Z-13.2 - 13 Years Of IF? Vol. 2 - Khan, Cuznmatt, etc

[Andrez]

Z-13.2: 13 Years of IF? Records, Vol. 2

Various Artists

(IF? Records - IF047)

Taking up where Vol. 1 in this series left off earlier this month, Vol. 2 continues to celebrate 13 years of disparate electronica by our Melbourne/Tokyo label, and this time goes more down-tempo/eclectic, with moments of (shock, horror) pop muzak alongside hip hop, R&B-electro, cut-up stuff, dubstep, and subversive chill-out fodder.

And this time we have two tracks by Can Oral, brother of Jammin' Unit, best known as Captain Comatose and just plain Khan, as well as Bizz OD, a bunch of tracks by experimental Japanese artists, a lot of Melbourne-made sounds (including a nice collaborative number by Cuznmatt, Artificial remixed, Isnod remixing), etc, etc.

16 tracks of wayward madness.

Yep, IF? Records - the baby that was also kick-started in Melbourne in 1995 - is now an unwieldy teenager.

COMPILATION AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE EXCLUSIVE TO ADDICTECH:

http://ifrecords.addictech.com/

TRACKLIST

1 Khan - Favor After Favor

2 Micoland - Deeper Than Skin (Dead Channel mix)

3 Masaya Sasaki - Lovely 7 Pumpkin

4 Admiral Anderision vs. Atomic Autocrac - Questionable

5 Little Nobody, feat. Marcella - Bare (Isnod remix)

6 Little Nobody - Get Away From It All

7 Conversational Dentures - Suicidio

8 Zero Cash & Khan - Chitin Body (I'm Single mix)

9 Electron. Tee - Yellow Bird

10 Tidy Kid - Fragment 2 (Bumper Car Remix by Alex)

11 Funk Gadget vs. Cuznmatt - Blow The Bloody Doors Off

12 Little Nobody vs. DJ Fodder - Cocaine Speaking (Kero remix)

13 Admiral Anderision - No Hard Feelings

14 Nana Mouskouri's Spectacles - Hip Eigo

15 Artificial - Scanning Normal Speed (3:58 Moments Of Mayhem remix)

16 Alone Together - The Beginning Of Human (The Absolute Emperor mix)

BACKGROUND GUFF

Over the years, both in the studio and on the live stage, IF? has worked closely with fellow Melburnians Steve Law (Zen Paradox), Voiteck, TR-Storm, Little Nobody, David Haberfeld (Pura/Honeysmack), Artificial, FSOM, Q-Kontrol, Adam Raisbeck (Soulenoid/Sense), Guyver 3, Son Of Zev, Isnod, Nordcore, Blimp, David Thrussell (Snog/Black Lung), Beam Up, DJ Fodder, Kandyman, Amnesia and Mute Freak, and more recently Pat Stormont, Bitch Shift, Cuznmatt, and Enclave.

Since relocating to Japan in 2001, we've also taken on board a wad of cool Japanese artists including Captain Funk (Sublime), Toshiyuki Yasuda (Megadolly), Magnet Toy (Trope), Mumeishi (TTAK), Yamaoka (Holzplatten), Dick Drone, Masaya Sasaki, Shin Nishimura, Naotoxin, CHIZQ, and Alone Together.

Other international artists involved with IF? during the past 13 big ones (and upcoming in 2009) have included Si Begg, Tobias Schmidt, Dave Tarrida, Thomas Heckmann, Biochip C, Jammin' Unit, Jason Leach (Subhead), Pnau, Cinnaman, Pocket, Brixton, Tal, Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia), Dr. Walker, Paul Birken, Gene Farris, and Steve Stoll.

This time around, the intention was not so much to glorify the label's 13 years (which probably wouldn't have a hope of standing up to such glorification, anyway, given the slack way in which it's been run over the years!), but to continue what we've always tried to do: Showcase our current favourite artists (especially new ones) and musical directions, give diversity a healthy shake, and put the spotlight on our city of birth, Melbourne, along with our adoptive home in Japan - then the rest of the world as well.

Cheers to all the artists involved, and for god's sake go check out their own music. These guys seriously rock. Hard. Rad.

You can find out more about our aging label over on Discogs here: http://www.discogs.com/label/IF%3F

A COUPLE'A VIDEOS

Conversational Dentures - Suicidio

Masaya Sasaki – Lovely 7 Pumpkin

Alone Together - The Beginning Of Human

Little Nobody - Get Away From It All