Berlin duo crouds are back with their second release on Molten Moods. Being ardent gear lovers and live performers Johann and Andi crafted an EP of four diverse but implicitly interrelated tracks. “Switchblade” is a slick and modern statement of dance music that draws its influences from Techno and UK Bass alike. crouds are co-founders of the Sonic Ground collective that hosted many events at Berlin clubs such as Arkaoder, Griessmühle or Mensch Meier, while also running the podcast series “Technostilleben” with guests like Robert Henke or Elisabeth Steffen from ://about blank.

Switchblade

crouds - Exit Ring

Thoroughly produced broken techno & improvised livesets.
📧 booking: booking[at]sonic-ground.de
📧 contact:  contact[at]crouds.info

Proud part of the @sonicgroundberlin collective.

releases:
2023 - Splinters [ALLER⋮ENDE⋮ANFANG]
2022 - Switchblade EP [Molten Moods]
2022 - Bionic Jelly EP [RFR]
2021 - Code Remix [Intumi]
2021 - Orange Blood EP [RFR]
2021 - Outsider EP [Molten Moods]
2020 - Anshan EP [Intumi]
2020 - Missing Remix [TRUNCATE]
2020 - Plankton, with Ben Haviour [Alien Allies]
2020 - isolate, Daily Order Vol. I [Metasonar]
2019 - Cabin Pressure EP [Neuzeit]

performances:
05.08.2023 - Krachgarten Festival, Kassel (w/ Max Delius)
28.05.2022 - Lighthouse Festival, Kroatien
13.05.2022 - Superbooth, Berlin
15.04.2022 - Mensch Meier, Berlin
05.03.2020 - Thursday Madness, Berlin
07.02.2020 - Mensch Meier, Berlin
17.01.2020 - Kammer11 Birthday, Berlin
15.01.2020 - Griessmühle, Berlin
27.11.2019 - 44KW, Shanghai (Jay)
21.11.2019 - Loopy, Hangzhou (Jay)
16.11.2019 - Mao Electro, Shanghai (Jay)
20.09.2019 - Night Embassy, Berlin
30.08.2019 - Tarmac Open Air, Halle
08.08.2019 - Harry Klein, München
02.08.2019 - Schöpferkraft-Festival, Kassel
22.06.2019 - Elevator, Shanghai (Jay)
14.06.2019 - Sick in Lebanon, Berlin (Andi)
26.01.2019 - Sonic Ground, Munich
11.01.2019 - Kammer11 Birthday, Berlin
31.12.2018 - Obst & Gemüse NYE, Berlin
01.09.2018 - Bunkerbeat, Stade
25.08.2018 - Rosengarten, Halle
21.07.2018 - private, Berlin
23.06.2018 - Hallo Werner, Augsburg
19.05.2018 - Sunny Red, Munich
28.04.2018 - Mensch Meier, Berlin
20.04.2018 - UdK, Berlin
14.04.2018 - Flop, Berlin
31.03.2018 - Kuze, Potsdam
23.03.2018 - Sunny Red, Munich
25.01.2018 - Flop, Berlin
13.01.2018 - Feierwerk, Munich

Non-serial music releases on vinyl, wav and tape.
Curated by @jonas-yamer

The label has two subdivisions: Carl Gari focusses on the output of the eponymous band, while Aether functions as a platform for immersive music.

Irregular show on @radio80000

SUPPORT THE LABEL: Buy physical releases through http://www.moltenmoods.de and digital ones at https://moltenmoods.bandcamp.com

Distro: Word and Sound

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Sonic Ground is an electronic music collective with emphasis on live performance and improvisation. With a strong involvement of individual members in the Berlin music culture and beyond, the group aims to present a non-conventional attitude through a broad mixture of genres, tempos and techniques on a common ground: an immersive, sonic experience through events and releases.

Residents:
@arkap
@crouds
@flow7nake
@h1one
@huellkurve
@nagelluck
@numpad_live
@obliqueincidence

2025/12/12:
Anybody else prevented from accessing SC servers via VPN?  All of them are blocked for me.  This is the first time it happens to me in six or seven years of almost daily SoundCloud activity.  I use a VPN in SC because when I don't I get horrible delays that show up in many different ways.  The only explanation I have found is that somehow their security/identification system has flagged my IP address and introduced all kinds of speed bumps.  It makes the experience very unpleasant, irritating.

2025/12/06:
Why was Jonathan Bellot's account
[https://soundcloud.com/jonathanbellot] deleted?
...

You can't see it because of the angle with which I took the shot, aiming down, but beyond those blocks is the sea.  To the left is the Mediterranean, to the right is the Atlantic Ocean.  No it's not Gibraltar, but a little bit further West. ... Actually I checked recently and it is further North more than West, I thought I was facing South when in fact I probably was facing the Atlantic ocean, which is why I suppose the waves were of a decent size where we were.
...
My face and the bike are a courtesy of Joël Vaudreuil
[https://vimeo.com/user8897093]  ... Merci Joe!
I then went ahead and butchered his work with a borrowed helmet.
Sorry Joe. =(
...
sometime in 2025:
I have not been able to recover access to my other account [https://soundcloud.com/ha-kekong] for a couple of years.  Don't be mad if I have not replied to your message in the past two years, that's because I never got them ; ) ... You can always reach me here though.
...

I'm trying to promote what I think is good music, so if you want to help out a bit I'd rather you [like] or [repost] my *playlists* rather than my field recordings, if you don't mind, unless you are a die hard fan of those things. Thank you ; )

I speak French, so if you send me a private message, and that you are a francophone, please write in French, thank you.  ... I mean, you don't absolutely have to, but I would prefer it. 

All my field recordings (except for when I record a person) are public, freely downloadable by anyone who is able to click on the button.  I encourage anyone interested to use them in any way whatsoever, on purpose or accidentally. No need for permissions or credits or any other kind  of administrative maneuvers.
...

Anarchists give me hope.

I'm a big fan of EFF.  Love ya EFF.  (no connection with the above line)
... and of course Richard Stallman and Linux and all the others.  Bless yous.

Now don't be lazy, go find out what it is this "EFF" that I'm talking about.  I'll give you a hint: it has to do with computers.

You have a nice day now.  Hugs & Kisses.