“Maltine Records” (Used 2 times)

This is one of four great tracks from Gunhead's Every Chimpanzee Step EP. It's a free EP, released on the amazing Maltine Records netlabel out of Japan last fall. For more from this killer netlabel, check out the previous feature on Quarta330, and a few more selections from their vast archives here on the FMA, or dive into http://maltinerecords.cs8.biz

Gunhead is a member of Kawasaki, Japan hip-hop crew Leopaldon, and his personal myspace is here. According to lastfm, Gunhead is an "obscure 90s trance artist with a few releases on compilations in the mid-90s, most notably on the White Label series."

This track was featured on my Stuck In a Groove Mix, some of my favorite jams from 2009, check 'em out after the jump

Our friends at Phlow Magazine are compiling an advent-calendar's worth of Creative Commons charts from some of the world's most attuned netlabel listeners. This includes people like Michael Gregoire of Bloc Sonic (who just released their 25th NetBloc - congrats!), Phlow's esteemed staff members, and other creative commons music freaks. I'm working on my own list right now, honored to be involved in this very cool project. When all's said & done, Phlow's compiling another "Best of Netlabels Compilation: Netlabels at their Finest Hour" (here's the most recent one). And in the meantime, I've been enjoying hearing everyone's daily mixtapes.

I'm also discovering some new forces in the vast Creative Commons music world, like Masakuyi of the Music Forest blog. His best-of 2009 tipped me off to this 2-song digital 12'' single by Quarta330, a free Creative Commons release on Japan's Maltine Records. enjoy:

Maltine Records is a very cool sounding netlabel specializing in electronic sounds, hip-hop, mashups, house and dubstep. We're just starting to delve in to their catalog of nearly 50 releases -- if anyone is familiar and has some recommendations, please share!

Hailing from Tokyo, Toru Koda a.k.a. Quarta330 has a couple actual physical 12''s out on Kode9's world-renowned Hyperdub label, and a remix on a Warp Records digital comp. He's one of the 3 people behind the Tokyo-based chiptune collective Lo-Bit Playground, and he's collaborated with the likes of Flying Lotus. After the jump, enjoy a video of Quarta330 live at the 2006 Blip Festival in NY.