Bad News | Yesterday night I stumbled upon the Kikapu Netlabel-Website while correcting some links. I was simply horrified, discovering that Kikapu claimed its dead. These are always the moments, when I grab my head and think: “Shit! We lost some beautiful digital culture and there is no way back to get another glimpse at it.” In the next moment I discovered that you still find lots of music on archive.org but that’s only a drop in the ocean of sadness. We lost one of the oldest netlabels and it’s fantastic website. Have a look yourself!

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 »

Cassical Spherical Ambient | If you start the wonderful ambient-track “Greenwater” you drift on synthesizer-strings into a world full of etereal, lush chords and subtle piano drops. Best described with the word “peaceful”, you recover yourself in a fortunate condition. Umisetsu and Martin Dot let you rest while listening and diving into the music. Listen & Read more »

Chip Music Video Clip | Anamanaguchi produce Chip Music on the well-known 8bitpeoples Netlabel. Listen to their free album “Power Supply” or have a look on the incredible video-clip by 2 Player Productions. They used graphics from the PSP-game Okami and combined it with the Anamanaguchi-song “Sting Operation” to make a terrific video-clip. Listen & Read more »

Atmospheric Italian Trip Hop | The Italian band mou published already two exciting TripHop EPs on the aquietbump netlabel. Both albums are filled with dense and atmospheric songs. Heavily influenced by Massive Attack the italian musicians emacipate themselves with their second album “memory recall”. While “###ntain vibes Ep” rocks on dark vibes, “memory recall” convinces the listener with a more dub-orientated approach. Listen & Read more »