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Subnor/Destreza – Japo/Masú (Split EP) {[FILTRO.004]}

Artist: Subnor/Destreza
Title: Japo/Masú (Split EP)
Label: Filtro
Catalog #: [FILTRO.004]
Release Date: 2004/10/08

Géneros y cadencias encontrándose en cada uno de los tracks: drill and bass, electrónica dulce de alcoba, microritmos y ambient sintético, incluso rastros de cadencias electro. La única constante es la mutación.

Styles and cadencies meeting and melting on each track: drill and bass, sweet bedtime electronics, micro rhythms and synthetic ambient, even traces of electro. the only constant is mutation.

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Eric Gamboa es co-responsable del emergente sello independiente Abolipop, con sede en la ciudad de Guadalajara. Su proyecto Destreza (glitchy breakbeat de naturaleza ruda) es reconocido ampliamente entre los entusiastas de la electrónica inteligente. Eric reparte su tiempo entre Destreza, su proyecto e.lebleu (sideral. lo-fi shoegazer), su colaboración en Jackson (dubby afrosoul) y más inventos aún por venir. Subnor (mejor conocido como Nasty, aunquesu pasaporte diga juan manuel arias) es parte del colectivo multimedia XNOGRAFIKZ, ex miembro del crew de Drum and Bass Jungle Empire y actualmente es muy feliz viviendo en España, desde donde realizó este split al lado de Destreza.

En Japo/Masú se multiplican las personalidades de cada uno para llegar a un resultado de tinte esquizofrénico que hace de la diversidad y la mezcla de estilos su propio juego del que, por cierto, es difícil escapar. Del frenesí del drill and bass a la electrónica dulce de alcoba, los microritmos y el ambient sintético, e incluso rastros de cadencias electro, son algunos de los ingredientes. Los constantes cambios de ritmo (no sólo a lo largo del ep, en ocasiones, en un mismo track) nos hacen transitar una y otra vez de lo familiar a lo desconocido, de los ejercicios de velocidad a la calma sintética, todo esto dentro del ambiguo territorio de lo que se ha dado en llamar IDM. Altamente divertido.

Eric Gamboa is co – responsible of the emergent label known as Abolipop, wich operates mainly on the city of Guiadalajara. Destreza, one of his projects, offers glitchy breakbeats of a rough nature, and is largely recognized among the IDM enthusiasts . Eric divides his time among Destreza, his e.lebleu (sideral. lo-fi shoegazer) project and his collaboration with Jackson (dubby afrosoul), he is also working in other suprises to come. Subnor (better known as Nasty, although the name Juan Manuel Arias appears in his passport) is part of the multimedia collective known as Xnografikz, ex member of Jungle Empire, a Drum and bass crew, and actually is very happy living in Spain.

Subnor (a.k.a Nasty) and Destreza present Japo-Masú, a work that multiplies each one’s personality to get an schizophrenic-like result that makes of diversity and style mixing its own game, from which, still I have to say, it’s impossible to escape. From the drill and bass frenzy, to sweet bedroom electronica, micro rythms and synthetic ambient, and even traces of electro. Incessant changes on the rhythm (not only along the Ep, but in times, even in the same track), leads us to transit once and again from the known to the unknown, from speed exercises to synthetic tranquility. All of this within the ambiguous territory of what has been called IDM. Real big fun!

Tracklist:
01 – Subnor – 1985
02 – Destreza – De mi para ti, con i
03 – Subnor – Algoacil
04 – Destreza – Mchu.
05 – Subnor – You don´t really know me
06 – Destreza – Estalactita

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Zofa – Consumer Type {[FILTRO.003]}

Artist: Zofa
Title: Consumer Type
Label: Filtro
Catalog #: [FILTRO.003]
Release Date: 2004/10/08

Set en vivo de zofá. Todo un soundtrack de electrónica posmoderna que a partir del hardware y la asimilación de numerosas influencias (house, dub, clicks, idm, ambient) nos sumerge en nuevos terrenos de calidez y movimiento.

Live set from Zofa. A complete postmodern electronics soundtrack. His use of hardware and the assimilation of numerous influences (house, dub, clicks, idm, ambient) design a world of its own with a dynamic, warm touch.

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Zofa es el comando operativo Miguel González, activo en la producción de música electrónica desde hace cinco años y responsable del sello Konfort, el cual innovo introduciendo en la escena electronic mexicana un sistema para la distribución gratuita de material sonoro en constante retroalimentación con la organización de eventos de música en vivo. Así, Konfort ha sido durante los últimos años un monitor que ha localizado y expuesto fielmente muchos de los puntos más interesantes y propositivos dentro del mapa de sonoridades electrónicas mexicanas. Dividiendo su catálogoen Mínimas y Máximas Texturas, el sello ha dado cabida a lo largo de la publicación de sus diez acoplados a un amplio espectro de tendencias que van de los clic n cut, y el idm más minimalista a diversas vertientes del 4/4.

Consumer Type nos da la oportunidad de escuchar a Zofa en vivo; a través de este ep aquellos que no han tenido la oportunidad de apreciarlo podrán darse cuenta de por qué es una de las propuestas major consolidadas en cuanto al desarrollo en el stage se refiere. Grabado en vivo el 21 de agosto del 2004 en X Teresa (Antiguo Templo de Santa Teresa, Ciudad de México)Consumer Type representa perfectamente la introspección de Zofa, en que encuentra a partir de sus numerosas influencias la posibilidad de construir una identidad propia. Ensamblado inteligentemente, este set transita de los paisajes atmosféricos al dancefloor. La reverberación y el multiple filtraje son los ingredientes principales del peculiar sonido de Zofa, un híbrido efectivo de minimal house y dub que marca un nuevo estándar de calidez y movimiento.

Zofa is the operative command of Miguel González, active in the production of electronica since five years ago, and also one of the creators of the Konfort label, which innovated introducing into the Mexican electronic scene a system for the free distribution of sound material in constant feedback with the organization of live music events. Thus, Konfort has been during the last years, a monitor that has found and accurately exposed many of the most interesting electronic sonorities in Mexico. Sectioning their catalogue in Minimum and Maximum textures, this label has welcome –through the edition of ten compilations- a several number of tendencies that ranges from clicks and cuts, and the most minimal IDM, to diverse expressions of 4/4 rythms.

Consumer Type gives us the chance to listen to Zofa live; throughout this ep those who haven’t had the opportunity to appreciate it will realize why it’s one of the strongest offers in reference to the development on stage. Recorded live on august 21st. 2004 at X Teresa (a very old church turned into a space for the arts in Mexico City) Consumer Type represents perfectly the introspection of Zofa, in which he meets with his several influences and finds the possibility of constructing an identity of its own. Intelligently assembled, this set walks around from the atmospheric landscapes to the dancefloor. The use of hardware as well as heavy reverberated and filtered sounds are the components to the very peculiar sound of Zofa’s, an effective hybrid of minimal house and dub that states a new standard of warmness and movement.

Tracklist:
01 – Article
02 – Still
03 – In & Buy
04 – Cel – Fash – Car
05 – Sept – Number
06 – Animation – Card
07 – Nology

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Plug – Low-Batt EP {[FILTRO.002]}

Artist: Plug
Title: Low-Batt EP
Label: Filtro
Catalog #: [FILTRO.002]
Release Date: 2004/10/08

tracks de minimal techno altamente sincopado y de cadencias microscópicas, salpicado en ocasiones de funk, house, y dub + dos remixes: uno ambient y el otro ideal para la pista de baile.

Heavily syncopated minimal techno tracks. Microscopic cadencies sometimes flavored with funk, house and dub. With one ambient remix and another one dance foor oriented.

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Cristián Cárdenas, artista digital de la ciudad de México en constante actividad en el terreno audio/visual ha convertido a Plug en un output, desde hace más de dos años, para su creatividad musical. Con tracks publicados por los sellos Noiselab, Abolipop Records y Konfort y su destacada participación en el festival Mutek México, Plug es sinónimo del mejor minimal house producido en nuestro país, y de un proyecto personal en evolución permanente. Gestor de Filtro Netlabel y miembro del colectivo multimedia Xnografikz , la estética de Cristian se vuelve reconocible a través de los diferentes ámbitos que permea y su interés por crear una salida viable a los trabajos generados al interior de la escena electrónica mexicana de vanguardia contribuye a una redefinición del trabajo en equipo que inaugura una etapa de madurez para el circuito de proyectos nacionales.

Los tres tracks que integran este EP son un claro ejemplo del interés de Plug por realizar, mediante la experimentación y microscopio en mano, una deconstrucción de géneros que se integren a la perfección, mediante la base rítmica del techno, a la pista de baile. Desde el mood nostálgico de la versión original de Low Batt y sus flirteos con el idm hasta el tono lúdico y sincopado de Random (Tente IV) pasando por el contenido altamente reverberado de Micro-Buzz, Plug . Remixes de dos reconocidas personalidades completan el E.P.: Karras (Manrico Montero, también conocido bajo el pseudónimo de Linga, importante productor de ambient, drum and bass y DJ de la ciudad de México) invierte la polaridad de la pila y re – presenta un Low Batt traducido al ambient que, propicio para acompañar al crepúsculo o para integrarse en una sesión de deep listening, mientras que Panóptica (uno de los actos más representativos de la escena norteña mexicana, miembro de Nortec) contrasta la versión original mediante una interesante línea análoga logrando un resultado cargado de referencias cruzadas capaz de convertirse en un instante en todo un éxito del dancefloor.

Cristián Cárdenas, digital artist from México City in permanent activity on the audio/visual grounds, has turned plug into an output, since no more than two years now, for his musical creativity. With published tracks under labels like Noiselab, Abolipop Records and Konfort, and his notable participation at the Mutek Mexico Festival, Plug is a synonym of the best minimal house produced in Mexico, and represents a personal project in constant evolution. Responsible of the Filtro Netlabel, and member of themultimedia collective Xnografikz, Cristian’s aesthetic becomes recognizable through the different fields that he penetrates, and his interest to create an available way out to the avant garde electronic in Mexico, helps to the redefinition of the team work which opens a stage of maturity for the Mexican underground electronic musicians.

All of the three tracks in this Ep, are the perfect sample of Plug’s interest to realize, through the experimentation -and microscope on hand- a deconstruction of genres that fit perfectly, using the rhythm base of techno, to the dance floor. From the nostalgic mood of the Low Batt original version, and his flirting with IDM, to the playfully and syncopated spirit of Random (Tente IV) going through the highly reverbed of Micro-Buzz, Plug. Emixes of two well known personalities complete this Ep.: Karras (Manrico Montero, -a.k.a. Linga-, who is also an important producer of ambient and drum and bass, and a d.j. working in Mexico City) inverts polarity of the battery, and re-presents this Low Batt translated to ambient to contemplate the dawn or to surrender to a deep listening session. Meanwhile Panoptica (one of the most representative expressions of Nortec) opposes the original version through an interesting analog line, achieving a piece full charged with crossing references, capable to become a complete success on the dance floor.

Tracklist:
01 – Low-Batt (original mix)
02 – Format
03 – Random (Tente IV)
04 – Micro-Buzz
05 – Low-Batt (Plug‘s Stylnox mix)
06 – Low-Batt (Panoptica‘s Charged Mix)
07 – Low-Batt (karras mix)

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Manrico Montero – Noches de verano + Remixes {[FILTRO.001]}

Artist: Manrico Montero
Title: Noches de verano + Remixes
Label: Filtro
Catalog #: [FILTRO.001]
Release Date: 2004/10/08

A partir del ambient de Noches de Verano, trece proyectos mexicanos dan cuenta de los alcances de la electrónica independiente y nos pasean por diferentes vertientes de ambient, glitches e idm.

Departing from the ambient track Noches de Verano, thirteen Mexican projects show the possibilities of independent electronic music and take us into different forms of ambient, glitch and idm.

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Decir que Manrico Montero es uno de los personajes más activos en la escena electrónica local es más que un lugar común si se revisa todo el trabajo que ha realizado a lo largo de los últimos años. Uno de los principales interesados en ganar espacios para los músicos mexicanos, sus actividades han incluído temporadas de música en vivo desde por lo menos diez años a la fecha, las cuales se volvieron clásicos en la vida nocturna de la ciudad de Méxic0. Noches que sirvieron para exponer los trabajos e intereses de diferentes colectivos y artistas en lugares como el Marro (del Salón México), el Cabaret La Perla, La Faena entre otros, contribuyeron a darle forma a la cultura electrónica mexicana. Los diversos intereses de Montero se manifiestan en sus diversos proyectos: desde trabajos de electroacústica pasando por la producción y el djing de drum and bass hasta el idm y el ambient, ya sea como Linga, Karras o simplemente Manrico Montero.

Noches de Verano, pieza original de Manrico Montero , no sólo representa uno de los momentos más altos del ambient nacional al conjuntar las habilidades de Manrico como productor y su capacidad para impregnar en su música una gran carga emocional. Es también el pretexto para llevar a cabo una demostración de los parámetros que mueven a filtro. La colaboración entre diferentes artistas, el trabajo que, gracias las posibilidades tecnológicas al alcance, vence a la distancia para volverse diálogo, y el compartir, a pesar de lo amplia que pueda llegar a ser ésta, una aproximación estética a la conjunction música + tecnología en común, dan como resultado este disco en el cual es posible encontrar algunos de los proyectos más representativos de la escena electrónica a nivel nacional: Antena, Laptop Fans, Destreza, Fax , Don Moy ,Transistor, Panoptica Plug, Latinsizer, Tre/Molo, Bishop, Flux, y Childs.

When we see all the work realizad by Manrico Montero over the past years, saying that he is one of the most active in the local electronic scene is not a cliché. He is one of the most interested in gaining new spaces for Mexican musicians, his activities included the organization of live music seasons & events since at least ten years back, those events became classic in Mexican nightlife, and showcased the works and interests of different collectives and artists in such places as Marro, La Perla Cabaret, La Faena, among others, and helped in the shaping of Mexican electronic culture. The interests of Manrico are shown through his diverse projects wich include the productions of electro acoustic music, drum and bass, idm and ambient, and dj’ing. He works also under the nicknames of Linga and Karras.

Noches de Verano, originally written and performed by Manrico Montero, is one of the highest moments reached inside the Mexican ambient scene, one that displays Manrico’s experience as a music producer and his capacity to create works with a rich emotional charge. This remix album is a good chance to show what Filtro is about: collaboration between different artists under team work dynamics which, due to the technological possibilities near reach, defeat distance to turn into dialogue, and a common aesthetic approximation to the understanding of music + technology possibilities. This work is a result of these parameters applied, and a showcase of some of the most representative inside the Mexican electronic scene. Included are the remixes by Antena, Laptop Fans, Destreza, Fax, Don Moy, Transistor, Panóptica, Plug, Latinsizer, Tre/Molo Bishop, Flux, and Childs.

Tracklist:
01 – Manrico Montero 2004 edit
02 – Antena Mix
03 – Laptop Fans Mix
04 – Lonely Nights Destreza Mix
05 – Fax Mix
06 – Don Moy Deafmoy Mix
07 – Transistor Mix
08 – Panoptica Mix
09 – Plug’s Zolpidem Mix
10 – Latinsizer Mix
11 – Tre/molo Mix
12 – Bishop Mix
13 – Flux mix
14 – Childs Epic Pony Mix

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Paranerd – Cold reflect {[one014]}

Artist: Paranerd
Title: Cold reflect
Label: One
Catalog #: [one014]
Release Date: 2004/10/07

Hailing from Canada, Paranerd’s songs individually reveal themselves like being lost in specific thought. Continuously reflective themes rather than catchy clips with the occasional exclamation point. Unraveling the most vulernable moments. While many electronic musicians utilize repetition and hooks, he has an introverted and personal approach to writing that puts you in a position of wondering where the layers of melody or mood will go next.

As so many favorite albums are created for so many of us, “cold reflect” is the kind of music that someone can identify with. A fitting title for such an emphatic release… And while his style may not be exclusive, his sound is intriguing, personal, and recognizable.

Tracklist:
01 – caught your tumble
02 – rebound
03 – slumber lovers
04 – odd loss
05 – useless melody
06 – vanilla empathy
07 – too mushroom
08 – anyone will do

Artwork:
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autophagick idioth – ray {m3d,019}

Artist: autophagick idioth
Title: ray
Label: mp3death
Catalog #: m3d,019
Release Date: 2004/09/30

many microns sounding of vocalist
follows how to christopherson,

the metallic liquidity the
environments with substance of the
solely timbre, tone with more
winner subconsciously release is
a computer

at your bleeps is free, let work:
a dark technoid commando he

monotoniker artist who had been
man interesting the second endless
years to released sexuality
incitement so much as low-up

instantly life of you crappy, but
we could open some. his last for
the audience

Tracklist:
01 – the voices will get louder
02 – hi from “the cult”
03 – ray’s gay but hey
04 – psychischer tempel der verwesung

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Agent 101 – Rough Sketches {COM09}

Artist: Agent 101
Title: Rough Sketches
Label: Comatronic
Catalog #: COM09
Release Date: 2004/09/30

With a contempt for conventionality and a love for experimentation, Agent 101 creates music that is electronic yet organic, machine yet human. On Frost, for example, you can forget traditional instruments; this Australian artist conducts an orchestra of fat wet boots crunching through snow, of dark leaky basements, of wind whispering through winter wastelands. Its a lesson in evoking mood. Or check out the anthemic On Top of the World, a track which proves that not only can anything be the beat, the beat can be the melody. Rough Sketches may only be an EP, but like the preliminary jottings of a painter, its full of ideas and inspiration. Download the tracks, sit back and enjoy!

Tracklist:
01 – Frost
02 – Drop Out
03 – On Top Of The World
04 – Zone Zero One
05 – Beat Mode
06 – Union

Artwork:
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Choplin – océano {doblec.007}

Artist: Choplin
Title: océano
Label: Doblec
Catalog #: doblec.007
Release Date: 2004/09/28

Nueva referencia de Choplin. Esta vez es un ep de techno minimalista inspirado en el mar. Son cinco temas: una introducción y un final, y tres temas centrales, basándose y experimentando con acordes sueltos. Como decía aquel…. menos es mas. El tema “mar de medusas” es el presentado para el concurso de radio3 “delirios instrumentales”.

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new release of choplinsound on doblec. Océano, five tracks of techno minimal.

Tracklist:
01 – inicio en la playa
02 – sumergido
03 – bajo el agua
04 – mar de medusas
05 – una cena submarina

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Beak – Amoral Mayor Earwig EP {mtk136}

Artist: Beak
Title: Amoral Mayor Earwig EP
Label: Monotonik
Catalog #: mtk136
Release Date: 2004/09/26

We first hooked up with shadowy U.S. artist Beak earlier in 2003, when he made an ‘absolutely checken’ appearance, providing us with a few choice tracks featuring his unconventional but beautiful twinning of multi-tracked acoustic guitars and harder electronics. But it’s taken us until now to choose the absolutely perfect combination of sweet and savory songs from his extensive, largely publically unreleased output for the enchanting randomly titled ‘Amoral Mayor Earwig EP’.

So, where did we end up? Well, with the loping ‘How A Hot Air Balloon Works’, we have silent impulse into sonic heaven, all surprisingly summery, before new track ‘I Saw Two Of Me’ goes a whole lot more complex, really twisting the guitars and the jittery kitten-y drums together. Meanwhile, the title track simply multitracks weird spokenword interludes and beautifully played acoustic melodies with the pitter patter of drums, and our still-beating heart. Then, a brief interlude for the powerful phasing of ‘Yellow Hat’, before everything falls to piece with ‘Candrea444’, an out of time, out of space, in place rendering of a much more intensely acoustic, hardly normal daddy.

And what did we learn? That it takes time to get things right, that time is on our side, and that when phrased just right, the call of the string can sound like the call of the wild. Many thanks to Beak for teaching us.

Credits:
cover by Beak

Tracklist:
01 – How A Hot Air Balloon Works
02 – I Saw Two Of Me
03 – Amoral Mayor Earwig
04 – Yellow Hat
05 – Candrea444

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Valzi – Careless EP {BKTR002}

Artist: Valzi
Title: Careless EP
Label: Backtrack
Catalog #: BKTR002
Release Date: 2004/09/24

Our first solo releases comes from Backtrack co-founder Valzi, who releases 14 minutes of distorted waves and beats. Fusing industrial electronics with sweet and naive melodies, valzi’s first official solo release proves to be an enchanting one, filled with emotional landscapes and creeping moments of dark atmospheres and light sequences. A study in contrast.

Artist Comments:
“careless”

they called me a pessimist,
yet I had an unreasonable hope.
maybe this recognition of
senseless faith is pessimism.

a smile that is not a gift
is worthless.
struggle for joy, instead.

they said I was merry,
yet my reverie was meaningless.
maybe this apparition,
was no more than an enormous wish.

without interest, without fear,
without care –
failure has a tart charm.

they called me an optimist,
but i expected the worst.
maybe friendship with disappointment
is a kind of optimism.

savored, memorized moments.
these will not be forgotten,
though attempted.

they said i was visionary,
yet i was unable to see past my hand.
maybe they are also too nearsighted
to see me squint.

dreams are fairies.
they fly on happy thoughts.
we play with them,
dancing on the green carpet.

dreams are ghosts.
they won’t fade to nothing.
we can’t touch them.
every lunge brings face to ground.

still, they must be realized.
then all will be perfect again,
but not under this sky.

-valzi

Tracklist:
01 – Maybe Yet
02 – Singed
03 – Passive
04 – Farewell
05 – Careless

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