EXCLUSIVE: Reash – Follow (FREE DL)
Although it’s still freezing cold in Romania, we recently got a little bit of balearic warmth in our dropbox to announce the spring.
Reash is a bearded young man born in Bucharest (Romania) who likes to mix as much elements and influences as possible into the classic 4by4 wrapped with punching bass lines and inflicting grooves. The main characteristic of his tracks is emotiveness, because listening them we remember a forgotten act or that first kiss we stole back in childhood.
Like the main sample says: “Rain or sunshine sleed or hell / Well you got to put your hands together / Through any kind of weather…”
Thanks for the positive vibes – listen, download and share with your friends to melt the ice:
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EXCLUSIVE: Blaster Oslo – Lateral (Free DL)
The free download of this month comes from Blaster Oslo a guy from Targoviste (Romania) who’s been experimenting with beats for the past 6 years and produced dozens of tracks spanning from hip hop to experimental electronica.
Something about him:
Oslo is an old obsession of mine and I think everything connected to it represents me. Blaster just underlines that and adds an electronic flavour to it or at least suggests it. Still, I don’t live in a dreamworld, I’ve got a cover like any book.
His residence
I am currently living in Targoviste, a small city with a big potential but unfortunately with no future.
Local heroes
I’d recommend Incipient, Corbii and Puslamale.
Goals
I don’t want to get anywhere special, it’s important if I’m satisfied with what I do.
Studio setup
I’m using a PC and some controllers but I don’t think this is really important.
About “Lateral”
This is my latest track which I envisioned as bearing a genuine Romanian vibe. I sampled some “doine” to make it more obvious and put it on a electronic-minimal template. I think it definitely has its place somewhere out there.
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Xmas Special
It’s that time of year again!
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
Here’s some goodies to cheer up your speakers…
This came as unexpected as Santa and we’re glad to share this with you! Injektah has been active as a dj, producer and occasionally promoter in Timisoara for a long time.
The EP is his latest production work and takes up a new direction in sound. To resume it: deep, groovy and hypnotic.
21 tracks summing up our output this year featuring Radio Space Pop, Readymate, Hiten & Hazee, Zgomot, Acqzuel, Pake, Lmk, Mass Deffect, Muntelevenus, Scuze and Mozer.
Spanning as many styles as big the Romanian map is and beyond. Call it ethereal, glitchy, haunting, industrial, experimental, afro or psychedelic and label it under dubstep, idm, broken beat, glitch, nu skool breaks or house. And try not to stroke your teeth…
From 2011 Sonic Ray Distribution will be distributing our digital catalogue. New releases from Radio Space Pop and Readymate are already lined up for early spring and we’re gonna review loads of free tunes from the thickening and blood thirsty horde of up and coming Romanian talent. Add us to your daily dose of social networking if you can handle it and get exclusive goodies besides the occasional cheese chat.
SCUZE: Deep Blue
He came hot on the heels of St. Nicholas to deliver this summer evoking bit. Deep blue sky, easy beats and nice arpeggios in this exclusive track for HD Music. We don’t know too much about him besides the fact that he studies music in his hometown of Cluj Napoca.
Scuze took up production a couple of years back and uses Reason with different plugins to put his creativity into action.
Check out his Soundcloud for more beats.
MUNTELEVENUS – Central Station/Skywalker
Cristina Tasnic aka Muntelevenus is an artist originally from Moldova who lives now in Amsterdam (Netherlands). Her tracks build an eerie pulsating cinematic soundtrack to a psychotic urban landscape where cold sweaty flashbacks pop in occasionally.
Deep in the realms of Central Station a Sky Walker awakes…
If you want to know more about Muntelevenus check out our feature and short interview we did earlier this year or listen to this mix aired on a Croatian radio station.
Muntelevenus on Cosmos Radio Show 6-11-2010 (Croatia) by Cristina Tasnic
PAKE / LMK / MASS DEFFECT – Galaxi City EP
Galaxi EP is a coproduction which takes a ride off radar in Galati. It’s a city from the Eastern part of Romania, heavy industrialized with a grimey pressure ever present.
Locally rooted Pake, LMK and Mass Deffect drawn inspiration from it to release it in their music. “Galaxi” sets the tone for a walk through the gigantic complex in its most bass heavy template.
The creeping tech of LMK shuffles in, then peaks with the tearout “My World Bass” by Pake and breathes out to the uplifting wobbly dub by Mass Deffect.
REVIEW: MINUS – 95 (Local Records)
We got mail from Local Records advertising their new release and discovered a label that shares a lot with us in terms of vision and musical taste. So far, Local has signed Romanian artists such Alien Pimp, Bogdan, Candlestickmaker, Cosmin TRG, Cristi Cons, Discoballs, Inner, Makunouchi Bento, Minus & Ion, The Model, Poor Relatives, Silent Strike, Sillyconductor and Suie Paparude and expects to add a new artist every month.
Here’s a short version of the story in their own words:
“In the past couple of years, our homegrown community of electronic musicians hasn’t been shy on inspiration. Bubbling like a volcano underneath Eastern Europe’s post-communist facade, what this huge creative delivery needs is an external output for its artistic intent.
LOCAL RECORDS wants to create an artistic community based on shared interests and to discover a new Romanian sound by encouraging producers who currently don’t have the stimuli to persevere and reach the next level. LOCAL RECORDS is an atypical label because it does not sell music, it just promotes it.
We don’t work with money, we work with enthusiasm. Enter this beautiful new world in which music wants to be free and money flows through other opportunities. LOCAL RECORDS is working along the Romanian Organization for User Rights (ORDU), an NGO that fights for free internet sharing and the use of open licensing. This is why LOCAL RECORDS works under a Creative Commons license. The LOCAL RECORDS releases will be digital, for the general public, available for download on www.localrec.ro, and in limited hard copy, available for promotion.”
What can be more refreshing than this? Let’s get to the point, erm, music and see/hear what is all about:
Juggling easily with bass, glitch and synth funk reworked live, Minus has been present on the Romanian scene for the last 5 years with music ranging from Game Boy tunes to dub, hip hop, skweee or even to psychedelic improvisations along Ion. After releasing 3 EPs at the Romanian netlabel Arhiva 7 and notable performances at Red Bull Music Academy and Sonar 2010, his biggest joy is his spectacular evolution rather than his accomplishments.
Well said and well done so far, but all these words make sense when you start listening…
18 minutes of pure blissed out sample magic disco hop dubbed out extravaganza that shapes a distinct and personal sound outlining a sense of humour similar to Mr. Scruff and Mylo. We haven’t heard any tunes with a Maxx or a Jennifer Rush sample that can sound so good. When you enter the soundscape of Minus get prepared to have some vivid flashbacks from random summer moments with a possible timeline between the late 80s and mid 90s. It’s like the sound triggers a synaesthetic deja vu into a whirlpool of mixed and distant memories, rearranging and putting them in a new frame more appropriate for the present times. All about the uplifting pads and vintage synthsounds that made the music back then so catchy and even more about the dubbed out wonky beats and liquid feeling that makes it work so well.
A definite favourite this summer!
FREE DOWNLOAD: Zgomot – Digital User
We just stumbled upon a fresh tune from Radu Dumitrescu, the man from Arad that calls himself Zgomot. If his name sounds familiar it’s also partly because of his ”Gypsy Step Redux” single we released last year. His output is rather random but the results are pleasing every time. As he put it on a forum, his ethos is plain and simple – making music for fun in his spare time and share it with the world without any commercial or ambition driven pressure.
Thought to share this with you as we’re digging his mellow trippy vibes. “Digital User” is another brick laid over the foundation of his signature sound which grows stronger with every tune. The atmos builds up to drop that introduces a drum pattern that reverberates, a deep and humming bassline complimented by some midrange elastic trickery. Even though it still needs some finishing touches, all in all this is a healthy slab of after hours business.
HD Music at Summer Break
In case you were wondering why we’ve been so quiet lately – you have the answer above. We’ve been giving a helping hand to Skunk Predatorz to make the most of this year’s edition.
Summer Break Festival is round the corner as we speak and this year looks hotter than ever! It takes place in a new venue, which is bigger and looks better than the previous two.
We’re talking about the 5 hectares park of Gyulay Ferenc Castle which will host the Summer Break village.
You don’t have any excuse to miss the three days of fun in the sun and bass in yo’ face – starting Thursday 8 July and ending on late Sunday afternoon.
There are two stages summing up more than 50 kW of power and 40 artists that will pop out your earwax and mash up your brain cells. Main Stage is bringing some of the hottest and most wanted international acts with support from the local villains while Wonderground Stage will showcase a tight selection of some of the freshest up and coming local talent, backed up by some of the scene’s veterans.
We’re proud some of the HD Music artists will represent! Thursday, Mesmer and MOFO are blessing the decks, among other fine young lads at Wonderground Stage. Friday, same spot, sees the Galaxi bass assault squad – Pake & LMK and Radio Space Pop’s ethereal frequencies while Keywords shakes the Main Stage at sunrise. Saturday it’s Readymate’s turn to twiddle with the knobs at Wonderground Stage and showcase some of his latest tunes.
Here’s some free ear candy from the boyz we’ve been talking about.
Hiten + Hazee – Let Me Tell Ya – Pake’s ReBass by HD Music
Radio Space Pop – Fixed by HD Music
Readymate – The Pressure by HD Music
You can find all the details regarding the line up, venue and tickets on Summer Break’s homepage, available both in English and Romanian.