The Centrifuge Archive (2008-14)

Blog

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – TONIGHT – Exclusive Guest mix from IJO (Blikmusik, Plain Audio, Sutemos)

    IJOThis week we’ve a guest mix from Lithuanian IJO (pronounced ee-yo, just so you know). His album ‘Delay Preform’ on Blikmusik has been one of my favourites over the last few months, and he’s put together a collection of out there, glitched up, yet melody driven tracks for us. An hour of his own material featuring tracks from Delay Preform, his other releases on Bit-Phalanx, Plain Audio and Sutemos, and some unreleased material.

    In addition, we’ve music from the new Brian Eno lp, Somatic Responses, 505, Posthuman, Sileni, Distance, Skeptikal, Jilk, Becoming Real, and more…

    www.brap.fm – 10-12pm

  • [MALTA] 19/02/11 The Centrifuge 4th Birthday with GLOBAL GOON / RIVAL CONSOLES / KILL REF / QUIP / MISSAW

    [MALTA] 19/02/11 The Centrifuge 4th Birthday: GLOBAL GOON / RIVAL CONSOLES / KILL REF / QUIP / MISSAW / CSS RESIDENTS

    Saturday 19th February 22:00 till late / 15 Euro on the door
    Liquid Club, Limits of San Gwann, Malta

    Global Goon (Rephlex, Planet Mu – UK)
    Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes – UK)
    Kill Ref (Labyrinth – IT)
    Quip (STFU – UK)
    missaw (The Centrifuge – DE)
    CSS Residents (Complex Sound Sagacity – MT)

    Oh, to be 4 years old. In human years we’re a diminutive malevolent skinbag filled with blood, crap and bile. In Centrifuge years we’ve been fortunate enough to spawn a wee spinning machine that has organised some notorious parties around the UK and Europe, runs a fortnightly radio show, operates a growing family of digital labels and an artist agency. It’s been a busy time for us and it feels like time to celebrate!

    We’ve decided to make quite a big deal out of this one, so we’ve assembled a killer team of live cadets who are heading to our new favourite place – the mediterrenean island of Malta – as we team up with the Complex Sound Sagacity crew for a BIG BAD ACID RAVEUP at Liquid Club.

    Top of the list is Rephlex and Planet Mu’s legendary acidmeister GLOBAL GOON, bringing his filthiest 303 lines and tweaked up variants of techno, electro and breakbeat ahead of his performance at Bloc Weekend. London’s RIVAL CONSOLES fuses electro, pop and IDM and twists them into pulsating megaliths of percussion and melody. With his second album on the luminous Erased Tapes Records on the horizon, you’ll get to see what all the fuss is soon going to be about. KILL REF is our Roman acid and techno guru, with a impressive discography and the sweat of most European cities spilled to his electrifying sets. Leeds’ QUIP is packing a hardware punch, playing electro and techno with a twisted attitude to pitch and rhythm. No stranger to Malta, MISSAW will play a special anniversary DJ set taking in some of the music that has shaped the past 12 months for The Centrifuge.

    ————

    GLOBAL GOON
    According to his press bio, Global Goon’s Johnny Hawk is a former shepherd from Liverpool who earned a recording contract after moving to London and rooming with Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) for a time. Hawk had worked in the capital for a multimedia company while making music on the side; after moving into a shared house with James, he released his first album Goon on Rephlex in 1996. Rumors that Goon actually was Aphex Twin persisted even after the release of Cradle of History 4 years later.

    Planet Mu / We Me Records Syntheme project is a recognised alias of Global Goon and his recent live / DJ performances exhibit his tweaked-up take on acid house, techno and disco.

    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/global-goon
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy7N4jlA59U
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1jVMxrFXxY

    RIVAL CONSOLES
    Born in the winter of 1985, Ryan Lee West grew up in the small city of Leicester in the midlands of England. Fascinated by sound from an early age, Ryan chose to dedicate his time to studying, experimenting with and producing sound at De Montfort University Leicester before relocating to London. West strives to humanise and at the same time emphasise entirely computerised sounds to defy categorisation in modern electronic music. Rival Consoles combines a clever and complex mix of hard-hitting beats with catchy acid melodies.

    Or as he describes it in his own words: ‘Rival Consoles is a musical project where I take ideas which are cheap and processed, and combine them with rich, unpredictable patterns – resulting in music which appears commercial yet typically against commercial music at the same time.’

    http://www.myspace.com/rivalconsoles
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Jet-ZEOCQ
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EODD6mYYevI

    KILL REF
    Kill Ref, born as Alessandro Signore, started his own musical path in the early 1994 DJing at several small independent techno parties located between Rome and Naples. His sound has always straightaway pointed out his natural suitability for an avantagarded style such both regarding Autechre’s And Aphex Twin’s visionary rhythmic choices, the strong heirlooms of Mills’ and Hood’s Detroit techno, the Rotterdam ravish hardtouch, the industrial echoes of the early Nitzer Ebb and Front242. Actually more regardless of any time signature, KR can inspire people both moving and travelling through an ecstatic obsessive dance: that’s the simplest and then purest meaning of the complexshaped language inside his dancefloor appeal. The everlasting love for the industrial landscapes and ruins and then the growing dark influence affecting his hybrid productions can let KR glaringly be considered as the “industrial-techno forerunner married with an electronic glitching, drilling hyperuranium”.

    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/kill-ref/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa89YczisAU
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb5UO28vpd4

    QUIP
    Experiments in small suburban bedroom, playing guitar in a punk band, classical guitar, show band, making tracks with a one second sampler, getting my first PC and rinsing the Soundblaster card, working to pay for equipment, making tracks on trains, in basements and in peoples houses, more bands, loss of my music partner, learning how to write tunes, recording the guitar, making sounds with the guitar that doesn’t sound like the guitar, working as a sound engineer, doing lots of gigs, working to pay for equipment, moving house, splitting up with long term girlfriend, making more music, releasing music for I Can Count, Hippocamp, more gigs, working with STFU collective, teaching music technology, moving house, making more music, working to pay for equipment, joining some more bands, doing some music for The Centrifuge and Inaudible Answer, making music for TV and film, doing more gigs….

    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/quip
    http://www.quipmusic.co.uk/wordpress/

    MISSAW
    Resident miscreant and birthday boy.

    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/missaw
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3kun-SzZ0
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyamBah3xM

    ————

    Around the web:
    https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk
    http://www.soundsagacity.com
    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge
    http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk
    http://www.twitter.com/thecentrifuge

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show TONIGHT – Guest mix from Kouhei Matsunaga (Wordsound, Skam, Raster-Noton)

    NHKyx

    The Centrifuge Radio Show returns, and this week we have a half hour guest mix from Kouhei Matsunaga (Wordsound, Skam, Raster-Noton). With fans and collaborators including Merzbow and Sean Booth (Autechre), Kouhei straddles the line between glitch, techno and hip hop, crafting intelligent beats that move the listener. We’re very proud to have a half hour mix to present, and hope you enjoy it. If you do, you might want to check him on tour in 2011…

    In addition, new music from Various Productions, Galaxian, Quip, Pariah, Becoming Real, Tudor Acid, Inigo Kennedy, Martsman and more.

    www.brap.fm 10-12pm gmt – Archive on www.mixcloud.com/ursa or the brap.fm site.

    Mal / Ursa

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – Guest Mix from CURSOR MINER (Uncharted Audio, Lo Recordings)

    Cursor Miner

    This week The Centrifuge Radio Show is graced by the prescence of Mr Rob Tubb – aka Chichester genius/madman CURSOR MINER. Hot on the heels of his critically acclaimed ‘Requires Attention’ lp, Rob’s put together a quirky mix of glitched up-techno-dubstep-electro, soaring from beautiful astronomic melodies to out and out filth. Hold on to your eardrums for this one.

    In addition we’ve new music from Pariah, Untold, Fitzambrose, Dead Fader, Scuba, ASC, Apparat, Takeshi Nakamura, Pinch, Marcel Dettmann and more, as well as details of a rather special competition in the lead up to christmas

    Tune in 10-12pm gmt, www.brap.fm, or listen to the archives via brap.fm, mixcloud.com/ursa, and now through Phuture Frequency at pfradio.com, as well as the PF and Brap podcasts through iTunes.

    Also, for those of you in the Bristol and Brighton areas, don’t forget i’ll be playing at the Brap 4th Birthday in Bristol on Saturday 27th, and Gonzo at the Volks in Brighton on the 24th – full details on the Ursa fanpage – and Londoners – don’t forget The Centrifuge midweek session with Monster X, Dead Fader, Rival Consoles, Gareth Clarke, Volitune and Missaw on Tuesday 16th at the Macbeth in Shoreditch.

    Mal / Ursa

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – TONIGHT – with exclusive live set from VOLITUNE

    We’re back on brap.fm tonight, this week with an hour long live set from The Centrifuge’s own Volitune. Recorded live in Dublin earlier this month, there’s a host of glorious acid, some snappy drum work and the odd smattering of Jungle. And with any luck, we’ll have Volitune in the studio to have a brief chat too..

    In addition there’s new music from Space Dimension Controller, Duskky, Darkstar, Shobaleader One, Rockwell, Rustie, Skip, Randomform and more, as well as a little tribute to the late, much missed, John Peel.

    Don’t forget to join the facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ursa/154052451291288

    www.brap.fm – 10-12pm gmt Tonight, or listen to the archives on the radio link above, or at mixcloud.com/ursa

    Ursa

  • [CF051] Rotodrone Remixed LP Released

    [CF051] Rotodrone Remixed LP Released

    Released on Sunday 24th October 2010 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

    _______________________________

    Please enter your email address below to download the ZIP Archive (11 Tracks + Artwork, 320kbps MP3, 141 MB). A link will be emailed to you.

    Privacy & Anti-Spam notice: We are building a low-frequency label only mailing list. We will send no more than one email per month to you, focussed on our new releases. We will never sell, share or otherwise desecrate your private information!

    _______________________________

    A collection of remixes based on [CF043] Rotodrone – Diving Bell LP.

    Tracklist:
    1. Crocidura Turba (Scrubber Fox Remix)
    2. Rings Around The Sun (Vertical67 Remix)
    3. Bolyalphase (Yellow Then Blue Remix)
    4. Fell (Eutechnik Remix)
    5. Bolyaiphase (Quip Remix)
    6. Fell (Volitune Remix)
    7. Skelton Junction (Oxynucid Remix)
    8. Crocidura Turba (Mrs Jynx Remix)
    9. Fell (Sage Taylor Remix)
    10. Skeleton Junction (Prima Mater Unmix)
    11. Slow Wave (Roy of the Ravers Around The World In 80 Raves Mix)

    Download from website: www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
    Press/Contact: info@thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Artist Profile:
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/rotodrone

    Mastering by Alex Wintermute at Sonic Lab Studios.

    Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.

    The Centrifuge: Experimental electronic events, label and artist management.
    View our artist agency website: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    http://www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge
    http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk

    http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Centrifuge
    http://sonicsquirrel.net/detail/label/The_Centrifuge/1267

  • The Centrifuge Showcase Mix for Acroplane

    A new label & agency showcase mix by missaw has just been released by Acroplane Recordings as part of their mix series. It contains 70 minutes of bass, beats, step, noise and glitch and is packed with exclusives from our roster. Hope you enjoy, tracklist and links to more information on artists are below.

    Somatic Responses – Emblem Of Belief
    Vaetxh – Mass
    Point B – Suicide Beauty Spot
    Spatial – 100319
    Vaetxh – Unfolding Mechanism
    Puzzleweasel vs Richard Devine – Mad Bonce
    Kouhei Matsunaga – 440
    Dead Fader – Autumn Rot
    Funckarma – Woodface
    Scrubber Fox – Cat Bags
    Igorrr – Valse en Decomposition (Raoul Sinier Remix)
    Exillon – Chapi Chapo Remix
    Digger – Brookfield Grime (Scheme Boy Remix)
    Vaetxh – Cuntpressor
    Flint Kids – The Cantor Dust (Monster X Polycephalic Remix)
    Dead Fader – Got IBS

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – TONIGHT – with an exclusive interview with Macc & dgoHn (Rephlex, Subtle Audio)

    Robert ‘Macc’ Maccioci & John ‘dgoHn’ Cunnane have a fine back catalogue of solo work – twisted drum workouts and heavy bass abound, with fans including Aphex Twin. Their recent LP ‘Some Shit Saaink’ on Subtle Audio has been one of my favourite releases of the last year, and to celebrate the release of the Rephlex-licenced CD, I cornered the boys for an evening’s chat in an East London boozer. I was looking forward to the interview for a long time, and the boys didn’t disappoint. Alongside the chatter, there’s a selection of tunes from the album and previous releases, and in addition we’ve the usual host of new music, including tracks from the forthcoming Cursor Miner LP ‘ Requires Attention’, new material from Scorn, Kelpe, and Hurtdeer and new releases from Jimmy Edgar, Sepalcure, James Blake, Pangaea and more.

    Don’t forget to join the facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ursa/154052451291288

    www.brap.fm – 10-12pm gmt Tonight, or listen to the archives on the radio link above, or at mixcloud.com/ursa

    Ursa

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – Exclusive guest mix from Kone-R (Uncharted Audio)

    This week we’ve a fantastic guest mix from the man behind Uncharted Audio – Kone-R. With a host of UA exclusives and a smattering of industrial classics (starting off with a beauty from Coil) this sounds unlike any of the mixes we’ve had so far. I’ve really enjoyed listening to it this week, and i’m intrigued to see what the chatroom think…

    Alongside which, we’ve new tunes from Cosmin TRG, Al Tourettes and Appleblim, Burial, Medschool’s new ‘More Blood 010’ compilation, Radioactive Man, Cex, Baconhead, Global Goon and many more.

    Also,for anyone in the Bristol area, i’ll be playing at the Brap.FM 4th Birthday in November, doing a b2b set with the vinyl genius that is Chris Airplays. More details at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=129517910433266&ref=mf

    Don’t forget to join the new facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ursa/154052451291288. If you’re that way inclined.

    Don’t forget – Thurs Sep 30th, 10pm-12pm gmt, www.brap.fm

    Ursa

  • [CF050] Roy of the Ravers – 2010 Annual EP Released

    Archive Audio Player

    [CF050] Roy of the Ravers – 2010 Annual EP Released

    Released on Sunday 19th September 2010 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

    _______________________________

    Please enter your email address below to download the ZIP Archive (7 Tracks + Artwork, 320kbps MP3, 107 MB). A link will be emailed to you.

    Download CF050 ZIP

    Privacy & Anti-Spam notice: We are building a low-frequency label only mailing list. We will send no more than one email per month to you, focussed on our new releases. We will never sell, share or otherwise desecrate your private information!

    _______________________________

    ———————-
    NEWS FLASH!! ROY TAPES AVAILABLE FOR FREE WHILE STOCKS LAST.

    C60 cassette version with bonus unreleased tracks of ROTR – Annual 2010 available.

    Send SAE to: ROY HQ, 5 Marshall Road, Mapperley, Nottingham NG3 6HS’

    Please ensure return postage is sufficient for a cassette and return envelope is big enough.
    ———————-

    Top of the league for acid!

    Tracklist:
    1. Abstract Ibiza
    2. Radford Raver
    3. Acid Hors D’Oeuvre
    4. Saturn 16
    5. Acid Destiny
    6. Acid House Decadance (feat. vocals by Myoptik)
    7. Acid House Decadance (Myoptik Flashback Remix)

    Roy of the Ravers – Acid Hors D’Oeuvre from the centrifuge on Vimeo.

    Download from website: www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
    Press/Contact: info@thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Artist Profile:
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/roy-of-the-ravers/

    Everything By Sam Buckley, except mastering by Alex Wintermute at Sonic Lab Studios.

    Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.

    The Centrifuge: Experimental electronic events, label and artist management.
    View our artist agency website: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    http://www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge
    http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk

    http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Centrifuge
    http://sonicsquirrel.net/detail/label/The_Centrifuge/1267

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – TONIGHT – With special guest Missqulater

    On this edition of The Centrifuge Radio Show, we’re proud to have from Japanese wonderkid MISSQULATER. After a couple of glorious releases on Tres Catorce, his new ‘Unfinished Downer’ ep on Karakasa is yet another stunning piece of work. He’s very kindly agreed to give us an hour of his favourite tunes, including unreleased Missqulater material alongside tracks from Autechre, Duran Duran Duran, Wagon Christ, Kettel, Vodor L Zeck and more. In addition, we’ll have new material from Kassem Mosse, Commix, Kab Driver, Radioactive Man, Funckarma, The Wee DJs, and tracks from the long awaited Roy of the Ravers ep, 2010 Annual. We’ll also have some news about our guests for October, including an announcement we’ve been waiting MONTHS to make 🙂

    There’s also a new facebook page for Ursa and The Centrifuge Radio Show at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ursa/154052451291288. Join up for more regular updates and details on forthcoming guests!

    Tune in Thursday 16th September 10-12pm gmt at www.brap.fm. You can listen again afterwards via mixcloud.com/ursa, download the archives via the brap.fm site or via iTunes. Why not try out the brap.fm application? 1-click listening – just dl from the brap.fm site.

    Catch you later,

    Ursa

  • [LDN] 16/11 The Centrifuge Midweek Sessions – MONSTER X / DEAD FADER / MORE

    The Centrifuge Midweek Sessions

    Tuesday 16th November 19:00-01:00 / £3 OTD
    The MacBeth, 70 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6LP.

    Monster X (Tigerbeat6, Peace Off)
    Dead Fader (3By3)
    Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes)
    Gareth Clarke (Sublight)
    Volitune (The Centrifuge)
    missaw (The Centrifuge)

    Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157298597620583

    ————
    The Centrifuge returns to its occasional midweek residency at The MacBeth for an diverse evening of live electronic music. Having burst the walls with DMX KREW and BOGDAN “COLESLAW” RACZYNSKI and then swiftly followed with RADIOACTIVE MAN, THE DOUBTFUL GUEST and TUDOR ACID at the start of the summer, the benchmark has been set. Now that things are chilling down in the capital its time to get down and dirty with the uncompromising electro-drill of MONSTER X, DEAD FADER’S bass led noise, RIVAL CONSOLES’ avant pop, GARETH CLARKE’S advanced electronics and VOLITUNE’S funky acid. All that for three quid? You better believe it!

    MONSTER X
    Professional radio / tv sound designer by day, electro-breakcore mentalist by night, this smiling misfit has caused so much recent mayhem in his hometown of Grenoble (France), that only London could take him. Since arriving here, he’s already torn up all four corners of the city and events all across Europe. Remember his show-stopping performance at Glade 2009? If not, check this – it was the highlight of our weekend!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94bY2ssV2Y
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/monster-x/

    DEAD FADER
    Dead Fader make heavy electronic bass/noise music, specializing in nasty sounds and nasty distortion. Currently signed to Cloaks label 3BY3, they released their debut album, Corrupt My Examiner, in April 2010 to critical acclaim. They are one of the few acts to successfully merge dubstep with heavy industrial sounds and make it work on the dancefloor. They never fail to impress when performing live and are possibly the loudest electronic live act ever known!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8ZFba1Ags
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/dead-fader/

    RIVAL CONSOLES
    With his highly anticipated debut album IO released on Erased Tapes Records in 2009, West crafted an electronic record to transcend the discerning and flirt a little with the club culture. With rave reviews from XLR8R, NME, DJ Mag, The Milk Factory, Musikexpress the arrival of a new talent on the scene was heralded, and the buzz has been building yet more. Now primed to deliver his second studio opus this Winter, his sound has taken on another dimension as the cutting edge marries with his pop sensibilities.
    http://vimeo.com/3119537
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/rival-consoles/

    GARETH CLARKE
    The word ‘genius’ has been used to describe Gareth Clarke a few too many times for it to be simply hyperbole. Taking his cue from lush textural melodic electronics and the intensity of post-DSP drill’n’bass his heady mix of intricate sonics provide the perfect pleasure amalgam for body and brain. Stay tuned for new album announcement soon…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKaZB96HlUk
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/gareth-clarke/

    VOLITUNE
    Sweet acid, funk basslines and live instrumentation all feature in Volitune’s live sets. Get down early to enjoy!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ee0ZpGvKlI
    http://www.myspace.com/volitune

    MISSAW
    Resident miscreant.
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/missaw
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3kun-SzZ0
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyamBah3xM

    ————

    Around the web:
    https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/
    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge
    http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk
    http://www.twitter.com/thecentrifuge

  • The Centrifuge Showcase Mix on Electronic Explorations

    Here it is! The Centrifuge and Acroplane hook up once more to deliver 2x 40minutes of weird and wonderful music for the ever-excellent Electronic Explorations podcast series.

    Check it out!

    http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/122-acroplane-and-centrifuge/

    Archive Audio Player

    Acroplane Recordings
    [01] – automatic tasty – big bad
    [02] – koen park – a figurative gestation
    [03] – red box recorder – the king’s english
    [04] – mad ep – no. 14 in e minor
    [05] – baconhead – goonies
    [06] – electromeca – crusin’ for concrete
    [07] – t-polar – zero
    [08] – hurtdeer – anhedonia
    [09] – sietzen – thelma step
    [10] – mothboy – fight song
    [11] – dead sound – flipside
    [12] – ebola – portland 2cb
    [13] – wagawaga – cheeky bastard
    [14] – igorr – oesphage de tourterelle
    [15] – electromeca – steam funk
    [16] – mad ep vs. larvae – stepping amongst daysleepers
    [17] – wahn – slow controller
    [18] – molez – routine
    [19] – somatic responses – shinjuku walk
    [20] – prince kong – stamina
    [21] – vertical 67 – float

    The Centrifuge Tracklisting:
    [01] – The Weather Channel – Weather Channel 5
    [02] – Quip – Babs
    [03] – Vaetxh – The Sky Is An Abyss
    [04] – The Gasman – Polymerase
    [05] – Rotodrone – Bolyaiphase (Yellow Then Blue Remix)
    [06] – Koolmorf Widesen – Bow94 (Scrubber Fox Remix)
    [07] – Eutechnik – Untitled 1
    [08] – Tudor Acid – Robot Cowboy Rides A Robot Horse
    [09] – EOD – Cannibal Acid
    [10] – Wisp – Untitled
    [11] – Gareth Clarke – Semmlweis
    [12] – Carl Brown – Day Before Day
    [13] – Global Goon – mAKE ME
    [14] – Roy of the Ravers – Radford Raver
    [15] – Rotodrone – Rings Around The Sun (Vertical67 Remix)
    [16] – Eutechnik – Untitled 2

    Acroplane
    The mix is a selection put together by Mad EP and the label.

    Acroplane is a long established label based in Belfast. Firstly starting as a free music only label, they’ve recently started to also sell a 2nd line of releases via most digi stores including records by Porcelain Minotaurs (aka Bong-ra), Electromeca, Baconhead and wAgAwAgA.

    Keep an eye out for soon — New releases from Sunken Foal, Somatic Responses, T-Polar, Mad EP and Mothboy amongst others.

    Acroplane still release the occasional freebie too from quality up and coming artists needing exposure.

    —

    The Centrifuge label & agency showcase mix for Electronic Explorations.

    Compiled by missaw in Berlin, June 2010.

    The Centrifuge is a global artist collective interested in all forms of experimental and electronic music. It was formed in early 2007 by missaw and NeuteK whilst residing in Nottingham, UK. At the start it was just those two playing once a month in the back room of the now defunct Blueprint Nightclub.

    missaw would play some nice tunes and NeuteK would play a tracker liveset, or live coding, or maybe hacking dance mat software to make people fall over. Simple times. Captain Chaos and Sadistician of sister label Braincore Recordings also got involved and things were fun if a little inconsequential.

    Then the club got closed down, and we decided to organise events in places like London, Manchester, Leeds, Malta and Berlin. We started our free digital label in June 2008 and have put out 50 releases thus far, with approximately 100k downloads to date. 2010 has been a busy year for The Centrifuge so far, as the label HQ relocation to Berlin in January was accompanied by the announcement of an artist management & booking agency and a significant roster expansion.

    Most of the tracks in this selection for Electronic Explorations are fresh cuts from our label with a few two exclusive treats from our agency crew for good measure. Hope you enjoy!

  • The Centrifuge Radio Show – TONIGHT! – Exclusive guest mix from POSTHUMAN

    On this week’s show we’ve a corker – a brand new exclusive guest mix from POSTHUMAN. Josh has put together a fantastic collection of tracks for us, including classic Orbital and Boards of Canada, Speedy J, Rustie, Ardisson, Hrdvision, Global Goon and many more.

    Add to that new music from Venetian Snares, Baths, Drum Eyes, Shed, Funckarma, Fourtet, Cosmin TRG, Eats Tapes, Dorian Concept, IJO, Stingray313 and many more.

    Tune in Thursday 2nd August, 10-12pm gmt at www.brap.fm. You can listen again afterwards via mixcloud.com/ursa, download the archives via the brap.fm site or via iTunes. Why not try out the brap.fm application? 1-click listening – just dl from the brap.fm site.

    See you in the chatroom,

    Ursa

  • 31/08/10 Agency Newsletter: Funckarma, Combat AV, Mrs Jynx, Herv, Gareth Clarke, Scheme Boy

    The Centrifuge Agency Newsletter
    Artist Update – August 2010
    Cutting edge live electronic and electro-acoustic music, audiovisual installations, performance art, music PR & consultancy and lecture / seminar sessions.
    Funckarma – New Releases
    Funckarma are available for live & DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk
    Funckarma have a series of releases on the horizon, from the low frequency sonic exploration of ‘Dubstoned 5’, to their reconstruction of seminal album ‘Bion Glent’ and Roel Funcken’s ‘Daze Flextone’ EP. Amongst the most accomplished and diverse recording artists in the game, they carry that diversity, creativity and energy into their live performances & DJ sets.

    More information & live sets on Funckarma’s Profile Page
    Combat AV – New Electronic Explorations Videocast
    Combat AV is available for live audiovisual & Stormfield DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.
    Combat AV brings together the visual and sonic elements of the seminal Combat Recordings label in a fluid live dancefloor-rocking audio visual performance that’s already been showcased at Plex, REC Festival (Spain) and FutureEverything Festival (Manchester). With forthcoming dates in Croatia, Czech Republic and London and a recent AV feature in the popular Electronic Explorations podcast series Combat AV is riding high on the wave of new technology.
    Mrs Jynx – New Album on Planet Mu
    Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.
    Mrs Jynx’s second album on Planet Mu was recently released and represents the cemeting of her position as the UK’s premier purveyor of easy-listening electronica. Delicious on its own, or the perfect aperitif to a more uptempo main course.
    Herv – Post-Jungle Rave Master
    Herv is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.
    Herv is Dublin-based Ewan Hennelly, an expert in the art of making dancefloors SWEAT. Using every tool at his disposal, including acid, jungle, techno and old-skool influences he provides a mastercalss in the art of RAVE.
    Gareth Clarke – New Album Soon
    Gareth Clarke is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk
    The word ‘genius’ has been used to describe Gareth Clarke a few too many times for it to be simply hyperbole. Taking his cue from lush textural melodic electronics and the intensity of post-DSP drill’n’bass his heady mix of intricate sonics provide the perfect pleasure amalgam for body and brain. Stay tuned for new album announcement soon…
    Scheme Boy – Ruff and Tumble

    Scheme Boy is available for live and DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.
    Scheme Boy is a stalwart of the London electronica and breakcore landscapes, having had a hand in many of the best happenings in the capital over the past decade. Never one for sticking to any one style, a Scheme Boy set could take you through a variety of genres, tempos and sonic tapestries whilst never forgetting to keep you grooving along. Although the back catalogue of his releases would indicate a hardcore/breakcore artist (albeit a melodic one), its on the dancefloor that you’ll experience the full spectrum of his sound which covers IDM, wonky techno, dubstep, jungle, DnB and of course hardcore.
    View our full roster: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk
    Recent Newsletters: