As I often play these records alongside newer releases, I realized most of those classics were more than 25 years old, I thought of compiling them together to show where dub tech comes from and how timeless most of these tracks are...Take a record like Round Four, discovered for a lot of people like me on Daniel Bell's mix (2000) The button down mind of Daniel Bell. More than 25 years onwards, you can look at a record like this, alongside Baby Ford and early Ricardo Villalobos as the blueprint for modern minimal and dubby electronic music, but that would imply that those genres later improved upon the overall formula. In reality, few got even close to as good as this. The origins of a genre is often more important than newer releases.  ''If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going...''  (Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight)

The Beginning Of The Voyage (Heart Chakra)
Monolake - Amazon (1999) / Interstate /  Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music
Konrad Black - White Cigarettes (2002) / Two Hundred And Forty Volts Volume 2 / Swayzak recordings 
Burger/Ink - Elvism (1996) / [Las Vegas] / Matador / Kompakt klassiks
Round Four featuring Tikiman - Found A Way (1998) /  Find A Way EP / Main street records 
Maurizio - M06a (1996) / M-6 / Maurizio 
Monolake- Ionized (2001) / Cinemascope / Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music
Monolake & Makam - Mass transit railway (1998) / Hong Kong / Chain reaction
Various Artists - No.8 (1997) /  8 8.5 9 EP / Fat Cat records 
Swayzak - Form Is Emptyness (2001)  / Shape Memory Effect / Force tracks 
Swayzak vs Theorem - Break In At Apartment 205 (1999) /  Break In At Apartment 205 EP / M_nus 
Swayzak - Slave to the Hard Drive (2001) / Shape Memory Effect / Force tracks 
The Kooky Scientist - Nite Glide (1997) / Unpopular Science / Plus 8 
Convextion - Miranda (Original '96 Mix) /  Convextion EP / Matrix
Quadrant - Hyperprism (1993) / Quadrant E.P. / R & S Recordings 
David Alvarado Blue (Dub) (2001) / Blue EP 
G-Man - Quo Vadis (1995) / Swim
Ratio - Early Blow (1998) / Preview EP / Central  
Basic Channel - Radiance long (1994) / Basic channel
B.C. - Weird Vibrations ( 1994 ) /  Stronghold Techno EP / i.t.p. recordings
Basic Channel - Phylyps Trak (1994) / Basic channel 
Bandulu - Running time (1995) / Blanco Y Negro
Vainqueur - Lyot (Maurizio Mix) (1992) / Maurizio 
INFINITI-game one (1994) / Metroplex
Mateo Murphy - Inside out (2002) / Epsilonlab
Fluxion - Vibrant Forms 2 (1999) / Bipolar Defect /  Chain Reaction
Parallel 9 - Quadrus (1996) / Q EP / Prime
Sanasol - Matrix Noise (1997) / Thule records 
Thor - Aliens Don't Boogie (1999) / Æ Recordings
Merv - Dust (1998) / Happiness on a string EP / Dancecop
Ricardo Villalobos - Frank Mueller Melodram /  Perlon  
Ricardo Villalobos - Heike  (Villalobos Mood Mix) (1998) / Heike EP / Lo-fi stereo
In Aeternam Vale - Ultrabase (1993) / Machine À Laver / Ultrabase EP / Minimal Wave

Few notes: Sanasol is Yagya (Aðalsteinn Guðmundsson, Thorhallur Skulason aka Thor), Aliens don't boogie was famously used on Richie Hawtin's Deck, efx & 909 in 1999, Parallel 9 is Steve Rachmad famous Dutch electronic musician aka Sterac, Infiniti is Juan Atkins both he and Moritz von Oswald aka Maurizio remixed each other and collaborated many times in the last 30 years. Vainqueur is René Löwe famous from the Chain Reaction label. The B.C. track isn't Basic channel but a moniker which consists of Robert Leiner (Visions of the past) and Cisco Ferreira (The Advent). G-Man, whose productions were way ahead of its time on Force inc is Gez Varley from L.F.O. one half of it (other was Mark Bell), Quadrant is another moniker used by Basic channel, the EP was released in 1993 on R&S records the legendary Belgium label, and later repressed on Carl Craig's Planet E.

The Origins Of Dub Techno

For the second installment of our recording series, we welcome Dutch artist Luna Ludmila. Through this beautiful build up, Luna created a sonic journey starting very dreamy and hypnotic, and slowly going towards a melancholic direction. This showcases her downtempo work, she has been crafting in the past months using mainly Ableton & gears such as the Novation Supernova and Strymon Nightsky.

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On Board Music - Our Recordings 02 - Luna Ludmila (live)

Hi All . 
My friend Bugs Groove made a great set for the series . 
I did an hour before him like usual.
Dug some records out .. 
Have a listen :)
https://on.soundcloud.com/Md85i

OHM Series With Bugs Groove

Sharing a selection of music that has been put together by Lord Of The Isles is something we are beyond excited for. To showcase his perception of Far Blue, he has compiled a mix that conveys a limitless feeling like a far off horizon. Although Lord Of The Isles is an inspiring producer, he decided to take a different approach. 'Mirage Mountains' contains none of his own productions, but he has selected beautiful tracks from other talented artists only such as John Hopkins, Mary Yalex and Our Lady Of The Flowers.

"A limitless far off horizon with texture and noise. A distorted haze of the farthest away places. Making them seem almost imaginary."

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A Far Blue concept by Lord Of The Isles - 'Mirage Mountains'

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Legs 11 from the Icelandic powerhouse that is Jónas Þór Guðmundsson. Jónas was kind enough to mix this in a Teddy Bear costume to make himself 38% less threatening. Make this the soundtrack to your family Easter gathering, and keep your eyes peeled for a remix 12" of 2023's Northwest Passage album, coming this Summer.

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Quadrant Soundscape presents In Focus 007

The 7th instalment of our In:Focus Series places the spotlight on a very specific point in time - The Early Deepchord records years.

In the late 1990s the Deepchord record label was co-founded by Rod Modell & Mike Schommer in Detroit, Michigan. After just four years and achieving far more success than initially anticipated, DeepChord Records wound down operations. For this In Focus we want to concentrate specifically on the work that Rod and Mike did before they disbanded.

Across the Dub Techno scene the name Deepchord carries the highest of gravitas. Elite level quality, and considered by many to be, alongside Basic Channel, the blueprint of the genre.

So much has been written about Deepchord over the years, and we're not here to repeat what's been said (you can check out a great interview with Mike from a few years ago here - inn8.net/interview-with-mike-schommer-deepchord/ ), we're here to celebrate the music and we hope that through this session we have done that.

Tracklist - 

Von Schommer - Untitled 7 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 3 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 9 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 5 (deepchord dc15)
Mike Schommer - Untitled 12 (deepchord 01-06)
Von Schommer - Untitled 1 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - wurfel (Version) deepchord dc07
Rod Modell - Lama Temple (dc16)
Rod Modell - Solar Cross (dc16)
Rod Modell - Hexcraft (dc16)
Deepchord - dc14 B1
Deepchord - dc14 A1
Deepchord - dc12 - B1
Deepchord -  dc12 -B2
Mike Schommer - Untitled 8 (deepchord 01-06)
Mike Schommer - Untitled 10 (deepchord 01-06)
Mike Schommer - Untitled 6 (deepchord 01-06)
Mike Schommer - Untitled 2 (deepchord 01-06)
Mike Schommer - Untitled 4 (deepchord 01-06)
IMAX - Soft White (Version 2) (deepchord dc07 03)
IMAX - Concorde 2 (deepchord dc07 04)
Deepchord - dc13 - A1
Deepchord - dc10 A1
Von Schommer - Wurfel (deepchord dc07)
LUX - Debris (deepchord dc09)
Techniker - m 3 (deepchord dc08)
Techniker - @ Dusk (deepchord dc08
Deepchord - dc10 B1
Deepchord - dc11 A1
Deepchord - dc11 B1
Rod Modell - Untitled 5
Rod Modell - Untitled 7
Rod Modell - Untitled 9
Delayvarience - OHM (deepchord dc08)
Rod Modell - Untitled 3
Deepchord - dc10 B2
Rod Modell - Untitled 11
Mike Schommer - Deepchord dc13 03 002
Von Schommer - Untitled 2 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 6 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 10 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 4 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 8 (deepchord dc15)
Von Schommer - Untitled 11 (deepchord dc15)

In Focus 007 : Deepchord Records

So we had a brilliant weekend in Manchester with the Quadrant Soundscape crew for Dub Explorations, hosting a live set from the wonderful Mike Schommer.   I had the fortune of playing a couple of sets; as part of the warm up and then going in harder later in the night.   here's a redo of my record bag once back home, before putting it all to bed!  Hope you like the vibes, with my trying to present all forms of deep dub techno!    

Please ask for any IDs but welcome comments, shares or critique. 

Deadbeat /This Bitter Dub (No Limits / No Boundaries)
Rising Sun /Lift Up Your Faces (Faux Pas)
Lawrence /Gravity Hill (Smallville)
Shinichi Atobe /Dub(6) (DDS)
Drain Pipe /Low Life (Driftwood)
4.32am with Pete Mitchell  /Soft August Rain (Dreamflight)
Dorisburg & Fabian Bruhn /Miru (Aniara)
Mike Schommer /Ltd Edition Dub for Andy (Private Press)
Unknown /Untitled (Chikyu-u) [EP1]
BvDub /I Never Cried A Tear (Third Wave Black)
Romar /Chasing Dreams (Blue Ciel)
Miles Sagnia /Perseverance [Monotix Remix] (Flyance Records)
Aron /Æbleskivar (Abartik)
Slowhouse /Slowhouse 2A (Slowhouse)
Peter Macaluso /Feel Me [Deep Mix] (Courtesy of Balance)
JS Zeiter /State (MCMLXV)
Conforce & Steve O’Sullivan & Prince Morella /Elemental Dub (Sushitech)
SAM /Hibernation (Dahlia)
Asphalt Layer /Journey To The Other Place [Ulf & Ralf’s Delta Drift] (Verdant Recordings)
Feral /Chiromanzia 3 (Aube Rouge)
Atomic Moog /Planet (Delsin)
Dycide /Raijin (Lowless)
Juho Kahilainen /We Heard it Coming (MRec Ltd)
Advanced Dreams /Blurred Trip [Blasej Malinowski Remix] (Minimood Extra]
Insync /Subway Route (Delsin Reissue)
Teste /The Wipe [Sonic Dub] (Probe)
Deepchord /Luxury i (Soma Quality Recordings)
Gunjack /From Within (Planet Rhythm Dub Wars)
Deas /Confusion (Bau Musik)
Yan Cook /Cold Spots (Artscore)
Adlas /Convergence (artless)
DD 2 /Infinite (The Final Experiment)
Altinbas /Radiance (Observer Station)
Viktor Apo /Flow (artless)
Ohm & Kvadrant /Precious Little Diamond [Levon Vincent Remix] (Kontakt)
Luke Hess & Omar S /Michigan Central Station (Echocord Colour)
Havantepe /Guidance (200 Black)
Steven Hitchell /For Convextion (Echocord)

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The dub techno don mixes up both old and new on this week's RA podcast.

RA.153 Intrusion

This mix was originally only available on cassette as part of Chris Seddon's excellent Supine series. (well worth checkin other mixes in the series).  Now that the tapes have all been sold and as I Love acid is just around the corner it seemed a fitting time to up this.  Just going to show that our love of the 303 goes way deeper than just your usual  four to the floor numbers.. here's a selection of slower stuff...  and an occasional uptempo one thrown in for good measure...

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