Dubsquare Records is a brand new dubstep-label based in Vienna, Austria. Being emerged from a lively scene in Central Europe, the label represents a deep, dark and percussive end of the spectrum, with strong detroit-influences. DSQ 001 is a 12 inch vinyl with four tracks by IZC, pre-listening can be found at virb.com/dubsquare, available from June 9, 2008 at BM Soho (London), Bounce (Vienna), Chemical (Bristol), Dynamic (Vienna), Juno (London), Phono (Graz) and Substance (Vienna).

mastering: Transition, London
artwork: Boris Kopeinig, Vienna
pressing: RAND, Leipzig
distribution: z-audio, London

Pulsating subbass, stumbling percussion and the metallic snare are the leading elements of Sand (A1), the opening-track of the record. Over constantly mutating rhythmical patterns a ghostly synth-pad comes in from time to time, hovering on top of everything. Cyma (A2) combines elements such as midrange-wobble-skeletons, deranged plastic-reggae-skanks and 80s synthesizer-clouds to a kind of ultra-slow sci-fi-step.

On the flip, Optomagnetic (B1) is probably the most dancefloor-orientated tune on the record, with a rhythm full of verve and a forward pushing bassline combined with a slightly pathetic chord and a panorama of dubbed machine-sounds in the background. Sand Robotic (B2) returns to the opening theme, picks up its elements while exchanging its metallic aggressiveness with synth-pad-melodies charged with machine-romanticism. A robotic voice from the off is fueling boyish technosex-fantasies and radical cyberfeminism alike.

I’d like to thank bb, boris, mm, petjula, herb/rhiz-crew and everyone supporting.
Special thanks out to Alex, Jason & Marco, not least for their trouble-shooting-commitment! ;)
002 is scheduled for autumn 2008, details soon.
For more info or for sending dubs/promos, please contact records (at) dubsquare (dot) net.