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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.
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Welcome, Jahtari!
| Phonobox Records |
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Phonobox is an electronic music label from Catalonia, perhaps most notable for its releases of Pablo Balivar's Pulshar project, which combines influences from dub, techno and electronica. Pulshar's album 'Brotherhood' has been complemented by outstanding remixes by Sven Weisemann, Echospace, or Soultourist and should not be missed by anyone looking for a fresh and organic take on the dub techno genre.
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Welcome, Phonobox Records!
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An album delivered on a tide of hype and expectation, 'Vertical Ascent' justly deserved the praise - jazz impro meets dubbed-out sythns meets clockwork percussion on this supergroup effort by Von Oswald, Loderbauer, and Ripatti.
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| Symphonies in Dub: An Interview with Moritz von Oswald by Georg Lauteren and Koko Sorger |
| From Basic Channel to 'ReComposed' - Moritz von Oswald has shaped the development of electronic music like few others. We talk to him about his new album, Herbert von Karajan, and the breadth and space of dub. |
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Looking at the world's most influential musicians, two polar extremes can be made out: on one end of the spectrum we find the autistic genius, who creates an idiosyncratic musical universe entirely within the confines of his own imagination, and on the other the explorative traveller, who not only bridges the gaps between musical cultures, but also possesses the rare gift to make the result entirely his own.
Moritz von Oswald clearly falls into the second category - part curious flâneur, who traverses musical worlds in a light-footed stride, part creative genius, synthesizing powerful and original music from his diverse influences. Von Oswald first became known to a wider public through the Maurizio and Basic Channel projects, which he initiated during the early 90s with long-time partner and owner of Berlin's famous Hardwax record store, Mark Ernestus. In rapid succession the two released a series of 12" recordings, which proved tremendously influential on the development of modern electronic music. Combining techno and dub elements with elaborate analogue studio and mastering techniques, Basic Channel defined a unique and immediately recognizable sound aesthetic, complemented by a minimalistic and completely anonymous packaging, which emphasised the time and placeless quality of the music contained. |
| Tamoki Wambesi Dove |
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Roy Cousins was a reggae singer, producer, record store owner, and leader of the seminal dub group The Royals before founding the Tamoki Wambesi Dove label, so it shouldn't be any surprise that for almost 30 years Tamoki Wambesi Dove has been specializing in the release of dub's finest artists including Winston Jarrett, Junior Reid, and Prince Far I.
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Welcome, Tamoki Wambesi Dove!
| CLP Video Editions, Apparat and Fenin Videos |
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Chris De Luca's former band
Funkstörung was famous for its awesome videos, and Chris seems determined to continue this tradition, now that he has teamed up with Phon.o to form CLP.
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| Wackies |
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Founded in the 1970's in New York by Lloyd Barnes, a.k.a. Wackie or Bullwackie, Wackies is considered by some to be the first significant reggae studio and label in the United States. Besides releasing popular Jamaican reggae artists such as Horace Andy or Sugar Minott Lloyd Barnes also developed a number of New York-based artists such as Jah Batta and Junior Delahaye, whose releases primarily appeared...
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Welcome, Wackies!
| Pleasure from the Bass: An Interview with Pole by gl03 |
| Ten years after its first instalment, Berlin-based dub scientist Pole reissues his seminal album trilogy '1 2 3' on his own ~scape label. Time to sit down with Stefan Betke to talk about nature, minimalism and a decade of Pole. |
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There couldn't be many more fitting places in Berlin to meet up with Stefan Betke, better known as Pole, than the pleasant waterside surroundings of Kreuzberg's "Club der Visionäre". Built on wooden boards and pontoons on the river Spree, it's a location that radiates an air of relaxed tranquility, while minimalistic techno grooves, selected by Daniel Bell and Pole's partner and spouse Barbara Preisinger, remind you that you are still deep inside the beating heart of the German techno culture that is Berlin.
The interview's backdrop seems a valid metaphor for Pole's music, which oscillates between warm, analogue layers of bass-heavy dub and live instrumentation on one hand and poignant cutting-edge sound design on the other. "Nature is indeed a major source of inspiration for me", admits Pole, who is incidentally just about to embark on a field recording trip to the countryside. "Having a studio in the mountains would be nice, preferably somewhere in the Alps", he adds, "but for now we just hit the countryside by car whenever we can." |
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In 1999 label founders Stefan 'Pole' Betke and Barbara Preisinger created ~scape: a fertile breeding ground for self-contained, self-confident music. With a healthy mix of spontaneous enthusiasm, precision and continuity ~scape endeavours to offer its artists more natural scope for exciting projects and creative excursions. From dub to jazzy electronica to hip-hop, house and beyond - since its...
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