In-Tune: Phlastah

"Ambient sounds intermingle and unfold in unexpected ways. The synth parts seem choreographed rather than composed. Poisonous melodies combining electro beats and vocals in traditional pop song structure The music is soothing and energetic, it has some dark, psychedelic and some bright laser beam side. Haunting atmospheres and moody, drawn-out melodies characterize the sound, which seems to come from a massive conglomeration of influences." - Phlastah

Visit the website:
www.zenesznet.com/rsb/

Available at:
music.download.com/phlastah

Highlights:
Electronical Fall
Cybrooo

In-Tune: Chuancho

"The first release from Inoquo is for Chuancho, enjoy with his exquisite music. Inoquo is the project of a group of artists whose spirit is to let sonorous ideas and expressions freely circulat, to generate an interchange of thoughts and works within the electronic community, dedicating mainly to the abstraction and the technophile minimalism." - Inoquo

Visit the website:
www.inoquo.com

Available at:
www.archive.org

Highlights:
Profilaxis Part 1
Profilaxis Part 2

In-Tune: Ganwell

"Welcome high minded wanderer, sit down and listen. I've gathered much along the way, not describable in words, though music can. Surrounded by the sounds of benign musicians it is easiest to get your thoughts back in order. A few songs have come into being on my way through the last few years. Whenever I needed rest I took out my instruments. I can't express my adventures on the way better then..." - Ganwell

Available at:
fangorn.ch/DerlangeWeg

Also available at:
www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Vococo
Eno Dragon Fragments

In-Tune: Sanso Xtro

"Melissa Agate is no newcomer to the music scene, being exposed very early in life as the drummer of Australian avant rock outfit Sindog Jellyroll. Since then she has refined her styles and perfected what she believes to be a truly personal sound. Taking influence from her antipodean background and also from a life-changing move to British shores, Sentimentalist is deeply reflective and unashamedly visual. Finding herself discontented with the trappings of the rock genre, it was not long before Agate discovered electronic music and began to experiment with as many different instruments as she could manage to acquire. From acoustic guitar and ukulele to traditional bells and kalimba, anything at hand was added to the rich soundscape of her creative vision. Agate takes ideas to add to her ever changing musical ideal. It is her goal to produce an honest sound, something that is true to her soul, and she succeeds magnificently." - Sanso Xtro

Visit the Website:
www.sanso-xtro.com

Available at:
typerecords.com

Highlights:
The Last Leaf

In-Tune: E Style

"Florida's Joseph Aguilar, also known as Joseph Eagle creates 'Hard beats backed by intricate melodies and transitions describe the fusion of Electronic & Dance music which is the: e style.'" - E style

Body movin breaks with a strong miami bass and latin freestyle influence to brighten your day and liven up your night.

Visit the website:
myspace.com/estyleproductions

Highlights:
On a Mission
Smoothy King

In-Tune: Samarah

"Her style can best be described as an "atmospheric brand of trip-hop and glitchy electronic, embellished with subdued, haunting vocals. It's mesmerizing and captivating, and resonates a dark and mysterious beauty." Samarah has been singing and playing piano since a young age and performed her first live show fronting a band when she was fifteen. Though her roots lie in rock and indie, she was turned on to electronic music in the late 90's attending local raves. As a solo artist Samarah has been engaging crowds in clubs, cafes and raves with her unique live p.a of accoustical elements, ethereal vocals, atmospheric explorations and glitchy beats. Seeing Samarah live is a captivating and unforgettable experience. Similar Artists: Massive Attack, Mira Calix." - Samarah

Visit the website:
www.samarahspace.com

Available at:
www.electronical.org

Highlights:
With You
Pale Honey (Slow Honey Mix)

In-Tune: Voxpre

"having been a percussionist since 13yrs old, josh brings a unique perspective to the electronic music world- citing inspiration from oceans, skies and sunsets, he also credits bt, moby, vangelis, aaron copeland, dave brubeck and others with musical inspiration. his first cd under the name "ambientflightheory" entitled "listen" was independently released and distributed by his label subdio records. "listen" was an exploration in computer free multitracked trance meets ambient cinematically styled music and made it's rounds underground to favourable reviews. now under the name " voxpre", josh continues his pioneering of the lands yet explored in the world of electronica with sample based chill out and groove heavy ambient tracks." - Voxpre

Visit the website:
voxpre.blogspot.com

Available at:
www.music4ipods.com

Highlights:
Amidst Confusion, Beauty

In-Tune: Rollo Tomassi

"Born in Croatia, Split in 1981. From his early days he was involved in music. He started to play tumpet at the age of 10, then soon after started to play piano, until he discovered electronic music. When he was 16 he had his first Fruity Loops and started to make music. At first he made mostly trance tracks, after few years he moved on to techno and then to house, deep house and progressive house." - Rollo Tomassi

Deeply funky breaks, something for the b-boy in all of us

Available at:
music.download.com/rollotomassi

Highlights:
Chee-whatski
Dee-bee-dee-bee-beege

In-Tune: Luisine

"After relatively low-profile full-lengths on labels such as Isophlux and Hymen, Lusine (sometimes known as L’usine or Lusine Icl) releases his most accomplished album to date on Ghostly. Jeff McIlwain, the man behind Lusine, continues to shame the bloated IDM market with beats that kick and hiccup under fluttering melodies, confidently exhibiting the power of suggestion rather than overt display, in arrangements thick with emotion and complexity. Serial Hodgepodge serves as a defining fusion of instinct and intellect, as the sense of funk and dance genres in Lusine’s meticulous programming prohibit anyone from sitting still, while the myriad other elements flickering across the mix offer great things to those who read between the lines. The range of moods amongst the album’s tracks also suggest an inextricable link to the psychological strength of music. Percussive hits converse with one another while vocal samples pique the individualistic responses of a Rorschach test. Hodgepodge offers not only something to immediately captivate anyone who hears it, but also innumerable layers of detail to be discovered through dozens of listens, placing it among the most wholly rewarding albums to be found in any genre in recent memory." - Luisine

Visit the website:
www.lusineweb.com

Available at:
www.ghostly.com

Highlights:
The Stop
Luisine Icl - Live at Les Siestes electroniques

In-Tune: Van der Waal

"Van der Waal is original, downtempo instrumental electronic music. Interesting beats, simple yet engaging arrangments and raw production." - Van der Waal

Don't let the tiny description throw you, get your listen on.

Visit the website:
www.garageband.com/artist/van_der_waal

Highlights:
Dark Matters
Electricity

In-Tune: Khonner

"Khonnor first came to the attention of many through his cult internet-only EP releases as "Grandma" and "I, Cactus". With this, his long-awaited debut album "Handwriting", two years in the making, he has produced a record which is sure to bring an important new voice to the emerging "indietronica" movement. Taking influence from Jim 'O Rourke, Fennesz, Sonic Youth, The Smiths and David Sylvian, 'Handwriting' shows both reverie and intense originality. Khonnor manages to make music with a rare endearing naivity which combines a dark sense of humour with a keen uncynical eye. Dreamlike digitally manipulated guitar noise and wavering synths form the foundation for most of the tracks, complimented by Khonnor's frank and open lyrics throughout, breathing life into his tracks with an ease and unforgettable beauty as he charts the ups and downs of teenage love, pocket change and lost hazy nights." - Khonnor

Visit the website:
www.khonner.com

Available at:
www.typerecords.com

Highlights:
A little Secret

In-Tune: DigDug

"DigDug is a founding member of the Agartha Arts Collective, a group of musicians and artists from the San Francisco Bay Area working to create a hybrid mythology through sound and image to function as social/political criticism, science fiction, and hallucinatory aid. The Collective serves Agartha, a city located in the interior of the Earth, where according to Hindu legend, an inner sun illuminates another world inside ours. According to the Hermetic axiom, 'as above, so below', Agartha must also simultaneously exist subjectively, inside each of us. Accordingly, the collective mission of Agartha Arts is to excavate both realms and disseminate their findings through art and music. The Collective has shown their work in galleries in Japan, Los Angeles, and Oakland. Born to a human mother, but fathered by a reptilian from the hollow interior of our planet, DigDug has since ascended to the surface of our world, and planted a series of vibrations he's labeled 'Sinister Sound-Wave Seedlings'. Producing tracks for Nac1 (FSC, Bomb Records) and the Presence (Uncommon Records), DigDug's sound has been described as 'Herbie Hancock meets the Swamp Thing'." - DigDug

Visit the website:
www.myspace.com/digdugagarthaaudio

Highlights:
Zombies Rising and Eating
Beheaded Beetles Roaming

In-Tune: enLounge

"When Jon Kristian Bernhardsen was 12, he discovered how people were making great music with only the help of a computer. Inspired by this, he began composing on his own. At first he experimented with many different different styles, and then mixing them together. His biggest influence early on was The Prodigy and drum n' bass. Later he discovered the Cafe Del Mar compilations, which also had a big effect on his music. In recent years he has been listening to a lot of 70s soul, funk and disco. When working on a track, he often starts off with a sample and a load of effects. Then a drum track is built around that, before adding some of his hardware synths and other things to make up the final track. Usually the result will sound nicely chilled, but still danceable thanks to some funky drum programming." -enLounge

Available at:
www.aquavelvas.com

Highlights:
Slov Dov Dob
Morning Espresso

In-Tune: Bad Loop

"This flourishing shuffled step and melodic craftsman from Finland proves his commitment to taking his style to new heights and quality with Luo. An achievement inviting you to quietly listen and enjoy a comfortable and catchy groove with its adventurous instrumental adornment, thoughtful melodies, spiraling synths, playful/pragmatic percussion, and bouncing bass. bad loop's intent to create a solidly cohesive listen from begining to end has paid off." - bad loop

Visit the website:
www.badloop.com

Available at:
www.archive.org

Highlights:
Eri Valeire
Kannas Nsp

In-Tune: Testrauschen

"In May 2002, we (Enzo Cage and Karsten Koch) accidentally met in a bar in Munich. We realized that we both had an almost identical musical background: We had spent years composing computer music as teenagers. At the same time, I (Karsten) had finished setting up a synthesizer studio. It contained a fender rhodes, some old synthesizers and effect boxes, a vocoder and a groove box. When Enzo came visiting the new studio, we instantly improvised "The Fermi Paradox". The result impressed us so much that we decided to do more sessions and publish them under the name "Testrauschen". We always work the same way: We just sit down and play. Preparations are kept on a minimum level. In August 2002 we started inviting other people to our sessions. We recorded beautiful pieces of music with Mixter and Max Glueck. In our opinion, music should 'just happen'. When people improvise together, they communicate and this we cosider most important. We refuse to control everything and we try to navigate towards complexity and beauty. Our mission is not to break rules but to find new ones. The "Speric Lounge" is our latest live electronic ambient project." -Testrauschen

Visit the website:
www.testrauschen.com

Highlights:
der panther
das leuchten

In-Tune: Popkan

"Born in the same city that bred house music, Tom Erdmann aka Popkan has been quietly putting together an archive of brilliance. Through his careful and intelligent drum structuring, Popkan dares to go where few have gone before. Combining bits, bleeps, squeeks and anything else imaginable, Thomas creates a hybrid of glitch, dub, acidfunk and minimal madness. Equipped with an arsonal of gear and a buck wild stage presence, the Popkan PA makes for a truly electrifying live performance." - Popkan

Visit the website:
www.popkan.com

Also available at:
www.clevermusic.net

Highlights:
Just about there
Another Try

In-Tune: Cushman

"Cushman is a producer and dj cooperating with lester retz, tom woods and other artists at his home studio, veterano. Phat beats and bass is his motto as he plays with different styles of music. Influenced by various forms of music, such as electronic, jazz, and blues, he produces different combinations of music, solving the borders between styles." - Cushman

Visit the website:
www.hungrymenrecords.com

Also available at:
www.soya-muzik.com/releases.html

Highlights:
Scratch
Through the night

In-Tune: FusedMARC

"FusedMARc is one of the most interesting musical projects in all Baltic countries with no doubt. Magical and charming voice (Cilia), non-stop nerve hitting guitar effects (Nurasho), streams of groovebox coming from the depths of electronic sea (Norberth) and visuals full of strangest feelings (VJ Syrtha) part of which is available at releases; virtual gallery. All this eclectic combination is followed by the energy that comes from live drums - it does not leave a single possibility to change the rate of your heartbeat. This music evolves in the manner of plastic lightness and is pulsating with energy at the same time. Critics are already calling it the most talented in Lithuania. It reflects the best moods of Bjork, Broadcast, Stereolab, Portishead and other super talents that offer diving into deeper level of personal fantasies. Every song is like materializing an individual model of life. Singer who is rolled into trance is showing the way to the inside. In spite of the fact that this band is pretty young it already managed to take worthy place in the musical scene of Eastern Europe. The music of FusedMARc is going through mysterious and puzzling labyrinths to the world that is full of harmony and contraindications." - Fused MARc

Visit the website:
www.fusedmarc.com

Also available at:
www.sutemos.net/en

Highlights:
Contraction
WTLD Digitonal Slumber Mix

In-Tune: TC5

Canada's TC5 creates "a sonic brew of bass heavy, chilled out ambient groove. Sparsely arranged, distilled down to the fundamentals." -TC5

Visit the website:
www.tc5virtual.com

Also available at:
music.download.com/tc5

Highlights:
Inoculation
Everything must be Questioned

In-Tune: Blisaed

"Blisaed what does it mean well, think of drinking a cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day but basically Blisaed stands for blissful music, music meant to sooth the soul, kick back to. My music consists of melodic guitar riffs, glitchy idm beats, pristine violins, and many other sounds." - Blisaed

Visit the website:
www.discogs.com/artist/Blisaed

Also available at:
www.camomille.genshimedia.com

Highlights:
Beauty Made in Small Parts
Serene Circuit

In-Tune: 53x11

"I make music that I can enjoy to listening to. I cannot bring myself to waste ear-space with pretentious ambient droning; my tracks get right to the point. The only unifying characteristic to this eclectic mix of songs is their cadence. I ride a bicycle, a lot. Hence my mindset (and legs) are permanently trapped at 90-120 pedal revolutions a minute. This translates to beats that ride with you." - 53x11

Visit the website:
www.53x11.com

Also available at:
music.download.com/53x11

Highlights:
Down Home Cowboy
And then it Came

In-Tune: Bock Andrew

"Bock Andrews is another guy takin himself not too seriously. He's crossing different electronic styles from kind of liquid d&b to nujazz-bastard-bossa. Schizophrenic between heaven, hell and fun he's moving through the ghost world. electronics as electronics have to be: ecclectic, innovative and an absolute must-have." - Bock Andrew

Available at:
www.politicide.org/politicide/soundz.htm

Highlights:
versteinerte pflnzen, ein volltreffer!
kampfflugzeuge, legenden und modelle

In-Tune: Comfort Fit

"These cripsy beats are ripe with thumping funk and techno influences, sample wizardry and daring shuffles. Composed with the help of unique sound plugins which were especially programmed to measure Comfort Fit's needs and wishes, we think the chances aren't bad that you'll fall for the unique sound signature, bounce and elegance of this tight Hip Hop production." - Comfort Fit

Visit the website:
www.tokyodawnrecords.com

Highlights:
True Form
Take a Look

In-Tune: Geistfrei

Self described as "different styled beats", Geistfrei creates some well put together music. In addition to studying and living in Oldenburg, Germany, he also runs the Acedia music netlabel. His latest release is a remix EP of "The Spank" done by six artists from Acedia. Energetic and lively, these remixes will get you moving.

Visit the website:
www.acediamusic.org

Highlights:
The Spank - Gambit Plasmatic Remix
The Spank - Dorntec le Electrotheque Remix

In-Tune: Kilowatts

"KiloWatts is a marriage of man and machine - a love story about cells and bits - an attempt at defining a hilariously absurd and imperfect reality through an electronic invention that promises to encode this vision eternally. The music is deep, the songs tell stories, and the sounds are intensely emotional. Nested within the musical structure is an element of quirky electronic experimentation - a roadmap of new and interesting ways of carressing and mangling waveforms. The result is a cinematic tale of knowledge, confusion, and pushing forward." - Kilowatts

Visit the website:
www.kilowattsmusic.com

Available at:
www.artificialmusicmachine.com

Highlights:
Two Days off
B. Sprout's First Fight