Aqstnik : Tasten Der Unendlichkeit EP [BIOS_008]

“The Biotop Label presents the first EP of the genre-breaking Aqstnik project, containing 3 deep and dubby tracks. Aqstnik combines classic piano-music with tricky electronic elements, created by two skillful maestros in their artistic fields.

The two artists behind Aqstnik can both look back on their extensive music-careers and numerous trademark-releases within their genres. For this project they decided to use an independent name, unrelated to their artist-names, so the focus is completely on the music, not the men behind it.

Aqstnik had no master plan when they fired up the machines in the studio. It was all about the intuitive flow with the aim to unify piano-music with electronic production- skills, and to develop something original out of it. In about 12 months a whole album accrued, containing 9 experimental, deep and sensitive songs, most of them freely interpreted. Cineastic and enthusiastic – in some places blue-eyed and light-hearted, in other parts dark and sophisticated – continuously emotional and packed with magic moments.

Fortunately for all music-lovers the Biotop Label drops the Tasten der Unendlichkeit EP with a selection of the most electronic tracks of this album as a free download! The full album will be released with a special concept very soon.”

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Format: 3 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, WAV
Released: 21 Aug 2013
Style: Tech House, Deep House

Abiz Sonko : Auer Chens [Zimmer101]

“Ei nid help, Streinjah, for oldou ei hef tu Grendsonts, ei em lonli end anhepi bikos dei du not lof or ker for mi. Dei tel mi det ei em from en olda worlt. In mei janga deis tinks wor difrent. Olt men wor hepi. Wen dei deit, dei wor burit wit honor. Bat in mei kejs, Streinjah, mei olt ejtsh hes bin anhepi. End mei onli fir is det wen ei dei, mei Grendsonts wil not akort mi de honor du tu mei ejtsh. It wil be a disgrejs. Ferwel, Streinjah. if ju kol egen end ei em eleif, ei wil welkom ju bak. [Shejms Hensho – Auer Chens]”

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Format: 4 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC
Released: 21 Aug 2013
Style: Techno, Industrial

nosfi : the fine art of despair [self released]

“The project the fine art of despair is a combination of music and bukowski reading his poetry. This album was produced entirely during 2 weeks of june back in 2010. The inspiration for it came in a dark period and it’s atsmosphere reflects it. It is a mixture of sample-based hip-hop, downtempo, trip-hop, poetry, heavy use of cognac and beer, and last but not least a bunch of obsessions… An obsession with Vincent Price, with heavy nineties hip hop drums and of course, an obsession with bukowski’s writings. For a better acoustic experience combine it with low lighting and a brandy & orange juice cocktail… Cheers!”

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Format: 15 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 27 Jun 2013
Style: Hip Hop, Downtempo

F.l.o. : Summer Nights [CTR041]

F.l.o. is one of these artists you don’t need to prelisten before downloading – his music will never disappoint you. Summer Nights comes with remixes by Dubatech and Minimal Boffin.

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Format: 13 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 19 Aug 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Detroit Techno, Ambient

Echogarden : Compilation Volume 1 [eg.comp.1]

“Upcoming event on Saturday, August 24th:
we open doors on Saturday 24th at 2pm and close the doors at Sunday 25th at 6am, Location is the Tabakfabrik in Linz (Austria)
rtists are: Alex Sayed, Björn Rohde, Dave Stuart, Frank Sebastian, Jay Phonic, Martin Nonstatic (Live), Oliver Synox, Soundwiese, Upwellings (Live), Xeed, f_a_r_e_s

Hello friends and dub techno lovers out there.

We started this competition by simply asking artists to produce tracks that would fit to a big garden full of echos. The response was amazing. We recieved a lot of tracks. Outstanding tracks. We started and kept collecting tracks until the day of the deadline. Martin and me made a deal: we would not listen to any of the tracks before having gathered all of them such that we would not make any preselection but give each track the same chance. Imagine, it was very hard to do so. The day after the deadline, Martin and i just met to discuss and evaluate the tracks. During the entire night, we listened to the tracks without looking at artist names just to be as unbiased as possible until it was done. We selected the sweetest sounds for echogarden and those tracks that are somehow connected to each other. We had so much fun while listening to the sounds – the tracks blew us completely away. Amazing!! Therefore we want to thank everyone who sent us a track and we also want to thank those artists, that are finally not on the list. I really have to say that again, it was just about making a choice of what sounds build a great connection. Nothing else.

Also, our special thanks go to ‘Salz’ and his wonderful mastering.
Specially when it comes to dub-techno, mastering by Salz is a masterpiece.

Echogarden Festival
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Format: 15 x File, Compilation, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 18 Aug 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Ambient

f_a_r_e_s : Respiration [DBSPOD038]

93 minutes of finest deep house and dub techno in the mix:

1) Sublime Porte – Hurafe [statik entertainment 33]
2) Erich Schall – Voxtrap [bsc_035]
3) Holocaos & Projekt Gestalten – Ideias (Version C) [TRANZ051]
4) Sven Weisemann – Elapse [Telrae 013]
5) Bohdan – Surfing The Grassland [adpt009]
6) Stefan Gubatz – Offshore (Rework) [Telrae 015V]
7) Victor Frias – Tardes de room (Nacho Monetto Remix) [mK68]
8) Father Ohmikron – Suffer In Dub [ERD004]
9) Pedro Helvete – Bahnhof [bump186]
10) Digital=Divine – Naivete [did-081]
11) Organon – Manifold [ECc049]
12) Kuba Sojka – Good Evening Montreux [Nito 002LP]
13) Mike Blackmore – Lake Minor (Brickman Remix) [did-082]
14) Syene – Bergen (Ayqix Version 2) [instabil 35]
15) Deni Diezer – Where We Do Not [KOSMO EP #013003]
16) Cliff Tower – Track-5 [KPL006]
17) Sven Weisemann – Elution [Telrae 017]
18) Am.Light – Particles [Ferro #01]
19) Ludovic Vendi – Melec [WNB014]

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Format: 1 x File, Mix, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 30 Jul 2013
Style: Deep House, Dub Techno

DeepDubing : My Atmosphere Of The Forest [deepx253]

The artist’s name says it all: DeepDubing.

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Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 13 Aug 2013
Style: Dub Techno

f_a_r_e_s : SCADA [DBSPOD037]

97 minutes of finest dub techno in the mix:

1) Freund der Familie – Monday [FDFLP01]
2) Sven Weisemann – Elapse (FDF’s Espale Mix) [TELRAE017]
3) Quantec – Hidden Persuasion [statik entertainment 38]
4) Gradient – Memories Are Always With Us [ECc049]
5) Ohmikron – Resistance (Bdtom remix) [MINIFM45]
6) Sven Weisemann – Light Sway [TELRAE013]
7) Andrea Porcu – Texture Ø I [.ROHS!01RAW:NET]
8) Stefan Gubatz – Byte And Scratch (Rework) [TELRAE015V]
9) G.R.I.T. – And I Always Have [Backyard Sequence] [CFM048]
10) Gale Talk – Echoes From The Other Side [DZ-023]
11) Idealist – Identifiers [ETRAUH33]
12) Phoboz – Five After Midnight [ML012]
13) Dublicator – Elasticity [ETRAUH22]
14) Brickman – Correlation [SMP006]
15) if i had a hi fi – Rotation Dub – Discknocked redubtion [DBSRS001]
16) aspect. – variation. [CFM048]
17) Ohmikron – Standard [MANDMS097]
18) Freund der Familie – Pacifier [FDFLP01]
19) Father Ohmikron – Satellite [BITD003]

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Format: 1 x File, Mix, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 30 Jul 2013
Style: Dub Techno

Andrea Porcu : We Will Live Again [​.​ROHS​!​02RAW​:​NET]

“The ‘RAW:NET’ release series is back again!”

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Format: 4 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 14 Aug 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Ambient

Sick Rat : Abstrapped [DWK230]

“After the debut Mind The Rat EP, Sick Rat drops another release with Dusted Wax Kingdom. It’s a unique trip-hop/sample-based free jazz album full of heavy weight beats and sharp sound collages. To support/purchase/donate, feel free to visit the Sick Rat’s bandcamp store.”

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Format: 12 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 12 Aug 2013
Style: Trip Hop, Hip Hop, Lo-Fi