Electronica Master Class Pt 14

Soma Records’ electro sub-label, Avoidant Records assemble a fresh rogue squadron for another massive compilation as 16 electro warriors take on the ‘Dark Planet’.

After the impact of last year's huge ‘Defend Your Planet’ VA, Avoidant immediately set about recruiting another incredible group of artists that represent the Glasgow based label’s output. ‘Dark Planet’ brings together established, classic and up and coming producers who take their cues from the Detroit and European schools of electro. Gathered from across the planet - from Australia, The Netherlands, the USA and UK - the compilation sound is geared up for the dancefloor.

Assembler Code
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/assemblerc
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsassemblercode

Avoidant
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/avoidantrecords
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avoidantrecords

Dark Planet

PREMIERE: Assembler Code - Architects (Avoidant)

These aren't actually the lyrics, but people search the song like this.

#Leni

Swear? Swear. I won't leave you. I don't believe you.

Be Patient

Electric Drama

Grigoré - Witches Stay Behind You (Original Mix)

Grigoré - Witches Stay Behind You (Original Mix) [EKLEKTISCH]

Stream Matriarch:
fanlink.to/matriarch

"Matriarch" emerged out of a collaboration between Alydian and Azaleh. With hours of modular recordings we carefully selected little pieces of audio and arranged them together. As a result of mangling on the Moog Matriarch synthesizer for a while the synthline in the second section came into being. Reminiscing about that particular moment we decided that it should be the title of the song.

Follow Azaleh
Soundcloud @azaleh
Spotify www.spoti.fi/2MRfFOG
Facebook www.facebook.com/azalehaudio
Instagram www.instagram.com/azalehmusic/
Bandcamp www.azaleh.bandcamp.com
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Azaleh & Alydian - Matriarch

Chris Lorenzo X COBRAH - MAMI (SOSA Remix

RÜFÜS DU SOL - Innerbloom (Weir Cover).mp3

Out now:
mechatronica.bandcamp.com/album/data-breach

EP playlist:
soundcloud.com/mechatronicamusic/sets/out-now-alex-jann-data-breach

On a futuristic backdrop of piercing electro and sinister machinefunk, @alexjann lands on Mechatronica with a dystopian vision of the weaponised nature of software, and its mind-altering powers to exert control through data exploitation and infomaterial manipulation.

A1 Psy Culture
A2 Data Exploit
A3 Infomaterial
B1 Kill Disk
B2 Let Us Control Your Mind

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instagram.com/mechatronicamusic

Data Breach

[ Buy on Bandcamp ]

Alex Jann - Data Exploit [MTRON031]

TL Premiere #1234 (2023.05.05) : Si Begg - Buckfunk Beatz [Central Processing Unit]

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For this 99th Premiere of 2023, we have a track by Si Begg (@sibegg) titled ‘Buckfunk Beatz’ from his forthcoming EP "Energie Electrique" on the independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 2012, specialising in electronic music : Central Processing Unit (@cpurecords).

The EP will be available on June 2, 2023 in Limited Edition 12" Vinyl EP + Digital.

▶︎ Pre-order : https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/energie-electrique

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Release Info :

Si Begg - Energie Electrique 

It was perhaps only a matter of time before Si Begg rocked up on Central Processing Unit. Now an esteemed veteran of British beat tracks, Begg’s name has become synonymous with quality club productions ever since he burst onto the scene three decades ago. In the years since, Begg has released scores of records on some of the most prestigious labels in the business - Tresor, NovaMute, his own Mosquito. As such, his debut on the Sheffield imprint whose name has become a sign of quality since it launched in 2012 seems like a wholly logical progression for one of electro’s most consistently excellent producers. 

Begg’s casual mastery of his sound is shown off by the fact that he doesn’t over-egg the pudding of the Energie Electrique EP. Rather than doing sonic cartwheels to get people’s attention, Energie Electrique is characterised by the way Begg adds or subtracts elements to sturdy grooves. It’s an approach which makes for a collection of tunes that manage to bring the boogie from the off while they also hide all sorts of aural Easter eggs amidst the mix. 

On opening cut ‘Energy’, a droning start full of crisp drum programming soon develops into a head spinning electro groove reminiscent of Kraftwerk’s Computer World. An acid-laced bassline waxes and wanes, modulating in intensity across several minutes as Begg sprinkles in percussion, synth blurts and vocoder vocals. It’s a slyly insistent rump-shaker, and the - ahem - energy that the track provides carries through into following number ‘Buckfunk Beatz’. This joint begins with a gnarly, chattering synth sound before the sizzle and snap of a broken-beat kick-hat loop locks into place. While still very Kraftwerkian, ‘Buckfunk Beatz’ also has the playful grizzle of contemporary practitioners like Cardopusher and Begg’s fellow CPU operator Silicon Scally. 

Things switch up at the start of Energie Electrique’s second side. Rather than rolling out a high-octane groove, Begg delivers a low-slung mid-tempo roller called ‘MS10 Machine Funk’. The programming on the kick drum here could almost pass for a dirty south hip-hop production if Begg didn’t lace it with such a strangely compelling use of the oscillator - sometimes squealing, sometimes squawking, sometimes wobbling, always thrilling. The mix flecked with chordal stabs, ‘MS10 Machine Funk’ is a masterclass in combining danceable beats with the quest for thrilling sounds that is so often the mark of a truly musical mind. 

To round things out, Begg brings us back to the beginning. ‘Electro P1 B’ is a delightfully dystopian bit of Drexciyanism. Piston-hiss drum programming, nervy atonal synth nodules, some cavernous reverb deployment - this is a body-mover if ever you heard one, and one executed with all the style, aplomb and panache you’d expect of Begg. Si Begg takes his Central Processing Unit bow with the Energie Electrique EP, a quartet of club tracks to rival anything in his vast and vaunted discography. 

RIYL: Kraftwerk, Silicon Scally, Drexciya, Cardopusher, Annie Hall

Tracklist :
01. Energy
02. Buckfunk Beatz
03. MS10 Machine Funk
04. Electro P1 B

Preview here: soundcloud.com/cpurecords/si-begg-energie-electrique

releases June 2, 2023

All tracks written and produced by Si Begg
Mastered at Computer Club Sheffield
Design by Human / www.humanstudio.com

Energie Electrique

Buckfunk Beatz

TL PREMIERE : Si Begg - Buckfunk Beatz [Central Processing Unit]

My Fears (The Ship Knew About It)

NEW LIFE

Pre-order: https://melati-esp.bandcamp.com/album/kita-vs-mereka-salamanda-remix

Following the release of NYC/Jakarta-based @melatiesp’s euphoric debut album 'hipernatural', leftfield Seoul duo @8salamanda8 remix 'KITA VS MEREKA'.

Deconstructing Melati’s hyperreal vocals and masterfully weaving them back together into a wondrous textural soundscape, Salamanda build momentum culminating in an ecstatic crescendo.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Melati ESP 'KITA VS MEREKA' (Salamanda Remix)

Pre-order: https://reconceive.bandcamp.com/album/re-conceive-2

'Re:Conceive 2' is a fundraising compilation of cutting-edge electronic music from artists based in, and orbiting around Montréal, raising money for The Native Women’s Shelter of Montréal and Just Solutions.

Priori contributes to the 26-track compilation with 'Four Solid Walls', a driving five-minute cut.

Premiere: Priori 'Four Solid Walls'

The Brvtalist is pleased to premiere a new track from Italo Brutalo. After the successful 'Heartware' EP last year, he drops a remix EP of the release on his imprint Bungalo Disco, featuring great remixes by Shubostar, Cyrk, Fabrizio Mammarella, Kafkactrl, Kris Menace and Mufti. Today we present Kafkactrl's remix of "You Are Welcome", an enigmatic electro banger that will surely set the dance floor on fire.

Out June 18th digitally + vinyl. Grab your copy: https://italobrutalo.bandcamp.com/album/heartware-remixes

@italobrutalo
@kafkactrl

PREMIERE: Italo Brutalo - You Are Welcome (Kafkactrl Remix) [Bungalo Disco]

Dark and potent release from Berlin-based Spaniard James Rod, who's a regular fixture and part of the Disc-o-lypso crew.

Licantropia

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2015/05/my-head-reversed-wish/

@my-head

Download

my.head - Reversed Wish

Sid Vortex

Here is my Remix for one of my favorite tracks from Max Coopers 'One Hundred Billion Sparks' Album coming soon on Vinyl & digital.

Max Cooper - Rule 110 (Synkro Remix)

Cardboard Castle

Cardboard Castle (Kev Sheridan Remix)

Neverland

BEFORE EDM THERE WAS EBM 😉

I am breathing electronic music since late 70s and that's over 45 years now. From Kraftwerk, Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Yazoo, Alphaville, Men without Hats, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps, Front 242, Anne Clark, Camouflage, Gary Numan, OMD, Apopytygma Berzerk and even the Commodore 64 demo & break dance scene to more contemporary Electronic music artists, I witnessed the evolution of Electronic music, which basically means I am an old fart and consider myself an authority in this music genre 😵 Currently I listen DnB almost exclusively. But I do not like to restrict myself at all, enjoying flavors like Electronica, Trance, Psytrance, Tech House, Dubstep, Deep House, Future Pop, Trap, Techno, UK Bass and of course EBM/Industrial as well.

What you will find in my likes and playlists is the top of the crop in Electronic Music, I will  absolutely not list any bullshit. A track I have not listed might be just that: Bullshit, just mediocre or an artistic gem which I haven't discovered yet.

Electronica Master Class Pt 14

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