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The first release of 2012 on Airdrop comes from young Argentine producer Brandub. Hailing from the city of Cordoba, Exequiel Brandan presents his second EP on Airdrop under the Brandub guise and continues exploring the deep path he started beating last year.

The two original cuts ‘Procesos‘ and ‘Writhing Dub‘ show all the subtlety in Brandub’s production, in which lone ethereal elements blend in homogeneously with smooth beat sequences.

When we first made him listen to it, Brendon Moeller instantly fell for the project and Brandub’s textures. He decided to immediately slip into something more comfortable – aka his Beat Pharmacy overall – to complete the release with his very own writhing, quite an incendiary device!

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Some of you have been lucky enough to attend one of Funkalicious James rare appearances behind the wheels of steel. The others had to wait until… today! Yes, the wait was long, but get ready for an hour of pure FUNKaliciousness in the classiest manner.

Last summer, Funkalicious James’ edit of Janet Jackson – That’s The Way got rinsed on the floors and beaches worldwide by anyone in the know from Soul Clap to Till Von Sein.

Funkalicious James is also one half of the Childhood ‘87 project with Le Loup – their edit of “Caught Up” on our 2nd Aux-Rec 12″ outing made some serious commotion in 2010.

This year, he comes back with a full EP for Airdrop. Due out in the spring, it also includes stormer remixes by John Spring and Douze, who just dropped a really hot one on Le Loup & Seuil’s Hold Youth. Funkalicious James will be playing this weekend on Saturday, February 11th, at Airdrop’s winter shindig in Paris.

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Mark Caramelli and Paul Hargreaves really marked their territory in 2011. On top of their latest release on Airdrop, the Leeds duo presented its productions on Jef K’s Silver Network label, on Catz N’ Dogz‘ Pets Recordings imprint and on Culprit the label handled by Los Angeles DJ-collective Droog.

This new edition of Airdrop’d – our free download series – presents ‘Long Ago‘, initially included in DOTB’s ‘We Need Passion EP‘ on Airdrop. ‘Long Ago‘ got remixed by Mark E for the occasion, but today we are sending you the original version for download. Enjoy!

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Today we’re celebrating the 50th episode of our beloved AirPod – but this month also marks our podcast’s 4th anniversary! That’s right, over the last four years – and since Paulo’s first episode in Dec. ‘07 – we sent out no less than fifty mixes from our roster’s precious talents.

Who better to observe such jubilee with, than someone who keeps raising the level of wonderment record after record, mix after mix – Mr. Andres Zacco. Fresh off the release of his third 12″ on Airdrop Records, we are proud to announce Zacco’s participation in our next Aux-Rec project, the re-release and remixing of an original piece by Icelandic producer Exos.

The next twelve months are set to hold many more surprises for Andres Zacco. His label Greener Records will be presenting the 2nd volume of its ambient compilation series – Landscapes Of The Future, as well as 12″s by himself, Jacek Sienkiewicz and Dario Zenker. Also on his schedule is a European tour in May 2012, for which we are already booking.

Artist: Andres Zacco Title: Flow Of Sense EP Label: Airdrop Records Format: 12″ / Digital Cat. No: AD 019 Release Date: 28th Nov 2011 Tracklist: A1. Up Here (Original Mix) A2. Invisible B1. Storyboard B2. Up Here (Swayzak Remix)

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Chaim – “These are all cool tracks. A 5/5 package. Up Here maybe my fav. thanks.”
DJ Yellow – “Totally mental beauty here! The Swayzak remix is stellar and underground.”
Osunlade – “Up Here is HOT! and energetic! Supporting!”
Raresh – “Andres does it again!! Many thanks for another very good one”
Ryan Crosson – “Invisible instantly stands out from the EP for me. Gonna try it out.”

Over two years ago already, we were announcing Andres Zacco’s first EP on Airdrop. The ‘Seated Hopping EP‘ had been sent to us by Andres’ best friend, none other than el Señor Franco Cinelli. Needless to say, we fell in love with the subtlety of his music.

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At the end of each year, the same circus happens over and over again. We try to wrap up (not only Xmas presents) but all the things we’ve pushed under the carpet until the last minute. All of this cumulates in the most hectic moment of the year, whereas we should really be enjoying our well deserved holidays!

So in the midst of the year end craze, take a minute to load up Brandub’s latest mix into your iPod. This hour of genuine dubby euphoria lift us many strata away from any superfluous concerns. Brandub applied his craft in his home studio, in the city of Cordoba, Argentina. His debut EP on Airdrop last year displayed Brandub’s inclinations clearly – a warm, comforting sound oscillating between deep house and dub techno.

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Agoria – “Dell Wish It Was Me is definitely a tune I’m gonna play till end of the year.”
Ben Westbeech – “Yyyyyeah buoy. Bobby is a genius and this track is a dope rework.”
Jimpster – “Nice work on the Bobby Drives edit! Not heard this before so yeah, i’m on it!”
Soul Clap – “Woahhhh! Bobby Drives is some trippy ass shizzle! Feelin dat fo sho!”
Tiefschwarz – (Ali) – “This is an amazing record!! 5/5 ”

Aux-Rec is back for its fourth project, following the ‘Baker Man’ edit by Soul Clap (so good it became an official remix on Laid Back’s label), first class remixes by Franco Cinelli and the ‘Caught Up’ bootleg by Le Loup & Funkalicious James aka Childhood ‘87.

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