Media Monarchy plays Black Moth Super Rainbow, Marie Davidson, Vladimir Ussachevsky and more on #PumpUpThaVolume for March 18, 2025. ♬
Tino – “A Conversation With Tino & Bud Holden” // “Live At Dub Mission Recorded Oct. 29 2000” (Flexi Disc)
https://www.discogs.com/release/780288-Ben-Stokes-Sounds-Of-The-20th-Century-No3 // https://search.brave.com/search?q=Tino+ben+stokes&source=web&summary=1&conversation=e1506e8ca96138a66c547d // ANOTHER MONARCHY EXCLUSIVE! // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3oRrd6ZHks
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Black Moth Super Rainbow – “Demon’s Glue”
‘Soft New Magic Dream’
Rad Cult – June 6, 2025
*Black Moth Super Rainbow – “Demon’s Glue” https://blackmothsuperrainbow.bandcamp.com/track/demons-glue // https://radcult.bigcartel.com // From ‘Soft New Magic Dream,’ the upcoming album by experimental electronic music project, Black Moth Super Rainbow. Due on June 6th via Rad Cult.*
Ishqamatics – “Angels On The Stairway” (Inst.)
‘Elements’
Neotantra – March 9, 2025
*Ishqamatics – “Angels On The Stairway” (Inst.) https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/track/angels-on-the-stairway // https://neotantra.bandcamp.com/album/elements // From ‘Elements,’ the just-released compilation album that contains all of the music produced (over three albums) by UK based project, Ishqamatics. Available now via Italian label Neotantra.*
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Marie Davidson – “Fun Times”
‘City Of Clowns’
DEEWEE – February 28, 2025
*Marie Davidson – “Fun Times” https://mariedavidson.bandcamp.com/track/fun-times // https://mariedavidson.lnk.to/cityofclowns // From ‘City Of Clowns,’ the just-released album by Montreal-based electronic musician and producer, Marie Davidson. Available now via DEEWEE.*
Erik Wøllo – “Estuarial” (Inst.)
‘Where the River Widens’
Projekt Records – March 4, 2025
*Erik Wøllo – “Estuarial” (Inst.) https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/track/estuarial // https://www.wollo.com // From ‘Where the River Widens,’ the just-released album by Norwegian electronic musician, Erik Wøllo. Available now via Portland-based label Projekt Records.*
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Noon Do – “Tu Beso” (Inst.)
‘U’re Guay Vol. 82’
U’re Guay Records – February 20, 2025
*Noon Do – “Tu Beso” (Inst.) https://ureguay.bandcamp.com/track/tu-beso // https://ureguay.bandcamp.com/album/ure-guay-vol-82 // From ‘U’re Guay Vol. 82,’ the just-released 4-song EP by San Francisco-based electronic musician, Noon Do. Available now via U’re Guay Records.*
Gusolin – “Phosphorus” (Inst.)
Digital Single
Music UK – March 6, 2025
*Gusolin – “Phosphorus” (Inst.) https://musicuk.bandcamp.com/album/phosphorus // https://musicuk.bandcamp.com // Here’s the new single by anonymous artist, Gusolin, available now via the mysterious label Music UK.*
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Vladimir Ussachevsky – “Sonic Contours” (Inst.)
‘Pioneers of Electronic Music’
New World Records – January 1, 2006
*Vladimir Ussachevsky – “Sonic Contours” (Inst.) https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/track/vladimir-ussachevsky-sonic-contours // https://newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pioneers-of-electronic-music // https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Ussachevsky // From the various artists compilation album ‘Pioneers of Electronic Music,’ issued by New World Records in 2006. A song originally performed in 1952 by electronic music pioneer, Vladimir Ussachevsky, who began experimenting with tape composition in 1951 at Columbia University after they had acquired its first Ampex 400 reel-to-reel tape machine in 1950. Ussachevsky went on to establish the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in 1959, which became the first large electronic music center in the United States. Ussachevsky began working in computer music in 1968. Ussachevsky, who taught music at Columbia University from 1947 to 1980, passed away in 1990 at the age of 78.*