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199X is a new record label from Reykjavík, Iceland focusing on releasing electronic music by Icelandic and foreign artists. Each release is pressed on high quality 180g vinyl limited to 500 copies, also available digitally. Each album cover has hand drawn artwork by M. Kristensen.

Johannes LaFontaine is a dj, producer and the owner of [199X\] Recordings. He started creating electronic music at the age of 11 and was inspired a lot by his older uncle Guðlaugur Halldór who is the other half of the Icelandic rock band Fufanu. In early 2012 LaFontaine was discovered by the legendary dub techno artist Arnviður Snorrason better known as Exos, from that time to today LaFontaine has played at every major festival in Iceland, most of Reykjavík's clubs and bars, clubs in Berlin and Copenhagen where he is based now, released music on labels throughout Europe under 5 aliases and has a lot more coming in the near future.

The first release on 199X is from a musician born in Zürich, Switzerland who's name is Mateo Hurtado. For the last 2 years Hurtado has been posting tracks and live improvisations on Youtube and Soundcloud made with his modular and hardware gear as well playing all over Europe. His tracks are all made on hardware and modular gear with minimal post processing to preserve the unique characteristics of the material and give a raw feel to the music. This EP by Hurtado includes four tracks with heavy bass, dark-atmospheric repetitive sounds that make the perfect experimental ambient techno.