Aurora
B. Ashra
For 30 years, Berlin-based B. Ashra has been producing electronic music outside the mainstream with his solo project. His musical spectrum ranges from meditative ambient music to sound experiments and acid techno.The label Klangwirkstoff offers access to experimentation in contemporary harmonic. Through numerous live concerts in many clubs and at open air festivals, B. Ashra has made a name for himself in the international electronic music scene with his solo project.
Klangwirkstoff Records
A Horse with No Name (feat. Blake Colie)
Dirtwire
The artwork for this video is psychedelic, the arrangement solid, the song not new, but well-liked. “Dirtwire consists of Evan Fraser, David Satori, and Mark Reveley, who all play a variety of uncommon musical instruments. They perform a form of swamptronica experimental music that incorporates electronic music and instruments from around the world, are is based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, where they began as a duo of Evan and David, with Mark joining in 2016. All three met at the California Institute of the Arts.» (Wikipedia)
Ingrooves
The Greater Wings
Julie Byrne
Melodious and melancholy are the adjectives that come to my mind when listening to Julie Byrne wistful voice and poetic lyrics. The singer songwriter and guitarist hails from Buffalo, New York. she was influenced by her father’s guitar playing. Spoiler: his first name was not David, and Julie began to play when she was seventeen because he no longer could due suffering from multiple sclerosis. She began to tour when she was eighteen but also studied environmental sciences, feeling a strong connection to nature. To date, she has recorded three albums.
Ghostly International
This Can’t Go On (from the album Iechid Da)
Bill Rider-Jones
An up- and coming musician, Bill Rider-Jones grows on you if you keep on listening. He was born in West Kirby Merseyside, England, and his debut album, If… featured the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, garnering positive reviews. His 2nd album, A Bad Wind Blows in My Heart, was released 2011, and was also well-received. His 3rd album documenting his departure from orchestral music to embrace minimal folk songs as well as alternative folk rock. His latest work Iechid Da, is out this month.
Domino
Celestial Candyfloss (from the album Sadness Sets Me Free)
Gruff Rhys
Gruffudd Maredudd Bowen Rhys, born in 1970, is a Welsh musician, composer, producer, film maker and author. He performs solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals, a Welsh rock band formed in Cardiff in 1993, which obtained mainstream success. “‘Celestial Candyfloss’ is a classic example of the Rhys trademark knack for wrapping up the familiar and classic with the weird, wonderful and unexpected.» (Juno)
Rough Trade Records