Rolling Experimental Electronic & Misfit Club Music 2018

think I'm going to rejoin the #herd this year too. sorry everyone but it's time (travel)

it's too bright in here

i like this concept

though i reserve the right to include stuff that is experimental but not electronic/club

maybe there's an implied comma there

bless, this is a thread integration that's been a long time coming

It's all welcome here

Can anyone recommend producers who sound like Coucou Chloe? I don't really follow this scene too closely but I found out about her through the RA best tracks of 2017 list and I think she's super

One of our own has had a dear little moment with his instruments: https://dominiqueleone.bandcamp.com/album/domestic-bliss

Can anyone recommend producers who sound like Coucou Chloe?

Personally I like 'doom' and 'halo' more than her EP w/vocals, but this record by Mhysa might be a good parallel?
https://mhysa301.bandcamp.com/album/fantasii

Ta. I heard some stuff by Mhysa and thought it was pretty good, might do a bit more digging

Ooh, also this EP by Lyzza, which is great:
https://symbols.bandcamp.com/album/powerplay

I'm on the look out for compilations of contemporary global/outernational dance music comps such as the Enchufada Upper Cuts comp and the Sounds of Sisso comp - both of which are amazing. Any more good ones?

This Coucou Chloe thing is great, but why does it remind me a bit of Die Antwoord? Think it's her voice

I'm already a little behind in listening but Fabric's in-house label Houndstooth has a compilation that'd fit this thread that's being released over a number of days on bandcamp:
https://www.houndstoothlabel.com/view/in-deaths-dream-kingdom

Interesting release strategy, gives individual tracks some space for evaluation while you wait for some of the tantalizing things further down the tracklist

I like that idea.

I do have a track on this one (*full disclosure*), but it's a free comp with a really nice range of material imo. Ambient to club bootlegs with some slippery beats and rubato percussive pieces inbetween.
https://soundcloud.com/do-the-astral-plane/sets/apr-pres-new-yr-new-us-3

nice! I’ll check it out

Ooh, also this EP by Lyzza, which is great:
https://symbols.bandcamp.com/album/powerplay
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Lovely stuff!

I'm already a little behind in listening but Fabric's in-house label Houndstooth has a compilation that'd fit this thread that's being released over a number of days on bandcamp

not new, but for crimbo mk1 got me the first 2cd release by special request on houndstooth.
bloody fantastic stuff.
as is the 'house of black lanterns' (aka king cannibal) album.

This is an INCREDIBLE compilation from late last year. Not sure how I came across it, but it's got some insane cuts from Jlin, Zora Jones, Rashad and a cast of many other big names in dancehall, footwork and elsewhere: https://boomkat.com/products/visceral-minds-2

This is a great thread already and I'm much happier having everything in one place

enjoying this album by тпсб
review from PS here: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/tpsb-sekundenschlaf/

on the shtick front, it's both a project from someone who probably isn't who they claim, and it's on blackest ever black, so I went in with a set of expectations but was pleasantly surprised. the mixing on the percussion is doing some really cool things with depth

xp yeah i'm ordinarily not too impressed w/ this style of music but i gave that visceral minds 2 a try based on the RA review and it was really good

I loved that Zora Jones label mix from last year that had a bunch of Sinjin Hawke album tracks, but for some reason it didn't click for me as an album after it was released.

so is the time travel thread from two and three years ago in here now?

Great mix from Acre (incl. a couple unreleased sd Laika tracks!):
http://www.factmag.com/2018/01/22/acre-fact-mix/

enjoying this album by тпсб

just got round to this and the last couple of tracks are really something - smeary samples, some smudged-out synths and some great junglist drums

this song, fuck it's so good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz9i7w7-W48

first BEB record i've loved in a long long time, but i haven't really been paying that much attention

pessimist album was ok but not as chill as this one. more... pessimistic?

That's pretty dope ('Are You Still Hurt').

This isn't exactly my thing, but I went to school with this guy and was obsessed with his work at the time when he was making more beat-oriented music. Now he makes his own instruments and controllers and is involved in more academic spheres. But maybe some of you like long Buchla jams:
https://jeffsnyder.bandcamp.com/album/sunspots

And on the club end of things, this She's Drunk ep is solid:
https://throughmyspeakers.bandcamp.com/album/subclubsciously

the jeff snyder album was highlighted on the bandcamp front page this week

idk if the new Soho Rezanejad album goes here, but it's fantastic

https://siliconerecords.bandcamp.com/album/six-archetypes

She definitely goes here imo. Heard it last night, great great record

Dark synthpop duo MIRACLE return with their sophomore full-length and first album in over five years, The Strife Of Love In A Dream. Consisting of Steve Moore, one half of the progressive synth-rock duo Zombi and composer of contemporary horror soundtracks including The Guest and Mayhem plus vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Daniel O’Sullivan, known for his work with a myriad of art rock luminaries including Ulver, Grumbling Fur, Æthenor, Sunn O))), Guapo, Mothlite and This Is Not This Heat plus special guest drums from A.E. Paterra (Zombi, Majeure, Maserati), MIRACLE play moody, stylish, synth-driven pop that evokes vintage Depeche Mode at their most dramatic heights. Self-recorded over a four year span in London, New York and Pittsburgh and mastered by Matt Colton (Aphex Twin, Caribou, Flume) at Alchemy Mastering, London, The Strife Of Love In A Dream is an incredible display of synthpop composition, infectious arrangements and gothic lyricism that is nothing short of a modern masterpiece.

https://miracle.bandcamp.com/album/the-strife-of-love-in-a-dream

Checked this out via RA today and I'm into it. Russian blown-out electro.
https://newyorkhaunted.bandcamp.com/album/nyh132-yung-acid-thug-mansions

Also this from Dis Fig, which sounds like it would work very well in the context it was made for (performance art score). I like the last few minutes a ton (ie the part with a beat).
https://purpletapepedigree.bandcamp.com/track/excerpt-from-an-atypical-brain-damage-2

this Soho Rezanejad album is sounding good

new Wrekmeister Harmonies in April
http://thrilljockey.com/products/the-alone-rush

re: the houndstooth comp

listening to this today, it's really good!
absolutely adore the album art too

the art makes me a little nostalgic, theme-wise, for the old skull disco releases

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdtK06ZndRi/?taken-by=jazzszuyingchen

extra peek at the artwork

Houndstooth comp makes for some good, sinister work listening, thx. Love the art too.

not sure if the soothing/dreamy/new-age-ish ambient stuff goes here or elsewhere but:

Future Museums - Rosewater Ceremony

i love this!

new C. Diab record 'Exit Rumination' out next month on Injazero Records
hear a track: https://injazerorecords.bandcamp.com/album/exit-rumination

hear also a sample from a compilation soon to be released by the same label:

https://injazerorecords.bandcamp.com/album/injacomp001

I've posted about it on several threads now but guys you need to check out Nyege Nyege Tapes if you haven't already

https://nyegenyegetapes.bandcamp.com/

Nihiloxica is like really dark stomping techno played by a fairly sizeable group of Bugandan percussionists and a synth player from Kampala

The Sounds of Sisso is this bonkers helium-driven thing that reminds me of Shangaan or footwork or something

Both are amazing

Agreed lots of interesting tracks on there, the RA article about them was very good.

This Oxyorange comp is very solid, lots of hybrid bangers (just found it via a Gage mix on NTS): https://oxyorange.bandcamp.com/album/cathexis-2

Remixes of my favorite EP of 2015:

https://salviatek.bandcamp.com/album/aequs-nyama-remixed-stk005

Fans of noisy drones might want to check this one out:

https://otherforms.bandcamp.com/album/heschls-gyrus

really enjoying this from 'natriums'
https://natriums.bandcamp.com/album/d-j-vu

little nuggets of ambient techno bliss

Ottawa duo Instant Places, who I think are right in the vein of this thread, are streaming a performance rn: http://instantplaces.ca/carbonsugarair/

https://sambarker.bandcamp.com/album/debiasing

best synthwork i've heard all year

I like that but I don't know if at the end of the day I totally understand some of this rolling experimental electronic misfit club music. Stuff like that, part of me is like, when does the beat drop? I know how cliche that is but like, there's no reason for their not to be a beat! It's beautiful melodic techno. Throw in a kick drum for us. I see the promo calls it "DJ tools" but that's what B-sides are for.

https://nathanmoody.bandcamp.com/album/tudes-i-blue-box

bit of an older release (2017), but still engaging -

"This first volume features a very small Eurorack synthesizer, using primarily Mannequins brand modules and a touchplate keyboard. Every track is played live with no overdubs."

https://ellirecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectra

this struck me with its exciting timbres / energy, again, exploring modular synthesis.

Lots out today:

https://nostrohoodsystem.bandcamp.com/album/teardropz-ep
Anything that amazondotcom does is worth hearing

https://nervoushorizon.bandcamp.com/album/da-soul-boyz-welcome-to-durban-ep
NH put out a gqom EP

https://astralplanerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/lt-ii
new SHALT

This has some cuts too, for sure
https://sinjinhawkezorajones.bandcamp.com/

Stumbled on this recently, really dug it: https://mondoj.bandcamp.com/album/a-heart-from-your-shadow

(Then read the credits/bio and wasn't surprised.)

This is excellent, thanks. Really varied but engaging all the way through.

went away this weekend and stuck a few of these on
no duds but really enjoyed Teardropz, Vicious Circles and A Heart in Your Shadow thanks guys :D

also for a lazy sunday afternoon i recommend the new record from rosen & spyddet

https://rosenandspyddet-poshisolation.bandcamp.com/album/memoria

Nice to hear nxd!

Finally some new Lechuga Zafiro (out on NAAFI):
https://soundcloud.com/naafi/sets/lechuga-zafiro-testigo

This new Kareem Lotfy release is seriously good.

Very cinematic, sci-fi releases from Kid Smpl & Lorn, no relation but they go well together imo:

https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/burnished-phoenix-winter-heap

https://lorn.bandcamp.com/album/remnant

https://karlfousek.bandcamp.com/album/no-way-of-knowing

^in the vein of Fenn O'Berg

banger

https://paradoxeclub.bandcamp.com/track/blossom

another banger

https://throughmyspeakers.bandcamp.com/album/nurned-05-lesson-nurned

this is just a dance track but there doesn't seem to be any rolling house/techno thread going and I need to share the bliss of this TRACK with someone, my God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdZah_MFKQo

Yeah, that's lovely, thanks.

bobbins thread is still there!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnMis_Jjd6U

These Noise Engineering people are on a roll

But this takes the cake:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NwFPifg2qw&feature=youtu.be
(double post)

https://billygomberg.bandcamp.com/album/slight-at-that-contact

Billy Gomberg makes music that might appeal to people who like Microstoria, En, Fennesz, Nuno Canavarro, et al. It's unhinged and thick with atmosphere, drifting and droning--aural latticeworks, with unusual textures, marked depth, and odd sound events. It's also calm (at times) and meditative. His more recent work sounds darker (tonally), with add'l acoustic elements coloring the fray.

https://billygomberg.bandcamp.com/album/live-sets-2016-18

i hate this stupid fucking thread title.

you aren't a misfit you're just pretentious w/ shitty taste

not talking about specifically just a general statement about straight white guys who would describe what they like as 'misfit club music'

not sure about the "misfit" part, but thinking the "experimental electronic" part of the title might determine the content on the thread

except that's also a shitty descriptor but really the 'misfit' part is exactly what frames the thread. music is social bruh and this party blows.

Yeah. It is a cringey title but uh... maybe getting heated up about a thing that isn’t really in this thread?

suppose i should've gone with the "ambient/chill out to infinity br00s", or whatever that thread is called. apologies

anyhow, "peace"

*waves goodbye to all the straight white dudes who can't dance* so sorry i'm going back to ignoring your horribly titled thread

Does noisy electronic stuff really code as strictly Straight White Male in 2018?

Idk, haven’t kept up with this thread, but some of the best stuff in this ballpark has been made by trans, women, poc these days.

*waves goodbye to all the straight white dudes who can't dance* so sorry i'm going back to ignoring your horribly titled thread

Oddly rankled by that maps snipe still.

Came of noise age in the Wolf Eyes/Hair Police/Prurient era and I still like that stuff, but the angsty hyper masc white dude in black archetype is so much less of a thing now. It’s infrequent, but I still occasionally hit up warehouse/house/hip-yooth-venue electronic~dance~noise events around here in Baltimore and there’s literally almost always a super forward lgbtq, women, poc inclusive vibe, performers and audience. And if you aren’t with it your ass is out.

hey map, thank you for barging into this thread with the assumption that i am a "straight" "dude", you're really contributing to the dialogue here

also, thanks tons for making my inability to dance into a moral failing, it's totally awesome having my developmental disorders characterized in that fashion

people people why are we fighting?

i'm actually a perfect fit for every club can i still post here

I suspect drinks may have been taken...

I'm straight and white! Can dance a bit. Which sounds like a pound shop version of Fred Astaire's screen test.

Does this mean I can stay?

On the contrary, you may only stay if you're a straight white dude who can't dance at all.

In all seriousness, though, those were some fucking awful, FP-worthy posts, map. The whole 'it's alright to bully people who can't dance and/or people who like to listen to music on their own' shtick needs to die a definitive death unless you're targeting white supremacists or something. Especially since the scene under discussion is hardly lacking in diversity, as other have pointed out.

Agreed with rushomancy and pomenitul above, also want to say that 'misfit' is a perfectly fine word to describe music that isn't easily categorised and doesn't easily lend itself to a communal clubbing environment, this is all I ever imagined it to mean.

as a field report, i played a show monday night in a loft space with a bunch of experimental/noise/drone people and 1) it was super fun 2) everyone was friendly 3) music was good 4) they let me play which is a sign of inclusivity because i am a nobody 5) there was no dancing but it was very relaxing and enjoyable. not sure it would have gone down like that 15 or even 10 years ago but that is conjecture. there was no dancing but there was also no posing or assholery. just good times!

https://youtu.be/1NwFPifg2qw

Kodek Live Performance 2018

Richard Devine has an out an album this fall--it's gonna sound like Autechre, possible bangerszers

https://richarddevine.bandcamp.com/album/sort-lave
https://youtu.be/7uTUnTGb15c

The new Vessel is pretty dazzling, lots going on (strings/voice/harpsichord, and some crazy bangers with more synths and percussion)

https://vesseluk.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-golden-dogs

Speaking of bangers:

https://nervoushorizon.bandcamp.com/album/tsvi-inner-worlds

Also, a guy I knew during college released this album today. It's firmly coming from the academic/modern classical world, but some of the percussion and synth pieces are pretty sick. Caroline Shaw is on it too.
https://open.spotify.com/album/0vnugwgpCKwNapsyJPLNbe?si=BQuXuySOSomb9oOeuod8zQ

AIRHEAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7FVH3-lwoo

Maybe my favorite since Pyramid Lake

loving this vessel album thanks jordan

Digging this Cätlin Mägi album, Mu pill parmupill
Estonian weirdness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHWwc-mfDaU

Mumdance mix of all unreleased originals is sick

http://sharedmeanings.com/

This is a fun one for me, it slaps, good job Russia:
https://open.spotify.com/album/1f7HkmePOj613lg4n2dHhJ?si=Udo0-m1TRd6NVnslSp9z9g

(Bad Zu - Zupreme)

Rolling Reconstructed Club Music 2019