Ordered by the (e)artist last EAR release.
Sense-of-Sounds
Homebase: The Netherlands
Upcoming release November 28 2024:
Wave Of WaterDripping
(EAR-24-030)
Sense-of-Sounds link:
EAR artist page
BIO
Ton Maassen is a versatile percussionist who has worked in a wide variety of musical styles. After completing an intensive course on meditative instruments, he began weaving these calming sounds into his music, creating a distinctive blend of synthesizers and meditative tones.
This fusion results in immersive soundscapes that invite the listener on a transformative musical journey. As layered themes gradually unfold, the listener is encouraged to surrender to the music and experience a sense of relaxation and inner peace.
His debut release, Wave of Water Dripping, finds its origin in a piece written for Ableton Live and two saxophones. This composition evolved through the addition of synth plugins, vocals, and gong, and was recorded in Lil Heaven Studio in Arnhem, NL.
FRAKnoise
Homebase: The Netherlands
Release November 12 2024:
Fighting Windmills
(EAR-24-029)
FRAKnoise link:
Website
BIO
Allard Krijger (aka FRAKnoise) is an independent multidisciplinary artist who is operating under the radar. Multi-instrumentalist, producer, video artist, writer (SF), Illustrator, photographer, a journalist for Interface Magazine, teacher/innovator at the Conservatory Haarlem, et cetera. All under the name of ‘FRAKnoise’ which means something like ‘undefined scattering’.
Notable works: ‘fables of Allard Krijger’, a series of gloomy fables, ‘InterBabylonianMusicals’, a videoalbum reflecting on language, ‘The Adventures of Werner and Random’ (The Heisenberg Compensators, a collaboration with Stefan Robbers), the SF novel ‘the adventures of Wonk Dakdekker or Hans Houtvinger, and the shortstories ‘mermaid in tomatosaus’ and ‘the Anus of Anna’.
Tara
Homebase: UK/Netherlands
Release October 31 2024:
The Physicist and the Selkie
(EAR-24-028)
Tara link:
About Tara (radiodroogdok)
BIO
Tara Downs is a cross-disciplinary artist whose practice draws on a background in Social Anthropology and Museum Studies.
As Miniature Museum, a collaboration with partner Bart Sabel, she produces interventions ranging in scale from tiny cabinets of curiosities to large scale sculpture for festivals, theatre and public events.
Armed with an unerring eye for the beautiful and a passion for public engagement, since 2012 Tara has carved out a niche with her creative approaches to heritage interpretation. Playful, informative installations fuse hand-crafted and digital processes, steam-age engineering, storytelling and a delicate attention to detail, and mix fact and fantasy to enchant audiences and provoke participation.
Her offshoot project, Radio Droogdok, explores a love of radio, communication and sonic experimentation.
Tara lives in a house that smells of burnt dust and Bakelite, has an entire room full of ancient radios, and can only sleep to the hiss of static.
Ken Martin
Homebase: Spain
Released October 19 2024:
Dark Angel
(EAR-24-027)
Released August 29 2024:
A Kinetic Flow
(EAR-24-025)
Released November 30 2023:
Space Sleepers
(EAR-23-014)
Ken Martin link:
Bandcamp
BIO
“I started creating Electronic Music in 1971 after listening to Recordings of Karl Heinz Stockhausen and Walter Carlos, now Wendy Carlos.
I was still at school at the time and started playing piano with support from my music teacher.
The only electronic sounds I could make were using old Valve radio sets at home as Synthesizers were far too expensive for me.
In 1973 things really took off for me as I was working and could afford certain equipment FX’s as such.
I was lucky due to a man named William Howl who had a Arp Odyssey and a Mini MOOG which he used to let me play them along with some Tape Recorders and various other equipment for recording my jams.
That´s how my Electronic Journey began.
In the seventies much Inspiration came from the Berlin Movement with bands and solo artists such as Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Kraftwerk and many more from Germany.
Now Fifty Three Years later I have my Studio in Spain after locating from London in 2003 and all my equipment I need to create my Electronic and Experimental music.
When creating a piece of music I normally think of a subject and relate to that in music form, which could contain Sequencers with lush strings or it could be Experimental Improvisations inspired by Early EM Composers which some people may never have heard of.”
“If you like what you hear of music you can also checkout my Bandcamp Page, also some selective music can be found on this website.”
mr.coon
Homebase: Italy
New release September 26 2024:
MeMo (album)
(EAR-24-026)
mr.coon link:
Website
BIO
Gerhard Martini is a freelance musician who has been producing music for himself and others for many years. He uses everything that can make sounds, starting with General Musik Workstation and after use Roland Workstation XP-80 combined with the Roland DJ-70 sampler.
After a serious accident as a pizza delivery man, which resulted in a thirddegree traumatic brain injury and a three-month coma, he had to relearn everything and switched to Logic in combination with Native Instruments sounds. He starts every project from scratch and doesn’t use presets in his work.
In 2011, he completed his music design studies in Hamburg, and since then, he has been doing everything from his home studio in Terlan (BZ), South Tyrol, trying to reach the whole world from there.
Francisco Nicosia
Homebase: Argentina
Released July 12 2024:
Alzheimer’s disease, early stage
(EAR-24-024)
Released August 31 2023:
Naturaleza inmersiva
(EAR-23-011)
Francisco Nicosia link:
Spotify
BIO
“Since I was a child, I have felt a deep relationship within the electronic sound field and certain aspects of Nature and the Universe. I love music and depending on how I feel, I can sing, do pop, rock or ambient music. Freedom is one of the main flags in my training. And the synthesizer and machines are my neuronal extensions.”
Krakenkraft
Homebase: Germany
Released June 27 2024:
Phonomycel
(EAR-24-023)
Released February 23 2023:
Walking Zone 5
(EAR-23-005)
Krakenkraft link:
Bandcamp
Moonguy
Homebase: France
Released June 15 2024:
MLS36e
(EAR-24-022 “Live Report”)
Moonguy link:
Bandcamp
BIO
Moonguy is a french electronic musician and blends his influences like Kraftwerk, LFO, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Jean-Michel Jarre into melodic and hypnotic compositions.
Moonguy makes his own video clips (Kobalt communication) and is also a painter artist (Grégory Roullé).
Grégory explores other musical styles through his other project called Atrixodium.
Moonguy (YouTube)
Grégory Roullé paintings (Instagram)
Atrixodium (Soundcloud)
The Rosen Corporation
Homebase: Germany
Released May 30 2024:
Muse
(EAR-24-021)
Released January 6 2024:
COSINE
(EAR-24-016 “Live Report”)
Released August 30 2023:
Eleven
(EAR-23-010)
The Rosen Corporation link:
Facebook
Dries Geusens
Homebase: Belgium
Released April 25 2024:
Sakura Variations – 4 studies for modular synthesizer
(EAR-23-020)
Link Dries Geusens:
Linktree
BIO
Dries Geusens builds and makes music with modular synthesizers. His style varies between ambient, IDM, lo-fi beats and minimal techno.
During his student years in Brussels, he became intrigued by the IDM of Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares and Squarepusher, but in his music he likes to be inspired just as much by the traditional work of Steve Reich, Suzanne Ciani or Terry Riley, among others.
He finds himself freely guided by his instrument and a thoughtful musical concept, weaving together controlled random elements, dynamic rhythms and evolving harmonic structures into one organic whole.
He is also the bassist for Nordmann and Elias, gives regular workshops on synthesis techniques and works as a freelance mixing engineer and producer.
Paul Beaudoin
Homebase: Estonia
Released March 29 2024:
Who I Talk To When You Are Not Here
(EAR-24-019)
Released June 29 2023:
interval study 1
(EAR-23-008)
Paul Beaudoin link:
Instagram
BIO
“Creating art is about forging connections—between ideas, emotions, and ultimately, between people.”
Paul Beaudoin is a composer and painter whose work seamlessly bridges the worlds of sound and visual art.
With a PhD in music composition and theory and over four decades as a professor of art and music, Beaudoin’s creations resonate with profound emotional depth and intellectual rigour.
His ambient music, characterized by its evocative textures and nuanced minimalism, invites listeners into contemplative soundscapes.
At the same time, his paintings, imbued with a similarly reflective quality, offer a visual exploration of colour and form.
Beaudoin’s art transcends boundaries, inviting audiences to engage deeply with his creative output’s auditory and visual dimensions.
Discover the interplay of sight and sound in Paul Beaudoin’s captivating body of work.
MDZhB
Homebase: Spain
Release February 29 2024:
Array (EP)
(EAR-23-018)
Link MDZhB:
Linktree
NOIZ over NOIZ
Homebase: US | Netherlands
Released January 25 2024 (on the web Feb 9 2024):
Snowbeach Odessey
(EAR-23-017)
Links NOIZ over NOIZ:
Cloudsgrey Valiant | SONICrider.
BIO
Music made by 2 (e)artists Cloudsgrey Valiant and SONICrider using each others fundamental recordings to create new soundscapes manipulating (reverse, transpose, chop, granulate,…) those fundamentals.”
djamtomorrow
Homebase: UK
Released December 28 2023:
Between the Worlds
(EAR-23-015)
djamtomorrow link:
Bandcamp
BIO
Mike Parnell (djamtomorrow) is an electroacoustic artist currently interested in exploring the place of the Zimbabwean mbira within electronic music.
Coming from a traditional Irish music background, playing concertina, mandolin and bodhran, he has expanded his horizons over the years, visiting and exploring the traditional music of West Africa, Cuba, Egypt and Zimbabwe to learn percussion styles, microtonal music and most influentially the mbira music of Zimbabwe. The discovery in Harare Art Gallery of a huge dust-covered mbira with a built in pickup in 2014 immediately inspired him to explore the sonic world within though ever more complex effects chains, loops and granular processing.
The last two years have seen a more focussed approach with regular livestreams on twitch as well as live appearances including Woodbridge Ambient Music Festival , Church of Sound in Nottingham, Ambient Leeds, Ealing Extranormal, Skronkfest, Moolaaki Club in Birkenhead and the Circuit Bent Festival in London.
Styles range from ambient to harsh noise along with chilled beats and more experimental expeditions.
SONICrider
Homebase: Netherlands
Released October 26 2023:
Mesmorising Intrusion
(EAR-23-013)
Released August 11 2020:
Movement
(EAR-20-002)
Released July 28 2020:
Primal Force
(EAR-20-001)
SONICrider links/social:
All you need to know
BIO
“Painting With Sound”
SONICrider (Jurgen Winkel) is a producer, musician, artist & performer from the South of The Netherlands. Jurgen started as musician (playing the machinery) as a member of the band BLIND an underground electro-rock band during the late eighties and nineties.
Currently combining electronic music & analog sounds producing experimental (sometimes danceable) music with all kinds of styles. During a performance the audience will be guided through a world of sound & vision.
SONICrider’s gear is based on a modular & DIY (string, pendulum, bicycle wheel) set up, hardware (Moog, Korg, SOMA, etc), reel to reel recorders & several acoustic instruments. Main DAW Ableton used to control lights, visuals and sync all gear.
“Throughout the years the music changed, the inspiration stayed the same: human behavior, politics, nature, the earth and personal thoughts”. Jurgen
Modular Mind
Homebase: Netherlands
Released September 28 2023:
ABRUPT
(EAR-23-012)
Modular Mind link:
Website
BIO
Modular Mind is a sound designer working with modular gear for dance, theater and movies. The track “Abrupt” is the first release ever as a musician.
“I try to translate words and feelings into sound.” MM
Inhum Awz
Homebase: France
Released August 30 2023:
Escapades Sonores
(EAR-23-009)
Inhum Awz link:
Facebook
David Gerard Matthews
Homebase: US
Released April 27 2023:
Untitled (No. 1)
(EAR-23-007)
David Gerard Matthews link:
originoftheworlds
David Sullivan
Homebase: Netherlands
Released March 30 2023:
A Cosmic Void
(EAR-23-006)
David Sullivan link:
Bandcamp
BIO
David Sullivan is a varied artist. His music ranges from ambient to acid. He creates his soundscapes with different machines like the Roland MC-505 and also uses FL Studio.
Travel to different worlds with his ambient album “A Cosmic Void” or let yourself go with the base filled music on “Strapped To A Bomb Blazing Through The Sky”. One thing is sure David’s compositions are never boring and always surprising.
His work is about evoking emotions with music where words fail. He lets you forget about your day to day life and offers you an pleasant escape so you can unwind and recharge.
Concept Devices
Homebase: UK
Released January 26 2023:
Sundogs on the Horizon
(EAR-23-004)
Concept Devices links:
YouTube
Bandcamp
BIO
Martyn Greenwood (Concept Devices) started as a bass player in a local heavy rock/prog band in early 80’s. Based in Staffordshire UK.
A desire to be more creative lead to a move to synthesisers a few years later. Emulating Tangerine Dream using sequencers and multi-timbrel synths and moving across various EM genres and ended up in an 70’s style glam pop band until family came along.
After a hiatus of 10 years bass and synths re-entered his life and after discovering that there was a UK EM movement, the desire to play live again was only a matter of time.
Struggling with software, a conscious effort to move to hardware gear was made. The Playhouse music studio was built using a now redundant children’s playhouse, and gear has been changed throughout its life, mostly analogue semi modular and recently full modular is used to create solo live improvised ambient space music with multi faceted sequences.
Early 2020 Live-streaming became a fantastic way to showcase abilities and gear usage without the complications of venue gigs and i embraced it fully.
Currently working towards a venue based live concert as a collaborative project known as MR Collective in which the four members, from three different countries “rehearse” online using a software virtual recording studio. 8 sessions have now taken place with a planned 9th before the live event at Awakenings in Staffordshire.
“Inspiration is taken from spur of the moment aspects of the music I’m creating or playing along too, but ultimately TD, KS, Vangelis and various rock bands such as Rush, Porcupine tree etc. I find actual recording of albums quite daunting because I play “in the moment” live and improvised and albums take away that spontaneity due to structure.” Cheers for now Martyn
Cloudsgrey Valiant
Homebase: US
Released December 17 2022:
suicides’ song
(EAR-22-003)
Cloudsgrey Valiant link:
Ello