Blog: The ill-ec-tro-nic

A very quick post today, seems like I never get the time these days. Inspired by a track posted on Oh My Gosh , I decided to purchase this extremely good techno compilation on Cologne based label Traum Schallplatten . It is an exellent example of the minimal sound coming out of Germany at the moment, however the this comp has an international feel (hence the name Interkontinental 5) with artists from England, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Canada and of course Deutchland. [...]

And Did We Mention Our Disco? Has been one of the consistantly best small club nights over the last 3 years. Unfortunately Our disco got pushed out from its weekly Friday nights down at Plastic People by the owners of the club wanting to try something different. (Why get rid of one of the most fresh and eclectic nights, which attracts huge crowds every weekend to try something different?) The phrase If it ain't broke... springs to mind. Anyway left in the club wilderness, with no permanent home Our Disco now does one-0ff parties, the last great one [...]

A post of some tracks that redefine the word 'Wonky'. These tracks from Maurice Fulton maybe familiar to some, but will always make you go 'what the hell is that!' if heard out in a club or party. They employ familiar drum patterns, but that is where any similarities end with regular house, Techno or electro tracks. The amount screechy noises employed plus wonky sub-bass may may you think that you were listening to some new Grime dubplate straight out of some Bow basement. Wiley, Jammer, Dizzie et al would lap this shit up. [...]

Technical Meltdown! Don't know what happened there, zshare is playing up. Some files still remain. Will be getting better hosting soon. Lindstrom working again. But for how long? Get it before its too late.

Having just got back from my lovely tour of Scotland, with a quick stop off at Optimo (been waiting for a long time for that one) here is the new and exclusive Lindstrom track I promised a couple of weeks back. This was handed to me with strict instructions as to sharing because it is currently unknown whether it will get a full release, so if I have to take it down soon you'll know that it was too hot. This track is very typical Lindstrom but still sounds different to his other releases [...]

A special post today of Exclusive Ricardo Villalobos tunes! only a few people will have ever heard these before. If you are among them then you are privilaged indeed. Ricardo Villalobos is the Chilean born producer of very minimal glich techno for various labels including Playhouse, Perlon, Cadenza, plus many more and produces under many aliases, of which you can find out more info here These tunes are remixes/bootlegs that have never had a official release. The first is [...]

I was digging through the crates, to find some classic tunes to post, when I rediscovered this lost gem. It's always nice to find old records that you had forgotten about and even better when they still sound amazing after over 10 years. The tracks here are from a compilation of US based artists brought together under the moniker of Trance Atlantic (dodgy name once more) it was a follow-up to another comp released called Trance Europe Express (You can see where they are going with this) Back in 1995 when Trance was not [...]

Following on from my previous post and the argument that a splash of electronics adds wonders to many a guitar based tune, here are three more examples that I wanted to put up. First is the New York New Wave of Interpol a band that I love. Despite many people comparing them to Joy Division, I think they update that sound for the 21st century. Their two albums 'Turn On The Bright Lights' and 'Antics' have been on heavy rotation on my stereo since 2004. I've [...]

As promised in my last post here are a couple of Indie Rock tracks given the electronic edge via a remix. Everyone's at it these days, Bloc Party releasing a remix version of Silent Alarm, Test Icicles, White Rose Movement, The Futureheads, The Kills, Infadels, Mystery Jets, DFA 1979, the list goes on. Electro Rock is the new sound, but lets not forget the original indie bands that started getting on a remix tip, in the late 80's Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses and Primal Scream all recieved remixes that fussed rock and electronics and started the [...]

A special post today. Here at the ill-ec-tro-nic we represent any music with an electronic edge, and over the next few weeks this is going to include a lot of rock and indie records that have been given the remix treatment and in virtually all cases greatly improved the original. But for today we have a sound off between 3 players who have a very similar style in my opinion. First off its the new young upstart Nathan Fake , whose new album 'Drowning in a Sea of Love' was released last monday. Its a [...]

From old electronics to new. The two tracks here are from Ellen Allien, the Berlin producer and label owner of Bpitch Control Ellen Allien - Cloudy City From the excellent album Thrills, out last year. The second track is Jet, from a new collaboration with fellow German producer Apparat This comes from the decidedly dodgy titled album 'Orchestra of Bubbles', however it [...]

For my first post this seemed the obvious choice. A Detroit techno classic. A true master and innovator, this is one of Derrick May's finer moments, of which there are many. This originally came out on Transmat, Derrick's own label in 1990 and was then released by Kool Kat Music. Transmat Buy Here Rhythim is Rhythim - The Beginning

Welcome to the the ill-ec-tro-nic! The new blog for any electronic based music, and occasionally some thats not. Over the next few weeks I will be attepting to post some of my favorite mp3s from my collection. This will cover old classics to brand new exclusive tracks.