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Music for the open-minded | We don’t care about genres! Of course, we cultivate our preferences like everyone. But we try to stay open-minded as possible as we can. Convinced that the only way to discover new worlds is to share, to communicate and to listen to each other, we proudly present you the third edition of our Phlow-Netlabel-Serie. We dived into the deep ocean of free music and came back with this adventurous compilation. Explore with us music from all over the globe, from Indie-Pop to Techno to Drum’n'Bass to Ambient. Listen & Read more »

Deep House, Unwashed | Sometime you stumble upon these releases which attract your attention only because you like the website, the artwork, the name of artist or the text which describes the music. In the case of Berlin backyard wrench Marow, the worn-out and atmospheric photos on his label’s website hooked me up initially. Listen & Read more »

Bassline-driven Drum’n'Bass | With his pounding basslines on his self-titled EP sabsidian aka sabian made already an impression on me. Back with one more track out of his lab, sabian is the one who rocks on the “Kapitel 1″ EP-compilation on Konsum Productions. Next to his melodic drum’n'bass-groover Aguateca gets his weapons ready. His bad-stomper called “Stamp” knows how to kick ass. His bassline filtering give us a rough treatment and order: “Dance, mothafucka!”.[Update with Video now!] Listen & Read more »

Run for Cover No. 3 | Phlow Magazine launches a new series dedicated to the art of Netaudio: “Run for Cover”. In bulk sequence, wonderful artworks will be presented and discussed. Number three is the outstanding textural and graphical art for Mickey Eats Plastic’s Remix EP “To Kill The White Glamour” as reviewed in January. Listen & Read more »

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 »