DERU LIVE
Congratulations to the winners of the CD Giveaway of Deru’s Pushing Air full-length coming out on Neo Ouija in the Spring. Special thanks to Ben Wynn for his minimal bass driven ambiences and energetic clip-hop frequencies!

Esem :: Eloki.Neadu [Enveloped] Defocus
Yasume :: Deru Remix [Yasume Remixes] City Centre Offices
Nobukazu Takemura :: Childs View [Heroin + Remixes] Orthlorng Musork
Gridlock :: Voiceless:Vcam:rmx [Trace] Possessive-Blindfold
Sky Tucker :: Qc6v [Breaks Your Heart Again] 6-Records
Pss2099 :: Shadows [Men With Boxes] DUB
Crunch :: Boy.Rek [10 Inch] Delikatessen
Ambulance :: Polyp (Battlecat RMX) [Fear001 EP] The Fear
Gescom :: Mag 3.1426 (Rmxd by Ae) [This EP] Skam
Bauri :: Undivided [Slacker Journal] Neo Ouija
Kettel :: Be Nice Dust [Smiling Little Cow] Neo Ouija
Deru *Live* Performance, Interview & CD-Giveaway
L’usine ICL :: Blind [Iron City] Hymen
Metamatics :: Byeway (Clan) [From Death to Passwords..] Hydrogren Dukebox
Spark :: We Almost Didn’t Make It [The Robotic Girl Next Door] n5MD
Esem :: Swift Urban Departure.. [Serial Human] Merck
Meat Beat Manifesto :: Nano [Variaciones Espectrales] Instinct
Ethyl Meatplow :: Ripened Peach [12″]
Bigod 20 :: One [One EP]
Jay Migliori :: Lunatic Waltz [Smile] Cexton

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Merck Records Spotlight
This evening we featured a series of upcoming, unreleased (and released) Merck highlights. The recent addition of artists such as Deceptikon, Adam Johnson, Blamstrain and upcoming releases by Esem, Lackluster & Frank & Bill definitely secures M3rck at the top of our lists as one of the best Severely Electronified Hip-Hop labels for 2003.

Esem :: Eloki.Neadu [Enveloped] DeFocus
Deru :: Din [Pushing Air] Neo Ouija
Spark :: Choptravel [The Robotic Girl Next Door] n5MD
Electric Blanket :: Hard Edges Softened [Retrospective Pt.2] Dick & Jane
Skope :: Bouncing Ball Mix [Phasmid :: Cooper is on Bubbles Remixes] Skylab
Lowfish :: Dead House [Misery Loves Company] Ersatz Audio
Nikakoi :: Mtavary [Further Electronics V.1] e:Motion

Sense :: 250600 [Aurora] Merck
Esem :: Scatterhaunted & Vellin Street [Serial Human] Merck
Adam Johnson :: Autopop [Chigliak] Merck
Blamstrain :: Process [Ensi] Merck
Deceptikon :: Sometimes You Hear it Coming [Lost Subject] Merck
Frank & Bill :: Ma2 [ma0x 7″] Merck
Lackluster :: Haloaw (xx/07/99) [Showcase] Merck
Machine Drum :: Riveurs Enjienrd By Brothomstates [Half The Battle EP] Merck
Lackluster :: 31/10/99 [Lackluster Remixer] Merck
Machine Drum :: Kids World [Urban Biology] Merck
Proem :: Failure to Connect Mike [2=1] Merck
Luminfire :: Jewel Scarabs [Dosage] Merck
Kristiut Salu :: Updowndownup [My Mines Eye] Merck
Lexaunculpt :: Tell me You Love Me [Squadron] Merck
MD :: New York Middle Class [Between Gaps] Merck

Phoenecia :: Diganesa [Brownout] Schematic
Boards of Canada :: Alpha & Omega [Geogaddi] Warp
Boards of Canada :: Chinook [Hi Scores EP] Skam
Boards of Canada :: Basefree [Twoism EP] Warp/Music70
Consolidated :: This is a Collective [The Myth of Rock] Nettwerk
Consolidated :: We Gotta Have Peace [Friendly Fascism] Nettwerk
EBN :: Electronic Behavior Control System [Telecommunication Breakdown] TVT
Meat Beat Manifesto :: Original Control (v.3) [Edge of No Control] PIAS
Meat Beat Manifesto :: I Am Electro (’93) [Original Fire] PIAS/Nothing
Volsoc :: Shout Out Original [Compuphonic Intelligence] World Electric
Bass Kittens :: www.pretension.com [4 Things I Hate About You] Pretension
Dimensional Holofonic Sound :: Station Lunar 3 [Attention Earth People] TinoCorp
Meat Beat Manifesto :: Tweekland [Subliminal Sandwich] PIAS
Front 242 :: Welcome to Paradise [Front by Front :: ’88-’89] Epic
Jay Migliori :: Smile [Smile] Cexton