Although The Knife is no longer around to treat us with their inspiring blend of techno beats, intriguing synth loops, and Karin Dreijer Andersson’s vocals, news has arrived that The Knife is releasing a package containing both a live shot film, an album, and a photobook. Due for Release 1 September via Rabid Records is The Knife’s […]
When two acclaimed artists in the D&B space decides to do something new and unexpected why not turn to minimal techno. The Berlin based label Horo has announced a new project called Ourea featuring Lemna (Maiko Okimoto) and Sam KDC (Samuel Wood). Lemna, the alias of Tokyo-based producer Maiko Okimoto, is a regular at underground clubs […]
Electronic artist, arranger and composer Hannah Peel’s work combines the tremendously deep, rich power of traditional brass with the uplifting arpeggiated patterns and unearthly sound textures of analogue synthesizers. Through an intergalactic journey from Earth to the star constellation of Cassiopeia, Peel explores one person’s journey through space, time and mortality by telling the story […]
Aphex Twin has unveiled a new track made exclusively from Korg gear. The new track was released and shared in connection with an interview with the former Korg engineer Tatsuya Takahashi. Together Aphex Twin and Takahashi had previously worked on the Korg Monologue synth to make it the only synth on the market to have full microtuning editing. The […]
It´s June and time for a new playlist. We have collected a number of tracks that will get your party started and that sure will fit nicely into any mixset you wish to produce. This time we will go with some real underground techno / electro treats with focus on strong beats and heavy basslines. […]
Ranging from dark techno to electro pop to far-flung field recordings in Northern forests: the electronic music scene in Russia in general and in Moscow in particular certainly has no limits. In Moscow, Siberia, New York and Berlin Russian producers are looking for new beats, new synths, new voices and sonic experiences. What really unites them […]
As many would probably agree it is high time for this new documentary to arrive. The documentary is titled Subotnick: Portrait Of An Electronic Music Pioneer and will highlight the life and career of Morton Subotnick, a composer and early innovator of electronic music. Stereoklang had the pleasure to watch his live performance in Sweden last fall, you […]
It’s that time of the year again when we are swamped with big announcements. For example Google kicks off its I/O event, but for those of us who favor events that trigger our senses Moogfest 2017 is erupting tomorrow, May 18th. Like we have become accustomed to Moogfest is growing in size and importance as […]
Minimal techno meets EBM – this is how Austrian based Electric Indigo describes the new album ‘Science’ by the newly formed minimal techno act TEGEL, based out of Sweden. And she continues “the music is rather deduced and raw, these are qualities that appeal to me”. Other who have had the chance to pre-listen to the […]
Intonal continues to deliver on a promise to be at the forefront of experimental and underground electronic music. This year’s line up really portrayed the breadth of contemporary electronic music. Prominent DJs like Lena Willikens and Beatrice Dillon, to sound designers like Yves De Mey, Hassan Khan and Electric Indigo. For the third consecutive year, […]
A year has passed since Prince died, but that doesn’t stop the Paisley Park estate from emptying the vaults of more unreleased goodies. This time it is a new EP that hits the shelf on the day of his passing – April 21st. THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED on April 20th – Please read at […]
BBC ended its musical ambitions with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop already back in the late 90’s, but the core team cling on to the name, although ditching the BBC, and kept on performing as The Radiophonic Workshop. Back in 1985 they had their latest commercially available album out, and now thirty years on they are […]
The old The Buggles’ hit Video killed the radio star has re-appeared in a down tempo version by none other then with Mute signed Polly Scattergood. We’ve covered Polly before here on Stereoklang but this time we are in for a real treat both visually and audio wise, as Polly moves around with synthesizers and […]
Electronic music pioneer John Foxx has released a new album – The Machine. The album was released on February 10th and is available for purchase via Metamatic. This quite dark electronic soundtrack was recorded by John Foxx and Benge for the theater production of E.M. Forster’s ‘The Machine Stops’. The music is a beautiful mix of soft synth […]
After four years in silence and in turmoil Paul and Phil Hartnoll appears to have put their differences a side and decided to hit the road again in 2017. A couple of days ago Orbital released a new track called ‘Kinetic 2017’ with which they hope to get the dance floors shaking again. With three […]
Algorithms in music is not a new phenomenon, but recent contributions both in terms of the software available to the way contemporary artists use it to explore new musical territory is well worth a deeper examination. To be clear algorithmic composition is the partial or total automation of the process of music composition by using computers. […]
Katja Lindeberg aka HAJ300, co-founder of the Swedish female electronic music collective Drömfakulteten, has started off the new year with a fresh release dubbed ‘Swedish Tribal’, available through Bandcamp or if you are a retro-nerd – on cassette. So make sure to dig out that old tape recorder from the basement and crank up the […]
Say hello – wave goodbye to a music year in turmoil. 2016 became the year when a good deal of our music elite decided to do a ‘check out’, with George Michael being the final one although on the door step to 2017. On the other hand 2016 did have a lot of gems up […]
Carl Craig, a legend in his own right, is about to embark on a new journey and apparently so one that he has dreamed of doing for a long time. Detroit imprint Planet E links with InFiné to deliver ‘Versus’, a new album by Carl Craig fusing electronic elements with orchestral arrangements. Although Carl has […]
For many of us Japan’s electronic music scene is kind of like a black hole, we sure know of J-POP and the success western producers and artists have in exporting music to this far end corner of the world. Furthermore, if you are of age you should also be quite familiar with Japan’s number one […]
Robert Henke aka Monolake is an underground music profile who most likely needs no introduction. His work merges two separate, sometimes even conflicting concepts – technology and emotion. Being a renowned musician, sound engineer and software architect introducing cutting-edge concepts, he is also the man behind the Monolake project, which has enchanted many sonic explorers […]
In terms of people leaving us the year 2016 will go down in history; David Bowie, Prince…and now Leonard Cohen. Leonard Cohen, the hugely influential singer and songwriter whose work spanned nearly 50 years, died at the age of 82. Cohen’s label, Sony Music Canada, confirmed his death on the singer’s Facebook page. Mr. Cohen’s best-known […]
Not sure how many times one has thought of investing in a real modular machine park, and in particular one by Don Buchla. It doesn’t matter how many standard synthesizer you light up in the dark, the comparison with a full blown Buchla glowing and playing a self-generating patch in the dark will go unmatched. […]
Entering darkness can be a terrifying experience, but it can also be a way to confront your fears and explore different aspects of your mortal life. We are all struggling with our own mortality and man’s quest for answers over thousands of years, be it scientifically or spiritually, still leaves us with few or no […]