"we wanted to celebrate unfoundsound's first anniversary by offering something special to everybody who supported us throughout this first year. we therefore asked some of our favorite artists, most of them already recognized and not represented on the netlabel scene, to give us a single track that we would include in a compilation. the response was overwhelmingly positive. we then completed the line-up with several foundsound and unfoundsound artists. and here is the result: 2h 45mn to explore numerous genres of electronic music through 26 tracks. the best netrelease ever? we don't know. the longest? maybe!" (From the Unfoundsound's release page)

"philadelphia's tleilaxu (a.k.a. dj crasta) is best known for chill and heady, breakbeaty idm tunes released on darla, tbtmo, cloudwatch and sean o'neal's fuzzy box label. after a long hiatus, tleilaxu returns for unfoundsound with two snippy, clicky, blissfully textured 4/4 tracks that borderline both idm and microhouse. plus, you get two in-house remixes: fusiphorm mesmerizes your quivering body with a deep, brain-tickling, alien-like number fueled by trippy delays and a dubby bassline; and someone else unloads a funky, silly dancefloor killer doused with kooky reverbs and plenty o' smiles. lip smacking!" (From the Unfoundsound's release page)

"unfoundsound is pleased to offer a deep and soothing ep from nyc's ezekiel honig--plus a reverb-happy dancefloor killer courtesy of foundsound/unfoundsound co-founder someone else. ezekiel furnishes your gushing heart with three original minimal tracks that are soft, atmospheric and emotively warm--gently doused with the snipping, clicking and clattering of found sounds of everyday life. also a part of the gigantic music/microcosm music crew, ezekiel honig likes to keep it simple while allowing the creative process to remain technological. soak it all in. it's refreshing.
www.microcosm-music.com
artwork by aesthetic parcel: www.aestheticparcel.com" (From the Unfoundsound'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)