Style: Compilation
Various – “Octopus Two” (Fresh Poulp Records)
Versatile Label-Compilation | In 2004, the French eclectic electronic music netlabel Fresh Poulp Records released its first compilation "Octopus One". Four years and 28 releases later "Octopus Two" offers a musical summary of what Fresh Poulp is about. Guests and members of the Fresh Poulp family present various genres and styles like Dub, Electronica, Chiptune, Breakcore and HipHop. A Fresh Poulp odyssey.
Just like Fresh Poulps debut-release "Octopus One", the second part of the Octopus Compilation gathers two sides.
On Side A "Guests" you can find tracks by guest artists, label's friends or some casual collaborators. Some of the pieces might give us an idea of future Fresh Poulp artists. 26 year old Cyril Guillory for example, who is also known as Aquilone (he has already put out an album at muertepop). His Electronica-Shoegazer-Pop sounds very promising and "Chess Wall" is one of the highlights of the "Octopus Two" compilation.
Side B, the "Family"-side, gives an overview of artists that have already released some works on Fresh Poulp Records. Pix for example, whose releases have also been mentioned in some 2008 netaudio highlights here at phlow-magazine, contributed a new piece to the compilation. His lovely Electronica-Downtempo-Hiphop mix is allways a good treat. But there are many more Fresh Poulp veterans on "Octopus Two" - pieR, Guitoud and Yarkouy for example, who present their distinct electronica-dub styles.
So, there is a lot to look forward to in 2009. Fresh Poulp Records should be on the watchlist.
MP3 Music Download
Download: V.A. - "Octopus Two" (ZIP-Archive)
Release: V.A. - "Octopus Two"
Netlabel: Fresh Poulp Records
About the Author
This article was written on 12.January 2009 by Christian Grasse.
I love various kinds of music and I am probably spending too much time in this strange musical sphere that people call the netlabelscene. I present a monthly radioshow on netaudio at Byte.fm, run a webzine called metawelle.net and I am part of the netlabel aaahh-records. Read more articles written by Christian Grasse.
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5 comments
oooh... crappy artwork. good you gave it a review, wouldn't have listen to it otherwise! ;)
12. Jan 2009 at 8:59 pm
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Yeah, the artwork does look a bit weird. But hey, it's all about the inner values, right? ;)
13. Jan 2009 at 1:19 am
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Ouch, Bettina, that's harsh! :)
13. Jan 2009 at 12:43 pm
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no it's true. i agree that it's the inner values that count but you've gotto take care of your make up as well. anyway, go download kids, this is the good stuff!
13. Jan 2009 at 9:11 pm
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Hey, check the new Octopus, released last monday on Fresh Poulp Records!
Octopus 3 -> http://www.fresh-poulp.net/releases/fpr043/
Happy new year !!
7. Jan 2010 at 11:14 am
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