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Shura | Recreated Silence | Forms & Figures

Buy : https://ffm.to/ff029
 
01 - Alone (Instrumental)
02 - Snowdrops
03 - Room in a Room
04 - Heaven
05 - Shellac
06 - Alone (Dub Taylor Mix)
07 - Busta Thromp
08 - Brightness

"Recreated Silence" was originally intended to be Dub Taylor’s second album. Since Alex Krüger had just released his Dub Techno debut, the "Forms And Figures" album on Raum…musik in early 2001 and another LP "Detect" was already planned to be released in autumn that same year via Forcetracks, seven of the album tracks had been put out under the Shura moniker on the "3b" Label in summer 2001. It often happens that an unfamiliar name gets overlooked even though it most likely would have reached a wider audience with a bigger name on it. So unfortunately this happened here too. While the two Dub Taylor albums both became genre classics for many in the Dub House/Dub Techno field, though the tracks of the double vinyl were un-mistakenly unique Dub Taylor trademark beauties of that era, the Shura album stayed completely under the radar.
 
What fascinates us the most is, how much "Recreated Silence" is the perfect connection between "Forms And Figures" and "Detect". There's the more dirty, atmospheric and experimental approach of the debut paired with the tools, loops and the minimalism of the Forcetracks LP. If you ask the man himself, he'll tell you that even after twenty years this still is his favourite of the three Dub Taylor albums in 2001. There was also a fourth, yet unreleased album, recorded in 2001 that goes beyond the Detect-vibe. But that’s a different story and very likely to be released here in the future.
 
For the reissue we've chosen to swap the original vocal version of "Alone" with its formerly unreleased instrumental mix. The Recreated Silence sessions also included three more unknown tracks of which we felt the spooky ambient tune "Shellac" to blend in perfectly with the other seven tunes from the original "3b" release.
 
So here it is again, freshly remastered, dubby, dirty and for the first time available digital. We really hope you like it as much as we do.
 
All tracks are remastered by Salz Mastering in Cologne.

Recreated Silence

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Shura | Room in a Room | Forms & Figures

Shura | Heaven | Forms & Figures

Shura Alone | Alone (Dub Taylor Mix) | Forms & Figures

Tigerskin | Playgrounds Ep | Forms & Figures

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01 - Pink Zebra
02 - Hirokos Riddim
03 - Melancoholic
04 - 33 Travellers

With his new EP, Alex Krüger aka Tigerskin continues his journey through wild, versatile and groovy Caribbean moods and beyond pure club functionality. Pink Zebra and Melancoholic both transport proper island vibes with a wink yet are still undoubtful Tigerskin trademark productions. Hirokos Riddim is a wet-sounding homage to the ‘Sleng Teng Riddim,’ a preset groove found in a certain trashy Japanese keyboard of the early 80s that accidentally lead to the invention of Dancehall Music by King Jammy and Wayne Smith in the mid 80s. The EP closes with the majestic rock-ish 33 Travellers, a tune based on a groove of another model of japanese trash keyboards that Alex distorted and recorded through grannies old tube radio when he was a teenager. Positive vibes for y'all! 

All tracks mixed by Stefan Janson and mastered by Salz Mastering in Cologne.

Playgrounds EP

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Tigerskin | Hirokos Riddim | Forms & Figures

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Number six in our Break 3000 revisited classics series looks back at the pre Dirt Crew era in Cologne between 2002 and 2005. When he first made contact with the Traum and Trapez network by visiting the Kompakt record store frequently. In this period Break 3000 made a switch from pure Electro to Techno and House and crafted a unique style that can't be put in a box really, it's a mix of Trance, Techno, Electro, Rave, what later would be stamped "Electro House" by some.

The first track "Flash" was released on MBF in 2005, a sub label by Traum Schallplatten and was picked up by many DJ's back than and created a real buzz for it's Epic sound and lenght .. a real trip! The second track "Fix" was written in the same session and is filled with the love for early 90s rave records, hence the vocal samples! This track was released on his first solo EP on Dirt Crew Recordings back in 2005. 

All tracks were mastered by Salz Mastering in Cologne.

Flash / Fix

Break 3000 | Flash | Electron Feel

Out November 5, pre-order it here: https://lnk.to/my-event-horizon-EP

@circuscompany is elated to invite the multi-talented and multi-national musical mastermind Portable in to the Circus family finally. After many years of traveling in similar scenes and orbits, and thoroughly enjoying his vast output on some of their favourite and best friends’ labels, the time has come to join forces with the now-fellow Parisian dweller.

The 'My Event Horizon' EP is a truly creative treat, chock full of the charm and studio ingenuity that permeates all of his work, and a first look at what’s to come on his full length LP we have in store for you in the coming months as well. Two versions of the lead track 'I Feel Stronger Now' are accompanied by an exclusive club cut, just in time for the world’s hopeful dancefloor reopenings.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Portable 'I Feel Stronger Now' (Bodycode Remix)

bandcamp: https://sohaso.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-summer-sampler-1

Various Artists - SOMEWHERE Summer Sampler 1

Eefje De Visser & Nuno Dos Santos - Wit Blad (Mattheis Remix)
Wanderist - Under The North Sea
Luuk van Dijk - Many Moons
Melon - She Was

Heatstroke alert! To celebrate the summer, Utrecht based record label Something Happening, Somewhere decided to release no less than three digital compilations in the coming weeks. Celebrate the summer with SoHaSo.

Part one of the summer series contains four tracks. We asked those involved to look back on their contributions in their own words.

Eefje De Visser & Nuno Dos Santos - Wit Blad (Mattheis Remix)
Nuno: "This track is almost four years old and was only available on vinyl. Now it's available digitally for the first time. Our dear friend Mattheis remixed Wit Blad and gave it a strong hypnotic vibe. It contains those Mattheis' trademark synth swirls. Soothing and driving with spine-tingling harmonics slowly creeping in and out."

Wanderist - Under The North Sea (1 half of Dam Swindle) "This is the sort of dubby non-dance electronica that I love to make", says Wanderist. "Tracks like these exist in a world of their own and let the listener slowly drift away into whatever vibe they feel coming up. The track feels completely effortless and at ease with itself; traits that I also value very much in the people close to me."

Luuk van Dijk - Many Moons
Luuk: "I was listening to a podcast with DJ Benny Rodrigues and he mentioned a tune from E-Dancer, a track that had inspired him in the past. Then I listened to that tune and thought wooooooow, I want to make this kind of shit too. Then I started jamming and improvising in the studio. Many Moons was recorded in one take."

Melon - She Was
Melon: "I made this many moons ago with emotions of a forbidden love between two star signs who didn't connect because of being opposites in needs of compassion. They say opposites attract. I guess it does but not in the long run."

Artwork by Tjitske Oosterholt

Melon - She Was

extremely normal

J'avais supprimé ce jam parce que je me suis dis qu'il était mauvais , au final avec du recul il est pas si dégueu , je ferais peut être une deuxième version à l'occasion .

VENDEMIAIRE ( jam hardware repost )

| Mike Storm 
| Signal Drift EP 
| RECT041

Recorded Things 
07.11.2025

1. Signal Scatter

2. Retrograde

3. Ping to Nowhere

4. Packet Stream

5. Binary Fade Sequence

w&p by Mike Storm
Mastered at 12degree.east masterings
Artwork by Oliver Rosemann

RESS:
In a world where data streams and signals constantly shift, Mike Storm explores the boundary between order and chaos. Signal Drift is a sonic journey through interference, delay, and digital echoes — where technology finds its own rhythm.

With titles like Binary Fade Sequence, Packet Sstream, and Ping to Nowhere, Mike Storm constructs a landscape of pulsating frequencies and mechanical groove. Each track acts as an autonomous signal, drifting through an endless network of time and space.

The EP carries Mike Storm’s unmistakable signature: precise, hypnotic, and futuristic — a pure translation of machine intelligence into human form.

Mike Storm - Signal Scatter

"Forms & Figures" will release restored and remastered classic, lost and new music by Alexander Krueger aka Dub Taylor aka Tigerskin aka Korsakow and friends.
Contact : licensing@dirtcrew.net

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