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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