Flavor of the Week #14

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Kangding Ray
www.kangdingray.com
( ;D --> Kangding Ray is David Letellier Born 1978 in France, lives and works in Berlin.Studied and graduated in architecture in Rennes and Berlin, works in different fields: music, architecture, performances, installations. Evolved as a guitarist and drummer in bands whose influences ranged from noise-rock, to jazz, before buying an akai sampler and moving on to electronic music. Kangding ray's music reflects his wide musical background, and a particular way of merging beats and textured soundscapes into slowly evolving compositions. KR combines machines with « real instruments » in a subtle and rythmic suite, integrating noises, walls of distortion, massive bass lines, voices and field recordings. The result is a blend of deep advanced grooves and dark atmospheres, that one could describe as « abstract bass music ».)
Pruitt Igoe
www.raster-media.net/shop/pruitt-igoe
Hyper Opal Mantis
stroboscopicartefacts.com/shop/hyper-opal-mantis-salp005-sacd008/
( ;D --> The tension between the natural and artificial, the body and mind, are central themes in electronic music in general, and Techno in particular, as the means of creation, focused around technology and interactions with machines, contrast with the emotional response to sound, the mystical ritual of collective dancing, and the ethos of liberation and tolerance embedded in the culture it produced. We’re navigating a world of engineered pleasures, big data monitoring of movements and consumption habits, and falsely objective representations of reality, further blurred by a reduced attention span and several opaque layers of cultural interpretation and political manipulation. Manichean simplifications are used to create hate and fear in order to achieve domination and impose limits on freedom, and the irrational belief in endless growth, increasingly disconnected from nature, led to massive environmental destructions and waves of unprecedented extinctions of species. Our primal sensuous perception, vastly more abstract, emotional and sensual, make us feel the world as an ambiguous realm we are part of, but not in control of ; a complex network of interacting forces and enigmatic patterns, a matrix of overlapping desires. Rebuilding our bonds with nature, Reconnecting with our senses, and spreading love in the process becomes an essential act of resistance. Hyper Opal Mantis is a triptych on 3 states of desire, and the first long player of Kangding Ray for Stroboscopic Artefacts. HYPER is the primal, sensual lust, OPAL is the emotional catharsis, a blissful desire for love. MANTIS, like the insect it refers to, is the destructive, fatal attraction.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/11/flavor-of-week-47.html


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.)
Loma
throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/loma
Avarice
open.spotify.com/track/1WYD1moet4Sw9S72OGWR1Z?
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/04/flavor-of-week-15.html


Gamma Intel
soundcloud.com/gammaintelligence
( ;D -->Rotterdam is miserably cold and rainy. Plagued by gentrification and technological unemployment, the harbor city is slowly turning into a desolate, mechanized metropolis. Secretly tucked away on the outskirts, if you know where to look, there are a few remaining military bunkers. This is where the city’s youth go sporadically to relieve their anger and grief. During these nights, they tirelessly rage to the dystopian sound of Gamma Intel’s slow-burning electro and hypno-acid, before returning to the struggles of their daily lives.)
Motives & Methods [PNKMN26]
pinkman.bandcamp.com/album/motives-methods-pnkmn26


Apoptygma Berzerk
www.apoptygmaberzerk.de
theapboffice.com
( ;D --> In the past few years, Apoptygma Berzerk has forged an identity as a unique voice in the musical landscape. APB blends past experimentations in EBM, futurepop, goth, rock, pop, and more into a distinctive mélange that sets the group apart from its contemporaries.)
SDGXXV
pitchblackdrive.bandcamp.com/album/sdgxxv
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/07/flavor-of-week-28.html


Beirut
www.beirutband.com/
( ;D --> Beirut is an American band which was originally the solo musical project of Santa Fe native Zach Condon. Beirut's music combines elements of indie-rock and world music. The band's first performance was in New York, in May 2006, to support its debut album, Gulag Orkestar.)
Gallipoli
open.spotify.com/playlist/5tuUrn4UyEvzlR8uWRrKE8?si=CiD-MZ2eTHmP6rpLt8DT9g


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Flavor of the Week #13

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MetaComplex
metacomplex.hu/
www.facebook.com/MetaComplex-219948751349049/timeline/
( ;D --> True electro from an underground audiogenetic laboratory, about future technology, cyberspace and machine domination.)
DataTrance
metacomplex.bandcamp.com/album/datatrance
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/10/flavor-of-week-42.html


Mr Kitty
soundcloud.com/mrkittydm
www.facebook.com/mrkittydm
( ;D --> dark alternative electronic music for post-apocalyptic minds.)
EPHEMERAL
mrkittyngp.bandcamp.com/album/ephemera
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2014/07/flavor-of-week-28.html


Voster
www.facebook.com/Vostermusic
( ;D --> The in-your-face Electro Industrial Postapoc lovechild of iVardensphere, Iszoloscope and ESA. Soundtrack of the most infamous vagabond of the post-apocalypse. A result of radioactive contamination & human evolution to remain immune from our corroded planet! VOSTER and her degenerate henchmen are law! Pillaging & terrorizing the vulnerable and the meek! Enslaving for their own feral bidding!)
VSTR
voster.bandcamp.com/album/vstr
The Second Voming
voster.bandcamp.com/track/the-second-voming


Russ Gabriel
soundcloud.com/russ-gabriel
www.facebook.com/russgabrielofficial/
( ;D --> Russ Gabriel has been at the forefront of electronic music since the early 90s. Hailing from a small village near England’s south coast, Russ set up his Ferox label in 1993 which continues to release soulful electronica to this day. As a producer Russ has recorded non-stop for the last 25 years and has released works on labels such as Carl Craig’s Planet-E, DJAX-Up-Beats, Dave Clark’s Magnetic North, Peacefrog, Mobilee, Pokerflat and countless others.)
'The Controller' [FS017]
firescoperecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-controller-fs017


Twin Replica
soundcloud.com/twinreplica
www.facebook.com/twinreplica
( ;D --> Electronica inspired Synth Pop duo from Oxford/outskirts of London.)
Child
open.spotify.com/album/5XPHNvZsNk41gN6UexwHG5?si=_xaTrPN0RaavNB-kZbO98g&fbclid=IwAR0-cikfe2CigsLBFu1Dxyc-k9fEJ05zxlOWYtBWbj_A7EGJ9IFkBWIr_FI


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Flavor of the Week #12

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Gesaffelstein
www.gesaffelstein.com
( ;D --> Best known for his collaborations with Kanye West on two standout tracks from the groundbreaking Yeezus (‘Send It Up’ and ‘Black Skinhead’) as well as high profile remixes for Lana Del Rey and Depeche Mode, Paris-based DJ/producer Gesaffelstein’s solo work reconnects hard techno to its pounding industrial roots.  After earning all manner of acclaim for early EP releases, Gesaffelstein's monstrous recent track ‘Pursuit’ was released by The Vinyl Factory as a beautiful collectors edition with clear vinyl. Its accompanying video has been watched over 1.5 million times. Gesaffelstein's follow up single, the menacing 'Hate or Glory', was similarly seismic in its impact on dancefloors and across the worldwide web. Now comes his eagerly awaited debut LP, a mesmerizing combination of dark techno, industrial menace and elegiac electronic soundscapes that seems certain to catapult Gesaffelstein into the stratosphere and register Aleph as the breakthrough album of the year. It is, without doubt, one of the best of 2013.)
Hyperion
open.spotify.com/album/0JA38Ekhsv43y2lBj5GQkQ
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/11/flavor-of-week-49.html


Meat Beat Manifesto
meatbeatmanifesto.com/
( ;D --> Meat Beat Manifesto have been perfecting their techno sound since 1987 and have been major influencers on trip-hop, as well as drum and bass along the way.)
Opaque Couché
meatbeatmanifesto.bandcamp.com/album/opaque-couch
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/02/flavor-of-week-6.html


Fraunhofer Diffraction
soundcloud.com/vk666
fdiffraction.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/fdiffraction
( ;D --> Ambient Techno; Soft, warm, enveloping and nervous, like meeting with an old friend. Increased heart rate, but the eyes are half-closed and sleepy.)
Garden of Thorns
open.spotify.com/album/7MBKtCqibijXmDn4eA0I55
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/10/flavor-of-week-44.html




Lustmord
www.lustmord.com
soundcloud.com/lustmord
lustmord.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> While his days are spent working on sound design for Hollywood scores by Graeme Revell, sound designer Brian Williams records experimental ambience and dark space music as Lustmord. His recordings have been embraced by a variety of ambient fans, ranging from the '70s traditionalists at the Hearts of Space label to the ambient-techno experimentalists at Plug Research.)
First Reformed
lustmord.bandcamp.com/album/first-reformed
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2016/08/flavor-of-week-31.html




Leæther Strip
www.facebook.com/LeaetherStrip/
www.leaether-strip.com/
( ;D --> According to founder Claus Larsen, Leæther Strip is, and always will be, only him. Larsen was born on November 13, 1967 in Aalborg, Denmark. He first released music under the name of Leæther Strip in 1989. However, his 1995 release G.A.W.M.U.S. (Getting Away With Murder U. S.) included two early demos from 1982 and 1984, with the latter forming the unknown beginning of the band according to an interview conducted with Claus Larsen. In 1991, Larsen created a side-project called Klute in which he also remained the sole member. It can be argued, and is by many, that the sound of Leæther Strip throughout the early 1990s helped define what is today known as electro-industrial. In a search performed on MySpace on December 1st, 2008, 294 bands had listed Leæther Strip (or "Leather Strip") as a musical influence, although the true number of bands influenced by Larsen's work is undoubtedly much higher. In 1994, Claus Larsen drastically changed the sound of Leæther Strip, with the release of a synthesized semi classical album. Conceived as a soundtrack to a fictional film, it was named Serenade for the Dead. The releases since then have reincorporated electronic dance elements, and have redefined Leæther Strip into what Larsen calls, "symphonic electro".)
ÆPPRECIATION III - DEUTSCHEWÆLLE
leaetherstrip.bandcamp.com/album/ppreciation-iii-deutsche-w-lle
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2016/12/flavor-of-week-51.html




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Flavor of the Week #11

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Hatari
www.hatari.is/
svikamylla.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Hatari (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈhaːtarɪ]) is an Icelandic techno and punk rock performance art group from Reykjavík. The band consists of Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan, Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson and Einar Hrafn Stefánsson.[1][2] The group has released one EP and a number of singles. Hatari is known for their live shows, including their BDSM-inspired stage costumes.)
HATRIÐ MUN SIGRA
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVbShUW6QBM
Spillingardans
svikamylla.bandcamp.com/track/spillingardans
Neysluvara EP
svikamylla.bandcamp.com/album/neysluvara-ep


Com Truise
comtruise.com
( ;D --> Com Truise is one of the many personas of producer and designer Seth Haley, born and raised in upstate New York and operating out of a 12’-overrun apartment in Princeton, New Jersey. An admitted synth obsessive, Com Truise is the maker of an experimental and bottom heavy style he calls “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk”. What do you call musicians like Com Truise? He seems easy enough to pin down—throw out some words like “nostalgia,” “synth-wave,” “eighties,” and “electro-funk” and you’ll scrape by—but to be truly insightful about his music is tough, because art that is so blatantly referencing certain things in a certain way while also making them weird and new and unique is confusing. How do you classify something that is so obviously both vintage and current but is too fun to call postmodern?)
Persuasion System
comtruise.bandcamp.com/album/persuasion-system-2
Existence Schematic
open.spotify.com/track/0eRqc1qr7cW5v6UgibbzMg?si=viyk4JRCQm-VrL_0UAX3PQ
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/06/flavor-of-week-25.html


BLR
soundcloud.com/blrofficial
www.facebook.com/BLRofficial
( ;D --> Vast soundscapes and moving melodies.)
Otherworld (BLR & NVO Extended Mix)
youtu.be/PCfqCkXjve4
EP, Pt. 3 by BLR
open.spotify.com/album/6o03VVeW1Tyti9LIOBrrWI?si=kgcQHplGRHSDH01B5bseQg

Klutæ

klutae.bandcamp.com/

( ;D --> Klutæ is an industrial music project founded by Danish musician Claus Larsen, who is best known for his main project, Leæther Strip. Originally formed in 1991 under the name Klute.)

Piranha

klutae.bandcamp.com/album/black-piranha
Long live #EBM (album edit)Electro Punks Unite

klutae.bandcamp.com/track/long-live-ebm-album-editSee also:

See also:

barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/01/music-flavor-of-week-5.html

Níundi
www.facebook.com/Niundiofficial/
niundi.bandcamp.com/releases
( ;D --> |/ Níundi is the supercharged atmosphere found between fire and ice. And within this liminal and misty shadow of dark Norse magick, ritual and ancient story can be heard. /|\.)
Níundi
niundi.bandcamp.com/album/n-undi


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #10

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Fragrance
www.facebook.com/thisisfragrance/
soundcloud.com/thisisfragrance
( ;D --> Fragrance. is a dreamy synthpop project of Matthieu Roche from Paris.)
'Now That I'm Real'
fragrancemusic.bandcamp.com/album/now-that-im-real
open.spotify.com/album/1eI45qyMkm9O4OdOQnxQRr
Hazy Strobes (feat. Hélène de Thoury from Hante.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NidVWgkNh1c


Rotersand
www.facebook.com/rotersand
rotersand.net/
( ;D --> Influenced by techno as well as rock, German electronic body music (EBM) group Rotersand established themselves as a powerful live act and also released new music on a regular basis. Formed in 2002 in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rotersand are comprised of Gun (born Gunther Gerl), Rasc (Rascal Nikov), and Krischan (Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg).)
'Hey You'
www.outoflineshop.de/rotersand-hey-you-cd.html
'Hey You'
youtu.be/_8pnWb4Fns0
Capitalism
soundcloud.com/user-949579142/rotersand-capitalism-tm-album-snippets-1
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2014/08/flavor-of-week-32.html


Mortiis
www.mortiis.com/
www.facebook.com/officialmortiis
( ;D --> Mortiis is a band from Notodden, Norway fronted by Håvard Ellefsen, who is also known as the namesake of the band. The name is a misspelling of the word 'mortis', which is the pronunciation used by the band. Mortiis started as the solo project of Ellefsen as a means to convey a story. This aspect was lost over time and Mortiis slowly formed into a band. Created by Havard Ellefsen in 1993, with the intention to record very depressive music in Transylvanian castles. Due to electricity problems this did not happen. Has been ever evolving, shunned and adored ever since.)
Visions of an Ancient Future (From the upcoming 2019 album "Spirit of Rebellion".)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-RCM61Sb5s
Spirit of Rebellion 2019..
downloadmusic.mortiis.com/


Volorflex
www.facebook.com/volorflex/
soundcloud.com/volorflex
( ;D --> Electro form Syktyvkar, Russia.)
Blowing Smoke
volorflextrampique.bandcamp.com/album/blowing-smoke


Alek Stark
soundcloud.com/alekstark
www.alekstark.com/
( ;D --> Alek Stark is today one of the indisputable pioneers of the electro scene in Spain. Alek start his relation with the electro music as b.boy, breakin´ the streets of the downtown of Madrid in 1983. He started to make the first beats in 1988 but he is best known by his releases on Disko B, Transient Force, Last Known Trajectory, Titan's Halo, Interstellar Tracks, Original Street Techno, etc., also by his remixes for Arthur Baker, Newcleus, AS1, Synth Alien, Punx Sound Check/Marc Almond, Honk Kong Counterfeit, Esplendor Geométrico, AndresAndreas, Catherine Vatine... Iron Maiden! You listened to his works in sets of I-F, Dave Clarke, John Peel, Miss Kittin, Electric Indigo, David Carreta, Micronauts, Mick Willis, Tiga, etc...)
We Love You
open.spotify.com/track/5DjIVjYsNrmF9ydfAOXHdN?si=YOYFCS9PS2qipsmsOgN-tw
Highway to Disko
open.spotify.com/album/3z7CQaCL29DF6ivC5i68fo
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2017/08/flavor-of-week-35.html


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