Crate Diggers 2026: Downtempo

7 Jul 2026 17:09

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Downtempo

Organic House

Overview

Out of a forty-track dig, three cuts demand the full spotlight: two because they seat dancefloor producers next to musicians with real jazz biographies, and a third because it is the longest ride of the lot and comes from a duo tied to a sound with a name of its own.

Nublu's Sax and the Percussionist of Two Thousand Records

'Revenge Of The Wankers' (Kora Extended Remix) — 7:07 at 112 BPM in F minor — brings together Oceanvs Orientalis and Ilhan Ersahin, the world-renowned saxophonist who opened the Nublu club in New York's East Village in 2002 and one of jazz's most electronics-fluent names. The original dates back to 2017; Kindisch revived it in 2022 within its Kindisch Stories, and here it runs through Kora's rework, with Scarlett De La Torre in the credits.

The other jazz incursion is 'Toprak' (5:18, 104 BPM, E minor), where DJ Bey works with Arto Tunçboyacıyan: a percussionist of Armenian descent, a collaborator of Joe Zawinul and Chet Baker, present on more than two thousand recordings and leader of the Armenian Navy Band. Kanto Records issued the original in late 2025 and a remix package in February 2026; this selection goes for the original version, the one in direct contact with that percussion.

Nine Minutes of 'Insight'

The longest cut on the entire list — 9:06 — is 'Insight' by Niju and Ninze on Feines Tier, the Cologne-based label and party. It comes from 'Magic Roads', the album the duo released in January 2026, their second after the LPs they signed as Wide Awake, back then still a trio, and it embodies the sound some call Ketapop, one that marked a whole downtempo generation. At 105 BPM in D minor, it also settles who rules the list by sheer numbers: Niju also signs 'Shewolf' in Beyhude's remix and the 'Wichtig' reworked by Christopher Schwarzwalder.

The rest of the dig orbits around these poles, mostly between 100 and 116 BPM. But the curatorial logic is captured in these three cuts: here, downtempo is understood as musicians' music, not just booth material.

Sources: Kindisch · Wikipedia · Feines Tier

// Track list

40 songs to enjoy

#	Track	BPM	Dur.	Key	Genre	Label
1	Norfolk (Gingembrę & Kcm Remix) Allies for Everyone	108	7:24	G Major	Downtempo	MONADA
2	One Last Round (Original Mix) K2W0	84	5:19	Eb Major	Downtempo	Easy Tiger
3	Fighting Shadows (Original Mix) Jonas Schilling	107	5:25	D Major	Downtempo	Serafin Audio Imprint
4	Origen (Original Mix) John Key Om	115	6:49	Db Major	Downtempo	• kosa •
5	Mentalité (Air Horse One Remix) Nat Barrera, Don Mescal, Soul of Zoo	105	6:10	A Major	Downtempo	Cosmovision Records
6	Riders (To Ricciardi Remix) Kermesse, Turu Anasi	110	5:10	D Major	Downtempo	Tellel
7	Jazzed Jungle Flow (Original Mix) SVNR (RU), Egor Jam Sax	85	6:04	G Major	Downtempo	Baikal Nomads
8	Wichtig (feat. Ringo Chambre) (Christopher Schwarzwalder Remix) Niju, Ninze, Ringo Chambre	91	5:26	E Minor	Downtempo	Feines Tier
9	Code 000 (Original Mix) Coss	110	5:05	Gb Minor	Downtempo	Metanoia
10	Sauraha (Original Mix) Dit:eau	110	6:34	Db Major	Downtempo	Alle Zusammen
11	From Another (K2W0 Remix) Unja	113	4:31	Ab Minor	Downtempo	MuMa
12	Sazon (I'm Mady Remix) Nyvs	95	6:53	C Major	Downtempo	Tellel
13	Acid Queen (Theo Gramal Remix) Kapchiz	112	6:21	D Minor	Downtempo	downtempo, baby!
14	Lockdown (Original Mix) Eternal Moment	94	7:00	F Major	Downtempo	RITHMCODE
15	Are You Feeling Lonely (Original Mix) Coss	105	5:26	Ab Minor	Downtempo	Metanoia
16	Call It A Day (Original Mix) Hovak	112	6:54	B Minor	Downtempo	Phases.
17	Down In Swing (Original Mix) Daniel Hokum, Le'Gram	105	5:26	F Minor	Downtempo	The Gardens of Babylon
18	Uferlos (Original Mix) Lorikeet	105	5:45	G Major	Downtempo	Serafin Audio Imprint
19	Humpty Dumpty (Original Mix) Exei	105	6:51	D Major	Downtempo	MONADA
20	Finster (Original Mix) Geplantes Nichtstun	104	6:19	F Major	Downtempo	down.
21	Revenge Of The Wankers (Kora Extended Remix) Ilhan Ersahin, Oceanvs Orientalis, Scarlett De La Torre	112	7:07	F Minor	Downtempo	Kindisch
22	An Unkown Place (Farn Remix) Laaar	108	6:45	Db Minor	Downtempo	Serafin Audio Imprint
23	Waves & Whispers (Original Mix) Sander Costanzi	100	6:28	A Minor	Downtempo	• kosa •
24	Wichtig (feat. Ringo Chambre) (Christopher Schwarzwalder Remix) Niju, Ninze, Ringo Chambre	91	5:26	E Minor	Downtempo	Feines Tier
25	Our Own Island (Extended Mix) Sound Quelle, Liz Cass, Tailor	114	6:31	A Minor	Downtempo	Colorize (Enhanced)
26	Focus Of Chi (Original mix) Namat	107	7:25	G Major	Downtempo	Shango Records
27	Toprak (Original Mix) DJ Bey, Arto Tunçboyacıyan	104	5:18	E Minor	Downtempo	Kanto Records
28	Bachstelzen (Original Mix) Aaron Zeederberg	116	6:43	G Major	Downtempo	Serafin Audio Imprint
29	The Floating Sun (Original Mix) Cafe Del Mar	104	4:22	D Minor	Downtempo	Café Del Mar Music
30	Cellophane (Original Mix) Ha:arp	108	6:26	A Minor	Downtempo	Serafin Audio Imprint
31	Tauber (Cem Gemalmaz Remix) Lui Mafuta, Kamai Music	114	5:38	F Minor	Downtempo	Kamai Music
32	Relaxing In Garage With Quattro (Original Mix) noots	101	6:39	Db Minor	Downtempo	Deeppa Records
33	Ich war kurz woanders (Original Mix) King Ben	112	7:20	F Minor	Organic House	Underyourskin Records
34	Shewolf (Beyhude Remix) Niju	98	5:06	Bb Minor	Downtempo	Serafin Audio Imprint
35	Acid Vogel (Laurent Flaoh Remix) Pulli & Chomba	108	8:49	Eb Major	Downtempo	Mystic Tales
36	Bardo (Original Mix) Eternal Moment	92	7:02	E Minor	Downtempo	RITHMCODE
37	Oh No (Original Mix) slow child	116	8:43	G Minor	Downtempo	Wintuwa Records
38	Insight (Original Mix) Niju, Ninze	105	9:06	D Minor	Downtempo	Feines Tier
39	Traum (Original Mix) CHOMBA	114	7:09	D Minor	Downtempo	Alle Zusammen
40	Palpitation (Original Mix) Unja	100	3:57	Ab Minor	Downtempo	MuMa