>From an early age Thomas would listen to a huge amount of music though he would always favour the sounds of Ska and Reggae. Music was always in his blood and he began producing back in 2004 under a different name. The music he was making at the time was a reflection of the scene around him; hip hop and grime. It wasn’t until later in life, when he was introduced to (and fell in love with) Dub music, that he started to take his own music seriously and started to develop his own sound and style.
Koncrete Roots’ style can be described as a deeply rooted dub sound with a modern day steppa twist. This twist makes all the difference and gives an electro dubness to their traditional rootical sound introducing some great vibes to the massive, entering into the new year.
>From the meditative “River Jordan” to the rootical electro steppas like ‘Inity Step” and “Sound Killah”, Koncrete Roots deliver their message of dubness and irieness into the year 2014. Not withstanding his versions of two old time classics, the UK producer seems like a sound warrior, armed with deep basslines and organic melodies like in “Universal dub”, marching to destroy Babylon on his way to Zion.
They focused in a dark ambient atmosphere, with diverse elements like noise, spoken word, field recordings, minimalism and drone music. It’s a conceptual album, with allusion to moments of reflexion about different themes.
00:00 The Ghost Between The Strings – Nothing Will Happen
09:07 Ownsi Lense – Elementum V
13:01 Spit It Out – Almost There (mix on MIG)
23:40 Ostensibly Ossified – Nothing to Do With Anything
27:17 _Voice – Human Error
33:39 Sanmi – Blindman
36:12 Hox Vox – Undead
40:47 Ghazaleh E – Dead Now (Antioch Arrow Cover)
43:23 Muhmood – Sunn
48:37 Hyaena Fierling Reich – Human Transfixed
52:32 Cometa – Violin_C143
we call it “electronic artpop” and as such it offers a plethora of musical experiences. leaving traditional song structures behind, each track tells its own story, ranging from the dub/reggae influenced “ernesto” to the epic “i am a strange loop” which combines folk elements with ethnic drums and ambient style spheric sounds.
not convinced? then start your journey through these vast sound scapes by listening to “transformations”, an ever changing and evolving acoustic work of art.
isterondeath [0kbps051]
01 – un gioco sul male
02 – per diluire la paura domestica
03 – anal beehtoven
04 – tu fai il guinness
05 – furniture music #04
06 – v4portronic4 – feat. Tommaso Busatto
07 – hipsteron dub
08 – ceste is a pink rocker
09 – nella città di nessuno
10 – trapianto d’organi
“tu fai il guinness”‘s intro was taken from a video-message by Giovanni Nembrini (Beira)
“furniture music #04” was released for the first time in “furniture music”(SPTOtfSP, 2012) in a 8 kbps mp3 format
“v4portronic4” was recorded with Tommaso Busatto
MAV [0kbps] Records, December 2013
This compilation is the perfect soundtrack for your boozy winter!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Deep Lake Records!
The gift from Santa Claus this year comes with 7 wonderful tracks :)
“After releasing my album of melodeon and electronics improvisations, I decided to ask my friends whether they would be interested in reworking any of the material- ‘Please take any music at all from the new release (“Air Buttons” by me) and do what you want with it – mangle it, remix it, add things to it, sing over it, play a duo with it, slow it down, turn it into a tune, cut it up, whatever. BUT please make your contribution EXACTLY TWO MINUTES LONG’.
I was astonished by the reaction- soon sound files were flying at me from all over the world, including from friends of friends of friends, as well as from people who I’ve known since school days- collaborators from my post-punk days, free improvisers, morris dancers, other Linear Obsessional artists, even my next-door neighbour! The results are amazingly varied in style – and all are fascinating, and of course, none of them outstay their welcome.
So- enormous thanks to all my friends in the UK, France, Spain,Ireland, Sweden, USA and Malaysia, you have made me very proud”
-Richard Sanderson 2013
All tracks include at least some elements taken from the album “Air Buttons” by Richard Sanderson.
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[0kbps050]
01 – Laika Facsimile – La bella musica di gigio
02 – Smegmascreen – Ballads of Anal Plugging Noise
03 – INSTAGON – Spider
04 – hiyohiyoipseniyo – fonoll
05 – Art Electronix – DistTV
06 – stefano balice – the GneGne song (crashed)
07 – Max Scordamaglia – No-Is – 02
08 – I Killed Techno! – Dont Cry When I Die
09 – harmonie_mit_nichts – the page
10 – CAND – Holive
11 – Noise Service feat. strangelet and reklawysdnil – Feedback No. !
12 – TrashBLit – Blind_Spot
13 – Deterioro Nervioso Irreversible – Alley fuck
14 – undermindlimb & khaotic molly – zero-one
15 – Pioggia d’Ambra – Annientamento del sé nella cupa camera ardente
16 – METEK and NOS project (with M.Parque on guitars) – Only Here For A While Re
17 – Der Domestizierte Mensch – Madonna pregnant
18 – BeengHy – I cervelli non hanno correttori
19 – Tommaso Busatto – Vaportronica2 (Toxic Chicken remix)
20 – Seiei Jack – Sweet Caroline RMX
21 – Camiroaga Conspiracy – Frivola
22 – Sounddog65 – Partial Pasolini
23 – mutanT.R.I. – Low Flow
24 – eugenio furrno – traumachine
25 – Art Electronix – Sloppy
26 – Exclamation Point – Evil Telephone
27 – To-Bo – Gewitter
28 – Anal Sausages – Anal Sex Terror
29 – Contraktor – Such Good Weed
30 – 7tn4CC + Vitaldo Conte + Helena Velena – Pulsional Rumore (gliss)
31 – A. P. Vague – #84 (Chanukah)
32 – harmonie_mit_nichts – i_have_to_be_with_you
33 – Max Scordamaglia – Raw Material III – 01 – SW 1
34 – Tommaso Busatto – Vaportronica 333
35 – Noise Service feat. strangelet and reklawysdnil – Traff-c
36 – Changoz! – Enjoy The Noise
37 – undermindlimb & khaotic molly – doctor’s tape n.1
38 – Esquizomachina – La puerta del infierno
39 – INSTAGON – Thee Shining
40 – Seicho Suru Kigi & Chris Silver T – Free Improvitation
41 – Dr. NoiseM – El Diabolo
42 – HEADCLEANER – C.C.P
43 – Contraktor – Dark Ambient Jam
44 – Beira – Il Fantastico Mondo Di Aldo Moro
cover artwork by emanuele fais
MAV [0kbps] Records, December 2013
TERR059
credits
released 24 December 2013
Compiling & artwork – Luke Lund
Mastering – Skink
Review / Reseña:
“La musica de Pablo Reche es un desafio y reclama un esfuerzo por parte del oyente, un perceptor que vive en una epoca en que existe una gran cantidad de material musical disponible para el publico y en que los modos de escucha se han vuelto fragiles mediante el zapping, los altos niveles de compresion en las masterizaciones y la transformacion de ciertas musicas (por no decir la mayoria), en accesorios tribales sin valor en si mismos.
Este trabajo del artista argentino requiere una escucha activa. No es un material que pueda ponerse de fondo y menos en parlantes mezquinos. El audifono podria ser un dispositivo util, siempre que la actitud sea de atencion y no la de una escucha de acompañamiento para cualquier otra actividad.
¿Pero, por que estos requerimientos?.
Reche nos entrega un pieza que en sus casi 18 minutos y medio progresa delicadamente a traves de zumbidos electricos que tienen una componente compleja, mezclando ciertos tonos con distorsiones. A estos “drones” se suman en distintos momentos algunos materiales de ruido muy probablemente provenientes de grabaciones de campo. El flujo de estas sonoridades es de un desarrollo y fluctuaciones delicadas, pero no por ello escasas. La atencion y su propiciacion mediante condiciones de escucha aptas permitirian una apreciacion del dinamismo de la pieza y, al contrario, una reproduccion donde existan materiales enmascaradores (ruido ambiente, zumbidos de pantallas y otros aparatos), junto con una pobre reproduccion, impedirian la correcta estimacion de todos estos detalles.
Si bien el trabajo se enmarca dentro del habitual caracter contemplativo de Reche, todo ese movimiento que comentamos mas arriba junto con un despliegue en distintos estratos del espectro, nos hace percibirlo como uno de sus trabajos mas consistentes, por supuesto dentro de nuestra acotada opinion.”
“Pablo Reche’s music is a challenge and it demands effort on the part of the listener, a recipient who lives in an era in which a large amount of musical material is available to the public and in which the modes of listening have become fragile through zapping, high levels of compression in mastering, and the transformation of certain musics (though not necessarily the majority) into tribal accessories without value in and of themselves.
This work by the Argentine artist requires active listening. It is not material that can be placed in the background, and even less on paltry speakers. Headphones may be a useful device, but always with an attitude of attention and not to listen as an accompaniment for any other activity.
But why these requirements?
Reche gives us a piece that in its almost 18 and a half minutes delicately progresses through electrical hums that have a complex component, mixing certain tones with distortions. To these “drones” some noise materials, likely derived from field recordings, are added in certain moments. The flow of these sonorities is one of development and delicate fluctuation, but not through scarcity. Attention and its propitiation through suitable listening conditions will allow an appreciation of the dynamics of the piece and, to the contrary, a reproduction where there are distracting elements (ambient noise, hum of screens and other devices), along with a poor reproduction, will impede the correct estimation of all these details.
Although the work is framed within the usual contemplative character of Reche, all this movement discussed above, together with a deployment in distinct strata of the spectrum, makes us perceive it as one of his most consistent works, of course within our humble opinion.”
Alejandro Albornoz (Mankacen)
Santiago, diciembre/december 2013.
Creditos / Credits:
Grabado, mezclado y masterizado por Pablo Reche, en Buenos Aires 2013 / Recorded, mixed and mastered by Pablo Reche, Buenos Aires, 2013.
Contacto / Contact: rechepab(AT)yahoo.com.ar
Diseño y retoque fotografico / Artwork and photoshop by Mika Martini (mikamartini(AT)yahoo.com).
Version en ingles / English version by Ryan Bodiford. (bodiford(AT)umich.edu)
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Artists found on this years VA include some Kahvi regulars including Brioskj, 4T Thieves, Polaski, MigloJE, Madstyle and Acrilic Colours and a lot of guest artists bringing some very interesting flavours to the mix. There are ambient tracks along with retro beat driven acid, something for everybody. We hope you enjoy this years VA, and remember the other Christmas releases from 4T Thieves and Reii released last week.
Tracks of choice are too many to mention but for something really refreshing check out Serhio Efremis – Mystery for a real taste of Russia.
Merry Christmas from all at Kahvi!
>From the epic space swoons of ‘Subroutine Traffic Stop…’ to the manic energy and dissonant beauty of ‘Dys4-1A’, every inch of ‘BRKN’ is stylistically eclectic and robust, melodically affecting and compositionally complex. Where ‘BRKN’ excels best is its ability to mix those heart-rending melodies into vigorous and rewarding compositions. The melodies of ‘Rules and Regalia…’ call into mind the heydays of Bit Shifter, ‘Requiem (Our Stolen Future)’ ends with soft but emotively poignant sweeps of motifs, and ‘We Never Sleep/Artemidorus’ moves from crunchy experimentalism into a melody that defines the term ‘tearjerker’.
‘BRKN’ is an album as well as a journey. Every track slips into the next as a continuous piece and the effect is infectious. A consistent aural and emotive assault, every turn and shift as unforgettable as the preceding, every arp brimming with emotion and every passage a piece of compositional masterpiece that ticks the boxes of both rational talent and emotive creativity. Those who have already decided their albums of the year may have been slightly pre-emptive; on his debut, AutoReMi-PK has already solidified his place as an incredibly talented composers, and ‘BRKN’ as one of the scene’s best offerings in some time.
they play instruments like: cello, trombone, a bit of electronics, maybe some tuba, a touch of clarinet, plus e.g. recorder and other flutes, double bass, alpine horn, voice, bird calls, a few toys, and whatever else they come across that might produce some type of sound.
they improvise.
they are half swiss living in hamburg (germany), half french living in geneva (switzerland).
occasionally both halves meet in one place, and that’s when sound happens.
their first album for pyr, le fils de la prophétesse is a two disc set that clocks in at over two hours. the first disc contains almost sixty miniature improvisations the create a whole. the second disc is more long-form, but the two relate as one.
Back from the depths of Russia, we have a five track ep (playing time 30 minutes) of some of the coolest ambient and easy listening tracks to hit Kahvi this year. But of course, you expect no less from Reii!
Some amazing depth features in the tracks, with a slightly ‘imperfect edge’ to the tracks, giving them more of a human feel. Love Is is an epic journey into sound, where sqnc3 is a fantastic look at just how great arpeggios can sound with a master at the controls! Each track is a work of art, so enjoy this fantastic EP before the Kahvi Christmas release 2013!
Tracklisting:
01. Blastculture – Dimensione Onirica (7:37)
02. Blastculture – Masahiko Vs. Saseko (6:13)
03. Blastculture – A Dangerous Flight Over Manaus (7:25)
04. Blastculture – Crackle Cockhyaena (7:20)
05. Blastculture – Pulser (4:40)
