Worlds below 100Hz » minimal

Claude Von Stroke – Vocal Chords

emdjee — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:59:57 +0000

Perfect blend of emotions in this track. Playtime: in the morning after a long long night.

Ellen Allien – Our Utopie

Esco — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:11:37 +0000

This sounds good. Very good actually. B-pitch labelboss Ellen Allien released her 5th album yesterday and ‘Our Utopie’ is the hypnotic opening track. Definitely sounds warmer and less clinical than the slightly disappointing “Sool”.

Robert Hood – And Then We Planned Our Escape

jean — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:15:10 +0000

Some pumping minimal Detroit techno for you, from Underground Resistance co-founder Robert Hood. Released on the Belgian Music Man Records back in 2007, this banger just picks up with the beat and doesn’t let down over the course of 7 minutes. If you like driving basslines and trance-like continuity, then this is right up your alley.

Wareika – King’s Child (Ricardo Villalobos Remix)

Esco — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:11:38 +0000

I only recently stumbled upon this one-year old beautiful Villalobos remix. We don’t have the dry-clean Villalobos at work here, but the soulful, jazzy, dare I say Chilean?, Villalobos at work. Niceness. Or, as a German youtube user comments: “supergeile scheibe”! Doesn’t that sound sexy?

Ricardo Villalobos – Dexter

Kevin de Caluwé — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:45:59 +0000

Playhouse reprints the ‘number one’ album of the last decade (according to Resident Advisor): ‘Alcachofa’ by Ricardo Villalobos. ‘Dexter’ was one of the tracks that brought me more into the slower bpm spectrum of electronic music (I was quite an adept of 165+ bpm music). A well deserved winner of that poll, what an album.

A couple of mixes

Thomas — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:57:55 +0000

Lately I’ve been enjoying these mixes:

2 Oliver Deutschman mixes (Berlin sound). One recent. One slightly older. Very gifted DJ.

Ellen Allien Always Fridays guest mix.

Patchwork Pirates Fabric Promo Mix (anything from crunk to dubstep back to garage and funk). It’s quite hypa hypa but they just get away with it. Special attention goes out to the Notorious remix!

Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!

Pantha Du Prince – The Splendour

Kevin de Caluwé — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:22:06 +0000

Music that makes the clouds snow.

Ripperton – Farra

Kevin de Caluwé — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:50:10 +0000

Swiss guy Raphael Ripperton released his debut album ‘Niwa’ on Green. I liked the track ‘Farra’ the most, but the whole album is worth checking.

You can download a free track called ‘Modal Love’ at the Green website. Lovely stuff!

Skream – Minimalistix

Kevin de Caluwé — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:08:44 +0000

This is Skream‘s succesful exercise in trying to let metal plates dance. The metallic melody moves between abstract techy beats and -in the second part of the track- a rolling bassline.

On the flip you’ll find Skream’s remix of ‘No Future’ by Instra:mental.

Oliver Hacke – 21:31

Kevin de Caluwé — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:25:38 +0000

I get so mixed up by hearing this track. It makes me feel positive, however the whole mood is in an unspoken way very sad. Its bassline tells a story of forgotten passion and lonely endless sights. Somewhere in the middle, the story turns out to be quite positive as hope flickers from the changed bassline. But troubled memories return near the end of the track.

Best served next to Triola‘s ‘Leuchtturm’ and Psychonauts ‘The Worlds Keeps Turning (Highfish & Zander remix)), like in Superpitcher’s Today mix album. Timeless!