The Vinyl Factory, creators of special vinyl editions for the likes of Massive Attack and Pet Shop Boys, have given the deluxe box set treatment to the new album from Air “Love 2″.

16Oct09

Just 300 copies of this edition are being made, each of them individually numbered and designed in collaboration with Air’s art director Laurent Pinon and the band themselves.

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Tags: air, ambient, atmospheric, box set, collectors edition, laurent pinon, love 2, vinyl factory

Following the huge success of his previous album “Fear Of Flying”, Big Bud delivers yet another classy and effortlessly beautiful long player “Connections”.

02Sep09

Robin O’Reilly, better known to the world as Big Bud, made his name crafting atmospheric drum & bass for labels likes Fabio’s Creative Source and LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking. In recent years though, it’s been all about his own label, Soundtrax, where he’s released a series of outstanding releases from himself and like-minded producers.

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Tags: ambient, big bud, connections, drum & bass, idm, ltj bukem, soundtrax

Dance music titans Way Out West return this fall with their fourth studio album “We Love Machine”.

21Aug09

Ah….the 90’s. For electronic dance music this was a golden era and most of the genres finest anthems were born before the millennium cracked with a triple zero. People were Born Slippy with their Block Rockin’ Beats while sittin’ on Little Fluffy Clouds. You get the idea, but certainly not lost amongst the classics is [...]

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Tags: ambient, breaks, house, jody, nick warren, progressive, tech house, techno, way out west, we love machine

Zero 7 have now completed work their fourth album to be entitled “Yeah Ghost” and released later this year.

21Jul09

Atlantic recording group Zero 7 has announced the details of their fourth studio album, “Yeah Ghost” which is due at all physical and online retailers in the U.S. on Sept. 8th.  Their first album in three years, “Yeah Ghost” is the follow up to 2006’s Grammy-nominated, critically acclaimed “The Garden”.

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Tags: ambient, downtempo, hip hop, jazz, lo-fi, soul, vocals, yeah ghost, zero7

Air to release their sixth album called “Love 2″ later this October.

20Jul09

A while ago, Air’s new track Do The Joy surfaced as a free download to the subscribers of their newsletter. Though stated that it’s only a promo single, it’ll take much for the long-time fans to not feel exuberant that the French duo is up to some more mellow mischief!

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Tags: air, ambient, lo-fi, love 2, new album, pop

The Orb will be releasing their 17th complete album “Baghdad Batteries” this September.

17Jul09

The album will be the third in the “Orbsessions” series for the UK imprint Malicious Damage. The Orb’s last two LPs in the series were made up of old tracks and undiscovered gems, yet “Baghdad Batteries” is made up of all new material.

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Tags: ambient, andy hughes, electronica, lp, malicious damage, orb, the orb

The latest full-length album from the mysterious electronic duo JJ entitled “No. 2″ is out now on Sincerely Yours.

17Jul09

0101, 0103, 0107, 0108, 0113, and 0115. Since all jj choose to show of themselves is their music, video, and occasional blood-spattered merch, then those Sincerely Yours catalogue numbers represent the sum total of what we know about them. Hell, we wouldn’t even know jj were a “them” had the group’s Gothenburg, Sweden-based, Tough Alliance-owned [...]

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Tags: ambient, atmospheric, electronica, jj, no2, reggea, sincerely yours, summer vibes

Thomas Fehlman “Good Fridge. Flowing: Ninezeronineight” reissued. Out now from R & S Records.

16Jul09

Originally released back in 1998 on Apollo Records, ambient techno pioneer Thomas Fehlmann’s anarchic collection of singles and rarities is reissued! Fehlmann injects his dreamy, kaleidoscopic beats with squiggles, whistles, and bits of loopy, chanted vocals that evoke a third world pirate radio transmission. As with his work with The Orb and Sun Electric, Fehlmann [...]

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Tags: ambient, apollo records, flowing, good fridge, ninezeronineight, r&s, techno, thomas fehlman

On the 10th of August Music Krause will release Ian Simmonds new album named “The Burgenland Dubs”.

13Jul09

There are stories which like fairy tales find a musical determination. The treasured Ian Simmonds, who currently is performing as singer and poet on tour in Japan with a 18-piece Japanese improvisational orchestra, is responsible under his given name and as Juryman for the most innovative thrust in view of new paths on the electronic [...]

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Tags: ambient, atmospheric, deep, dub, house, ian simmonds, jazzy, kompakt, musik krause, techno, the burgenland dubs

As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Warp will release a deluxe special-edition, titled Warp20 (Box Set).

10Jul09

It features new songs, older previously unreleased material from Warp artists and tracks selected as the best of the labels output by Warp fans. It also includes a beautifully produced book showcasing the labels rich design history along with an exclusive hour long mix and locked-groove vinyl set.

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Tags: ambient, aphex twin, house, idm, minimal, tech house, techno, warp, warp20