comfortnoise is about bass & dub research alongside the hardcore continuum: dedicated to advanced dubwise electronic music – influenced by techno, bass music, reggae, digidub, steppers, garage, grime, (foundation) dubstep, (leftfield) dancehall, (ambient) reggaeton.
established in 2003 and operated by new.com: producer, dj, promoter, writer, club- & label-operator from zürich/switzerland.
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comfortnoise is a genre overlapping label for bass heavy, dubwise, and soundsystem proof electronic music.
com01 Comfortnoise Ploy – Three Strands (vinyl & digital)
com02 new.com – The Unity Is Submarine (vinyl & digital)
com03 new.com – Powder Blue (vinyl & digital)
com04 Comfortnoise Ploy – DAWN / IMAGO (cassette & digital)
com05 new.com – Cloud Atlas (vinyl & digital)
com06 new.com – Imagine The Truth (vinyl & digital)
com07 new.com – Skid Row (vinyl & digital)
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>>> why we stick to vinyl (basslines column #3)
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comfortnoise clubnight is a label for cutting-edge club events featuring advanced dubwise electronic music.
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comfortnoise podcast is a sparsely hosted podcast mixed by new.com & guest djs with sets of 60min on our soundcloud account: each one featuring a tight blend of a particular style/genre. it’s a series of combinable 1-hour-tracks in the genuine comfortnoise style.
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comfortnoise ploy plays out what comfortnoise passionately pursues: bass, drum & time. echo, reverb & space. loops, patterns & decoration. 7″, 10″ & 12″. strength, warmth & muddiness. berlin, kingston & the marquesas. prince jammy, king tubby & queen pomaré. ishmael, queequeg & ahab. kea, etua & matahoata.
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basslines is about sound & culture, mind & affecivity by presenting & discussing texts/books that are connected to this blog’s direction of impact: advanced dubwise electronic music. it appeared in a regular column in the printed edition of the bilingual (e/ger) zweikommasieben magazin, written by marius ‘comfortnoise’ neukom (a.k.a. new.com).
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new.com (comfortnoise) is a swiss dj with international experience. he basically plays vinyl records as a consequence of a well-developped quality consciousness. in his dj sets he features advanced dubwise electronic music such as techno, foundation dubstep, grime, reggae, steppers & dancehall: bass music & dub in an open and wide sense.
dubexmachina was an event label for foundation dubstep from 2007-2018, run by new.com & guyus at various locations.
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comfort noise is artificial background hiss and crackle used in radio and wireless communication in order to fill the silent time in a transmission. because silence is disconcerting for most people, listeners in telecommunication prefer a low level noise to dead silence. the sounds that are heard when there are no voices on the line are often overlooked, yet important contributors to the perceived call quality.
similarly, comfort noise in electronic music is used to fill the space between the drums and the basses. it is a background noise that often stays unobserved, although it is indispensable to evoke a characteristic mood. it desings a carpet that holds the listener unfailing in a fuzzy, warm, cosy and relaxed feeling. prototypical use of this effect occurs in the m-series, from four to seven.