PK203 aka Space Age has been experimenting and playing with different musical genres since 2004. He managed to acquire a nice collection of instruments and learnt to play them all. Take a tour on his Soundcloud to check out what he’s been up to.
He is from Resita, an ex-city heavy industrialized city surrounded by amazing nature which seems to inspire more than post communist pressure. All his videos are self-made so all you can see and hear is made by him! Anyone still complaining about how hard life is should watch this and remember – if you really want it you can do it, no matter the conditions.
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.
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.
For our 2 b-day we thought to treat us with this cupcake photo which seems to be very popular. We’d like to thank everyone supporting us in the past years and all of you that spread the HD Music good vibes.
To keep things fresh our back catalogue will soon be available on all major platforms and new releases from Readymate and Radio Space Pop are on their way.
We’re glad to announce our collaboration with Official.FM where we will be hosting all our new mixes and free downloads.
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As always we’re curious to hear from you, get in touch for suggestions, music and sweets!
We haven’t heard too much lately from our favourite Belgian bass cooks and here’s the reason. Kalib and Hush aka Marsellus Wallace had been working hard on some breathtaking tunes in their studio in Brussels. It looks like they’ve been really busy and diversified their sound to break in some crazy deviations of garage and dub techno. It’s what people call nowadays ‘post dubstep’. And it’s damn good!
Brace yourself, this mix is deep and can trigger heavy autumn nostalgia symptoms. Expect a clash of future garage vibes with a lot of vocals and some of their best tunes to date. Essential!
Grimelock feat. Rose T – My Balance (forthcoming on Eight:fx)
Scuba – You got me
Emika – Double Edge
Darkstar – Aidys Girl is a Computer
Dusk Creator – After the Fire
Sully – Phonebox
Grimelock – Soma
Pariah – Orpheus
Dynamic feat. Bai Kamara – Home Far Away From Home (Grimelock remix)
Guido – Beautiful Complication
Ramadanman – Work Them
Blawan – Iddy
Grimelock feat Cléo – Leaving Away
Foreign Beggars ft. Noisia & Devlin – No Holds Barred (Goth Trad Remix)
Science – Motion Tween (forthcoming on Stainage)
Grimelock- Answer
Lung – After Life
Grimelock – Diesel Man
Grimelock – Corporate
Planas – Look Into My Eyes
Grimelock feat. Dusk Creator – Floatin’
Grimelock – dELIver Us
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!
Radio AnonimTM goes on air on the internet each Tuesday for some years now showcasing a healthy dose of fresh music played by local djs.
Recently it hosted a Babalonia guest mix courtesy of Dubase. He throws an exotic dancehall cocktail with many coloured layers of cumbia digital, moombathon, balkan beats and tropical bass that includes one of the forthcoming HD Music releases by Readymate. Tune in if you’re up to some swinging vibes to add up to any boiling summer day.
1.tippa irie & the far east band-horns man blow
2.el remelon feat. lido pimienta-basta ya [todos somos inmigrantes]
3.choc quib town-san antonio
4.fat freddy’s drop-the raft [jet jaguar remix]
5.gnawa diffusion-ya laymi
6.laroz-have some fun feat. suhell nafar
7.el fata-el fata ina the dancehall
8.anakronic electro orchestra-why is it funny
9.boom pam-alakazam
10.bo marley-mofa fahren
11.major lazer-hold the line [frikstailers remix]
12.bxp soundsistema-snoop haiducu’
13.soulico-el nur feat.ghostface killa,saz,tomer yosef and riham
14.fagget fairy’s-oci
15.datsik-firepower [munchi moombahcore remix]
16.heartbreak & munchi-aponte a nao
17.atropolis-guepa je
18.sono rhizmo-soledad
19.willie colon & hector lavoe-la banda [whiskey barons edit]
20.steepah huntah-eu quero ver
21.readymate [hd music]-wildflower
22.dj shepdog-dare man
23.major lazer-hear the bassline [toddla t remix feat. serocee and mr. versatile]
24.faroff-brazilian star wars
25.comunidade nin-jitsu-funk da vuvuzela
26.subcarpati-hora fericirii
2010 will most probably be remembered as one of the hottest summers of this century at least for the Romanian electronic music scene. These are our favourite festival picks for this year. Wicked line ups assorted with some incredibly beautiful venues make these events a must for anyone that wants to break away from the hot city pressure.
On the other side of Romania – in one of it’s most eastern points – lies the small village of Sfantu Gheorghe, where the Danube meets the Black Sea in one of the wildest and most beautiful settings we ever saw. If you’ll ever get there you will understand why we are so ecstatic when we talk about it. It’s the perfect spot for a summer holiday where you can reconnect with nature, out in the wild on deserted beaches. We’re more than glad Delta Music Fest is revived and brings some of the freshest local artists to play. There’s more in the programme than music and cherry on top – the entrance is free!
Open Fest invites you on 30/31 July to spend a quality time in the west of Romania – close to Arad on a wonderful sandy beach at lake Ghioroc. We’re keeping our fingers crossed as this is the first edition and hopefully a lucky start for the promoters. The line up looks promising and brings together both internationally acclaimed artists and local talent.
Somewhere near Bucharest in an enchanted forest is the place where you will find One Love Festival. Another fine example of an event that doesn’t exclusively rely on blingy headliners and aggressive marketing. It’s all about the love of nature, positive vibrations and genuine human interaction that’s somewhat starting to be hard to find in the big cities. Go and find yourself!
GET OUT celebrates it’s second coming and comes with an extended line up this year. It takes place between 5 and 7 August in a fairytale setting close to Targu Mures. Besides a dreamy line up and the wonderful landscape you’ll have plenty to do in this open air setting that lays in the heart of Transylvania and preserves a true mystic vibe.
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.
VanGraph Cafe is a select establishment in Timisoara that promotes good music and local producers/djs. This year they reached their 5th year of existence and they thought to celebrate this by releasing a free cd compilation that features some of the best alternative music bands and producers in the area. It comes in form of a free cd (available on the spot) and a free download continuous mix (link below). AnonimTM, one of the pioneers of the post ’89 dance music scene in Romania gave a helping hand to make this possible.
The compilation summons a diverse array of sounds, spanning from experimental electronica to deep house, funk, nu jazz, a pinch of indie for the good measure and jungle/drumandbass. Tracks are produced by already established artists like BAU , Makunouchi Bento, Leizaboy, Persona or Daniel Dorobantu and also showcases up and coming talent. Timisoara is the city where the Revolution started and also a renowned melting pot of good music. You’ll get a musical update of what’s happening on the alternative scene production-wise.
