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About starfrosch

This is the starfrosch blog and podcast. Will you follow us? We focus on something between music, fun and technology, mostly Creative Commons. Sounds we like range from electronic, electro, dub, reggae, indie, pop, trip-hop, drum’n'bass to urban and jazz.

[dk] – blocSonic

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Once [dK] were [captain], [dixan] and [K], they used to write songs, play them and all the rest. They played a few gigs, recorded several tracks and got high on any possible drug. Then the economic trend and cosmic dynamics changed things. So [captain] quits, and after a period of mourning the fabulous Prof. [glazzy] joins the band. Same guts, different process, everlasting hatred. The mark will remain, the higher the tide, the mark is on the depth

Pulsating electro pop.

Download [dk] – Things Collapsing On Themselves [Creative Commons license]
Download full album netBloc compilation.

Thanks to blocSonic for the tip.

Lucianno V & Ignacio Sietetrece – unfoundsound records

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Lucianno V (real name Luciano Villarreal) was born in 1988 and hails from Córdoba, Argentina, where he djs and produces regularly. He started out as a drummer in a local band creating sounds that closely resembled hip-hop, jazz and soul. After that, he grew closer to electronic music — making a variety of deep techno, minimal techno and tech-house.

Ignacio Sietetrece is also from Córdoba, Argentina. He started his production career alongside Lucianno V with a collaboration ep on the music women money label. He produces deep tech-house fueled by body-moving rhythms, groovy basslines, warm melodies and ambient textures.

Deep, deep minimal tech-house.

Download Lucianno V & Ignacio Sietetrece - Smoke some weed [Creative Commons license]
Download full album.

Thanks to unfoundsound records for the tip.

Tribuman – LibreCommeLair

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Tribuman is based in Strasbourg (France) and born in a musical family, he started quite young playing in the middle of the 80s, first trumpet, before aiming to develop a personal ragga voicing style en 90s.

For this album, he decided to put his trumpet and vocal “raggamuffin” technics on several musical styles from breakbeat to dub. He also took the occasion to share tracks born from encounters he made these last years.

We like the ragga e-hop style.

Download Tribuman – Un beat et des mot [Creative Commons license]
Download full album.

Thanks to LibreCommeLair Netlabel for the tip.

The Crossfaders – Starquake Records

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One year has passed since Starquake Records entered the scene. Well this was a hell of a ride. Happy Birthday to all artists and the label owners – you deserve it!

To celebrate this Birthday, Starquake released the fantastic Star-Cake compilation. Eat it. Well known names like Prof. Kliq, the Crossfaders and Sebastian Love are there. Go listen and download.

Download The Crossfaders – Zero Kill [Creative Commons license]

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Thanks to Starquake Records for the tip.
The image is from Punxsutawneyphil.

Sasha Raskin – diym Netlabel

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Electroacoustic. That’s the word that best describes Jerusalem-based Sasha Raskin‘s sound, a seamless blend of classical instruments and electronic noise. “Only Music” mixes breaked rhythms and synths with everything from brass and funked-out guitars to plucked violin strings and lonely saxophone lines.

For Raskin, it’s all about giving to others what music has given him.

“Music saved my life. Whether if you’re a musician or not, I guess
that in some part it did the same for you.”

Atmospheric laid back tunes.

Download Sasha Raskin – Ride on feat. Adaya [Creative Commons license]
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Thanks to diym Netlabel for the tip.

Lata – LibreCommeLair Netlabel

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Lata is the dub and electrolatino project from chilean Andrew Collyer, under which he has released music on labels such as Akwaaba (France/Ghana), Post World Industries (USA), The Rebel Sounds (Canada), Pueblo Nuevo (Chile) & Japon Records (Argentina).
Andrew lives and works in Santiago, although as a youth he lived in Arica, the chilean city closest to both Peru and Bolivia, sandwiched between the desert and the ocean. So, spending a lot time in the desert and in the ocean as a kid exposed him to the primary ideas of space, rhythm and flow. Playing every rock instrument in many bands growing up helped too. And later, going to architecture school and then working as an architect by day and making music at night sealed the deal.

Globalized dub.

Download Lata – No Signal Mildtape Remix [Creative Commons license]
Download full album.

Thanks to LibreCommeLair Netlabel for the tip.

DISCOFORGIA – Starquake Records

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Coming up from the underground, dusting himself off, standing in a gloomy worrying light, here comes “Evade The Grave”, the very first EP from italian producer DISCOFORGIA.
A nocturnal and sinister exorcism, a distorted electrified remedy, a raging and hectic effort to escape from what we are all headed for. A nocturnal and sinister exorcism, a distorted electrified remedy, a raging and hectic effort to escape from what we are all headed for.

Get down to the dance floor.

Download DISCOFORGIA – R.I.P. Smitech Wesson Remix [Creative Commons license]
Download full album.

Thanks to Starquake Records for the tip.

Stealther – Stato Elettrico

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Stealther is a Dj and producer from Rome. He collaborates with the labels Truckstop76th, for which he made ​​several vinyl releases, and Stato Elettrico where he releases his productions as a free download. His tracks are characterized by dark and winding melodic turns that fit on the rhythm sections in 4 / 4 decided and constant. Techno and electro are the foundation of his sound construction.

Melodic 4/4 techno.

Download Stealther – Global Disease [Creative Commons license]
Download full album.

Thanks to Stato Elettrico for the tip.

ACL – Faturenet Recordings

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From Poland to UK through Uruguay and the Netherlands, with fiddles, accordion, and acoustic guitar on hand, Sebastian Dudko proudly presents his biggest project ever – Golden Fish from Azotic Compounds Laboratory.

Don’t feed the synth fish.

Download Sebastian Dudko Pablo V Remix – Odd One Out [Creative Commons license]
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Thanks to Faturenet Recordings for the tip.