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320 kbps mp3, 06:09 min, 14.1 mb.

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.

Arje Links: Myspace, Discogs

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320 kbps mp3, 05:64 min, 13.2 mb.
320 kbps mp3, 06:25 min, 14.7 mb.

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!

Mefjus Links: Myspace, Discogs
Bowser Links: Myspace, Discogs

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320 kbps mp3, 05:33 min, 12.7 mb, finished 2009-05.

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…

Kaiza Links: Myspace, Discogs
Shots Links: Myspace, Discogs

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320 kbps mp3, 05:26 min, 12.5 mb.
320 kbps mp3, 04:13 min, 9.7 mb.

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.

Acid_Lab links: Myspace, Discogs

The maestro himself about this release:

Hey everybody,

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.

Peace out Acid_Lab aka Kodama

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320 kbps mp3, 05:57 min, 13.6 mb, finished 2009-08.

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”.

Mefjus links: Myspace, Discogs

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