10 Years of Combat Recordings

[Guest Deco Balcony]

Out a week ago I think - really glad to see Milanese brought out of hiding. Lots of hefty tracks on this one...

 

 

London based electronic label Combat Recordings celebrates 10 years of audio assault with a huge compilation of sonic weaponry from old and new members of it’s clan.

Started in 2004 by Stormfield with “Anger is Strength” etched into the inner groove of the label’s first 12”, Combat label has grown to 34 releases and with nearly 50 artists and crew on board. Its aesthetics of powerful, disciplined sonic aggression are informed by the low-end bass mechanics of London soundsystem culture (jungle/ early dubstep), the cinematic future dystopia of electro and the intricate, glitched out details of electronica and noise. For relatively small label that stubbornly carves out it’s own warped sonic territory, Combat punches way above it’s weight, remarkable in it’s ability to absorb a wide scope of influences and yet forge a tense sound distinctly it’s own, non-compromising yet constantly evolving, which has won DJ support from the likes of Surgeon, Aphex Twin, Plaid, Rob Hall, Mary Anne Hobbs, Rob Booth and many more.

Predictably, the label pulled out all the stops for this compo with an impeccable selection from start to finish, showing its knack for sniffing out new artists and pushing them alongside established legends, with extensive remix work to combine diverse strengths between producers. Some tracks come from artists at the very beginning of the label’s history, while others feature entirely new names that hint at the label’s future releases.

Tracklist:
01. Stormfield - Collapsing System (Nonima ambient mix)
02. Ontal - Discipline
03. Anodyne - Witch Fight
04. King Cannibal - Doomsday Dancehall
05. Milanese - Return to Iacon City
06. Nonima - Monolith
07. Marco Donnarumma - Hypo Chrysos (Create Her “Full Contact mix”)
08. Fausten - Scalpel Calligraphy
09. Errorbeauty - Perkz
10. Scorn - Gravel Bed (Zan Lyons remix)
11. Point B - Pareidolia
12. Monster X - Immured
13. Stormfield - Dissensus
14. Subjex - Pulsar Telecom
15. ScanOne - UFB
16. The wee DJs - A Little Atomic Bomb
17. Cursor Miner - Fungus Gnat Fighting
18. Dead Fader - Dancefloor Nemesis
19. Anodyne - No gods come here

 

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(couldn't work out how to embed the whole playlist but there are full previews up on there)