Flavor of the Week #22

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Throwing Snow
www.throwingsnow.co.uk
soundcloud.com/throwingsnow
www.facebook.com/throwingsnow
( ;D --> London-based artist and producer Ross Tones presents Mosaic, his debut long player under his Throwing Snow moniker. Ross grew up on a huge variety of music from traditional folk songs to reggae and hardcore, and was also influenced by punk and UK metal in the northern wilderness of England. Though an astrophysics graduate, he always wanted to concentrate on music, and the sonically striking 11 track LP follows a run of acclaimed releases put out since 2007 for the likes of Local Action, Ho Tep, Sneaker Social Club and his own Snowfall imprint, and a stint at the revered Red Bull Music Academy in New York last year. Live, Tones is also accomplished, having made numerous Boiler Room appearances and supported the likes of Bonobo, Atoms For Peace and Jon Hopkins. He is also co-owner of record labels the Left Blank and A Future Without, using his accrued industry knowledge to help launch the careers of now established artists Vessel, Wife, Visionist, Lorca, Memotone and Young Echo, and records as Snow Ghosts with vocalist Augustus Ghost.)
Avarice [Houndstooth]
soundcloud.com/houndstoothlbl/throwing-snow-avarice-houndstooth
Mosaic
store.houndstoothlabel.com/mosaic.html
The Tempest
vimeo.com/90742488

Mathew Jonson
soundcloud.com/mathew-jonson
www.redbullmusicacademy.com/people/mathew-jonson
www.facebook.com/MathewJonson
myspace.com/mathewjonson
( ;D --> Mathew Jonson really is one of a kind. He's developed one of the most distinctive voices in electronic dance music: when you hear one of Jonson's tracks, you almost immediately know it's his. And yet there's no mistaking any given track for another. His music offers a rare fusion of populist intensities and nuanced musicality. With a keen understanding for the needs of the dancefloor and the universal laws of house and techno, he's thrown out the rule book time and time again, sneaking tricks learned from electro and even drum'n'bass into minimal clubs, and loading up his B-sides with tracks that do what they damned well please.)
Typerope
soundcloud.com/mathew-jonson/typerope
Another Re-wired Marionette - Countdown to Zero
soundcloud.com/crosstownrebels/day-zero-mathew-jonson-marionette
Her Blurry Pictures
www.beatport.com/release/her-blurry-pictures/1095328
Marionette
www.youtube.com/watch?v=daSid6Lh9Vs

w1b0
soundcloud.com/w1b0
www.facebook.com/pages/w1b0/182428208497235
( ;D --> Wibo Lammerts, Electronic music producer from Utrecht, Netherlands. Cutting edge electronics with the dark, sweaty and serious dance floor in mind. From the outset w1b0’s mission to carve out his own sound in this era of cut and paste and production shortcuts has led to recognition by genre champions such as Rolf Mulder and Dave Clarke; indeed his first formal appearance on physical media was as part of Dave Clarke’s seminal Fabric 60 CD.)
Main Squeeze Remixes
www.juno.co.uk/products/w1b0-main-squeeze-remixes/535820-01
soundcloud.com/bassagenda/w1b0-main-squeeze-remixes-ep-pre-order-release-8th-july-2014

Nullset
nullset.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/nullset666
soundcloud.com/nullset666
( ;D --> music influenced by trap, trance, rave, which house and synth music from the 80s. Its been called "Future Music" by some 8 year olds.)
[EQCL52] South Carolina
equilateral-music.bandcamp.com/album/eqcl52-south-Carolina

Saltillo
www.menton3.com
( ;D --> Saltillo, the musical project behind menton3 (aka Menton J. Matthews III), will be releasing a deluxe, special edition vinyl of the upcoming album Katabasis, which comes out in early october. The record will feature 12 brand new tracks and is described by Matthews as “his darkest yet”. The term katabasis originates in Ancient Greece and spans both religion and time in its usage. With credence to mythology, katabasis describes a descent to the underworld, popularly taken by heroes, most notably, Orpheus in pursuit of Eurydice, but may also be a description for one’s journey through unfavorable capacities. Generally speaking, this journey may be traversed within multiple realms or planes of being, ergo, the otherworld.)
Katabasi
www.kickstarter.com/projects/menton3/katabasis
katabasi
www.stormingthebase.com/saltillo-katabasis-vinyl-half-half-blue-White

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Flavor of the Week #21

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Cyclobe
www.cyclobe.com
( ;D --> Cyclobe (1999-) are a music duo formed by Stephen Thrower and Ossian Brown. They make hallucinatory electronic soundscapes by mixing sampled and heavily synthesized sounds with acoustic arrangements for a variety of instruments including hurdy gurdy, border pipes, duduk and clarinet. Their approach draws upon diverse forms, including acousmatic, drone music, sound collage, folk and progressive rock.)
The Visitors (limited edition 2x CD)
www.cyclobe.com/shop-the-visitors-cd.php
( ;D --> Deluxe laminated CD gatefold wallet with card insert.)
The Visitors
C_amazon
Sulphur-Tarot-Garden
C1_amazon
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/05/flavor-of-week-22.html
And (#UnicaZürn):
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2009/09/flavor-of-week-40.html

Ben Frost
benfrost.bandcamp.com/
ethermachines.com/
www.myspace.com/theghostofbenfrost
( ;D --> Born in 1980 in Melbourne, Australia, Ben Frost relocated to Reykjavík Iceland in 2005 and working together with close friends Valgeir Sigurðsson and Nico Muhly, formed the Bedroom Community record label/collective. The music of Ben Frost is about contrast; influenced as much by Classical Minimalism as by Punk Rock and Metal, Frost's throbbing guitar-based textures emerge from nothing and slowly coalesce into huge, forbidding forms that often eschew conventional structures in favor of the inevitable unfoldings of vast mechanical systems. His albums, including Steel Wound (2003), Theory of Machines (2007), BY THE THROAT (2009) and A U R O R A (2014) fuse intensely structured sound art with militant post-classical electronic music, shape-shifting physical power with immersive melody, concentrated minimalism with fierce, rupturing metal.)
A U R O R A
benfrost.bandcamp.com/album/a-u-r-o-r-a
bleep.com/release/50783-ben-frost-a-u-r-o-r-a
( ;D --> A U R O R A is Ben Frost’s highly anticipated fifth solo release, his first since the widely acclaimed 2009 album BY THE THROAT. A U R O R A aims directly, through its monolithic construction, at blinding luminescent alchemy; not with benign heavenly beauty but through decimating magnetic force. This is no pristine vision of digital music, it is a filthy, uncivilized offering of interrupted future time where emergency flares illuminate ruined nightclubs and the faith of the dancefloor rests in a diesel-powered generator spewing forth its own extinction, eating rancid fuel so loudly it threatens to overrun the very music it is powering.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/06/flavor-of-week-24.html

BL/\CK CEILING
soundcloud.com/danocean
auralsects.bandcamp.com
( ;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.)
Ghost
maxbeta.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-ep
Jean
maxbeta.bandcamp.com/track/jean
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2014/01/flavor-of-week-1.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/12/flavor-of-week-50.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2013/03/flavor-of-week-13.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2012_07_01_archive.html

Scape one
soundcloud.com/scape-one
scapeone.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Scape One is Kurt Baggaley, a producer from the south of England. He gained attention with his releases as scape one writing for labels like electrix, SCSI-AV and templedog. Writing since the 1980's and using mainly analog & hardware. He also writes under guises as Dr. Futurist (electro), Tactical Systems (techno-bass), Tau Sagittarii (experimental) and under his own name (minimal/synth/italo).)
Complex order
scapeone.bandcamp.com/album/complex-order
Neurofeedback
scapeone.bandcamp.com/album/neurofeedback

Quixotic and The Human Experience
The Human Experience
http://humanexperiencecreations.com
( ;D --> “The Human Experience” is David Block’s principal project as a live electronic composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Listeners experience a delicious symphonic blend of prismatic soundscapes and sultry beats.)
Quixotic
www.quixoticfusion.com
( ;D --> Quixotic has a core team of contributors whose members work together to maintain and provide support from creation to execution of Quixotic’s performances. Individuals are invited to join the core team based on their time and efforts contributed to Quixotic as a whole, as well as their sustained efforts in improving the overall quality of Quixotic. The core team is essential to the day-to-day vision and creation led by Founder / Artistic Director Anthony Magliano and Associate Artistic Director Mica Thomas.  Quixotic's core musical composition team is led by Anthony Magliano and Shane Borth.)
From the Outside Looking in
thehumanexperience.bandcamp.com/album/from-the-outside-looking-in
( ;D --> The collaboration between Quixotic and The Human Experience expands beyond the sonic experience and into the mixed media world. Quixotic blends world class music with performance art, using cutting edge visual projections with aerial, dance, and fire ballet to convey mysterious and beautiful worlds. On this release, Quixotic's own live band collaborated with David Block's cinematic compositions to create a synesthetic explosion on the senses.)

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Flavor of the Week #20

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Franck Orff
soundcloud.com/franckorff
www.franckorff.net
www.facebook.com/pages/Franck-Orff/113623938671829
( ;D --> Franck Orff is a surrealist & abstract artist born in 1988. He loves creating paintings, music, photography. Franck's Music is focusing on the progressive structure with deep melodies and cosmic  pads. Franck has the particularity to show us his vision of the galaxy into his tracks. Balancing between Darkness, Sanctuary & the Lights (Mood ). The Aerospheric music is something elegant and timeless. Tracks are made with the heart and the soul.)
Welcome
soundcloud.com/franckorff/franck-orff-welcome-exclusive-track-free-download
Contemplation EP
soundcloud.com/franckorff/franck-orff-contemplation-ep-out-nowaerosphericrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ar004-contemplation-ep-franck-orff
Yin & Yang EP
aerosphericrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ar003-yin-yang-ep-franck-orff

Invisible Allies
www.invisibleallies.net/
( ;D --> Invisible Allies is a collaboration between well known West Coast downtempo aficionado Bluetech and Philadelphia electronic mastermind KiloWatts. Both established with numerous releases and projects spanning various genres, the Invisible Allies collaboration is a meeting between two distinct and imaginative minds, each with acute musical sensibilities and signature aesthetics.
Exploring futuristic spacefunk, textural ambient, odd time signatures, complex harmonic developments, detailed digitalia and a sublime sense of the exotic, the first Invisible Allies EP, “Hyperdimensional Animals,” gives a first look into what promises to be an exciting and evolving conversation between two singular and eccentric producers.
Conversations with Bees
aleph-zero.info/cd-181/Invisible-Allies/Conversations-with-Bees/details.html
Hyperdimensional Animals
invisibleallies.bandcamp.com/releases

Alphaxone
alphaxone.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud.com/alphaxone
( ;D --> Alphaxone is definitely offering us a dark ambient release, but regularly draws in the ambient distinctive features to create tortured tracks, either turned towards brighter or darker perspectives. Ubiquitous drones are assisted by cold synthesizers exhaling like lost spirits in the purgatory for the dark side, warm and dense layers of sound for the light side.)
Living in the Grayland
cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/living-in-the-grayland

Astrosuka
soundcloud.com/astrosuka
www.facebook.com/astrosuka/info
astrosuka.com.ar/
( ;D --> Astrosuka are a duo named Tatiana and ¥√L based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their album title translates from Russian to ‘Gold/////Dirt’ which probably goes some way to explaining the somewhat East European likeness of one of their names. However, the music, a kind of dystopian take on electro-disco, defines no particular place on this Earth.)
ЗОЛОТАЯ / / / / / ГРЯЗЬ
auralsects.bandcamp.com/album/-
soundcloud.com/astrosuka/astrosuka-aural-sects

Hannes Rasmus
soundcloud.com/hannes-Rasmus
( ;D --> House, Electro, Techno from Hamburg.)
Analog ist besser
hannesrasmus.bandcamp.com/
Eine leichte Brise weht über das Sonnendeck
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR3x2Q-VhUs&feature=youtu.be


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Flavor of the Week #19

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Giuseppe Mereu (R.I.P)
soundcloud.com/giuseppe-mereu
giuseppemereu.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Hailing from italy, Giuseppe Mereu has built up a considerable army of fans over the last few years with his unique electro style. Blending classic synth sounds and drum machines with cuttin edge production techniques. Sadly Giuseppe Mereu, was reportedly found dead on May 7th.)
Tribute To Giuseppe Mereu R.I.P // Re-Upload(extracted From BA 53
soundcloud.com/bassagenda/tribute-to-giuseppe-mereu-rip-re-uploadextracted-from-ba-53
( ;D --> Originally broadcast on 10th May 2013, 3 days after the untimely death of incredibly talented and modest electro producer Giuseppe Mereu. Rest In Peace brother.
In Electro I've Trust
giuseppemereu.bandcamp.com/

Architect
www.architect-music.com/
www.facebook.com/pages/Architect/236707943010171
( ;D--> architect is a unique hybrid of idm, electronica and smooth ambient soundscapes inexhaustibly explored by german mastermind daniel myer. in a career spanning over fifteen years daniel has been connected to but never belonged to a host of scenes and styles. architect was created in 1998 and has since proven his mettle on a multitude of releases and on countless acclaimed concerts world-wide. in 2010 alan wilder (recoil) discovered architect's brilliance, which led to daniel performing as a support act for recoil on several acclaimed shows in europe and the united states. architects most pronounced quality is the accomplished combination of powerful grooves and atmospheric soundscapes resulting in music that is suitable for both listening and dancing. architect's sixth full length album 'mine' constitutes an appreciable shift in direction compared to his previous works by adding compositional and instrumental innovations brand new to this project. supported by well-respected artists like ben lukas boysen a.k.a. hecq, guitarist and cellist felix gerlach, dejan samardzic (dsx), legendary producer, engineer and remixer paul kendall, canadian musician and sound designer comaduster and hungarian vocalist emese arvai-illes (black nail cabaret), architect marches to no one’s beat but his own, expanding ambitious electronica with comprehensive down-tempo song structures. moderate yet decisive beats and precise keyboard and string arrangements build the foundation for emese's exceptional voice transmitting suspense, depth and sinister beauty with perfectly fitting lyrics. depending on how and when you listen, this atmospheric release can fill you with menace and sadness, or send you into a deep reverie. uncompromising, muscular and powerful, the music of 'mine' is also full of subtle touches and a supple sense of rhythm. highly recommended for devotees of moderat, recoil or house of black lanterns - this album will be 'yours' for sure.)
Mine
www.beatport.com/release/mine/1148522
Neverending (Instrumental)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsxprPNzZtk

Gesloten Cirkel
soundcloud.com/gesloten-cirkel
( ;D --> Gesloten Cirkel aka Ratsnake drops an amazing double 12 on the notorius Murdercapital imprint. Not for the faint-hearted! First batch will be pressed on colored vinyl. From Moscow with Love - Neo-techno for those who don't know!Little is really known of Gesloten Cirkel, a producer who apparently resides in Moscow and has remained a decidedly enigmatic figure since his arrival on the techno scene back in 2009. Responsible for coaxing I-F's Murder Capital label back into action after years of inactivity with his self titled debut release, Gesloten Cirkel has intermittently surfaced with more cracked, disjointed, rattling techno that's caused ripples of excitement amongst the underground.)
Submit X LP
www.phonicarecords.com/product/gesloten-cirkel-submit-x-lp-murder-capital/120370

NITRO/NOISE
www.facebook.com/nitronoisemusic
soundcloud.com/nitronoiseband
( ;D --> Violent and Heavy EBM from Montreal.)
No Cure For Apocalypse
dwa-digital.com/album/no-cure-for-apocalypse
( ;D --> Second album from the Canadian electro-industrial trio, initial quantities in 6-panel digifile with booklet and 2CD full of exclusive remixes from Modulate, FGFC820, Rotersand, C-Lekktor, Grendel and many more.)

Asphyxia
soundcloud.com/asphyxiaa
www.facebook.com/asphyxia.official
( ;D --> french electrodark band.)
Sense of Decay
A_amazon
Without You
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0whlZGvS_w&feature=youtu.be&a
soundcloud.com/asphyxiaa/asphyxia-without-you-unreleased

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Flavor of the Week #18

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The Black Dog
www.theblackdogma.com/tbd
soundcloud.com/the-black-dog
( ;D --> The Black Dog is a British electronic music group, and was founded by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. Regarded as legends by some, the group are pioneers who, along with acts like Autechre, Aphex Twin, µ-ziq and LFO, came to define the techno movement known as intelligent dance music (IDM) in the early 1990s. Ed and Andy left to pursue their Plaid project, Ken continued with several different line-ups of Black Dog before choosing to work with Martin Dust and Richard Dust from Dust Science Recordings after a long break from the music scene.)
Liber Collected
play.spotify.com/album/0Ml2lr5Fza7RTiUBLGQU0m
BD_amazon
 
Bluetech
www.bluetechonline.com
www.facebook.com/iambluetech
soundcloud.com/bluetech
( ;D --> Evan Bartholomew, under the moniker Bluetech, produces his unique style of experimental noise from San Diego, CA. Classically trained on the piano for public performing, Bartholomew deviated from the traditional sounds and began to express the rhythms that sprouted from within him, and Bluetech was born. This resulted in his interpretation of nature's expression of being, a sound that is dronal ambient, downtempo, improvisational. He devoured the electronic potentials for musical expression and conveyed it in IDM, digidub, and psychedelic trance.)
Cosmic Dubs
http://bluetech.bandcamp.com
B_amazon
See also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010_05_01_archive.html
 
Schwarzblut
www.schwarzblut.com
( ;D --> Schwarzblut (full name: Die goetheanistische Tonkunstgesellschaft Schwarzblut) is a Gesamstkunstwerk. A collective work of art, based on historic German poetry and carried by organic-electronic music. Schwarzblut’s work is outlined by a haunting visual context of imagery in their album artwork and during live shows. Each Schwarzblut release is a group effort, including the arts of composing, poetry, fashion, photography, video and design. Each Schwarzblut live show too is a performance featuring these ingredients.)
Gebeyn Aller Verdammten
S_bandcamp
www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=51016_0_2_0_C
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2014/02/flavor-of-week-8.html
 
Deadboy
twitter.com/deadboy
www.facebook.com/pages/Deadboy/25706257596?id=25706257596&sk=info
( ;D --> You could describe Deadboy’s music as heartache for the dancefloor. Tapping into London’s rich musical heritage from Scott Walker to early 90’s Hardcore all the way through to UK Garage and House, Deadboy’s tracks somehow still share the same sense of futuristic melancholia as the first wave of Detroit Techno by the likes of Derrick May and Juan Atkins. Outside of Numbers, Deadboy spins R&B under the name of DJ Tearjerker and is one half of gameboy dancehall act Hyper Black Bass.)
Return
D_bleep
 
TA2MI
www.facebook.com/ta2mitravelthroughworlds
( ;D --> Tatsumi Akinobu (TA2MI) is a Jodo Shinshuu Buddhist monk from the countryside outside the city of Kumamoto in the South of Japan. As featured in the globally successful film KanZeOn, he is also a multi-talented musician – in addition to his skills as a battle DJ and beatboxer presented in the film, the release of Travel Through Worlds marks his debut as a producer. Showing exceptional attention to detail with both synthetic and natural sounds, the album is an absorbing journey through electronic musical genres.)
Travel Through Worlds: Introduction
ta2mi.bandcamp.com/album/travel-through-worlds-introduction
 
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