Conforce - Machine Conspiracy [2010, 2 x vinyl, meanwhile]

18 february 2010

lbl: Meanwhile

#: mean020

electronic

dub techno, techno, detroit electro

~200kbps

chrysoberyl [8.5]

A1 Sonar Conversation

B1 First Impression

B2 Subtraction

C1 Intimidation

C2 Machine Conspiracy

D1 Rare Education

producer: Boris Bunnik

note: "Lush and melodic Detroit/Dutch techno album from the mighty Conforce. Ever since the release of his 'Our Concern EP' in late 2007, Boris Brunnik has forged a celebrated catalogue of heart-warming techno for labels like Rush Hour and Curle. He arrives at his debut album for Meanwhile, shaping ten tracks of synth-cushioned headspaces equally at home on the 'floor or the bedroom. His sound takes the most florid elements of Detroit operators like Carl Craig or Derrick May and fuses them with a European dub-techno sensibility to place him in the recent tradition of Convextion."

dutch industry

[fixed, 3 november 2012]

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Cio D'or - Die Faser [2009, file, prologue]

27 november 2009

lbl: Prologue

#: PRGDIGLP001

electronic

techno, minimal techno, experimental

320kbps

topaz [8.0]

1. Zellulose Wind

2. Goldbrokat

3. Mohair (The True Blue)

4. Angora (Mystic)

5. Brokat

6. Organza (Transparent Dub)

7. Seide (Tranensalz)

8. Pailletten

9. Samt

10. Cotton (Le Petite Geisha)

11. Wildseide

12. Pailletten (Bonbonus)

producer: Cio Dorbandt


note: "[...]  Her music is a lucid exploration of the space between Saturday night minds and Sunday morning bodies, and Die Faseris the culmination of that trend to date. It is also a rare full length from a motley international crew who are reshaping attitudes about the relationship of foreboding sonic aesthetics and pleasure, and pointing out, to those of us who might have missed them before, the horizons of the challenging and rewarding style that I would rather call anything else but “headfuck techno. [...]" - LittleWhiteEarbuds.

the girl who stole m vainio's brain

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Martin Kemp - After The Night / Aztec [2009, vinyl, blunted robots]

2009

lbl: Blunted Robots

#: BLR002

electronic

dubstep

320kbps

topaz [8.0]

A. After The Night

B. Aztec

note: "[...] "After the Night" works as a great introduction to Kemp's work, layers of perfectly planned percussion pattering over a genuinely interesting fusion of eerie lowered alarms and white noise that gets coloured by bubble noises that chime in time with the careering synth stab that cascades over the mix. It's all about the way he programs his bass though, letting it wheel up one second, and then pulse quickly the next. 

"Aztec" absolutely thrives on the drum pattern as well, jumping off the kick drums into the clattering snares, cowbells and snatched congas while Kemp swells his melody around the back of the beat, letting it pan and shift around the mix before a few of the chunky bass notes make their frequencies fully felt. Kemp is constantly letting the track breathe, manipulating the bass through the scales so that it drives the beat, wrapping it all in subtle stabs of keyboard that jump back and forth. It creates a juttering melody that jerks limbs joyously, without any kind of malice." - Oli Marlow,  RA.

skeleton's breath

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Christian Löffler - Heights [2009, vinyl, ki records]

14 april 2009

lbl: Ki Records

#: KI001

electronic

deep house, minimal techno

320kbps

corundum [9.0]

1. Heights

2. Silent Night

3. Ghost

4. Fade

note: "Ki Records is proud to announce its very first release with a great donation by germany’s Christian Löffler, who is running strong with two digital EPs in the last six months on Pawel and Turner’s Orphanear Records. Christian Löffler is at his best in this latest release, easily spanning the range from deep house to techno by keeping a harmonic sound structure over all four tracks. The EP has already received positive feedback by the Smallville and Kompakt record stores and DJs and producers like Michael Mayer, Pawel and Tobias Thomas.‘Heights’ has been released on limited vinyl (500 copies WW) as well as a digital four track EP. The vinyl comes in a hardcover sleeve featuring Christian Löffler’s own artwork." - Ki Records.

yt preview:

alone in himalayas doing meditation for years

buy it here. [released in 500 copies / discogs]

Scuba - Triangulation [2010, cd, hotflush recordings]

rel. date: 22 march 2010

lbl: Hotflush Recordings

#: HFCD003

electronic

dubstep

320kbps

carborundum [9.3]

pass: nodata.tv

1. Descent

2. Latch

3. Three Sided Shape

4. Minerals

5. On Deck

6. Before

7. Tracers

8. You Got Me

9. So You Think You´re Special

10. Heavy Machinery

11. Glance

12. Lights Out

producer: Paul Rose

note: "The collision of dubstep and techno has produced startling music from a wide range of producers in the last few years, none more than Scuba, and that has been well documented. But Triangulation moves past the dubstep/techno axis and into new territory. Working at multiple tempos, the album covers an area ranging from house to experimental drum n bass while retaining the Scuba sound that has become so distinctive."

body-friendliness

[fixed / 22 march 2010]

Pablo Bolivar - Playing At Home [2010, file, avant roots]

1 march 2010

lbl: Avant Roots

#: AR009

electronic

deep house, ambient, dub techno

320kbps

chrysoberyl [8.5]

1. Out Of Place
2. My Favourite Colour
3. Vibration
4. Destination Nara
5. North Bay 

note: "Finally I have prepared an Ep for Avantroots. Following my own style, and mixing some Deep House cuts together with a piece of Ambient Electronica. 'Playing at Home' is one of the works I have put more love in, because as the title says, I felt like I was playing at home. Both Club Music and Música para estar." - Pablo.

hidden deep under the bed

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F - Energy Distortion [2010, cd, 7evenrecordings]

short film by beeple-crap.com




march 2010
lbl: 7even Recordings
#: 7EVENCD01
electronic
dubstep
320kbps
beryl [7.8]




1. Intro
2. Shift
3. Poka
4. Energy Distortion
5. Another Place
6. 0907
7. See The Light
8. Forever
9. Hologram
10. On The Corner
11. Chillin'
12. Spacewalker
13. Perspectives




producer: Florent Aupetit


note: "If you haven’t heard anything from this label yet, I highly recommend doing so NOW. 7EVEN has released some brilliant techno-dubstep crossover material by the likes of F and Helixir over the last year, for fans of Headhunter and 2562."

rocketstepper!

[fixed / 10 march 2010]

myspace [official]

Vibracathedral Orchestra - Smoke Song [2010, vinyl, vhf records]

2010

lbl: VHF Records

#: VHF#121

rock

experimental, psychedelic

320kbps

7.3 [tourmaline]

A1. Smoke Song

A2. Cholita Maria

B. Get It? Got It... Good!

Julian Bradley, Neil Campbell, Bridget Hayden, Adam Davenport, Michael Flower

note: "The ever-mysterious Vibracathedral Orchestra returns from another relatively quiet period with an uncompromising set of outré jams on a trio of limited-edition LPs ("Joka Baya", "The Secret Base" and "Smoke Song". Slightly reorganized around a line-up of stalwarts Mick Flower and Adam Davenport with frequent collaborators John Godbert (Total) and John Moloney (Sunburned Hand Of The Man), the band here stretches way, way out over these six sides.

"Smoke Song"'s more gentle exposition starts with Davenport's santoor (a type of hammered dulcimer) leading the band into a lengthy mid-tempo groove on "Smoke Song", followed on the second half of the side by the short, quiet "Cholita Maria". The second side's 17-minute "Get It?" lays down the tremolo and phase in a manner reminiscent of the best Spacemen 3 comedowns, taking a pulse and riding it into organ - and percussion-fuelled bliss."

anatomy of stagnation

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Airhead & James Blake - Pembroke [2010, vinyl, brainmath]

1 march 2010

lbl: Brainmath

#: MATH 06

electronic

dubstep, experimental

320kbps

tourmaline [7.3]

A. Pembroke

B. Lock In The Lion

note: "Riding a crest of adulation and praise for his 'Air & Lack Therof' 10" and a remix of Untold's 'Stop What You're Doing', James Blake pits his electro-acoustic enhanced and jazz-informed approach with Airhead on two efficiently sparse and clever tracks. Both 'Pembroke' and 'Lock In The Lion' take cues from the early dubstep minimalism of Loefah, Kode 9 or Pinch whilst also mirroring the loping hiphop/IDM swing considerations of Slugabed or Mount Kimbie. They create a brilliant slow-fast tension from achingly well-placed drums and a deft use of silence that even reflects more avant-garde producers like Kouhei Matsunaga, while still remaining tethered to a notion of more common funk with bursts of samples and splashes of melodic arrangment. " - boomkat.

sad-slo-mo

[fixed / 10 march 2010]

buy it here. [£ 6.99]

Sog - Abweichung [2010, vinyl, profan]

22 february 2010

lbl: Profan

#: PROFAN 32

electronic

minimal, experimental

320kbps

iridium [6.5]

A1. Abweichung 1 

A2. Abweichung 2

A3. Abweichung 3

B. Abweichung 4

producer: Wolfgang Voigt

note: "Abweichung (die) n. aberrance, wandering from the correct path, going astray, deviation from what is normal. Wolfgang Voigt could have likely named plenty of tracks "Abweichung" before the release of this EP, which sees the Kompakt boss kickstarting the Profan imprint once again after a nearly 18-month layoff. Freiland Klaviermusik, the last 12-inch to see the light of day on the label, was just as confrontational to audiences accustomed to at least a semblance of dance floor utility from the legendary producer. But Profan has also been a home to the more abstract edges of techno, and the title seems oddly appropriate for these four tracks. Each seem to revel in their inflexibility, winding through their relatively short length—only one track reaches above four minutes—by investing in the power of a brutal kick and varied samples. [...]" - Sam Louis, RA.

xtrm rdkt!

buy it here. [£9.99]

hubba polytube - titan's loot [2010, mix]

1 march 2010

dub techno, dubstep, techno, minimal techno, experimental, idm

77:41

creamcone tube