The “Essential Elements” program series is focused on giving you an update on dublab’s current music favorites. This is a sonic survey of what’s being played at the dublab headquarters and on our roaming headphones. Each show has a high focus on new releases and recently re-discovered songs. Listen to “Essential Elements” to get synced up with the dublab sound world.

Can – Midnight Men – Eletronic Beats N˚ 1 Summer 2012

Arnaldo Antunes, Edgard Scandurra, Toumani Diabaté – Cê Não Vai Me Acompanhar – Mali-Brasil – Mais Um Discos

Blues Control – Love’s A Rondo – Valley Tangents – Drag City

Nairobi – UFO – Wet – Estamos Felices

Psychedelic Horseshit – Puff – Laced – Fatcat

Psychedelic Horseshit – Time of Day – Laced – Fatcat

Camera – RFID – Radiate! – Bureau B

Inch-Time – Time of the Fire – Myth and Impermanence – Mystery Plays

Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory – – Elements of Light – Rough Trade

Andrezej Korzynski – Saved From Oblivion – Secret Enigma – B-Music

Lee Hazelwood – The Long Black Train – Trouble Is A Lonesome Town – Light In The Attic

Oscar – Good Lovin’ Woman – Man Chest Hair – B-Music

Sonora Dinamita – Eco en Stereo – Diablos Del Ritmo – Analog Africa

Harmonious Thelonious – Vernachlässigte Muziek – Listen – Italic Recordings

The Cyclist – Black Train – Bones In Motion – Leaving Records

Tropic of Cancer – Be Brave (Richard H. Kirk Remix) – So Click Heels – Downwards

Teen – Come Back – In Limbo – Carpark

Future Sounds of Buenos Aires

Spectrals – You Don’t Have To Tell Me – Bad Penny – Slumberland

Thurston Moore – Illuminine – Demolished Thoughts – Matador

Juan Stewart – Track 09 – Juan Stewart – Estamos Felices

Yo La Tengo – Ohm – Fade – Matador