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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