In January 2025, I created a survey to collect the “best of 2024” for the Cold Tear Dub Techno Discord. The survey asked for a “Top Release” and a “Top Track”. Each category allowed for up to two additional answers. Listed below are the results of this survey.

With the “Best Release”, there are two sub categories. One based on the single first vote, and an additional category if we merge all three votes equally to generate a winner. For the “Best Track” every survey answered had a different best track, with translated to having only one category that used all three votes equally.

All remaining votes for each general category are listed below to allow for exploration and discovery of dub techno, please explore with the intent of finding hidden gems that you didn’t know about.

Thank you again for voting. Extra special thanks to all the artists, producers, and labels who create this music.

-Matt Drown <matt@drown.com>
panzer on the Cold Tear Discord
3 Feb 2025

Best Release (using just the single vote/person)

• 3 Votes – Gradient – Dub Stories – Greyscale
• 2 Votes – Ghost Dubs – Damaged – Pressure
• 2 Votes – VA – Space Scavengers remixed – Cold Tear records

Best Release (using all three votes/person)

• 5 Votes – Ghost Dubs – Damaged – Pressure
• 4 Votes – Gradient – Dub Stories – Greyscale
• 3 Votes – Basicnoise – Symmetry – spclnch
• 3 Votes – VA – Space scavengers remixed – Cold Tear Records
• 2 Votes – Loidis – One day – Incienso
• 2 Votes – Modal Cat & Space Scavengers – Duende – Cold Tear Records
• 2 Votes – Rif Erous – Aurora – Insectorama
• 2 Votes – Stillhead – Planetary – Primary Colours
• 2 Votes – Sub Basics – Retrace – Temple of Sound

Best Track (using all three votes/person)

• 2 Votes – C3D-E & Hashman – Denoise – 0 records
• 2 Votes – Sub Basics – Expansion – Temple of Sound

Thanks to Giriu Dvasios, here is a Spotify Playlist.
Thanks to “huphtur” on discord, here is an Apple Music Playlist of all the best tracks.
Thanks to “der pflanzer” on discord, here is a Tidal playlist of best best tracks.

Remaining single votes for Best Release:

• alex kassian x mad professor – e2-e4 – test pressing
• aqeuus animus by kyrro – greyscale
• blomaq – antarctic desert zone ep – piranha siberia dub
• cv313 / federsen – skyspace ep – alt dub
• davor tosovic – minimalist in dub – ecoul snd
• dbfb – 91 ep
• deepdrome – hangover – scale limited
• desus – album – [piranha siberia dub
• dublicator – container – self released
• eustress – arx – kino disk
• hidden encampment – cold sunset ep – piranha siberia dub
• hidden sequence – theories of time – lempuyang records
• infant – spiral industries – kino disk
• jk flesh – echo chamber music 01 – avalanche
• kanz – elementary particles accelerator tunnel
• lb honne – past/future here/there – project indigo
• linger – valor ep – greyscale
• liuos – near the surface – cold tear records
• maskinfabrikk – bt gate x-138 – spclnch
• mike schommer – rulers of the world
• mitry – parallels – greyscale
• natur – made in brazil
• purl – himmelsandar
• r.hz – dub source – echoshapes
• r.hz – echo frequencies – spclnch
• reverb delay – the storm has passed – mighty force
• rising sun – the eternal – echochord records
• satoshi tomiie – magic hour – abstract architecture
• seabra monkey – jökull (talandi ís) ep [piranha siberia du
• seabra monkey – numbers – crossfade sounds
• snd & rtn – echo ltd 008 – echo ltd
• snd & rtn – stardust ep – planet rhythm
• sonic buckwit – xenomeld – greyscale
• stygmata & moodeep – super forms (spclnch)
• submersion – subsumed – self published
• toishy koshimi – stellium – insectorama
• tsubasa arakawa – knife in the water – cold tear records
• various artists – heaby dub volume 9 – cold tear records
• velvet dub collective, victor lopez, francesco tamburrano and seabra monkey – Echovoice – velvet dub collective
• wax – no. 90009 – wax
• yagya – coconut rice
• zemar kambas – here come the dragons – spclnch

Remaining single votes for Best Track:

• A-Roks – Mood – Deeptakt Records
• ALTONE – Unnaturally Balanced – ECHOCORD
• Ajnkana – Pyridine – Self published
• Akmuo – Realybė 1 – Cold Tear
• Alexander Bogdanov – LIM Dub o5 – Greyscale
• Basicnoise – Duality – spclnch
• Basicnoise – This Vortal Coil (Phenomena LP)
• Conforce – Octave Echoes – Synchrophone
• DBFB – Resistance – planet rhythm
• DP-6 – Earth – Spclnch
• Deepdrome – Dub Phenomenon – Piranha Siberia Dub
• DeeplyBlack – Samara Snow – Techenie record
• Eustress – “Gaz (Dub)” from “Arx” – Kino Disk
• Federsen – Real Phase (Blackinstock)
• Federsen – Sono
• Florian T M Zeisig – Lapis – STROOM.tv
• Futuregrapher – Sleepwalking – Móatún 7
• G-Prod & Taho – Light Forest – Ohm Series
• Ghost Dubs – Chemical Version – Pressure
• Giriu Dvasios – Virpa – Cold Tear Record
• Gradient – Dub Story 1 – Greyscale
• Gradient – Dub Story 20 – Greyscale
• Gradient – Dub Story 7 – Greyscale
• Havantepe – Zero G – spclnch
• Hidden Sequence – Switch (Federsen Remix) – Alt Dub
• Hidden sequence & Milly James – all I need – Lempuyang
• Iiney – Cassette08 (R.Hz Remix) – Echoshap
• Inner Warmth – Mitry – Cold Tear
• Inzajeano – Grain 1600 (insectorama
• Javier Salazar – Tides – RDG Tribe
• KANZ – Low Orbit
• Linger – #007 – Valor EP – Greyscale
• Liuos – Rotations and Reflections – Cold Tear Records
• Loidis – Dollarama – Incienso
• Lonerist – I know When it’s a Dream
• Merv – Suspended (Kontakt)
• Mitry – Change – Greyscale
• Mitry – Parallels (Scale Limited
• Modal Cat & Space Scavengers – La Sombra – Cold Tear Records
• Moodep – Trigonmetry
• Nadja Lind – Golden Teacher (D.Diggler Remix) – Lucidflow
• Narcotic 303 – Solaris (Lonerist Remix) – insectorama
• Natur – Dreams In Dub – Made In Brazil – Greyscale
• Neel – Riflesso (Movimento EP)
• Ohm & Kvadrant – Treasure of the King’s Garden (deadbeat remix)
• R.Hz – Mist – Ubertrend Records
• Scapegoat – Pole Rework
• Seabra Monkey – Langjökull [PIRANHA SIBERIA DUB
• Seabra Monkey – Toxic Lady – Ecould SND
• Space Scavengers – Selenography (joergmueller Remix) – Cold Tear Records
• Sub Basics – Discovery – Temple of Sound
• Upwellings – Hold Down – Dubwellings
• V’NZ – In The Hive – Insectorama
• Zemar Kambas – Preacher – spclnch
• bt gate x-138 – Foundry 4C – spclnch
• cv313 – Skycrossing (Federsen Dub) – Skyspace EP – Alt Dub
• nthng – Echo Trak (Two people EP)
• nthng – In Statics – Inchbyinch
• snd & rtn – dub conjurer
• tsott – aqua drift

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