From Copenhagen Electro Alliance Volume 2

Copenhagen Electro Alliance Volume 2

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Franco Fonato is a dj and collector based in Bari, south of Italy.
His obscure record collection is the result of a consuming devotion and life lasting exploration. 
Roaming freely from different sonic zones but always maintaining a stable focus on his very own story-telling, Franco Fonato represents clearly the idea of a chameleonic selector.
Over the last years he's been running a monthly show on Threads Radio UK named Explora where regularly hosts international artists orbiting different spaces of the sonic spectrum. "

| EPISODE 154 | Franco Fonato

Today we listen a selection by TANS, real name: Michele Tansella. Currently lives in Berlin where he makes industrial techno with his cousin Mike Tansella Jr as SONS OF TRADERS, & has released on Squirrels On Film, Diffuse Reality, The Black Lodge Recordings, Nutty Wombat, Soil Records, Raw Culture, Clan Destine Rec, Minor Adjustment Rec,FU.ME Rec, experimental cassettes on the UK's Seagrave label, Dead channel REC (US). He produces music by himself under pseudonyms Hannibal III and The Sympathizer.

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Which artists has influenced you the most?

- It's a tough question I can't answer with just one name. But I can say that the band that made me want to make music are the "Beatnigs".

What new projects/releases with your participation are expected in the near future?

- It should arrive soon on "FRIGIO REC" something with one of my projects: SONS OF TRADERS ( me and Mike Tansella J.r ) and maybe something on the same label as TANS. I just finished some tracks for a play by Teatro Pubblico Pugliese. There is also a compilation out these days for FU.ME (DAAF TRAX 3 [FU.ME 017]). With another of my projects (La Musique Rituelle et Profane) a Tape should come out soon by PHORMIX. Last but very important is a vinyl only compilation for Feral Colony ss Sons of Traders with my cousin Mike Tansella Jr.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now?

- This is also a question that I could not answer, none less than others. There are very good people around and I discover new ones every day. Right now as I write to you I am listening to Carols Souffront.

What inspires you now to create music?

- I really like to be inspired by the books I read, but of course it's the music itself, that is other people's music. Many of my tracks are inspired by my wife and my son. And, of course, going to a party and listening to music at the right volume. 

What set-up do you use when creating music?

- The main structure of my tracks is made with a modular system that I have assembled in the last 8-9 years (with many economic sacrifices !). But also synths such as Korg Wavestate, Roland Sh01, Td3; Drum machine as Acid Lab, Kawai R55, Roland DR550 . 
My mixer is a very simple SOUNDCRAFT.        
Sound card: Fireface RME.

Follow:
Soundcloud: @tans-1
Bandcamp: https://sonsoftradersrecords.bandcamp.com

Strange But Dance Music #101: TANS

Chris Mitchell is back on Dead Channel, delivering 7 tracks of mutated psych-apocalyptic acid, icy minimal wave, and blown out machined rhythms.

Dense hammered percussion, kicking you straight in the sternum, sends you reeling into the abyss. Dire, unsettling vocals dowsed in gritty, unrelenting squelched out 303 madness. Spectral atmospherics blanket bit-crushed drums in a disconcerting fog. With ‘Rip Run Ride Die’, Mitchell melds a black sea of contorted electronics into a twisted, utterly unique vision that pulls you under..

Releases on limited cassette and digital January 20, 2023

@chris-mitchell
Mastering by @kfrey
Artwork by Brian Drabant

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Chris Mitchell - Checks [DC018] (Snippet)

Scorching EP from Dead Channel alum and acid master, TLXCO.

Stripped down, but dense and tense, this 4-tracker is filled with huge delayed 303s, booming gained-out drums, and desolate atmospherics. Literally translated as 'Every Day Towards Death', this bleak acid masterpiece brings you one step closer.

Releases on limited cassette and digital February 10, 2023

@tlxco
Artwork by @ole-mic-odd
Mastering by @kfrey


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TLXCO - SIT - A [DC019] (Snippet)

Gladio Operations inaugurates 2023 with its seventh release titled “Split Machine”, a new series of shared EPs, where in this first episode the producers Jauzas The Shining and Cycloplex go halves on the EP.

The French producer returns to Gladio with three cuts which possess his peculiar and characteristic rugged sound. The EP launches with "Business Machines” and “Isla De Encanto”, two powerful cuts with aggressive and noticeable basslines filled-up with dark textures. Jauzas gifts us a last cut titled “Equation”, a nod to the EBM sound, where he preserves the same darkness as in the previous cuts.

On side B we encounter the Spanish producer Francisco Aguado, who has recently released his first work under the "Cultivated Electronics" label under his new electro alias, Cycloplex. With two cuts titled “Intercepted” and “Acid Machine”, Cycloplex reveals his particular minimalist vision of electro sound in an abstract journey of excellent monotonous rhythms.

Bandcamp

Cycloplex - Acid Machine

Jauzas The Shining - Equation

Return of the Wavejumper

Dolphin Bombs

5 tracks of drexciyan Electro from up north. Norwegian sound explorer Digitizer delivers driving baselines, captivating atmos and complex arrangements of retro-futuristic charm. Guaranteed to bring the heat!

soundcloud.com/pulse-drift-recordings/sets/pdr009-digitizer-future-technology-previews

Future Technology

Computer Age

Disintegration 04/09/2023 - Live at Netil Radio

the longest pause before the light returns.

DarkSolstice 25

Renegade Electronics
Headed by Monger (@monger-dc)
Est. 2020

Artists: Acidic Male, Bertram, Bound By Endogamy, ccciclo, Chris Mitchell, Corps Déchiré, Cybereign, DJ ARG, DJ VST, Eindkrak, Fashion Flesh, Fucking Shit Show, Gavelman, Hoaxes, Human Figures, Keith&Kevin, Kelan, L/F/D/M, Robert E. Livingood, LostSoundBytes, MANASYt, Memory Clap Acid, Mokre’tzy Konstruktor, Monger, Mr. Clarinet, MVQX, Ole Mic Odd, Plural, TANS, TLXCO, TX Connect, Vectorvision, ZAAX

www.deadchannelrecords.com

Chris Mitchell - Checks [DC018] (Snippet)

Dead Channel Records