December 22nd, 2006
“Eight years after the mythical Noël Breakdance 1998 by Surfing Secrets, No Type finally (?) presents a new Christmas album! Who else but Montreal analog kings The Unireverse could have succeeded in this kitsch endeavour, having so brilliantly assimilated Donna Summer and The Beatles on their album Plays the Music. So go get your spray cans of artificial snow and your bags of aluminium icycles, life is too short!”
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- First Noizzle
- Hairmossa Ambient
- Ceres Potion (live)
notype.com/drones/cat.e/nt_095/
December 22nd, 2006
“Electro-Space Netlabel presents ‘Industree’ (ES13) a great release with nine amazing electronic compositions aligned to various styles, such as ‘Intelligent-Techno’, ‘IDM’, and ‘Experimental-Ambient’ by German composer Massju.”
- A Light (Intro. to Industree)
- Mer (Phobia)
- Troon (On Nights & Lights)
- Nine Hundred (and Eleven)
- Atnite (V2)
- Flir (My Heart, Pitchdark)
- Ni Soon (Distal)
- Six (The Day I Saw It)
- Direct RCT (Attach I & O)
- Mer (Phobia) [Tlahloks Teoatl Rmx]
electro-space.com
December 21st, 2006
“Miniatures is both a concept and a recording format for this album. The album is the attempt to capture those moments of childhood existing only in memory which, when recalled, cause a slight tightening of the chest at the realisation of things lost, and to capture the beauty of those moments in sound. These small moments, pristine in their imperfection, give rise to a reverie this album seeks, in a small way, to capture.
These tracks were recorded very quickly, with dead notes and interference left in for the most part. Each piece is by design a miniature in the way of childhood–with the good and the imperfect all part of the memory.
Each first successful take was kept and used, regardless of whether the central heating boiler or the washing machine decided to take the exact wrong moment to start up and cause clicks to the audio recording. This working process involved the use of only one instrument, in this case an old Fender Telecaster that has been damaged over the years. Some parts have been replaced, others repaired so that the way it plays appeals. The joy of creation lies in part, in the idea of the restriction. No other instrument was used.
Miniatures seeks to open again the doorway into the pristine imperfection of childish things. We hope you enjoy this reverie.”
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- Miniatures
- Those happy few minutes
- Somewhere somewhen
- There is nothing under the bed
- Hiding beneath leaves
- Hair frozen to a wall
- Marching like a soldier
- Memory of the day we ran electricity to the shed
- On grass looking at sky
- Sitting alone at the edge of the woods
- Tadpoles in jars grow into dead frogs
- The bars in the side of the hill
- The drop from the tree is forgetting to fly
- Waiting at the bottom of the garden
negativesoundinstitute.com
December 21st, 2006
“Since our start off, we have been looking for music that combines electronic with hand-made stuff. With Endlos, we finally found the perfect piece of the puzzle - just another amazing story of soul brothership written in our wonderful home city of Lipsia (Leipzig). This first Endlos EP is an excerpt of their 2004 album which was published as a very limited CD edition only. However, we think these songs are timeless: Enjoy seven epic pieces of deep electronica, fusing jazz with samplers, lo-fi drummachines embracing manipulated guitars and warm synths.”
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- am stau
- die andere seite (martin am saxophon)
- fernsehn hab ich nie gelernt
- zartbitter
- so mir nichts dir nichts
- vorsicht stufe
- es wächst uns über den kopf
1bit-wonder.com
December 21st, 2006
“Ekwals first release is a collection of 4 tracks by Deer aka Martin Hirsch, featuring a blend of fieldrecordings and experiments in techno and electro. While the first three tracks explore various aspects of the four- on-the-floor paradigm, the last cut, Stationary, features an excerpt from a living room livejam with Source Records founder Move D. The Track Delay EP was mastered by John McCaig at PanicStudios, Seattle. Deer has previously released as “random noise productions” on Neo Ouija and Hippocamp. His website can be found at http://www.regicide.org.”
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- derailleur
- row after row
- projectionists nightmare
- stationary (with move d and j)
ekwal.co.uk
December 19th, 2006
“This year the Gamewave Podcast has carved a niche for itself in the VGM scene by playing only the best in video game influnced music. The songs in this release were carefully chosen by hosts Joe and Mike. They include a great selection of established as well as up-and-coming artists, providing a unique look at the VGM sound. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast, brought to you by betamod and betamodradio.com. Cover art by David Mauro.”
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- Spamtron - Galactica
- disasterPEACE - Jump Error
- Coleco Music - Lugar Comun (Satiro Mix)
- Phlogiston - Wavegame
- Player Two - Obsolete Technology
- Spheres of Chaos - Impaled On Spikes
- Mr. Spastic - Mr. Spastic Cart Level 1
- NESmetal - Jesus My Refuge
- Lutin - Intoxication
- Anamanaguchi - Helix Nebula
betamod.com
December 19th, 2006
“Our final release of 2006 is the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the award-winning Canadian documentary, The Corporation, produced by Canadian composer Leonard J. Paul.
This is the complete film soundtrack plus extra pieces, totaling 28 tracks for the release. It also comes w/ artwork and full liner notes from Leonard himself. This is a huge release for us, and we are very proud to be able to offer it exclusively at Kikapu.
Wed like to thank Leonard for letting us release this amazing piece of work, and also say thanks to the creators of The Corporation for allowing the soundtrack to be released under a Creative Commons License.”
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- theme (feature)
- etoile
- ozone
- black violin
- audiomobile
- rapture
- omniscience
- monster funk
- sandman
- smog city
- horizonscape
- mohip
- snake pit
- theme (lo-bit)
- killer frogs
- deforestation
- theme (corporate criminal)
- insect cloud
- mars type beat
- angry xerox
- fissure
- theme (uplifting)
- greenhouse gas
- oil spill
- tntouchables
- shady dealings
- paradigm shift
- theme (closing)
kikapu.com/label/releases/kpu101.html
December 19th, 2006
“This amazing EP is from Ed Powley’s new project, The Over Greenland. Ed has been releasing music under his own name, and the ever-popular Colophon moniker for years now on a great many other net.labels. His first Kikapu release is entitled The Lost Levels EP which contains five tracks of guitar-driven beauty. At times uplifting and bombastic, at others minimal and relaxing, this is one incredibly special album, and is definitely worthy of being our 100th release.”
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- three words
- and dance you suddenly blossom - ill sing
- gluconeogenesis
- the anger in people (and the nice mess its gotten them into)
- crazy for zener diodes!!
kikapu.com/label/releases/kpu100.html
“Eight years after the mythical Noël Breakdance 1998 by Surfing Secrets, No Type finally (?) presents a new Christmas album! Who else but Montreal analog kings The Unireverse could have succeeded in this kitsch endeavour, having so brilliantly assimilated Donna Summer and The Beatles on their album Plays the Music. So go get your spray cans of artificial snow and your bags of aluminium icycles, life is too short!”
