Locked records 01

[LOCKED]

Locked records 001

2007 sees Locked embark upon a new project in the form of a free mp3 web label aimed at pushing the boundaries and strengthening our scene. The new era of Laptop and cd dj's is well and truely upon us so we have moved with the times to provide a solid source of tools, tracks and sounds.
The label will combine the music of established artists with that of the many talented artists around us and the style will venture through techno and its sub genre's. For now it will be MP3 only but there are plans to go vinyl aswell

Here is the first installment:



01 Pacou- Suave
The 1st track from Pacou on this EP, and as expected, he comes up with a complete winner! This track is something a bit different, constructed around a soundscape which is lambasted in deep warm hypnotic synth laden sounds. The B line just sits and rolls alongside all this, creating a tripped out spacey track that is sure to go down a storm in any electronic set.

02 Pacou - 'Dont Get Me Started'
Berlins techno maestro Pacou steps up to the plate with something purely and strictly for the dancefloor. This funky looped driver is sure to bounce any dirty floor hard, containing everything a tough tribal number should, with its finely placed nagging percussion and funky rhythmic shuffles. This track is a real peak time stunner!

03 Dominik Muller - 'Eintracht Hutte'
The EP gets rolling with a cold hearted affair from one of Polands rising dark stars Dominik Muller. This is one for the Industrial badboys out there with its slamming offbeat bassline and hypnotic synth line that fills the track out perfectly.

04 Sinistra - 'Ballista'
An absolute stormer from UK based bone cruncher 'Sinistra'. Truly the heaviest track on this EP, this distorted yet minimal hammerer wraps up the MP3 nicely with its sharp percussive stabs and hissing interference noises. If your techno palette is erring slightly more to the aggressive side this is a must have! A man to watch

05 Only - 'Warfare'
A total shot at the New Skool here with a dark trembling work out from local anarchist 'Only'. On the first listen this sounds like something right from back in the Mid 90s with the simple but effective clattering bassline alongside some subtle but dense percussion. Halfway through you are treated to a killer breakdown that builds to a crescendo of synth based mayhem.



Click here to download a zip file containing the 5 tracks in high quality mp3 format or go direct to our site @ www.lockedrecords.co.uk



Also available from our website are dj mixes from the following:

Dj Godfather @ Locked v Computer Controlled
Matt Blak live @ Footworx Belgium
Pacou Live @ Locked 03
Mark Williams
Oscar Mulero
Lief Ryan
Dominik Muller

Plus many more to follow. Watch this space

www.lockedrecords.co.uk

[rhythmtech]

sweeet :)

[Frank Dogshit]

Cracking stuff chaps!

5 really solid tracks there!

[Si the Sigh]

Nice one! Thank you very much. :)

All 5 tracks are spot on.

[Si the Sigh]

BUMP!

Any plans for a second Locked release?

[Mucky Beats]

init first one was cool.... nice that it was free too

[Sam_Horam]

Watch this space...

Next one will be out fairly soon

[Si the Sigh]

Watch this space...

Next one will be out fairly soon

Thats great news! :)

Cheers.

[MITA]

Thank you,downloading now~

[djshiva]

very nice! thank you!

[MorePunkThanFunk]

Great tracks guys, but...

Do you not think that by giving away your tracks for free your de-valuing an already heavily under valued industry and also under selling yourselves as artists.

You say that the label is going to strengthen the scene; I think it will have the opposite effect. If more people start taking the position of giving away there music for free it could have a disastrous effect on artists trying to scrape a living from what little money is left in this industry.

I think giving away 1 or 2 releases could be an effective marketing idea, but it's the idea of a 'free' label that i'm not so keen on.

I don't think techno has ever been about making lots of money but it does need money to survive.

don't think i'm being funny by what i've written, it's just my view on the matter. doesn't mean its right.

[Sam_Horam]

Great tracks guys, but...

Do you not think that by giving away your tracks for free your de-valuing an already heavily under valued industry and also under selling yourselves as artists.

You say that the label is going to strengthen the scene; I think it will have the opposite effect. If more people start taking the position of giving away there music for free it could have a disastrous effect on artists trying to scrape a living from what little money is left in this industry.

I think giving away 1 or 2 releases could be an effective marketing idea, but it's the idea of a 'free' label that i'm not so keen on.

I don't think techno has ever been about making lots of money but it does need money to survive.

don't think i'm being funny by what i've written, it's just my view on the matter. doesn't mean its right.

At the moment we want to get the Locked label to be listened to by as many people as possible. The best way to do that is to make it free to download from our site. We have also given out free cds of this first release at our night.

It's a similar reason to why we've been doing the free partys at Locked over the last 6 months.

In the future we would like to be in a place to sell the releases via digital downloads and vinyl but we're not there at the moment...

[eyeswithoutaface]

Great tracks guys, but...

Do you not think that by giving away your tracks for free your de-valuing an already heavily under valued industry and also under selling yourselves as artists.

You say that the label is going to strengthen the scene; I think it will have the opposite effect. If more people start taking the position of giving away there music for free it could have a disastrous effect on artists trying to scrape a living from what little money is left in this industry.

I think giving away 1 or 2 releases could be an effective marketing idea, but it's the idea of a 'free' label that i'm not so keen on.

I don't think techno has ever been about making lots of money but it does need money to survive.

don't think i'm being funny by what i've written, it's just my view on the matter. doesn't mean its right.

what a strange notion mate. Offering music for free does anything BUT damage a scene, it unites people in a way that goes somewhat beyond the artist/punter divide that some people seem to think is still important in this scene. It brings everyone onto the same level.

No one is missing out because they cant afford new music, and no one is missing out when they dont get the sales they think they deserve.

it's much, much healthier for a scene that there are still people who are first and foremost dedicated to simply putting good music out there rather than, and i quote your goodself, "scraping a living out of what little money is left within this industry"

the arse fell out of the record buying industry for techno about 5, 6 years ago unless your records are of the highest quality and happen to touch a nerve that brings sales which a person could quantify as "making a living out of techno". And right now, apart from the likes of Hawtin, Clarke and co, you'l be very, very hard pushed to find anyone who makes a living off releasing records right now.

People should expect less from the consequences of releasing music and concentrate on the actual music itself. I dont see how anyone, regardless of scene, position in the scene, relevance to the scene etc etc could not welcome free music

keep up the good work chaps

[loopdon]

Agreed, Scot.

[teknotika]

Agree !!

[Si the Sigh]

Agree with Eyes.

[MorePunkThanFunk]

but if there's no money in the industry to pay artists then how are they going to produce quality music? Does that mean you expect every artists to work for free in there spare time. does this mean the techno community is going to be reduced to a bunch of part timers?

i truly believe this will have consequences on the quality of the music. who pays the mastering engineer? or does that mean techno no longer gets mastered.... or worse still the mastering engineer works for free as well. who pays the designer for the label artwork, or is that going to be reduced to half rate design?

surely this is going to have consequences

if this is the direction that techno is takes then it's going to develop into a very 'amateur' genre.

[Sam_Horam]

but if there's no money in the industry to pay artists then how are they going to produce quality music? Does that mean you expect every artists to work for free in there spare time. does this mean the techno community is going to be reduced to a bunch of part timers?

i truly believe this will have consequences on the quality of the music. who pays the mastering engineer? or does that mean techno no longer gets mastered.... or worse still the mastering engineer works for free as well. who pays the designer for the label artwork, or is that going to be reduced to half rate design?

surely this is going to have consequences

if this is the direction that techno is takes then it's going to develop into a very 'amateur' genre.

I don't agree with this...

Loads of the best tracks have been written by "amateurs". In fact it's only through writing great tracks as an "amateur" that you get to be a "professional". Think back to the originators of house/techno. They started this from nothing, writing in their spare time, building studios with their money etc. It's just so happened that the whole thing blew up and they were able to sell enough records to make a living.

When it comes down to it you can only be a full time artist if your record sales/gigs are paying the bills. But does this mean that you can only write good music if you're getting paid for it? Of course it doesn't....

We paid out of our own pockets for mastering on some of these tracks and we paid out of our pockets to do the cds...

You become a professional when you get to a point where you can afford to quit your job because you're making enough money from your music, it's not like you suddenly decide "I'm a professional now"...

I think if you have money as a consideration when it comes to music then you've got a problem...

[MorePunkThanFunk]

I don't agree with this...

Loads of the best tracks have been written by "amateurs". In fact it's only through writing great tracks as an "amateur" that you get to be a "professional". Think back to the originators of house/techno. They started this from nothing, writing in their spare time, building studios with their money etc. It's just so happened that the whole thing blew up and they were able to sell enough records to make a living.

When it comes down to it you can only be a full time artist if your record sales/gigs are paying the bills. But does this mean that you can only write good music if you're getting paid for it? Of course it doesn't....

We paid out of our own pockets for mastering on some of these tracks and we paid out of our pockets to do the cds...

You become a professional when you get to a point where you can afford to quit your job because you're making enough money from your music, it's not like you suddenly decide "I'm a professional now"...

I think if you have money as a consideration when it comes to music then you've got a problem...

i'm not saying the amatuer people can't produce good tracks, but an industry needs money to survive. it will always need pro's at the top pushing the boundaries and if there's no money how do they get paid. i'm trying to look at the bigger picture here.


also no need for the personal digs saying i've got a problem. this is an interesting conversation between people with radically different views, on a matter that does effect all of us involved in releasing music.

[Sam_Horam]

i'm not saying the amatuer people can't produce good tracks, but an industry needs money to survive. it will always need pro's at the top pushing the boundaries and if there's no money how do they get paid. i'm trying to look at the bigger picture here.


also no need for the personal digs saying i've got a problem. this is an interesting conversation between people with radically different views, on a matter that does effect all of us involved in releasing music.

Didn't mean that bit to come across as a personal dig...what I meant was that I think that anyone has a bit of a problem if the money question is a major factor in their involvement with music.