Out of Place

Nashville native with penchant for DJ’ing with VCR and reel-to-reel tape released the cleverly chopped “Reaganometry Digital Tape” LPonCS in June.

Dylan Cameron

In-house producer at Austin’s Holodeck imprint puts a new Austin sheen on Berlin IDM, infusing house and techno flavors. Infinite Floor drops in August.

Ssleeperhold

Former Medio Mutante member José Cota’s dark synth project Ruleth, stalking the shadows with NES video game industrial doom and gloom come to life.

BoomBaptist

Religious with funk and all the beat machines possible, Boom capably executes electronic wonk/bit hip-hop with thick basslines. Check his Lost Files series.

Botany

Blending hip-hop, ambient, and psych influences on his latest, Dimming Awe, the Light Is Raw beams a wavy affair booming bass and stacking ethereal accents.

Boan

Cota’s other project – with vocalist and former Medio Mutante bandmate Mariana Saldaña – masters danceable, retro tech on buoyant Holodeck release Mentiras.

This article appears in July 1 • 2016.

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Kahron Spearman is a journalist and writer with bylines including The Austin Chronicle, Austin Monthly, Consequence of Sound, Texas Highways, and the London-based journal The Break-Down. He currently serves as Senior Editor at Atmosphere TV.