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Panos Dimitropoulos is the frontman of The Steams. The Greek four-piece The Steams is one of the Athens-based bands emerging from the city’s neo-psyche scene.

Ellicist are Thomas Chousos & Florian Zimmer. Chousos studied composition in Greece before moving to Berlin, where he is working as a producer and sound engineer under the moniker Tadklimp. Florian Zimmer has been playing with several groups. Besides Ellicist he is a member of Saroos and Driftmachine.

Sensible Soccers are a band from Portugal. They’ve release their eponymous EP in 2011 and by that time started playing live. They’re famous for their hypnotic shows and for their sweet empathy with the audience, which granted them a status somehow close to a cult band.

The Cool Greenhouse make repetitive, minimal DIY post-punk. Their latest 7'' single "Landlords b/w 4chan" is out now on Drunken Sailor records (video here). All profits from the single purchased from the band's bandcamp will go to the London Renters Union, a member-led, campaigning union standing up for tenant rights.

"Rhythm has always been a way for me to understand sound. Groove, grid, subdivision, combination - these are all ideas I place on the timeline to hear what possibilities music holds."

Art collective and record label based in Athens Greece, crafting and circulating our own releases since 2003.

French musician NicolΔ joins Barfly Radio for an exclusive podcast. Listen & Enjoy!

A Life dedicated to music. Beautifully talented Melchior Sultana, born in Malta in 1986, is a composer and multi instrumentalist. Growing up in an atmosphere of rich traditions, culture and arts in the middle of the Mediterranean can deeply sculpt a spirit. Melchior Sultana represents music as an art with no boundaries.

Synthetrix is an electronic music recording artist, DJ, and remixer. He has released seven albums through his independent record label, Heart Of The Harbor.
The mix was created exclusively for Barfly Radio. Just press play and enjoy!

This selection for Barfly put an alienate curtain in the concrete jungle.

Since their blown-out 2011 debut hollandaze, toronto trio odonis odonis has continued to push their sound further into the depths of post-apocalyptic experimentation.

Brighton-based outfit FUJIYA & MIYAGI have been creating expansive, experimental electronic-driven music for over a decade and a half. The outfit’s investigations in krautrock-inspired wig outs, breathy electro pop and spiky post-punk have been showcased across sixth critically admired LPs.

Based in the central Italian city of Terni, Japan Suicide is a four-piece comprised of Stefano Bellerba (vocals, guitar), Leonardo Mori (synth), Matteo Luciani (bass), Saverio Paiella (guitar). Formed in 2010, they united over their love of Joy Division, The Cure, Nine Inch Nails, and Depeche Mode.

Coherent States is an audio outlet from Athens, Greece, with a preference in all kinds of experimental and weird sounds. Coherent States started operating in late 2015 and already counts 26 releases (maybe 29 when you read this text) in LP, cassette and cdr format, with many more to follow.

Mad of new sounds, old sounds and half remembered improvised special for the mix sounds.

Sweden already boasts some of the most exciting names in modern
psychedelia, and now, rising out of a desolate winter to join the ranks is
NONN (the monikor of Christian Eldefors) with his brooding post-punk/
coldwave.

His bleak, icy surroundings in northern Sweden inevitably became a huge
influence on this project. Blurring the line between sharp, glacial post-punk
and the industrial electronic aesthetic of the 80s.

Compiled by Ryan Wizniak with a focus on local Chicago bands and beyond

Jasmine Guffond focuses on electronic composition across music and sound art contexts. Her practice spans live performance, recording and the capacity of sound installation to interrogate site. Recent projects employed digital technologies, sonification and the aesthetisation of data as a means of fostering discussion around contemporary surveillance technologies as well as producing experimental audio works.

Originally a classically trained pianist, Swedish electronic musician Robert Parker went from tracker music during the 90s to retro-esque the following decade. His love for analog synthesizers began when he bought a Korg Polysix in 2009, which was the starting point of the style of music he produces today. His studio is located in Stockholm, where he creates music that ranges between everything from chiptunes to disco.

Ghost Funk Orchestra is the brainchild of Seth Applebaum. Born out of his former bedroom studio in Bed-Stuy, New York, it's a culmination of years and years of influences ranging from soul and heavy funk to downtempo, salsa, and beyond.

This mix, created exclusively for Barfly Radio, is an attempt to cross the spectrum of sounds that have informed the project melodically and sonically.

Bersarin Quartett’s music is an amalgam of ambient, electronic and neo-classical arrangements with a minimalistic compositional approach. Best described as ‘imaginary film music’, his work is highly emotional and engaging, in constant flux between sadness, warmth, beauty and melancholia.
The mix contains songs that inspire him and was composed during a weekend of extensive musical exploration.

Veteran NY psych-pop act Shana Falana just released her new LP Here Comes The Waves, her 2nd with Team Love Records. Emerging from New York’s vast drone/psych scene, Shana combines live looping of reverb-drenched vocals and guitar with tribal drums and stunning visual projections. Her live experience has often been described as transcendental.

"Every now and then I create a new DJ engine structure in Ableton in order to get some inspiration for mixing tracks in a bit different way than usual, more like an elaborate DJ set. So i got a varying bunch of tracks together, ranging from ambient to more intense trippy stuff. For me, these tracks have in common a feeling of some risk taking and some nice weirdness which i often look for in music, also this contemplating melancholy an almost meditative ethereal vibe".

This playlist is a mixture of songs from a variety of genres that makes part of the little universe we listen to. This is a portion of our perspective.

"This is less of a mix and more of a collage. For the most part there's at least two tracks playing at any given time (going up to four at one point I think) and it's only towards the end where I've eased up on the gas a little and put a few tracks in sequence in their entirety. No disrespect to the artists featured at all - this is all music I love - I just enjoy throwing tracks together like this and hearing something new come out of the layers. "

Holy Limbo said about the mixtape : “This mix is mostly about where our heads are at while we’re in the process of recording our new album. The tracklist is a little bit diverse going from abstract jazz and trip hop to post rock and electronica but this is how we are and what we like. Openness is a great deal in everything. Especially when it comes to writing music”.

“These tracks are all new (or new-ish) things that have grabbed us over the last couple of years. There are a couple of older things on there, of course (Aldous flippin’ Huxley!) but, otherwise, it’s all pretty fresh. The music here reflects a bit more of what we listen to at home, being a bit heavier and more out there than what we’ve done ourselves up to now. But it may also point the way forwards for us a little as well… who knows. We hope you enjoy it.“

EYEC4M is the name of the moniker of Makis Kavoukas. He has released two EP’s in VIM Records, one track at Klik Records, a remix of K. Bhta’s “Kyriaki” and an LP titled “All Rights Deserved” (http://eyecam.bandcamp.com . His latest EP was issued by the Berlin-based Emerald & Doreen Records under the title “Omorphea”
Lately he spends his time exploring guitars, but he is still Djing around quite often.

Diamondstein is an LA-based producer that blends the lines between IDM, dark ambient electronica and cinematic techno.
This mix was created exclusively for Barfly Radio and reflects all of Diamondstein’s brilliant qualities. It is an intense trip to an elusive, menacing place that will leave you enervated yet oddly hopeful.

Spinnet is a multifaceted electronic music artist from Thessaloniki, Greece (see also: Fabrics, One Arc Degree, Space Scavengers). His affiliation with VIM Records starts in 2013, when he was asked to remix a track from Roadrunner's debut album. After a few more remixes, EPs and an LP (Spintronics), Spinnet became an integral part of VIM Records and specifically its eclectic "Tronica" division

Pinkcourtesyphone is a continuing project by Los Angeles-based sound artist Richard Chartier.
This mix is an artificially flavoured candy sampler box of songs and sentiments that one might hear during one of Chartier's sets at his event PROCEDURE in LA.

The mix was created exclusively for Barfly Radio and offers a glimpse of their influences and musical roots. The band's mind-blowing playlist takes the listener on a journey from heavy psych to adventurous prog and experimental noise, featuring classic cuts from the aforementioned genres as well as many selections from prominent Japanese artists.

Ilia Rogatchevski is the frontman of the London-based art rock band ‘Sebastian Melmoth’. This mix was compiled with help and suggestions from fellow bandmates Peter Jordan and Laura Michelle Smith. Sebastian Melmoth’s latest album, Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta is out now via Must Die Records.