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Audio Damage has updated Dubstation to version 1.2 on both Windows and OSX.
Here are the updates:

Dubstation now works at all sampling rates, up to 192kHz. There was a problem with RAM allocation that made long delay times at higher sampling rates work oddly. This has been fixed, and Dubstation now works (and sounds) exactly the […]

 


Eccodek - Voices Have Eyes

Voices Have Eyes, the latest release from Eccodek (aka Canadian producer Andrew McPherson), is an interesting world music/electronica hybrid that puts the emphasis on musicianship, not loops and samples. With the help of a dozen vocalists and musicians from around the world, plus a choir, McPherson creates a rich musical stew.
McPherson makes extensive use of […]

 


Nnnj - Monkey Straddle

Monkey Straddle, the debut CD of Nnnj (”inch”) on The Agriculture records, is an interesting downtempo blend of influences ranging from ambient to jazz to IDM to world music.
Nnnj’s music falls into the broad downtempo category - but the tracks on Monkey Straddle are some of the most interesting examples of the genre that we’ve […]

 

Big Fish Audio has introduced a new sample library, Deep Dub Rising, in AIFF/Apple Loops/WAV/Acid formats.
Description:
Bunker 8 Digital Labs invites you to lose the borders and constraints on your current musical experiences. Flow into the Deep Dub Rising. Sultry Caribbean steel pans, undulating Delhi tabla patterns, Djembe, Doumbek, Tabla, Tonbak, Sitar, Darbouka, Ghaval, Kpanlogo, Talking […]

 

This CD sat in limbo for a long time, because the review copy “features” intrusive copy-protection. The first thing it tries to do when you listen to it on a computer is pop up a window and try to install something. It’s too bad, because the The Cosmic Game captures Thievery Corporation doing what they […]

 

Deep and hard, Nude Tempo One delivers house music with the sexy style that Naked Music has down to a science.
Miguel Migs DJ’s this set of deep house tracks that brings together a tasteful collection of instrumental and vocal dance tracks. The collection serves up a tasty mix of well-known and new talent, all of […]

 

Hammock is an interesting collection of downbeat dub grooves from Synergetic Records. Compiled by Swhe Dagon and Dub’Acan, the CD features 9 previously unreleased tracks.
Dub’ Acan is better known as DJ Acan, a Vienna dj best known in the psy-trance area, and who is also the head honch at Synergetic Records.
On Hammock, the musicians explore […]

 

Audio Damage has announced the release of DubStation for Windows VST and OSX VST/AU.
The DubStation plug-in is modeled on the “bucket-brigade” style of vintage delay units, and has all the mojo that made those boxes great. Accurate down to the warm sound of the feedback loop and the low-fidelity character of the originals, DubStation is […]

 

I was a little skeptical when I saw this CD. A reggae version of Dark Side of the Moon? What were they smoking?
This is the sort of concept CD that is all to often botched. Fortunately, Dub Side of the Moon is a masterful reworking of the original. Pink Floyd’s recording has been played to […]