Offaudio 68 – Dessben – Doss por Cuatro

The latest Offaudio release coincides with the newest version of the website; Offaudio 5.0

I’ve got the scoop on this one! Before the launch tomorrow (it’s out now), this is the only place where you’ll be able to hear this release. I’ll add a download link tomorrow after the release. (Done, check the player.)

Dessben, ruler and overlord of the dark techno force that is Offaudio. I found the label through research for my own label Prowess Records, trying to find out how other net-labels operate. I listened to over 20 gigs of music while looking for deeper meaning behind the Creative Common licenses. Offaudio delivered, and I’ve been following their releases ever since.

These tracks are released under:

Download here: Offaudio – Dessben – Doss Por Cuatro

Tech-step is the name of the style Dessben chose for his latest EP. I would have called it off-beat techno, something I haven’t heard in a long time. But, the influences from dub-step are obviously present and sets the EP apart from most ‘off-beat techno’ I played before. The dark brooding sound of filtered saws and looming deep basslines to drag you further into the experience combined with sound-effects and breaks remind me of Leftfield, experimental producers from the UK who combined techno, dub, and breaks into their own sound.

Though I’m not a dub-step enthusiast, I, for one, welcome this new tech-step sound into the evolutional gene-pool that is electronic music and it’s plethora of sub-genres. Where D’n'B listeners looked back for new inspiration and found it in dub-reggae, this, to me, feels like taking the concept and looking back to the break-beat oriented sound of Electro-funk from Detroid. It’s more like the former rather than the latter, but it gives an industrial feel which I haven’t heard in techno for quite a while. I’m loving the rhythmic beats and basslines and with 8 tracks on the EP, I feel spoiled. Gimme moar!

And if an exclusive review wasn’t enough, Dessben was so kind to give me a first look at the new design of the Offaudio website. Version 5.0 of the site is going to be unveiled to the public tomorrow (along with the new release) and it’s looking slick. Very clean, useful and still good to look at.

The new website and EP will be launched tomorrow, Wednesday the 30th of June, 2010.

Monarken – OK (Reprogram Remix By JordyVision)

As mentioned in my last post, I was working on a remix for Swedish group Monarken, It’s finished now!

I took the midi from the original bassline and combined it with some home-made synth sounds. I decided to use the original kick-drum and layered it with an 808. You’ll also notice CR-78 and TR-707 samples for some of the rhythm-sections and a few percussion loops taken from the original. So that’s why I decided to call it ‘Reprogram remix’.

Download it for free: Monarken – OK (Reprogram Remix By JordyVision)

Edit: As of now you can also listen to the song and download it at Bandcamp or Soundcloud.

Offaudio 66 : Monokao – I’m Going To Tokyo

Another quality minimal techno release from netlabel Offaudio: Monokao – I’m going to Tokyo

This release’s name makes me very envious: “I’m going to Tokyo”. And as we all know, I wanna go back to Japan ASAP and apparently this guy is going to visit Japan’s fine capitol any time soon. Grrrr! I wanna go too! But, let’s be honest here; I wish him the best possible time, which I’m pretty sure he’ll have. (If the name of the EP is more than just a name, that is.)

I’m gonna be short about this release and let the rest of the deciding and imagination up to you: My favorite track is “Yes”, track number two on this EP. It’s squeaking melody gives it a groove to make the dancefloor bounce. The tracks overall are Beatport quality.

With that out of the way, I’m gonna go back to Smart.FM to work on my knowledge of the Japanese language so my return to Japan next summer will be a little bit more fluent speaking one: “東京に行きます。”

Listen here, or download it at: http://www.offaudio.com/releases.php?rel=66

JordyVision – KIX Arrivals

To celebrate the upcoming first release of Prowess Records and because it’s been a while since I last uploaded a new DJ-mix, JordyVision released a new DJ demo. It’s called “KIX Arrivals” and you can download it here, for free!

The DJ-set consists of the following tracks:

01 : Estado Avanzado – Compressor Coma (mix 2)
02 : Zigarettenpause – Tuesday Arrivals
03 : Paper Details – Voyage Electrique
04 : Doppelclick – Kleng
05 : Toni Latenz – The Hype
06 : Bertech – The Sun
07 : Roderick K. Fox – Splendid (Nidecker Remix)
08 : Thompson Kuhl – Makro
09 : Karla Van Goa (A.K.A. Kill Minimal) – Star Track
10 : Suspect Delivery – Daisy (Soundbalance Trio Minus Remix)
11 : Kill Minimal – Martes De Matanza
12 : Nahfeld – Subworm
13 : Berteck – Blocked
14 : Pable Akaros – Reisepass
15 : Tec Overflow – Deseos
16 : Naifloop – Revenge Of The Casiotones

Download it here, clickety click!

All of these tracks are Net-label releases released under a Creative Commons license. Hench, I release this mix using the same license.

JordyVision – KIX Arrivals by http://prowessrecords.com/ is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.1 Japan License.