Agf / Delay - Symptoms

Agf teams up with Vladislav Delay (again) and delivers a poppy peace of electronica with Agf actually singing (not the usual talking) over beautyfull textures and straight beats. Reminds me of both miss kitten and the knife.

Alva Noto @ CTM 2009

A short but high quality video of a live perfomance by musician and artist alva noto aka carsten nicolai. minimalist electronica + visuals.

Video (359MB) :
http://www.raster-noton.net/media/AlvaNoto_CTM09.mov

Alva Noto:
http://www.alvanoto.com/

Provided by his label Raster Noton:
http://www.raster-noton.net/

Barbarix - The Mystics EP

I loving the mood on this one. Some very classical elements like harps and choir and all that...

Probably the most established artist to work with us (Planet Terror Records) so far, Barbarix has had releases on Belgian netlabel Entity.be and the infamous Brighton-based Net-Lab, as well as loads of attention from Mary Anne Hobbs, Nerm, Nihal and Bobby Friction of Radio 1 fame.

The Mystics EP is a significant departure from some of his more pounding creations, a relaxing and atmospheric affair best suited to lying in a darkened room or roaming through mystic wooded areas, climaxing with the glorious 'When Night Falls'. Clear yourself some headspace and bathe in the warming talent of Barbarix.

Download:
http://ia331433.us.archive.org/1/items/planet006.zip

Details / stream:
http://www.archive.org/details/planet006

Planet Terror Records:
http://www.myspace.com/planetterrorrecords

Barbarix:
http://www.myspace.com/barbarixuk

AGF - Dance Floor Drachen

AGFs 5th solo album is a digital release in the format of a web application considering the value of music in the year 2008. It is an open call asking listeners to show personal appreciation for the music they experienced.

Apart from that AGF is a great musician and I kinda wonder why only now I found out about this release: This release is full of her typical combination of abstract collages with glitchy sound editing and abstract vocals. It appears to me that she somewhat turned up the bass on this record, though, paying respect to the dance floor (but don't try to play that out to an average crowd...). It's free.

Dance Floor Drachen microsite:
http://dancefloordrachen.poemproducer.com/

AGF home:
http://www.poemproducer.com/

ddm 8 - danshall (mix)

Berlin DJ DDM (Digital Death Music) comming along with a rather laid-back but energetic dubstep/electronica mix. A good listen for between the years.

Mix:
http://www.nogozone.de/mixes/ddm_8_danshall.mp3

Tracklist + via:
http://producer-network.de/diskussionen/forum/?m=2&id=189960

DDM on vrib:
http://www.virb.com/ddm

Mira Calix - Eyes Set Against The Sun / Skimskitta

Innitially stumbled upon her recent album wich i thought was quite interesting. But to be honest, i liked the older stuff (2007 / 2003) better. A mixture of modern classical music and ambient electronica. Some tracks more of a texture, some more musical. Lovely.

Web:
http://www.miracalix.com/

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/you_could_feel_the_sky

Mount Kimbie minimix @ MAH

Just been reminded of Mount kimbie by a friend of mine and actually missed that MAH-Show. the 17-Minutes are nothing less but lovely and totally fresh.

The Minimix:
http://rapidshare.com/files/172115290/mount_kimbie___mah_11_26_08.mp3.html

The whole show + Tracklist + Via:
http://www.newmixes.com/mary_anne_hobbs_and_mount_kimbie_and_hot_city-experimental-sat-11-26-2008.html

Mount Kimbie:
http://www.myspace.com/mountkimbie

MAH weekly:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/

ryuichi sakamoto - chain music

An interesting project of japanese composer super hero ryuichi sakamoto.

Just a quick quote from his notion on the project:

The idea is to chain musical pieces from one artist to another, like a chain letter.

The purpose is to musically mark the passage of time that Iraq is in a state of war, to mark the steps to peace, to take each day that there is war and build a musical memorial to the desire for peace as well as to mark off the time of war.

Of course the list of artists is just what i considder mindblowing in terms of contemporary experimental electronica.

Info, Stream or download:
http://www.sitesakamoto.com/chainmusic/

I don't quite get how to navigate on his homepage:
http://www.sitesakamoto.com/

wolfgang voigt - gas (r-n102)

A collection of 5 10-minute Tracks. Really minimal yet way more organic than the usual stuff on raster-noton. A real winter-record to get lost watching the cold fog passing in front of your window. In addition (or is it the other way round?) You get a 128-page book representing the visual side of the "gas"-project.

Order the book+cd / buy the mp3s:
https://shop.raster-noton.net/?release=wolfgang%20voigt%20-%20GAS

raster-noton:
http://www.raster-noton.net/

ital tek - cynical

bits of glitchy idm, generally breakbeats, some more some less "dupstep". Rather the beautyfull than the scary kind of dark.
great album. highly recommended!

http://www.myspace.com/italtekmusic

kreidler - eve future / eve future recall

I'm absolutely not sure wether it's played on a good midipiano or live, neither am i sure about wether its a soundtrack, classical music or should be regarded as "electronic" somehow.