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It’s that time of the year again, 2011 is coming to a close and the STHoldings staff members gather together to discuss their Top 3 tracks of the year (not as an easy task as i’m sure you can imagine)…
Here’s last year’s picks as we’re in the mood to reminisce.

Chris Parkinson

01. Instra:mental – Voyeur [DISF011]

02. Fierce & Vicious Circle – Section VIP [QRNPLATE001]
Fierce / Vicious Circle ‘Section VIP’ / ‘Feedback’ [PLATE001] by stholdings

03. Cotti Ft. Badness – Teen Wolf [STN002]
Cotti Ft. Badness ‘Teen Wolf’ / Cotti & Coki ‘Jugger Nog’ [STN002] by stholdings

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Andrew Parkinson

01. XXXY – You Gotta Do You [ORCA004]
xxxy – You Gotta Do You – 004 by orca.recordings

02. Blawan – Potchla Vee [HESCD001]
Blawan ‘Potchla Vee’ (Hessle Audio) by punchdrunkmusicdotcom

03. Blu Mar Ten – Made In London [BMTCD002]
Blu Mar Ten – Made in London by Blu Mar Ten

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Chris Marlow

01. Blawan – What You Do With What You Have [RS1108]
Blawan – What You Do With What You Have by i-D online

02. Drums Of Death – Cold Lazarus [CIV024]
Cold Lazarus Club by Drums Of Death

03. Drums Of Death – Tear The Box Apart [CIV032]

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Jonathan Wilson

01. Teeth – Shawty [502003]
502:003 Teeth – Shawty/Shawty [FaltyDL Remix] by 502 Records

02. T-Polar – Apollo [SAIGON006]
T-Polar – Apollo EP [SAIGON006] by Saigon Recordings

03. Funk Ethics – Give (Von D Remix) [BOKA037]
Funk Ethics & Lucid Directions – Give (Von D Remix) [Clip] by BOKA

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Dan Phillips

01. Pessimist & Arma – Cobalt [ALIGN001]
ALIGN001 AA Pessimist & Arma – Cobalt Clip – OUT NOW! by Alignment Records

02. Skeptical – Blue Eyes [RECIPE024]
SKEPTICAL ‘BLUE EYES’ RECIPE024a by Ingredients:

03. Joe Goddard – Gabriel EP [GREC022D]
Joe Goddard Gabriel EP (Vinyl Format) Greco-Roman [GREC022V] by stholdings

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Mat Harwood

01. Skeptical – Blue Eyes [RECIPE024]
SKEPTICAL ‘BLUE EYES’ RECIPE024a by Ingredients:

02. Conqueror – Highest Order [LOB003]
New York Transit Authority ‘Off The Traxx’ / Conqueror ‘Highest Order’ Lobster Boy [LOB003] by stholdings

03. Pangaea – Won’t Hurt [HES017]
Won’t Hurt by pangaea

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Janet Eden

01. Calibre – Notting Hill – Signature [SIGCD007]
Calibre – Condition [SIGLP007] by Surus

02. Calibre – Piano Bizness – Critical Music [CRIT059]
Calibre- Piano Bizness – CRIT059 by Critical Music

03. Von D Ft. Phephe – You’re The One – Boka Records [BOKACD001]
Von D Ft. Phephe – You’re The One by BOKA

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Trevor Foyle

01. Blu Mar Ten Ft. Kirsty Hawkshaw – Whisper [BMTCD002]
Blu Mar Ten – Whisper (feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw) by Blu Mar Ten

02. Klute – Shy Piece [SUICIDECD010]

03. Skeptikal – Blue Eyes [RECIPE024]
SKEPTICAL ‘BLUE EYES’ RECIPE024a by Ingredients:

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Paul Clark

01. Krakota – Be Myself [RECIPE018]
Krakota – Be Myself (edit) – Recipe book volume one LP (May 2011) by Ingredients:

02. Skeptical – Refraction [RECIPE021]
Skeptical – Refraction (edit) – Recipe book volume one LP May 2011 by Ingredients:

03. Break – Freak [SUICIDE061]
Break – Freak – suicide061 / suicidecd010 – OUT NOW! by Commercial Suicide

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Ben Craven

01. Joe Goddard – Gabriel [GREC022D]
Joe Goddard Gabriel EP (Vinyl Format) Greco-Roman [GREC022V] by stholdings

02. Marlow – Love Kills Slowly [NCOMP003]
Marlow ‘Love Kills Slowly’ No Comply Recordings (NCOMP003) by stholdings

03. Pangaea – Hex [HEK013]
HEK 013 A Pangaea – Hex by Hemlockrecordings

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So that’s another year almost done and with it come the inevitable top this, top that lists. Here are details of how  STHoldings distributed labels/artists featured in the end of year lists from around the web.

RA Poll: Top 50 tracks of 2011

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1422

46. Maurice Donovan - Babeh [SSSSS]
The man formerly known as Ramadan cuts up a classic into something resembling house.

SSSSS02 A – Maurice Donovan – Babeh by Hemlockrecordings

22. Peverelist - Dance Til the Police Come [Hessle Audio]
Jungle-inspired-swinging post-dubstep—or in other words, a Bristol-based genius at the top of his game.

Peverelist ‘Dance til the Police Come’ by Peverelist

19. Scuba - Adrenalin [Hotflush]
A lot of 2011′s big tracks inspired as much bickering as they did dancefloor mayhem, and Scuba’s only single under his usual moniker was no different. Following in his new, looser, and housier direction, “Adrenalin” is eight minutes of rigid repetition, incessantly catchy basslines and a strobing vocal sample. But the song’s lopsided progression is the important part, because three minutes in it melts away into one of the year’s most decadent breakdowns, several minutes of building synth washes and whooshes that unashamedly ascend to the highest of the gurning trance heavens. The song’s title might imply a certain energy, but we all know there’s a different chemical driving this one.

Scuba ‘Adrenalin’ Hotflush Recordings [HF030] by stholdings

17. Pangaea - Hex [Hemlock]
Pangaea’s “Hex” was perfectly fine for the first 86 seconds. Pretty swell even. A bit of rhythmic trickery, a nice organic bed for it all to sit on. Then there was this: “Buh buh buh buh buh buh buh buh buh kut buh buh buh buh buh buh buh buh buh kut be booooooooooooy be boooooOOOOOOOoy.” It was at that moment that “Hex” became one of the most exciting songs we’d heard all year. That Kevin McAuley had further tricks up his sleeve later on is icing on the cake of course, but it’s also why we kept coming back to it throughout the year.

HEK 013 A Pangaea – Hex by Hemlockrecordings

10. Unknown Artist - Sicko Cell [Swamp 81]
Be honest: When you finally heard “Sicko Cell” in full, you were a little bit underwhelmed. (If you even bothered to track it down at all.) There’s not much to say about the rhythm. There’s hardly a drop. Even the melody—if you can call the atmospheres a full-fledged melody—don’t inspire much poetry. There is a vocal, though. Perhaps you remember? It’s the one about cocaine powder. The one that drove you mad in a club this year trying to figure out where it was from. The one that Loefah, Oneman and others couldn’t stop playing. The one that landed this tune in our top 10 tracks of the year.

? – Sicko Cell / Knock Knock [SWAMP014] Swamp81 by Surus

01. Blawan - Getting Me Down [White Label]
The whole story behind “Getting Me Down” is a bit corny really. I went out on New Years Eve—like everyone else does, and I did the whole thing, had a good time, left quite early and came back home and kind of just sat at my computer all night/morning. I had these disco loops I had been working on that I wasn’t really doing much with, and I started messing around with the a cappella and then something just clicked. I did it in about four hours and kind of forgot about it.
This one dropped off the radar for me a little bit, because I actually thought it was one of the weirder things I had written. I never really grasped the catchy vocal properly until I put it into context. A few guys said, “Yeah, I really like that tune,” but nothing more than anything else I sent before. The first person to get anything from me is usually Ben UFO. Ben gave it the first play on Rinse FM, and somebody then ripped it from the radio stream and uploaded it to YouTube—something that seems happen all the time now. That played an integral part of getting the tune in people’s heads really.
I’d been playing the tune out a lot, and it had got an OK reaction. I mean, I had always thought of it as filler for a set anyway. But once the YouTube clip was up, a lot of people in clubs knew what it was, even though it was only three or so weeks after I had finished making it. It’s really strange how things move so fast.

Blawan ‘Getting Me Down’ (White label) by punchdrunkmusicdotcom

RA Poll: Top 20 albums of 2011

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1423

19. Instra:mental - Resolution 653 [NonPlus+]
The problem with Instra:mental? They release too much good music. “Problem” is the wrong word, but such has been the standard of Alex Green and Damon Kirkham’s output these past couple of years it’s become tough to ruminate on each new offering in isolation, fully appreciating the true extent of its merits. They’ve spoilt us, basically—and none more so than on their debut album, Resolution 653. Barely pausing for a fag break across its 13 tracks, the pair coaxed jaw-clenching amounts of warmth and grit out of their machines, coming off like the natural heirs to Drexciya’s electro throne.

Instra:mental ‘Resolution 653′ Album audio clips Nonplus Records by stholdings

RA Poll: Top 20 compilations of 2011

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1424

20. Various Artists - Mosaic Vol. 1 [Exit]
A lot of the tunes on Mosaic were earmarked as singles for Exit. But it became really clear that I wasn’t going to have the schedule to get everything out, so a compilation seemed like a good idea. In the same way as the [Autonomic] podcast, putting this music together served as a platform for people to get their heads around it. If the tracks are all in dribs and drabs it sort of goes unnoticed. I think compilations and the podcast kind of helped identify this group of artists producing this music. I suppose that’s where the title Autonomic came from. It’s funny that it became a genre name sort of, because that was never the intent.
- dBridge

Mosaic Vol 1 CD by Exit Records UK

14. Various Artists - Back & 4th [Hotflush]
I wasn’t directly involved in the process of choosing tracks for Back & 4th, but the goal was to present a gradual evolution of the label’s sound over the last few years. It was also an opportunity to bring in a few newcomers who provided a clear manifestation of that same evolution, with Roska, Boddika, dBridge, and FaltyDL adding their own flavors to the mix. I was also glad that Scuba picked up my own track, “Axis.” It’s the first one I made that I was really satisfied with. My favorite track on the compilation, though, was Boxcutter’s “LOADtime.” He’s always been really inspiring to me, as a veteran producer whose talent and skill really set him apart. – Incyde, Label Manager

BACK AND 4TH – Disc 1 by Hotflush

10. Various Artists - 116 & Rising  [Hessle Audio]
We had the idea for the compilation at the end of 2010 and started putting the wheels in motion soon after that. We approached some people we hadn’t worked with before as well as asking those we had if they were interested in the concept too. Luckily for us, everybody was. In terms of the name, the three of us were on the train coming back from our distributors after talking about the project, thinking of titles. I’d been re-listening to Experience by the Prodigy a week or two earlier and one of the tracks on there is called “Everybody in the Place (155 & Rising).” So 116 & Rising (referring to the BPM of the slowest track in the comp) is a bit of a joke, but at the same time summarises the project and a lot of what we’re about nicely.
- Pangaea

James Blake – Give A Man A Rod (Second Version) by BOILER ROOM

RA Poll: Top 20 labels of 2011

http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1421

20. NonPlus+
Nonplus+ heads Alex Green and Damon Kirkham simply claim to release what they like—no matter the genre. That’s what everyone says…until the distributor steps in. Luckily for us, Green and Kirkham didn’t get the memo, and spent the year reaffirming their pan-genre approach by putting Actress’ blurry electronica next to Lowtec’s tired house, and Boddika’s breezin’ electro up against the Neil Landstrumm and JD Twitch collab Salsa Apocalypso. Add Instra:mental’s own brutal and beautiful Resolution 653 to the mix, and you have yourself a wonderful and confusing year

19. Idle Hands
Saunter down Stokes Croft in Bristol with some cash in your pocket and you’ll likely end up trawling the racks of Idle Hands. The label of the same name was started up in 2009 while Chris Farrell was still employed a bit further up the street by the erstwhile Rooted Records. Much like the stock in both these stores, the label hasn’t been wedded to any one genre. In 2011 that’s meant an impeccable string of singles from artists like AnD, Kowton, Kevin McPhee, Szare and Outboxx which have run the gamut between charcoal techno and jazzy house.

05. Hotflush
With a hefty label compilation occupying the first quarter of the year and a busy 2010 behind him, it could have been a year of consolidation for Scuba’s Hotflush. Instead, the imprint pushed forward with new talents George FitzGerald, Braille) and old Paul Woolford & Psycatron). Looking over the names that released on Hotflush in retrospect, and things seem obvious. (Err… of course Sepalcure and Sigha go together!) But it speaks to the platform that Scuba has created that artists from house, techno and bass music even think to send him tracks—and that he finds a way to work all of them into his DJ sets.

Pitchfork The Top 100 Tracks of 2011

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8726-the-top-100-tracks-of-2011/

94. Sepalcure “Pencil Pimp” [Hotflush]
As Sepalcure, Travis Stewart and Praveen Sharma slid in right before the whistle to remind us that electronic music devices can do more than evocatively sputter and fritz. “Pencil Pimp” whirls on a machine-lathed spindle of Chicago footwork, capturing a feeling of curtailed tension and lurking danger with its soulful vocal clips and warm synth pads. There are no gestures of rebellion or subversion, only an argument for well-made music at a time when it might seem besieged. “Pencil Pimp” demonstrates why we feel so comfortable breaking the mold: We know someone will come along who feels passionate enough to cast it again, tempered even stronger. –Brian Howe

Sepalcure – Pencil Pimp / I’m Alright (album single) by Hotflush

86. Blawan “Getting Me Down” [self-released]
Blawan first drew attention with tracks that wielded wild drums like a toddler banging on household objects, but his most powerful moment this year came when he reined in those tendencies for a straightforward house thumper.  A lot of the impact in “Getting Me Down” comes fromthat Brandy vocal, squeezed and wedged into a galloping beat that recontextualizes the R&B slow-jam original as a sugary, hyped-up rush that’s dangerously contagious. Released discreetly after months of dubplate domination, the track’s landing was titanic: it was impossible to walk around record stores in London in May without hearing it blaring from speakers, or go to a club night without it being rinsed at least once. For the first half of the year, “Getting Me Down” was an event, and listening back to it at year’s end, it’s easy to see why. So few tracks combined candyfloss rave, UK garage hysteria, and dubby dread (check the growling basslines) into something that sounded so universal yet so subversive, helping to kick off a new impulse in the bass music world that was all about house. –Andrew Ryce

Pitchfork The Top 50 Albums of 2011

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/8727-the-top-50-albums-of-2011/?utm_source=related

47. Sepalcure ‘Sepalcure’ [Hotflush]
In an interview with The Guardian last month, Hotflush boss Scuba named “Outside”, the closing song from bass music duo Sepalcure’s self-titled debut LP, as the song he would want to open his next DJ set with. It’s a strange choice for a set opener– “Outside” is beatless, essentially four minutes of drone and clipped voices– but then again, not much about Sepalcure makes sense in the constant forward-thinking climate of bass music circa 2011. As an album, it doesn’t really do anything new, and a few of the signifiers that Travis Stewart and Praveen Sharma plunder onSepalcure were, to some, reaching their expiration dates– specifically, the use of pitched vocals that Stewart liberally splayed on his album this year as Machinedrum, Room(s). Part of what makes Sepalcure such a deeply enjoyable listen is how familiar it all is, pogoing between juke-derived textures, IDM’s click-clack machinery, misty pastoral ambience, and house music’s 4/4 insistence while weaving a web of shivering romance that still manages to move bodies. Above all else, Sepalcure offers a necessary reminder that, yeah, change is good, but elegant, refined perfection also has its place. –Larry Fitzmaurice

Sepalcure – Sepalcure LP *Album Preview* [HFLP006] Hotflush Recordings by Surus

Fact Magazine 50 best: tracks of 2011

http://www.factmag.com/2011/12/05/50-best-tracks-of-2011-50-41/

47: PAUL WOOLFORD & PSYCATRON ‘STOLEN’ (HOTFLUSH)
Almost five years on from ‘Erotic Discourse’, someone, somewhere did 2011 a massive favour and relit the fire under Paul Woolford’s arse, prompting the Leeds veteran to roll back the years and deliver some of his all-time best material. ‘Razor Blade’ and his remix of T. Williams and Terri Walker’s ‘Heartbeat’ were sublime, but this colossal collaboration with Psycatron on Hotflush simply took the biscuit.

Paul Woolford and Psycatron – Stolen [HFT018] by Hotflush

40: OLD APPARATUS SIDE A PART 1 (DEEP MEDI)
Old Apparatus’s mysterious debut – 20 minutes of music spread across two untitled sides of vinyl – is something we recommend enjoying as a whole, but there’s no doubt that the first distinct movement of the A-side packs the fiercest punch. It sounds like UK garage gone industrial, its perfectly swung rhythm riven by distortion and an overloaded darkside bassline. The end, it suggests, is very much nigh.

39: TEETH ‘SHAWTY’ (502 RECORDINGS)
Smoked-out drum machine pop from Helsinki’s TEETH that suited 502′s darkroom aesthetic (see also: Jay Weed, Fis-T) to a tee.

Oneman’s 502 Label: Teeth – Shawty/Shawty [FaltyDL Remix] 502003 by stholdings

24: KAHN ‘LIKE WE USED TO’ (PUNCH DRUNK)
Kahn’s beautifully crafted debut single bowled us over, with its vocals chopped into the syllables of pure energy and longing – “feminine pressure” writ large – and strapped to the most lithe and undeniable dubstep rhythm we heard all year.

Kahn ‘Like We Used To’ (Punch Drunk Records) by Punch Drunk Records

20: BLAWAN ‘GETTING ME DOWN’ (WHITE LABEL)
This year, Blawan expanded on the promise of his 2010 debut single ‘Fram’ to become one of the UK’s most in-demand, and refreshingly, heaviest producers, proving that you can still go hard in the paint without resorting to dubstep or electro-house cliches. He showed off his lighter touch, however, on this vinyl only edit of Brandy’s ‘Wanna Be Down’; it’s still his finest track to date.

17: PANGAEA ‘WON’T HURT’ (HESSLE AUDIO)
Pretty much everything Pangaea touches turns to gold, but nothing gleamed so bright in 2011 as ‘Won’t Hurt’ – a rude-as-all-fuck but masterfully honed onslaught of scything synths, choppy drums and outrageous sub-bass.

Won’t Hurt by pangaea

13: UNKNOWN ARTIST ‘SICKO CELL’ (SWAMP81)
I’m the information… co-caine powder. Say no more.

07: ROCKWELL ‘ARIA’ (CRITICAL AUDIO)
The most atmospheric, emotive and dynamic drum’n’bass track of the year, and an instant classic – wrought out of fierce, fanatically detailed drum programming, ghost-traces of This Mortal Coil’s ‘Song To The Siren’ and impeccably timed, gut-skewering bass stabs.

Fact Magazine 50 best: albums of 2011

http://www.factmag.com/2011/11/30/50-best-albums-of-2011-50-41/

42: 2562 FEVER (WHEN IN DOUBT)
Fever is a concept album with a very simple but rigorous set of rules – every nuance and texture is half-inched from disco records produced from the mid 70’s to the early 80’s, with producer Dave Huismans’ own birth year of 1979 acting as a temporal pivot. The results don’t sound like disco at all – beyond a certain joyous, celebratory quality – but rather a new kind of dance music; dynamic, shapeshifting and irrepressible.

2562 – Fever (doubt001cd/lp) [April 2011] by 2562 / A Made Up Sound

XLR8R’s Best of 2011: Labels

http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2011/12/xlr8rs-best-2011-labels

5. Hotflush
If you’re wondering why we think Hotflush is one of the best labels of the year, then you are not reading XLR8R enough. Let’s start with the obvious reasons: Sepalcure’s debut full-length topped Hotflush’s year off with a stunning display of dense post-dubstep, George FitzGerald dropped two more solid singles of R&B-infused garage, and label head Paul Rose (a.k.a. Scuba) unleashed one of 2011′s biggest tunes, “Adrenalin.” Meanwhile, Praveen Sharma of Sepalcure dropped four tracks of luscious, rolling garage with his A Meaning EP as Braille and Lando Kal stepped outside his usual role as the taller half of Lazer Sword long enough to deliver two of his most impressive solo cuts to date, “Further” and “Time Out.” Big, soulful tunes, consistently top-notch output, and a proven ability to not only shift within the ever-moving bass-music scene, but, more importantly, the power to influence it, made Hotflush a force yet again in 2011. Glenn Jackson

4. SWAMP81
Second acts can be hard to come by in electronic music, particularly in the lightning-quick environs of London’s hardcore continuum, but DMZ co-founder Loefah doesn’t seem to be having much of a problem with it. Since founding the SWAMP81 imprint in 2009, he’s quickly assembled a roster that functions as a sort of all-star team for upfront, low-end-heavy sounds. After serving up massive tunes like Addison Groove’s “Footcrab” and Ramadanman’s “Work Them” in 2010, the vinyl-only label stepped it up even further in 2011, dropping releases from FaltyDL, Zed Bias (both solo and as one-half of the Funkbias collaboration with Funk Butcher), and another single from Addison Groove. SWAMP81 was also home to records from Boddika—establishing him as a solo artist and one of the year’s biggest producers. Perhaps most notably, the label (eventually) released “Sicko Cell,” one of 2011′s most anticipated tunes. (The song may not have quite lived up to the hype, but it did snag the #13 slot on our countdown of the year’s best tracks.) Even as folks begin to wonder about the state of so-called bass music and attempt to figure out exactly where it’s heading, there appears to be no shortage of quality music coming from the SWAMP81 camp. Shawn Reynaldo

XLR8R’s Best of 2011: Tracks

http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2011/12/xlr8rs-best-2011-tracks-part-one
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2011/12/xlr8rs-best-2011-tracks-part-2

47. Boddika
 “2727″
 (SWAMP81)
Even in a year when Instra:mental, the duo he’s been a part of for more than a decade, released a widely acclaimed and sonically adventurous new album, the ascent of Boddika as a solo artist could not be stopped. Tracks like “2727″—with its thunderous drums, acid lines, and unapologetically raw aesthetic—are the reason why. Shawn Reynaldo

2727 by Boddika

46. French Fries 
”Champagne” 
(ClekClekBoom)
Legend has it that Claude VonStroke wanted to sign “Champagne” to his Dirtybird label, but young French producer French Fries politely declined and kept the tune for his own ClekClekBoom imprint. True or not, it’s quite the story, not that this tune, which uses white space as effectively as it employs snappy drums and eerie synths, needed much help finding its way into DJs’ playlists. Shawn Reynaldo

French Fries – Champagne / Hugz ft. Bambounou [CCB001] – Out Now! (12″ Ltd Ed Vinyl) by ClekClekBoom

44. Sepalcure 
”Pencil Pimp” 
(Hotflush)
Sepalcure seems to compose bass music on the most loose, yet subtle terms, and the pair’s unique perspective on the genre has continued to yield stellar results. Somehow both tribal and smooth in the same breath, “Pencil Pimp” immediately stood out during the course of the duo’s debut LP, mostly due to the sheer weight infused into its post-happy sound—think Mount Kimbie with slightly bigger balls (and maybe some more drugs in the mix). Glenn Jackson

43. Blawan 
”Getting Me Down”
Sampling generously from Brandy’s “I Wanna Be Down” is kind of a no-brainer (whether or not you’re willing to admit it, we all loved that song), but Blawan did much more than simply edit Brandy’s half-forgotten hit—he propelled it into the club of some distant planet with monstrous percussion and whatever the hell that reverse low-end sound is. Wherever it comes from, it’s strange, unnerving, and just about perfect. Glenn Jackson

26. Instra:Mental
 “When I Dip”
 (NonPlus)
2011 found veteran UK duo Instra:mental completing a very large left turn, essentially abandoning drum & bass for old-school electro, heavy low-end, and lots of 808 drum sounds. Ahead of the acclaimed Resolution 653, the pair dropped “When I Dip,” an undeniable tune that also folds some Southern-style booty bass into the outfit’s new sonic formula. It proved to be quite the effective opening salvo, both for Instra:mental’s re-emergence and Boddika’s big year as a solo artist. Shawn Reynaldo

Instra:mental Resolution 653 LP Sampler ‘Thomp’ / ‘When I Dip’ [NONPLUS013] by stholdings

24. Julio Bashmore
 “Ribble to Amazon” 
(3024)
There’s a line somewhere between soulful, UK-style house and anthemic, almost cheesy, bangers that can be dangerous. However, when walked just right, that line is perfect for the dancefloor. Julio Bashmore knows exactly how to walk it, and “Ribble to Amazon” is one of his finest journeys on that limb—the pads are warm, the vocals are just right, and those breakdowns are too good to be true. Glenn Jackson

JULIO BASHMORE RIBBLE TO AMAZON (3024-011B) by 3024world

18. Teeth 
”Shawty”
 (502)
Like many selections on Oneman’s 502 imprint, there’s not a whole lot to “Shawty.” Listening to the song, it quickly becomes apparent just how much space there is in the production, a factor that’s just as important as any of the actual sonic elements being put to use. That said, each of those elements is just about perfect. Utilizing low-slung drum beats, haunting synth melodies, and a sultry vocal sample, Finnish producer Teeth not only put himself on the bass-music map, he also created one of the year’s most memorable tunes. Shawn Reynaldo

13. Unknown 
”Sicko Cell”
 (SWAMP81)
It’s amazing that when “Sicko Cell”—undoubtedly the most hyped tune of the year—was finally released in late July, the world was essentially already over it. In a world where anticipation grows exponentially online and DJs are mastering YouTube rips in order to play the latest tune, especially one created “anonymously” (it’s an open secret that Joy Orbison produced the track) and only passed along to a select few, “Sicko Cell” simply ran out of steam. Nevertheless, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a monster of a club track. With a stripped-down aesthetic and eerie vibe, the song is rather similar to Teeth’s “Shawty,” but the twisted, Burial-esque vocal samples put “Sicko Cell” over the top. Shawn Reynaldo

3. Scuba
 “Adrenalin”
 (Hotflush)
Scuba made a trance song. (Polite company might refer to it as progressive house, but we’re going to call a spade a spade.) On the heels of “Loss,” which he released earlier in the earlier under his SCB moniker (and already nabbed #41 on this list), it was apparent that Paul Rose was interested in exploring new sound palettes, but something this, well, epic was not really expected. While the notion of one of the most influential and boundary-pushing dubstep producers of the past decade making a tune that Sasha would play (yes, that happened) sounds like some kind of nightmare on the surface, it doesn’t change the fact that “Adrenalin” is not only an excellent track, but also a production that completely resets exactly what it is that Scuba is all about. Containing one grandiose and ethereal breakdown—not to mention a series of smaller ups and downs along the way—”Adrenalin” certainly plays to the dancefloor, particularly dancers looking to lose their shit once the beat comes back in and the song’s chunky bassline takes hold. The synths are washy and warm, the sounds employed are impeccably clean, and yes, the track is absolutely, undeniably a bit cheesy. It’s also eight of the most enjoyable minutes of music we heard all year (more or less on repeat, to be honest), and we can’t wait to hear what Scuba comes up with next. Shawn Reynaldo

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New D&B Releases

APHA006 – Fracture / Fracture & Neptune – Bad Habit / Music Y’all – 12″ Vinyl
The ever-expanding Astrophonica enterprise continues to steer its own musical course, having set the standard with the recent Retrospect long-player. Label heads Fracture & Neptune deliver three fresh slices of intergalactic funk for another essential release and continue to switch up styles throughout in their trademark fashion.Bass-addict, hip-hop obsessive and all-round Iron Chef Fracture hits the spot once again with Bad Habit, brewing up another body-poppin breaks workout for those that like to get busy on the dancefloor. DJ support includes Friction, Jubei, Alix Perez, Consequence, Ulterior Motive, Loxy, FD, dBridge, Klute, Bailey, A Sides, Flight, Spetrasoul and Mark Pritchard.Jubei: Fracture always keeps me guessing but big drums and heavy basslines are guaranteed – “Bad Habit” delivers both A Sides: Loving “Music Y’All” – deep rolling badness from F+N – keep em coming!

a Fracture – Bad Habit
b Fracture & Neptune – Music Y’all

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SUBTITLESUK011 – Xtrah – Arise – 12″ Vinyl
Xtrah who is quickly climbing the ranks and gaining respect & presence within the underground music scene. 2011 has now seen him gain heavy support from names such as ANDY C, FRICTION, HYPE, GOLDIE, TEEBEE, CALYX and BASHER amongst others. With more to come from this bright young individual, Xtrah is hotly tipped to be the one to watch in 2011 and beyond.

a Xtrah – Arise
aa Xtrah – Contortion

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CRIT059 – Calibre – Piano Bizness / Smooth Baby – 12″ Vinyl
With our Indian summer holding strong it seems to have spread into camp Critical too as the label that’s delivered the finest grade D&B since 2002 drops another sumptuous release from the man with the Midas touch, Calibre. Showing off his more experimental self is a release that sits perfect on the Critical mantle, sit back and enjoy. ‘Piano Bizness’ is exactly that. A simple stepping break underpins the warm piano moves and seemingly delicate bassline with subtle vocal drops that make for a beautifully mesmerizing slice of Calibre magic. Deepness for a 4am floor or those late night smoking sessions. ‘Smooth Baby’ is another lush journey into the depths of Calibre’s mind. Drawing for a large bending bline with soft subs and finger-click snares this one shows off more of the man’s ability to look outside the norm and come with something fresh and unique. A perfect match then for a label that always strives to break barriers and keep people on their toes.DJ support from those lucky enough to have it….

a Calibre – Piano Bizness
b Calibre – Smooth Baby

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EXIT035 – Loxy & Resound – Burning Shadows LP Sampler – 12″ Vinyl
London’s Loxy and Finland’s Resound have always been known for their ragga-tinged, hardhitting sound, where each beat slams through with an untouchable technical precision. The two producers have been combining forces for the last three years – including their 2009 anthem ‘Green Destiny / Storyboard’ (Digital Soundboy), remixes for Kryptic Minds, additions to Renegade Hardware compilations, last year’s ‘No Money – Deadly Venom/Driving Force’ (Def Recordings), and their contribution to Exit Records’ ‘Mosaic: Volume One’ (‘Vertigo’) earlier this year. But the duo’s long-awaited debut long player marks their first collaboration that has absolutely no boundaries: as experimental and creative as it gets. True to form, as most Exit Records releases go, ‘Burning Shadows’ sees both producers finding their stride, and treading into surprising new sonic territories from a few different directions. Taking the energy and force of early tech-heavy Drum & Bass, Loxy & Resound bring the genre into a sound that’s uniquely their own.Exit Boss dBridge put it himself:“I really love how there’s the reggae side to Loxy’s productions; I thought his sound would reallycome together as a a whole album, especially with the tech side of Resound. With an album, you’ve got 72 minutes to fill the space with whatever your heart desires. I just love what Loxy & Resound do, so I told them to write the album that they wanted to make. I feel like I got the best out of them this way.”

a Loxy & Resound – Black Hole
aa Loxy & Resound – Sin City

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DIS050EP01 – Mindscape & Hydro / Zero T & Script – Pest Kontrol / Judas – 12″ Vinyl
The 50th release on Dispatch is already receiving a mass of support across the scene from the likes of: Ant TC1, Break, Marky, Artificial Intelligence, Cern, Icicle, Youngsta, Kasra, Nymfo, Chris SU, Stray, Total Science, Survival and Dabs.

a Mindscape & Hydro – Pest Kontrol
b Zero T & Script – Judas

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DIS050EP02 – Octane, DLR & Safire / Spinline – Peel Street / Artificial – 12″ Vinyl
The 50th release on Dispatch is already receiving a mass of support across the scene from the likes of: Ant TC1, Break, Marky, Artificial Intelligence, Cern, Icicle, Youngsta, Kasra, Nymfo, Chris SU, Stray, Total Science, Survival and Dabs.

c Octane, DLR & Safire – Peel Street
d Spinline – Artificial

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RA003 – Cause4Concern / The Sect – Dead Planet / Entheogen – 12″ Vinyl
Following the huge success of the RA002 various artists EP, Rise Audio return with two very special artists for the next limited edition vinyl release RA003. A) Cause4Concern – Dead Planet – Veteran tech dnb masters Cause4Concern touch down on Rise Audio for the first time, with the highly anticipated dub plate dance floor smasher ‘Dead Panet’. With their unique cutting edge sound and style, Cause4Concern create a drifting eerie ambiance, combined with hypnotic stabs steadily rising and falling throughout the intro. As the tension and anticipation grows, Cause4Concern release one of their classic breaks engaging the listener with it’s lively rolling groove. With the huge kick and snare pounding away, the pressure builds further until all elements of the track are racing towards the drop, and after a short drum fill ‘Dead Planet’ drops into full swing with devastating effect. Cause4Concern let loose with their cutting trademark futuristic synth sounds and drop an absolutely massive bassline capable of shaking any club to it’s foundations. The track creatively progresses and morphs with slick fills and edits along the way, keeping things interesting throughout… classic Cause4Concern at their best. Serious.AA) The Sect – Entheogen – The Sect have come with something fresh and unique for their debut outing on Rise Audio. ‘Entheogen’ is something a bit different from The Sect’s usual heavy and techno edged sound. Atmospheric strings and a beautifully haunting ethnic vocal merge throughout the intro until The Sect lay down some serious slabs of deep sub bass. The pounding bass doesn’t let up once ‘Entheogen’ drops either, the track jumps to attention driven by a huge deep evolving bassine alongside hard and heavy marching drums. An ultra hard kick drum and razor sharp snare keep the groove locked down as The Sect progress the track introducing new sounds and quirky edits. The Sect are on fire at the moment following their debut LP, and with tracks such as ‘Entheogen’ it’s clear to see why… Both sides of RA003, ‘Dead Planet’ and ‘Entheogen’ have been causing a stir on dub plate throughout 2011. Receiving massive global support in clubs, festivals and on radio stations worldwide, Rise Audio continues to grow rapidly with heavy DJ support from the drum & bass scenes elite Ed Rush, Optical, Tech Itch, Cause4Concern, Bailey, Black Sun Empire, Phace, Raiden, Billain, Allied, State of Mind, Maztek… to name a few.

a Cause4Concern – Dead Planet
aa The Sect – Entheogen

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D&B Restocks Vinyl

SOULR039 – S.P.Y – ASBO EP

JC002 – Widlife Collective – No No No

JC005 – Deekline & Ed Solo (Wildlife Collective) – Champion Lover

RECIPE018 – Krakota / Pessimist – Recipe Book Volume One Part One

SUBTITLESUK008 – Ulterior Motive – Tesla / Seven Segments

APEXX002 – Taktix – It’s The Way (2010 Refix) / It’s The Way (Serum Remix)

DSCI4LP008S – Mindscape / Mr Foul – Spy Tech 6 Album Sampler

JC008 – Ed Solo & Deekline – Sensi

SUICIDE060 – S.P.Y / Dub Phizix – Commercial Suicide: Compilation part 2

P51UK024 – Gridlok – Insecticide / Dirtball

QRNUK011 – Fierce & S.P.Y – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 1

DIFF010 – Frederic Robinson – Laughing at Clouds

JC009 – Ed Solo & Deekline – Man Down

New Bass Music releases

CRUNCH011 – Ben Verse – Manipulate – 12″ Vinyl
Mr Verse return’s to Crunch on a dark tip. this is moody dubstep of a fine calibre. Those familiar with the kind of output Ben’s known for will not be disappointed, ‘No Solution’ rolls out with a grimdetermination. ‘Manipulation’’s strong rhythm, and a grimey drop tempered by smooth filtered pads over the top. If dark-style dub is your thing you’ll be feeling it. Support from Youngsta, N Type, & Hatcha.

a Ben Verse – Manipulate
aa Ben Verse – No Solution

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CCB12001 – French Fries – Champagne / Hugz ft. Bambounou – 12″ Vinyl
Tell me, have you got money for this champagne, b*tch…?!That’s it, the first release of the prodigal son French Fries on his own imprint, ClekClekBoom Recordings. A massive turn in his young but already flourished career… this number sees him going deep and dark on “Champagne”, twisting the vibe with mystic flute, nasty strings and cold screwd up grime lyrics, while “Hugz” in collab with partner in crime Bambounou, drops a minimalistic yet sharp and agressive house beat, with old school pulse bass synth flavor and a naughty female vocal touch, a favorite of many big DJs right now. Beware, heavy loaded subs right here, UK style, not for the laptop heads… Limited vinyl edition of 500 copies… seriously man watchu thinking about, pre-order this thing now!

a French Fries – Champagne
b French Fries – Hugz ft. Bambounou

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NONPLUS018 – Doubleheart – Salsa Apocalypto – 12″ Vinyl
Instra:mental’s ever-evolving imprint is preparing to drop one of the more esoteric dance singles of the year in Double Heart’s “Salsa”, a glooped out swirl of an electro-house joint that jams on a particularly twisted variety of wavelengths. What strikes initially is the oscillating breakdown, but once inside the blender we are subjected to beady, drizzled percussion and six different shades of fire. A true hybrid, JD Twitch and Neil Landstrumm’s new Doubleheart project sounds very next level, indeed. (http://thekort.com/)

a Doubleheart – Salsa
aa Doubleheart – Ache

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MMAKEM002 – Jack Dixon & Rick Grant – Running Man EP – 12″ Vinyl
Man Make Music’s second release is a collaboration between two talented Londoners, Jack Dixon and Rick Grant. Having already made waves with individual releases on labels such as Brownswood, Hypercolour and TAKE, these two good friends now offer up a pair of brilliantly off-kilter house tracks. ‘Running Man’ is a heady mix of skipping percussion and caressing Juno synth-lines, whilst, on the flip, ‘Muted’ takes a more understated, melancholic turn, counterbalancing the ecstatic nature of the A-side. Jack and Rick’s contributions are also offset by Kevin McPhee’s weird and wonderful slow-mo interpretation of ‘Running Man’. The remix blends vocals drenched in reverb with creeping piano riffs and shows yet another musical side of a man garnering plaudits from all corners for his unique style.

a Jack Dixon & Rick Grant – Running Man
b Jack Dixon & Rick Grant – Muted
bb Jack Dixon & Rick Grant – Running Man (Kevin McPhee Remix)

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DARKESTRAL006 – Transportation AAD – Last Train To Lexington / U.F.Unk – 12″ Vinyl
Spec: Reverse Board Sleeve features Gold Metallic Pantone logo and lettering front and back, Pantone matched labels, plastic inners.Darkestral was set up as an imagined cinematically orientated sound space allowing producers creative room to make music of a more visual nature, within or outside of their percieved genre. Continuing this theme, Transportation AAD was dreamt up to bring together Drkstr’s (label owner) short film script ideas with Boddika’s exemplary talent at interpretation and production so that over the course of the studio sessions, the script could come to life in audio form. The refers in part to a vessel (Transportation) descended from the Darkestral mothership and to the recording path process, (AAD) Analogue Analogue Digital.a) Transportation AAD ‘Last Train To Lexington’ 4am, Brooklyn, N.Y.C. early 80′s, the last graffed up metallic shell makes its way on a fraught course. Tension, heightened awareness of the grate of wheels on track and late night track repairs in dingy tunnels. A journey that must be undertaken. aa) Transportation AAD ‘U.F.Unk’ A UFO journey between space stations encapsulating gravitational pull, air brakes and subsequent landing. On arrival the beats reduce elements of the last 20 years underground music – detroit, electro, dnb and ragga into a cohesive sound.

a Transportation AAD – Last Train To Lexington
aa Transportation AAD – U.F.Unk

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DARKESTRAL007 – Transportation AAD / Grey Goo / Vaalhaala – Pagoda / Lost Transmissions / Phaethon / See Me – 12″ Vinyl
Spec: Reversed board sleeve features Silver Metallic Pantone logo and lettering front and back, Pantone matched labels, plastic inners. A selection of short cinematic explorations taking in the ancient, the far reaches of the galaxy and the end-time, featuring Transportation AAD (Boddika/Alex Instra:Mental & Drkstr), Grey Goo (Boddika/Alex Instra:Mental), and Vaalhaala (to remain anonymous..). a1) Transportation AAD ‘Pagoda’ Bladerunner reimagined as 18th Century Kyoto, droplets fall and splash wooden deck from angled eaves in a rained drenched atmosphere, whilst distant drums beat a tender solumn ritual. a2) Grey Goo ‘Lost Transmissions’ The end of time encapsulated, a broken UFO floats through a turbulent shower of space debris, still emiting signals to an unloving universe, no destination, no chance of return.aa1) Vaalhaala ‘Phaethon’ Kaleidoscopic journey toward a lost sun deep in the galaxy, where starburst spectal colours stream through the viewing platform and a lone pilot sees images previously unimagined.aa2) Grey Goo ‘See Me’ Pensive strings and radio static permeate the final journey on this mission, clumps of debris tampoline off the side of the craft as memories flood back to an ancient time and a glint of light enters the scene before we move on to the next undetermined destination with a sense of ease and knowing.

a1 Transportation AAD – Pagoda
a2 Grey Goo – Lost Transmissions
aa1 Vaalhaala – Phaethon
aa2 Grey Goo – See Me

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CIV032 – Drums Of Death – Red Waves EP – 12″ Vinyl
Following on from the dark atmosphere of ‘Black Waves’, Drums Of Death returns with the next in the sequence: ‘Red Waves’. Four tracks of ecstatic electronics displaying it’s makers love for techno and house music, all ramped up with big sounds and stripped back arrangements.‘Tear The Box Apart’ opens the EP with marching snares rolling under a massive lead synth. Toms, snares and claps… the classic palette of the 808 drum machine is well covered but it’s the unique poly-rhythmic synth work and angular arrangements that set the track apart from those of retro-fetishists.Cheeky and fun, ‘The Jerk’ shows that simple elements do a big roller make. So addictive, it’s the bouncing bass and buzzing lead that drag you along. A UK Garage groove takes control whilst the hollowed out barrel toms go for the gut.‘Venice Beach’ crafts bright chords that swirl and build. The infectious melody makes way for pitched bleeps and a towering ‘Reese’ bassline. Tested extensively in DoD’s frenzied live shows, ‘Venice Beach’ is the glowing, melodic heart at the centre of the adrenaline-fuelled ‘Red Waves’ collection.In ‘Bang The Drum’ Drums Of Death talks to us through a vocoder… “Just bang the drum and kill the noise, mute the synth and then the voice”. Hardly a ballad, this missive represents the newer Drums of Death sound… taught, electronic machine funk. Holding reverence for techno’s godfathers but also for it’s wayward children like Cristian Vogel, an elastic bassline lurches around rattling 909 hi-hats. ‘Bang The Drum’ rounds off a highly energetic EP that continues the ‘Waves’ odyssey of it’s composer.

a1 Drums Of Death – Tear The Box Apart
a2 Drums Of Death – The Jerk
b1 Drums Of Death – Venice Beach
b2 Drums Of Death – Bang The Drum

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New Bass Music Promos

DP060 – Matty G – Back To The Bay – 12″ Vinyl
The opening hits of the percussion stay smooth and relaxed, and the instruments come in one-by-one – first the synth, then the strings, then the brass – to create an experience that’s both engaging and relaxing. This is the sort of music I would listen to if I cruised the streets of San Francisco in the evenings. As “Back To The Bay” wraps up and pulls us into his remix of “Screw Up,” we get a dose of Subscape’s intensity, but it’s quickly pulled back into Matty G’s signature low-bass, hip-hop/dubstep fusion beats. “Jam Like A Tek” adds in some vocal hooks to get the crowd chanting – and you’re missing out if you don’t add this into your mix. Deep kick drums, a snappy snare, big distortion on the scratchy bass wobbles, and the vocals all come together perfectly to create a track that’ll get people grinding like mad on the dancefloor.

a Matty G – Back To The Bay
aa Subscape – Screw up (Matty G Remix)

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LFTDUB004 – Hellfire Machina – Good Love – 12″ Vinyl
Since the projects birth, Hellfire Machina have literally exploded into the worldwide bass culture scene. From A&R and production credits on last years Wu Tang Enter The Dubstep album – 30 plus single releases and remixes – Running the biggest dubstep monthly in New York City – Holding down DJ residencies all over the country. These guys don’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down.

a Hellfire Machina Ft. Infuze – Good Love
b Hellfire Machina – I Want You

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DMZ023 – Mala – Eyez VIP – 12″ Vinyl
Limited one sided white label.

a Mala – Eyez VIP

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DB063 – DJ Cra$Y (BrEaCh Remixes) – DJ Cra$Y (BrEaCh Remixes) – 12″ Vinyl
I first met Ben Westbeech (BrEaCh) at a dinner in London. He was sitting across from me and I found out he made “Fatherless” a year ago which interested me right away. We got to chatting and the conversation took an unexpected turn and i heard the following story. As a kid BrEaCh grew up in Hertford, north of London, where early UK rave pioneers like Omni Trio and 2 Bad Mice where from. His Dad was friends with 2 Bad Mice and was surrounded by musicians and DJs. 2 Bad Mice had a friend called Paul, aka DJ Cra$Y. He used to make tunes back in the early rave days but sadly did too many pills and went mad. When Paul was taken into mental care his old dat format tapes got left at BrEaCh’s Dad’s house. 20 years later, BrEaCh found them in the garage in and old box marked “music.” He started listening through and found some cool old jungle vibes going on. The tracks ‘Just – E’ and ‘I Need You’ are remixes of two of the tracks found on the old DJ Cra$Y recording sessions… These are a rare hybrid crossover records between jungle and house and they are massive. So peace to Dj Cra$y wherever you are and respect to BrEaCh for putting these together. best, VonStroke.

a DJ Cra$Y (BrEaCh Remix) – Just E
b DJ Cra$Y (BrEaCh Remix) – I Need You

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Bass Music Restocks CD

HFCD006 – Sepalcure – Sepalcure

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

HEK011 – James Blake – Order / Pan

NONPLUS017 – Lowtec – Coldred

OSMUK014 – Matt-U – Empty Inside / Unforgiven

SEP001 – Sepalcure – Pencil Pimp

CBR002 – Kromestar – Parallel Sounds EP

CIV029 – Reso – Ishimura EP

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New D&B Releases

PM022 – Paradox – Paralexia / Ambiguity – 12″ Vinyl
As the Ramifications LP does the long-player rounds Paradox returns to the solo 12” fold with a fresh slab of analogue power. Paralexia steps into the arena with an alarm drone leaving you guessing what’s going to happen next and then a thudding-kick bursts a swinging breakbeat wide open in bluenote-esque fashion. As the track progresses the drums pick up the pace reminiscent of Paradox’s early work on the legendary Certificate 18 label. Dub vocal samples soaked in fx, eerie soundscapes and distorted subs add a deep rumble to the intricately-placed breaks and tension of Paralexia. Ambiguity has b-boy etched on its headplate from the word go. A rare breakbeat gets the full Paradox treatment and dragged back from the 70’s into the future. Sinister vocals and synth pads set an unclear mood whilst spinning-break patterns and sub booms tie the track together in true Paradox style. One for the beatheads!DJ Support: dBridge, Presha, Loxy, Fracture, Ink, A-sides, FD, Mark System, Aphex Twin.

a Paradox – Paralexia
aa Paradox – Ambiguity

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MODULE009 – Mortem – Get Closer / Monoveler – 10″ Vinyl
Critical’s Modulations marches forward this time picking up even more new talent in the form of Mortem. Coming straight out of Poland this marks another solid step in Mortem’s burgeoning career, his first official release for the Critical stamp and a great pre-cursor for the future; there’s a lot more lined up in the studio where this came from, trust us!Smooth, ethereal pads abound as ‘Get Closer’ opens proceedings with tapping percussion and a rocksteady break that set the mood. A low-slung tech-drenched bassline is what this is all about and when it drops it rolls hard drawing influence from that old Virus space funk sound from yesteryear. A very polished piece of production indeed.‘Monoveler’ is sinister from the off, industrial borders on the medieval as the intro paves the way into a future-glitch b-line that claws its way inside the mix as the bars move forward in a tense battle all the way to the bitter end. A very cool indication of what more is in store from Mr Mortem.

a Mortem – Get Closer
b Mortem – Monoveler

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P51UK024 – Gridlok – Insecticide / Dirtball – 12″ Vinyl
America’s number one drum & bass producer is about to hit the streets again with a solo outing on his own label: Project 51. Ryan Powell aka Gridlok is no new comer to the game! After releasing his 1st single over a decade ago he has appeared on all the top labels such as Ram Records, C.I.A, Playaz, Renegade Hardware, and Violence Recordings. Not only that but throughout the years he has gained support from some of the worlds finest DJ’s such as Andy C, Hype, Marky, Friction, and many more! Now we turn the pages as USA’S number one is back with two stinking tunes worthy of a rewind.Starting off the proceedings Insecticide gets the ball rolling. With mysterious vibes, twisted soundscapes, and not forgetting those swarms of killer bees stinging at your ear drums, all before that heavy kick and snare starts piercing those speak boxes. The intro gets the blood pumping and then that dirty sub bass-line kicks you below the waist line. Hard beats and thumping bass is key on this number and will destroy any dance floor known to man! Do not miss out on this soon to be top shelf classic for many years to come as the man like Gridlok never fails to disappoint.Moving forward we come to Dirtball which again has that horror film, soundtrack intro, that will make you toss and turn in bed at night before that crisp beat and fluctuating bass punch you right between the eyes. Top hi-hats ride out into the night while the rest of the percussion sits nicely between those warped out moving bass notes and well produced beats. Gridlok is a force to be reckoned with as he shows us why he has been coined as America’s topnotch producer. I am sure we will hear more stormers in the months to come on his prolific label that has pushed the harder sound of drum & bass for almost a decade! (Words by DJ Silver)

a Gridlok – Insecticide
b Gridlok – Dirtball

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DIS051 – Octane & DLR / Octane, DLR & EBK – Back In The Grind (Cern & Dabs Rmx) / Zulu Fade – 12″ Vinyl
As an amazing piece of work, there is no surprise that the tune could inspire some other great artists. For this one, both big Deep D&B heads Cern & Dabs, the Italian growing talent, decided to gather their efforts in order to revise the original. And something did happen. Cern is undoubtedly one of the deepest NZ producers of the moment. Remarked & signed by Gridlock last year on Project 51 for the great ‘Terminus’ LP, this is unquestionably his best work so far. A true hommage to the undisputed masters of the genre : Octane & DLR. They logically deserved a place on the Bside, joined by EBK for an other crazy masterpiece, ‘Zulu Fade’.A. ‘Back In The Grind’ (Cern & Dabs Mix) Because you can’t seriously have missed this one on the biggest worldwide dancefloors these last months. Andy C himself felt this is going to be one of the best remixes he’s heard all year, and so do we ! Cern & Dabs both provide all the strength and the energy that make up the very secret essence of the perfect dancefloor & intelligent tune. This is a ‘grind’ you’re going to love.AA. ‘Zulu Fade’ Octane, DLR & EBK From the very first steps you’re dived into the strange tribal world of ‘Zulu Fade’. Some original swollen basslines, special Octane & DLR imprint, meet the warlike drums and stark cold reeces of EBK. It’s grating, mighty, captivating. You’re in the jungle, surrounded by hostile faces staring at you. Warrior tomtoms start behind. Take your breath. And run.DJ support from: Hybris, Safire, Hydro, Vicious Circle, Survival, Marky, Ant TC1, Ulterior Motive, Andy C, Need For Mirrors, Skeptical, Xtrah, SPY, Artificial Intelligence, Amoss, Nymfo, Mindscape, Chris SU, Break & Kasra, to name a few.

a Octane & DLR – Back In The Grind (Cern & Dabs Rmx)
aa Octane, DLR & EBK – Zulu Fade

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New D&B Promos

XXX001 – The Binary Collective – XXX001 – 12″ Vinyl
“The Binary Collective is a new project formed by the Autonomic family in order to make spontaneous music as a collective with multiple inputs from whoever happens to be in the studio at the time. It could be two people involved on production duties or it could be four or more such as on this first release. Made on a drunken afternoon crammed into Rosies Box (dbridges Studio), the collective put their talents together and the tracks formed themselves like Voltron, The Binary Collective was born.” The first release is limited to 300 vinyl.

0 The Binary Collective – Sin Skin I
1 The Binary Collective – Sin Skin II

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DSCI4LP008PT3 – Various Artists – Spy Tech 6 Pt. 3 – 12″ Vinyl
The final instalment of Spy Tech Vol 6. Bad man D&B from DJ Trace’s label.

a Verb Feat. Bigga D – Draw Step
b NC17 & Tim Reaper – Burial Ground

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NB002 – Marcus Visionary & Tippa Irie – Wicked & Wild (Dancehall Style) – 12″ Vinyl
Drum & Bass Remix current Necessary Mayhem big reggae tune by Tippa Irie Dancehall Style gets the treatment from Digital Soundboy’s Marcus Visionary. DJ Frisk hailing from Liverpool deals with Necessary Mayhem Classic Police In Helicopter by Million Stylez produced by Frisk.

a Marcus Visionary & Tippa Irie – Wicked & Wild (Dancehall Style)
b Million Stylez & Frisk – Police In Helicopter

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UFO009 – Ray Keith – Clones / Dub Clash – 12″ Vinyl
Limited promo. Heavy weight tune, smasher on the dance floor from Ray Keith.

a Ray Keith – Clones
aa Ray Keith – Dub Clash

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REGGEATON003 – Dub Dread – Dance Hall / Skank Lolas Dub – 12″ Vinyl
Another big classic with Dance Hall Dub meets tearing D&B. Flip over for Skank Lolas Dub. Proper skanking dub journey.

a Dub Dread – Dance Hall
b Dub Dread – Skank Lolas Dub

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EXIT037 – Dub Phizix & Skeptical Ft. Strategy – Marka – 12″ Vinyl
Full artwork copies are here.

a Dub Phizix & Skeptical Ft. Strategy – Marka
aa Dub Phizix & Skeptical – Rags

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QRNPLATE001 – Fierce / Vicious Circle – [PLATE001] – 12″ Vinyl
Limited Vinyl pressing from Fierce’s label.

a Fierce / Vicious Circle – Section VIP
aa Fierce / Vicious Circle – Feedback

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D&B Restocks Vinyl

RECIPE019 – Jubei / Foreign Concept – Recipe Book Volume One Part Two

APEXX002 – Taktix – It’s The Way (2010 Refix) / It’s The Way (Serum Remix)

SOULR052 – Dub Phizix – The Editor / Narrow Eyes

D&B Restocks CD Albums

EXITCD004 – Consequence – Live For Never LP (CD Format)

EXITCD005 – Various Artists – Exit Records Presents ‘Mosaic Vol 1’

New Bass Music CD

EXITCD010 – Consequence – Test Dream LP – CD
New Zealand’s downtempo-bass producer Consequence, aka Cam McLaren, always treads the line musically, to the point that the line became blurred entirely. His debut album, ‘Live For Never,’ reminded the electronic world of the intricacies and emotional heights of Drum & Bass, and carried the genre into new realms of sonic possibility. ‘Live For Never’ appealed to different scenes across the board (and around the world), receiving rapturous applause from electronic music’s toughest critics (Resident Advisor, Boomkat, FACT) and magazine gurus alike (DJ Magazine, IDJ).In March 2011, Consequence made his second album appearance on Exit Records with Joe Seven, as They Live: the duo’s ‘Cancel Standard’ was an immersive, sci-fi laced album that set the bar for the year rather high. Consequence decided to end 2011 with one more album, however: his long-awaited sophomore solo LP: ‘Test Dream.’‘Test Dream’ is not for those who expect the next logical evolution of ‘Live For Never.’ It’s also not for the unadventurous, nor for those who seek easily digestible music. Creatively free, Consequence revels in pure electronic experimentation, and the result is an album that follows no rules, and explores fractal dimensions that defy conventional genres.The downtempo compositions on the LP manage to hold the intensity and propelling urgency of high BPM electronic music, even though some of the tracks are relatively beatless. ‘Before I Go’ takes the listener to space and back, while ‘Can’t Say’ comes through with staggered synths and rugged drums, building an atmosphere where each sound tells a story. ‘Marlo’, meanwhile, is a welcome retreat from the tension built in its predecessors, with a reassuring melody, softly rhythmic snaps and handclaps, smooth vocals and warm pads. ‘Of Uncertainty’ reveals a slow beauty that builds with impeccable grace, adding colours, slowed vocals and tranquil atmospheres along the way.Ever a many-faced producer, Consequence’s album takes a few forays into more haunting, cryptic territories. ‘Just Water’, filled with creepy effects and sinister samples, leaves the listener nothing short of on-edge, especially with a finale that sounds not much unlike C3PO being ripped to shreds. And ‘Magda Trench’ sounds like a video game that’s burning under a microscope, rendering fractured pixels into outer space.Staying true to his roots, Consequence brings the album back through the tangles of the jungle, and voyages into heavier D&B landscapes. ‘Oden‘ and ‘Soul Sees Spirit’ feel slightly apocalyptic, with soaring ominous-filled synth builds and hard-hitting drums that will darken (and deepen) any dancefloor instantaneously.There are many surprises tucked within, too, of course. ‘Re-occuring’ has ascending melodies that sound as though they could dance in a Giorgio Moroder universe: a transportive space-capade that gives an aural tour through a cluster of stars. Powered by a stuttered melody on a wavering synth line, ‘Lovershell’ is one for code-crackers: an intriguing ball of chaos that slowly starts to make sense as it comes together. The dub-drenched ‘Slant’ starts out mysterious in feel, takes a swift turn for anxiety and suddenly breaks into an enigmatic poem slowly recited in a sing-song manner.‘Untitled’, with a yearning vocal that floats through an ambiguous atmosphere, closes the album on that typical Consequence note: with lines being tightrope-walked and left obliterated. ‘Test Dream’ grows and unfolds more with each listen, giving way to explorations of dense sound universes.

1 Consequence – Cant Say
2 Consequence – Marlo
3 Consequence – Slant
4 Consequence – Lovershell
5 Consequence – Just Water
6 Consequence – Magda Trench
7 Consequence – Re-Occuring
8 Consequence – Soul Sees Spirit
9 Consequence – Oden
10 Consequence – Of Uncertainty
11 Consequence – Untitled Dream
12 Consequence – Before I Go

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New Bass Music releases

HEK014 – Guy Andrews – Shades / Textures – 12″ Vinyl
Hemlock are proud to introduce the debut for Brighton boy Guy Andrews. Two tracks of brilliantly unpredictable, percussive wizardry with more twists than a season of the Killing. ’Shades’ combines of precision drum edits, killer 808 booms and woodblock percussion that will bring a tear of nostalgia to the eye of the Blue Note & Metalheadz vets and a smile to the face of the most discerning new dancefloors.’Textures’ on the flip kills it with an arrangement that just keeps you guessing. Perfectly poised between light & dark, delicate & heavy, and taking you seamlessly from locked 4/4 to dubbed out techno via all-out percussive funk and back before you know it.

a Guy Andrews – Shades
aa Guy Andrews – Textures

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WNCL008 – Ultramarine – Acid / Butch – 10″ Vinyl
ULTRAMARINE have history. As far as track records go, theirs is as close to perfection as you can get … but you can go knock yourself out on Google for that – we’re not here to talk about yesterday. Today, Ian Cooper and Paul Hammond give us ACID and BUTCH – two timeless trax with an eye on tomorrow…

a Ultramarine – Acid
b Ultramarine – Butch

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GDKR003 – Truth – Direct Blow / Snake – 12″ Vinyl
Following on from our ‘Mixmag Track of The Month’ for our last release, our 003 release is from the magical TRUTH. Direct Blow’ is clearly the hard hitter of the two which sets the adrenalin rushing early on, and continues to do so until the very last snare! Snake’ is the side which demands any systems low end frequencies to be established for maximum impact, a trademark growler from Truth. DJ Support: Skream at BBC Radio 1, Mista Jam, J-Kenzo at BBC 1xtra, Chef at Rinse FM + many more

a Truth – Direct Blow
aa Truth – Snake

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New Bass Music Promos

MEDI047 – Skream – Gritty / Phatty Drummer – 12″ Vinyl
Is there anything left to say about Oliver ‘Skream’ Jones the original Dub-step wonder kid that hasn’t already been said, probably not, but for those of you that don’t know here’s a brief history. Skream is one of the founder members of the then UK’s Dubstep movement alongside Digital Mystikz, Benga, Loefah, Kode9 etc and has taken the scene from its original darkest depths of Croydon to the top of the worldwide charts in less than 7 years. Currently one third of the chart topping super group ‘Magnetic Man’ alongside Artwork and Benga, the latter with whom he has travelled the globe DJing, selling out clubs, gigs and festivals wherever they go and who now have a semi regular prime time dance show on BBC Radio 1 showcasing the freshest and heaviest Dubstep joints. I think it’s safe to say without Skream the world of Dubstep would be in a very, very different place.Although some of Skream’s recent productions are finding their way onto daytime radio he has always been an ambassador of hard experimental underground UK dance music and this is exactly what he has delivered for DEEP MEDi. Gritty & Phatty Drummer are his second release for Mala’s (label and showcase Skream’s unquestionable production talent and ear for some of the coldest, stripped back skeletal rhythms around, both tracks are packed with enough dread and sub-weight to give you nightmares, strictly soundsystem music…

a Skream – Gritty
b Skream – Phatty Drummer

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SWAMP016 – Pinch – Retribution – 12″ Vinyl
180 gram Vinyl only release from Pinch.

a Pinch – Retribution
aa Pinch – Get Out Of Here

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ACLBL001 – Presk & Cinnaman – Sweat – 12″ Vinyl
Having released the anonymous and enormous F**k Yonkers bootleg earlier this year, the Amsterdam based Audio Culture Label is poised to unleash their first official release,,a piece of music which is the result of the collaborative efforts of Dutch wunderkind Presk and Amsterdam’s premier tastemaker Cinnaman. In part, Pieter ‘Presk’ Willems’ support is responsible for the label’s inception. In a short space of time Presk has built up a solid and impressively distinct sounding catalogue of work released on respected imprints such as Ramp sister label Fourth Wave and Doc Daneeka’s Ten Thousand Yen. Making a name for himself with nothing more than his hands and impeccable taste, Yuri ‘Cinnaman’ Boselie has become somewhat of a musical institution in Amsterdam. He’s the man behind the ground breaking Colors nights and is responsible for the equally forward thinking Beat Dimensions compilations.The B-side features two expertly remixed and uniquely different takes on the original, courtesy of non other than Instra:mental’s Jon Convex and Ten Thousand Yen head honcho Doc Daneeka.

a Presk & Cinnaman – Sweat
b1 Presk & Cinnaman – Sweat (Jon Convex Remix)
b2 Presk & Cinnaman – Sweat (Doc Daneeka Remix)

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502004 – Desto, Clouds & Jimi Tenor – Time Bird – 12″ Vinyl
Released through 502 Recordings, homebase of the excellent DJ Oneman, this collaboration between Desto, Clouds & Jimi Tenor. Finland via China. Recorded in Shanghaihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSsUSFKLBHs

a Desto, Clouds & Jimi Tenor ft. Cha Cha – Time Bird
b Desto & Jimi Tenor – Eightfold Path

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EXITLP010 – Consequence – Test Dream LP – 12″ Vinyl x 3
New Zealand’s downtempo-bass producer Consequence, aka Cam McLaren, always treads the line musically, to the point that the line became blurred entirely. His debut album, ‘Live For Never,’ reminded the electronic world of the intricacies and emotional heights of Drum & Bass, and carried the genre into new realms of sonic possibility. ‘Live For Never’ appealed to different scenes across the board (and around the world), receiving rapturous applause from electronic music’s toughest critics (Resident Advisor, Boomkat, FACT) and magazine gurus alike (DJ Magazine, IDJ).In March 2011, Consequence made his second album appearance on Exit Records with Joe Seven, as They Live: the duo’s ‘Cancel Standard’ was an immersive, sci-fi laced album that set the bar for the year rather high. Consequence decided to end 2011 with one more album, however: his long-awaited sophomore solo LP: ‘Test Dream.’‘Test Dream’ is not for those who expect the next logical evolution of ‘Live For Never.’ It’s also not for the unadventurous, nor for those who seek easily digestible music. Creatively free, Consequence revels in pure electronic experimentation, and the result is an album that follows no rules, and explores fractal dimensions that defy conventional genres.The downtempo compositions on the LP manage to hold the intensity and propelling urgency of high BPM electronic music, even though some of the tracks are relatively beatless. ‘Before I Go’ takes the listener to space and back, while ‘Can’t Say’ comes through with staggered synths and rugged drums, building an atmosphere where each sound tells a story. ‘Marlo’, meanwhile, is a welcome retreat from the tension built in its predecessors, with a reassuring melody, softly rhythmic snaps and handclaps, smooth vocals and warm pads. ‘Of Uncertainty’ reveals a slow beauty that builds with impeccable grace, adding colours, slowed vocals and tranquil atmospheres along the way.Ever a many-faced producer, Consequence’s album takes a few forays into more haunting, cryptic territories. ‘Just Water’, filled with creepy effects and sinister samples, leaves the listener nothing short of on-edge, especially with a finale that sounds not much unlike C3PO being ripped to shreds. And ‘Magda Trench’ sounds like a video game that’s burning under a microscope, rendering fractured pixels into outer space.Staying true to his roots, Consequence brings the album back through the tangles of the jungle, and voyages into heavier D&B landscapes. ‘Oden‘ and ‘Soul Sees Spirit’ feel slightly apocalyptic, with soaring ominous-filled synth builds and hard-hitting drums that will darken (and deepen) any dancefloor instantaneously.There are many surprises tucked within, too, of course. ‘Re-occuring’ has ascending melodies that sound as though they could dance in a Giorgio Moroder universe: a transportive space-capade that gives an aural tour through a cluster of stars. Powered by a stuttered melody on a wavering synth line, ‘Lovershell’ is one for code-crackers: an intriguing ball of chaos that slowly starts to make sense as it comes together. The dub-drenched ‘Slant’ starts out mysterious in feel, takes a swift turn for anxiety and suddenly breaks into an enigmatic poem slowly recited in a sing-song manner.‘Untitled’, with a yearning vocal that floats through an ambiguous atmosphere, closes the album on that typical Consequence note: with lines being tightrope-walked and left obliterated. ‘Test Dream’ grows and unfolds more with each listen, giving way to explorations of dense sound universes.

a Consequence – Soul Sees Spirit
b Consequence – Slant
c Consequence – Magda Trench
d Consequence – Lovershell
e Consequence – Marlo
f1 Consequence – Cant Say
f2 Consequence – Just Water

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NL011 – Jon Convex – Pop That P / Your Mind (or Mine) – 10″ Vinyl
10″ red and gold vinyl. Naked Lunch present two brand new track straight from the Convex Industries research lab. DJ support from Untold, Martyn, Boddika, dBridge, Mark Pritchard, Stingray313, RSD, Scuba, Jackmaster, Skream.

a Jon Convex – Pop That P
b Jon Convex – Your Mind (or Mine)

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HENCH033 – Mensah – Your GF Likes It Ruff / Quad Bikes (Delta Heavy Remix) – 12″ Vinyl
Mensah demonstrates exactly how to smash a big arena event with the harder edge of ‘Your GF Likes It Ruff’ On the flip Delta Heavy turn ‘Quad Bikes’ in to a signature half-time DnB monster!

1 Mensah – Your GF Likes It Ruff
2 Mensah, Sukh Knight & Squarewave – Quad Bikes (Delta Heavy Remix)

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TNS001 – Radionasty – Radio 1 / Radio 2 – 12″ Vinyl
Craig Richards presents THE NOTHING SPECIAL. After the success of The Nothing special events a label of the same name begins.The events so far have been held at Fabric of course and New York. The concept is simply that Craig plays all night around live acts. Previous guests have been Pole, Deadbeat, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Emperor Machine, Convextion, Dopplereffekt. 2652, Shackleton and Conforce…..The depth of Craig’s musical knowledge as a DJ provides a sense of structure to the parties. The Nothing Special in weekly radio show format commences imminently.First release is by Radionasty – The combined force of Billy Nasty and Keith Tenniswood.

a Radionasty – Radio 1
aa Radionasty – Radio 2

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SMOKE016 – Numbernin6 – Let Me Know – 12″ Vinyl
Numbernin6 is no new comer to the Dubstep scene, but this is his first record for London label Smokin Sessions. The recordings are blissful and floaty, as you would expect from Smokin Sessions and really shows off what Numnernin6 can do when he goes deep. The whole EP is masterfully produced and you can really hear these tracks have been given a lot of attention. I can’t pick a favourite, but all 3 are a great listen. Sit back, relax and spark it up rude eye!

a Numbernin6 – Let Me Know
b1 Numbernin6 – Blink If You Can Hear Us
b2 Numbernin6 – I’d Give Everything

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CBS11 – Blawan – Peaches – 12″ Vinyl
Debut for Blawan on Clone records! This is his first 4 track Ep containing cuts that are more straight forward compared to his early releases. 4 relentless tracks. Big one!!!

a1 Blawan – Peaches (Coronation)
a2 Blawan – Peaches (Freestone)
b1 Blawan – Peaches (Melted Flesh)
b2 Blawan – Peaches

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Bass Music Restocks CD

3024005CD – Martyn – Great Lengths

HFCD004 – Mount Kimbie – Crooks & Lovers

HFCD005 – Hotflush / Various – BACK AND 4TH

HESCD001 – Various – Hessle Audio : 116 & Rising

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

SDSTPR004 – Zed Bias – Seeds

SWAMP002 – Skream – Repercussions Of A Razor Blade

SSDUBSTARS021 – Skream – Just Being Me / Mudera

PROPH117 – Bias & Cole feat. Fox – Battle Stations EP

NL005 – Instra:mental – Lets Talk / Vicodin

SSDUBSTARS022 – Skream – Swarm / Wiggley

GHM001 – Graphics – Wiping The Eye / Name This

GREC022V – Joe Goddard – Gabriel EP

GREC022RV – Joe Goddard – Gabriel EP Remixes

HENCH032 – Eddie K & Statix Ft. Astronaut – Anymore EP

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A) Dub Phizix & Skeptical Ft. Strategy – Marka
AA) Dub Phizix & Skeptical – Rags

Released 19th December on 12″ Vinyl / Digital

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New D&B CD

EXITCD009 – Loxy & Resound – Burning Shadows – CD
London’s Loxy and Finland’s Resound have always been known for their ragga-tinged, hardhittingsound, where each beat slams through with an untouchable technical precision. The two producers have been combining forces for the last three years – including their 2009 anthem ‘Green Destiny / Storyboard’ (Digital Soundboy), remixes for Kryptic Minds, additions to Renegade Hardware compilations, last year’s ‘No Money – Deadly Venom/Driving Force’ (Def Recordings), and their contribution to Exit Records’ ‘Mosaic: Volume One’ (‘Vertigo’) earlier this year. But the duo’s long-awaited debut long player marks their first collaboration that has absolutely no boundaries: as experimental and creative as it gets. True to form, as most Exit Records releases go, ‘Burning Shadows’ sees both producers finding their stride, and treading into surprising new sonic territories from a few different directions. Taking the energy and force of early tech-heavy Drum & Bass, Loxy & Resound bring the genre into a sound that’s uniquely their own.

Exit Boss dBridge put it himself: “I really love how there’s the reggae side to Loxy’s productions; I thought his sound would really come together as a a whole album, especially with the tech side of Resound. With an album, you’ve got 72 minutes to fill the space with whatever your heart desires. I just love what Loxy & Resound do, so I told them to write the album that they wanted to make. I feel like I got the best out of them this way.”

1 Loxy & Resound – Celestial March
2 Loxy & Resound – Depth Excess
3 Loxy & Resound – Part Human
4 Loxy & Resound – Black Hole
5 Loxy & Resound – Declaration
6 Loxy & Resound – Conscious
7 Loxy & Resound – Sin City
8 Loxy & Resound – Fall
9 Loxy & Resound – Conqueror X
10 Loxy & Resound – Innervision
11 Loxy & Resound – Thin Ice
12 Loxy & Resound – Vindication
13 Loxy & Resound – Vertigo Reprisal

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New D&B Releases

MARS002 – Mute & Mako – Essential Forms / Who Knows – 12″ Vinyl
Mute & Mako have already proved how good an outfit they are with releases on Mako’s very own label ‘Utopia Music’ & their excellent ‘Astral Transmissions’ on Ingredients, not to mention ‘Rorschach’ on the Recipe Book LP. Well they’re back again with another killer release. “Essential Forms” has all the hallmarks of mid 90’s d&b with it’s long intro, tight drum workout and sublime arrangement.The flip is just as strong, taking you back to an artist called Shogun on Renegade recordings around 1996, this wicked roller is a joy to mix. Keep an eye on this trio!
DJ support: Doc Scott, Dj Lee, dRamatic & dbAudio, Bryan Gee, Ltj Bukem

a Mute & Mako – Essential Forms
b Mute & Mako – Who Knows

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TKRUK002 – Prolix – Who Run It / Skull Snapz – 12″ Vinyl
TRENDKILL RECORDS is proud to bring you its second release from PROLIX (Playaz, Ganjatek, Metalheadz, Virus, Viper, Uprising, Renegade Hardware). The A Side is a hip-hop vocal infused stomper with huge beats and distorted basslines with hooks that keep you wanting more and more. The AA is a energetic filter workout which twists and turns leaving listeners dizzy with excitement! Both tunes have had great responses on dance floors across the world, and the versatility of these beats will ensure you keep them in your bag for years.

a Prolix – Who Run It
aa Prolix – Skull Snapz

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C4CEVR001 – Task Horizon – Kill The Pain / Letting Go – 12″ Vinyl
Kill The Pain: ‘Epic’ is the only way to describe the extended intro of Kill the Pain, featuring acoustic guitar and an earnest male vocal. Then, just before two minutes in, things quickly take a nasty turn as choppy breaks splinter into pieces and the bassline ‘reboots’ The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. An aggressive, genre bending, sure fire floor smasher.Letting Go: Teaming up with Kryteria for the flip, a eurphoric, trancey intro leads into a chainsaw reece, setting the scene for the chaotic chiaroscuro to come: beyond the drop sweeping synths and ethereal vocal snippets somehow successfully coalesce with heavily edited breaks and sawing bass, creating a kind of beautiful violence. Subsequently, side effects of Letting Go include spontaneous eruptions of feet on the floor and hands in the air.

a Task Horizon Ft. Pedro Rodrigues – Kill The Pain
aa Task Horizon & Kryteria – Letting Go

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SECOPS018 – Robert Manos – Trouble – 12″ Vinyl
It’s been some time since Robert Manos has had a release on Secret Operations. With this single it’s been worth the wait.A. TROUBLE is a deep and emotional track that really shows what Manos is famous for. The depth of the track gets compensated by heavy compressed beats.AA. MADNESS This sparse, beautifully structured track with its elegant instrumentationfeaturing congas and pianos feels a bit more chill but also plays well in the clubs.

a Robert Manos – Trouble
b Robert Manos – Madness

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DETAIL008 – Lynx – Devil’s In The Detail Part One – 12″ Vinyl
Opening cut ‘Without Warning’ recalls the tune that rewrote the rules and made Lynx’s name back in 2007, Disco Dodo. One of the true last Dnb anthems that transcended the niches that so often divide the genre. He’s come a long way since then, and recent releases for Metalheadz, Soul:r, Brownswood, Black Acre and his own Detail stable have demonstrated his quality across the board. Lynx’s trademark sonics run throughout the LP, splicing together time signatures and tempos to represent his sound and his label in the fullest. Collaborating with a diverse range of artists in the true spirit of eclecticism, familiar faces including Kemo, DRS, Fats and Deeizm step up to provide vocals whilst the likes of Marcus Intalex and Noisia weigh in to join Lynx at the controls. With a widescreen vision far beyond simple dancefloor drum & bass, Lynx sets out where others fear to tread and crosses bass music boundaries and delivers a complete package with the kind of finesse only an experienced producer of his calibre can accomplish.
Radio & club play is coming from all corners with Andy C, Bailey (BBC 1Xtra), Camo & Krooked, Culture Shock, dBridge, Doc Scott, Flight, Friction, Hype, Klute, Noisia, Marcus Intalex, Presha, Shy FX, Youngsta (Rinse FM) and Zero T in support Andy C: Without Warning is sick bro! Great vibe! dBridge: Really loving the album – Playskool is my favouriteCulture Shock: Without Warning sounds amazing! Love the grooveAnt TC1: Gonna love spinning these! Refreshing to know the music is still safe for a while to come when I hear stuff like this

a Lynx & Hellrazor – Without Warning
aa Lynx, Noisia & Seed – Who’s This

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New D&B Promos

DSCI4LP008PT2 – Various Artists – Spy Tech 6 Pt. 2 – 12″ Vinyl
Since 1999 DSCI4 has pioneered the international sound of progressive and futuristic drum and bass. Call it neurofunk, tech step or what you will, DSCI4 has been there from the inception. Highlighting upcoming producers from around the globe and helping them become prolific icons. Now its Spy Tech Vol 6 and DSCI4 again steps up to the plate with the next wave of upcoming tech heroes Malsum, Krone & Zero Method feature on this Vinyl 12” Spy Tech Vol 6 Pt2.

a Malsum & Krone – Radioactive Beast
b Zero Method – Rarp

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EXITLP009 – Loxy & Resound – Burning Shadows – 12″ Vinyl x 3
London’s Loxy and Finland’s Resound have always been known for their ragga-tinged, hardhittingsound, where each beat slams through with an untouchable technical precision. The two producers have been combining forces for the last three years – including their 2009 anthem ‘Green Destiny / Storyboard’ (Digital Soundboy), remixes for Kryptic Minds, additions to Renegade Hardware compilations, last year’s ‘No Money – Deadly Venom/Driving Force’ (Def Recordings), and their contribution to Exit Records’ ‘Mosaic: Volume One’ (‘Vertigo’) earlier this year. But the duo’s long-awaited debut long player marks their first collaboration that has absolutely no boundaries: as experimental and creative as it gets. True to form, as most Exit Records releases go, ‘Burning Shadows’ sees both producers finding their stride, and treading into surprising new sonic territories from a few different directions. Taking the energy and force of early tech-heavy Drum & Bass, Loxy & Resound bring the genre into a sound that’s uniquely their own.

a Loxy & Resound – Depth Excess
b Loxy & Resound – Fall
c Loxy & Resound – Conquerer X
d Loxy & Resound – Inversion
e Loxy & Resound – Thin Ice
f Loxy & Resound – Conscious

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SYMM009 – Break / Sato – Framework / Clap Ya Hands – 12″ Vinyl
Having already introduced two new recruits to the Symmetry camp, label boss Break has a new debutante. Sato has already had some big releases on Creative Source, Ingredients and Hospital, and really steps up to the standards you’d expect on Symmetry. Break delivers the goods with the A side, “Framework” is seriously infectious and will destroy any sound system, while Sato’s “Clap Ya Hands” is a quality dj friendly roll out, with some serious dubwise sub bass.DJ support comes from Bailey, Hype, Klute, Flight, Fabio, Marcus intalex and London Elektricity

a Break – Framework
aa Sato – Clap Ya Hands

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HORO001 – Tokyo Prose & FIS – Truth or Dare – 10″ Vinyl
Limited Multi Coloured vinyl 10″ red, white & blue mixture. To launch the new Samurai vinyl only ‘Horo’ series, we also introduce and exciting new artist from Samurai Music’s birthplace, New Zealand. FIS is a Wellington local who was a regular customer at the now cloTo launch the new Samurai vinyl only ‘Horo’ series, we also introduce and exciting new artist from Samurai Music’s birthplace, New Zealand. FIS is a Wellington local who was a regular customer at the now closed Samurai Store (record store). Inspired by the new music he was purchasing at the time, FIS went hard to work at designing his own unique sound. The results were instantly quality, and a CD handed to label boss Presha began his story. With dBridge and Consequence major fans and an Exit Records release on the horizon, Tokyo Prose sat down with FIS to work on creating a fusion of their 2 styles. ‘The Dares’ was the first off the mark, instantly becoming a playlist favourite with the Exit records family, and more recently, ‘The Truths’ has completed the 10″ in the same grinding, surging roll ‘The Dares’ started with. Depth and subtle complexity with menacing atmos, this is future music. DJ support from dBridge, Loxy, ASC, Consequence, Presha and lots more once they get the tunes. sed Samurai Store (record store). Inspired by the new music he was purchasing at the time, FIS went hard to work at designing his own unique sound. The results were instantly quality, and a CD handed to label boss Presha began his story. With dBridge and Consequence major fans and an Exit Records release on the horizon, Tokyo Prose sat down with FIS to work on creating a fusion of their 2 styles. ‘The Dares’ was the first off the mark, instantly becoming a playlist favourite with the Exit records family, and more recently, ‘The Truths’ has completed the 10″ in the same grinding, surging roll ‘The Dares’ started with. Depth and subtle complexity with menacing atmos, this is future music. DJ support from dBridge, Loxy, ASC, Consequence, Presha and lots more once they get the tunes.

a Tokyo Prose & FIS – The Dares
aa Tokyo Prose & FIS – The Truths

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MJAZZLP006S – Justice & Metro – 839 Remixes – 12″ Vinyl
Part of the 839 remix project we have the one and only PFM’s remix of Touch Feel and the epic Jason oS remix of Solomon by Justice & Metro forthcoming pressed on vinyl packaged in a hand screen printed sleeve.

a Justice & Metro – Touch Feel [PFM remix]
b Justice & Metro – Solomon [Jason oS remix]

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D&B Restocks Vinyl

EXIT014 – Instra:mental – Thugtronik / Thugtronika

SUBTITLESUK006 – Lenzman & Treez Ft. Jo-s – Stellar / Stuck

SUBTITLESUK007 – Total Science & S.P.Y / Total Science, S.P.Y & Lenzman – Venus Prime / Narrow Margin

SYMM007 – Break & Die / Need For Mirrors – Slow Down VIP / Skip Rope

QRNUK011 – Fierce & S.P.Y – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 1

QRNUK013 – Fierce / Vicious Circle / Nocturnal – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 3

D&B Restocks CD Albums

BMTCD002 – Blu Mar Ten – Love Is The Devil

SABCD001 – Various Artists – Sun And Bass Selection 2011

New Bass Music Promos

SWAMP015 – Zed Bias – Stubborn Phase – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Zed Bias delivers 4 tracks on 2 slabs of 180 Gram Vinyl packed in a gatefold sleeve designed by Will Bankhead.

a Zed Bias – Reminisce About The Phuture
b Zed Bias – Basic Needs
c Zed Bias – Music Deep Inside
d Zed Bias – Stubborn Phase

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WHEELYDEALY025 – Benton – Wormholes / Sleepless – 12″ Vinyl
Benton’s been firing out the highest calibre of releases recently, and this, his third for Wheel & Deal, is no exception. Sleepless was featured on the mighty Wheel & Deal Vol1 Album Mixed by N-Type. Another deep roller, industrial warped bass and snare, crisp percussion and deep sub. Played out exclusively by N-Type, Youngsta, Distance and Walsh.Wormholes: A dark rolling monster, spaced out and sparse with a chest rattling sub and minimal percussion. Benton’s signature industrial basses sear through the darkness giving you more cutting edge half step, a sound originally coined by Youngsta in 2004. This has been battered exclusively by Youngsta, N-Type, Distance.

a Benton – Wormholes
b Benton – Sleepless

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EXIT036 – Consequence – Test Dream LP Sampler – 12″ Vinyl
The long awaited sequel to the groundbreaking ‘Live For Never’ LP fromNew Zealand electronic wonderkid Consequence is completed and scheduled for a Dec 19th release on Exit RecordsThe release of ‘Live For Never’ reminded the electronic world of the intricacies and emotional heights of Drum & Bass, and carried the genre into new realms of sonic possibility. ʻTest Dreamʼ is not for those who expect the next logical evolution of ʻLive For Never.ʼ It is also not for the unadventurous, nor for those who seek easily digestible music. Creatively free, Consequence revels in pure electronic experimentation, and the result is an album that follows no rules, and explores fractal dimensions that defy conventional genres.

a Consequence – Oden
aa Consequence – Untitled Dream

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IDLE009 – Outboxx – Aporia / Cromwell – 12″ Vinyl
Rounding off what has been a busy year for Idle Hands comes a 12″ from west country residents Outboxx. This duo, comprised of Jacob Martin (aka Hodge) and Matthew Lambert have steadily built a reputation for themselves with releases on Well Rounded and Immerse. Moving away from the dominant trends in bass music the pair have been forging a sound more akin to early nineties deep house – yet retaining a palette of 2011 sounds.Here they present two tracks – ‘Aporia’ is a lesson in wistful house, all pianos and a sneeky bass drop half way through the tune. ‘Cromwell’ is a straight ahead house roller, but with enough sub to keep the bass enthusiasts happy.Support so far from Ramadanman and Sven Weiseman.

a Outboxx – Aporia
b Outboxx – Cromwell

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DP063 – Subzee D – Jack In A Box – 12″ Vinyl
Introducing Subzee-D… Dubstep’s new kid on the block his tracks have been attracting attention and support from some of the biggest names in the scene including: Skream, Benga Caspa, Rusko, Jakes, Datsik, Borgore, Trolley Snatcha, Funtcase, Doctor P,and many more. Now receiving radio play on the biggest national stations From BBC Radio 1 and 1xtra to London’s mighty Kiss FM

a Subzee D – Jack In A Box
b1 Subzee D – One More
b2 Subzee D – Zulu Stomp

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DP064 – KGB – Meat – 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Brand new on Dub Police is a fresh new plate from KGB who hails from Tallinn, Estonia. A relative newcomer to the Dub Police camp but definitely one for the future. MEAT (EP) is the name and BEEFY BASS is the game.

a KGB – Meat
b1 KGB – Ultra Skank
b2 KGB – I Just Wanna Love You

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CCB12002 – Coni – Luz In Pool / Suma / Crush – 12″ Vinyl
*Limited edition of 500 heavy weight 180g 12″ vinyl*
Landing as the second release from the new French label ClekclekBoom Recordings, young newroller Coni drops us sensitive, deep but yet powerful tracks with sensual r’n'b reworks that would make any female moan.Combining groovy sophisticated house and naughty/soulful bass on the lead track “Luz in Pool”, the parisian takes us to a delightful journey where you’ll be losing yourself. On the flipside, “Suma” is mixing up an uplfiting 90′s r’n'b vocal with a very effective UK Funky drum line. The laid back G-Swagger “Crush” favoring a modern half-tempo 808 rhythm with a sweet subtle voice adding to a haunting purple synth coloration.This 3 track EP is full of heaviness and is already listed as favorite by many established big names. This number is not to be missed!

a Coni – Luz In Pool
b1 Coni – Suma
b2 Coni – Crush

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CS160 – The Crazy Brazilian – Rodeo Clown – 12″ Vinyl
The Crazy Brazilian is of Brazilian decent, Bringing his love of Latin and House Music Together to create his own sound, and has been working with Chris Simmond’s on various projects such as Bakers Dozen. The Rodeo Clown EP 4 Hard Hitting Tracks Out On Digital Download and Vinyl.

a1 The Crazy Brazilian – Charged
a2 The Crazy Brazilian – Huggalicious
b1 The Crazy Brazilian – Proseus
b2 The Crazy Brazilian – Spank The Banker

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2NDRP12016 – Gerry Read / 23Hz & Numaestro – Roomland (Distal Remix) / Zumo (Sully Remix) – 12″ Vinyl
Sometime you can’t keep a good remix down, and we certainly felt that with these two beastly versions by two very exciting producers of bass music.First up is an exciting producer 2nd Drop have been talkin to for over a year now, Atlanta’s Distal has been making a lot of noise across the bass scene with releases on Tectonic and ? Alongside putting a vast array of music on his own Embassy Label. Inspired by Gerry’s original, Distal has produced something truly brilliant. In stark contrast to the sublime Youandewan remix and Gerry Read’s killer original, Distal grabs the key elements and transforms them into an awesome juke workout. Drawing on an arsenal of stunning original features, this hyperkinetic version is bursting with character, energy and colour.On the flip, we welcome back Sully, who first saw wax on 2nd Drop with the anthemic Give Me Up in mid 2008. As a big fan of 23hz & Numaestro’s original, Sully asked to remix Zumo soon after it’s release in early 2009. Failed hardrives and a quiet 2010 for the label sadly meant this remix with its shifting syncopated beat patterns and moody El-B-esque swing, was sat on. Until now. Beautifully placed to carry on the Sully sound after his critically acclaimed album on Keysound in September, this long overdue remix now gets the release it deserves. Coincidently, the artist on both of the original releases was our mysterious Portugese illustrator and graffiti activist Uiu. So in the spirit of the release we asked him to remix both the original illustrations to create a new version for this release. The featured art ensued. Slightly bonkers, but amazing!

a Gerry Read – Roomland (Distal Remix)
aa 23Hz & Numaestro – Zumo (Sully Remix)

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PSQ007 – Kowton & Tom Dicicco – Untitled EP – 12″ Vinyl
Kowton and Tom Dicicco, residing in Bristol and Manchester respectively, make very different music from one another. Kowton’s seems to come from House, perhaps also Electro and Garage, often quite slow in tempo and hard to pin down to a specific genre. Tom’s music is Techno, bass heavy, melodic, textured and rooted around 125 BPM. With these distinctive styles the idea of a split EP might seem ambitious, but the result is four cohesive but different tracks that show the talents of both artists perfectly in the format of two originals on one side and two remixes of each other’s originals on the other.Tom Dicicco’s original is driven by a low-mid range thick stab and pounding kick drum, littered with intricate but not overbearing hi hat and snare work and some very atmospheric mid range. Kowton’s is subtle and sparse, low fidelity and plodding, with rattling percusion carrying the tune along.On the other side of the record, Kowton’s remix of Tom’s original is driven by an enormous bassline, with an off kilter dubby feel to the slow tempo and genre defying tune. Tom’s remix of Kowton rounds off the EP with a return to stab driven Techno, pulsating, dynamic and trance inducing. Mastered by Matt at Air Studios London

a1 Tom Dicicco – Untitled
a2 Kowton – Untitled
b1 Tom Dicicco – Untitled (Kowton Remix)
b2 Kowton – Untitled (Tom Dicicco Remix)

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ORG003 – Commodo – Dokument / Eastern Bloc – 12″ Vinyl
Origin Audio announces its highly anticipated third release from up and coming producer Commodo. Both tracks have received support from the likes of Youngsta, Distance, Cyrus, Darkside and Tunnidge. Expect heavy weight sub and tight percussion as Commodo demonstrates just why he is such hot property right now. With this release Origin Audio continues to grow its reputation as one of the most credible and exciting labels in Dubstep.

a Commodo – Dokument
aa Commodo – Eastern Bloc

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WNCL009 – Knowing Looks – Listen To My 45 / Ghost Baby – 10″ Vinyl
KNOWING LOOKS kicked off 2011 for WNCL Recordings with with his much loved, hard stepping ABANDONED SKIP, backed with the acclaimed symphonic masterpiece that was LAST KISS AT THE PLAINS HOTEL. Jason Hopfner is back again to neatly tie up a busy year at WNCL HQ, unveilling the classically constructed epic LISTEN TO MY 45 – described by BEN UFO as “lovely. gorgeous. slick. buff etc” …and who are we to disagree. Just do what it says on the tin, then flip over for GHOST BABY – yet another fine example from Hopfner’s rich and varied production cannon, melding super cool minimalism with party breaks. Merry Christmas from the Cassette Library!

a Knowing Looks – Listen To My 45
b Knowing Looks – Ghost Baby

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RWM001 – Lowa – Get Up (Original Mix) / Get Up (Dot Remix) – 12″ Vinyl
One of the first ever female dubstep producers Dot is back with a new record label Read Write Music. Dot has been previously releasing her dubstep production through London based Immigrant Recordings, notably the first female run and musically produced dubstep record label in existence (KidKameleon@XLR8R). Dot’s music gained support throughout the years and has been played by some of the biggest names in the dubstep scene such as Kutz (Wheel&Deal), Mary Anne Hobbs (Xfm), Ramadanman (Hessle,Soul Jazz), L.D. (Ringo,Hyperdub), DJ Chef (Rinse FM, Transition) and others. Dot’s remix of Clara Moreno:Pour Quoi?Nega San Sedalia (out on Far Out Recordings)gained acclaim by the likes of Laurent Garnier, Ross Allen(MoS) and Simon Harrison(Basic Soul). Now opening her own Read Write Music Dot is pleased to present the ‘Get Up EP’ by Lowa/Dot as the first release on the label and judging by the imminent DJ response it looks like this release will be big. Lowa is an Austrian based producer running Shash Records where he releases his own production and music from artists like Abby Lee Tee.‘Get Up EP’ reminds you why you fell in love in dubstep in the first place. Lowa’s original version of the track Get Up is a mixture of dark 2step vibe blended in with carefully produced fat synths, mysterious pads and a breathtaking bass while Dot’s remix is a pure filthy dancefloor filler with heavy beats and thumping sub bass. It evolves into deeper and heavier drive continuously throughout its development and its hypnotic break adds to the heaviness. A pure dubstep classic you’d be happy to have in your collection as Dot’s releases never tend to disappoint. ‘Get Up EP’ has been spreading with support from dubstep DJ around the world-ranging from Germany to Florida, from UK to Russia and has been played on radios such as RedBull Music Academy Radio. This EP certainly aims to fill the gap of music with a strong socially responsible message and is aiming to encourage debate on the current state of the world we live in.

a Lowa – Get Up (Original Mix)
aa Lowa – Get Up (Dot Remix)

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TSS003 – Trojan Sound System and JFB – Turn to the East – 12″ Vinyl
Limited to 150 white label pressing. “Look to the east for the coming of a black king.”Having smashed dancehalls and festivals throughout Europe over the last 7 years, Trojan Sound System have returned to the studio following their critically acclaimed debut album on Trojan records, “New Rebel Stories”. The songs evolved on classic Reggae anthems in a live sound system context and are now being translated into studio tracks. Debuted at Outlook festival’s main stage a few weeks ago, it destroyed thousands of reggae, dubstep and jungle heads.Trojan Sound System is the performance unit of legendary reggae label Trojan Records. The Sound comprises Daddy Ad, Earl Gateshead, Superfour, Chucky Banton and Jah Buck, all top performers on the London and European sound system scene. They perform at festivals and reggae events all over the world and have crossed over into Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Hip Hop and Dance music clubs and festivals. Recent main stage slots include Camp Bestival, The Garden Festival, Soundwave festival, Reggae Sun Ska and Outlook festival amongst many others. Last year they also sold out two shows at London’s Koko, a serious feat and a benchmark in this authentic reggae sound’s fanbase and potential and return to Koko on October 15th. They are also playing an in-store at London’s Rough Trade East in late September. “Turn to the East” was written by Superfour, TSS’s energetic and blind vocalist with conscious lyrics and a passionate delivery. The heartfelt chorus is sung by Chucky Banton. The title is inspired by the biblical reference “Look to the east for the coming of a black king” and celebrates numerous black aspirations. Musically, it uses contemporary forms to produce the feel of an ‘80s roots 12” with overpowering bass driving it throughout. Two times DMC champ and Beardyman collaborator, JFB, unleashes a relentless dubstep remix of the track on the B side. There are a string of single releases in the run up to the album on TSS records limited edition white label with more from Toddla T, Jerry Dammers and many more at the production helm with Earl Gateshead and Daddy Ad.

b1 Trojan Sound System and JFB – “Turn to the East” JFB Dubstep Remix
a1 Trojan Sound System and JFB – “Turn to the East” (Original)
a2 Trojan Sound System and JFB – “Turn to the East” (Instrumental)

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Bass Music Restocks CD

MSCD001 – Radikal Guru – The Rootstepa

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

BOKA027 – Truth – Timeshift / Hackerz

OSMUK008 – Kryptic Minds & Youngsta – Cold Blooded / Surge

OSMUK009 – Kryptic Minds – Wasteland / Hybrid

OSMUK010 – Kryptic Minds – Follow Me VIP / Rubberman

BOKA032 – Broken Note – Zound

LIR02 – Jing Bong Ting (Jacky Murda & Max Powa) Ft. Top Cat – Sundown / Drunken Master

BOKA034 – Jayglo – Wiseau Funk / Glo Worm

HFT016 – Arkist & Kidkut – One Year Later

HFT017 – Braille – Braille EP

HFLP006 – Sepalcure – Sepalcure

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Having released the anonymous and enormous F**k Yonkers bootleg earlier this year, the Amsterdam based Audio Culture Label is poised to unleash their first official release, a piece of music which is the result of the collaborative efforts of Dutch wunderkid Presk and Amsterdam’s premier tastemaker Cinnaman.

In part, Pieter ‘Presk’ Willems’ support is responsible for the label’s inception. In a short space of time Presk has built up a solid and impressively distinct sounding catalogue of work released on respected imprints such as Ramp sister label Fourth Wave and Doc Daneeka’s Ten Thousand Yen.

Making a name for himself with nothing more than his hands and impeccable taste, Yuri ‘Cinnaman’ Boselie has become somewhat of a musical institution in Amsterdam. He’s the man behind the ground breaking Colors nights and is responsible for the equally forward thinking Beat Dimensions compilations.

The B-side features two expertly remixed and uniquely different takes on the original, courtesy of non other than Instra:mental’s Jon Convex and Ten Thousand Yen head honcho Doc Daneeka.

ACLBL001
Presk & Cinnaman
A1) Sweat
B1) Sweat (Jon Convex Remix)
B2) Sweat (Doc Daneeka Remix)

Released on 19th December 2011 on limited white vinyl and digital.

PRESK & CINNAMAN – SWEAT (ACLBL001 out 19th December 2011) by Audio Culture

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