schmeichel represents a new generation of producers from leipzig who like to tell personal stories with their music. he is processing and synthesizing elusive moments into sonic expansions that are unrivaled. influenced by bass music of all kinds, footwork and juke from chicago and breakbeat tracks from uk artists, the former rock drummer became a live musician and explorer of deep electronica. from defrostatica records he received unconditional support for his dope tracks and found his unmistakably explorative and irresistible voice on his label debut alteration ep.

by now the leipzig based overdubclub got fixed in the heads of instrumental music lovers in germany outside the city boundaries. the concept and the unique sound of a beatmaker roundtable which focuses not just on each participants productions, but also on the jam character, shows through diversity and individuality what is possible when making music collaboratively.

future sound of leipzig features talented and upcoming label artists emerging from an open minded and versatile scene with a long history of endorsing leftfield endeavors. leipzig based label defrostatica unearthed tracks ranging from 80 to 170 bpm, spanning across genres like hip-hop, trap, jungle, juke, halftempo drum and bass. the sound of these 17 artists manifests a mission aligned with defrostatica records in committing to underground music culture.