King Slaff – Testament Remixes [VIRANET03]

8-Bit & Chiptune, Broken Beat, Dubstep & Garage // By: MarkuscloseAuthor: Markus Email: markus@netlabelism.com
More Authors Posts (76) // 13/04/2011 // 1 Comment

Been a while since the last Viranet release but luckily there is a new one called “Testament Remixes” by King Slaff. This EP is based on a release the London-based producer has published in 2008 on Echodub. The original track is a more minimal sounding Dubstep tune with a heavy punching baseline and some reduced melody layers on top. The “Mekha Rework” plays around with some wide layers and a generally more uplifting atmosphere. “Kupa Tropical Bleeps Mix” shifts the tune into an 8-Bit Dubstep world where shuffling hi-hats and typical arcade sounds live together.  The last tune on this EP “Mock The Zuma Mix” picks up the “Testament” chords to embed them in a more classic dub-flavoured world. Yet another fresh release on Viranet. Looking forward to more! [MS]

Testament (Kupa Tropical Bleeps Mix)

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Cosmiq – Human Nature

8-Bit & Chiptune, Ambient & Experimental, Drum & Bass, Electronika, TechHouse // By: NetlabelismcloseAuthor: Netlabelism Email: markus@modularfield.net
More Authors Posts (118) // 09/04/2011 // No Comments

Cosmiq is a Dutch hardware synthesizer enthusiast who has been making music since the good old Amiga tracking days. He presents us his fifth album “Human Nature” on his homepage, without a label in the background (yet). Being known and active in the demo scene, Cosmiq takes part in demo parties such as “Breakpoint” regularly and contributes to music competitions successfully. This affinity worked up in certain songs like “Demomuziek” or “The last Breakpoint”. You can hear this influence shining through the entire album. Especially when you focus on the perfectly arranged, wonderful melodies or when you explore the typical incredible warm sounds here and there. Take such as my favorites “Maa loot” based on chipsounds or “Elles dee”. Furthermore, in some tracks these attributes are mixed with very inventive and diversified beat arrangements, like in “Encrypted”, which has brilliant filtered hiss sounds as bass line support.

If you try to classify this album, it will take you some time. For me, it is an original mixture between demo style at its best and the palette of modern electronical styles. Wherever you may put it, this album is a treasure chest filled up with excellent produced tracks. [TG]

Cosmiq – Encrypted

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Netlabelism Compilation 03/11

8-Bit & Chiptune, Deep House & Techno, Dub Techno & House, Electronika, Techno & Detroit // By: NetlabelismcloseAuthor: Netlabelism Email: markus@modularfield.net
More Authors Posts (118) // 06/04/2011 // No Comments

Here we go with the new Netlabelism Compilation: Best of March 2011. This month it features tracks by Mikus, Slow, J. Gillett, Man Mantis, Phenoplastic, Sarp Yilmaz, Mootiv, Renzu, King SlaFF and Rolemusic. As usual, the compilation represents various styles, ranging from broken beats to electro, and slamming in an extra portion of dub. Hope you like our selection featuring the 10 best tracks of this month’s reviews. This compilation is published under a creative commons license, which means you can download it for free and share it with other people as long as you give the creators credit and don’t use it in commercial ways. But enough talk, turn your speakers up and enjoy this fine piece of music.

March Compilation Teaser:

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