Offaudio 67 – KillMinimal – Learning To Say No EP

Sometime ago Offaudio already teased us with a little taste of things to come. It tasted good!

Now that Offaudio 67 is finally released, it’s time to check it out and share the music. When I started playing the EP, I thought Tweetdeck was going crazy! There’s a sound in the first track that sounds very similar to the sound the application makes when a new tweet appears.

My favorite track is “K De”, deep dark sounds with a lot of atmosphere, what’s yours?

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Bye 2009, hello 2010

You were great. I will always remember you.

• DJ Workshops
• Prowess Records
• 日本
• ＊＊ちゃん (Censored for privacy, let’s just call her Luneちゃん)

In another post I explained who (and why) my favorite DJ of 2009 is. In this post I’ll tell you about my favorite track of 2009. It’s shear beauty, it’s great production; melody, synths, vocals. And to me, essentially, it’s emotional value:

We listened to this song together in the car, an route to Himure in 滋賀 (Shiga) with お母さん behind the wheel. I already loved this song for personal reasons, but at that exact moment in time I realized, with a lump in my throat: “I don’t want to go home. I wanna stay here with Luneちゃん forever. We were counting down the days till we could finally spend time together. Now that we are, I don’t wanna go!”

2009 was a brilliant year. I have good hopes for 2010, but, this year was special in so many ways. Unexplainable, I can’t put it in writing. So, without further ado I’ll let the music and my favorite track of 2009 do the talking.

Gui Boratto – No Turning Back

Of course, there were many more great tracks produced this year. Offaudio had some brilliant releases, Lele’s Marble EP was the best electro I’d heard in a while and my own productions have finally started to sound like release worthy. (Yes, yes, very soon, I’m sorry for the delay!) I’ve finally been able to toy around with real hardware, the MC-303 and TR-606 and the already brilliant Korg DS-10 found it’s big brother; Korg DS-10 Plus. Not too mention how kind Ableton Live has been to me the past months.

2009 was hard work and it had it’s downs. But the good memories outweigh the bad in so many ways. Thank you 2009, with you in the back-pocket, I can only imagine how brilliant 2010 will be. Thanks so much 2009 and please send me a postcard when you think of me.

Empire Of the Sun – Walking On A Dream

Luneちゃん, I will be back soon…

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

Offaudio 65 – Apagón LP

Always happy to get a new Offaudio promo in my mailbox! This time ’round it’s Apagón LP 03.

Featuring various artists like Raphy Beltre, Numbtone, Falk and Banding!, this album is not your average minimal deal, focused on getting your attention using very interesting, non-straightforward sounds and synths. Some of these sounds could, for instance, very well be used in today’s Dubstep scene. Some tracks are best enjoyed at home while others could be mixed on the dance-floor very well. Depending on your mood of-course, and the setting where it’s played. Very interesting album indeed. (Yeah I know, I’m a little biased towards Offaudio. But free albums don’t come at this quality often!)

I wonder how you, dear reader, feel about these tracks. Take a listen below, and drop a comment. Oh, and don’t forget to tell @offaudio how much you enjoyed.