BTS/NC003 introduces a further member of the BREAK THE SURFACE family. Axel Thoma a.k.a. Okoli grew up near Mannheim and meanwhile lives - guess where? - in Berlin. Okoli is always in search of the perfect sound.
As you can hear on the latest BREAK THE SURFACE release, he returned from his recent soundscape explorations with four brand new tracks that perfectly achieve his aim.
DJ support by Mossa, Mark August, Richie Hawtin, Franco Bianco, m50, Chloe, someone else, Kasper...
Go to releases for more!
Right in Time with it's debut release on BTS, Okoli´s profile is now online in the "Artist"-Section!
Arsen1Computerklub - a name that sounds complicated, but actually it is not. Since 2000 it stands for the unstoppable urge to celebrate electronic music. Who gets to hear Arsen1Computerklub will immerse in a wide range of sounds: from Minimal Techno, Trip-Hop and Nu Jazz to IDM or Glitch there is not a genre omitted.
With his first release on BREAK THE SURFACE called "Trübnfishn EP" he presents his very own interpretation of Minimal / Techno.
DJ support by someone else, laurent garnier, m50, franco bianco, jay mendez...
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After a short break of releasing, BREAK THE SURFACE is back to sneak into your ear with some new sounds. We used the last few weeks to realign the sound of our label. Now we move away from Drum & Bass and keep to our long secret love, the 4/4 time rhythms such as Electronic House, Techno, minimal sounds and everything in between.
Efka is our artist for the restart. He is a gifted producer who understands to create smart grooves. With this release he also debuts. It really is about time that his material gets public because a long process of ripening has to be rewarded with a large crop.
Check the release section for more informations.
hey everyone,
from now on you can buy efka's "rdy for d.i.s.c.o. ep" as pre-release exklusively at our ithink music store.
click here to grab your 320kbit quality copy!
full release is march 18th 2009.
Metasound is back with a new DJ Set. This 88:04 minutes long mix includes a lot of funky, housy, techy stuff and will brings you to the southside of life...
have a good time with it. download>>
After 4 years of doing radio metasound stopped this project to get more time for other things like making music and pushing the label.
Check the radio section for more information on the last show this saturday.
For the penultimate BREAK THE SURFACE Radio Show coming up this saturday, we are really glad to get Douglas Greed in the studio for a set and off course a little interview. Douglas released on labels like combination or freude am tanzen. His latest release on lebensfreude is called Deadline featuring Kemo MC.
Be sure to tune in to the BTS radio show on air this saturday evening. check the radio section for tune in - links.
With BTS004, we are releasing our first remix. For this purpose Drumatic's "Body & Mind" was selected and then remixed by Con.struct and Metasound.
Con.struct's reinterpretation is the right tune for the primetime in the club. He adds his flavour by using grooving drums and a raving bassline. All in all, this creates an energetic drive. Yet he manages to keep the deep vibe of the track. So he melts powerful beats and a deep atmosphere, which is typical for Con.struct.
Metasound headed for something complete different. His remix has a straight bass drum and is more assigned to Tech and Deep House. He left enough space for the sounds and used the samples of the track very sparingly.
In the future, rather 4/4 beats at around 125 bpm are going to be released on BTS.
Check the release section for snippets or surf directly to our shop...
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we have great news for you: from now on you can also pay with paypal at our mp3 shop. Be sure to support the BREAK THE SURFACE empire. rock on!
After having released tunes that are on a very high level for a digital-only release, such as Drumatic's "Sleeveless EP" and Paul SG's "Lost in Halftime" & "Landslide", BTS003 comes up with two remarkable tunes, too.
"Avani" produced by CarlMatthes from Caracas (Venezuela) and Tyler Straub from San Mateo (California) is a Drum&Bass track that is characterized by its autonomy. So the beat shuttles between halftime and laidback but does not commit to one of them. A felicitous and impulsive groove is evolved in combination with Latin percussions. In addition, Indian influences and Asian vocals provide a deep aspect. When the bassline starts after the drop, the tune confidently threads a path between deepness and energetic rhythm.
The track already received DJ-support from London Elektricity, Fabio, DJ Flight and others.
The second tune is another musical contribution by BREAK THE SURFACE artist Paul SG. He provided a quite deep and slightly dreamy piece with "Slippers". However, the funky bassline functions as a good counterpart to the moody atmosphere and therefore the tune is not only intented for listening use but also meant to be played in the clubs.
Both tunes are now available at our own shop and also on beatport, digital tunes, junodownload...
At the moment Con.struct and Metasound are working on a remix of Drumatic's "Body & Mind". As expected Con.struct is going to
reinterpret the tune in Drumfunk-style whereas Metasound is heading for something complete different. His remix will have a straight bass drum and will be more assigned to Tech and Deep House. These are also the styles BREAK THE SURFACE is musically moving to. Metasound is celebrating two premieres besides: not only that it is his first release as a producer, but also his debut on his own label BREAK THE SURFACE.
Release date: October 2008 // Audio-snippets will be soon available here in the release-section or on the BTS Myspace.
A new BREAK THE SURFACE radio show coming up this saturday. Metasound will be once again live on air for another 2 hours session in the mix with tech/minimal/deep house stuff.
Check the radio section for tune in links!
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We are pleased with winning the absolute brilliant tune "Avani" over
to be the third BREAK THE SURFACE release. "Avani" was produced by Carl Matthes from Caracas (Venezuela) and Tyler Straub from San Mateo (California, USA). The track is already receiving a lot of DJ-support from DJs such as London Elektricity and Fabio.
"Avani" is going to be released together with "Slippers" by Paul SG
on September 2nd. Snippets of both tunes are available in the release section and on the BTS Myspace.
Cat. No: BTS002
Artist: Paul SG
Format: digital
Tracks: lost in halftime / landslide
Release Date: June 2008
With the second BREAK THE SURFACE release, we present you another talented and aspiring Drum & Bass producer from Germany named Paul SG. As a member of Soulgrifter he already released tunes on labels like Phunkfiction and Sensor. Beside BTS his solo project (as Paul SG) is also signed on Keynote, Sidechain and Digital Colours.
"Lost in Halftime" was produced with a straight, minimal halftime beat and really deep sub-basses. So the tune spreads a refreshing Dubstep-vibe. While listening one has the marvellous chance to fade out the common hustle and bustle. Break the surface seems to be the perfect agenda of "Lost in Halftime".
„Landslide“ also has a minimal style that sticks out by its unique sounding bassline. Hence the track bursts out of normal listening habits, too.
On June 3th both tracks are going to be released in the MP3-shop on www.breakthesurface.net. With a little delay they'll also be available in all common download-shops such as Beatport, Digital-Tunes and Junodownload.
Jedes Jahr im Mai findet die Musikmesse (Pop Up in Leipzig statt. Im Rahmen der Messe werden auch interessante Diskussionsforen mit Themen im Bereich Pop-Kultur-Politik-Ästhetik-Struktur-Marketing sowie praktisch orientierte Workshops im Bereich Musiker- und Labelarbeit, sowie Konzerte und Veranstaltungen angeboten.
Am Samstag, den 24.05.2008 ist dann Messetag im Leipziger Werk 2. Auch wir mit BREAK THE SURFACE sind mit einem Stand vertreten und werden dort unser kleines digitales Label vorstellen. Wer bei uns vorbeischaut und ein USB Stick parat hat, bekommt die Möglichkeit unsere Releases kostenlos zu erhalten. Vielleicht sieht man sich ja dort....
Drumatic's Sleeveless EP (BTS001) is now also available for download at digital-tunes.net, beatport.com, junodownload.com and all other well-know mp3 shops.
It has begun...
"BREAK THE SURFACE" is now presenting itself as a label and releases music in digital format.
March 4th we are going to release Drumatic's "Sleeveless EP" (BTS001).
The young producer from Chemnitz nearly represents a Calibre of Eastern Germany for us and we are pleased and proud to publish four top-notch tunes produced by him as our first release.
The vibe he creates by using jazz-samples is fantastic and shows how beautiful Drum&Bass music still can sound, without appearing clichéd.
His tunes sound fully developed and are produced to the point. They are paired with excellent arranged and extremely grooving beats. International well-known Artists like Kabuki, Syncopix or Henree already play his tracks for a long time in their sets.
We are very honoured that we can release such marvellous and above all comprehensive tunes on our label.
For one month Drumatic's "Sleeveless EP" is going to be exclusively available in our shop at www.breakthesurface.net starting 4th of March- afterwards also on well-known platforms like Beatport, Trackitdown and Juno.
Cat. No: BTS001
Artist: Drumatic
Format: Digital
Release Date: March, 4th 2008
Tracklisting "Sleeveless EP":
1. Sleeve
2. For the Faith
3. Body & Mind
4. Revolvin´
