"30 releases. 2 years, unimaginable bandwidth, releases from the likes of René Breitbarth, Jay Haze, Troy Pierce, Matt John, Peter Spiess, Mikael Stavöstrand, Lump, Fenin, Jambi and the list goes on and on.
So we're celebrating adulthood and with that a few gifts from us to you. First, from now on releases are 256Kb/s. Second is this release. Jay Haze and 5 Textone family members. Collaborations are just that. Sessions at Haze's studio with almost no post production just the raw power of a subwoofer and creative minds.
To kick the EP off is Jay and Jambi. The two lads behind Contexterrior Media spend a Friday night in the studio recording over two hours of jams which ended up as this 8 minutes lick. The tune is an analog wash of textures and mental grooves. Second come Jay Haze and Argenix. The two share studio space and this is just one of many many collaborations. The track has a melancholic undertone and a headbanging kick. Both producers' unique styles come through so nicely on this one. Use Me Baby is a collaboration with Falko Brocksieper who is the man behind Sub-Static and Karloff. The track is pumping and in Textone tradition filled with little surprises. Guitar experiment is exactly that. Alberto's magic hands on a guitar all recorded live to the sound of the minimal funk being served from Haze's machines. It's deep but funky and has that very live feel of a free jazz jam. Astrology is a vocal, 12 minutes long madness. Funky and tweeky as can be expected from a collaboration between Samim and Jay Haze.
So we came baring gifts and now on to the next release." (From the Textone's release page)

"The story behind this release spans the entire globe. With roots in the east coast of the United States, a trunk in Berlin and branches as far out as Tokyo, Japan. The various members of the Metrotechno crew live around the world. They all met and lived in Washington, DC and in 2003 moved to other Metro efficient cities. A Year later while on tour in Japan, Textone head pimp, Jay Haze, was invited to stay with the DC rejects and through the wonders of the Internet a good connection was made. The Berlin member kept Haze up to date with the musical activities of his mates until these 4 golden jams came about and the 24th release on Textone was born.
Opening the release is Donor's "Stereotype" which dishes out headiness with a smooth melody on the low side. Next is by Bob Rogue's "The Frogs Have Returned," based on an old recording revolving around an inside joke with his French friends. Quirky, futuristic and punch full of frogs! Third comes a melodic jam from Jambi, "Running on Snow". Funk borrowed from the steel drum player on the street corner, heavy with bass and melting groove. Closing the release is fantastic twilight zone track, "Revision" from Donor. Higher up in BPM, but deeper in the groove with a touch of an eerie undertone to question your sanity.
Cover design was done by Berlin's Inbal Baron from www.schradin.com" (From the Textone's release page)

"Celebrate one year of Textone with Villalobos vs. Haze.
- One year of Textone, 20 releases, more than 100 individual tracks, more than 150000 downloads. Thank you for making the past twelve months such a great experience! As a birthday present to us and you, we are releasing Contexterrior's sold-out summer record by Ricardo Villalobos and Jay Haze for free.
An artistic tandem jump if you will, "Prefer Summer" is a melancholic summer hit. Melodic and deep filled with endless progression and relentless syncopation. This one is bound for the special moments when the party needs an extra kick. "Cactus Love" - is a stomper. 4 to the floor bass killer with the kind of sound design one can expect from Villalobos and Haze. Minimal funk in every possible way. The final vinyl track - "Archive" - is a delicate techno-blues track. An after-party killer wrapped in reverbs and in your face bass lines.
On top of the original tracks from Contexterrior 08 you can find three exclusive remixes not available on vinyl. With Jambi, a core Textone artist is sizing up the dancefloor in his pumping reinterpretation. Cabanne, rocking here in his trademark minimal snippet funk, is the head of French minimal label Telegraph, which is best known for its Post Office compilation series. Philadelphia-based Sean O'Neal aka Someone Else crawls deep into his reverb and fx boxes to close out the EP shuffle-style. Sean co-founded Tuning Spork Records with the Textone crew back in 1999, recently released on Musik Krause and now runs his own vinyl label Foundsound." (From the Textone's release page)

"A survey of sound abstracts from the endless possibilities of a night in Berlin.
- Textone's mid summer release is one of the most wide ranging releases in our arsenal. Heard about Berlin's club nights? They're all here. The peak time, the lack of air, the sweat, the after-hours, meeting new people, the return home, the chill out. 5 dance floor tracks to hit every possible element of the nightlife in the city that never sleeps. A soundtrack for coming out of the cold snowy winter into a blue sunny summer. Trading long dark hours for nights that barely last 6 hours. Run around like a headless chicken while your whole body is drippin' with sweat. Chill out at the click klak club and relax with your favorite lady. Get ready to rock." (From the Textone's release page)