Flavor of the Week #1

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Maschine Brennt 

www.facebook.com/maschinebrennt/ 

https://soundcloud.com/thenander 

( ;D --> Behind Maschine Brennt you will find Joacim Thenander, a guy with a long experience in making computer-based music. In the late ‘80s he was a member of industrial synth band Systema The Affliction, and later he was the driving force behind the thrashsynth/hiphop crossover duo Cultivated Bimbo.) 

Systematyka II 

https://maschinebrennt.bandcamp.com/album/systematyka-ii 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/11/flavor-of-week-47.html 

IAMX 

http://iamx.eu/ 

https://www.facebook.com/IAMXOFFICIAL 

( ;D --> IAMX is the solo musical project of Chris Corner. The lyrics are primarily concerned with subjects such as sex, death, narcotic intoxication, bisexuality, decadence, religion, alienation and allusions to politics. Corner currently lives in Berlin, where he has found "the spirit to care less about the music industry and take an independent route.") 

Machinate 

https://open.spotify.com/album/1nnswXs5AyjrnnOM5Hi1bO 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/06/flavor-of-week-25.html 

Burial 

https://burial.bandcamp.com/ 

https://hyperdub.net/collections/burial 

( ;D --> Burial is an electronic musician from South London. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim. The Wire magazine named it their album of the year and it came fifth in the Mixmag 2006 Album of the Year list. On Friday, September 28th 2007, a new Burial album was announced, and Untrue was released 6 weeks later on November 5th. Although both albums have been met with much critical acclaim, Burial remained anonymous until August 2008, stating in a past interview that “only five people know I make tunes”. In February 2008, The Independent reported that Burial was an alumnus of south London’s Elliott School named William Bevan (another alumnus, Hot Chip’s Joe Goddard, said in 2006 that Burial was in the year above him). The school’s alumni also include Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet, with whom Bevan has collaborated.) 

Antidawn EP (January 6th) 

https://burial.bandcamp.com/album/antidawn-ep 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/10/flavor-of-week-40.html 

Somatic Responses 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063824671706 

https://soundcloud.com/somatics 

( ;D --> Hard electronica since 1994.) 

Last Scan 

https://soundcloud.com/somatics/last-scan 

Interlinked EP 

https://hcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/interlinked-ep-hcr006 

Boris Brejcha 

www.borisbrejcha.de/ 

( ;D --> Boris combines his sound with a maximum of variety which has no peer. Each song is some kind of its own adventure. Once in a relation with elements of electro, break beats, IDM, or sometimes with small Ambient parts.) 

Vodka & Orange 

https://soundcloud.com/boris-brejcha/sets/vodka-orange 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/09/flavor-of-week-38.html 

Happy New Year 

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Flavor of the Week #52

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Confines 

https://twitter.com/ConfinesWorld 

( ;D --> A lynchpin of Brooklyn's nightlife scene for more than a decade, Castillo synthesizes his experiences and passions into Confines, a project which sees him out on his own for the first time and zealously pursuing a new mode of expression. Castillo's first forays under the Confines name included 2019's debut EP, Geography of Nowhere 1, a Full of Hell remix track, and this year's "Hammer and the Dance" single. This small handful of tracks established the blueprint: hard, seductive industrial-techno built on irresistible rhythms and heavy ambience, the type which could only be created by a person who knows firsthand the euphoria of early morning hours spent on NYC's darkest, smokiest dance floors.) 

Work Up the Blood 

https://synthicide.bandcamp.com/album/work-up-the-blood 

Dronny Darko & Phaedrus 

https://www.facebook.com/dronnydarko/ 

https://soundcloud.com/dronnydarko 

( ;D --> Dronny Darko is Oleg Puzan, one of Ukraine’s best kept musical secret. After forging the matrix of his aural universe, carved in the darkest roots of drone, and releasing on various obscure weblabels like Petroglyph Music and DNA Productions, his music is finally revealed to the world in 2014 with Outer Tehom, on the mighty house Cryo Chamber.) 

Tineidae 

https://tineidae.bandcamp.com 

www.facebook.com/71ne1dae 

( ;D --> Tineidae is a Warsaw-based project of Ukrainian electronic musician Pavlo Storonskyi. Pavlo explores and fuses different genres and styles ranging from heavier, beat-driven industrial sound to more atmospheric and ambient electronica. Influenced by sci-fi.) 

Quasi 

https://cryochamber.bandcamp.com/album/quasi 

See also (Tineidae): 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/02/flavor-of-week-9.html 

Metal Disco 

https://www.facebook.com/metaldiscomusic/ 

https://soundcloud.com/metal-disco 

( ;D --> Greek musician/producer and Werkstatt Recordings owner Toxic Razor has been extremely prolific this year. He not only released several Metal Disco productions, but also releases for his other projects like Paradox Obscur and Beatbox Machinery.) 

336. Misbehave EP 

https://synthesizer.bandcamp.com/album/336-misbehave-ep 

Imperative Reaction 

https://imperativereaction.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> Imperative Reaction is an American electro-industrial band founded in 1996 by Ted Phelps and David Andrecht from the remains of the band Digital Neural Assault.) 

Mirror 

https://imperativereaction.bandcamp.com/album/mirror 

Somatic Responses 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063824671706 

https://soundcloud.com/somatics 

( ;D --> Hard electronica since 1994.) 

Return to Abnormal

https://somaticresponses.bandcamp.com/album/return-to-abnormal 

Last Scan 

https://soundcloud.com/somatics/last-scan 

Interlinked EP 

https://hcrecords.bandcamp.com/album/interlinked-ep-hcr006 

Merry Xmas :) 

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Flavor of the Week #51

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Anthony Rother 

www.anthony-rother.com 

https://anthonyrother.bandcamp.com 

https://soundcloud.com/anthony-rother 

( ;D --> Anthony Rother is an electro-techno producer from Germany who rose to prominence in the mid-'90s on the label Kanzleramt before founding numerous labels of his own, most notably Psi49net and Datapunk. Influenced primarily by Kraftwerk and Detroit techno.) 

The making of DEKATRON 

https://anthonyrother.bandcamp.com/album/the-making-of-dekatron 

Dekatron (December 24th) 

https://anthonyrother.bandcamp.com 

Binary EP, by Danny Daze, Anthony Rother 

https://system108.bandcamp.com/album/binary-ep 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/10/flavor-of-week-41.html 

Imchaos 

https://www.facebook.com/imchaosmusic/ 

https://soundcloud.com/imchaosmusic 

( ;D --> Imchaos is Amandine Stioui, current member of the parisian Dark Wave band Minuit Machine. Amandine started DJing during summer 2019. Her mixes are both brutal and chill, sometimes violent, but always emotional.) 

Emotional Burnout 

https://sestrarecords.bandcamp.com/track/imchaos-emotional-burnout 

From VASSTR02 by Sestra Records 

https://sestrarecords.bandcamp.com/album/vasstr02 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/01/flavor-of-week-3.html 

Otto Von Schirach 

https://ottovonschirach.bandcamp.com/ 

www.ottovonschirach.com/ 

( ;D --> IDM producer/DJ/visual artist Otto Von Schirach was raised in Miami, FL, which as a child exposed him to a wild hybrid of music that continues to influence his sound today including Miami bass, gangsta rap, death metal/grindcore, and Afro-Cuban music. He purchased his first digital equipment at the tender age of 17 and immediately began to develop his own unique distorted wall of electronic sound. Otto Von Schirach. In 1998 Otto released his first demo, which got him signed to a 4 album deal with Schematic Records. In 2003 Otto worked on the Skinny Puppy album "The Greater Wrong of the Right" and then tour with them now 3 times. In 2004 Miss Kitten had Otto remix her "Professional Distortion" track for Nova Mute UK.? Otto's 2006 album, "Maxipad Detention", was released by Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings to vast critical and fan accolades world-wide.His most recent album "Oozing Bass Spasms" is more dance sounding; elements of Booty, Electro, Breakcore, and Rave music all find a place in his bizarre universe.) 

Ottobrus (SER010) (Otto Von Schirach & Qebrus) https://serendiplab.bandcamp.com/album/ser010 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2012/08/flavor-of-week-33.html 

Only Now 

https://soundcloud.com/onlynow2 

( ;D --> Only Now aka Bay Area producer Kush Arora played alongside:MUTEK SF2018, KODE 9,Addison Groove, LOW END THEORY,Katabatik, SXSW, Shambala Festival(CA),Cut Hands, and many more.) 

Black Wind / Merciless Destiny 

https://soundcloud.com/onlynow2/sets/only-now-black-wind-merciless 

Anamnesis (Only Now, Beneath The Ruins) 

https://onlynow.bandcamp.com/album/anamnesis 

MOLØ 

https://www.facebook.com/itsmemolo/ 

https://soundcloud.com/itsmemolo 

( ;D --> DJ and producer based in Stockholm.) 

Luma EP 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5iisBC3lATuToBmjoMu4hH

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/11/flavor-of-week-46.html

Flavor of the Week #50

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Versalife 

www.versalife.com/ 

www.facebook.com/versalife.electro 

http://soundcloud.com/conforce 

( ;D --> Boris Bunnik is a versatile and creative soul from the island of Terschelling, Holland. He uses music making as a way of exploring his place in the world, of explaining his feelings and of processing life.)

Terrestrial Access Network Distant Lands EP (+ Versalife Remix)

https://ldirecords.com/distant-lands/

Shape Shifter 2 EP (dsr-e12) 

https://soundcloud.com/delsinrecords/versalife-shape-shifter-2-ep-dsr-e12 

Shift Levels, from Dark Planet by Various Artists https://avoidantrecords.bandcamp.com/track/versalife-shift-levels 

Cinema (Versalife Remix) · Fabrice Lig · Wolfgang Flür 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X11vodejaW8 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/08/flavor-of-week-33.html 

Schwefelgelb 

www.schwefelgelb.de 

www.facebook.com/schwefelgelb 

( ;D --> "Two handsome german boys" making in-your-face electro that's as much punk as it is pop. Call it the neu neue deutsche Welle. Melodys drill themselves inside the head, beats forge ahead as piercing vocals meet lovingly produced, minimalistic musical details. Though definitly influenced by 80's New Wave, NDW and Punk, Schwefelgelb transfer these old cliches into something very new via some razor-sharp progressive sounds) 

Dahinter Das Gesicht (remastered) 

https://schwefelgelb.bandcamp.com/album/dahinter-das-gesicht-remastered 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/06/flavor-of-week-24.html 

Rival Consoles 

www.rivalconsoles.net/ 

https://soundcloud.com/rivalconsoles 

( ;D --> London-based producer Ryan Lee West, better known under the name Rival Consoles, is notable for making synthesisers sound human and atmospheric.) 

Overflow 

https://rivalconsoles.bandcamp.com/album/overflow 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/08/flavor-of-week-33.html 

Elodin 

http://www.elodin.nl/ 

https://www.facebook.com/elodinmusic/ 

( ;D --> Electro form Oegstgeest, Netherlands.) 

See 

https://elodin.bandcamp.com/album/see 

Study 

https://elodin.bandcamp.com/album/study 

Self 

https://elodin.bandcamp.com/album/self 

Ochre 

https://ochremusic.com/ 

https://soundcloud.com/ochre 

www.facebook.com/ochremusic/ 

( ;D --> Ochre is the work of Newcastle, UK-based artist, Christopher Leary. He has been crafting utopian, melancholic music since 2001, and has released albums on Toytronic, Benbecula, Village Green and Shipwrec.) 

Vegas 

https://bandcamp.ochremusic.com/track/vegas-4 

Lemodie (15th Anniversary Edition) 

https://bandcamp.ochremusic.com/album/lemodie-15th-anniversary-edition 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/07/flavor-of-week-31.html 

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Flavor of the Week #49

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Teho 

https://teho.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> Teho created his own sound, both dreamy and melancholy but also full of energies. He works on details with precision, combining acoustic and electronic to create a soft and melodic techno. His productions are released by many labels as Herzblut, Sapiens, Traum and much more..) 

Polytone 

https://teho.bandcamp.com/album/polytone 

GAS / Wolfgang Voigt 

www.wolfgang-voigt.com/ 

www.facebook.com/WolfgangVoigtKompakt/ 

( ;D --> Wolfgang Voigt, born in 1961 in Cologne, Germany, is an artist, music producer, label owner and one of the co-founders of the Cologne-based electronica and techno label Kompakt.) 

Der Lange Marsch (release December 3rd) https://kompakt.fm/releases/der_lange_marsch_2xlp 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/03/flavor-of-week-14.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".) 

Throwing Bones II - A Skinny Puppy Tribute https://leaetherstrip.bandcamp.com/album/throwing-bones-ii-a-skinny-puppy-tribute 

Wound - A Tribute To Godflesh 

https://leaetherstrip.bandcamp.com/album/wound-a-tribute-to-godflesh 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/10/flavor-of-week-43.html 

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.) 

Scary Muzak 

https://ulver.bandcamp.com/album/scary-muzak 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/02/flavor-of-week-9.html 

Philippe Laurent 

www.facebook.com/Philippe.Laurent.HOT.BIP 

http://philippelaurent.bandcamp.com 

( ;D --> Multi-media artist Philippe Laurent, well known for his Hot-Bip project excavated by Minimal Wave in 2011, is paired with contemporary Minimal Electronic mastermind HNN on this maxi 12" split single. Laurent's side was originally released in 1982 on the rare K7 Kunstaustellung which has seen a meticulous remaster from our mastering house Polyphasic Studios. Exposition 1 translates Laurent's precision with his design work into a symmetrical and well balanced sound for his time.) 

Nocturnes 

https://schwerkraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/nocturnes 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/08/flavor-of-week-35.html 

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