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- Holly Herndon. Holly Herndon is one of the most experimental electronic musicians working today. Her boundary-pushing music boldly explores the possibilities of music technology, investigating the potential of AI and machine learning to change the way we make music.
- Arca. Alejandra Ghersi, better known under the stage name Arca, came to the attention of music fans the world over after Kanye West utilised her talents as a collaborator in the production of his most creatively adventurous record to date, the game-changing Yeezus.
- Rian Treanor. Working with Max/MSP, Rian Treanor builds bespoke devices - drum machines, sequencers, chord generators, modulators - that, in his words, “explore extended rhythmic techniques and tools to enable spontaneous and impulsive pattern modulation in live performances”.
- Oneohtrix Point Never. Daniel Lopatin’s music blurs lines: between the old and the new, the real and the artificial, the experimental and the accessible.
- Honeydrip
- Roam
- Gayance
- Rumpus
- Chippy Nonstop
- Denmother
- Ciel
- Patrick Moon Bird
Honeydrip is a Montreal-based DJ and producer who has been embedded in the city's undergound scene for years, from her n10.as radio show Waves of Honey to DJing at countless parties. As a DJ first, she has an ear for sounds that will play well on a dance floor and her debut 2021 EP, Anti-Ego, is a testament to that. Blending left-field techno, bass...
Roam crafts sparse and sparkling soundscapes that undulate between moodiness and levity. His music is insular and introspective, exploring the inner workings of a self-proclaimed "disillusioned millennial." In 2018, Noisey referred to him as the "producer bringing dark U.K. garage to Toronto," and he's lived up to that title, releasing two albums a...
As Gayance's Bandcamp bio reads, she makes "jazzy-house with Brazilian spices so you can make out with your crush." The Montreal-based artist's 2021 EP,No Toning Down,perfectly encapsulates that sentiment, especially the opener, "Meu Sol," featuring Maleika Tidjani and Dapapa. The EP was her first foray into her own music making, written over the c...
If you can be regularly found in the pit at festivals like VELD or Bass Coast, then Rumpus is the producer for you. The Regina artist mixes live drumming into his DJ sets and has played everywhere from Burning Man to SXSW. His original tracks have been spun by heavy-hitters like Tiesto, Marshmello and Oliver Heldens. From the funky groove of "You B...
Chippy Nonstop doesn't like to be idle. As her name suggests, her energy is as relentless as the 150 BPM and faster DJ sets she's become known for. The Toronto-based DJ and producer has lived and toured all over the world (Zambia, Dubai, Germany, the U.S., England, Colombia and more) and picked up things along the way that influence her larger- tha...
DenMother is the experimental electronic music project of Ontario-born, New Brunswick-based artist Sabarah Pilon. The sonic disruptions on her East Coast Music Awards-nominated album,Frantic Ram, were created during COVID lockdowns and are loosely based on Dante's Inferno, the occult, mythology and Jungian archetypes. Pilon's prolific catalogue is ...
Ciel is a producer, pianist and DJ from Xi'an, China and is currently based in Toronto. She has cemented herself as a fixture in the city's dance music scene with party series like Work in Progress (predicated on combating the erasure of women DJs in the scene) and It's Not You It's Me. There's a subdued quality to her music-making; it creeps up on...
Patrick Moon Bird used to make hardcore metal, but now he makes lo-fi bedroom pop. It's quite a sonic shift, but the Prince Albert artist is so adept at crafting gorgeous little songs that have an inherent optimism, even when they tackle tough subject matter like depression and bipolar personality disorder. Light, shimmery percussion, gentle synths...
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15 hours ago · On July 29, 2024, Matmos ’ Drew Daniel had a dream. A raver was telling him about a style of music, in 5/4 time, at 212 BPM, with “super crunched out sounds,” as he explained that morning in ...
There’s a band called GusGus (who also happen to be Icelandic) that do some more experimental electronic stuff. Their KEXP Icelandic Airwaves set was bonkers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqRA_3BzkKc. Underworld might be another fun one to check out, especially their A Hundred Days Off LP.
Sacred Sorceress reveals a great dose of ideas and subtle variations, navigating between pure electronic minimal abstraction, evanescent meditative flows, to more grounded monolithic rock riffs. Some spoken words and a vast array of samples are also used to reinforce the cinematic aspect and to make it more impactful.
Dec 10, 2022 · The 11 Best Experimental Albums of 2022: OHYUNG, Lucrecia Dalt, Björk In 2022, the greatest difficult-to-classify sounds encompassed microtonal rock jams, tender ambient, Egyptian ghosts and an...
Oct 10, 2019 · Thinking big has become endemic in marginal music. Experimental electronic musician James Ferraro is working on an epic project entitled Four Pieces for Mirai: a cycle of four records, plus a...
