UPCOMMING:
SISSIKONTEST - BOYS ON TRANQUILIZERS (JAN 2008)
SM4 COMPILATION (FEB 2008)
FELDERMELDER (FEB 2008)
Spezialmaterial = SM
is a label for innovative electronic music. (*2000 Zürich)
is a synonym for a variety of electronic engagements.
is a collective of about 20 people combining music producers, promoters, djs, designers and visual artists.
is a process of international networking to expand the possibilities of exposure.
Since the mid 1990s, a small group of friends from central Switzerland have regularly been promoting the best in electronic music from around the world. This collective has spawned several live acts, a number of djs, and most importantly has evolved into the label Spezial Material, based in Zurich.
The strong aesthetic underlying the production of flyers for all of their events continues as a core principle and can be found today in the approach to both the construction of the music and its packaging. A large network of creative individuals contributes a range of talents to the label, ensuring that each release becomes a valued item in its own right, and part of a consistently high standard maintained since the birth of SM in 2000.
Most of the acts on SM have spent many years supporting those at the forefront of the international electronic underground, have had a long history of sonic exploration and development, and have been able to refine their sounds and keep up with contemporary trends. Now SM provides a platform for a variety of international producers, as well as promoting homegrown talent.
Although hard to describe easily in brief, SM music as a whole tends toward the more experimental, abstract side of electronica, breaking up the monotony of repetitive beats and replacing them with a variety of crunchy, broken or crystalline rhythms. Innovative use of sound sources for samples and strong melodic sense combines with jagged percussion and swirling ambience to produce a refreshing and idiosyncratic take on so-called IDM.
Guy Veale ...
dear S.M.! just been going through my old collection - played the solarium wooden box cd.. reminded back when i saw you lot at Smallfish in london years and years ago.. i also got a couple of other cds then- one in a prawn crackers packet and another with a slide glued to the outside. was a great night nice one cheers dan:)
Psychedelische Klänge aus den wilden Sechzigern und Siebziger Jahren, Death Metal, Extreme Noise Core und politischer Hip Hop assoziert man wohl nicht gerade mit der arabischen Welt. Aber genau um diese Musikwelt geht es in der audio-visuellen Lesung & Performance "Sonic Traces From the Arab World" von norient (Thomas Burkhalter, Simon Grab & Michael Spahr). Auf eine besondere Art werden Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Labor von www.norient.com präsentiert: Ungewohnte Töne aus der arabischen Welt werden gemixt, dazu entsteht eine Videocollage aus Eindrücken aus dem arabischen Raum, Found Footage und Video Clips. Das Ganze präsentiert norient als interaktive Live Performance. Die Performance wurde mit dem sitemapping Preis des Bundesamts für Kultur ausgezeichnet.
Hello spezialmaterial! Happy New Year, wishing you all the best for 2009! Also i want to tell you, that my debut album «Symbiosis of Сontradictions» is out now, contact Impulsive Art for more information if you are interested in it. Greets from the snowy Moscow / Russia /Ivan
new laidback idmish electro/minimal mix! next one will be detroit electro/acid/techno -> download
1. wisp: see in rainbows - hymen 2. amon tobin: chronic tronic - ninja Tune 3. pal secam kids: wbs 70 – spacebar Sentiments 4. intricate: bends - spezialmaterial 5. mariel ito: doubtful fantasies – modern love 6. intricate: form forward - spezialmaterial 7. limbertimbre: one big bit (si begg remix) – pretension records 8. ed chamberlain: trapeze - baselogic Rec 9. igor vlosov: closer to heaven – minimal soul austria 10. mariel ito: d1 – scsi 11. lusine: push – ghostly international 12. lusine: make it easy (john tejada remix) – ghostly international 13. bitstream: muspel – touchin bass 14. dj stingray: star chart – wémè records 15. pal secam kids: FBASS Methadon – spacebar sentiments 16. the tuss: alspacka – rephlex 17. lusine: haze – ghostly international 18. lusine: everything under the sun (lawrence remix) – ghostly international 19. lawrence: the night will last forever (lusine remixe) – dial records 20. 65mavericks: beginnings end – surface records
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