Dennis Knopper (The Netherlands). Born in Canada, raised in Holland, Dennis Knopper grew up listening to Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Klaus Schulze, and any other original progressive music he could find. He played in pop/rock bands through the 80/90, but it never gave him the satisfaction he was looking for. After a period of producing local bands he decided to leave sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll behind and concentrate fully on composing and producing elektronica. In 2001, inspired by Namlook's FAX label, he decided to start a label as a platform for talented, original and innovative artists. Now, a few years later, with help from some great people (you know who you are), Databloem and it's sub-label dataObscura have released some quite remarkable ambient goodies. Spielerei is a metaphor for freedom and creativity, which he believes electronic music stands for. His debut album on dataObscura "Once Upon a Time " probably tells more than words can say….

A flowing collection of sophisticated and glitchy rhythmic ambient.
The moniker "Off the Sky" was originally birthed as a simple misinterpretation of an obscure line from that famous film Trainspotting. Random as its conception was, Off the Sky is an all too apropos title summating the dub-atmospheric and acoustic solo projects emanating from Jason Corder's studio in Kentucky, USA. It is a humble hand that reflects both his mild mannered nature and his usual "in-the-clouds" mind-set. Jason's musical style is loosely inspired by the likes of Monolake, Gas, and Christian Fennesz.

A collection of ambient explorations and grooves.
Waki, Jason Corder, Krill-Minima, Lingua Lustra, Mendigo, Lufth, Freaming the Seed, MOC, Danny Kreutzfeld, Svartling, Liquid Bridge.
"I see Collection 3 as a well-crafted disk of contemporary ambient and ambient-glitch that takes the listener on a journey that stretches the old boundaries into a shape of things to come. It is a refreshing and very listenable collection of music." [APK]

The Circular Ruins in concert June 2004. Broadcast live from the studio of APK in Canada over the Atmoworks web radio. All new material, and now released on Databloem in the Databloem Live series of quality pressed recordings.
Anthony Paul Kerby ( APK ). Ontario, Canada. Born in Essex, England. The music of The Circular Ruins is a complex and distinctive amalgum of ambient, groove ambient, and experimental forms of electronica, and has been widely praised within the electronic and ambient music scene.

The Wichman Concert was recorded live, 13 March 2004, in Theatre Graff Wichman in Huizen, Holland, as part of the Alfa Centauri EM Festival series. The last 4 tracks are studio works by Spielerei & Mantacoup.
"This is an album that is very hard to pigeonhole but it is one of the best 'contemporary' sounding albums I have heard all year." [David Law]

Deep, glitchy, processed, industrial atmospheres. With a side-order of mechanical and strangely dubby beats. Danny Kreutzfeldt (Denmark). Born in 1981. Lives in cold boring aarhus, denmark. Studied physics, will be studying philosophy. Major inspirational sources count the vastness of space, the insignificance of humanity, own incompetence, generally loud music, and a youth spent with repetetative beats. Aims for a personal, escapistic and reflective expression.

"If one is to define the music on Counterperipheral, one senses Kreutzfeldt is an admirer of german Pole, whose crackling glitches, slow cinematic pulsations and cropped up silences to some extent is repeated on this album. But rather than copying Pole's formulas, Kreutzfeldt reinvents them through his own industrial sensibilty. The dubby warmth of the german is almost nonexistant in these tracks, whose soundscapes, resounding metallic pulsations and crackling effects seem to describe large, empty and windy cities with starlight sharp as ice picks. Had Fritz Lang still lived to make movies, Kreutzfeldt could, in other words, have been an excellent provider of the soundtracks." [Steffen B. Pedersen, Geiger Magazine]

An intriguing blend of dub, ambient, techno, and the orient.
bio : Alexis Glass, Fukuoka, Japan. Born in Canada.
"One could think of Plaid, Namlook, Warp or Orb. No need for any resemblance, Mutagene is original enough and a real pearl between the pile of recent releases." [Boudisque review]

Rhythmic ambient excursions : deep, complex and beautiful.