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Friday, February 02, 2024

Flavor of the Week #6

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 

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