MAKr - Beacon 
Recorded and produced by MothLab Recordings Copyright © 2013

There has been too much damage done. But we - as fighters, as lovers, as artists, as people - can rise above. “Beacon” is a tribute to this; our innate ability to see the light in the darkness and overcome. 
Hopeful yet realistic, MAKr's Beacon is positive without being ignorant to any aspect of humanity. This vision is built with consistent rhythmic form and sonic textures approached from different perspectives.
In constructing Beacon, the band leveraged its foundation in improvisation. All tracks are studio creations; MAKr formed complete ideas while simultaneously writing and recording each of their parts. The album's truest example of this process can be found within "Solstice", an undoctored eight minutes taken from a very late night at the end of full day of recording. While the fully improvised and unplanned "Solstice" was recorded in one take, other songs were shaped and molded over the course of many iterations. This more methodical process was used while writing "Free", "Where Is The Moon", "Frequency Range", as well as the lush title track, "Beacon". "That Dialogue Thing" and "The Reach" also used this process, but includes sonic layering and looping, as well as counterpoint creation, all done by the band in post production. 
The final track, "Polaris", is a final statement from Zang and Mariner. It is a richly textured, ambient call to the light and is meant to be a reminder that the beacon is always present, no matter how dark circumstances may seem. 
Beacon is dedicated to the baby owl that lost its way, but thankfully found a home on a tiny ledge outside of MAKr's studio door.

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MAKr - Polaris (Original Mix)

Written in partial isolation in the middle of the Haiku Jungle of the Hawaiian island of Maui, "Jungle Specter" represents illich Mujica's battle against his internal demons of the past. In the Original Mix, Mujica's field recordings of insects, bugs and jungle atmospherics are blended with synthetic, electronic notes and a melancholic, sustained melodic riff to highlight the deep lamentation of a jungle specter voice who watches eras of our life die, dancing on top of the remains. Luis Padron's debut Remix strips down the overdrive riff of its original counterpart to make room for a booming beat, while allowing the kaleidoscope of digital insects come to the foreground. The dark, dangerous and energetic reinterpretation of the melody carries the original spirit of Jungle Specter, while allowing all other percussive elements to soar, presenting the perfect choice for a peak-hour Techno performance.

Illich Mujica - Jungle Specter (Original Mix)

Written in partial isolation in the middle of the Haiku Jungle of the Hawaiian island of Maui, "Jungle Specter" represents illich Mujica's battle against his internal demons of the past. In the Original Mix, Mujica's field recordings of insects, bugs and jungle atmospherics are blended with synthetic, electronic notes and a melancholic, sustained melodic riff to highlight the deep lamentation of a jungle specter voice who watches eras of our life die, dancing on top of the remains. Luis Padron's debut Remix strips down the overdrive riff of its original counterpart to make room for a booming beat, while allowing the kaleidoscope of digital insects come to the foreground. The dark, dangerous and energetic reinterpretation of the melody carries the original spirit of Jungle Specter, while allowing all other percussive elements to soar, presenting the perfect choice for a peak-hour Techno performance. 

Illich Mujica - Jungle Specter (Luis Padron Remix)

"Ratio" is the new work of Not On Earth, five tracks that ride among different soundscapes induced in the melody through distinct feelings and memories.
The leading track that entitles the EP recounts the feelings of a happy nostalgia. The breaks and the stereo games of the percussions generate a large set of our unconscious reality.
Island [ Part 1 – Part 2 ] symbolizes the state of a person that decides to isolate himself from his environment.
“Island Part 1” acquires an audio progression where multiple instruments are being added to recreate this emotional isolation.
“Island Part 2” comes in with a rhythmic force introducing vocal echoes [ by Demmy Sober ]  between pads, leads and synths, harmonizing the whole set into a sensuous atmosphere. 
"Nywele" is a struggle between the delicacy, goodness and beauty of the female figure represented by cheerful melodies and her emotional strength guided rhythmically by darker and solid melodies.
“Venami” mixes sensual melodies and slow-beats creating an involute tune.
The progression of the track merged with the inclusion of instruments develop colorful landscapes, driven by the tempo of the vocals and the guitar arpeggios gracing the melodies. Release date March 18, 2014
Not On Earth www.notonearth.com - www.facebook.com/notonearth

Not On Earth - Ratio (Original Mix) - preview 128kbit

Luca Sanna's debut release with MothLab Recordings, CHAPTER N°3, represents a path of life and of music, as a matter of fact it has been conceived in three different cities: Olbia, Luca's hometown, Rome where he has been living for thirteen years and Berlin where he resides now. The Ep includes two Techno tracks that symbolize the evolution during this itinerary of life: ABSTRACT clearly displays an articulate structure, with a principal broken kick and a linear bassline merged with the ups and downs of abstract sounds, ROTATION, a pure hypnotic Techno with the main percussion as the turning point of the whole track. 

Luca Sanna - Rotation (Original Mix) - (preview 128kbit)

Luca Sanna - Abstract (Original Mix) - (preview 128kbit)

Stone Float is an electronic-based music project that dwells within the rhythmic patterns of Trip Hop while grafting melodic sine-waves and ethereal vocalizations. 
When M. H. Paknezhad and Cyrus Sarrafha created Stone Float, it represented a dream of a different future, where there are opportunities for artists to collaborate across genres of music. Cyrus was introduced to DJ's Illich Mujica and Luis Padron in New York while they were developing their joint DJ/production project "Moth" which led to Stone Float's first American collaboration. This Ep is the result of this collaboration. Padron's remix pushes "Rusted Sun" into driving, brooding Techno territory; while Mujica takes "The Key" to low-end-frequencies and musically androgynous layers of Tech-house darkness. Le-Khac singles out key elements of "A Letter" framing them with undulating synth swells seeping up into the foreground to herald the urgency of the night

Stone Float - The Key (illich Mujica Remix) Preview

Stone Float - Rusted Sun (Luis Padron Remix) Preview

Stone Float - A Letter (Matt Le Khac Remix) Preview

Two mice broke into the MAKr studio in Brooklyn, NY. They didn't chew through any wires or eat any of the cheese, but they did stay up all night making two tracks. They are deep, they are techy, they are brooding, they are bouncy. We think they wanted you to have them

Aphelion (Original Mix)

Two mice broke into the MAKr studio in Brooklyn, NY. They didn't chew through any wires or eat any of the cheese, but they did stay up all night making two tracks. They are deep, they are techy, they are brooding, they are bouncy. We think they wanted you to have them. 

Aphelion (ATOM Remix)

Vela (Original Mix)

Vela (Florent Cakiq & Secret 47 Remix)

illich Mujica - Push Me 
Recorded and produced by MothLab Recordings Copyright © 2013 

Push Me (Original Mix)
Dramatic synth stabs are intertwined with deep bass lines in syncopation with an ominous "pushing me" chant. 
"Push Me" is a call for help, a channel of release for when life constricts and suffocates the soul. The Ep includes the Original mix and a Remix by Walker & Royce (Nurvous Records/Crosstown Rebels/OFF Recordings)

Illich Mujica - Push Me (Original Mix)

illich Mujica - Push Me 
Recorded and produced by MothLab Recordings Copyright © 2013

Push Me (Walker & Royce Remix)
The last cry for help of a dying robot: that could be said is the sound and amazing interpretation power-duo "Walker & Royce" (Nurvous Records/Crosstown Rebels/OFF Recordings) provided for their first MothLab Recordings release. The driving, distorted synths pave the way to create a gem of a track that lives somewhere in the ether of House, Techno, Disco and a good head-banging dance session.

"Push Me" is a call for help, a channel of release for when life constricts and suffocates the soul. The Ep includes the Original mix and a Remix by Walker & Royce (Nurvous Records/Crosstown Rebels/OFF Recordings)

Illich Mujica - Push Me (Walker & Royce Remix)

Luca Bernabei - Brio Verb
Recorded and produced by MothLab Recordings Copyright © 2013

Brio Verb by Luca Bernabei. It includes a Techno and a Tech-House tracks, titled Brio Verb and Quite Verb. During the production process Luca has been dealing with a careful research of sound balances worked on two opposed stages: Brio Verb represents an upset condition, the perfect sound for the wildest techno dance floors, Quiet Verb instead, pictures a state of calm, recreating a cool atmosphere for shrewd crowds. 

Luca Bernabei - Brio Verb (Original Mix)

MothLab Recordings is an italian digital label based primarily on Techno/Tech-House, and Electronica, spreading an interconnection between the European background of Techno and Electronica sounds and the new creations from the overseas underground music industries. The first steps were involving an Italian reality made from twenty years of experience with this project main founder: LUCA BERNABEI, DJ, Producer, Party Organizer, Sound Engineer. Luca is a seasoned Minimal Techno / Tech-House composer, he has Avid Pro-Tools and Ableton certifications achieved by Percorsi Audio, the first Apple, Ableton and Avid certified training center in Italy.

MothLab Recordings' artists are: ILLICH MUJICA (NYC/CARACAS) mainly a tech-house producer, with a unique, eclectic and tasteful musical sense, MAKr (NYC) is a 4 element band, fusing live instrumentation with electronic technique. Their sound ranges from Downtempo Dub to danceable club grooves, BONNY & CLYDE (CH) a Dj duo on a quest to create something new, rather than treading exhausted grounds, their new sound, mainly Tech-House and Deep House, thus comes along in a much more sensitive and intense way, combined with melodious, almost pop-like elements that go straight to the heart, LUCA SANNA (DE) with a delicate, abstract, soft, pure and profound techno sound, NOT ON EARTH (SPAIN) an electronic music composer of all genres, mainly electronica, ambient, dubstep and breakbeat, he creates his own sounds by playing all the instruments himself, DAMAGED MAN (ITA) inspired from a deep dark backgound, BRYANT AUTREY (NYC) is a Techno producer with a few selections that have already been recognized by a wide international audience.


You’ll find MothLab Recordings on Beatport, Junodowload, I-Tunes, Djshop.de, Amazon, Musicload.de, djdownload.com, djtunes.com just to name a few.

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