his releases. he has more than 100 live performances all over europe under his belt, and has collaborated with artists like punish yourself, hint, morbid angel, twinkle, ambassador 21 and muckrackers. disturbing, unexpectable and sometimes hard to describe, he admixes electro hybrid experimental, cinematic orchestral atmospheres, tribal industrial, hard-glitch breaks and lush ambient soundscapes carved with sampler, groove box and computer modifications.)
Phenomedia
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Twisted Thrill Ride ( Punish Yourself vs Sonic area.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoFMAtpRNA&feature=youtu.be

Chainreactor
www.facebook.com/Chainreactor
( ;D --> There is hardly another project besides Chainreactor which fulfills the fusion of hard techno with elemnts of dark electro and presents the most explosive mixture, which has aleady spread on dark dancefloors all over the world.)
The Silence & The Noise
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The Silence & The Noise
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_KpMjuVHYk

Naadyn
naadyn.com/
( ;D --> Her influences come from Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. But also from Earth. She find her inspiration in cathedrals, observatories and underwater worlds. Naadyn was founded in 2007 by Nadine Platzek. She composes, writes and produces her songs by herself.)
Galaxy
naadyn.bigcartel.com/product/pd-lp-013-naadyn-galaxy-limited-colour-vinyl-lp

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Flavor of the Week #15

The Knife
theknife.net
( ;D --> The Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Stockholm, formed in 1999.[3] The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. The group gained a large international following in response to their 2003 album Deep Cuts. The group and this specific album later received further attention when a cover of their song "Heartbeats", rearranged for acoustic guitar by José González, appeared in a Sony commercial. Subsequent songs have appeared on a number of television shows.
The duo's first tour took place in 2006, along with the release of their critically acclaimed album Silent Shout. They have won a number of Swedish Grammis, but refuse to attend awards ceremonies. They have appeared in public wearing Venetian masks. Andersson released a solo album under the name Fever Ray in 2009, while her brother released several EPs as Oni Ayhun in late 2009 and early 2010.)
Shaking The Habitual [2 CD Deluxe Edition]
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A Tooth For An Eye
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10F0ezCTIQ
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2006/12/flavor-of-week-52.html

Ceephax
www.ceephax.co.uk
( ;D --> Ceephax Acid Crew is a British acid techno and drum and bass electronic musician named Andy Jenkinson. Jenkinson is also known simply by the pseudonym Ceephax, which is a pun on the BBC teletext service Ceefax. He is the brother of Squarepusher (Tom Jenkinson).)
Cro Magnox
ceephax.bandcamp.com/album/cro-magnox
clone.nl/item26662.html
Winterlo
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp5xki8Wzu4

Woodkid
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".)
The Golden Age
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open.spotify.com/album/46rGAcYt8T7iNyePUob4YO
Run boy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/12/flavor-of-week-52.html

IAMX
www.myspace.com/IAMX
www.iamx.co.uk
( ;D --> IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner. The lyrics are primarily concerned with subjects such as sex, death, narcotic intoxication, bisexuality, decadence, religion, alienation and allusions to politics. Corner currently lives in Berlin, where he has found "the spirit to care less about the music industry and take an independent route.")
The Unified Field
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See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/09/flavor-of-week-39.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/04/flavor-of-week-15.html

Microtrauma
microtrauma.com
soundcloud.com/microtrauma
( ;D --> Microtrauma’s quality is to touch but not be captured or pinned down by a genre or category. Their unpredictability is not to be predicted... so gently are their changes so superb are their continuous modes… their magic is their art. - Triple R - Traum A&R
Solitone EP // Traum Schallplatten
soundcloud.com/microtrauma/sets/solitone-ep-traum-1
Emilia EP // Traum Schallplatten
soundcloud.com/microtrauma/sets/emilia-ep-traum-schallplatten
Peet - Father & Son (Microtrauma Remix)
soundcloud.com/microtrauma/peet-father-son-microtrauma
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbiSdd2BJOU
( ;D --> Peet is the newest signing on Traum.He is a true tastemaker who has dedicated his whole live to music.Art Of Noise and Kraftwerk put him on the tracks with electronic music at an early age.)
www.beatport.com/release/half-a-dozen-twins/1039687

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