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Deeper Level Records – dl_1.02

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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It’s always refreshing to see labels doing things a little differently, and so the first thing to catch my eye about Deeper-Level was their format. Although not original, it’s certainly refreshing and not a common occurance (as far as I’m concerned) to see releases go out on nice little packaged SD cards.

As far as the release is concerned – I was sold from the outset. The general gist is dub-techno, but it’s more than just your general wash of beats with a next-door thud below them. There’s a good variation of sounds on here from the dubbed-out glaze of Optic, to the slightly more glitched up zzzzra, or the slightly more full-on Area & Mikkel Meyer opener.

All in all, it’s a nice little collection, and when it comes in such a lovely package, you can’t really say no to something like that.

Worst comes to worst, you get yourself a spangly 1Gig SD card for your dosh.

Find out more from the Deeper Level site here.

Dub & dub-techno NI Massive loops from Steve Foulds

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

So, I recently posted about Steve’s incredible new Black Light EP, and his apparent new-found love for all things dub-techno.

As a result of this, he’s been working hard on some patches for Native Instrument’s behemoth “Massive”.

Each of the patches has a different dub-techno styled synth sound, with macro controlled iterations on each loop. Each patches is separate by a clave. To get them, all you need to do is buy the track he created to demonstrate their use.

Jump on to his Bandcamp and grab “Low Winter Sun” and he’ll then fire you a link to download the samples.

Larvely!

Steve Foulds – Low Winter Sun

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

After hearing his Blacklight EP, I’ve been on at Steve for some collaboration, so expect to hear some Steve Foulds & DFRNT combined material at some point in the future, however for the time being you should check out his new track “Low Winter Sun”

You can stream it from his Soundcloud here – http://soundcloud.com/breakitdown/low-winter-sun

Watch out for those beautiful dubby synths in the breakdowns (and the intro) – This one is fairly progressive too – a nice big driving drumloop and bassline keep this one a little more dencefloor orientated.

Get on it!

Steve Foulds – Black Light EP

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

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Having moved quite swiftly from dark, driving progressive house to the sweeping filtered white-noise of dub-techno, Steve Foulds has shown us that his production ability is second to none.

His first foray in to the world of dub-techno, in the form of the Black Light EP is sublime. Check it out here.

Four tracks of filtered ambience, set to tight percussion, with a nice variety of dubby swooshes, and all those nice touches that make the sub-genre so enjoyable (for me anyway).

I’m aware of Steve’s pre dub-techno explorations in to progressive house, and have always admired his ability to craft a good drumloop, and bass pattern, so it’s great to see him developing his style and I can really only expect more top tracks to come.

There are rumors of a vinyl release for this EP – but for now, you should go buy it from his Bandcamp page. As well as getting four amazing tracks, you’ll be able to say “i got there first” when his tracks skyrocket in popularity too!

Leo Cavallo – Rotational EP

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

So I’ve posted about Mr Cavallo our friend from Barcelona before, but he’s just sent me an update of his goings on.

Firstly, you can get his new Rotational EP here – which contains tracks which are, in his own words “Noisy, hissy, chords driven, deep, dubby techno [and] perfectly matching these melancholic end of summer nights.”

The best bit is – if you buy the album, as thanks for your support, Leo is planning to send our a samplepack of loops, hits, chords and so on – taken from the EP tracks, along with some words from the man himself about how he created the dubby samples from scratch!

Good work Mr Cavallo. I salute you! And look forward to those samples!

Grad_U / Mr. Cloudy – Apsupty Gamtos [ECc007]

Friday, September 18th, 2009

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And so continuing their array of excellent releases, ZeECc records have once again produced what might be their deepest release yet.

Grad_U and Mr. Cloudy take the helm on this one for more of that familiar, yet new deep dubby goodness.

If you’re in to your dub-techno then best be sure to take note of this label and what they’re doing. Every release is a winner!

You can stream and purchase EEc007 here.

Free dub-techno from Deep In Dub netlabel

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

I’ve just stumbled across Deep In Dub, and I’m rather impressed by the amount of music on offer here.

From what I gather it’s all dub-techno – and your best ooption is to just jump right in and start downloading.

I started with the Dublicator release “Chord Center” and haven’t looked back!

ZeECc strike again with ECc004 and ECc005

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

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The French dub-techno advocates ZeECc have done it again!

2 more excellent releases have been released from Inn-R and Mr Cloudy to add to their growing roster of intelligent dub-techno.

Inn-R’s release is a three-track outing in to dub-techno, with a fairly high-energy feel. Definately erring on the side of techno, more than dub – but there’s still the inherant sweeps and chords associated with the sub-genre.

MrCloudy’s release, which in my opinion is the stronger of the two – is definately more relaxed. Letting the dub elements flow while the muted bassdrum walks you though parks and avenues. For me, this EP is reminiscent of the likes of Quantec or BVDub both of which I’m sure I’ve mentioned previously on SO.

I suppose a great deal of dub techno is similar sounding, and as a result has a tendancy to be forgettable – but at the very least you should check these two releases from ZeECc – and take note of the label, as it sounds as if they’re most definately on the money with their future forthcomings.

Both EPs were released on 17th June, on ZeECc records

http://www.myspace.com/zeecc

http://www.zeecc.com

Leo Cavallo – Magma 09 [EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD]

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

So after Rhythmicon’s excellent “Solstice Dub” last week, I’d like to bring you a dub-techno download you’ll not find anywhere else!

Leo Cavallo – Magma 09

Stream a 128k preview…

Download the track here (right click & save target as)

I don’t want to give too much away, but Leo’s “Magma 09″ is a beautiful progressive masterpiece which builds, swells and shimmers from nothing in to something brilliantly driving where subtle melodies slide in and out of the track and the whole track really takes you on a journey.

You can find out more about Leo from a previous post where I highlighted his work, and you can also get yourself some of his kickdrums for free here.

Leo Cavallo – Free Drum Sample pack

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Just before I post an exclusive track from Leo, I’d like to highlight his drum pack which you can download for free

In his own words…

“Not very much to say. They’re just kick drums! It’s a pack of about 50 kick drums. There are a few “pure” samples from drum-machines/modules (also a real 909 kick in there) but most of them are layered/filtered/processed synthesized sounds, created with an Elektron Machinedrum, Clavia Nord Modular, Clavia G2, Access Virus C and Sound Forge.”

So if you’re looking for some deep dubby bassdrums – at least check em out…