The 45 Tribute is a compilation to pay homage to the late Daniel Hansson, co-founder of Elektron Music Machines.

There are 30 tracks from many well-known artists including Autechre, Dntel, Venetian Snares, Daedelus, Kim Hiorthoy, John Tejada and many more. The release also contains exclusive contributions from: The Sea and Cake, Boom Bip, Tiga, Proxy, John Starlight and others.

The album will be distributed digitally and has a $5.00 cost attached to it. All proceeds will go to the World Wildlife Fund, a cause Daniel was passionate about.

Additionally, there are over 25 free songs available for download.

You can preview 45 Tribute below:

 

 Music International - Earth Chorus: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Honey Claws - Giant Town: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Boom Bip - Coogi Sweater: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Track List:

1. Orsan Kart - Eine Weitere Stunde
2. Daedelus_- Eulogy For An Uncommon Man
3. Dntel - Exercise Bike
4. Tiga - Good As Gold
5. Future Image - Botley Corpse
6. Landstrumm vs. Milanese - Corked
7. Autechre - coenc3
8. dDamage - Golooom
9. Jon Martensson – Where Everything Joins and Parts
10. Music International - Earth Chorus
11. The Sea and Cake - Sound & Vision
12. Kim Hiorthoy – Uprock Work
13. Erase - The Machine
14. Pelektor - Flytrekker
15. Wanker’s United - Soul Boxes
16. AEVSVS (Autechre vs. Venetian Snares) - Elephant Gear
17. John Starlight - Shadowbreaker
18. John Tejada - In the Moment
19. Honey Claws - Giant Town
20. TReD Grp. - Scarfac 323
21. Micronaut - Minimist
22. scutopus, JTS3K, and The Brown Moth - The Light That Came from Across the Sea
23. Proxy - Din Dah
24. Material Object - Blacklight
25. Boom Bip - Coogi Sweater (Featuring Ali Lee)
26. Emnine - Magical Music Box
27. Beautiful Planet Earth - Farewell Letter
28. Van Basten - The Solution
29. How Dragons Disappear - Have to go to work but
30. Kero (feat. Perilelle) - Syndrome

The compilation consists primarily of electronic oriented music but it isn’t specific to any sub-genre.

Project History:
The 45 Tribute started as an idea of a member of the Elektron-Users.com site last October. Several people from the community wanted to pay homage to Daniel and his genius. We then reached out beyond the Elektron-Users community and asked many well-known artists to participate. With Elektron’s blessing and the generosity of the artists, we were able to make 45 Tribute – For Daniel Hansson a reality.

Song Selection:
Many of the established artists were asked if they wanted to be a part of our project. Additional songs were submitted from the Elektron user community. We received so many songs that we established a panel to vote on which ones should be included in the release. Since we received so many submissions, we created the ‘Free Songs’ section.

Name Significance:
The name of the compilation is inspired by Daniel’s old C64 demo group called Zone 45. Apart from that, it was also his favorite number.