![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Muhr - Anthèmes pour les Regrets [12rec.047] - Muhr Not only a musician for approximately ten years now, Vincent Fugère a.k.a. “Muhr” was around when the whole Netaudio thing initially kicked off. As he reports in a recent interview for Phlow Magazine, microscopic social networks, chipmusic and a Babylonian mishmash of different file types where the primordial soup for the Netaudio scene to emerge from. Actually, Vince is the face behind the respectable Camomille Netlabel and Apegenine recordlabel... Keywords: muhr; 12rec; ambient Downloads: 4,083 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | V.A. - So Much Achieved. So Much Left To Do. - 12rec.net Welcome to 12rec.050! For our 50th release, we decided to go for a compilation. All exclusive. All free. All for you. We drummed up the whole bunch and asked them to deliver the best they have. They did. Seventeen chosen songs from recent and future 12rec. artists. You can download the compilation for free. You should do so! But if you really really want to support 12rec. and our artists, make sure to take a look at the fine digipak CD we got done. Keywords: 12rec; 12rec.net; compilation; 050; discoversary; sampler Downloads: 1,703 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | [12rec.048] Automassage - Ambience EP - Automassage Looking for organic Ambient music, Neuf Meuf's "It's Cold In Space", released back in 2006 as a cooperation project with Serein Netlabel, is one of the finest records you can get. Short after, Neuf Meuf aka Rok Vrbancic told me about the new band project he just joined: Automassage. Vrbancic teamed up with his Slovenian buddy Samo Ismajlovic and Gottfried Krienzer from Graz (active in Code Inconnu and under the name of Kauders)... Keywords: Automassage 12rec. guitar noiserock Downloads: 755 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | [12rec.033] Heezen - Secret Speech - Raül Fuentes Heezen is Raül Fuentes. He's a non-musician from the city of Castello in the east of Spain. As he told me, Eno was a non-musician. Satie also didn't study it. Raül extracts the technique of sampling old vinyl-records from hip hop and combines it with minimal synthesizer- and guitar-loops, a lot of bizarre found-sounds, fragments of vocals and a few drops of psychedelica. there's some kind of strange musique concrète-atmosphere in his tracks that makes me think of late 60's avantgarde films an... Keywords: 12rec; Heezen; Electronic; Elektronika; Laptop Downloads: 12,230 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Slon - Jelenka EP [12rec.044] - Slon If you been around with us for a while you probably know about our good connections to the exciting Vienna underground. All these creative kids, assorted around the enigmatic Tupolev, writing and recording music between all genres and conventions. Young at age, but wise concerning their musical knowledge. In Fall 2007 we're off with three new releases from Mödling, Vienna. Opening act: Slon. Slon (Russian for elephant) are a new act to the scene... Keywords: mödling; postrock; 12rec; guitar; instrumental; band Downloads: 1,347 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Hermelin - Hermelin [12rec.049] - Hermelin As 12rec. will celebrate it's fourth birthday this year, approximately four generations of musicians released their works with us. Hermelin, this wonderful Rock band from Hanover, Germany, came across your way as a 2nd wave 12rec. act. Remember their Split LP with Cologne Noiserockers Junique Fois Pi? It's the kids, hell yeah. In 2008, Hermelin show up with their full-length debut album. We're happy to support the band and bring forth their new album for free download and CD purchase... Keywords: Hermelin; 12rec; Postrock; Indierock; Rock; Guitar Downloads: 7,161 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | sichtbeton special. / 14.05.2005 - tinitusstadl tinitusstadl-radioshow about sichtbeton and their hip hop platform funkviertel. this show contains interviews with lunte and veraeter and a funkviertel-essentials mix at the end of the show. you can find the playlist on www.tinitusstadl.de Keywords: tinitusstadl; sichtbeton; lunte; veraeter; funkviertel; 12rec Downloads: 178 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Crepusculum - Sky Diaries EP [12rec.036] - Fred Baty The young lad behind the Crepusculum-moniker is Fred Baty from London. 'Crepusculum' is latin for sundown and suits the music of our December-release perfectly: the day is done, you're creeping home to take a rest, to chat with the ones you love, to do what life REALLY is about. This ambience of being-at-home is a also a fairly good Christmas-motive, so maybe the best time to enjoy Fred's Sky Diaries EP is now..... Keywords: Crepusculum; Fred Baty; Guitar; Acoustic; Instrumental; Folk; Melodic; Herzog; 12rec; 12rec.036 Downloads: 17,086 Average rating: (5 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | herzog - ocean! be our blanket [12rec.039] - Bill Bawden I recognized young Herzog a bit later than I could have. Being an important part of the Welsh Serein-collective, he contributed a wonderful piece of electro-acoustic ambient for the second label compilation OIO which, in a whole, was enjoyed a lot at the 12rec. world headquarter. We got the Crepusculum EP in the pipe and planned to add a remix to give Fred Batys' folklore music a decent electric twist... Keywords: herzog; Bill Bawden; 12rec; 12rec.net; electronic; electroacoustic; ambient Downloads: 2,800 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Astrowind - Into Vernadsky EP [12rec.041] - Tulo / Bukimi Kriipis Tulo and Mahi Bukimi form the duo Astrowind. Travelling the rusty railroad between Riga and the white shores of the Baltic Sea, they met in 2003 to perform a few live improvisations on old Soviet synthesizers. Things did seem to work out and Astrowind decided to go ahead with their cinematic music. I got in contact with Tulo and Bukimi for my review of their debut EP "The Night the Stars Flew" which has been released at the Russian ElectroSound-Netlabel... Keywords: Astrowind; Into Vernadsky; Paleopsychedelic Ambient; Ambient; Electronic; Synth; 12rec; 12rec.net Downloads: 2,301 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Various Artists - Through the Mirror: adcBicycle Revisioned [12rec.051] - Matt Chisholm & others adcBicycle is Matt Chisholm from Ottawa, Canada. Matt had an EP on Kikapu (RIP) back in 2006 which was on heavy rotation in my player. After finishing his new album one year later, Matt decided not to release it. He got in contact with a bunch of artists he is friends with or fan of, asking them to revisionize his tunes. We are proud to publish this versatile compilation album of boundless and blissful Pop music! Keywords: adcBicycle; Matt Chisholm; 12rec; 12rec.net; electronic; glitchpop; remix Downloads: 4,922 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Plaistow - Do You Feel Lucky? - Bourquenez, Ortis, Bondi Formed during spring 2007 in Geneva by Johann Bourquenez (p) and Raphaël Ortis (b) and Cyril Bondi (dr) of Diatribes-fame, Plaistow released a first EP on the Swiss Insubordinations Netlabel in September 2007. Their most recent record "Do You Feel Lucky" is our 52. release. The three members met through various Netaudio- and improv music networks, like eDogm and Audioactivity. The band name comes from a Squarepusher's track, “Plaistow Flex Out”, and the piano/ bass/ drums formation is a Jaz... Keywords: Plaistow; Johann Bourquenez; Raphaël Ortis; Cyril Bondi; 12rec; 12rec.net; Jazz; Trio; Improvisation Downloads: 933 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ian Hawgood - Enfants Ruraux [12rec.053] - Ian Hawgood Ian Hawgood, international man of mystery. Mr. Hawgood is a hard-working musician, with an impressive oeuvre spread over a dozen of quality record labels. While his Koen Park moniker is about IDM- and Hip Hop influenced Electronica, the music he publishes under his civil name can roughly be classified as Ambient, Drone and Noise. His "The Fires Will Die At Night" at Resting Bell Netlabel is legend already... Keywords: Ian Hawgood; 12rec; 12rec.net; Ambient; Analog; Fieldrecording Downloads: 2,565 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Sleeping Tree - Leaves and Roots [12rec.054] - Giulio Frausin The Sleeping Tree is Giulio Frausin from Italy. In the Spring of 2008, Filippo Aldovini of Zymogen Netlabel recommended this decent guy to us. We got in for a chat, failed to meet in Düsseldorf but agreed on a release somewhat later the year. Giulio's blueprint of low-key Pop- and Folk music was absorbing from the first seconds of his heart rendering "Love is an Eternal Lie" hit single, online as a demo version at myspace back then... Keywords: The Sleeping Tree; Songwriter; Folk; Indiepop; Guitar; Giulio Frausin; 12rec; 12rec.net Downloads: 6,348 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Portabot - There Must Be a Sunrise in Every Ending [12rec.055] - César Pesquera Portabot is a Spain-born graphic designer, director and musician who lives and works in London and Barcelona. He is co-founder of UK ESP media laboratory Actop and related to London's D-Fuse VJ crew. His engagement for fresh audio-visual talents involves artdirection for Rojo Magazine and its associated projects. His experimental short film Passer/8 made up load of praise all over Europe. All these laurels ain't enough, César Pesquera released an successful album under the name of "Shudo" back ... Keywords: Portabot; 12rec; 12rec.net; César Pesquera; Guitar; Electronic; microloop; video Downloads: 1,408 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Klotzsch & Krey - Through All These Years Of Trying To Belong [12rec.056] - Emil Klotzsch & Ruediger Krey Emil Klotzsch has a couple of releases online, all of which are published by wonderful Netlabels including Autoplate, One and Zymogen. We are extremely happy to welcome Emil Klotzsch and Ruediger Krey with a new EP , exclusively released as MP3 download and DVD purchase. "Through All These Years" was captured to battery-driven HD recorders deep in the woods of the Eifel region, a low mountain range South-west of Cologne... Keywords: klotzsch; krey; emil klotzsch; 12rec; 12rec.net; electronic; fielrecording; piano; bass clarinett Downloads: 795 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Nic Bommarito - Harp Fragments [12rec.058] - Nic Bommarito For his new LP "Harp Fragments", Nic decided to hook up with us again. What luck! A lot changed since "Taciturn" and then again everything is the same. You have the dreamy melodies, the bitter-sweet melancholia, that specific Bommarito-feel of being lost in cinescope beauty. While Nic Bommarito is still a loner (despite assistance from his buddy Michael Connolly on viola and harp), the sound on his new album is much more that of a band, a rock band even more... Keywords: Nic Bommarito; 12rec; 12rec.net; Postrock; Folk, Instrumental Downloads: 1,201 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bernier & Trottier - Objet abandonne en Mer [12rec.42] - Nicolas Bernier, Simon Trottier I got in contact with Canadian Nicolas Bernier when I wrote a review for his recent solo-release "Ailet l'eau faille by" at No Type-Netlabel. He ordered a bunch of CDrs and after some email chatting, he told me about a special project he's been working on. Nicolas teamed up with Montreal Folk- and improvisational guitarist Simon Trottier for some kind of a concept EP dealing 'bout a stranded objet abandonne... Keywords: bernier; trottier; 12rec; glitch; folk; guitar; laptop; improv; canadian; no type; 12rec.net Downloads: 2,181 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jasmin - EP01 [12rec.011] - jasmin 'holger fach' opens the first jasmin-EP with a plain, repetetive motive. bass and guitar interlink like gear wheels, weave a carpet. the drums join in and carry the song calmly on their cymbals. a break, a gentle increase and 'holger fach' culminates bitter-sweetly. 'buenos aires' materializes itself out of strange glassy sounds, a feedback breaks up, then the band follows up and transfers the soundcollage suddenly into a song... Keywords: Jasmin; EP01; 12rec; Postrock; Instrumental Rock; Video Downloads: 6,126 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | jasmin - EP02 [12rec.027] - jasmin does complex music necessarily have to sound complicated? jasmin are back with four more songs to find out about. like on cecil taylor's 'unit structures' it is not about naming every note or every odd meter. it is more about the beauty that lies beyond. taylor mixes modern classical music, bebop and free jazz. jasmin add portions of rock and pop. the three chaps from munich present their second EP on 12rec in another exclusive collaboration with rotesonne records... Keywords: Jasmin; EP02; 12rec; Postrock; Instrumental Rock; Video Downloads: 7,079 Average rating: (4 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Daniel Maze - Treehugger [12rec.028] - Daniel Maze there are different approaches to noise in electronic music. technically, noise is described as an equal amount of output in all present frequencies ('white noise') and sounds pretty boring. people tend to mix their original signals with fragments of noise to get a more individual, maybe more haptical sound; on the other hand, a lot of strictly experimental music uses noise as the main source of audio, shifted in frequency and amplitude, fed back to the machines or distorted and delayed... Keywords: 12rec; daniel maze; electronic; laptop; dance; soundscapes Downloads: 9,114 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | El Senor Ciuf Ciuf - As Seen From Above [12rec.029] - oliviero farneti i got an email from our dear friend stephane obadia. he told me about this guy from italy that calls himself after the sound of a steam train, ciuf ciuf, got it? steph was very excited bout his music and so are we. just check the first song i feel like a clean blackboard: along with his mates matteo mohorovicich at sax & clarinet and daniele dalla pellegrina at trumpet, oliviero farneti creates a surprisingly catchy and slightly surrealistic pop-song that knows about dance-music, lo-fi indierock... Keywords: 12rec; el senor ciuf ciuf; pop; indie; dancepop; electronic Downloads: 15,599 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | [12rec.034] Raflesia - Logenplatz im Pantheon - Raflesia Hip Hop came a long way since it left the shady backyards of New York City. This Genre is a chameleon and all the differences between the diversified schools of Hip Hop make it difficult to distinguish good from bad. Pure underground exists next to bling-bling mainstream-rap, MCs preaching hate & love in one single track and your up-to-date indierock boyfriend thinks that 'it's just sampled...'. Well, all of this is true... Keywords: 12rec; Raflesia; Rap; HipHop; Beats; German; Lyrics Downloads: 15,126 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Nicolas Bernier + Simon Trottier - ... et retrouvé en fôret [12rec.057] - Nicolas Bernier + Simon Trottier Do these guys need an introduction? Nicolas Bernier and Simon Trottier are two magnificent artists from Montreal, Canada. The former is rooted in academic electronic music and runs the ekumen platform. The later is a Folk-influenced guitarist, one half of Ferriswheel you know from our compilation. Bernier + Trottier released their first record with us back in 2007 which soon became a favourite to both fans and critics... Keywords: bernier; trottier; electroacoustic; folk; canada; 12rec; netlabel Downloads: 390 Average rating: (0 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Nic Bommarito - Taciturn [12rec.037] - Nic Bommarito Nic Bommarito comes off like the all-American college boy. He's from a small city in the near distance to Detroit, Michigan. He studied philosophy in Ann Harbor and changed to Albuquerque, New Mexico to expand his Sanskrit-studies. This trip took him across 2/3 of the US, but the next relocation was even more thoroughgoing . In 2006, Nic moved to Lhasa in Tibet, Republic of China. Nic is the unresting type... Keywords: Nic Bommarito; 12rec; 12rec.net; Instrumental,Guitar,Shoegaze; Indie; Electronic; Atmospheric; Introspective; Dreampop Downloads: 27,257 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Rob Hunter - EP [12rec.038] - Rob Hunter Rob Hunter is a young fellow from the city of Bristol in South West England. He studies illustration (he did the artwork) and spends his time putting together tiny animation videos and making music. "I use whatever instruments i can get to make a sound, and layer it all up", as his myspace-account tells us. He released a cassette at UK Tapeclub Records before he joined the 12rec-family in late 2006... Keywords: Rob Hunter; glitchpop; pop; funk; cut up; beats; guitar; synth; sample; 12rec; 12rec.net Downloads: 6,553 Average rating: (3 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Junique Fois Pi / Hermelin - Split [12rec.030] - Junique Fois Pi / Hermelin did you ever wonder what these kids are doing in their free time? you watch them talking to each other in the tube, realize their worn out shoes and shirts with names you never heard of, hair too long and dirty to suit any future mother-in-law. the one small group, four young lads from hanover in germany, call themselves after an elegant little beast of prey former kings made their coats from- hermelin (ermine)... Keywords: postrock; noiserock; instrumental; avantgarde; rock; indie; hermelin; junique fois pi; 12rec Downloads: 11,398 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Milhaven - I.M. Wagner EP [12rec.035] - Milhaven Milhaven are a postrock-band from Bochum we discovered two years ago. Sven Swift recorded and produced their first album and this brand new EP. The story so far... After the release of Bars Closing Down in the early days of 12rec, Milhaven soon became one of our most downloaded artists. In the Winter of 2006, nearly one year ago, we met in their old, dirt-laden rehearsal room and started to record new songs... Keywords: Milhaven; 12rec; I.M. Wagner; Postrock; Instrumental; Guitar; Beauty Downloads: 21,907 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Protestant Work Ethic - Turned, and Turning EP - Simon Usaty Protestant Work Ethic is Simon Usaty. Simon is songwriter and one quarter of KES (alongside Bernard Bauch ),eventually Vienna's finest alternative Rock- and Country-outfit and long-time inside tip (listen to "Nordwaggon" on 12rec.032). According to the name of his solo-project, Simon stripped of every superfluous knick-knack, focussing on a few acoustic instruments and his juvenile voice. But as a /protestant work ethic/ might imply a success-orientated, rather rational concept for life, Simon d... Keywords: Protestant Work Ethic; Folk; Indiepop; Alt Country; Singer Songwriter; Acoustic; 12rec Downloads: 7,213 Average rating: (2 reviews) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | David Schweighart - Thanks For Listening To This Record Which Made My Hours Pass So Quickly [12rec.046] - David Schweighart How long has David Schweighart been around before we first came up with the idea of giving his widespread songs a proper long play release? And then, after a gracious weekend in Dresden, how long did it take to compile, master, design and communicate this precious gem of a an album? Feels like years. With his enormously entitled "Thanks For Listening To This Record Which Made My Hours Pass So Quickly" solo album, David Schweighart enters the stage as one of Vienna's most talented musicians... Keywords: david scweighart; 12rec; moedling; austria; indie; avatgarde; folk; adult pop Downloads: 4,690 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | CD-RWu 0031 - Arkadiusz Kuna CD-RWu Podcast @ http://cd-rwu.blogspot.com On air: 09-05-16 @ Radio LUZ http://radioluz.pwr.wroc.pl 1. Mr. SOS - Obama Obama (Inauguration remix) 2. The Liquid Kitchen - Graveyard 3. The Liquid Kitchen - Bleed 4. We vs. Death - The sun 5. We vs. Death - Collection of stones 6. The Depreciation Guild - Heavy Eyes 7. The Depreciation Guild - Digital Solace 8. The Sleeping Tree - Dirt on coffins 9. The Sleeping Tree - Love is an eternal lie 10... Keywords: Podcast; Radio LUZ; netaudio.pl; Hip-hop; Blunt; Mos Def; 12rec Downloads: 22 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Neuf Meuf - It's Cold in Space Well, it's been just over two months since the last release, but we hope you'll forgive us when you hear the new addition to the catalog and the Serein family. This is an exciting one for us as it marks several 'firsts' in our history. The first full length release, the first co-release, and the first time you'll be able to get your hands on a hard copy of the music as well as the usual mp3 format - you lucky blighters! So, not only do we welcome 'Neuf Meuf', the recording artist, to the ranks, ... Keywords: neuf meuf; it's cold in space; ambient; pop; electronic; indie; 12rec; serein Downloads: 7,629 Average rating: (1 review) |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | [12rec.032] VA - Moreover Moedling - VA Lower Austria Independent Music (...) An adventurous mindset is about the only thing the bands on this record have in common. They draw their influences and ideas from a diverse array of areas that range from the serious to the absurd and from the pragmatic to the highly complex. From an outside point of view the various parts of this compilation may seem like a concise and tightly woven section of a tiny fraction of all the music on this planet, but diving into the contents offered herein, you'... Keywords: 12rec; Mödling; Moedling; Austria; Indie; Independent; Avantgarde; Bernhard Bauch; Alexandr Vatagin; Djang Destructivo; The Clonious; KES; Kleines Einmannsportsegelboot; Peter Holy; David Schweighart; Lukas Scholler; Applicator 120; Ippolit; Tupolev Downloads: 13,461 Average rating: (0 review) |