5/24/08 »

2 new releases today. First is a new face to sixteensteps, Conosphaera, a cousin from post-digital.net. His debut here titled "Dispersion" is a dark, IDM wonderland of squelches, blips and bleeps. Second Sequel's newest joints for your listening pleasure titled "Trey-Zero." 13 tracks of forward thinking hip-hop sure to peak the interest of any rhymesayer. Enjoy...

2/23/08 »

qu.one has dropped a 3 track EP aptly titled, "An Untitled, 3 Track EP" for immediate download. All 3 tracks were made in one day and are in three distinctive, yet complimentary styles. A great quick listen. Check the releases apge to get right into the music.

2/10/08 »

For our first release of 2008, we bring you a remix of Cresh Frazy's "Scrabble" by qu.one titled: "Scrabble: The Unauthorized Remix". Not just a remix of a song, but the WHOLE ALBUM. "Scrabble" has been a netlabel staple since it dropped in 2005 — being featured on mixtapes and podcasts all over the world. Being one of his faves, qu.one decided while recently revisiting "Scrabble" that it inspired him to the point that he needed to pay those songs, and Cresh Frazy, back somehow. He figured a reworking of something he deemed so inspiring could be the best compliment.

1/26/08 »

qu.one released a mixtape on ivdt titled: Classic Freestyle. It features a style of music not known to many, but was big in the late 80s and early 90s — especially on the East Coast. With roots in electro, it featured catchy synth lines stylized vocals and breakbeats. It's an hour long journey into one of America's pop/electronic debuts.

10/23/07 »

We dropped 2 releases after a laying low for 6 months — now we are back one week later with a brand new release featuring some of your favorite netlabel musicians. "Good Look A_Guth" [ss012mp3] is a remix album that was started by q u o n e. He purposely left it off of last week's release, "Qu One and the Sounds of The Glitchmatik Orckestrah" [ss011mp3] to see what his fellow music makers could come up with from his source material. The results are perfect. Featuring remixes by: mLeep, Resynthesize, Cresh Frazy, Phortran, Headphone Science, Mercury Effect, Short Circuit and Exacta — plus he remixed his own track as well! There is a link towards the bottom of the page to download the whole release in one zip. Enjoy.

10/16/07 »

We've got two releases for you today - after 6 months of prep work. First is Akwalek's sixteensteps debut with the double EP ""Burst The Hero Under My Pilllow" [ss010mp3]." It's a combination of two small EPs produced in 2006. They tell the story of a chaotic but passionate life in an urban-dream sphere with the message to stay positive and keep believing in the human powers. He shared the stage with people like Chris Clark (Warp rec. UK), Otto Von Schirach (Schematic, US), Coldcut (NinjaTune, UK) and Harry Poppins (Electrobel, BE). This is great entry in our click. Second on the menu is q u o n e' s newest solo full length titled "Qu One and the Sounds of The Glitchmatik Orckestrah" [ss011mp3]" with granular pads and broken rhythms throughout. Slower tempos and distorted and chopped vocal cuts add a new dimension to his sound. Dubstep, Grime, Electro and glitched out Reggae all make their way into this interesting listen. Stay tuned for the follow up single with remixes by some of the best in the sixteensteps family...

4/17/07 »

Brand new release on sixteensteps: q u o n e' s sixteensteps solo debut "Darker Than Amber [ss009mp3]." Clocking in at just over 45 minutes, this is a dark trip down a short fused, circuit ridden hallway. Eerie soundscapes, pulsating rhythms and melancholy melodies are filled throughout. Crafted from the darker side of his creative being, "Darker Than Amber [ss009mp3]" brings the listener to a place where they might not be safe behind the next turn.

4/10/07 »

Our very own Resynthesize has released a remix album over at ivdt.net of his full length "Heart and Soul Direct" released on Experimedia. It features four of our very own sixteensteps alum in full swing. See the words of Headphone Science below»

::Last year sometime, over at Experimedia, Resynthesize released the very excellent Heart and Soul Direct LP. Described as, a trip through beautifully written melodic beat driven IDM Electronica, Resynthesize quickly became a favorite within the netlabel world. Now, to build upon this classic, Resynthesize has gathered some of the best up-and-coming electronic artists to remix the original and we are glad to present it to you here. Heart and Soul Direct Remixed [mp3.062] features a remix of every track by such talents as Secret Decoder, Phortran, Q U One, Mrs Jynx, Yoko Solo, Audiovoid, Seventh Swami, Chimp Logic, Headphone Science, Dissolved E.M.I and Mercury Effect. Check it out, another instant classic::

2/20/07 »

Our friends over at Illmatik Vibes_Delete:Thought have relaunched a new, amazing site with a few new goodies! First is mLeep's new release: Lohan's Life Preservers Shall Save Us All [mp3.059] which is "14 tracks of Mleep's usual plunderphonic style; referencing everything from Jay & Silent Bob to Tom Peters, Leeroy Jenkins to Lindsay Lohan and Rush to Jackass. Lohan's Life Preservers Shall Save Us All [mp3.059] is one trippy journey thru the pop culture television dial." Headphone Science has also done the label's first ever podcast - A 30 minute called IVDT Episode 001: A Basic Start which is mash up/cut-n-paste/megamix using 93 tracks of ivdt artist material. An excellent download and brilliant idea!

1/22/07 »

Happy 2007!!! With the turn of the new year, we are proud to bring you our first release of oh seven - Mercury Effect's full length "Broken Details" [ss008mp3]. It's a dark and dense journey through a digital realm, without knowing what's around the next corner. Fans of all the usual suspects will be pleased to hear this one - plus adding Mercury Effect as a new name to that list.