Flavor of the Week #35

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White Ring
www.facebook.com/whitering999/
whitering.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> It makes sense that upstart label Disaro calls Houston home; the city's humid weather and the syrup-sipping roots of the regional hip-hop scene perfectly suit the label's releases, which feature swampy atmospheres and slowed-down vocals run through varying levels of oppressive static. New York duo White Ring have that distinctive lean down pat, especially on "IxC999", scheduled for release on Disaro in the next few months. A skeletal drum machine clatters with low-rider menace, while vocalist Kendra Malia alternately whispers and chant-sings about "ice in her hand" as walls of blown-out bass threaten to drown her out. At its core, "IxC999" is pretty fucking scary, from Malia's voice to the sound effects (creaking doors, gunshots) on down; by the time it dissolves into high-pitched staccato moans, you don't know whether to nod your head or hide under the covers.)
Gate of Grief
open.spotify.com/album/2laic9BwkaHT1kXWrIt28p
Home Of The Brave
youtu.be/IKW5FPlKYSo
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/04/flavor-of-week-16.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/02/flavor-of-week-8.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2016/10/flavor-of-week-43.html


Solitary Experiments
www.solitaryexperiments.de
( ;D --> The Berlin-based trio Solitary Experiments has long since understood the fact that good electronic music will require more than bringing together some synthesizer presets with some cuddly beats. With much emphasis on good song writing, catchy melodies and multi-faceted arrangements as on club-compatible beats and solid bass. The anthemic Electro-tracks keep the delicate balance between catchiness and a thorough dose of power that keeps them from ever drifting into Pop-muzak realms.)
Crash & Burn
www.outoflineshop.de/solitary-experiments-crash-burn-limited-edition-mcd.html
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/07/flavor-of-week-31.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/07/yasuharu-motomiya-www.html


Ladytron
www.ladytron.com
www.facebook.com/ladytron
( ;D --> Ladytron blends electronic pop music and New Wave, using an array of vintage analogue equipment to achieve their distinct sound. Albums so far have focused on a balance between pop structures and digitally edited analogue electronic sound, along with some more experimental leanings including psychedelic elements. All four members write songs differently, which adds to the eclectic nature of their albums.)
The Island
open.spotify.com/album/09s85Z2yfraJCMVmMf30af
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/03/flavor-of-week-11.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2011/09/flavor-of-week-37.html
and:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
and:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2006/12/flavor-of-week-49.html
and:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/04/flavor-of-week-15.html


Priest
www.facebook.com/priestofficial/
( ;D --> Priest is a synth band that creates music rooted in the vastness of electronic dreams. The goal of their multifaceted prophecy is to safely guide humanity unto the next evolutionary step – the merging with machines.)
New Flesh
open.spotify.com/album/0SL3QeV2BJSrU3DamsVrNW


Lisa Gerard
www.lisagerrard.com
( ;D --> "Music is a Place to take Refuge. It's a Sanctuary from Mediocrity and Boredom. It's Innocent and it's a Place you can loose yourself in Thoughts, Memories and Intricacies..." Lisa Gerrard. Over a career that takes in almost two decades with Dead Can Dance, award-winning movie soundtracks and a series of acclaimed solo and collaborative albums, Lisa Gerrard has established herself as one of Australia's most ground-breaking and in-demand artists. Singer, composer and actress in El Nino de la Luna (a film which she also scored), Lisa brings a vision that is both precise and all-embracing to everything she does. It is a musical journey that began in the early 1980s when she and fellow Australian Brendan Perry formed Dead Can Dance, one of the world's most original bands whose proud boast is that they never fitted into any neatly manufactured genre or predefined pigeonhole. With Lisa's otherworldly voice counter-poised by Brendon's mellifluous tones, from the outset, they thought nothing of setting discordant electric guitars and dark, rolling bass lines against cellos, trombones and timpani. Over nine albums between 1984 and 1995, the duo's musical canvas expanded with every release to take in a timeless mix of world music influences, medieval chants, folk ballads, baroque stylings, Celtic flavours, electronics, samples and anything else that took their fancy.)
Hiraeth
open.spotify.com/album/5urHQkWn8RRczT1ht0IVV2
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2014/08/flavor-of-week-35.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2010/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/flavor-of-week-52.html
And:
barlemusic.blogspot.se/2006_12_01_archive.html


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