AFTERLAND RADIO ONLINE!

Daily (after 18.00, GMT +2, GREECE, Athens) online streaming!

http://afterland.listen2myradio.com/ (if you cant listen, open with winamp player)

[WARPCD165] Flying Lotus - Los Angeles

Label: Warp Records
Catalog: WARPCD165
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK
Released: 09 Jun 2008
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: Instrumental

Tracklist:

01. Brainfeeder
02. Breathe.Something/Stellar STar
03. Beginners Falafel
04. Camel
05. Melt!
06. Comet Course
07. Orbit 405
08. Golden Diva
09. Riot
10. GNG BNG
11. Parisian Goldfish
12. Sleepy Dinosaur
13. RobertaFlack (Feat. Dolly)
14. SexSlaveShip
15. Auntie's Harp
16. Testament (Feat. Gonja Sufi)
17. Auntie's Lock/Infinitum (Feat. Laura Darlington)

download: afterland

[WAG046CD] Deadbeat - Roots and Wire

Label: Wagon Repair
Catalog: WAG046CD
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 13 Oct 2008
Style: Minimal, Dub Techno, Dub


Tracklist:

01. Rise Again (Feat. Paul St. Hilaire)
02. Roots And Wire
03. Grounation (Berghain Drum Jack)
04. Xberg Ghosts
05. Deep Structure
06. Night Stepping
07. Sun People (Dub Divisionaire)
08. Babylon Correction (Feat. Paul St. Hilaire)

download: afterland

Monolake - Cinemascope

Label: Imbalance Computer Music
Format: CD, Album
Country:Germany
Released: 2001
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno

Recorded at Studio HDL 911 and Studio Neues Deutschland. Photos made in Shanghai 2001.
[Atmo] recorded in Seoul, Korea 1997.
Track 1 (atmo) is unnamed on the CD. The name is disclosed on the Monolake web site, however.
Alpenrausch (track 9) is a comissioned work by Migros Kulturprozent.

DOWNLOAD PART1
DOWNLOAD PART2

Monolake is among the most acclaimed artists associated with the Berlin-based Basic Channel/Chain Reaction label group, run by Moritz "Maurizio" von Oswald and home to such champions of minimalist austerity as Vainqueur, Substance, and (initially) Porter Ricks. Consisting of Robert Henke and Gerhard Behles, the group have recorded just under a dozen singles for the Chain Reaction and Din labels, as well as a full-length CD, HongKong, released by CR in 1997. Monolake's music sits at the intersection between abstract computer music and the more dance-derived techno redux of their CR labelmates. Behles studied formally at Utrecht's Institute of Sonology (a noted fount of electronic experimentation formed in the late '60s by Stan Tempelaars and Gottfried Michael Koenig). Behles and Henke met at Berlin's Technical University, where Behles taught and Henke was studying sound engineering for film. Monolake formed somewhat by accident, when a first round of collaborative improvising in the studio led to a handful of tracks from which their first single, "Cyan," was soon pressed. A number of follow-up releases appeared in 1995 and 1996, with the best of these eventually joining new material on the 1997 CD release, HongKong, an important release both for Chain Reaction (it's widely considered the label's finest) and Monolake (whose previously vinyl-only 12-inches reached a somewhat small, specialist audience). The full-length Interstate followed in 1999, along with the EP Gobi: The Desert. Gravity was issued in early 2001.

In addition to his work with Behles, Henke is a mastering engineer for Maurizio's Dubplates & Mastering (the D&M inscription can be found on the run-out groove of many a European techno release), and also operates the Imbalance Computer Music label, home to the more experimental reaches of Chain Reaction and Basic Channel artists such as Andi Mellweg (of Porter Ricks), Wieland Samolak, and Henke himself.


On Cinemascope, Monolake (aka Robert Henke) blends the stark sounds of the street with beat-conscious elements, creating a reserved late-night brew of intense minimalism. Short bursts of light break through the dark cracks that underscore the majority of Cinemascope, allowing the largely clipped and clicky beats to comprise the framework of the record. Not unlike Richie Hawtin's later work, Henke utilizes subtractive theory to pull apart regular dancefloor structures into roomy, spacious reconstructions that echo endlessly, reminiscent of the introspective period of early-'90s Detroit techno. Perhaps the perfect record for driving around the city at night, Cinemascope takes in the wonder of architecture, construction, and how people tend to relate to those concepts. Certainly, Henke seems somewhat more closely aligned with his German, minimal-tech colleagues, but he no doubt is in safe territory with Detroit's innovators of the genre. His sometimes spooky and skittery layers of rhythm imitate the clunking and perfect cadence of factory machines in their restless stages. Little melody creeps in, but there's still something pleasant about the work. Perhaps this pleasantness is found in the music's general relaxedness. Nothing ever bubbles over with excitement, but ebbs and flows are still quite visible. And even still, Henke keeps the dancefloor in mind, especially on the track "Remoteable," which is dark and nondescript, held up with constrictive beats and subtle layers of rhythm.

Pulshar - Nospheratu (Echospace Reduction)

Label: Phonobox
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: Spain
Released: 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub

Tracklisting:

A - Nospheratu
B - Nospheratu (Echospace Reduction)

Download

Dopplereffekt - Calabi Yau Space

!! KILLER !!

Label: Rephlex
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", Album
Country:UK
Released: 2007
Genre: Electronic

DOWNLOAD

The archive uploaded from theeta (back to school)

Real electronic music heads take note, and quickly - it's finally with us, four years after the incredible 'Linear Accelerator' we have the new Dopplereffekt album and shock horror, it's on the Rephlex label? Well it makes perfect sense really, Rephlex have been championing 'classic electronic music' since their inception all those years ago, and Dopplereffekt is just about as classic as this music gets. Following on from the laboratory-based mostly beatless explorations of 'Linear Accelerator', 'Calabi Yau Space' is similarly synthesizer led, taking in huge lungfuls of influence from Tangerine Dream, Delia Derbyshire and of course Kraftwerk to produce some of the most engrossing electronic textures we've heard for years. Gerald Donald (one half of Drexciya, but you already knew that, right?) has for a long time had us hooked on his musical output but you've got to understand, this album is something truly special, and something that will no doubt be hailed as essential in years to come. Kicking off with the sub-aquatic arpeggiated bliss of 'Calabi Yau Manifold' we are already in prime Dopplereffekt territory with a slice of pure science fiction gold. This is the sort of music which commands visuals, and not in the way that it sounds necessarily cinematic but it just brings up images in your head, a power that the two Drexciyans have always retained in their music and Donald certainly hasn't lost. Following on from this we get the bass heavy proto-electro crunch of 'Hyperelliptic Surfaces', a track which could have tiptoed from the annals of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (especially towards its final third) accompanying a particularly mystifying episode of Doctor Who, no doubt including plenty of references to androids. These two tracks set the pace for the rest of the album, which is simply a masterclass in analogue experimentation, and proof if ever proof were needed that Detroit still has it. Amongst the mystery and leaning towards science fiction too there is a certain soul, a spirit which was most lovingly explored by Vangelis in his soundtrack to Blade Runner where he gave a heart to the mechanical creatures explored in the storyline of the movie. Just check 'Compactification' for the record's melancholy core, a track which the rest of the album is perched around and just about as emotive as electronic music gets. Quite simply, you need to purchase this record, whether you're into ambient music, classic electronic experimentation or good old fashioned electro, you just won't be disappointed.

Label: Fabric (London)
Catalog#: FABRIC 81
Format: CD, Mixed, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: Jul 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Techno, Deep House, Tech House, Minimal
Credits: DJ Mix - Luciano

About:

Luciano is famously averse to CD mixes, but Fabric have managed to twist his arm into delivering the goods. “For me, the hardest thing to do is make a mix CD. Really,” says Swiss/Chilean minimal star. “It was a big decision for me to do a CD for Fabric. To me, mixing is about the live moments, it’s about the moment you live with the people: that’s why you choose one record, and this is how you push the music. So to make a mix CD and already have a playlist in my head, it’s something that disturbs me. Then I know I have to play this and that—I feel obliged to do something rather than feeling free to just create something."

“It was really difficult for me,” he adds. “I always try to think, ‘what music do I like?’ and I try to make something a bit more natural. Not too soft or too thin, and not screaming either, but to mix both together. I try to use also a lot of tools, some elements that I can put in and put out, so it’s more like a composition, but it’s still very tough to make a mix feel right. I took a very dance-approach and I tried to make a sort of crescendo, musicwise. It starts a little bit deeper with fewer elements and slowly it modifies and modulates into something more charged and more rhythmic.”

Fabric 41 is Luciano’s second commercial mix, and follows up Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi Vol. 2. Like that mix, it begins in minimal territory, slowly building to floor-oriented house climax before finishing on the gentle techno of Chymera’s ‘Arabesque’.

Tracklist:

01 Rhadoo – Slagare – Cadenza Records
02 Brothers’ Vibe – El Baile [Acapella]– Som Underground
03 D’Julz – Yo Momo – Intacto Records
04 Los Updates Ft. Luciano – Getting Late [Luciano’s Getting Late Remix] – Cadenza Records
05 Reboot – Be Tougher – Cadenza Records
06 Alex Picone – Floppy – Cadenza Records
07 Sety – Mogane (Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts Remix) – Circus Company
08 Johnny D – Orbitalife – Oslo Records
09 Julien Jabre – Jungle Beatz – Defected
10 M83 – In Church – Gooom Disques
11 Inner City – Good Love [Luciano Remix] – KMS
12 Phuture – Rise From Your Grave [Tiefschwarz Remix] – Strictly Rhythm
13 Schneider, Galluzzi – Albertino – Cadenza Records
14 D’Julz – So You Know – Ovum
15 Kenny Larkin – You Are Original – Planet E
16 Chymera – Arabesque - Tishomingo


Download links: (part1, part2)

Marcel Dettmann / Berghain 02

Label: Ostgut Tontrager
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno

Tracklisting:

1. Tobias - Balance
2. Norman Nodge - Native Rhythm Electric
3. Pied Plat - Double Trouble
4. Planetary Assault Systems - Kat
5. Tadeo - Reflection Nebula 056n (Substance Remix)
6. Risque Rythum Team - The Jacking Zone
7. Samuli Kemppi - Vangel
8. Kevin Saunderson - Just Want Another Chance
9. Clatterbox - Press On
10. Redshape - Plonk (Original Mix)
11. Shed - Warped Mind
12. Tadeo - 4
13. Kate Simko - She Said (Ryan Elliott Edit)
14. Deetron - Let's Get Over It (Marcel Dettmann Remix)
15. T++ - Mo #1
16. Radio Slave - Tanakatan
17. Luke Hess - Believe & Receive (Shedsdeepanddubbydub Remix)
18. Strand - Zephyr

Download

The buzz around this release has been almost deafening in the last few months, with Marcel's stock in trade steadily rising as his marathon 8+hr sets at Berghain become the stuff of legend, his production and mixing skills have become feverishly sought after. Having witnessed the man's selections at work on a number of occasions now we can confirm that he lives up to the hype and Berghain have attempted to slice off a little of this buzz with this 70min+ mix crafted from a pitch perfect lineup of techno classics past and present layered and delivered by the man himself. The tone is set with Tobias' 'Balance' recently heard on the taster 12" a couple of weeks back, digging a bass heavy rut into which he slots Norman Nodge's Crispy Bacon alike 'Native Rhythm Electric' and on through funked Detroit tech from Pied Plat and alltime classic 'Kat' by Luke Slater's Planetary Assault Systems. From here the selections run fathoms deep through bold techno advancements from Substance, Samuli Kemppi and Redshape's stunning 'Plonk', but the real moments of genius are saved for his own production with his mix of Deetron's 'Let's get over it' with that sickeningly awesome bass riff that causes some freaked reactions when deployed at the just the right moment, alongside a brand spunking fresh cut from T++ on a proper techno mission with 'Mo' 1' and it couldn't be a Berghain mix without the darkside jackers anthem 'Tantakatan' from Radioslave. Basically each and every cut here is just prime floor working material that begs to played at the loudest neighbour annoying volumes possible and for that Mr Dettmann we saulte ya. A ball achingly cool and completely essential purchase as ever from the good people at OstGut Ton.

Beat Pharmacy - Constant Pressure

Label: Deep Space Media
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Deep House


Tracklisting:

1 Club Dread (6:58)
Vocals - Mikey Dread
2 Tangerine (7:19)
3 Caramel (7:57)
4 Hot Spot Splash (6:21)
Vocals - Paul St. Hilaire
5 Velocity (7:14)
6 Slow Down (6:16)
7 Pieces (6:37)
Vocals - Ursula Rucker
8 Worship (5:40)
9 Wata (Water) (6:51)
Vocals - Allan Hope
10 Rat Race (5:45)
11 Floating (9:21)

Download: Part 1
Download: Part 2

Brendon Moeller, born In Johannesburg, has a thing for music from a young age; he tries the piano and trumpet before settling for the drums. Forms a college rock band called ‘Honeyslide’, and later turns to writing for an assortment of music mags. With influences ranging from the Stooges, Velvet Underground and Nick Cave to The Orb, Fela Kuti, Happy Mondays and Ministry, Brendon ups and moves to New York with hopes to record an album.

Fast forward a bit and Brendon has taught himself the basics in music production and recording. ‘Smile Records’ are the first to release his work under the moniker ‘Mono Blanco’. Then comes the name ‘Beat Pharmacy’, as does a chance meeting with blues, rock and jazz musician ‘Shigeru Tanabu’ and horn player ‘Todd Simon’. With tracks now appearing on ‘Six Degrees Records’, ‘Turntables on the Hudson’ and ‘Codek Records’, it is only time before ‘François K.’ offers Beat Pharmacy the chance to release an album on ‘Deep Space Media’, the latest sub-label of ‘Wave Music’.

Best described as a synthesis of dub, minimal techno, psy-trance, jazz and afrobeat; ‘Earthly Delights’ is an organic treasure trove of sound. Instruments and electronics are bought together seamlessly. Sounds are mirrored, duplicated and contorted. Progressive beats thud slowly and deeply as excited bursts of sound emerge with punctuated precision. Vocals are sparse and used only when necessary. This journey is a very deep relaxing and captivating one.

Warp Records Spring 2008

Label: Warp Records
Catalog: WARPSAMP 9
Format: CD, Sampler
Country: UK
Released: Apr 2008
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Rock

Tracklisting:

1. Autechre - Altbizz
2. Clark - For Wolves Crew (Edit)
3. Jamie Lidell - Little Bit of Feel Good (Radio Edit)
4. Born Ruffians - Hummingbird
5. Leila - Mettle
6. Flying Lotus - Gangbang (feat. The Gaslamp Killer)
7. Harmonic 313 - Call to Arms
8. Pivot - In the Blood
9. Battles - Atlas (Radio Edit)
10. Grizzly Bear - Deep Blue Sea (Daniel Rossen Home Recording)
11. !!! - Yadnus (Still Going To The Roadhouse Mix)

download: afterland