Recommends: this month's free music

We present volume six in our free compilation - get downloading!

The End has launched a new free music series which you can download from endclub.com every month. Named Recommends, each volume aims to introduce new acts that are kicking musical ass at the moment alongside tracks from artists already at the top of their game. You can use this page to see what's on each edition, and download each one.

To download Recommends, you'll need to sign-up to the site if you haven't already, or log-in... then click on the banners below to link to each volume - and you're away!

Recommends Volume 6

This month we’ve teamed up with whatpeopleplay.com to bring you ten cracking tracks of house and techno.  Whatpeopleplay.com is the digital download site from those chaps behind Wordandsound distribution, based in Hamburg, and looking after all of the coolest labels out there. We start Recommends 6 in Paris, with Circus Company and Dave Aju making all the right noises. It’s a short hop on the Eurostar, to visit London’s Aus Records, and then we head over to Germany to visit London’s brother-from-another-mother, Berlin. We sample the jewels in Belin’s crown, with the likes of Mobilee, Highgrade and Poker Flat. And what better way to finish than with a trip to the Norwegian Fjords to visit Prins Thomas’ Full Pupp records. It’s a multi-national tour de force, and one you should get downloading right now - click here.

Want to hear more? Pick up the best in cutting edge house and techno at www.whatpeopleplay.com.

 

1 - Dave Aju: Anyway (Circus Company)
2 - Lee Jones: As You Like It (Aus)
3 - Dirt Crew: Boogie Down [Falko Brocksieper Remix] (Dirt Crew Recordings)
4 - Mike Shannon: Enero (Plus 8)
5 - Marcin Czubala: I Am You [Daddy’s Edit] (Mobilee)
6 - Stefan Goldmann: Aurora (Macro)
7 - Format:B: Bootcut (Highgrade)
8 - Adultnapper: Juror No. 9 [Gaiser's Found Guilty Remix] (Audiomatique)
9 - Argy: Poke Her Flat (Poker Flat)
10 - Prins Thomas: Fehrara (Full Pupp)

Recommends Volume 5

This month’s ten tracker boasts a nifty selection of notables, as well as a handful that we think you'll have a lot in common with - like a musical blind date. Download it here.

The Youngsters kick the issue off. The dance tip continues with an uplifting Teenager Remix by Roman Rai, a deep José Gonzalez mix by Landberg & Skogehall, and a trip down memory lane with X-Press 2. Moving into the world of, well, everything else, we’re delighted to feature an XXXchange remix of Santogold's 'Les Artistes', a Toxic Avenger remix of Ladytron's 'Ghosts' and UNKLE featuring Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age...all of who need little introduction. Last but not least, are the the sublime beats rom Swell Sessions vs Domu, Big Dada’s Infinite Livez, and Sepalot featuring acclaimed American rapper Saigon.

1 - The Youngsters: Phoenix (Ovum)
2 - Ladytron: Ghosts - Toxic Avenger Mix (Nettwerk)
3 - Sepalot feat. Saigon: Did It Again (Compost)
4 - X-Press 2: London Xpress (Skint)
5 - Teenager: Liquid Cement – Roman Rai Mix (Godlike & Electric)
6 - Santogold: L.E.S Artistes – XXXchange Mix (Lizard King)
7 - Swell Sessions Vs Domu: A Heart To Cover For (Freerange)
8 - José Gonzalez: In Our Nature - Landberg & Skogenhall Mix (Peacefrog)
9 - Infinite Livez Vs Stade: Hoxton Smoothie (Big Dada)
10 - UNKLE feat. Josh Homme: Chemical (Surrender All)

Commitment-phobic? You can listen to the tracks before downloading - click this link.

You can read the sleeve notes for more information about each artists here.

Recommends Volume 4

For our fourth edition of Recommends we have teamed up with the drum & bass collective, A Bunch of Cuts. Set up as a collaboration between some of D&B’s finest record labels – Soul:r, Revolve:r, Signature, Bassbin, Exit Records, 31 Records and Commercial Suicide, A Bunch of Cuts is an exclusive digital store solely for the output of these quality labels. Label chiefs Marcus Intalex, Calibre, Klute, Doc Scott, D-Bridge and Rohan have put together an album of tracks that fully represents the depth and breadth of their catalogues. The selection encompasses the labels’ biggest hitters plus some of their breakthrough artists, classic tracks, unreleased exclusives – including never released tracks by D-Bridge and Calibre – and even a few off-kilter moments as some of D&B’s most talented protagonists turn their hands to other genres. Sit back and get into this – download it now.

To listen to and purchase more tracks from any of these artists, go to www.abunchofcuts.com

1 - Calibre: Mr Right On (Signature)
2 - Lynx featuring Kemo: Global Enemies (Soul:r)
3 - Seba & Krazy: Nebula (Bassbin)
4 - Breakage: Jazzy (Bassbin)
5 - D-Bridge: Scrabble (Exit)
6 - SKC: Dream Come True (Commercial Suicide)
7 - Martyn: Shadowcasting (Revolve:r)
8 - Calibre: Mindprint (Signature)
9 - Klute: Machine Gun Etiquette (Commercial Suicide)
10 - Marcus Intalex & ST Files: Neptune (31 Records)
11 - Nasty Habits: Deep Beats (31 Records)

Want to check out the tracks before downloading? No problem. You can listen to a streamed audio preview here.

If you want to know more about the artists and tracks, click here to read the sleeve notes that have been especially designed to accompany the tracks. They just happen to be CD-size too, so if you're burning the tracks to CD you can make yourself a nice little cover.

Recommends Volume 3

Vol 3 is an eclectic summery session. We've split the camp between established and breaking acts; you will certainly have heard of quite a few of the artists featured on Vol 3, including a track from the increasingly popular Dan le Sac and Scroobius Pip, an epic Sebsatien Tellier soundscape, and a superb UK exclusive from Booka Shade. But there's also a stomper from Kistune newbees autoKratz, a hair tingler from Compost’s Jay Shepheard and some lazy hazy beats from Black Grass on Catskills. Download it to your iPod now.

1 - Sébastien Tellier: Divine [Midnight Juggernauts Remix] (Lucky Number)
2 - Black Grass: Bless (Catskills)
3 - Inland Knights: Lay On Me (Raise Recordings)
4 - DJ Gregory: Triby (Defected)
5 - autoKratz: Reaktor (Kitsuné)
6 - Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip: Look for the Woman: [Zane Lowe Mix] (Sunday Best)
7 - Jay Shepheard: Pipes N Sneakers (Compost Black)
8 - Dr. Buzzard’s Savannah Band: Sunshower (Strut)
9 - PlantLife: Lovetoy (Rapster)
10 - Me&You: Sneaker Thief [Hint Remix] (Tru Thoughts)
11 - Tiger Stripes: Beach Buggy [Motorcitysoul Ambient Remix] (Urban Torque)
12 - Booka Shade: Mandarine Girl [Reworked] (Get Physical)

Want to test drive the tracks before downloading? No problem. You can listen to a streamed audio preview here.

Click here to read the sleeve notes for volume 3 and read more about each artist.

Recommends Volume 2

For Vol 2 we have gathered tracks from some of the artists and labels long associated with The End, plus a few more who make the kind of music that you could easily find yourself grooving to on a night down the club. It’s a selection of some of the biggest house and techno labels around plus some smaller labels and artists you should be watching out for in 2008 - a compilation to get you dancing. Download now.

1 - Mlle Caro and Franck Garcia: Always You [Ben Watt Radio Edit] (Buzzin’ Fly)
2 - Luke Solomon: People, Places, Thoughts and Faces [Ajello remix] (Rekids)
3 - Two Armadillos: Track 5 (Four:Twenty)
4 - Sebo K: Far Out (Mobilee)
5 - Raudive: Needles [Steve Bug remix] (Poker Flat)
6 - Fairmont: Fade and Saturate (Border Community)
7 - Dirt Crew: Mindforce (Dirt Crew Recordings)
8 - Joel Mull: The Walk (Cocoon)
9 - The Dose: I Am Your Door (Fumakilla)
10 - Layo & Bushwacka!: Things Change [Deep Mix] (Olmeto)

Want to test drive the tracks before downloading? No problem. You can listen to a streamed audio preview here.

Click here to read the sleeve notes for volume 2 and read more about each artist.

Recommends Volume 1

Volume 1 launched the series with a monster selection of tracks from artists and labels that we love - get downloading and have a listen.

1 - Pepe Deluxe: Mischief of Cloud 6 (Catskills)
2 - Cadence Weapon: In Search of the Youth Crew (Big Dada)
3 - The Black Ghosts: Something New [Galactic Version] (Southern Fried)
4 - Simian Mobile Disco: Hustler [Skatebard Remix] (Wichita)
5 - Alex Metric: What She Wants (Marine Parade)
6 - Marlow: Convoy (Black Acre Records)
7 - Cloud: Diamondtrack (Exceptional Records)
8 - Break 3000: Bleed Like Me [Daso remix] (Dirt Crew)
9 - Let’s Go Outside: I Can’t Sleep (Soma)
10 - Hipp-E Featuring Lamont Moerhaus: Dance Wit Me (Slip'N'Slide)
11 - Jose James: Black Eyed Susan [IG Culture’s 4 Beat Refit] (Brownswood)
12 - Late of the Pier: The Bears Are Coming [Partyshank Remix] (Parlophone)
13 - Carl Craig: Brain Freeze (!K7)

Click here to read the sleeve notes for volume 1 and read more about each artist.

Published: 17/04/2008