Nekochan just got out of a nice studio session @ Jfx Studio. She’s been working with Céline Frezza – Jarring Effects’s sound engineer – on tracks for her forthcoming EP to be released between september and october on Airflex Labs.
More news – and audio – to come soon !

It was really important for us to join the Bleep catalogue as this store has always been at the forefront of forward thinking electronic music.
You’ll now find all upcoming Airflex Labs releases on the Bleep store.

Cheers !

LINK : http://beta.bleep.com/index.php?page=label_details&labelid=2239

Australia’s most interesting electronic music magazine Cyclic Defrost just reviewed our Led Piperz / Boxcutter 12″. We really do love their conclusion :

“Great stuff – if all of Airflex’s stuff is up to the standard of this debut 12” release, dubstep fans will be in for a treat.”

We also would like you to dig their website that is a real goldmine for electronic music lovers.

LARGE UP !

LINK : http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/?p=3170

French producer Led Piperz from Lyon stands out of the mass with a wild and looked-after live act as well as rich dj sets. He’s been v-jaying for french dub wizardz HIGH TONE for the last 9 years and the story keeps going on all around Europe.
He started getting involved in music in the nineties as a not-that-gifted guitarist, playing grindcore/metal covers.It wasn’t until some friends dragged him by force to an outdoor rave back in 96 that he discovered electronic music .
Completely thrilled by the sound and experience, he decided to swap his Gibson for a pair of decks and a mixer… Soon after, he started piling up 12″ at home and play in sound systems as Dub, Jungle and Drum & Bass were setting the standards for his future tastes and production.
He joined HIGH TONE in 2000 and began sharing stages at numerous gigs and parties since then with the band’s dj crew known as ‘big dub sound’. After several years of dj’ing, the next logical step was to keep digging his own production.
Exploring deep abstract hip hop groundsat first, his style has been evolving towards electronic textures, distorted basslines, spacey atmospheres and fierce synth riffs mainly influenced by acts such as Techno Animal, Vex’d, The Bug or Dälek, combining the grittiness of noise with the groove of breakstep and rave music.

Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/ledpiperz
Booking : val@jarringeffects.net
Releases : http://www.discogs.com/artist/L.E.D.+Piperz?anv=Led+Piperz

Nekochan had her amazing track “Minimal Bump” playlisted on mary anne hobbs show yesterday in the night.
This track as well as the ultra romantic “Bombine” are currently remixed and mastered for Nekochan’s next 12″ to come on Airflex Labs on September.
View Mary Anne Hobbs page : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/index.shtml

You can download the whole show – including some amazing sessions by the talented Falty DL, PANTyRAiD & Architeq – @ the essential Thomas Laupstad Blog ->

http://core.thomaslaupstad.com/mary-anne-hobbs-experimental-2009-05-13-falty-dl-pantyraid-and-architeq/

NICE ONE NEKO ! -> http://myspace.com/nekokomusic

Perkid just recorded a quick mix for you to get into the mood of our first release.
Listen NOW !!!

Tracklisting :
1. Vex’d – Crusher dub [Planet µ]
2. Boxcutter – Otherside dub rmx [Airflex Labs]
3. DJG – Bender [Pressing Issues]
4. Led piperz – Otherside dub [Airflex Labs]
5. Tes la rok – Ignition [Argon]
6. Ruf – Rudeboy Riddim [Red Volume]
7. Led piperz – Aerial [Airflex Labs]
8. Niveau zero – Cause of death [Destpub]
9. Pendulum – The other side [Breakbeat Kaos]

Nice one !

the ARX001 12″ IS OUT NOW !!!
You can get it here :

FRANCE :
- http://www.toolboxrecords.com/fr/en/product/9749/dubstep-grime-ukg/Airflex-Labs-01/
- http://www.toonzshop.com/fr/produit/14756/vinyles-dubstep-grime-airflex-labs-01.html
- http://www.switchrec.com/fr/produit/7986/airflex-labs-01-led-piperz-boxcutter-aerial.html

UK & International:
- http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Airflex+Labs+France/
- https://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=311884
- http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc/servlet/Info?Track=ARX001

AUSTRIA :
- http://www.duxrecords.com/product_info.php?info=p39848310_AERIAL-OTHERSIDE-REMIX.html

More shops are delivered with the record. A LOT more, so stay tuned !
KEEP VINYL ALIVE !

Arecibo Message is a move away from the heavily sequenced previous work of Boxcutter, with a move into the more organic [if you can call it that] realm of analogue synths, guitar pedals and analogue delays.

The first track on Arecibo Message is straight into Burial territory, with its heavily reverbed aural spaces and vocal sample manipulation. Unfortunately, Boxcutter doesn’t do either as expertly, but the effect is quite the same. The drum patterns on this track are well produced, as with the whole album, but they never venture far from standard dubstep fare.
Track Two – Mya Rave steps up the pace a little and includes a humorous yet emotional rave synth sequence that harks back to early Prodigy output. The beat is 2-Step and Drum and Bass influenced, and the track features some all out vocal manipulation. Mya Rave will undoubtedly be used in the clubs, and probably to devastating effect, what with the nice warm breakdown and the classic rave synth programming.

Tracks three and four on Arecibo Message bring the album to a whole new level, and we start to see why Boxcutter is starting to gain national and international plaudits. The title track Arecibo Message has a darker mood than either of the first two songs, and is very much welcome. The song has a real dance floor feel to it and seems to make use of sounds that manage to be dark and moody, yet uplifting at the same time.

Track four SpaceBass is a gem of a track. Right from the off we hear a Roland TR 808 doing its thing along with the previously mentioned delay pedals, and the track continues on its sonic journey in becoming a real electro disco gem, with strong shades of Legowelt and Alexander Robotnik. On listening I immediately thought that SpaceBass was like the Beverly Hills Cop theme tune being strapped up and buckled down for its journey into the 21st century. Nice!

The rest of Arecibo Message never gets back to the strength of tracks three and four, yet the album has good production values and great bass lines throughout. There is a lot of influence from Garage and 2-Step, as the drum programming will testify, but Boxcutter never forgets his Dub and Dubstep roots. Boxcutter finds the time to venture into Electro Funk and instrumental Hip Hop as tracks eleven and thirteen will testify.

All in all this album is pretty good. If you are already a Boxcutter fan, you will love it, and be eagerly awaiting the next time you see him live. For a Boxcutter novice, Arecibo Message will start to introduce you to the many influences that Dubstep has at its roots, while also keeping the party flowing along nicely.

Buy this at BLEEP

New promo mix from DVNT, featuring classic tracks, and new gems mixed up in his darkfloor electronica style.

DOWNLOAD / 85.1 MB / 192kbps MP3

Tracklisting
Odio – Nebulous Morning [IDFM Netlabel]
B1t Crunch3r & Adapt – House of Ophiuchus [Planet Terror Records]
+ DK 69 – Trix [Idealfun]
Senor Frio – Sub Noctem (Ion Driver Remix 2) [Digital Distortions]
John Tejada – From Empty Words [Palette Recordings]
DraCo – Soulcatcher’s Relic [diggarama]
Tsunami One – Hip Hop Phenomenon (Bassbin Twins Edit) [Marine Parade]
Tipper – Deez Bass Lessen [Tipper Music]
Espion – Witches [Bass4Bots]
Paul Blackford – Electro Shock (Smashback Remix) [Bassgun]
Jnr Hacksaw – All Your Bass Belong To Us [subatomik]
Silicon Scally – Deepdissolve (Wee Mix) [SCSI-AV]
Galaxian – Scuffle [Black Montanas]
Mad-Tek – Wound Up [Digital Distortions]
Riino – Aerial Mind [Armatura Records]
+ Siege – Manuoevre [Shadow District]
Sil-X – Bio Static Systems (Grain Silo Remix) [Myuzyk]
Si Begg – The Tyranny of Pesto (Mothboy Remix) [Digital Distortions]
Phil Kieran – My House [Skint]
Plastic Loops – Hunger [Audioexit Records]
Technogladiators – Isch Rocke [Nerven Records]
Sunship feat. Warrior Queen – Quits (Kalbata Remix) [dubplate]
Marco Rane – Garuda [ARMS]
opti & Ohmwerk – Hammering [Jarring Effects]
+ David Warner as Master Control Program [Walt Disney Productions]
Unknown – Inner City Wife [dubplate]
+ David Warner as Master Control Program [Walt Disney Productions]

Nice one !

*UPDATE*

You can also grab Ohmwerk’s mix for the MANTIS 035 show here : http://makemassair.co.uk/MANTIS/index.php/mantis-035-with-ohmwerk/

Boxcutter was invited on BBC1 by UK Bass Music most beloved promoter Mary Anne Hobbs and just dropped an wild mix to introduce his amazing upcoming 3rd album to be released on planet mu on april’s 20th. It features the lush and essential “Earth is My Spaceship (Otherside RMX)” you’ll find on ARX001.

Listen to the mix here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20090311