Bang Bang Berlin

The 8 Bit Balkan EP does exactly what it says on the tin, delivering a delightfully bonkers chiptunes take on the traditional music of Southeastern Europe. Right now, I'm picturing an arcade game where I lay waste to U-Bahn buskers with an empty Club Mate bottle. LOL.[...]"

Untimely Sound

"Dolomites releases this amazing EP of super sexy Gyptune heaters on 19th Sept from If The Kids Records. I'm getting strong Monkey Island vibes here, especially from Queen of the Game and In Mid-Flight 723 (which also has a kind of Star Wars-y last 5 seconds... Lucasfilm references abound). None of these are particularly club bangers - though Full Blown has that sexy Balkan dembow which could definitely set a dancefloor off if you picked your moment - but this is really well crafted stuff and makes for a unique, atmospheric listening experience... Just a shame there's not more - hopefully there's an LP in the works."

Zero3Eleven

"The Dolomites, Stevhen Koji Iancu’nun 98'den beridir sürdürdüğü projesinin ismi. Romen köklerinin getirdiği Balkan havasını 8-bit, chiptune, glitch ve cumbia ile birleştirmiş. Ortaya çıkan müthiş çorba, peş peşe dinleme ihtiyacı hissettirip daha fazlasını istetiyor bünyeye.  Daha evvelki releaselerini dinlememiştim ama eminim ki şimdi adamın diskografisini deşeceğim.

Fftang! Fftang!

"Ahhh chiptune… you novelty wag. Surely it can’t be too controversial to say it’s always been a bit of a thin premise for a genre. More of a concept album ran amok. How. Ever. This EP from Dolomites uses the 8bit bleep bloop to great effect. Gameboy gypsy wonk for drunkenly maudlin robots. And was that a snatch of the Star Wars soundtrack I hear in there?"

Joro Boro, NYC (Rubulat, Etnotek Specialist)

"Dolomites (whom I discovered when working on the Mehanata compilation years ago) has been working on his own version of West Coast Bass based on his melancholic accordion sound filtered through 8-bit video game glitch aesthetic and has created a unique musical niche in the Bay Area. Now he is expanding the niche with the help of another friend DJ Mohakfrom Berlin (read her fantastic blog here) and releasing an EP of his new sound on her recently founded label If The Kids Records."

Kid606, Berlin (Tigerbeat6 / Tigerbass / Shockout)

"awesome release, i love it!!!!! thanks sooo much for sending!!!!"

Unsoundbwoy, Australia (Croking Lizard / Grindthieves)

"have been excited about this since seeing the video on youtube! stunning EP, totally my thing"

Earconditioning 75 (sunhole.net / eFM) by D.WattsRiot (Fun-Da-Mental)

10th September / 13th September 2011

They placed it in Broken Beat / Nu Jazz / Nu Soul on Juno this time - weeeeellllll it defenitely got soul and broken beats  - but ... Jazz??? Come on Juno, you can do more than this eh, give it some Bass / Grime and 8Bit porfa!

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KungFused is playing a show at MountainBass Festival in Fiscal Huesca (Pirineo Aragonés) in Spain this week-end. Great line-up, supreme location, massive vibes!

DJ Egres (Surco, Bcn) about KungFused @ MountainBass this week-end: "Este nuevo proyecto de Kungfused tuyo promete muchisimo! No repetire lo que te dije en persona pero si dire que lo que hicistes es muy pero muy dificil y muchisimo mas creativo. Hay que tener paciencia y cabeza para espresarse asi, ademas en este pais. Mezclar tempos y estilos diferentes requiere una pasion por la musica profunda y eso se noto. Se que alomejor encotraras que los que te conocen como magma o mejor dicho algunos de ellos se les ara dificil este proyecto pero yo te apoyo mucho y espero que lleves este proyecto lo mas lejos posible. para mi fue lo mejor de mountainbass..."

Sennheiser Feature about the Festival:

We´ll be on Spaceinvaderradio.com tomorrow (Friday) night from 22 - 0h GMT+1 again, reppin it from glitch to bass to moombah to straight techno - AND - we´ll have a very special guest mix from HotRod, DJ at Wfmu.org every Friday 6 - 9 h (GMT-5). So, check out her show tomorrow morning (stateside) or midday (Europe) and join us for the late night version of IF THE KIDS radio before you head to the next party!

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Our second installment on ITK is coming from global daredevil Dolomites out of San Francisco, bringing us some crunked out glitch hop wonky balkan tunes! Stay tuned for the release, available from September 19 in all digital shops and on our site.

Sneak peak to wonk out here: