Stadtgruen - Net Label

There's something incredibly satisfying about discovering a fresh new world, particularly when that world subscribes to an ethic that sits so well and so snugly with your own. Stadtgruen is one of those worlds.

I became interested in Net labels fairly late on and it was only thanks to someone pointing out the merits of Thinner and Autoplate that I discovered them at all.

Thanks to a sniff around the links department of said labels I found myself straying onto Stadtgruen's website and being confronted by a small yet superbly realised collection of internet only MP3 releases.

I can only recommend this website to the fullest as not only is their design sublimely simple and minimal, but the music contained within is absolutely superb as well.

Split into two distinct categories, Stadt deals with a more clubby, Detroit-laced sound and Gruen is the purveyor of deep and ambient soundscapes, with a dubby twist at times.

Featuring internet stalwarts such as Lomov and Krill.Minima, Gruen delivers the real-deal as far as I'm concerned. Not constrained by dancefloor restrictions, it positively revels in the warm, deep, fluid and lusciously atmopsheric with every release having something to recommend it: from Acidrain's light, spacious but still Techno flavour, to the more mood-orientated, downbeat and dubby sounds of Motionfield.

Stadt, on the other hand is more funky, yet retains a depth and overall sense of feeling that keeps it from moving into mundane territory. Releases from Rob Keens, Gurtz and Marco Fuerstenburg are among the highlights, but check all the releases as there's more than one string to this very flavoursome bow.

12 releases on Gruen: 11 on Stadt... and all very, very worthy of your utmost attention.

Pay a visit to http://www.stadtgruenlabel.net/ and see what they can do for you.