Cut’n'Paste-Funk | “52 Weeks” is an extraordinary project coordinated by Peppermill Records. The compilation includes 52 tracks representing each week of the year. The whole compilation is separated into four sub-compilations with the names of the four seasons of a year. I picked out the winter-collection because I enjoy sometimes music-collages with lots of samples and fine breakbeats. And the “Winter”-compilation - where the whole project started with - is a fabolous mix of Hip Hop and experimental downbeats fused together into a heavy mix. Listen & Read more »

Exquisite Downbeats | The Incognito Traveller stands in the tradition of Downbeat-producers like Kruder & Dorfmeister, St. Germain or Thievery Corporation. Jazzy rhyhtms, organic sounds and everywhere a touch of crackling vinyl samples. The production from Mexico is well-crafted and you have the feeling each song tells you a little story. Konfort did it again and released an extraordinary lax release. Listen & Read more »

Mad Disco & Downbeat Styles | If you enter the crazy universe of Ronny Ragtroll you better prepare yourself to listen to some feaked out music. Like a slightly ditzy Miraculix our musical druid throws some funky herbs into the bowl. Next to tracks with groovy loops like “And There She Was” David Deschuyteneer aka Ronny Ragtroll pushes us into a spaced out world of music. Everything is possible. Listen & Read more »

Instrumental TripHop | On “Fragments” each track is exactly 2:08 minutes long. Each song takes you on a little trip through a slightly surrealistic world. Even though I miss any kind of ear-catching melodies, Niteffect convinces me with intense atmospheres, interesting sounds and extraordinary beats. Listen & Read more »

Chillout Music for Spacenights | Years ago we always watched the stars and planet earth from above on TV when we came back from parties. Each weekend the tv-station HR3 transmitted finest chill out and ambient music two sweeten our early morning hours. While our feet felt heavy from dancing, our soul rested on calm beats to drift away. If I listen to music from Crisopa from Madrid/Spain all these nice and relaxed pictures return. Listen & Read more »