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AAVV - Mindfield

AAVV, Mindfield, PsycoNavigation, ambient, electronica, electro, Aurelio Cianciotta, AAVV---Mindfield.jpgCD - Psychonavigation
Psychonavigation is an Irish label based in Dublin, stylistically focused between ambient, electronica and electro. Head honcho Keith Down is also - in this case - the curator of “Mindfield”, an interesting collection dedicated to a certain "mentalism", that crosses several musical genres and heralds calibrated,  ... [ Continue ]


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breakcore . electro . gabber . rave . techno

Otto Von Schirach - Oozing Bass Spasms

Otto Von Schirach, Oozing Bass Spasms, Cock Rock Disco, gabber, rave, electronic, techno, fidget, Hardcore, Electro, Dubstep, Breakcore, Gabber, Nikibi, Aurelio Cianciotta, OttoVonSchirach_OozingBassSpasms.jpg CD - Cock Rock Disco
In the most extreme electronic dance music scenario, new street-oriented impulses are "floating" irresistibly in the air. Deeply sensual and metropolitan, soaked in technoid wisdom and ultra-low frequencies, these sounds have embraced digital hyperbole, creating sensational passages of music. They  ... [ Continue ]


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deep . electro . techno

Various Artists - Disco Not Disco

Various Artists, Disco Not Disco, Strut, Audioglobe, Vivien Goldman, Robert Wyatt, Johnny Lydon, Shriekback, James White and The Blacks, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Material, Liaison Dangerouses, A Number Of Names, Miss Kittin, The Hacker, breakbeat, nu skool breaks, review, tech-funk, funky, remix, house, techno, beats, electro, Jaurelio, Wicked Style, wickedstyle italiano, Aurelio Cianciotta, discoNOTdisco.jpg 12" - Strut / Audioglobe
'Any new manifestation in culture rewrites the past, turns old criminals into new heroes and old heroes into people who should have never been born. New characters rummage the past to look for precursors, because having roots is legitimate and modern times are suspect, but in any period forgotten characters  ... [ Continue ]


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electro . techno

Teenage Bad Girl - Cocotte

Teenage Bad Girl, Cocotte, Citizen, electroclash, electro, techno, rock, noise, remix, Boys Noize, Hystereo, 
Hitchcock, nouvelle vague, Elvis, Grey's Anatomy, Scissors Sisters, Digitalism, Justice, Modeselektor, Daft Punk, 
Aphex Twin, The Stooges, Aurelio Cianciotta, teenagebadgirl_cocotte.jpg CD - Citizen
On the border separating con men from geniuses there's room for the Teenage Bad Girl, a French duo composed of Guillaume Manbell and Greg Kazubski, described by some critics as a sort of runaway clone of Daft Punk, Aphex Twin and the Stooges. Sure, the video shot for 'Cocotte' is very impressive  ... [ Continue ]


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electro . electronic dance . glitch'n'cuts

Mochipet - Disko Donkey

Mochipet, Disko Donkey, Daly City Records, glitch'n'cuts, techy, electro, electronic dance, Ellen Allien, Phon.o, Broker/Dealer, Caltrop, Smash TV, [a]pendics Shuffle, Scissors For Lefty, Tigerbeat6, BPitch Control, remix, Schematic, Detroit Underground, disco, leftfield pop, electronica, Aurelio Cianciotta, mochipet_diskodonkey.jpg CD - Daly City
Born in Taiwan but living in California, David Wang, aka Mochipet, after recording for Tigerbeat6, BPitch Control, remixing for Schematic and Detroit Underground and taking part to several other productions for other labels, has founded his own label: Daly City. He's now promoting, under this  ... [ Continue ]


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Silicon Scally - Bioroid

Silicon Scally, Bioroid, Satamile, Carl Finlow, Dark Matter, electro, future-funk, glitch, synth-pop, industrial, techno, deep, dark, Random Factor, Voice Stealer, Neural, Aurelio Cianciotta, siliconscally_bioroid.jpg CD - Satamile
This is Silicon Scally's (aka Carl Finlow) second album which, after 'Dark Matter', articulates again effective electro sequences marrying the traditional sounds of this music genre in more refined and 'glitched' forms, rich in future-funky and sci-fi contaminations. Thick iterated and machine-like  ... [ Continue ]


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Blotnik Brothers - Mizuage

Blotnik Brothers, Mizuage, Satamile, blotnikbrothers_mizuage.jpg CD - Satamile
The Blotnik Brothers are a Swedish trio, devoted to electro sounds, founded in 1999 by Martin Rasberg and Roberto Mensa, and joined then by Patrick Casey. They are distinguished by a musical approach relating on one hand to the genre tradition, that from the end of seventies and early eighties  ... [ Continue ]


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