ronny pries - "distant paths " - _rf041 // 01/13/05

_rohformat resident president ronny pries returns to take us down 'distant paths'. a journey into rhythm and space so naturally lucid in his style that my stomache's current rolling and growling of hunger easily identifies with the relationships of the sound rolling over each other and the great tension inside. it's almost uncanny how it happens.. as i think of food, my stomach rotates in perculated rhythm. much is same way that rp's music cycles around each other when his bass, synths and minimalist elements present themselves to the percussive dominance. traveling each path, each part, each element of focus and influencing whats next. come eat some detroit techno.

download:

01. distant paths part I
02. distant paths part II
03. distant paths part III
04. distant paths part IV

info by [aaron|one]

jerzz - "jerzzalistix joints" - _rf040 // 09/06/04
our 40th installment was made by jerzz (aka jerzy boscowitz, salvador scandal, member of sublogic coperation and the livesets.com staff) whose tracks are already acclaimed and played by none other than claude young. jerzz does not limit himself to one genre either, his tracks may range from reggae to old school hip hop to dubby techno. fortunately for rohformat jerzz treats us with a great techno excursion, best described as "science fiction techno" (or "jerzzno" as he prefers to call it himself). here are 6 reasons to rapidly move your ass and shake your head.

download:

01. planeteer
02. hazespace
03. saboteur
04. telephone rapist
05. zamalajtakz
06. stylewar

ronald van aggelen - "ghost town ep " - _rf039 // 05/23/04
our dutch regular ronald van aggelen somehow caught this eerie, spooky mood of www.kiddofspeed.com, the website of a girl riding her motorbike through the dead zone around chernobyl. "until that day", "this is it", "trying to escape" and "fallout" are captured images of an artist virtually reliving that certain day in 1986 when hell became a place on earth. if you didn't read www.kiddofspeed.com yet we strongly recommend you to catch up on it.

download:

01. until that day
02. this is it
03. trying to escape
04. fallout

prsto - "gadget ep" - _rf038 // 04/26/04
igor prstacic aka prsto is a munich based computer powered musician with a fable for a bit tool-ish excursions into deep grooves. he's a new head in the netlabel scene and we're looking forward to to keep you updated with his latest sh*t.

download:

01. gadget 1
02. gadget 2
03. gadget 3

sascha müller - "network ep" - _rf037 // 09/05/03
s. müllers debut on _rohformat is an homage to the days when we used to release .xm modules. his 3 tracker "network ep" is raw the way we love it. the main track "23" is a shuffle tool par excellènce, something we haven't heard in a long time. "system image" and "desperado" almost come along the road like bogdan rosu in his best days. if you're firm with our tracked backcatalogue you'll absolutely worship these tracks as much as we do.

download:

01. 23
02. system image
03. desperado

note for n.i. traktor users: you should update traktor to version 2.1.1 in order to benefit from the new tags.

dupont - "monotoir ep" - _rf036 // 04/02/03
dupont strikes back delivering 2, almost minimal and monotone tracks in good old _rohformat tradition (remember testbeeld?). mm, a friend of dupont, delivered a very simple workout of monotoir. these 3 tracks are definitely brainworms, be prepare for minimal mayhem!

download:

01. monoblanc
02. monotoir
03. monotoir (mm's 00301 machine mix)

00.  rf036 .nml file for n.i. traktor 2 users

dupont - "recidvist ep" - _rf035

01. the plan (masterplan remix)
02. getting ready
03. arrival at the scene
04. the crime (loot-a-licious)
05. the getaway
06. return to the scene of the crime
07. arrival at the scene - benfay remix
08. arrival at the scene - rp's hurt me lofi remix
09. the crime - rvaggelen back remix
10. the getaway- rvaggelen pak slaag remix

r. v. aggelen - "reflex ep" - _rf034
good old ronald is finally back with 3 slamming into-the-face tracks plus 2 remixes by danny andersen and rp.

download:

01. first reflex
02. second reflex
03. bonus reflex
04. second reflex - blackbelt dub
05. second reflex - rpunch mix

source - "gasform ep" - _rf033
_rf loudly presents b. bommersheim aka source, introducing his definition of techno! pumping beats, pads & a deep mood.

download:

01. reconstruct
02. gasform
03. profuse

karl lihagen - "untitled ep" - _rf032
kalle is back developing his very own kicking style. enjoy!

download:

01. untitled
02. untitled
03. untitled
04. untitled

danny 'blackbelt' andersen - "04 style" - _rf031
the debut of danny andersen on rohformat including 3 detroit influenced tracks and a remix of the title track by rp.

download:

01. 04 style
02. say something
03. submariner
04. 04 style - rp in the groove remix

various - "the tracked archive" // 000-030
don't miss our pre-mp3 releases from back in the days! you'll need a tool capable of decompressing .zip files as well as a player that supports the .xm (fastracker II) and .it (impulsetracker) format (winamp, sonique can handle those. mikmod is recommended for the best results).

download from:

ftp://ftp.scene.org/pub/music/groups/bmp/rohformat