Thursday, September 28, 2006

In-Tune: Asa - Bifocal EP


Style: Electronica

"Here comes the first Japanese guest artist asa! The EP opens with an atmospheric tune 'bifocal', and it takes us to a minimal space, 'blue zone'. The third, moody track 'wind focus' closes this EP." - Asa / Bumpfoot



Visit the website:
http://www.bumpfoot.net

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Bifocal
Wind Focus

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

In-Tune: Science for Girls


Style: Electronica

"Science for Girls is the incontinent and cranky electronic love-child of producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Darren Solomon. The sound is melodic, electronic minimalism, with roots in jazz and Brazillian music. Each track features a different singer, as well as everyone who was in the studio at the time for the final chorus of 'Australia'. The almost-completed album features all original songs, except for an electronica version of Barry Manilow's 'Sweet Life', sung by Jean Rohe, and a remix of Joao Gilberto's 'Eu Quero Um Samba'." - Science for Girls

Available at:
http://www.myspace.com/

Highlights:
14 Days
You'll Never Know

Monday, September 25, 2006

In-Tune: Sumergido - Levemente EP


Style: Electronica

"Who doesn't like the summer? 'Levemente' by Sumergido reminds us of the warm season. The four relaxed electro tracks of the EP range between House and Dub, always light and a little playful. You just notice that the summer of Buenos Aires never ends. Apart from Sumergido's tracks you'll find remixes by Glander and Scaff." - Sumergido / YukiYaki

Visit the website:
http://www.yukiyaki.org

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Clima
Embalise

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

In-Tune: Arkham


Style: Electronica

"take pleasure in the world overhead. He saw that above all the sky was never still. Even on a cloudless day, when the the blue seemed to be everywhere, there were constant little shifts, gradual disturbances as the sky thinned out and grew thick. Clouds complicated the picture introducing the matter of colour and there was a range to contend with. The spectrum of variables was immense, the results depending on the temperatures of the different atmosphere levels, the types of cloud present in the sky, and where the sun happened to be at that particular moment. From all this came the reds and pinks he liked so much, the purples and vermilions, the oranges and lavenders, the golds and their feathery persimmons. Nothing lasted for long. The colours would soon disperse, merging with others and moving on or fading as the night appeared. One by one, all weathers passed over his head, from sunshine to storms. from gloom to radiance. There were the dawns and dusks to be observed, the midday transformations, the early evening, the nights. Even in its blackness the sky did not rest. Clouds drifted through the dark, the moon was forever in a different form, the wind continued to blow. Sometimes a star even settled in to his patch of sky and as he looked up he would wonder if it was still there, or if it had not burned out long ago." - Arkham

Visit the website:
http://www.arkham-music.com/

Available at:
http://www.myspace.com/

Highlights:
Under Mars We We're
Monkey's Claw

Friday, September 15, 2006

In-Tune: Affective Disorder - St. Dizier at Night


Style: Electronica

"Welcoming Affective Disorder to Kahvi. St Dizier at Night is a journey through several audio genres, the ambient 'le pont vers l'espace' and 'soul of a cloud' to the idm 'cilkadrol' - a journey through a city at night with the smooth meeting the harsh and spikey. Excellent production meets French style. Definatley one to be added to my playlist." - Affective Disorder / Kahvi Collective

Available at:
http://www.kahvi.org/

Highlights:
Spherik
Stinkswitch 13

Thursday, September 14, 2006

In-Tune: Dimitris - Digital EP


Style: Minimal Electronica

"Small EP from Dimitris, including 2 minimal techno tracks. 'Thumping kickdrum and extra basses. That's how I would characterize this. But, that doesn't mean, it doesn't contain lots of surprises for the careful listener.'" - Dimitris / Bumpfoot


Available at:
http://www.bumpfoot.net/

Highlights:
Bamberg
Tib IV

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

In-Tune: Recorder


Style: Electronica

"We are Recorder
We are Parties
We are Robot Voices
We are Drunken Nights
We are Only One
We are Wasted Time"
-Recoder





Available at:
http://myspace.com/recorderparty

Highlights:
Collide
Boombox Rocker

Monday, September 11, 2006

In-Tune: Mike Steele - SteeleToeBoots Vol. 1


Style: House

"With the introduction from Pete Kirill (Project Cuba), funky house tracks of Chicago DJ / producer Mike Steele arrived to Bump Foot. Growing up on the island of St. Thomas, Mike Steele was exposed at an early age to the Caribbean grooves of Calypso and Reggae. Without the knowledge and availability of mixing equipment, Mike used a prehistoric dual tape machine to edit the music and create a sound he enjoyed and called his own. "I would make mix tapes for all my schoolmates. Jump forward three decades and Mike continues to create the same thing today. Jackin, Chicago flavored House, and dubby-funky House with a freaky-funky-twist of Disco are just a few ways to describe Mike's unique sound. His sound constantly evolves making each of his sets special. His seamless mixing style motivates a room to a point where you think you've had enough, but then all of a sudden... there's more! His music is a relentless Energizer; it keeps going & going & going." Mike Steele / Bumpfoot

Available at:
http://www.bumpfoot.net/

Highlights:
Texture
Trump Style

Friday, September 08, 2006

In-Tune: Far Cry


Style: Trance

"Another release for this summer from U.K., FarCry. First few tracks are based around a more chilled out side to his music, further you will hear more uplifting material ranging from the deep sounds of trance to the heart thumping beats of hard house. Comment from FarCry : I hope you enjoy this first Volume of an "Introspective to FarCry" as there is a lot more material to come in the future." - Far Cry / Bumpfoot

Visit the website:
http://www.bumpfoot.net/

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Castaway
Feel Me feat. Compass and Guns

Thursday, September 07, 2006

In-Tune: Nexus6


Style: Electronica

"We're discovering the universe with five spaceships
With different warp propulsions
through the galaxy
Hitch hikers won't be picked up
or if so, first some serious poetry will be composed
Listen, don't dance
...okay, liftoff is permitted!" - Nexus6

Visit the website:
http://www.rest-label.net

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Discovering Space

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

In-Tune: Kuu


Style: Electronica

This is, believe it or not, the first Monotonik release for Kuu (formerly known as Substance, and definitively known as Finland's very own Joonas Vahamaki) since 1999 (!). But after a 7 year absence, we're delighted to welcome him back to the fold with the awesome 'Ioplus EP', 4 tracks of beautifully crunchy IDM. Since we last released music from him, he's done a bunch of neat work for various labels, most recently returning to the breakbeat hardcore massif with fellow Finn Niko Virta and their duo Nervous & Anxious, which has releases on UK oldskool breakbeat labels like Enormous Mouse Records, Mert Wax and Hardcore Projectz. But this material is definitely Monotonik-ish, led off by the looping, almost cosmic 'Io'. There's plenty more goodness in here too, though - 'Rosa' is all crunching beats and carefully rising and falling moods, much like the .MODs Joonas used to compose for us as Substance in the early days of Mono. Things finish out with 'Pine' and then 'Bonus Track', which is low profile and loopy and finally transcendental. Plenty of kicks, right?" - Monotonik / Kuu

Visit the website:
http://www.mono211.com/

Available at:
http://www.archive.org/

Highlights:
Rosa
Bonus-Track

Friday, September 01, 2006

In-Tune: Dream lab - Cryogenic EP


Style: Electronica

"Two artists make up Dream Lab - our very own Stuart Elliott and a guest artist Soundfreak who hails from Sweden. A collaboration in electronic music creating easy listening, melodic and interesting audio compositions. Great production and that usual Elliott finish make for an exciting and interesting EP. Kahvi, back on top form!" - Dream Lab / Kahvi Collective

Available at:
http://www.kahvi.org/

Highlights:
Cosmotherapy
Chemical Karmasutra