The Recluse is a moniker used by the artist also behind post punk / wave recording project Human Figures. His previous track record also leaves a legacy of releases as Daniel Holt and Death Posture, carrying the best of those elements forward

| EPISODE 180 | The Recluse

Decomposition is a mix series by Dead Channel. Fig. 23 comes from RUMORE. Mastermind of the avant-garde label and podcast series Comme Des Larmes, RUMORE is a curator, selector, and producer of pioneering experimental music. He lands on Dead Channel with a slow and deep mix, cultivating spectral, hypnotic soundscapes and uncompromising chugging rhythms in this psychoactive slow burner. 

Recently recorded live in São Paulo, Brazil at a Comme Des Larmes event.

@thiagocantarutti
@commedeslarmes

www.deadchannelrecords.com

Decomposition - Fig. 23: RUMORE

Hailing from the decaying industrial town of Sisak in Croatia, LE CHOCOLAT NOIR aka LCN has been performing as a DJ and music producer since 2000. With releases on She Lost Kontrol, Helena Hauff's Return To Disorder, Gooiland Elektro, Frigio, Kraftjerkz, Charlois and many more, he is a model unrepresentative aiming for his utopian dream(s). LCN also releases and performs as FIUME (L.I.E.S., Panzerkreuz/Bunker, Cefalù Tourist Information). Born in 2018 with the throbbing sound of Moog DFAM, FIUME is about futurism, Haïtian vodou and African rituals, about love, magic and mysterious occurrences.
LCN is a member of bRAVE collective from Zagreb with previous residency at Zagreb Queer Festival and Ljubljana Elektroliza. Having played at countless events from Brasil and USA to Japan and primarily in Europe, he also performed at Dekmantel Selectors, Dimension and Exit Festivals, as well as at Intergalactic FM Festivals. He is also releasing under alias Honored Matres, is a member of Florence Foster Fan Club with Zarkoff and has been producing/releasing music in the prolific collab with Christian Kroupa since 2021 as BLACK DOT, with the recent EP released on Mechatronica.
For the past ten years, LCN has been selecting and playing a wide range of music in his radio show Disco Panonia on The Hague based Internet radio Intergalactic FM.

Which artists has influenced you the most?

- There are too many, the most prominent ones would be all the acts from the end of 70s, like TG and Clock DVA, Human League, than later Soft Cell and Cybotron. Weird Italo Disco (Crazy Gang) and Esplendor Geometrico, Coil, Bunker/Viewlexx, Invasion Planete and Beta Evers. Lots of known and unknown techno from ’91 and ’92.

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

- Following our EPs released on KRI and Mechatronica, Black Dot EP, our third, is expected in the spring of 2024. This is my project with Christian Kroupa. Recently, I provided vocals for a collaboration with Alavux, this has been released last month and two of my tracks were featured on a VA vinyl compilation on Oraculo, released last month too. There are more collaborations, info on those as the time comes though. I have many LCN and Fiume demos ready and am (patiently) working on having those released.
My priority now is producing music under my Fiume alias for my performance to be staged next year. This is outside the clubbing context and is more gallery/theatre oriented. There will be a self-release in some form coming out of this. In addition, I have been a part of a contemporary dance performance “Striptease” by Dore Brkaric, for which I produced music and we continue developing it. I am getting more involved in the Zagreb and Croatian art scene, I find this interesting. Next week I will work on a sound installation experimenting with glass with one local artist.

Which artists/labels is more relevant to you now?

- While there are some labels and artists that I keep following, for example Brokntoys, Nation, Mannequin and Stilleben, I dig for music throughout the Internet (for some reason Boomkat store has been an important source of information where I discovered some super cool artists with cassette releases) and often on Bandcamp. I prefer releases by artists that are trying and succeeding to express themselves in a more personal distinctive way. One example is artist Pö.

Follow:
@yasssa

Strange But Dance Music #137: Le Chocolat Noir

Boris is a DJ & producer from Greece, based in Paris. An artist truly devoted to the original underground techno sound and culture, mostly influenced by early electro, synth wave, industrial, broken rhythms, FM synths and cinematic lo-fi distorted and absurd soundscapes. After spending many years in the UK and Serbia he got involved with collecting records, making tracks, exploring sounds from various sources and field recordings, strongly bonded with a unique vision and character regarding true expression through music in a greater spectrum.

| EPISODE 191 | Boris Barksdale

Chupacabras - IFM Slo-Mo Halloween Mix 2023

Bekha Mujiri [25.11.2023]

DTP#25 - Boris Barksdale

Next mix incoming. This time from Paris, made by Boris Barksdale. 
Known for his uncompromising machine excursions between weird electro, slow ebm grinders and industrialized hitters, you can find his productions on overseers like Phormix, Velena Viola, Natural Sciences or Eye for an Eye. Not to forget his Collabo with Antonio Barbetta named Barbare Tendenze.

In this mix he makes a fresh take on new beat and proto ebm with a surprising twist. Go for it.
https://soundcloud.com/brxsdale

DTP#25 - Boris Barksdale

Another brave mix by the bRAVE crew member Maja Pa. One of our fav DJs making sure that Zagreb is dark by night with the fellow bRAVE crew consisting of our dear friend @yasssa and @IKONAL. From experimental synth to raw EBM, Wave and everything inbetween. Cheers!

@cooliefruit

TASCAM DR-05X

Kri Podcast #11 - Maja Pa

In light of the recent tragic events, we decided to make the alternative edit by Silent Servant on our recent release available as a free download.

The title of the track of his remix means Loyalty and the lyrics champion being loyal to yourself. This is how we will remember Silent Servant, be it Techno, EBM, Wave, design or photography. One of a kind. We will play your tracks forever.

You can check the rest of the release here: 
https://krirecords.bandcamp.com/album/o-kult-zvestoba-2

Zvestoba (KRI006)

19/01/2024

O! Kult - Zvestoba (Silent Servant EDIT) / Free DL

Very very special guest this month: The amazing Geneva-based master selector Pastram. Tune in to a two hour b2b session with No Soap Radio host marienus, showcasing body music, industrial, wave, techno and everything weird, dark and/or electronic.

www.operator-radio.com

No Soap Radio w/ Pastram - 10th February 2024

Desert Tree

Quantum Quasar

DIY EBM, Wave & Electro label from Ljubljana
A&R by @Schrauff & @Malalavka
Contact & Booking: speakup@krirecords.com

Discography:
KRI001 Black Dot (Christian Kroupa & LCN) - Worlds Connect (12" + digital)
KRI002 Trust the Rust Vol. 1 VA (Cassette + digital)
KRI003 Adrian Marth & Diana Berti - Crystal Ball Visions (12" + digital)
KRI004 Dj Nephil - Horizon Rising (12" + digital)
KRI005 R.Gamble - Dream Sequence (12" + digital)
KRI006 O! Kult - Zvestoba (12" + digital)
KRI007 Ole Mic Odd - Mythical Realm (12" + digital)
KRI008 The Spy - Halt and Hack EP (12" + digital)
KRI009 TBA

Distributed by @bordellodistribution

Debauchery:
24.02. 2024 KRI Records @ Ment Festival
14.06. 2024 Kri night TBA

Past:
09.09. 2022 KRI x K4: Black Dot Live, TV.OUT, Lavka, Schrauff
17.06. 2023 KRI x Keep In Mind: L.F.T., Schrauff, Lavka, 198319831983
04.08. 2023 KRI @ Channel Zero: Adrian Marth release event
26.01. 2024 KRI006 release event @ Big Nose

O! Kult - Zvestoba (Silent Servant EDIT) / Free DL

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