dubdiver - floating beats | asian underground | chill | lounge | downbeat music

<body> dubdiver is a berlin-based project. drummer and producer stefan korn creates an athmospheric sound combining musical elements of downbeat, drum & bass and asian underground music. out now!!! dubdiver´s debut album "floating beats" dubdivers athmospheric sound combines musical elements of downbeat, drum & bass and global beats. his musical journey leads the listener to soft, but still grooving soundscapes: dancehall and trip-hop vibes touch the orient, breakbeats contest with sitar and acoustic guitars, electronic sounds breeze around tabla-beats. by combining contemporary electronic music with indigenous instruments warm soundpaintings originate. live-played and programmed sounds complement one another and are being filtered, edited and newly assembled till a new homogenous and organic sound arises. corresponding to this idea, stefan was able to transpose other friend musicians contributions into the dubdiver-sound: "shine" was a u.k. no.1 hit of reggae-act aswad back in the nineties which they wrote together with joe cang, london-based producer and bass-player of scritti politti and galliano. on floating beats you’ll now find a remix of joe cang’s new interpretation. singer anja oehming graduated in classical singing. with her warm voice she shapes the track "desert land". sitar-player mirkoji nolten learned to play the sitar on his numerous and extensive jouneys to india. singer and actress valeska rautenberg with her charismatic voice gives a very special character to "reverie". singer, bass-player and writer rené rose inspired "feel the flow" with the prologue of his book "arons lounge". guitar-player and actor steffe köhler in his own special open-tuned style contributes a flowing guitar theme to "surya mangalam". 4 years old stefan korn got his first drum which led him to take drum lessons at the age of six. as a teenager he started touring and later releasing with various bands. his organic use of samplers and sequencers in live-presentation aroused further interest in producing electronic music..... floating beats is dubdivers debut album and a result of his passion for beats and sounds. trying not to sound downright or too polished, floating beats may invite you for a drive into the sunset… </body>