Flavor of the Week #31

Com Truise
www.myspace.com/iamcomtruise
http://comtruise.com
( ;D --> Com Truise is one of the many personas of producer and designer Seth Haley, born and raised in upstate New York and operating out of a 12’-overrun apartment in Princeton, New Jersey. An admitted synth obsessive, Com Truise is the maker of an experimental and bottom heavy style he calls “mid-fi synth-wave, slow-motion funk”.
What do you call musicians like Com Truise? He seems easy enough to pin down—throw out some words like “nostalgia,” “synth-wave,” “eighties,” and “electro-funk” and you’ll scrape by—but to be truly insightful about his music is tough, because art that is so blatantly referencing certain things in a certain way while also making them weird and new and unique is confusing. How do you classify something that is so obviously both vintage and current but is too fun to call postmodern?)
Galactic Melt
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TRON Legacy R3CONF1GUR3D - 10 - Encom Part 2 (Com Truise Remix) [Daft Punk]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o41oYhhFwS8
"Polyhurt"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOCFNXHiB9w


Lackluster
www.myspace.com/lacklust3r
( ;D --> One of a kind is indeed the expression, which best describes the electronic music auteur Esa Ruoho, regardless whether we are talking about the organic quality of his music under the artist name Lackluster or just the artist himself in his private life. Esa Ruoho is truly an original; a homegrown and uncompromising composer and an eccentric explorer of science and nature, whose artistic career might seem at first glimpse to be just a sum of happy accidents. However, the illusion quickly dissolves after carefully examining his biography. Instead of coincidence, there is only talent and hard work.)
#296: Various / Secret Games
www.kahvi.org/releases.php?release_number=296
Repulsine Ep
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Jack of no trades
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHFK4tGFRw8
Reasonable Excuse
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZDsCS-vpic&feature=player_embedded


Justice
www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous
www.myspace.com/edbangerrecords
( ;D --> Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé (born 21 May 1979 in Besançon, Doubs) and Xavier de Rosnay (born 2 July 1982 in Ozoir-la-Ferrière, Seine et Marne). The duo is one of the most successful groups on Ed Banger Records and is managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter. Justice is known for incorporating a strong rock and indie influence into their music and image.)
Civilization
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one minute to midnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7XTqHbsrdY
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007_06_01_archive.html


Mat Zo
www.myspace.com/matzomusic
www.matzomusic.com
( ;D --> London based musician Matan Zohar taught himself to produce dance music at 13 years old, and by 16, he had taught himself to DJ. By mid-2007, Mat Zo had remixed for Andy Moor, Markus Schulz, and he became a DJ household name after Tiesto hired him to remix "Driving To Heaven", and the remix appeared on Tiesto's internationally recognized "In Search Of Sunrise 7" CD compilation. Mat Zo quickly worked up the ranks to become one of the most sought after progressive dance music producers in history. He has played in such cities as Holland, Germany, Ukraine, Ibiza, India, and various cities in England. Mat Zo's global reach multiplied when his Zoned monthly radio program was picked up by Afterhours.fm the summer of 2008. In the past couple of years Mat Zo’s fearsome reputation has grown with th release of a swathe of stunning productions. “The Lost”, “Near The End”, “24 Hours”, “The Found”, “Superman” and the huge collaboration with Arty “Rebound” have been just some of the highlights of this prolific producer’s output.)
Rebound
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Near The End (Original Mix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s6OlKhEMOA


Flying Lotus
www.myspace.com/flyinglotus  
http://flying-lotus.com
( ;D --> Flying Lotus, (born Steven Ellison) is an experimental multi-genre music producer, and laptop musician from Winnetka, California. His debut album, 1983, was released on Plug Research Records in 2006. He is most famous (yet also uncredited) for much of the bumper music on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block and he has also contributed remixes for fellow Plug Research artists, including Mia Doi Todd. He is referred to as FlyLo by fans and critics. He is the nephew of the late Alice Coltrane and John Coltrane.)
Pattern & Grid World
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( ;D --> 2010 EP release from producer/musician Steven Ellison (AKA Flying Lotus). While the album Cosmogramma was high in concept and wide in musical collaboration, Pattern + Grid World pulls the focus back to Steven Ellison and his machines. These machines are speaking from the go, as "Clay" introduces itself in a fog of synth and vocoder and gives way to one of the many surprises here, the schizophrenic ping-ponging electro of "Kill Your Co-Workers". Drenched in alternating melodies, it's a synthetic counterpart to the grand string and harp arrangements of Cosmogramma, making acclaimed illustrator Theo Ellsworth's subtly psychedelic cover image of vision-through-noise all the more intimate.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #30

Story of Isaac
www.myspace.com/story-of-isaac
http://soundcloud.com/storyofisaac
www.facebook.com/Story.of.Isaac
( ;D --> Excellent chillwave, Darkambient, Electronicexperimental, Goth, Gravewave, Industrialoccult, Palenoir, Dubstep, Witchhouse.)
incantation-II
http://palenoir.bandcamp.com/album/incantation-ii
Holes
http://soundcloud.com/storyofisaac/holes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8Bc6fXDIA


CTRL
www.myspace.com/ctrl
www.ctrlmusic.com
( ;D --> Ctrl debuted in 1998 with Secure The Shadow. Over the next eight years, the band released three more acclaimed albums, and appeared on various compilations. 2009 saw the release of their fifth offering, Lost In Static. It allows the unique blend of pop-tinged electro, driving beats and signature guitar to remain the staples of their sound. The band continues to grow with each new incarnation, while carefully tipping a hat to the founders of style. The band is often augmented by long-standing compatriots. Since inception, CTRL has performed more than 70 shows, with such notable acts as: Covenant, VNV Nation, Funker Vogt, Assemblage 23, Icon Of Coil, Combichrist, Chemlab, Information Society, London After Midnight, Cruxshadows, Voltaire, Imperative Reaction, Stomkern, and Iris, as well as many others.)
Make Things Right
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Lost in static
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www.cdbaby.com/cd/ctrl6
Lose the image
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Drifting
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUFCi64LIM&feature=related


Talkless
www.myspace.com/talklesslesstalk
( ;D --> Talkless is a project of Bancha Thearakit (Nimp) and Wtanya Chantivan (Fon) Nimp is a Goose's guitarist and this is his side project. He and Fon spend more 2 years to make this EP "Dot Dot Dot" completely. They released their album at the 7th Fat festival with SO::ON Dry Flower music.)
Insominiac
http://tychonix.tumblr.com/post/7539331859
About SO::ON Dry Flower
www.last.fm/group/SO::ON+Dry+Flower/journal
www.myspace.com/ghostednotes


Mona Mur & En Esch
www.myspace.com/monamurenesch
http://www.monamurenesch.de
http://pale-music.com/2010/?q=node/62
( ;D --> MONA MUR, german underground cult vocalist and composer, and Industrial Music legend EN ESCH, known as KMFDM co-founder and frontman, stunning performer and guitarist, are united on stage and in the studio in a Liaison Infernale: The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence. The Duo has drastically transformed Mur’s most intense 80s songs into a unique blend of unleashed electronic drum loops & basses, dirty organ and wreckless feedback guitars. A couple of new elektro-anthems written and peformed together spices it all up with futuristic furor.)
Do With Me What You Want
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Candy cane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcXPgxc43rU
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/03/flavor-of-week-12.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/10/flavor-of-week-41.html


Schwarzblut
www.myspace.com/schwarzblut1
www.schwarzblut.com
( ;D --> Schwarzblut, hailing from the east of The Netherlands, was founded in 2007 and blends romantic melancholic Weimar poetry with danceable dark electronic music. An eclectic style diversity that accentuates a duality between male and female vocalists. Schwarzblut signed with Alfa Matrix in 2009, shortly afterwards followed by the release of the band's "Sehlenwolf" EP. Schwarzblut covers such a wide musical range that they have been compared to bands as diverse as Qntal, VNV Nation or yet Skinny Puppy. Schwarzblut surprises the listener by mixing pounding electro rhythms, harmonic choirs, distorted vocals, cutting leads, grandiloquent orchestras, dark romanticism and German lyrical poetry from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich von Schiller and Karoline von Günderrode.)
Little 15/ Alfa Matrix Re:Covered, Vol. 2 - A Tribute To Depeche Mode
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Das Mausoleum
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Das Gewitter
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag01regzCmM


Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #29

Digitalism
www.myspace.com/digitalism
www.thedigitalism.com  
( ;D --> Digitalism is a German dance duo, founded in 2004 in Hamburg, Germany, consisting of Jens “Jence” Moelle and İsmail “Isi” Tüfekçi. They are signed to French label Kitsuné Music and have released four singles to date: “Idealistic”, “Zdarlight”, “Jupiter Room”, and “Pogo”. Jens likens Digitalism’s songs to simple chapters in a complex novel about social interaction and attraction, with distorted bass lines and thumping rhythms comprising the punctuation.)
I Love You, Dude
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Harrison Fjord
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RckHYUtZI4Q
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-25.html


Paul Kalkenbrenner
www.myspace.com/paulkalkbrenner
http://paulkalkbrenner.net
( ;D --> Even though reality shows have been trying to prove otherwise, a successful career as a musician, even as a pop star, cannot be forced with a pre-packaged crash course. As of 2010, Paul Kalkbrenner has tallied up more than 15 years of experience as a producer and live act, all the while learning what it means to go purposefully from one step to the next. When the Berlin Wall fell, he was 12. The s...oundtrack of his youth, and of the majority of his generation, was still in its infancy, awaiting its breakthrough: techno music.)
Icke Wieder
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Icke Wieder (new album preview)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbmNMEIxubc&feature=player_embedded#at=355
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/11/flavor-of-week-46.html


Andreas Gross
www.myspace.com/andreasgross
www.nomorejazz.de
( ;D --> Andreas Gross may sound as a solo project, but there are about seven musicians involved with this, though the multi-instrumentalist Andreas Gross is the mastermind of the compositions here. The songs are dreamy carried on mostly by female vocals suitable to underline the beauty of the songs.)
Autumn Inventors
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Stone Thrower
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We Like Ghost Girls
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Hopeful despair
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=K-FRcd8uzC8
Stone thrower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAygq6hFYes&feature=related
Hail to the employee
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV1xEdPU1nI


Underworld
www.myspace.com/underworld
( ;D --> Underworld are an electronic band formed in the UK by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith, later joined by Darren Emerson. The band rose to prominence when their track "Born Slippy" was used in the film Trainspotting.)
Barking
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( ;D --> Ever since Darren Emerson left the Underworld duo, their music lost an edge. The last album with Darren was Beaucoup Fish which was a classic. The last 2 albums got progressively boring and without creativity. I have to say after 2 listens though that Barking is definitely a step in the right direction. I would recommened it to fans of Underworld that gave up a few years ago.)


Washed Out
www.myspace.com/thebabeinthewoods
( ;D --> Washed Out is Ernest Greene, a young guy from Perry, Georgia, USA who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared Vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard. There’s a sense of longing and distance in Greene’s somber, filtered vocals, but it’s what he does compositionally that makes Washed Out stand out. Backed by gently pulsing, Balearic-tinged disco, Greene’s voice takes on a new dimension. Reminiscent of groups like The Glass and the Chromatics, Washed Out is the music to end your night with, when the city is quiet and you’ve got a long walk home ahead of you.)
Within And Without
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Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #28

ohGr
www.ohgr.org
www.myspace.com/bigohgr
( ;D --> ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Although the pedigree of the group's members might suggest otherwise, early ohGr releases differed in sound to its related industrial bands, drawing more on hip-hop and electro-pop influences, incorporating more conventional structures and a lighter tone. However, from Devils In My Details onwards, ohGr has taken to a more abrasive, non-linear flavour of electronica.)
UnDeveloped
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Crash
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtO8hxz3hig&feature=related
101
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ildbc60wXKU
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/11/flavor-of-week-46.html


Morphology (a.k.a. Matti Turunen & Michael Diekmann)
www.myspace.com/morphologymusic
( ;D --> ‘Morphology’, a new collaboration from Finland consisting of Michael Diekmann who records under the alias CRC and Matti Turunen otherwise known as Näköradiomies. Morphology fuses early electro sounds with haunting melodies to create a deep blend of atmospheric future funk.)
Active Optics (2009)
www.discogs.com/Morphology-TriOptimum/release/1967761
Urania's Mirror
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Xerxes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk-FA5-wFPM&feature=player_embedded#at=39
Active Optics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVaONKKL_xc&feature=player_embedded#at=347
TriOptimum
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drlkASnvdt8&feature=player_embedded#at=325


Music AutOmatiK
www.musicautomatik.com
www.myspace.com/musicautomatik
http://soundcloud.com/musicautomatik
( ;D --> Hailing from Paris, Music AutOmatik's electronics are intricate and draw on an amalgum of urban beats, instrumentals and samples that leaves us with his unique brand of electronica.)
Message from Mars
http://www.ominim.com  --> Music AutOmatiK
www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/8100806
Nice review of "MelOtonine"
http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/reviews/records/melotonine
MelOtonine
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/flavor-of-week-28.html


Fujiya & Miyagi
www.myspace.com/fujiyaandmiyagi
www.fujiya-miyagi.co.uk  
( ;D --> They are self-described as being heavily influenced by Krautrock bands, Can and Neu! as well as the early 1990s electronic music artist, Aphex Twin. The origins of the band's name come from a character in the film, The Karate Kid as well as the brand of a record player. The lines "We're not a couple of shadowboxers/Oh/Oh/Just two Anglo-Saxons" from the 2008 track Butterfingers and "We were just pretending to be Japanese" from Photocopier may be comments on the band name and how it is perceived.)
Ventriloquizzing
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http://soundcloud.com/fulltimehobby/fujiya-miyagi-ventriloquizzing-teaser
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/06/flavor-of-week-24.html


Booka Shade
www.myspace.com/bookashade  
www.bookashade.com
( ;D --> Booka Shade is a German electrohouse duo . It is made up of Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, described as veterans of the Frankfurt electronic music scene.)
Movements (New Edition)
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( ;D --> This is their second full-length release. In charge of their own Production Company and studio for the last 15 years, they have profoundly applied their wide range of talents to the realm of electronic music. Meanwhile, booka shade's own redefinition of dance music found its expression on their debut album, memento which drew on their back ground as pop producers and their ability to sculpt nocturnal yet melancholic music for the dance floor and beyond. When it was released at the tail end of 2004 memento hit with velvet coated sucker punches its prowling understated menace combined with Walter and Arno's knack of penning melodies and creating evocative mood mapping out a fresh alternative for electronic music.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/11/flavor-of-week-47.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/05/flavor-of-week-22.html  
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/02/flavor-of-week-6.html  
Darko
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yls2DCeMbKM&feature=player_embedded

Over And Out

Flavor of the Week #27

Kirlian Camera
www.myspace.com/kirliancamerafront  
http://facebook.com/kirlian.camera
www.kirliancamera.com
( ;D --> Kirlian Camera are one of the pioneers of the Italian electronic scene.
Active since 1979 under the name SUICIDE COMMANDO, the band changes name in 1980 releasing the first demo-tape DAWN... and the self-titled mini-album in late 1981.
The early records contain a mix of synth pop and new wave/dance songs, while towards the end of the 1980s' Kirlian Camera's music has progressively become darker and darker, turning into a monumental electro-gothic sound. Nearly every release since then has explored different fields, from industrial to ambient, from experimental to trip-hop.
Mind of Kirlian Camera has always been Angelo Bergamini, coupled by many female vocalists as Simona Buja (1980-1987), Suzanne Reddington Gardner (1987), Bianca Hoffmann Santos (1988-1989), Emilia Lo Jacono (1990-1999) and Elena Alice Fossi (1999...).)
Ghlóir Ar An Oíche
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Awesome review
www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/en/reviews/kirlian-camera-ghloir-ar-an-ochre-ep/
Nightglory
www.youtube.com/watch?v=is5WQ7D0nV8
Dead Zone in the Sky (Vintage Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cyey2iBQRw
The Path of Flowers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7PAnznoy4
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/04/flavor-of-week-17.html


Dapayk Solo
www.myspace.com/dapayk
( ;D --> Producer Niklas Worgt, AKA Dapayk Solo career began in the mid-'90s in the fledgling German drum 'n' bass and breakbeat scene, has worked under a variety of aliases, but Dapayk Solo has been one of his steadiest gigs of late, aside from his quirky collaborative project with Eva Padberg and his minimal-styled tracks under the name Marek Bois.)
Bevita
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Bevita
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuvcHcTjJR4
Uma (Louderbach Rmx)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_kxQ4rwiIQ&feature=sh


Juno Reactor
www.myspace.com/juno_reactor  
www.reactorleak.com  
( ;D --> Juno Reactor are a musical and performing act known for the cinematic fusion of electronic, orchestral and global music. Central to the project is Ben Watkins, and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world, including percussionist Mabi Thobejane from South Africa along with countrymen Amampondo, Eduardo Niebla, Steve Stevens, Taz Alexander, Ghetto Priest, Sugizo and recently Yasmin Levy. They are also famous for collaborating with composer Don Davis for the musical score of the film 'The Matrix' as well as other films. Originally Juno Reactor was formed as an art project in 1990; Ben Watkins wanted to collaborate with other artists to produce and be involved in exciting projects that were not commercially driven. He wanted to create experimental music/non musical soundtracks that would work with installations, art pieces and film projects.)
Inside the Reactor
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/10/flavor-of-week-43.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/03/flavor-of-week-13_28.html  


Alan Starck
www.myspace.com/alanstarck
http://alanstarck.com
( ;D --> First signing to Ominim Records (outside of mainstay artist and label founders Yimino) was Alan Starck, an eccentric electronic innovator who has produced a gem of an album, aptly named Farrago. Initially alerted to the guys at Ominim by a good old-fashioned demo tape, Alan’s playful and humorous electronics immediately appealed and a creative relationship was born. Alan is inspired musically by an eclectic mix of Detroit Techno artists, Prince, Miles Davis, Stravinsky and Rachmaninov.)
Electrica
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Funner
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Diary of Dreams
www.myspace.com/diaryofdreams
( ;D --> Diary of Dreams is a German electronic music group with a gothic attitude. The lead singer and founding member Adrian Hates has produced most of the albums by himself or with minimal help from others. He rarely uses a full band, except when he is on tour.)
Ego:X
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Diary Of Dreams' 'Ego:X' album released in 4 different versions:
www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46442_0_2_0_C
Bladerunner 2001 remix by Adrian Hates
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G-LP39b_iA&feature=related
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/04/flavor-of-week-16.html

Over And Out

Flavor of the week #26

Vladislav Delay
www.myspace.com/vladislavdelaymusic
www.vladislavdelay.com
( ;D --> Vladislav Delay, Uusitalo, Luomo, Conoco, Sistol. Under a raft of different names this Finnish artist (Sasu Ripatti *1976) has experimented with ambient, broken beat, glitch as well as grooves and house music with soulful vocals. In addition he has collaborated with and worked for a wide range of artists ranging from Scissor Sisters and Craig Armstrong to AGF, Black Dice, Massive Attack, Towa Tei and Ryuichi Sakamoto. While his side-projects and remixes are there to flirt with more stable rhythms and dancefloor institutions, his main love as well as his background is in experimenting with different kind of sounds and rhythms; a quest to find some music not heard yet. The soundtrack of Vladislav Delay. His forte is the rhythm, even if so subtle at times. In fact, he may as well be classified as a “percussionist” (actually he is originally a drummer) rather than an electronic musician despite the fact that that is how he mostly generates his sound and music, because it is the beat and its possibilities which lie closest to his heart, which further serves to explain why he has experimented with it from so many different musical angles.)
Latoma
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Vladislav Delay Quartet/Debut
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/05/flavor-of-week-20_15.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2008/07/flavor-of-week-29.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/07/flavor-of-week-30.html


Ryan Davis
www.myspace.com/ryandavissounds 
http://soundcloud.com/ryan-davis
( ;D --> In 1983 Ryan Davis first saw the light of the world. At the age of 9 he started with classical guitar training to the age of 18. During these years he has experienced a fascination with anything that created an analog tone. Aged 21 he began spinning records and became a good Dj but quite soon he realized he had to start writing his own music. The incentive for producing came from the common problem not be able to find the type of music he was seeking. It lacked on that certain something, so Ryan was inspired to express that special in his own music with lot of passion. He greatly enjoyed his professional classical guitar training which was helpful to reveal a sensible understanding for melody and harmony. He tried to explore and invent new possibilities of novel songs and ideas by spending hours in the studio emerging an own innovative style. Ryan Davis is always looking for the unknown and unique. Right now Ryan is on a journey to the wide spaces of the sound world.) 
Light & Shadow
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Fawna
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The Wolve
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Fading Star
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdj6GvTEmNM
The Wolve (Max Cooper Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JC57Iq4HFM 


Andy Stott
www.myspace.com/andystott_modernlove
( ;D -->Taking influence from an array of seemingly incoherent noises, from the indefinable and unforgettable mindtricks of Arthur Russell to the slowhouse of Kassem Mosse, from the alternate VHS realities of James Feraro and Jamal Moss to the Linn Drum classics of the
vintage Prince era. The tracks create their own pace and agenda, largely shying away from the dancefloor in favour of something more complex and hard to define. Following on from the tribal malfunctions of opening intro Signature, New Ground heads into a chasm of layered loops, creating a decimated and re-wired funk template coloured in with frayed percussion and vocal samples. North To South starts off from similar ground but adds a shuffling vibe at a deceptively intoxicated 110 bpm. Intermittent is something altogether different, taking perfectly formed Boogie templates and screwing with them until nothing quite fits, brittle elements floating in and out of time yet somehow keeping it together, before Dark Details delivers the most dancefloor compatible six minute stretch of the set, all clanging stabs and dense percussion, somewhere between Shackleton and Bam Bam.)
Passed me by
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Streamed :)
http://soundcloud.com/modernlove/sets/andy-stott-passed-me-by
Dark Details
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r2AXalsphY


Accessory
www.myspace.com/accessoryweb
( ;D --> The Accessory-project was founded in 1994 by Dirk Steyer. Right after Kay Resch followed his musical inspiration and joined the project. Inspired by Electro-/Techno-Acts of the early nineties. Accessory returns in 2011 to orchestrate another addictive thunderstorm of hard EBM melodies and smashing bass. Delivering the electro scene with one of this year's premier alternative chart attacks, "Underbeat" is the band's sixth full-length release since their 2001 debut album "Jukka2147.de." Influential bands such as Front Line Assembly and Mentallo and the Fixer served as a foundation over the years as frontman Dirk Steyer continued to craft his own unique fusion of dark electronics. Now Accessory is pushing its sounds to new pioneering peaks.)
Underbeat (Deluxe)
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- It Sounds Like
http://zerothdegree.tumblr.com/post/6593975647/accessory-it-sounds-like


Mist
http://soundcloud.com/memorybomb
( ;D --> Chances are, you’ve listened to one of the projects of the men who make up Mist. John Elliott, of Emeralds/Outer Space/Imaginary Softwoods, and Sam Goldberg, of Radio People, have teamed up once again for Mist’s upcoming sophomore album, House. “Twin Lanes” is the opener for the album, and it displays a perfect balance of Elliot’s epic and deep loops alongside Goldberg’s colorful synth lines.)
House
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/408390-mist-john-elliott-sam-goldberg-house#
twin lanes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qiMl9o4Zv4
http://soundcloud.com/memorybomb/twin-lanes-by-mist-from

Over And Out

Flavor of the week #25

AS1
www.myspace.com/as1electro
http://soundcloud.com/as1electro
( ;D --> AS1 is Arnold Steiner a workaholic : music producer, graphic designer and also the brain of the prolefic electro label Transientforce. The AS1's style is a great diversity of sounds : tracks with heavy bass, fast beats with a melancholic melody, deep electro with low bass, dark beat, trippy electro, experimental electronics, freaky remixes.)
Mind of Metall
www.transientforce.com  --> page 2 --> Mind of Metall
AS1 - Broken Dreams - Transient Force
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4MTFh39Og0
AS1 - Have_You_Been_Here? - Transient force
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8Y4uX25b2k


Perfect Stranger
www.myspace.com/perfectblt
( ;D --> From the mid 90's Yuli Fershtat has been committed to his love for Trance, which is as dance as music gets. But a generic label would not do justice to the depth of his heartfelt music, which transposes feelings from across the wide range of human emotions. In his creation, you'll find tracks inspired by the bliss of sunbeams, by an ironic but yet candid take on the simple pleasures of life, or by the darker side of the self.)
IL-SF
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Easy (Quantize Remix)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7YmSlzd9bg&amp  


Alone
www.myspace.com/alonehybrid
( ;D --> Darkwave band from Belgrade.)
Spomenik Neznanom Umetniku
www.nauk.rs/spomenik-eng.html
Altruizam anonime
www.youtube.com/watch?v=f21xK37o91E


The Fabric
www.matthewmullane.com/news/2011/1/13/fabric-debut-album-available-for-preorder.html
( ;D --> Matthew Mullane is a Chicago multi-instrumentalist performing under the guise of Fabric. Here we have a fine suite of compositions which embark on a voyage through darkness of night and the brightness of day. Washed-out dark colors and static pulses sweep across your stereo painting a portrait of intense yearning and determination. Recorded over the course of a year, Matthew has constructed a multi-dimensional organism of sound that has perplexing depth and astounding detail.)
A Sort Of Radiance
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Streamed album :)
http://soundcloud.com/experimedia/fabric-a-sort-of-radiance


Ovro
http://www.myspace.com/ovro
http://ovro.someplaceelse.org
( ;D --> Unconventional conjurer of surrealistic soundscapes, illustrator of dreams and nightmares with a distinct style.Surreal music, subterranian soundscapes. Dormant volcanoes coming to life. Scratches, crackles and human voice put through alchemy of sound. Bass abuse. Church bells conjured out of the sound of breathing. Odd evo/invocative lyrics. Hauntingly disturbing atmospheres, subconscious landscapes.)
Revisited
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Caustic
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xdSSt_Bgj0&amp
Silence
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUR4Z1Q0_-c&amp

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Flavor of the week #24

Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
http://romealbum.com
Rome
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( ;D --> One of my favourite producers Danger Mouse collaborating with Italian composer Daniele Luppi on an album of theatrical Spagetti movie soundscapes, and the vocals of Jack White and Norah Jones. How could it possibly fail?)
Rome Trailer
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHDrWfndze0
The Gambling Priest
www.youtube.com/watch?v=txEGzCudnso


ROME
www.myspace.com/romecmi
( ;D --> After having played in several underground bands in Luxembourg,singer-songwriter Jerome Reuter almost unintentionally founded ROME in December 2005. The music and lyrical world of ROME is genuinely unique and constantly brilliant. Blending excellent songwriting craftsmanship, unusual arrangements and fine poetry into one monstruous and intimate musical output that combines chanson, dark ambient, apocalyptic folk, pop, acoustic rock, martial industrial, cold wave – all rolled into one impressive avantgarde package.)
Our Holy Rue/The Merchant Fleet
www.trisol.de/en/news/86-rome-ourholyrue.html
( ;D--> Gone! Gone are the days of mellow and lush ballads, it seems - for this is ROME at its rawest! As an artist Jerome Reuter remains completely unpredictable, which may come as a shock to those who discovered ROME as a Chanson Noir outfit: What you are looking for is gone for good! "Our Holy Rue" is a harsh, industrial beauty: relentless and uncompromising. And the rather folkish song "The Merchant Fleet" is an instant classic, dedicated to Jerome's brotherhood of the sea!)
Novemberblut
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTDUopIJtdU&feature=related
The Torture Detachment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=okmOA9f_xLg&feature=player_embedded
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2010/06/flavor-of-week-23.html
And:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/09/flavor-of-week-39.html


Tearist
www.myspace.com/teariststst
( ;D --> Gothic-psychedelic style from the 80's ala Siouxie..)
Living: 2009-Present
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lo-v
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOecHcVUPk
Ashes to Ashes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT6u-yFbrqU&feature=related


Amon Tobin
www.myspace.com/tobinamon  
www.amontobin.com
( ;D --> Brazilian DJ and Producer Amon Tobin is known for his brand of jazz-influenced IDM ("intelligent dance music"), which also takes in influences from hip-hop, drum'n'bass, breakbeat and samba music.)
ISAM
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( ;D --> uploaded it as a one-track stream on Soundcloud :).)
http://soundcloud.com/amon-tobin/amon-tobin-isam
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2007/03/flavor-of-week-12.html


Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows
www.myspace.com/soporaeternusofficial
www.soporaeternus.de
( ;D --> Officially founded in 1989, the Germany based SOPOR AETERNUS & THE ENSEMBLE OF SHADOWS is one of the last of the very few dark groups/projects in Europe (in fact, on this planet), who have based the trinity of their music, poetry and visual appearance on the explicit emphasis of the highly individual expression of pain, isolation, depression, token suicides and the desperate search for the ?sacred reunion?; all conceived and acted out by SOPOR's sole protagonist ? ? the transgendered and utterly beautiful Goddess (and likewise tragically Butoh-esque creature) ANNA-VARNEY CANTODEA.)
Have You Seen This Ghost?
www.infrarot.de/sopor-aeternus/have-you-seen-this-ghost/2008266
( ;D --> There are no words to adequately describe the enchanted music(k) of Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows' release. Those of you, who are familiar with Anna-Varney Cantodea's art, know that s/he (literally) plays in her own league. Generally speaking, her work is always like the forgotten soundtrack to a phantastic, gothic horror film that was never meant for a human audience to see ... - and this album is certainly no exception.)
Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/flavor-of-week-32.html
Fragemnto Modela est Sopor aeternus (Cover on Kraftwerks "the Modell")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPCWvBmFIT0

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Flavor of the week #23

Tropic of Cancer
http://tropicofcancer.bandcamp.com
( ;D --> Tropic of Cancer is Camella Lobo & J Mendez, who's probably better known as Sandwell District's Silent Servant. With a Sound of Arcane folk drones and smacked out vocals, driven by Suicide style drum machine minimalism and shuddering within some of the bleakest soundscapes this side of Sun, inspired by a wealth of classic darkside influences to end up with a dank basement sound bearing traces of everything from The Velvets to MBV, with distant drum loops and miserablist guitars trawling the surface. Despite not being remotely techno, the sound perfectly suits the sinisterly irony-free Black country aesthetic.)
The Sorrow of Two Blooms
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( ;D --> Blackest Ever Black made an indelible mark on 2010 with a couplet of stunning releases from Raime. This year they open their leathery wings to shelter Tropic Of Cancer aka Camella Lobo and Juan Mendez (Silent Servant) for a midnight mission away from their spiritual home, Regis' Downwards sect. No doubt, this is their strongest material to date: three passionately gothic odes to the romance of misery. There are clear, strong references to the gothic digital minimalism of Martin Hannet's work on Joy Division, and maybe more apt allusions to the skinny Post Punk of Savage Republic, and Faith/Pornography/Seventeen Seconds era The Cure, but unlike many contemporary guardians of this sound, TOC's misanthropy is articulated with exquisite production values closer to those of Grouper or Broadcast, making their introversion that much more tangible and heart-breakingly glorious.)
The Dull Age / Victims
http://boomkat.com/vinyl/221368-tropic-of-cancer-the-dull-age-victims#
Temporal Vessels
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGlc_M2aIzI&feature=related
A Color
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz1iaB3778s
The dull age
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRyyft_pkYs&feature=player_embedded


Teemu T
www.myspace.com/teemut
http://soundcloud.com/teemu-t
( ;D --> spaced out dub techno in the spirit of northern contrast between urban and nature. After nearly two decades in years of musical experiences, Teemu T has become a lazy but hard working dub techno ear. From the first tracker sequencer tests to full-scale projects he has developed a style of deep dub techno,with minimal techno grooves and analoque sounds.)
Re-Ender EP
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Opto02/From the Album file under dub #3
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Rainflower
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pQmpyxUwxA&feature=related
Radial Shift
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfIwrnf8EyY


Diskjokke
www.myspace.com/diskjokke
www.diskjokke.com
( ;D --> “Emotion-rich electronic disco epic” – IDJ Magazine. “Bright, playful, spacey, and colorful, music for the nighttime that retains the warmth of an afternoon on the beach” (8.0) – Pitchfork Following the success of Lindstrøm and Prins Thomas comes diskJokke (a.k.a. Joachim Dyrdahl) the latest in a string of exciting and innovative artists hailing from the respected Oslo electronica scene.)
Sagara
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Digital Factor
www.myspace.com/digitalfactor
www.digitalfactor.de
( ;D --> Electro-EBM formation Digital Factor delivers pure and stretched analog sequences with harsh rhythms since 15 years.)
Look back to go forward
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X Rayzor
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qh_Y05AJBp4#at=36
( ;D --> Digital Factor joins Black Rain + on tour with Front Line Assembly.)
www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=46331_0_2_0_C


Astral Projection
www.myspace.com/astralprojectionavilior  
www.astral-projection.com
( ;D --> The psychedelic trance outfit Astral Projection have gained respect and sales as one of the best in their field despite their base in Israel, far afield from the European dance mainstream. The group evolved from a production partnership involving childhood friends Avi Nissim and Lior Perlmutter, each of whom were DJs in Israel's dance/industrial scene of the late '80s before beginning their production careers in 1989. Astral Projection produces high octane futuristic trance combined with certain Old Skool Goa elements.)
Open Society - The EP.
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Se also:
http://barlemusic.blogspot.com/2009/09/flavor-of-week-39.html


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