Kabanjak, one half of Ancient Astronauts, and our favorite scratch dj and canadian beat maker par excellence, DJ Brace, found together and worked hard on a collaboration since they met in germany in 2011. the result is a deep and dope brew of magic music that will catch you from the first note.
This is out NOW on our label Switchstance Recordings and you can prelisten and directly purchase downloads through our Bandcamp store. Vinyl is also in the making, so please follow our activities on facebook, twitter, blog, etc to know when it´s out.
we hope all of our friends in the US are safe and were not harmed by hurricane Sandy.
our labelmate and soulbrother Astroboter will soon release his Beat Sutras Vol.1 on tape (yes, real tape) and digital download. it´s a great collection of beats and sound ideas based on samples, twisted and cut together by our man Astroboter. he just sent us this video for one of the tunes on Beat Sutras Vol.1 and we have to say that this fits to the zeitgeist of people all over the world who want nothing more than peace and democracy. how far can peace go? do we really live in a democracy? greed is getting stronger on planet earth and most wars get started because of claim of territory, religion or oil. at the end of the day it all means power. but it´s the power and wealth of just a few and not the majority of a nation, not by the real people and citizens of a country. the normal people just wanna live in peace, with respect for each other. they want their voices to be heard. they want their voices to count. that´s democracy.
let´s not only pray for more peace and democracy, let´s unite and spread love!!!
it´s me, Kabanjak. Some of you may know my other project called Deela. This is and always was my outlet on Switchstance Recordings for Latin and Afro influenced urban club music. I´m talking heavy percussive riddims with lots of Bass thrown in. Latin and African music was always a big passion for me and now i completed a new full length album for my Deela project. I hope you dig this and spread the word for it and pump it through the clubs.
you can purchase this directly through our Switchstance Bandcamp page:
Reggae music is in the air. not only because it is summer time but also because we built a Dancehall Reggae instrumental riddim for German magazine Sound & Recording. the asked us to do a producer tutorial for them and produce a “typical” Dancehall riddim. well, as you might guess, this was pure fun for us. you know we do this because we love this. because we think we have to put more quality and more consciousness out in this world. and now there come´s this magazine and asks us to do some Dancehall Reggae? hellyeahhh was our reaction to this request 🙂
and because we love to share more Reggae music with the world we give this special riddim out for FREE. we called it “Neva Stop Riddim” because we will never stop to release conscious music. so if you feel this please feel free to share this with your friends and loved ones.
on july 30th ESL Music will release the “More Mysteries EP” (ESL 214) with Ancient Astronauts remixes of our favorite tunes from his album “Tree Of Mystery”. This release is full of modern Reggae and Dub vibes and deep conscious messages by Azeem.
Here´s the video for “Rhythm feat. Azeem (Ancient Astronauts Remix)”, done by our visual wizard Uli Sigg:
we are happy to announce the first ever remix contest on our label Switchstance Recordings. Kabanjak, one half of the Ancient Astronauts, teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Fat Albert Einstein from LA to do a collaboration EP which is full of deep vibes and bass. Think of Roots Rockers Dub ala Augustus Pablo but with the trademark melodies of our two artists, playing all instruments on this EP. no sequencing or looping here, this is all played live by the two gentlemen. Call it Garage Dub or whatever you wanna name it, this is straight up DUB from the heart. have a listen for yourself here:
So if you ever had the feeling inside that you wanted to remix one of our Switchstance artists then this is your chance. visit this page and find all information regarding the remix contest there:
we are proud to announce the release of our album The Orion Nebula Remixes through ESL Music. It was released on the 1st of may as a digital release and vinyl. you can have a pre-listen here:
Our aim was to gather some of our favorite producers on this album and let them do their unique interpretations of the original music. We are really happy with the result and the cast of producers. Maker from Chicago, J-Boogie from San Francisco, Subatomic Sound System from NYC, Kabanjak himself as well with his other solo moniker Deela, DJ Brace from Montreal and Second Sky & Thomas Blondet from Washington DC all did a great job and delivered a heavy doze of remixes. Timewarp Inc from Athens and ourselves did remixes that were not included on the album but soon will be given away for free through our Soundcloud account.
From booming Hip Hop to modern Dub to Latin inspired Downtempo to Afro driven and wobbly Breakbeats, everything is there for you on this album.
you can purchase the vinyl directly through the ESL Music webshop for an unbeatable package price of 10,- USD for 7″ and 12″:
we know you´ve been waiting for some new Ancient Astronauts material since our album “Into Bass And Time” last year. As you might know Kabanjak has several solo projects and has been working a lot for new releases as Deela as well as his collaborations with Fat Albert Einstein or DJ Brace. And those of you that followed all our steps know that the last months saw releases of Reggae loaded Ancient Astronauts remixes for SEE-I, Subatomic Sound System & Anthony B as well as our DC homies Nappy Riddem. Recently finished remixes include one for our new ESL Music label mate Congo Sanchez, one for Kabanjak´s collabo EP with Fat Albert Einstein and one that is still a big surprise for you guys. We still cannot tell that secret yet but what we can tell you is that it´s one of the heaviest and heavy bass-loaded remixes we have done so far.
But we were talking about new stuff from Ancient Astronauts. On may 1st ESL Music will release our new album “The Orion Nebula Remixes” (ESL 197) which features a big load of remixes by cats like Maker, J-Boogie, DJ Brace, Subatomic Sound System, Kabanjak, Deela, Second Sky & Thomas Blondet and Timewarp Inc. Also featured on the album are Azeem, DJ Zeph, Monsoon and Entropik.
Here is the video for “Give It To You feat. Monsoon (Subatomic Sound System Remix)”:
The video is done by visual artist Uli Sigg from Cologne who also does the live visuals for our live sets. We hope you enjoy!
You can listen to a snippet mix of the new album “The Orion Nebula Remixes” here on this site in the “Music” section.
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