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As you may recall, I consume great amounts of music weekly. I am always hunting for "that", sound and I'm not happy unless I am listening to something new and intriguing. Let my pain be your gain as I sift through the wreckage of the post-modern music industry landscape. Picking up where I left off on the other Industrial forums. Here is what I have found.
Exe Eye is a sort collaborative effort of musicians that I found because I was exploring the work of Colin Stetson. I found Stetson through Ben Frost. Frost did some engineering and production on Stetsons "New History Warfare", albums. You may have also heard Stetson on various film soundtracks. Hereditary, Colour Out of Space.
Anyhow, this group sort of explores classical music through modern means and employs a great deal of drone and dissonance that I love.
https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/album/ex-eye
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Well I'm having a tough time trying to figure out what this music is. Sounds like very good musicians simply jamming noise with a guy on sax.
They definitely have a sound going for them but why do I think theirs more and better as this band matures? Help me understand this band and this music better.
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Next up is Oneirogen.
I found this while exploring the roster at Denovali Records. They have everything from Black Metal to Modern Classical. Ambient, noise, drone. A really amazing label.
Oneirogen is classical music through a post apocalyptic lens. Gritty, pummeling, but full of melody and great transitions, traditional industrial yelling vocals through fx. It's amazing live, the emotional strain is palpable. I'm not sure Diaz de Leon is doing the project anymore. He has a metal side project and also does some very interesting but more traditional compositions under his actual name. You can find them through Denovali.
https://oneirogenvoid.bandcamp.com
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Next up is Oneirogen.
I found this while exploring the roster at Denovali Records. They have everything from Black Metal to Modern Classical. Ambient, noise, drone. A really amazing label.
Oneirogen is classical music through a post apocalyptic lens. Gritty, pummeling, but full of melody and great transitions, traditional industrial yelling vocals through fx. It's amazing live, the emotional strain is palpable. I'm not sure Diaz de Leon is doing the project anymore. He has a metal side project and also does some very interesting but more traditional compositions under his actual name. You can find them through Denovali.
https://oneirogenvoid.bandcamp.com
Okay, this is definitely not my type of thing. But I still think it would be cool to catch this as a live gig or show. I think the electric guitar is an amazing instrument as heard here but not my favorite for electronic-based music unless it's pushed into the mix.
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Yeah, I am not sure how to explain it. But this is industrial music and how I identify with it :)
It's a bit like Chris [C'Tan] and how he doesn't like traditional humanoid creatures and wants to see more asymmetrical Non-carbon-based lifeforms. I enjoy music that wouldn't necessarily be called music and doesn't fit snugly into a genre box for proper marketing and distribution. But I know there are still people out there asking, what happened to bands like Illusion of Safety, Thobbing Gristle, and SPK? That stuff is still out there, but you have to dig for it.
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One more, then I will take a break for a few days.
This one originally showed up on my Band Camp feed and the title alone decimated me: The Body Full of Hell - Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light.
Now, this was before I knew that The Body and, Full of Hell were two separate music projects. I have since delved into their discographies and I still enjoy these collaborative efforts most of all. Great textures of noise, rhythms, screaming, synths and drum machines through fx units. File under EXTREME MUSIC. These bands have long standing histories in metal and experimentation. Both these bands also do collabs with other projects. Merzbow, Thou, Uniform. But honestly I feel this set up in particular is the most effective and these artists work off each other so effortlessly.
Check out more at their BC pages.
https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/album/ascending-a-mountain-of-heavy-light
https://neurotrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/one-day-you-will-ache-like-i-ache
https://thebody.bandcamp.com
https://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/music
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Thank for sharing. I'm enjoying Ex Eye.
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Cheers :)
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Next on the list is a killer musician with a popular sound in the UK club scene but I rarely hear him mentioned in the States. Throwing Snow.
"London based migrant Ross Tones makes music under the ever so pertinent moniker Throwing Snow. Drawing influences from a vast array of genres encompassing dubstep, UK funky, house and post-rock, his productions have a consistent comforting warmth and glistening coldness." (Resident Advisor)
I found Throwing Snow back in 2013 during my exploration of UK dub step and garage. A dub artist I was following called King Cannibal did a project called House of Black Lanterns on the then-fledgling Houndtooth label that is a subset of Fabric Records. That year they also released Akkord and Snow Ghosts (I will talk about them next time).
New album coming in June, but dig through his backcatalogue. Some brilliant and inspired electronic production here.
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/dragons
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/embers
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/axioms
UPDATE: New thread = Snow Ghosts & Throwing Snow (https://undergroundmusiccompanion.com/index.php/topic,1457.0.html)
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thanks for sharing since I'm enjoying Throwing Snow. That first video was very ambient and psychedelic and the second one had some nice dubstep tones. Going to definitely check out those bandcamps.
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Yeah, I am not sure how to explain it. But this is industrial music and how I identify with it :)
It's a bit like Chris [C'Tan] and how he doesn't like traditional humanoid creatures and wants to see more asymmetrical Non-carbon-based lifeforms. I enjoy music that wouldn't necessarily be called music and doesn't fit snugly into a genre box for proper marketing and distribution. But I know there are still people out there asking, what happened to bands like Illusion of Safety, Thobbing Gristle, and SPK? That stuff is still out there, but you have to dig for it.
I wanted to start a thread about those bands but I'm not a very good source of information on them since I have not spent enough time listening to them. I've always been fascinated by the early industrial projects like SPK and Throbbing Gristle and how this music mostly started with these people.
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Next on the list is a killer musician with a popular sound in the UK club scene but I rarely hear him mentioned in the States. Throwing Snow.
"London based migrant Ross Tones makes music under the ever so pertinent moniker Throwing Snow. Drawing influences from a vast array of genres encompassing dubstep, UK funky, house and post-rock, his productions have a consistent comforting warmth and glistening coldness." (Resident Advisor)
I found Throwing Snow back in 2013 during my exploration of UK dub step and garage. A dub artist I was following called King Cannibal did a project called House of Black Lanterns on the then-fledgling Houndtooth label that is a subset of Fabric Records. That year they also released Akkord and Snow Ghosts (I will talk about them next time).
New album coming in June, but dig through his backcatalogue. Some brilliant and inspired electronic production here.
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/dragons
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/embers
https://throwingsnow.bandcamp.com/album/axioms
Found these both nice and relaxing
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As you may recall, I consume great amounts of music weekly. I am always hunting for "that", sound and I'm not happy unless I am listening to something new and intriguing. Let my pain be your gain as I sift through the wreckage of the post-modern music industry landscape. Picking up where I left off on the other Industrial forums. Here is what I have found.
Exe Eye is a sort collaborative effort of musicians that I found because I was exploring the work of Colin Stetson. I found Stetson through Ben Frost. Frost did some engineering and production on Stetsons "New History Warfare", albums. You may have also heard Stetson on various film soundtracks. Hereditary, Colour Out of Space.
Anyhow, this group sort of explores classical music through modern means and employs a great deal of drone and dissonance that I love.
https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/album/ex-eye
Really interesting! And yes, I am familiar with those films. This also kind of has a "driving" soundtrack freel to it.
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Next up is Oneirogen.
I found this while exploring the roster at Denovali Records. They have everything from Black Metal to Modern Classical. Ambient, noise, drone. A really amazing label.
Oneirogen is classical music through a post apocalyptic lens. Gritty, pummeling, but full of melody and great transitions, traditional industrial yelling vocals through fx. It's amazing live, the emotional strain is palpable. I'm not sure Diaz de Leon is doing the project anymore. He has a metal side project and also does some very interesting but more traditional compositions under his actual name. You can find them through Denovali.
https://oneirogenvoid.bandcamp.com
This one reminds me of these "industrial improv" sessions i attended before covid. (I added bongo drums to the noise)
This stuff is always fun live
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One more, then I will take a break for a few days.
This one originally showed up on my Band Camp feed and the title alone decimated me: The Body Full of Hell - Ascending A Mountain Of Heavy Light.
Now, this was before I knew that The Body and, Full of Hell were two separate music projects. I have since delved into their discographies and I still enjoy these collaborative efforts most of all. Great textures of noise, rhythms, screaming, synths and drum machines through fx units. File under EXTREME MUSIC. These bands have long standing histories in metal and experimentation. Both these bands also do collabs with other projects. Merzbow, Thou, Uniform. But honestly I feel this set up in particular is the most effective and these artists work off each other so effortlessly.
Nice video!
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Snow Ghosts
This is a collaborative effort of Throwing Snow and Augustus Ghost from the UK. They have real names, but I feel that ruins the mystery :P. This was one of the first projects I found on Houndstooth and it just flattened me..lol
Initially it just fell into that ever widening dub genre, but Ghosts vocals were awesome. It very much reminded me of the apex of trip hop. Portishead, Massive Attack, but also the musicianship and magic of This Mortal Coil. With each successive EP and album it became more visceral, more organic, and more vital sounding. This project feels so inspired and I love that.
That last vid was a track from Xmen Apocalypse. The movie was trash imo, but having Snow Ghosts on the soundtrack was cool. That was the first track from their first album in 2013.
Dig into more Snow Ghosts:
https://snowghosts.bandcamp.com
http://www.snowghosts.net
UPDATE: New thread = Snow Ghosts & Throwing Snow (https://undergroundmusiccompanion.com/index.php/topic,1457.0.html)
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Arad & Eomac. Collectively known as Lakker.
Two guys from Ireland, working in Berlin, doing music that refuses to fit into a box.
Every time I hear these guys, I just have to stop and pay attention. You never know exactly which direction they will go, but you know it will be an interesting journey.
Check out more Lakker on their Band Camp:
https://lakker.bandcamp.com
Interview on Resident Advisor:
https://ra.co/features/1834
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Broken English Club
When i'm asked about contemporary EBM/Industrial artists. I always mention Oliver Ho. I find his work compelling. Raw and honest, noisy and experimental, but always with this clever sense of style and purpose.
He also does Slow White Fall, which is awesome. And he is in the collaborative effort Zov Zov with Thomas Gillard. Pretty much everything this guy does is a recommendation from me.
https://liesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/white-rats-ii
https://liesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/white-rats-iii
https://deathandleisure.bandcamp.com/album/pushing-through-a-wall
UPDATE: New thread = Broken English Club - techno,ebm,industrial (https://undergroundmusiccompanion.com/index.php/topic,844.msg3469.html#msg3469)
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Broken English Club
When i'm asked about contemporary EBM/Industrial artists. I always mention Oliver Ho. I find his work compelling. Raw and honest, noisy and experimental, but always with this clever sense of style and purpose.
I like the percussion in this one.
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Samuel Kerridge
UK techno artist. Runs the gamut between slow grinding industrial and ultra fast Aphex style IDM programming. Always Very Interesting.
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Samuel Kerridge
UK techno artist. Runs the gamut between slow grinding industrial and ultra fast Aphex style IDM programming. Always Very Interesting.
WOW - this stuff is great!!
He's got a bandcamp so I'm going to have to get some of this. thx.
https://samuelkerridge.bandcamp.com/
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This comp from June Records -feels- like the 90s EBM/Industrial all over again. Highlights are the Mannequin Recs label head Alessandro Adriani, LBEEZE, and Penelope's Fiance.
https://junerecords.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-vital-impetus
You can dig in further:
https://alessandroadriani.bandcamp.com/
https://phormixrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lbeeze-induced-expressions
https://penelopesfiance.bandcamp.com/
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New Techno-Noise to delve into:
UMWELT - Fear on the Dark Planet
https://mnshift.bandcamp.com/track/fear-on-the-dark-planet
BLUSH RESPONSE - Reconstitution
https://blushresponse.bandcamp.com/album/reconstitution
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Discover Bloody Mary & Cardopusher
Bloody Mary is a French-born, Berlin-based DJ, Acid/Techno Live act, producer, and label owner of Dame-Music.
https://dame-music.bandcamp.com/
Cardopusher is an artist from Spain. Has some very EBM driven releases. Check out Manipulator!
https://www.soundcloud.com/cardopusher
https://soundcloud.com/boysnoizerecords/sets/cardopusher-manipulator-1
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New Techno-Noise to delve into:
I just started getting into Umwelt and I like what I hear so far.
Blush Response is really going places lately with all thier releases and collaborations.
You should find a way to get together since you're fellow New Yorkers and see about collabing or doing remixes for each other sometime?
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Eu1ogy is one to watch. Gets roped into rap & trap and that scene but this is pure distorted trash industrial. I am interested to see where he goes with this. The album drops in April. https://www.diggersfactory.com/vinyl/233088/eu1ogy-daggers
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Firing up The Noise Floor again. I mostly went back to posting links on FB. It's just easier. Seems the militant politics is everywhere so no reason to segregate social media platforms. IE. They ALL suck! Lol
First up, the rabbithole I fell into early last year when I started using Last.fm again. Several "cassette" labels have spawned. They run the gamut between post-punk-EBM and techno.
https://detritirecords.bandcamp.com/music
https://pildorastapes.bandcamp.com/music
https://miseriarecords.bandcamp.com/music
https://upnorthrecordss.bandcamp.com/music
https://dearsoil.bandcamp.com/music
Those are a few to set you in the right direction. Over the next couple weeks I will post the highlights
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The whole thing started in 2021 when I heard Alpha Sect on Pildoras Tapes.
Electronic producer from Greece. Was described to me as "electro inspired punk music". And that gives a great snapshot of this entire musical movement. Cassette releases. Very simple high contrast artwork. Often collage art. It seems like more of a collective that an industry of labels and artists. This from a total outsider-just my observations. Anyhow, more Alpha Sect.
https://soundcloud.com/alphasectmusic
https://www.facebook.com/alphasectmusic
UPDATE: Alpha Sect thread HERE = Alpha Sect - Greek EBM, Electro, Techno (https://undergroundmusiccompanion.com/index.php/topic,1458.0.html)
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Alpha Sect & Pildoras led me to Damaged Clock
Damaged Clock led me to SOIL records, OSM Tapes, SHISHI, and Bruto Industries.
See, unlike the electro-industrial scene I have been used to, these "new", artists release on multiple labels. Limited formats. There is much cross promotion. A living breathing network like the WH scene when it was active.
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After those labels, it just exploded outwards. I found Filmmaker, Spammerheads, Kenny Campbell, Trauma Phase, Iron Court, MIND|MATTER, Black Sun Dreamer, Soj, Panama Papers, Red Deviil, Visitor, Autumns, and Unconscious. The list never ends. It reminds me of when I first discovered Celtic Circle Productions around 94. Those VA discs introduced me to so many bands I would have never found. I was lucky they had an HMV where I was in Japan.
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After those labels, it just exploded outwards. I found Filmmaker, Spammerheads, Kenny Campbell, Trauma Phase, Iron Court, MIND|MATTER, Black Sun Dreamer, Soj, Panama Papers, Red Deviil, Visitor, Autumns, and Unconscious. The list never ends. It reminds me of when I first discovered Celtic Circle Productions around 94. Those VA discs introduced me to so many bands I would have never found. I was lucky they had an HMV where I was in Japan.
Filmmaker, Spammerheads, Kenny Campbell, Trauma Phase, Iron Court, MIND|MATTER, Black Sun Dreamer, Soj, Panama Papers, Red Deviil, Visitor, Autumns, and Unconscious.
Okay, I've recently got into Trauma Phase, MIND|MATTER, Iron Court, Deviil, Visitor, Autumns, and Unconscious but I'm new to Spammerheads (very cool sounding), Black Sun Dreamer (also very cool stuff), Kenny Campbell, Soj, Panama Papers.
I've really tried but I just have not been able to get into Filmmaker's music so far but I'm going to keep giving it more listens hoping it will grow on me.
Thanks again. 8)
Alpha Sect & Pildoras led me to Damaged Clock
Damaged Clock led me to SOIL records, OSM Tapes, SHISHI, and Bruto Industries.
See, unlike the electro-industrial scene I have been used to, these "new", artists release on multiple labels. Limited formats. There is much cross promotion. A living breathing network like the WH scene when it was active.
I love it! Pure old school electro-industrial, EBM like all the old acts such as older Front 242.
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Now I am just going to drop some bandcamp links. It's just more effective than SC or YT.
https://flagelante.bandcamp.com/album/atlas-of-penance-ii
PS: YT links don't need the bracketed commands unless you want to alter how youtube looks or behaves. You can simply drop the link on the forum and it will still work from your phone or computer.
droid.
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https://phagetapes.bandcamp.com/album/adult-themes-and-violent-scenes
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https://asymetric80.bandcamp.com/album/blood-lies
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Soj is the label head from SOIL Recs.
https://dearsoil.bandcamp.com/album/soj-body-shaper
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Thanks for fixing the embeds. I suck at these BB code platforms. Grown lazy with Tumblr & Facebook posts..lol
Just found this on SC. Has an album coming on SOIL later this month.
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This is LBEEZE. From Australia. He runs Up North Records [Northern Nightmares comps-Crime Violente comps-which are excellent]
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https://asymetric80.bandcamp.com/album/blood-lies
Just grabbed some of these from this amazing Spanish producer - excellent music!
Also works with Nightcrawler - one of my favorite Spanish synthwave artists.
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Very cool. I like Nightcrawler as well.
Here is Randstad. German artist I originally heard through Pinkman. A techno label that also veers into EBM territory.
https://bodymusick.com/album/the-body-as-a-construct
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1526571418_10.jpg)
Tracklisting
1.The Body As A Construct 05:02
2.Turf War 04:09
3.Washed2 06:36
4.Witness Me 05:50
5.Witness Me (Filmmaker Remix) 04:38
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Panama Papers are a duo from Colombia. Jose Marulanda [Invalid User] and David Torres [Gael]. I first heard them on the Stalker Ego EP.
Not for everybody, I am sure. I just love the lo-fi analogue noise they are working with.
Not sure if they are still active as PP. Looks like they both DJ and Gael is part of Vltra Delta Drive.
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Asymetric80. New Beat-EBM-Electro from Spain.
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NGHTLY from Italy.
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Asymetric80. New Beat-EBM-Electro from Spain.
Awesome!
STATIC MINDS
by Asymetric80
My Ep "STATIC MINDS" is already available on my Bandcamp, it was released with the HC Records label in 2022.
It is a cry to all those static minds, so that they become aware of the divine that we carry within each one of us, and prevent our manipulation before the system.
Music produced & Mixed by Asymetric80.
Mastered by Javi Lago
Dedicated to Anna Chitta,You have opened the way for me, you are the light on the way.
To my family, for that unconditional support for what I love.
released June 15, 2022
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Sorry. Been listening to mostly metal and not paying any attention to social networks.
Today I found a pretty awesome Japanese Leaetherstrip :D
https://faktoria.bandcamp.com/album/mionokage
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I also have been really digging into this Italian label and any of the artists I did not already know.
https://brutalforms.bandcamp.com/album/psychostasia-vol-1-vol-2
https://on.soundcloud.com/BsTH5
Soundcloud has been awash with post electronic industrial stuff the last 4 years. It's very exciting.