Along with the cold weather that comes with Winter, it always seems to drag in cold emotions. Let WINTÎR WINDS vol. 1Â keep you warm and give you comfort as the freezing thrashing winds of winter whirl around.Â
"I'm Real Cosby. I co-founded shoeboxx recordings with my good friend dj babyshoe. Galaxy is one of the more chaotic tracks I've ever produced. I like listening to it and playing it live on really a loud system. Right now, I'm really focused on growing shoeboxx recordings. We have a lot of big things launching in 2014, and it should be exciting."
- Real Cosby // Denver, Colorado // Shoeboxx Recordings
"Gaszia started out as a past time project back in the summer of 2012. He was then shortly picked up by Damn Son! Records, a local label native to the Salt Lake City valley area, and he then began working on his first EP. Since then he has grown his online presence very rapidly, and has done a multitude of remixes and collaborations, as well as exclusives for other labels. His most recent track, âCrazyâ was recently released on Chilled Wax Vol. 2 by Waxhole Records, and received radio play by DJ Complexion. He has also had airplay on Sub.FM multiple times, and was featured on FutureGarage.net. Gaszia has a special release coming out at the end of the month, along with a very large project to be announced and released sometime next year. Be sure to also keep your eyes on his Soundcloud come Christmas Day. The track âLostâ is a more melancholy song (compared to what I usually make), but has a bit of attitude. It combines chill trap elements, along with future garage vibes. I experimented a little with chopping up my own vocals and switched between them and a random acapella I found. I have a feeling my own vocals will be used a lot more in the future."Â
- Gaszia // Salt Lake City, Utah // Damn Son! Records
iNDiG0 HiGH - If I Could Go..
"I'm 23 & I go by the alias iNDiG0HiGH. I live in Chicago. I'm apart of LaRuche Records (Paris) & Scenic Rhythms (my own label) as well as Push Beats collective. I produce and sing my own music. The track is called 'if I could go..' And when I started to create it I was singing a long with it, I hadn't done that in a while so I was pleased that words came out. This song is going to be on my 'withher.' Project coming out in April via Scenic Rhythms on a cassette tape. So make sure you're glued to my soundcloud."
- iNDiG0 HiGH // Chicago, Illinois // LaRuche Records / Scenic Rhythms
"I'm a producer from California, and I've been making music for about 3 years on my pc. I made this track experimenting with vocal samples and sound design inspired by late nights. I tried to capture the feeling of exhaustion. I am working on an EP, and you might see a collaboration coming out soon too."
- BKBROWN // San Diego, California
CâTS CRâDLE - While You Don'tÂ
- CâTS CRâDLE // Los Angeles, California
L Î W N M O W H E R - im thinking 2 much
"I'm 21 years old, and I'm from Tampa, Florida. I like music and art, I spend a lot of time skateboarding and reading on the internet about paranormal stuff. I love to doodle some sick random shit, and I have a new cat that I named after my current favorite producer. My musical influences consist of Teebs (which is the name of my kitten), shlohmo, dream koala, flylo, rob ontenient, lance neptune and so on and so on. I made this track as soon as I got wifi back in my house, so I was pretty psyched about that, but then I was semi depressed because I feel like a bad boyfriend towards my gf from time to time, which drove me into this type of song, like sad/happy jumping to and fro type of jazz, and in the end it made me feel amazing inside. I'm on 2 labels at the moment - both independent. HeyWTFRecords and IceChamberRecords. I'm not currently working on any new projects, or EP's, but I will definitely let the people know when I do."
-Â L Î W N M O W H E R // Tampa, Florida // HeyWTFRecords / IceChamberRecords
Exempt - Acid Rain (feat. Thomas Skrobek)
"I am Exempt and I am originally from Kazakhstan but I have spent majority of my life in the UK. I am influenced by various sounds and artists I find on Soundcloud. Love the whole network of people that I have come into contact through producing. I mainly try to make music for myself but of course love to get feedback and support. The song Acid Rain is derived from the original made by Thomas Skrobek. The song is meant to emphasize the days when you feel stuck and just want to jet away somewhere and see whats out there. This song was made in a tiny, crummy, hot boxed room in Berlin. The vocals are by the beautiful Sanya Manzoor. Anything to look out for. Possibly EPs/collabs/remixes coming out or recently released. I have a lot of work ahead of me a lot of collabs with Whattsun. We were lucky to get the chance to work on a remix for The Hypergiant. More collaborations to come with Thomas Skrobek, Nick Brewer & Hanami. Tasker is remixing Open Your Eyes, really looking forward to that."
- Exempt // Cambridge, Cambridgeshire // Collective Minds Vision
Groove Cereal - Midnight and the Seasons Change
"I am a musician hailing from Buffalo, NY. I got my start as Groove Cereal 2 years ago. I had wrote one track at the time (Steppin') and played it one day in a room on turntable.fm (RIP). Jenova 7 happened to be there, really dug the track and told me to forward it on to Dimitar over at Dusted Wax Kingdom. Sent in the track and he loved it and put me on the label! That gave me the push and inspiration to write more and I released my first record a few months later. Since then, I have released one more record under Dusted Wax then met DJ babyshoe out in Denver when I was living in CO for a time. We hooked up and I started playing live at his events. From there we forged a remarkable friendship and through him I have met some of the most amazing people (Real Cosby, manmantis, RoboCLIP, etc.) and eventually joined the Shoeboxx family. That's the abridged version of the story. This track was one I had started writing last year but forgot about until recently. When I opened the file, it was definitely a wintery sound so I figured it would fit the theme of this comp perfectly. I am currently working on a debut EP for Shoeboxx that is taking more time than expected. Keep an eye out for details as 2014 rolls around. Outside of that, I am working on playing out live in Buffalo and should have some shows lined up soon!"
- Groove Cereal // Buffalo, New York // Shoeboxx Recordings / Dusted Wax
28 Mansions - Floating Bones
"im a 16 year old girl from san francisco, california. im not an artist im just depressed.this track is a love story about ambien. i have an EP coming out on the 30th of december & a couple unreleased tracks/remixes coming out on sweet shop records following the new year."
- 28 Mansions // San Francisco, California // Sweet Shop Records
- WASTED NIGHTS // Orvieto, Italy
"BEEMO is the brainchild of Illinois native Aaron Komnick. Alluring listeners in with a combination of sultry R&B chord progressions, chopped vocal shots, and a genuine representation of human sexuality, he is out to please your tympanic membrane. His track âf a i t hâ deconstructs bits of Miguelâs âSure Thingâ and creates an upbeat yet ambient city-cruising vibe. The vocals are complimented by a sensual arrangement of synths and a constantly growing and pulsating drum track. In early spring he will be releasing a full-length album titled âSeasonsâ through Midwest Collective. Also be sure to check out his upcoming collaborations with Harris Cole, Voyage., G-Head, tuuwa, Kyross, and more."
- BEEMO // Clinton, Illinois // Midwest Collective
"MSTK is the electronic music project by Alessandro Guarnerio. Alessandro, born â86, comes from Legnano, a city nearby Milan. In 2008 he moved to Bologna for his university studies in Music at the department of Drama, Art and Music Studies. He has been involved in several post-rock and shoegaze projects but itâs only in 2009 that he starts to dig into electronic music and club culture and get confident producing music. His music is based on the use of Ableton combined with various analog synth. His productions space from hip hop beats to house mixed with shoegaze influences and vintage instruments. I made a little jam with warm synth & r&b vocal samples because they remind me of the winter atmosphere. I Hope with the new year I'll get out my new ep."
- Mstk // Milan, Italy // Sea-Punk-Gang / SBMRSD / Concrete Records
Moonkay - Redemption//Love
"Iâm a chillwave producer from the UK, been producing under this moniker for about 2 years. My music is an expression of my emotions, and sharing those emotions with others. I love sharing as well as making music so i began a record label, The Roomers, to do that. Iâve loved every step of it and hope to continue supporting and promoting other artist. I took a different approach for this track as it is made up of two different main ideas. The first half is quite dark and ominous, while the second half more loving. The contrast between the two helps them to truly appreciate one another. I currently reside in the Essex county. At the moment Iâm working with Onlylost on his next EP, out on SOMICO. Iâm also going to be releasing a new EP of my own in the near future with The Roomers, however I am also a member of SOMICO. My last album, Here And After, came out last summer and is still available for download.I also regularly update my soundcloud with remixes and original tracks for others to listen to as well."
- Moonkay // Colchester, Essex // The Roomers / S O M I C O Collective
"Hey guys! Iâm Dexter aka XED pronounced âZedâ, a 19 year old producer out of Atlanta, Georgia! I pretty much produce any and every genre possible. From Footwork, R&B, Glitch, and Chillwave, to Trap, Nu Disco, and Trip Hop. Under my 1 year of experience I try to not limit myself. With that said, my track I produced âActionsâ is a simple, yet storytelling track, that walks you into Atlanta and sits you in a cold day. And as the track slowly begins to play you listen to the cold city around you fade. Thatâs my life. Music is my escape from every rush around me. My focus and my habitat. Through the tough year I've had, music has stuck by me, and has been my friend through it all. As the sample plays over and over, itâs reassurance that music is still there and that no matter how low I get, thatâs my escape. Music is always on XEDâs soundcloud. I recently embarked on a 12 Day trial where I've produced a track a day for 12 days to show my love for my family, friends, and music, called âThe 12 Days Of âOfaâ. Each track is insanely different and hits all genres. I also have an EP that drops Dec. 24th. I have tons of remixes coming in 2014. Stay tuned. No song will be left out."
- Xed // Atlanta, Georgia // Kolossus Records
M Î I S O N - Verano (feat. Lew)
"I'm M Î I S Đ N , AKA "Chad Ingwer". I've been producing as maison for about a year now. This track I made with lew about 4 months ago for my self titled. but ive grown so much since then, so i figured ill just release this one now, and start something new with lew for my self titled. you guys can expect the self titled by spring."
-Â M Î I S Đ N // Cleveland, Ohio // S O M I C O Collective
"Aaron Velasquez aka Flamingosis is a NJ producer who creates sample based music compositions from the inner depths of his mind. The track "snow" is a very melancholy tune that captures the beautiful sadness of the winter season. That sounds really cheesy, but thats what i really thought when making it. The sample sounds so haunting and captivating that i had to do something with it. Look out for a Holiday collab release with my homie Ruff Draft and a self entitled released coming out next year on Keats Collective!"
- Flamingosis // Morristown, New Jersey // KEATS COLLECTIVE / Em La La Terra / Rootnote
"My Name is Bren aka TVNE. Iâm 19 & just a regular guy who makes music and eggs of course. Iâve been singing since the age of 10 and have been producing for 10 months. Although I donât have much experience on my belt I have been noticed by Carmack of Soulection who started off my career by reposting my first single Wifey (Prod. Stwo). From then on I have been working with Trapdoor Records as an independent artist. My gift is singing and talent is producing so anytime I compose a song it is from the Soul and is strongly R&B influenced. I have also been listening to stwo lately so I wanted to use dope Rhodes and create a very mellow track; something you can sit and drink hot coco on a cold Sunday afternoon. Oh God collabs! I have countless of them coming in 2014. I will be working soon with (Noithingness, Juan Cristobal, The Ninetyâs, Shackles, and many others those are just ones I know of at this moment) . Releases through Trapdoor Records in the future while co-founding a newly found record label Kolossus Records."
- TVNE // Cleveland, Ohio // Trapdoor Records / Kolossus Records
"A Beatsmith under "Esbe" moniker.Orignally from Phillipine and lived in Okinawa japan as a child,Now Currently residing in Los Angeles,California.Collecting and manipulating sounds. Producing Trip hop/Abstract Hip hop/Electronic music.It Carries that blunted downtempo beats, spiced with jazzy,soulful and tasty electronic ingredients. Morning star is a track I started making bout 2 years ago that I never got to finish until recently,at the time I was practicing my basslines heavily,I wanted to make something groovy and funky. I have few a releases coming out soon, Compliation projects from RA-NYC, Vitis Records. and My Full length album."
- Esbe // Los Angeles, California // Dusted Wax / Vitis Records / Brown Republic
"Temporal is a track related to loneliness. It's a track I wrote during a week where I was alone and deep feelings that I was trying to escape from were haunting me. Temporal means that things are temporal (obviously), and the pain you feel with time will go away. Temporal means blizzard in Portuguese, which refers to the cold ambience I tried to create. I've got an EP coming up that will be released on iTunes with Emerald & Doreen Records. I've got a remix I made for an artist named Klangliebe that will be released on his EP in March I think."
- Fluss // Cannes, France // Emerald & Doreen / S O M I C O Collective
Warren Xclnce - Nocturnal
"I am a 23-year-old music producer from London. Iâm currently unsigned but I did recently release a Free LP via MIMM this autumn which had features from the likes of IAMNOBODI, Etta Bond, Handbook, and Ego Ella-May. I only released the video for Examine me ft. Etta Bond recently which can be seen here. This track was one that was made at the start of the winter period just as the cold was beginning to settle in. It is really chilled with fusions of harmonies and full of emotions captured buy the subtle delays on the 808 percussion samples. The synthetic harmonies capture a feeling that can only be really felt during the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. The track was originally supposed to be intended for vocalist but the vocal stabs work well with the overall piece telling a story of something deeper left for the listener to decipher and interpret. I am working on a few projects for 2014, I am hoping to do a few collaboration projects with a couple producers and few other vocalists who I am feeling right at the moment. One will be slightly more experimental than and one a lot more electronic based, but both just as interesting as each other. Iâm excited to finish them really to hear the results."
- Warren Xclnce // London, EnglandÂ
GOLDEN LIVING ROOM - CHAOTIC LOUNGE
"I'm a Jazz musician with my Master's in music. About the track: it's a sample from Phantasy Star Online which is a game I've sampled to hell with some added synths from a Yamaha DX7. Look out for a new album to be released via STYLSS and TAHRC in early 2014 titled 'NEW NOSTALGIA'."
- GOLDEN LIVING ROOM // Wichita, Kansas // Midwest Collective / STYLSS
"I'm Lux, I don't really like talking about myself outside of the Lux project but I will at least say I am somewhere in Kentucky and I like to sample and loop a lot. This is my first project ever, and I am hoping to grow musically from here. I think my next project is going to involve making exotica music with my fun machine. The track I submitted for the compilation is a track called Subtle, a song that has grown on me significantly since its inception a month or so ago. It has a way of sneaking into your head and it's pretty catchy. I have music-to-color synesthesia, and Subtle is a very gray track, which I felt would fit in with the winter theme of the comp. It also feels very dramatic, like it would be the theme song to a serious 80s/90s prime time television show involving a bitter, retired cop who still tries to get involved in police cases and gets pissed when he is shooed away (only to sneakily get involved and catch the bad guy, of course). I've just released a greatest hits compilation called Sincerely that also includes a few unreleased tracks along with tracks that were yet-to-be downloadable. I'm going to be doing an #SPF420 set alongside Bones and other artists in January, details TBA. Also in January, I will be hosting my own radio show entitled Neon Nights on Wednesday nights at 11:00 p.m. EST. I'm sure I'll release more albums in the New Year, but we'll see where things go."
- luxury elite // Kentucky, USA // Fortune 500 / New Generation
SAINT PEPSI - Do The Harlem Shake One More Time
- SAINT PEPSI // Long Island, New York // New Generation / KEATS Collective
Roads & Boats - Air ChrysalisÂ
"My name is Adam and I'm from Toronto. I've been making records as Roads and Boats since about 2008/2009. Yes it's also the name of a board game, and yes that's where I got it. I make sample heavy instrumental synth dance/pop music, sometimes with found sounds or bits of dialogue from documentaries and films thrown in. When I started making tracks I was more like a hip hop producer trying to rip off air france, but it's morphed into something that I don't really know how to describe. This track basically embodies my "sound" pretty well. The way I sample, it sort of evolved from.. well, not knowing how to sample. I probably still don't know how. I have a good sense for the sections of a song that will yield good samples, but then I just cut it up at random and play with the pieces until I get something. Then the track sort of grows from there. "Air Chrysalis" is the name of a fictional novel in the plot of a real novel (which you should read, if you haven't already) called "1Q84" by Haruki Murakami. The dialogue in the track is him talking about music during an interview. If I ever get around to it, there should be a new Roads and Boats record in early 2014. Also, I'll probably start a side project to release some minimal modern house tracks I've been fucking around with."
- Roads & Boats // Toronto, Ontario // Chill Mega Chill
"My name is Robin Huqueleux a.k.a Fear Club.
Bedroom producer by night. It's a pretty dark track, little piece of my soul. Winter's bite, there's no lyrics cuz it's all about loneliness. I'm about to release my second EP early 2014! Got some remixes too!"
- Fear Club // Paris, France
Neo-Safari - High Altitude
"High Altitude is the dream of a slow and steady never-ending climb to the clouds. Neo-Safari is my genre-hopping musical act that has been releasing free music since April 2012. There will be a slew of unheard Neo-Safari material released within the next few months. The releases will be mostly Future Beat type compositions."
- Neo-Safari // Dallas, Texas
DanâlogOne - InnerBetweens
"I go by DanâlogOne I'm a beat maker slash graphic designer, I'm from wood bridge, Va. I like all kinds of music especially exeprimental hiphop, electronic chill wave, and trap. i also have a twin brother who makes beats he`s the one who initially got me into making beats. My favorite producer is mndsgn! The track i made was inspired by a guy name Pict0chat. i really dig his music and can tell he is also a fan of mndsgn. I wanted the track to be 8 bit with a blend of experimental hip hop and i also wanted it to be ambient! Look out for my next LP named The Beautiful Illusion some time in 2014, also me and my bro are in our own group called outer limit, we are putting together a beat tape with about 20 beat maker friends its gonna be full of dope experimental hip hop, trap, and chill wave beats! Look out for that in 2014 as well. I'm also signed to a record label Known as Wepushbuttons Recordings out in canada."
- DanâlogOne // Wood Bridge, Virginia // Wepushbuttons Recordings
"Co-founder of the record label known as Cadence Collective, New York producer Kruisemode's tracks have garnered support from artists such as Balam Acab, Plastician, and Two Inch Punch. The track was made over the course of a couple days and was originally intended to be a Busta Rhymes remix. It was made using deep house sampling. Currently he is working on his debut EP to be released under Cadence Collective later this year."
- Kruisemode // New York, New York // Cadence Collective
"I make music as my alter ego "The Sha". I take imperfections in music and make them work within my music. I try to tell a story in each and every one of my songs and hope one day listeners will begin to listen to the music before they judge it. I am from New Jersey and I current reside in Florida. When I was working on this track I tried to create a cold vibe and sampled a lot of ice cubes and whatnot. I've been listening to a lot of old school hip hop and future garage lately so I wanted to impliment a little of that into my track. I wanted the listener to think about a blanketed white forest and just feel sad. The holidays are always sad. Currently, aside from this project, I've been working on a split with my good friend MarshSound. Our split is titled "Dial Down" and will be released in January. Other than that I am doing my thing, possibly releasing an official EP in Spring."
- The Sha // Largo, Florida // Kolossus Records
"I'm Hotwax, a 21-year old electronic musician from Florida who loves the sounds of synths, beats, and chill vibes. This track is the b-side to a single I will be putting out via Bad Pop in the upcoming weeks, entitled "Despondence/Spirits". Both feature reverb-soaked synths and chilled beats, but "Spirits" offers a more wintery tone with its icy piano and bells. As I mentioned, I will have a digital single coming out sometime in the next few weeks, and a remix of "Portals" by Filipino darkwave artist Conclave will be on his remix album due out the first few weeks of January."
- Hotwax // Clearwater, Florida
[D]ay [B]reak - BREZZA (feat. VÎNILLÎ SUEDE)
"My names Jack Cobbold, i am 18 and from Brighton, currently studying Digital Music at Southampton Solent university, i make chill wave/Glo-Fi music under the name [D]ay [B]reak. me and Sam aka. Vanilla Suede wrote this to be a nice chilled piece, short and sweet. Inspired by Coastal Winters from our childhood. I have an EP on the way very soon, early january so look out for that."
- [D]ay [B]reak // Brighton, England // S O M I C O Collective
"Box of Wolves is a hybrid 90's Summer Nostalgia/Chill-/Synthwave music project nursed by The Venom Blog creator Gabriel Akinrinmade out of the whims of his sundry synth modulator experiments. Highly reminiscent of the sounds of Teen Daze, Com Truise, and Washed Out, Box of Wolves, even to bottom-tier music aficionado, runs like a non-obnoxious transcendental LSD alt-party set list. It's equal parts chill, equal parts solid, with tracks featured in The Magician's Magic Tape, Goldroom's Sole Fixtape, Cosmo Baker, Mad Decent's Soundcloud Round Up, and Triple J Unearthed. Felt like it has been over a year since i've a something really chill and laid back like "No Kisses" and "SWIM" so i went back to using the same pads and synthesizers i used in making those tracks, With addition some roland keys. As usual the vocals where provided for by Christa Vi. Except in this instance i screwed the lead vox to sound dipper and cold. I will be releasing a second Single EP on Electronic Rumors In January titled 'Let's Start Again'. The Single will be released with a B-Side and remixes from NY Nu-Disco DJ/Producers AIMES, London deep house producer, Meloder and The Brazillian duo Deltafoxx."
- BOX OF WOLVES // Winnipeg, Canada // Electronic Rumors
- Full Notice // Aurora, Colorado // S O M I C O Collective
âBâLⲠâ˛Pâ - Flores
- âBâLⲠâ˛Pâ // A Jungle in Europe
wwebss - Growing Distance
"I am 17 and live in a little town in Sweden called Kristinehamn. I mostly sit in my room and experiment with sounds, playing guitar and make stuff. I have always listened to a large variety of music when it comes to genres but since I started producing I found a whole new bunch of different electronic genres and electronic music grew on me very much. The style of the songs might be different on some of my future songs since I don't wanna tie myself to a particular genre or anything. The song I made was just me messing around with a beat but then I started combinating some samples and a chorus and just added stuff which then turned out pretty cool. I am currently unsigned but I am in the SOMICO collective and an EP might be released within the next couple months. Some collabs might take place too."
- wwebss // Kristinehamn, Sweden // S O M I C O Collective
Thanks so much for checking out the album! I hope you enjoy it and have an amazing New Years!Â
Download WINTÎR WINDS vol. 1 now!Â
