Mineral – Atmospheric Drum'n'bass

It’s time to wrap up the first 15 Free Tracks at Mineral.fi. I’m proud to present a fresh & brilliant mixtape by St. Laurent including all the Free Tracks (01-15) so far:

St. Laurent – Mineral.fi Free Tracks Season One [download season one mix]

TRACKLIST
01. Furi Anga – The Human Project
02. Mineral – The Neverending Story
03. Fanu – Shogun Remix
04. Wintermute – The Rift Between
05. Eclipse – Tricky
06. Naraka – Bent Sky 2k10
07. Defence – Sight Of Vision
08. Trisector & InZtance – Something To Give
09. Ben Kama – Someone
10. Mineral – Step
11. Physics – Never The Same
12. Radicall – Plus
13. Puzzle – Kumoi
14. Esc – Kongo Tune (Mineral 2010 VIP)
15. Burma – Gringo

All tunes are downloadable at the Free Track of The Week -section.

At his early teenage years Lauri Hynninen aka St. Laurent was introduced to drum & bass by the boy next door – how romantic! After listening countless hours to the newly released Timeless by Goldie and things coming out from Good Looking Records, there certainly was no turning back. It was exactly those exciting drum rolls, amen variations and deep punching basslines that made him fall in love.

In addition to being a big coffee enthusiast he’s also spending his spare time running the monthly Funk’it club and being part of the Science HKI cru. And this is the key point to the musical variety of this gentleman.

Apart from drum & bass, he’s collecting music from soul and funk to jazz and house. Still, the main focus is in drum & bass – all sorts of it. As he puts it, “If it’s jazzy or has a lot of atmosphere and amen break, I probably dig it!”

Check more mixtape madness by St. Laurent at http://soundcloud.com/st-laurent/

One of the most legendary names in Finnish DNB is without doubt Physics, and I’m very happy to promote one of his tracks as the Free Track of The Week #15. Check out:

Physics – Never The Same [download_mineral.fi_free015 ]

Physics is the production moniker for drum&bass producer/DJ and label owner Glenn Grip currently recording for Labels such as Metalheadz (Goldie) , MAC II(Randall) Blindside, Fokuz, Jerona Fruits, Jerona Dubs, Phuzion, Phuturistic Bluez, Planet Funk, Vampire Records(Source Direct) and Pivotal Entertainment music and Telluric Recordings. He also runs Finland based label Midnight Sun Recordings and is a co-owner of the digital download shop http://www.digital-tunes.net/ alongside companion William Coates.

Physics started producing late 90s and it didn’t take long before his music was snapped up by the biggest labels in the industry. Physics music has been supported by international DJ:s such as LTJ Bukem, Goldie, Nookie, Marcus Intalex, Marky&XRS, D-Bridge,Randall, Bryan Gee, Makoto, Phil Source Direct, and many more. Being a busy DJ aswell , Djing work have taken him to countries like Germany, Czech Rep, Slovakia, Sweden, Romania, Denmark, Russia, England, Austria, Estonia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, N Ireland, Scotland, The Netherlands to name but a few, playing the sounds of the Midnight Sun. 

CHECK MORE FROM PHYSICS

• For bookings contact: glenn@digital-tunes.net
• Check out the latest music by Physics at: http://soundcloud.com/physics

I’m very proud to present the Free Track of The Week #14 by a Polish dnb artist Radicall. The track “Plus” is a really catchy and deep track with excellent atmosphere in it. A recommended download!

Radicall – Plus [download mineral.fi_free014]

Radicall – Plus by radicall

Krzysztof Golinski aka Radicall is a Producer, dj and founder of Nightworks.

In love with the music since day one. His early productions were heavily inspired by jungle/jump up sound, later he induced himself to deeper and heavier timbre of drum’n’bass. In 2002 he became one of the finalists of “Made In Poland” – producers contest which revealed biggest talents of that time. It was his premiere as a producer and a dj under a nickname which he kept till now – Radicall..

In the meantime his music was still evolving – as a result of his constant search of new boundaries and ideas “Forgotten Horizon” came into being, side-project mainly focused on ambient, flowing, “between dream and reality” kind of sound. His d’n’b repertoire changed. Melodic, trancestep inspired sound was slowly replaced with deeper and heavier neurofunk and atmospheric landscape. In his solo project he focused on deeper, setting-up new boundaries in atmospheric-dnb sound, heavily inspired by neurofunk, technoid, ambient, classic electronic and ocean of other interesting music.

In his sound space there is one inherent element. It’s deep and full of warm vibrations Katee’s vocal, which perfectly highlights an emotional charge of his music. First of all, music is a matter of imagination, his tracks got very vivid character and they’re infused with very specific emotional charge. His mixes combine energy, dynamics and techstep/neurofunk severity, electrostep melodiousness with deeper breath of atmospheric mood…

CHECK MORE FROM RADICALL

• www.soundcloud.com/radicall
• www.nightworksmusic.com
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/Radicall/144164978930642

This week’s Free Track of The Week is by a really special guest Furi Anga from Finland. I’ve been a fan of Furi’s moody dnb production for a long time, and I’ve been playing his tracks in my mixes a lot too. This marvellous track “The Human Project” is all about what Furi does best: moody, melodic and minimalistic dnb. Check it out!

Furi Anga – The Human Project [download_www.mineral.fi_free013]

Furi Anga – The Human Project (2011 / FREE DOWNLOAD) by Furi Anga

Furi Anga alias Antti Viitamäki is a deep soul explorer from Finland, Scandinavia. Listening to his music one gets transported into a melancholic fairy world – sometimes true and beatiful, sometimes dark and grotesque. He gets heavy influences from ascetic finnish nature. “Cold scandinavian moods delivered in a form of drumandbass.”, as Furi describes at his site Furianga.com.

I’m currently working on a collaboration track “Awakening” with Furi, and it’s gonna be really good! I’ll let you know when it’s finished.

The Free Track of The Week #12 is up. This time we have some chilly summersounds to warm up the cold winter days. Check out this liquid dnb track “Step” by Mineral:

Mineral – Step [download: www.mineral.fi_free012]

Mineral – Step (www.mineral.fi_free012) by DJ mineral

Free Track of The Week #12 is a chilly and easylistening drum’n’bass track by Mineral. The rolling breaks and beats accompanied with various melodies make this a nice roller. Grab a cup of coffee (or even better: a cold beer), turn up the volume and start listening! Hope you enjoy this track!

The cover artwork for Step is designed by a really talented graphic artist Maija Paloheimo. She has done lots of amazing works for bands and different websites for example, so check out her portfolio for more art by Maija.

CHECK MORE FROM MINERAL

http://www.soundcloud.com/dj-mineral – more tracks at my soundcloud
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mineral-Atmospheric-Drumnbass – follow Mineral on facebook

Turn up the wobbly dancefloor beats and basses, as Burma’s track “Gringo” gets featured as the Free Track of The Week #11. Make sure to check this dancefloorkiller out right now!

Burma – Gringo [download www.mineral.fi_free011]

Burma has been involved in drum ‘n bass scene for over a decade. Producing his own “glue sniffing” style of jump up, DJing around Finland and promoting his own parties has established him as one of the key players in Finnish DnB scene. You can never know what comes next when you see him perform live. Burma is a signed artist for RuffDNBRecords.

CHECK MORE FROM BURMA
– Burma’s facebook
– Burma’s myspace

Free Track of The Week #10 is up, and the site gets more international attention, as we have a special guest Eclipse from Poland. I’ve been feeling this track a lot lately as it’s deep and atmospheric drum’n’bass – just the way it should!

Eclipse – Tricky [download www.mineral.fi_free010]

Eclipse – Tricky by eclipsednb

Piotr Pasierowski aka Eclipse – DJ,  promoter and producer from Gdansk, Poland.  Member of Deeper Than Deep collective. Fascinated by electronic music for several years. He gained first experience on brother CD’s. Dark, melodic trip-hop took possession of his mind, and set up a musical way. For several years focused on drum and bass music. Eclipse began making his own music over a year ago. His productions and sets are characterized by a cinematic elements and strong,  deep bass sound . Playing at many events he had chance to support DJs such as: Survival, Zyon Base, Skeptical, DBR UK, Flatliners, Bcee, Bungle.

CHECK MORE QUALITY TRACKS FROM ECLIPSE

– Eclipse’s soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/eclipsednb

It’s time to present a fresh Drum’n’bass track from an extremely potential young talent, Puzzle. The atmosphere is very special in this Free Track of The Week #9, “Kumoi”.

Puzzle – Kumoi [download www.mineral.fi_free009]

Puzzle – Kumoi (FREE!) by Puzzle

Puzzle alias Juho Kavasto is a young talent from Finland. Being only 15 years at the moment, Puzzle has an excellent future as a Drum’n’bass artist. Several labels are already interested in his production, which is not surprising: simply listen to this guy’s tracks and be amazed of the tight drum’s and the deep basslines.

Keep an eye for Puzzle’s production, as I’m sure he will break big time in the future!

CHECK MORE FROM PUZZLE

– Puzzle’s facebook: http://www.facebook.com/puzzlednb
– Puzzle’s soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/puzzlednb

The Kongocrew 10-years celebration was a real success last Friday. Many d’n’b heads from Finland gathered together in this very special event. I had a blast performing a B2B DJ-set with Quadra from Defence. It was a pleasure to meet so many friends and new faces too. Thanks to all the people who attended! Also, massive props to Esc & DBLJ for arranging this event. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate it.

The new Free Track of The Week will be up tomorrow… It’s gonna be really good, so check back tomorrow!

Check out more photos from the party by Jonne Renvall

Yesh! This weeks Free Track comes from Germany, from a really talented artist, Wintermute. I’m really loving the atmosphere and especially the bassline in this tune. Listen & download now:

• Wintermute – The Rift Between [download www.mineral.fi_free007]

Wintermute – The Rift Between (cut) by Wintermute (mal_function)

Wintermute is a moniker of Florian Förster aka. mal_function, which he uses for all of his bass-driven music productions. He excels in producing eclectic musical pieces, which vary from deep, minimal drum’n’bass tunes to techno and dubstep excursions. Most of his drum’n’bass productions were released under Creative Commons Licence by the german netlabel digitalGEWITTER and the demoscene-related NoSYS Productions. Wintermute’s current productions received dj support by Kano (Sinuous Records, DSCI4/UK), Neonlight (TrustInMusic, Ammunition Rec./GER), Acid_Lab (Basswerk, Syncopathic Rec./GER), to mention a few.

CHECK MORE FROM WINTERMUTE:
– Wintermute’s soundcloud – brilliant tracks to listen!

WINTERMUTE & AUDITE REMIXES MINERAL
Wintermute & Audite did a really nice remix of my track Lukumo a few weeks ago. I’m happy to announce, that the track has already gotten some DJ support. Check out this clip of the remix here, if you haven’t already:
Mineral – Lukumo (Wintermute & audite Remix) (cut) by Wintermute (mal_function)