Name: COLD - Moonlight (extended) by Cold (IS)
Duration: 8 min 13 s
Description: A song from AERIALS EP on Æ-recordings that was squeezed into 4 minute version due to limited space on vinyl. Here are all glorious 8 minutes.

@octalindustries is the solo project of Jónas Thor Gudmundsson. The project was originally founded in 2003 by Jonas and Mike Sickinger, the founder of the Octal label. The debut release of their collaboration was the Automatik EP on the Transistor Rhythm output. Couple of years later they joined their friend Deep Chord for a shared 12“ release, which today is a quite a valuable gem for dub techno lovers. The three of them joined hands together later that year to create a 3x12“ release undir the pseudonym Spectral Network. The release was quite limited (111 copies) and was considered one of the most interesting 12“ releases that year by many critics. 
After the release of the Spectral Network eps the duo went for hiatus as other projects took over, also as opportunity for musical collaborations became harder as the Atlantic Ocean divides them. Jonas continued working on other projects as @ruxpin – producing numerous releases along the way. 
In 2011 the duo was asked by the French independent label @entropy-records to do some releases. As Michael was unable to participate, Jonas went on solo and worked on a full-length release, which later became Meeting of the Waves LP. Another remix followed for G.R.I.T. which was hailed by dubtechnoblog.com as the best remix of the year 2012.   
In more recent years, Octal Industries has been working on numerous collaborations with artists such as fellow Icelander @ohm-599575574 - and fruits of their work has been released on labels such as @thule-records, Rawax, @luckofaccess, @allinnrecords and many more. 
Octal Industries also released works independently in 2019 an EP entitled Julia Sets on @kontaktrecordscph, which featured a remix from the Detroit legend @mikehuckaby – and his second full-length album Our Seasons, which was released on Vertex in December 2019. 
Octal Industries, although being Icelandic in origin, works and resides in Tallinn, Estonia. 
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Tracklist:
01 Federsen - Ghanja Dub (Vade Mecum)
02 Yotam Avni - Avka (Stroboscopic Artefacts)
03 Waage - XoS27 (Unreleased)
04 Octal Industries - Spectrum (Unreleased)
05 Exos - Lag11 Minifunk (Unreleased)
06 NonniMal - Skjуla (Thule Records)
07 Altitude - Simplicity (Obscure Components)
08 Malin Genie & Selidos - Come The Morning (Berg Audio)
09 Traumer - Burning (Berg Audio)
10 Ohm & Octal Industries - Drama Chord (Exos Remix) (Rawax)
11 Ozy - Pull The Strings (Force Inc)
12 Lakefkt - Oceania (Ohm Series 003)
13 Oculus - Morph (AE Recordings)
14 Ohm & Octal Industries - Hobart (Unreleased)
15 Exos - Attfalt (Octal Industries Remix)
16 Oxun - Forward (Unreleased)
17 NonniMal - Ronja (Thule Records)
18 Exos - Svali (Waage Remix) (Unreleased)
19 Andre Kronert - Triton (Berg Audio)
20 Octal Industries - Wildfire (Kontakt)

#126 | Octal Industries (IS)

Konstantinos (@fluxion)Soublis’ music was born in urban Greece and really found its path during the mid 90s, in a city that existed in a state of ‘flux’ like no other in the 20th century. Berlin’s social, historical and political factors all came to bear both consciously and unconsciously on the musicians experimenting in the city around the turn of the millennium and the freedom in the city’s creative spirit was very much a reflection of these wider factors. This, along with the naivety and liberalism of the time, mixed with punk-like rebellion against form gave birth to many of the strains of techno and electronic music that now dominate the sound of clubs the world over. Fluxion was swept along in this wave of creating for creativity’s sake during this special time, with an organic, naturally fluid and playful attitude towards pushing artistic boundaries. With 10 Fluxion albums and numerous ep’s, his work sprawls across 2 decades. Fluxion was at the start of the Dub Techno movement that is now considered a gender with thousands of releases. Two decades of constantly releasing and blending sounds without resting on his laurels of now considered classic releases such Vibrant Forms I and II but always inducing his sound with new ideas, and embracing the free form improvisational approach which enables an artist to use his studio as an instrument not a tool. He has  collaborated with various well respected labels, such as Chain Reaction and @echocord as well as his own imprint Vibrant Music which has recently been re-launched (2017) for Fluxion and associated releases and collaborations . His more recent album works as Fluxion (Vibrant Forms III), was released in 2016 closing the trilogy commended back in 1999 on Chain Reaction. He then released (Ripple Effect) in 2018, combining electronic music with score music, and (Perspectives) in 2020 which has been described by the artist as his most personal work to date. Fluxion’s work takes the long view, “allowing sound to breath”, interact and meld together in new and unexpected ways, bringing in influences from other styles of music, classical, score, jazz, in an attempt to broaden the horizons and create new possibilities of the gender, and manages to do that keeping his characteristic sound and compositional aesthetic, keeping his music distinct.
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#135 | Fluxion (GR)

Thorhallur Skulason @thor_thule_records was dubbed the Godfather of Icelandic techno. 
As a young producer he scored his first release, Awakening the Gods during the golden era of Sven Vath’s Harthouse Records in 1995, quickly following this up with Live In Reykjavik on the German imprint soon after. Later that year Thor initiated his own agenda setting @thule-records, which would be home to fellow Icelandic luminaries @exos, Ozy, @yagya (with Thor as Sanasol). 
Like many of his generation he moved on from the music scene as techno began to become harder and loopier in the early 00s but his tracks remained staples for the likes of Richie Hawtin and Ricardo Villalobos, with the taste making DJs dipping into genre spanning range of productions credited to Thor, from his tougher releases to the tight, grooving and sexy sound that fits so well with today’s dance floors. 
The temptation to return to music became too much for Thor, with recognition coming once more after a much-anticipated reappearance with Icelandic Lost Tracks Volumes 1 & 2 on German label Connoisseur in 2010. Around 2014 musical cycles had realigned so that Thor’s slick, dubby take on house and techno was again at the forefront of techno’s relentless march. A reissue set from Berlin’s highly respected @sushitech followed, compiling Thor’s most celebrated monikers for the first time. Consequences brought together stark techno tracks such as Aliens Don’t Boogie and the fluid, housey leanings of Oz Artists’ As If The Living Were Moving for a new generation of clued up techno lovers. Simultaneously in Iceland the producer was readying his own Thule label for a run of retrospective releases including the much sought after The Normal Spot by Sanasol and Richie Hawtin’s secret weapon T1/T2.
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#144 | THOR (IS)

Elemental Focus (DJ Set)

On the 9th of may 2020 Pascal FEOS died!
This is a tribute to the 5th death of day of Pascal FEOS.
Pascal died of stomach cancer five years ago in Bad Nauheim.

It is my tribute to a real legend, a person who never lost his laughing. 

We never met often, but when we, we always had fun! 
He was a very special person with a great deal of warmth.

In his honor, I made a remix of the track "NORTHERN LIGHTS" from his first album.

Dear Pascal, I hope you enjoy this track. 
You are and always have been a very special person and an inspiration to me.

Thank you for giving the world so many wonderful moments, tracks, days, and nights. 
Thank you so much for all that great music and for all the things you did.

THANKS PASCAL!

I think very often of you.

Rest in peace - miss you!


.:/ DEUTSCH /:.

Am 9. Mai 2020 ist Pascal FEOS gestorben!
Dies ist eine Hommage zum 5. Todestag von Pascal FEOS.
Pascal starb vor fünf Jahren in Bad Nauheim an Magenkrebs.

Es ist meine Hommage an eine wahre Legende, einen Menschen, der nie sein Lachen verloren hat.
Wir haben uns zwar nicht oft getroffen, aber wenn wir uns trafen, hatten wir immer Spaß!
Er war ein ganz besonderer Mensch mit viel Herzlichkeit.

Ihm zu Ehren habe ich einen Remix des Tracks „NORTHERN LIGHTS“ von seinem ersten Album aufgenommen.

Lieber Pascal, ich hoffe, dir gefällt dieser Track.
Du bist und warst schon immer ein ganz besonderer Mensch und eine Inspiration für mich.
Danke, dass du der Welt so viele wundervolle Momente, Tracks, Tage und Nächte geschenkt hast.
Vielen Dank für all die tolle Musik und für alles, was du getan hast.

Danke, Pascal!

Ich denke sehr oft an dich.

Ruhe in Frieden – ich vermisse dich!

Mastered by Micheal Lehnhuss.

Pascal FEOS - Northern Lights (Marco Freudenberg Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD

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A song from AERIALS EP on Æ-recordings that was squeezed into 4 minute version due to limited space on vinyl. Here are all glorious 8 minutes.

COLD - Moonlight (extended)

Waage - W8 (ft.Cold) - Waage Master

Today we have a very special NY gift with some unreleased tracks.

DJ and producer Bjarnar Jonsson aka Ohm (@ohm-599575574) is one of the leading figures in the Icelandic contemporary techno scene. Widely associated with iconic labels such as @thule-records, @achim-szepanski, @rawax-chiwax-housewax, @luckofaccess , @tapedartifact, @kontacthelsinki and @allinnrecords !

Ohm stays true to his roots by consistently innovating his interpretation of techno music, intergrating soul and innovation with the scene. 

The #Copenhagen - based artist was born and raised in #Reykjavik, #Iceland, and caught the music bug early on. In 1999 his debut release, a collaboration with the Icelandic techno legend @exos, was released on Force Inc and was critically acclaimed. Since then he has been a constant source of techno anthems – most recently releasing his works on Thule Records, Rawax,Taped artifact, AE records, @xozmusic, @solid-groove-records and Kontakt records – and working with veterans such as @octalindustries and his long time collaborator @exos, and now recently with @kvadrant, label boss of Kontakt records and host of the legendary Tweak fm shows. He has been a regular guest at the legendary techno club Culture Box in Copenhagen – alongside frequently performing in his native country. 

Because of Ohm’s unique style, it’s hard to label his music but you can definitely hear influences from Detroit tunes, dub and of course classic minimal techno. He tries hard not to be limited to any specific formulas and manages in that way to successfully create his own distinctive sound. Constantly evolving his production skills and questioning the things around him. Ohm seeks to inspire his listeners with sounds both reduced and rough, balanced by emotional and surprising moments throughout his sets. Between pure techno, banging dub techno tracks, tracks old and new, Ohm communicates his message with an apparent effortlessness.

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#066 | OHM (IS)

@exos is one of the most experienced techno artists from Iceland since the mid-nineties. He has made a multitude of releases throughout the years, along with his 4th album in 2020. His debut appeared in 1997 with his first Ep on the legendary dub-influenced label @thule-records, which is known for its rare signature minimal sound. His third album, ‘My Home is Sonic’, was reissued in 2015 by Dutch mainstay, @delsinrecords. It is lauded as a classic of modern dub techno and was voted album of the year 2001 by “mbl.is“, one of most prominent newspaper sources in Iceland. 
Surging back to the forefront starting in 2013 based on critical reevaluation of his catalog, he used this as a fulcrum to renew his already-storied career with new material and reissues of lost classics on @triprecordings by @nina-kraviz. He opened the @xozmusic label for the versatility of the deeper spectrum while launching @planetxsociety for the harder versions of @exos. This versatility of style and sensitivity both in the studio and onstage are key to his enduring appeal, as he possesses an innate ability to go from the most experimental compositions to the most elegant sound waves, always keeping with a very particular sense of harmony in one of the highest examples of total destruction of endless rawness. Released on such labels: @triprecordings, @planetxsociety, @figure-official, @thule-records, @delsinrecords, @berg_audio, Mosaic by @stephenos1, Force Inc., Symbolism by @ben-sims and others.
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#081 | Exos (IS)

Ísar Logi Arnarsson, better known as Cold garnered widespread attention in the mid-nineties with his track 'Strobelight Network' on the very first output from Thule Records, championed by German techno legend, Sven Väth, as his closing record at Love Parade in Berlin 1995.

The signature sounds of Cold are playful tribal grooves, ruff basslines and atmospheric sounds. He tries hard not to be limited to any specific formulas and manages in that way to successfully create his own distinctive sound. Constantly evolving his production skills and questioning the things around him.
( Sónar 2018 - Reykjavik )

COLD - Moonlight (extended)

Cold (IS)

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