The most anticipated hardcore techno album in years is finally upon us. Deathmachine's debut full length album, Engines of Creation is officially released today on Third Movement and what a beautifully constructed belter it is to!
There's plenty here for the die-hard dancefloor fans to get stuck into, but be under no illusion, this isn't just a collection of 12" tracks cobbled together on a cd, this really is an album, with every track working together to create a well oiled machine that improves on every listen. The production is of the highest quality, but the compositions themselves show that Deathmachine is not only at the top of his game, but he's pushing the game forward for everyone.
Engines of Creation is available to buy digitally on iTunes, Beatport and Juno. The CD can purchased direct from Third Movement HERE.
So, we're already at part 5 of the mix series. Time sure does fly! This time we're handing the reins over to Jakub23, our man in the UK for all things DnB, with a Hardcore twinge. Jake has been tearing up dancefloors across Europe for a few years now and his productions are getting picked up and recognised by labels and DJ's everywhere. In addition to the slab of beef that is his 2013 MethLab promo mix, we also have some teasers and links for his upcoming releases on Suspect Device, Tech Cycle and Section 8 Recordings...
It's that time again, time to get the legendary End.User out of his hole in the States and back to Europe where he truly belongs. However, unlike last year's grueling 3 month slog across our continent, this year the tour will be short and concise, so book early to secure the Godfather of Breakcore for your event.
The tour is currently being planned for late August until late September and we already have dates pencilled in for the 7th, 13th & 14th September, so get in touch NOW!
Jakub23 MethLab Profile HERE
Jakub23 Soundcloud HERE
End.User MethLab Profile HERE
End.User Soundcloud HERE
Freqax MethLab Profile HERE
Freqax Soundcloud HERE
We're happy to announce another batch of new breakcore signings to the family.
Please welcome, Ladyscraper and Dr.Bastardo! Both artists have a long history together with their involvement with such UK crews as Wrong Music, but sonically they definitely both have their own unique sound and their own ways to rupture dancefloors across the globe. They will also be joining Skull Vomit on Miike Teknoist's next Ninja Columbo release (due out in the next month or two).
But before we get to them, here's some news of one of our other breakcore superstars, Stazma...
Stazma The Junglechrist
Our man Julien aka Stazma The Junglechrist has been keeping himself very busy in the studio recently, but with a couple of EP's about to drop and a string of live dates coming up, the resurrection is about to begin...
27/04/2013 : JFX PARTY /// Off du Printemps de Bourges @ Le Nadir, Bourge, FR
04/05/2013 : BREAKING BASS @ Les Tanneries, Dijon, FR
17/05/2013 : Dresden
08/06/2013 : Toulouse
20/07/2013 : Dominator Festival
Coming at you like Phil Anselmo with his cock in one hand and a canvas
bag full of Gabber kicks in the other, new MethLab signing Ladyscraper alternates between
beating the shit from your bowels and transporting you to lovely fairy
castles surrounded by flying unicorns.
So far in 2013, Ladyscraper has released ‘The Witch’ as another free DL album on Grindcore Karaoke. The
legendary Agrophobic Nosebleed posted this about the release ‘This shit
is LIGHTYEARS ahead of anything ANB has ever done musically. Grindcore
is almost 30 fuckin' years old, it's nice to be listening to something
that actually sounds like 2013 for a change’. Following The Witch we
have the second free DL Ladyscraper Album of 2013, The Wizard, which
will be landing on Rotator’s Peace off imprint late April, followed by a
split on Ninja Columbo with Skull Vomit and Dr. Bastardo early summer.
Dr. Bastardo's first practical experiments were made available to the public in 2006 on the 2x12 "When Dub Plates Attack" on Peace Off. He has since had work released by Ad Noiseam, Proboscus, Rancourous, and Our Fucking Jungle. He is also well known for his live practical demonstrations of techno science at events around the UK and Europe.
The Doctor has made a special promo mix exclusive to MethLab, showcasing all the tunes from his numerous upcoming releases. Download and listen to it here...
We're losing track of how many of our blog posts have started with the words “ we are proud to have...” and the reason for this is that there are few other words available when letting y'all know about the amazing artists we have the good fortune to represent. Well, we now have new reason for our pride, as we have been given the honour or bringing Trifonic over to Europe from the States for their debut European tour this summer!
Trifonic first made waves back in 2008 with their debut full length release, Emergence. It's blend of styles, sonic tapestries, thoughtful production and real instrumentation brought electronica up to date and filled the void left wide open since the Warp Records' heyday. The 2012 follow up, Ninth Wave is, if anything, an even stronger record and displays a greater maturity in the composition and production. This is hardly surprising when you consider that in the 4 year gap between albums, Trifonic built up their reputation as production masters by a series of never ending blog posts, giving away all manner of productions tips and secrets and worked on the soundtracks to a multitude of games, including the very successful Assassins Creed and Halo series. Ninth Wave is what convinced us we had to get them over to European shores. If you haven't heard it yet, the full album is available to preview on their Soundcloud page.
As if bringing Trifonic over to Europe wasn't exciting enough, we have also been fortunate enough to secure Ad Noiseam favourites Hecq and Underhill as main support options for this tour. Ad Noiseam is undoubtedly one of our favourite labels and the majority of our roster has released on it at some point in their career. Adding Hecq and Underhill to the roster for this tour just seemed like the most natural thing in the world. If you haven't heard the Hecq remix of Trifonic's Baalbek yet, then you need to re-address your priorities in life! Have a listen now, it's incredible...
Underhill is perhaps one of the first supergroups of the modern dub infused electronica sound, of which we at MethLab are no strangers. The group comprises of Dean Rodell, Current Value and Cooh, who are already known to you from the MethLab roster. They are also joined by Mc Coppa and Martina Astener and on occasion by Nick and James from Senser.
Their debut album “Silent Siren” was released in 2012 on Ad Noiseam records to rave reviews. It's fusion of dub, trip hop, drum & bass and lush soundscapes makes it one of those records that gets more beautiful with every listen. You can watch the official video of their Hiding The Light track here...
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