Flavor of the Week #27

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Darkstar
soundcloud.com/darkstarofficial
www.darkstar.ws/
( ;D --> Darkstar began life as a production duo, James Young and Aiden Whalley, releasing 12" inches on their own label 2010 Records. The pair then released singles such as "Need U" and "Aidy's Girl is a Computer" on the groundbreaking Hyperdub imprint. In late 2009 Darkstar began recording with songwriter and vocalist James Buttery who featured on the first LP "North." At this point the duo became a trio, signed with Sheffield born Warp records and began working on what would become "News From Nowhere," their second LP which was released in February 2013.)
Civic Jams
open.spotify.com/album/7FsgdT0mJw2ehARnWHXFzu?si=FEYWQdaNTLCC_G30Q70Z_Q
Jam (Horsepower Productions Remixes)open.spotify.com/album/1smV7sGdrGzjkp8rMXLboQ?si=cqSwM4WPTJqDssL_9OOQNg
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/04/flavor-of-week-17.html


Alva Noto
www.alvanoto.com/
soundcloud.com/alvanotoofficial
( ;D --> Carsten Nicolai (September 18, 1965), known as Alva Noto, is a German musician. He is a member of the music groups Diamond Version with Olaf Bender (Byetone), Signal with Frank Bretschneider and Olaf Bender, Cyclo with Ryoji Ikeda, ANBB with Blixa Bargeld and Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto with whom he composed the score for the 2015 film The Revenant.)
Xerrox, Vol.4
open.spotify.com/album/5czmSKJDla5GcXs6IMOLAc?si=V10cb-zsQ7SDQ7tkQoYkog
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/05/flavor-of-week-20.html


Banco de Gaia
bancodegaia.bandcamp.com/
( ;D --> Banco de Gaia is an English electronic music project, formed in 1989 by Toby Marks (born 1964, South London, England). The music of Banco de Gaia is mostly categorized as ambient dub and downtempo. Marks works to cross genres, often using Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bass heavy reggae, rock, or trance rhythm to produce deeply textured tracks that progress layer upon layer.)
Floatless
bancodegaia.bandcamp.com/album/floatless
Empress of the Tarot (Banco de Gaia Remix)
from YOUTH & GAUDI - Astronaut Alchemists Remixes by Liquid Sound Design
liquidsounddesignuk.bandcamp.com/track/empress-of-the-tarot-banco-de-gaia-remix


Yello
point.yello.com/
( ;D --> The ambitious Swiss electronic duo Yello comprised vocalist/conceptualist Dieter Meier -- a millionaire industrialist, professional gambler, and member of Switzerland's national golf team -- and composer/arranger Boris Blank. Meier, a former solo artist who also spent time with the group Fresh Colour, began collaborating with Blank in 1979, and the duo bowed with the single "I.T. Splash." After signing with the Residents' label, Ralph Records, Yello issued their 1980 debut LP, Solid Pleasure, which spawned the dance hit "Bostitch.")
Waba Duba
open.spotify.com/album/5Tkkeu0gO1UnlyqaK9kCx3?si=ckv8feT_SwG7ksl9R_WgsQ
Bostich (#AncientMethods Remix)
aufnahmeundwiedergabe.bandcamp.com/album/bostich-ancient-methods-remix
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2016/08/flavor-of-week-31.html


Koan
soundcloud.com/koanofficial
( ;D --> Producing sophisticated psychedelic Chill Out music is a discipline within the electronic music scene that is similar to playing Jazz in a certain respect: It needs maturity and extensive musical experience to go beyond the scope of standards, to become really good and extraordinary. This might have to do with the fact that this kind of music is not aiming a busy dance floor, rising its hands and shouting out loud during the breaks.  Instead of that, it is made for the individual mind and therefore includes a less functional but pretty intellectual, mature and also very artistic moment. Seen in front of this background, the history of Koan gives some interesting hints about the astonishing musical quality of this Russian duo.)
The Neverhood (album)
open.spotify.com/album/0c6XqwWLkVNt6syaZ4j2Ur?si=S7mw5r39TYSu42d1A9N3Kw
The Neverhood (track)
open.spotify.com/track/4ujKfDFaHsG7Q9JujrXgo7?si=IV9jx_BsS0GqNjzAec9DPA
See also:
barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/01/flavor-of-week-4.html


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