i've been discovering a lot of interesting dj mixes from last year recently.
not the best minimal mix from last year, but if anybody's interested they should definitely give it a try.

Magda - She's a Dancing Maching
Label: M_nus
Catalog#: MINUS 43 CD
Format: CD , Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 01 Sep 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal



Track Listings:
1. Lola/Black Leather Wonder - Duoteque, Magda
2. Adgam/Twilite 4/Spectrometer - Ivo Deutschmann, JPLS, Ricardo Villalobos
3. Strangers with Canada/Wuorinen/The Watchtower [Stevie Kotey Kosmik Dub] - Marc Houle, Lordy, Bruno Pronsato, Tractile, Vivianne Projects
4. Grace (Anxiety)/Battlestar/Drehbrücke/I.O./Time Vandal/Honey Circuit - Robert Babicz, Matt John, Louderbach, Metro Area, Niederflur, Tractile
5. Suces Mes Graines/Dark Pearl/Artists Have Bad Haircuts/Oblivicleas ... - Ryan Crosson, Marc Houle, Magda, Troy Pierce, Run Stop Restore
6. Central Bron/Z Program /Reflected/Boat/Black ... [Mark Henning Remix] - Marc Houle, JPLS, Louderbach, The Persuader
7. Coma Couch Surfing/Red 20/Slow Poke [Twilight Zone Edit] - Konrad Black, JPLS, Plastikman
8. Doctor Secret Tooth/Amnesia/25 Bitches [Berg Nixon's Zig Zag ...] - Donnacha Costello, Larry Heard, Magda, Troy Pierce
9. Bodyslip Julia/Stacks and Stacks/Edamame/Kalk-Kapelle/Poisoned ... - Glimpse, Marc Houle, Niederflur, Tractile
10. Discover the Active Crash Hiss/Drumathon/Maybe/Porz-Wahn - Marc Houle, Niederflur, Pantytec, Slacknoise
11. Open Your Eyes/Breathe Here/Chicken Bone Charm Bracelet - Bruno Pronsato, Vivianne Projects
12. Krank - Der Dritte Raum
13. My Little Pony/Thirds in Trees/Raking It/Elektrotechnik/R2 - I.A. Bericochea, Marc Houle, Portion Control, Bruno Pronsato
14. Lost/Beeswax/Ekko/Warning Light/72/Ardorant/She's a Dancing ... - From Within, Magda, , Plastikman, Slacknoise, Tractile
15. Ryf2/Avon/Snake Charmer/Lunar Park - From Within, Heartthrob, Marc Houle, Damian Schwarz
16. River/Dangernugget/Beat It/Lola - DJ Koze, Disco D, Duoteque, Bruno Pronsato

Okay I just clicked the link above, but I don't see what I need to do next.

a little below you have to choose a free option and then you'll get to a download link. that site is a bit of a mess.

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SEE U @ FUNKY BUDDHA

lindstrom was awesome, i danced til like 2am and got drunk, then crashed at 3am and woke up at 8am to get to work by 9. Threw up in a trash can on michigan ave across from the art institute on my way to work

classy
did he have something unusual in his set (although i haven't heard his live sets yet)?

most songs i recognized, some i did not recognize. i left after "I Feel Space"

Did you all see that there's a link to the new Gus Gus in 2007 Trout?

is it good?

check this out:

Tom Clark - Highgrade Compilation Vol. 2
Genre: Electronic
Style: Deephouse


stream!

artist : Dominik Eulberg
title . Heimische Gefilde
type : WEB
rls date . 02-04-2007
genre : Electronic
subgenre . Electro, Techno
label : Traum Schallplatten Rec.
cat . TRAUMCD19

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/15260651/dominik_eulberg_-_heimische_gefilde-_traum_cd019_-web-2007-dh_int.part1.rar
hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/15260920/dominik_eulberg_-_heimische_gefilde-_traum_cd019_-web-2007-dh_int.part2.rar
p/w: iRis

this is very good. but he's talking after each song. what the hell. but it's all good.

This thread is amazing.

http://forums.hipinion.com/viewtopic.php?t=160906

Ha! Yeah, Mego knows his minimal. We should lure him over here.

I'm going through this getting one track at a time, even though I get the feeling that they're all going to be bundled together in zip files somewhere in this thread. They're atrociously tagged so cleaning them up is a little bit of work, but it's all great stuff.

Aye. Thanks for this. There's so much there and I know so little about it. Maybe I'll hit the top 5 or so and work down from there.

It was worth a looksee just to find out there's an Audion remix of my favorite Hot Chip song, "No Fit State". Awesome.

Has anybody heard The Marcia Blaine School For Girls' Halfway Into the Woods yet? I think it's something that would fit in this thread. I'm intrigued by the descriptions and the couple of songs that I've heard from it.

word good find undo
definitely hook me up w that zip if you get a chance

For those of you who enjoyed Clark's Body Riddle but haven't followed up on some of the equally rewarding stuff that surrounded that relaese, Ive done the leg work for you.....

Clark - Ted EP



Tracks:
01 Ted
02 Ted (Bibio Remix)
03 Bruise Animations
04 Mia Farrow
05 Springtime Epiphany
06 Cremation Drones

Another EP spun around Body Riddle material. This is a less urgent affair than last year's Throttle Furniture offering. The Bibio acoustification of Ted comes off like a speeded up BoC and their influence can also be felt on the final track.

and, for those who missed it.....

Clark Throttle Furniture



Tracks:
01 Herr Bar
02 Re Scar Kiln
03 Urgent Jell Hack
04 Frau Wav (Brief Fling)
05 Dusk Swells


and finally here is the 8 track cd of earlier, Clarence Park era, material that was included with a limited number of copies of Body Riddle

Clark Throttle Clarence



Tracks:
01 wicked life
02 lady palindrome
03 friday bread
04 proper mid-fi
05 bob dedication
06 820689
07 alpha dodgen fortitude
08 mother mcknight

You magnificent bastard. I didn't know this stuff even existed.

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Thanks for the link undo and thanks to mego for unearthing some treasures (not that he will see this)

By the look of it he could easily have put two albums out but I kind of like the drip feed. The two ep groupings make sense....the new tunes not being on the lp seems more thematic than qualitative...its all good stuff.

New album from The Field has leaked. Due out on Kompakt in late March.

The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
1. The Field - Over The Ice (6:56)
2. The Field - A Paw In My Face (5:24)
3. The Field - Good Things End (6:08)
4. The Field - The Little Heart Beats So Fast (5:25)
5. The Field - Everday (6:59)
6. The Field - Silent (7:35)
7. The Field - The Deal (10:03)
8. The Field - Sun And Ice (6:34)
9. The Field - Mobilia (6:28)
10. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime (4:09)


It's very good. Any newfound critical praise will likely/unfortunately be lost on potential listeners, confusing it with Field Music and The Fields. Anyway, I had no idea this was coming but it's my favorite album of this short year so far.

my favourites are probably: dominik eulberg's "heimische gefilde", luke slater's "fabric 32" and everything that i heard from kalabrese that's supposed to be on his new album. it sounds very good.

you're late!
and yea its great

Yeah, The Field album sounds really promising. Definitely one of the better releases from this year, although I'm feeling pretty inundated with good stuff at the moment.

The Field(s) ep was great. Looks like they added a few more tracks and kept one off for the LP. I would like very much to have this.

Also, I like the Eulberg album. Artem questioned the talking, but I enjoy the field recordings and the fact that I don't know what he is saying adds to the mystery. Euphoric melodies and a distinctive openness help this album rise above the rest of the minimalists.

after a few listens of that eulberg album i have to agree that the spoken word indeed fits the music in a rather odd way. it doesn't distract me from enjoing it. the album could be just as good without it, but it makes it an interesting and unusual listen. i also prefer the first half of that album, which as you say is melodic and open. the second half gets a bit more techier, and even though i like that sort of sound, it doesn't work that well for me on that album. it's definitely my favourite release of the year so far, but still i don't see anything there to go crazy about. it's just a very nice recording.

Second big 07 dubstep release on µ

Distance - My Demons



Tracks:
01 Night Vision
02 My Demons
03 Weigh Down
04 Traffic
05 Mistral
06 Cyclops
07 Cella
08 Ska
09 Fractured
10 Tuning
11 Confined
12 Delight

Big claims but the subtle textures and production in general exceed Burial’s debut. Frame-shaking sub bass, percussion so spaced out you could drive a train between the beats. Been listening for just over a week now and my favorites keep changing everyday….not because I’m going off any of the tracks…just because I’m starting to appreciate the depth of the ones I initially perceived as being weaker. My mate who owns a hi-fi shop says this album is shifting units…I can see why…it’s fucking rich.

Cant get enough of Alan Abrahams at the moment.

http://www.foem.info/

some free music at that place^

okay, a listen to the new "Camping" comp confirms what I suspected... Artem totally kneejerking for the sake of looking edgy.

Anyway, pretty good, more like the compilations put out before the last, more pop accessible two. Some hits, some misses, if you already dig Bpitch, you'll like this, etcetera.

why would i want to look edgy? you make me feel like i'm writing for pitchfork here or something.

i didn't like that bpitch compilation because it was so vocally oriented. and it wasn't even that vocal-techhouse thing that bpitc artist had been doing. most of the tracks were jsut straight up pop songs with techno arrangements to them. like hot chip but with more computers. i rather like the previous two bpitch compilaitons. the new one to me has nothing what i liked in the previous two. where's "happy happy"? "disco to break"? "in between days"?




give a try to Noraj Cue's ep.

Anyone here going to the re-opening of Lava tomorrow night? I think I might go check out the new digs.

That Clark stuff that Brugel posted is pretty righteous.

I... don't know! I don't mean to bring up any the bad feeling again. I'm not really understanding your take on it. Compared to the previous two comps it's not even as vocally orientated (5 tracks out of 14?) and well... bpitch have always put out laptop-pop type songs that aren't really dancefloor minded (and jeez, I'll take them over Hot Chip). "in between days" wasn't on the previous two comps... but if you just mean why isn't it here, the idea was to have all exclusives this time round so a few nice tracks did get excluded yes. If you're saying the "techno" is rather poppy, well... and? They've always been very accessible in that way (like Kompakt). Anyway you don't have to like it Artem, "downtempo techno" seems an odd way (and way wrong) to describe it, however, does the diversity of it quite a disservice too.

btw, the "disco to break" equivalent this time round is clearly the Tomas Andersson track! and it's a big fat dud frankly.

Wickeeeed!
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thanks for that Distance LP.

it's supremely nang.

don't hesitate to share the new new dubstep shits up in here, bros.

Is it me, or does nobody ever update the Planet Mu website?

Also, the further I got into that Distance album, the more stuff started sounding like music I have been making. Spooky!

yes. more dubstep.

"confined" is an ace track from distance's album.

Anyone catching Osunlade @ sono on saturday? Anyone interested in joining me? I dont think any of my friends are gonna make it, its someone's birthday :-/ but i still want to go.



I'm interested, although I'm getting over a cold. Who's spinning?

Time Out says residents Frankie Vega, The Sound Republic, DJ Intel and Phantom 45. Lava's website is still under construction.

Yeah, Distance is all kinds of good. The last track Delight is one of the nicest slices of mellow dubstep I’ve had the pleasure to hear...I’m usually all about the chunky stuff but that is a fragile thing of beauty.

On a different tip, Leeds' Distinction might not have the sheen of Distance but there is certainly some swagger in his stagger. The After Life 3 track EP is his debut on the Dub Police label. I like the chants and strings on the first track and the precarious crescendo of WOB on the second.

Distinction - After Life

01 Afterlife
02 Bug Chaser
03 Overdose


and talking of chunky stuff....MRK1 brings it in abundance on Never Warned. Raved-up ragga and a classic vox sample sitting proudly atop his trademark monster beats...

Hah, cool. Distinction does a Sunday afternoon DJ slot on the community radio station. His patter is poor, but the main thing is that he plays good stuff.

Hey if you catch this gimme a call, I gotta get some stuff done but its been a while since I went out, so yeah gimme a call.

Thanks Bruegel, I love me some Clark.

hey bg,

depending on my health i think i'm going to this; i'll call u

Lava last night. Obviously different feel than the old one, aesthetically. But it still felt like Lava because of all the heads that were there, kids are loyal to their breakbeat shit.

Place was fuckin packed though, couldn't move anywhere. So we walked up Milwaukee looking for something else and wtf, every place had a line and was packed once we got in. Kind of a disappointing night last night.

you'd think w/ all the new clubs opening there would be a period before crowds could catch up w/ the space available, but apparently the opposite has happened??

Hype, ads in Chicago mag and other local prints. Lava is Suhail designed. He has his own admirers who might have helped fill it out. I've only seen pix-- it looks great-- he's so good.

Label: Confused Recordings
Catalog#: CON 006-2
Format: CD
Country: Germany
Released: 28 Feb 2007
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Minimal, Tech House
Credits: DJ Mix - Oliver Huntemann
Bitrate: VBR

Tracklist:
01. H-Man - 51 Poland Street (Extrawelt Extra Mix)
02. Shokh & Star - Lirum
03. Pelle Buys - Sad Feelings
04. Juergens - Love It
05. White Trash - Auf Dem Dach
06. Xenia Beliaywva - Hellraiser
07. Petter - Some Polyphony
08. Gui Boratto - Division
09. Huggotron - Superkiller
10. Jan Driver - L
11. Oliver Huntemann - Sao Paulo
12. Sebastian Leger - Little Bug
13. Stephan Bodzin - Luka-Leon
14. The Knife - Like A Pen (Thomas Schumacher Mix)
15. Oscar - Rakete
16. Rekorder - Rekorder 8.1




Label: International Deejay Gigolo Records
Catalog#: GIGOLO 190 CD
Format: CD
Country: Germany
Released: 20 Mar 2006
Genre: Electronic
Style: Electro, Tech House
Credits: Producer, Written By - Oliver Huntemann , Stephan Bodzin
Notes: ℗ + © 2006 International DJ Gigolo Records.
Vinyl version distributed via Confused/Intergroove.

Tracklisting:

1 Oliver Huntemann 37° (6:28)
2 Oliver Huntemann 50.1 (6:52)
3 Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Black Ice (6:36)
4 Oliver Huntemann Cracker Capers (6:33)
5 Oliver Huntemann Radio (6:06)
6 Oliver Huntemann Orient Express (6:41)
7 Oliver Huntemann Scary Love (6:29)
Featuring - Chelonis R. Jones
8 Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Rubin (6:08)
9 Oliver Huntemann French Fries (7:11)
10 Oliver Huntemann Flesh (6:21)
11 Oliver Huntemann & Stephan Bodzin Matchbox (6:39)
12 Oliver Huntemann Rotodrom (6:08)

finally. i was able to find some music from that dude. i loved his dm remix from their remix cd.
the first album is a new live mix that's cominng out next week i think. and the other one is his album from last year. haven't listened to them yet, but i'm very excited.

"ariba, muchachos!"
this is very good.

I really, really prefer this Distinction stuff to the Distance album. I mean I really haven't heard a lot of dubstep but I know what I like.