Ok, this is something that I've been wanting to do for a while, since we have a "Dub techno ONLY" topic, and that when people post things in there that veer only slightly from the 4/4 kick/120bpm/chords template they get really yelled at, I thought to make a topic especially for recommendations of things that people who listen to dub techno might enjoy, but which are either not strictly speaking dub techno (maybe closer to techno or ambient or other forms of electronic music), or are but don't really bother to enforce that particular template too much.
Keeping in line with the sound of the label, all the tracks on these EPs are beautifully made drum & bass tracks with some really deep drones and dub tech-ish chords mixed in. All of the tracks are up on youtube if you want to check them out as well, here are a couple : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5LumhLCllw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWe_ey8MiEA
Not really new per se (although with all the unreleased material it kind of feels like it is, and the music hasn't aged a day anyway) but Snd are re-releasing all their early EPs with a heap of extra unheard tracks for each one, in beautiful colored vinyl editions.
Snd has never been and will never be classified as dub techno but despite the glitch overtones I've always found a warmth and a depth to their work that feels very at home within the dub tech sound, especially on the quieter and chord-reliant tracks.
Gez Varley (of LFO fame)'s Bayou Paradis album is probably one of the earliest examples of what is known today as dub techno. The album was originally released in 2001 on Force Inc, but listening to it today you'd be forgiven for mistaking it for a new Grad_U or Mr Cloudy album, if it weren't for the significantly techier bent he applies to the tracks on here, because the lush sound design of the chords on display here is nothing short of visionary as far as predicting the sound that the entire genre of modern dub techno uses today. Tracks like Soul Gate, Gardelle or Le Soleil sound very much like they come from a good decade after their original release date.
In short, this is something of a vital history lesson for all the people who like this genre. To me, about as vital as Octex's Idei Lahesna in the same wheelhouse. Heartily recommended.
Yes Axs,
'Bayou Paradise' was like a shock for my friends and me when it was released in 2001. We were like a community of DJs in Salamanca playing the Scape, Chain Reaction and Force Inc stuff. So we were diffusing the dub techno sound everywhere we could, even in the oldest pub of the city with his customers who used to listen jazz inside. 'Bayou Paradise' sounded like more dynamic and progressive than other albums of the time (Fluxion, Rhythm & Sound, Pole...). I used to play it with Glory B 'Sunday Island' (mighty album remastered by Pole) who was released in the same time. http://www.discogs.sitioby.com/Glory-B-Sunday-Island/release/41034
For those who liked his previous LP "Cruise Forever", Austin Cesear comes back to Public Information with a new LP entitled "West Side". You can get it here :
Perhaps even more than "Cruise Forever", "West Side" is a dub techno album that deals with the sound in a manner more closely resembling Chain Reaction than any recent exploration of the genre (with the exception of Rod Modell's recent work as DeepChord) and highly recommended to anyone who likes their dub techno to be more on the experimental side.
Respectively, an LP and its companion EP, available as pay-what-you-want s on bandcamp. This may interest some folks here, some tracks are definitely more dub techno-leaning than others, but overall you will find chords and techno structures abound.
As a performer and as an artist Karen Gwyer is firmly rooted in hardware technology, and it shows. Lush textures and deep alien sounds abound in her releases as well as her live sets. This release on Opal Tapes is three tracks of dreamy hazy goodness, halfway between Detroit techno, 1970s German ambient synth music, dub and early Warp-esque experiments, and should not be missed.
I've been trying to ride the line between dub-techno and other genres for some time now with my own productions, and I always hunt for stuff that's not strictly 4-4 with the usual type of production.
The last Mick Chillage release of 2014 isn't Dub Techno, but a few of the tracks have that Dubby style to them, and heck its just a really great release. Mick Chillage - Distant Light
As usual with this guy, what you're getting is a brilliant take on dub techno, in my opinion he is always taking the genre in really interesting, unusual ways. Here we have a record made of various textures, hypnotic patterns halfway between dub techno, drone and ambient. Think something along the lines of Fluxion's [spaces] or the beatless portions of the Chain Reaction catalogue (Resilent, Erosion, Ridis, etc.)
Latest release on Aught by Xth Reflection has got a lot of propulsive rhythm and texture. And a few sort of slight chord-like sounds just giving a hint of dub techno.
Not entirely Dub Techno, and barely any of it, but this is one hot release I took part in. Lots of different styles of Techno showcased here. I'm thinking the Dub Techno crowd will like this release. Sounding pretty good and I only know of Owen Ni out of everyone on the release. https://runonrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/incoming-frequencies-ii
Two great albums released by Jake Stephenson(RIP). The first being more rooted reggae with trip-hop with that 90's Beat Pharmacy/Legion of Green Men,/Children of The Bong dubby technoy downtempo sound. Great electronic dub(by) music...The 2nd album more towards dub-dubby techs-ambient with some beautiful deep traquil downtempo ambient and dubby like moments. Both genuinely top dubby albums. http://www.discogs.sitioby.com/artist/110789-Ganja-Beats
The Kaleidoscope - Beatz n Pieces/ http://www.discogs.sitioby.com/Kaleidoscope-BeatznPieces/release/606593
Released back in the 90's this album, that deserves more recognition, of rooted dub, intelligent non dance breaks, subtle touches techno, deep downtempo beats, and some swirling ambient elements. Excellent stuff! ...You can now pick this album up for practically pennies!! But don't let the price mislead you. This is quality album.
Available on limited edition gold cassette. Ultra heavy analog dusty vocal dubby goodness in the best S.I. tradition, plus it's taken from an album which I'm now really looking forward to considering how excellent this sounds. Absolutely beautiful.
This is ittedly more abstract than it is dub, but you will find shades of atmosphere and mood in this EP that are not so distant from the more experimental side of things in the genre. This one blew me away (which is why I wanted to publish it) and I don't think I'd be alone in this.
I don't post my own stuff in this thread much, but anyone enjoying the vibe of the recent longform Variant releases might like to immerse themselves in this for twenty four hours.
pinkspace
I don't post my own stuff in this thread much, but anyone enjoying the vibe of the recent longform Variant releases might like to immerse themselves in this for twenty four hours.
Beautiful ambient dub album ! Love the textures and the use of echos (on Cassette Loop especially), fits very much into that oft-used adjective "organic" sounding.
Not entirely Dub Techno, but just put out this stellar VA comp on my label, and quite think you guys would like the entire thing. A great Techno release with a stellar Ambient tune to end it. Big thanks to Protuberance for putting this release together. http://cfmlabel.com/releases/cfm066
This is classified in post rock most of the time, but it's actually closer to a more guitar-leaning version of the first three Pole albums that were out around the same era. Here's an example. I think it'll appeal to anyone looking for some experimental, ambient and dub techno-inspired post rock.
Moritz Von Oswald, Tony Allen & Max Loderbauer aka Moritz Von Oswald Trio have served up a plate of the finest experimental/deep/techno/jazz/dub. If you haven't heard it already.
^^ Also then, Max Loderbauer has released another LP this year, 'Safe In Harbour', alongside Ricardo Villalobos under the moniker 'Vilod'. Another captivating release in a pleasingly similar vein to Sounding Lines.
Not sure any of this is Dub Techno, but it sure is atmospheric stuff. Recently released a colab over at Omchaki with Owen Ni, and we are going to continue on as Outward Roots. On the 16th of next month we shall release our first Ep under this name. I think you guys would like it. https://soundcloud.com/cold-fiction-music/outward-roots-ep1
lilmanjs
Not sure any of this is Dub Techno, but it sure is atmospheric stuff. Recently released a colab over at Omchaki with Owen Ni, and we are going to continue on as Outward Roots. On the 16th of next month we shall release our first Ep under this name. I think you guys would like it. https://soundcloud.com/cold-fiction-music/outward-roots-ep1
It's out now. I like where you are going with the sound.
Thanks for taking an interest in the music. We are trying to combine our sounds to make some stellar Ambient Techno and Dub Techno music. Not sure where this road will lead us, but so far 2 releases together and we are impressing ourselves.
Another quality album remixed/re-worked by International Observer. A more reggae dub rooted sound with electronic touches and elements. Worth checking if into Bluetrain like dub music.
Experimental Korean artist Xiami just recently released a new LP, titled Glass Hands. It's available for free on her soundcloud. Check it out here !
As with her earlier release on my netlabel (which you can listen to and here, wink wink nudge nudge), this is for fans of abstract and industrial techno first and foremost, even if traces of dub influences can be found here and there. The brilliance on display here is mindboggling, whether it is in the unpredictable structures, the disheveled sound design or the murky atmospheres.
An absolute must listen if you like anything that is truly off the beaten path.
zwei_kreise
Experimental Korean artist Xiami just recently released a new LP, titled Glass Hands. It's available for free on her soundcloud. Check it out here !
As with her earlier release on my netlabel (which you can listen to and here, wink wink nudge nudge), this is for fans of abstract and industrial techno first and foremost, even if traces of dub influences can be found here and there. The brilliance on display here is mindboggling, whether it is in the unpredictable structures, the disheveled sound design or the murky atmospheres.
An absolute must listen if you like anything that is truly off the beaten path.
Did you ever check out her release on Run On Recordings? My first taste and I loved it. Thanks for mentioning the other releases.
lilmanjs
Did you ever check out her release on Run On Recordings?
Thanks for pointing that out, didn't realize she had another release.
Also didn't realize you had released an album under your own name on the same label. Hard to keep up with so many good releases being issued these days. Dub/ambient/techno overload!
lilmanjs
Did you ever check out her release on Run On Recordings? My first taste and I loved it. Thanks for mentioning the other releases.
Yep, excellent release.
That new album might be my favorite of hers so far though. It's really varied and there are hints of a lot of different flavors and styles throughout it ("No more with you" for example sounds like some lost Dettinger track off of one of the Total compilations), and to me it's her more texturally unique record yet.
"Tremendously atmospheric dark dubby ambience that demands a listen. Sub bass picks out melodies whilst your ear fills with crackles. It’s dub techno without the techno bit (no beats) and actually very little dub, but the atmospheres remain. Think the recent Anjou collaboration of former Labradford folks or Pole’s more out-there moments or the underwater sweep of Deepchord, but this is dark and heavy rather than light and clicky and the pulsing synths of ‘Massa’ provide a churning bedrock for the Gas like textures to drift around." (Clinton at Norman Records)
Coppice Halifax released a bunch of new music today. My favorite so far being A Blue Fume. Drone Techno of high quality. Picks up with the sound and style of his Rurals album. Man I am enjoying this too much. https://coppicehalifax.bandcamp.com/album/a-blue-fume
alternating_bit
Yeah - good stuff. I snagged Hexad Lands actually but they're all really cool.
That is good stuff as well. All the releases sound good that have come out today, but that is some classic CH stuff on Hexad Lands. Nice to see that reissued.
This is a two-pack collection of remixes that collect a LOT of totally unreleased (and a lot of so-far unheard) reworks that I've done over the years and have been gathering dust on my hard drives. The thing is, I have no idea where rights lies on these things, since some of the remixes are from various commercial artists and were made out of sample packs that were given for remix contests on soundcloud and stuff, hence the complete absence of track titles. But I wouldn't be posting this here if it wasn't of interest to anyone. So you might like to know that these two compilations contain, in no particular order :
— at least three remixes of tracks by Zzzzra (including one planned for Entropy which never came out)
— a totally unofficial Echospace remix
— a never-before heard G.R.I.T. remix originally made for the Expanse re-release on Entropy
— an Ohrwert remix
— an unreleased Textural Being remix
— a remix of a Matrix track (aka Tetsuo Tsuri, the Chain Reaction artist)
— a couple of unreleased Space_ci remixes
Most of these had previously been published on my old soundcloud so some of them may be familiar to you (that Textural Being remix in particular was kind of popular if I correctly), but it's the first time any of these are released.
Can't quite believe no one is calling this band "dub techno" at all but, Perfume Advert are more dub techno than anything else they're tagged with (at least to my ears). I guess the term has fallen so far out of favor with the press that no one dares using it at all these days? Anyways, their latest on 1080p is another excellent EP with beautiful drugged-out atmospheres and chords doused in washes of reverb. Very cool:
I don't know if most of you know about this artist, Low Orbit Satellite, but what he does sounds very Dub Techno influenced, being more intense, maybe you can tell me what genre exactly is, specifically his first releases because his last ones are more Acid Techno: https://loworbitsatellite.bandcamp.com/
