Ten years ago today,the first Xylitol album was released, originally on 3″ CD and recorded at various locations in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich. Now it is available on Bandcamp
Electronic, disco, electronica, minimal, hauntology, synth, punk, rhythmic noise.
Xylitol is also known as DJ Bunnyhausen and has some great mixes on Mixcloud, like this one –
SYRPHE has a new website with articles, gig lists and this piece –
Feminism in electronic and experimental music, the failure of most Westerners.
Interesting perspective here and a wonderful insight into what artists are creating in other parts of the World, namely Africa and Asia. I have cited Syrphe on many occasions as a site that tirelessly promotes the creativity of artists in the electronic and experimental fields and the original playlists that I had on 8Tracks were based on the discoveries that I came across via Syrphe. The 8Track playlists I am in the middle of replicating on SoundCloud but this exhaustive list will add to the roster of artists I have linked with from not only Africa and Asia but also South America.
Finally, I recommend you read this article and discover for yourself. It’s great that there is an index of many of the under represented artists as well as the more known.
Here is a recommendation from last year but it still stands –
Todays recommendation from the Syrphe label is this wonderful sampler of Far East Asian experimental electronic artists and I shall be discovering more in the coming season but in the meantime –
Ambient electronic-acoustic textures & atmospheres, with drones and developments of subtle grooves. Reflexions on light, inner landscapes, abstract colors & shapes. Recurrent themes of transparency & daydreaming soundscapes.
Two great Organisations well worth checking out and supporting : ))
Having a mass posting today…
Headphone Commute has flagged this release a couple of times and every time the process of reblogging has failed me. Not this time. This is music that strikes a chord with it’s sheer beauty and would be on my Christmas list or Best Of… if I had one.
Read the review here –
Finally have got around to reblogging a few of the Yeah I Know it Sucks reviews of Ars Sonor : ))
Dee Byrne composes for and leads ‘space-jazz’ group Entropi (debut album, New Era was released on the F-IRE Presents label in June 2015), is one half of experimental electronics/sound art duo Deemer (debut album, Interference Patterns was released on Luminous Label in December 2015), is involved in numerous collaborations including six piece improvising electro-acoustic ensemble Zonica, eight piece saxophone ensemble Saxoctopus (debut album released on Raw Tonk Records in July 2015) and Word of Moth (debut album to be released on Luminous label in 2016). Dee also plays with Xantone Blacq (Platinum Fingers/Whirlwind) and the Soul Immigrants (P-Vine records Japan). She is co-founder of the acclaimed original and improvised music platform LUME with Cath Roberts and is Project Manager for the National Youth Jazz Collective.
Deemer employ, among other things, alto saxophone, drums, analogue electronics, tape, transducer microphones/speakers to instantly compose, activate space, and blur the boundaries between free jazz and sound installation.
Since the focus this week is on Duo’s, it gives me a chance to post tracks and artists that do not easily fit into Feminatronic mould, so to speak, in a strict sense but there is some very interesting music being created by duo’s that I cannot miss out, Gato Preto is one such group.
What can I say? Best leave it to them –
Holly Herndon – Platform 
Feminatronic 
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