The Crucible is Kabuki’s laboratory to develop new creative processes. Broadcasting live daily on his Twitch channel, the veteran Frankfurt producer established a new routine using a similar sound palette and structure for a month straight, leading to spontaneous interactions with long-time fans and strangers discovering his music for the first time. 

Part Two of The Crucilble’s first month, which Kabuki dubbed the »Red Phase«

Red Phase, Part Two

The Crucible is Kabuki’s laboratory to develop new creative processes. Broadcasting live daily on his Twitch channel, the veteran Frankfurt producer established a new routine using a similar sound palette and structure for a month straight, leading to spontaneous interactions with long-time fans and strangers discovering his music for the first time. 

Part One of The Crucilble’s first month, which Kabuki dubbed the »Red Phase«

Red Phase, Part One

After 24 tracks and 17 artist collaborations, the Beat Excursions series is coming to an end. Not intent to fade away, Kabuki enlisted a number of heavy hitters from the bass music world to go out with a bang.

Kicking things off is „Crossroads*, a collaboration with Exit Records dream team dBridge and Fixate, written over the course of an afternoon at the Abbey Road Institute in Frankfurt redlining their beautiful SSL series desk and tested the same night at the Robert Johnson - hence the title.

Next up is „Chungking Mansions", a Halttime/Electro hybrid inspired by Kabuki's trip to Hong Kong in the spring of 2019 where he finally got to visit the iconic location immortalized by Wong Kar-Wai. This track will also be available as an music NFT on OpenSea featuring video footage shot by Kabuki on location.

Japanese noise maven ENA and Kabuki channel early Company Flow and „Kakusei" era DJ Krush for their littery Footwork abstraction _Dropped Frames*. The off-the-grid drumsprovide the rhythmic DNA for a motion sickness-inducing effect.

Rounding out the EP is the melancholic_Keyed Out", which is following in the footsteps of the broken techno banger _Shimmer" (released on Beat Excursions #5) that found its way also into the playlists of adventurous main floor DJs. Using similar ideas and concepts but applying them to a UK Garage framework shows how much of the hardcore continuum is still left to explore and recontextualise.

Tracklist:
A - dBridge x Fixate x Kabuki - Crossroads
B - Kabuki - Chungking Mansions
C - ENAx Kabuki - Dropped Frames
D - Kabuki - Keyed Out

You can buy the EP from my Bandcamp page, or stream it on Spotify from 01.04.2022

Beat Excursions #6 Mix

Hedless

The hypnagogic mix of "Downstream“ is available only to you, dear token holder of this Mint Songs release. It will never be released to the public.

Downstream (Hypnagogic Mix)

Magnitude

Magnitude (feat. Markus Wach)

Locked Grooves

Locked Grooves (feat. Franzi Aller)

Haze

Haze (feat. Marko Mebus)

Stick Shift

Stick Shift (feat. Matthias Vogt)

New Era

New Era (feat. Max Clouth)

Instead of posting the individual tracks I decided to put together a little montage for y'all. The tempo might be a little slower than usual, but it's coming from the soul as always.

Meditations - Album Preview

From Franklin Ave. to Frankfurt, Germany. Sadat X has always been a top tier MC with a work ethic to match his on-point delivery. Or as he puts it in the hook: "If this didn't make money I'd love it the same, all I wanted for is people to remember my name".

Any Way, Any Day ft. Sadat X (Preview)

One of the more experimental beats I've been working on recently. Make sure to switch on the woofer or you'll miss the bass...

Pyrex

My take on "Weisser Rauch" by the inimitable Lance Butters. If you like what you hear you can download the track for free!

Lance Butters - Weisser Rauch (Kabuki Remix)

Here is another taste of the upcoming "Paternoster - Remixes And Versions" project.

Follow Kabuki on a dub mission into unchartered Krautrock territories.

Vinyl pre-order: www.hhv.de/shop/de/artikel/pat…and-versions-487792

Liner Notes:

In 2015 I embarked on a journey to find the remaining members of the short-lived Vienna underground band Paternoster, because my friend Eothen "Egon" Alapatt of Now-Again Records wanted to re-issue their first and only record, one of Euro prog rock's holy grails. I met Franz Wippel, the band's mastermind and songwriter, and Paternoster was re-released as part of the Now-Again Reserve subscription service in April 2016. Around the same time I sent the master files to a few of my beatmaking friends from Germany and Austria, resulting in this collection of remixes and versions. From underground trap to throwback boom-bap and afro house — Paternoster still sounds very much alive, even 44 years after its release.

Stephan Szillus (Heart Working Class), Berlin 2016

Paternoster - The Pope Is Wrong (Kabuki's Kraut Odyssey Remix)

Uploaded: 16.11.2016
Status: Release Forthcoming

Download the single - On A Roll: smarturl.it/Avelino-OnARoll

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Avelino ft. Abra Cadabra - On A Roll (Kabuki Remix)

Uploaded: 02.01.2017
Tempo: 92 BPM
Note: For Promotional Use Only

Gap Mangione x The National Gallery - Diana in the Autumn Wind (Kabuki Re-fix)

Uploaded: 30.06.2017
Tempo: 160 BPM
Note: For Promotional Use Only

Erykah Badu - Love of my Life (Kabuki's New Forms Re-fix)

Kabuki ft. Paul St. Hilaire - Generation X (Eveson's 140 BPM Remix)

Kabuki ft. Jeru the Damaja - Watch Your Step

Kabuki ft. Jenna G. - Just Hold On (Serum Remix)

Uploaded: 26.03.2018
Tempo: 170 BPM
Note: For Promotional Use Only

Benny Roach & Jon 1st - Sagarmatha (Kabuki Remix)

Second round, knock-out - Beat Excursions #2 in the mix

You can buy the EP from my Bandcamp page, or stream it on Spotify:

https://iamkabuki.bandcamp.com/album/beat-excursions-2
https://open.spotify.com/album/0y11mCWKz1fRqmb448Qto5?si=xKRcYwT_SMa3u_Ndi8nk1w

Beat Excursions #2 Mix

A Beat Excursion expedition from Malaga (BSN Posse) via Detroit (Sinistarr) to Berlin (NGHT DRPS) in DJ mix format.

Tracklist:

ID1 - BSN Posse  Kabuki - Elevate
ID2 - Kabuki - Rhino
ID3 - Kabuki x Sinistarr - Ascension
ID4 - NGHT DRPS x Kabuki - For Real

You can buy the EP from my Bandcamp page, or stream it on Spotify:

iamkabuki.bandcamp.com/album/beat-excursions-3
https://open.spotify.com/album/6lLkrkKc98l9I3mY1Mlynq?si=Vfh_d0PLTVWsKJm7MyTxFA

Beat Excursions #3 Mix

Chroma Keys

Touching down on Halogen Music for the first time. Out on March 18th

Stush (Clip)

After a brief hiatus, Beat Excursions is back with their 5th episode of Bass Music Extravaganza. The EP kicks off with a three-way collaboration: Anna Morgan and Kabuki engineered the chromed- out dancehall riddim for „Natural Vibe“ which Rider Shafique laces with his trademark patois poetry. Kabuki then delivers a solo Footwork-inspired excursion with the infectious „Iceberg“ based on a sample of his recent live performance at the Tokyo Festival of Modular. The 140 BPM workout „Goons“ on the other hand was in written in tandem with Canadian neo-dubstep ambassador Groves - an exercise in restraint that works on multiple layers. The EP is closed out with „Shimmer“, the most experimental track in the series so far: 123 BPM broken techno rhythms are juxtaposed with chunks of organic percussion over which an acid riff keeps pushing forward relentlessly.

Tracklist:

ID1 - Anna Morgan x Rider Shafique x Kabuki - Natural Vibe
ID2 - Kabuki - Iceberg
ID3 - Groves x Kabuki - Goons
ID4 - Kabuki - Shimmer

You can buy the EP from my Bandcamp page, or stream it on Spotify:

https://iamkabuki.bandcamp.com/album/beat-excursions-5
https://open.spotify.com/album/1b6j9rzmDYA26k8rrtNbD5?si=B4CDZ0ORTFOgZnSZA5rb9A

Beat Excursions #5 Mix

Warrior Soul

Just Hold On (Serum Remix)

Best Seven Selections 1

After the Fire Featuring Cleveland Watkiss

My far east family does things with 100% heart, so it was only natural that I wanted to be part of their latest compilation "The Remixes". My take on "Sirens" by Rohaan is an emotional rollercoaster, a reflection of the times we are living in. It was a cathartic experience to produce it, and I hope you feel the same way listening.

The Remixes

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Rohaan - Sirens (Kabuki Remix)

Jungle/Bass/Hip-Hop producer, manipulating breaks & grooves since '96. Based in Frankfurt, citizen of the world. All inquiries: iamkabuki@me.com

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