To usher in 2015 we will be posting a series of reflections, lists and miscellania that look at back at what the past year has had to offer. Today we have two shows focused on 2014’s underground electronic music and some accompanying notes courtesy of longtime Streetbeat DJ and host of etc. radio (Fridays 10pm-3am) … m50
m50, Ashina, and special guest Multipara on 1/2/2015: FULL SET w/ Tracklist
m50 on 12/19/2014: FULL SET w/ Tracklist
On December 19th, I played almost only records from 2014. You can listen on my Soundcloud and Mixcloud webpages. Here are some highlights:
Davor – Ride With Me
Deep Detroit beatdown vibes via Croatia
https://soundcloud.com/unchart
Niro – Via Newton 1
Housey, cosmic, upbeat, future-garage from Italy
https://soundcloud.com/niro-1
RDMA – Fanciful
Downbeat minimal grooves from Germany
https://soundcloud.com/rdma
Ranko – Ballad Of A Dead Bird
Strange leftfield organic / boom-bap fusion from Germany
https://soundcloud.com/o-rs
On January 2nd, we hosted a guest set from Berlin’s Multipara, where he made some selections from the past year as well, my highlights again:
Quasi Dub Development – Shaky Steak
Super squiggly & tuneful dub from Italy
https://soundcloud.com/qdd
Building Instrument – Bli Med
Gorgeous vocals & low-tech grooves from Norway
https://soundcloud.com/buildin
Cristian Vogel – Forest Gifts
Murky spectral techno from Germany
https://soundcloud.com/shitkat
Springintgut & F.S. Blumm – Zeitgeschwindigkeit
Elegant romantic folktronica from Germany
https://soundcloud.com/springi
Xavier Charles – 10 clarinets in a washing machine
Truth in advertising, from France
https://soundcloud.com/unsound
But really, you should listen to the whole programs, they go a lot further…