Festive greetz from The Centrifuge HQ to one and all. In part 2 of our 2009 roundup we’re going to take a look back at the music that we released over the year. Not to be outdone by our prolific events activity (which we talked about yesterday), we published no less than 30 digital releases using a Creative Commons license, one double album compilation available in return for a charity donation (which are still very welcome in case you have some surplus festive funds), a vinyl issue of CF018 and a mountain of CDs.
We’ve picked up a few plaudits for some of the releases: Fractional has been nominated for a Qwartz award for Tasnw from Still Life, Anyone Can Make Dubstep was named album of the year by a bass-centric netaudio roundup and The Centrifuge & Acroplane’s alliance went from strength to strength as the two of us took the top 2 spots in influential Japanese music blog Music Forest‘s netlabels of 2009. Mark Swift‘s sublime Melodynonstop series also picked up a top 5 album spot in the same writeup.
To round the year off, we released a compilation in tandem with our buddies at Acroplane Recordings as a celebration of Netaudio in 2009. Hope you enjoy it! Streaming previews are below…
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[CF011/ACP050] – Carl Brown – The Luminaries Must Be Destroyed EP | 7 prime cuts of delicious low-bit electronics full of arped chip-blips, scatty beats and chunky synth flurries. Co-released with the fine Acroplane label.
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[CF014] Mark Swift – Melodynonstop I-V EPs | Series of 5 brilliant zany organ-centric drill and bass EPs from the Yorkshire master.
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[CF015] Myoptik – Sundae_P EP | An epic 3-tracker from Leicester-based noizenik Myoptik. Lush acidic hardware electronics with glitchy acidic fills and freshly clipped beats.
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[CF016] Oxynucid – pH Series 6.5+ EP | Awesome 4/4 retro electro-acid from the live hardware maestro.
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[CF017] Communicon – This Never Happened LP | Ambient album and farewell release from Communicon. A work of unspeakable lethargy. The sound of 4AM.
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[CF018] Fractional – Still Life? EP | Dark, brooding breakbeats, haunting hooks and exotic occidental sampling Also available on vinyl. Archive Audio Player |
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[CF019] Reflexicon – Where Runs The River EP | Exquisite downtempo electronics, epic ambience and crisp beats.
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[CF020] Various Artists – Anyone Can Make Dubstep | In an homage to those true “mainstream innovators” Radiohead, we’ve taken “Anyone Can Play Guitar” and turned it into “Anyone Can Make Dubstep” a excuse to release something a little different to our usual output.
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[CF021] Formication – Dr Umens (The NeuTek Remixes) LP | Stunning, otherworldly electronic noir from The Wire-tipped duo. Imagine a world where sound art & glitch intertwine with the dark heart of human emotion.
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[CF022] Sadistician – No-One Likes An Idiot EP | An all-out aural assualt from The Centrifuge and Braincore’s electronic extremist Sadistician.
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[CF023] Myoptik – Allusion To Dance EP | Myoptik’s second EP for The Centrifuge delivers another 3 epic tracks in his distinctive atmospheric acid-electro style. The tracks are full of attention to detail, micro-edits and cheeky retro rave phrases.
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[CF024] Veqtor – Retrospective EP | Bumper 8-track EP from Sweden’s Veqtor, curator of the OXO-Unlimited netlabel. The release twists and turns between melodic junglism, max/msp-fuelled glitch explorations and a dirty, dub techno vibe.
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[CF025] Scrubber Fox – Wire My Hurumpf! LP | Feature-length 2nd instalment of acid/breakbeat/electronica from the man like Scrubber!
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[CF026] Kill Ref – Till I’ll Be Protecting You EP | A killer 4-track EP from Italian musician Kill Ref chock full of lush melodies, scatty post-jungle beats and an inventive approach to refreshing the IDM motif.
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[CF027] Oxynucid & Mrs Jynx – Symbiotix EP | Two titans of melody combine to make beautiful music together! Comprising original tracks and remixes by each other, this bumper 8-track EP is the perfect melodic electronica soundtrack to a tranquil, beautiful summer.
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[CF028] QXTC – KA-3 System 7 EP | Guitars, bass, synths and sequenced electronics come together for this concept EP about another world where all lifeforms contain photophores.
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[CF029] Yellow Then Blue – Tosche Station EP | Retroprogressive electronica ripened under the Californian sun.
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[CF030] Various Artists – The Centrifuge Remixed Double Album | Something special to celebrate reaching the ripe old age of 30. Members of The Centrifuge’s ever-growing roster and invited guests remixed a track from our back catalogue.
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[CF031] The Gasman – Inept Whoop EP | The Gasman returns for an 8-track rollercoaster ride through his skewed aural world.
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[CF032] Nick Bugayev – Sound Art Studies LP | Archive uber-glitch material from the multifaceted ‘Dr Nick’.
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[CF033] Carl Brown – The Carl Brown Album DL MP3 DL FLAC |
Sophomore release from the East Anglian wizard.
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[CF034] Nexus – Silicone Poplars LP | Debut LP of advanced electronica from the Dublin & Berlin-based producer. Release Info Page Archive Audio Player |
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[CF035] Myoptik – Do No Free A Camel Of The Burden Of His Hump EP | Leicester’s hardware noizenik returns with a fistful of obtuse electronics. Release Info Page Archive Audio Player |
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[CF036] Joel-Aime – Instant Classic LP | Occidental audio cut-up antics par excellence! Release Info Page Archive Audio Player |
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[CFMAC] Various Artists – Axis Of Amity | An exclusive, limited run CD and digital download release, available ONLY in exchange for a charity donation (£15 for CD+digi, £10 for digi only) to MacMillan Cancer Support here at our Justgiving Page.
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[CFACP] Various Artists – Netuadio 2009 | A joint compilation with the mighty Acroplane netlabel, celebrating our alliance and 2009 – great year for Netaudio.
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