We previously featured Breton 2 years ago when they released the Counter Balance via Untold's label Hemlock Recordings, the London indie label who've released stuff by forward-thinking garage/house/bass producers like Fantastic Mr Fox and James Blake. 2 years is a long time in music-industry-speak and Breton has somewhat primed in that space, developing their sound to higher levels of sophistication. Where previously they were almost always unavoidably compared to Foals, now the evolution is almost complete with a sound they can uniquely claim as their own. Take the example below from the Counter Balance ep: One of the video's commentators [...]

Download : AEED - Morning Walk Full free EP : Error Broadcast Synesthesia is the long-awaited debut EP by Swiss producer Aid Copelj a.k.a. AEED. by KEEPREAL Creative Label - Visual & Musical www.keepreal.org AEED - Morning Walk Some more 8 April 2010 -- AEED - Sweet Boost 20 December 2010 -- [...]

Various Artists - Brownswood Electr*c 2 Brownswood Recordings: 2011 Ah, Brownswood. One of the most stable names in this here modern era of music. By now you're certainly familiar with the label, whether through the likes of Gilles Peterson or otherwise. We've seen a fair share of artists come and go from its roster over the years, and yet the quality of music produced by this label simply never wanes. And while Brownswood has mostly come to be known as the open genre/world label through its numerous jazz, funk, and [...]

Второй гостевой микс на Big Echo посвящён лёгкой, буквально сияющей стороне хип-хоп музыки. Его автору, Игорю Гранкину, автору блога Rainy Treehouse , двадцать лет, он работает и учится заочно на факультете психологии. Он представляет микс «inflorescence» — коллекцию ярких и сочных ритмов, идеально подходящих весеннему чувству, захватывающему город. Микстеп буквально несёт в себе заряд хорошего настроения — расцвет души, вызванный первыми тёплыми днями в Новосибирске, победным окончанием зимы и первыми тюльпанами... Игорь рассказал Big Echo о себе и своём микстейпе: «Кем хочу стать? Сложный вопрос, в своих самокопаниях я не старался слишком уж рассматриват ь этот вопрос, стараюсь просто создать для себя и близких максимально [...]
Mar 11, 2011, 6:37pm
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Decided to do a quick badly-mixed mix today. A bunch of stuff I'm really enjoying at the moment. Most of this music is from the first 3 or 4 months of 2011, including a couple yet-to-be-released tracks. Like I said above: it's badly mixed, so don't expect too much. Track list and download link below. Chicken, Waffles, and Robots Download 01. Demdike Stare — Quiet Sky (Modern Love) 02. Deaf Center — Divided (Type) 03. [...]
Feb 13, 2011, 8:49pm
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Trawling my Facebook feed today, I noticed that Doshy linked to a compilation he has a track on. When I got home, I downloaded Mad-Hop Vol. 1 and started listening to it…always pays to listen to a free compilation, of course. Holy shit, there is some ridiculous beats on this thing. Anyway, it reminded me I hadn't posted anything in awhile and I thought I would look through my 2011 downloads and mixes folders to see what's up. Check these gratis music releases.…now! Mad-Hop [...]

Fourth round for the Netlabelism Compilation, as usual with a wide range of music genres. We are starting with acoustic tunes and ending up with live electronic music. In between, we also grab some dubstep and broken beats. Hope you like our selection featuring the 10 best tracks of the monthly reviews. This compilation is published under a creative commons license, which means you can download it for free and also share it with other people as long as you give the creators credits and don't use it in commercial ways. But enough talk, turn your speakers up and enjoy [...]

Wow wow wow! More of this future beat thing in my inbox. Seems like peak season or something. Dam Mantle 's giving away a free promo track - the track Movement is from the First Wave CD. It's J-Dilla inspired deconstructed hip-hop with quirky, futuristic electronic elements - very much in the same wave as Hudson Mohawke and Gold Panda etc. Speaking of Gold Panda, this Glaswegian's gonna be on a North American tour with him in March after a performance at SXSW. [Dam Mantle - Broken Slumber] [...]

The future sound is upon us. Datahowler is sending signals from his Dallas base to us all, communicating through the medium of his music: beat music reminescent of the likes of Hudson Mohawke and James Blake , filled with hip hop references, spacey 8-bit experimentalism, howling chilled-out or fast-forwarded high pitched garage-esque vocals and artwork that reminds me of Ghostly International 's own experiemental ambient producer Tycho aka ISO50 . Listen to his Slowdrifter album preview on his soundcloud and you'll know what I mean. Datahowler's giving [...]

KR Archives 2010 : Scrubber Fox – 12 Volt Minge (Feldermelder quantsize Remix) Feldermelder (Fribourg) - view post Aeed – Sweet Boost Aeed (Lugano) - view post Bacalao – Living Animals Bacalao (La Chaux-de-Fonds) - view post Van Hai – Inconscient Collectif (Sinner [...]
I guess it can be said that Beautiful Bells fall into the 21st Century Beat Music movement, you know, like Lapti , AEED and the like. Except he's slightly more eclectic than that. Beautiful Bells is Justin Peake, and his beat music is the marriage between digital synthetic beats, organic homemade samples and the unexpected, odd bit of jazz - Moodgadget calls it "future jazz" - very well, sounds good to me. It's abstract melody-making through electronic and non-electronic sounds, inspired by Autechre, John Cage and Fela Kuti, certainly not for the impatient. [...]
Delving further into my foray through this 21tst century beat music phenomena, I find that Error Broadcast, has released this excellent new compilation, entitled Fly Russia . It's a collab they're doing with Siberian blog, Gimme5 and it's a 17 track whopper of a compilaiton featuring the very best of Russian beatmakers . Especially close attention should be paid to Lapti . Circadian Rhythms is a texture heavy track with tight snares and a minimal post-dubstep feel. Very heavy and yet very light. Very keen to discover more about this dude. [...]
What Stephen Farris (aka Cosmic Sound, also of Ghost Mountain ) does, in a nutshell, is recycle old, nearly disintegrating VHS tapes rescued from charity stores and then somehow cutting up, extracting and arranging the visuals and mostly the sound into his music. Like Gold Panda , just more 8 bit. And unlike Hudson Mohwake or AEED , this Houston, Texas native is not as polished - the attraction is in the raw bedroom-produced fuzziness, almost lo-fi but not quite. [Stephen Farris - Night Owl] -Video- [...]
Hip hop but not quite. AEED is a producer based in Switzerland, and describes his music as "21st century beat music". We hear hip hop with chopped, staggered vocals but there are also shades of ambient with his signature 8-bit style electronica. The closest other artist whom I can compare this to will probably be Hudson Mohawke , whom I went to see a few months back at Nation in Leeds. [Video: AEED - Error Broadcast Teaser] -Video- Hudson's style is kinda brash whereas AEED's [...]

Download : AEED - Sweet Boost The man AEED has been locked in the studio since the acclaimed Synesthesia EP composing new beats and organizing big parties in Lugano . We're still keeping you waiting for the long awaited 73 featuring Morpheground , Railster , fLako and AD Bourke , but today we're kind enough to give you this brand new beast called Sweet Boost. No need [...]

Synesthesia is the long-awaited debut EP by Swiss producer Aid Copelj a.k.a. AEED. Purr! Cats have been waiting for this one. AEEDís roughneck Hip Hop bangers are exclusively available as a free MP3 download here at Error Broadcast. The nine tracks on Synesthesia feature mangy electronic Rap beats that wonderfully stumble & stutter but make you shake your ass nevertheless. With his barefaced synthesizer melodies and angular production, AEED manages to establish a unique sound between Hip Hop, IDM and candy Pop music. Synesthesia is a sparkling gem of a [...]

Swedish nuschool beat maker Aeed has 9 wobbly, blinky synth laden beats on his debut Synesthesia . If you're into FL-esque synthy beats with a bit of an euro 8-bit feel don't miss this free DL on Error-Broadcast . Full ZIP here . Also the EBC Mix 001 via Wedidit Collective Aeed on Myspace Error-Broadcast on Soundcloud Aeed - Elektricity Aeed - Strange Dreams