Artists, D
Artists, D
Frome, UK
Darrg comes from 1966 and is of Wiltshire extraction, though more recently he has turned to the dark side and sold out to Somerset.
Firenze, Italy
Sound alchemist since the early '80s. In those years made some self-produced musical works in the audiocassette + volume format and participated, with single pieces, in compilations on vinyl or cassette made from various labels and fanzines of the time.
The work of those years has been almost entirely reprinted by brands such as Ecstatic, 777 was 666, Spittle, Old Europa Café and individual songs have been included in compilations made by label such as Strut and Cherry Red.
After a pause of about thirty years esumed making sounds with a series of electronic works (dark ambient/industrial) distributed on the net by a dozen sites and netlabels.
From 2016 also started live set, radio show and blog. Last works for Luce sia, Silentes, Marguerite records, Fango radio, Unexplained sounds.
Daniel W J Mackenzie produces work that explores various notions of listening to music and sound, combining composition, improvisation, non-musical sound and field recordings. Despite a broad range of tools and processes, there are consistencies in the nuances with which the work is constructed and presented, and the substantial presence of deep emotion and atmosphere.
Montreal, Québec
Danny Barwick is a producer, singer, and songwriter from Melbourne who makes heartfelt, textural, and cinematic music.
In 2019, he moved to a small coastal town in the rainforests of northern New South Wales to write his debut album, ‘Iluka.'
He has spent the last 2 years traveling through Central and South America, and is now living in Montreal.
DARDIS: Discord And Relative Depressions In Sound.
Ambient and experimental sound project for Northern Irish writer, editor and sound artist Colin Dardis.
Birmingham, UK
The Dark Jazz Project is an experimental adventure into the abyss by Musician and Composer Andrew Spackman (SAD MAN, Nimzo- Indian). Here he brings his typically quixotic and mercurial approach, fusing Jazzcore, free improvisation, dark ambience into a melting pot of noise, rhythmic chaos to create a dark and unsettled future. Think Sun Ra meets Vladislav Delay.
England, UK
Both analogue and digital beats, drones and sequencers create the backdrop for ambient explorations. Sometimes long and drawn out, sometimes abrasive and jarring, but always made with love.
Dublin, Ireland
David Donohoe is an artist, composer, recordist, performer and improviser.
His work operates at the intersection ofinstrumentation, synthesis, field-recording and processing and involves scored works, electroacoustic presentation and solo/collaborative improvisation.
He has released on D1 Recordings, Verz imprint, Mille Plateaux, Force-Inc, Fort Evil Fruit, Fällt, Minimise, and Studiomime.
Melbourne, Australia
David Evans creates sound works using field recordings, typewriter, household and found objects, and percussion. He has released albums with labels including Flaming Pines, 3LEAVES, and New Weird Australia. His most recent album ‘Can You Hear Me’ was released in November 2024 and creates the calls of eight endangered Australian bird species from the vocalisations of a 4-month-old boy. David is also co-founder and drummer of veteran Australian instrumental band This Is Your Captain Speaking.
David Lee Myers is producer/artist at Pulsewidth recordings. Since 1980 the sounds of feedback and electronic noise havebeen at the core of Pulsewidth. Sixty-plus albums have ranged from soothing ambient to grating cacophony and have been released by ReR, Starkland, Important, Silent, RRRecords, Generator, Cronica, Staalplaat, Line, Pogus, Korm Plastics, Monochrome Vision, and other labels.
Noise artist, researcher and theorist located in Hamburg. Releases on Brachliegen Tapes, Econore, Falt, Industrial Coast, Karlrecords and others. Click here for full discography. Live scores for silent movies. Co-Founder and curator of Noisexistance festival. Worked with the late Prof. Hans-Joachim Lenger on the radio project AgoRadio. Lectures on power relations in music, noise-theory, sound art/studies and the politics of listening.
Beerwah, Australia
Cinematic electronica aptly describes David Whatson’s style. He is an Australian musician living on Kabi Kabi land.
Hailing from the pre-digital era, David is a self-taught woodwind player whose formative years involved tape manipulation and other analogue devices.
After playing in bands for many years, his most recent aural adventure is the digital audio workstation.
Berlin, Germany
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BLKRTZ is the label for thesolo and collaborative works of Scott Monteith, a Canadian musician, sound artist and music technology educator best known for his work under the stage name Deadbeat.
Death Drive is the solo project of Athens-based producer Kostas Karamitas.
Based in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, sensors are probed deep within the realm and caverns of dreamworlds. With what's returned, compositions are being made that have all the look and feel of a radio play, or the soundtrack of the dream you had last night, or an obscure b-movie.
Found sounds, field recordings, modular freaking and tweaking, sampled kitchenware, voices and noises; everything is possible.
When not conspiring, Paul is a member of TV-99-AD.
Maurizio Faggion
Unconscious is often something disturbing right? Immerse yourself in this dark ambient music, you might be amazed at what might emerge from your mind. Electronic music is a perfect medium to let the imagination and sensations travel...so...
Seattle, Washington
Looking for the right ways to make the wrong sounds.
Denise Onen’s existence as a multicultural African, queer individual is rooted in serving as a sonic cultural practitioner, with a demonstrated history of contribution to collaborative sonic works across a variety of performance mediums. Onen has been dedicated to projects that have raised awareness, empowered local communities, and held space for marginalised bodies. Onen has since been nominated for the 2022 International Oram Award for feminine-bodied sound, music, and associated technology innovators.
Dental Drill Slips is an artist of infinite capability and patience. Since arriving on this planet many eons ago he (gender is so difficult) has embraced a love of music and a breadth of knowledge so encompassing that many humans would be crushed by it's vastness. From time to time a small snippet is allowed to be carried on airwaves for deserving disciples to nourish their souls and encourage them to make their own music. Dental Drill is able to collect their offerings and transform them into great works, nestling alongside his in a great pantheon rising above mediocrity.
Belgium
Beats and soundscapes, crafted in the spirit of isolationism,
the dark side of ambient,
and drone.
Doombap.
Die Fitz Frekwensie is a project of sonic exploration by musician and student of philosophy Werner F. Smith. The project came into being as a result of his growing obsession with analog recording mediums, in particular, cassette tapes and the use of cassette machines as instruments by themselves. The project makes use of tapeloops, field recordings and fx pedals to create saturated landscapes with a disposition towards the nostalgic. Werner is interested in the various states of consciousness alteration facilitated by such sonic mediation and exploration.
Die Sonne Satans is the sound project raised by Paolo Beltrame and driven by the desire for self-determination.
the sprouts of digitalsakura were planted on january 29, 2019, since then this beautiful tree, a symbol of life and death, transience and frailty of being, blooms and envelops the whole world with petals of experimental art.
we support the vital activity of sakura, doing research of this world through the prism of media art with a scientific and experimental approach.
Toulouse, France
Diogene is an ambient electronic composer and producer from France. Mainly based on analogic devices, his music goes from dark ambient, through drone, to deep exploration of electronic ambient. These vibes are often harmonic combinations of stunning effects that can lead the listener to incredible trips in other sound and space dimensions
Derby, UK
dov is a one man soothing psychedelic freak out solo musician/artist from the midlands u.k
Minneapolis, USA
Science fiction-inspired dark electronic project from Jonathan Ford is spontaneity personified. For over 20 years, Ford hasbeen manufacturing aural chaos from hardware sound sources, live synthesizers, triggered samples and abused filter banks in real-time. Each Dissociate performance offers a unique exploration, bringing forth instant musical discoveries within this confined aural space.
DJ_Iterate, aka Mystified, aka Thomas Jackson Park from St. Louis, Missouri. 'Multi-genre artist, coder, thinker, imperfect person'. Once known as the band 'Mystified', Thomas Park and his various incarnations focus on organic, enjoyable generative music, whether machine-made, performed live, or both.
Ambient experiments written in the dark; short story soundtracks to disturb and delight.
Rich Beale aka Don Mandarin. THE POP GROUP collaborator / artist.
Singer / songwriter. Now releasing text
collage and audio as RASTU and OM SHANTI with FAT PAUL. with CIRCLE TIME, OCCULT BRISTOL, BUMTAPES,ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES and BATHTUB PUBLISHING.
Kingsville, Texas
Down Chamber is a dark ambient, dungeon synth, and classical music project lead by Michael Verderber.
Signed to Dungeon Squid Productions.
New Delhi, India
I don't know when there'll be a next time. You have to continue your own revolution of consciousness, your own sonic andolan, something you have already begun.All the resources thus far lie in the hands of the rich and as such they control the musical and cultural agenda. Before this can happen, there has to be solidarity between conscious peoples, a setting aside of petty ideological differences.
Former resident DJ at the world's famous Slimelight and having releases/remixes on leading labels such as World Serpent, Ant Zen, Point Source Electronic Arts, Component Recordings and Errorgrid, Dragon now launches the inaugural release for Ryu Recordings
Toronto, Ontario
Founded in 1995, the dreamSTATE duo of Scott M2 (Scott McGregor Moore) and Jamie Todd (URM) are a Canadian ambient music group best known for their soundscape installations and trailblazing live ambient and drone music performances.
They also curate the long-running AMBiENT PiNG concert series in Toronto and are founders of the DRONE:KLUB community drone-improv group.
Drift, the ambient music project led by Gabriele Giuliani, originally active from 1995 to 1999 and recently revived after a lengthy hiatus, has become a significant name in the realm of isolationist ambient music.
Drift’s compositions are often described as stark and minimalist, while the project’s albums have been lauded for their ultra-bleak soundscapes, characterized by extended, immersive tracks that evoke a sense of desolation, cementing Drift’s status as a cult figure in the genre.
Brussels, Belgium
🐾 Droning Cats: Sonic Alchemists
Christophe Calis: guitar, synths
Jan Delannoy: modular synths
🎶 A Feline Symphony:
Droning Cats embarks on a journey where ambient landscapes intertwine with the improvisational spirit. The music, like a cat's playful dance, is unpredictable and spontaneous.
Carlos Pompeu, aka Druida and other names too
Quatro Barras, Brazil
Sweden
Dystopian musician attempting to describe our somber past, present and future.