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Scuba, aka Paul Rose, has been at the forefront of the dubstep scene since its birth. Having founded the innovative and influential Hotflush Recordings label in 2003, he has continually brought colour and depth to an advancing genre, expanding its sonic structure and increasing its influence on the wider electronic scene. Through Scuba and seminal work by central figures including Distance, Vex’d and more recently Mount Kimbie and Joy Orbison, Hotflush remains crucial to the immediate moment and the developing future of the most exciting aspects of electronic music.

Following the first Scuba LP, A Mutual Antipathy (2008), and the more recent Aesaunic EP (2009), this album takes the Scuba sound to a new level. The collision of dubstep and techno has produced startling music from a wide range of producers in the last few years, none more than Scuba, and that has been well documented. But Triangulation moves past the dubstep/techno axis and into new territory. Working at multiple tempos, the album covers an area ranging from house to experimental drum n bass while retaining the Scuba sound that has become so distinctive.

You Got Me and So You Think You’re Special, released as an advance 12”, reflect the range of the album with the huge bass and frenetic energy of the former contrasting with the melancholic atmospheres and melodies of the latter. The listless beauty of Before, the aggressively percussive Minerals and the hyperactive electro of On Deck provide further stylistic variation, but this is not simply a collection of tracks – for the best sonic results this album should be listened to in full.

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Scuba
Triangulation

01. Descent
02. Latch
03. Three Sided Shape
04. Minerals
05. On Deck
06. Before
07. Tracers
08. You Got Me
09. So You Think You’re Special
10. Heavy Machinery
11. Glance
12. Lights Out

Release date: 22nd March 2010

Formats:
3×12″ Vinyl – Barcode: 5055317204875
CD – Barcode: 5055317204868
Digital Download

CD Album will contain ‘continuous audio’ while the vinyl versions will be edits.

Exclusively Distributed by S.T. Holdings.

Audio previews coming soon……

Links:

FACT interview: http://www.factmag.com/2010/01/26/scuba-reveals-details-of-triangulation-lp/
Resident Advisor news item: http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=11614
XLR8R short interview: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2010/01/inbox-scuba

www.hotflushrecordings.com
www.youtube.com/HotflushUK
www.myspace.com/hotflushuk
www.facebook.com/HotflushUK

Hailed by many as the Burial of minimal D&B the recent Consequence LP “Live For Never” has crossed the boundaries of Drum & Bass and is appealing to a much wider audience, and so it should.

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Artist: Consequence
Title: Live For Never
Label: Exit Records
Format: 1xCD / 4×12″ / Digital

01. Long Lies
02. From A Distance *
03. Feeling Like We Do
04. Life Is Timing *
05. Psuedo Echo
06. 11 Circles *
07. Lime Green *
08. Reflex Reaction *
09. Fog *
10. Short Lived
11. Farewell *
12. Flashes *
13. A Man And A Woman *

* – Also Featured on 4×12″ Vinyl version

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Here is a recent review from Resident Advisor‘s Max Bacharach:

“Speaking to The End in mid-2008, Exit boss and Autonomic mastermind Darren White, AKA dBridge, had these words to say about his beloved genre: “…when I listen to tunes from the last two or three years and compare them to tunes from the era that I believe it was at its most interesting, they don’t even compare. This isn’t music that people outside of our scene can look to, and that’s a big beef of mine.” Jump ahead to early 2010 and—thanks to the increasingly wide-ranging output of Instra:mental, SpectraSoul, Data and co—things don’t look quite so bleak. In fact, we might forgive Mr White for having been a little overly pessimistic: it’s his label that gave birth to 2009′s best drum & bass full-length, an album which, in drawing together influences as diverse as Ed Rush, OMD and Autechre (and wilfully refusing to tick any obvious dance floor boxes at that), positively commands attention.

In fact, there’s only one real blooper on the album: the schmaltzy “Life Is Timing,” which, sadly, delves a little too far into the champagne sipping terrain evoked by its title, and fails to integrate with what, taken in whole, is a remarkably coherent piece of work. What marks it out—and to a degree which, in the recent history of drum & bass, only dBridge’s The Gemini Principle equals—is its refusal to make concessions in the name of sales, airplay, MC compatibility and such like. There are no “big tunes,” no crushing breaks, no epic drops and, most pleasingly in a genre blighted by trite samples, no vocals. It’s simply one man’s vision of dark, futuristic bass music, and a powerful articulation—indeed, the most powerful one yet—of the Autonomic sound. Music that those outside the scene can, and really should, look to “.

View using the following link: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=6980

It’s that time of the year when music related blog’s get their chart heads on and review 2009 with their top albums and singles, we tried something a little similar when S.T. Holdings staff members recently picked their ‘Top 3 Tracks of the Year’: http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/12/02/s-t-holdings-staff-charts-2009/

On perusing around the internet at the various charts we have found a mountain of accolades for some of the labels we have been representing, here’s a short run down of some of the finest records this year according to the masses and the music moguls:

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Joy Orbison
Hyph Mngo

It’s been a meteoric rise to fame for Joy Orbison, a release picked up by Hotflush Recordings (ran by Scuba) and released on his more techno orientated sub-label (HFT), first raved about by Martin Blackdown for his Pitchfork Blog and since then has completely blown up with Joy being tipped for the top in 2010 by the BBC Music Longlist: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8388584.stm

The tune has also been picked up on by the NME who voted the track their 18th (out of 50) ‘Best Tracks of the Year’: http://www.nme.com/list/50-best-tracks-of-2009/159979/page/4

Boomkat follow suit and position the track No.9 out of 100 in the ‘Tracks of the Year’: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=517&gID=10

We await to hear the development of Mr. Orbison’s sound in 2010…..

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Martyn
Great Lengths LP

Martyn’s debut LP was a big success and the internet was flooded with information and hype about the album, his crossover from Drum & Bass to the more techno/house influenced Dubstep sound was great timing and he soon became the figure at the forefront of that particular sound.

It has won alot of ‘awards’ this year across many sites, including no.3 in Resident Advisors ‘Top 20 Albums of 2009′: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121

12th in FACT Magazine‘s ‘Top 100 Album’s of 2009′: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=5

A mention in the ‘Lost 9 of 2009′ section on Drowned In Sound: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4138671-lost-9-of-09-2-2562-unbalance?2009

16th in Boomkat‘s ‘Top 100 Album’s of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

Watch out for Martyn’s forthcoming releases coming in 2010, first will be a 2 part remix release, details here: http://www.stholdings.co.uk/2009/11/30/forthcoming-on-3024-martyn-the-remixes/

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Zomby
One Foot Ahead Of The Other

Ramp Recordings have had a host of big releases this year, notably the Zomby Mini-LP which featured artwork by  Kate Moross taking the 8-bit Nintendo sounds to the extreme and cementing himself as one of the artists at the forefront of electronic music. Songs supported by the likes of Annie Mac, Zane Lowe and Kissy Sell Out on Radio 1.

FACT Magazine voted it No.7 of their ‘Best 40 Albums of 2009′: http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4134&Itemid=103&limit=1&limitstart=6

Boomkat voted it No.3 in their ‘Top 100 Albums of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

More to come from Zomby no doubt in 2010!

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Peverelist
Jarvik Mindstate

Peverelist’s debut album finally landed on his own Punch Drunk imprint recently, a producer with relatively few releases to his name but always quality over quantity, a well renowned producer who has worked with Shackleton, Appleblim and has performed remixes for the likes of Pole, along with Martyn he is one of the forerunners of the Techno influenced Dubstep sound.

Resident Advisor made it No.19 in their ‘Best 20 Albums of 2009′ list: http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1121

Boomkat made it No.85 in their ‘Top 100 Albums of 2009′: http://www.boomkat.com/charts.cfm?id=516&gID=10

Expect big things from Punch Drunk in 2010, a Hyetal & Shortstuff 12″ is due for release on 18th January 2010.

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Joker & Ginz
Purple City

Kapsize, the Bristol based label co-run by Joker and Pinch’s Multiverse has been showcasing some huge Joker productions this year, notably ‘Purple City’ by Joker & Ginz. Joker has gone from strength to strength this year and is set to blow big time next year, having headlined the Sonar dubstep stage and undertaken some high profile remix work.

XLR8R voted it amongst their ‘Best of 2009′ list: http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2009/12/bumpin

Pitchfork voted for it amongst their ‘Best 100 Tracks of 2009′: http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7742-the-top-100-tracks-of-2009/5/

Here’s looking forward to 2010.

We’ll leave you for the year with some previews of some releases you can expect to see released in January 2010:

Merry Christmas!

Martyn’s “Great Lengths” (3024005CD) is rated as the second best album of 2009 by Mixmag

“The Dutchman’s debut was one of those great unclassifiable albums; part dubstep, part techno, part garage, all coming together to create the best underground album since Burial’s ‘Untrue’ ”

Links:
http://3024world.blogspot.com
http://www.myspace.com/martyndnb

http://www.mixmag.net
http://twitter.com/Mixmag

To coincide with a huge influx of big releases on the label we’re pleased to post up the Ramp Recordings release schedual along with a mix from Shortstuff to coincide with his new 12″ / Digital release (RAMP023).

Out now on Ramp:

RAMP020 – Hot City:

A) Hot City Bass

B) Sweat

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RAMP021 – Slugabed:

A) Gritsalt

B) Let’s Go Swimming

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RAMP023 – Shortstuff:

A) A Rustling

B) Stuff

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FACT Magazine review of RAMP023.

Coming Soon on Ramp:

RAMP022CD / RAMP022LP – Zomby – One Foot Ahead of the Other LP

1. One Foot Ahead Of The Other

2. Helter Skelter

3. Pumpkinhead’s Revenge

4. Polka Dot

5. Godzilla

6. Expert Tuition

7. Bubble Bobble

8. Mesculine Cola

9. Firefly Finale

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Zomby’s mini-LP is imminent and there are a limited amount of vinyl promo copies doing the rounds at the moment, check your local record store and see if you can nab one. The official release date for the CD will be 24th August 2009.

You may have heard a certain Annie Mac playing ‘Helter Skelter’ on her show recently, there’s also talk of the track being passed to Zane Lowe.

Below is a selection of links to feedback about the album:

FACT Magazine review

Resident Advisor Review

Boomkat Review

Shortstuff  mix

Shortstuff Crazylegsmix:

Cortney Tidwell – Watusii (Daphni remix)
Mosca – Square One
D-Malice – Untitled
Roska -Without It
Fuzzy Logik – In the Morning
Smith & Mighty – U Dub
2 Bad Mice – Hold It Down
Zomby – Mescaline Cola
Agent-X – Turbulence
Shortstuff – A Rustling
Brackles – Air Pie
Pearson Sound – Wad
Untold – Gonna Work Out Fine
Roska – Boxed
Underground Solution – Get Happy
Hot City – Head Work
Shortstuff & Hyetal – Don’t Sleep
Martin Kemp – After the Night
Greena – Tenzado
Shortstuff – See Ya
Stuff & Brax – Pipey D

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This much you probably knew. Well now we can reveal more. One Foot will be released as both a digipak CD and 12″, designed and layed out by Kate Moross (the black circle on the artwork you see above is a sticker on the plastic wrap, and doesn’t appear on the actual digipak). It features nine tracks:

1. One Foot Ahead of the Other
2. Helter Skelter
3. Pumpkinhead’s Revenge
4. Polka Dot
5. Godzilla
6. Expert Tuition
7. Bubble Bobble
8. Mescaline Cola
9. Firefly Finale

As far as the tracks you can’t sample above go, ‘Polka Dot’ was on Zomby’s myspace almost a year ago, and ‘Firefly Finale’ will be familiar to fans of Dusk and Blackdown’s Rinse show; they’ve played it before in its chrysalis stage under the name ‘Be Reasonable, Expect the Impossible’. ‘Expert Tuition’ is the most 2steppy thing here, with a real touch of Martyn to it, and ‘Mescaline Cola’ is stuttering, paranoid house in a similar vein to ‘Bubble Bobble’, built around a distinctive sample of what sounds like a slurp through a straw and dangerously good.

In fact, this whole EP is superb. It was clear from tracks like ‘Bubble Bobble’ and ‘Godzilla’ that One Foot Ahead of the Other was going to be different to the Zomby records that preceded it – focused on vibrant, sharp, 8-bit sounds that seem to stare in every direction at once (as opposed to the amorphous gloop of his self-titled Hyperdub EP or the Atari and Akai sampler-indebted hardcore of Where Were U In 92? on Werk Discs), and it lives up to the promise of these tracks and expands this vibe into a cohesive mini-album that’s as colourful and multi-layered as the sleeve artwork. Watch out for a full review nearer the time of release.

fact magazine review