It’s a sad day for french electronic music with the closing of institubes records a fine label that helped unearth some of the most talented young producers to come out of france over it’s nearly eight years of operation and also help shape the french electronic music scene in the 00′s. Run by Teki latex & Dj Orgasmic they showed us the musical stylings of Surkin, Das Glow, Bobmo, high powered boys and para one, quite the list if you want an electro hoe down.
Institubes has had to close its doors due to losing too much money through operating costs, and a tough uphill battle with the bigger companies focusing on the who and not the music. In an ever changing and demanding consumer world it seems that brand, image and self promotion have taken top priority over the quality and quantity of musical releases these days. Especially when music is released at light speed these days it can be hard to find yourself in the clutter that is the internet.
Never fear Teki & Orgasmic are still putting dope tunes out through their sound pellegrino imprint, things are not slowing up for the boys, with many of their releases featuring renaissance man, harvard bass, solo, l-vis 1990 and plenty more. The full press release can be found over at institubes records. it’s quite the read. Below is a look back at some of the great tunes released over the years from the institubes back catalouge.
2003
The first releases were dope french hip hop from L’Atelier, La fête de la musique compact bass, string samples plus smooth french rhymes make this a pretty tasty track. (i wish i knew french)
L’Atelier – La fête de la musique
2006
Surkin released his most famous working in 2oo6 (one of the golden years for electro) ‘ghetto obsession’, you should know it by now its a peak hour floor stomper. 2006 also saw the release of Para One’s debut album Epiphanie, which definitely had its moments with some raunchy basslines mixed up with hip hop style beats break this album up from being just another electro album.
2008
Bobmo & Surkin teamed up to bring us the collaboration project ‘high powered boys‘ releasing the double sided ‘sounds of cain’ which included the monster club hit ‘hoes get down’. 08 also saw the release of dj orgasmic’s six pack anthem featuring teki latex spiting hot fire over electro hip hop cuts makes for a pretty rad offering.
high powered boys – Hoes get down
2010
Having released plenty of tunes on institubes over the years das glow was one of the last artists to put out tracks with his phase IV EP, acid house inspired techno coupled to driving bass lines, great for taking things deep.
Rest in peace institubes, you will be missed. Be sure to scope out institubes back catalouge over at discogs
HATCH.
Holy eff, I had no idea these doods were Canadian. Turns out AZARI & III are from Toronto.
This tune’s been around for a minute already but its video is getting some huge hype!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWfNvPqKRJ0
Also, last fall SCION A/V issued a stellar kit of remixes for “Into the Night.” Since they were meant to be distributed I might as well share them now.
Download audio file (Azari%20&%20III%20-%2001%20Into%20The%20Night%20(Original).mp3)
MP3: Azari & III -- Into the Night (Original Mix)
Download audio file (Azari%20&%20III%20-%2002%20Into%20The%20Night%20(Prince%20Language%20Remix).mp3)
MP3: Azari & III -- Into the Night (Prince Language Remix)
Download audio file (Azari%20&%20III%20-%2003%20Into%20The%20Night%20(Renaissance%20Man%20Extended%20Mix).mp3)
MP3: Azari & III -- Into the Night (Renaissance Man Extended Mix)
Download audio file (Azari%20&%20III%20-%2004%20Into%20The%20Night%20(CFCF%20Remix).mp3)
MP3: Azari & III -- Into the Night (CFCF Remix)
Download audio file (Azari%20&%20III%20-%2005%20Into%20The%20Night%20(Nicolas%20Jaar%20Remix).mp3)
MP3: Azari & III -- Into the Night (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
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Bonus:
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MP3: Azari & III -- Hungry for the Power (Riviera Remix)
Discobelle just released a new single from Dirty Bird alumni, Worthy. The track is called “Big Perm” and it’s a must-have Tech House banger. It’s backed with some dance floor filling remixes from Renaissance Man, Harvard Bass and Femme En Fourre. Grab the Femme En Fourre remix for free, but also check out the whole release on Juno, Boomkat, iTunes or Turntable Lab.
Worthy – Big Perm (Femme En Fourrure Remix)
Markus G
Into The Night - AZARI & IIIMore brilliance from Azari & III this week with remixes aplenty. Another installment of the the Scion A/V Project this time with remixes by CFCF, Nicholas Jaar, Renaissance Man, New York's Prince Language and a live edit by Seth Troxler with (Masomenos & Jaw from Paris).CFCF and Prince Language best compliment the style of Azari but Renaissance Man and Nicholas Jaar breathe new life into the track masking it original intentions so that you believe it is theirs alone. The Troxler and friends cut is a live edit that feels exactly like that, too safe and indifferent to the original. All in all though this one is worth the price of admission alone having Jaar and RM plying their trades..Azari & III - Into The Night (Renaissance Man Extended Mix)
Into The Night - AZARI & IIIMore brilliance from Azari & III this week with remixes aplenty. Another installment of the the Scion A/V Project this time with remixes by CFCF, Nicholas Jaar, Renaissance Man, New York's Prince Language and a live edit by Seth Troxler with (Masomenos & Jaw from Paris).CFCF and Prince Language best compliment the style of Azari but Renaissance Man and Nicholas Jaar breathe new life into the track masking it original intentions so that you believe it is theirs alone. The Troxler and friends cut is a live edit that feels exactly like that, too safe and indifferent to the original. All in all though this one is worth the price of admission alone having Jaar and RM plying their trades..Azari & III - Into The Night (Renaissance Man Extended Mix) 