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
November 28th, 2006
“Free electronic music on the Internet has reached a peak point of abstraction and metaphor, presenting a remarkable range of open sound archives led by Artist-identities barely visible, gigabytes of fragmentary ideas and sketches, spliced, compiled and assembled into works of strange beauty. The territory of creative potential is nearly impossible to mark, neither to define and picture considering the number of artists and concepts. The first compilation by frozenelephantsmusic.com therefore aims to simply start an ongoing presentation of compositions from this wide field, presenting individual artist personalities and their work, considering the artistic process and its manifestation.
For ‘The Map is not the Territory’ F.E.M. gathered 11 pieces by artists from the UK, France, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, USA and Japan. The collection includes minimal, computer-based aesthetics, sensitive undulations of sound, natural reverberations, organic structures and fragile sonic architecture. To hear is not to listen.”
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- Jodi Cave - Flotsam and Jetsam
- Tisane - Fromage
- Hulk - Elephant Memory
- Krabatof Philharmonic Orchestra - Needle pleasure
- Moritz Fehr - Dead Space
- Nim - Humboldt Session
- Yusuke Kamijima - Evil Sinks Devils Stink
- Seltsam & Strahler - Tankerin in Seenot
- Lars Nagler / Prism - Clank
- Eric Bollman - 001
- Peter Prautzsch - Hello
frozenelephantsmusic.com
November 16th, 2006
“Finally! The 1st release on DWD Records is available for everyone! CombiNATION is a small but very interesting compilation. It contain six tracks from the MASTERS of the 8-bit electro scene that perform various genres, but equally good music…
In any case, you must have it! Take off!”
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- alex mauer - ikea shopper menu screen
- goto80 - elektrobullen
- paza - circuitbend
- random - female city soul
- twilight electric - airline fun
- psilodump - ok, so the ninjas went to space
dwdrecords.ho.com.ua
November 15th, 2006
““Pure” is a compilation of strictly complicated experimental music from United States of America, provided by artists that are known as pure experimentalists without any admissions. Joe Colley base his sound on the studying of various randomized processes, static noise and urban objects. Jessica Rylan designs her own synthesizers and accomplishs audacious voice performances. Kevin Drumm is fond of playing guitar by everything he is able to get in his hands: from piece of glass to electromagnet.
The result can be listened as hard, but rather charm liveset, that took place in Moscow DOM club.”
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- Joe Colley “Pure One”
- Jessica Rylan “Pure Two”
- Kevin Drumm “Pure Three”
Musica Excentrica
November 1st, 2006
“This week, I suggest, eat as follows: 
- Monday: Eat powdered poached reconstituted potatos factory-packed in Europe.
- Tuesday: Eat poached biscuits that are not packaged in boxes.
- Wednesday: Eat blue fuzzy baked dumplings that are thrown away by others.
- Thursday: Get by on a little mustards that you bought at a discount.
- Friday: Eat a little poached blue noodle dishes that are imported from overseas.
- Saturday: Limit yourself to a little pickled freshly-killed vegetables that you find.
- Sunday: Eat sour Norwegian vegan foods that you bought at a discount.
Or so…
Anyway, one thing’s for sure: if you enjoy experimental/noise/ambient music, then download this release and give the cells in your body a good diet. 12 tracks created by talented musicians for you to enjoy! So enjoy the noise!”
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- Larva P11 (Larva 108)
- Cilium (Enlil)
- In The (Pacta Sunt Servanda)
- Is cell division painful? (Lezet)
- Who get a cell? (Ultra Fuckers)
- 7 (Control One Remote)
- Of a forest, with a tree, with an arrow with an ‘X’ (Crow Bones)
- Ribosomes (Awser Derf)
- Alde ilunean II (TĂĽsĂĽri)
- Structure III (Pixel Form)
- Monsters from the Id! (rachMiel)
- El misterio (Xedh)
Abdicate Cell
October 20th, 2006
“Thus, we finally have in hands the first hardcopy and tenth reference of the Modena labelďż˝
It is, we easily imagine, an important moment, because the first off-line excursion for a netlabel with a great recognized requirement.
Then now, is the question: welcome in the real world zymogenďż˝ The answer is making absolute no doubt. Between concept album or an obvious will of representation of the activities of the label, this release can easily make lie these points of view, so much it has a real coherence, Glasshouse #01 is of those rare compilations from which one refuses to distinguish such participant or such other - this unit is partly due to the excellent graphic work of sunisbetterthanmoney, to the beautiful and now usual images of Mario Aldovini, due to the suggestive immersion of the tracklist and well on, due with the high behaviour of the guest-list: Ibakusha, Dincise, Takeshi Nakamura, Lezrod.
Suggestive immersion? Yes, Filippo Aldovini has it seems, have privileged a progression tactic on, and that does not have been so easy, as so much these artists compete in the excellence and the multiplicity of their matter. Thus ibakusha surreptitiously takes us on board, in some soundscapes where sometimes we perceive an aural signal inviting us to the back return - too late!
D’incise offers to us ‘un bouquet de fleurs fanĂ©es c’est si joli’ďż˝ Et tellement vrai (and so true) Nakamura continues with a ’subtraction’ which in fact, hides an authentic and beautiful sub-abstraction.
Finally, Lezrod closes the door of the glasshouse in a flow and a backward flow of tearing sound layers of particles in search of skeletal and late harmony, this ‘xx’ isďż˝ XXL.
Off or On, zymogen is a very precious line to follow.”
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zymogen.net
October 15th, 2006
“Jon Does SeeMeInLuv is driven by its deep kick and the side to side movement of hypnotic textures. Aggressively cracked percussion becomes more chaotic as the track progresses while dancing across a punchy bass line. Ernestos remix pushes the percussion even further and adds to it a spooky melody. Sensitive Emotion takes the intensity up a notch with its manic use of hi- hats and vocal stabs. High energy in both tempo and arrangement yet surprisingly melancholic in sound. Jon strips it down and reworks it for the dance floor opting for a slinky but solid feel.”
- Jon Doe - SeeMeInLuv
- Jon Doe - SeeMeInLuv (ernesto remix)
- Ernesto - Sensitive Emotion
- Ernesto - Sensitive Emotion (jon doe remix)
stirsound.com
“Because of time constraints and the scope of the 8BP050 project, it was necessary to over-ask for tracks in order to ensure that we hit 50 by the deadline. In the end we received a total of 70 tracks — every one of them totally badass. Not wanting to let a single one of these excellent contributions slip away, the remaining 20 tracks are presented here in their entirety as a downloadable Bonus Disc.”
