Flavor of the Week #23

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Clan Of Xymox 

www.clanofxymox.com 

( ;D --> Since their formation in their native Holland their music has been constantly changing, always challenging and often quite breathtaking. Some of us have always been of the opinion that XYMOX are something special. A band fired by electronic music but determined, always, to make something that is very much their own. They are unique.) 

X​-​Odus 

https://clanofxymox.bandcamp.com/album/x-odus 

Exodus (Release June 7th) 

https://fantotal.de/en/cd-clan-of-xymox-exodus 

( ;D --> As ever so often in their long and storied career, Clan Of Xymox pick just the perfect moment in time for their eagerly awaited return. “Exodus”, their impeccable 18th studio album, showcases the strengths and virtues of one of the leading and most influential groups the worlds of dark wave and gothic have ever seen. Three years after their eerily echoing manifesto “Limbo”, an account of the pandemic and its beastly consequences, wave wizard Ronny Moorings returns to the scene of the crime. With him he carries a black bouquet of mournful dirges for a sick new world, elegies for a new status quo we are all forced to live with.) 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/05/flavor-of-week-19.html 

Stanislav Tolkachev 

https://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.) 

NECH024 

https://nechtorecords.bandcamp.com/album/nech024 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/07/flavor-of-week-29.html 

TourdeForce 

www.facebook.com/tourdeforce1 

( ;D --> Electro-wave music project currently consisting of Ivory Priss (vocals), Christian Ryder (vocals, programming, guitars), Fox T. (guitars).) 

Hail the Electronic Sun 

https://open.spotify.com/album/3tLl2cdb2dq6WdjgpM3tnT 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2022/02/flavor-of-week-8.html 

Alter Nature 

www.facebook.com/AlterNature.Spintwist 

( ;D --> Ambient Techno/Psy-Trance from Sweden.) 

The heart can't speak 

https://soundcloud.com/alter-nature/the-heart-cant-speak 

Doubt & Fear 

https://open.spotify.com/album/4P9toU4CwMYLmHWzUth3ZP 

Souls 

https://open.spotify.com/album/6tU5G3lvVJ7RjJcrH0nL0a 

Dronny Darko 

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.) 

Godless Lands 

https://open.spotify.com/album/4nh4LlCh7RVPLhkpSF5JLi 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2022/09/flavor-of-week-38.html 

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Flavor of the Week #22

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Lloyd Stellar 

https://soundcloud.com/lloydstellar 

https://lloydstellar.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> Lloyd Stellar is one of the alter ego’s of Dutch electronic musician Erik Griffioen. His electro sound is characterized by machine-like beats, melancholic pads, vocoder-driven vocals and futuristic themes that often deal with the apocalyptic consequences of man's greed, the relationship between humans and machines and wars on distant planets.) 

I Am An Air Conditioner 

https://lloydstellar.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-an-air-conditioner 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2024/04/flavor-of-week-15.html 

Glis 

www.facebook.com/glis.music 

www.alfa-matrix.com/bio_glis.php 

( ;D --> Glis is an Electronic / Industrial music project founded in 2001 by Shaun Frandsen of Seattle, WA (USA). The band has experienced several lineup changes and guest appearances, with frontman Shaun Frandsen acting as the primary producer, vocalist, songwriter, and instrumentalist. Notable guest, Jean-Luc De Meyer of Front 242, contributed vocals on two studio tracks for the Glis album "Nemesis" in 2005.) 

Gateway to Oblivion 

( ;D --> GLIS, the electronic music project founded by Shaun Frandsen in 2001, makes an unexpected triumphant comeback in 2024 with the release of "Gateway To Oblivion”, a manifestation of the artist's DNA, blending the raw energy of industrial music with the infectious melodies of future pop.) 

https://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/gateway-to-oblivion 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2013/05/flavor-of-week-19.html 

Kangding Ray 

www.instagram.com/kangding_ray/ 

www.kangdingray.com 

( ;D --> Kangding ray's music reflects his wide musical background, and a particular way of merging beats and atmospheric soundscapes into slowly evolving compositions. KR combines machines with « real instruments » in a subtle and rhythmic suite, integrating noises, walls of distortion, massive bass lines, voices and field recordings, blending techno grooves with dark textures, always on the edge between experimental music and club culture.) 

Polar EP 

https://kangdingray.bandcamp.com/album/polar-ep 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/12/flavor-of-week-1.html 

Boris Brejcha 

www.borisbrejcha.de/ 

www.facebook.com/BorisBrejcha.Official 

( ;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.) 

Level One 

https://open.spotify.com/album/2kGoaq6HWC2eMDujX5Ave6 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2024/01/flavor-of-week-2.html 

GGFH 

https://ggfh.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> G.G.F.H. (Global Genocide Forget Heaven) is an American industrial Death band originating in 1986 from Oakland, California.) 

Reliks 

https://ggfh.bandcamp.com/album/reliks 

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Flavor of the Week #21

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Julia Bondar  

https://juliabondar.com/ 

https://juliabondar.bandcamp.com 

( ;D --> Julia Bondar is Ukrainian, Barcelona based electronic music artist, singer, songwriter. With her music she reflects the modern underground movement after midnight. You will feel the power of the sound of analog machines harmonically linked to the pleasant, danceable and hypnotic atmosphere with industrial rhythms.) 

Even More Dramatique Waters 

https://juliabondar.bandcamp.com/track/even-more-dramatique-waters 

Bonding 

https://juliabondar.bandcamp.com/album/bonding 

See also: 

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

Houses of Heaven 

www.facebook.com/housesofheaven 

( ;D --> Oakland’s Houses of Heaven fuse the grit of early industrial with dizzying hits of EBM, techno, and drum & bass, all imbued with lyrical themes that draw equally from the emotional and the mechanical. Within/Without, their sophomore LP for Felte, delves into a realm of intricate intensity, pushing electronics to the forefront with the production prowess of Matia Simovich (INHALT), and features top-of-their-game guest vocals from Douglas McCarthy (Nitzer Ebb) and Mariana Saldaña (BOAN).) 

Within​/​Without 

https://housesofheaven.bandcamp.com/album/within-without 

Xeno & Oaklander 

www.facebook.com/xenoandoaklndr 

https://xenoandoaklander.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> Xeno and Oaklander are based in Brooklyn, NY. They began writing music in 2004. Miss Liz Wendelbo is French / Norwegian and Sean McBride is from Maryland. They record their songs live in their studio and play analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively. They have toured Europe and the West Coast extensively, and they have played on the East Coast in music venues, lofts and festivals, and have also performed at SF Moma, PS1 Warm Up, Miami Art Basel, the Zürich Kunsthalle and the New Museum in New York.) 

Magic of the Manifold 

https://xenoandoaklander.bandcamp.com/album/magic-of-the-manifold 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/07/flavor-of-week-29.html 

Sound Synthesis 

https://soundcloud.com/sound-synthesis-official 

( ;D --> The Maltese machine funk specialist himself Keith Farrugia is back once more with yet more of his impeccable electro business as Sound Synthesis. This time the prolific producer is shoring up on Burnski's Infiltrate label with four cool and deadly cuts which build on his previous drops for 20:20 Vision, Furthur Electronix, Orbital Mechanics and more besides. From the nervy sci-fi flex of 'Motor Space Maps' to the playful fun n' games of 'Back In Time', Farrugia knows exactly what he's doing within the electro blueprint, and his tracks are reliably punchy warm - a true master at work.) 

Cosmic Dance 

https://eudemonia.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-dance 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/03/flavor-of-week-13.html 

Disconnect In Progress 

www.disconnectinprogress.com/ 

https://disconnectinprogress.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> Disconnect in Progress is a musical project focused on combining elements of electronic, industrial, ambient and noise styles.) 

Symbiotic Integrations 

https://disconnectinprogress.bandcamp.com/album/symbiotic-integrations 

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Flavor of the Week #20

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Cubic 

www.facebook.com/cubicpromo/ 

( ;D --> CUBIC’s sonic identity is often characterized by a good mix of pumping 808 kicks, melodic soundscapes and Düsseldorf percussion all spiced up with hypnotic synths and mind blowing reverb. But the album also reveals other genre explorations like on the track “E”, a pure club hit evoking 90’s trance with a cutting edge à la KÖLSH, the more breakbeat oriented cut “T” and its ORBITAL-like addictive vocal melodic lines, the dark techno pearl “S” and its lush rolling bass lines reinforcing its overall somber atmosphere or yet “G” and its rough and hammering techno body assault evoking GESAFFELSTEIN and other TERENCE FIXMER.)

Back To Basic (May 24th) 

https://alfamatrix.bandcamp.com/album/back-to-basic 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/09/flavor-of-week-39.html 

Combichrist 

www.facebook.com/combichrist 

www.combichrist.com 

( ;D --> Combichrist is an American aggrotech / industrial metal band formed in 2003 by Norwegian vocalist Andy LaPlegua, who also founded the bands Icon of Coil, Panzer AG, Scandinavian Cock and Scandy. Combichrist was formed in Atlanta, Georgia and is now based in Oak Hill, Florida. The band consists of only LaPlegua in the studio, with a changing lineup of live performing members. Releases by the band have been very successful in terms of sales and charted in top positions for dance and alternative charts worldwide.) 

CMBCRST (May 17th) 

https://combichrist.lnk.to/CMBCRST 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/10/flavor-of-week-44.html 

Pye Corner Audio 

https://pyecorneraudio.bandcamp.com/ 

https://soundcloud.com/pye-corner-audio 

www.facebook.com/Pye-Corner-Audio-240128172702939/ 

( ;D --> Pye Corner Audio is a British electronic music project by Martin Jenkins. Originally self-released, Vols 1 - 2 and Vols 3 - 4 of the Black Mill Tapes were released by Type records as TYPE107 and TYPE118. Sleep Games (2012) was released on Ghost Box. As Pye Corner Audio, Jenkins has supported the Scottish band Mogwai and contributed a remix to their 2014 EP Music Industry Fitness Industry.) 

Acid2 

https://emotional-response.bandcamp.com/album/acid-2 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2020/05/flavor-of-week-22.html 

Pantha Du Prince 

www.panthaduprince.com 

( ;D --> Pantha Du Prince fuses house, techno, shoegazy electronica and psychedelic electro-acoustic soundscapes into music that is at once both beautiful and bewitching.) 

Eisbaden 

https://open.spotify.com/album/0110zVa6FvN2kPVawEmASM 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2022/09/flavor-of-week-40.html 

John Carpenter 

www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/ 

http://bleep.com/music/artist/12025-john-carpenter 

( ;D --> John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer. Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, he is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction films from the 1970s and 1980s.) 

My Name is Death 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDBnBdNyYiM 

Lost Themes IV: Noir 

https://johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-themes-iv-noir 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2015/10/flavor-of-week-43.html

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Flavor of the Week #19

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Minuit Machine

www.facebook.com/minuitmachine 

https://minuitmachine.bandcamp.com 

( ;D --> Minuit Machine, a synth wave band based in Paris, is the association of Hélène de Thoury’s electronic melodies and Amandine Stioui’s vocals. The project was born in september 2013. The sound of the french duo, based on powerful electronic drums and the accumulation of dark synth lines, is a mix between all their inspirations that range from minimal wave to electronic rock.) 

Love Bomber 

https://minuitmachine.bandcamp.com/track/love-bomber 

RainboWarriors Vol 1 

https://warriorecords.bandcamp.com/album/rainbowarriors-vol-1-2 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2022/09/flavor-of-week-37.html 

The Enigma Tng 

https://theenigmatng.bandcamp.com/ 

( ;D --> The Enigma TNG (Che'Z Collins), A very diverse, dark electronic music producer / composer from US, Pennsylvania.) 

3088 

https://theenigmatng.bandcamp.com/album/3088 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2023/01/flavor-of-week-4.html

 

Funker Vogt 

www.funker-vogt.com/ 

( ;D --> Funker Vogt (German: [ˈfʊŋkɐ foːkt]) is a German electronic music project with an aggressive style, formed by vocalist Jens Kästel and programmer Gerrit Thomas in 1995. Other members of the band are keyboardist/manager Bjorn Bottcher, live guitarist Frank Schweigert and lyricist Kai Schmidt. The name of the band translates from German to English as "Radio Operator Vogt", this being the surname of a friend of the band who was a military radio operator. The military concept of a radio operator provides a contrast with the musical roles of a DJ or a vocalist using a microphone.) 

Final Construct 

www.amazon.com/Zinnsoldat/dp/B0CXF7M2LS 

See also: 

https://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2021/03/flavor-of-week-10.html 

Kilmarth

www.facebook.com/Kilmarth/ 

( ;D --> Explore Kilmarth: a Belgian electronic project merging IDM, Ambient, post-industrial, cinematic, and dark electronica influences. Dive into jazzy tones within this immersive musical journey.) 

Vergessen 

https://kilmarth.bandcamp.com/album/vergessen 

Errance Nocturne (Minimal Version - Featuring Echo) https://kilmarth.bandcamp.com/track/errance-nocturne-minimal-version-featuring-echo 

Ritual Drops 

https://soundcloud.com/ritualdrops 

( ;D --> Ritual Drops. Melodic Witch House with elements from IDM music and futuristic vibe, inspired by the love of space and imbued with an atmosphere of mystery.) 

Abyssal Echoes 

https://untitledburial.bandcamp.com/album/abyssal-echoes 

Alpha 

https://untitledburial.bandcamp.com/track/alpha 

Portals 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnaggPSFh5o 

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