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Test Tube #110: Shelter - Sleepyhead falls off the edge of the world

Comment from Test Tube-Site:

«'Sleepyhead falls off the edge of the world' is a hip-hop mini-epic for all the broken hearts out there. Love stories gone wrong... not you're typical theme for an hip-hop release, I guess... but Shelter makes it work really really well. 'Sleepyhead...' is a small gem of an EP, in fact, it's a reissue of the original which came out on Shelter's old weblog more or less an year ago. I kind of bumped into it by accident and almost immediately 'Sleepyhead...' became a regular on my winamp playlist since then. Musically, think of BoC-style nostalgia keyboards and electronics and Marshall Mather's style vocals and flow, but Swedish pop way - Shelter is from Sweden, and you're there. Excellent production, very good lyrics and an awesome sense of narrative throughout. This is the most perfect 20 minutes of hip-hop I've listened in a long time.
This release is also a good excuse to show off our new standard design for the cover artwork. Hope you dig it! Furthermore, keep your eyes peeled for a new EP to be released very soon on Shelter's own website.» - Pedro Leitão

Comment from Stratosphera:

Ok, this is special for Stratosphera. Hip-Hop isn't usual for this blog, as all you watchers know. But what made Stratosphera review this album is it's poetic side, as Pedro wrote before, this is a album about love an d getting emotionally hurted by people. It's just beautiful so sit back, relax and open your mind.

Intro / We like falling (feat. Balance) / Into the fog / Rhythm of the night (feat. Balance) / Keys open doors? (interlude) / What's underneath / My knee's weak / Sunny eyes (interlude) / The Swamp /Outro

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Kikapu #108: William Fields - The Ruby-leif

Comment from Kikapu (Archive.org):

We have here an amazing new mp3 release from William Fields, titled 'The Ruby-Leif.' It's a 5-track EP of incredibly melodic, beautiful electronics. It harkens back to many of our older releases from past years, and is a welcome addition to our catalogue.

Comment from Stratosphera:
First listening to this album I was quite astound. Clearly melodic, clearly experimentel, clearly veautiful but also abstract - I never thought a mix-up like this would work, but William made it work. A first-class audio experience!

Sunwire / Hakea/ Umber / Cairn / The Ruby-Leif
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Mixotic #120: Frosty - Netlabel Mixtape Vol.4

Comment from Mixotic-Site:
Frosty adds another sequel to his popular "Netlabel Mixtape" series. His journey leads him from well known net-places to hidden, secret caves. Mysterious channels are interrupted by bright light spots, they are going up and then deep down again. What's down there? A shining gold mine or just a cold, deep sheer?

Frosty
Frosty was was born in 1978 and grew up in a town called Siegen. At the age of 13 he discovered the radio show "RPR-Maximal" and he was fascinated by that electronic sound. One year later he began DJing at private parties an made his own tapes. But with the beginning of his job education in 1994 Frosty lost many of his old contacts and got new influences. Electronic music became secondary.
In 2006 while he was surfing the internet and found a netlabel by chance. Wondering how it could be to get legal mp3 tracks for free he downloaded his first electronic music after years. One year and many gigabytes later Frosty started mixing his own tapes again.

01	Markus Masuhr - Mandola Claptiks Tisch 005
02	Tobsucht.FX - The Lightness Off Being Pinksilver 003
03	Pablo Akaros - Storpet Flumo 010
04	Jorge Savoretti - Trickylove Harry Klein Networks 001
05	Levelheads - Tubular Supafeed 005
06	Dr. Nojoke - Nofo Deep In Dub 001
07	D'Kawa - Sekku Kreatur Musik 002
08	DNCN - You Asked Kreatur Musik 001
09	Dot - New Process Unfoundsound 030
10	DSUM - Tocando Suelo Discoscocinados 002
11	Feniin - Locked Textone 029
12	Hervé AK - Total Contrast Indigomagenta 010
13	Kareem - Scholle Pentagonik 018
14	Kristian Holz - Langhaar Tribetoolz 006
15	Norman Creed - Treibgas Auflegware 011
16	Ernie - Piedratijera Flumo 009
17	Mech - Se Peg Un Partigazo Mascerolab 003
18	Alex Q - Stay No-Respone 013
19	Andrea Gentile & Diego Capri - Tomato RMX Metroline 005
20	Audio Dependent - The Deep End Alt 001
21	Dachshund - Bowowow Harry Klein Networks 001
22	Mathis Johnsen - Nachtschichtgeraet (Waehrend_Sie_Schlief_Mix) Auflegware 003
23	Bardo - Sale la ficha Essential Reload 004
24	Akille B. And Franky Ros - Ricordi Distorti Alquimia 002
25	Dorian Knox - Butterfly Audioexit-Min 001
26	Éloi Brunelle - Deepmush Thinner 100
27	Tone Def - I Dunno Alt 001
28	System of Survival - Headless Claque Net 008

Sonic Walker Mix #38: Something Heavy This Way Comes

Comment from Sonic Walker-Site:
The Something Heavy This Way Comes mix by sea.envy features tracks from the first to the most current release on Heavy Industries, a US based netlabel which is known for a mixture of deep, hard and minimal techno and tech house. The label was founded in 2001 by Fabrik Nos and Simex and after a break in 2007 they will be back soon with new releases in 2008.

Tracklist:

1. Phero - Misery Season [HI001]
2. Ceroform - Vicious Mind (SideChain Remix) [HI016]
3. Simex - Killy [HI012]
4. Fabrik Nos - Basement Love [HI008]
5. Section One - Bending Big [HI011]
6. Section One - Grooved Style [HI011]
7. Karl Lihagen - Mission [HI010]
8. Drumcell - Thermal Anomalies [HI010]
9. Fabrik Nos - Genetix [HI008]
10. DJ Shiva - Deep Freeze [HI010]
11. Fabrik Nos + Ryan Jones - Desert pt.1 [HI008]
12. R.V.Aggelen - Shakin’ Booty [HI014]
13. Rasterfeld - Rasterfeld03 (Fabrik Nos Remix) [HI005]
14. B.Bommersheim - Face The Consequence [HI010]
15. Nimrod Tsabari - SmokeScreen [HI001]
16. Ceroform - HiCon [HI016]
17. Simex - Cibo [HI012]
18. Emilsson - Berit Den Onda [HI001]
19. Rasterfeld - Untitled [HI005]

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Pentagonik #19: LE Cantin - You're just a fake

Comment from Pentagonik-Site:
A member of the archipel netlabel, the Montreal based artist LE Cantin has come out with his newest EP "You're just a fake" on pentagonik. The album boasts four minimalist, heavy-pumping tracks. Thick snares, old school vocals and basslines reduced to the max make up the core of his tracks. The future seems to be talking backwards faster and faster.

le cantin - no fake (download)
le cantin - bouncing walls (download)
le cantin - move your balls (download)
le cantin - pirouette (download)

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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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