Flavor of the Week #10

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Stanislav Tolkachev
soundcloud.com/stanislavtolkachev
www.facebook.com/rudiment/
www.residentadvisor.net/dj/stanislavtolkachev
( ;D --> Stanislav Tolkachev is a techno pioneer from Ukraine. His productions are influenced both by the classic sound of Detroit and the sleek minimalistic tendencies born in Berlin. He is focused on experimentation with textures and psychedelic sounds, taking inspiration from many diverse sources. Stanislav Tolkachev influenced a whole generation of techno producers with his raw and atonal sound. Among them is Irakli, a Berlin-based producer who once made up one half of I/Y and helped found Staub, a techno party that's easily among Berlin's best.)
from 'Be Careful And Nobody Dies. SEMANTICA 112
semanticarecords.bandcamp.com/album/be-careful-and-nobody-dies-semantica-112
Be Careful And Nobody Dies
semanticarecords.bandcamp.com/track/be-careful-and-nobody-dies
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/07/flavor-of-week-28.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.)
The Death Of Pragmatism
throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/the-death-of-pragmatism-2


Konxom Pax
soundcloud.com/konx-om-pax
www.facebook.com/Konx-om-Pax-150890518300189/
( ;D --> Konx-Om-Pax is a Scottish electronic musician and graphical artist from Glasgow. Scholefield has done graphic design and animation for musicians and record labels, the latter including Brainfeeder, Hyperdub, and LuckyMe.)
Rez (Skee Mask Remix)
konx-om-pax.bandcamp.com/track/rez-skee-mask-remix
Return To Cascada
konx-om-pax.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-cascada


CHVRN
www.facebook.com/chvrnmusic
soundcloud.com/chvrn
( ;D -->Strange Witchhouse from Saint Petersburg.)
Faded
chvrn.bandcamp.com/track/faded
Shining
chvrn.bandcamp.com/track/shining
Fever
chvrn.bandcamp.com/track/fever
Memories
chvrn.bandcamp.com/track/memories
See also
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/09/flavor-of-week-40.html


Torul
www.facebook.com/torul
torul-recordings.net
( ;D -->  dark and soulful electro pop from germany. Torul have established themselves as one of the rare unpredictable synthpop bands on the scene, who are always up for something new, seemingly never satisfied with just sticking with one formula or trying to do what others do. Torulsson, the leader and producer of the band, has had influences from many music genres and other events in life and thus it's impossible for him not to be moving on to the next chapters of the project with curiosity, playfulness and also continuous exploration of the Torul sound.)
Best Moments
infactedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/best-moments
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/09/flavor-of-week-39.html


Over and Out

Flavor of the Week #9

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Fotoapparat
soundcloud.com/fotoapparat
www.facebook.com/wirsindfotoapparat/
( ;D --> 'Fotoapparat' was born somewhere in Europe, around the 21st century. The project is thought as a multimedia experiment with roots both from the past and the future : it is the fruit of the love of strange music, social science fiction and last but not least, underground electronic subcultures.)
Respekt - EP
boneshearnothing.bandcamp.com/album/respekt-ep
Selbsthass
boneshearnothing.bandcamp.com/track/selbsthass
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/11/flavor-of-week-46.html


Setrus
soundcloud.com/user-901478232
( ;D --> London based Setrus is the latest newcomer to the Bass Agenda Presents series of EPs - a series designed to reveal new talent, debuts of new projects by existing artists, and to remind you that the underground you read about has a deeper underground layer of its own too. Setrus makes his debut with 'Cellex Lobe', four tracks of well crafted Electro that mainly follow the dark, cold, machine music line in the genre's family tree. The EP brings twisted synth lines, tight mechanical rhythms, glitchy moments, and a healthy dose of atmospheric soup - in which all these components float.)
Cellex Lobe
bassagendarecordings.bandcamp.com/album/cellex-lobe
Left Cellex Rink
bassagendarecordings.bandcamp.com/track/left-cellex-rink


Daniel Avery
www.danielavery.co.uk/
( ;D --> Daniel Avery is an English electronic music producer and DJ from Bournemouth. Avery first began producing in 2009 under the name Stopmakingme, including for Little Boots, Hercules and Love Affair, and Metronomy, but reverted to his birth name for releases from 2012 onward.)
Song For Alpha B​-​Sides & Remixes
danielavery.bandcamp.com/album/song-for-alpha-b-sides-remixes
Quick Eternity (#FourTet remix)
danielavery.bandcamp.com/track/quick-eternity-four-tet-remix
Song For Alpha
shop.phantasysound.co.uk/collections/daniel-avery/products/daniel-avery-song-for-alpha-phlp-09
( ;D --> Daniel Avery and acclaimed experimental musician and Nine Inch Nails synth artist Alessandro Cortini announce their debut full-length collaboration, Illusion Of Time, set for release on March 27th via Phantasy.)
Illusion of Time by Daniel Avery & Alessandro Cortini
danielavery.bandcamp.com/album/illusion-of-time


Ulver
www.facebook.com/ulverofficial/
www.jester-records.com/ulver/ulver.html
( ;D --> Since the 2007 release of Shadows of the Sun, the Oslo-based collective has busied themselves broadening the grounds of their multi-dimensional, multiconfessional church. Once limited to the studio, the indefatigable Norwegians these days command the stage, crossing continents and oceans delivering a surreal and visually transfixing live act.)
Russian Doll
ulver.bandcamp.com/track/russian-doll
Drone Activity
ulver.bandcamp.com/album/drone-activity
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/05/flavor-of-week-22.html


Desiderii Marginis
soundcloud.com/desiderii-marginis
( ;D --> Desiderii Marginis was formed in 1993 in Mjölby, Sweden by Johan Levin as a solo-project. The intention was initialy to release just a few demotapes with material that failed to fit into the repertoire of my main band at the time - "The wounded meadow". The first three tapes "Consecrare", "Via Peregrinus" and "Triptych", made up of material composed 1992-1993 were limited to a modest handfull. Some of these songs later appeared in new versions on the album Songs over ruins, released on the loveable Cold Meat Industry label.)
Departed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=edIRrbfvuNI
Vita Arkivet
desiderii.bandcamp.com/album/vita-arkivet
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2016/01/flavor-of-week-1.html


Over and Out

Flavor of the Week #8

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Fraunhofer Diffraction
ivoryrite.bandcamp.com/
soundcloud.com/ivoryrite
instagram.com/ivory.rite/
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.)
The Sense of Urgency (Inspired by 'The Outlaw Ocean' a Book by Ian Urbina) by Fraunhofer Diffraction & Ian Urbina
open.spotify.com/album/79m99zUQbxvEQ2FydDEc7S?si=HDQPdQetSHufEUVe
Seafood Supply Chain
open.spotify.com/track/02adjSR1Z2S4teMQpWE9wB?si=V4KWHR74Qru8S5bbBRbVEw
Stripped
soundcloud.com/ivoryrite/fraunhofer-diffraction-stripped
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/11/flavor-of-week-48.html


Circumpolar
www.facebook.com/Circumpolar1/
( ;D --> Originating from the freezing misty side of Sweden, CIRCUMPOLAR is the new elektro-wave sensation discovered by Brussels-based label Alfa Matrix that is bound to draw some attention on the dark elektro scene! Avoiding all cliché traps where too many young bands fall nowadays and end up sounding too predictable by incorporating techno and other dance pop elements into their work, CIRCUMPOLAR stands strong on their sound identity roots, and opted for a solid focus on the 80’s golden age of electro goth wave music by deploying their sonic arsenal in dense haunting soundscapes where atmospheres and emotions prevail to club or radio compatibility.)
Lost In Time
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-time
We Will Remain
alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/we-will-remain-ep


Rein
www.facebook.com/reinofficialmusic/
( ;D --> Rein (aka Joanna Reinikainen) grew up in a Stockholm suburb. She has in a very short period of time established herself as a great hope for the Swedish electro scene. Her background as an outsider and her commitment to the unjustices of society is an important part of her expression. Rein is a unique artist. Her music is part electro, part punk, part electronic body music. With heavy basslines and enormous attitude she has been the target for a lot of media with her selftiteld debut EP released in january 2016.)
Closer To Reality
open.spotify.com/track/6rbRqGuLRD1iMgAWh
Off the Grid
open.spotify.com/album/0d5MnTSzsS35pxGGa3ROm1


Thool
thool.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Thool is a reclusive partnership, a production pairing ready to let the music do the talking. Blessed with vivid colour, their output thus far has an 80s streak - think proto-house, vintage electro and synth pop, wrapped up into one glitzy mixture.)
Je Sors (Stepping Out)
open.spotify.com/track/0AyERhWt5zMPChWv1ebGax?si=Z1MSDuB0S7iwhM7DvVTPqQ
Honesty
thool.bandcamp.com/album/honesty


James Murray & Francis M Gri
ultimae.com/artists/james-murray/
( ;D --> James Murray and Francis M Gri's Remote Redux is a delicate and original response to distance and closeness as expressed by the Japanese concept Ma, known also as negative space. It's a place of elegant dimension where Gri's graceful piano motifs and bowed guitar figures are carefully framed within the free flowing surrounds of Murray's warm synth sequences and nuanced sound design. Having released each other's work on their Slowcraft and KrysaliSound imprints James and Francis naturally extended this exchange into a remote London-Milan collaboration. The resulting debut is an unhurried collection of exquisitely crafted minimal ambient, tender and contemplative, a listening experience that simultaneously explores and distorts our awareness of separation and togetherness.)
Remote Redux
ultimae.bandcamp.com/album/remote-redux-2


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Flavor of the Week #7

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Pet Shop Boys
www.petshopboys.co.uk/
( ;D --> Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic pop duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasional vocals. Pet Shop Boys have sold 50 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness Book of Records. Three-time Brit Award winners and six-time Grammy nominees, since 1985 they have achieved 42 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart, including four number ones: "West End Girls", "It's a Sin", "Always on My Mind" and "Heart".)
Hotspot
open.spotify.com/album/3Ap37NIDZhcgORhznOgSmG?si=O8LG3mdwStGi3yz0UswHjg
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/05/flavor-of-week-21.html


Eisfabrik
eismusik.de/eisfabrik/
www.facebook.com/eisfabrikofficial/
( ;D --> Eisfabrik is a German future pop band from Hamburg.)
Kryothermalmusik aus der Eisfabrik
open.spotify.com/album/30P07xFGkVgLQVgJIQVhZH
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/06/flavor-of-week-25.html


Adi Newton/ Anti Group/ Clock DVA
www.facebook.com/adi.newton
theantigrouptagc.bandcamp.com/
armcomm.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/Clock-DVA-57909220995/
( ;D --> Beginning career in the arts as a painter with an interest in experimental theatre, Adi Newton formed the electronic trio, The Future, who were one of the first bands to arise in the burgeoning Sheffield, UK, electronic music scene of the late 70s. After recording a few demos which failed to lead to an official release, Newton left The Future (with the other two members going on to form The Human League) and began recording avant garde and experimental music under the name Clock DVA along with Steven "Judd" Turner. As Newton's interest in the growing culture of industrial music grew, Clock DVA recorded a series of albums to much critical acclaim and he formed The Anti Group (TAGC), an open ended series of multimedia collaborations which revolved around psychoacoustic experimentation and the notion of occult ritual (which had always been an influence on his work with Clock DVA, as well, but were more directly explored with TAGC) as well as recording with Andrew McKenzie (The Hafler Trio) as the Psychophysicist. Newton continues to remain active with both Clock DVA and TAGC as well as coordinating the multimedia production company ARMComm (Anterior Research Media Communications.)
TAG Box ORGAN NEEDLES
vimeo.com/386770730
armcomm.co.uk/products/tag-organ-needles-ltd-edition-box
( ;D --> Is a Selection of Audio / visual material from the TAG Box "ORGAN NEEDLES" a limited special edition Box containing a USB Printed Slim Card which contains 15 new unreleased works including 9 Collaborative works with Carl Michael Von Hausswolff / Jack Dangers / B J Nilsen / Stephen Thrower / David Knight / Tez Mauricio Marinucci / Mykel Boyd / Shara Vasilenko / Bob Lowoski / Michael Esposito / Sarah Rosalena Brady .
6 New Video pieces including full length Videos for ORGAN NEEDLES / MAGNETIC STONE / AL-JABR OF DESIRE / MITHRAIC DISC / THOUGHT FORMS / DEAD MACHINES .The Box will also contain 10 Original exclusive colour double sided Art Cards and comes with printed TAG tote .bag.)
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/04/flavor-of-week-16.html


33EMYBW
soundcloud.com/wushanmin
( ;D --> 33EMYBW is a producer on the Shanghai label SVBKVLT, which is helping pull experimental club music in exciting new directions. 33EMYBW the unlikely star of the SVBKVLT crew. She has referred to her style of music as "limb dance." She's inspired by arthropods—that is, insects, spiders, crustaceans and other exoskeletal creatures—and tries to use "arthropod-like beat evolution to achieve the perception of tiny creatures dancing around.")
Arthropods
svbkvlt.bandcamp.com/album/arthropods
33EMYBW dreams of alien souls on new album, Arthropods:
www.factmag.com/2019/09/26/33emybw-arthropods-svbkvlt/


Tripswitch
soundcloud.com/tripswitch
nickbrennan.info/
( ;D --> Nick Brennan aka Tripswitch has established a reputation as one of the UK's foremost chillout artists under his Tripswitch moniker. His productions are renowned for their intricate detail and luxurious sense of space, attracting top reviews in the music industry.)
Stigma
open.spotify.com/album/4yVjedkW5kneSBuehGJFXN?si=WFpoRmdvQWC07sUidVti9A


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