Airdrop Records, Agency & Blog

When we discovered that Bleed, one of our favourite writers in the fundamental German music magazine De:Bug, had written not 1, not 2, not 3… but 4 reviews on our latest record releases (AD012 / AD013 / AUX01 / AUX02), we quite simply fell from our chairs, onto our buttocks! All four reviews are very positive and builds some constructive criticism, which has us shine like proud kids who just received a sticker for good conduct! Read all the reviews below and get yourself a copy of De:Bug #139, the Jan/Feb 2010 edition!

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Today is very special for us. Why? If the picture above isn’t self-explanatory, well this kind of article doesn’t fall from the sky in a ribboned egg every day – and easter has not even come yet! What an unwordable warm feeling taking all over our bodies and computers upon receiving this. Two pages in the illustrous German magazine raveline composed by our favourite music journalist Kat Richter (www.planetkat.com) about Techno situation in the US – hard environment, very hopeful nonetheless – and our new compilation dedicated to the country’s emerging scene, EXTRACTION US. Read more about it right below.

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Nick Chacona from XLR8R writes about Soulclap and AirDrop’s two first release
AD001 – The Giraffe and AD002 – die Ente ! Wooop !
This is what the article says:

“As a Bronx-born New Yorker, it’s not really in my blood to say that Boston is representin’ in any way, but considering the magnitude of the first releases from the new AirDrop imprint, it looks like they’re in the midst of a real (tea) party. Both releases come from Soulclap, the duo of Cnyce and DJ Elyte. The label’s inaugural release, “The Giraffe,” is a limited-edition colored-vinyl 10″ that features a mix from Franco Cinelli that’s straight out of Lee Curtis‘ twisted tech-house playbook. The second single, “die Ente,” also keeps things on the deep-tech tip initially, then launches into some serious early ’90s-style synth-sax house business that could fit easily into Luciano’s and Quentin Harris‘ sets. Boston’s hero of the moment, dirtybirds’s Tanner Ross, is enlisted here on mix duties, and utilizes some highly reverbed crystalline synth tones and thunderous bass growls to full modern-rave effect.”

-En Tu Casa, p. 100, XLR8R #118 June/July 2008