COMFORTNOISE - comfortnoise is about bass & dub scholarship: dedicated to advanced dubwise electronic music on vinyl records as well as in club events, podcasts & texts.

COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 065 by r-kive (tiefton show; nuremberg): distorted ambient

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– distorted ambient over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by r-kive (tiefton show – soundcloud; nuremberg)
– published via soundcloud on monday january 9th, 2017

tracklist 065
01 – jérémie mathes – unartoq qeqertoq – drone mind-04
02 – ø – syvyydessä kimallus – sähkö 28
03 – strategy – tower of babble – further 101
04 – yko – shiro (max loderbauer rmx) – akō 02
05 – ancestral voices – sleepless ritual (samuel kerridge rmx) – samurai horo novremix 02
06 – katsunori

dxm & cmfrtns best-of-2016-charts

presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), blaise deville (ge), dr. irk (zh), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guy (lu), guyus (zh), lcp (be), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), uhuruku (zh) & zunami (winti)

COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 064 by hove (light of other days): experimental electronica

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– experimental electronica over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by hove (light of other days – soundcloud; zh)
– published via soundcloud on wednesday december 21st, 2016

tracklist 064
01 – helm – sky wax (nyc) – pan 63
02 – aaron leitko – flip flops (this can’t happen) – atlantic rhythms 02
03 – steve hauschildt – ketracel – kranky 205
04 – gray chalk – der spaziergänger – light of other days 04
05 – charles cohen – mankinds and mannequins – morphine 26

BASSLINES 5 in zweikommasieben magazin #14: disruptive patterns

comfortnoise makes a contribution to zweikommasieben #14 with the column basslines: disruptive patterns, presenting hardy blechman’s disruptive pattern material: an encyclopedia of camouflage (firefly books, 2004).

COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 063 by new.com: BASSx140/2

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– BASSx140/2 over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)
– published via soundcloud on monday december 5th, 2016

tracklist 063
01 – ago – that’s what i was talking about back in ’96 – innamind 15
02 – perverse – subcontinent – artikal pl 01pt1
03 – egoless – super echo – scrub a dub 12
04 – karma – heal – innamind 14
05 – lx one – cloud city – wheel & deal 48
06 – d-operation drop – body rock – lion charge 08

COMFORTNOISE CLUBNIGHT w/ comfortnoise ploy

friday december 9th, 2016 from 12pm @ klub kegelbahn, baselstrasse 24, luzern

comfortnoise clubnight w/

COMFORTNOISE PLOY (comfortnoise; zh)
a.k.a. xeed, new.com, iyah ranx & rjega

dub – techno – bass music

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comfortnoise clubnight is a label for cutting-edge club events featuring advanced dubwise electronic music.
>>> comfortnoise clubnight

basslines – a column for zweikommasieben magazin

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basslines is about sound, culture, mind and affectivity. it is a column in the printed edition of the zweikommasieben magazin written by marius ‘comfortnoise’ neukom (a.k.a. new.com).

the column critically introduces book publications that relate in various ways to dub culture. it contextualizes each publication, describes its guiding principles, and expands on its author’s thoughts.

on this blog we provide annotated versions of the columns with supplemental sound and text references.

>>> see related blog entries to basslines

zweikommasieben zweikommasieben is a swiss magazine that has been devoted

dxm & cmfrtns november-16-charts

presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), blaise deville (ge), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guy (lu), guyus (zh), ink! (zh), lcp (be), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), tesdorpf (winti), uhuruku (zh) & zunami (winti)

COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 062 by ‘k” (cologne): dubtechno extended

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– dubtechno extended over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by ‘k” (mikrophon – soundcloud – comfortnoise podcast 013-1010; cologne)
– published via soundcloud on monday november 21st, 2016

tracklist 062
01 – vainqueur – solanus (extracted) – chain reaction 013
02 – rod modell – untitled – deepchord 014
03 – fluxion – the steps – echocord 060
04 – mikkel metal – you will never know – echocord 068
05 –

DJ MARCELLE @ kraftfeld winterthur w/ new.com

on saturday november 12th, 2016 from 11pm @ kraftfeld, winterthur

– DJ MARCELLE (klangbad; nl)
– new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)

dxm & cmfrtns october-16-charts

roots x bass w/ dr. irk, flo dalton & new.com

on saturday ocober 29th, 2016 from 11pm @ helsinki, geroldstrasse 35, 8005 zürch

roots x bass presents episode IV:
– dr. irk (tg)
– flo dalton (lu)
– new.com (zh)

from rocksteady/early reggae into future roots & hyperdub ragga

>>> note that there's a concert before us at helsinki this evening: simon ho & michael fehr (9.30pm)

COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 061 by new.com: techno/breaks

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– techno/breaks over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)
– published via soundcloud on wednesday october 19th, 2016

tracklist 061
01 – tropic of cancer – dive (wheel of the law) – blackest ever black 03
02 – ossia – information (version) – berceuse heroique 33
(szare – crop failure – field 18)
03 – agonis – visionquest ll – amenthia 03
04 – booma collective – spirit i – booma collective 08
05 – ploy – footprints in solid rock – timedance 05
06 – forest

HOME PODCAST 52 w/ garçon & new.com

live streamed on wednesday october 5th, 2016 from 9pm @ radio ghost town, basel

- garçon (9 to 10pm)
– new.com (10 to 12pm) – it is techno, but it has this twist!

more info: www.soundcloud.com/homebasel - subscribe on fb here

dxm & cmfrtns september-16-charts

COMFORTNOISE CLUBNIGHT w/ p.bell & new.com

friday september 30th, 2016 from 12pm @ klub kegelbahn, baselstrasse 24, luzern

comfortnoise clubnight w/

– P.BELL (lethargy, beatpirates; zh)
- NEW.COM (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)

techno – bass music

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>>> comfortnoise clubnight

JAHTARI 8-BIT REGGAE NIGHT w/ jane bee (live) & speng bond

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on saturday september 24th, 2016, from 11pm @ stall 6, gessnerallee 8, 8001 zürich

divercity presents: jungle bass – dub special

JAHTARI 8-BIT REGGAE NIGHT
w/ jane bee live & speng bond (leipzig, de & london, uk)

– cutkachi (re:st, dubtopia; bern)
– new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zürich)

8-bit reggae – dub – bass music

>>> check basslines 4 for further

COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 060 by new.com

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– 8-bit reggae over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)
– published via soundcloud on monday september 12th, 2016

>>> zürich’s museum of digital art is curating a lecture about 8-bit reggae on september 16th, 2016!
>>> don’t miss JANE BEE & SPENG BOND on september 24th, 2016 in zürich!

tracklist 060
01 – equiknoxx – peanut porridge – dds 20
02 – dave kelly – tun up (instrumental) – first name music 08
03 – tommy gunn – be dem friend

no pulse – grime & bass music mixed by guyus

– no pulse mixed by guyus
– grime, bass music, dubstep, uk funky & more
– total playing time: 53m/07s
– recorded on september 6th 2016
– mixed with two turntables, a cdj and a space echo

dxm & cmfrtns august-16-charts

presented by gaspard de la montagne (ne), guy (lu), guyus (zh), ink! (zh), lcp (be), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg) & uhuruku (zh)

roots x bass w/ dr. irk, flo dalton, christos secret tapes & new.com

on friday september 2nd, 2016 from 11pm @ helsinki, geroldstrasse 35, 8005 zürch

roots x bass presents episode III:
– dr. irk (tg)
– flo dalton (lu)
– new.com (zh)

& christos secret tapes (zh)

from rocksteady/early reggae into future roots & hyperdub ragga

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COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 059 by new.com

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– instragrime over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)
– published via soundcloud on monday august 15th, 2016

tracklist 059
01 – lamont – in the field (devil mix) – keysound 60
02 – asda – spud-u-like – fuckpunk 02
03 – wen & parris – caught – tempa 91
04 – lamont – pondering (feat. beezy) – paper cranes 02
05 – callahan – got me – 4 seasons 01
06 – wayfarer & kanjira – antwerp – shadow trak 01

dxm & cmfrtns july-16-charts

presented by 2,7 redaktion (lu), gaspard de la montagne (ne), guy joshua (lu), guyus (zh), ink! (zh), lcp (be), new.com (zh), r-kive (nürnberg), taiken (sg), tesdorpf (winti), uhuruku (zh) & zunami (zh)

gaspard de la montagne & new.com @ l’entre-deux à la chaux-de-fonds

on friday august 5th, 2016 from 11pm @ l'entre deux, la chaux-de-fonds

l'entre-deux termine ses vacances un peu plus tôt pour vous faire danser:
– gaspard de La montagne (creaked / ne)
– new.com (comfornoise / zh)

techno – bass – house

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COMFORTNOISE PODCAST 058 by new.com

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– uneven dubtechno over 1h/00m/00s
– mixed by new.com (comfortnoise, dubexmachina; zh)
– released via soundcloud on monday july 25th, 2016

tracklist 058
01 – basic channel – mutism – basic channel bc-cd
02 – ovatow – visitation dub lll – harbour city sorrow hcs1000
03 – burnt friedman – peluche – risque rq-1
04 – biodub – blub – tiefenrausch tr 008
05 – sys – nocturnal – eshu 04
06 – nicole rosie – chambered nautilus – on 06
07 – sepp – varnav –