Catalog for I.O.T Records

We are very pleased to announce that after few years’ absence, the Kontakt series is now back! From the start in 1999, this unclassifiable series has always highlighted destructured beats and syncopated breaks, not forgetting the dancefloor ! For this long-awaited comeback, two pioneers

KONTAKT06

KEEP MAKING NOISE

FURIOZA

Maverick of the musical scene, Loan has been running several projects lately in both music, dance and video.
 
She is now launching a brand new global artistic project entitled " in space time"; including an album and a short film. Loan is passionate about dance, and constantly rethinking her relation to music, and gets her inspiration from images and movements, from motions and silence to produce a musical world complying with her artistic imagination.
 
Loan works on creating a common language between dance and music, the language of interior space, meaning a poetic or metaphoric space built with visuals. By creating this boundless style - thanks to a comprehensible relationship, based on autonomy, attention and respect, where each can create a language freely - Loan wishes to see her music understood as a wider "intermedia" art project, comprising dance, music, but also visuals through video and 2D/3D animation.
 
While her previous creation "Drop Circles" invited her audience to discover the amazing dancer Yaman Okur, Loan has now asked the renowned dancers from "R.A.F. crew" and dancer/choreographer Kaori Ito to walk along with her in this new artistic exploration.

 
On the sole musical aspect, for her second album, Loan dares inviting hotshots of the hip hop/ grime scene to experiment her "electro hip-hop dub futurist with voodoo incursions" musical world :
 
- Juice Aleem as one of the mainstay MCs of the hip-hop / grime UK scene is signed on Big Dada (Nnja Tune) and also part of a band called New Flesh.
 
- Bang On!, straight out of Liverpool, the young MC of the Big Dada family is one of those who can set crowds on fire. With impressive silver-tongued performances, he shows his ability to use metaphors and cynical humor, which make rap sound new again.
 
- Earl Blaize and Hprizm  from Antipop Consortium. 
 
Loan also thought of including young talented composers such as Guillaume Perret, rising star of the jazz scene and Clozee, a young producer who has already made successful collaborations with hip hop dancers and numerous remixes of great electro producers (winner 2013 Glitch Hop Awards).
 
As she carries on her groundbreaking artistic experiments, Loan pulls it off by inviting artists that are dear to her. Indeed their commitment is a token of their true gratitude.
 
For sure the production will be daring and explosive! As always achieved with the help of Otisto23 who's producer and director on numerous recordings (Laurent de Wilde, Guillaume Perret and the Electric Epic, Laurent Robin, Gael Horellou, Cosmic Connection, NHX, K'ptn Planet, Mekanik Kantatik, Under kontrol, Abraxxxas, Sam Karpienia, Dandy Freaks, Morgan St Louis ...) also abroad (Ti'Fock, Arambol Experience, Lo Griyo, Zong, Hos Ayas...), including the first release of Loan (her album "Grigri Breakers").
 
 
For the past 10 years an agitator of the IOT record label, and one of the rare female French producer, Loan is now about to release her album entitled "In Space Time". There will be a silkscreened limited edition collector LP and a digital version both released on the 6th may 2015 on IOT records label.

IN SPACE TIME

ALT REAL

SOCIAL LIES

GET OFF

BEYOND

AWAKE

UNSTOPPABLE

DEEP JOURNEY

RITUAL BEATS

Saurus (Disprove Remix)

Over the years, french duo Flatmate have established themselves as key players of the bass music scene. Starting in 2006, their sleek and intelligent dubstep production style allowed them to release on Peace Off, Ruff, and Airflex Labs. A few years later, constantly refining their sound and pushing genre boundaries, they found international recognition with releases on Screwloose Records, Caliber Music and Adapted Records.nToday, we’re very excited to present their next output on 333 Series, in the form of this monstruous 100 BPM two-tracker. MOTH is a highly contrasted steamroller with precise attention paid to bass distortions, reminding at times the flight of a giant night butterfly, while SAURUS takes great care of the dancefloor with syncopated beats leaving just about the right amount of space for otherworldly textures.nAs with each 333 Series release the vinyl edition features a short bonus track, this time entitled SUNDAY, a surprising airy and groovy 4

MOTH EP

MOTH

SAURUS

"After having traveled North and South, CATERVA continues its quest for the 4 cardinal points with I.O.T Records through a third EP, this time exploring the western magnetism of bass music : "CATERVA GOES WEST" …nnFor this title track, they team up with BLAKE WORREL (Puppetmastaz) to recall that influences do come from every directions, and step away from their usual dubstep and kuduro productions to venture into 98 BPM west coast glitch hop regions, without losing freshness in the wobbles and leads that have become the Strasbourg duo's trademark.nnTURNSTEAK are just about the perfect match to remix this new expedition, and transform the original tune into a future hip hop combo tinted with 8bits sounds, cutting voices and reorganizing samples to their liking with baffling ease. Available in vinyl and digital …"

DIRECTION

DIRECTION [TURNSTEAK REMIX]

he Grigri Breakers album was released in 2009. It was orchestrated by Loan, who during a trip to Senegal, came back with amazing tracks out of the best of the local hip hop scene : Da brains, Taf’Tafnn(Noni None), Black G (Raktaksquad), Tafa (Sikki Sakka), Nono... In France, she collaborated with some French music producers favorite : Rimshot, Pushy!, Otisto23...)nUpon its release, Grigri Breakers has been enthusiastically welcomed by the public and media, and it was nominated in the "Discovery" category to Electronic Music Awards 2009.nn“The music is intense, staggering a fine work in rythms, atmospheres, echoes and texture. The MC's warm phrasing coil in a vibrant and steaming production. An autentic highly recommended record”n(Laurent Guerel / Chroniques Station Service)nn

GRIGRI BREAKERS REMIX

SOUTH MIXTURE

ANNEU BAD BOY

MURDERER

DON T MISS AGAIN

SOCIAL LIVING

YEUF YI DINA BAX

GODZILLA

WE DON'T STOP

For this second release on 333 series, we are very pleased to welcome HUBWAR a multifaced artist from Lyon. The atmosfear of the first track « Until the truth » can evoke some of the classic films of anticipation like 2001 Space Odyssey or Blade Runner. The piece stands out as a return of the dubstep origin,: a mystic and futuristic dub privileging air and minimalist melodies associated with the physical energy of low frequencies. The second piece of the EP, « Wake Up ! » is rougher, more intoxicating. Supported by a powerfull bass drum kit this evolutionary piece pushes aside the borders of dubstep and techno.n« Rythm and Sound » sound experience (available only on the vinyl edition), is a kind of footbrige beetween the French precursors of the concrete music in the beginning of XX° century and the current electronic music. Wake the truth, a retro futuristic journey in the quest of philosophic questions of the truth, the awakening of the consciousnesses, questionning on the codes of the current musics are laid on the table…by the dancefloor.nB_F_2_D_ _:_ _« _A concentrated dub mental very heavy, you know the kindof pieces which burst you the head on a soundsystem voucher.» _

WAKE THE TRUTH

Untill The Truth

Wake Up!

For their first release on I.O.T records, TURNSTEAK don't go in for half measures deliver with heavyweight EP "GET U GET".nnUsing references to specific standards of Juke, Swee, and Hip Hop Music the duo outputs two ultra energetic productions bearing a powerful sound defined by modulated basses, striking melodies, and stunning beats.nnTurnsteak also invites MINDELIXIR and S.P.E.C.T.R.E, two notorious american bass Music producers.nWhereas the first one remixes the title track "Get U Get", reworking the voices around powerful basses and other TR-808 sounds, the other one proposes a less minimal version, suporting the "Sepak Takraw" theme with force and intensity.nnA true dancefloor killing machine...Enjoy

GET U GET

SEPAK TAKRAW

GET U GET [MINDELIXIR remix] 

SEPAK TAKRAW [S.P.E.C.T.R.E. remix)

Since 2004, I.O.T. Records Production cie has run the project Expedisound, building bridges between different cultures of our continuously changing planet. The music is the unifying link of many different journeys. Through a sound experience, the Expedisound project aims to increase awareness of the extraordinary cultural diversity of our times and to aim the public’s attention toward some fragile ethnic groups living just beyond the frontier of rapid globalization. Each journey aims to create artistic links, to transform cultural differences into human richness, and to stress out people common wishes. Furthermore, the human dimension of the intense experience of immersion in another culture nourishes the exchanges and creates a real change in us. The sound and visual documents we brought back time and again are the tangible testimony of these experiences.  nThe Expedisound project has been initiated by techno travelers, or so-called electronic music nomads. Through this project, they wished to keep alive the spirit of this techno travel movement based on curiosity and intercultural exchanges. nthe third installment of the series to Expedisound destination trays for pre-himalayiens in Yunnan Province. After crossing Europe, Russia and china from north to south, the team settled nearly 6 months in the heart of Naxi territory.nAfter the exploration of Africa and the great Mongolia outdoors it is now the province of Yunnan in China to welcome this new journey. This third volume opens up new prospects for the original idea, stretching a little further elastic "space-time" to another place where nomadism rhymes with humility. China Expedisound is nothing less than that, a crossing of cultures and well thought insane, the alchemical fusion between a successful journey based on experiences, exploration of the unknown and its sublimation in sound experimentationnnMany Musicians have been involved in the project.nnSTEVE NALEPA / WELDER / KILOWATTS & DAN COVAN / DJUNYA / SHEN / PUSHY! / BABYLON JOKE / ATOMIK DOG /AROK / LOAN / OTISTO23 / MIDI LINK / FEUDJAY / GOLDENBERG & SCHMUYLE / CYBERSKUM / SUSHISOOSHAMP / MANNDIBULL /BOB RIDER / KAMI / BEEGOOD / TWEDNESDAY / THE NAXI TRADITIONAL ORCHESTRA

CHINA EXPEDISOUND

DISTANT MEMORIES

CHINA OCEAN

ALCOOL DE RIZ AUTOUR DU FEU

SUN TZU BLUNT

SAN SI JI REMIX

ELECTRIC CITY

CHINA WALL

SHANGRILA ROOTS

L'ENFER CHINOIS DU CHAT SIAMOIS

NAXI PIECES

THE DRUNKEN TAO

LADY TRAIN

SERIOUSLY SAFFRON

DONGBA WEDDING IN ELECTRIC CITY

SACRED DRAGON

AX CHINA

RISING SUN

DAN BI MEI YUAN

BLACK PEARL

ELECTRICITY CITY

CHINA CALLING

WELCOME IN YUNNAN

MELODI'CHA

HUA HUA C

SO GuQi

I.O.T records presents a new serie of EPs entitled "The 333 series" !
Unconventional and far from any cleavage, the series reintroduces the concept of EP within the label.
One output every 45 days for a total of 8 releases per year, based on a two tracks digital format and featuring an ultra limited vinyl edition (125 numbered copies in silkscreened cover and an artwork signed by Hep & Heng of Drops).
A craft approach that puts forward as much the quality of the object as a tribute to a fundamental and imperishable medium.

For this first installment, we call upon Uzul,  a notorious French dub artist, that gratifies us with two tracks halfway between the Lyon school embedded by Kali Live Dub and High Tone in France, and the early UK dubstep.
Colors unfolds a rocker rhythmic backed by heavy skanks, the perfect accompaniment for a wobble bass served on a plateau and sprinkled with perfectly mastered reverb & FX. A track that is both rich and airy, as comfortable on a dance floor as in your living room.
With Fiiyawork we move up a gear, and Uzul hires the talents of MC Ben Sharpa for an effective and unadorned collaboration. The jerky flow of the South African leads to a darker and loud production designed for crossovers hungry dubsteppers.


COLORS EP

COLORS

FIIYAWORKS

Floating sounds that flow and evaporate Like drops covering a sweating body, carried away by the movement, that fall on the asphalt, the dancer becomes as suspended, floating on air. Initiated by Loan, a stubborn eclectic electronic music producer, Drop Circles is an original and percussive artistic creation, which mixes music and break dance, arising from the landscape of urban culture.nRhythmic gears with amazing sounds,either powerful, sizzling, soft or sometimes even troubling that wriggle through this liquid material like a guiding thread: the pages of a diary blow away and come undone in the body of the dancer.nBreak dance adapts itself to heavy rhythms and throws into electronic atmospheres, appropriate for dubstep, touched by dub comas and breakbeat phrasesnnSee the video clips available on the internet site. And share the free tracks that Loan offert to you. Enjoy !

DROP CIRCLES

WATERWAYS

BUBBLE DUB

MOSQUITO

ICE CAPS

POINT TRIPLE

Strasbourg City and the north east area are at the forefront of the dubstep/grime scene since these styles have emerged in france, and caterva are no stranger to this. Managing to bring together a diverse audience with their heavy basses and impecable ryhtms. After a Drift on Kiosk Records and jarring FX their are back on I.O.T records for the second EP of the "Cardinals point série".This time it's South America and africa that are visited by the crew. Through Kuduro Music from Angola and the flow of the Uruguayan MC Bâal...THe third track is an original Baile Funk Remix from DJ Uno...ENjoy !

CATERVA GOES DOWN SOUTH

BAIRRO ALTO

SALTA

SALTA REMIX

The duo from Marseille, one of the too rare representatives of the french glitch hip hop scene, which is just beginning, join I.O.T Records for their their first original production.n nOur two culprits, Miosine and C.kel, who have been growing for the last few months after a few highly acclaimed and successful remixes (Missil, Tambour Battant, Nasser) that continue with their sound experiences with this digital EP which will hit your intellect as much as your legs. The two tracks of this 

MC SLICING EP

MC SLICING

ALGERIA 25

After first appearances on the Mongolia Expedisound\'Cd and production for the Abraxxxas\'Album \"Elektron[s]\"and a highly acclaimed vinyl ear on perce oreille, a sub label of Expressillon, Mentalo is back on I.O.T records with the 6th digital release of the french label. \n\nDescribing  the tracks of the guy is quite difficult as he loves trampling and destroyed  established musical styles ...Mentalo continues his own musical research. A crazy break beat, just enough dubstep influenced... and a journey to the mid tempo ... octaves up and down according to his desires ... passing thru a discreet homage to the king of pop . Producing since last year, seems we have to keep an ear on this artist...you will take back a little mint water ? [Mentalo in french]

THE FREEKING EP

FREEKING

MAN TALL

Circus of Mind is the psychedelic music project of Brian Kelch, who resides in the San Francisco Bay Area; a scholar of philosophy, mathematics, and the mind; and an explorer of the frontiers of awareness.

Inspired by the ineffable spaces between thought and beyond conception, the music of Circus of Mind is an aural technology to both map and generate veiled contours of the mind. Shifting sonic architecture frames the intangible nuances of the weird, as intricately sculpted sound design conjures glimpses of novel realms of reality not confinable to words.  Circus of Mind is a unique labyrinthine journey through a morphing pallet of patterned energy, which frees time to dilate and inner space to expand its dimensionality, potentially revealing the essence of our assumed being to be the standing wave of reality itself. 

“Circus of Minds brings the listener into a geometrical sound labyrinth, where integers dance with sinusoidal waves, where notes and octaves merge with cells and atoms. Blurring the lines into music therapy, this electronic shaman skillfully applies his knowledge of the impact of sound on the human spirit. Circus of Mind brings the listener into his world, simply listen and feel…”

Audictive @ I.O.T Records


SUBJECTLESS AWARENESS

Pierced Horizons

Diaphonous Folds

Karmageddon

Gennectikazoink

Thigle Burn

Hyperbolic Platitudes

ELECTRIC CITY REMIX

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Nomadic_Child(long_edit_version)

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