Flavor of the Week #9

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Fraunhofer Diffraction 

https://ivoryrite.bandcamp.com/ 

https://soundcloud.com/ivoryrite 

https://instagram.com/ivory.rite/ 

www.facebook.com/fdiffraction 

( ;D --> Ambient Techno/Which House; Soft, warm, enveloping and nervous, like meeting with an old friend. Increased heart rate, but the eyes are half-closed and sleepy.) 

Sacrament 

https://ivoryrite.bandcamp.com/album/sacrament 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/04/flavor-of-week-15.html 

Neon Space Men 

https://neonspacemen.com/ 

( ;D --> Imagine the 80s. Basildon. Manchester. Sheffield. The drum machine rattles the quantized beat. The synthesizer bubbles the bass line and a falsetto voice sings romantic-mystical lyrics in hymn-like melodies. Synth pop conquered the world in the eighties and still creates the basic understanding for the perfect pop song today. NEON SPACE MEN stand for exactly that.) 

Neon On My Nalked Skin 

https://neonspacemen.bandcamp.com/album/neon-on-my-naked-skin 

Metroland 

www.metrolandmusic.com/ 

( ;D --> Metroland : a conceptual band, consisting out of passenger A & passenger S, bringing synthetic sounds from the "underground", highly influenced by Komputer (Mute Records) and Kraftwerk.) 

Industry EP (economic) 

https://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/industry-ep 

Industry 4.0 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7JTbvs-5w8 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/04/flavor-of-week-18.html 

Strikkland 

https://strikkland.bandcamp.com/ 

www.facebook.com/strikklnd 

( ;D --> Strikkland is a EBM/electronic duo from Gothenburg, Sweden.) 

About the Dark 

https://strikkland.bandcamp.com/track/shout-at-the-dark 

Enkelriktat Red Cell Rework 

https://open.spotify.com/track/0q3WawIwmF1bAB2T6Ih69S 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/03/flavor-of-week-10.html 

Prom 

www.instagram.com/thegroupknownasprom 

( ;D --> LA and Chicago-based indie pop outfit PROM, comprised of Tatiana Hazel, Dylan McBrayer, and Robert Kuesel, celebrate the announcement of their sophomore EP, Private Dream, with the release of their latest single, "Set Me Free." The track is a sonically mellow and lyrically moody effort that balances elements of light and dark as the band searches for stability and freedom amid a reality that isn't what they bargained for.) 

Private dream 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5fibLuKvZ0N2oiJtixVpiR 

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #8

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Die Arkitekt 

www.instagram.com/diearkitekt 

www.diearkitekt.com 

( ;D --> Music producer/DJ Die Arkitekt is known for combining the electronic and the classical, offering an immersive techno experience both with his avant-garde music choices and also with his extravagant looks. Having released three singles so far.) 

Mirkhel 

https://soundcloud.com/diearkitekt-sc/mirkhel-feat-lena-platonos 

Aenaa

https://open.spotify.com/track/0prIS5YgoC27IVoXmd4hLm 

XTC 

https://diearkitekt.bandcamp.com/track/xtc 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/01/flavor-of-week-2.html 

Bestial Mouths 

https://www.facebook.com/BESTIALMOUTHS 

https://www.bestialmouths.com/ 

( ;D -->The haunting figure of Lynette Cerezo has given us some of the most dark electronic albums during the past years.) 

Backbone 

https://bestialmouths.bandcamp.com/album/backbone 

N8NOFACE 

https://n8noface.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> N8NOFACE is at his core a one-man-band that resides in Los Angeles, CA. He emphasizes synthpunk but can create just about any vibe out there.) 

View From Here 

https://n8noface.bandcamp.com/album/view-from-here 

Boris Metraux 

https://soundcloud.com/boris-metraux 

https://www.instagram.com/borismetraux/ 

( ;D --> Born and raised in Switzerland, I moved to Playa Venao in Panama, and have found solace and passion in the realm of music production. My expression revolves around electronic music, where I blend ambient, tribal, jazz, electronic and house influences into a distinctive and experimental sound.) 

We Have a new Plan 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4w65DXZpFXTPisPLIn4yC5 

Magic Dream 

https://soundcloud.com/boris-metraux/magic-dream 

Sam Hulick 

https://samhulick.com/ 

( ;D --> Sam Hulick is a Chicago-based composer who excels at writing timeless, iconic themes and bringing out the true musical spirit of a creative project.) 

Flutter 

https://samhulick.bandcamp.com/album/flutter 

Flow State 

https://samhulick.bandcamp.com/album/flow-state 

Over An Out

Flavor of the Week #7

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Boris Blank 

www.facebook.com/yello.ch 

www.yello.com/ 

( ;D --> Boris Blank is the musical part of Yello. He composes the songs and is responsible for the characteristic sound, having the reputation of a perfectionist. Boris considers himself as a constructor of music, starting composing with manipulation of self-recorded samples and finishing the tracks with the participation of invited professional musicians. Prior to his musical career, Blank worked as a truck driver. As a child he was very interested in music, but had no formal training. He never learned to read musical notation but always was interested in producing new sounds and samples. Blank began experimenting with tape loops and echo effects as a teenager. He recorded watersounds from a bucket of water and played sounds on a homemade bamboo flute. It was in this period he met Carlos Perón. Later, they formed Yello, with Dieter Meier as a conceptualist, vocalist and lyricist. He also composes and produces solo music, under the name Avant Garden, which is strictly intended for licensing to the film and TV production industry. This music is currently handled by Extreme Music. Blank was blinded in one eye in a childhood accident while playing with gunpowder and empty bullet shells. Boris Blank lives in Zürich, with his wife, and daughter Olivia. He is the second cousin twice removed of Scottish businessman Stewart Milne.) 

Resonance (February 16th) 

https://ianrecords.com/products/boris-blank-resonance 

Vertigo Heroes (Part I) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g8TqOp8OJ4 

See also (Yello): 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/08/flavor-of-week-36.html 

Kontravoid 

https://kontravoid.bandcamp.com/ 

www.facebook.com/kontravoid 

( ;D --> Cameron Findlay (performing under the alias Kontravoid) is a Canadian-born electronic musician, drummer, composer and producer from Toronto, now currently living in Berlin.) 

Detachment (March 1st) 

https://kontravoid.bandcamp.com/album/detachment 

For what it is 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5PboTSRc0U 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/10/flavor-of-week-41.html 

Squarepusher

www.facebook.com/squarepusher 

www.squarepusher.net 

https://warp.net/records/squarepusher 

( ;D --> Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence.) 

Wendorlan (Scope Vid) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOd03UGmH8 

Dostrotime (March 1st) 

https://squarepusher.net/format/1469144-dostrotime 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2019/11/flavor-of-week-49.html 

Lustmord 

www.lustmord.com 

https://soundcloud.com/lustmord 

https://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.) 

Much Unseen Is Also Here (Release 15th of March) https://lustmord.bandcamp.com/album/much-unseen-is-also-here 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2022/01/flavor-of-week-5.html 

Ashbury Heights 

https://www.facebook.com/ashbury.heights/ 

https://ashburyheightsofficial.tumblr.com/ 

( ;D --> Ashbury Heights is a Swedish Synthpop group consisting of singer/producer/songwriter-duo Anders Hagström and Tea F. Thimé (Since 2013).) 

Ashbury Heights feat Corlyx - Tunguska 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AIm9t7hnQQ 

Ghost House Sessions 1. 

https://ashburyheights.bandcamp.com/ 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2018/08/flavor-of-week-32.html 

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Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #6

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Koan 

www.facebook.com/koanmsk 

https://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.)

Dellárte (Side A) 

https://bluetuneschillout.bandcamp.com/album/dellarte-side-a 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/11/flavor-of-week-47.html 

Robert Rich 

https://robertrich.com/ 

www.soundcloud.com/robertrich 

( ;D --> Although his music is often consigned to the new age bins of record stores and the bulk of his work has been released on labels more closely associated with that classification, Robert Rich's solo and collaborative recordings have proven extremely influential on a range of new-school ambient and experimental artists. His association with older space music pioneers such as Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny, and Michael Stearns also makes him one of the few of that generation to have interfaced creatively with the new wave of experimental electronic composers. A California native, Rich began experimenting with electronics in the late '70s before attending Stanford University, where he completed a degree in psychology. While at Stanford, Rich's involvement in the university's prestigious Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics expanded his interest in electronic composition, as well as bringing him in contact with a wide range of nontraditional, non-Western musical ideas. Rich's performance of several all-night "sleep concerts" during this period also helped solidify an aesthetic focus on psychoacoustics, perceptible in early recordings such as Geometry and Trances/Drones.) 

Waves of Now (Steve Roach and Robert Rich) 

https://robertrich.bandcamp.com/album/waves-of-now 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/05/flavor-of-week-19.html 

Beyond Border 

https://beyondborder.bandcamp.com 

https://beyondborder.de/ 

( ;D --> Beyond Border from Hildesheim / Salzgitter serve the entire spectrum of the electro scene. This is certainly also in the biography of the two musicians who did not come into the scene from the same direction. In the future there will also be pieces that go musically in a completely different direction. Because, as the name suggests, there are no limits.) 

New Start 

https://beyondborder.bandcamp.com/track/new-start-single-version 

Gathering 

https://nocut.shop/de/beyond-border-gathering-2cd-digipak 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/05/flavor-of-week-21.html 

Dead Lights 

www.facebook.com/officialdeadlights 

( ;D --> Electronic glam goth with an industrial edge.) 

I Am Electric 

https://deadlightsband.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-electric 

Glitterspit 

https://deadlightsband.bandcamp.com/album/glitterspit 

Astropilot 

www.facebook.com/astropilot/ 

https://soundcloud.com/astropilot 

( ;D --> Astropilot is the alias of electronic musician Dmitry Redko. His music is hard to constrain to a single style, rather, it’s an eclectic blend that defies boundaries. Whether it is a chillout-ambient composition or a more dance-oriented track, Dmitry aims to “tell a story” with it.) 

Ghost 

https://open.spotify.com/album/5l5Kgk2jU8rzbNApO8N6xu 

Limitless 

https://astropilot.bandcamp.com/album/l-i-m-i-t-l-e-s-s 

Over and Out