{"id":18905,"date":"2016-03-11T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T11:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=18905"},"modified":"2016-03-11T11:52:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T11:52:41","slug":"teknofonic-recordings-release-first-volume-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/teknofonic-recordings-release-first-volume-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"Teknofonic Recordings Release Their First Volume of &#8216;Essentials&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18932\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/teknofonic-recordings-release-first-volume-essentials\/adam-reifsteck-teknofonic-records-founder-and-artist-named-sonic-fear\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Adam-Reifsteck-Teknofonic-Records-founder-and-artist-named-Sonic-Fear.jpg?fit=1332%2C1333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1332,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Adam Reifsteck &amp;#8211; Teknofonic Records founder and artist named Sonic Fear\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Adam-Reifsteck-Teknofonic-Records-founder-and-artist-named-Sonic-Fear.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18932\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Adam-Reifsteck-Teknofonic-Records-founder-and-artist-named-Sonic-Fear.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Adam Reifsteck - Teknofonic Records founder and artist named Sonic Fear\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New York City based record label, Teknofonic Recordings was founded by American composer and producer, Adam Reifsteck, who&#8217;s also known by his studio name, Sonic Fear. Supporting forward thinking musicians\u00a0producing electronic dance music that transcends genres, the label gives a great platform to emerging artists.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18933\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/teknofonic-recordings-release-first-volume-essentials\/compilation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/teknofonic-essentials-artwork-3000x3000.jpg?fit=3000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;compilation&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"compilation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/teknofonic-essentials-artwork-3000x3000.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18933\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/teknofonic-essentials-artwork-3000x3000.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"compilation\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teknofonic has released an album, &#8216;Teknofonic Essentials Vol 1&#8217;, featuring twenty tracks from artists on the label. It&#8217;s available to stream on Soundcloud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The album is a veritable feast of electronic dance music, with no two tracks alike.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;I&#8217;ll Be Your World&#8217; is the first track on the album, and the first of five available as a free <a href=\"https:\/\/exit.sc\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftheartistunion.com%2Ftracks%2F4a981c%3Fsoundcloud_ref%3Ddescription\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a>. A soft, slower paced, yet nonetheless EDM track, it&#8217;s from Sonic Fear himself. With ethereal harmonies it features\u00a0the beautiful voice\u00a0of\u00a0Canadian music producer and vocalist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.veelamusic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Veela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reifsteck has received grants from the\u00a0Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, and the Kalamazoo (MI) Community Foundation, and had his music performed by a wide range of musicians, including the Attaca Quartet, the Duquesne University Chamber Singers, Western Michigan University Chorale, and other ensembles. He&#8217;s currently working on a new clarinet quartet commissioned by the Chicago Clarinet Ensemble.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F196489562&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s a world away from &#8216;Novocaine&#8217;, by\u00a0Daniel Monroe. The second track on the album it&#8217;s an electro tune with popping rhythms and vibrant, swelling synths, perfect for dancing to.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tropical Bass fanatic, Monroe has performed at the Notting Hill Carnival, among other festivals. Among his many accolades, he&#8217;s\u00a0produced a remix for Cher Lloyd, as well as had his music played in a mix on VICE&#8217;s official radio station, Thump. Daniel writes for Global Bass, an online Tropical Bass community, and has interviewed many renowned musicians, including Novaspace, who&#8217;s headlined at Creamfields.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F215770559&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teknofonic Recordings was founded in 2015, and have an impressive <a href=\"http:\/\/teknofonic.com\/allartists\/\" target=\"_blank\">roster<\/a> of artists. As well as being innovative in terms of music, they also give the artists the respect they deserve, and in their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teknofonic\/info?tab=page_info\" target=\"_blank\">words<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"text_exposed_show\">At its core, the label seeks to unite adventurous listeners with the boundary-crossing creators who are not afraid to revolutionize the electronic dance music scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally, they allow artists to release their music with the label, while at the same time allowing the artists to retain 100% of their rights; an important factor in terms of creative control.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Teknofonic Essentials Vol. 1&#8217; is set for release on April 15. Stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/teknofonic\/sets\/teknofonic-essentials-vol-1\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Find Teknofonic Recordings online on their official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teknofonic.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/teknofonic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/teknofonic\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/teknofonic\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F194689932&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City based record label, Teknofonic Recordings was founded by American composer and producer, Adam Reifsteck, who&#8217;s also known by his studio name, Sonic Fear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[4922,105,4928,368,1439,144,77,4926,4923,810,4924,4921,442,4925,4927],"class_list":["post-18905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-adam-reifesteck","tag-dance","tag-daniel-monroe","tag-edm","tag-electronica","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-nyc","tag-sonic-fear","tag-techno","tag-teknofonic-essentials-vol-1","tag-teknofonic-recordings","tag-trance","tag-tropical-bass","tag-veela"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4UV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75733,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/05\/sonic-rebel-has-this-vibe-with-new-dance-track-listen-to-the-tyler-stone-extended-remix\/","url_meta":{"origin":18905,"position":0},"title":"Sonic Rebel Has &#8216;This Vibe&#8217; With New Dance Track &#8211; Listen To The Tyler Stone Extended Remix","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"26\/05\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Latest track 'This Vibe' sees Sonic Rebel's Tammy Hurt take full charge of what is laid down on the record.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sonic-Rebel-TV-logo.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sonic-Rebel-TV-logo.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sonic-Rebel-TV-logo.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sonic-Rebel-TV-logo.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Sonic-Rebel-TV-logo.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49040,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/a-leo-dont-wanna-get-up\/","url_meta":{"origin":18905,"position":1},"title":"A-LEO &#8211; &#8216;Don&#8217;t Wanna Get Up&#8217;","author":"Hanna Brunt","date":"12\/04\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Brimming with sheer class and expressive musicality is A-LEO's latest single release. 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