Dub Explorations 085

Broadcast 2022 / 04 / 25

Dub Explorations 085 is here and we are extremely proud to present our latest guest and one of the hardest working DJ's and Producers in the game - OHM

On the forefront of the techno scene in northern Europe for nearly 25 years, 
Icelandic's producer and DJ Ohm, 
has continued to stay true to the spirit of techno. 
Thru the 1990s, Ohm learned a deep foundation of the growing worldwide techno surge that by 1999, 
he felt he was creative and eager enough to start writing his own music. 
Success came quickly with his debut; a collaboration with fellow Icelandic legend Exos on Force Inc records. 
This led to over 20 releases since on standout labels like Thule records, Rawax, Kontakt, Solid Groove., Taped Artifact, Ranges, Vade mecum , 
Vuo records and AE Recordings, and AE recordings Ltd, which he co-ran with Octal Industries and Thor from Thule Records.
A chance meeting in a Berlin records store with Andrey Puskarev and Pola led to releasing some music on the acclaimed All In Records and their sublabel Nilla. Shortly after, 
a release on Andrey's own label Luck of Access with Octal Industries followed. 
Now Copenhagen based, his DJ career is equally impressive having been a regular guest at the hottest spot in his area, Culture Box. 
In the past, gigs at Germany's Tresor along with various places all around Europe to clubs back home in Iceland, 
Ohm's style of DJing is the culmination of over 30 years in the techno scene. Being a beloved personality in the scene, 
Recently, Ohm has started his own imprint, OHM Series. 
This label focuses on having releases that feature a mixture of well-beloved veterans and some vibrant new names pushing techno's sonic boundaries.
Highlighting this balance is a prime example where his techno integrity is the cornerstone of its operation. 
He's blending tried and true techno sounds with techno's next visionaries which we can all agree that is a worthwhile endeavor for the direction. 
Ohm also runs two shows on Timeline music online platform. 
One showcases some of the best Danish artists for the last 2 years and a second show sees him playing the latest promo's he receives from industry connections and friends. 
So, what does the future hold for Ohm? More of it all in short. More new Ohm music productions and remixes. 
More top-notch music on his label OHM Series. More DJ gigs and more online shows. 
More innovating thru his own interpretation of all thing's techno.

Check Out what OHM is up to here:

https://soundcloud.com/ohm-599575574?fbclid=IwAR0VV9V0BdK44YEuI4lNnktaEWtfahpw9yP4Ud-lgUUPhIK_DLpAUU8QX3Y


Quadrant Soundscape are at the controls for the first hour and 17 minutes with a few records that have landed at our studio recently, and then we hand over to OHM for his incredible mix

Quadrant Soundscape played :

The Analog Roland Orchestra - Lay Down (Ornaments)
Flying Cobra - For Family (Apnea)
Marcibagoly - Aerosol
Rod Model - Rain (Echocord)
Marcibagoly - Jet Stream (R.Hz remix)
Heavenchord - Breaks and Chords
Intrusion - Velocity in A Minor (Live in Japan (Echospace Detroit)
Low Volume - Way Gone (Acker Dub)
XDB - Apari (Svens Systolic Mix) (Echocord)
Rhauder & Paul St Hilaire - Sidechain (Ornaments)
Marko Furstenberg - Dwights Warning (Ornaments)
Star_Dub - Dusty Dub (Upwellings Remix) (SPCLNCH)
Alessandro Crimi - Wandering (ETUI Records)
Urban Force - Metal Sunrise (Ornaments)
SND & RTN - No Place to hide

Dub Explorations 085 With OHM

The Music is from Album A life in minor by Smooth
 mixed by Bumani


Smooth was established by Marco Köller from Wuppertal (Germany) in 2006 to seperate the progressive flavoured output from his other musical projects and to dive a little deeper into sounds and other musical genres. Meanwhile, Smooth has become a project for research in Dubtechno, Deep House, Garage House, UK House, Progressive, Drum&Bass and 2-Step, as these styles have been important influences in the bygone years. Marco Köller started DJing back in 1989 and producing in 1994, and since that time, he moved in many electronic music genres. Beside producing, mastering, sound design and graphic design, he operates the non-commercial audio netlabel CYAN that he founded together with Jaja.


     Tracklist : Smooth

1)  Smooth - A life in minor - Exobiant 

2)  Smooth - A life in minor - Via lactea

3) Smooth - A life in minor - Snowflakes 

4)  Smooth -  A life in minor - Procul inspoicere  

5)  Smooth - A life in minor -  Night shifts 
 
6)  Smooth - A life in minor - Profundus

7)  Smooth - A life in minor - Fading into melancholia 

8)  Smooth - A life in minor - Alien snack bar 

9)  Smooth - A life in minor - Dark spots

    https://soundcloud.com/smooth-cyan
    https://smooth-cyan.bandcamp.com/album/a-life-in-minor

    Foto by Bumani

Smooth Dub Vintage 3

I find it very interesting to observe the range of different productions that fly under the banner of Dubtechno these days...
(Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
You also find the tracklist there.)

And although I like many of these variations, from the more ambient and chord-focused interpretations to the dry, atonal and polyrhythmic percussively  focused productions, I've been getting a sense lately that something is a little wrong. By this I mean since a certain point there has been a development towards a generic sound and format that somehow seems very superficial bringing the same flat and trivial sounds thrown together and promoted as  "Dubtechno"  and to me, often it seems like fast food compared to the original models. There is even  talk of a new wave. Both the production and the way it is presented seem somehow cheap, random and arbitrary to me. Often it is difficult if not impossible to avoid being interwined with these developments if you are enthusiastic about the often amorphous genre that is now labeled Dubtechno. 

Don't get me wrong I am not saying that there is no place for this "new sound" but the more I reflect on my enthusiasm - from my first exposure to dub and its techno hybrids, through rhythm & sound and through sound system culture in the late 90s to my renewed immersion in recent years, I realize that I should use the terms Dub and Dubtechno more and more carefully - coming from a place of a certain respect and appreciation. Because often these genres, carry a lot of cultural heritage, standing for a level of quality in delivery that in reality is hard to develop, and often lost to the disposable imitation economy we are beginning to see more and more of, which only serves to dilute things to an accepted average.

To me a big slice of what is promoted as Dub or Dubtechno these days falls well short of these original benchmarks that were set a long time ago. 

Through many conversations about these topics, reflecting on different perspectives, a mix was created recently where two fellows, I can call my friends, and I combined 3 sequential sets of 7 tracks each, to rest with and pay a little respect to some of the more remote but still relatable facets of dub in different ways. It's completely natural for styles to evolve and mix. It's great  to see with how much creativity and depth some artists do this.  And that's what this mix should stand for. 
You can listen now to this wonderfull journey through these divergent realms..this is Sai - MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System.

Read more of our thoughts about this 7 track selection on 
https://www.sai-mld-music.com/guests-on-mld/
you also find the tracklist there.

Sai-MLD in Session with DJ Sideways & Noosa Sound System

My next guest who has contributed to MLD is Armin Bender from Nuremberg/Erlangen, Germany. Another well known in the gengres around deep and dubby sounds. A mix with such a class and noble vibe in my view.

Tracklist:

1) Cyclic / Random - 29 [Notta Records]
2) Bakpeet - Liberta (So Libre) [Insectorama]
3) Federsen - Fundamental [Koridor Records]
4) Rick Fox - Capsulas [Piranha Siberia Dub]
5) Sasaki Hiroaki - I Say..... (Part 2) [Yotsume Music]
6) Charles AD - Deep Sea Exploration [Avantroots Records]
7) Steve Bug - Ebb and Flow [Dubwax]
8) Nicolas Barnes - July Apointment [Greyscale]
9) Hidden Sequence & Milly James - Legends (Federsen Live Dub) [Lempuyang]
10) Silver Ash - Calantas [Kontakt Records]
11) MTPS - Moonrise [Micro Orbit Records]
12) Sven Weisemann - Limerence Toolz Pt. 2, A1 [Mojuba Records]
13) Beltrac - Echo Response (Command D RMX) [Ono Records]
14) Janeret & Miroloja - Vertu [Joulé Imprint]
15) Roman Ridder - Ravine (Armin´s Wall of Sound RMX) [Piranha Siberia Dub]
16) Grazon - Dealing is Healing [Pintai]

Enjoy! 🎉

Some words from the artist:

Mind rave, goose bumps, deepness, groove, a smile on the face. Thats what its all about... No more words necessary, no history, no credits, no stereotypes, just the music that I love, preferably on vinyl... Peace & Love!



Armin´s Releases and Remixes so far on:
Greyscale Music
https://scale-limited.bandcamp.com/
Ohm Series
https://ohmseries.bandcamp.com/
spclnch
https://spclnch.bandcamp.com/
Piranha Siberia Dub
https://piranhasiberiadub.bandcamp.com/
Vuo Records
https://vuorecords.bandcamp.com/
Insectorama
https://insectorama.bandcamp.com/

Links:

Armin Bender @soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/arminbender
Armin Bender@discogs :
www.discogs.com/artist/10891729-Armin-Bender
Armin Bender@instagram:
instagram.com/arminbender303

Guestmix Armin Bender

This is the second Mix, Tom Larson is doing for MLD and it's such a immersive selection!
This Set was selected, mixed and recorded by DJ Tom Larson @ Homebase. 
for MLD Mix Series.

Style: Variations of Dub Techno, Deep Minimal

Tracklist:

01.	Mielafon - Tars (Crossfade Sounds9

02.	Shebuzz, Heavenchord - Farewell for the Snake of Meeting (hellostrange)

03.	Various - Coincidence Dubs	(MLD Compilation 2025)

04.	Mark Henning - Cracker (Clink)

05.	Pablo Bolivar - Refelect, Francisco Aguado Remix (Seven Villas)

06.	Slownoise - Dorset Dub (Slope Point)

07.	Francisco Aguado - Empathy (Slope Point)

08.	George Kostopoulos - Co2 , Floor Fan Elemental Mix (Piranha Siberia)	

09.	Star Dub - Dub#8 - A1	(Stardub.bandcamp)

10.	Various - Panorama (MLD Compilation 2025)

11.	Stardub - Dub#5 - A1 (Stardub.bandcamp)

12.	Federsen - Penumbra (Greyscale)

13.	Stardub - Dub#12 A1 (Stardub.bandcamp)

14.	Daniel Stefanik - L.E.Avenues (Moon Harbour Records)

15.	Moodeep, Stygmata - Piaractus Red, Deemkeyne Reshape (Piranha Siberia)

Guestmix Tom Larson

The boss himself is at the controls for the anniversary 50th edition of GREYSCALE Special Mix series. Dive in for this amazing journey presented with love by grad_u!
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Don't forget to check our Bandcamp for the freshest releases!
►►► www.scale-limited.com/
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Tracklist:

01. BT Gate X-138 - Float [Greyscale] | @bt-gate-x-138
02. Stefan Gubatz - Noble Booth [Primary Colours] | @gubatz @primary_colours_music
03. grad_u & Eazystyle MC - Kasdienybės Šventykla [Greyscale] | @grad_u @eazystyle
04. Subset - Impedance [Primary Colours] | @subsetdubs
05. Bluetrain feat. Prince Morella - Precious Times (Roots Version) [Kontakt] | @stephenos1 @kontaktrecordscph
06. Li & ZOL - Suhan [Schönherz Records] | @li_music @zol1978
07. Deemkeyne - Night Before Spring Comes [Greyscale - forthcoming] | @ueberlingen-deemkeyne
08. Krystian Shek feat. Milly James - Glow & Shine (Yagya Remix) [Greyscale] | @krystianshek
09. D. Diggler - Freiluft (Pablo Bolivar Remix) [Lucidflow] | @d-diggler-andreas-muegge @pablo-bolivar @lucidflow
10. Pedro Capelossi - Blur (Merv Remix) [REFRACTION] | @pedrocapelossi @merv-official @info-refraction-records
11. Kirill Matveev - Never Losing That Track (Havantepe Remix) [Mud Trax] | kirillmatveev @havantepe 
12. Baigø - Symbiosis (Canavezzi Remix) [MixCult] | @baigo @canavezzi_dj @mixcult
13. Ohm & Octal Industries - Erebus [Lempuyang] | @ohm-599575574 @octalindustries @lempuyang
14. Noosa Sound System - Dub Move [Greyscale - forthcoming] | @user-975386903-297870339
15. Aeikus - Landscape (Original Mix) [REFRACTION] | @aeikus
16. Stelios Vassiloudis - #include.unistd (Conforce Remix) [Kontakt] | @stelios-vassiloudis @conforce
17. VRIL - Truth Out The Cave [Omnidisc] | @vril_01 @omnidisc
18. CRYME - HOLD ON (Volpe Remix) [Seven] | @ccrryymmee @gaston-volpe @sevenberlin
19. Krystian Shek feat Milly James - Better That Way (grad_u Redscaled Dub) [Greyscale]
20. grad_u - NYE25 [Redscale]
21. Konomo - Inverz Clouds [Pæonï Music] | @konomo @paeonimusic
22. Transparent Shape - Neon II [TMM Records] | @tmmr
23. Baigø - 4th Type Contact (silentwave Remix) [MixCult] | @user-212555617

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grad_u:

► SC: @grad_u
► https://www.facebook.com/gradlt/
► https://www.instagram.com/grad_u/

𝗚𝗿𝗲𝘆𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲:

► SC: @greyscale-music-lt
► FB: www.facebook.com/greyscale.recs/
► Instagram: www.instagram.com/greyscale.records/
► Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5n776zbk1eOaMUSgGqH9sN?si=bd87f409867c492c

#greyscale #mix #dubtechno #techno #deep

More info

GREYSCALE Special 050 - grad_u

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TL:
Shine Grooves - Roots (8Lives Redub)
Iminazole - Kyoto
8 Four - Frequency Chords
Heavenchord and Schulz audio - 1997 (heavenchord_reshape)
X da Maestro SA - Quiet Storm
Subset - Corruption of Form (Schulz Audio Rmx)
Djalo - The Philosophy Of Living
Nae_Tek - Wave X (Heavenchord Rmx)
Star_Dub - 03 Dusty Dub
Yan Olsen - Tidloshet


Our FREE DL stuff:
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/heavenchord-smack-my-dub-up
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/encrypted-music-source-the-dark-side-of-a-hot-planet
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/deemkeyne-lights-in-the-far-away-ep
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/shebuzzz-heavenchord-raw-dub
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/hello-strange-gift-1
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/hello-strange-gift-2
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com/album/tribute-to-mark-ward-helly-larson-compilation-free-dl

hello ▼ strange
- t.me/hellostrange ( all podcasts )
- https://hellostrange.bandcamp.com
- www.instagram.com/hello.strange

also our projects :

► slow dub techno label - soundcloud.com/sedubtive
- t.me/sedubtive
- https://sedubtive.bandcamp.com

► ambient field recordings label - soundcloud.com/secretdomainlabel
- t.me/secretdomain
- https://secretdomainlabel.bandcamp.com
- www.instagram.com/secret.domain

► nature dub glitch label - soundcloud.com/20label21
- t.me/label20_21
- https://2021.bandcamp.com

Our releases

fedor pashaev - hello strange podcast #605

"Minus One Lurker" by Cerbu is a dark, minimal gem that pulses with quiet tension. Subtle vocal echoes float over a heavy, dubby bassline, while mystical pads swirl in the background - all wrapped up in a textured, shadowy atmosphere that feels both intimate and foreboding.

Artist: https://soundcloud.com/cerrbu
Label: https://soundcloud.com/utrorec
Support: https://utrorec.bandcamp.com/album/tendrils-ep-incl-bouncebit-neem-remixes

Premiere: Cerbu - Minus One Lurker [UTR048]

I am not even sure what genre this is. I just know it sounds flexible. And I also hope you will love it!

The Extraction

Melodic deep house with handpan lead layers tuned to 432 Hz.

432 Surrender

diving into the unknown

Dub, Techno, Dark Drones and other experimental stuff - mixed in a certain kind of emotional expressing way...packed in a mix series called "Moments of Light n Darkness" (MLD). Open space for guest mixes. 
any requests: saiberlin@posteo.de
for my new project "extendes living room" - my traumasensitive sound enviromenmts with unreleased track experiments and some personal insides about them, check out my discord. (see link below)

I have experienced a lot of different electronic types and styles during my musical biography which began in the 8oies as a teen with Postpunk and dark wave and develloped further with Ska, Reggae, Jungle, Drum 'n Bass and Techno. Reggae and the Jamaician Soundsystem Culture had also a big influence to me, after visiting Jamaica for two times at the end of the 90ies...

Dubtechno became a very special role to me cause of its introvert meditative attitude which fits very good to me now in the present time.

So music is much more than entertainment to me and shaped my personality by getting much energy from it.
And this is something, what I want to bring over in my diverse and genres overarching mixes.

P.S.: I distance myself from any extremist ideas and religious or political brainwashing attitudes. As well as stigmatization of any kind. I do this to the best of my knowledge and belief.