TKR – Drifting (Stoke Audio 002) from Jan Rödger on Vimeo.

Between March 1st and May 25th 2010, DFRNT is going to be on the East coast of the USA, DJing from as far up as Burlington, Vermont to as far down as Orlando, Florida and a night in Puerto Rico. You can download the promotional mix from the site, and keep in tune with any additional dates on the site or on the DFRNT MySpace

Dates at time of posting:
March
6th – Boston – Machine Nightclub
7th – Baltimore – Shorty’s Bar
9th – Burlington – Club Metronome
12th – Philadelphia – The Arts Garage
19th – San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Vatican
24th – Athens (GA) – To Be Confirmed
27th – Washington DC – Little Miss Whiskey’s

April
1st – NYC – Love
9th – Philadelphia – Private Party (Invite Only)

May
11th – NYC – To Be Confirmed
15th – Orlando – Crooked Bayou

For promoters interested in booking any additional dates, please get in touch – alex[at]alex-c.com

Promotional Mix

Download here

Tracklist:
01 Dom Hz – Mist
02 Pinch feat. Yolanda – Get Up (Guido Mix)
03 Actraiser – Lone Wolf VIP
04 DFRNT – Short Bus
05 DLX – Matter Of Fact (Breakage’s Relatively Speaking Remix)
06 Cinnamon Chasers – Luv Deluxe (Scuba Remix)
07 DFRNT – All Change
08 Dom Hz – Elevator Skank
09 Throwing Snow – Un Vingt
10 Matoa – Hei You
11 ID – Leaves
12 Skream – Minimalistix
13 Headhunter & Djunya – El Presidente
14 DFRNT – Lounge (Indigo Remix)
15 Hektagon – The Old Days
16 Spherix – Lesser People
17 Headhunter – Experience
18 Jack Sparrow – The Chase
19 Data and Cell – Doors Of Perception

Brainchild of German producer and DJ TKR, Stoke Audio is a new digital label focusing on deep and tech-influenced dubstep.

With vinyl planned for the future, and some really nice artwork/identity – I expect you’ll be hearing and seeing more from Stoke Audio in the near future.

Already boasting one free EP and a regular digital release – with three more planned, it would seem that Thomas Schwarz is pretty serious about making it all work.

I’ll let the music do the talking, but I’m certain you won’t be disappointed!

Bringing his unique variation of percussion-smattered twisted melodic elements and deep basslines, Autopilot delivers a cracking new EP called “The Idealist”

It’s a “pay what you like” affair – with no minimum purchase, so it’s just on your conscience to hook the guy up with some sheets!

The highlight for me was “The End” with it’s hypnotic bassdrum, punching through the track, but all of the tracks are well produced and enjoyable in their own respect. As a package, this manages to highlight the Philadelphia based producer’s range of talent. If Autopilot isn’t a household name (in the dubstep world) by the end of this year, I’ll eat my hat. And his hat. And your hat too.

Get the EP here on Bandcamp

Not content with putting out incredible releases from Indigo, xxxy and Synkro, they have called upon yet another Mancunian Dom Hz to fulfill the latest delight.

http://soundcloud.com/openearz-recordings

The release is pure aural pleasure. From the abyssal “Mist” with it’s synth-led intro and epic drop in to sub laden territory, through Elevator Skank, with it’s rolling organ vibes, piano and vocal snippets, to the super-loved-up “Without You” doing for dubstep, what Herbal Essences did for shampoo.

If ever there was a release to get for a Valentines gig – this was it!

So without further messing around, I’d like to direct you towards his post on DSF about it, or see the links below…

EGOLESS – Strange
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-strange-1

EGOLESS – Geiger Jazz
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-geiger-jazz

EGOLESS – Respect Dub
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-respect-dub

EGOLESS – Time Will Tell
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-time-will-tell

EGOLESS – Earthlings
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-earthlings

EGOLESS – Fictionary
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-fictionary

EGOLESS – Wrong Way
http://soundcloud.com/egoless/egoless-wrong-way

FSOL – Papua New Guinea (Egoless rmx)
http://egoless.bandcamp.com/track/fsol- … less-remix

EGOLESS – Apocalypse Dub
http://egoless.bandcamp.com/track/apocalypse-dub

and of course if you haven’t downloaded it already,

EGOLESS – No Ego, No Problems! EP
http://egoless.bandcamp.com/album/egole … ms-ep-free

Well produced deep dubstep with touches of classic dub/reggae and the sensibilities of dub-techno with added ambience.

You can’t pass this up to be honest. A producer who goes by the name of Lethem has just released 2 EPs which you can go and grab for free. Together, that’s 7 tracks for absolutely nothing.

Often free EPs can be risky in terms of quality and production value, not to mention mastering and vareity, but this seems to tick all those boxes and more.

For fans of dubstep of all types, although especially the deeper more experimental side – this is not to be missed.

You can sign up for the EPs here – http://lethemdub.com/ where a simple email signup witll grant you access to the goods.

I can’t say much more than “go get” really! Larvely stuff.

As soon as I’d heard Ben Neill had sorted himself out with an album of his twisted dubstep-jazz schmooze I was on it like an instant!

Whilst appealing to those who favour the deeper more experimental end of the dubstep spectrum, the Mutantrumpet master himself keeps things fresh with his brand of dub-jazz-step or whatever you’d like to brand it.

If you can imagine scenes from a sleazy flim-noir strip-joint scene amped up on electronics fizzing with tension, yet smooth enough to drink straight, you’d be getting close to Mr Neill’s subtle, yet powerful production work and musicianship.

If you pick up any album this month (after my own that is!) then let it be Night Science by Ben Neill. Highly recommended.

As far as I’m aware, Night Science is available now. Go find it!

This time round it is a collection of tracks from producers which they admire, respect or appreciate, and this is the first of at least 2 compilations.

You can get the whole thing including artwork and more from the Echodub site.

Did I mention it was FREE!?

Tracklist:

01 – Skyence – Precious Time
02 – Martello Rotativo – Get Busy
03 – Apathesis – Untitled
04 – Autopilot – Once More (Echodub Edit)
05 – 3rdeye – Undulate
06 – Kerogen – Hope
07 – Psychonaught – Warm and Easy
08 – Bojcot Selectah & Dawn – Believe
09 – FBOM – Each Day
10 – Mako – Avec La Tech
11 – Moonchild – The Glass Lake
12 – Roof Light – Kamino