These are all reviews and articles tagged with "netlabel".
Category: Hip Hop
Tracky Birthday is one of those artists, who push out his majestry of artistry through every pore of his body. While reflecting society and its desire to show off in his Video-Series “Bootyclipse”, his website makes fun of all that Web 2.0-Dingeling. And till then, you haven’t heard his mind-twisting raps full of satirical rhymes. “Animal Audition” haunts you with its Funk, Samples and absorbing grooves.
Category: Drum and Bass | Electronica-Indietronic | IDM | Jazz
Jazz meets Drum’n'Bass | Bitbasic’s new album Sprinkling Rainbows, released on Monotonik, delves deep into the world of smooth and funky Jazz stylings, in a follow up the 2007 “Grating Rainbows EP”. This is an album of deft and clever combinations that soothe and then surprise the listener, as exquisite jazz chords and chromatics give [...]
Category: Hip Hop
Fine Instrumental Hip Hop | Instrumental Hip Hop kicks me currently the most. I waited a long time for more releases like “Synesthesia” that stand in the tradition of music by Comfort Fit or my beloved Flying Lotus. AEED pushes Hip Hop music into the right direction. Playful rhythmic arrangements, definetely electronic and with a [...]
Category: Drum and Bass
Complex Samurai Drum’n'Bass | As a Beat Samurai N-Noiz follows the path of Photek and his comrades-in-arms. His “Unbounding The Future EP” is an epic trip with haunting sounds, elaborate chopped-up beats and a unique style which makes every former master proud. You rarely find so deep, complex and intelligent Drum’n'Bass beats. N-Noiz – “Red [...]
Category: Dub and Reggae
Peaceful Dub | It’s always fascinating how you can create so much with just some ingredients. For his vision of Dub Italian musician Para used just organs, delay echoes a warm subbass and some percussion. Together he offers us a beautiful 5-track EP filled up with melodic slow-motion-groovers. A joint venture into the dubby realms [...]
Category: Ambient
Minimal Ambient | A tiny EP is stolen from a blog called “Dust Breeding” which I love a lot. These terribly short however mesmerizing sketches of minimal Ambient and musical processing of environmental noise are something I come back to on a regular basis. As the title already suggests, “For Friends This Winter” is quite [...]
