From the genius who brought you the MIDINES and 2 seminal releases on 8bitpeoples, comes a new album, released on mp3death, a label which has also released works by chiptune artists Gijs Gieskes, Overthruster, Firebrand boy, The Commodore 64 Orchestra and others in the past.
Those familiar with x|k’s (pronounced “kix”) music would know that it […]

Bleepshow.com is an electronic music podcast run by a guy called Pete. You’re probably wondering what is so special about this one electronic music podcast when there are probably a ton out there. Well, there are a few things that make Pete’s podcast really stand out.
Firstly, it runs for 5 days a week. That […]

Creative Commons may have made it easier for people to find a ton of legally downloadable music but the loose quality control of the movement has often meant that finding great tracks in popular genres is a challenge. Artists, who dabble in Creative Commons, often employ it as a testing ground for their more avant […]

IDM and weird music fans have something to look forward to in the releases of new Netlabel Weird and Wired. The label run by Massju and Wolfseule focuses on releasing high quality and ingenious music with a bit of weirdness. Fuzzy - A Collection of Reflection is their fifth release and after listening to it […]

Choenyi’s been one busy producer. A quick glance at his Discogs page reveals 3 releases on 3 different labels in 2007 alone (!) and countless appearances on mixes on other netlabels.
His latest, “Transfer Protocol”, on the Detroit based Random Access Recordings, follows Adjacent Mucosa (Miniatura Records) and Defervescence (Yuki Yaki).
“Transfer Protocol” is best described […]

Here’s yet another mix that fans of chillout music will probably enjoy. This one is done by German Tom Larson, who is no newcomer to the scene and has released 8 mixes across many different mix labels. Those unfamiliar with Larson’s style will find in this mix a combination of deep beats and entrancing rhythms. […]

Hard-working UK producer Chris Moss takes a break from his TB-303 to give us “The Sub”.
Released on Wrong Music’s netlabel, the album is a break from Chris’s usual squelchy acid and 707/909 driven tracks. In fact, “The Sub” sees Chris entering mellow territory (”Up Periscope”) and there’s even a dreamy tune! (”Love Tip”).
But […]

Being the uncreative type that I am, I stole the title of this review from a comment on Archive.org. However, in my opinion, this is more than just another guitar album.
Firstly, this is a truly massive album with a runtime well over 2 hours in length spread over 2 albums. There is a lot […]

The excellent FOEM is home to a great label setup, one that goes beyond routine mp3 releases, and incorporates contests, a series of label mixsets (known as the “Electronic Youth CDs”) and other nice little goodies such as shirts and such. I’ve been checking out their releases and the EP by Noraj Cue was one […]

First of all we would like to apologise for the slow updating of Gratisvibes. All 3 of us editors are university students and we are currently in the examination period of the semester. Please feel free to browse around our archive if you are new to the site while we are busy mugging away for […]

One shouldn’t judge an artist by his name, but when i saw the name “Dr. Blowfins”, I knew, as a big Drexciya fan, I had to get this and see what the link was. (For the uninitiated, Dr. Blowfin was supposedly a “character” in the Drexciya universe, and appeared in one of their track names. […]

As a follow up to Mantra, here’s more psy to rock your house. For a change, I’m going to do a double review of 2 releases in one entry. Both are older releases from one of the great labels on the web, the Sublogic Corporation. So, let’s get to the chest pounding music!
First album: […]