Music Genre // Downbeat

• Epic Ambient // Wixel – »An Empty Canvas« Wixel is the experimental Folk moniker of Wim Maesschalck. In 2009, after his epochal “Somewhere Between the Sun and the...
• M.W.D. – »Singing Forest« (Budabeats) Smooth Downbeats // Like his other label mates on Budabeats Netlabel M.W.D. loves Hip Hop, samples, Jazz and crackling vinyl....
• The Insider – »All's Fair in Love of Wax« Crackling Vinyl and Some Breaks // Do you like Vinyl? Do you enjoy those smokin’ breakbeats? Do you like some...
• Dubstep // Winnie The Shit – »Sons Grave« In “I love you” an 808-like bassdrum kicks relaxed in slow-motion. Some drive give the shuffled Dubstep-inspired beats around it....
• Slovenian Synthpop // New Wave Syria – »Hello, Yes« (Cheap Tunes) To know how music was created brings forth a certain surplus- or disappointment, respectively. This is especially true for electronic...
• Various – »Cen Art« (Soulseek Records) Chill Out Compilation // Once upon a time Soulseek was the filesharing platform for real music lovers. Maybe it is...
• HipHop Compilation // Various – »Practice Avoiding Mistakes« (Tokyo Dawn Records) Tokyo Dawn is back from the dead. And while they prepare the funk we sent you back in time, when...
• Rolancho – »Quizás quiso decir Rolando« (modismo netlabel) An Electronic Music Adventure from Chile) // “Quizás quiso decir Rolando” is what I would call a true full-length album....
• Ian Hawgood's Favorite Netaudio Moments in 2008 Advent Calendar Door 22 // There are certain names in Netaudio you stumble upon quite regularly. Think of Daniel Maze,...
• Yuki Yaki's Favorite Netaudio Moments in 2008 Advent Calendar Door 16 // Yuki Yaki has been founded in 2005 a logical consequence of a radio show. The...
• Barry Rogers Favorite Netaudio Moments in 2008 Advent Calendar Door 15 // An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Barry Rogers started the Lost Children Netlabel in 2003 to distribute his...
• Djet – »Free Translation« (Vaatican Records) Breakbeat merging into hill billy guitar, opera mixed with experimental ambient guitar, theme park music transitioning into glitch? Djet is...
• IDM and Drum'n'Bass from Russia // Human Terminal – »Press any Key« (Rec72 Netlabel) Human Terminal is a very promising artist from Russia. The silent ways and floating numbers sometimes give me the idea...
• Various – »netBloc Volume 17« (Blocsonic) With the 17th free music compilation Michael Gregoire released again a fantastic collection of music on blocsonic. Instead of only...
• Aphilas – »Instrumentally Ill EP« (Miasmah Netlabel) Netaudio Downbeat Classic // When Norwegian Netlabel Miasmah published Aphilas EP called “Instrumentally Ill EP” the whole - than still...
• Funky and Smoky Downbeats // Suhov – »Sympathy Modul EP« (Budabeats Netlabel) Yeah, Dope Beats ahoi! If you like groovy breakbeats, we have some candy for your ears. With Suhohvs melodic “Symphaty...
• Phonout – »Da ni« (Zimmerlautstärke Netlabel) SciFi Downbeats // Oskar Rudzki aka Phonout has a faible for futuristic electronic productions driven by broken beats. These beats...
• DJ Side – »Bittersweet Love EP« (Surreal Madrid Netlabel) Dark Beats // DJ Side goes down with the bass while his beats creep heavy-burdened over the floor. His “Bittersweet...
• A phat Hip Hop Package // Various – »Because Best Things Are Free« (Ideology Netlabel) With “Because Best Things Are Free” Ideology Netlabel delivers a heavy and delicate compilation. Next to amusing german rhymes, laid-back...
• Daniel Maze – »Red After Image« (Serein) Refreshing Electropop Psychedelica // Daniel Maze is a name you stumble about every now and then. Despite his new record...
• Djet – »Nightline« (Picomedia) Sometimes music hits you like a rock. “Nightline” is an album with exactly that special ability. Produced by Alexander Lisovsky...
• Lokua – »Trails« (Moment Sound) Smoking Chicago Downbeats // Joshua Keckner aka Lokua produces downbeats with crackling beats sprinkled with jazzy melodies and a laid-back...
• Postmodern Renaissance Music // Krowley – »Four Pieces« (Autark) Autark is a new Austrian Netlabel, “Four Pieces” is their second release. While I was preparing to write something about...
• Downbeats in Cinemascope // Crookram – »19/76« (Budabeats) In “A Day in the Life (feat. INC)” young Dutch producer Crookram rolls out sweet and melancholic strings to catch...
• Cut'n'Paste-Funk // Various – »52 Weeks – Winter« (Peppermill Records) “52 Weeks” is an extraordinary project coordinated by Peppermill Records. The compilation includes 52 tracks representing each week of the...
• The Incognito Traveller – »The Incognito Traveller EP« (Konfort Netlabel) Exquisite Downbeats // The Incognito Traveller stands in the tradition of Downbeat-producers like Kruder & Dorfmeister, St. Germain or Thievery...
• Ronny Ragtroll – »Greatest Clubhits From Beyond« (Entity) Mad Disco & Downbeat Styles // If you enter the crazy universe of Ronny Ragtroll you better prepare yourself to...
• Instrumental TripHop // Niteffect – »Fragments« (Kreislauf) On “Fragments” each track is exactly 2:08 minutes long. Each song takes you on a little trip through a slightly...
• Crisopa – »Medicamentosa« (addSensor) Chillout Music for Spacenights // Years ago we always watched the stars and planet earth from above on TV when...
• Cri-Kong – »Hash Oil« (Konfort Netlabel) Releaxed Mexican Downbeats // Slowly crawls the gaucho out of his hammock, grabs his guitar and plays some melodic riffs...
• Swinging Downbeats // Nils Hoffmann – »kurz und klein e.p.« (Broque) Cool yourself down with some jazzy downbeats full of swing. To get the flavour right Nils Hoffmann polished his old...
• Chico Correa & Electronic Band (Bumpfoot) Fresh Latin-orientated Beats from Brasil // Esmeraldo Marques aka Chico Correa likes to fuse brasilian flavor with electronic sounds. Inspired...
• Jazzy TripHop // Twizzle – »Soda Fountain« (Comfort Stand) Netlabel Comfort Stand stopped releasing new free music a while ago. Thank god, their huge catalogue of music releases is...
• Flux and Vega – »Believe EP« (Konfort Netlabel) Melodic TripHop // The netlabel No Copy Protection is a subdivision of Konfort Records from Mexico. Their website is an...
• Peacespeakers – »Message from Planet Earth« (Loopjazz Netlabel) Melodic NuJazz // The hungarian Peacespeakers-music-projects supply us with some easy-listening NuJazz. The electronic instrumental project consists of three music-freaks...
• Downbeats full of jazz-juice // Proviant Audio – Welcome Wilderness EP (Aquavelvas Netlabel) Yeeee!, Proviant Audio shows how crisp and vibrant downbeats can sound. We bumped into his wonderful “Welcome Wilderness EP” on...
• Downbeats, Jungle and a handful of dub // Malty Media – Bracken Bed EP (Monotonik Netlabel) Malty Media ship some dubby, laid-back and groovy mp3s in our inbox. Like The Orb you never know what loop,...
• IDM Electro Downbeat // 82nd ave – »Crowd Of Zero« (yukiyaki) David Williams aka ‘82nd ave enjoys building, transforming and playing around with beats. Somehow I am sure musicians like Aphex...