From ambient to rhythmic noise to breakbeat.
Phase Fatale – Reverse Fall
RA writes “Hayden Payne’s records package the lunging ferocity of EBM and industrial into a sound you could loosely describe as techno.” Ex-act-ly what I had in mind, all these three cornerstones just like that. I also like the idea that this came through Ostgut Ton.
Rival Consoles – Persona
I wrote some notes about Howl in 2015 when it made it to my Top 10 albums of the year. Most of those hold true for Persona. Although this one is not that elemental and cosmic but closer to earth and more looking up from here. Same vibes, same sounds, same great music though.
Ghosting Season – The Very Last Of The Saints
Some kind of melancholic electronic music with dark moods and a steady pulse. Like the dark days of Apparat or the electronic version of a post-rock record. Extremely atmospheric, swallows me, chews me, spits me back into the void, a pitch black to love.
Cybotron – Enter
Back to the future, ancient cyberpunk and loveably naive. And the cover.
Immersion – Sleepless
I read that this is neo-Krautrock and chill-rock. Low to mid tempo, head nodding, knee swinging, but still background music. Good for work.
JASSS - Weightless
Experimental, electronic, slow techno, some industrial flavor, and probably the best new stuff I came across along these lines this year (although it is from last year).
I came accross a bunch of artists opening up the whole Afro-Caribbean electronic music scene for me. Africa meets Latin-America on the club dancefloor. Funny thing, what made me discover all these artists were their spectactular album covers that I just kept clicking.
Ghetto Kumbé – Soy Selva
Nación Ekeko – La Danza
King Coya – Tierra de King Coya
Dengue Dengue Dengue – Son de los Diablos
ILL – We are ILL
Girl power noise pop electro punk.
Art Of Tones – Where The One Is
Such good house music that I started a bunch of Spotify playlists with this one and always ended up with great stuff.