Since we are handling so many new promising tracks, we thought it’s time to put in the oven Crossroads vol.04 which is compiled by Gabi 2B who gathered for us some really wicked tunes.
release date is planned for early Feb 2016, so stay tuned.
Avishay Balter started his music training at an early age, playing the piano. Much later, at the age of 21, he got hooked on electronic music played at the basements of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and purchased his first turntables. During his studies he worked the double shift, both as a student and as a resident DJ at his old university town’s club. He has earned himself a name for being a DJ whose sets are hypnotizing, psychedelic and pumping, pushing the crowd to its limits, in all possible directions.
In 2005 Avishay started producing his own music under the name A. Balter. His releases on labels such as Iboga, Digital Structures, Open, Flow and Tribal Vision immediately became the secret weapon of choice for industry top names. He is currently the co-owner of Digital Structures records label together with his partner Yuli Fershtat of project Perfect Stranger and without a doubt one of the busiest Djs in Israel. He is touring with live performance and his newest project with Eitan Reiter of projects Loud, Unoccupied and the solo project bearing his name will start touring live this coming spring of 2011.
With a stack of exciting performances always lined up, all you have to do is make sure you catch him at a party near you.
Digital Structures makes it’s fashionably late entry into 2012 with “At The Crossroads Vol.1” – first installment of series of mini compilations planned for this year. Gabi 2B is a new name on the block, having 2 successful tracks released under 1605 and Iboga Records, brings in his third, equipped with moody melodic hook and a BIG break – it’s a winner!! The Swiss alchemist Martin Knecht ( Human Element ) with his progressive psy crossover rollercoaster ‘Chain Reaction’, introduces a very useful weapon especially for the outdoor season that is about to come. Another newcomer to DS is Diamandy, that presents here a dark and minimalistic number ‘Believe System’, with effective voice samples throughout and a powerful riff climaxing in the breakdown. Next in line is Roy RosenfelD, Israeli Electro wunderkind, that remixes Perfect Stranger’s ‘Slope’ and creates a groovy and kicking, haunted electro-progressive mash- up… Israeli Shahar Melamed ( Indepth ) is closing the ‘unreleased’ part of this mini compilation, with groovy and playful Techno number ‘Parabola’, that smoothly develops into a seducing melodic crescendo. Koen Groeneveld’s signature remix of A. Balter’s track ‘Beans’ is next, no nonsense here as usual with Koen’s productions, and the same usual suspect Balter makes his second appearance, this time with his mate Eitan Reiter, signing off this chapter of “At The Crossroads” with their smoothest creation so far – ‘Komodo Dragon’
Art Off was probably the main track that introduced A. Balter to the Minimal & Techno crowds little more than 2 years ago, entered the Minimal charts on Beatport and stayed there for quite some time. The 2011 re-edit just as phat, dark, brooding and nasty as we would expect this tune to sound after 2 years of studio excavations. Irish Techno ambassador Matador, who is our guest for this EP, transforms the darkness of the original into a stomping galore and boy we like it!
Digital Structures is proud to present an Israeli born, Zimbabwe raised and Cape Town based, up and rising talent Daniel Lobel, producing various Tech tunage under the name Danalog. Baked Beams brings in a curiously familiar yet haunting melodic progression, wrapped with quirky wobbling tweakage, that transposes itself into a bootie moving funkster. Chasing Chubby is a stripped down minimal number, that gets it all going with a simple and well executed motif. The Swiss Tech House and Minimal maestro Khainz, pulls out of his sleeve a big Techno rework of Baked Beams, and delivers it all the way with a massive emotional rollercoaster.
To make a long story short, TB303 needs no introduction to dance floor music addicts. It’s probably one of the oldest and most reliable tools of trade in the arsenal of dance floor music producers for the last 30 years. Digital Structures is proud to add one more example of how a proper TB anthem should be done by our own A. Balter & Eitan Reiter, and to make everyone even happier we added a “in your face” remix job by the French maestro Da Fresh.
Eitan Reiter is a multitalented genre-crossing artist. He’s a part of the Unoccupied duo with Nadav Katz (Cuts), with a successful debut release- Everyday Life, and half of Loud, the rising force in the psytrance scene with 4 albums and a compilation in their pocket. On top of that, Eitan also produces minimal techno and electro music and also psychedelic chillout and downtempo electronica under his own name, and quickly carved a name for himself with his quality releases. He is much sought after as a collaborator and remixer and thus already joined forces with the likes of Shulman, Bluetech, J.Viewz and Perfect Stranger, among others. Eitan also writes and produces music for film, commercials and other soundtracks. He has been performing extensively all around the world in leading venues and festivals.
His music is deep and casual at the same time, diverse, genre defying and very unique in sound. Eitan’s debut album, Places I Miss that I Haven’t been To, was released by Aleph Zero in May 2010. A remixes EP will followed. Eitan has also released on leading labels such as: Iboga Records, Digital Structures, Echoes Records and more.
The Bite is a menacing heavy weight track, armed with a whip-like synth lead, and a no nonsense groove section, it has all the necessary ingredients to justify its name. WMCJ on the other hand, is on the nonsense side of this release. Accompanied by strangely familiar vocal samples and well executed crescendos, its unorthodox groove section has quite a few funny moments that will let your dance floor experience the power of the silly side.
Digital Structures is delighted to present you a 3 tracker package from our up and rising talent A. Balter. ‘You’re A Fish’ is exactly what the title implies… A. Balter presents here, in our opinion, his best solo work so far. Based on warm engulfing bass line, contrasted with lazy and groovy percussion work, seamlessly concurred by skillfully crafted and slowly developing lovely chord progression – this track is a swimming session you don’t want to end. ‘Drought’ with its wobbly bass and melancholic melody is like an old friend from the past coming to visit – and suddenly you remember how much he was missed. This is the sound we love and miss in nowadays Techno productions. Eitan Reiter, another frequenter @ Digital Structures stables, takes the original ‘Drought’ to the “world of Eitan”, where ever changing and abstract phrases are riding on a conveyer of constantly evolving bass structures. Thrilling and deep, the track seamlessly changes phases till the inevitable ending.
Slope EP presents 2 Perfect Stranger tracks which are more on the “brooding” side of things. The title song is all about it’s simple but effective whip-like percussive groove, that is joined later on by a melancholic riff, which is on it’s turn develops into a massive break crescendo inevitably ending in a certain oblivion. Koltun, from it’s very beginning introduces a playful and dark melody dipped in a seducing atmosphere and riding a steady groove in a constant rise, that culminates in a powerful march. For those that enjoyed the ride, and want more, the track offers a second round for free