Carla dal Forno

Berlin by way of Australia artist Carla dal Forno makes wonderfully complex and moody music with bands like Tarcar and F ingers, but makes equally dark, damaged, and fractured pop as a solo act.  She released her latest, "The Garden" EP, last month on Blackest Ever Black, a short collection of warped and somber post-punk-ish jams.  It's awesome.  Listen to "We Shouldn't Have to Wait" below and get the record here.

Carla dal Forno

I first came across the Berlin by way of Melbourne musician Carla dal Forno with her smoky, experimental, and sometimes bleak work on projects like Tarcar and F ingers.  Heavy, heady, atmospheric stuff to be sure, and now the artist is prepping her debut album under her own name, the upcoming "You Know What It's Like" coming soon on Blackest Ever Black.  Watch the video for "What You Gonna Do Now?" below.

Tarquin Manek

Tarquin Manek is one half of the experimental electronic, kind of darkwave Australian duo Tarcar (whom you should totally check out), but has just released his first full length solo effort on Blackest Ever Black.  Here's how they describe the album:

"A unique synthesis of time-dilating folk-jazz romanticism, brittle chamber dub and plasmic post-techno electronics."

That's better than i could ever hope to do.  At any rate, the songs are weird and hypnotic and fascinating.  Listen to "Sassafras Gesundheit" below and get the "Tarquin Magnet" LP here.

F ingers

F ingers is the druggy, experimental electronic project of members of the groups Tarcar and LST.  Take a listen to the warped "Tantrum Time" from the upcoming album "Hide Before Dinner" below.  It sounds like slowly sinking into oblivion.  Pre-order the record from Blackest Ever Black.

Tarcar

Australian electro-synth duo Tarcar have an excellent cold and melancholy new jam, "Eija," that they contributed to a new compilation from the excellent Berlin-based label Blackest Ever Black.  Listen to the track below and grab "I Can't Give You the Life You Want" from the label.