A friend of mine developed a thesis that whatever you want to do, someone has already been smart or stupid enough to go through with it.. He grounds his theory on dubious excerpts of the the daily star, the sun and Wikipedia.
I can apply his theory to my own case. Disappointment overwhelmed me when I realised that Dabö had already done the post I was thinking of.
We already spoke of Dabo as a producer, recently signed on Bossman, but it appears that he is as well a blogger (I mean for real). Anyway he is cool and has allowed us to traduce and pervert his “world tour in ten labels”.
Label : Get Flavor
Origin : France
Why follow them ? : In no more than five EP, the label managed to construct and impose its own minimalist style, characterised by a balance between tribal percussion and inspiring samples.
Artistes : Stinj (founder), Dakunt (founder), Skipteque, Deebs...
Website : http://www.get-flavor.com/
Newsletter : http://getflavorrecords.believeband.com/
Twitter : http://twitter.com/GetFlavorrec
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/get-flavor-records
The flaw : none
Sample : Dinosaur Dog’s favourites:
Skipteque "Jaguarundi" (Original Track) by get flavor records
Stinj "zumba" (Original Mix) by get flavor records
Label : Youngunz
Origin : France
Why do we follow them :
A team of really young and promising producers (most of them would be underage in the US). A leading label concerning Electro Tropical.
Artistes : French Fries, Lazy Flow, Bambounou, Manaré, Alan Gay, Digikid84.
Website : http://www.youngunz.fr/
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/youngunz
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Youngunz/156264711072048
the flaw:
A lack of coherence between the two sides of the label: Tropical (Lazy flow, French Fries..) vs Disco (Digikid, Alan Gray)
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s Favorite :
Label : Top Billin'
Origin : Finland
Why do we follow them ? :
A really prolific label, with different artists for every EP, though never disappointing and offering the best of bass Music.
Artistes :A Different artist for each EP, until now: Swick, Them Jeans, Lol Boys, Sam Tiba, Bambounou, etc.
Website : http://www.topbillinmusic.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/TOP-BILLIN/127412320632503
Twitter : http://twitter.com/topbillinmusic
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/top-billin
The flaw :
Scatered in so many sound and artists, the label may seem to struggle in finding a characteristic sound, same thing concerning the design sometimes a bit cheesy.
Samples :
Dinosaur dog’s favourite: we already shared the exceptional banger Balloon by Them Jeans, here is a nice remix.
Balloons (Adam Tensta remix) by TOP BILLIN
Label : Sound Pellegrino
Origin : France
Why do we follow them ?:
Teki’s label offers an ever evolving version of house music.
Artists : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Panteros666, Renaissance Man, Zombie Disco Squad, etc.
Site : http://soundpellegrino.tumblr.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/#!/SOUNDPELLEGRINOofficial
Twitter : http://twitter.com/soundpellegrino
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/soundpellegrino
The flaw : A few EPs that can be surprising
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s Favorite
Para One - Kiwi by soundpellegrino
03 Horreo (feat. Club Cheval) by ClubCheval
Label : Sweat it Out!
Origin : Australia
Why do we follow them :
Beyond the world hit "we no speak americano" Yolanda Be Cool’s Label has offered for 2 years, quite a few sunny, jazzy and most importantly good riddims
Artists : : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Yolanda Be Cool, Vhyce, Teenage Mutants, etc.
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/sweatitout
Twitter : http://twitter.com/sweatitoutmusic
The flaw : none
Label : Night Slugs
Origin :U.K.
Pourquoi les suivre :
L-Vis 1900 and Bok Bok's label offers a new approach of British bass music. This cutting-edge label was endorsed by pitchfork which ranked Girl's Unit Wut 17th track of the year.
Artists : Bok Bok, L-Vis 1990, Kingdom...
Website : http://nightslugs.net/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Night-Slugs/30447315816
Twitter : http://twitter.com/NIGHTSLUGS
The flaw : none
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s Favorite
Label : Man Recordings
Origin : germany
Why do we follow them ? : For five years, Daniel Haaksman’s label has kept toiling to give us the best tunes of electro booty music.
Artists : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Schlachtofbronx Daniel Haaksman, Beware & Motorpitch, Edu K...
Site : http://www.manrecordings.com/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/Manrecordings
Twitter : http://twitter.com/MANRECORDINGS
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/manrecordings/
The Flaw : none
Sample :
Dinosaur Dog’s favorite
Zombie Disco Squad - Dança Do Zumbi by MANRECORDINGS
Label : Made to Play
Origin : Germany
Why do we follow them?:
Started five years ago, the label offers an unique technoïd house.
Artists : Riva Starr, Jesse Rosse, Round Table Knights, etc.
Site : http://www.madetoplay.net/
Newsletter : http://www.madetoplay.net/mailing-list/
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/madetoplay?ref=ts
Twitter : http://twitter.com/madetoplay
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/made-to-play
The flaw : none (Wait.. Maybe Jesse Rosse )
MTPCD005 Round Table Knights - Say What?! Album by Made to Play
Label : Bakehaus records
Origin : Australia - New Zealand
Why do we follow them? :
Why turn your back on such a feel-good electro.
Artistes : A Different artist for each EP, until now: Tim Corin, Tom Piper, Dany F, etc.
Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/bakehausrecords?ref=ts&v=app_178091127385
Twitter : http://twitter.com/bakehausrecords
Soundcloud : http://soundcloud.com/bakehausrecords
The flaw : none
Sample:
Dinosaur Dog Favorite
Tom Piper & Daniel Farley - AIRBAG Original Mix by Bakehaus Records
Worth Watching :
PMR : Since the 10 January, with a good EP from Julio Bashmore.
Ten Thousand Yen : Since July 2010.
Bossman records : A fresh label that declared its intentions with a sweet EP that you can legally download here (http://www.mediafire.com/?cv5cb148y888crs), to be continued.
DBTY : The label of the crew, 4 quality EPs so far.
No Brainer Records : Malente’s label gave birth to three good EPs and a product that I will personally define as catastrophic (remixing Star Wars Theme… not a good idea).
Dinosaur Dog note :
As I said this Post aggregate most of the thing we like here. However, there is a big disappointement concerning the availability of the tracks of certain labels such as night slugs or sweat it out! on the web. It would be nice to embed some of their tracks with soundcloud.
And concerning Malente Star Wars Ep, yes it is a really slippery slope but as bad as the original and the video may be, I think the remix by Myd is quite nice.
Klipar - Imperial March (Myd Remix) by Myd
And a last one by Dabö
Jali Bakary Konteh - Combination (Dabö Remix) V2 by Dabö
