Casino Versus Japan - Casino Versus Japan (1998)

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Label: Star Star Stereo
Catalog#: str005
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: 1998
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Downtempo, Ambient
Credits: Artwork By [Design] - David Kawczynski
Artwork By [Paintings] - Allyson Mellberg
Mastered By - William Stace
Performer - Rebecca Tisler (tracks: 22)
Performer, Recorded By, Written-By - Erik Kowalski
Photography [Cover And Tray Photos] - Justin Kowalski
Notes: Limited pressing of 1000 copies.
Mastered at Walls Have Ears Studio.
Design made at Lombardi Graphic Control.
Total running time: 74:04
Rating: 4.50/5 (30 votes)





One of my favorite pieces of music of all time. Erik Kowalski's sounds are less like music and more like ethereal forces that warm the room in which they are played. I would listen to this album each night as I fell asleep for many months. I like all of CVJ's work, but there is something unique about his first release.

Yagya - Rigning (2009)

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Label: Sending Orbs
Catalog#: SO 011
Format: CD, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 21 Jan 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub Techno, Minimal, Ambient
Credits: Artwork By - Rutger Prins
Mastered By - Lupo*
Written-By, Producer - Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson
Notes: Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
Rating: 4.82/5 (125 votes)





Icelandic producer Yagya (Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson) has been creating atmospheres through melody and sounds for more than a decade. A definitive member of the Thule Musik collective, Yagya also is known for his work as half of Sanasol and also the famed Plastic.

A student of computer science at the University of Iceland Yagya spends his free time creating music on his computer. He concentrates on atmospheres and moods and tries to reflect the beauty of the world around him in the sounds of his music. He seeks influence in the works of Gas, Philip Glass, Basic Channel, Brian Eno and anything that is true to itself and it's ideas. Yagya concentrates on the softer side of music and avoids heavy rhythms. He finds harmony and beauty in the simple sounds of nature and wants his music to flow naturally through the listener.

Loscil - First Narrows (2004)

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Label: Kranky
Catalog#: KRANK 069
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 10 May 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub, Minimal, Ambient
Credits: Composed By, Producer - Scott Morgan (2)
Notes: Released as cardboard sleeve.
Rating: 4.77/5 (77 votes)





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Bvdub - No Turning Back EP (2008)

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Label: 3rd Wave Music
Catalog#: 3rdWM014
Format: File, MP3, EP, 320 kbps
Country: Germany
Released: 15 Jan 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno
Credits: Producer, Written By - Brock Van Wey
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Rating: 4.80/5 (10 votes)

Rod Modell with Kevin Hanton - Illuminati Audio Science (2004)

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Label: Silentes
Catalog#: 200403
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: Italy
Released: Oct 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dub Techno, Minimal
Notes: All music by Rod Modell, mixed and reconfigured by Kevin Hanton. Loops/tracks from the Deepchord library plus unreleased material.
Rating: 4.89/5 (45 votes)





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Modell

Another breathtaking installment in this Deep Chord / Rod Modell related series of releases on the Silentes imprint, once again diving deep into the minimal dub infusions and Basic Channel variations that this artist and label are well known for. This time round featuring the helping hand of Kevin Hanton, this 18 track session spreads itself over 70 minutes of incredibly deep and immersing Chain Reaction emissions pieced together and sequenced using loops/tracks from the Deep Chord archives, plus banks of unreleased and specially recorded new material. If you like heading towards the deep side, this is about as good as it gets. Essential listening.

Gas - Nah Und Fern (2008)

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Label: Kompakt
Catalog#: KOMPAKT CD 66
Format: 4 x CD Box Set
Country: Germany
Released: 05 Jun 2008
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Minimal, Ambient
Credits: Mastered By - Burger* , Voigt*
Music By - Wolfgang Voigt
Notes: Collection of four Gas albums previously released on Mille Plateaux between 1996 and 2000. Comes in two-part canvas-textured box with artist name embossed on the lid. Each CD comes in an individual card sleeve and the box also contains four 12cm x 12cm prints. The only text within the box is the album title on each disc.
Rating: 4.93/5 (166 votes)





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_(musician)

Gas is a project of Cologne, Germany-based electronic musician Wolfgang Voigt. Voigt cites his youthful LSD experiences in the Königsforst, a part of Germany's black forest situated near his hometown of Köln, as the inspiration behind the project. He has claimed that the intention of the project is to "bring the forest to the disco, or vice-versa".

Gas is the most abstract of Voigt's many projects, with each album consisting of several long tracks of dense, hypnotic, atmospheric sound. All Gas material shares a characteristic sound, consisting of an ambient wash of drones and loops, usually accompanied by a repetitive four to the floor kickdrum underneath the multiple layers of music. Occasionally a song will just drift on its own ambience. Voigt has commented that he builds his tracks using samples, which are manipulated beyond recognition to create what can better be described as textural environments than songs; Voigt described the technique to Rob Young of The Wire as "a certain kind of loops and reverse, and alternated reverses, which has no ending and no start, and it's just totally confusing", as well as describing the sound as "moving around in constantly overlapping loop structures, there is no definite start nor end" in an interview with the online music journal Globecat.

Dabrye - One/Three (2001)

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Label: Ghostly International
Catalog#: GI-02
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 11 Jun 2001
Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop
Style: IDM
Credits: Mastered By - Brendan M. Gillen
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Rating: 4.54/5 (63 votes)





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabrye

Dabrye (an alias of Ann Arbor’s Tadd Mullinix) is best known for creating head-nodding beats with saw-tooth bass lines and a keen eye to forward-thinking production. With support from both the hip-hop underground and the electronic music press, he has earned a place in URB’s Next 100 and XLR8R’s Top 100 albums, among other accolades. Dabrye’s trilogy began with One/Three in 2001, which was followed by the Instrmntl mini-album for Scott Herren’s (Prefuse 73) Eastern Developments label. Both releases earned glowing reviews for their handmade rhythmic style and minimalist execution. 2006’s Two/Three LP steps up the beatmaking ingenuity and spotlights Mullinix’s favorite underground MCs, including Doom, J Dilla, Vast Aire, and Wildchild to create a major statement for the new Hip-Hop sound of Detroit.