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Happy new year from everybody at Dense. May 2009 bring you bass, beats, drones, glitch, riffs, noises, breaks and everything else that sounds sweet to your ears. Here’s a list of new releases found under the current blanket of snow over Berlin, to help you kick start your musical year.

There are quite a few heavy hitters in the dubstep aisle this week, starting with the new “Tempa All Stars vol. 5” from (how surprising) the Tempa label, Coki’s new 12″ on DMZ, Kode 9’s new one on Hyperdub, and a very massive “Wasted” 12″ by the less known Excision on Rag & Bone.

Speed things up, add a megaton of breaks, and you get some strong new breakcore records, starting with the infectious and uplifting “Time To Play vol. 1″ by Sickboy on Ad Noiseam, then going with Repeater’s “Ultra Violet” on Peace Off. After bouncing to these two (and a pause in the techno room with the Ricardo Villalobos remixes of Carl Craig & Moritz von Ostwald’s recomposition of Ravel’s Bolero), time for some calming down at home with Robert Henke (akak Monolake)’s new “Atom / Document” CD, Old Splendifolia’s “Swaying Boldly Afar” CD (on Plop), more neo-classical experimentations with Maninkari’s new “Art des Poussières” LP on Conspiracy, or joy for the eyes with Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “Insen” DVD (on Raster Noto, of course).

More drones, more doomy sound are coming this week with “Till The Old World’s Blown Up” by Fennesz, Dafeldecker and Brandlmayr, Isis’s new “Not In Rivers But In Drops” (on Ipecac) and the very pretty split between Jesu and Envy on Conspiracy.
Finally, the spotlight in the hip hop section comes in the form of the first release on Dälek’s new label, Deadverse Recordings, with Oddateee’s debut “Halfway Homeless”.

ELECTRONICA, DUBSTEP, BREAKCORE and other BROKEN BEATS:
16 Bit – Put Ya Dirt Inside / Ford Fiesta 10″ Destpub 8.90 €
Aelters – Volu Beit 3″CD Tigerbeat 6 5.90 €
African Head Charge – Akwaaba LP Acid Jazz 13.90 €
Bjﾚrk vs. Modeselektor – Dull Flame of Desire 1 12″ One Little Indian 9.90 €
Blackmass Plastics – Mutate To Survive 12″ Rag & Bone 8.90 €
Caspa – Floor Dem 12″ Sub Soldiers 9.90 €
Coki – Triple Six / Road Rage 12″ DMZ 8.90 €
Compilation – Jahtarian Dubbers Vol.1 CD Jahtari 15.90 €
Compilation – Around The World vol. 2 12″ True Tiger Recordings 8.90 €
Compilation – Tempa All Stars vol.5 2×12″ Tempa 15.90 €
Compilation – Spring Breathing CD Acidsamovar 13.90 €
Compilation – Praxis Anonymous Series 1 12″ Praxis 7.90 €
Compilation – Russian Subs vol. 1 CD Subnoto12 Records 13.90 €
Compilation – Tail Wagging Music 2 x 12″ La Madame Avec Le Chien 17.90 €
Excision – Wasted 12″ Rag & Bone 8.90 €
Fanny – Icantbelieveyourwereamusician.yougotnosoulbaby 2 x 12″ Widerstand 13.90 €
Goth Trad – Law / The Clown 12″ Deep Medi Musik 8.90 €
Headhunter – Grounded 12″ Tempa 11.90 €
Julian Hruza – Super Sound 12″ Jhruza 8.90 €
King Cannibal – Call Me Cold Blooded 12″ Rag & Bone 8.90 €
Kode9 vs LD – Bad / 2 Bad 12″ Hyperdub 8.90 €
Kromestar / Hatcha / Cyrus – Cybertron 12″ Southside Dub Stars 8.90 €
Ku Bo – Kaggua / Lem Lem 12″ Man Recordings 8.90 €
Last Step (Venetian Snares) – 1961 CD Planet Mu 17.90 €
Mala – Miracles 12″ Deep Medi Musik 8.90 €
Monstr – Incident / 4AM Brawl 10″ Destpub 8.90 €
Moves!!! (Starkey) – All Skate 12″ Dress To Sweat 8.90 €
Old Splendifolia – Swaying Boldly Afar CD Plop 15.90 €
Public Enemy / Deformer – Check What You’re Listening To Remixes 12″ Redrum Recordz 9.90 €
Repeater – Ultra-Violet 12″ Peace Off 8.90 €
Robert Henke – Atom / Document CD Monolake / Imbalance Computer Music 15.90 €
Scuba / Dissident – Tense / Society of Silver Skeletons 12″ Hotflush 8.90 €
Sickboy – Time To Play vol. 1 12″ Ad Noiseam 7.90 €
Skream / G-Squad – Assumptions (Benga remix) 12″ Ringo Records 8.90 €
Submerged / Cable – Corrupt Souls / Gutter 12″ Ohm Resistance 8.90 €
Sunken Foal – Fermented Condiments 12″ Planet Mu 9.90 €
T++ – Unknown 12″ Apple Pips 8.90 €
Tes La Rok & Desto – Low / One Thing 12″ Argon 8.90 €
Various Production – 13 12″ Various Production 9.90 €
Virus Syndicate – For The Music 12″ Contagious Recordings 8.90 €
Yo Majesty – Club Action 12″ Domino 8.90 €
Zomby – The Lie 12″ Ramp Recordings 9.90 €

ROCK, METAL, FOLK and other GUITARS:
$olal Presents The Moonshine Sessions – Luna’s Song 10″ “Ya Basta! 9.90 €
1000 Robota – Du Nicht Er Nicht Sie Nicht LP Tapete 13.90 €
Brendan Cranning – Something For All Of Us LP Arts & Crafts 14.90 €
Fennesz / Dafeldecker / Brandlmayr – Till The Old World’s Blown Up CD Mosz 19.90 €
Final Fantasy – Plays To Please CD Slender Means Society 14.90 €
Gil Scott-Heron – Black Wax DVD Bell Arts 9.90 €
Glass Candy – Beatbox + 7″ LP + 7″ Italians Do It Better 23.90 €
High Places – s/t LP Thrill Jockey 18.90 €
Isis – Not in rivers but in drops MCD Ipecac 9.90 €
Jesu / Envy – Split LP LP Conspiracy 14.90 €
Mohel – Babylon Bypass LP Tyyfus Records 16.90 €
Pelican / These Arms Are Snake – Gold Diggers / Pink Mammoth 10″ Hydra Head 15.90 €
The Blow – Bonus Album 10″ K Records 12 €

NOISE, GLITCH and other ELECTRONIC WEIRDNESS:
Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto – Insen Live DVD Raster-Noton 24.90 €
Compilation – Early Electronic Music 59-69 Institute of Sonology CD Sub Rosa 17.90 €
Hanatarash – Hanatarash 3 CD RRR 18 €
Manfred Hﾟbler & Siegfried Schwab – Vampyros Lesbos OST 2LP Crippled Dick Hot Wax 20.90 €
Maninkari – Art des poussieres LP Conspiracy 16.90 €
Nurse with Wound / Stereolab – Crumb Duck CD United Diaries 20 €
Olaf Rupp – Mai 12″ Sieben/A-musik 8 €
Psychic TV – Live in Gﾚttingen CD Temple Records 14.90 €
Psychic TV – Live in Berlin CD Temple Records 14.90 €
Psychic TV – Live in thee East Village CD Temple Records 14.90 €
Walter / Lonberg-Holm / O”Rourke – A Tribute to Masayuki Takayanagi CD Grob 12 €

HIP HOP:
Cage – Movies For The Blind CD Eastern Conference 9.90 €
Compilation – A-Side Of Counterflow CD Counterflow 9.90 €
Doseone – Hemispheres CD Purple Guerilla 15 €
Jean Grae – This Week CD Babygrande 12 €
Kissey Asplund – Silverlake 12″ R2 6.90 €
Madlib – Go 7″ Rapster 5.90 €
Mr. Dead – Metabolics Vol. II CD WordSound 15.90 €
Oddateee – Halfway Homeless CD Deadverse Recordings 15.90 €

TECHNO, MINIMAL, HOUSE & TECHNO:
Afefe Iku – Mirror Dance 12″ Yoruba 9.90 €
Agoria – Dust 12″ Different 8.90 €
Anders Ilar – Sworn CD Level 15.90 €
Anders Ilar – Sworn 2LP Level 15.90 €
Apendics Shuffle – You Got my Harmony 12″ Mo’s Ferry 8.90 €
B12 – B12 Records Archive 2CD B 12 Records 19.90 €
Bruno Pronsato & Minimo – That’s Amore EP 12″ Bosconi 9.90 €
Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald – Rmxs by Ricardo Villalobos & Carl Craig 12″ Deutsche Grammophon 8.90 €
Compilation – Daft Punk’d #2 12″ DPD 9.90 €
Compilation – Daft Punk’d #1 12″ DPD 9.90 €
Compilation – Top Ten 3/3 EP Level 7.90 €
Crane.ak – Tripower 12″ Force Tracks 7.90 €
Gaiser – Blank Fade 2LP M_nus 18.90 €
Hobo – From A To B 12″ M_nus 8.90 €
Jens Bond – Hypochonder EP 12″ Highgrade 8.90 €
Kaitaro – Minority EP EP Level 7.90 €
Liquid Liquid – Optimo Remixes 12″ Domino 8.90 €
Liquid Liquid – M. Dear & Sample208 remixes 12″ Domino 8.90 €
Luciano – Live @ Weetamix CD Max.Ernst 15.90 €
M.C. Sergio – In The Name Of Love 12″ Bellaphon 10 €
Miss Jools – La Luna 12″ Mobilee 8.90 €
Modul – Pioneers EP EP Level 7.90 €
Motorcitysoul – Hatohay 12″ Lofi 8.90 €
Phonique – the Pump EP 12″ Dessous 8.90 €
Pigon – Promises 12″ Dial 8.90 €
Radio Slave – Sex Trax EP 12″ Running Back 9.90 €
Raudive vs. Donnacha Costello – The Pokerlat Tournament 12″ Poker Flat 8.90 €
Robert Wyatt & Bertrand Burgalat – This Summer Night (Hot Chip Remix) 12″ Domino 8.90 €
Trick & Kubic – Nunsdorf City 12″ Killa Beat 8.90 €
Unit Moebius – The Golden years pt.1 12″ Clone Classic Cuts 9.90 €

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