Stadtgruen #40: Gruen #24: elektronischerGarten - Garten EP

Comment from Stadtgruen-Site:

Welcome to world's first Electronic Garden fair, exploring the daytime miracles of cultivated spaces in bleeps and bytes.
It will be shown that warmth and harmony can now be achieved with today's digital methods. Technology, in our understanding, must not intend to replace nor diminish nature—it gives us opportunity to put it into an aesthetically pleasing shape, and to intently work on a balanced environment. These thoughts are the basis for the acoustic exhibition, whose goal is to redifine classic ideas by reconstructing natural coherences in electronic sound design.
The Electronic Garden is decidedly modern, but it is not a novelty of modernism. You will not hear the latest synthesizer news, but you will hear new possibilities of creating laid-back, positive electronic music.

1.	Sprenkler (Gartenblick 1)
2.	Rheinwellen
3.	Away For A While
4.	Summer Shock
5.	Blue Room (Part 1)
6.	Blue Room (Part 2)

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Mixotic #110: Frosty - Netlabel Mixtape Vol.3

Comment from Mixotic-Site:
This is hot minimal shit... twisted, energetic, hallucinogen and synapse blasting. Frosty is kicking the dance floor, the crowd is getting overdosed, holy party sweat is dropping down from the ceiling. The excess is starting here right now.

01	-	Markus Masuhr - Muskle Minikant Tisch 005
02	-	Lukas Lehmann - Funk aus dem Weltall Pentagonik 014
03	-	Diego Pastor - Salamandra Surrealfreak 014
04	-	Daniel Stefanik - Save My Soul 1Bit Wonder 006
05	-	Markojux - Ionenalter Pinksilver 002
06	-	Elianto - Leave Tonimusic 008
07	-	Pedro Trotz - B102 Subversive Media 001
08	-	Paul Agius - Bub Pinksilver 010
09	-	BLM - Orange Juice Leftnet 003
10	-	Kinetix - Dot Shuf Microme 003
11	-	Mirko Aurich - BugraceMirko Aurich Auflegware 008
12	-	Mono+onom - Tomasu Neovinyl 010
13	-	Reitman - Telepod Sarosmini 001
14	-	SaccoBros - Essorage Front 003
15	-	Titta - Island Trimsound 004
16	-	Tom Eyre - Minor Altercation Pinksilver 010
17	-	SeNil - claptomaniac Haknam.Digi 002
18	-	Lpas - Hold Me Dreiton 013
19	-	Alejandro López - OníricoAlejandro López Miga 020
20	-	Alessandro Crimi - Hyades Broque 035
21	-	Donk Boys - Manatee Kreatur Musik 004
22	-	Dosem - Motive Antiritmo 025
23	-	Dot - Fill In Unfoundsound 030
24	-	Fusiphorm - The Minidisc In The Sink Unfoundsound 025
25	-	Intelec - Gass Grinder (Live Edit) Miga 020
26	-	Jon Doe - Spigitty Pinksilver 010
27	-	Jose Galban - 13th District Miga 020
28	-	LeftKicks - Superminimalbros self released
29	-	Le Cantin - Promptrain 1Bit Wonder 019
30	-	cHMa - Iniciacion (Chaca Chaca Edit) Bump 036

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Thinner #100: Various Artists - 100

Comment from Thinner-Site:

obviously reaching the century mark in any endeavor is a milestone and is cause for celebration. in the case of netlabel thinner, it′s release number 100 and this calls for a compilation to celebrate this special occasion. and there′s another reason to celebrate - the compilation also marks the relaunch of the thinner netlabel. so here′s an opportunity to hear an aural digest of thinner′s past and present and to have a glimpse into it′s future. a most fitting way to bring this year to a close and serve as an impetus for the new year.
simply titled "100", the compilation brings together thirteen artists who exemplify the thinner sound. many of the contributors are renown thinner artists and/or have strong associations with the label, and several artists have only recently made their first appearance on the thinner. whether established or new, each of these artists does his part in epitomizing what thinner music is all about while, at the same time, etching themselves into the minds of the listeners as they dish out an assortment of top-notch electronic music embodying such genres as dub (and its many dub-inspired manifestations), minimal house, minimal techno, and unique fusions of dub, house, and techno. an assortment of ambiances are to be found here ranging from laidback lounge to dance-floor friendly.
veer gets the album off to a modish start with some classic dub that includes spoken word and vocals. calming things down with some slow-moving, bass-laden, atmospheres, daniel blomqvist presents his experimental take on the traditional dub sound. tracks 3 - 6 show thinner′s more minimal techno side not only with contributions by veteran thinner artists unit 21 and benfay but also a collaboration between jason corder and pheek working together as social system and new face to the thinner roster, one daniel herrmann performing as trace, who dishes out some strong vocal-laden techno. sensual physics sets the mood for tracks 7 - 11 which delve heavily into the minimal/deep house sound featuring well known artists brian kage, epsilonlab label founder eloi brunelle, and das kraftfuttermischwerk not to mention a track from the mysterious recent thinner newcomer laura palmer. as "100" nears its conclusion, off the sky and gyges present a rather unclassifiable track of crunchy, laidback experimental environments before the album makes full circle and transitions back to the signature thinner sound of the beginning with a closing piece by deluge who has composed a beautiful track of organic dub accentuated with acoustic samples.
so celebrate along with thinner as it reaches a new landmark in it′s existence by downloading "100" and immerse yourself in the thinner experience.

text written by larry johnson

01 veer - greet the world with a smile
02 daniel blomqvist - not for me
03 unit 21- december 02
04 social system - a dream inside a dream
05 trace - vicky
06 benfay - let me avow
07 sensual physics - arcs and master
08 laura palmer - borderline
09 brian kage - zebes
10 éloi brunelle - deep mush
11 das kfmw - chocolate in nutshells
12 off the sky vs. gyges - Polaroidmanteaux
13 deluge - the crush

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Test Tube #99: entia non - distal

Comment from Test Tube-Site:

«Another personal favorite of 2007 comes from the far away Australia. James McDougall a.k.a. Entia Non possesses the rare talent of putting together seemingly ordinary field recordings in a way that they sound to always have belonged together. If you enjoyed My Fun 'Idyll EP' release you'll love 'Distal'. James manipulates found sounds using ambient electronica techniques, tape reels and vinyl records into the most beautiful soundscapes you'll be able to hear. 'Watching the paint dry' is one of the best here, with sampled voices scattered amidst soft humming tones that sound like distant lost ships at sea. Beautiful stuff. 'A Winter Plateau' is another great track. A lot more into the 'nostalgia' theme than the previous ones - which is a recurrent theme when it comes to ambient music - but also very uplifting. Sparse real world here and there, but always embraced by a warm blanket of soft light. Makes us want to cuddle around a fireplace in a winter night with a cup of hot chocolate in our hand. Closing track 'Above' is a real gem. Runs for a little over ten minutes and covers mostly sci-fi soundtrack territory, which is something of a personal favorite around here. Could have been in Tarkovsky's 'Solaris' soundtrack and it would fit like a glove. James is a really talented musician who should not go unnoticed for he makes really amazing music capable of putting us into various states of dreamscape modes. With the perfect drug this can open portals to distant worlds too.
James released a previous album on the infamous CDR label U-COVER called 'Inter Alia'. If you enjoyed what you have listened here you should go and buy it immediately, because it is a limited edition. Also, keep your eyes peeled for another Entia Non album here at test tube, somewhere in 2008. Thanks for listening!» - Pedro Leitão

Upon arrival
Watching the paint dry
A Winter Plateau
A Burning back in vacant fields
Cultural Plagiarism
Isthismytea
Hinterlund
Above

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NoTM: Tropic #17: adaptive - mistakes were made ep

Comment from Tropic-Site:

minimal clickin´ tech tracks with dubby flavour from the stratagem labelhead liam o´leary.

ministry of information
undercurrent
mistakes were made
seashore dub
substance

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Mixotic #108: Liquid Level - Live

Comment from Mixotic-Site:

After releases on Thinner and Bondage Records Liquid Level found his way to Mixotic. Deep, deep and deeper... That's the direction he is taking you with this live set. His beats are digging into the ground, covered by a film of deep chords and dubby melodic spots.

01	-	Liquid Level - Atom unreleased
02	-	Liquid Level - Plate Thinner 091
03	-	Liquid Level - Pw 1+2 unreleased
04	-	Liquid Level - Trema unreleased
05	-	Liquid Level - Tv addiction unreleased
06	-	Liquid Level - Horizon unreleased
07	-	Liquid Level - Tunnel unreleased
08	-	Liquid Level - Dark Voice Bondage 002
09	-	Liquid Level - Window unreleased
10	-	Liquid Level - Part Bondage 002
11	-	Liquid Level - Output Bondage 002

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NoTM: Tropic #10: VA - Grow

Comment from Tropic-Site:

yes. now its time to celebrate the tropic10 :) a special compilation from tropic artists and friends with nine amazing tracks.
rhythmic ambient, weird minimal, nice bleeps, clicks&cuts, warm chords and lovely melodies...its all tropic! we want to say a big thank you for all the good reviews and the support in the netlabel scene.

matt jackson - silicon is sand
sumergido - presa
juno6 - roque de los muchachos
mathias lexicon - see you smiling
freddy musri - biological support 2
adaptive - moving too fast
dark vibrations - polaroids in tokio
jxnblk - diesel dust
florian meindl - durch eis und schnee

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Test Tube #98: The Turtle - Hyper Riot

Comment from Test Tube-Site:

«Here's another one hailing from the United Kingdom. Jon Weinel is a native british musician and brings us this collection of tracks called 'Hyper Riot'. Jon reclaims his work to be mostly influenced by flashcore and breakcore, whatever the hell that is, but judging from his myspace there is a lot of stuff to be accounted for as well. It's not unusual to see Venetian Snares there on the list because that was one the few names that came to mind when I first listened to some of this tracks. There are a lot of threads to pick here, and they all connect to one another. There are references to Dubstep too, perhaps not on all of the tracks but I found some of the key elements both in the 'fast' tracks and in the 'slow' tracks. Speaking of which, the 'fast' tracks, the hardcore ones, are of course the shorter ones but they carry a lot of references inside them and sometimes they sound like two or three different pieces put together as they change tempo from start to end several times. 'Pacman's Psychedelic Meltdown' sounds exactly as it's called: a video-game soundtrack gone bad, too much bpm's resulting in the CPU's meltdown. A classic.
Halfway into the release and we get first contact with the ambient tracks, kind of like one of Jon's regular tracks stretched to its limits and spanned into five times the regular lenght. Slowed down hardcore for you experimental music lovers. 'At The Drive In Play Their Video-Games' is another electro pop classic, ready for the dancefloor. If you're into 8bit electro/techno and experimental psychedelic soundtracks, you'll love The Turtle and his 'Hyper Riot' release.»
- Pedro Leitão

Stalker
Pacman's Psychedelic Meltdown
Cake Basement
Speedbugs
At The Drive In Play Their Video-Games
Direct Telepathic Transmission From Mars
Trip To The Supermarket

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Happy Halloween everybody!

(Get more of my Art on my DeviantArt-Page)

Mixotic #107: Verano - The Red Chair

Comment from Mixotic-Site:
Verano, maker of the Artecque netlabel, is bringing this clubby house mix to you. Lush beats meet progressive sounds. They have long, jolly dance together with a feeling of deep peace and happiness.

Playlist

01	-	Professor Inc - Paris (Paradice RMX) Deepwise 004
02	-	Verano - My Dipo (Deymare RMX) Arteqcue 013
03	-	Alexxei - Picture To Myself (Alexxei's D Paused Mix) Exprezoo 005
04	-	Verano - Phantom Arteqcue 012
05	-	Eloi Brunelle - Re Grouve Epsilonlab 025
06	-	Droog - Temotico Norbu 007
07	-	Pool Reverse - Microessence Rithmus 005
08	-	Verano - Orange People (M.Telemann RMX) Arteqcue 013
09	-	Baldo - Cicely Neovinyl 007
10	-	Carlo - Telemako Neovinyl 009

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NoTM: Thinner #85: Das Kraftfuttermischwerk - Eingang Nach Draußen

Comment from Thinner-Site:

The fourth Thinner release in 2006 once again establishes a longplayer since Ronny and Nico from Kraftfuttermischwerk kept sending new tunes on and on. So decision has been made to compile an album out of material we had been sent instead of an EP.
Their beautiful songs consist of dreamy melodies and lush electronic grooves. A certain sense of melancholy and fragile romance lays underneath all songs. And then, additional playfulness and easy dubs are the ingredients to provide sensual listening at its best. Though worth 71 minutes of music, the album can be described as a colourfully textured chapter of slowly morphing freeform electronic downbeats with a deep sense of introspection and solitude.
It all begins with 'Elbufer', a minimal brainer with melancholic undertones. The follow up 'Tischtennis im Regen' is a sparkling breeze and easy laidback groover within a peacefulatmosphere. The next songs direct to 'Gesagt, Getan', a rather loose drift through spacey terrain. Figure the mellow melodies. But even more spaced out is 'Give It To Me Slow' with its bending background pads and accompaning 808 hats, making it perfect for the very early morning hours.
The gradual transition within this album comes with 'Mikro', which sets a new marker. 'Wolkenbruch' comes up with heavy cloudy layers and earthy downbeats. 'Schleifsteine' then is on the 808 side again with minimal beats and sparse spheric pads. One of their most recent works is 'Schluss Mit Lustig' with unusual thin and light breaks. The album finishes with a remix by the ever prolific Transient (Carl Martin), who adds slightly shifted perspectives to the original 'Tischtennis im Regen'. Well done!
All in all, we hope you enjoy these imaginative 71 minutes of music for the mind. Let the journey unfold!

Elbufer	5:42	(8.04 MB)	.mp3
Tischtennis Im Regen	5:44	(8.07 MB)	.mp3
Liebe Zur Sonne, Zur Freiheit	4:57	(6.98 MB)	.mp3
Falling Down	5:48	(8.16 MB)	.mp3
Gesagt, Getan	6:06	(8.59 MB)	.mp3
Give It To Me Slow	4:43	(6.65 MB)	.mp3
Katzenauge	4:20	(6.10 MB)	.mp3
Mikro	5:49	(8.20 MB)	.mp3
Grauzone	6:40	(9.38 MB)	.mp3
Gewitterwolken	5:45	(8.09 MB)	.mp3
Schleifsteine	5:12	(7.34 MB)	.mp3
Schluss Mit Lustig	5:39	(7.97 MB)	.mp3
Tischtennis Im Regen (Transient Mix)	5:02	(7.09 MB)	.mp3

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NoTM: Thinner #70: VA - Crossways 3LP

Comment from Thinner Site:

Initially the motivation behind our new compilation was to build a sequel to the 2003 ‘Silent Season Dub’ compilation – to blend warm ambient with minimal dub concepts. But during the phasis of collecting tracks we figured that this compilation will turn out more experimental, more rough than than the reference. So we decided to put things into a new context, that would either underline the variety of concepts but also stand for each artists own formular of sound: 'Crossways’.
Herein, electronic music with rather minimal rhythmpatterns are crossed with spheric ambience, in different moods, different slopes and different colours. The listener is able to find warm ambient pieces like 'Warm Night Lullaby' by Transient or more dubbed out ambience with Zen Savauges 'Sunken Streetlights'. You can lose yourself in the organic cycles of Boris Heizmann's 'Azure' or drift along with 'Scrap of Truth' by Selffish. But If you feel like enjoying some darker felt material then you'd like to explore the realms of Sgnl_Fltr’s chamber dub in 'All Form' by or listening to the crickets resting in Kenneth Kirschner’s ‘June 8, 2003 (excerpt)’. Generally said, if you’re interested in the contemporary minimal electronics of 2005 you’ll definately find the one or other piece within this compilation that will suit you fine.
As the music crosses the flash artwork of this releases does so, too – if you reload the page you’ll figure changing background pictures of the cover artwork. The pictures were taken in several countries where Joerg (Digitalverein) has performed in a Thinner context. Note that this compilation is split into 3 parts, each part about 60 minutes of length. If you want to enjoy the compilation mixed then you can download the Crossways Mix by Selffish.

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01.	Blamstrain	031231 (Theme For A Wordless Moment)	04:02	(5.68 MB)	.mp3
02.	Benfay	Mein Entschluss Anders Zu Leben	04:25	(6.23 MB)	.mp3
03.	krill.minima	Nautica	07:08	(10.05 MB)	.mp3
04.	Mikkel Metal	Mapsa	06:17	(8.86 MB)	.mp3
05.	Martin Jarl feat. Jon Ericsson	Inidimman	08:17	(11.66 MB)	.mp3
06.	Mondfabrik	Lluvia	06:54	(9.72 MB)	.mp3
07.	Lufth	Hold Me (In Your Arms)	05:37	(7.92 MB)	.mp3
08.	Fernando Lagreca	Habitual	06:46	(9.53 MB)	.mp3
09.	Solitaire Albread	Reverse	05:48	(8.18 MB)	.mp3
10.	Digitalis	Pheromone	06:06	(8.60 MB)	.mp3
11.	Selffish	Scrap Of Truth	05:36	(7.89 MB)	.mp3
12.	Brian Kage	She's Losing Against Time	05:03	(7.11 MB)	.mp3
13.	Kenneth Kirschner	June 8, 2003 (Excerpt)	05:00	(7.03 MB)	.mp3
14.	Sgnl_Fltr	All Form	08:27	(11.90 MB)	.mp3
15.	tlon	While My Tears Swept Away	06:31	(9.17 MB)	.mp3
16.	Hieronymus	Waiting	05:39	(7.97 MB)	.mp3
17.	Si-Cut.DB	No Tab	06:47	(9.55 MB)	.mp3
18.	Marko Fürstenberg	Visions (Dub)	04:47	(6.74 MB)	.mp3
19.	Gustavo Lamas	Sobrevuelo	04:44	(6.67 MB)	.mp3
20.	Xoki	A Forest Dub	06:17	(8.85 MB)	.mp3
21.	Zen Savauge vs. Jason Corder	Sunken Streetlights	05:59	(8.44 MB)	.mp3
22.	Transient	Warm Night Lullaby	06:30	(9.15 MB)	.mp3
23.	Boris Heizmann	Azure	06:02	(8.50 MB)	.mp3
24.	Dennis DeSantis	Reality Based Community	05:19	(7.50 MB)	.mp3
25.	Holger Flinsch	Mavadoo (Crossways Mix)	06:40	(9.38 MB)	.mp3
26.	Gate Zero	4 AM On A Winter Morning	06:35	(9.27 MB)	.mp3
27.	Jean Michel	A Completly Normal Improbability	06:05	(8.57 MB)	.mp3

Stratosphera playlist #4: elektronenquartz

1. Joint Effort - See you inside 7:47
out of Dobox #6: VA - Air Conditioned Free Movie

2. Lucid - Sine In 5:33
out of Epsilonlab #5: Lucid - Electric Supplements vol. 1

3. Oplen - Night and Delay 5:19
out of Equaliteq #7: Oplen - Sunky Beats

4. Pero - Testistoris 5:41
out of Epsilonlab #9: Pero - Electric Supplements vol.2

5. Blanali - niemandsland 4:42
out of Flumo #10: VA - Tremenditud

6. Alexandre Bilodeau - Ènergy (Mateo Murphy Remix) 9:41
out of Epsilonlab #16: Alexandre Bilodeau - Ènergy

7. Docma - Para Zwei 6:16
out of IdealTechno #3: VA -Minimale Momente Magenta

8. remiremix - u weeeee 7:14
out of Imex #3: remiremix - insomnia ep

9. Sturmfrei - Catida de Boco (mandos movin mix) 9:43
out of Labil #17: Surmfrei - Populationsdynamik

Dog Eared #1: Ryonkt - Slow Time

My Room
A Sketch
Kouen

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NoTM: Thinner #50: VA - I Like To Listen!

Comment from Thinner Site:
Compilations are usually dedicated to rather special moments – like in this case, where things are set to celebrate the 50th release of the Netlabel “Thinner”.
On this Compilation you’ll find some renowned Thinner-Artists (who have new material in the pipeline for 2004), and some new artists, for which the Compilation offers a fitting frame to groove themselves into the brains of the listeners. Musically, the intercontinental voyage starts with Jason Corders “Serotone”; a crisp Minimalhouser that works with funky guitar licks interacting with chimes. Digitalis from Bern/Switzerland give us a window-clear preview with “China Hope” for their upcoming Thinner Album for 2004. Martin Jarl, Johan Fotmeijer and Johan Skugge are members of the swedish Mitek posse around Mikael Stavostrand. Besides the upcoming releases by Fotmeijer and Skugge on Thinner, they have new albums and 12'' in the pipeline for this year.
Dialogue from Bern have just released on Trapez, and because of Niels Jensen as a reknown artist on Thinner, it was about time to welcome his “Dialogue” Alias on our label. Benfay hits the bang with his dry-rocking “EM33”. We’ll see whether his Thinner-Album in February will become as uncomprimising as this clean submission.
From Northern Ireland we welcome Tristen Polar on Thinner, who will have a bigger EP 2004 after a string of upcoming 12''s on wellknown Minimalhouse Labels. His submission “Model Citizen” is a tracked-orignal “Splatterhaus” Cut, how Tpolar uses to categorize them. For this track he cooperated with Clive Kells.
Selffish is a bit more laidback with lots of cycling effects,in this concrete, piece “Cheer Up” while Eloi Brunelle sets the floor with “Honeygroove”. Accordingly Pheek dives into more functional deep sea with his Hommage to Neuchatel, station of his European tour in Summer 2002. It’s a pleasure to see Dennis DeSantis on Thinner again after a while, same as we welcome Joerg Schusters project “Sensual Physics”, after his other other appearances being Digitalverein and Lufth.
Finally the circle is closed by krill.minima from Dortmund, whose rather lush, delayed vocal-whispered track “Sleeping or Awake” is dedicated to more intimate moments.
Dear listeners and supporters, thank you for a great time so far and enjoy us on our Canada/North American Minitour in March.

Jason Corder	Serotone	5:46	(8.11 MB)	.mp3
Digitalis	China Hope	5:56	(8.34 MB)	.mp3
Dialogue	Windowgirls	4:58	(7.00 MB)	.mp3
Benfay	EM33	5:59	(8.43 MB)	.mp3
TPolar & Clive Kells	Model Citezen	5:20	(7.51 MB)	.mp3
Selffish	Cheer Up	5:41	(7.99 MB)	.mp3
Eloi Brunelle	Honeygroove	6:30	(9.14 MB)	.mp3
Sensual Physics	Sensual Movement	6:31	(9.18 MB)	.mp3

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Stratosphera playlist #3: beauté biologique

1. Fern - Morgen 5:55
out of Autoplate #40: Fern - This first Day

2. Michael Trommer - Color Never Seen 7:37
out of Test Tube #72: Michael Trommer - Sleeping Satellites

3. Ifyou - magenta (in the .zip as .mp3) 5:28
out of Kahvi #191: various artists - squiggle trigger

4. Mikkel Metal - Third (offline) 5:08
out of Thinner #58: Cassini Pieces

5. Martin Donath - Soleil Levant 8:14
out of Stadtgruen/Gruen #2: Martin Donath - Dimanche

6. Jason Corder - Peripheral Beauty 7:22
out of Thinner #57: Jason Corder - Microcosmos LP

7. Vägskäl - New Worlds ahead 5:23
out of Test Tube #73: Vägskäl - This could've been the beginning of something great

8. Lomov - HanusSen (Sensual Physics Reinterpretation) 4:50
out of Thinner #71: Lomov - Mounting Stags

9. A Sankip Humand - Tansy 4:02
out of Test Tube #62: A Sankip Humand - Lemiales

10. Deer - Projectionist's Nightmare (not as single track) 6:50
out of Ekwal #1: Deer - Track Delay

11. d.soul - ship to sun 5:42
out of Tropic #29: various artists - one - volume one

12. Even Tuell - Cellphonewaltz 5:38
out of Broque #15: Even Tuell - Power of Needless E.P.

Broque #36: Nils Hoffmann - Kurz und Klein E.P.

Comment from the Broque-Site:
Nils Hoffmann is a devil of a fellow in music. He plays various instruments, among them guitar and piano. He lives in Hamburg and he was in his life also concertmaster, composer of chamber music and also tenor and bass. Simultaneously he works as a teacher for music, plays in a rockband and is interested in electronic songs. And so we get a real all-round mixture of Techno, Swing, Jazz, Pop and Rock - out of all proportion. We can only present an extract of his work.

sweet man like me
goodbye glamour
popmusik
cry swing
why don't you do disco

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NoTM: Thinner #47: Marko Fürstenberg - Gesamtlaufzeit EP

Comment from Thinner-Site:
Marko Fürstenberg is a well known and long-time Thinner Act, who has been releasing there continously for 2 years. Having released 3 EPs and performed numerous Live shows, his debut Thinner-Long player is well overdue.
"Gesamtlaufzeit“ was produced between March and September 2003, thanks to his laptop, completly mobile - every song in a different environment where Marko resided this year (between his stay in Canada, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and his residence Thüringen/Germany.) . A diary, converted to music with every location producing new impressions and creating diverse sample ressources. Marko is the kind of person searching for natural sounds, between campfires crackles, and rolling obstacles to give his tracks a certain identifying warmth.
One can listen to the process of Fürstenbergs muscial maturity , that is obvious by the versatility and detailed harmonic moods on this album. The tracks circle around Dubhouse in the broader sense - with rambling pads and endless modulated ambient spheres, tight Groove monsters are created, underlayed with compressed bassdrums whenever appropriate. Every track contains a certain grade of emotion - relating the dedications of the tracknames, that reflect on prevailing local circumstances.
Every track has been scenically arranged and on top of it recorded live and direct. And so we are happy together with Marko to present his album in the very near future. There wouldn’t be a better season than Winter for his music.

Rieth	7:28	(10.25 MB)	.mp3
Offener Tisch	6:34	(9.02 MB)	.mp3
Shop Work	6:47	(9.32 MB)	.mp3
Gegenströmung	5:24	(7.42 MB)	.mp3
Flüssige Reise	6:46	(9.30 MB)	.mp3
Mimerlaven	6:10	(8.48 MB)	.mp3
Steinbruch	6:28	(8.88 MB)	.mp3
In Der Pappelei	6:04	(8.34 MB)	.mp3
Stockhorn	5:10	(7.10 MB)	.mp3
Rosengarten	6:13	(8.55 MB)	.mp3
Come Home	5:44	(7.88 MB)	.mp3
Stockhorn (SGI Remix)	5:38	(7.76 MB)	.mp3

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NoTM: Thinner #14: Digitalverein - Zu Hause²

Comment from Thinner-Site:
Joerg Schuster is a laptop musician who transforms his inspiration, which he catches either from the old-traditioned industrial buildings, but also with its energy-saving windmills futuristic landscapes of Dortmund, located in the central Ruhr-area. Since Joerg is also photographing and into videoart it was no question that he created something special with the Flash5 intro.
"Zu Hause2" is his first album as "Digitalverein", which is his other project besides "Sensual Physics" on Source-Records.com. The difference between both projects is the more deep dub-affinity on Digitalverein, while Sensual Physics focuses more on danceable dubhouse around 127 BPM.
The opener "Der Heimat Tiefe" is dedicated to his local living place. Dusty hihats mark the steam coming out of the chimneys while the deep pads and subtle chipchords wrap the smell of hard and sweaty work, which workers have to afford in the mines. "Winterdumpf" has been produced early this year, while coldness and snow fell off the clouds. Distant delay stabs, claps and fading strings mark the snowy path. In the third track "3rd Und 6dis" Digitalverein shows his calm and melancholic side. Chords like weeping willows create a very melancholic mood i think, though Digitalverein says its still positive. The song is dedicated to his 3 year old son. On "Dub Sex" he becomes solid with well structured working chords n stabs and a shuffling basskick which makes your head nodding to the once again deep groove. "Warme Schicht" is maybe the best song here designed for chillout environments with its wide cutoffed and reverbed scapes. Very freezing, almost polar atmospheres and in best Thule Iceland fashion. "Tiefer ins system" starts also with notched and hissy pads, deep dub chords and shuffled shakes construct another dusty tune. With "Treppe Nach Unten" Digitalverein fires a furious final with a dubstomper rocking the clubs, marching bassdrums, shuffling hihats, pointed snares and sounds from steam engine locomotive go the straight direction until bended sunny strings fade out the track in glamour. As bonus we enclosed the Digitalverein liveact of the Mekka festival brings tunes released on his Sensual Physics album on Source Records, his first appearance for Thinner on Thinnerism01 and some unreleased tracks.

Der Heimat Tiefe	7:55	(11.40 MB)	.mp3
Winterdumpf	7:37	(10.90 MB)	.mp3
3rd Und 6dis	7:29	(10.70 MB)	.mp3
Dub Sex	5:45	(8.30 MB)	.mp3
Warme Schicht	7:35	(10.90 MB)	.mp3
Tiefer Ins System	9:11	(13.20 MB)	.mp3
Treppe Nach Unten	8:24	(12.10 MB)	.mp3
Bonus Track: Live@Mekka Symposium 2002	43:18	(62.30 MB)	.mp3

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Stratosphera playlist #2: versbox

1. versbox - ruperts rede 1:51
2. dj gambit feat. versbox - terror ist 4:12
3. versbox - hip hop 4:03
4. versbox - komplett 4:30
5. versbox - low [feat. schröder & ari] 3:10
6. versbox - verun§icherung 3:35
7. versbox - 2+3 (first part) 2:21
8 versbox - 2+3 (second part) 3:02
9. versbox - stormwriters 3:52
10. versbox - staatsfeind 5:39
11. versbox - luis cypher vs homo sapiens 3:02

Serein #14: Muhr - Poussière

Comment from Serein-Site:
Number fourteen at Serein marks the most welcome return of Muhr, the man responsible for the first release in the Serein catalog many moons ago. Whilst Muhr has contributed many tracks to other labels in the interim, we're honoured to present his latest offering, which may be his most confident effort yet. Poussiere (meaning 'dust') is very much a development of a sound Muhr has been exploring for some time, the undercurrents of previous offerings are present (notably 'we are desolved' and 'la chute du romantisme en ballades' released at Miasmah), but to my mind Poussiere reaches beyond these - the music is raw, unshackled and full of angst that grips you from the off. By no means an easy listen, Poussiere is an album that toys with your emotions, one moment lifting you above the clouds with beautiful string arrangements and toy melodies, the next dragging you down into a suffocating world of thrash guitar and dense drones. This is a beast that will take several listens to tame, and you owe it to yourself to do so.

An End To None But To All That Is Still
Dead Leaves
Quiet Words And Forgotten Trees
Les Reves Sont Des Poussieres Du Possible
La Gouache Des Temps

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Mixotic #102: Frosty - Netlabel Mixtape Vol.2

Comment from Mixotic-Site:
In the second volume of his Netlabel Mixtape series Frosty is turning his perspective straight towards the dance floor. Kicking minimal tracks make this dj set a real burner in the club. Take care where you're listening to it, might happen that you start dancing in the office. :)

Playlist:
Rene Hamel - Insectorama 005
Juan Munera - Es Piso Y Entorno
Dot - Stay High
Christian Hawk - Infectious Groove (Init8 RMX)
Dandi E Ugo - Al Fregul
F.G.S. - Froben0.5%
Dandi E Ugo - Fruo (Fase Miusic Sender Rmx)
Håkan Lidbo - Mass Reduced
Mathias Lexicon - Abuelitssindormir
Fusiphorm - Daddy-ohhhh
Fase Miusic Sender - Hor Net 24
Cryo - Virus
jxnblk - Evaluated
Barem - Kleine Kloob (Reinterpretation)
Florian Steinbinder - Funz
SeNil - African Rumba
Diss0nance - wmd (Barem's Remix)
Massi dl - Mensoda
Soraka - La Farandula
Cesare vs. Disorder - Jobcenter
Easy Changes - Original Moscow Life Form
Octave - Epileptik Disco Boy
Tom Teel - Entf (Wreaks Mikadomix)
Octave - Langueur, Bigoudis Et Confusion
Mike Uzzi & Ben Recht - Numbers Are Only Indicators
Alessandro Crimi - Hyades
Funkatron - Latin Madness

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Sonic Walker Mix #32: Tom Larson - Visions from above

Comment from Sonic Walker-Site:
Tom Larson - the specialist for deep sounds - is back on Sonic Walker with another great mix full of deep and minimal netlabel tracks.

Tracklist:

1. Tony Bernardo - Delay : Meet Jen [Anima Recordings, naima002]
2. Marco Nega - Holotrope [mixomat-recordings]
3. Freddy Musri - Espirales [tropic, tro02]
4. Microboss - Reset Clock [Fragment, FRAG010]
5. Wego - Sopa Gaussiana [tropic, tro14]
6. Economist - Desktop Dub [digilog, diginet010]
7. Xarfei - Fairtale Forest [Broque, broque29]
8. Urban Force - Untitled#2 [instabil, instabil05]
9. Session View - Magma [telescope, tsc005]
10. Martin Schulte - Highway [Stille Macht Taub!, SMT007]
11. Christoph Schindling - Structure [Kreislauf, Kreislauf 021]
12. Punkteins - Gartenteich [realaudio, raam001]
13. Dominik Pass - Rotationssphere [dreiton, DN007]

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Mixotic #101: Sven Swift - Terrain to Roam

Comment from Mixotic-Site:
Sven Swift is the maker of the label 12rec. His mix is like a colourful salad bowl filled with fresh music pieces of different styles. He's starting with some nice uptempo vocal songs, but later he's bringing it down to really relaxed chillout tracks.

Tracklist:
Orange Crush - Across The Breeze
Stig Inge - Influences
Bobby Baby - Bobby (Rupert's HighVoltage Disco Remix)
Super Multifaros - We Are Giants
El Senor Ciuf Ciuf - I Think I Saw A Dead Person Walking Yesterday
AMbandet - Hours Disappear When You Are Dancing Here
Bubblyfish - Peripheral
Lukas Scholler - Milchig Trüb
Ellul - Blood (Heezen w/ xn Remix)
Emil Klotzsch - Geteiltes Sein
MB-ent - Izhevsk:Somehand
My First Trumpet - D. Kitt
Tsukimono - Black On Grey
Porcelain In The Backpack - Silent Giants
Biathalon - Warm Front
Herzog - Perhaps She'd Like To See Me Fall Apart

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Sonic Walker Mix #31: DJ L’Embrouille - Netlabel Mix for Week 36

Comment from Sonic Walker-Site:
I am just back from a one week vacation in beautiful Brittany and this is the right moment to present a new netlabel mix from our French DJ l’embrouille, who lives in Brittany with his family. As always he had a good look at the latest netlabel releases, which he presents in a stunning techno mix of almost two hours.

Tracklist:
2007.08.[Neubau10].tooltech - stadt
2007.08.[polit001].Arkipov - Transatlantic Area Overnight Flight
2207.08.[EarMin17].Aeki Nord - Knorr
2007.06.[dig017].Blurix - tromenia
2007.08.[pntg017].Tek - mia
2007.06.[Antiritmo018].Vizar - Mechanism
2007.08.[IM003].Reflexno - Virus
2007.08.[NU02].Maleza - Sinestesia
2007.06.[IM001].Pedro Trotz - Monix (Pepe Arcade Mix)
2007.06.[Offaudio40].Dessben – Sap 2.0
2007.07.[ES19].Elektrabel - smash 003
2007.08.[dig019].FM - power shower
2007.08.[ar.02].dan mute - cradle
2007.06.[Offaudio40].Dessben - Tabu
2007.06.[DigitalDiamonds004].Alic - Icedive
2007.07.[Offaudio41].Sr.Click - Estadio2
2007.07.[DA007].The Erx - Coke
2007.08.[ar.02].error404 - save us
2007.06.[DA006].P.c.m.n. - The Switch
2007.06.[Asy010].Inigo Kennedy - Spindelen Husen
2007.07.[DA007].The Erx - Sublimatioin
2007.06.[XSN012].Sascha Mueller - Deep & Dirty
2007.05.[Ignored 07].Stabber (Daisychain Remix)
2007.07.[IM002].Aitor Ronda - Taki
2007.08.[Antiritmo022].Raul Mezcolanza - Graphic
2007.07.[Zimmer032].Pasquale Maassen - tragflaeche
2007.08.[dig019].FM - rotation has been crossed
2007.08.[RAR015].Larix - Nitrodrin
2007.08.[Antiritmo022].Raul Mezcolanza - Manitol
2007.07.[IM002].Aitor Ronda - Maori Warriors
2007.07.[Zimmer032].Pasquale Maassen - fahrgestell
2007.06.[XSN011].JGarrett - Steamroller 16
2007.07.[Antiritmo020]. Dessben - M40
2007.06.[Antiritmo018].Vizar - Hypnosis
2007.06.[sss048]. Strial Blue-Empire (original mix)
2007.06.[Asy010].Inigo Kennedy - Undulation
2007.07.[ES19].Elektrabel - elemental

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Antiritmo #24: VA - Maximize Vol. 2 LP

choenyi - PA To M
Scan Mode - Terre Erre
Scan Mode - Terre Erre (Javier Orduña Remix)
Hermetico - Vision Nocturna
John Lagora - The Closed Circle
Dejersey - Chopper
Sr Click - Tibetan
Banding! - Eula
Zygts - He Eyes Blue Ice (Black Dominant Remix)

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12rec #42: bernier & trottier - objet abandonne en mer

Comment from 12rec-Site:
I got in contact with Canadian Nicolas Bernier when I wrote a review for his recent solo-release "Ailet l'eau faille by" at No Type-Netlabel. He ordered a bunch of CDrs and after some email chatting, he told me about a special project he's been working on. Nicolas teamed up with Montreal Folk- and improvisational guitarist Simon Trottier for some kind of a concept EP dealing 'bout a stranded objet abandonne. They jammed with acoustic and electric guitar, laptop and toy piano, diverse stringed instruments, percussion and microphones. Being familiar with Nicolas' work under his own name and as part of the “Milliseconde Topographie” -series, I was very curious what this promissing duo would sound like. After weeks of careful yet extensive post-production, the outcome blow both our minds.
The “Objet abandonne en Mer”-EP consists of four tracks with the title track being sub-divided in parts one to three. Opener “Harmattan” starts with a loop of rhythmically ordered glitches. Two entangled layers of acoustic guitar burst in, the slide-guitar rises and invokes an intense feeling of being lost. Bow and synthesizer replace the slide until an acoustic guitar introduces a simple Folk-melody. “Objet abandonne en Mer” is dominated by diverse field-recordings and crackling glitches. The feeling of being lost created in the first song is altered to a vague idea of rolling with the waves. The electro-acoustic cacophony of the introduction gives rise to a calm guitar melody. For the end, a thousand small Herzog-style guitars arise and consume the spectrum 'till single tones and chords begin to establish on top.
The third track opens with a nice Blues-motive on electric guitar and Nicolas' trademark noises. The initial melody disappears in reverb while a diffuse second layer gains contour beneath the surface. Just before the 1.000 Hours of Staring-similarity become too evident, a firm and catchy guitar emerges to make you hum along. Something like the album's dramaturgic peak. “Bourrasque” afterwards is the final tune. Mainly made of Simon's wonderful guitars, the songs starts with a lot of them piled up efficiently. After all, one singular Folk-melody survives just to drown in the sound of seagulls, oceanic hissing, noise and the distance echoes of Nicolas' and Simon's voices. More than just intriguing.

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