Music Genre // Electronica-Indietronic
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Electronic Folk Music // Bluermutt – »The Dislocation (and Consequences) EP« (Misread Records)
News from my man Bluermutt, and it is good news! I have been a big fan of his former albums...
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Stockfinster – »Dead Line« (Sutemos)
The Lithuanian Netlabel Sutemos is nothing new to you most likely. We have been covering their outcome ever since. Stockfinster,...
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Joyful Electronica // Risch – »Missing monsters« (Petite & Jolie Netlabel)
The Petite & Jolie Netlabel focusses on cute, melodic and sometimes naive and playful melodies. Risch makes no exception and...
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Electronic Music Diary // IJO – »Selektida« (Sutemos Netlabel)
“Selektida” is one big album. Containing three CDs - better called parts. It is an representation of the last five...
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2nd mouse – »levite« (Fwonk Netlabel)
IDM Jam Session // The first of the twins is the endearing and imaginative way that Chris Da Mouse, aka...
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Psychon – »Slow Country for Old Men« (Narrominded)
Ambient Electronic Mixture // Regardless what anyone may think, Psychon has not been asleep for the past five years. After...
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Bluermutt – »Decivilice After Consumption« (Nexsound Pop) with Phlow CD Raffle
Electronic Pop Music from Italy’s Finest // For nearly one year, I have been waiting for this album. I asked...
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MoR – »I've cheated« (Beat is Murder)
Summer Bleeps // Some odd and new and unexpected music hits my ears from Itlay-born Antonio Rosselli. Unexpected because his...
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Sky Barstow – »It's Circular« (Peppermill)
Queer and quirky Synthpop // The Canadian Peppermill Netlabel resembles beatismurder.com in many aspects. Their latest addition could have been...
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Monokle – »Tesaurus« (Ideology)
All-round Indiepop // Monokle finally released their third album. While “Ideas Aloud” from 2007 vanished with ElektroSound, “Teasurus” found a...
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Stonewashed Electronica // Orange Crush – »Autumn Reflections« (Archaic Horizon)
It’s time to write about Orange Crush. His debut album “The Field” back in 2006 got me already, but somehow...
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Anois – »Tree House Whispers« (Aerotone Netlabel)
Lovely Aero-Pop // It’s been more than half a year ago that german melancholy netlabel aerotone put out a full...
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Slovenian Synthpop // New Wave Syria – »Hello, Yes« (Cheap Tunes)
To know how music was created brings forth a certain surplus- or disappointment, respectively. This is especially true for electronic...
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V.A. – »A Whale in a Manger« (4-4-2 Music)
Xmas Muzak // Australian record- and Netlabel 4-4-2 Music released a wonderful compilation in December 2008 I only stumbled about...
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XYDZO – »Y« (Pulsations For You)
Electronic Folklore Music // This record has been around for long. I was planning to write about Russian Folklore in...
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Various – »Cen Art« (Soulseek Records)
Chill Out Compilation // Once upon a time Soulseek was the filesharing platform for real music lovers. Maybe it is...
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Imachi Akira – »Lycoris Radiata EP« (Electronica)
Skillful Electronic Music // To my embarrassment **I never heard of Imachi Akira or Russian Electronica Netlabel. And although the...
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Phillip Wilkerson – »Incidents in Spring« (Bypass)
Warm and Minimal Ambient // From Galuszka’s survey we can learn that most Netlabels are run by Germans. China, in...
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Melodica Electronica // Koen Park – »84’ 85’« (Acroplane Netlabel)
This release came as a surprise for me, a sweet one though. Koen Park is the IDM moniker of Ian...
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Infant Color – »Infant Color« (Beat is Murder)
Electropop Grandezza // Besides all the CDs the Viennese Beat is Murder label publishes, one mustn’t forget about their free...
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Naive and beautiful Electronica // Paulina Mum – »Morning Rain« (Camomille Netlabel)
Paulina Mum proves that you don’t need any sophisticated, techy music gear to compose colourful adventures. All it needs is...
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He Can Jog – »Middlemarch« (Audiobulb) with Phlow CD Raffle
Fractal Folk from the US // After the great success of our Liger give-away, this time it’s UK record label...
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March Rosetta – »Late in Time« (Clinical Archives)
The Good 80’s: Fly Melancholia // I discoverd this clever album via the Machtdose podcast. Thank you Roland! March Rosetta...
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A Giant and Hell of a Compilation // Various – »Intelligent Toys 5« (Sutemos Netlabel)
The Intelligent Toys Series is one of the most extraordinary Netlabel Series to date featuring finest electronic music from IDM...
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Label-Compilation // Various – »Octopus Two« (Fresh Poulp Records)
In 2004, the French eclectic electronic music netlabel Fresh Poulp Records released its first compilation “Octopus One”. Four years and...
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Rolancho – »Quizás quiso decir Rolando« (modismo netlabel)
An Electronic Music Adventure from Chile) // “Quizás quiso decir Rolando” is what I would call a true full-length album....
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Thiaz Itch – »Binjoum« (Bedroom Research Netlabel)
Weirdo Melodic Electronica // The music by Thiaz Itch is full of contradictions. In one ear “Binjoum” sounds naive, playful...
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Did – »Ask U2« (Kirstens Postcard Netlabel)
Funky Electronic Rock // Put this record on and you will start dancing. This is what’s going to happen. Dids...
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The Tidy K
Toot Toot! // Tidy Kid is Marly Uyma Lüske, born Australian but living in places all over Europe and the...
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Emily in Love – »You Break My Heart, You Remixed It« (Corpid Netlabel)
Sweet Elektropop // Ladies and Gentlemen let me introduce you to some german-austrialian electropop in english. On “You Break My...
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Modul – »Complete Remixed« (Phonocake Netlabel)
IDM-Remix Project // The original song by Modul for this complex remix-project was released on Electrosound.ru. The melodic song “Complete”...
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Crisopa – »Filamentosa EP« (Persona Isla Netlabel)
Airy Electronica // The artist Crisopa is one of my favorite discoveries this year. His music is subtle, smooth and...
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The Mocks – »M is Correct« (Delhotel Records Netlabel)
Prepare for The Mocks // Looking for some interesting electronic pop featuring catchy melodies and a good portion of sarcasm?...
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Bufi – »Homeless Hero EP« (Poni Republic Netlabel)
Indie Dance // Poni Republic striked again. The mexican Leftfield-Pop Netlabel has just released another flashing EP. “Homeless Hero” is...
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Ambient Music With A Touch Of Pop // Man of Taste: Ian D. Hawgood / Koen Park
Maybe you know London-born Tokyo resident Ian D. Hawgood by his releases at Resting Bell or Dog Eared Records. Eventually...
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Iqtu – »Embarrassing Triangle« (II-Music)
A magic Joyride // Although this sounds like Intelligence Dance Music at the first sight, it is not. “Embarrassing Triangle”...
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Hardboiled Electronic Hip Hop // Niteffect – »Lost Identity« (Kreislauf)
Niteffect is back with an 30-minutes length EP for the German Kreislauf Netlabel. While his former “Fragments” EP was more...
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Daniel Maze – »Red After Image« (Serein)
Refreshing Electropop Psychedelica // Daniel Maze is a name you stumble about every now and then. Despite his new record...
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Fiktion – »Morfint« (Frukt Records)
Experimental and Catchy Guitar Music // Fiktion is the moniker of Gustaf Erik Lundh from Gotheburg, the album “Morfint” his...
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Postmodern Renaissance Music // Krowley – »Four Pieces« (Autark)
Autark is a new Austrian Netlabel, “Four Pieces” is their second release. While I was preparing to write something about...
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con_cetta – »Sclerosis« (Zymogen)
Warm and Sparkling, Rich and Crackling // The latest addition at Zymogen Netlabel is Italian sound sculptor Giuseppe Cordaro aka...
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Kiorda Däkin – »3« (1bit Wonder)
Spaced out 70’s Electronic Music // The news that 1bit Wonder Netlabel closes down came as a decent surprise to...
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Pix – »Life Living« (Fresh Poulp)
Imaginative Electronica // Slowly like someone is lifting the curtain to a sensitive movie, Pix begins his enigmatic album called...
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Tomorrowland – »Anemone« (Red Antenna)
Electric Krautrock // I’m into Tomorrowland since I first started listening to free music. Their 2001 EP “Variable” is online...
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My Awesome Mixtape – »Songs of Sadness, Songs of Happiness« (Kirstens Postcard)
Indietronic Vocal Pop // Do you like drum computers, intensive refrains, electronic instruments and vocals? Yeah?!? Than My Awesome Mixtape...
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Crispy Hip Hop // Apes on Tapes – »You Open« (Homework Records)
The Apes on Tapes are a producer-duo from the City of Bologna in the North of Italy. Lagàr and Antani,...
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Ambidextrous / Morkva – »A&M« (Electrosound)
Instrumental Electronic Pop from Russia // On “A&M” you listen to the beautiful cooperation of eletronic musician Nick Zavriev aka...
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Iambic² – »As The Snow Fell« (laridae)
Poetic and cineastic Soundtrack // Iambic²’s album “under these stars, we´ll sleep again” popped last december throughout our charts-carnival up...
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Portabot – »There Must Be a Sunrise in Every Ending«
Molten Electronica, Pixelated Pop ** The guy behind Portabot is Cesar Pesquera, a professional director and graphic designer from Barcelona....
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Eclectic Remix-Collection // Mickey Eats Plastic – »To Kill the White Glamour – Reworks EP 1« (Sijis Netlabel)
I posted a demand-note for the upcoming Bluermutt-album a few days ago. Well, I hope you don’t think myself to...
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Bobby Baby – »Loves To Remix Vol. 1« (Corpid Netlabel)
Sweet Electronica Pop // Bobby Baby belongs to one of my favorite netmusic artists. She convinces us not only with...
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V.A. – »Cycles« (Camomille Netlabel)
Superb Anniversary Compilation // Over six years Camomille distributes electronic music for free. Created in 2002 by Vincent Fugère in...
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Demand Note: Bluermutt – »Decivilize After Consumption«
Sexy Glitchpop from Italy’s Finest // The Ukrainian Nexsound-label introduces new artists with free albums as you might expect it...
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VA – »Pantoufle Tagada« (Petite & Jolie Netlabel)
The first compilation from Petite & Jolie Netlabel tastes like sweet candy. Kittenish melodies roll all around, you hear lots...
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Le Mépris – »Le Mépris« (Aerotone)
Pianotronics // I think most of our readers know the Munich-based Aerotone-Netlabel for at least one of their handpicked releases....
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Beatladen Electronica // Maguett – »Ceramicboy« (ElectroSound)
ElectroSound is the slightly more Pop-orientated Musica Excentrica spin-off. Both Netlabels feature challenging (electronic) music from Moscow and Western Russia....
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Pompey – »Fifty Gallon Drum« (Pocketclock Music)
Bewildering Pop Music // The Internet exhales the strangest musical ideas. Some are awesome, some dull, most of them are...
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Endlos – »Kein Grund Zufrieden zu Sein« (1Bit Wonder)
DSP Postrock // Endlos are a two-man band from Leipzig, Eastern Germany, fusing synthesizer melodies and drum machine-grooves with electric...
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Batfinks – »Peach Route« (Hippocamp Netlabel)
Wildstyle Electronica on Dope // If you listen to the incredible sound of the Batfinks it’s either like a colourful...
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Dava Sobel (Negative Sound Institute Netlabel)
Ambient Acoustic Folk // One man, a guitar, some instruments and a lot of soul - that`s the best way...
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offthesky – »Cumulae Movement« (Autoplate)
Organic Ambient Symphony // Jason Corder, the civil name behind the offthesky-moniker, is back with an epic one-track EP. “Cumulae...
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miè – »Day in, Day out« (Digital Kunstrasen)
**Tiny Bits of Ambient Bliss Most ambient music is made for expanded listening. Sounds are shifted in slow-motion and every...
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Campy Pop Music // Siblings – »Litter EP« (No Type)
While most of the elder netlabel disappeared from the surface, some keep up the good work and come up with...
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Klotzsch & Sudermann – Holzlaub (Autoplate)
Metaimprovisations // Some might remember Emil Klotzsch for his kinescope ambient album Tiefe Berge or his outstanding Feinquisit EP at...
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IDM Ambient Experimental // Emil Klotzsch – »Feinquisit« (Netlabel one)
Emil Klotzsch from Cologne, Germany, has a special kind of taste. His music is filled with experimentation and juggles with...
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Aural Tour-Diary // Direwires & Freder – »Sleeping Near Highways« (Robotopera)
Direwires is Adam Young of Ontario, a recording artist and founder of Robotopera Netlabel (it’s a shame the label is...
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Sunlit Electronica // Tomasz Bednarczyk – »So Nice EP« (AudioTong)
Young Poland musician Tomasz Bednarczyk is best known for his “Milipop”-moniker. Due to the slightly more traditional electronica of Milipop,...