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TB 039LP
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2LP version, limited to 300 copies.
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TB 039CD
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"It's been a while, since we've heard anything from the Touchin' Bass camp, but hopefully this nine track compilation of various artists will make up for the wait. Starting the compilation, is Berlin-based artist Bogger, who runs the Digital Gadget imprint. He also features on the Underscan Records compilation series. 'Mineral' is the perfect opening track to set the mood; with drawn out tones that insinuate themselves into the environment. An intense, sustained, melodic piece of brilliance. Portland-based producer Ben Milstein is up next. He has recorded for labels such as Outside, Pyramid Transmissions and Satamile. Bitstream have already recorded two killer EPs for Touchin' Bass. The two brothers from Northampton-shire have decided to go their separate ways now, so this compilation will feature their last two tracks. Two slices of electronic madness in the truest form. Back to Ben Milstein again, this time as his other alias Doctor Evil. 'Zissle' is an electro assault, with an arsenal of drums, analogue sounds, deep atmospheric synths and bowel bothering bass. Next is another new artist to appear on Touchin' Bass, but already known in the electro and IDM scene - b0t23, part of the Portland family who has been playing at electro jams for many years, flying the flag. Track six comes from Alpha 606 and Sync 24, a debut release for Armando Martinez and Phil Bolland as a duo. Their track 'Warped Juice' is a great crossover of dark moody electro with native Cuban influences and percussive sounds. Dave Paton a.k.a weedjs returns to the label again with his monster of a track. And to finish off we have yet another newcomer as mentioned already above, but this time going under the name of Jeff Pils with his uncompromising Berlin beats."
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TB 037EP
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"Andrea Parker's classic 'Freaky Bitches' single featuring Detroit's booty bass masters DJ Assault and DJ Godfather, gets more re-workings with the Second Instalment of remixes. First up is the booty shakin' Michna remix with its old-skool cut 'n' paste style, creative sampling and up-beat tempo. As Eggfooyoung, Adrian Michna is no new comer to Touchin' Bass, having released the EP 'Breakdance and Motivate' in the label's early days. He is also part of Miami's Secret Frequency Crew and has signed to Ghostly for the release of his debut album as Michna. Then steps up Clatterbox, another Touchin' Bass regular with his resonating take on the original. Clatterbox aka David Kempston gained an early following with releases on seminal UK label, Clear. On the B-side we move things outside of the Touchin' Bass camp, kicking off with Justin Maxwell, taking 'Freaky Bitches' into an entirely different musical territory. A media ace, Justin's career spans a number of areas. A DJ and producer, his work can be found internationally on labels like Palette, Trapez, Compost, Poker Flat, Get Physical and Pretension, where he did the classic track 'Pillow Filter'. Montreal's LCEDP provides an amazing aural assault for his rendition. Not for the faint-hearted Antoine Cote has become known for his speedcore creations as both LCEDP and audioterrorism. For the final venture, we continue the musical experimentations and hand over to Warp's Mira Calix, known for her dark brooding, electronic textures and compositions, with several releases under her belt, including projects with The London Sinfonietta and Alexander's Annex. Not for the first time she joins up with the remarkable musician that is cellist Oliver Coates. Together they present a stunning remix of strange notes and unnerving frequencies."
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TB 035EP
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"Andrea Parker's 'Freaky Bitches,' a collaboration with Miami bass innovators DJ Assault and DJ Godfather was the first release to launch the label. Now 'Freaky Bitches' gets worked-over from four heavyweights of today's bass scene. Essential electro tune in update with 5/5 review: 'supreme punk-electro (not the other way around) and it's only the first installment.' Miami's Alpha 606 is the first to step up to the challenge with his 'Perrata' remix. Starting off dark and brooding, the electro beats are interwoven with live drum patterns, percussion and old skool synths, before the stripped breakdown showcases his signature Cuban-influenced style, pressing all the right buttons for the dancefloor. Kero is next up to the podium, with a squelching, relentless monster to finish off the A-side. With over 20 releases on established labels like Ghostly, and Shitkatapult, as well as his own Detroit Underground Records, it's no surprise that Kero delivers the goods. We're back in Europe for the B-side with Edinburgh's Weedjs and Irish-born Ed Devane. First the Weedjs 'Touchin' Boobs' remix boasts a massive sub-bass under resonating frequencies with mashed-up beats, true Weedjs style. Then, just when you thought it couldn't get any more twisted, Ed Devane presents his 'Tricked Out' remix. This is electronic experimentation at its finest. Cut up and spliced into a sonic waterfall, this is fantastically unpredictable to the end."
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TB 034EP
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"Long-awaited 4-tracker from the very talented electro contortionists Bitstream. Brothers Steve and Dave Connor have been releasing 12"s as Bitstream since 1998. Using a mixture of analog and digital gear, their music has been influenced by many different styles and appeared on labels like Signal, Modern Love, City Centre Offices and of course, Touchin' Bass. In 2005, a selection of their initial releases was compiled to form their debut album Domestic Economy 7 on Modern Love. Over the last couple of years, apart from their fantastic Depeche Mode remixes, things have been a bit quiet on the Bitstream front, so it's with great pleasure that Touchin' Bass present this latest piece of finery."
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"Nomadic is Cuban artist Alain Hernandez. Not a newcomer to Touchin' Bass, he released a track on the SUBsidence comp a while back called 'Anxiety' -- the title said it all! However, Trek 19 is a collection of unreleased tracks and stories from the vaults that Andrea Parker heard and loved many years ago. It was her job to rescue and release them. In her opinion, they are all timeless gems that needed to be heard. This album features electronic beats of rare beauty, twisted melodies, shimmering broken rhythms, throbbing bass lines and dark volcanic tones. This is a wonderful piece of sound archive footage. Nomadic has also recorded a new artist album which will be coming out on Touchin' Bass later on in the year. On 'Trek 19' Nomadic experiments in an unusual way of song writing. He manages to somehow tell a mysterious story layering broken-down beats, blanked melancholic melodies, glitches, stitches and not to mention bass! From the opening peppered breaks of '27th Ave,' the white noise melody of 'Trek 19' and rolling bass and eerie sonics of 'Overpass' to the ruptured beats of 'K1 Part 2,' down tempo foreboding of 'Locked Doors' and the abstract staccato rhythms of the closing 'Avocado Drive,' Nomadic manages to be both experimental and enchanting at the same time."
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TB 031EP
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"Limited edition 12" from Cuban artist Alain Hernandez aka new Touchin' Bass signing Nomadic. Broken-down beats, blanked melancholic melodies, glitches and not to mention bass, are the order of the day."
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"Second limited edition 12" from Cuban artist Alain Hernandez aka new Touchin' Bass signing, Nomadic. Broken-down beats, melancholic melodies, glitches and bass are the order of the day."
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TB 026EP
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"ADJ, otherwise known as Andy Jaggers, Android, 3 Elements, C.C.U.N.T.S. (with SPY-TEK), Sirius 3 (with John Cranmer), IX, the Lamp and top caner has been around on the scene for a long time now and is certainly not new to Touchin' Bass. His Raw EP was the third release on Touchin' Bass and a favorite with John Peel, whilst he also provided two tracks to the SUBsidence compilation in 2005. Andy has released tracks on labels such as District Six, Millennium, Outside, Touchin Bass, Ai and his own Pyramid Transmissions. Now for the new year Andy delivers four new tracks of freakish frequency abuse. 'Smash Up' starts off with a stripped down beat full of eerie menace before scything strings turn it into a masterful piece of atmospheric electronics. 'Nuva Beat' takes Andy's production even further into the industrial hinterland whilst 'Barhomet' brings a warmer, bass-driven human side to its chattering electro beat. Finally, ADJ builds a strange 'Wobbely' edit that morphs into a deep electro affair that rides off into the dark of the night for a stunning end to another top notch Touchin' Bass sortie."
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TB 022EP
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"Andrea Parker's Touchin' Bass label once more piles on the pressure with this cracking electro-hybrid collaboration from established producers Carl Finlow (aka Random Factor/Silicon Scally) and Daz Quayle (Scsi-av), teaming up once more as the mysterious Scarletron. Carl Finlow has worked under the aliases of Random Factor (2020 Vision) Voice Stealer (Subvert) and more recently, Silicon Scally (SCSI, Satamile). First up on the A-side is 'Allegorical,' a twisted slice of electro driven by a muted growl of a bassline, punctuated by vicious industrial stabs. A2 gives us 'Crash Mat,' an electro cacophony of distorted sub bass overlapped with an oscillating synth warble, whilst on the B-side we find 'Coron Data Memory' and 'Maps 1-40' -- a 13-minute plus piece of abstract space-age electronica whose metallic voices, robotic clicks and fierce irregular synths constantly fight for your attention."
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TB 021EP
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"Ed Devane hails from Ireland and currently lives in Barcelona. The 23 year-old producer has tracks released on Takeover Records (Belfast), and Spacebar Sentiments (Los Angeles). The Squirm EP, suitably named, is four tracks of chaos with brutal, relentless, damaging beats! Ed enjoys making music that isn't designed with aggression or violence in mind, but for creating a sense of paranoia, fear and claustrophobia in the listener."
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TB 020LP
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Double LP version. "Features abstract electro and dark menacing beats from one of Scotland's finest electronic producers."
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"The labels first solo artist album in the shape of the enigmatic Wee DJs. The aptly named Fear and Lothian features abstract electro and dark menacing beats from one of Scotland's finest electronic producers. By 1997 the 'Being' name had been dropped and The Wee DJs project began. The first release saw Dave feature on The Death of Cool compilation on Si Begg's label Noodles. The next 12" release Wee Killed Him (1999) released through Daz Quayle's SCSI/AV label, featured an electro version of the '80s pop tune 'Fame' and was followed by another 12" on SCSI/AV two years later titled 'Get Wee Soon.' They subsequently went on to release six twelve inches on the Sativae affiliated Gassoline label, and there have been other releases on Scotland's Diskono, Benbecula, and the Dutch Isis Label. Deft production that speaks of artificial intelligence and human soul makes for compelling entertainment here. This is the kind of creativity that reminds us why electronic music can be so exciting. It creates new ideas and emotions while still maintaining the kind of continuity that electro has come to expect."
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TB 014CD
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"Andrea Parker's Touchin' Bass label follows on from the massive success of her Nobody's Perfect mix album with a fresh compilation for the '05. Using 100% new and unreleased tracks, this album introduces new blood amongst a few more recognized names in disguise, such as Dave Tipper's Crunch alias, and the esteemed Plaid recording under their Tura guise. SUBsidence rolls from subtle emotion to breakdance mayhem with the flick of a fader switch, this is bass-heavy, booty bumping, electronic darkness." Artists include: Eggfooyoung, Andrea Parker and David Morley, Tura, Doctor Evil, RD, ADJ, Hydraulix, Alpha 606, Nomadic, IX, Cultek, Diagoro, and Crunch.
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