Here we are back again with a stunning album called ‘Technocolor Tangle’ by DoubtingThomas. Each track is creatively forming itself around four to the floor beats and every element you need or could possibly hope for in this genre. If it’s deep bass lines, distinct melodies, abstract textures or rhythmic percussions. You can instantly hear that it’s made with professionalism, fun and love for the little details.

A great combination that totally fits our ideals of handmade minimal techno – sometimes raw, abstract, funky or dynamic and without factory presets. Once again music for the soul and the dancefloor alike. This is truely an outstanding piece of work and we are happy to share it with you now after months of hiding it on our harddisks.

31337records is back once again with a killer release by our Japanese friend Kaitaro Nakajima aka Kai. From bouncy minimal to shaking house, whatever he does, it just sounds right. Quality productions with a touch of style that simply amazes the interested listener. You will surely enjoy the well choosen field recordings, rhythmic percussions on top of repetitiv melodic elements and lovely static noises.

He cleverly adds vocal cuts and breaks just where they belong to give the tracks their final touch. Minimal and Tech-house mashed up with an experimental edge. Kai is no stranger in the scene and has previously released on labels such as Alphahouse, Revolver and Süd Electronic. To round it all up, Pheek did a great job as usually with the mastering.

Here we go, this is the second part of Franco’s release called ‘L’Homme Végétal’. Passionate downtempo tracks to space out and let the mind flow. These tracks invite to sit back and enjoy the soundscapes floating through the air, distinct from the usual, far away from the ordinary, but always classy and straight to the point.

Lovely melodies surrounded by a variety of percussions, effects and four to the floor beats, although this isn’t aimed for the dancefloor at all. Intelligent arrangements, minimalistic complexity and ambience forms into a timeless piece of art. Special music for special people. You can download the full release for free in 320bit mp3. Now who said, we ain’t nice?

It all began with a Various Artists Compilation, so now 3 years later we are proud to announce our long delayed ‘V/A – We are 31337! Vol. II’. A timeless collection of electronic music from all around the world, that doesn’t follow any particular trend and works for every occasion. Our friends from Argentina, Japan, Switzerland, Spain, the UK and Germany provide you a tasty buffet of bouncy techhouse tracks and freshly cooked, spheric minimal techno.

We serve it all. Without doubt, all of these artists have a continued drive to provide the audience with interesting soundscapes and delicate food for your ears. Each track has its own story and since music says more than a thousand words, we let the music speak for itself and hope that you all enjoy it as much as we do. Have a good one and eat your vegetables kids!

Let us introduce you to Pachyderme, our newest addition to the 31337 family. This young man from Córdoba, Argentina, produces thoughtful music for the soul. His first release is so big that we had to split it up into two parts and still, both parts are very long plays with +20 minute tracks. So here is the first part, quality minimalistic downtempo tracks to relax and enjoy for every occasion. Each track builds up slowly over time and leaves enough room for the listeners mind to wander around. Creative music that lasts and lasts seemingly forever, but never loses its flair. The release is available as free download in 320bit, so grab your copy now while its hot!

We are happy to announce our newest album from Den, one of Japans most talanted artists. He delivers you 8 wonderful tracks ranging from minimal to tech-house. Den takes you on a wild ride, a journey back to there. On the way you will be accompanied by deep sub lines, wonderful melodies, funky rolling percussions, lovely vocal cuts and interesting samples. Den was born in Tokyo and brought up in Tokyo, but he was living in several cities around the globe such as St. Pauli or London and is currently living in Berlin. He started his music career as a freelance cm/cf music creator and has released on labels like ‘Multi Vitamins’, ‘Clever Music’, ‘Op.disc’ and of course 31337records. Den ‘the man’ puts a lot of thought into his productions, so each track is perfectly arranged and never gets boring. The album has already been played in lots of clubs around the globe and always received great feedback.

‘Haruyuki Yokoyama (producer / Architect) from Kanagawa, Japan was originally inspired by electronic music from the mid 90’s. His first musical experiences came from starting an electronic band with some talented friends, and in 1998, his solo electronic music productions began. After moving to Los Angeles in 1999, he studied Architecture, but his passion for electronic music continued. In 2003, he returned to his native homeland of Japan to live in Tokyo, where he continues to create his own take on minimal techno.’ Today we present you his debut EP on our label. ‘Error’ is a very creatively assembled piece of art. Haruyuki presents his very own style of minimal for you to enjoy. Vocal cuts emerging out of freaky grooves carefully put together into a unique musical structure. Listen to these joyfully diassembled fragments of samples and enjoy beeing left in syntax error.

‘Nothing’ is the sound of a brooding monster lurking around the corner. Will it eat your dog? Probably, cuz she’s covered in tabasco and this mexican has an appetite for perros! Tasty morsels of vintage industrial samples pepper the abstracted techno rhythm with a nice acidic drip overhead. Now, Miskate ain’t afraid of no monster. She’s devised a plan to lure the creature onto the floor and shake his ass off with a stomping rendition of ‘Nothing’. Hear that dog? Yeah, she’s having it too! Sometimes you feel like doing the opposite, like making minimal techno. Nothing wrong with it, it’s just that everyone else is whipping out the sausage and banging on the bongos in the same way. Go in reverse. Myspace can be a pretty hairy land to navigate. So is tom’s back. on this track, we explore the nether regions of the world’s most popular guy while he takes a picture of himself in the mirror. Aw Tom, so loveable…

We are back baby and we’ve got our bag filled with new stuff for your ears. Today we present you a fresh face which we picked up in Spain. Our newest artist, Jacobo Hernandez, aka SeQ presents you his very first EP straight for the dancefloor called, ‘Unknown Pleasures’. Dark tunes with minimalistic arrangements, thoughtful structures and ass shaking guaranteed! There are 4 tracks on this EP, the first one being, ‘Gaza’. It feels like walking in a hostile environment. A track full of mysterious and interesting sounds. The next track, ‘Octubres’ starts right where ‘Gaza’ left off. It puts some more enthusiasm into the rythmic structures, effectively pushing the track to the next level. Can you feel the deep sub?! ‘Open Road’ is more repetitive, but has a nice mood and is great as a DJ tool for mixing. The last track, ‘Next Station’ is very simplistic and filled with lots of small filtered elements that round up the track and keep the beat rolling.

We just love Japan. The culture, the country everything seems so magical and this reflects in their music. German and Japanese frindship goes back a long way, so why not continue this tradition in the music industry. We know so many talented people from Japan and already signed a lot. So today we present one of our newest members in the 31337 family – Liiebermann! These guys simply rock. ‘Private Tools On The Deck’s’ Ko-ta and K. Hamawaki work together from Kushiro, Hokkaido and Tokyo. 

They were also featured on ‘Multi Vitamins’ this year and on the Japanese label ‘Kodaira tracks’. Their music is really put together with lots of thought. Cool beats with funky spliced vocals and melodic bleeps or textures. Straight to the point minimal techno. The EP also includes a great remix of the track ‘Labo’ by Sebastian Koch!