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Aufgang: The Only Way Is Up
With a line-up of two pianos, drums and subtle electronics, Aufgang deliver the most buoyant take so far on the current classical-meets-pop trend.
Rush Hour Special: Virgo, Rick Wilhite, Tevo Howard
It's rush-hour time! In appreciation of the Amsterdam based label we have selected a variety of releases showing the diversity that Rush Hour has cultivated over the past 12 years: What else can be said about a label that rose from a record store and mailorder to one of the most influential institutions of electronic music. Featuring reissued releases from Chicago house labels Trax records and DJ International, local players such as Tom Trago, and Detroit techno stars like Kenny Larkin, Carl Craig and Anthony Shakir.
Featuring new releases from:
Virgo
Tevo Howard
Rick Wilhite
Tom Trago
Anthony Shakir
The Shape Of Breaks To Come: An Interview with FaltyDL by gl03
New York's Drew Lustman has won over countless fans last year, mixing up abstract hip-hop, UK garage, and Rephlex-style electronica in his productions for Planet Mu and Ramp Recordings. Right in time for the release of his new EP we conduct a brief Q&A session with the man known to most as FaltyDL.
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© by Sabine Mirlesse // www.sabinemirlesse.com
On rare occasions barriers of time, space and musical cultures seem to melt down, condense and solidify into something new and outrageous at the hands of a gifted individual. Take the example of Drew Lustman, whose recordings as FaltyDL have been among the most hyped of the year 2009.

Growing up in New Haven, Connecticut, didn't exactly predestine Lustman to a career of chopping up all dance music genres ever conceived on the British Isles, adding a large dose of sample-based hip-hop and coming up with a unique musical recipe of his own.

Yet this is precisely what he ended up doing, and while his prior experience as a sushi cook and jazz bassist might have helped a bit in the process, the general public had been left largely unprepared for the firework of fresh ideas that was 'Love Is Liability' - his debut album that used UK garage breaks, dubstep bass and dreamy Ceephax synths to conjure up mid-90s rave moods with modern means.
Various Artists - File Under Dub #2
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12-03-2010
5 Tracks
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Compilation 82.72 MB 4,95 €
Leipzig's highly recommendable dub-techno imprint Instabil releases the second volume of its 'File Under Dub' series. Five excellent dub house and techno tracks by young artists such as Modern Walker (ISENDIT.) and Satore (Minuendo). Deep and sweet - definitely one to check out.
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Glass Candy - Feeling Without Touching
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16-03-2010
6 Tracks
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Album 48.76 MB 5,95 €
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Glass Candy return on Jersey City's great Italians Do It Better label with an intense dose of dramatic synth-pop: Johnny Jewel's opulent riffs meet Ida No's characteristicly brittle vocal style for a catchy cross-over of new wave, electro-disco and indie dance. Irresistibly psychedelic!
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Various Artists - sound:frame 2010 compilation
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05-03-2010
5 Tracks, 8 Videos
Multi-Format
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Compilation 1.29 GB 0,00 €
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Kenny Larkin - The Chronicles
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15-10-2008
21 Tracks
MP3
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Double-Album 301.10 MB 12,99 €
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Kenny Knots & Co - Watch How The People Dancing
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12-03-2010
21 Tracks
MP3
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Album 155.68 MB 9,99 €
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Fluxion - Perfused
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15-03-2010
9 Tracks
MP3
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Album 148.99 MB 7,45 €
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Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings, Tambourines
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01-03-2010
14 Tracks
MP3
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Album 168.26 MB 9,99 €
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Donnacha Costello - Before We Say Goodbye
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15-03-2010
9 Tracks
MP3
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Album 113.99 MB 9,99 €
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Pole - 1 2 3
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08-08-2008
27 Tracks
MP3
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Dub
Album 376.28 MB 12,99 €
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F - Energy Distortion LP
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15-03-2010
13 Tracks
MP3
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Album 161.88 MB 9,99 €
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Pjusk - Sval
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12K
16-03-2010
12 Tracks
MP3
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Album 148.41 MB 9,99 €
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John Holt - The Reggae Artist Gallery
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03-02-2010
12 Tracks
MP3
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Album 98.63 MB 9,99 €
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Various Artists - MAKING CONTAKT - Soundtrack
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17-03-2010
12 Tracks
MP3
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Compilation 179.05 MB 9,99 €
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Deadbeat - Radio Rothko
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15-03-2010
19 Tracks
MP3
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Dub
Compilation 153.45 MB 9,99 €
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Turning to great American abstract painter Mark Rothko for inspiration, Montreal's dub techno veteran Deadbeat distils 15 years of electronic dub into 'Radio Rothko', his first mix album appearing on US label The Agriculture.

The level of abstraction and sophistication with which Scott Monteith pulls this off would indeed be deserving of Rothko's patronage. Not only did Monteith choose some of the finest tracks the genre has to offer, he has also dissected and reassembled their elements into a brilliantly crafted flow, much more resembling a concept album than a collection of tracks or a DJ mix.

It is the way how Deadbeat both intricately layers his echoing textures and pays attention to the bigger picture at the same time, which makes 'Radio Rothko' one of the most conceptually sound mix albums ever recorded. Starting out in a subdued 4-by-4 fashion, Monteith lines up Basic Channel, Pendle Coven and Quantec, before peaking with Marko Fürstenberg's intense 'Site 312'. From here he suddenly breaks up the rhythm with Monolake and 2562, arriving at Rhythm & Sound's classic dub reduction 'Mango Drive', before ending the mix on high note with his own dub house track 'Deep Structure'.

Clocking in at just over an hour, 'Radio Rothko' is a beautiful work, both for the uninitiated, who will find many of the genre's undisputed highlights in this mix, as well as for electronic dub's die-hard fans, who will marvel at Deadbeat's sense of dramatic composition. Superb.
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Kenny Knots & Co - Watch How The People Dancing
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12-03-2010
21 Tracks
MP3
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Album 155.68 MB 9,99 €
Arguably the best digital Dancehall ever to emerge out of the UK featuring all vocalists from the infamous Unity Soundsystem. Produced in Stoke Newington, north east London, on a Casio and a drum machine, the music is totally unique albeit its simplicity and will blow your mind with its deadly groove. Wicked!
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F - Energy Distortion LP
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15-03-2010
13 Tracks
MP3
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Album 161.88 MB 9,99 €
7even Recordings' first long player surfaces courtesy of their premier artist, F. With 'Energy Distortion', the young French producer cultivates a sound fusing traditional dub-techno aesthetics (a la Basic Channel) within a new school framework (a la dubstep), resulting in devastating and hypnotic dancefloor material!
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Tres feat. Frank Lorber - Uno A Cuatro
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15-03-2010
4 Tracks
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Maxi-Single 64.28 MB 3,95 €
Long standing Cocoon member Frank Lorber gathers two of his old Frankfurt mates to unleash a percussive DJ tool with undoubted hit potential. From more minimal tracks like 'Uno' and 'Cuatro' to melodious bass work outs like 'Duo' this EP has it all to cause damage on the floor.
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Breakage - Foundation
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15-03-2010
16 Tracks
MP3
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Album 140.38 MB 9,99 €
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Digital Soundboy releases the long-awaited debut album, 'Foundations' from South London drum and bass/UK bass producer, Breakage. Breakage's first releases appeared nearly 10 years ago on the label, Reinforced, while he was still a teenager, and his releases since have maintained an astonishingly high level of quality. Features 'Vial', a collaboration with fellow South Londoner, Burial.
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Loops Haunt - Rubber Sun Grenade EP
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12-03-2010
4 Tracks
MP3
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Maxi-Single 41.11 MB 3,95 €
Scottish bass music producer, Loops Haunt, is getting a serious buzz as of late for his jaw-dropping production antics. Such antics have recently received the attention of LuckyMe, the Glasgow dance music stable whose members include Hudson Mohawke, Rustie, Mike Slott, among others. Keep your ears peeled for Loops Haunt in the coming months!
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Marcel Dettmann - Dettmann Remixed
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08-03-2010
4 Tracks
MP3
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Maxi-Single 50.87 MB 3,95 €
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Claudio PRC - Vacuum Substance EP
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06-03-2010
4 Tracks
MP3
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EP 72.24 MB 3,95 €
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Kenny Larkin - Keys, Strings, Tambourines
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01-03-2010
14 Tracks
MP3
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Album 168.26 MB 9,99 €
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Virgo - Virgo
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08-03-2010
8 Tracks
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Album 84.69 MB 7,45 €
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Madchen Amick - Shelly Johnson
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12-03-2010
2 Tracks
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EP 27.96 MB 1,95 €
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Josh Wink - When A Banana Was Just A Banana Remixed And Peeled
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08-03-2010
15 Tracks
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Album 280.08 MB 9,99 €
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Donnacha Costello - Before We Say Goodbye E.P.
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10-03-2010
3 Tracks
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EP 45.60 MB 2,95 €
Best rated releases in week #10
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Jahtari
Over the years Leipzig-based Jahtari has become a cult label for its crossover of lo-fi 8bit sounds and dub, a style which the Jahtari folks themselves call 'digital laptop reggae'. Initially started in 2004 by Disrupt and Rootah as a netlabel, Jahtari has since become a world-wide network of artists with close ties to the UK bass music scene.
Welcome, Jahtari!
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Disrupt
After a few years of experimenting with different equipment and styles, from Gabber over digital hardcore to electronica, Leipzig's Jan Gleichmar a.k.a. Disrupt came to love dub and reggae with all his heart. In 1998 he met Rootah at a construction site they were both working on, and a few years later the two started the Jahtari label, dedicated to the fusion of lo-fi chiptune sounds and dub reggae....
Welcome, Disrupt!
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Aufgang
Aufgang is the project of Francesco Tristano, fellow pianist Rami Khalifé and Cassius drummer Aymeric Westrich. Creating music mainly with two pianos and a set of drums, Aufgang's sound is highly unique, combining influences from electronic, classical and pop music. Their highly acclaimed debut album 'Aufgang' has been released on the French Infiné label and has been remixed by artists like Robert Hood,...
Welcome, Aufgang!
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