Tilt-Recordings is a vinyl + digital label for technoid Drum & Bass, based in Mannheim (Germany).

it was started by Bad Boy Kaiza, DJ Hektik and Budoka in 2003, then it was maintained by DJ Hektik since late 2005.

also in 2005 the sisterlabel "T-FREE" was started; a free mp3 netlabel with a similar musical approach but more flexible and open to guest artists and musical experiments.

in 2008 an additional series of commercial digital only releases on Tilt-Recordings (T-Files) began; again with a similar approach as on the vinyl releases but more open and flexible and with a much higher release output, due to the digital possibilities.

in 2009 the label released its last vinyl single (TILT010).

in 2010-11 the last digital release was put out (T-FILE-EP015).

in 2011-03 the remaining vinyl records were given out for free, and the tunes from these releases were put online as free 320 kbps mp3 downloads three months later.

in 2011-06 all tunes were pulled from the digital shops.


music:
since TILT003 in late 2005 the specific musical goal for the vinyl releases became combining percussive Techno-DNB and midrange-driven Neurofunk on the vinyl singles, one of the two extremes on each side and every tune a DJ tool for the dancefloor.


design:
the original idea was to present the vinyl releases in DOS style with an according colour scheme, font type and information syntax on the records, info sheets and to some degree also on the web presence. in time, this strict approach shifted towards a more neutral presentation (TILT006 was the last record with info printed in DOS syntax, although it was still used on all the following vinyl info sheets).


further credits:
checkreading - Douglas McN, yuca.
original logo and artwork concept - Hegglar & Kogh.
startup - Eugen, p0n, Andrea, Marion & Willie, Felix, David, Dennis, Mario, Hegglar & Kogh.
idea - Kogh & Hegglar.