thinner history

thinner is releasing electronic music in digital file formats under creative commons license. the netlabel exists since 1998 and enjoys worldwide critical acclaim for its music. it was founded by thomas jaldemark and is today operated by sebastian redenz and ole schulte as leading parts of an international team. the headquater is based in frankfurt am main, germany. till today, thinner productions had accumulated over two million mp3 downloads.

randomly select an available release from the extensive thinner discography and there’s a very high probability that the sounds on that album can be broadly described as “dub-inspired” i.e. some permutation of a fusion of dub with house, techno, or even ambient music. it’s also quite possible that the album could be further redefined as belonging to the sound departments of either “dubby techhouse“ or “intelligent dub”, and, if not one of these, the more evasive aesthetic referred to as “minimalism” is an increasingly more likely descriptor. an alternate categorization can also classify the music as either soft and mellifluous or hard and edgy.

although dub-influences are clearly the predominant inspiration behind the general flavor of the thinner sound, even a cursory sampling of its catalog quickly reveals that thinner is not a static label. during the time period 2001 - 2006, thinner has grown and evolved to encompass a wider variety of sounds and to make available a more diverse palette of releases from which interested listeners can make their selections. the early steady stream of signature dub-inspired techno/house music for which thinner initially became recognized still make their appearances but, as time has progressed and tastes have changed, new sounds have found their way into the thinner discography. while many of early thinner virtual releases were clearly efforts to emulate styles/genres similar to those offered by popular physical labels (eg. basic channel), later albums demonstrate innovative efforts to offer new sounds and/or interesting hybrids of existing ones.

as thinner’s catalogue has grown substantially with the years, we offer 2 compact djmixes to introduce you into our microcosm. while the first mix by dj krill.minima concentrates on the ambient dub side of thinner, the second mix by dj deluge keeps the 4/4 style. both mixes span about 70 minutes and are encoded in 192kbps. please choose your free downloads:

thinner ambient dub mix
dj krill.minima, 2004
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thinner minimal house mix
dj deluge, 2004
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if you want to read more about thinner's history, please take your time to study the extended version over here.