drawing from a rich sonic palette, man without country splice glacial guitar ripples with an eerie synth pulse to create music both complex and all embracing. their debut ep kicks off with king complex, taken from forthcoming album foe and indicative of mwcs ability to morph their source material into anthems when you least expect it, the tracks tinkling keyboard led intro exploding into a euphoric dancefloor chorus. the melody belies a darker sentiment behind the lyrics on king complex -you are a true parasite / and youre the bane of my life- ryan concedes that -they are personal and bitter-. this contrast between melody and lyric is a common theme across their debut long player. the six track ep features a further 3 tracks from foe Ð inflammable heart, ebb & flow and iceberg plus the sei a remix of king complex. xi is exclusive to this ep.

berlin-based djs and composers ricardo villalobos and max loderbauer - two of the best-known names in contemporary electronica - share their admiration for music on ecm in a unique double-album of specially-created >sound-structures<. their project >re: ecm< will bring the labels music to a new listenership. it is certain to be one of the most talked-about albums of the season. using original ecm recordings as a starting point, villalobos and loderbauer create new music that bridges several worlds, including ecms world of space-conscious improvisation and composition and the worlds of ambient electronics and minimal techno. source materials on >re: ecmÓ include recordings of christian wallumr¿d, alexander knaifel, louis sclavis, john abercrombie, bennie maupin, arvo pŠrt, wolfert brederode, paul giger and more - looped, sampled, remixed and reworked in evocative new treatments. pleased with the duos creative response to his productions manfred eicher gave them carte blanche to carry on experimenting with the ecm titles of their choice. eicher subsequently supervised the mastering of >re: ecm< in munich, completing a unique sonic experience.

2011 collection released to coincide with the popular green man festival. selected and produced by rough trade shops, the cd exclusively features artists playing at green man 2011, and serves to distil the sonic ethos of the event. includes tracks from fleet foxes, the low anthem, josh t. pearson, iron and wine, gruff rhys, explosions in the sky, holy fuck, squarepusher and many others.

dj diamond is 24 year old karlis griffin from the west side of chicago. he has been producing music since the age of 13 and djing since 20, heading the -flight muzik- clique of footwork producers. you might recall his two tracks from our -bangs & works vol.1- footwork compilation of last year. in addition hes also released several mix cds in chicago, but this, his first international album showcases his unique style of footwork music. dj diamond is a unique producer with his own distinct style and an unusual ear for unexpected sonic and rhythmic combinations within the footwork template. often he thoroughly edits samples into tiny trance-inducing, techno-like stabs. combining this with a penchant for neon synths and loose, broken drums (that are often more effect-laden and freeform than those of of his peers) and you have a sound which has an intriguing, deeper, dreamlike feel. the breadth and quality of his production is clear when you listen to this album. take opener -rep yo clique-s woozy drawling synths and tribal tom patterns next to -speakerz n tonguez- with it-s snapping snares, minimal, repetitive voice samples and martial, detailed drum work. then a track like -torture rack- which is like grime in outer space: a minimal bassline and some samples from a computer game, while a bass kick stumbles at half time, swarms of percussive detail giving it drama. its a brilliant exercise in wonky tension. the extraordinary -decoded- comes across like a kind of amalgam of trance and prog rock bombast at 160bpm while -wreckageÕs- high pitch saw noise is like a strange metallic bird-call, over light cymbals, gabba-like kicks and metallic claps. -digimons- harmonic microedits could even be an snd track transported to chicago. finally the albums closer -i choose you- rolls out over a heavily edited and processed soul sample, its drums rolling off at odd angles to almost seasick effect.

daddy kevs label is proud to announce the release of ctrl alt delete, the debut album from free the robots. a staggering work of mind-warping electronics, fuzzed-out psych and devastating hip-hop beats, the impending release of ctrl alt delete will catapult free the robots to the forefront of the world renowned l.a. beat scene. initially started as a side project by chris alfaro in 2003, free the robots has quickly garnered a worldwide audience. combining dusty swap-meet samples, futuristic synthesizers and live instrumentation, free the robots has created a unique harmony of past sounds and future ruminations. much like his l.a. contemporaries flying lotus and nosaj thing, free the robots knows no genre boundaries. ctrl alt delete, which also features ikey owens of the mars volta, has been a long time coming. originally signed to alpha pup over two years ago, free the robots has put his heart and soul into this album. meticulously constructed, the album is a culmination of countless late nights at low end theory club, combined with a spirit of fearless experimentation. the result rattles with grit and swagger - a firm proclamation of free the robots sonic arrival.

the cocoon compilation k, being the longplay flagship in the cocoon catalogue, adequately starts the second decade of the label with a musical imperative. but dont worry: even if the letter k has sometimes been misused as an indicator for the degree of hardness of some sonic noise in the past of the tech-house scene, >k< is definitely the deepest survey of contemporary electronic dance music that has ever seen the light of day on cocoon recordings

erupting into the new decade with a sonic boom of the big underground tracks sure to be heard around the world in 2011, azuli present the next volume in their global guide series. selected and mixed by dutch dj and club scenester ricky rivaro, this is a razor-sharp selection of upfront cuts and remixes from some of the biggest artists at the forefront of the dance scene including bass kleph & filthy rich, the shapeshifters, chris lake & marco lys, sandy rivera and wally lopez, while the bonus mixes also include brand new forthcoming azuli singles from sidney samson and roul & doors!

arne weinberg aka onmutu mechanicks pres. his first album on echocord. being known for producing deep melodic techno, arnes alias onmutu mechanicks serves as a project for all things abstract and dub-influenced. >nocturne< combines dubtechno and the deep melodic techno that arne is known for. the result is a slightly different take on the genre, ranging from ambientesque soundscapes to dark reverberated and delayed sonic dancefloor affairs and rhythmical experiments in dub. >nocturne< is a statement of pure deepness.

christian fennesz (gitarre /electronics), david daniell (gitarre) und tony buck von the necks (schlagzeug) sind weltweit anerkannte kuenstler im feld der experimentellen musik, die jeweils schon mit kŸnstlern wie ryuichi sakamoto, sparklehorse, mike patton, jim o rourke, thurston moore (sonic youth) und vielen anderen zusammengearbeitet haben. dieses duestere und atmosphaerische album entstand waehrend des big ears festivalls in knoxville im februar 2009. die cd erscheint im mini-lp stil in klappcover verpackung. die vinyl version erscheint im hochglanzcover und ist auf 1000 stŸck limitiert!

58 minutes of alienated, global sound oddities. mixed by dom thomas (b-music/finders keepers). following on from the highly acclaimed miscellaneous mutant mishaps, b-music and finders keepers linchpin dom thomas digs deep into his library of forgotten and unloved sound oddities. blurring the lines of mixtape and original composition, this is an explosive mix of denizen funk, psyche rock and proto house, effortlesly crossing boundaries and uncharted sonic soundscapes, defying genre classification. check!

kode9s grasp on the throat of bass music in 2010 is almost unparalleled. his trend setting record label, hyperdub, is in its sixth year of viral contagion, hes become a published author on the theory of sound abuse and sonic frequencies being used as weaponry in his book >sonic warfare< and his production work has mutated from an almost simplistic marriage of beats and sine waves into a fusion of dancefloor ebonics and discordant synths!

trailing, distant voices, folk-leaning, yet wholly otherwise melodies, and a grounding in both electro-acoustic origins and a decidedly rooted sense of place characterize acre loss, a collaborative project which brings together musician mark templeton and filmmaker aaron munson to create 10 musical compositions accompanied by 10 short films. working together on all pieces of this project, the resulting blend of sonic orientation and cinematic warmth gives acre loss an unusual, yet familiar perspective into the impact of a fleeting sense of home

loco dices much-anticipated debut lp has been created to take the listener on a journey: an album to be treasured as a fine-textured catalogue of the senses. loco dice, who spends much of his time shuttling between the worlds main electronic music ports as an in-demand dj, packed up his studio and relocated to new york city. there, the renowned dŸsseldorf dj, producer and desolat label head fomented a raw and simmering soundtrack: a nuance-packed collection of sonic interpretations of scenes, characters and moods from the most diverse and mythologised city in the world