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those magnificent slow beats

embe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:37:54 +0100

This episode is full of slow beats, and convincing melodic ambient sounds. Netwaves has already nominated 2 releases as essentials of 2010: Hoax and Mon0.

Again, as a way of testing, i've included the original tracks, so you don't have to listen to the Dutch talks in between. This way you have a weekly netlabel compilation.

Download them at the netwaves episode page.
Let me know what you think about it:
e m a i l: input @ netwaves.org .

Download or listen to [nws135] netwaves 4.21:

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Playlist:

1 Groovemospherica - Slow noise
2 Ka7 - Uchujin
3 Fluxosphere - Kosmonaut
4 radiator - lilliehorn
5 December's Shadows - Iambic
6 Fusion - mon0
7 Crash - Hoax
8 Progress - Hoax

het einde van de cd - deel 3

embe — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:19:05 +0100

Jamendo saved!

embe — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:19:46 +0100

Sylvain, one of the founders of Jamendo, came up with good news (on 17th of feb., not so recent, sorry, but i have not enough time): Jamendo got a new partner which is 'able to secure the financial future'. Together with the announcement, Sylvain also promises new improvements: removing of all ads, more openess and interaction, better release process, .torrents with open trackers, a special forum for ogg, ...
Read the whole announcement on Jamendo's forum.
I hope to meet these guys once on one of the following netaudio festivals (Berlin or Lissabon).

shit de la shit!

embe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:53:36 +0100

"Six of the most original netlabels have teamed up for one release – each label presenting three of their favorite tracks from their own catalog – to celebrate the idea of free music, and to simply bring you the shit de la shit!

Up it up (Italy, Germany, U.K.), Ego Twister (France), Peppermill (Canada), Proot (France), Cock Rock Disco (Germany) and WM Recordings (Netherlands) share similar backgrounds and philosophies, and they are proud to present their "Greatest it"." Download 'it' from the mothership, the Internet Archive.

Listen to Rafter with "Long Ago, A Rodent As Big As A Bull Lurked In South America":

cc:by-nc-nd

vinyl kills the mp3 industry

embe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:57:08 +0100

a classical one: the cover of Even Tuell's "Power Of Needles" (netlabel Broque)

2 essentials

embe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:00:26 +0100

Last month 2 albums have caught my attention, because of their search for the borders of minimal drones, resulting in intriguing slow trance with layers of ambient and soft techno beats. Supreme dubtech in sloooowmotion.

mon0 - Monoplex: Fusion (cc:by-nc-nd)

Hoax - The Insomnia: Crash (cc:by-sa)

This reminds me of the legendary 'metal box' (1979) from P.I.L., where one announced the end of punk and the start of post-punk new-wave, by dissecting the remains of 70's rock and disco beats, and resorting these elements into a whole new genre.

Hoax and Mono are also dissecting techno-beats and ambient noises to create a new experience, a kind of relaxing slow trance. There are no references at all to the overproduced, overcompressed mainstream 'alternative' rock that comes out of the commercialised, overmarketed radiostations. On the contrary this is the opposite of the allday radio-noise, and for me this is the perfect reaction against the over-commercialised mainstream alternative rock and its guitar cliches. I call it post-punk 2.0, whereby the DIY philosophy of punk is reactivated, this time with simple, quiet drones in 'monoplex' structures.

These are not masterpieces, but these are very strong, important signals from something that's happening. This is possible thanks to all the netlabels and artists and their engagement in music rather than business.

what the funk!

embe — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:40:29 +0100

This week netwaves digs in netlabels' funky shit. Let's shake these free butts!

As a way of testing, i've included the original tracks on the respective archive.org page, so you don't have to listen to the Dutch talks in between. This way you have a kind of a "Best of this week netlabel tunes".

Though i'm still figuring out the presentation: 1 zip file or several files? the discussion is open. Let me know what you think about it:
e m a i l: input @ netwaves.org .

This one is also something experimental: i've put the 'listen to' audio file in the new html5 tags, looking like this (link html5 doctor):

<audio controls autobuffer>
  <source src="link.ogg" />
  <source src="link.mp3" />
</audio>

Browsers supported:
Browser	Ogg Vorbis	MP3	WAV
FireFox 3.5	✓		✓
Safari 4		✓	✓
Chrome 3 (beta)	✓	✓
Opera 10 (beta)			✓

So, here's the magic player in brandnew html5 (if you don't see any player, just buy a new computer):
Download or listen to [nws134] netwaves 4.20:

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Playlist:

1 Step Up (Feat. Arnossi) - Titus Twelve
2 Dont You Know Who I Am? - Swin Deorin
3 Luces LED - DrXL
4 Fakerska Zika - Enggenier
5 Ion Funnel - Sudio
6 verso ?sin esfuerzo? - menuda coincidencia
7 The Glass Bead Game - Sephirot
8 Believe - Flux & Vega
9 By Any Means - Small Radio
10 Freeze The Cut (Opolopo's Emotional Draft Remix) - Comfort Fit
11 Technician (Preview) - Das Blaue Monster

souvenir from Berlin

embe — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:21:27 +0100

As a kind of souvenir, Tropic's D.Soul has rereleased the special compilation his netlabel offered at Berlin's netaudio fair. Tropic had created 50 limited compilation cds that they gave away for free at the festival. Now, by popular demand, you can download and listen to some typical Tropic stuff, ranging from microhouse to chill house.

My favourite track is the disco-nouveau from Andreas Heiszenberger 'Feel so A' (sorry no link, it's part of a zip-file).
Go to Tropic extra release page.

new kid on the blog

embe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:45:12 +0100

well, euh ..., new (first blog says 'Mai 27, 2009') = i just encountered this blog / i don't know anything more than this; but it looks promising? Let's have a look (German only):

ears wanted

embe — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:48:09 +0100

According to Electronic Music Anonymous these are a few more 'amazing net labels':

"I can't get enough Dub Techno. Recently I came across some amazing net labels that make the majority of their albums free to download under a creative commons license. Most of the releases share similar qualities to the artists found on Echocord, and provide many hours of late listening pleasure and throbbing kick drums. Great to see such amazing collections of music forming in very different parts of the world.

Istanbul, Turkey - http://www.sublimeporte.net/
Smolensk, Russia - http://www.cismsound.net/
Vancouver, British Columbia - http://www.silentseason.com/

My favorite artist of the lot is Ohrwert http://ohrwert.blogspot.com/
This video of him doing his thing explains why. Plus most of its analog. Wish I had hardware."

After reading this exciting news - i'm also a dubtech fan - i'm going to the ear-shop to buy some extra ears.
What i want to say, is that there's nowadays an explosion of new netlabels and netlabelism. The difference with 5 years ago is that recent netlabels are getting more professional and finding an 'identity', but this needs also a few extra professional ears ... help! Maybe somebody can lend some ears?