Helioscope Discoveries No. 14

Summer is gone for now, but the following artists are here to stay. In my opinion, these are the names to look out for presently and which I’ll fully support in the coming months. Ranging from ambient over prog trance to synthwave, a lot of genres and Helioscope formats are represented in this list.


Cash {Mumbai, India 🇮🇳} [1203 / 118]

Ayan Das {Calcutta, India 🇮🇳} [722 / -]

Kazukii {Galt (CA), United States 🇺🇸} [2899 / 273]

Toàn (Anthony Elfort) {Angoulême, France 🇫🇷} [175 / -]

Hamza Messaoudi {Tlemcen, Algeria 🇩🇿} [213 / -]

Maiya Hershey {Beirut, Lebanon 🇱🇧} [1318 / 466]

James Maloney {London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧} [142 / -]

Volt Age (Jona Raischl) {Munich, Germany 🇩🇪} [2360 / 907]

Ciano {Lucca, Italy 🇮🇹} [181 / -]

Promethex (Isaac Middendorf) {Tennessee, United States 🇺🇸} [447 / 34]

Tencode {Lviv, Ukraine 🇺🇦} [53 / 74]

Josco {Ireland 🇮🇪} [558 / -]

Turbo Knight (Antti Huurinainen) {Järvenpää, Finland 🇫🇮} [536 / 222]

Amentia (Raphael & Etienne) {Paris, France 🇫🇷} [5424 / 4518]

Deeparture (Dominique Vijverberg) {Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱} [3701 / 3601]

語り部 / Storyspeller (Leon Helland) {Russia 🇷🇺} [53 / -]

Don Dellpiero {Gothenburg, Sweden 🇸🇪} [281 / 92]


Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud / Facebook follower count]

Top gainers of the 13th edition:
Modd : 2293 (+ 199.7 %)
poemme (Angela Klimek) {Cleveland (OH), United States 🇺🇸} : 213 (+ 102.9 %)
Elypsis (Daniel Pye) {Port Macquarie, Australia 🇦🇺} : 82 (+ 60.8 %)
Jiminy Hop (Konstantin Kuranakov) {St. Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺} : 203 (+ 30.1 %)

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Helioscope Discoveries Issue No. 13

Talents to look out for this summer sometimes are not that easy to discover. The 13th edition will help you with that, featuring a sample from the artists’ repertoires.


J.Weo (Anton Bazhenov) {Zelenograd, Russia 🇷🇺} [130 / 34]


fugue (Gianluca Carputo) {Milan, Italy 🇮🇹} [1781 / 195]


Modd [765 / 570]


Elypsis (Daniel Pye) {Port Macquarie, Australia 🇦🇺} [51 / 185]


Jiminy Hop (Konstantin Kuranakov) {St. Petersburg, Russia 🇷🇺} [156 / 110]


poemme (Angela Klimek) {Cleveland (OH), United States 🇺🇸} [105 / 81]


Kastla (Joel Stipic) {Norfolk, United Kingdom 🇬🇧} [561 / -]


Fer J (Joao Ferraz) {Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷} [200 / 373]


Federico Santorsola {Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷} [986 / 1533]


Steve Pacheco {Los Angeles, United States 🇺🇸} [173 / -]


Yost [811 / 1462]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud / Facebook follower count]


Top gainers of the 12th edition:
Circle of Life (Dusan Sekic) {Belgrade, Serbia 🇷🇸} : 662 (+ 56.9 %)
Missus (Jason Delgado) {Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸} : 130 (+ 31.3 %)
Analog Jungs (Claudio Cornejo, Gustavo Ruarte) {Córdoba, Argentina 🇦🇷} : 240 (+ 23.1 %)
LAV (Christopher Landin) {Karlskrona, Sweden 🇸🇪} : 198 (+ 16.5 %)
Jesse Bullitt {New Zealand 🇳🇿} : 49 (+ 11.4 %)

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Helioscope Discoveries Issue No. 12

2017 is well underway, so here’s my list of promising newcomers across all genres of Helioscope for the spring season.
Sebastian Paul {United States} [3765 / 5957 / 8]
Dave Pad {Moscow, Russia} [2108 / – / 19 (vk)]
LAV (Christopher Landin) {Karlskrona, Sweden} [170 / – / 140]
Jesse Bullitt [44 / – / 83]
MUNA (Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, Naomi McPherson) {Los Angeles, United States} [3111 / 9271 / 11260]
Forest Walker (Forest Christenson) {Los Angeles, United States} [317 / – / -]
Missus (Jason Delgado) {Barcelona, Spain} [99 / – / 62]
user_ambiguous {United Kingdom} [61 / – / -]
Circle of Life (Dusan Sekic) {Belgrade, Serbia} [422 / 7 / 965]
Iván Muela {London, United Kingdom} [650 / – / 271]
The Meteors Project (Gaser El Safty) {Cairo, Egypt} [471 / – / 1624]
Analog Jungs (Claudio Cornejo, Gustavo Ruarte) {Córdoba, Argentina} [195 / – / 585]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud / Twitter / Facebook follower count]

Top gainers of the 11th edition:
Lyrae (Ola Sandberg) {Sweden} : 29 (+ 163.6 %)
Tim Linghaus {Germany} : 60 (+ 93.5 %)
Edlan (Ernst Lanting) {Amsterdam, Netherlands} : 877 (+ 51.5 %)
Joep Mencke {Rotterdam, Netherlands} : 260 (+ 39.0 %)
Yasuha. {Nagoya, Japan} : 1407 (+ 21.0 %)
Paul Baule {Berlin, Germany} : 418 (+ 18.1 %)
Kinbrae (Andrew & Michael Truscott) {Edinburgh, United Kingdom} : 199 (+ 17.8 %)

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Helioscope Discoveries Issue No. 11

With the eleventh post already, Helioscope Discoveries returns once again for a huge chunk of new artists promising to bring an exciting 2017 for us!

Marihiko Hara {Kyoto, Japan} [1136 / 1444 / 633]
Polar M (Masuri Muranaka) {Kyoto, Japan} [434 / – / 193]
Kinbrae (Andrew & Michael Truscott) {Edinburgh, United Kingdom} [169 / 452 / 284]
Dead Light (Anna Rose Carter & Ed Hamilton) {London, United Kingdom} [- / 90 / 540]
Tontario (Tony Lagerström) {Vasa, Finland} [8435 / 270 / 2389]
Lyrae (Ola Sandberg) {Sweden} [11 / – / 148]
Polaris (Vlad Tiron) {Toronto, Canada} [545 / 145 / 783]
Rhucle {Tokyo, Japan} [224 / 475 / 89]
Tim Linghaus {Germany} [31 / – / 263]
Diamond Gloss (Gonçalo Pereira) {Lisbon, Portugal} [30 / – / 299]
Hugh (Andy Highmore, Joshua Idehen, Tino Kolarides & Izzy Brooks) {London, United Kingdom} [4263 / 622 / 2377]
Draso (Julien Ahching) {Melbourne, Australia} [193 / – / 167]
Joep Mencke {Rotterdam, Netherlands} [187 / – / 260]
Yasuha. {Nagoya, Japan} [1163 / 1418 / 125]
Å Asher-Yates (Anthony Asher-Yates) {Minneapolis, United States} [42 / – / -]
Salski (Arkadiusz Salski) {Nysa, Poland} [1185 / 74 / 533]
Edlan (Ernst Lanting) {Amsterdam, Netherlands} [579 / 35 / 550]
Paul Baule {Berlin, Germany} [354 / – / -]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud / Twitter / Facebook follower count]

Top gainers of the 10th edition:
IRAH (Stine Grøn, Adi Zukanovic & Oliver Louis Brostrøm Laumann) {Copenhagen, Denmark} : 317 (+ 29.9%)
Movement Machina {Helsinki, Finland} : 293 (+ 24.7%)
Valotihkuu (Denis Davydov) {Cherepovets, Russia} : 797 (+ 22.1%)
Swept (Oyeme Thomas) : 1498 (+ 14.2%)
Apothek (Morten Myklebust & Nils Martin Larsen) {Oslo, Norway} : 1035 (+ 11.5%)

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Helioscope Discoveries No. 10

Another quarter has passed and the Helioscope universe has revealed some major talents in the past mixes. Here are the most prestigious acts destined to rise in popularity soon in my opinion:

Movement Machina {Helsinki, Finland} [235 / 78 / 198]
Kiani & His Legion (Thomas Neyens) {Genk, Belgium} [906 / – / 2090]
Swept (Oyeme Thomas) [1312 / – / 245]
murkok (Ilya Glebov) {Vyborg, Russia} [941 / – / -]
Gaston Vigoo {Neuquen, Argentina} [746 / 579 / 405]
Jilk (Jonathan Worsley, Cags Diep, Terry Owen, Neil Gay, Matt Sunderland, Hannah Sweetnam, Robbie Burgess, Paul MacMahon, Helen Jenner & Claire Barnett) {Bristol, UK} [723 / 514 / 647]
IRAH (Stine Grøn, Adi Zukanovic & Oliver Louis Brostrøm Laumann) {Copenhagen, Denmark} [244 / 35 / 1806]
Suren Unka {Auckland, New Zealand} [410 / – / 1215]
Veeshy (Kaveesh Singh) {Brisbane, Australia} [477 / – / 344]
Valotihkuu (Denis Davydov) {Cherepovets, Russia} [653 / – / 324]
narkovich (Robert Ellmén) {Helsinki, Finland} [507 / – / 21]
Hidden Turn [1704 / 357 / 778]
Ghostlike {Sydney, Australia} [168 / – / 221]
Suonare (Ariel Ignacio Ruiz, Juan Ignacio Hang) {San Luis, Argentina} [968 / – / 519]
Apothek (Morten Myklebust & Nils Martin Larsen) {Oslo, Norway} [928 / – / 2131]
Grafter (Ilya Stepanov) {Petrozavodsk, Russia} [368 / 180 / 168]
Pasiphaë Group (Marcus Augustus Gonzalez) {San Antonio, United States} [129 / – / -]
Odison (Odej Haj) {Novi Sad, Serbia} [425 / – / 641]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud / Twitter / Facebook follower count]

Top gainers of the 9th edition:
Lumidelic (Alberto Garcia) : 181 (+70,8%)
Nil Ciuró : 142 (+69,0%)
Hudson Scott : 366 (+38,1%)
Stereo Underground (Yariv Etzion) : 2337 (+29,2%)
Desaturate (Janko Dragovic) : 1496 (+17,2%)

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Helioscope Discoveries No. 9

Tom Adams {Berlin, Germany} [1880 / 129 / 2063]
Kenneth James Gibson aka [a]pendics.shuffle {Los Angeles, USA} [686 / 361 / 3586]
Left With Pictures (Prod.: Richard Formby) {London, UK} [35 / 591 / 573]
Cave In The Sky (Cye Wood et al.) {Byron Bay, Australia} [68 / – / 334]
Stereo Underground (Yariv Etzion) {Tel Aviv, Israel} [1809]
Hudson Scott {London, UK} [265 / 528 / 565]
Aria Rostami {San Francisco, USA} [580 / 237 / 1355]
Giddyhead (Cesar Lopez) {Buenos Aires, Argentina} [275 / 45 / 374]
Subconscious Tales aka Tee-Ex (Ivars Tilix) {Valmiera, Latvia} [1201 / 326 / 688]
Robert Farrugia {Mosta, Malta} [220 / 192 / 331]
Mou. (?) {Alexandria, Egypt} [916 / 1405 / 523]
Matter (Matty Doyle) {Melbourne, Australia} [1997 / 157 / 659]
AntiAlias (?) {Berlin, Germany} [278 / – / 432]
Mark & Lukas (Marek & Lukaš Dorotovič) {Banská Bystrica, Slovakia} [192 / – / 368]
Nil Ciuró {Barcelona, Spain} [84 / 149 / -]
Snufmumriko (Ingmar Wennerberg) {Gothenburg, Sweden} [1373 / 520 / 83]
Ben Weber {Nordheide, Germany} [1229 / 38 / 1151]
Desaturate (Janko Dragovic) {Belgrade, Serbia} [1276 / – / 1160]
Lumidelic (Alberto Garcia) {Barcelona, Spain} [106 / 484 / 106]
Sixteen8 (?) [19 / 9 / 37]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud / Twitter / Facebook follower count]

Top gainers of the 8th edition:
Analogue Dear : 2108 (+268%)
Dulcet : 166 (+80%)
Haxxy : 473 (+49%)
Laolu : 1453 (+40%)
Atella : 1159 (+27%)

Helioscope Discoveries No. 8

drombeg (Thomas Brookes) {?, Ireland} [241]
Analogue Dear (Sjaak Douma) {Rotterdam, Netherlands} [787]
I Am Just A Pupil (Josh Clark) {North Carolina, USA} [343]
Roly Porter {London, UK} [1107]
Dialect (Andrew PM Hunt) {NYC Brooklyn, USA} [95]
Atella (Johannes Hallanger, Kristiane Eldnes Hansen, Magnus Lauritzen) {Bergen, Norway} [911]
Private Agenda (Nick, Sean & Martin) {Berlin, Germany} [753]
Brassica (Michael Anthony Wright) {Folkestone, UK} [5075]
Laolu {Geneva, Switzerland} [1035]
Jona Sul {Brighton, UK} [96]
Haxxy {Dneprodzerzhinsk, Ukraine} [317]
Veeshy (Kaveesh Singh) {Brisbane, Australia} [379]
Dulcet (Cialin Templeton) {Sligo, Ireland} [92]
Fabian Kash {Stockholm, Sweden} [549]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud follower count]

Top gainers of the 7th edition:
Three Machines (+76%), 680
Akuratyde (+41%), 267
Lesh (+30%), 360
Wolves and Horses (+27%), 411

2016 Label Showcase

2016 Label Showcase
Ilian Tape (Dario & Marco Zenker) [Munich, Germany]
01 Skee Mask – Everest [Ilian Tape]
02 Skee Mask – Melczop 2 [Ilian Tape]
03 Zenker Brothers – Cornel 21 [Ilian Tape]
04 Andrea – Rainbow [Ilian Tape]
05 Andres Zacco – Beighty [Ilian Tape]
06 Skee Mask – Panorama [Ilian Tape]

Studio Barnhus (Kornél Kovács, Axel Boman & Petter Nordkvist) [Stockholm, Sweden]
07 Harald Bjork – Sabor Latino [Studio Barnhus]
08 Naphta – Palm Trees Love [Studio Barnhus]
09 Baba Stiltz – TMTM (Really) [Studio Barnhus]
10 Lukas Nystrand von Unge – Gamla Skolan [Studio Barnhus]
11 Tiger Stripes feat. Vanita – Twilight (HNNY Remix) [Studio Barnhus]
12 Axel Boman – Europa [Studio Barnhus]

1080p [Vancouver, Canada]
13 Project Pablo – Sky Lounge [1080p]
14 I Am Just A Pupil – Oasis [1080p]
15 Dialect – Flesh In The Pan [1080p]
16 CFCF – Return [1080p]
17 I Am Just A Pupil – Family Dollar [1080p]
18 Dialect – Waterfront Epiphany [1080p]
19 I Am Just A Pupil – Affirmation [1080p]
20 Saffron – Catalonia [1080p]

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Helioscope Discoveries Issue No. 7

Fluida (?) {London, UK} [231]
Akuratyde (Daniel Eshleman) {Los Angeles, USA} [190]
Round (Torsten Lindsø Andersen) {Copenhagen, Denmark} [595]
Si Tew (Simon Tew) {London, UK} [1460]
(ghost) (Brian Froh) {Denver, USA} [682]
Pablie aka Sau Poler (Pau Soler Medina) {Barcelona, Spain} [140]
Richard Ginns {Manchester} [325]
Cubenx (Cesar Urbina) {Berlin, Germany} [2448]
Despine {Melbourne, Australia} [110]
arandel (?) {France} [2443]
Persona (Jared Rieger) {Sydney, Australia} [116]
Slow Clinic (James Armstrong) {Durham, UK} [252]
Shenoda (Laurie Shenoda) {London, UK} [7741]
Sure-I-Can (?) {Estonia} [536]
Makaseo (Michael Seo) {Cupertino, USA} [400]
Wolves & Horses (Christian Saint-Viteux) {Lebbeke, Belgium} [324]
Lesh (?) {London, UK} [277]
Three Machines (Tarek Majdalani & Sleiman Damien) {Beirut, Lebanon} [386]
Denzel + Huhn (Bertram Denzel & Erik Huhn) {Berlin, Germany} [85]
Midge (Tom Midgley) {Stockton-on-Tees, UK} [1090]
Rolando Vallice {Amsterdam, Netherlands} [713]

Format: Artist Name (Real Name) {Location} [SoundCloud follower count]

Helioscope Discoveries Issue No. 6

Clemens Ruh (Leipzig, Germany)
Effulgence : Prayash Thapa (Boulder, USA)
introspecter (Norwood / Raleigh, USA)
mosaik : Jakob Svanholm (Stockholm, Sweden)
Satchmode (Los Angeles, USA)
Kamron Schrader (McKinney, USA)
Entis : Ian Hinson (Tampa, USA)
Orsa : Adithya Yadalam (USA)
Ninth Parallel (Johns Creek, USA)
Several Definitions (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Warrax (Sherbrooke, Canada)
Daun Giventi (San Francisco, USA)
Koelle : Chris Koelle (Ingolstadt, Germany)
Keith Harris (Cork, Ireland)
Ametrine : Jon Nesmith (USA)
Jesus Drone (Berlin, Germany)