Knobs : Beats of Mind [MOTH000]

“We have started a netlabel called Moth Records that will releases free downloads on Bandcamp. This is an album by Knobs, he is more followed in techno but also produces down beats.”

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Format: 15 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 14 Apr 2014
Style: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Dubstep

Substak : Modal [adpt017]

Modal. What does it mean? Modal could be Jazz, but there’s also a Modal Logic, and there are Modal Verbs of course. But listening to the new release by Substak for Adeptlabel I actually think in Modal Fabric.

Modal is an artificial fiber. It is true that we tend to identify the artificial as something unnatural, false, but ‘artificial’ form Latin artificiālis, which means hand-made or man-made. Art is artificial. Modal is artificial.

It’s usual to think that by means of textile fibers we could produce textile fabrics. But truth is that we could manufacture non-woven fabric. The key is how to weave the fiber. In textiles, fiber are weaved, sewed, tied; in non-woven fabric, fibers are related by means of friction, cohesion, adhesion, etc…

Modal fiber can be used to form part of woven or non-woven materials. Something similar happens with sounds. They can produce music or non-music in their mixing process. There’re rhythms and melodies in ‘Modal’ obviously but what it’s crucially important is how the sonic fibers are fused together until reaching the bottom line.

So Modal is a non-woven musical fabric. It is a sound sheet of porous and absorbent rhythms stuck on with elastic melodies. That is the reason why Modal is highly accurate sonic fibers.”

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Format: 3 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC
Released: 14 Apr 2014
Style: Techno, IDM

Various Artists : Photosynthesis Compilation [ESN007]

Lithuania seems to be a nation of geniuses.

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Format: 27 x File, Compilation, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: March 2014
Style: Dub Techno, Downtempo, IDM

Illocanblo : Kreakbos LP [kpl016]

“Our new release is an LP by Illocanblo, Kreakbos is a very careful work where the artist shows his skills to play with broken beats and environments very exquisite.”

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Format: 11 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, WAV
Released: 13 Apr 2014
Style: Dub Techno, Downtempo, Ambient

Ryo Ikeda : As It Is EP [ddr010]

“Drift Deeper is dedicated to showcasing new emerging artist and 2014 is the year we bring to you a very talented artist residing in Japan. If you recognise the name its because we were honoured to feature Ryo for the first time on the Slow Living Volume 2 compilation.

This is the debut EP from Ryo Ikeda and I am sure you will hear much more from this man. As It Is features five tracks, each touching deeply into your soul with their own delicate, enveloping kindness.”

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Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, WAV
Released: 7 Apr 2014
Style: Dub Techno, Deep House, Ambient

State Azure : Disconnect [self released]

“Producer of electronic, ambient and experimental music from the south coast of England.”

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Format: 9 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 30 Mar 2014
Style: Ambient, IDM, Downtempo

M.Rux : edits & cuts [self released]

Maart Roux from Berlin with some of his edits & cuts.

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Format: 11 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 14 Jan 2014
Style: Downbeat, Psychedelic

Helicalin : The Anu [GV-258]

Two dubby ambient tracks by Helicalin on GV Sound netlabel.

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Format: 2 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, WAV
Released: 15 Mar 2014
Style: Ambient, Dub Techno

Low Orbit Satellite : Reload EP [self released]

Four tracks cruising between techno, progressive, deep and dub. Currently free downloads available.

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Format: 4 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 27 Mar 2014
Style: Dub Techno, Progressive House, Deep House, Techno

Dunes : Kasuganomichi [self released]

“I am Dunes, a New Zealander living in Japan. I produce slow burning dance music out of a studio barely classifiable as a closet back home. These are my first tracks to send out to the world.”

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Format: 2 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 22 Mar 2014
Style: Synth-Pop, Deep House