UBLF's Chilldown Period: June 2012

25 June 2012

Dubstep Directive - Controlled Chaos

Welcome to another edition of the Dubstep Directive! I hope you have your seat belts on for this tearout, neurostep, and the like, mix of awesome beats!

Gotta give shouts to Devin, Mega Tron, BEAZT, Doomtrooper, the Elk Beats Crew, Suspect Device, and everyone else who have helped make this episode of the Dubstep Directive what it is!

In the podcast I called Dubtronical Audio "Dubtronics Records." I apologize about that mess up.

Now, lets quit the talking and get to the tracklisting!

Daisy-Chain
Monsters
Monsters/Darkness
BetaFarm Recordings || soundcloud

Shotem
Start Movin' (Dubstep.NET Exclusive)
facebook

Dr. Cryptic (facebook)
My Technique
My Technique
Chip Butty Records
Beatport || iTunes

Dr. Bloodnugget (facebook)
Camouflage
Menace to Society EP
Illicit Trade
Beatport || iTunes

Digid
Dry Ice
facebook

TRUTH ft. Yayne
Dangerous
facebook

CULPRATE (facebook)
Bside
Curious George VIP
White Peach Records
Beatport || iTunes || Juno

Misk
Belted
Elk001
Elk Beats (facebook || soundcloud)

Dog Soldiers
Chupacabra
Unleash the Dogs
Illicit Trade (soundcloud)
Beatport || iTunes || Juno

Boofy
Producers Block 6.4
facebook

Loww-Fi || facebook
Disco
Disco
Dirty Recordz (facebook || soundcloud)
Beatport || Juno || iTunes

Knife (facebook)
Dalek Attack
Boss
Dubtronical Audio
Beatport || iTunes || Juno

Barron
Defolation
Colossus EP
Abducted Records (facebook || website)

Tetsuo
Spitfire
Leftovers EP
Abducted Records (facebook || website)

STHS
Trance
Can't Resist the Trance
Suspect Device (facebook || soundcloud)
Beatport || iTunes

Unicron (facebook)
System Failure
Initiate
Shogun Recordings
iTunes

Depone (soundcloud || facebook)
Sensi Riddim
Test Me
Z Audio
iTunes || Chemical Records || Juno

Esoterra
Room 101
Room 101 EP
Demon Dubs
iTunes || Beatport || Juno

Gorging Bastard (facebook)
Chainsaw to the Neck

Eleventh Sun (soundcloud || facebook)
Solitude
Solitude EP
AltoSync
iTunes || Beatport

17 June 2012

Chilldown Period's Landmark Series Vol. 3 - Photographs

Greetings, one and all!

It's been a while since I've done a Landmark Episode of the Chilldown Period and here it is for you in all of its ambient glory!

This episode deals centers around photographs and the wonderful inspiration this medium can bring.

Now, photos sometimes don't do justice for being there. They can, however, trigger memories, emotions, wonderments, and daydreams.

There are two artists on this volume of the Landmark Series who used photographs to create music or to inspire music.

Our first artist to use photos is Ryan Lucht, or JazzFreak11. He approached me a couple of weeks ago to see if I could help him get the word out about his music project Photo Genesis. Here's what intrigued me about the project: Ryan took software and some how created an interface between software and scanners and then used the programming to trigger different synths and beats from photographs to create music. That's right: Photos scanned and the pixels used to trigger sounds which formed music. Interesting concept!

If you want to help Ryan to get his project off the ground, you can go here: Photo Genesis KickStarter. Also, if you want to read more on the project head here: Photo Genesis.

The next artists to use photographs explicitly in this program is Chris Russell. I've listened to his music before and like his style. The tune Crocus, which we'll use in this episode, comes from his album "Bloom" which ventures into a different direction than his album "Frozen". Instead of exploring the cold zones of nature, this time Chris used his time in nature photographing warm textures and zones to create music. You can find his music at the tremendous record label Relaxed Machinery.

Many thanks to all of the artists who have appeared on this program.

Now, to the tracklisting!

Ryan Lucht (JazzFreak11)
Bros
PhotoGenesis
Kickstarter

Hayao Yamaneko
Visions at Orly
Shattered Holograms

Hichael Mareno
Vessel
Facebook

AndAWan
DreamWorld Within
TranzDuction

akko
風花 - kaza-hana (flowers in the winds)
mo'element
Myspace

Heavenly Prince
Forcefield

Chris Russell
Crocus
Bloom
Relaxed Machinery
Amazon || CDBaby || iTunes

10 June 2012

The Chilldown Period - Episode 38 - Gumusservi

Welcome to another episode of the Chilldown Period! I'm calling this episode "Gumusservi", a word I found whilst reading a MentalFloss article about words with no English equivalent.

Gumusservi is the reflection of the moon on the water, and the word sets the mood for this episode of the show. This show encompasses tunes with a dubby, crunchy, future garage, dubstep, post-dubstep feel to them along the lines of Asa and Stumbleine.

So, we've set the mood, now I need to attribute the photo to my left. It's an original picture from Versageek and it is the picture which is needed for this show.

CC License regarding the usage of the photo.

Correction 10 June 2012: Flunk is a four-piece not a duo. I apologize for my lack of research.

Now, I need to give attribution to the one, the only, the ambienteer! Gorgeous sounds from one genteel man!

Tracklisting: