The U-TRAX blog

Tonight! The Connection Machine live set at the Intergalactic FM Streaming Festival 2021. We expect it to go live within the next hour or so, allegedly on the CBS TV channel (so NOT on The Dream Machine channel, which would have been more appropriate for the Dutch legends that debuted with an album called The Dreamtec Album).😄 Enjoy this lovely, soothing dream tech chill acid dub set at IFMF21: https://www.intergalactic.fm/ (bij www.intergalactic.fm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPWba_MhVAl/?utm_medium=tumblr

TBT 1993, somewehere in Soest, The Netherlands: cutting our first releases on U-TRAX. One of which was produced by this awesome dude: Peter Aarsman aka P.A. Presents. And it's all coming back soon! #lacquer #vinylcutter #soest #utrax #utrecht #vintagetechno #utrax2020 #ThrowbackThursday (bij Staatsliedenbuurt (Utrecht)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFiLB4bgQvO/?igshid=tyu85ma3zdpx

These new test pressings sound amazing! Great job by Simon @ The Exchange and Record Industry. This funky vintage ambient technopunk repress to be released in October, stay tuned! #utrax2020 #testpressing #doublevinyl #vintagetechno (bij Utrecht, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD_98J5Aj3_/?igshid=1dpwjnq2ek8qd

Letting this pretty boy out of his lockdown and sending him off to the plant tomorrow. #utrax2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CBlfXQpgyRN/?igshid=1k4wfcu39te3p

It's on our website, so it is true: coming Friday, May 15, we are releasing remastered digital versions of our final release on our infamous sublabel Phoq U Phonogrammen: the Vigilante Logic EP by The Implant, aka Arno Peeters aka Sp@sms. Check the discography section on our website (link in bio) for more info on this experimental release. You will also find the link there to our Bandcamp page where you can pre-order the EP and immediately receive the puristic, yet spooky electro track Hollywood Holdup Force. #uareback #remastered #experimental #acid #techno #electro #phoquphonogrammen #utrax #sublabel #spasms #90smusic #ArnoPeeters #djaxupbeats (bij Utrecht) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_-czWkg3T4/?igshid=186u3oh3thgaw

The next item in our catalog that we are making available digitally for the first time ever, is the last U-TRAX release of the 90s. 'Bits of Earwax from the AWAX-Files' was originally released on vinyl only in January 1997. This compilation of then-unreleased material from the former three members of the AWAX Foundation brings you a unique blend of vintage electronic music. From hypnotizing techno to mesmerizing On-U Sound-like dub, hyperactive acid and brutal tribal sounds, it still represents today what U-TRAX stands for - never the obvious! Available for streaming and download at all platforms, or at our Bandcamp page (link in bio) More release info on our website: https://utrax.com/discography/The-AWAX-Foundatio.html #uareback #vintagetechno #classicacid #industrialdub #tribal #awaxfoundation #rip1996 #utrax https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ss1awAa5t/?igshid=thlec3508lvz

TBT: in July 1993, dance writer @passet reviewed the first ever U-TRAX release in Dutch dance magazine Bassic Groove: ""If you think on the same wavelength, don't call us, call a doctor!" The new Utrecht record label U-TRAX cannot be denied a healthy dose of humor. The music that is portrayed on the first two releases however, is less happy, yet not less intriguing. After Drome Tapes, Richard v.d. Giessen aka DJ White Delight has taken matters seriously and started his own record label. The emphasis will be on Utrecht techno. His own 'Ditties from the White Lodge' contains four abstract techno tracks made together with DJ Zero One. 'Hyperspectiv' is the most trancey track and 'ODM' shows the most club potential with its rubber ball bass." The tracks of this release have now been remastered and made available for download and streaming for the first time, see link in bio. #uareback #utrax #utrecht #vintagetechno #classicacid #techno #acid https://www.instagram.com/p/B9XCw-NAIfB/?igshid=shnmmtcx0p3c

TBT - June 1993: review of our first release ever, in UK mag Echoes, by esteemed music journalist @krisneeds. He was a U-TRAX enthusiast from the start and we will always be grateful for his support. Tomorrow, we will release a remastered version of this inaugural U-TRAX release, for those who never settle for the obvious. Back in the early nineties, dance magazines printed on paper were a big thing. The wwweb was still in its infancy, internet connections were slow. We had to rely on national magazines for our info, or those imported from the UK, Germany or the US. So being reviewed so prominently in one of the world's premier dance mags meant a lot to us. #uareback #utrax #djwhitedelight #djzeroone #dittiesfromthewhitelodge #vintagetechno #classicacid #Utrecht https://www.instagram.com/p/B9FZnNuA-Yr/?igshid=yq83o5k4vquo

Sending some shivers down your spine with this sexy Sunday evening soundtrack! We've had some technical issues with the files, but we're happy to finally be able to post the second hour of the third episode of our Quite Deep Radio show on our YouTube channel (UTRAXHQ). Enjoy some beautiful and outside-the-box music and mixing by a true Dutch Dance Legend, @maartenvdvleuten . https://www.instagram.com/p/B8pfpPFgI5Y/?igshid=1w3rurnjmu685

Beats & cigars, what's not to like? 😁 Working on a remix with our buddy @mindtheapp at his TapeTV studio. #ethnicbeats #hajenius #protools #ableton #mac #pc #whateverittakes https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MgweRAczN/?igshid=1oo6rzy6369x1

Awesome news: another outlet in our home town Utrecht now holds our releases! With so few records stores in our little town, this isn't a bad score. 😉 d^.^b #uareback #utrax #vinylrecordstore ・・・ #Repost @klrecordstore (@get_repost) ・・・ New label!! We hebben de volledige catalogus van @utraxquitedeepmusic in onze shop!! Legendarisch jaren 90 label nu weer helemaal alive and kicking met nieuwe releases van oud en nieuw werk!! #locallabel #localartists #recordstore #utrecht #utrechtmade https://www.instagram.com/p/B70tVjvA5eg/?igshid=1k0cvf32cej55

Awesome day at @myrhal studio, mixing on some upcoming stuff. Great gear, great acoustics, great engineer! 😀 #uareback #utrax2020 #electro https://www.instagram.com/p/B7opVSNAPeS/?igshid=ohgwon5wsbjb

While we're casually working on a number of awesome new releases for 2020, it's nice to look back at the re-start-up year that is behind us. Strange to have the feeling that we didn't do much in 2019 (at least not as much as we had wanted to), but still put out almost 9 hours of music across 85 tracks. All tracks can be purchased on our Bandcamp page (u-trax.bandcamp.com) and all minus one can be streamed on platforms like Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer and Spotify. Music as always is hard to find on Spotify searching on label (when are you finally going to fix this @spotify ??), so we have created a nice playlist for you, see link in bio. #uareback #utrax #techno #acid #electro #dreamtech #vintagetechno #classicacid #papresents #spasms #theconnectionmachine #sonarbase #africannightflight #maartenandtjeerd #joi #lynx #ticktrax #inventionsanddiamentions #crayemoticon #atr #piecesofapensivestateofmind https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bdYtlAchG/?igshid=1502jd93i06wz