MethLab // September Release Update

Autumn is here, and while there may be a few more sunny moments creeping in before Summer's final termination; our minds and ears at MethLab are turning to the more sultry sounds that sit so aptly in the dimming Winter light. Also awakening from post-festival induced coma season; many of our artists have been busy preparing a fresh round of releases designed to inspire and fill listeners with the kind of kinetic energy that demands release on the dancefloor..

PLASTER                                          //

It's been a busy month for Plaster, with 3 massive releases with well respected backing on Andrea Parker's Touchin'Bass label, Stroboscopic Artefacts and most recently SonuoS. Plaster continue to push their unique blend of darkly textural sounds through multiple mediums, contrasting between Ambience, Techno and Electro. With the backing of some of the most relevant Techno labels around at the moment, and remixes from the likes of the legendary Substance - this duo continues to build their impressive mark on the electronic landscape.

All 3 releases are out now!

For bookings: jef@methlab-agency.com

Hecq                                             //

One of the most respected sound designers working today, and truly an inspired creator of music that is happy to move both within serene ambience, and the more rugged terrain of broken beats and cut up breaks. This month saw the release of Horror Vacui, on Hymen records - a collection of unreleased pieces from the past years, and backed up with some remarkable remixes, including a particularly exemplary slice of Dean Rodell's mind. Horror Vacui is out now and available in good record stores.

To book Dean Rodell, contact: Jef@methlab-agency.com




The Sect Music                                             //

The Sect's label is back for this remix EP, with longterm Berlin collaborator Dean Rodell on remix duties alongside C.A.2k. The result is a well-suited combination, with both Dean and C.A.2k bringing very fresh and unique takes on The Sect's already powerful source material. This digital release will be available soon, so keep your ears to the ground and listen out for the far away pounding of intense Tech-focussed DnB!

For booking The Sect, or for The Sect Music label events - contact jef@methlab-agency.com

Also - on October 12th, a 2nd The Sect Music label night will be happening in Subland, Berlin, featuring the mighty Concord Dawn as a special guest. So if you're local then get down there, and if not, then get a flight ;)

Subsistenz                                            //


Later in the year, in November, will be an incredibly well formed festival in Berlin, at the ever more established Subland club. The 2nd edition of the Burn The Machine festival will feature many artists from the MethLab roster, as well as some incredibly special guests such as Svarte Greiner (a personal favourite). To celebrate the approach of this incredible event, the Burn The Machine EP will be released, and the first preview is now up. Comprising a particularly jagged piece of music from Current Value, that remains true to the theme of mechanical destruction. Brutal and uncompromising synthwork, like an agitated mental patient chained down to relatively minimal percussion.

This release is the first since Current Value's latest LP 'Stay on This Planet', which was released earlier in the month and has been widely praised. You can also listen to the album below!

For bookings for Current Value, please contact: jef@methlab-agency.com

MethLab Artist News & Release Update // MethLab Summer Mix Series

Well, we've attended some blinding festivals this year - Boomtown, Fusion, Festival Nowa Musyka to mention some - and had our brains musically splattered across various fields around Europe. We hope that you've all had an awesome time so far, and that there's still a little life in the old beast of Summer yet....

But looking at recent times and into the future, there is an awesome array of releases to enjoy from MethLab artists - all of whom are bookable for the Autumn / Winter months....

//    Current Value - Stay on This Planet

Dropping on 2nd September, this creature is full of the kind of experimental percussion that everyone knows and loves from Current Value. 'Stay on This Planet' looks to cement his status as one of DnB's leading crossover artists; unfraid to foray into unknown territories, as well as unleash his staple sounds. 

Current Value will be touring Australia and Japan between 8th November - 2nd December. But we're open for bookings in October / December as part of the European side of the tour - so get in touch asap about that if you're interested.

To whet your appetite, check out the latest Subcast, featuring tracks from the new album!

//    Plaster - Monad XV

Out now! Plaster's unique brand of darkly textural Techno sits right at home in the Stroboscopic Artefacts camp. With this release series seeing the likes of Tommy Four Seven, Dadub, and Kangding Ray - all of whom are notorious in the experimental Techno scene for very good reasons. This release sees the pair tighten their ambience into four tracks of tight and exploratory Techno, which is set to blend so perfectly with their unique live show visuals. 
Following a brief tour in Taipei at the end of September, they will be available for gigs in both Europe and Australia. Get in touch with jef@methlab-agency.com for more info.

Check out one of the tracks in full along with a fan-made video below!

//    MethLab Summer Mix Series - The Teknoist

Finally the meat towards the end of the blog - the latest instalment of the MethLab Summer mix series. We have just a few more in our series left before the end of the Summer... this one will tear your nuts off...

TANK ALLIGATOR… Sounds like some fucking hefty killing machine right? Well that is what it does sounds like. A monster perhaps part mecha warship and part prehistoric immortal killing machine. This is obviously a creation of The Teknoist. His new solo album of said title has just been signed to perhaps the most influential hardcore label of all time, INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH RECORDS and is going to be appearing for war very soon.

While your waiting for this to be available, we at MethLab have a summer core mix from Miike, aptly titled ‘Kick Drum Sledgehammer’. It features a couple of tracks from the new album and a whole heap of brand new material from his friends around the globe.

As if that wasn’t enough, don’t forget that Miike’s Core label, Niinja Columbo has just released it’s latest ep also (featuring MethLab artists Dr.Bastardo and Ladyscraper). Available at the hardstore, beatport and all good stockists.

Miike is looking for as many shows as possible from now leading up to the release and around it and if you have ever seen and heard Miike’s DJ/Live shows, you’ll know that you want to get on to him asap. Especially with this brand new audio artillery.

//    Enduser European Tour

Enduser's European tour is now filled up for September, but we have just a few dates available in October - to bring the breakbeat surgeon to your city, contact - ash@methlab-agency.com


//    Hecq - Horror Vacui

(not the original album artwork)

Legend of diverse audio, from ambiently serene to intricately brutal - Hecq - has a new release coming out in September. Horror Vacui will be unleashed on the long-running and much respect-worthy 'Hymen' records and comprises a number of unreleased gems from the past 10 years, including an incredible remix from Subdivision and MethLab's Dean Rodell... With an aptly fitting name - 'Horror Vacui' means the 'fear of empty space'... resulting in filling up a piece of artwork so completely that no space is left. We believe, reference to Ben Boysen's attention to detail at a microlevel with his music, even if the filling of the space is with moments of negative space.  This is a totemic compilation of truly excellent music, and is a must buy for anyone who possesses ears. Listen for yourself in the minimix that Hecq has pulled together masterfully below -

Trifonic European Tour 2013 with Hecq & Underhill

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...

We are now taking bookings for Trifonic across Europe with Hecq and/or Underhill as main support.  Get in touch asap to secure this amazing tour package for your festival/event.

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ALL BOOKING ENQUIRIES TO: ASH@METHLAB-AGENCY.COM

New Release // Machinecode & Hecq

Machinecode's 'Final Days' EP is now out, featuring the vocals of MC Coppa and an astonishing remix by Hecq. Must-buy stuff - listen to the previews below and head to Juno to get your hands on it!

Hecq - Instahead (Mobthrow Remix)

In case you missed this - an awesome remix of Hecq/Skyence#s Instahead, from Methlab's own - Mobthrow... Should come with a warning... it's pretty badass

Hecq - Encaladus

Lush new Hecq tunes out on Ad Noiseam...