#126 | Octal Industries (IS)

Recorder.13

@octalindustries is the solo project of Jónas Thor Gudmundsson. The project was originally founded in 2003 by Jonas and Mike Sickinger, the founder of the Octal label. The debut release of their collaboration was the Automatik EP on the Transistor Rhythm output. Couple of years later they joined their friend Deep Chord for a shared 12“ release, which today is a quite a valuable gem for dub techno lovers. The three of them joined hands together later that year to create a 3x12“ release undir the pseudonym Spectral Network. The release was quite limited (111 copies) and was considered one of the most interesting 12“ releases that year by many critics. After the release of the Spectral Network eps the duo went for hiatus as other projects took over, also as opportunity for musical collaborations became harder as the Atlantic Ocean divides them. Jonas continued working on other projects as @ruxpin – producing numerous releases along the way. In 2011 the duo was asked by the French independent label @entropy-records to do some releases. As Michael was unable to participate, Jonas went on solo and worked on a full-length release, which later became Meeting of the Waves LP. Another remix followed for G.R.I.T. which was hailed by dubtechnoblog.com as the best remix of the year 2012. In more recent years, Octal Industries has been working on numerous collaborations with artists such as fellow Icelander @ohm-599575574 - and fruits of their work has been released on labels such as @thule-records, Rawax, @luckofaccess, @allinnrecords and many more. Octal Industries also released works independently in 2019 an EP entitled Julia Sets on @kontaktrecordscph, which featured a remix from the Detroit legend @mikehuckaby – and his second full-length album Our Seasons, which was released on Vertex in December 2019. Octal Industries, although being Icelandic in origin, works and resides in Tallinn, Estonia. Stay Rave with #R13! Tracklist: 01 Federsen - Ghanja Dub (Vade Mecum) 02 Yotam Avni - Avka (Stroboscopic Artefacts) 03 Waage - XoS27 (Unreleased) 04 Octal Industries - Spectrum (Unreleased) 05 Exos - Lag11 Minifunk (Unreleased) 06 NonniMal - Skjуla (Thule Records) 07 Altitude - Simplicity (Obscure Components) 08 Malin Genie & Selidos - Come The Morning (Berg Audio) 09 Traumer - Burning (Berg Audio) 10 Ohm & Octal Industries - Drama Chord (Exos Remix) (Rawax) 11 Ozy - Pull The Strings (Force Inc) 12 Lakefkt - Oceania (Ohm Series 003) 13 Oculus - Morph (AE Recordings) 14 Ohm & Octal Industries - Hobart (Unreleased) 15 Exos - Attfalt (Octal Industries Remix) 16 Oxun - Forward (Unreleased) 17 NonniMal - Ronja (Thule Records) 18 Exos - Svali (Waage Remix) (Unreleased) 19 Andre Kronert - Triton (Berg Audio) 20 Octal Industries - Wildfire (Kontakt)