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Stronghold, AKA Terrence Dixon/Christian Bloch/Ryan Brogan

We just posted two free mp3 downloads from our collaboration in the fall with Terrence Dixon to the new Subtrak website. Also, the new Subtrak website is live. [ READ MORE ]

Inigo Kennedy’s Amazing Free Music

I’m not sure how I missed this, but one of my all-time favorites — Inigo Kennedy — has a whopping 16 free releases available to download over at asymmetric.co.uk. And they’re all gorgeous. [ READ MORE ]

Subtrak Trio DJ Set From Halcyon

I had a lot of fun with Chris Alker and Ryan Brogan playing Halcyon the shop’s Nü Pschidt–an in-store weekly event, where guest DJs play (mostly) new releases from the store. Chris played first, my set is around 39 minutes in and Ryan played from around an hour and twenty minutes till the end. SESSION 276: [ READ MORE ]

Live in Brooklyn – Independence Day Blowout

Live in Brooklyn Independence Day Blowout by christianbloch A hybrid live/DJ set testing out my beloved APC40. [ READ MORE ]

Subtrak 023 | Derek Marin w/Remixes

Dark Room Derek Marin (Subtrak) Download M3U » Powered by halcyondigi.com Also available on vinyl. Remixes by The Pale, Osborne, and more. We’re very happy with this one. [ READ MORE ]

Christian Bloch Live P.A. NYC April 8 10PM

Im playing this Wednesday at 10PM at Wicked Willy’s in NYC. Should be interesting… [ READ MORE ]

Access by Inode and Mars Out Now on Subtrak

Two more minimal releases on Subtrak. I’m very happy with both of them. You can grab them here: [SUBTRAK 017] Christian Bloch | Access by Inode [SUBTRAK 019] Christian Bloch | mars [ READ MORE ]

Dirty Panoramas Available Now on Beatport

[SUBTRAK015] Christian Bloch – Dirty Panoramas on Beatport. [ READ MORE ]

Subtrak 15 – Dirty Panoramas – Coming January, Listen Now

Coming out on Subtrak in January. These tracks are grittier and more panoramic (as opposed to dynamic) in nature than what I’ve been doing lately. They’re also composed with my step sequencer, rather than the Ableton grid I often use. I think they ooze raw power, but let me know what you think. Take a [ READ MORE ]

Access by Inode Video

[vimeo 2121924] The video is a Quartz composer abstraction of a picture of my daughter smelling a flower. Not that you can tell, but the colors are amazing. The idea for the title came from a Google Tech Talk about the Apple HFS file system. [ READ MORE ]