Alexander Saykov : Cold Front [SPO044]

“The Russian artist shares his innerside thoughts free for all of you out there. Deep organic warm ,thoughtful atmospheres. Absolutely unique. This is ambient dub techno at its finest. The first track gently starts and through the album somehow the energy level is raised steadily until the last track from John Ov3rblast with his outstanding outro.

The rework from Bjorn Rohde forms a snowy, crystalline texture that takes the forefront in the sonic space, while resonant melodies, stripped of their higher frequencies, chime repeatedly in the background.

Discknocked remix with a smooth baseline gradually fades in to fill out the space, as dub chords begin to enter around the stereo field with a subtle distorted crunchiness. Hi-hats hop on board to raise the energy level of the track.

If I Had A Hi fi remix it begins with resonating, questionably organic strings whimpering over each other, continually building. And then comes the familiar kick-and-bass percussion present throughout the album comes in, topped by another hi-hat. The track gradually transforms into a unknown soundscape, a mix of a thousand emotions all trapped up in a small container and being rapidly shaken, and then finally spilled out onto the floor .

John Ov3rblast remix is a warm organic , rocky breaky dub groove that slowly marches on with a sense of dignity, kept warm by a thick battle-chant baseline.
Some of the percussion appears to be built out of more organic, potentially field recording based samples. These fill out the track nicely, and give it sort of a ‘wet’ sound that readily calls to mind images of melting snow.

Alexander has produced a melancholic, multi lever, a journey that you can’t resist, prepare yourselves for the long morning rituals, the walk in the parks or even your dream lands.”

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Format: 7 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 12 Oct 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Ambient, Progressive House

Various Artists : Lost City Music Festival 2013 Compilation [mam241]

“To help get you excited about the the second annual Lost City Music Festival, Mine All Mine presents this collection of songs highlighting 20 of the excellent and diverse acts performing this year. This free compilation ventures from slow-core to heavy hitting rock tunes; from ambient to folk; and beyond.”

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Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 5 Aug 2013
Style: Folk, Indie, Post Rock, Experimental, Ambient

Lars Leonhard : Three Wise Monkeys – The Remixes [DN029]

“After Lars Leonhard‘s Three Monkeys EP, the remixes by Matthias Springer, Baumfreund, Nikosf, Antonio Bruno, Wenzel Mehnert, Lo, Rypzylon&WeaselSon und Frank Hellmond are released now.
Each remix track shows how the different sounds of the originals were combined into new and very own interpretations. The results are marvelous versions between dub, ambient and house.”

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Format: 8 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 6 Oct 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Deep House, Ambient

Mirador : Midnight LP [self released]

Mirador takes you on a tour through the intriguing, mysterious, and sometimes dangerous streets and alleyways of the Midnight World, where secrets lurk in every shadowy corner and behind every closed door, where nothing is as it seems.

This collection is best experienced in its entirety, from the suspenseful opening theme to the melancholy closing credits.”

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Format: 13 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 7 Apr 2013
Style: Ambient, Downtempo, Post-Punk, Post-Rock, Trip Hop

Various Artists : Vapors [KOSMO COMPILATION #013005]

“Here is the new chapter of the Vapors compilations series. 6 international and well known artist present their 6 points of view on deep techno. A musical survey of ambient, minimal, dub and dance intonations.”

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Format: 6 x File, Compilation, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 2 Oct 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Deep House, Minimal, Ambient

Bite : Room [bsc_038]

“Multi-talented Spanish producer and videographer José Barrera (aka Bite) delivers Room, his second outstanding EP for basic_sounds. Known for his dark immersive ambient drones Bite delivers a passionate balance between eerie and warmth.

The first titled track, ‘Room 01’ is a dark, contemplative soundscape with digital organic quirks combined with buzzing, alluding to bleak feelings regarding the state of the world. This concept is reinforced in Barrera’s video. ‘Room 02’ is another eerie track with slow static pulses and alien-like rattlesnake sounds, ultimately creating a deep immersive environment. ‘Room 03’ is a calming warm ambient track with delicate floating synth strings combined with field recordings of rain and birds. ‘Room 04’ is an other-worldly dub track with pulsating pads and distant reverberations. Closing this release, ‘Room 05’ is a clinical, Raster Noton style track with reductive clicks and whirrs juxtaposed with warm pulsing pads. Overall, another stunning polished release from Bite.”

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Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, WAV
Released: 1 Oct 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Drone, Ambient, Experimental

Inner Place : Departure [SLNT056]

“This departure is to a different place in biosphere. The traveller should remain cold and abstinent to reach true Silence.”

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Format: 3 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps
Released: 24 Sep 2013
Style: Ambient, Drone

Cly/Suva : In The Wind Ep [CFM050]

Cly/Suva puts out his first release on Cold Fiction Music label with a 4 track Ep filed with a hidden talent for smooth Ambient Techno and Dub Techno. The release starts off with the lush and expansive pads of the title track and moves right along into Until The Road with they Dub Techno chords and deep drums. The other 2 tracks also highlight the lush pads and deep dubby chords that Cly/Suva isn’t really known for until now. For fans of our Dub Techno and Ambient Techno releases, this is an Ep that you shouldn’t miss.”

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Format: 4 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 27 Sep 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Ambient, Drone

Matt & Mark Thibideau : Modular [Obsolete Components]

“Our concept for this project was simply to produce fluid analog mixes completely in a realtime environment where modular step sequencers would trigger off many sounds that were all crafted by cross patching a eurorack modular synthesizer together with the Arp 2600, Roland System 100m, and Oberheim SEM. A few poly synths were also used but also triggered and filtered from the step sequencers. There was no Midi used to make this music. The mixing stage of this project was a hands on experience with no automation or multitracking involved.”

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Format: 12 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 16 Sep 2013
Style: Dub Techno, Deep House, Tech House, Ambient

Spanish Air : Revival Gardens [self released]

Spanish Air is an experimental ambient music project based in London.”

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Format: 7 x File, Album, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 15 Sep 2013
Style: Ambient, Experimental