netlabelarchive

Shiftless – White Mountains {BKTR008}

Artist: Shiftless
Title: White Mountains
Label: Backtrack
Catalog #: BKTR008
Release Date: 2006/01/22

Backtrack is very pleased to welcome Shiftless, ambient legend in the world of netlabels. “White Mountains,” the song he calls “his best work to date,” is restful, yet manages to be captivating at the same time so captivating that the emotions of the song are inescapable. At twenty-six minutes long, its also his longest work, and shows a wide range of ability and cohesiveness.

Tracklist:
01 – White Mountains

Artwork:
Front Cover
Full Art
Full Art (Hi-Res)

Additional Files:
bktr008 [TXT]

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5)

← Back To Netlabel

Marco Messina – Ubik EP {od069}

Artist: Marco Messina
Title: Ubik EP
Label: Ogredung
Catalog #: od069
Release Date: 2006/01/20

Marco Messina has been active for more than 10 years with 99 Posse, a historic Italian band, and many other musical projects (Nous and Kyò among the others), of which Resina (the result of the meeting with Retina.it) is probably the most succesful act at the time being.
With this release, he confirms his steady presence in the vibrating scapes of minimal electronics, keeping an eye open on the analogic and its lively outcome, glowing like a physical manipulation on the musical matter. The 4 tracks move in the direction of pulsating, soft electronics, which at the same time mantain the rhythmic sketch which characterizes the artist’s contaminated orientation. Tracks like “tarde” and “12 stage phaser” well reflect Messina’s disposition towards beat-mangling and soft-acid drivethrus, while more relaxed and open-minded fluxes proceed in the breathing sounds of “giù” (this being a bass-driven, punctuated soundscape with spoken intrusions) and “esp 3”.
The EP comes with an outstandingly simple and inspirating artwork by Felix Petrescu of the romanian IDM/chill duo Makunouchi Bento, who more than once gifted us with amazing releases and the 1st place in the Numia Netlabel Battle.

Credits:
Tarde: vox_Michelangelo Dalisi
Giù: vox_Monica Nappo, double bass_Alessandro Quintavalle
12 Stage phaser
Esp 3
music composed by Marco Messina @ folder studio
http://www.folderstudio.com | http://www.mousikelab.com
artwork: waka x / makunouchi bento

Tracklist:
01 – Tarde
02 – Giù
03 – 12 Stage Phaser
04 – Esp 3

Artwork:
Front Cover

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5)

← Back To Netlabel

Zofa – Private {YKYK003}

Artist: Zofa
Title: Private
Label: Yuki Yaki
Catalog #: YKYK003
Release Date: 2006/01/15

Is it the abrasive sensation of the megalopolis Mexico City or is it more the shivering awe in the shadows of an ancient Aztec temple that keep the tunes of this Mexican Electronica craftsman confidently on the edge between beauty and bit reduction.
Just envision an immaculate House tune being fragmented into a thousand shiny dazzling splinters and then being recomposed by the artist showing an unconcealed indulgence for tiny little flaws and scratches.
Zofa keeps a moderate pace on his 5-tracker for Yuki Yaki which appears to underline the comfy furniture reference of the name itself. Zofa seems to be more after the slightly abstract dim-lit glamour of an artisan bar than after floor-breaking excitement.
This minimalist cocktail has to be served chilled!

Tracklist:
01 – Avi Sccot [MP3] [OGG]
02 – Angel Dark [MP3] [OGG]
03 – Blond Paradise [MP3] [OGG]
04 – Aria Giovani [MP3] [OGG]
05 – Jane Darling [MP3] [OGG]

Artwork:
Thumbnail
Front Cover
Back Cover

Additional Files:
Flash [SWF]
Info [TXT]

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

← Back To Netlabel

Yuppster – Ambition EP {mtk159}

Artist: Yuppster
Title: Ambition EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk159
Release Date: 2006/01/14

After his previous bleepish releases on the wondrous 8BitPeoples, as well as remixes on real-life labels like Zod and Carpark, we’re delighted to welcome Matt Kuebrich, aka Yuppster, onto Monotonik with the 7-track ‘Ambition EP’.

Things start with the eloquent ‘Alaska’, all plink and plonk and deft melodics, before ‘Retry Me’ radiates an almost mellow Aphex vibe, with shuffling drums and a keen sense of wonder. The rest of the EP is just as good, with some of the higlights being ‘The Draft’, which is practically jogging on the spot with irrepressible squoinks, and the humming ‘Ends’, which is practically glowing with contentment.

Overall, seems like ‘Ambition EP’ is a tight, intense, neat piece of electronic music, and we thank Yuppster for allowing us here at Monotonik to release it – such dreaminess on his part has led to much dreaminess on our parts while listening.

Tracklist:
01 – Alaska
02 – Retry Me
03 – FM
04 – The Draft
05 – A Year From Tuesday
06 – Douser
07 – Ends

Artwork:
Front Cover

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5)

← Back To Netlabel

choplin – netlabels mix 01.06 {netdj002}

Artist: choplin
Title: netlabels mix 01.06
Label: Oír Para Creer
Catalog #: netdj002
Release Date: 2006/01/08

Seguimos con nuestras sesiones netdj, esta vez hemos preparado una sesión más enfocada al minimal techno (la primera contenía más elementos house). En esta sesión encontrareis muchos temas de las últimas referéncias que hemos comentado en este blog (mnlv003, unfound013, afterdinner…) así como, otra vez, dos temas inéditos (de momento) de hermetico.
Seguiremos en febrero con la próxima sesión!

Dedicada especialmente a toda la gente que estuvo en la sesión de Choplin en fin de año en CanFenosa por su gran apoyo y entrega durante la misma 😉

Notes:
1. katzo – midnight beach (afterdinner) (5:01)
2. mikel mendia – caos theory II (inoquo) (4:28)
3. hermetico – colepa (unreleased) (3:46)
4. katzo – case (afterdinner) (2:40)
5. johan fotmeijer – tropiq (minlove) (3:58)
6. bazz barr – slutdistorter (electrotoxik) (3:07)
7. mole of soul – lezgo lezgo (textone) (3:45)
8. bruno pronsato – seria suerte (minlove) (2:26)
9. hermetico – clarividencia (unreleased) (5:12)
10. gummihz – body electric (afterdinner) (3:39)
11. ferik – tribazoom (p1) (ferik) (4:32)
12. bazz barr – technical stratosfear (electrotoxik) (4:10)
13. sarah godfarb – farandole (unfound) (4:15)
14. vivanne projects – fingers (unfound) (3:34)
15. remute – klinke multi variation (rest) (4:00)

Tracklist:
01 – netlabels mix 01.06

Additional Files:
netdj002 [CUE]
tracklist [TXT]

Artwork:
Front Cover
Back Cover

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5)

← Back To Netlabel

Loscil – Stases (drones 2001 – 2005) {[one023]}

Artist: Loscil
Title: Stases (drones 2001 – 2005)
Label: One
Catalog #: [one023]
Release Date: 2006/01/07

Revealing the somber underpinnings of his Loscil recordings, Scott Morgan has given us Stases – A collection of drones based upon the backgrounds of his work for Kranky Records, from 2001 to now.

As with his previous output, Stases follows theme and concept with further reference and meaning given through the title’s definition: “..a condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness”. Textured, aqueous, warm and pleasingly rich in (often bright) tonality giving us a deeper focus and alternate view into the corners of Morgan’s music. Seemingly so surrounding, submersive, and natural – that it becomes easy to forget the complex overtones and flowing mixtures involved in the creation of them.

Credits:
artwork by adrian leverkuhn – http://www.leverkuhn.com

GOODBYE MORNING | William Joines
Directors Bureau Competition Entry 2006
Actress: Karrie Crouse
Director of Photography: Alison Kelly
Editor: Sowjanya Kudva

Tracklist:
01 – cotom
02 – nautical2
03 – sous-marin
04 – biced
05 – still upon the ocean floor
06 – subaquatic
07 – resurgence
08 – B15-A
09 – micro hydro
10 – windless
11 – faint liquid
12 – stratus

Artwork:
Front Cover
Cover (Print)
CD Tray (Print)
Leverkuhn – Loscil 1
Leverkuhn – Loscil 2
Leverkuhn – Loscil 3
Leverkuhn – Loscil 4
Leverkuhn – Loscil 5
Leverkuhn – Loscil 6
Leverkuhn – Loscil 7
Leverkuhn – Loscil 8

Video:
Will Joines – Loscil Stases [MOV] [MP4]

Additional Files:
one023_loscil_-_stases [TXT]

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5)

← Back To Netlabel

New Delhi FM – Daylight Confusion {mtk158}

Artist: New Delhi FM
Title: Daylight Confusion
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk158
Release Date: 2006/01/01

You may have heard of German idm stars New Delhi FM from their excellent album release on Soulseek Records back in 2003, ‘Far From Yesterday’. Though the group originally started as a three-piece collective consisting of Sandro Boege, Paul Krege and Marc Hofling, nowadays, just Sandro is at the helm, and Monotonik is proud to present ‘Daylight Confusion’, a dense 55-minute ‘EP’ that’s the first major release from New Delhi FM in over 2 years.

‘Daylight Confusion’ is particularly interesting because of its oblique denseness, showcasing an oddly resonant brand of complex electronics that starts out with ‘Under Major Influence’, all prickly but lovable. Skewing far more minimal and alternative than other recent Monotonik fare, the title track, ‘Daylight Confusion’ itself, is a carefully building, languid pool of understated beauty.

Some other highlights include ‘Across The Floor’, which warps its way around the sonic map in an almost Tangerine Dream flavor, and ‘Faster Variation Of Straw’, a dark, drone-ish piece which is just difficult enough to please, but just accessible enough to leave you wanting more. Not, perhaps, your average Monotonik release, but rather a major, significant work from New Delhi FM which doesn’t ape, just differentiates.

Tracklist:
01 – Under Major Influence
02 – Tomorrow Doesn’t Matter
03 – Daylight Confusion
04 – Teapen
05 – They Were Looking For Peace In Neon Lights
06 – Continuing What Is Yet To Come
07 – Across The Floor
08 – A Strange Day (In The Past)
09 – Faster Variation Of Straw
10 – HSEB 0

Artwork:
Front Cover
Back Cover
Back Cover (Square)

Download

← Back To Netlabel

va – winter compilation 2006 {[lam001]}

Artist: va
Title: winter compilation 2006
Label: Laminim
Catalog #: [lam001]
Release Date: 2005/12/24

geburtstag.. juchhei da sind wir! mit dabei ist der monoman, der alte freak der gepflegten gitarrenriffs.. der auch schon haushaltsware vertreibende yoursck, nebst anhang.. unser kumpel vom dorf aus mcpomm, der auf vielen netlabels bereits schwer begeistern konnte.. sebatian uentz, der uns mit seinem talent endlich mal besucht hat.. florian filsinger, bekannt u.a. von dachstuhl, acedia und tisch-records.. negvhar, der liveact, der hin und wieder im soapclub hannover zu hören ist.. und last but not least der master des experimentellen und tisch giant, tomas haas!

wir danken euch allen für die realisierung dieser ersten veröffentlichung! weiterhin möchten wir uns bei giner bedanken, für das in 5 minuten gebastelte logo, und beim rich für das designen des wunderschönen winterlichen covers sowie alle anderen beteildigten!

Tracklist:
01 – monoman – paul [FLAC] [MP3]
02 – yoursck & frank sukopp – glas worx [FLAC] [MP3]
03 – rich.vom.dorf – komma [FLAC] [MP3]
04 – sebastian uentz – black disk [FLAC] [MP3]
05 – florian filsinger – die nacht der leitenden reichen [FLAC] [MP3]
06 – monoman – monomach [FLAC] [MP3]
07 – neghvar – the 8th seduction [FLAC] [MP3]
08 – tomas haas – commisioner encourages the ministry of transport [FLAC] [MP3]

Artwork:
Front Cover

Download

License:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5)

← Back To Netlabel

Psilodump – The Night I Lost You All You All {CANDY017}

Artist: Psilodump
Title: The Night I Lost You All You All
Label: Candy Mind Records
Catalog #: CANDY017
Release Date: 2005/12/24

One morning when he wakes up something is just wrong. A weird feeling is going up and down his spine and he doesn’t really know what’s up or down. Something is haunting Psilodump. He packs his bag and sets out on a journey…

Now when he’s standing here, with the bag in one hand and his Dick Tracy novel in the other, prepared to travel far, he doesn’t know at all what awaits him…

And that may be good, because if he knew about all the ghouls, all the swamp eating pirates, all the golden zombies, would he then leave…?

1. BAK8
Lost in an abandoned town, inhabited by fearless walking dead, Psilodump is trying to get out of harms way but at the same time he wants to find out what has really happened here. Do not fasten your seatbelts, or you can be sure they’ll just fall of.

2. PIN
Psilodump is hearing a whisper from a place he has never been to before, but it is a place he still remembers. He hesitates for a moment, but then he continues right ahead…

3. FEIGN EMBRACE
At first it felt like the journey more and more turned into a fun trip, but Psilodump soon realizes that that’s nothing but a false impression, this was a, a… a feign embrace!

4. BITTEN
Psilodump enters the ghost-train-roller-coaster and must duck to avoid the swinging axes, a construction made with the purpose of cutting his head off. The ghosts is just laughing and Psilo is really wondering when this hell-trip will end.

5. RETHOUGHT7
Face to face with the final evil creation of madness, Psilodump is trying to find a way to battle this sinister beast. Then the voice is whispering in darkness again, with a voice so quite,: “Hit the eye Psilo, the eye!”

6. LOST AND
The beast is dead and Psilo is finding out the truth. But the truth is not always so pleasant…

7. ALDRIG IGEN
Tired and exhausted by the terrible adventure, Psilodump states that he never want this kind of stuff to happen again… Aldrig igen!

8. FEIGN EMBRACE (AYHAN AYDIN COMMUTERTRAIN REMIX)
At last when he thought everything was over and he is heading back home, Psilodump is accidentally embarking on another adventure of a lifetime!. Instead of taking the usual train he makes a serious mistake and boards the horrifying commuter-train…

To be continued…

Tracklist:
01 – bak8
02 – Pin
03 – Feign Embrace
04 – Bitten
05 – Rethought7
06 – Lost and
07 – Aldrig Igen
08 – Feign Embrace [Commuter Train Remix by Ayhan Aydin]