Zihua Tan / No Hay Banda - What Came Before Me Is Going After Me [No Hay Discos]

Put out on the circuit via No Hay Discos on November 7th, 2k25 is "What Came Before Me Is Going After Me", the first ever collaboration album cooked up between Malaysian-born and Vancouver-based composer Zihua Tan and the prolific No Hay Banda outfit which brings two extended compositions to life over the courcse of 59 minutes. Opening with "Remnants Presents", a solo percussion piece executed by Noam Bierstone, we're taken into a realm reminiscent of electro-acoustic practices with its cold distant scraping and clanging metal sounds in parts accompanied by solemn and meditative, sustained and almost gong-like hits fading out into droning background atmospheres and therefore hits a special spot for us, providing a flashback to the experimental electronic x electroacoustic music we discovered in the mid 90s in all its spatial glory, filled with nerve-wrecking squeals and rasping, well unsettling outbursts. Furthermore the albums main and title piece, rolled out over more than 34 minutes, stays on a path of eerie, minimalist atmospheres and more quasi-electroacoustic scraping, whirling and non-tonal bowing abstractions, yet pairs this foundation with ethereal, well angelic non-vocalisms and harmonic outbursts, echoes of Post-PostRock abstractions, dark, klaxon'esque dronings and retrofuturist off-harmonics, sequences of quasi-white noize and - as a stark contrast - densely layered instrumentation which work their way up to an intense crescendo and infernal climax before slowly and errily fading away into unsettling mad- and nothingness. Highly recommended. We really dig this!

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Noah Franche-Nolan - Rose-Anna [Cellar Music]

Released via the Vancouver-based label Cellar Music on November 7th, 2k25 is "Rose-Anna", the latest album release cooked up by piano player x composer Noah Franche-Nolan who, alongside Nicholas Bracewell and Jodi Proznick on drums and bass respectively, presents an eleven pieces and roughly 42 minutes spanning longplayer focusing on a distinct trio setting - and his piano. "Rose-Anna", titlewise a tribute to Franche-Nolan's great grandmother, sees the explorative Vancouverite not only deliver on his usual instrument of choice but also branching out towards classic organ sounds on two occasions, the first one being the droning nocturnal, yet all embracing opening piece "Sublimation I" which feels like an long forgotten echo of the Future Jazz movement blown over from afar whereas the subsequent "Nasz Dom" pays homage to playful etudes in Classical Music with its cascading piano sparkles later on backed by rather muscular Downtempo rhythms and "Hawks" weighs in a rather seductive mid-tempo Jazz groove for the first time this album, with its driving piano lines leaving plenty of room for a complex interplay between the backend drum and bass foundation. Furthermore "Prayer" opens on a surprisingly subdued, tentative and experimental note, offering an ever meandering take on stripped down KrautJazz for those who know and therefore considered a personal favorite for us, "Sublimation II" enters deeply caressing, thoughtful and even dreamy Piano Jazz territories followed by the rather dramatic "A Triangle Is A Bird" - which should be a t-shirt print, btw... - whilst the second to last piece that is "Devotion" is an inward-looking, solemn miniature affair just to name a few. Surely a Jazz album to share with loved one, preferrably in a candle-light setting.

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Patrick Smith - Words Underlined [Lit Soc Records 001]

Put out on the circuit as cat.no. 001 of the freshly launched Lit Soc Records imprint, an offspring of the Toronto-based bookstore Sellers And Newell, on December 12th, 2k25 is "Words Underlined", the live in store-recorded album by sax player Patrick Smith who's accompanied by Dan Pitt on guitar and Lowell Whitty on drums. Within the stores intimate confines the trio caters an eleven pieces and roughly 40 minutes spanning session opening with the warm, dreamy, romantic and most of all comforting and all embracing "Hazel" which is as timeless as things can get before the subsequent double feature "Banff (Intro") / "Banff" seems to draw inspiration from raw Stoner x Math Rock as well as classic blaxploitation vibes - and chase scenes in old espionage flics... - with its ever spiralling sax lines, dirty guitar licks and muscular drums. Furthermore pieces like "As Years Go By (Intro)" / "As Years Go By" once again tap into the realm of super smooth late night Jazz with the subsequently following "End Of The Road" trodding a similar, yet even deeper and melancholia-driven path whilst the concluding "Grass In Summer" fully indulges in full on Jazz romanticisms once again just to name a few. Defo one to check for all live Jazz connaisseurs.

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Anna Pidgorna - Invented Folksongs [Redshift Records]

Released via the ever active Canadian label Redshift Records on November 21st, 2k25 is "Invented Folksongs", the six compositions and 48 minutes spanning longplay debut by Vancouver-based and Ukraine-rooted vocalist x composer Anna Pidgorna who, with the help of Boston's Ludovica Ensemble, brings forward her own interpretation and take on Ukrainian Folk traditions, pairing the musics original elements with a stylistically broad mosaic of invented x improvised and scraped together dialects and vocalizations and her prior experience in Contemporary Classical and Modern Composition. Over the course of four extended songs and two instrumental pieces Pidgorna's vision oftentimes exceeds the Folk drawer by far, especially in the powerful, muscular and expressive opening piece "What Else Can Gave Him?" which feels closer to certain Rock x Metal genres than anything else despite being backed by a traditonal ensemble setting whereas "Teach Your Daughters" unfolds in a dynamic, ever spiralling and climactic way perfectly suitable for a theatrical or operatic stage performance whilst the "Second Meditation", despite being intrumental, once again touches base with a kind of muscular Avantgarde / Progressive Rock vibe rather than Folk just to name a few examples of what an Avantgarde-savvy audience might expect from this longplayer.

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Quatuor Memoire - Chronos, Kairos Et Aion [Mnemosyne Records 001]

Put out on the circuit on December 12th, 2k25 as the very first release of the fresh Mnemosyne Records label is "Chronos, Kairos Et Aion" which marks the longform debut of Montreals Quatuor Memoire, a string quartet comprised of Bailey Wantuch, Meggie Lacombe, Marilou Lepage and Audreanne Filion. Taking on three contemporary pieces with a combined musical arsenal of two violins, a viola and a cello over roughly an hour of playtime the ensemble opens with Florence M. Tremblay's "Inside", a piece focusing on droning swells and oftentimes sustained, carefully layered off-harmonic interplays with a certainly melancholia-inducing overall character speaking not only to fans of Contemporary Avantgarde but also to an audience of Deep Listening Music connaisseurs before further progressing into dynamic, yet stripped down and purposefully accentuated Contemporay Classical territories, followed by Louis-Michel Tougas' "Quatuor A Cordes No.2", not only head and founder of Mnemosyne Records but provider of enchanted movements and playful, explorative interactions which have single instruments perform intricate little dances around each other before occasionally speaking in unison or almost falling silent for a moment. Finally we see the title piece "Chronos, Kairos Et Aion", a composition by Olivier St-Pierre, unfold over the course of 34 minutes, exploring the quartets full dynamic range, exploding with rather agressive strikes and stabs roughly 8 minutes in followed by fast, shrieking, yet highly detailed high frequency movements, tender inward looking episodes, rural tones and even occasionally plucked strings just to lay out a rough outline on this piece of Avantgarde Chamber Music for those who know.

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Tim Brady - For Electric Guitar [People Places Records]

Released via the Canadian imprint People Places Records on November 14th, 2k25 is "For Electric Guitar", the latest album outing by long-standing Montreal-based composer x guitar player Tim Brady which also marks his first solo guitar work after more than a decade. Drawing from a remarkable experience after being on the scene for a staggering 40 - !!! - years Brady opens his extended 2CD outing with the title bearing triptych "For Electric Guitar" which explores the possibilities and range of his preferred instrument and FX pedals in a steady, yet comforting ebb and flow of harmonic variations, a steady dialogue between carefully struck chords, tender pluckings and dreamy twangs corresponding with complex and expertly executed fast lane variations and even riffing quasi Improv sequences which in parts might even speak to fans of Avantgarde Metal whereas other elements tell tales of a burning desert sun - or brooding, droning sci-fi dystopia. Subsequently the aptly named "Really, Really Solo Electric Guitar Music" serves exactly that, bringing forth a rather inward looking, yet not less intricate approach not shying away from the occasional twang and echoes of echoes of intimate and slightly Blues-infused vibes for those in the know. Furthermore the second half - and CD - of his longplayer caters a menu of eleven shorter pieces subsumed under the title of "9.75 Pieces About Change" which add an additional looper module to the proven combination of electric guitar and FX, allowing for denser layering and further eperimentation in the field resulting in hovering Deep Listening Music x Ambient cuts like "No. 2", the cascading waves and rather romantic closure of "No.5" as well as the icy, angelic atmospheres of "No.7" just to pick a few examples here. This makes "For Electric Guitar" a deeply multi-faceted longplayer for dedicated and well-informed fans of the genre as well as a strong proclamation of Brady's unbroken will to continue on his path of exploration even though he was confronted with a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease only a few weeks prior to working on this album - which therefore is a well worthy addition to well specialized collections for sure.

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2k25 - A Short Recap In A Single Number.

797981. That's the number Blogger stats reveals for the total amount of visitors x views in the past 365 days. From January 1st, 2k25 to January 1st, 2k26. Despite a steadily, yet unfortunately declining number of incoming physical promos and therefore an unprecedentedly and unusually low number of posts on this website in combination with a bunch of admittedly distracting and rather severe adversities that need and needed to be adressed on other fronts of life it seems like these pages - after 21 years of continuously running as a simple no fuzz music blog in this format after we switched to English in April of 2005 and left the rudimentary CMS we ran on in the years prior behind - are still going strong and even exceeded the former mid-pandemic alltime high of activity marked by roughly 600k visitors x views in a 365 days period by far. This is way more than we ever dreamt of, given that nitestylez.de is still run as a fully independent one-man show by baze.djunkiii without a team of collaborating writers and editors, without any revenue generated from advertisements and, probably most importantly, without any further promotion apart from the occasional post on Twitter or Instagram. So we assume this number does reflect organic growth and interest and that's what we are most proud of, especially when taking into account the underground, leftfield and rather experimental nature of the music we're dealing with. So thank you all for coming back on a regular - we're looking forward to bigger and better things to come in 2k26.

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Jacopo Fagioli - Dialogue [Aut Records 128]

Another fresh album released via the Italian Aut Records imprint, this time on November 12th, 2k25, is Jacopo Fagioli's "Dialogue", a seven compositions and roughly 50 minutes strong label debut for the Italian trumpet player who is joined by Davide Strangio, Amedeo Verniani and Mattia Galeotti on guitar, double bass and drums respectively on his sonic journey. Opening on a raw and rather intense trip into Contemporary Avantgarde Jazz with "Avoid Thoughts Of Power And Domination" before traversing into rather deep and thoughtful sonic territories the quartet paves the way for pieces like the yearning "Multicultural Heritage" and its hovering retrofuturist background atmospheres as well as the playful and well classy harmonic trumpet solo works which are the focus of "Greenwashing" which are backed by a rather subdued yet not less complex background groove section once again incorporating rather spaced out guitar modes. The interestingly titled "AAA AAA" comes full circle with a raw, rugged, almost Blues-infused Improv mode whilst staying close to an innate heartfelt melancholia not free from nor afraid of psychedelic and x or oriental desert infusions and the 12+ minutes spanning "Desertification" closes on an intimate and inward-looking tip with its folksy, summery guitar motif, deep low end end rumbles and vaguely tex-mex oriented trumpet harmonies just to provide a brief overview on what's to expect on here for lovers of Contemporary Italian Jazz. If that's you, go check!

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Verso - Echoes Of Remembered Things [Aut Records 139]

Released via the ever busy Italian imprint that is Aut Records on November 4th, 2k25 is "Echoes Of Remembered Things", the nine tracks and roughly 42 minutes spanning debut album by Verso - a trio comprised of Marta Frigo, Diego Albini and Francesco Bigoni. Combining saxophones, piano, synths and vocals the group immediately draws the attentive listener in with the touching and emotional, in parts even broadway'esque opening Jazz ballad named "Sunbeam" which paves the way for further things to come like the subsequent "Now I Write", a tune which evokes faint memories of early works of the Hamburg-based group Spherical in the late 90s despite being deeply rooted in and backed by lively, ever spiralling and meandering Jazz excursions and not TripHop / Drum'n'Bass. With "Closure" the group explores a stripped down, rather romantic approach towards late night BarJazz x JazzPop speaking of smoky backrooms, cigars and a hand-picked selection of top tier spirits vibewise, the extended 7+ minutes spanning "Home At Last" once again fully indulges in touching Jazz(Pop) oceans which also is true for the certainly heart-warming closing cut "Mode IV" just to name a few. Certainly, yet surprisingly, one of the most Pop-, or better: song-, leaning releases on the label so far which therefore might resonate with a wider audience than the oftentimes Avantgarde-informed output which makes up the majority of the Aut Records catalogue. One to share with a loved one for sure.

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Hugo Blouin - Le Buffet [Ambiances Magnetiques 283]

Another fresh release put out on the circuit via the long-standing Ambiances Magnetiques label on December 5th, 2k25 is "Le Buffet", the latest full length album effort cooked up by Montreal-based bass player x composer Hugo Blouin who has been pulling together a fully flung band ensemble for this ten pieces and 53 minutes spanning longplayer which - according to the accompanying press sheet - deals with culinary food recipes collected from many of his friends conceptually. With this well interesting approach in mind we're entering a realm of eclectic, yet super funky Dancefloor Jazz with the opening piece "Soupe Pragmatique" flanked by frolicking female vocals playfully exploring upper registers for the most part before later evolving into a stripped down, yet not less groove oriented dancefloor vibe somewhat, yet only vaguely, reminiscent of the short-lived late 90s Exotica revival whereas "Apres Tu Manges" offers more of a dreamy and partly even romantic take on a (very) late night BarJazz ballad groove, "Un Art Du Temps" serves some breezy and slightly Latin-infused swing for a change and will surely be a rather welcome edition to the sets of experienced and adventurous Jazz DJs out there with its highly dynamic Improv sequences buidling up to a screaming climax whilst "La Sauce" weighs in a playful, classy, yet still laid back Jazz groove, "Pain-Beure-Chocolat" is as deep as it gets in terms of a classic ballad based on subdued piano sparkles and intimate bass grooves backed by minimalistic percussion and the concluding "Un Carmion Pizza" rounds things off with an infusion of heart-felt melancholia and an undeniably classy - and... well... French... - attitude songwise. One for the genre connaisseurs, this.

Geraldine Eguiluz & Michael F Cote - Hors Temps [Ambiances Magnetiques 284]

Released via the long-standing Canadian label that is Ambiances Magnetiques as their cat.no. 284 on December 5th, 2k25 is "Hors Temps", an - albeit rather unusual - collaborational album effort created by Geraldine Eguiluz and Michael F Cote which is based on a collection of early 90s cassette recordings by Eguiluz newly re-arranged into collages by herself before being further fragmented, enhanced, twisted, overdubbed, complimented and re-splintered by Cote to end up in a final form - this album. With a total of sixteen pieces rolled out over the course of roughly 42 minutes "Hors Temps" caters a highly fascinating and highly complex amalgamation of almost ritualistic Field Recordings with a Tribal attitude ("Territoires Perdus #1"), ethereal Freak Folk backed by eerie reverse tape loops ("La Montana Y El Agua"), glitches, cut-ups and Musique Concrete references, ghostly inner city Jazz ("La Montana Y El Viento"), dark and deeply nocturnal pieces with score'esque qualities like the ominous "Les Grands Departs" with its slightly dusty vintage feel and slightly off-kilter minor piano tones, echoes of Industrial, FoundSound and even bits of a chanson'esque attitude to be found in "Despedida" whereas cuts like "La Montana Dorada" open with a captivating melodic grandeur before defragmenting into a million Free Improv x Free Jazz informed details just to name a few. Highly interesting and defo an album to reveal a plethora of hidden layers over the course of many a listening session to come. And probably one speaking to all those who still remember the 'Ekkehard Ehlers Plays...' -series released via the Staubgold label in the early noughties which catered a similarly intimate and collage'esque overall feel at the time. Recommended.

Bill Brennan & Andy McNeill - Dreaming In Gamelan [self-released album]

Put out on the circuit on October 24th, 2k25 by the respective musicians as a self-released album affair is "Dreaming In Gamelan", the new - obviously... - Gamelan-focused one-off album affair cooked up by Canadian artists and composers Bill Brennan and Andy McNeill. Over the course of ten pieces and a total runtime of approx. 39 minutes the duo takes on and provides a new and personal angle on West Javanese Gamelan music rooted in a shared compositional effort from a quarter of a century ago when the two worked on the score for Carol Moore-Ede's documentary 'Surgeons Of The Future'. Revisiting and reworking these initial recordings with modern techniques, re-editing and re-arranging them whilst adding further electronic treatments and overdubs including contributions on violin by Toronto-based Hugh Marsh reshapes the initial score works into a chiming, hovering and ever floating sonic dreamstate, a somewhat surreal fever dream exploring a realm located in between the overlapping spaces of Ambient X New Age, World Music and the shimmering yet slightly pastel tones of Vaporwave aesthetics as well as digital rabbitholes to be explored on abandoned Tumblr blogs, with cuts like "Morning Beams" touching base with early morning ChillOut dancefloors despite an obvious absence of percussive rhythms whereas the subsequent "Cloud Forest" indulges in solemn, inward-looking minimalism before "Temple" brings forward a slightly meditative vibe backed by additionally layered percussions and "Reverie" rounds things off with a 10+ minutes lasting trip into classic, yet stripped down Ambient / Deep Listening Music territories with a well nocturnal twist just to name a few. A most beautiful album, this. Go check!

Francesco Guerri x Nicola Guazzaloca - Keep Your Hands Free (The Angelica And Mavarta Concerts) [Aut Records 140]

Put out on the circuit via Aut Records on November 18th, 2k25 is "Keep Your Hands Free (The Angelica And Mavarta Concerts)", the latest collaboration album by cello player Francesco Guerri and pianist Nicola Guazzaloca which, and we think that's a first on the label, present excerpts from live shows they played as a duo on January of 2022 and February of 2025 respectively . With the 2k22 recordings of "Angelica I" and "Angelica II" the duo makes a rather dramatic and highly dynamic musical entrance before exploring a realm of surprisingly subtle and spatial minimalism turning into complex and intricate harmonic dialogue on the brink of thundering Free Improv and Avantgarde Jazz whilst certainly not being averse to even reference Modern Classical music in certain sequences. Furthermore this years live pieces "Mavarta I" and "Mavarta II" seem to start not less dramatic, yet more light-heartened and drawn to a certain romanticism expressed through yearning and sustained cello tones and, despite still running the fast lane in terms of sonic events per second, a seemingly more solemn tone followed by a short period of near silence and Free Avantgarde string experimentation placed at the very background of the mix, more hyperdetailed execution with a jazzy twist, whirling, spiralling crescendoes of sound and even - this goes especially for "Mavarta II" - timeless and enchanted vibes which wouldn't feel out of place being used as a score in a dark and mythical Fantasy flic of the future. Defo an album which unravels over time and might reveal many additional layers over the course of many focused listening sessions.

Manga Saint Hilare - Outernational

Manga Saint Hilare · OUTERNATIONAL

Proper Grime vibes are proper. This is a Manga Saint Hilare appreciation post.

A New Line (Related) - Crewe Away EP [Sound In Silence 126]

Put out on the circuit via the ever expanding Athens-based label Sound In Silence as their cat.no. 126 on October 20th, 2k25 is the "Crewe Away EP", the latest musical outing by Andrew Johnson's A New Line (Related) project. With a total of four tracks rolled out over roughly 34 minutes the title track "Crewe Away" caters a well surprising spatial and reverberating take on fever'ish RitualAmbient x TribalAmbient backed by hypnotic and mind-numbing midrange drones, eerie whispers and fascinating harmonic shifts followed by the brooding and fluttering low frequency shifts of "Slow And Through Once" which are accompanied by slightly Jazz-inspired minimal rhythms and what seem to be echoes of echoes of washed out DubTechno remnants. With the subsequent "Save A Window For Me In The Bliss Tomorrow" Mr. Johnson serves another take of sparse, yet rhythmically complex IDM / Electronica whereas the closing cut "Lytham And Sound (Low Light And C Version)" finally enters the dancefloor and waves goodbye on a deep and timeless DubTechno x Armchair Techno tip. A recommended and musically thrilling journey, this. Go get.

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baze.djunkiii Chart Haul 12/2k25

Q_e_M - Quality Electronic Music: An Early December 2k25 Discogs Round Up

The journey continues. nitestylez.de head honcho baze.djunkiii has been grinding a bit to get the Q_e_M - Quality Electronic Music on Discogs presence going and it has been a grind indeed. Working through a bunch of mainstream Classical Music albums, Blues, Jazz, Chansons, super cheesy Vintage Soul and other non-electronic albums felt like doing chores at times but on the other hand that specific stack of off topic items needed to be - and has been nearly - cleared to pave the way for things to come. Which is a few boxes holding a three digit number of electronic music and related promo CD's from an abandoned collection we took over as well as roughly a few hundred Library Music CD's which were rescued from the archives of a long time defunct advertisement firm more than a decade ago and remained unchecked until now. And even though the CD format might not be the most valuable and sought after on Discogs right now it feels like a resurgence is imminent, especially with second hand / pre-loved items as more and more bands and artists are pulling away from Spotify and other streaming platforms and a young digital only generation seems to discover that subcription and physical ownership are two entirely different things.

Restocks:

1. Triple R & Walker - Aufraeumen! [XXC3 601]
Another classic rescued from the vaults of the former Liquid Sky Cologne and Liquid Sky Berlin which could be described as a blueprint for timeless analogue Ambient Techno x Armchair Techno. Over the years we've sold way more than 70 unplayed archive copies of this forever favorite through different channels and one of the last remaining now found a new home in Denmark recently. Therefore we listed it again.

Added new and unplayed highlights:

1. Tristwch Y Fenywod - Tristwch Y Fenywod [Night School 096]
One of baze.djunkiii's favorite albums of 2k24 and it still is a mesmerizing, ethereal and outerworldly affair. Welsh RitualFolk meets Industrial and Medieval Batcave, anyone?

2. DJ Heartchore - In Love [Heartchore 001]
baze.djunkiii already praised this release on these pages in January of 2k25 for '... its raw production approach, over the top Gabber x Happy Hardcore fusion vibe, fast tempo, continous Rave stab attacks, twisted synth tones and uplifting, yet hypercheesy vocoder breakdown sequence.' and it still feel like it's 1993 for a reason. R-A-V-E.

Pre-loved and collectible:

1. Tangerine Dream - Destination Berlin (From The Original Motion Picture) [Hansa]
Tangerine Dream and their soundtracks can be a bit of a hit and miss affair but this defo is an entry copy for anyone who's keen to dive into this specific rabbit hole. And it's one of the most affordable copies on Discogs right now.

2. Earth, Wind & Fire - The Very Best Of Earth, Wind & Fire [Arcade Crown]
This came in as a bit of a surprise. At least we considered Earth, Wind & Fire to be a rather mainstream band, 'Best of...' compilation albums to be less desirable and Arcade / Arcade Crown to have been a quasi-major / mainstream label at the time so we assume there must've been thousands of copies of this specific album around at some point - even if it's a Dutch pressing. So why on earth quite a bunch of these things sold for north of the 25€ mark is a mystery to us. That's why we've priced our copy at the low and more reasonable end of the spectrum. Go grab it.

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Tell No Lies - Mantica [Aut Records 137]

Put out on the circuit via Aut Records on October 29th, 2k25 is "Mantica", the latest album outing by the Italian five piece ensemble Tell No Lies which has been operating under this name for more than a decade by now. Still led by composer x piano player Nicola Guazzaloca the quintet serves a menu of eight brand new tracks on this body of work, this time rolled out over a total of roughly 47 minutes. With influences of African Jazz cited in the accompanying info sheet we're entering a rather deep, yet somewhat nervous and highly detailed sonic realm in the intro sequence of "Chipirone" which later u-turns into hot vintage Jazz grooves with a surely tropical touch which still remains evident within the pieces more improvisational and Free Jazz-infused sequences. The subsequent "Scoulta" follows the path laid out and evolves from a seductive uptempo groove into utter high speed FreeJazz madness for the most Avantgarde savvy listeners out there whereas the intricate "Diva" is rather subdued, minimalist and in parts surprisingly romantic and restrained with an emphasis on an innate emotional warmth and comfort whilst "Impro" sonically is as close to its title as it gets even though the attentive listener might discover some tongue-in-cheek moments and even brief Jazz Noir references in there before the closing cut that is "Zavata", once again a rather complex and detailed affair, brings forth more defragmented grooves and intricate harmonic dialogue just to name a few. File under: Avantgarde.

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XOTOX - I AM NOMAD [Infacted Recordings Promo]

After we've already posted the official music video for XOTOX' November 21st, 2k25 released digital single "I Am Nomad" we now received a promotional CD-r version of Andreas Davids' latest outing on Infacted Recordings. Opening with the so-called 'Club Version' of "I Am Nomad" XOTOX delivers a raw, futuristic and most certainly (post)apocalyptic fusion of raw Industrial, Rhythmic Noize and Industrial Techno driven by highly distorted synth power and a menacing vocal sample before the 'Remix 01 by MS Gentur' serves densely layered hyperbrutalism for late night Industrial Noize floors lit by relentless strobes, yet lacks a little in terms of grooves and peak time power. With the second original track on this single named "Danse Des Atomes" we're in for a treat in terms of a muscular ElectroTechno x EBM x WonkyTechno fusion which puts the entire Brighton posse in its place whilst the second remix outing by MS Gentur presents a way more functional and interesting re-interpretation, declaring full on sonic war on each- and everyone within its vicinity for a reason whereas the final "I Am Nomad *Instrumental" adds a thing of adventurous HardTechno / Industrial DJs out there. Destructive power galore.

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baze.djunkiii Charts 12/2k25

01. The Egyptian Lover - 1987 [Egyptian Empire Records]
The Egyptian Lover. Long standing pioneer of Electro and ElectroFunk. Fourty years in the game and still true to a well functional formula. Raw Electro beats, vocoder vocals, 808 bass and a certain amount of dancefloor funk for the ladies. Never change a running system. That's why this album sounds like it sounds like. You know the score. It's good.

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Yellow6 - Searching For Your Perfect [Sound In Silence 125]

Jon Attwood is back on Sound In Silence. Once again. With his new album under his musical guise Yellow6 released on October 20th, 2k25 the Leicestershire-based artist and producer tackles the somewhat social media-imposed question of what comes after one has created the perfect piece, no matter if it's art, music, photography or whatever craft it is one might engage in. Contemplating on this question over a total playtime of roughly 73 minutes covered by eight pieces in total Mr. Attwood starts from a place of dreamy and minimalist PostRock meets Desert Blues with twangy guitars hovering over a stripped down suggestion of a rhythm signature in "All A Dream" which is followed by the deeper, more Ambient-leaning and pillowing pad-heavy textures of "One In One Out" and the calm, ever so slowly developing Ambient waves of "No Plan" which are as soft and soothing as a comfortably hot summers day. With "Lime" Yellow6 brings forth a similarly comforting piece of PostRock x PopAmbient built around a soothingly repeating guitar motif over an extended run time of more than 13 minutes, "See What Comes Of It" is on a rather inward-looking and thoughtfully ruminant tip leading into a panaromic climax somewhat reminiscent of classic New Age compositions, especially with its extended electric guitar solo hinting towards echoes of echoes of what once was referred to as Psychedelic Rock whereas "The Frozen Trees" returns to a softer, stripped down and most tender approach before getting full on nocturnal, subdued and minimalistic with the organic micromovements of "Stomch" whilst things come full circle with the almost acoustic feel the final cut "Yes. Closer". A most beautiful album which keeps one warm like a long needed hug throughout cold winter days. Go check.

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Chaosmose - Minima Moralia [Aut Records 138]

Put out on the circuit via the ever active Italian Aut Records label on October 22nd, 2k25 is "Minimal Moralia", the most recent album cooked up by the trio that is Chaosmose which is comprised of Tony Costantini, Riccardo Zorzi and the groups head honcho Ivan Pilat. Combining baritone sax, trombone and drums over the course of seven pieces and a total playtime of roughly 39 minutes we see the opener "Insomnia" embarking on a nocturnal, deeply melancholic Slow Jazz journey with its sustained, yet slightly off-kilter and minimally dissonant brass tones, seamlessly followed on a similar path by the extended "Wandering The Cage" and its almost comical dialogue unfolding between sax and trombone on top of improvised rhythmic minimalism - and madness. Furthermore we see "Pseudomenos" presenting an extended and quite unusual intro sequence before tentatively exploring the realm of Free Improv and late night Jazz melancholia whilst finding some hot groove bits along the way, the also 9+ minutes spanning "Direzioni Ipotetiche" caters a densely woven web of layered, highly dramatic melodic improvisations culminating in another hot groove finale before the closing miniature named "Angina Pectoris" rounds things off with an intense Free Jazz x Free Improv explosion turning into full on experimentation after a sudden break. This is Avantgarde Jazz for those who know.

The Deep Bells - Liberte [Sound In Silence 124]

Put out on the circuit via the long standing Greek label Sound In Silence is "Liberte", the first full length album collaboraboration between Jon Attwood a.k.a. Yellow 6 and Jason T. Lamoreaux a.k.a. The Corrupting Sea who, over the course of 8 tracks and a total run-time of nearly 75 minutes, present their sonic take on the recent divide of humans and the darkening political climate in Europe. Opening with "City" the duo sets a surprisingly dreamy, romantic and conciliatory tone especially for a background theme of such gravitas and importance before the subsequent cut "Not All History Is Preserved" brings forth a brooding and ominous Post-PostRock / Dark Ambient fusion shaped by inward looking desert guitars and airy, chiming bells building a subtle tension of almost Morricone'esque nature. Furthermore "Pooled" sees The Deep Bells embarking on a floating PopAmbient journey, riding calm and comforting pads emulating small waves forming on a quiet summers day accompanied by a neverending stream of ever so slightly changing guitar modulations whereas "Shelter", probably the most soothing of all compositions on this album, presents, once again, carefully arranged variations of one single main motif for the PopAmbient crowd and "Shout Shout" gets back to chiming tones, this time backed by eerie atmospheres and what seem to be reversed guitars over a total playtime of 15+ minutes. With "The Falls" the duo explores a rather sparse and somewhat rural arrangement pairing plucked guitar strings, tender pianos and caressing electronic textures, all falling together in a way sonically reminiscent of late and carefree summer evenings spent alongside one's loved ones, "Time Ticks" delivers a glimpse into an almost Folk x Desert Blues-infused dreamstate musically and therefore might be our personal favorite on this longplay outing before the closing cut that is "Times Of Change" drifts away in a rather nocturnal, solemn and minimalistic manner, serving a tender and carefully arranged conversation between corresponding, yet at times spine-tinglingly dissonant piano lines for a grande finale in Deep Listening Music. Lovely.

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baze.djunkiii Chart Haul 11/2k25

Aniello Perduto - Segni Semi [Aut Records 135]

Another album released by the Italian label Aut Records recently is "Segni Semi", the latest full length outing by Robert Di Blasio's Aniello Perduto project which has evolved from a solo affair into a trio which sees him accompanied by Marco Porcelluzzi on tenor saxophone and Simone Vincenzini on drums and objects for the time being. Put out on the circuit on October 15th, 2k25 the album caters a menu of fourteen new pieces rolled out over a little more than 39 minutes, starting with the forceful and alarming air flow pressure of "Astrofischio" which paves the way for the intense and dramatic quasi-repetitions of "Amigdala" followed by the surprisingly calm and nocturnal melancholia of "Ciglio" which layers tender and sustained sax tones in a way reminiscent of klaxon sounds blown over from a distant harbour and therefore presents a thrilling take on all organic FutureJazz for those who know. Furthermore the agitated repetitions and variation of the main motif in "Dolore Interno Lordo" evokes memories of an exaggerated, yet humourous chase scene in classic monochrome movies with "Pallardo" following on a similar, yet melodically upwards leading path before "Nulla" sees the group focusing on building spine-tingling tension from a rather minimalist Jazz angle, "Drenaggio" strips things down even further and, despite featuring some certainly harmonic micro sequences, clearly approaches the genre from a spiralling, whirling and Avantgarde-leaning point of view whilst pieces like the short interlude "Radio Maria" emulate a lost and probably reprocessed decaying FM radio transmission, followed by the fascinating melodic Jazz spirals of "I Would Prefer Not To" and the final, yet well surprising, Field Recording of chirping, tweeting and chatting birds which is brought forward by the closing cut that is "Certosa" just to name a few. A recommended one for all fans and followers of Contemporary Jazz exploring things a little off the beaten path. Go check.

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Dory Hayley - I Love Evil [Redshift Records]

Put out on the circuit via the Canadian Redshift Records imprint on September 26th, 2k25 is "I Love Evil", the latest 2CD album set by Vancouver's explorative soprana singer Dory Hayley who explores a set of pieces by Morton Feldman, Jordan Nobles, Katerina Gimon, Rodney Sharman and Cassandra Miller over a total course of more than two hours runtime. Opening with Hayley's interpretation of Feldman's "Three Voices" which sees her performing alongside two pre-recorded vocal tracks of herself over an extended playtime of 67 minutes, carefully layering her ethereal tonal shifts to an outerworldly effect which surely extends the realm of Contemporary and Modern Classical music due to its score'esque qualities and oscillating nature which might also resonate with fans and followers of hypnotic Avantgarde Ambient and whirling Deep Listening Music for a reason, especially thinking of the spine-tingling climax around minute 44ff. here. This rather enchanted approach to panoramic vocals layerings, this time emhanced by widescreen electronic textures and drifting atmospheric processing, continues with her take on Jordan Nobles' "XYZ" which presents a quite Psychedelia-infused listening sonic experience before Katerina Gimon's "Shadow/Light" brings forth an amalgamation of atmospheric Ambient and more of a Classical Opera-leaning take on vocal performance, with Hayley exploring fluttering high frequency vibratos and making use of her full register, in parts backed by a surprisingly rhythmic and ecstatic foundation whereas Cassandra Millers' final cut "How Weird He Must Think The World Is" even employs an array of disembodied whispers, conversational fragments and processed remnants of Spoken Word alongside heavenly choir sequences and rather noisy, aggressive and off-kilter outbursts dynamically overpowering the rest of the composition whilst emerging from the horrifying depths of the sonic underworld just to provide a brief overview of what fans and followers of Contemporary Avantgarde can expect from this album.

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baze.djunkiii Charts 11/2k25

01. Various Artists - The Worst Edits Volume 9 [Members Only 025]
What even is this series? After taking an extended break from 2014 to 2022 before returning to the vinyl circuit the Members Only label has provided the rather adventurous underground DJs with a string of releases leading up to what be referred to as a filthy abomination in this one. Super lo-fi Industrial GothTechno edit business for strobe-lit basement dancefloors, glitched out highspeed Disco madness and endless Tribal x House x PostPunk fusion bits which might be deemed unplayable by many younger generations DJs of today. Only for those who know.

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Q_e_M - Quality Electronic Music: An October 2k25 Discogs Round Up

So another month has passed and whilst nitestylez.de head honcho baze.djunkiii has continuously worked on the Q_e_M - Quality Electronic Music on Discogs presence and stock a few things have happened and some gems have been added to the inventory which we'll try to highlight on a roughly monthly basis from now on. But before we head to releases for sale we've come across our first non-paying buyer which since then has been blocked, of course. Interestingly this user had seemingly only placed one order before, a few years prior, which also remained unpayed (after thirteen days) and therefore led to a rating of 0.0% with one negative feedback and now made it two. Thanks for the implemented auto-cancellation process on Discogs which we had set generously to seven instead of the default four days buffer for payment. But still - why do ppl do this and block sellers inventory from being sold to commited buyers? Strange.

Limited Edition Restocks:

1. Thee Joker - Untitled [Hotel Lotte 002]
2. Wulfmanson - Untitled [Hotel Lotte 004]

A copy of each 7" vinyl release sold to the same buyer in Belgium earlier this month. According to Discogs not more than 500 copies of these were manufactured for the former Cologne-based Hotel Lotte label which was run by the Liquid Sky Cologne crew in the late 90s as an outlet for all kind of quirky TripHop x Downtempo weirdness and related sonic affairs. With former connections to Liquid Sky Cologne and later being associated with the Liquid Sky Berlin crew for a while baze.djunkiii managed to rescue a bunch of unplayed stock prior to destruction roughly a decade ago. Most of these have been sold but watch out for remaining stock.

Added new and unplayed highlights:

1. Grauzone - Eisbär [We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want Records 041]
"Eisbär" is an undisputed evergreen in NDW / German New Wave but for collectors of quality [electronic] music the most interesting track on this reissue will be "Film 2" on the flip which provides a truly haunting amalgamation of spiralling SynthWave and ProtoTechno.

2. Wolfgang Tilmans - Insanely Alive (Remixes) [Fragile 013]
baze.djunkiii already praised this release on these pages in June of 2k22 as '...nothing but a top notch bang0r.' and it still is a criminally underrated gem, somewhat sitting in between genres like SynthPop and ElectroClash. Also - when was the last time you actually saw the Pet Shop Boys doing a remix for somebody?

Pre-loved and collectible:

1. Juan Atkins & Moritz Von Oswald - Borderlands [Tresor 262 Promo CD]
Seemingly sought after this rare promo CD from the offices of Berlin's famed Techno staple Tresor Records was sourced from an abandoned CD collection. For fans and collectors of Detroit and Dub Techno.

2. Tangerine Dream - Tangram [Virgin]
Sourced from a retiring DJs collection this is an Italian pressing which might be a little rough around the edges but might provide a gateway for someone who starts to get into Berlin School x ProtoAmbient x Synth sounds for a reason.

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