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New D ‘n’ B CD

NZLP002CD   Innuendo Phase Two – Trei   Samurai Music  CD
Samurai Music is proud to present its first full artist LP / CD to follow on from the successful ‘Way Of The Samurai’ compilation.  INNUENDO is the debut album from emerging New Zealand drum and bass talent TREi. Deftly juxtaposing jump-up dance floor  grooves with traditionalist melodic song-writing and the odd touch of Pop arrangement, INNUENDO’s divergent sonic landscape  stays grounded through the common threads of decidedly futurist synthetic soundscapes and chest pounding, subwoofer rupturing  low-slung bass lines. Working with the likes of vocalists Lisa Tomlins and Thomas Oliver (of the Thomas Oliver Band) and fellow  producer’s State of Mind, Dose, Teknik and Southern Soul, TREi has crafted a cohesive twelve song deep full-listening experience as  much driven by hooks and general musicality as explosive drum and bass pressure.  Delving into sample driven “Bristol Sound” recalling vibes on ‘Shame’, exploring infectious pop rock style hooks on ‘Lead Me On’ (a  collaboration with rising New Zealand rock singer Thomas Oliver), roping in legendary local diva Lisa Tomlins to add a touch of the  ethereal to his explosive grooves on ‘Still Remains’ and paying homage to the 90s techno scene on ‘Push’ (produced with Southern  Soul), with INNUENDO, TREi makes his artistic intent crystal clear, in the process proving himself worthy of rank alongside the  divergent upper echelons of talent within the international music community.

1 Trei – Innuendo
2 Trei – Shame
3 Trei – Coldfront
4 Trei w/ Southern Soul – Push
5 Trei w/ Thomas Oliver – Lead Me On
6 Trei – No Vacancy
7 Trei & Dose – The Other Part Of Me
8 Trei – F Wave
9 Trei & Teknik – Sleepless
10 Trei & State Of Mind – Thunder Biscuit
11 Trei w/ Lisa Tomlins – Still Remains
12 Trei – Day Away (2009)

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FOKUZ2009007CD Hidden Depth (2xCD) – Brother Fokuz Recordings CD x 2
Brother, one of the treasures of the deep, has been a Fokuz favourite for a long time. After signing tracks to a few singles, and some tracks on the Fokuz various artists albums, we thought it was time for Brother to move up to a next level. Brother is known for his incredible warm sounds. When listening to his tunes you get warped back in to time, sitting in the back of a dodgy jazz club, drinking a beer , smoking a cigarillo, while listening to some live musicians playing trumpet, the piano and a bass guitar. Hidden Depth is his debut album, and gives us a proper view of what this man is capable of. First up we will release a digital single which will be the teaser of what is to come. Following you will see 2 tracks hit the vinyl market aka FOKUZ 037, followed by a Double CD featuring 21 tracks, covering all directions within the atmospheric drum & bass market. The album features 1 CD with all new unreleased material & a bonus CD with unreleased tracks, down tempo tracks, and some re-releases of earlier material. For the real vinyl freaks amongst us, Fokuz has decided to stick 8 of the best tracks on one piece of vinyl, with a nice sleeve and full colour artwork.

CD1 1 Brother – A Dream Like State -
CD1 2 Brother – Round About Noon -
CD1 3 Brother & Elle Rollo – Far Apart -
CD1 4 Brother – Dig Deep -
CD1 5 Brother & Elle Rollo – Special Thing -
CD1 6 Hobzee & Zyon Base & Brother – 125th Street -
CD1 7 Brother – Long Way Home -
CD1 8 Brother – Just Say Dub -
CD1 9 Brother – Deep Thread -
CD1 10 Brother – River Runs Deep -
CD1 11 Brother – Ages -
CD2 1 Brother – Do The Right Thing -
CD2 2 Brother – Everything to Give -
CD2 3 Brother – Liberate -
CD2 4 Brother – Bird In Cage -
CD2 5 Brother – Second Time Round -
CD2 6 Brother – She Said -
CD2 7 Brother – Same Space VIP -
CD2 8 Brother – Get To Know -
CD2 9 Brother – Lower East Side -
CD2 10 Brother – Reversal -

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New D ‘n’ B Releases

RISE018 Vigilante – Psidream Uprising Records 12″ Vinyl
Psidream, the canuck king of syrupy basslines. with “Cypher”, a manic technoid roller, and “Vigilante” a funky number that will make you want to wear you underwear on the outside of your jeans.

a Psidream – Vigilante
b Psidream – Cypher

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OSR022 Sweet Spot / Radiate – Alley Cat / Vaccine Offshore 12″ Vinyl
Alley Cat “Sweet Spot” Perhaps D&B’s most underrated female DJ is back in the studio again. Offshore is proud to host her first production resurfacing- “Sweet Spot”. A very progressive and forward thinking piece of music. Some would say that it fits into the current ‘minimal’ sound being championed by Instramental and D-Bridge, but why pigeon hole it? Vaccine “Radiate” Yet another edm vixen, Vaccine flips this girl power 12″ with a Dubstep offering. “Radiate” is both sparkling and beautiful, yet a bit grimey underneath. It is truly a breathtaking affair with lovely strings and ethereal samples. Already praised by Mary Ann Hobbs and Kid Drama, this track is sure to be remembered.

a Alley Cat – Sweet Spot
b Vaccine – Radiate

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CYANIDE031 Oddball – Bulletproof, Teknik & Dose Cyanide Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Bulletproof, Teknik & Dose team up for the mighty sounds of “Oddball”. For those who like it bouncy without the cheese then this is right up your street & a nod to old Virus, or more recent Break. Superb stuff. Bulletproof & Teknik merge their brutal assault on DnB with Dutch maestro Nymfo for “3 of a kind”.Low end grimey bass takes you down a surreal journey that will twist up your mind! Cyanide delivering the goods once again.

A Bulletproof, Teknik & Dose – Oddball
AA Bulletproof Teknik & Nymfo – 3 Of A Kind

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SOULR039 A.S.B.O. E.P. – S.P.Y. Soulr 12″ Vinyl x 2
Soul:r returns with the A.S.B.O. E.P.!!! Brazilian born Carlos Lima aka S.P.Y is fast becoming one of the hottest talents in drum and bass. With tracks forthcoming on a wide selection of imprints including: Soul:r, Innerground, Liquid V, Critical, to name a few, he is a perfect example of a truly versatile producer. His music is regularly supported by the likes of Marky, Goldie, Marcus Intalex, Total Science, Commix, C.A.B.L.E, Bailey, Bryan Gee, and Doc Scott and his production techniques are also the topic of conversation on many message boards. Having just signed to Drum and Bass Arena DJ agency, Carlos will be gigging a lot more UK wide and worldwide, so watch out for him in a town near you.

a S.P.Y. – A.S.B.O.
b S.P.Y. (feat. RIYA) – Rebirth
c S.P.Y. – Moving In Circles
d S.P.Y. – Slum Dub

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AT005 Pray – Survival Audio Tactics 12″ Vinyl
Survival has been very busy of late, yet still finds time to keep his own imprint Audio Tactics rolling on in fine style.“Pray” is all about the bassline! Sick rhythm flows throughout, as the bass swamps the room. Survival has really carved out a knack of rhythm & bass in a hypnotic way. “Good To See” is a more dubbed out affair. Subtle piano keys and warm strings glide over minimal beats and vocal snippets. Fans of Fabio should check this.

a Survival – Pray
b Survival – Good To See

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HZNSGL001R Song For Lovers (Lynx Remix) – Bachelors of Science Horizons Music 12″ Vinyl
Next Bachelors of science album “Warehouse dayz” is getting near completition, and while we wait they serve us up with two treats..we get a very special remix from Lynx of Song for lovers, which has already been snapped up by marky for his forthcoming mix cd. On top of that we get Bachelors first foray into the world of house with a track called “Match point.” Really shows that Bachelors can flex with different styles and a clue to what’s to come on their sophomore LP. Wrapped up with some tasty art from Tom Blackford aka inkfetish, this really is the complete package.

a Bachelors of Science – Song For Lovers (Lynx Remix)
b Bachelors of Science – Match Point

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FOKUZ2009007LP Hidden Depths LP – Brother Fokuz Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Its time to take dnb one step back.. Fokuz starts off their summer with a daring and quality LP project by newcomer Brother.. Influenced by people like Calibre, Zero T and the golden years of Good Looking & loads of others made the prefect basics for this guys sound. Dont be alarmed by his freshness itll just make it that more interesting to listen to.. A Long Player how it was intended and in no other way! For music and music alone.. Put this on on a quiet summer day and see the hours pass like minutes and minutes like seconds. Brother knows how to create music for all days of the week.. a grand project thats definitely one for any collection!

a1 Brother – Reversal
a2 Brother – Everything To Give
a3 Brother feat. Elle Rollo – Special Thing
a4 Brother – A Dream Like State
b1 Brother – Liberate
b2 Brother – Deep Thread
b3 Brother – Just Say Dub
b4 Brother – Round About Noon

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SS013 Pressure Of 10,000 / Flatline – Dub-One / G-Netic Soothsayer Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Building on the momentum of the monumental SS012 Enduser Remixes and Niskala’s debut 12inch on the new sublabel, Tenebrae, Soothsayer continues the aural onslaught with SS013 Dub-one – ‘Pressure of 10,000′ b/w G-Netic -’Flatline’. After three years Dub- One returns to Soothsayer with the magnificent jungle smasher, ‘Pressure of 10,000′. His Soothsayer debut , ‘Cry of war’, (SS008) contributed a new sound to the ever changing Soothsayer menagerie. In the meantime the Sussex based badman has been honing his skills for prestigious labels like Xtinction Agenda and Scientifc Wax, which he co-operates with Equinox. Pressure of 10,000 adds yet another dimension to the Soothsayer oeuvre, a disgustingly sordid improvement upon the classic jungle sound. We’ve seen fit to feed the lions on this one with the most delectable beats, bass, mentasm, and just a touch of timestretch flange for the roughnecks. Tarzan has been notified! Los Angeles based G-Netic makes his Soothsayer debut with the industrial crust core ‘Flatline’ Having seen release on the splinterbeats label, Mindsaw, we’re very fortunate to have procured his sophmore offering for SS013. Flatline is overflowing with trash can beats and pummeling machine gun breaks, harder and nastier than ‘Low Profile Darkness’ era Panacea whilst being exponentially better produced and engineered. Rabid Rottweiler beats designed for a reckoning on the dancefloor.

a Dub-One – Pressure Of 10,000
b G-Netic – Flatline

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SPUN002 Kung Fu / Chasing Dream – Morebeat Spun 12″ Vinyl
The newly formed SPUN imprint is gattling yet another 12 inch loaded with fresh talent.. This time The fresh formation Morebeat steps up for a 12 inch of deadly proportions.. Known for their releases on Citrus and their fresh take on the neurofunk sound it seems Morebeat is heading for big things. Check out the A side for Kung Fu.. Balanced like a praying mantis and deadly like a scorpion is they way to describe this sick piece of production. Bruce Lee doesnt got anything on these 2 geniuses.. Flip it over for Chasing Dream.. A Vicious rabid like roller thats out for blood… The funk just oozes off this!! A production thats noted down for all the peaktime sets! BIG!

a Morebeat – Kung Fu
b Morebeat – Chasing Dream

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New D ‘n’ B Promos

SUBTITLES073 Mimic – Spectrasoul Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
Having emerged from relative obscurity in 2006, SpectraSoul, have emerged as one of the new-school pioneers on the drum and bass circuit. 2008 saw the release of their much-anticipated underground anthem “Alibi”, which tore up dance-floors worldwide. Alongside this, 2008 also marked the release of SpectraSoul’s “Peninsula” and “The Tube”, both featured on Friction’s Shogun Audio imprint. The duo show no signs of slowing in 2009, with this quality 12” on Teebee’s label. If your feeling the dark tech sounds this is the real deal.

a Spectrasoul – Mimic
b Spectrasoul – Supression

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31R040 Quality Not Quantity Vol. 3 – Various Artists 31 Records 12″ Vinyl x 2
Very limited white label promo. Never one to concentrate on one sound or one style, Doc Scott plays across the board and this EP echoes his DJ selection. Support and play from renowned names such as Big Bud, Loxy, Flight, Bailey, Fabio , LTJ Bukem, Marcus Intalex…. Quality D&B.

a Lynx & Aaron Jay – Mule
b Edward Oberon – Noir
c DJ Vapour – Working With Muppets
d Staks 2 – Sight Unseen

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FEM001 California – Zarif & Danny Byrd Full English 12″ Vinyl
Limited finish copy promo. Full English Music are proud to present their debut release. A massive collaboration between soulful pop starlet Zarif and drum and bass wizard Danny Byrd. Already a massive hit on the dancefloors, underground dance forums and youtube channels this is an uplifting, hands in the air, surefire winner. This collaboration with d&b’s new cross-over darling and Hospital Records soul-man Danny Byrd is something new and exciting for Zarif, and another testament to both artists broad and eclectic talent and appeal.A record label named after the great British breakfast of choice! DJ support from High Contrast, Tony Coleman, Kasra, Annie Mac.

a Zarif & Danny Byrd – California (Club Mix)
b Zarif & Danny Byrd – California (Dub Mix)

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SUBTITLES074 Infrasonic – Ulterior Motive & Judda Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
Very limited white label. The debut release from southcoast uk based producers Ulterior Motive & Judda, a duo set to take the scene by storm. Infrasonic’ has devastating depth, groove and subtlety. Minimal keys build the tension over a raw, puncy break and as the tune unfolds a beast emerges – one of the deepest, rudest and dirtiest basslines uurgh!

a Ulterior Motive & Judda – Infrasonic
b Ulterior Motive & Judda – Holding On To Never

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KROOKZINC001 Walk N Skank feat Jah Screechy – DJ Devize & Shookz Krookz Inc 12″ Vinyl
Very limited promo. Walk n Skank (an old Dancehall classic) has had a heavyweight Drum & Bass re-lick by Dj Devize & Shookz which has been tearing up dancefloors across the country. On the intro, Walk n Skank builds up with that classic dancehall feel to it accompanied by some pounding beats and classic Jah Screechy vocals which work you up to the breakdown. When the breakdown comes you’ll hear a classic vocal joined by a concrete bassline which is going to get you moving already… then it drops! The dirty pounding b-line, solid beats and catchy vocal hook will send any dancefloor into a mental state of emergency which is guaranteed to do damage in an arena near you.
Side AA: Dj Devize & Shookz – Say It All
On this double A side Dj Devize & Shookz supply something which is just a phenomenal piece of music. Say It All builds up all nice, trim and proper with solid beats which are amplified by nice sounding pads, trippy sound fx and a haunting vocal which lead you up to the breakdown. When the breakdown of this track comes you know something dangerous is going to happen! The long breakdown builds up with a dirty bassline straight outta the gutter teasing in and out, a haunting vocal which gets more and more intense and some mind expanding pads & sounds which build and build until, it’s ready to explode! The drop sees the gutter basslines mutating as it goes along the track, the beats pounding through the speakers and the pads and sounds just complimenting the track! This is a roller of the highest order, it’s seen a superb reaction on the floor which makes this vinyl a must for any serious DJ. Both sides have been smashed on dubplate by the likes of : Dj Hype, Nicky Blackmarket, Mickey Finn, Hazard, Bryan G, Kenny Ken, Dj Devize, Ruffstuff, Shookz, BBC Introducing, Kool FM and many more.

A DJ Devize & Shookz – Walk N Skank feat Jah Screechy
AA DJ Devize & Shookz – Say It All

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FKZLTD020 Red Rain Drops / No Excuse – Fourward / Dose Fokuz Recordings 12″ Vinyl
FKZLTD shows the light yet another release filled with talent. Talent with a Fokuz Limited twist that is…Fourward is the new formation hailing from Austria. Really take your time for these guys cause their sound is bound for big things! Just feel the funk on Red Rain Drops here. It flows unlike anything youve heard the past few years. Like breath refreshing air perforating the lungs of dnb!! Flip it over for New Zealand badbwoy Dose! we all came to love this guy for his diverse production and this time he again delivered a tune that’s filled with brand new sounds! crossing over the rugged with the melodic vibes takes a turn for the best here! Get your disco shoes on cause you wont be sitting still after No Excuse drops inside of the dance!

a Fourward – Red Rain Drops
b Dose – No Excuse

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D ‘n’ B Restocks 12″ Vinyl

VSN004 Exodus – Noisia & Mayhem feat KRS One Vision 12″ Vinyl
DISTURBD013 Impact – Rawtekk Disturbed 12″ Vinyl
DISTURBD014 Oblivion – Psidream / Rregula Disturbed 12″ Vinyl
CRIT038 Alibi (Break Remix) / Organiser – Spectrasoul Critical Music 12″ Vinyl
PC075 Peloton – Raiden Position Chrome 12″ Vinyl
DISTURBD018 Mirror Image – Future Signal Disturbed 12″ Vinyl
INMD004 Out In The Cold – BCee / Peyo & Stunna Influenza Media 12″ Vinyl
FKZLTD019 Leapyear – Cern / Dose Fokuz Recordings 12″ Vinyl
EXIT016 Melodies feat Mike Knight – Spectrasoul Exit Recordings 12″ Vinyl
NFALL004 Bloody Fives – Concord Dawn, Psidream & Pacific Nightfall 12″ Vinyl

New Dubstep CD

MM035 SyMptoMs – Mordant Music Mordant Music CD
Mordant Music drag a second albuMM in earnest from 2009′s ruddy pancreas – this time for choral spores one & all…Baron Mordant presents ‘SyMptoMs’ as a standalone audio bollard in a field of flatly rejected flax…a symptom of itself in many ways ‘SyMptoMs’ taps into the verbal hinterland of deranged solo sessions prised from Cable Hut in Abermawr, an injured hotel room in Bali & the skewed Wood Green triangulation…a dolmen here, a punctured football there…Delta coffee & no signal…these thirteen MoMents cavort in the realm known as the present & are part of an allegory that has yet to coMMence…wrong trees can get barked at for the right reasons…’SyMptoMs’ rides a fetid larynx and the Baron trusts that what initially turned him off eventually turns you ohm…listen to it beside yourself…SingalongaMMax

CD1 1 Mordant Music – Where Can You Scream? -
CD1 2 Mordant Music – Pissing In Sinks -
CD1 3 Mordant Music – Belgian Blues -
CD1 4 Mordant Music – In Truth Is Wine -
CD1 5 Mordant Music – (0) CoMMents -
CD1 6 Mordant Music – SyMptoMs -
CD1 7 Mordant Music – Hey, Volte-Face! -
CD1 8 Mordant Music – You Are A Door -
CD1 9 Mordant Music – Another Uncompleted Dome -
CD1 10 Mordant Music – Seeing Death Thru Eric Gates -
CD1 11 Mordant Music – Keep Out -
CD1 12 Mordant Music – Sirocco Swirl (Deluded Walker Demo) -
CD1 13 Mordant Music – Terms & Conditions -

New Dubstep Releases

EAR011 The Blues – I.D. & Skinnz Earwax 12″ Vinyl
Earwax steps a little deeper for their next outing on vinyl with 2 killer tracks from new names on the dubstep scene – production duo Skinnz & I.D. ‘The Blues’ is a deep and tribal affair laiden with warm muffled pads and gut wrenching soudsystem subs. The heavily swung conga workout that forms a backbone to the rhythm is both hypnotic and energising and quickly conjures images of a late night tribal gethering around a voodoo bonfire! As the track works into a breakdown it resurfaces, touched with a gentle melodic layer akin to Mala circa 2005. Quality dance music for your mind and feet! Flip for ‘Issues’ as the duo show in one release the breadth of their skills with this soulful roller. Combining a driving 2step beat with playful congas, a diving bassline and muted housey stabs – this rhythm swings from dark smokey corners into skanking, grooving party vibes.

a I.D. & Skinnz – The Blues
b I.D. & Skinnz – Issues

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DDEMON002 Space Invader – Unknown Dancing Demons 12″ Vinyl
Just turned up unexpectedly is release number two from the Dancing Demons camp which delivers two grimey, twisted, heavyweight rhythms. Croydon via Bristol to you! Very limited supply,,, do not sleep this will sell out fast!

a – Space Invader
b – Human

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HENCH010 Drumstick – Giant Hench 12″ Vinyl
Marking the tenth release on HENCH, enter production trio, Giant – composed of Enei, Ekta and Nersa – these boys have been killing it on the dubstep front from the heart of St Petersburg for the last couple of years now. Here they bring us a bit of their dark Russian vibes in ‘Drumstick’ and ‘Swoosh’. A – DRUMSTICK – Squeaking synths and vocodered SFX are the order of the day in ‘Drumstick’, and the tune drops into a wobbly b-line number with plenty of grimy beats and retro sounding sampling. Giant keep it stripped back for the rest of the ‘Drumstick’, with great effect. With heavy subs and intensely dark bass, expect to be blown away by the sheer intensity of this ‘Drumstick’. AA – SWOOSH – If that’s not enough for you, then ‘Swoosh’ over to the flip for more heavy beats. An alarm siren wails for the first ten seconds, grabbing your attention, before the main beat and wobby b-line kick in and the layers of sound build up. Experimental, with jingling sounds, percussion and vocodered clips, the tune swooshes in and out, focusing on different sounds at different times. Top notch – this is going be beyond big, it’s going to be GIANT!

a Giant – Drumstick
b Giant – Swoosh

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SUB005 Dub Sessions I – Shed SubSolo 12″ Vinyl
Displaying his excellent production skills within techno, Shed moves over to straight up dub sessions with the ‘Dub Shed Sessions I’ on SubSolo. Fierce bass meditative drops circles around the excellent atmospheric keyboard patterns, combined in a way that sounds both fresh and unique, but still rating 100% on Shed’s own trademark sound. Leaning towards a bit of contemporary straight dub techno with ‘Dub Shed – STP Remix’, the focus is on a more direct and present take on the tracks progression, rather than inviting the listener into an already set-up wall of sound. Shaking off the melody from the centre, the spacious patterns reveal themselves as the extreme basslines comes in, removing all doubt about the direction of the track. Taking the very straight up techno track from ‘WAX No. 10001′ B side, Shed displays yet another moniker(?) as Panamax, fusing the same linear groove from the original but taking the tempo down to inhumane tempo and filling the already colourful spectrum with wide percussion and even more slow building electric synthesizer swirls. review taken from the http://thefuturist.se

a Shed – Dub Shed – STP Remix
b Panamax – 10001B – Panamax Mix

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SSDUBSTARS021 Just Being Me / Mudera – Skream Southside Dubstars 12″ Vinyl
Southside Dubstars come out of nowhere once again with a fresh batch of tunes from some heavyweight artists, Skream makes his return with the relatively unheard ‘Just Being Me’ which is a melodic, funky yet melancholic number reminiscent of earlier works like the legendary ‘Dutch Flowers’. ‘Mudera’ turns up the heat a little, as you’d expect from the title it’s the Skream wobble in full effect, muderation on this one, screwface business, big tuuuuuune! Act quickly to ensure you get a copy.

a Skream – Just Being Me
b Skream – Mudera

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New Dubstep Promos

LAB008 Low Freqz – Barbarix Aquatic Lab Records 12″ Vinyl
Brand new Aquatic Lab Records release following on from their string on successful Truth releases and a debut from UK based producer Barbarix. A hotly tipped newcomer who has initially made his name after a wicked remix of a tune off the latest Mistabishi LP ‘Printer Jam’ on Hospital Records, the original received over one million hits on Youtube and was Colin Murray’s record of the week on Radio One. “Low Freqz” and “Bass Rocker” both tap into the sounds of now, hard and heavy dubstep for the dancefloor supported by the likes of Maryy Anne Hobbs, Nerm & D-Code, Akira Kiteshi, The Others and more.

A Barbarix – Low Freqz
AA Barbarix – Bass Rocker

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MM034 SyMptoMs (version) – Mordant Music Mordant Music 10″ Vinyl
Mordant Music curse the parquet once again with a further 10″ doppel-lunge from a frothing Nesst…’SyMptoMs (version)’, the title track from the forthcoming albuMM of the same name, is presented here with Baron Mordant simply consigned to hubristic crosstalk…this thunder flash cousin of ‘Hummdrumm’ ebbs & flows off-handedly as if locked in the ear canals searching for a rhythm to cling to… this is club spillage for twitching beachcombers as swathes of aural detritus rumble gaseously at dawn…horizontal rave…’I'm Not Your Mate, Mate’ is not giving you a fag, an ear to bend like Comaneci or a lift home in the boot…the sentiment has been swollen tenfold & its life sucked out vacuum squared o’er the decades…be told, mate…BM

A Mordant Music – SyMptoMs (version)
AA Mordant Music – I’m Not Your Mate, Mate

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WHEELYDEALY003 Jump – Matt U Wheel & Deal Records 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo’s, full artwork custom sleeves. N-Type’s label is on a roll right now and 003 see’s a massive release from Budapest based DJ/producer Matt U who is nothing less than a tune making machine. Armed with a seriously heavy deep and techy based sound, Matyas Szalai has made a name for himself releasing hard and heavy drum & bass for labels as renowned as the legendary Moving Shadow, Timeless and Cylon. With over 34 releases to his name since 2004, this is one producer you should be keeping an eye on. His music encapsulates many genres of music, from drum & bass to dubstep, but all with that ‘Matt-U’ sound running throughout. Recently his dubstep tracks have been getting plenty of attention from DJs such as N-Type, TRG, Luke Envoy, Tes La Rok and many more. Look out for his releases forthcoming on Subway, BOKA and True Tiger.

a Matt U – Jump
b Matt U – Closer

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NL004 Speak – Scuba Naked Lunch 10″ Vinyl
You haven’t worked in weeks. You’re unshaven and unkempt, your fridge is as bare as the dying light of a Sunday afternoon spent alone is bleak. Your rent is in arrears, and you dread the thought of more bills arriving through the door tomorrow. You spend more money on whiskey and weed than you spend on food, and have recently taken to shoplifting cheese from the supermarket. Barefoot, in your underwear still, you walk over to your record player, still faithfully spinning around and around and around since God knows what time this morning when the last people left… You reach for the record you walked into town to buy, pull it from it’s sleeve, still fresh despite a gathering storm of your greasy fingerprints clouding it like uncertainty clouds your future. For five and a half minutes you stand listening, eyes closed, and your troubles fall away. You flip the record over and, for a further five and a half minutes of pure joy, you hear that which few others ever will. THE FUTURE IS NAKED DJ support from: Martyn, Scuba, 2562, TRG, Breakage, Brendon Moeller, Floating Points, Mary Anne Hobbs & Instra:mental.

a Scuba – Speak
b Scuba – Negative

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BRK013 Von Glooperstien / Bubbles – Hizatron / Geiom Berkane Sol 12″ Vinyl
*Special white vinyl pressing for the first 500 copies only* Part man/part machine Hizatron takes Berkane Sol in a new acidic direction with the outstanding tune that is Von Glooperstein. Atmospheric, refined, techy, funky and deranged are all accurate descriptions of this ever evolving masterclass in gloop. Beautiful digi bells, crisp clicks and clacks and a monster lead line all combine to work even the most demanding dancefloor. This tune will mix with UK Funky just as well as it does with techno and house.
It features on the recent Geiom FACT magazine mix. http://www.sendspace.com/file/yydm34
In a manic attempt to fuse half step, electro booty bass, niche and primates into one coherent whole, Geiom came up with the delicious mongrel known as Bubbles. Wonky synths collide with tuff drum patterns in a tense, restless fashion which peaks with a kind of homage to the Midlands favourite underground genre, Bassline house. There’s a kind of psychedelic terror at the heart of this tune but its way too playful to ever become truly menacing….Both these tunes demonstrate the high standard of musical creativity that is coming out of Nottingham right now, but give no indication of an easy to identify style. Which is just how we like it! All the latest Berkane Sol developments will be showcased at our forthcoming head to head with the Blunted Robots – Fabric/October 9th.

a Hizatron – Von Glooperstien
b Geiom – Bubbles

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HDB026 Hyperdub 5.4 EP – Martyn / L.D. HyperDub 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy. Honouring their past, present and future in equal measure, ‘5 Years Of Low End Contagion’ is comprised of one disc of prior highlights, and one of freshly-composed material contributed by Hyperdub artists and close friends. A series of five 12-inch EPs featuring a selection of the new tunes will be issued in special sleeves, one per week, leading up to the release of ‘5 Years Of Low End Contagion’. The initial pressing quantity of these EPs will be dictated by preorder demand, and none will be repressed, nor will they be made available digitally, before the complete CD collection is on sale.

a Martyn – Mega Drive Generation
b L.D. – Shake It

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Dubstep Restocks 12″ Vinyl

DP018 The Otherside LP – The Others Dub Police Records 12″ x 2
SDSTPR003 Sack Of Balls – Chimpo Side Stepper Records 12″ Vinyl
WHEELYDEALY001 Technophobe – N Type & The Others Wheel & Deal Records 12″ Vinyl

Dubstep T-Shirts

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HENCHT-BLKM Ace Of Spades – Black (Size: Medium) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Brand new Hench T-shirt design – Ace Of Spades – COLOUR: BLACK – SIZE: MEDIUM

HENCHT-BLKL Ace Of Spades – Black (Size: Large) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Brand new Hench T-shirt design – Ace Of Spades – COLOUR: BLACK – SIZE: LARGE

HENCHT-BLKXL Ace Of Spades – Black (Size: X-Large) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Brand new Hench T-shirt design – Ace Of Spades – COLOUR: BLACK – SIZE: EXTRA-LARGE

HENCHT-WHL Ace Of Spades – White (Size: Large) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Brand new Hench T-shirt design – Ace Of Spades – COLOUR: WHITE – SIZE: LARGE

HENCHT-WHXL Ace Of Spades – White (Size: X-Large) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Brand new Hench T-shirt design – Ace Of Spades – COLOUR: WHITE – SIZE: EXTRA-LARGE

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HENCHLOGB-XL Logo Design – Black (Size: X-Large) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Hench Logo T-shirts, Colour: BLACK – Size: EXTRA-LARGE

HENCHLOGW-S Logo Design – White (Size: Small) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Hench Logo T-shirts, Colour: WHITE – Size: SMALL

HENCHLOGW-M Logo Design – White (Size: Medium) – HENCH T-Shirt Hench T-Shirt
Hench Logo T-shirts, Colour: WHITE – Size: MEDIUM

HENCHHOOD-S Logo Design – Black (Size: Small) – HENCH Hoodie Hench T-Shirt
Hench Logo HOODIES, Colour: BLACK – Size: SMALL

HENCHHOOD-M Logo Design – Black (Size: Medium) – HENCH Hoodie Hench T-Shirt
Hench Logo HOODIES, Colour: BLACK – Size: MEDIUM

HENCHHOOD-XL Logo Design – Black (Size: X-Large) – HENCH Hoodie Hench T-Shirt
Hench Logo HOODIES, Colour: BLACK – Size: EXTRA-LARGE

label update: Kinnego Records

label update: Kinnego Records

Posted 23 September 2009 | By | Categories: news, tracks, video | No Comments

Relatively new Electronic / Dubstep label Kinnego Records started by Boxcutter out of Northern Ireland is back! After the success of the first release (by Boxcutter himself) he introduces the masses to a producer named ‘Space Dimension Controller’….

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KGO002
Space Dimension Controller
The Love Quadrant

A) The Love Quadrant
B) Electropod-250 Collision

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Release Date: November 2009 // 12″ Vinyl & Digital

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The second release on Kinnego comes from Space Dimension Controller, the techno funk alias of 19-year-old Jack Hamill. Following on perfectly from Boxcutter and Kinnego Flux‘s “A Familiar Sound” on KGO001, it features 2 tracks of deep, loved-up electro. Equally inspired by both the tape warped soundtrack to Garth Merenghi’s Darkplace and early Aphex Twin, Jack’s all-analogue production gives his tracks a timeless sound that’s a mile away from contemporary electro and house. The beats are low slung and funky, and the melodies are addictive and show a natural flair. On “The Love Quadrant”, a girl / boy vocal exchange sets the scene while the track builds momentum, before the whole thing spaces off on a sweet
minimoog solo. On the flip, “Electropod-250 Collision” has a deep 808 pulse and flanged bass, topped off with Detroit-inspired melodies and blurred out reverbs.

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Links:
www.myspace.com/spacedimensioncontroller
www.myspace.com/barrylynnmusic
www.myspace.com/kinnegoflux
kinnego .records @gmail .com (remove spaces)

new label: Idle Hands

new label: Idle Hands

Posted 22 September 2009 | By | Categories: news | No Comments

Idle Hands’ is a new vinyl based electronic music label operating out of Rooted Records in Bristol, with distribution through ST Holdings. The focus of the label is on raw and experimental dancefloor tracks, in the best traditions of the UK underground.
The first release is anonymous. It is comprised of two tracks. The A side sounds a bit techno, the B side has a nice skank to it….

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IDLE001
A) Unknown Artist – 001A
B) Unknown Artist – 001B

Released – October 2009
Clips are available to listen to now on the Idle Hands Myspace

All Idle Hands releases will be released on 12″ Vinyl and Digital and distributed exclusively by S.T. Holdings.

DJ Reactions:

“I’ve been hammering both tracks, especially the B side. Good luck with the release!” 2562
“I’m loving both these tracks!  I will be playing these out for sure.  The B side kind of reminds me of Yello, on a skanking ska tip!  full club support from me! many thanks” October
“I liked what I’ve heard and since you’re with ST I gladly can guarantee you our support.” T++ (Hard Wax)
“Really feeling these two tracks. Kev Pangaea played the B side at FWD recently; it sounded great in the mix and warm on the system. It’s passed my sort-of acid test, then.” Joe (Hessle Audio)
“GREAT tunes! All the best with this new label!” Ben UFO (Hessle Audio)
“I feel this. B side is the one for me” Jackmaster
“VERY excited about this” Kiran Sande (Fact magazine)

Links:
www.rootedrecords.co.uk
www.myspace.com/idlehandsbristol
idlehandsbristol @ googlemail .com (remove spaces)

new label: If Symptoms Persist

new label: If Symptoms Persist

Posted 21 September 2009 | By | Categories: news, tracks | 2 Comments

Due for release in October 2009 is the first release from Bristol based label ‘If Symptoms Persist’.

Catering for more than just the dancefloor, ISP crosses a range of exciting underground genres to create an infusion of Dubstep, Techno, Glitch, Electro, Garage, R&B and experimental music. ISP presents a range of talented artists with one common interest, the love of electronic music.

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The label was setup by DJ Wedge, considered a veteran of the Dubstep scene in Bristol and responsible for a popular radio show on Sub FM which is renowned for showcasing and pushing the unmistakeable Bristol sounds.

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ISP001
Wedge & Shadz

A) Running Away

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B) Running Away (Guido Remix)

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Click here to download the ISP001 press sheet.

All releases will be released on 12″ Vinyl / Digital format, exclusively distributed by S.T. Holdings.

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Confirmed Forthcoming Titles:

ISP002
Gatekeeper / Appleblim

A) Blip – Gatekeeper
B) Vansan (Gatekeeper Remix) – Appleblim

ISP003
Wedge & Aesoteric

A) Detached Reality
B) Use Only as Directed

Look out for releases from the likes of Bass Clef, Komonazmuk, Appleblim, Al Tourettes and B-Lam coming in the near future!

Also keep your eye out on www.conversemusic.co.uk from the 5th October 2009 the music video for ISP001 will be shown exclusively on their website.

Links:
www.ifsymptomspersist.co.uk
www.myspace.com/ispmusic
email: info @ symptomspersist .co .uk (remove spaces)

release sheet w/c 28-09-09

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New D ‘n’ B CD

OSRCD002 Buried Treasure Volume 2 – DJ Clever presents Offshore CD
Budget price- 10 Tracks priced just above the cost of a single 12”
Stellar line up includes all the Offshore favorites
Unique comic strip artwork from NYC designer CEDE
Offshore is proud to present the follow up in the Buried Treasure album series. Volume 2 keeps things in line with the first-10 unmixed, exclusive and unreleased Drum & Bass tracks that are sure to please current fans and cultivate new ones! Again, Offshore’s aesthetic mastermind, CEDE, continues the comic strip adventures of the ever popular mascot, Bing. All of the favorites are here, so take a musical journey through another10 tracks that help further define the Offshore sound.

CD1 1 – Evolution Leaps Forward -
CD1 2 – Oceans Above Life (ASC Rmx) -
CD1 3 – My Response -
CD1 4 – Corporate -
CD1 5 – Prism -
CD1 6 – Puritan -
CD1 7 – Lockdown Box -
CD1 8 – The Organization Man -
CD1 9 – Tense (Ramadanman Rmx) -
CD1 10 – See You Next Life -

New D ‘n’ B Releases

DIS032 Find – Ant TC1 & Survival Dispatch Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Ant TC1’s Dispatch brings us high quality rolling D&B. With DJ Support from Break, Spy, AI, Doc Scott, Total Science, Bailey, SKC, Consequence, Subterra, Presha, Chris SU & Laurent Garnier.

a Ant TC1 & Survival – Find
b Survival – Not Board

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SUICIDE048 The Sickness – Amit & Outrage Commercial Suicide 12″ Vinyl
Amit & Outrage join forces for Commercial Suicide number 48. Undoubtedly one of the most creative producers around, Amit’s music combines elements of dub, rock, electro and more. Since day one Outrage has been a purveyor of abstract music, providing a unique perspective upon dancefloor music. Honing their skills on labels such as Metalheadz, Inneractive, Intasound, Commercial Suicide, and L Plates.

A Amit & Outrage – The Sickness
AA Amit & Outrage – Insane Bitch

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HZN035 Lights Out – Isotone Horizons Music 12″ Vinyl
Horizons music has a habit of releasing music from the most exciting new artists in the scene. And “Isotone” is no exception. With forthcoming music on the likes of 31 and more in the pipe for Horizons, he’s going to be a name on everyone’s lips in the near future. This 12″ is a slab of really fine dancefloor pressure, and proves that Horizons can’t be pigeon holed as one sound and is a label that’s going to keep everyone second guessing. Data is up next with “The prologue EP”.

a Isotone – Lights Out
b Isotone – Human Error

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JC002 No No No – Widlife Collective Jungle Cakes 12″ Vinyl
More bouncing mash ups..from 2 /3′s Wildlife crew Ed Solo and Deekline’s junglechild. Both artists fresh back from the USA and Canada have reported this release to have torn up the dance floors high and low in predominantly booty breaks and B More sets. Highly Recommended !!!!

a Widlife Collective – No No No
b Widlife Collective – Hail Up The Lion

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CITRUSLP004S1 Venom LP Sampler 1 – Jade Citrus Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Hold on to your seats.. Citrus is back with another grand LP done by none other then Citrus veteran JADE. Stationed in Hungary and ready to rock the dancefloors with his VENOM LP. Check out this first piece of menacing dirt in the form of Phace remixing the ever so sick Cryptic. The Phace boys take this tune to another level and infuse their signature future funk vibes that we all know and love. No midrange mayhem but this this time their subbing the place up giving it the extra bit of depth it deserves. Flip it over for some disgusting vibes on “My World” Jade shows why he’s doing this LP in style by taking the jade sound up another notch. Feel the darkness engulf your ears while it stays simple but hits with deadly accuracy.

a Jade – Jade – Cryptic (Phace remix)
b Jade – My World

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LS008 ‘SPL’ Album Sampler – SPL Lost Soul Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Lost Soul is the HQ of SPL aka Sam Pool. A producer unlike the most producers who are daring themselves to this sound. He has proven himself as a master in Dnb, Dubstep and even Hardcore and now its time to unleash Mr Pools debut album likewise dubbed SPL. For the first sampler its up to wipeout to clear the floors of any fainted hearted who dares to try and think they can handle it.. The hefty techno vibes roll deep inside this track while the breakdown stirs up things for the dubstep crew. A perfect production for those crossover sets. All Over is something different and isnt one of the lightest tunes to handle aswell. SPL infuses the jungle vibes into this one and adds his own melancholic sounds to it to give it that grunge edge thats signature for any SPL track.

a SPL – Wipeout
b SPL – All Over

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New D ‘n’ B Promos

OK016 Stash – Propaganda & Meth Offkey 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Propaganda have created a unique and uncompromising sound and have built up an arsenal of releases on labels such as OffKey, Obscene, DSCI4, Position Chrome and Revolution. In 2006 the duo split leaving Andy is set to keep the Propaganda name going strong. Profoundly influenced by the roots of Detroit Techno and Electro, With his first solo release being launched on OffKey, Andy’s forthcoming material is set to heavily assault the scene with musical eclecticism still merging powerful bass-lines with the distinct energy of techno. Meth met local dnb head Blade whilst dj’ing on the south coast of United Kingdom and alongside Virtua they formed The Sect- signing to Offkey with ‘Nerve Attack’. Numerous releases followed on labels such as offkey ,Position Chrome, Freak & Obscene. After smashing clubs across the globe with his dj’ing and music made alongside Blade & Virtua, Meth has decided to go solo as an artist. The new focus will be dancefloor smashers, if you have seen Meth’s dj’ing style you’ll know what to expect- Window shattering bass and running drums are the order of the day.

a Propaganda & Meth – Stash
b Propaganda & Meth – Rancore

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SIG015 Let Me Hold You – Calibre Signature 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Calibre—a bonafide producer in the classic sense, moving effortlessly through styles. ‘Let Me Hold You’ finds him playing live drums & singing. ‘Loves Too Tight To Mention’ features the soulful vocals of DRS. The deeper side of drum and bass yet never disappoint the dancefloor, DJ support from D Bridge, Marcus Intalex, Storm, Doc Scott, Presha, Rob Da Bank.

A Calibre – Let Me Hold You
AA Calibre feat. DRS – Loves Too Tight To Mention

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NASCA004 Spider – Body & Soul / Fourward Nasca Records 12″ Vinyl
BODY&SOUL, best known for their productions on Viper Recordings and Bad Company, need no further introduction. FOURWARD is one of the hottest and most sought after new producer collective around at the moment. Their first digital releases on Subsonik Sound were all regulars at Beatport Top 10 sales chart for weeks, competing with established artists´ tracks by Chase&Status and Noisia. BODY&SOUL and FOURWARD decided to join forces just recently and the feedback on their work so far couldn’t prove any more, that this was an excellent decision. Ed Rush & Optical have already picked up two of their tunes for their mighty Virus Recordings Imprint. In the meantime we have the first Vinyl release of BODY&SOUL and FOURWARD´s mastercraft on Nasca Records.
A: SPIDER – This tune starts off with gentle and warm electro influenced chords and a spooky speech sample layered on top of it, contrasted with mean and nasty reece bassline edits in the breakdown, followed be a smashing amen drop that is specifically designed to do serious damage to any dancefloor worldwide.
A: PURE – Pure shows the more musical side of things, combining deep string moods with cheeky neurofunk bassline edits in a way you might not have heard before. With this tune the boys demonstrate that their craft has come a long way, production quality is second to none.

A Body & Soul, Fourward – Spider
AA Body & Soul, Fourward – Pure

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DISTURBD020 Life On Earth / Insecticide – Rregula & Dementia / Proktah Ft. Future Signal Disturbed 12″ Vinyl
Hold on to your seats people..Disturbed returns with another release that will rock your world… No 020 sees the return of Rregula & Dementia. 2 Faces that we already know pretty good on the label and again they deliver a filth injected steamroller of A track called Life On Earth. The menacing breakdown sounds so devastating that no one dares to stand in its way. Flip it over for Proktah & Future Signal. A combination we never seen before yet their tune Insecticide is heavier then a 400 ton container. Feel these bass lines smash in your face but hold on to your teeth cause you’ll need them to sink em into this release!

a Rregula & Dementia – Life On Earth
b Proktah Ft. Future Signal – Insecticide

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MENTALLY003 Neodymium – Machine Code AKA Current Value & Dean Rodell Mentally Disturbed 12″ Vinyl
Disturbed’s evil twin brother Mentally Disturbed is uprocking another smasher of a release. This time we see Machine Code (aka Current Value & Dean Rodell) rattling up some destructive beats like only these 2 daredevils can. The A side Inductance is one for the warehouse sets. Industrial sounds & factory breaks haunt this track like the souls of 2000 men. A track that’s got Mentally Disturbed written all over it. Nebular is some what more sci fi. Yet still keeps the warehouse vibes alive. Switching from amen vibes to heavy roller business like its nothing. Mentally disturbed sees the daylight once again with a release to smash your head in!

a Machine Code – Inductance
b Machine Code – Nebular

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D ‘n’ B Restocks 12″ Vinyl

FOKUZLP001 Discoveries Of The Deep LP – Various Fokuz Recordings 12″ Vinyl X 4
SUBTITLES039 Submerged – Break Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
SUBTITLES041 Solaris Theme – Chris SU Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
VSN001 The Tide – Noisia Vision 12″ Vinyl
VSN002 Lost Cause – Noisia & Teebee Vision 12″ Vinyl
PRSPCTEP001. Future Filth EP – Various PRSPCT 12″ x 2
FOKUZLP003 Chronicles Of The Deep (4x 12’) – Various Fokuz Recordings 12″ x 4
XLT219 Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix) – Prodigy XL 12″ Vinyl
EAST079 Tokiado – A Sides Eastside Records 12″ Vinyl
SOULR035 Moods EP – ST Files Soulr 12″ x 2
XLT374 Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) – Adele XL 12″ Vinyl
LOVE2009001 Hardcore Drum & Bass Vibes – Unknown Love 12″ Vinyl
SYNTAX004 Move On – Bungle / State Of Mind Syntax Audio 12″ Vinyl

New Dubstep CD

SWAMPCD001 One Of Us – Kryptic Minds Swamp 81 CD
Back in May of 2009, Blackdown posted an in-depth interview with Kryptic Minds and Loefah, breaking down how Loefah started his Swamp81 They spoke at length about the parallels between DnB and dubstep, especially from a label-sound point. Well, at the end of this month, you can own what’s sure to be one of the scene’s more captivating releases to date. What I want to push with Swamp 81 is the gap that isn’t really being represented anymore. The roller, the halfstep… spacious.” What Loefah heard in those first few Kryptic Minds beats is edgy, rolling, stripped back spacious dubstep that was spectacularly well made and also had its own identity– emotive, organic in places, very junglist in spirit– unlike the vast number of producers who tried to clone his sound in 2006, and failed. The first fruits of the partnership are Kryptic Mind’s “One of Us”, a deadly 12″ that encapsulates producers who understand the difference between edgy and too angry; that restraint often has more impact than chaotic release. This deft understanding of the tensions and contradictions buried within dubstep, and how you use them is played out yet further on their new album, “I’m thinking Wax Doctor, Doc Scott, Goldie– that kind of thing. It’s that transitional phase between Reinforced and Headz that is in my heart” explains Loefah. “That’s what I’d like to do with Swamp. And I don’t want it to be labelled as ‘the halfstep label.’ I want it to have that kind of tunnel vision Metalheadz had in 1996, that kind of ‘we’re going this way. I’m not watching what you’re doing, I’m not watching what you’re doing– I’m going straight ahead.’” In that spirit, Kryptic Minds’ One of Us zooms in on edgy 140bpm halfstep, forcing the listener into a headspace where perfectly placed details come into vivid focus, like the hyper-real intensity of night adrenalin. Everything is tautly coiled, as if priming the listener for a flight-or-fight reflex. The tension is barely unleashed throughout the album. “To me the album– and this may be really gushy,” enthuses Loefah, “it’s like a night out. Leaving the house or wherever you are,
going through the night and the last track is morning. The sun’s come up and it’s time for bed.” “I think the Kryptic Minds album and the 12″,” concludes Loefah, “it’s just making a bit of a statement. We’re saying ‘you know what? It’s not this, it’s not that, we’re right in the middle and we’re headstrong with it.

CD1 1 Kryptic Minds – Intro -
CD1 2 Kryptic Minds – One Of Us -
CD1 3 Kryptic Minds – Generation Dub -
CD1 4 Kryptic Minds – Stepping Stone -
CD1 5 Kryptic Minds – Something To Nothing -
CD1 6 Kryptic Minds – Six Degrees -
CD1 7 Kryptic Minds – Three Views Of A Secret -
CD1 8 Kryptic Minds – Secure Lost -
CD1 9 Kryptic Minds – Dissolved -
CD1 10 Kryptic Minds – Chosen Few -
CD1 11 Kryptic Minds – Organic -
CD1 12 Kryptic Minds – Distant Dawn -

http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/09/16/coming-soon-swamp-81-presents-kryptic-minds-one-of-us-lp/

New Dubstep Releases

BASSHEAD003 Killing Time – Noah D & Einstein Basshead Music 12″ Vinyl
Hailing from Portland, Oregon Noah D has already established his name as a Drum & Bass producer with numerous releases on labels such as Renegade Recordings and Dieselboy’s Human Imprint. More recently he has been making noise in the dubstep scene since dropping Examination of Time with Babylon System on Argon in 2008. Since then his profile and workflow have increased and he has numerous releases on labels such as Subway, Earwax, + Thought and many more. After sending us the original instrumental of Killing Time Noah explained he was interested in working with Dancehall artists in Jamaica and Einstein’s name was mentioned. We were into the idea so Einstein’s manager was aproached and he agreed to work with us on the project. After long negotiations Einstein got into the studio in Kingston, Jamacia and layed down the vocals then sent them back to Noah who added the finishing touches creating a dancefloor monster fusing Einstein’s aggressive vocals and Noah’s crisp production and deep bass. Once that was done we called in one of the drum and bass scenes most popular producers “Break” to perform remix duties. He did Killing Time justice and his heavyweight remix has been a favourite of dj’s such as Andy C, Dj Marky and Friction. Our aim at Basshead Music is to amalgamte styles and cultures into musical forms. Expect the unexpected :)

A Noah D & Einstein – Killing Time (Original Mix)
AA Noah D & Einstein – Killing Time (Break Remix)

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CON024 Lock Off VIP – Chimpo Contagious Music 12″ Vinyl
Chimpo has been djing since he was a young chimp. He was a bad boy jungle dj at 13 even though he was on a pair of soundlab belt drives that were falling apart. Since he was the age of 16, hes been knocking out killer hip hop, jungle, garage, grime and soul. He has recently been working closely with Zed Bias and MRK1 and has forthcoming track on both of their labels. This is the VIP VERSION Skream has been playing… proper bouncy bucket load of weightyyyynesssss!!!

a Chimpo – Lock Off VIP
b Chimpo – Like No Other

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WHITE1 Death (Chase & Status Remix) – White Lies Fiction 12″ Vinyl
Hold The Front Page. This is another big remix! This Chase & Status remix of White Lies’ ‘Death’ is one of those tracks you just know you’re going to hear again again this summer, and this is the only place you will get it on Vinyl. Please confirm orders ASAP, as this 12” Vinyl will be limited edition!

a White Lies – Death (Chase & Status Remix)
b White Lies – Death (Crystal Castles Remix Edit)

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SUBWAY011EP Hypnotic Elements EP – Noah D Subway 12″ Vinyl x 2
Noah D steps up for his return on Subway and what a return it is.. Hypnotic Elements EP is title of his 5 track double pack and it’s the one everybody has been waiting for! The A side is the one and only Seeeriousss thats being cained by allmost every bigshot in the game. No cheesy buisness but straight up ghetto sounds are filling the speakers up and destroying it bit by bit by bit! Turn it over for another big bad tune called Twister.. Like a hurricane this riddim explodes into a whirlwind of bass and sub and sucks in anything that comes across it.. again not for the fainted hearted cause Noah D is ON this! Disc 2 brings back one of Subway’s Biggest bangers in a Straight Jacket VIP Style.. Noah D VIP’s this tremendous tune and it gets the extra flow and strech it deserves. Once this one drops you know there isnt no turning back anymore. Turn it over for 2 different takes on Noah D’s sound. first one its Got U Now a dubbed out stomper wich sees Noah flexing over other sounds as he’s best known for! The second tune holds Vibrationz.. and there is nothing more to say about this tune as it does exactly what it says.. SUB + SUB + SUB.. dont let any beers stand in front of a speaker when this one plays cause youll see yourself running toward the bar to get a new one before you know it!
DJs about ‘Seeeriousss’: Skream (Tempa): This has been killin the dancefloors!
Joker (Kapsize): BIG TUNE!
Emalkay (Dub Police): SEEERIOUSSS!!!
Roommate (Babylon System): THIS JAM GOES OFF EVERY F*CKIN TIME I PLAY IT!!!
Matt-U (Cool & Deadly): Killer!
TRG (Tempa): The best subway tune yet!
Alexander Nut (Rinse FM): VERY BIG!
Play Support: Skream, Plastician, Alexander Nut, The Others, Joker, 16bit, Joe nice, Babylon System, Antiserum, 12th Planet, DJG, Nick Argon, 501, Desto, Emalkay, Kutz, Luke Envoy, Reso, Marlow, Sukh Knight, Subscape, Glitch Mob, Freq Nasty, Tes La Rok, RSD and many more!

a Noah D – Seeeriousss
b Noah D – Twister
c Noah D & No Thing – Unknown Suspect (Noah D VIP)
d Noah D – Got U Now
d2 Noah D – Vibrationz

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R8005 Logical Regresssion – Rogue State R8 Records 12″ Vinyl
After the success of R8004 produced by RSD, R8 Records are back with another new producer and the return of label owner Rogue State. The Sheffield-Germany connection has never been stronger!
ROGUE STATE – LOGICAL REGRESSION – Another meaty slab of Rogue’s own niche influenced dubstep style, this track was influenced by the mighty LTJ Bukem. Rogue is on top form here with depth and emotion created through the synthy intro whilst the tearout drop will get anyone moving.
TWISTED – INFECT – Hailing from Germany and part of the Dutty Dubs crew, Twisted is starting to make real impact on the international scene. The super slick mixdown is what first attracted us to him but it was this phenomenally heavy weight track that made us decide to release Twisted. Bass face time!

A Rogue State – Logical Regresssion
AA Twisted – Infect

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New Dubstep Promos

BOKA021 Bandwagon Junglist / Back 4 More – Marlow Boka Records 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy Promo’s – SUPPORT FROM: TODDLA T, KISSY SELL OUT (Radio1), ROB DA BANK (Radio1), HOWIE B, NICK ARGON, CARDOPUSHER, WALSH, DZ, BUNZERO.
Marlow is officially Back 4 More, making his long-awaited return to Boka Records since ‘Tremor’ dropped back in 2007. BOKA021 showcases Marlow’s brand spanking new beat (Back 4 More) along with arguably his most popular club tune (Bandwagon Junglist). ‘Bandwagon Junglist’ is an epic club banger that has been doing the rounds for over a year now, a highly anticipated beat and easily the requested tune in Marlow’s ever expanding range of artillery. ‘Back 4 More’ has been supported by the likes of Toddla T who showcased the tune on a Radio 1 essential mix, Kissy Sell Out is also on the case with a tune that see’s Marlow forge a slightly new direction on a euphoric garage tip. Don’t sleep on this one.
Check www.youtube.com/bokarecords for promo-video clips, and the new Boka-blog for Vol.1 of the Boka HQ mix (BOKAHQ001) – www.bokadubstep.wordpress.com
Look out for BOKA022 released on 12th October featuring an AKIRA KITESHI remix of DJ Madd’s ‘Better With You’.

a Marlow – Bandwagon Junglist
aa Marlow – Back 4 More

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EX7002 Swagga – Excision & Datsik EX7 12″ Vinyl
Vinyl copies of EX7001, Excision – ‘Yin Yang’, sold out in a matter of weeks, while the digital release has been sitting pretty at the top of the Beatport dubstep chart ever since it was dropped. Now, following on from their immense first 12”, EX7 is back with an even more impressive pair of dance floor killers. EX7002 has been getting plenty of attention from all comers, with dubstep, breaks and even drum & bass DJs all clamouring to get their hands on it. The A side, ‘Swagga’, was a feature in Excision’s DJ sets on his recent UK tour as sweaty crowds of teenagers rushed the decks shouting “Play Swagga!” in anticipation of its filthy bassline combinations (we kid you not, we feared for our lives…). Not only that, but ‘Swagga’ is the only non-Rusko track that Rusko’s been battering on all his recent radio mixes; for proof just check out his recent Breezeblock mix for BBC Radio 1. Teaming up with fellow Canadian, Datsik, once again on the flip, Excision creates another mechanoid-influenced stomper that hails the beginning of Armageddon. Monster bass and super-hard beats are what ‘Invaderz’ is all about, another piece of heavy artillery for Excision & Datsik’s sonic armoury. **Watch out for Excision & Datsik remixes for CTRL-Z & The Freestylers and Wu Tang Clan hitting the streets soon.**

A Excision & Datsik – Swagga
AA Excision & Datsik – Invaders

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SUBSCUM003 Other Worlds – Ekaj SCUM 12″ Vinyl
S.C.U.M.’s 3rd installment is a fresh one. If you never heard of Ekaj before then get to know. Ekaj aka Jake Rooney hails from Manchester and this style isnt one for the fainted hearted. Brutal Machine esque sounds combined with heavy junglistic breaks and interstellar production give this young man the sound people have been craving for. For his vinyl debut he rattles up a storming 12″in the form of Other Worlds & Tetsu.

a Ekaj – Other Worlds
b Ekaj – Tetsu

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RWINA003 Freeze Step – Playdoe Rwina Records 12″ Vinyl
The ever cult label Rwina hits up the new season with a release schedule that will blow your mind away! First up is the South African formation; Playdoe. Now this isn’t just some run on da mill stuff, their tracks Front Seat and Freeze Step are a combination of neohiphop / breaks / booty / electro and everything in between to form a sandwich of sheer quality. And if that isn’t enough, you should check out how Starkey blesses this release with a remix on the A side. Starkey infuses the ever so addictive Stark-vibe with a G’ed out sound that’ll bring some ghetto in da club.

a Playdoe – Freeze Step (Starkey Remix)
b1 Playdoe – Freeze Step
b2 Playdoe – Front Seat

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SSDUBSTARS021 Just Being Me / Mudera – Skream Southside Dubstars 12″ Vinyl
Limited Full artwork copies. Southside Dubstars come out of nowhere once again with a fresh batch of tunes from some heavyweight artists, Skream makes his return with the relatively unheard ‘Just Being Me’ which is a melodic, funky yet melancholic number reminiscent of earlier works like the legendary ‘Dutch Flowers’. ‘Mudera’ turns up the heat a little, as you’d expect from the title it’s the Skream wobble in full effect, muderation on this one, screwface business, big tuuuuuune! Act quickly to ensure you get a copy.

a Skream – Just Being Me
b Skream – Mudera

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Dubstep Restocks 12″ Vinyl

SUBWAY005EP Missed Calls EP – TRG Subway 12″ x 2
SUBWAY006 Unknown Suspect – Noah D & No Thing Subway 12″ Vinyl
DMZ014 Triple 6 – Coki DMZ 12″ Vinyl
3024004 Embrace – 2562 3024 12″ Vinyl
SUBWAY009 Dreadlock – Subscape Subway 12″ Vinyl
BOKA019 Higher Forces / Riddles Of Jah VIP – Tunnidge Boka Records 12″ Vinyl
SUBSOL007 Louder VIP – Caspa Sub Soldiers 12″ Vinyl
SUBSOL008 Cockney Thug (Caspa Remix) – Rusko Sub Soldiers 12″ Vinyl
METISSE25 Acid Bells (Martyn Mixes) – Efdemin Curle 10″ Vinyl
CTRLV Tell Dem / Can’t Be My Lover – Unknown Copy Paste 12″ Vinyl
SUBWAY010 Dangerous – 501 Subway 12″ Vinyl

Breaks Restocks 12″ Vinyl

DIVISION001 Yellow Brick – Noisia Division 12″ Vinyl
DIVISION002 Seven Stitches – Noisia Division 12″ Vinyl
DIVISION003 Mordez Moi / B.R.U.L. – Feed Me / Noisia Division 12″ Vinyl

New UK Funky Promos

BOKBOK01 I Want You (Bok Bok VIP Dub) – Dre Skull Unknown 12″ Vinyl
White Label, Black sleeve. One of the most exciting record on these pages this week comes from London’s Bok Bok, offering up two refixes of Crazy Cousins ‘Bongo Jam’ and Dre Skull’s ‘I Want You’. The cliche “One to watch” was made for this fella, from his potent mixtapes mashing grime, house, garage and UK Bass, to his forthcoming tracks for Dress 2 $weat, Bok Bok is dangerously onto something. On the A-side we’ve got a refit of Dre Skull’s club anthem ‘I Want You’, engaging with elements of tougher NYC and Chicago house and locked into heavyweight UKF bass with a proper bashment fired flavour. On the flipside he rewires Crazy Cousins’ infectious ‘Bongo Jam’ with a superbly tempered blend of dirty chromed synth timbres and cool rushing snare rolls executed with a knowing restraint, built to tease the dancefloor. Both tracks are tried and tested dancefloor destroyers – clubs everywhere will be eternally grateful. Sick. (Words courtesy of Boomkat)

a Dre Skull – I Want You (Bok Bok VIP Dub)
aa Bok Bok & L-Viz 1990 – Wake Up Early

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Amsterdam Dance Event 2009

Amsterdam Dance Event 2009

Posted 17 September 2009 | By | Categories: misc, news | No Comments

S.T. Holdings will be attending this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event October 21/22/23/24.

If you would like to arrange a meeting with any members of S.T. Holdings please don’t hesitate to contact us.

About ADE:

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the leading electronic music conference and the biggest club festival for electronic music. Founded fourteen years ago, ADE first came to light in 1996 as a small conference with a few hundred music professionals and a festival program in 3 clubs with 30 DJs.

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Now in 2009, ADE has grown to become the ultimate platform to meet international business partners, introduce businesses to a worldwide audience and get in touch with new people, new music and new trends.

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…check out last year’s numbers:

Festival audience – 90.000
Professionals – 2.000 (sold out)
ADE Next – 400 (sold out)
Nationalities – 42
DJ’s / Acts – 700+
Venues – 44
Journalists & Media – 150

Hope to see you there!

coming soon: “Natural History” LP – Blu Mar Ten

coming soon: “Natural History” LP – Blu Mar Ten

Posted 17 September 2009 | By | Categories: news, tracks, video | 3 Comments

Few musical acts can lay claim to such dynamic and consistent evolution as Blu Mar Ten. Formed in the big-bang of 90’s drum & bass and regular faces at Rage, Metalheadz, Speed & AWOL, Blu Mar Ten were rapidly spotted by LTJ Bukem and signed to Good Looking Records, cementing their position in the genre as originators of complex, atmospheric music.

They quickly grew and mutated beyond the confines of the jungle into lush experimentation with downtempo, ambient, house, breaks, techno & left-field for labels such as Naked Music, Guidance, Big Chill, with two full albums of non-d&b material on Exceptional Records.

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This new material saw Blu Mar Ten gain support from DJs such as Tom Middleton, Rennie Pilgrem, Pete Tong, Felix da Housecat, Ben Watt, Carl Cox, Lee Burridge, Erol Alkan, Howie B and Mary Anne Hobbs.

Blu Mar Ten also remixed a series of major and independent artists, including Erykah Badu, Annie Lennox, Alicia Keys, Terry Lee Brown Junior, Jakatta, The Ananda Project, Doc Scott, Fink and Blame.

2005 saw Blu Mar Ten return to the drum & bass scene, with the next 18 months producing a string of releases on labels such as Hospital, Renegade Hardware, Shogun Audio, 31 Records, Tangent, Phuzion, Vibez & Basement.

2009 has already seen the release of the ‘Close’ and ‘Believe Me’ EPs, preludes to Blu Mar Ten’s long-awaited first full drum & bass album. Scheduled for late 2009, the album promises to deliver an incredibly wide range of drum & bass tracks from the deeply abstract to the unashamedly dancefloor, all bearing Blu Mar Ten’s trademark stamp of quality.

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DJ support for Blu Mar Ten’s new material has been pouring in from right across the d&b family tree, leaving you in no doubt at the trio’s position at the forefront of the scene…

Coming soon in Late October / Early November:

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Blu Mar Ten – Natural HistoryCD / 2×12″ / Digital

Returning to their ancestral roots, Natural History is the long-awaited first full drum & bass album from Blu Mar Ten, leaving you in no doubt of their position at the cutting edge of the genre.

From the storming remix of vocal opener Starting Over, through the deeply abstract Grey Area to the VIP rework of massive club hit Close and the epic Last Dance, Natural History showcases the trio’s ability to enrich and develop their DNA, resulting in an album full of surprising twists and turns that all carry the Blu Mar Ten stamp of quality.

CD Tracklisting:

01. Starting Over (2009 Remix)
02. Above Words
03. God’s Lonely Man
04. By The Time My Light Reaches You I’ll Be Gone
05. Grey Area
06. Believe Me
07. Close (VIP)
08. Clipjoint
09. If I Could Tell You
10. Nobody Here
11. Last Dance
12. Overwhelm
13. Bedroom Eyes

2×12″ Vinyl Tracklist:

A) Close (VIP)
B) Clipjoint
C) If I Could Tell You
D) Last Dance

Digital Version will feature the following Bonus Tracks:

(14). Made Of Air
(15). Eight Rounds Rapid (Digital Exclusive Track)

Support for these tracks comes from:
Marky, London Elektricity, Doc Scott, Teebee, Instra:mental, D Bridge, Hype, John B, Logistics, Ed Rush, Marcus Intalex, Utah Jazz, Makoto, Spectrasoul , Apex, SPY, Craggz, DKay, Seba, Loxy, Ink, Lynx, John B, Randomer, Data, Nerm & D-Kode, Annie Nightingale, Crissy Criss, Mosus, Furney, A Sides, Tom Middleton, ASC, State of Mind, Kubiks, Lomax, Alleycat, Big Bud and many more…

Blu Mar Ten – Drum & Bass Mix Sept 2009

Blu Mar Ten – Drum & Bass Mix Sep 2009 by blumarten
Go here for tracklist: http://www.blumarten.com/home/drum-bass-mix-sep-2009

Out Now:

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Blu Mar Ten
Close

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Believe Me

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Links:

www.blumarten.com
www.myspace.com/blumarten
www.facebook.com/blumarten
www.twitter.com/blumarten
www.youtube.com/chrisblumarten

coming soon: Swamp 81 Presents – Kryptic Minds – “One Of Us” LP

coming soon: Swamp 81 Presents – Kryptic Minds – “One Of Us” LP

Posted 16 September 2009 | By | Categories: news, tracks | 3 Comments

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Back in May of 2009, Blackdown posted an in-depth interview with Kryptic Minds and Loefah, breaking down how Loefah started his brand new label Swamp 81. They spoke at length about the parallels between DnB and dubstep, especially from a label-sound point. Well, at the end of this month, you can own what’s sure to be one of the scene’s more captivating releases to date.

What I want to push with Swamp 81 is the gap that isn’t really being represented anymore. The roller, the halfstep… spacious“.

What Loefah heard in those first few Kryptic Minds beats is edgy, rolling, stripped back spacious dubstep that was spectacularly well made and also had its own identity – emotive, organic in places, very junglist in spirit – unlike the vast number of producers who tried to clone his sound in 2006, and failed. The first fruits of the partnership are Kryptic Mind’s “One of Us”, a deadly 12″ that encapsulates producers who understand the difference between edgy and too angry; that restraint often has more impact than chaotic release. This deft understanding of the tensions and contradictions buried within dubstep, and how you use them is played out yet further on their new album.

I’m thinking Wax Doctor, Doc Scott, Goldie– that kind of thing. It’s that transitional phase between Reinforced and Headz that is in my heart” explains Loefah.

That’s what I’d like to do with Swamp. And I don’t want it to be labelled as ‘the halfstep label.’ I want it to have that kind of tunnel vision Metalheadz had in 1996, that kind of ‘we’re going this way. I’m not watching what you’re doing – I’m going straight ahead“.

In that spirit, Kryptic Minds’ One of Us zooms in on edgy 140bpm halfstep, forcing the listener into a headspace where perfectly placed details come into vivid focus, like the hyper-real intensity of night adrenalin. Everything is tautly coiled, as if priming the listener for a flight-or-fight reflex. The tension is barely unleashed throughout the album.

To me the album – and this may be really gushy,” enthuses Loefah, “it’s like a night out. Leaving the house or wherever you are, going through the night and the last track is morning. The sun’s come up and it’s time for bed“.
I think the Kryptic Minds album and the 12“, concludes Loefah, “it’s just making a bit of a statement. We’re saying ‘you know what? It’s not this, it’s not that, we’re right in the middle and we’re headstrong with it“.

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Kryptic Minds – One Of Us (CD x 1 / Digital)
Release Date: 28th September 2009.

01. Intro
02. One Of Us
03. Generation Dub
04. Stepping Stone
05. Something To Nothing
06. Six Degrees
07. Three Views Of A Secret
08. Secure Lost
09. Dissolved
10. Chosen Few
11. Organic
12. Distant Dawn

Also out now, SWAMP001:

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Kryptic Minds – One Of Us / Six Degrees LTD 12″

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Keep your ears to the floor for up coming Swamp 81 releases, the next release (SWAMP002) will be a two track 12″ from the man Skream….

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Links:
http://www.myspace.com/swamp81
http://swamp81.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/krypticminds1
http://www.myspace.com/loefah

label update: Ingredients Records

label update: Ingredients Records

Posted 15 September 2009 | By | Categories: news, tracks, video | No Comments

Ingredients Records is an independent Drum & Bass label set-up and ran by DJ Psylence, he will be releasing Drum & Bass on both vinyl & digital formats from up & coming artists, alongside established producers but all with one thing in common – deep vibes.

Ingredients stands for what he believes to be the “Ingredients that make up the true Drum & Bass sound”. But as a unique twist to the idea, every vinyl release will come with a free recipe card from the producer, for you to try out at home!

OUT NOW on Ingredients Records:

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Sato
A) Barn (Break Remix)
B) Barn (Original)

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Released 21st September 2009 on 12″ Vinyl / Digital:

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Jubei / Jubei & Cern
A) The Path
B) Black Hole

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Ingredients Records are back with their 2nd instalment of quality beats and a new recipe!
Rising star Jubei takes the reigns with the much talked about “The Path” – a deep, dark
stepper that fuses a low reece bassline with guitar feedback & jungle breaks, mesmerising stuff.

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Flip over to find Jubei teaming up with New Zealand’s star Cern with the equally excellent “Black Hole”.
With a host of leading labels on the case of these two, be sure to check this 12” for quality drum & bass and a great recipe to boot. DJ support – Goldie, Instra:Mental, Commix, Flight, Cern, Jubei, Zero T to name but a few…

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Ingredients Records Links:
http://www.myspace.com/ingredientsrecords
http://www.youtube.com/Ingredients75
http://soundcloud.com/ingredients

release sheet w/c 21-09-09

Posted 11 September 2009 | By | Categories: release sheets | No Comments

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New D ‘n’ B CD

FILMCD004 Connections – Big Bud Soundtrax CD
Following the huge success of his previous album ‘Fear Of Flying’, Big Bud delivers yet another classy and effortlessly beautiful long player, packed full of all the musicality you’ve come to expect from him and featuring special guests Utah Jazz, Furney and Mike Romeo. Robin O’Reilly, better known to the world as Big Bud, made his name crafting atmospheric drum & bass for labels likes Fabio’s Creative Source and LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking. In recent years though, it’s been all about his own label, Soundtrax, where he’s released a series of outstanding releases from himself and like-minded producers. ‘Connections’ takes in a breathtaking selection of sounds and moods, all with a breezy liquid-funk-esque tinge to them. If you already know Soundtrax output then you won’t be disappointed with this CD. If you’re new to the label; what took you so long?! From the soulful vocal ‘Want You So Bad’ to the Eastern influenced guitar plucks of ‘White Widow’ this album has something for everyone and Big Bud fans can rest assured that he’s updated his production to modern standards but kept all the dynamics his music lives for.

CD1 1 Big Bud – Kiki – 6.38
CD1 2 Big Bud – Soul Sista – 6.38
CD1 3 Big Bud – Millennium (Utah Jazz remix) – 6.22
CD1 4 Big Bud – Want You So Bad – 6.38
CD1 5 Big Bud – Kupus U Uglu – 6.14
CD1 6 Big Bud – Diggit (feat. FURNEY) – 6.14
CD1 7 Big Bud – White Widdow – 6.35
CD1 8 Big Bud – Fumbledub – 6.44
CD1 9 Big Bud – Ostinato – 6.13
CD1 10 Big Bud – Kimooki Dub – 4.07
CD1 11 Big Bud – Guiding Star (feat. MIKE ROMEO ) – 4.38

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New D ‘n’ B Releases

31R039 Quality Not Quantity Vol:2 – Various Artist 31 Records 12″ Vinyl x 2
Doc Scott’s label has been releasing D&B gems since 1994, Now 15 years deep, he keeps showcasing some of D&B most progressive nu school producers, Commix, Jubei, Spectrasoul, Mosus & S.P.Y.

a Commix – Breaking Through
b Jubei – Unforgiven
c Spectrasoul – Buried
d Mosus & S.P.Y.  – My World

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CODED002 Voltage – Phobia Coded Music 12″ Vinyl
As we move into the summer months, Coded hits it’s second release following up from the success of the mighty ‘Guillotine’ and certainly shows no sign of slowing up. On release number two, label boss Phobia steps up to the A side with the heinous ‘Voltage’. Lashing drums, heavy bass and that trademark Phobia sound make this a track you just can’t ignore. Guaranteed to smash any dance floor apart… On the flip, we welcome Code 3 to the Coded family. Comprising of SP:MC, Jubei & Dakuan, this new collective is making big waves in the scene with a killer 12” already out on Friction’s Shogun Ltd imprint and forthcoming tracks on D-Bridge’s Exit Recordings. ‘Payload’ is a hark back to the golden age of DnB, stepping beats and a gut wrenching bline make this an essential tool for any serious DJ.

A Phobia – Voltage
AA SP:MC, Jubei & Dakuan – Payload

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RECIPE001 Barn (Break Remix) – Sato Ingredients Records 12″ Vinyl
(EACH COPY COMES WITH A FREE RECIPE CARD FROM THE ARTIST). Ingredients Records is a label with a difference. Each artist who has a release on the label will submit their favourite recipe from home and this will be printed on a recipe card and inserted in the sleeve. To launch the label, the first release is from up & coming artist “Sato”, who has made the tough roller “Barn”, which is reminiscent of late 90’s Virus. After heavy rotation in the sets of Break, we at Ingredients asked if he’d like to remix it & he didn’t hesitate. With a heavy roster of artists to follow, such as Jubei ,Cern & Spirit, Ingredients Records looks to make their mark in the drum & bass clubs & the kitchens of the fans who buy the records.
DJ support from Fierce, Break, Spirit, LTJ Bukem, Cern, Sato, Psylence.
“Didn’t like the food but the tunes were rollin” – Ainsley Harriot
“Yeah this guy can cook, but the Misses told me to turn the music down” – Jamie Oliver

a Sato – Barn (Break Remix)
b Sato – Barn

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FILMLP004 Connections (Vinyl Version) – Big Bud Soundtrax 12″ Vinyl x 3
Robin O’Reilly, better known to the world as Big Bud, made his name crafting atmospheric drum & bass for labels likes Fabio’s Creative Source and LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking. In recent years though, it’s been all about his own label, Soundtrax, where he’s released a series of outstanding releases from himself and like-minded producers. ‘Connections’ takes in a breathtaking selection of sounds and moods, all with a breezy liquid-funk-esque tinge to them. If you already know Soundtrax output then you won’t be disappointed with this 3X12” Album. If you’re new to the label; what took you so long?! From the soulful vocal ‘Want You So Bad’ to the Utah Jazz remixof the classic Millenium this album has something for everyone. Big Bud fans can rest assured that he’s updated his production to modern standards but kept all the dynamics his music lives for. Full Release 21st Sept with CD & Download formats.

a Big Bud – Want You So Bad
b Big Bud – Fumbledub
c Big Bud – Millenium (Utah Jazz remix)
d Big Bud – Soul Sista
e Big Bud – Diggit (feat. Furney)
f Big Bud – Kupus U Uglu

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New D ‘n’ B Promos

RECIPE002 The Path – Jubei Ingredients Records 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy. (EACH COPY COMES WITH A FREE RECIPE CARD FROM THE ARTIST). Ingredients Records are back with their 2nd installment of quality beats and a new recipe! Rising star Jubei takes the reigns with the much talked about “The Path” – a deep, dark stepper that fuses a low reece bassline with guitar feedback & jungle breaks, mesmerising stuff. Flip over to find Jubei teaming up with New Zealand’s star Cern with the equally excellent “Black Hole”. With a host of leading labels on the case of these two, be sure to check this 12” for quality drum & bass and a great recipe to boot.
DJ support – GOLDIE, INSTRA:MENTAL, COMMIX, FLIGHT, CERN, JUBEI, ZERO T, KASRA to name a few..
“Can Jubei cook & make tunes? He GIVES the lessons” – D. Brent
“Well that’s one deep 12″, polished off with a superb bit of lamb, on my own big plate. Lovely stuff” – A. Partridge
“Call that food?” – G. Ramsay

a Jubei – The Path
b Jubei & Cern – Black Hole

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HZN036EP The Prologue – Data Horizons Music 12″ Vinyl x 2
Finish copy Promo’s. Horizons Music proudly presents The Prologue EP, a glimpse at a dystopian future, created by Data (N.Burne). Ambience, vibe, groove and experimentation are brought to the fore, whilst each track has it’s own distinct tone and direction. Heavily inspired by works such as William Gibson’s ‘Neuromancer’ and ‘Burning Chrome’, the music contained within aims to create images in the mind. Data’s also created some quotes to help set the scene. Come and take a walk through the Sprawl…
Vice Welcome to the Sprawl’s Red Light District, where anything can be bought… Lush chords and vocal stabs introduce Vice, whilst a broken and staggered beat provides the rhythm. An sleazy vibe is brought forth from the arrangement, which builds to it’s dramatic drop, with a huge bassline, that folds around the beat perfectly. The 2nd half of the track takes on a more musical approach, with lush synth tones providing a stunning melody to finish the track.
The Sprawl The dome towered over them, protecting them from the harmful rays that the Ozone layer could no longer shelter them from. Their sun was not one of gold, but of grey… Sinister ambience creeps towards you from the speaker as a heavy stepping beat provides the pace through The Spawl. Distant cries and the buzz of machinery mingle amongst each other, whilst drones buzz overhead. Dramatic effects break the beat apart before the breakdown, where a menacing bass enters the fray. Percussion hits, fragments of breaks and strange fx keep things moving throughout the track, with a distinct change in the second section keeping the listener interested till the end.
The Enemy Within Pain streaked through his body as the virus began to eat away at his cybernetics. Time was running out. Twisted and abstract, The Enemy Within is driven by it’s disgusting synth line and strange glitch beat. Technical yet restrained, it’s hypnotic patterns draw you into it’s midst, whilst bell like tones provide an ominous atmosphere. Hissing bitcrushed ride cymbals pick up the pace, whilst a distorted midtone provides the response to bass.
Antenna They fear the visionary experience, for you have to go through a kind of death to experience it… Featuring Cell and clocking in at 140 bpm, Antenna is mostly ambient in it’s approach until the later sections, where a huge thumping and distorted drum line is matched with a massive 808 bass section. Space like pads and synths and matched by strange whirring sounds, whilst distorted tones glitch in and out of it’s audio landscape. Fragments of radio messages can be heard, metaphysical messages that echo out of the speaker into your mind. A totally unique and abstract approach.

a Data – The Sprawl
b Data – Vice
c Data – The Enemy Within
d Data & Cell – Antenna

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APHA001 Clissold / Killerwhat? – Fracture & Neptune Astrophonica 12″ Vinyl
Finish copies. “Good evening citizens of Earth. Citizens of Earth origin or any other planet in the solar system. Good evening Planet Earth…”Welcome to Astrophonica, the new home of Fracture & Neptune. Tonight on your phonograph or other Earth-based sonic reproduction system, you will hear the results of our latest sonic experiments. The duo’s first release was on Danny Breaks’ now legendary Jungle label Droppin’ Science in 2000. Since then they have worked with many labels and carved out their own cosmic sound. Astrophonica is designed to give them a platform to showcase their latest sonic experiments.

a Fracture & Neptune – Clissold
b Fracture & Neptune – Killerwhat?

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EXIT017 Live For Never (LP Sampler) – Consequence Exit Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Consequence was introduced to d-Bridge via mutual friends whilst touring New Zealand and after listening to some of his music, dbridge knew that he had found an artist with the potential to create an album suited to the labels ethos of writing music from the heart and not necessarily directed at the dancefloor. d-Bridge had just started his Autonomic podcast series alongside Instra:mental with the intention of showcasing and developing artists who were thinking outside of the conventional Drum & Bass box. Consequence has become a core member of this crew who have gone on to secure an Autonomic residency at the world famous Fabric night-club and turn many heads from outside the genre such as Laurent Garnier, Skream and Actress to name a few. The album contains collaborations with fellow Autonomic artists Instra:mental, ASC and d-Bridge and is a good representation of the versatility which Autonomic is becoming renowned for. Each track is a piece of music in its own right, but the whole album is best listened to as one long piece that flows harmonically from start to finish through different emotions and atmospheres.

a Consequence – Pseudo Echo
b1 Consequence – Feeling Like We Do
b2 Consequence – Short Lived

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BK006 Grim Noire / Digital I.D. – DJ Hidden / Throttler Bug Klinik Records 12″ Vinyl
Bug Klinik Records is coming in hard with these 2 discus ting tracks. 1 vinyl.. 2 producers.. Tearing it out head to head.. First up is DJ Hidden repping for the Goes Noord posse with a devastating track called Grim Noire. And every fan of Hidden knows he doesn’t take his productions lightly. Get ready for some in your face Gabba kicks and wrist slashing snares arranged in a way only Hidden knows to create. If there was a color darker then pitch black.. this whould be it… Throttler takes it up a notch with his tune Digital I.D. on the flip. Rattling snares & mind blowing kicks stant upfront in this evil production and will keep standing upfront till you are lying on the floor bleeding for more.

a DJ Hidden – Grim Noire
b Throttler – Digital I.D.

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INMD005 Battlecat / Grapefruit – Donnie Dubson Influenza Media 12″ Vinyl
Germany has seen the evolution of many successful labels and artists over time, including (The) Panacea, Current Value, Twintone and Blu Saphir Recordings. But more recently, Digital Colours and Fokuz LTD artist, Donnie Dubson has stepped into the fray, joining the roster of immaculate talent on one of Belgium’s most well-known chill-out labels, Influenza Media. Coming a long way from his first release on Have-A-Break Recordings in 2006, Donnie’s masterful production has landed him spots on compilations and podcasts by the likes of Phunkfiction Recordings, Hospital Records and Knowledge Magazine, while collaborating with such artists as Stunna and Andy Sim. The fifth instalment on Influenza Media features two very different but “feel good” pieces. Battlecat is lush with its’ subtle, warm bass lines, while Grapefruit pummels forward with its’ bass-heavy kicks and sweeping pad melodies. If I were to speak to Donnie myself, I’d be the first to comment on his magnificent arrangement of the breakdown on both tunes. The halftime break in Grapefruit is very welcoming, and it really does a great job working its’ way towards the dance floor for the second drop. Battlecat uses a more traditional technique, using bass stabs to push the second drop into full throttle.

a Donnie Dubson – Battlecat
b Donnie Dubson – Grapefruit

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D ‘n’ B Restocks 12″ Vinyl

SUBTITLES055 Powder Monkey – Spor / Noisia / Teebee / Skitty Subtitles Music 12″ x 2
SUBTITLES057 Molehill / Missing – Spor / Audio Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
SUBTITLES060 Subtitles 60 – Break / Teebee & Calyx Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
CIADK009 Jungle Drums – Furney Deepkut 12″ Vinyl
SUBTITLES069 Viperfish VIP – Misanthrop / Phace Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl
SOULR036 DAT Music 2 EP 1 – Various Artists Soulr 12″ Vinyl x 2
VSN007 Stigma – Noisia Vision 12″ Vinyl
CRIT038 Alibi (Break Remix) / Organiser – Spectrasoul Critical Music 12″ Vinyl
SYMM005 ReTech / Is This What You Want VIP – Break Symmetry Recordings 12″ Vinyl
LFTD006 Silver Spaceman – Spor Lifted Music 12″ Vinyl
SUBTITLES072 Furyen – Audio & Future Signal Subtitles Music 12″ Vinyl

New Dubstep CD

DRUNKCD001 Good Energy (A Singles Collection) – RSD Punch Drunk Records CD
RSD, perhaps better known as Bristol bass and drum music stalwart Rob Smith (one half of respected production duo Smith and Mighty), has been pushing bass heavy rhythms for more than two decades. He remains firmly at the forefront of Bristol’s endlessly inventive music scene, with a staggering discography and a range of projects encompassing dub, jungle, 2-step and dubstep, From his musical beginnings playing guitar in local roots reggae band Restriction, Rob’s music has always had a strong dub aesthetic. Forming the, now legendary, production duo Smith and Mighty with collaborator Ray Mighty in 1987, the pair’s early releases on the Three Stripe label were influential in laying the groundwork for both the trip hop and jungle scenes for which Bristol would become renowned. A period of chart success and major label involvement in the early nineties was followed by a return to their underground roots for Smith and Mighty. During this time Rob also worked with Peter D. Rose to release groundbreaking music on their More Rockers imprint. Rob Smith also went on to collaborate with local roots reggae producers Henry & Louis. This fruitful relationship culminated in 2001 with the release of the fantastic ‘Time Will Tell’ LP. More recently, Rob Smith has found a new home as RSD, comfortably adapting to the rolling, sub- heavy rhythms of dubstep. With releases on internationally respected labels such as Punch Drunk, Tectonic and Earwax, RSD’s sound is typified by impossibly heavy soundsystemtesting sub-lines and junglist dub breaks. The irresistible energy of tunes such as 2007′s infectious junglist roller “Pretty Bright Lights” and 2008′s speaker destroying dread-fuelled steppers “Over It” & “Jah Way” has rapidly cemented them as anthems. This Punch Drunk CD collection compiles tracks from many of the 12”s released in the past two years under the RSD moniker.

1 RSD – Forward Youth
2 RSD – Green Hill
3 RSD – Firewall (ft. Wilks)
4 RSD – Good Energy
5 RSD – Pretty Bright Light
6 RSD – Love Of Jah Light
7 RSD – Koto
8 RSD – Corner Dub (Blue & Red Mix)
9 RSD – Speeka Box
10 RSD – Kingfisher
11 RSD – Jah Way
12 RSD – Over It
13 RSD – Depend (Lovas)

New Dubstep Releases

IME013 Elephants – October Immerse Records 12″ Vinyl
Absolute madness from Immerse here, as October is released from his minimal techno day-centre to wreak havoc amongst the dubsteppers.‘Elephants’ is a pretty appropriate name for the A, as bongo loops and ominuous machine noises are summarily flattened by the phasing bass crunch and trumpeting midrange. Add a dash of running breakbeat to the mix and you have a strange yet effective dancefloor worrier. Flipside, ‘Medium’ opts for broken techno stylings, simmering pads and clattering percussion setting the scene for the tense main event. 8/10 [recommended] Review By Diccon c/o IDJMagazine.

A October – Elephants
AA October – Medium

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DP030 King Pin – The Others Dub Police Records 12″ Vinyl
Dub Police churn out yet another stonking release from label veterans The Others. Kicking off the single is the almighty ‘Kingpin’, which has been battered by the likes of Caspa, Skream, N-Type and The Scratch Perverts. With an intro full of suspense and a drop that packs one serious punch, this is a track guaranteed to bring any dance floor to submission, absolutely heavyweight! Things couldn’t be more different on the flip as The Others show their soulful side with the beautiful ‘Splinter In My Soul’, which has been kept ultra exclusive until full release! Soft melodies and warm bass with a ‘Soul:R’ esq vibes, not your usual from these boys but a stunning piece of music none the less. In a nutshell this release has it all, quality stuff from the DP camp once again.

A The Others – King Pin
AA The Others – Splinter in my Soul

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DP031 The Future – Trolley Snatcha Dub Police Records 12″ Vinyl
Dub Police yet again show their aim of bringing through new talent with the first single of newbie Trolley Snatcha. And don’t be fooled by the name, this kid doesn’t hang around Asda nicking trolley’s all day, instead he produces some seriously big tunes! Kicking things off is the brutal sounds of ‘The Future’, with the dubplate battering stamp of approval from the likes of Caspa, The Others, N-Type and co. A quite unsuspecting intro before one serious kick in the knackers of bassline pressure, this one is straight up murderation on any dance floor! The flip sees the slightly more upbeat ‘Scattah’, which once again is not for the faint hearted and found its way in to the sets of Skream and the usual big hitters of dubstep royalty. Gritty, dark and relentless bass with pounding beats are the order of the day, making this a tough debut 12” from this young bass jedi.

a Trolley Snatcher – The Future
b Trolley Snatcher – Scattah

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HF023 Sketch On Glass – Mount Kimbie Hotflush Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Mount Kimbie have carved out another superb foursome for Hotflush, and once again the music is just as comfortable in the hiphop or electronica realm as it is dubstep. Folksy melodies and ducking piped synths swoop over garage cheek and serrated bass in opener ‘Sketch On Glass’, before ‘Serged’ takes us deeper and darker with its anti-quantised beats, spring reverb drips and surgically-altered vocals. Flipside, an epic sonic vista in ’50 Mile View’ makes way for delicate instrumental RnB before the introverted 2-step bleep of ‘At Least’. (Words C/O diccon IDJ Mag Issue 116)

a1 Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass
a2 Mount Kimbie – Serged
b1 Mount Kimbie – Fifty Mile View
b2 Mount Kimbie – At Least

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New Dubstep Promos

MEDI021 Last Days – Quest Deep Medi Musik 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy Promo’s. Well well….Who saw this one coming?! Brand new Quest beats on legendary Dubstep label Deep Medi (ran by Mala – Digital Mystikz), the audio has been kept well under wraps so no long-winded track descriptions on this one. Suffice to say Silkie along with Quest and the rest of the Anti-Social Entertainment crew are knocking out some of the most inspiring and groovy dubstep on the planet right now, so this is auto-buy-on-sight business, act quick!!

a Quest – Last Days
aa Quest – The Unknown

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KRKN010 Work Dat Box – Jaybird Kraken Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy Promo’s. Kraken are rolling again, with their second release in as many weeks (Check out KRKN009), and it’s good to have the Denmark based don’s back! Very little is known about A-side artist and LA resident Jaybird, but i’m sure plenty of people will be on the hunt for info after this little number drops. Absolutely relentless, crushing dubstep music, a refreshingly nasty little number reminiscent in atmosphere to one of Kraken’s earliest releases ‘Eye Of The Demon’ by Wolfman (JSL), this tune is currently tearing up clubs worldwide, with support from 2000F and notably featuring on Hatcha & Crazy D’s Kiss FM radio show, you’re gunna love this one! Legendary Kraken artist JSL pops up on the flip with a brand new beat, kept relatively under wraps this one comes out of nowhere and smacks is straight round the chops like Kimbo Slice! Act quickly on this one, it won’t last.

a Jaybird – Work Dat Box
b JSL – Fight Dub

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ACRE014 Boom N Pow – Akira Kiteshi Black Acre Records 12″ Vinyl
First 500 on LTD transparent red vinyl.
Edinburgh’s prodigal son returns to the boards for another alchemic fusion of glitchy boom bap and tear out noise terror. Boom N Pow, explodes out of the starting blocks with Akira’s super fresh sound aesthetic. Solid battle hardened hip hop drums sway and tumble under the pressure of aquatic bass and citric stabs. Just as the b-boys heads are bopping the beats shrink, normal gravity is restored and the barely audible rants of Akira’s imaginary Japanese self begins the wind up to point where Akira Kiteshi justifies his new title as master of the 2nd drop. Boom N Pow (Raffertie Remix) in an attempt to win most cutting edge banger of 09 we have employed the services of Planet Mu’s hot boy Raffertie on the re-up. Here the Brum hardcore enthusiast bring bitch slap snares, degraded synths and his own unique brand drunken noise chaos. Keeping up the neck snapping pace Raff flips the script on the 2nd drop into the kind of chaos best described as Aphex Twin on a Ragga Tip. It’s big and it IS clever…. Support: Mix Master Mike, Bobby Friction, Rob Da Bank, N Type, Reso, Raffertie, Joker, Starkey, MF GLK.

a Akira Kiteshi – Boom N Pow
b Akira Kiteshi – Boom N Pow (Raffertie Remix)

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WAR012 Different Tingz – Unknown Artist War 12″ Vinyl
Limited white label.

a Unknown Artist – Different Tingz
b Unknown Artist – In Your Eyes

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IBR003 Hard Boogie For Dub Swingers EP (Part Two) – Relocate Iberian 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy. The new release from Lisbon/Barcelona based Iberian Records sees the second part of Relocate’s “Hard Boogie For Dub Swingers EP” hit wax. First up are Lisbon’s Kuduro warriors Buraka Som Sistema with a remix of Relocate’s “Dot Dot Dash”. Clever micro samples from the original rub are married to an absolutely slamming b-line to create a full on floor-filler full of original flava which very successfully merges UK bass to the Portuguese sound. On the flip we have “Origins” from Relocate; which sees their unique stripped down sub-heavy bassline boogie to full effect. Relocate come up trumps once again with a full on roller of a track with trademark gliding bass dives and punchy stabs from a classic sidestepper Zed Bias sample and a very much house meets dubstep type of vibe. Both tunes are guaranteed to set the dance alight with their characteristic Iberian bass and groove flow. Support has come from the likes of Bunzero, Subsound, Markle, Blackdown, TRG, Ben UFO and Zed Bias.

a Relocate – Dot Dot Dash (Buraka Som Sistema remix)
b Relocate – Origins

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COUNT026 How You Like Me Now? (Joker Remix) – The Heavy Counter 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy. The Heavy return with next single from their forthcoming album, “The House That Dirt Built,” a widescreen funk epic, moving from JBs shuffle to crashing break, Animals guitar and horn fanfares, a huge build which is set to bring the house down wherever it’s played.As if the original wasn’t enough, The Heavy have compiled a superb package of remixes. Fellow West Countryman Joker, gives the original a huge dollop of Purple and comes up with something sounding like Timberlake smoking skunk in St Pauls. Sometime Mowgli-collaborator Solo goes more down a 4/4 route, building up the congas etc into a perfect example of what he calls “midget house”. Finally, Ghost takes the tempo down and emphasises the mournful backing vocals for a suitably majestic finale. As if this wasn’t enough, The Heavy have also thrown in a bonus track, “Tell It Like It Is,” a country-fried hoe-down which emphasizes just how good Swaby’s voice is. Produced by Jim Abbiss (best known for his work with the Arctic Monkeys, Adele and Kasabian), “The House That Dirt Built” is a breakthrough record from one of the most exciting bands in the UK just now. With a growing rep in the States, festival dates lined up for the summer and a huge tour to support the album this autumn, the Heavy have just built their house on your front lawn. Get used to the view.

a The Heavy – How You Like Me Now? (Joker Remix)
b1 The Heavy – How You Like Me Now? (Solo Remix)
b2 The Heavy – How You Like Me Now? (Solo Dub)

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DFVINYL001 Dubstep Warz / Get Your Cock Out – D1 / Rusko Dub Files 12″ Vinyl
Wicked new 12″ from D1 and Rusko!!! Both tracks appeared on the dubstep DVD documentary produced by the Dub Police camp, ‘Dub Files’!!!! ‘Dubstep Warz’ is a deep, slo mo, haunting bass number!!! On the flip..Rusko..er hmm…asks you to get ‘Get You Cock Out’ …pure hyper party dubstep shizniz and bound to make the most timid of people shock out to this one!!!

a D1 – Dubstep Warz
b Rusko – Get Your Cock Out

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MS001 Kingston Town Remix – Unknown Moonshine Recordings 12″ Vinyl
Very Limited Pressing! Moonshine Recordings finally drops their first vinyl release. Melting dubstep with reggae and hiphop vibez. Made by one of the US most wanted dubstep producers.

a Unknown – Kingston Town Remix
b Unknown – DP Remix

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HDB023 Hyperdub 5.1 EP – Kode9 / Black Chow / Flying Lotus HyperDub 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy. Honouring their past, present and future in equal measure, ‘5 Years Of Low End Contagion’ is comprised of one disc of prior highlights, and one of freshly-composed material contributed by Hyperdub artists and close friends. A series of five 12-inch EPs featuring a selection of the new tunes will be issued in special sleeves, one per week, leading up to the release of ‘5 Years Of Low End Contagion’. The initial pressing quantity of these EPs will be dictated by preorder demand, and none will be repressed, nor will they be made available digitally, before the complete CD collection is on sale.

a Kode9 & The Spaceape Ft. ChaCha – Time Patrol
b1 Black Chow – Purple Smoke
b2 Flying Lotus – Disco Balls

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HDB024 Hyperdub 5.2 EP – Joker & Ginz / Zomby / Samiyam HyperDub 12″ Vinyl
Finish Copy. Honouring their past, present and future in equal measure, ‘5 Years Of Low End Contagion’ is comprised of one disc of prior highlights, and one of freshly-composed material contributed by Hyperdub artists and close friends. A series of five 12-inch EPs featuring a selection of the new tunes will be issued in special sleeves, one per week, leading up to the release of ‘5 Years Of Low End Contagion’. The initial pressing quantity of these EPs will be dictated by preorder demand, and none will be repressed, nor will they be made available digitally, before the complete CD collection is on sale.

a Joker & Ginz – Stash
b1 Zomby – Tarantula
b2 Samiyam – Roller Skates

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DLS002 Deleted Scenes 002 – Unknown Deleted Scenes 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy. Deleted Scenes! Deleted Scenes is the label and production name for a new project forged by two big name producers from the dubstep scene. Both have released successful albums, run their own imprints as well as DJing worldwide on a regular basis. They sort of wanted to keep their identities secret but it hasn’t been working out so far. It might be Pinch and Distance, but then again it might be Boney M and Vanilla Ice…

a Unknown – Terminate
b Unknown – Stutter

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Dubstep Restocks 12″ Vinyl

SUBSOL003 Gone 2 Far – Rusko Sub Soldiers 12″ Vinyl
RAMP022LP One Foot Ahead Of The Other – Zomby Ramp Recordings 12″ Vinyl x 2
BLR001 Innami / No Charisma – Mickey Pearce / Martin Kemp Blunted Robots 12″ Vinyl
HEK004 Air & Lack Thereof – James Blake Hemlock Recordings 12″ Vinyl

Dubstep Restocks CD Albums

3024005CD Great Lengths – Martyn 3024 CD

New Skweee Releases

FDLP3 Guilty Feet, No Rhythm – Rigas den Andre Flogsta Danshall 12″ Vinyl
What’s wrong with Rigas den Andre? He’s young, gifted and comes from a well-respected noble family and still his music speaks the ancient mournful language of the rocky Swedish archipelago. Because of this, RDA could be easily dubbed as the meister of melancholic electronic party music. Or “blue funk” as the exact term should be in my opinion. Take my word and dive in to the sea of emotions provided by RDA’s new album “Guilty Feet, No Rhythm”. I promise You confusion. Take a journey through the depressing digital funk of “No Heaven” or reach for the joyous synthesizer excursions of “W.A.S.P.” or “Go, Rangers, Go!”.And don’t forget to boogaloo to the epic title track which sounds like Timbaland and Björn Ulvaeus had a son. Because, in the end RDA’s music is like life itself: Gloomy, mournful, slow, but oh so funky!

a1 Randy Barracuda – A Beat For Me
a2 Randy Barracuda – Taverna’s Lament
a3 Randy Barracuda – No Heaven
a4 Randy Barracuda – Temporarily Moron
a5 Randy Barracuda – New Plastic Bastard
b1 Randy Barracuda – Guilty Feet, No Rhythm
b2 Randy Barracuda – Go, Rangers, Go!
b3 Randy Barracuda – No Brain, No Heart
b4 Randy Barracuda – W.A.S. P. (what´s your poison?)
b5 Randy Barracuda – Lines, Lines, Lines

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Skweee Restocks

FDLP1 Dirty Bomb – Daniel Savio Flogsta Danshall LP
FDLP2 Randy Barracuda Vinyl LP – Randy Barracuda Flogsta Danshall LP