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        <description><![CDATA[&lt;hr style=&quot;background-color: #ccc;&quot; /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MINIMAL CRIMINAL &lt;/strong&gt;is a &lt;strong&gt;dark minimal progressive psytrance&lt;/strong&gt; project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was formed by Dj's Valerio &lt;strong&gt;Zhyin&lt;/strong&gt; and Bruno &lt;strong&gt;Echoes&lt;/strong&gt; in the beginning of 2003. Their tracks are around 133-140 bpm, often with a dark night time vibe, bizarre psychedelic effects and crazy samples.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border: 4px solid #ccc;&quot; title=&quot;Minimal Criminal&quot; src=&quot;http://www.minimal-criminal.com/images/gallery/zhyin_omega.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Minimal Criminal&quot; width=&quot;377&quot; height=&quot;301&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;padding: 10px 0; font-size: 11px; display: block; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Zhyin and Lady Omega&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the members of &lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Minimal Criminal&lt;/strong&gt; live in different countries. &lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Valerio Zhyin&lt;/strong&gt; is living in Israel and is available for gigs in Europe, Africa and Asia.   &lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Bruno Echoes&lt;/strong&gt; still lives in Brasil and is availabe for gigs there and in the rest of South America.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In late 2007, &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Zhyin&lt;/span&gt; started working on the material for the&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt; Minimal Criminal&lt;/span&gt; debut album,&quot;&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minimus Maleficarum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&quot;.  It took some time before a concept for the album was created. The  concept would be inspired by the cult/horror/drug exploitation films  from the 50s/60s/70s. A retro psychedelic trip. Every track would  include a sample taken from some obscure film. Also, many vintage synth  sounds and effects were used to further compliment the little stories  within each track. Eventually, Bruno joined in the production and the  album was finally completed in 2010. This CD will be released by&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ccrecords.co.nz/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; Cosmic Conspiracy records &lt;/a&gt;(New Zealand) through &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=8612&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Saikosounds&lt;/a&gt; on November 26.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Minimal Criminal&lt;/strong&gt; is primarily  influenced by the minimal psytrance/progressive psy sound from the late  90s/early 00s. However, they are developing their own signature sound,  borrowing elements from&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt; minimal techno/house, progressive trance, electro , psytechno/tech-trance&lt;/span&gt;,  etc as well as other types of music . Some tracks have a dark  atmosphere while other tracks display a lighter and/or comical side,  though always psychedelic in nature .The BPM range is from 125 to 140.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Minimal Criminal&lt;/strong&gt; story goes back to the year 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, when &lt;strong&gt;Zhyin and Echoes&lt;/strong&gt; decided to create a project inspired by their favorite artists at the time such as &lt;strong&gt;Sensient, Krumelur, Cujorius One&lt;/strong&gt;, etc. Their first release was in 2005 with the track, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minimal-criminal.com/mp3s.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Reefer and Barbeque&quot;&lt;/a&gt; on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.minimal-criminal.com/releases.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Intelligent Manipulation&quot;&lt;/a&gt; compilation CD from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zenonrecords.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Zenon records(Australia)&lt;/a&gt;, which was a collaboration with Swedish sonic weirdo act, &lt;strong&gt;Krumelur&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since then,they've had tracks released by labels such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNvc21pY2NvbnNwaXJhY3kuY28ubnov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cosmic Conspiracy records&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/halubeats&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Halu Beats &lt;/a&gt;(Hungary)&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pureperceptionrecords.org/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Pure Perception records&lt;/a&gt;(U.S.A)&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Biosine&lt;/strong&gt; (Australia), &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vagalumerecords.com.br/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vagalume&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (Brazil),&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.planet-ben.net/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Planet Ben&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (Germany),etc., both CD and digital releases.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;float: right; margin: 10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;border: 4px solid #ccc; margin: 10px;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.minimal-criminal.com/images/gallery/bruno01.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Echoes&quot; width=&quot;303&quot; height=&quot;342&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;padding: 10px 0; font-size: 11px; display: block; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Bruno Echoes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;By 2006, &lt;strong class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Zhyin and Echoes&lt;/strong&gt; had played in numerous parties and festivals throughout Brazil alongside acts such as &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sensient, Bigwigs, Krumelur, Parasense, Son Kite, Dimitri Nakov, Penta, D-Nox, X-Dream and many others.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;,&lt;/strong&gt; etc.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In 2007 , Valerio Zhyin left Brasil and spent time living in Israel,  the U.S.A, and Malta (Europe). Bruno remained in Brazil and spread the  Minimal Criminal name further over there by playing at countless parties  throughout the country. Today they are among the most popular  progressive/psy projects of Brazil.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Since Zhyin and Bruno operate Minimal Criminal in 2 different countries, their &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;live sets&lt;/span&gt; are quite different. &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Bruno&lt;/span&gt; mixes the tracks live on his laptop while using some&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt; hardware effects.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Zhyin&lt;/span&gt; plays a programmed set with live &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;electronic drumming&lt;/span&gt; on a &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;MIDI drum controller&lt;/span&gt; while wearing an&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt; alien costume&lt;/span&gt;. Occasionally, &lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt;Lady Omega&lt;/span&gt;, the singer from Zhyin's side project&lt;a href=&quot;http://wwwmyspace.com/kaiaphas&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; Kaiaphas&lt;/a&gt;, provides&lt;span class=&quot;name&quot;&gt; vocal fx&lt;/span&gt; during the live set when possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object classid=&quot;clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;385&quot; codebase=&quot;http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;wmode&quot; value=&quot;transparent&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;src&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/rmzjGJ9wf6A&amp;amp;rel=1&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; height=&quot;385&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/rmzjGJ9wf6A&amp;amp;rel=1&quot; wmode=&quot;transparent&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[MINIMUS MALEFICARUM 24-bit wav files on sale + Lots of NEW tunes for sale + FREE tunes - @minimal-criminal]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/minimal-criminal/blog/3578/minimus-maleficarum-24-bit-wav-files-on-sale-lots-of-new-tunes-for-sale-free-tunes</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ &lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.minimal-criminal.com/buy.html " target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.minimal-criminal.com/images/merch.jpg" alt="Minimal Criminal new music " width="175" height="175" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello friends! We have updated our official web site. Our album "&lt;span class="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minimus Maleficarum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;" is finally available in the site as &lt;span class="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;24-bit wav files&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; as well as&lt;span class="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; 320 mp3s&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. Nowhere else can you find the album in 24-bit quality. These are the same files we use in our live sets!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can either&lt;a href="http://minimal-criminal.com/buy.html"&gt; buy the album tracks separately or the entire album as&lt;/a&gt; a big (1GB) archive. The whole album download comes with some &lt;span class="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;special surprises&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; unavailable anywhere. Oh, and it's &lt;span class="name"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;cheaper&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to buy than in other online shops.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Besides the album, we added many other &lt;span class="name"&gt;Minimal Criminal&lt;/span&gt; tracks, old and new. Some of them are available for&lt;span class="name"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;FREE&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The track &lt;span class="name"&gt;"Defeat"&lt;/span&gt;(FREE download) was featured in &lt;a href="http://www.musicradar.com/computermusic/computer-music-161-february-issue-on-sale-now-358283" target="_blank"&gt;Computer Music magazine(issue 161)&lt;/a&gt;, the best selling music software magazine in the world, and it received a very good review.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We also have &lt;a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/store/store/artist_246087?item_type=merchandise"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;shirts&lt;/strong&gt; and a cool &lt;strong&gt;tote bag&lt;/strong&gt; available&lt;/a&gt; for those who REALLY wanna support Minimal Criminal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;hr /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class="name"&gt; UPCOMING RELEASES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;- A new Minimal Criminal track called &lt;span class="name"&gt;Mary Poppin' Pills&lt;/span&gt; will be released in a free compilation from Uroboros records called &lt;span class="name"&gt;Cyberpunk Chronicles vol.3&lt;/span&gt;. This compilation will be available from &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ektoplazm.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Ektoplazm&lt;/a&gt;. This track is sure to ignite dancefloors everywhere, day or night.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;- Minimal Criminal is collaborating with &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="www.myspace.com/tripinstumble" target="_blank"&gt;Tripinstumble&lt;/a&gt; in a track called &lt;span class="name"&gt;Baaraparchuterphobia&lt;/span&gt; for the next CCR compilation called "&lt;span class="name"&gt;Phobophobia&lt;/span&gt;"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;- Soundmute Recordings will release a Minimal Criminal digital EP called &lt;span class="name"&gt;Apollyon&lt;/span&gt; with remixes from &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="www.myspace.com/cujorius" target="_blank"&gt;Cujorius One&lt;/a&gt; and Opsy sometime within the next few months.&lt;/p&gt;       ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:05:36 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Minimal Criminal full-length album, MINIMUS MALEFICARUM out this month - @minimal-criminal]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/minimal-criminal/blog/3267/minimal-criminal-full-length-album-minimus-maleficarum-out-this-month</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minimal Criminal - MINIMUS MALEFICARUM &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="float: left;padding:0 10px 10px 0" title="MINIMUS MALEFICARUM" src="http://www.minimal-criminal.com/images/frontmainth.jpg" alt="MINIMUS MALEFICARUM" width="200" height="194" /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Cosmic Conspiracy Records &amp;ndash; CCR008 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Artist:		Minimal Criminal &lt;br /&gt;Title:		Minimus Maleficarum &lt;br /&gt;Label:		Cosmic Conspiracy Records &lt;br /&gt;Cat No:		CCR008 &lt;br /&gt;Barcode:		 &lt;br /&gt;Format:		CD Jewelcase &lt;br /&gt;Release date: 	November 12th 2010 &lt;br /&gt;Distribution:	Saiko Sounds  &lt;br /&gt;Cover art: &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://show.saikosounds.com/cover.asp?titleID=8612" target="_blank"&gt;http://show.saikosounds.com/cover.asp?titleID=8612&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Track Listing: &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;1.	Reefer and Barbeque Part 2:Bad Ass Weed &lt;br /&gt;2.	Extraterrestial Turkey &lt;br /&gt;3.	Travel Through Space &lt;br /&gt;4.	Alice in Acidland &lt;br /&gt;5.	Fright Night &lt;br /&gt;6.	Worship of blood &lt;br /&gt;7.	Sabado Negro &lt;br /&gt;8.	Tobor &lt;br /&gt;9.	Derma 28 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Cosmic Conspiracy Records proudly presents Minimus Maleficarum The  Debut Album from one of the biggest known names in modern dark  progressive and minimal psytrance.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;After 2 years in the making this anticipated release brings you 9  tracks spanning a broad spectrum of sound A hybrid blend of Minimal  Psychedelia, Techno and Progressive featuring Minimal Criminal's  signature fat and heavy sound and production.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;An atmospheric album with themes inspired by the obscure  horror/sci-fi and psychedelic exploitation films from the 50s/60s/70s  with every track containing many vintage synth sounds and effects.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;This release also includes "Reefer and Barbecue part2:Bad Ass Weed ,  the follow up 2nd part to their now infamous cult track "Reefer and  Barbecue" which featured Krumelur.  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;With Stunning artwork by Elune Art and with mastering by inyourphaze  studios in Sweden, this is a mile stone release , the likes of which we  have never heard .... An album that will steal your mind and  imagination/twist your ears , scare you, and make you laugh while it  happens.. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Avialable @ &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=8612" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.saikosounds.com/english/display_release.asp?id=8612&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.minimal-criminal.com/" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.minimal-criminal.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:31:44 -0500</pubDate>
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