VA // Kollektiv Artists Volume Four [Mk KA 04]

“On the back of our wild but faithful Kollektiv horse we bring you an album with a great depth of feeling, many moods, and impulses, which will put a nice groove in your step for the start of 2011.”

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Direct download (MP3) here

Format: 18 x File, MP3, Compilation, 320 kbps
Released: 1 Jan 2011
Style: Dub Techno, Minimal, Tech House, Experimental

DATABOY78 // Piano Works EP [TRO64]

Databoy78 got a 12” PowerBook and makes most of his music in trains or in beds worldwide or at friend’s places.
Field recodings and foley recordings and the perfect balance between digital clearness and analaog warm heat are the basics of his music. His new ep on Tropic features 4 Tracks based on Piano sounds plus a remix by helsinki collective Kitkaliitto.

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Direct download (MP3) here

Format: 5 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Released: Dec 2010
Style: IDM, House, Techno

RAYMUNDO MENDOZA // Translations EP

Raymundo Mendoza hails from El Paso, Texas. He has been the main graphic designer for foundsound‘s vinyl/digital releases since 2007. Translations EP is his debut release on unfoundsound (aside from a lovely track already released on lomidhigh organic). Enjoy five deep and mesmerizing tracks that are slow, woozy, gritty, dissonant and pleasantly off-kilter.”

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Direct download (MP3) here
Direct download (FLAC) here

Format: 5 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps; 5 x File, FLAC, EP
Released: 27 Dec 2010
Style: Techno, Tech House, Minimal

VA // Re-Fragment [FRAG017]

Fragment / FUSELab present new Re-Fragment compilation, dedicated to the label’s re-launch.
This collection of magical works by our regulars and jumped at the light seasoned masters, as well as talented newcomers with their magnificent gifts. The whole spectrum of deep techno and abstract forms of house music from Anders Ilar, Ecoform, Frunk29, Khz, Doyeq, Modul, Lazzich, Clapan, Gaston Arevalo, Mujuice, SCSI-9. This is just an incomplete list of Re-Fragment underwater procession participants.”

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Direct download (MP3) here
Bandcamp donating download (FLAC) here

Format: 15 x File, MP3, Compilation, 320 kbps
Released: 21 Dec 2010
Style: Dub Techno, House, Techno

GLANDER // Variations [YkYk020]

“The tracks on Variations follow the idea of making a ‘version of a main-theme’, which you can find in classical dub-music.
Equipped with reverb and delay sounds and based on a solid bass-grounding, every track takes its own way.
So please feel free to use the shuffle-function of your music player.”

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Direct download (MP3) here

Format: 6 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Released: December 2010
Style: Ambient, Dub Techno

V/A // Pixel Sounds Vol 1

Sweet Noise, the audiovisual netlabel from Argentina, is proud to present its third reference, no less than a great various artist, including 15 huge latin american producers, 12 vjs and video artists, giving a visual interpretation of the tracks.
This new release includes many producers such as Ronan Portela, Omar Salgado, Franco Bianco, Jorge Savoretti, Leo Portela, Dich, Kudach, Ariel Rodz, Nico Förster, Bubbaloop, Max Donato, 08Doktor, Miguel Puente, Sueño de Panda (08Doktor & Rodrigo Rivera), and Nico Diorio.”
There’s no doubt about the fact that this compilation is really hot!

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Format: 12 x File, MP3, Compilation, 320 kbps
Released: 12 Dec 2010
Style: Deep House, Minimal, Tech House

SRAUNUS // Out Of The City [dumblys002]

By now, Sraunus‘ output reached a very high qualitative level. This is definitly one of the best netlabel releases in 2010. Maybe even the best … Anyway, Out Of The City is an awesome dub techno release. Respect.

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Direct download (MP3) here
Other formats (FLAC, Ogg Vorbis) here

Format: 7 x File, MP3, 320 kbps, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis
Released: 18 Dec 2010
Style: Dub Techno

DICH // Weed Brownies EP [KRN018]

Dich baked three appetizingly tech house tracks, coming with three mouth-watering remixes.

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Format: 6 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Released: 14 Dec 2010
Style: Tech House, Minimal

PARA // Digital Crackle [aqbmp027]

“Monolithic and Altering. Structures never completely revealed. A job that consists of sipping few elements from echoes and reverberations. Martial treads interrupted by digital crackling and basses, reassuring us as only a mother’s voice can.
5 tracks plus a remix from Dadub, to close with a bang. Dub is the form.”

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Format: 6 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Released: December 2010
Style: Dub

JUAN FARCIK // Lock Airtight [blpsq010]

“If you’re determined enough to unlock this cabinet, inside you’ll find a swirling world full of devious musical tricks and traps, and navigating Juan Farcik‘s alien data is definitely worth the effort. Resident bleepers Trigerfinger and Chris Firenze meticulously pick the locks with their sly techniques, and demolitions experts Drugstore also join the efforts with their own explosive solution. And to pack all of the contents back into a more condensed form, Revy re-seals the deal with a densely layered micromix.”

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Direct download (MP3) here
Direct download (FLAC) here

Format: 8 x File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Released: 13 Dec 2010
Style: Minimal, Techno