Internet Recordings goes into 2012 with www012 by Benou, a french producer, DJ, musician and promoter coming from the french Metal and freeparty scene. He performed and released an EP and an album with the band Cubensis, released three Hardtechno 12″ vinyl singles (two in 2006 and one in 2008) on Protoprod (a sublabel of the mighty french Infrabass sound system / label collective) and has also been exploring Bass Music and the DOA Grid for a while now. This is his first officially released Drum & Bass tune.
The tenth outing on Internet Recordings brings Techno and Drum & Bass together under one hat, after 11 Drum & Bass tunes on the first 8 releases and recently two Dubstep tunes on www009. It comes from Sublimator, a producer and DJ from Slavonski Brod in Croatia. He is mostly active with “Minimal, Techno and House sounds” but also makes beats in the language of his other love, Drum & Bass. In 2010 he released 8 Techno tunes on Howling, Tanztone and Nanotech Records, now in 2011 “Snore” is number 9. “2nd Try” and “Understand” are his first released Drum & Bass tunes; more of them are in the making and further Techno releases are on the way.
Apotheist, like El Haijn, is a member (the youngest) of the Ginyu Force crew in Vienna where they organize parties from time to time, mostly with Drum & Bass line ups. In production he focusses on Dubstep and combines it with elements of Classical Music. He as well has released some tunes on Dub Bullet and Twenty/Twelve Netaudio.
Synode (producer) and Hench (producer/DJ) are two good friends living in the city of Khabarovsk in Russia. After some years of working on their production skills and experimenting with sounds and styles, including mostly Drum & Bass, Breaks, Dubstep and Hip Hop, these young hedonists are taking their hobby to the next level. They are still newcomers to the english speaking Drum & Bass Internet/community/scene/market, but “Sulaco” is their first tune to be officially released now.
Below is an overview of the Internet Recordings download statistics so far (including only the data from the primary source; not the Soundcloud and Mirror downloads):
Releasedate:
Hits:
Traffic:
www001: Mefjus – "Fugly Habits"
2009-09-10
7,758
21,349,467
www002-1: Acid Lab – "Fallen Angel"
2009-11-04
8,484
21,964,597
www002-2: Acid Lab – "Nuclear War"
2009-11-04
7,603
21,689,310
www003: Kaiza + Shots – "Starkstrom"
2009-12-07
7,118
30,554,105
www004-1: Paul SG – "Grey Skin" (Mefjus + Bowser Remix)
2010-02-21
15,175
51,084,582
www004-2: Paul Saint Jack – "Timeless" (Mefjus + Bowser Remix)
At the end of 2010, the wordpress software of the homepage blog here was infected with malware (probably transmitted by a bot). This caused the site to be blocked for a short period of time and temporary removal of the blog. This is now hopefully repaired and Internet Recordings is back. For celebration, the blog got an even cornier design theme than before the incident.
kr4y is a humble and dutch producer/DJ currently residing in Bristol (UK). His hobbies include producing fine technoid Drum & Bass beats (ranging from Schranz & Bass to deep ambient and minimal), making mixes, playing at events and running the netlabel Beataddiction (together with his fellow producer/DJ Arje, see www005). He has released almost 20 tunes on labels like Insekto, T3K, Temper D Productions, Tilt-Recordings, Section 8, HMSU and, of course, T-FREE.
Zardonic from Venezuela is undoubtedly the biggest dark Drum & Bass act in Latin America, with bookings in other countries including tours across the USA and Europe. Over the past few years he has amassed quite some vinyl releases (on labels like Human Imprint, Counterstrike, Subsonik Sound, Mindsaw, Cymbalism, Melting Pot, Assimilate…) and a good bunch of digital and netlabel releases on several labels including the seminal T-FREE from Germany, plus he is running his own netlabel Zardonic Recordings. Before putting out “normal” Drum & Bass tunes, he got around in the Metal scene under his alias “Gorepriest”, was involved in several projects and made remixes for bands. From that he had actually quite a history of fusing Metal with Drum & Bass even before it became really hip in the Drum & Bass scene. Around 2006/2007 he started concentrating more and more on Drum & Bass, developed his production skills considerably, attracted many fans with his music and eventually managed to gain the standing he has today.
Replicator from Romania has his vinyl debut on Aural Carnage and a growing number of digital and netlabel releases (on Mindsaw, Wayside and Black Hoe) under his belt so far, and more material is forthcoming on Dark Asylum, Mindsaw and other labels. Also watch out for his hard Techno collaborations with Delusional aka Mumblz… Replicator comes directly from the dark and technoid side of Drum & Bass, and that goes very well together with Zardonic’s approach, as everybody can hear in this nice collaboration tune here.
By the way, Zardonic simply HAD TO hand over a tune because in 2006, 3 years before the launch of Internet Recordings, there was a short-lived, controversial parody netlabel on DOA with the same name – and Zardonic got quite some from that label! Its label launch announcement and (1 week later) final statement threads are mandatory because DOA at its best and informative. For interested readers there is even more comedy to be found… And the Promo-Mix (mirror) is one of the funniest things ever – listening is highly recommended!
Arje is a largely unknown, though talented and creative producer/DJ located in Darmstadt in Germany. In his productions he focuses on atmospheric, melodic and beautifully musical Drum & Bass. So far he has released two tunes on two different CD compilations on Red Mist Recordings, one tune on a digital compilation on ASC’s label Covert Operations and two tunes on his own netlabel Beataddiction which he runs together with fellow producer/DJ kr4y from Bristol in England.
Mefjus is already known from the very first release on Internet Recordings; Bowser is a fellow DJ/producer whom he often works with (amongst other shared projects they have an EP with some of their many collaborations forthcoming on Mindtech Recordings). Recently, they made two neuro/techfunk influenced remixes for the 2 years label anniversary remix competition of Influenza Media (a liquid funk label). Naturally that competition was won by artists who made midrange-free liquid funk remixes, fitting the label stylewise. These will come out on Influenza Media in the course of 2010. But even though Mefjus and Bowser did not win, their remixes are way too good to remain unreleased. So, with friendly permission of Influenza Media, they are hereby given to the world as free downloads. Enjoy!
Kaiza from Mannheim is without doubt the most active Techno-DNB artist in Germany. He was one of the first artists to systematically focus on this style together with his former studio partner amex and actually coined the term “Techno-DNB” in early 2004. He has actively shaped this music and the scene on many levels ever since its official formation in 2005, and in 2009 alone he has produced over 70 tunes together with Shots, Try and Error, Isotop, D-Struct, Bassrk, Eiton, Mefjus and other artists; plus he released over 40 of them in all formats and on numerous labels, including his own digital imprint T3K and his mother label Tilt-Recordings (& T-Files), which he co-founded in 2003, and the affiliate netlabel T-FREE. Aside from producing and releasing technoid Drum & Bass, maintaining his own label for technoid Drum & Bass and playing mostly Neurofunk and technoid Drum & Bass when being booked to events, Kaiza has been covering almost all facets of Drum & Bass in his mixes over the past years, but also Reggae/Dancehall, Dubstep, House, Techno and Hiphop. Furthermore he has been hosting the weekly and versatile Drum & Bass radio show DMF since 2001 and used to organize parties for Drum & Bass, Dubstep, Techno, House and Breaks in the Mannheim area.
Shots is a very talented and crazy producer hailing from Palatinate (near Mannheim) in Germany. He first appeared at the surface of the scene with his fulminant debut “Burning Identity” (together with his long time studio partner Isotop) on T-FREE in early 2008 and then released a handful of collaborations with Isotop and The Phalanx plus three solo tunes on Tilt-Reordings (& T-Files), T-FREE, Wayside and T3K; and he started to occasionally make tunes together with Kaiza in fall 2008. In the course of 2009, the two artists put out 6 straight collaborations and 10 more tunes together with Isotop on vinyl, digital labels and netlabels like Metafiziq, Abducted, Fish Recordings and Anxiety Disorder and of course the already mentioned Kaiza affiliated labels. And still there are many more tunes on the release schedule…
Acid_Lab is a Drum & Bass producer from Palatinate in Germany. He is into a lot of different styles and subgenres (Techstep, Drumfunk, Liquid…) and has loved Drum & Bass since the 90s. He even started producing back then but had his debut release one decade later, in 2008. It came on the infamous Drum & Bass netlabel Darkland and was widely overlooked. Since then he has gathered a list of releases on T-FREE, Basswerk and Basswerk Files, Black Hoe, Darkstep.org and most recently Syncopathic and Break-Fast Audio. Today his tunes are played by heavyweight artists such as Equinox, Gremlinz, Loxy and Ink; and more of his tunes are forthcoming on labels such as Golden Age and Urban Poetry.
I got a brandnew release on Internet Recordings, a label which stands for the experimental side of Drum & Bass music. Keep the underground alive and don’t give a f*** about the mainstream.
“Fallen Angel” is a dark and sinister tune, with haunting pads and different oldschool breaks, don’t forget to mention the deep and pounding bassline.
“Nuclear War” represents the harder sound. Metallic snares combined with distorted basslines are the order of the day here.
Two very different tunes, check them out and keep dancing. Drum & Bass is the only way out here.
Mefjus is a Drum & Bass DJ and producer living in Austria. His discography as yet includes one tune on a vinyl record (“No Choice” on URBANGHETTO001 via the Austrian label Dramfank) and two digital releases (“Radix” as T-FILE019 and “Wholetrain”, a collabo with M-Force, as T-FILE022 via the German label Tilt-Recordings). At the time of this release here, he is working on collabos with Asphexia, Kaiza, Isotop and Bowser, with a digital EP forthcoming on Mindtech Recordings (amongst other planned releases). In addition to these Drum & Bass activities, he experiments with 128 BPM Electro and Breakz as “Mephisto” and produces Gabba as “schnitzel mit pommes”.
Everything except promotion is halfway set up, the first release is uploading – time for launching this blog. As you can deduce from the blog subtitle and read on the “Internet Recordings” info page, this is a freshly started free mp3 netlabel for Drum & Bass and other interesting electronic music. We will try to release some good tunes and see what happens in the future. Things are developing… an ongoing process.
Internet Recordings goes into 2012 with www012 by Benou, a french producer, DJ, musician and promoter coming from the french Metal and freeparty scene. He performed and released an EP and an album with the band Cubensis, released three Hardtechno 12″ vinyl singles (two in 2006 and one in 2008) on Protoprod (a sublabel of the mighty french Infrabass sound system / label collective) and has also been exploring Bass Music and the DOA Grid for a while now. This is his first officially released Drum & Bass tune.
Since 
Zardonic from Venezuela is undoubtedly the biggest dark Drum & Bass act in Latin America, with bookings in other countries including tours across the USA and Europe. Over the past few years he has amassed quite some vinyl releases (on labels like 
Replicator from Romania has his vinyl debut on 
By the way, Zardonic simply HAD TO hand over a tune because in 2006, 3 years before the launch of Internet Recordings, there was a short-lived, controversial parody netlabel on DOA with the same name – and Zardonic got quite some from that label! Its 
Arje is a largely unknown, though talented and creative producer/DJ located in Darmstadt in Germany. In his productions he focuses on atmospheric, melodic and beautifully musical Drum & Bass. So far he has released two tunes on two different CD compilations on 
Mefjus is already known from the very first release on Internet Recordings; Bowser is a fellow DJ/producer whom he often works with (amongst other shared projects they have an EP with some of their many collaborations forthcoming on 
Kaiza from Mannheim is without doubt the most active Techno-DNB artist in Germany. He was one of the first artists to systematically focus on this style together with his 
Shots is a very talented and crazy producer hailing from Palatinate (near Mannheim) in Germany. He first appeared at the surface of the scene with his fulminant debut “
Acid_Lab is a Drum & Bass producer from Palatinate in Germany. He is into a lot of different styles and subgenres (Techstep, Drumfunk, Liquid…) and has loved Drum & Bass since the 90s. He even started producing back then but had his debut release one decade later, in 2008. It came on the infamous Drum & Bass netlabel 
Mefjus is a Drum & Bass DJ and producer living in Austria. His discography as yet includes one tune on a vinyl record (“No Choice” on URBANGHETTO001 via the Austrian label 
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