Welcome to the wonderful world of Alex Smoke, the young producer from Glasgow whose potent album, Incommunicado is about to be released on Soma Records. This is Alex Smoke’s eagerly awaited debut and what a masterpiece it is. Already a name to watch in the underground electronic circuit he is on the cusp of getting the recognition he deserves.

Alex Smoke is part of a new generation of producers who are blurring the boundaries between minimal, techno and electronica. This music still may live on the dancefloor but it occupies so much more. Drawing from a myriad of influences including dub, electro, grime, latin and experimental pop, Alex Smoke has concocted a deeply emotive artist album that is mysterious, melancholic and inspiring.

With ‘Incommunicado’ Alex Smoke has defined his own unique sound, which respectfully nods to DSP pioneers like Matthew Dear, Villalobos, Luciano and Lawrence, who he regards as very influential. This is an accomplished debut from a talent who is going to shine in 2005.

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Eat Books is the debut album from German electro duo Tiefschwarz. The album's mix of electro, techno, and pop, gives the album mainstream crossover appeal while still keeping their underground vibe alive. Eat Books features a whole host of guest vocalists including Chikinki, The Rapture's Matty Safer, and Massive Attack collaborator and Everything But The Girl vocalist Tracy Thorn. The single 'Wait And See' is also included. Fine. 2005.

Fabric presents yet another brilliant audio journey – this time by well respected German techno and house stalwart, Michael Mayer. Mayer runs Kompakt - the much admired German imprint and distribution network along with the revered techno and house weekly "Connfusion." Mayer, along with co-conspirators Superpitcher and Tobias Thomas have been key players in shaping the envelope pushing sounds currently coming out of an city in Germany which is rapidly gaining a reputation as a fertile bed for creativity in both music and the visual arts: Cologne.

A 16-year turntable veteran Michael is a staunch disciple of the 4/4 sound. Michael says, "The only thing I pre-determine is that I play 4/4. The rest happens by accident. I love the deeper side of music, obviously, but I like it raw and kicking. There has to be some pop sensibility too but... not obviously. The structure of my set is very pop influenced... I love to play... songs... things you can whistle on the way home." Fabric 13 sees Michael doing just that – a brilliant collage of melodies, and tight, tuff beats that will keep you whistling listen after listen!

Following their acclaimed self-titled debut album of unique Nordic electronic sounds, Kiasmos (Ólafur Arnalds and Janus Rasmussen) return with album highlight "Looped," featuring an ambient, textured sound made from acoustic instruments next to a variety of synthesizers, drum machines, and tape delays, as well as a grand piano -- perfect for home listening and equally danceable. UK electronic producer Dauwd (Kompakt, Ghostly) delivers a chilled club version of "Held." Ukrainian pianist and fellow Erased Tapes artist Lubomyr Melnyk presents a unique re-interpretation of "Burnt" in his signature "continuous music" mode, performed on two pianos.

Efdemin has been one of the key artists on Curle since his 2007 debut for the Belgian label, with big releases such as ‘Acid Bells’, ‘America/The Pulse’, remixes from Martyn, John Beltran & Matt O’Brien, and of course the mix-cd ‘Carry On, Pretend We’re Not In The Room’. The long-awaited follow-up ‘Please’ includes two tracks from around the 10 minute mark; ‘Farnsworth House’ and ‘Blount’. That last one Efdemin made together with his good friend and fellow Dial artist Kassian Troyer. Enough with the talking, time to get into the music!

Compilation of original tracks and edits of tracks released previously only on vinyl under different aliases on Basic Channel Records.

This 47 track collection brings together material from Autechres EP releases (now mostly out of print) from between 1991 - 2002 years.