New D&B CD

SABCD001 – Various Artists – Sun And Bass Selection 2011 – CD
Back in 2003 we came up with the adventurous concept to organize an international Drum & Bass party in the small Italian town of San Teodoro on Sardinia. Fueled by the idea of inviting some friends over to the beautiful island to enjoy some good music in a breath-taking landscape, we have put a lot of effort to bring this vision to life.It still puts a smile on our faces when thinking back how we were driving some of Drum & Bass‘greatest DJs in a tiny rusty Italian car to the local clubs… It is the authenticity and true love for the music that make SUNANDBASS this special happening, inspiring visitors as well as artists from all over the world.Often referred to as ‘Drum & Bass’ best kept secret’, the festival with the amazing family like atmosphere has grown to being one of the most influential events in the scene, bringing Drum & Bass music out of the urban clubs to some of Europe’s finest beaches and fantastic open air venues. Every time we return to San Teodoro to celebrate a full week of great music and unforgettable parties it fills us with pride and joy to see so many familiar faces and to feel the positive energy.We are thrilled to present SUNANDBASS »Selection«, a compilation featuring a number of artists who have over the past 7 years contributed to making the event what it is today. With 13 exclusive tracks this album is an homage to the festival and all the people involved in making it happen year after year. From heavy bass rides to easy summer vibes it reflects the full musical range and brings back some of those special moments we spent together. The additional mix by resident DJ Utah Jazz also contains some great classic tunes played throughout the years at the festival.We would like to thank all the people that have worked with us on putting together this fantastic album. This one is for all the SUNANDBASS family!

1 ArpXP – Winter in Sardinia
2 Lynx & Hellrazor Ft. Kemo – How You Move Me
3 Chris SU – Promises
4 Dom & Roland – Coast 2 Coast
5 FD – Blue Sky Research (Sun And Bass VIP)
6 Ulterior Motive – Well of Envy
7 S.P.Y – Sabotage
8 Triad Ft. Elina Monova – Persistence
9 Calibre – Peace Organ
10 Lenzman – Diamonds
11 A Sides – Sugar Sweet
12 Utah Jazz – Monday Blues
13 Klute – Rye

New D&B Releases

SIGLP007 – Calibre – Condition (12” x 3 and CD shrink wrapped together) – 12″ Vinyl x 3
Please Note: There will be no separate CD available. Album will only be released as 3×12” w/CD shrink wrapped together.Condition is my drum and bass follow up to EVEN IF i originally wanted to make an album that was more dance floor influenced, to have a more light hearted approach, in some ways it has that, but i couldn’t stop myself from making the deeper material, for years i have wrestled with the subtle side of drum and bass, my journey has been one that tries to attain the simple groove, to keep removing the layers of this music,this album is an expression of this, and how im still feeling the underdog waiting for the cycle. It came about as it always has and that’s the way its supposed to, enjoyable and moving fast to discover the stillness.Free CD contains the following tracks:1 Calibre feat. DRS – People Never Change // 2 Calibre – Notting Hil // 3 Calibre – Who’s Singing // 4 Calibre – Mirage // 5 Calibre – No More // 6 Calibre – Foreign Bodies // 7 Calibre – Ugly Duckling // 8 Calibre – Half And Half // 9 Calibre – Garbage Man // 10 Calibre – Schlager // 11 Calibre feat. DRS – Closing Doors // 12 Calibre – Blackhole Dub // 13 Calibre – Windows

a Calibre – Notting Hill
b Calibre – Who’s Singing
c Calibre – Garbage Man
d Calibre – Shlager
e Calibre – No More
f Calibre – Windows

Listen to sample of Condition (12” x 3 and CD shrink wrapped together)

QRNUK012 – Optiv / Fierce / Vicious Circle / Jubei – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 2 – 12″ Vinyl
This 2 track Vinyl release pairs Otiv’s ‘Waterboard’ with Fierce / Vicious Circle / Jubei’s ‘Fiend’ [OBLIVION] is the final instalment of the [QUARANTINE] Trinity. The Follow up to [DOMINION] and [ZENITH] With DJ support from Andy C, Friction, dBridge S.P.Y, Doc Scott, Bailey, Ed Rush, Marky, Total Science and more…Pendulum (Paul) – “Waterboard is classic [QUARANTINE] isnʼt it!!”

a Optiv – Waterboard
aa Fierce / Vicious Circle / Jubei – Fiend

Listen to sample of Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 2

QRNUK013 – Fierce / Vicious Circle / Nocturnal – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 3 – 12″ Vinyl
This 2 track Vinyl release pairs Fierce / Vicious Circle’s ‘Euphoric’ with Vicious Circle / Nocturnal’s ‘Skylark’[OBLIVION] is the final instalment of the [QUARANTINE] Trinity. The Follow up to [DOMINION] and [ZENITH]With DJ support from Andy C, Friction, dBridge S.P.Y, Doc Scott, Bailey, Ed Rush, Marky, Total Science and more.. Andy C – “some serious tunage on there”

a Fierce / Vicious Circle – Euphoric
aa Vicious Circle / Nocturnal – Skylark

Listen to sample of Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 3

New D&B Promos

LFTD010 – Falinox – Drift Out / Worlds Collide – 12″ Vinyl
Falinox is the new signing to Lifted Music. The soon to be superstar from America has been working extremely hard over the past 3 years in order to get his sound and technique’s perfected and is finally ready to unleash Drift Out & Worlds Collide.

a Falinox – Drift Out
b Falinox – Worlds Collide

Listen to sample of Drift Out / Worlds Collide

DMND005 – Spinline & Hydro – Junction 13 / Perimeter – 12″ Vinyl
Demand Records has been making a lot of noise this year thanks to their keen ear for the finest drum & bass around and a cleverly selected set of remixers. Here we have the label’s fifth release from the incredibly talented Spinline & Hydro which looks set to catapult Demand straight to the front of DJs boxes once again First up Spinline & Hydro deliver ‘Junction 13′ with skipping beats and a bassline so low it could tunnel under your house! Meanwhile ‘Perimeter’ bounces along with menacing intent and a moody atmosphere, complementing the A side perfectly.

a Spinline & Hydro – Junction 13
aa Spinline & Hydro – Perimeter

Listen to sample of Junction 13 / Perimeter

HUMA8033 – Zardonic – The End Of Days EP – 12″ Vinyl
Two long awaited heavyweight dnb anthems finally make their way into djs hands. End Of Days was one of the feature tracks on the latest Dieselboy mix “Unleashed”. Halftime drum and bass insanity! “Nexus Polaris” is another huge tune with heavy rock-style drum work and pummeling industrial strength second drop. Essential!

a Zardonic & Numbernin6 feat. Messinian – End Of Days
aa Zardonic – Nexus Polaris

Listen to sample of The End Of Days EP

PRODUCT012 – Craggz & Parallel – Future Shock (Jubei Remix) / Turn The Page (Need For Mirrors Remix) – 12″ Vinyl
Having jumped back in the D&B saddle towards the end of last year with their stunning album ‘Turn The Page’ there’s been no turning back for Craggz & Parallel who’ve immersed themselves back in the depths the studio that they share with D Bridge and Kasra. With an array of beats lined up and ready to go C&P decided to let a couple of friends loose on two killer jams from said album; Need For Mirrors and Jubei, please stand up! Jubei jumps up to add his take on ‘Future Shock’…and what a job he does. The intro is sick, the drop is sick and the tough drums are just….sick! Bass stabs and surges into the mix like a precision swordsman as the track gets to work demolishing those who bare witness. An awesome dropout ensues and we’re back into it right up to the end. Big bad and very, very heavy.Having been a big favourite with the A-list in its original form (even opening Andy C’s latest Nightlife mix album), the title track ‘Turn The Page’ was already a heavy slab of D&B but Need For Mirrors have managed to draw it deeper still. The eerie intro elements remain along with a solid two-step break and that spoken vocal, then it’s left up to some classic Full Cycle inspired bass work to rock the speakers for a naughty but oh so nice re-lick from the NFM duo. As far as remix 12’s go they don’t come much better than this.

a Craggz & Parallel – Future Shock (Jubei Remix)
aa Craggz & Parallel – Turn The Page (Need For Mirrors Remix)

Listen to sample of Future Shock (Jubei Remix) / Turn The Page (Need For Mirrors Remix)

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

Listen to sample of Who Run It / Skull Snapz

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

Listen to sample of Kill The Pain / Letting Go

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

Listen to sample of Piano Bizness / Smooth Baby

DIFF010 – Frederic Robinson – Laughing at Clouds – 10″ Vinyl
Limited to 150 numbered copies Pink Vinyl pressing. Somewhere over western Europe, an un-identified falling object crashed landed causing a massive bang, and a ginormous Banana shaped smoke cloud. Frederic, a local artistic young chap was so inspired by this hilariously funny giant cloud that covered the whole sky as far as he could see; he ran indoors to take cover, and wrote a little summer step d&b beat, called ‘Laughing at Clouds’ – which seemed to draw a lot of attention. Out of the studio window, Frederic could see what seemed to be a pink giraffe giving it some serious head-nodding action. By the second drop Leonard (The pink giraffe) was dancing so heavily that he caused a small tremor somewhere over in the states, where young up & coming producer Melo seemed to pick up the transmission. While in his sonic laboratory he managed to transfer his latest project (Affirmation) through the current, where Frederic decided to make his first remix project, which pretty much made Leonard pass out after all the summer stepping….

a Frederic Robinson – Laughing at Clouds
b Melo – Affirmation (Frederic Robinson Remix)

Listen to sample of Laughing at Clouds

D&B Restocks Vinyl

PRODUCT010 – Craggz & Parallel – Release / The Sleeper

PRODUCT011 – Craggz & Parallel – Metroplex / Future Shock

SYMMLP002 – Break – Resistance

SUBTITLESUK005 – Apex – Inner Space / Energy Lines

CRIT052 – Enei, Eastcolors & Noel – Cracker / Danger Dance

SYMM008 – Break / Villem – Something New / Do You I Wanna

New Bass Music releases

MEDI048 – Goth Trad – Babylon Fall EP – 12″ Vinyl x 2
It’s been a long time coming but finally Deep Medi are proud to present, Japan’s biggest Dubstep export V’s arguably one of Jamaica’s all-time biggest stars Max Romeo to bring you ‘Babylon Fall’. This is Goth-Trad’s latest release and last before his album. The EP leads with ‘Babylon Fall’ featuring Max Romeo. Max Romeo is best known for his album ‘War In A Babylon” produced by Lee Scratch Perry at the Black Art Studios featuring classics, ‘One Step Forward’, ‘War In A Babylon’ and the Reggae anthem ‘Chase the Devil’. Goth-Trad lays down a trademark bass heavy, rumbling rhythm with Max Romeo still showing after all these years that his vocal is still standing strong and lyrical content bringing positive vibes in these troubled times. ‘Falling Leaf’ and ‘Sublimation’ see Goth-Trad in a deep techno mood. ‘Falling Leaf’ is a relentless barrage of sub bass and industrial dub mechanics whilst Sublimation is more stealth like with its late night inner city running’s, think Japan via Detroit touching down in the UK. With ‘Itinerant Priest’ we have saved the biggest dance-floor destruction till last, from the opening chimes, organ drone and intense rave stabs through to the fierce pulsating bass you know this has got pure, unadulterated mayhem written all over it.

a Goth Trad Ft. Max Romeo – Babylon Fall
b Goth Trad – Falling Leaf
c Goth Trad – Itinerant Priest
d Goth Trad – Sublimation

Listen to sample of Babylon Fall EP

DP057 – Subscape – Universal EP – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Since his debut release on Dub Police back in 2008, Subscape has come a long way, quickly emerging as one of the most exciting young talents to come out of the dubstep scene. We are extremely proud to announce that he is returning stronger than ever with a brand new EP showcasing a decisive evolution in his sound.Kicking off the EP is the anthemic ‘Turn Me On’, a track built to cause havoc on any dancefloor. The dynamic combination of ecstatic synth lines and mechanized bass tones fuse together with the swinging snare hits to harness a new energy in Subscape’s music. ‘Square Albert’ takes this energy and twists it on its head with galloping percussion and colourful rave-inspired synths before bursting into double time drum lines and shooting off in a new direction. ‘Universal’ is a step into the future carried by a gargantuan wave of bass pressure as the alien lead synth line soars high into the atmosphere and the growling bassline and destructive snares force the track home. Rounding off the vinyl package, ‘Apple Candy’ takes things deeper with seductive strings, yearning vocal samples and synth lines. With an ever-growing list of international bookings stretching out before him and a growing arsenal of music, it looks like his journey is only just beginning and we are proud to be a part of it. Watch this space!

a Subscape – Turn Me On
b Subscape – Square Albert
c Subscape – Universal
d Subscape – Apple Candy

Listen to sample of Universal EP

NONPLUS016 – Kassem Mosse – Enoha EP – 12″ Vinyl
Germany based producer Kassem Mosse releases his second EP for Nonplus, entitled Enoha, The four track release follows on from last year’s ” We Speak To Those/Hi Res” 12 inch for the label, which is run by UK duo Instra:mental. This year Mosse – real name Gunnar Wendel – has already released two solo EPs, including the Workshop 12 and a limited 7″ for Mikrodisco which included the brilliant DJ Koze-esque mindfuck house track “7am”. http://www.inhabitonline.co.uk

a1 Kassem Mosse – Enoha
a2 Kassem Mosse – GSO2
b1 Kassem Mosse – Inswanna
b2 Kassem Mosse – Sleepworking

Listen to sample of Enoha EP

DISF016 – Echo Park – Fiber Optic – 12″ Vinyl
Out of an 8.8 earthquake, riots and severe illness comes one of the most joyful records of the year. Brian Gibbs aka Echo Park has had a colourful life to say the least, living and making music in L.A., Tokyo, Madrid, Mexico City and now Santiago, Chile where he lives with his young family. Previously a producer of dark hip hop and dub, a series of disasters made him confront mortality and decide it was time to make the music that is closest to his heart: luscious, sunshine-infused electro-funk full of laid back attitude and “real songs”.Skream has always been a lover of disco, boogie and electro – as anyone who’s heard one of his specialist sets or his slick’n'sleazy remix of Chromeo will know. It took just one hearing of Brian’s first Echo Park tracks via a mutual friend to snap them up for Disfigured Dubz. In fact he has chosen Echo Park for the first full album on the label… but first comes this killer single, a shmoooove bit of vocoder funk that sets the tone for Echo Park’s twin obsessions with technology and romance. Bundled with it are a gutbusting ravemonster of a rework by 12th Planet & Flinch that somehow still keeps the soul of the track intact, and Jon Convex taking it way underground with a deeper-than-deep analogue techno version. There’s something for everyone here and this is just the beginning.

a1 Echo Park – Fiber Optic
a2 Echo Park – Fiber Optic (Jon Convex’s Love Transmission Remix)
b Echo Park – Fiber Optic (12th Planet & Finch Remix)

Listen to sample of Fiber Optic

WNCL007 – Don Froth – Balboa / Von – 10″ Vinyl
L.A.’s DON FROTH has recently been busy remixing Catelepsia, engineering for DJ Harvey and releasing on his own Froth’N imprint, not to mention his larger-than-life, limited release “10,000cc” for Phonica Records. Here he reminds us all that 138bpm is not yet a spent force. WNCL Recordings is proud to present BALBOA and VON – two trax offering super-fresh beats with exhaustingly endless twists and turns. Strictly for dancers.

a Don Froth – Balboa
aa Don Froth – Von

Listen to sample of Balboa / Von

HENCH029 – MRK1 Ft. Doctor – Bo / Rapapampam – 12″ Vinyl
MRK1 is back with some vocal dubstep bangers featuring the vocal talents of Doctor who has previously worked with the likes of Cotti and others in the grime world. These tunes are set to blow speakers worldwide, don’t sleep on these ANTHEM STYLEE!

a MRK1 Ft. Doctor – Bo
aa MRK1 Ft. Doctor – Rapapampam

Listen to sample of Bo / Rapapampam

New Bass Music Promos

NONPLUS017 – Lowtec – Coldred – 12″ Vinyl
Lowtec returns to Nonplus with his second release on the label and smothers us with his sonic art yet again.a) Lowtec ‘Coldred’ This piece of steel strong Berlin edged Tech house pumps along from the outset, leaving no doubt that this is one to get on and enjoy. As the title suggests, the cold dark eerie sound is built for warehouses and masterfully grows into a “Lost for words” type tune.b1) Lowtec ‘Darrynane’ ‘Darrynane’ is the first on the flip. Uncomfortable jittering beat compression is sketched into a subtle shift of swirling synths and vocal samples that drive this tune along on a hypnotic groove.b2) Lowtec ‘Twizel’ ‘Twizel’ is an attention grabber from the outset. The woodblock sounds and the evening session is in progress…then the synths lead and drift into a massive sound bomb of uber lusciousness, leaving the beat behind temporarily. Upon its return, the tune lifts into a late night heads down shoulder twisting groove monster…and when the Harpsichord drops, say “hi” to the hairs on the back of your neck.

a Lowtec – Coldred
b1 Lowtec – Darrynane
b2 Lowtec – Twizel

Listen to sample of Coldred

3024016 – Mosca – Dom Perignon – 12″ Vinyl
Throughout 3024′s short history, the label has always carried a heavy trace of techno in its makeup: an inevitable reflection of its founder’s roots in early 90s warehouse parties. Our 15th release bears that influence out, and stands as the label’s most expansive release so far – a 4 track EP from the utterly inimitable Mosca. Leaping straight onto our radar with his opening combination of the ‘Square One / Nike’ 12’ and ‘Gold Bricks, I See You,’ it’s been a long-held ambition to work with a producer whose diversity has never once strayed into tokenism. Renowned for his glacial work rate, we bided our time as the Mosca sound veered off into new territories – and it’s with great pleasure we present the fruits of our patience here. Opening proceedings of Mosca’s ‘Wavey’ EP is ‘Dom Perignon’, a cavernous roller with a gravity inverting bass drum and dub-infused atmospherics. Developing both the intricacy of its drum programming and the implicit tension of its arrangement towards the sunrise, it’s the perfect entry point for this new side of the Mosca sound. ‘Orange Jack’ further develops this gloaming swing, both deeper into the recesses of aquatic frequency while simultaneously ramping up the groove into ultra loose woodblock territory as looped snatches of Hip Hop acapella drive out any lingering ghost’s. Tearing any hint of historical reverence away is a constantly warping bass part that is more fissure than line, and bubbling textures hinting at further shifts to come. Immediately intensifying proceedings, ‘Jager’s renewed urgency guides the EP back towards more conventional Techno, in form if not implementation. Huge phased hi-hats and gaseous sub frequencies push a Friedrichshain pulse relentlessly forward, briefly collapsing as a disembodied fire & brimstone host exhorts an unidentified audience (or maybe the track) back onto its feet and onwards with yet more resolve. Coiling and uncoiling elements of the arrangement in this second half, a single electric piano chord makes its appearance, providing an understated link back to the previous 2 tracks’ roots. Available as a digital-only track, ‘Wray & Neph’ takes the component influences of its 3 vinyl bound siblings and fuses them together as the track both hardest to classify – and also the most classically Mosca sounding. Queasy waves of synth are joined by tight hi hats and a dislocated kick before a clipped percussive swing emerges out of the haze. Marrying a defiantly 8 bar-esque bass rumble and sporadic fizzing synth breaks with shifts back into stripped down 4×4 Motorik it encapsulates The Wavey EP and all its murky splendor. As ever, Erosie blesses 3024-016 with the latest sleeve in his ever evolving series of work for 3024, in the style that has defined the label as much as its A&R policy.

a Mosca – Dom Perignon
b1 Mosca – Orange Jack
b2 Mosca – Jager

Listen to sample of Dom Perignon

OSMUK014 – Matt-U – Empty Inside / Unforgiven – 12″ Vinyl
A new release from Matt-U receiving big support around the world on the dubplate scene, ‘Empty Inside’ backed with ‘Unforgiven’ on Osiris Music, proper bass weight.

x Matt-U – Empty Inside
y Matt-U – Unforgiven

Listen to sample of Empty Inside / Unforgiven

SEP001 – Sepalcure – Pencil Pimp – 12″ Vinyl
Sepalcure are poised to release their eponymous debut full length through Hotflush this November. In advance of the album a key track, “Pencil Pimp”, will be released as a single, backed with an exclusive track, “I’m Alright”.The single reflects Sepalcure’s approach to the album, where Travis Stewart (Machinedrum) and Praveen Sharma (Braille) utilize the longer format to develop their collaborative process and incorporate the diverse influences present in their solo work to their sonic mixture. Machinedrum’s much-heralded Room(s) LP and Sharma’s recent EPs on Hotflush and Rush Hour reflect the impact of the frenetic, paranoid rhythms of the modern Chicago underground on the wider electronic world and the return to vogue of another musical style that originated from that city: House. But both artists add a crucial sense of emotional sensibility and melodic sensuality that defines the Sepalcure sound.

a Sepalcure – Pencil Pimp
aa Sepalcure – I’m Alright

Listen to sample of Pencil Pimp

CBR002 – Kromestar – Parallel Sounds EP – 12″ Vinyl
Following from the Cosmic Bridge debut release – a collaboration with label head Om Unit titled Solar Cycle / Merkabah – UK bass music heavyweight Kromestar returns for the label’s second release with a solo four-track EP titled Parallel Sounds. A pioneer of the early dubstep sound, Kromestar has spent most of the late 00s releasing on labels such as Mala Mystikz’s Deep Medi, Southside and Fantastic 3. Since 2010 he’s been busy exploring new sonic territories and this experimentation shines through this EP for Cosmic Bridge. Across the four tracks, Kromestar delves into low-slung 80-90bpm realms while still exercising the bottom end pressure and infectious swing he’s become known for. Parallel Sounds also includes the hotly-tipped beatless production The Outer Limits a collaboration with Team Starfleet that does away with the standard template and results in a deeply unique experience.The tracks on Parallel Sounds have been getting heavy rotation on Om Unit’s Maisonette Electronique podcasts as well as on his Boiler Room appearance (http://boilerroom.tv/om-units-45-min-mix/). Jay 5ive has also been supporting the music on the pioneering Rinse FM. Response so far has been both positive and overwhelming leading to this release in the closing months of 2011.Alongside his forthcoming releases on the Bass N’ Love label, the Parallel Sounds EP sheds more light on Kromestar as a producer genuinely not afraid to continue moving forward and experiment sonically. It will also no doubt cement him as a producer worth checking out for each and everytime as we enter 2012. Genre-wise we’ll leave it up to you… Just don’t go crazy now!

a1 Kromestar – Don’t Make Sense
a2 Kromestar – 2012
b1 Kromestar – In 2 Minds
b2 Kromestar Ft. Team Starfleet – Outer Limit

Listen to sample of Parallel Sounds EP

CS158 – Arturo Garces – Necessities EP – 12″ Vinyl
Born and raised in San Jose, California, Arturo Garces has been surrounded by dance music his entire life. The son of a serious collector of funk, soul and disco records, Arturo grew up listening to the roots of house music. These early influences are evident in his works as a DJ and producer today. Interested in making his own music, Arturo got hold of a sampler in 1995 and hasn’t looked back since. He has releases on both established & strictly underground labels (Subliminal Soul, Jump Recordings, Solid Trax, Tangible, Plush, Trax Café, Audio Abuse, & Do Box). Arturo has new projects and remixes coming out on Cross Section Records, Magnetic Recordings, Smoke City Music, Sneak Classics, Jump Recordings, Solid Trax, Beat Bum Music, Scenic Music, Council House Recordings, Soluble Recordings, Hub City, Counter w8, Tangible Recordings, HuHu Muic, Treasured Grooves, & Funky Farm.With a solid collection of tracks, Arturo’s music has helped define the unique and emerging Silicon Valley sound. This approach blends the driving, beat-laden beauty of techno with the soulful, deep melodies of house. He has had many collaborations & releases with fellow South Bay artists, including Lucas Rodenbush (EBE), Mustafa (Harry Knuckles), Alonso Ordonez, Mattski, Derek Scott, Spun & Chris Jackson (Sijay). A DJ since age 15, Arturo has played throughout the U.S. & regularly spins in the Bay Area. He was a resident at Funky Tekno Tribe’s monthly, “Organic”, and was a member of FTT’s “2000 Generations Tour”. Other DJs on the tour included DJ Dan, Donald Glaude, Barry Weaver, Graeme, Hector Cardenas, Jeno, DJ Mea, DJ Sneak, DJ Rap, Mark Farina, John Acquaviva, Dean Coleman, Supa DJ Dimitry, Mr. C, and Evil Eddie Richards. Today Arturo is the label manager for San Jose’s house imprint Jump Recordings, Beat Bum Music, and techno label Resource Records. With a talented roster of producers such as E.B.E., Hipp-E, Uneaq, TBF, DJ Jaz, Chris Jackson, J-Funk, Lurob, & Kenneth Graham to name a few. Also for the last 4 years Arturo has been a part of the infamous “Get Down” party, a Tuesday night weekly at the Cardiff Lounge in Campbell, Ca. With his hard work, dedication and passion for dance music, Arturo is definitely one to watch.

a1 Arturo Garces – No One Else
a2 Arturo Garces – The Funk
b1 Arturo Garces – Crash
b2 Arturo Garces – Got 2 Be

Listen to sample of Necessities EP

Bass Music Restocks CD

BOKACD001 – Von D – Daydreaming LP

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

HF011 – Elemental – Deep Under

HF016 – Nyabingi – Belgium Chocolate

HES015 – Elgato – Tonight / Blue

HES016 – Pearson Sound – Blanked / Blue Eyes

SAIGON005 – Milyoo – Kazaduon EP

BOKALP001 – Von D – Daydreaming LP

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New D&B Releases

P51UK023 – State Of Mind – Dead In Detroit / Frankenfunk – 12″ Vinyl
‘Dead In Detroit’ has been a crowd favorite for most of 2011. Finally seeing full release, witness the organic baselines and beats that pay homage to the funkiest city on earth: DETROIT! Frankenfunk is a skankin’ romper stomper! A heavy ska influence plus heavy vintage sci-fi vibes = Project 51 transmissions incoming!

a State Of Mind – Dead In Detroit
b State Of Mind – Frankenfunk

Listen to sample of Dead In Detroit / Frankenfunk

BMT006 – Blu Mar Ten – Problem Child / Sweet Little Supernova – 12″ Vinyl
Blu Mar Ten release the second single from their much-anticipated new album project ‘Love is the Devil’.Problem Child: Fusing the classic Virus sound with Blu Mar Ten’s inimitable ethereal production ‘Problem Child’ is cross-scene classic finding its way into a wide range of sets, from D Bridge and London Elektricity to Hype and Nicky Blackmarket. A deceptively sedate intro of choirs and strings gives way to a rollout full of howling mid-range and sub basses, interspersed with phrases of pure distortion all gliding over a set of sleazily funky breaks. Watch out for the rollercoaster reese on the second drop, guaranteed to send any club potty.Sweet Little Supernova: In stark contrast, ‘Sweet Little Supernova’ showcases the talents of Rochelle Parker who delivers a Cocteau Twins-esque vocal over Blu Mar Ten’s dense music. An acoustic percussion line underpins a pulsing set of basslines while a soaring mix of organic & synthetic instrumentation weaves around the unearthly vocal, providing a clear feminine counterpoint to ‘Problem Child’s resolutely masculine approach.With resident designer ithinkitsnice on artwork duties Problem Child / Sweet Little Supernova is a clear indication of the quality to be expected from the forthcoming Love Is The Devil LP.Blu Mar Ten receive regular DJ support from: Marky, London Elektricity, Doc Scott, Futurebound, Teebee, Instra:mental, D Bridge, Hype, John B, Logistics, Ed Rush, Marcus Intalex, Utah Jazz, Nicky Blackmarket, Makoto, Spectrasoul ,Simon Bassline Smith, Mutated Forms, Randall, Kasra, Ulterior Motive, B Complex, Apex, SPY, Craggz, DKay, Seba, Loxy, Ink, Lynx, John B, Data, Nerm & D-Kode, Jaydan, Annie Nightingale, Crissy Criss, Mosus, A Sides, Tom Middleton, ASC, State of Mind, Lomax, Alleycat, Big Bud and many more

a Blu Mar Ten – Problem Child
b Blu Mar Ten – Sweet Little Supernova

Listen to sample of Problem Child / Sweet Little Supernova

DRPLP003T1 – Dom & Roland – Big Bang Part 1 – 12″ Vinyl
Dom of Dom & Roland needs no introduction. With his Roland sampler, he has been at the apex of drum and bass since the mid 90ʻs. One of the original pioneers of the techstep sound. NME once called him the George Lucas of the scene, due to his unfaltering ability to provide the listener with an auralʼgasm of epic soundscapes inspired by the visuals of a thousand sci-fi movies. You only have to search for the youtube video of DJ Marky “broking out” to Enforced which he played as his last tune at Global Gathering this year to see the impact this album will have this year and for the years to come.

a Dom & Roland – Enforced
aa Dom & Roland – Footnotes

Listen to sample of Big Bang Part 1

QRNUK011 – Fierce & S.P.Y – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 1 – 12″ Vinyl
This 2 track 12” is a vinyl taster of the forthcoming [OBLIVION] album. [OBLIVION] is the final instalment of the [QUARANTINE] Trinity. The Follow up to [DOMINION] and [ZENITH] In conjunction with the digital album release on October 24th, [QUARANTINE] are also releasing two more 12” Vinyl’s with tracks from Optiv, Fierce, Vicious Circle, Jubei & Nocturnal.With DJ support from Andy C, Friction, dBridge S.P.Y, Doc Scott, Bailey, Ed Rush, Marky, Total Science and more… Andy C – “Some serious tunage on there”Pendulum (Paul) – “S.P.Y – Bloodshed – reminds me of those nasty old rollers from the late 90ʼs and early 00ʼs. This is a good thing!”

a Fierce & S.P.Y – Fury
aa S.P.Y – Bloodshed

Listen to sample of Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 1

New D&B Promos

RECIPE024 – Skeptical – Blue Eyes EP – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Skeptical’s vinyl debut was on Ingredients back in May 2010 with “Transfer / Block 305”. He has since gone on to rack up 4 releases on the label including his excellent remix of Jubei’s “the Path” featured on the Recipe Book LP. Heavily supported by people such as dBridge & Doc scott, Skeptical has risen to great heights in a year, with his distinct cutting edge sound and awesome dub sonics. So we arrive at recipe024 with a special EP, as all four tracks have been carefully chosen by both himself & the label, with his own chosen sleeve and 500 numbered, limited edition 2 x 12” blue vinyl. A highly collectable piece of modern drum & bass! Dj support from dBridge, Doc scott, Marcus intalex, Flight, Storm, Loxy, SPY, Dub phizix, Spectrasoul, Phobia, to name a few.

a Skeptical – Blue Eyes
b Skeptical – Dub Sequence
c Skeptical – Catch 22
d Skeptical – These Words

Listen to sample of Blue Eyes EP

DIS049 – Marcus Intalex – Stark / Virgo – 12″ Vinyl
Dispatch Recordings is proud to count the Manchester legend among its ranks from now on. You can’t have missed one of the numerous top notch sounds he’s been providing throughout his long career. He is now gathering a forward thinking and historically self conscious music that we could easily define as pretty unique in its genre. The Soul :R boss offers us this time a really valuable glimpse of what D&B should be nowadays : inventive, energetic and technically perfect. When all these elements meet the great sense of groove of the big Soul master, you have a result you can genuinely be happy with. So are we.A. ‘Stark’ Classic tune ! No doubt nobody else would have been able to orchestrate that well so a large scape of unexpected tonalities. These mastered wobbles and swinging rythm make definitely up Marcus’ secret weapons. Some pure electric sounds dive you in a delicious nostalgic style of his own. The final result : afuriously original dance song.AA. ‘Virgo’ This is first a matter of musicality. A lively & lovely lead which is redolent of some of the biggest D&B anthems. A peerless technical and musical knowhow we can feel at every step of the tune. That percussive drum slightly enveloped by an ethereal melody creates a perfect wellbalanced ambiance. Absolute dancefloor killer.DJ support from: Ant TC1, Rob Da Bank, Calibre, Artificial Intelligence, Doc Scott, Fabio, Marky, DBridge,Rockwell, Octane & DLR, Need For Mirrors, Dabs, Lenzman, Survival, Youngsta, Skeptical, to name a few.

a Marcus Intalex – Stark
aa Marcus Intalex – Virgo

Listen to sample of Stark / Virgo

SUICIDE059 – Vicious Circle & Nocturnal / Dom & Roland – Last Chance Saloon / Rollstar – 12″ Vinyl
First 12” taken from forth coming Commercial Suicide compilation. Last Chance Saloon the long awaited dub plate from Vicious Circle & Nocturnal finally hits wax. On the flip Dom & Roland delivers a lesson in how to roll out. Two killer tracks from Klute’s 10 year deep label.

a Vicious Circle & Nocturnal – Last Chance Saloon
aa Dom & Roland – Rollstar

Listen to sample of Last Chance Saloon / Rollstar

CRIT058 – Foreign Concept – Mob Justice – 12″ Vinyl
Moving towards the end of the year and it’s time for a temperature change as Critical gets ice cold with the talents of D&B scene newcomer, Foreign Concept. Although a relatively fresh face Foreign Concept has already made quite a name for himself have signed tunes to the likes of Samurai, Ingredients, Shogun and Commercial Suicide. Here Kasra picks possibly the cream of the crop with a release that has been hitting clubs hard all over for the past few months. Sometimes the only answer is ‘Mob Justice’. A staggered break, industrial fx and drifting pads open it up with the by now familiar to most ‘hang from the gallows’ vocal that signals the drop into some enormous droning sub-bass with twisted fills and oldskool amen edits. Cuts deep in the mix on any worthy sound system; a Critical anthem for all the Fabric regulars. Flipping over and label boss Kasra joins him in the studio for a joint venture with devastatingly good consequences. Kicking off with a more regular two-step break, piano chords and old soul vox ‘Show You’ rolls into a bouncing stepper with a surging b-line that keeps things moving with pace. One for the marching crew and another good sign of Kasra’s own production progress. Definitely much for to come from in the future from Foreign Concept.

a Foreign Concept – Mob Justice
b Foreign Concept & Kasra – Show You

Listen to sample of Mob Justice

QRNUK012 – Optiv / Fierce / Vicious Circle / Jubei – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 2 – 12″ Vinyl
This 2 track Vinyl release pairs Otiv’s ‘Waterboard’ with Fierce / Vicious Circle / Jubei’s ‘Fiend’ [OBLIVION] is the final instalment of the [QUARANTINE] Trinity. The Follow up to [DOMINION] and [ZENITH] With DJ support from Andy C, Friction, dBridge S.P.Y, Doc Scott, Bailey, Ed Rush, Marky, Total Science and more…Pendulum (Paul) – “Waterboard is classic [QUARANTINE] isnʼt it!!”

a Optiv – Waterboard
aa Fierce / Vicious Circle / Jubei – Fiend

Listen to sample of Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 2

QRNUK013 – Fierce / Vicious Circle / Nocturnal – Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 3 – 12″ Vinyl
This 2 track Vinyl release pairs Fierce / Vicious Circle’s ‘Euphoric’ with Vicious Circle / Nocturnal’s ‘Skylark’[OBLIVION] is the final instalment of the [QUARANTINE] Trinity. The Follow up to [DOMINION] and [ZENITH]With DJ support from Andy C, Friction, dBridge S.P.Y, Doc Scott, Bailey, Ed Rush, Marky, Total Science and more.. Andy C – “some serious tunage on there”

a Fierce / Vicious Circle – Euphoric
aa Vicious Circle / Nocturnal – Skylark

Listen to sample of Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Part 3

ADRS005 – Coda – Crucial / Crucial (Savage Rehab Remix) – 12″ Vinyl
Audio Danger Records is back and this time they welcome Coda and Savage Rehab to the label. Showing the labels diversity, this release is strictly for the dance floor with both tracks bringing huge baselines sure to get any dance floor rolling. Coda has been fast becoming a name to watch with his recent hit ‘Tunnel Bass’ by himself and Zen on Zen’s label Flip Audio. He follows this release with the track Crucial on Audio Danger Records. This tune packs big bass and fat drums in buckets. The track has been supported by many artists including Hazard, Zen, Serum, Utah Jazz, Savage Rehab and many more. A must for all bass-heavy lovers. Savage Rehabs Remix of Crucial is absolutely firing. This track has already had huge support by DJ Hazard, Zen and The Risky on the DnBArena Podcast. Expect steppy beats and a super heavyweight bass line that will get any dance floor moving.

a Coda – Crucial
b Coda – Crucial (Savage Rehab Remix)

Listen to sample of Crucial / Crucial (Savage Rehab Remix)

BENEFITBEATS006 – Social Security – Ectoplasm /Burn Out Feat M.C Navigator – 12″ Vinyl
This time they bring to the table 2 of the most rolling smashing tunes from the BENEFIT camp. What’s good about Social music is that it has space and head room for you to mix the tune nicely in whatever way shape or form you choose. If you want to bashment switch it you can, or you want to use it for DD (Double Dropping) it’s there for you to do so or even roll out the mix. And the M.C’S don’t need to fight against the frequencies they can just do their thing without struggling.The SIGN ON SIDE is called ECTOPLASM and as you will hear for yourself its Pure rollage, tight heavy beats with a bass that juggernaut’s through any sound system, solid power and a firm favorite for all the people! Great for the M.C’S to chat over as they have called SO MANY REWINDS on this, so enjoy The SIGN OFF SIDE is BURN OUT Feat none other MORE FIRE Jungle Drum and Bass Legend, one of thee most versatile M.C’s in the history of our scene M.C NAVIGATOR. BURN OUT does exactly that, just Burns Out all the way till the very end leaving you wanting more. Drums that are heavy paced and neatly busy and once the bass drops then you know the tune means business because it’s time to SKANK. Also the catchy hook line by The Navigator surely tells you about tracks that stand the test of time and this is one of them because we will never get Burned because we live and we learn that’s why we will never get Burned…sounds familiar?! The ravers and the M.C’S calling for the rewind EVERY SINGLE TIME. HUGE TUNE for your sets, fresh to the ears and bodies and of Corse your souls. There you have it humans the 6th release given to you from Social Security – on Benefit Beats the PEOPLES PRODUCERS, Bless up – Press ups and Sit ups.

a Social Security – Ectoplasm
aa Social Security – Burn Out Feat M.C Navigator

Listen to sample of Ectoplasm /Burn Out Feat M.C Navigator

D&B Restocks Vinyl

CONTRAST00 – The Contrast – Days Go By

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

JUNO10X – Shara Nelson – Sense of Danger (Calibre remixes)

SUBTITLESUK008 – Ulterior Motive – Tesla / Seven Segments

NZ015X – Eastcolours / Foreign Concept & DBR UK – Acidized / Radiation

New Bass Music CD

MSCD001 – Radikal Guru – The Rootstepa – CD
Radikal Guru returns to Moonshine Recordings with a full length album. The CD entitled „The Rootstepa” contains 12 original tracks featuring such vocalists as: Cian Finn, Brother Culture and Mokey Jhayam. The tracks were recorded in various studios in London, Sao Paulo, Cork and Warsaw.Album have received heavy support from DJ Neil Perch (Zion Train), RSD, 6Blocc, Roommate, Bassnectar and many more. Fans of heavy dub and reggae influenced dubstep will love this one.Radikal Guru aka Mateusz Miller is a producer and dj born in northern Poland well known for his reggae-dubstep mash ups and unique sound influenced by dub originators such as King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry or Scientist. He gained popularity after releasing a series of vinyl singles on Dubbed Out records (UK) in 2008.He started developing his production skills in Poland making trip-hop and jungle beats in 2004. Fascinated by sounds of Asian Underground in 2005 he put’s out a demo album called “The East-West connection” which started spreading around internet community. In 2005 he moved to Cork (Ireland) where he continued expanding his production techniques and started getting more attention by dropping his dj mixes in clubs around Ireland. During that time Radikal Guru sound progressed further when he started experimenting with dub and wide variety of sub genres including dubstep. In October 2008 he had his first tunes released by Z-Audio’s sister label Dubbed Out records and only after few months he got a lot of attention from listeners around the globe and his music was played in radio stations like BBC Asian Network, Sub FM, Rinse FM, Sensimedia Network and many more. From 2009 Radikal Guru is delivering his sound in clubs and festivals around Europe and continues his quest to this day.

1 Radikal Guru – Dread Commandments
2 Radikal Guru Ft. Brother Culture – Fire
3 Radikal Guru – King Kong
4 Radikal Guru – Wisdom Dub
5 Radikal Guru Ft. Cian Finn – Babylon Sky
6 Radikal Guru – The Rootstepa
7 Radikal Guru Ft. Monkey Jhayam – Eu Ja Lhe Disse
8 Radikal Guru – Tundra Dub
9 Radikal Guru – Kali
10 Radikal Guru – Ethnic
11 Radikal Guru Ft. Cian Finn – This Applies
12 Radikal Guru – Conquering Dub

New Bass Music releases

DP059 – Emalkay – The World (Trolley Snatcha & Teebee Remixes) – 12″ Vinyl
Both these fine remixes finally get pressed on Vinyl due to public demand. Trolley Snatcha tears out the Dubstep while on the flip drum and bass don Teebee, delivers one of his best remixes to date. Emalkay is famous for his club smashing hits ‘When I Look At You’ ‘Fabrication’ ‘Explicit’ and ‘Crusader’ to name just a few! A side ‘The World’ feat ft. Lena Cullen is taken from the album ‘Eclipse’.

a Emalkay – The World (Trolley Snatcha Remix)
aa Emalkay – The World (TeeBee Remix)

Listen to sample of The World (Trolley Snatcha & Teebee Remixes)

MS005 – JingBong Ting Ft. Ziggy – Cry Murda – 12″ Vinyl
After few months of silence we are back with a new massive 12”. This time it’s Jacky Murda and Max Powa, a duo from Barcelona that goes by the name of JingBong Ting. After many years on the jungle scene, in 2006 Jacky started the Little Island project, collaborating in Brighton and Barcelona with UK producer Kion on dubby, deep, rootsy material. Tunes by Kion & Murda started to get rotation in crucial UK dances like DMZ, >>FWD , and SuperDubPressure with djs like Mala, Rusko, Tes La Rok, Joe Nice, Nick Argon, BunZer0, Noah D, Daddy G, N-Type and Itchy Robot picking up on the Little Island sound. 2009 also marked the creation of the “JingBong Ting”, a live act comprised of Jacky Murda and Max Powa. JingBong Ting’s first release dropped in 2010 on WAR records, and the second release , complete with video, “Sundown” featuring Top Cat in May 2011. On the Flip you can find a heavy Ragga-Jungle remix by HoT a DJ and Producerliving in Tula, Russia. In 2009 his remix of „Policeman and Soldiers” appeared on the famous jungle label JungleXpeditions. Today HoT continues to push his sound to the worldwide ragga-jungle massive.

a JingBong Ting Ft. Ziggy – Cry Murda
b JingBong Ting Ft. Ziggy – Cry Murda (HoT Remix)

Listen to sample of Cry Murda

SINS006 – Stinkahbell – Something In Your Eyes / GTS – 12″ Vinyl
Anthem alert!! 2011 is geared to being a big year for Stinkahbell and ‘Something In Your Eyes’ is the tune that will blow them up. One of the biggest tunes going right now a infectious vocal hook massive vocal track thats won over the support of the likes of Mistajam & Annie Mac. Sin City Recordings are proud to release this alongside GTS.

a Stinkahbell – Something In Your Eyes
b Stinkahbell – GTS

Listen to sample of Something In Your Eyes / GTS

HF030 – Scuba – Adrenalin – 12″ Vinyl
Hotflush Recordings presents the first new Scuba single since 2010’s landmark album, Triangulation. Since that release Scuba has concentrated more squarely on deep, epic house and techno via the SCB project, most notably with Loss released earlier this year on Aus Music. That focus extends itself to the lead track of this release, Adrenalin, which must be the most unashamedly dancefloor Scuba track to date, while b-sides Never and Everywhere take the well-documented fascination with melody that pervaded previous Scuba material to a new level.

a Scuba – Adrenalin
b1 Scuba – Never
b2 Scuba – Everywhere

Listen to sample of Adrenalin

SSDUBSTARV1 – Da 3rd Kind – I Obey – 12″ Vinyl
Southside dubstar brings to you New Kid on the Block , just been signed to southside dubstar one of the new up and coming talents, Dj producer Da 3rd kind, track entitled I Obey has had the backing from Skream, N Type, and The Aliens they have been playing this track for the last 6 months. Finally it is ready for release, thankyou for your support, Southside Dubstar.

a Da 3rd Kind – I Obey
Da 3rd Kind – Outcast

Listen to sample of I Obey

New Bass Music Promos

EXIT028 – dBridge – So Lonely – 12″ Vinyl
dBridge on production and vocals.

a1 dBridge – So Lonely (Original mix)
a2 dBridge – So Lonely (Morgan Zarate Remix)
b1 dBridge – So Lonely (Consequence Remix)
b2 dBridge – So Lonely (Accapella)

Listen to sample of So Lonely

SCB003 – SCB – Mace / Overlay – 12″ Vinyl
It has been nearly a year since the last single dropped on Paul Rose’s SCB label, and for 2011 it returns in full force with two brand new cuts. “Mace” and “Overlay”, both insistent and hard-hitting, further establish the carefully crafted style of the SCB project

a SCB – Mace
b SCB – Overlay

Listen to sample of Mace / Overlay

HFT018 – Paul Woolford and Psycatron – Stolen – 12″ Vinyl
Hotflush presents a special collaboration between two modern-day techno innovators: Paul Woolford and Psycatron. Both maintaining an influential discography on labels such as Planet E, Intimacy, Tresor, and Bedrock, they’ve come together to produce “Stolen”, a nine-minute techno excursion. Utilising relentless, throbbing percussion that sizzles over growling, acidic synthesis and carefully placed samples, it’s presented in three distinct versions, introducing filter-swept chords in the Dub Mix, and an even deeper submersion in the second Dub Mix that perfectly eclipses the raw temperament of the original.

a Paul Woolford and Psycatron – Stolen
aa Paul Woolford and Psycatron – Stolen (Dub Mix)

Listen to sample of Stolen

SAIGON006 – T-Polar – Apollo EP – 12″ Vinyl
Ltd Promo’s, full artwork housed in the Saigon Recordings housebag. T-Polar is an artist who’s musical output dates back as far as 2002 releasing on labels like Modernism, Epsilonlab, Karloff, Acroplane, Lefthouse Recordings and L2S. This brand new release on Saigon Recordings is T-Polar’s self-confessed ‘finest work to date’, a sublime blend of House, Funky and Bass Music with each track taking a journey from melancholy to euphoria. Orphan101 steps up to remix the lead track from the EP ‘Apollo’. Support for the release has come from such names as 2562, dBridge, Boddika, ASC, Instra:mental, WNCL, GoldFFinch and Mary Anne Hobbs who has been playing ‘Ghosts Of Eckerville’ regularly on her XFM show as her ‘Track of the week’.

a1 T-Polar – Apollo
a2 T-Polar – Apollo (Orphan101 Remix)
b1 T-Polar – Ghosts Of Eckerville
b2 T-Polar – Kriblurk

Listen to sample of Apollo EP

SL016 – Josh Money – Let Go With You / The Wrong People – 12″ Vinyl
Currently churning out some of the most fiendishly heavy beats around for EA Games, Floridaís Josh Money’s latest release follows the bassbin-busting Bullet for the Bears, which had bass fiends on both sides of the Atlantic foaming at the mouth with its orchestral breakdowns, gnarly low end and tight-as-all-hell edits.Now he’s back with a double helping of utter carnage for Sludge. First up, Let Go With You drops sumptuous pads, oriental-style synths and slick vocal stylings before dragging you onto the floor with a bassline that feels like waking up to a shot of tequila while being roundly spanked by maniacal goblins from the planet RWOAR. It’s also got enough edits to keep even the most discerning clubber’s brain ticking over at triple-time.Next up, we have something even more repulsively brilliant for you. String arrangements bring AA-side The Wrong People in nicely, before dark orchestral arrangements give way to bubbling beats, searing sawtooth bass and more naughty, trademark edits for one seriously epic chunk of filth. A brace of essential bangers for the discerning modern dubstepper, and a sign that Josh has cemented himself as a producer to watch in 2011 and beyond.

a Josh Money – Let Go With You
aa Josh Money – The Wrong People

Listen to sample of Let Go With You / The Wrong People

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

HFRMX004 – Scuba – The Upside (Martyn Remix)

HF021 – Mount Kimbie – Maybes

HF023 – Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass

HES011 – James Blake – The Bells Sketch

IDLE004 – Headhunter – Lost Prophet / Chasing Dragons

CHEAP033X – Jack Beats Ft. John B – All Night (Skream Remix)

HEK011 – James Blake – Order / Pan

WHEELYDEALY017 – Kutz – Superman / Spontaneous

NWA002 – Squarewave, Sukh Knight & Mr. K – Tribesman EP

3024015 – Instra:mental / Trevino – Pyramid / Chip

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Released first will be a 2 track 12″ vinyl sampler:

QRNUK011
Fierce & S.P.Y
Fierce Presents [OBLIVION] Part 1
a) Fierce & S.P.Y – Fury
aa) S.P.Y – Bloodshed

Released 10th October 2011 on Ltd 12″ Vinyl / Digital.

Fierce presents [OBLIVION] Fierce & S.P.Y ‘Fury’ [QUARANTINE] by stholdings

In conjunction with the digital album release on October 24th, [QUARANTINE] are also releasing two more  12” Vinyl’s with tracks from Optiv, Fierce, Vicious Circle, Jubei & Nocturnal.
DJ support from Andy C, Friction, dBridge S.P.Y, Doc Scott, Bailey, Ed Rush, Marky, Total Science and more…
Andy C – “Some serious tunage on there”
Pendulum (Paul) – “S.P.Y – Bloodshed – reminds me of those nasty old rollers from the late 90ʼs and early 00ʼs. This is a good thing!”

QRNUKCD003D
Various Artists
Fierce Presents [OBLIVION]

01. Fierce & Vicious Circle – Euphoric
02. Fierce & S.P.Y – Borderline
03. Vicious Circle & Nocturnal – Skylark
04. Fierce & S.P.Y – Bloodshed
05. Fierce & Survival – Myriad
06. Fierce, Vicious Circle & Jubei – Fiend
07. Fierce & Vicious Circle – Feedback
08. Optiv – Waterboard
09. Fierce & S.P.Y – Fury
10. Fierce & dBridge – Exhale

Digital album released on 24th October 2011.

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CODED005
a) Phobia Ft. Zoe Hakin – Polaroid
aa) Phobia – Severance

Phobia Ft Zoe Hakin – Polaroid – Out Monday 12th September On Vinyl & Digital by Coded Music

Released 12th September on 12″ Vinyl / Digital.

Both tracks have received support from the likes of Spectrasoul, Jubei, Lenzman, Nymfo, Loxy and more.

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New D&B CD

FILMCD005 – Big Bud – Kool Beans – CD
SOUNdTRAX RECORDS proudly presents BIG BUD’s fifth solo album, KOOL BEANS. Since 1994 BIG BUD has quietly gone about his business , releasing singles and albums on labels such as CREATIVE SOURCE, GOOD LOOKING, MOVING SHADOW, PARADOX MUSIC and more but now releases solely on his own label SOUNdTRAX which has been running for 8 years. Although maybe best known for his atmospheric sound, after years of touring the World as a DJ, playing in over 25 countries so far, his sound has broadened and now incorporates a more diverse style. From playing 3 month long tours covering everything from small, intimate clubs at the very end of the South Island of NEW ZEALAND to playing large festivals as far apart as AUSTRALIA, UKRAINE, BULGARIA and ROMANIA this album is testament to his versatility.”The majority of my gigs, I get booked to play drum and bass but over the years I’ve dropped plenty of House sets , Reggae sets, but what I enjoy most of all is when I’m told I can play anything I like . That total freedom is great, I ended up playing a 7 hour set at the EXODUS festival out in the bush in AUSTRALIA and I went all over the place musically , maybe one my most enjoyable sets ever!The old atmospheric influence is still there but mixed with some straight up Liquid rollers, Balkan flavoured cuts dubby vibes, experimental leftfield drum and bass as well as several downtempo tracks though always with his trademark, Soulful deep productions ..”On all my previous albums I’ve dabbled in other styles and tempos, everything from Jazz, Hip Hop to House and a few ambient pieces. I listen to all sorts of music so I like to try and express myself in the same way” The three tracks that venture down the bpm count include a dub/garage hybrid cut , a Latin / Broken beat, moody instrumental as well as a chilled out reggae song featuring his regular MC, MIKE ROMEO .. Another special guest featuring on the album is long time friend and former GLO stable mate MC.DRS who drops an eerie vocal and rap over the experimental track CHANGES!As BIG BUD himself states: “There’s no real concept or deep meaningful story behind this album, just a representation of what and where I am right now ! I enjoy making albums , and enjoy touring them even more , it can get a bit lonely in the studio so it’s great to hit the road and test the tracks out to a worldwide audience!“

1 Big Bud – Lady Sings The Blues
2 Big Bud – Feeling Inside
3 Big Bud – Dunja Dub
4 Big Bud – Juicy
5 Big Bud – Blues For Zoran
6 Big Bud – This Kinda Love
7 Mikal – Mission (Big Bud Remix)
8 Big Bud ft. MC DRS – Changes
9 Big Bud – Righteous Dub
10 Big Bud – Wadada Dub
11 Big Bud ft. Mike Romeo – Drifting Dub

ILL013CD – Ill Skillz – Nectar & Ambrosia – CD
‘Nectar & Ambrosia’: Debut album by Austrian producer duo Illskillz (DKay & Rawfull). Legendary producers with tunes such as ‘Be There For You’ under their belt drop their first longplayer, produced by DKay. ‘Nectar & Ambrosia’ takes the listener on a melodic trance ‘n’ bass journey. One for the floor and the home stereo. Crisp beats, epic bass sound design and flowing chords guarantee a sweet listening experience. Featuring the vocal talents of DubFX, Thomas Azier, Karuan and Lil Rhys, this LP feels more and complete…

1 Ill Skillz – Intro (Neuphoria)
2 Ill Skillz – Nectar & Ambrosia
3 Ill Skillz – The Deeper We Bleep
4 Ill Skillz – Memorizer
5 Ill Skillz – Desert Bells
6 Ill Skillz – Imaginary Numbers
7 Ill Skillz Ft. Thomas Azier – Gold Streams
8 Ill Skillz – Illterlude
9 Ill Skillz Ft. DubFX – Face The Music
10 Ill Skillz Ft. DJ Mat – Modular
11 Ill Skillz – Live Forever
12 Ill Skillz Ft. Lil Rhys & Woodnote – Being Loud
13 Ill Skillz – Hands Up
14 Ill Skillz – Skyrunner
15 Ill Skillz Ft. DubFX & UEZ – Fire Everyday
16 Ill Skillz – Outro (Awakening)

Listen to sample of Nectar & Ambrosia

New D&B Releases

BRD009 – Kubrak – Ursa Major / Time Moves On – 12″ Vinyl
Kubrak, one half of dynamic production duo Utopia, previously featured on BRD003; with his solo effort ‘Fast Forward’. Cementing his name as one of the emerging artists to keep your eye on in 2009, Kubrak has gone one step further to unveil his first solo release on Breed 12 Inches. Yet another Russian (one of 5 to appear so far on Breed’s back catalogue), Kubrak captures the industrial movement of his home country, in such a manner that results in a legion of fans. Unrelenting, much like his homeland, his production output is in your face, whilst keeping your feet firmly planted with inventive and progressive melodic based arrangements. We welcome Kubrak back to the family, but most certainly not for the last time. The A-side ‘Ursa Major’ kicks of in enigmatic fanfare, with hyped strings progressively amounting towards that trademark stomping Kubrak drop. Big, beefy and full of quirky melodies, Kubrak caters for all spectrum’s with this dancefloor smasher. The stars are out in full view.Something slightly different from Kubrak on the flipside, with ‘Time Moves On’. Kubrak drives the track forward with gorgeous melodies, complete with a sublimely elegant vocal, yet manages to keep his trademark bleeps and drones present. A perfect blend for an artist who can only get better.

a Kubrak – Ursa Major
b Kubrak – Time Moves On

Listen to sample of Ursa Major / Time Moves On

DETAIL006 – Lynx & Hellrazor – Traffic Jam – 12″ Vinyl
Traffic Jam featuring fellow studio companion Hellrazor has all the brooding tension of 5 o clock rush hour on the M1. Never quite reaching utter road rage its scatty beats and warped basslines are backed up by sporadic car horns and traffic atmospheres. Nina is a track very close to Lynx, written about a relationship that was never meant to be. Heartfelt chords and vocals reminisce on what once was. As the vocal whispers – Love grows naturally…. and so does the track. As supported by Marky, Shy FX, Calibre, Marcus Intalex, Bailey, Lenzman and more.

a Lynx & Hellrazor – Traffic Jam
aa Lynx – Nina

Listen to sample of Traffic Jam

RECIPE019 – Jubei / Foreign Concept – Recipe Book Volume One Part Two – 12″ Vinyl
The 2nd instalment increases the pressure! Jubei’s “The Path” was a classic in 2009 and man of the moment Skeptical has created a killer remix! Staying with the intense vibe, this is pure gnarly business & highlights just how fresh Skeptical’s sound is. 2012 & beyond. Flip for another rising star in the making “Foreign Concept”. He has 3 massive tunes released in 2011 and this just might be the pick of the bunch. “Jaipur” is very Metalheadz in vibe & style & completes a superb 12” for the Ingredients camp. Dj support comes from Jubei, dBridge, Break, Mikal.

a Jubei – The Path (Skeptical Remix)
b Foreign Concept – Jaipur

Listen to sample of Recipe Book Volume One Part Two

FOKUZLP007 – Donnie Dubson – Monday Is The New Sunday – 12″ Vinyl x 4
In the impressive flow of new talent in 2011 on Fokuz recordings we already had the pleasure to present the sound of Brother, Command Strange and Intelligent Manners among others.The next flavour of the funky liquid melting pot called Fokuz Recordings goes by the name Donnie Dubson. Berlin based Irishman Donnie O’Sullivan aka Donnie Dubson started releasing his funky rollers on Have a Break and Influenza Media and already featured on Fokuz on the Chronicles of the Deep LP together with Stunna back in 2007. The Grapefruit / Battlecat release on Influenza Media in 2009 got him a lot of attention and is still heard in dj sets today. Now it’s 2011 and Fokuz presents the beautiful debut album of Donnie Dubson! His sound can be described as refreshing and original Liquid drum’n bass with a touch of the well known atmospheric drum’n bass vibes from the mid 0′s. His basslines are the unique sellingpoint as well as his ability to create an organic feel in the music that’s only done by the few who truly understand what liquid drum’n bass is all about. Pleasuring both critical listeners and the dancefloor audience this album is a perfect overview of the sound FOKUZ stands for. A great example of how music can be “time-less” in this decade of fast moving consumer goods.

a Donnie Dubson – Fett Jango
b Donnie Dubson – Good Habbits
c Donnie Dubson – Last Night
d Donnie Dubson – So Simple
e Donnie Dubson – Moodswings
f Donnie Dubson – Yellow Tops
g Donnie Dubson – Monday Is The New Sunday
h Donnie Dubson – You And Me

Listen to sample of Monday Is The New Sunday

IMLP001 – Blue Motion – Stay Forever LP – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Since forming Blue Motion in 2009, Slovakia’s Dirrrty B and Belgium’s Influenza Media founder Eros have set out across the airwaves, unleashing a relentless amount of deep and soul-moving musical allure to the masses. Lashing out like an unexpected storm, the duo has left its imprint on many well known labels, including Fokuz, Phunkfiction, Spearhead, Good Looking, Blu Saphir, Citrus, Telluric, Peer Pressure, Vibration, Point 9 Audio, Temper D Productions, Future Thinkin, and Influenza Media, and has collaborated with the likes of Sconeboy, The Square, Atmospherix, Brandon Miles, Paul SG, Mutt, Stanza, Wreckage Machinery, and SoulTec. Vocalists Grimm and MC Fava have also been heard as their vocal stylings creep through the depths of this emotional sound mosaic. The pair’s first album, Stay Forever (to be released on Influenza Media) is a blissful journey through the valleys of deep drum & bass. Compiled on both vinyl and digital formats, each has a unique selection of tracks to offer – The digital release takes you on a trek through the Haunted Forest as you munch on Blueberries in Autumn. Enigmatic chanting is heard in the distance as A Cavetroll Named Bob welcomes you to this mysterious adventure. You’ll travel over A Path Unwalked as you and your party become Desperados wishing to be Walking Through The City while Waiting For Her. The vinyl version offers a different flavor, continuing this celestial, heart-felt journey Miles Away on A Foggy Day. But don’t get too morose as there is hope in the upbeat, breaks-driven Last Sunbeam. The tempo continues to build in Everywhere I Go before launching into the techy sounds of the heavily vocoded Computer Love. MC Fava lends his talents on a plethora of tracks, including Addicted and the title track, Stay Forever.

a1 Blue Motion – Stay Forever feat. MC Fava
b1 Blue Motion – Everywhere I Go
b2 Blue Motion – Addicted feat. MC Fava
c1 Blue Motion – Computer Love
d1 Blue Motion – Last Sunbeam
d2 Blue Motion – Miles Away

Listen to sample of Stay Forever LP

PRSPCTLTD005 – Gancher & Ruin feat. Triamer / Ruin – Larum / Avenge – 12″ Vinyl
The PRSPCT rulers of hard drum’n bass in the attackmode once again with a stricly LIMITED COLOURED vinyl special edition for all collectors out there.Gancher & Ruin are no strangers to the label with releases on LTD001 and the latest double EP on PRSPCT as well as big releases on YELLOW STRIPE and SUBVIOLENCE! The first track starts of with a big industrial 4×4 kick and filled with crazy snares and bad bass line roffles. Boom boom boooooom!! Hard as kcuf like labelowner Thrasher likes it best. Ruin’s solo track on the flip starts of with a horroresque introduction while you just wait for the incredible hard beats to drop in. This is the stuff for all your demolition work. Did we mention this is released as a strictly limited RED vinyl 12inch in transparantplastic cover?

a Gancher & Ruin feat. Triamer – Larum
b Ruin – Avenge

Listen to sample of Larum / Avenge

New D&B Promos

REDSEAL011 – ASC – Brainscan / Zone One – 12″ Vinyl
Pressed on Silver Vinyl. ASC returns to Samurai Red Seal to follow his prevous release ‘Machines’ / ‘Bleep Test’ (Redseal006). One of the most interesting artists left operating in Drum and Bass, James Clements again re writes the script for 170 BPM production with ‘Brainscan’. A sizzling slice of potent sonic futurism that cuts through systems like a focused lazer beam with a trail of bulging sub bass. ‘Zone One’ marries classic Krust and Photek tinges with a stuttering menace that could only come from ASC. Both sides have been firm favourites with the scenes leading forward thinking DJ’s including Doc Scott, dBridge, Loxy, Spectrasoul, Consequence, Kasra, Black Sun Empire, Triad and many more..

a ASC – Brainscan
b ASC – Zone One

Listen to sample of Brainscan / Zone One

APHA005 – Fracture & Neptune ft Martin Fieber / Fracture ft. Chewie – Customtone / Brain Freeze – 12″ Vinyl
Limited to a run of 500 with each of the sleeves lovingly hand printed and individually hand numbered numbered by Emilski. If you saw the artwork for the special test presses of The Limit, then you will know Emilski is amazing and that these will be very special. This release is to celebrate the release of ‘Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune’ . This vinyl release features two brand new tracks. ‘Customtone ft Martin Fieber’ and ‘Brain Freeze ft Chewie’. Brain Freeze will never be released digitally so we are giving something back to the vinyl heads with this one. They look amazing, like nothing you’ve seen before and a unique collectors item to say the least.

a Fracture & Neptune Ft. Martin Fieber – Customtone
b Fracture Ft. Chewie – Brain Freeze

Listen to sample of Customtone / Brain Freeze

ILL013 – Ill Skillz & Dub FX – ‘Nectar & Ambrosia’ Album Sampler – 12″ Vinyl
Finsish copy full colour sleeve. Album sampler from the Ill Skillz debut album ‘Nectar & Ambrosia’, forthcoming end of June. An amalgamation of Drum n Bass, Dubstep, Techno and, yes of course, Trance…. produced by the mighty D Kay and long time studio partner Rawful. The album features the one and only Dub FX on vocals, alongside thunderous bass and raw drum breaks. Works both as song and dancefloor smasher! Flip for a deep melodic workout with a nice orchestral mid section.

a Ill Skillz & Dub FX – Face The Music
aa Ill Skillz – Imaginary Numbers

Listen to sample of ‘Nectar & Ambrosia’ Album Sampler

SUBS010 – Current Value / Dean Rodell – Galaxies / Specific Functions – 12″ Vinyl
A long time ago in a galaxy far,far away …. Subsistenz Episode 10 It is a period of civil war. Current Value drone spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Minimal Empire. During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steals secret plans to the Empire’s ultimate weapon, the Gay Star, an armoured space station with enough media power to to destroy an entire planet. Pursued by the Empire’s sinister agents, Dean Rodell races aboard the starship Subdivision, In search of the stolen plans that can save all subheads and restore freedom to the galaxies …

a Current Value – Galaxies /
b Dean Rodell – Specific Functions

Listen to sample of Galaxies / Specific Functions

ANJ176 – Above & Beyond – Thing Called Love (Nu:Tone & Ulterior Motive Remixes) – 12″ Vinyl
Very Limited promo. Playlisted on BBC Radio 1, Above & Beyond’s “Thing Called Love” is now released as a heavy hitting D&B vinyl with remixes from Hospital hotshot Nu:Tone and tech-step futurists Ulterior Motive. Following the release of his acclaimed “Words And Pictures” album on Hospital Records, Nu:Tone delivers an innovative high-energy drum & bass rework that has already picked up plays on Andi Durrant’s Capital Radio show and racked up 200,000 views on the showpiece dubstep/d&b YouTube channel – UKF. DJ support comes from London Elektricity, Cyantific, Simon Bassline Smith and more. Underground drum & bass titans Ulterior Motive take things deep, dark and bass laden with their tech-step tinged rework, which has been featured on the Metalheadz podcast and had DJ support from Lauren Garnier, Pendulum, Hazard, DJ Marky, Baobinga and many more.

a Above & Beyond – Thing Called Love Nu:Tone Remix
b Above & Beyond – Thing Called Love Ulterior Motive Dub

Listen to sample of Thing Called Love (Nu:Tone & Ulterior Motive Remixes)

FSRECS003 – Forbidden Society / Forbidden Society & Katharsys – Destiny Eden (Current Value Remix) / Lords of the Steel – 12″ Vinyl
Forbidden Society – Destiny Eden (Current Value Remix) – An experimental remix with deep basslines, atmospheric reece and as usual outstanding drum editing by Current Value, again a masterpiece from this genius, high quality tune for the crowds all over the world. Be sure you won’t forget this track after hearing it in the club! Forbidden Society & Katharsys – Lords of the Steel – Again a collaboration between the hard Drum’N'Bass fighters, Forbidden Society & Katharsys. As you can expect, a bit techno influenced hard Drum’N'Bass tune with loud snares  and kicks driven by intense bassline, that ensures movement on the dancefloor as you can’t stand still to this banger! Tested in clubs and it works!

a Forbidden Society – Destiny Eden (Current Value Remix)
b Forbidden Society & Katharsys – Lords of the Steel

Listen to sample of Destiny Eden (Current Value Remix) / Lords of the Steel

IMLTD1203 – Mortem – Stratos – 12″ Vinyl
For its third vinyl release, IM:Ltd , the French based label, is proud to bring you the first 12inch from homegrown artist Mortem.Only aged 21, the polish teenage wonder has been quick to set a reputation for his name and producer skills as proven by the success of his previous digital releases on IM:Ltd. As a matter of fact check ‘Stratos’, a heavyweight piece of minimal drum & bass that instantaneously grabbed the favors of heavy players such as Sabre, Data or Loxy. Urban landscape and blissful synths, ‘Synchronicity’ is a subtle ambient track that will give you more sweat than a Brooklyn summer heatwave. Finally on the flip, Chicago dnb master Stunna delivers an uplifting remix of ‘Stratos’, giving a perfect counterpoint to the original with a more classic dancefloor twist.

a Mortem – Stratos
a2 Mortem – Synchronicity
b Mortem – Stratos (Stunna Remix)

Listen to sample of Stratos

INTREC016 – The Panacea & DJ G-I-S / The Prana feat. Angel Eyes – 7.000.000.000 – 12″ Vinyl
5 years after their collaboration ‘The Nazarene’, The Panacea & DJ G-I-S team up again to bring you ’7.000.000.000′, a funky but still hard tune, guaranteed to get the asses shaking in the club. Flip over for a remix of DJ G-I-S & The Prana’s ‘Running Out Of Time’ by another Intransigent veteran: Current Value – the right man to turn the tune into a techy roller with tight beats and well-defined bass. Intransigent provides high quality drum & bass once again.

a The Panacea & DJ G-I-S – 7.000.000.000
b The Prana feat. Angel Eyes – Running Out Of Time (Current Value Remix)

Listen to sample of 7.000.000.000

UNION003 – Current Value & Cooh / Switch Technique & Forbidden Society – Optic Nerve / Blood Extract – 12″ Vinyl
One the A side you will find Optic Nerve by Current Value and Cooh. They both have been pushing electronic music genres to its limits of perfect sound and pure dancefloor destruction all the way. Optic Nerve combines everything what is unique and the best of Curent Value and Cooh style, and what makes You think of that track as one of the most devastating dancefloor stompers ever!Flip it over for Blood Extract, another stellar collaborative banger from Switch Technique and Forbidden Society. These guitar riffs, gabber kicks and destructive drumandbass snares make every dancefloor jumping like a bunch of maniacs! It’s obvious that these guys are smashing up the scene with their hardcore, dark and chopped up dancefloor killers. Taste it and enjoy it!

a Current Value & Cooh – Optic Nerve
b Switch Technique & Forbidden Society – Blood Extract

Listen to sample of Optic Nerve / Blood Extract

D&B Restocks Vinyl

SUBTITLES057 – Spor / Audio – Molehill / Missing

JC006 – Wildlife Collective – I Need A Dollar

VSN010 – Noisia – Friendly Intentions / Displaced

MLDB001 – Kevin Rudolf Ft Lil Wayne, Jay Sean & Birdman – I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) Rockwell Remix

New Bass Music CD

MEDICD006 – Silkie – City Limits Volume 2 – CD
Silkie returns almost two years to the month with the follow up to his first album ‘City Limits Volume 1’. Volume 2 is the final output in the ‘City Limits’ series and follows on from a triplet of releases this year on DEEP MEDi, two singles ‘City Limits Volume 1.2 and 1.4’ and the last EP ‘City Limits Volume 1.6 – 1.8’. ‘City Limits Volume 2’ pushes the boundaries of Silkie’s love affair with the funk and his crew’s Antisocial’s gangster boogie vibrations even further in to the Dubstep future. Silkie shows on ‘City Limits Volume 2’ just how far ahead of the pack he is with twelve certified future funk jams. Heavy dance floor licks such as ‘Taxi Me Get’ and ‘New York City’ roll slickly alongside the fusion of Rare groove, Dubstep and Jungle on ‘Rock Da Funk’, Only 4 U’, ‘Boogie Boy’ and ‘Selva Nova’, smart moves indeed from the West London dapper Dan. As if that’s not enough to keep you grooving hard Silkie has enlisted a selection of choice collaborators, Dubstep don Skream steps in to lend a hand on the skanking, bass shaking ‘Untitled’ whilst Australia’s Truth combine on the album’s opener ‘Feel’ and French Dubstepper Von. D adds a little soul on ‘Snowed In’. Leaving us with Silkie’s tribute to his favourite festival with ‘Outlook’ and a beautifully fitting way to close the album.PLEASE NOTE THIS ITEM IS NOT TO BE EXPORTED TO JAPAN. THANKYOU

1 Silkie vs Truth – Feel
2 Silkie vs Von D – Snowed In
3 Silkie – Get Up N Dance
4 Silkie – Rock Da Funk
5 Silkie – Lucky
6 Silkie – New York City
7 Silkie vs Skream – Untitled
8 Silkie – Selva Nova
9 Silkie – Taxi Me Get
10 Silkie – Boogie Boy
11 Silkie – Only 4 U
12 Silkie – Outlook

Listen to sample of City Limits Volume 2

New Bass Music releases

HF028 – Roska – Error Code / Abrupt – 12″ Vinyl
Hotflush presents the full label debut of UK funky figurehead Roska, following his appearance on the recent BACK AND 4TH compilation and seminal remix of Untold’s “Just For You” in 2009. This release brings together two cuts that emphasize a healthy evolution of the Roska style that has made such an impact on bass music in the last couple of years. Retaining the customary hard-hitting percussion and raw syncopated rhythms, a slightly futuristic twinge moves us into more unfamiliar territory, with the energetic synth arpeggiation of “Error Code” backed by the spacier, dubbed-out “Abrupt”.

a Roska – Error Code
aa Roska – Abrupt

Listen to sample of Error Code / Abrupt

BOKA035 – Von D Ft. Foreign Beggars & Spyda – Daydreaming LP Sampler – 12″ Vinyl
The debut Von D LP “Daydreaming” is out now! The highly anticipated album features original vocal collaborations with the likes of Riya, Foreign Beggars, Spyda, Phephe and production collabs with Mr Lager, Simbad and more – It’s released on 1xCD / 2×12” on 6th June – But here’s the upfront 12” sampler to kick things off!!‘Maximum Boost’ featuring Foreign Beggars and Spyda is a tearout grime influenced beat containing the signature foreign beggars vocal style and heavyweight bassline, it’s tearing up dancefloors right now and gathering support from the likes of Mistajam (Radio1), Mensah (Hench), Riskotheque, Lost (Hench), Bunzer0 (SubFM), the True Tiger crew etc.. ‘E Von’ is one of very few solo tracks from Von D on the album which is rife with high profile collaborations, it’s a dancefloor smasha packed with energy and a mean bite! Don’t sleep on these, limited edition pressing so they aren’t gunna hang around for long…

a Von D Ft. Foreign Beggars & Spyda – Maximum Boost
b Von D – E Von

Listen to sample of Daydreaming LP Sampler

WOW001 – Gemmy – Jah Know – 12″ Vinyl
New label from original Bristol Purple W0W’er and Planet Mu dubstepper – Gemmy. 2 hard-hitting riddims ready to mash up the dance – fresh from Gemmy’s hard drive, straight onto wax!

a Gemmy – Jah Know
aa Gemmy – They Live Under The Stairs

Listen to sample of Jah Know

DP054 – D1 Ft. Jenna G – Floods Of Emotions Remixes – 12″ Vinyl
D1 has once again come up with the goods, and delivered a brilliant old skool-influenced dancefloor track featuring the incredible vocal talents of none other than Jenna G. It’s a bonafide anthem complete with a killer remix from Subscape and a D&B remix from Enei, thats been getting major support from Tony Colemna, Kasra & Hype to name a few.

a D1 Ft. Jenna G – Floods Of Emotions (Subscape Remix)
aa D1 Ft. Jenna G – Floods Of Emotions (Enei Remix)

Listen to sample of Floods Of Emotions Remixes

PHREAKS024 – Genetix & Persist – Beast Mode – 12″ Vinyl
Genetix are back with an EP that will rattle your chest with bass and make your head explode. I can confirm, this has happened too many of my friends and has got me in a great deal of trouble. “Beast Mode”, my pick of the lot, is a collaboration with Persist and is an absolute assault of disgusting basslines, switches and filthy beats produced at the highest end. Then “Termination” and “Stealth” offer up more terrifying, futurist and hard edged Dubstep that is certainly not for anyone with a heart condition. Strictly dance floor bizzle!

a Genetix & Persist – Beast Mode
b1 Genetix – Termination
b2 Genetix – Stealth

Listen to sample of Beast Mode

RED006 – Synkro – Viewpoint / She Said – 12″ Vinyl
Synkro swings up on the latest Pushing Red release, backed by a collaboration with Versa. Flowing solo, Synkro is in twitchy, soul-burning 2-step mode on ‘Viewpoint’, but ‘She Said’ with Versa finds finding its feet somewhere between Dubstep and lubricated R&B shuffle. Sweet.

a Synkro – Viewpoint
b Synkro – She Said

Listen to sample of Viewpoint / She Said

New Bass Music Promos

TR003 – Benton / Arc 88 – Having Fun / 2 Many – 12″ Vinyl
Started in 2005 as collaboration with a friend, Terrain records had releases from Manchester artists S.N.O & Omen, with remixes from a young Skream, and N-Type. The label lay dormant for 5 years, but for 2011 N-Type has decided to relaunch the label, focusing on 140bpm jungle & hardcore influenced dubstep. For the 3rd release on the label, N-type presents two young artists with a love for the oldskool hardcore junglist sound Benton and ARC 88. A side ‘Having Fun’ by Benton is reminiscent of early Jungle, with rolling amen breaks, thunderous Reece bassline, and classic pitched up female vocals. This tune has been a staple in N-types dubplate collection AA Side ‘2 Many’ by ARC 88 is a dancehall killah! 140bpm jungle rinser, featuring ragga vocals and a euphoric breakdown. Featured on the new Wheel & Deal Records album mix by DJ N-Type, this track is a standard reload. Both tracks are currently being battered by N-Type, Skream, Dismantle, Walsh, Bluesy, Chefal and Cluekid to name a few.

a Benton – Having Fun
aa Arc 88 – 2 Many

Listen to sample of Having Fun / 2 Many

ROTTUN011 – Downlink – Factory / Yeah – 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy. The immense sound of ‘Factory’ has been a staple in the sets of Excision, Datsik and Downlink for months now. Finally it’s available to buy alongside brand new track ‘Yeah’.

a Downlink – Factory
aa Downlink – Yeah

Listen to sample of Factory / Yeah

MEDILP006 – Silkie – City Limits Volume 2 – 12″ Vinyl x 3
Finish copy pressed on 180 gram Vinyl with full colour Sleeve. Silkie returns almost two years to the month with the follow up to his first album ‘City Limits Volume 1’. Volume 2 is the final output in the ‘City Limits’ series and follows on from a triplet of releases this year on DEEP MEDi, two singles ‘City Limits Volume 1.2 and 1.4’ and the last EP ‘City Limits Volume 1.6 – 1.8’. ‘City Limits Volume 2’ pushes the boundaries of Silkie’s love affair with the funk and his crew’s Antisocial’s gangster boogie vibrations even further in to the Dubstep future. Silkie shows on ‘City Limits Volume 2’ just how far ahead of the pack he is with twelve certified future funk jams. Heavy dance floor licks such as ‘Taxi Me Get’ and ‘New York City’ roll slickly alongside the fusion of Rare groove, Dubstep and Jungle on ‘Rock Da Funk’, Only 4 U’, ‘Boogie Boy’ and ‘Selva Nova’, smart moves indeed from the West London dapper Dan. As if that’s not enough to keep you grooving hard Silkie has enlisted a selection of choice collaborators, Dubstep don Skream steps in to lend a hand on the skanking, bass shaking ‘Untitled’ whilst Australia’s Truth combine on the album’s opener ‘Feel’ and French Dubstepper Von. D adds a little soul on ‘Snowed In’. Leaving us with Silkie’s tribute to his favourite festival with ‘Outlook’ and a beautifully fitting way to close the album.

a Silkie vs Truth – Snowed In
b1 Silkie vs Von D – Feel
b2 Silkie – Lucky
c Silkie – Outlook
d1 Silkie – Get Up n Dance
d2 Silkie – Rock Da Funk
e Silkie – New York City
f1 Silkie – Taxi Me Get
f2 Silkie vs Skream – Untitled

Listen to sample of City Limits Volume 2

IBR007 – Migrant – Exit Plan EP – 12″ Vinyl
Iberian Records feature on their seventh release an EP from Migrant (aka 23Hz) who comes with three slabs of soundsystem funk and groovy vibes. “Limbic Sistim” kicks off proceedings with a building arrangement into a catchy vocal lick – all underpinned with tight beats and warm subs. “Acid Sumatra” works on a similar tip but ups the tribal and percussive pressure on a deeper insistent rub. Whilst “Pipe Club” brings some classic two-steppy flavours into the mix but cleverly reinforced with massive sub weight. These three tunes are taken from Migrants forthcoming album, also entitled “Exit Plan”. More Bass’n'Groove from the Lisbon and Barcelona based label that should find favour with the deeper end of both Dubstep and UK Funky scenes.’ Early support by Scratcha DVA, Ghosts on Tape, Kid606, Chrissy Muderbot, Cardopusher, Slackk, Mesak, Phaeleh, DeVille, Bunzer0, Throwing Snow.

a Migrant – Limbic Sistim
b1 Migrant – Acid Sumatra
b2 Migrant – Pipe Club

Listen to sample of Exit Plan EP

CIV023 – Darling Farah – EXXY EP – 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy. EXXY: The first extended player from Detroit born, Adu Dhabi based, Teenage “One to Watch” Darling Farah. Four tracks of deep techno and future house with warmth and soul. Stripped down 5.a.m atmospherics, combine with distorted stabs, dub-like sub-bass and expertly cut vocals. EXXY is destined to make the floor move and propel its nineteen year old maker further into the spotlight. Originally from Detroit, Farah was born into this world with techno already sewn into his DNA. His later relocation to the U.A.E, which is one of the most club baron countries in the world and to a city that actually prohibits live music to be played in public, only further resolved the isolated Farah to embrace his musical heritage. EXXY opens with the eponymous title track. Synths stab over the desert wind and sparse percussion builds as ‘EXXY’ begins to jack. ‘Younger’ is understated yet tribal & anthemic. As it throbs & pulses the breathy chopped R’n'B vocal hook reverberates with the narrative of Farah’s own story. On the flip ‘Crown’ shows a maturity implausible for his years, Detroit flavoured techno stealthily delivered. The EP finishes with the futurism of ‘Show Me,’ where emotive distorted chords mix with fragments of haunting vocal soul. At sixteen Darling Farah was instrumental in developing an underground scene that resists the lockdown of the U.A.E’s mainstream culture and was applauded by “DJ” Mag’s Middle East Edition as a star in the making. Almost entirely cut off from western music, this new circle of producers had to rely on sharing music via the internet and performing at small secret house parties. Three years on Darling Farah is the living embodiment of an internet generation producer. Last October we glimpsed the first taste of Darling Farah in the shape of 12″ ‘Berline’, which was quickly followed by an appearance on the Truants Compilation alongside Brenmar amongst others. Darling Farah, born Kamau Baaqi is relocating again in September 2011, this time London beckons and access to so much of what he’s has been missing. With more releases on the way and an album scheduled there seems to be no limit to what this precocious young producer is capable of.

a1 Darling Farah – EXXY
a2 Darling Farah – Younger
b1 Darling Farah – Crown
b2 Darling Farah – Show Me

Listen to sample of EXXY EP

PL014 – Vesicle – We Are Lost EP – 12″ Vinyl
A true showcase of Vesicle’s creativity, versatility and dark bassline science, the We Are Lost EP contains 4 deep and dark Dubstep excursions and makes a strong case for this Finnish duo’s inclusion among the genre’s best and brightest of the new generation of sound visionaries. The title track ‘We Are Lost’ is a beautiful, dark anthem combining haunting vocals with live guitars, intricate melodies, precisiondrum programming and fat slabs of bass. The result is a well-rounded, catchy and melancholic masterpiece. ‘Smoke curls’ switches up the program, engulfing the listener in deliberately lo-fi sound fx and percussion whilst conjuring up deeply emotional, melodic bliss by juxtaposing a dusty piano with a soaring, distorted, filtered leadline of 8-bit chiptune charme. Destined to become a dark breakstep anthem, ‘Mythos’ harks back to the late 90′s Metalheadz sound with its epic synthlines, eery vocals and massive, growling Reece bass constructions.’Redemption’ completes this vicious circle with a journey to the depths of darkness, attesting to Vesicle’s true mastery of uniquely filthy bassline construction on this stripped-down vision of despair. To ensure that this EP looks as mindblowingly sick as it sounds, the vinyl release features stunning, limited-edition full sleeve artwork!

a1 Vesicle – We Are Lost
a2 Vesicle – Smoke Curls
b1 Vesicle – Mythos
b2 Vesicle – Redemption

Listen to sample of We Are Lost EP

SECTION8005 – Dodge & Fuski – Aerophobia – 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy. Onwards and upwards for the Section8 clan as they get ready to deliver possibly their biggest release to date with a mighty, thunderous dubstep assault from one of Bristol’s brightest up & coming production duos, Dodge & Fuski. Having built up quite a reputation already with some killer releases on labels such as Never Say Die and Rat, this one looks set to earn them even more attention; get ready for the sound system bangers! Ethereal pads open up ‘Aerophobia’ before an epic, grandiose synth enters the mix to set the scene for what’s to come and you’d better be ready because it’s quite simply, sick! Watch the dance go crazy as we kick into an absolutley heinous bass riff that grabs by the throat and doesn’t let go with a smashing break holding it all together. It only goes on to get even better with a totally funked up 4/4 switch up too! More bassline manipulation ensues and the dubstep break returns to complete what’s sure to be a massive club anthem.

a Dodge & Fuski – Aerophobia
b Dodge & Fuski – Fuck ‘Em All

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HRMN016 – Various Artists – Harmonia Family Album – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Finish copy. Spring 2006 was both cruel and exciting. Radiating hot Helsinki nights, too much light and vivid, restless dreams about Music. While chucking down a glass of cheap brandy in a local bar the idea finally materialised: Let’s start a record label! A label that would bring people together. Proud people. People thinking of Music. People doing their own thing in their own way in their own basements. And most importantly, people who understood the meaning of space between notes. After 5 years, 16 records, 85 tracks and 44 artists from 13 countries it goes without saying that those restless dreams became reality. And so did the Music. HARMONIA FAMILY ALBUM includes 12 artists from 7 countries giving their own interpretations of skweee, the synthetic Scandinavian funk. This double album features both skweee -innovators  and brilliant second generation rookies like Finnish dub specialist Levon Zoltar and Japanese child prodigy Neo Hetare. The process of compiling these twelve tracks took more than six months, since each track was carefully handpicked from a selection of more than hundred songs from around the world. Harmonia’s previous ‘Skandinavian Skweee Vol. I &II’ and ‘International Skweee Vol. I&II’ -compilations were immediately sold out after release and nowadays go up to 100 euros on internet. Because skweee owes so much to the so-called world music, we thought of taking the whole thing to the next level and asked our artists to make their own versions of ‘ethnic’ music. As you will soon hear, the idea took off like a lazer beam in an Ethiopian desert. The results are breathtaking: music so contemporary yet still so archaic! It gives a great deal of pleasure to the listener to hover through the native American mantras of BMMB’s Huuhka-Eno, tribal chanting of Ransta Congregate  and slavic p-funk of Eero Johannes. Viva Harmonia!

a1 BMMB – Huuhka-Eno / American Spirit
a2 Ben Butler & Mousepad – Kalim-Ba
a3 Eero Johannes – Brakeman
b1 Levon Zoltar – You Down With OBP?
b2 Wankers United – Bendz
b3 Mitropamusik – Popmusik Im Blut / Karl Marx Stadt remix
c1 Ransta Congregation – Gravity
c2 Coco Bryce – Saviour
c3 Aaro Dicosta – Weird-Ass Lovin’
d1 Rigas Den Andre & Spartan Lover – Something Will Be Ok Soon
d2 Neo Hetare – Kirara
d3 Stiletti-Ana – Lipi Lipi

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Bass Music Restocks CD

HFCD005 – Hotflush / Various – BACK AND 4TH

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

HFRMX003 – Scuba – Ruptured (Surgeon Remix)

HFRMX005 – Scuba – From Within (Marcel Dettmann Remix) / Hard Boiled (SCB Edit)

HOTSHORE003 – Scuba / Dissident – Tense (dBridge remix) / Society of Silver Skeletons (Headhunter remix)

HJP53 – Shackleton – Fireworks

SWAMP009 – Addison Groove – Work It / Sexual

PHREAKS023 – Genetix – Squid Attack

HFLP005 – Hotflush / Various – BACK AND 4TH

MEDI041 – Silkie – City Limits Vol. 1.6 – 1.8

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The LP comes with 12 tracks by the best underground d&b artists out there & all the tracks are brand new,unreleased. From Russia’s unheard of boy wonder “2Sides” to Manchester’s new star “Dub Phizix”, via Nottingham’s prolific duo “dRamatic & dbAudio” this CD brings many syles of drum & bass together and is so far the peak of the label’s achievements.

The album has had heavy support from dBridge, Loxy, Grooverider, Fabio, Bailey, Flight, London Elektricity, Doc scott, Hazard, Spectrasoul & many more. Press features include Mixmag, IDJ, Kmag & DJ mag.
Hazard “loving Domepiece, Bad Reaction The Path remix”
Dj Krust “ Really good exciting music”
Doc scott “All top notch”
Breakage “Really strong compilation”

RECIPECD001
Various Artists
Recipe Book Volume One
Barcode: 5055317212917

Release date: 6th June 2011

01. 2Sides – Outlook
02. Bazil – Dark Impulses
03. Foreign Concept – Jaipur  *
04. Dub Phizix – Domepiece
05. Skeptical – Refraction  *
06. Pessimist – Abstract  *
07. Mute & Mako – Rorschach  *
08. Jubei – The Path (Skeptical Remix)  *
09. Trex – Bad Reaction  *
10. Villem – Splinter In Your Mind  *
11. Krakota – Be Myself  *
12. dRamatic & dbAudio – Hidden Aspect

* Also featured on Vinyl, RECIPE018-021 are the vinyl versions of the LP
RECIPE018 – 23rd May release
RECIPE019 – 30th May release
RECIPE020 – 13th June release
RECIPE021 – 20th June release

Ingredients Records Album Launch Party:
Friday 27th May @ Cafe 1001
Dray Walk. London, E1
Nearest tube stations: Aldgate East & Liverpool Street.
7pm – midnight
FREE ENTRY!
Facebook event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123928237686321

Krakota – Be Myself (edit) – Recipe book volume one LP (May 2011) by Ingredients:

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New D&B Releases

SECOPS016 – Seba & Physics – Before I Can Breathe / The Music – 12″ Vinyl
Second release on secret operations this year is by Seba & Finnish Producer and DJ Physics.“Before I can breathe” is a beatiful vocal piece with a steppy beat and a typical old skool “reese bass”. The flipside “The Music” is a heavier track that starts off with eeire strings and switches to heavily distorted beats and basslines. Watch out for secops 017 by Andyskopes & Mr. Joseph.

a Seba & Physics – Before I Can Breathe
b Seba & Physics – The Music

Listen to sample of Before I Can Breathe / The Music

TKRUK001 – Prolix / Gridlok & Skitty – Freeze Frame / Con Artist – 12″ Vinyl
TRENDKILL RECORDS is a brand new imprint from Prolix (Playaz, Ganjatek, Metalheadz, Virus) and with it he brings his very own brand of distinctive hard hitting drum and bass. The A Side is a solo track which has been smashing sound systems accross the globe, a true anthem to start or end any DJ set. The AA sees LA based producer Gridlok ( Project51/ Violence/RAM) team up with UKs own Skitty (Metalheadz/Foundation x) to make a track with more than equal power to the A Side.

a Prolix – Freeze Frame
aa Gridlok & Skitty – Con Artist

Listen to sample of Freeze Frame / Con Artist

DSM018 – Anile – Last March EP – 12″ Vinyl
Anile, DSM’s baby-faced assassin, steps up to deliver the second artist EP on the label, and one of the most talked about releases of the second half of 2010. Climbing steadily through the ranks with releases on Loxy’s Cylon imprint and the seminal Renegade Hardware label, DSM is proud to have one of the brightest production talents currently operating in drum & bass on its roster. This EP takes DSM further into the darker territory it started exploring with DSM014 & 016 and it does not disappoint. The title track of this EP is the bouncy stepper ‘Last March’. A snarling, distorted bassline has meant that this tune has found favour with numerous a-listers in recent times and is a worthy tune for the EP to be named after.On the flip, is the ferocious ‘Disaffected’. Eeerie pads and atmospheres make way for a driving drum loop and sub bass before all hell breaks loose at the drop with one of the nastiest, most twisted reese basslines heard for a very long time. The influence of labels such as the aforementioned Renegade Hardware is obvious, and it is one of, if not the, most ferocious and devastating slice of d&b ever to grace DSM.

a Anile – Last March
aa Anile – Disaffected

Listen to sample of Last March EP

FCR003EP – Paper Crows – Fingertips (Break Remix) / Follow The Leader E.P. – 12″ Vinyl
‘Follow The Leader’/’Fingertips’ is the second release from rising stars Paper Crows, who’ve already caught the attention of tastemakers across the blogosphere, print and radio. Follow The Leader’ is a brilliantly, dark, unsettling, underground track that comes with a top drawer remix package. Hotly tipped newcomers Megabits deliver an insanely unique widescreen drum & bass/breaks/electro hybrid, while the legend that is Break delivers another stunning drum & bass remix. ‘Fingertips’ is quite simply a stunning song oozing with wild atmospheric beauty. It has aptly been described as “the marching of dreams on a star studded night” and is already being championed by Radio 1’s Nick Grimshaw. Paper Crows have been wowing audiences with their live shows with sultry singer Emma Panas mesmerising with her spectral vocals and dramatic stage presence. With still less than a dozen gigs under their belt, they’ve already supported the likes of Jamie Woon and Clock Opera. Their next show is at the Barfly in Camden on the 4th February. They’ll be playing alongside Anna Calvi and Sparrow & The Workshop as part of HMV’s Next Big Thing festival. The pair are currently in the studio recording their debut album.

a Paper Crows – Follow The Leader (Break Remix)
aa Paper Crows – Follow The Leader (Megabits Remix)

Listen to sample of Fingertips (Break Remix) / Follow The Leader E.P.

MLDB001 – Kevin Rudolf Ft Lil Wayne, Jay Sean & Birdman – I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) Rockwell Remix – 12″ Vinyl
Welcome to the world of Melted Dubs. A new label that will be vinyl only and all releases will be limited runs. Our debut is a tune that has been bubbling on the underground for a while a true clash of UK meets US. Rockwell takes the Cash Money Family (Lil Wayne, Birdman, Kevin Rudolf and the UKs very own International superstar Jay Sean) from the dirtee South to a whole ‘nother place. Rockwell has been doing amazing things in DnB for a while now but this is something else. Soulful and Funky, Fast and slow. You feel the groove but can’t quite place it. Already working for the few DJ’s that have it. This is set to do big things. If you are not a vocal person there is a killer dub too. Enjoy and Be quick !!

a Kevin Rudolf Ft Lil Wayne, Jay Sean & Birdman – I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) Rockwell Remix
b Kevin Rudolf Ft Lil Wayne, Jay Sean & Birdman – I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) Rockwell Remix Dub

Listen to sample of I Made It (Cash Money Heroes) Rockwell Remix

New D&B Promos

DSCI4018 – Mr. Foul – Deepest Secret / Cruella – 12″ Vinyl
Mr Foul is a name to watch the A Side is ‘Deepest Secret’ .Old School Jungle and the classic I’m in love with you, want you to love me too‘ (Anthem) Rave vocal meet head on for rull on dance floor mayhem. This remix treatment and is causing as much of a stir as the original did in 1990. On the flip some beat scientist action with ‘Cruella’ Stomping beats, murky atmospheres and a devastating drop bass create the pounding drive of this track. Soldiers stand to attention!

a Mr. Foul – Deepest Secret
aa Mr. Foul – Cruella

Listen to sample of Deepest Secret / Cruella

AT010 – Survival, Octane & DLR – Afterglow / Spectrum – 12″ Vinyl
After the storming success of “Grahams Tunnel” and “Bullet” from Survival and Silent Witness. Audio tactics kick off 2011 with quality collaboration with this year’s hottest duo DLR & Octane. Spectrum brings out the best out of Survival’s crisp, tight beats and trademark soundscapes along with DLR and Octane’s fat twisted basslines and high quality production to give you epic, rolling stomper. This track has been doing the rounds and smashing dance floors for the last few months worldwide….so get on it! After Glow is a more subtle affair, but don’t let that fool you into thinking that this won’t do damage. Sweet, delicate drum work and sublime bass manipulation, intricate vocal stabs and space age FX make this a track not to mess with, trust! With radio and club support from the like of Hype, Break, Spy, Ant TC1, Skeptical, Teebee, Fierce, Ed Rush, Doc Scott, C4C and Alix Perez.

a Survival, Octane & DLR – Afterglow
aa Survival, Octane & DLR – Spectrum

Listen to sample of Afterglow / Spectrum

DIS045 – Skeptical & Dub Phizix – Silo / The Enemy – 12″ Vinyl
A duo to watch closely throughout 2011 and beyond drop 2 minimal punchy blinders on Dispatch. Skeptical and Dub Phizix come more than correct with “Silo” and “The Enemy” and it appears we’re not the only ones that love these 2 tracks as they are getting a rather heavy dose of support from the likes of Skream, D-Bridge, Ant TC1, Octane & DLR, Survival, Loxy, Nymfo, Teebee, VC and Ulterior Motive! Watch out for more from these 2 on the label real soon!

a Skeptical & Dub Phizix – Silo
aa Skeptical & Dub Phizix – The Enemy

Listen to sample of Silo / The Enemy

MODULE006 – Vicious Circle & Jubei – Deliberate – 10″ Vinyl
Moving on from the last heavy hitting Modulations release and we’re treated to an even more sturdy effort from two names that need no introduction. A bit of a dream collaboration between Vicious Circle and Metalheadz man Jubei, and where better place to serve it up than from Critical’s Modulations imprint. ‘Cloak & Dagger’ wastes no time and kicks off with a solid stepping break as eerie space warped pads wrap around to suck us deep into the wormhole. Heinous bass slams on this sound system killer, perfect for some late night 3am entertaining and leaves us in no doubt of a properly undiluted low-slung king of the rollers. Nasty, naughty but nice. Sliding perfectly into the second slab and ‘Deliberate’ continues much in the same vein but it manages to up the ante with some even more sickening bassline action. Running percussion increases the pace whilst the bass stabs take it up another notch for a heads down, no nonsense slice of D&B goodness. Never fails. DJ support from Alix Perez, Rockwell, Lenzman, Kasra, D Bridge and more.

a Vicious Circle & Jubei – Deliberate
b Vicious Circle & Jubei – Cloak & Dagger

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H-LINE26 – Paul Blackout – Curse On One Self / All You MFs – 12″ Vinyl
Hardline boss Paulblackout returns with two heavy dnb/hardcore crossover tracks, to follow on from the broken, deep beats of the previous Leepshec release. “Curse on one self” features tough sounding vampire samples and builds up to a crazy drop which will have you throwing shapes and playing air drums like a madman (or woman) On the flip is “all you MFs” which makes use of an amusing cartoon sample and stomps along to a halftime breakdown with double kickdrums to activate fist pumping mode. Vinyl release also includes an evil illustration by Camila Carmody, with DJ support from DJ Hidden, DJ Producer, Simon Underground, Mark N and more. This is how we’re kickin it…..

a Paul Blackout – Curse On One Self
aa Paul Blackout – All You MFs

Listen to sample of Curse On One Self / All You MFs

SS015 – Thought – Resist / Holism – 12″ Vinyl
Soothsayer returns with its twentieth vinyl plate and proudly presents the addition of SS015 and artist Thought to the roster. Hailing from Sofia, Bulgaria Ivan Sotirov (Thought) has quickly built a reputation for employing the hardest beats to be had in Eastern Europe. Having played Therapy Sessions and released a 12″ on the famed UK label, Obscene, Thought rise to prominence continues with his Soothsayer debut – a slab of heavy tribal breaks and halfstep riddims dubbed up plenty of dark bass. Resist is a dark tribal affair with grinding mid rage bass and intricate percussion. Stylistically the tune yields the best elements of a steppa, a roller, and a stormer all meld together in a tightly weld concoction of brutality. Bludgeoning beats and corrosive bass for the dubwize massive and rivetheads alike. Holism is a sinister tribal half steppa that has previously been slated for release by Loxy and Tech Itch. We at Soothsayer were elated to acquire Holism to complete this epic double a sided offering. Pumping sub bass pads, mid range dirt, and tribal dub manoeuvres govern this track. Robust enough to appeal to junglists and dubsteppers alike, Holism is a blazing wedge of outright aural wretchedness.

a Thought – Resist
aa Thought – Holism

Listen to sample of Resist / Holism

D&B Restocks Vinyl

P51UK019 – Nymfo & Cern – Proton Pack / Off The Radar

WARM017 – Seba – Never Let You Go / This Is Our House

P51UK020 – Gridlok & Dom / Gridlok – Reboot The System – Part 2

CRIT049 – S.P.Y – Fields Of Joy / Stormtrooper

RECIPE013 – Skeptical – Sphere / Dream Police

EXIT026 – Various Artists – Exit Records Presents ‘Mosiac Vol 1’ Sampler 2

CRIT051 – Rockwell – Aria EP

OK022 – Meth & 2Shy – Treatment EP

CYN002 – Cyantific – Obey / Bounce It

INVISIBLE003 – Hybris – Invisible 003 EP

New Bass Music releases

ZZZ010 – J.O.H vs The-Dream – J.O.H Is A 10 – 12″ Vinyl
The mysterious J.O.H drops a luscious and melancholy refix of The-Dream’s ‘Shawty is a 10’. Limited copies on one-sided vinyl only.

a J.O.H vs The-Dream – J.O.H Is A 10

Listen to sample of J.O.H Is A 10

HBR002 – Optimum – Light Year / DS-10 – 12″ Vinyl
Hum + Buzz return with their first release of 2011 from label co-founder Optimum. After releasing his debut EP ‘Max Power’ for Planet Mu in 2010, contributing to the excellent Night Slugs Allstars Vol. 1 and Modeselektion Vol. 1 compilations, Optimum returns on Hum + Buzz with two sci-fi, dancefloor tracks. ‘Light Year’ is a 4X4 time travelling excursion through brass rhythms, dotted arpeggios and razor sharp percussion. Gangsta techno meets UK bass, a crossover that Optimum seems to be making his own. On the B side ‘DS10’, named after (and partly made on) the Korg software for the Nintendo DS, is a menacing march that progresses into the unknown. All superfluous elements are discarded; the track focuses squarely on the relentless bassline and unpredictable 808 drum pattern. With these minimal ingredients combined, DS10 is a certified sound system bomb!

a Optimum – Light Year
aa Optimum – DS-10

Listen to sample of Light Year / DS-10

OSMUK012 – DJ Madd – Pitch Black / New Reality – 12″ Vinyl
DJ Madd has been killing it recently. It’s another knee-slapping combination drenched in powerful vibes and both tunes are nasty, guttural affairs sure to make your eyeballs rattle. The sound of the release as whole is a little reminiscent of Distance, with crunchy basslines rasping and snarling like enraged wolves savaging a couple of fwuffy wittle bunnies. Thankfully, I love both Distance and bloody carnage, so this is a cracker.words by http://www.boxmusique.com/dj-madd-pitch-black-new-reality-osmuk012

x DJ Madd – Pitch Black
y DJ Madd – New Reality

Listen to sample of Pitch Black / New Reality

TEC048 – Pinch & Loefah / Pinch & Roska – Broken / Paranormal Activity – 12″ Vinyl
With only one collaboration (alongside fellow DMZ stalwart SGT Pokes under the name ASBO, also for Tectonic) seeing light of day in the last three and a half years, it really has been a long time since dubstep pioneer and producer extraordinaire Loefah ventured out on wax. Responsible for originating the half-step beat in dubstep that came to dominate so much of the scene – with groundbreaking early titles such as ‘Horror Show’, ‘System’ and ‘Ruffige’ – Loefah’s beats always had huge impact on the dancefloor as well as in the studios of other beat-makers, caught by the power of his sound. More recently he’s become predominately focused on his genre challenging DJ sets as well as running his hugely successful Swamp 81 imprint, so this rare studio excursion with Tectonic label boss Pinch is a treat for all to behold.’Broken’ starts with a single delaying hat splash as swirling white noise rises from beneath with gale force strength. This relatively gentle moment is soon disturbed by the menacing sound of a tearing bass hit – a twisted sound layered in weighted sub power. Tense pads with distorted edges add to the build before everything pulls out to silence allowing a perfectly timed drop. In comes the full weight of bass as a pounding 808-style rhythm drops – complete with head cracking snares and swung hats – as the main bass sound punches through, ‘Broken’ embarks on a master class in minimal effectiveness. An unmissable collaborative effort between two studio heavyweights, and just how dubstep is meant to sound.Flip for an equally exciting joint effort from Pinch and rising UK Funky and Rinse FM star Roska. Nomi-nated by DJ Mag for the prized title of Producer Of The Year in 2010, Roska is known more for his 130bpm funky productions but this collaboration takes the tempo up to 140bpm for an exercise in rhyth-mical maximality – a frantic but rolling conga workout session. Meticulous drum programming is layered with dark reverbed sonics, spooky pads and a gut wrenching sub bass line guaranteed to cause stomach upset on the right systems. ‘Paranormal Activity’ will summon the ancient spirits so be careful where you drop it. All told, this plate is an essential purchase for true fans of the original dubstep vibe.

a Pinch & Loefah – Broken
aa Pinch & Roska – Paranormal Activity

Listen to sample of Broken / Paranormal Activity

TEC049 – Addison Groove – This Is It / Make Um Bounce – 12″ Vinyl
Massive new Tectonic 12″ from man of the moment – Bristol’s very own Addison Groove. Tony Williams aka Addison Groove appeared last year with the anthem ‘Foot Crab’ on Loefah’s impeccable Swamp 81 imprint. Anyone who has been to a dubstep dance in the last year will have likely heard the original or one of many VIP mixes and re-edits of this infectious monster of a tune – or at least seen it listed on count-less end of year ‘best of’ lists and DJ charts more recently.Taking in elements of the Chicago Juke/Footwork scene and bringing in a knowledge of bass heavy dub-step production (as acquired during his former incarnation as Headhunter), Addison Groove has already made a huge, rippling impression on dance music across the world.The world has been holding tight for more Addison Groove ever since, and hot on the tails of a recent fol-low up on Swamp 81 is this excellent 12″ for Tectonic, featuring some of his best work yet. ‘This Is It’ is a bubbly 138bpm dance floor banger, laden with pounding sub-heavy 808 kicks and soul-scraping claps, blending bass science with original Chicago attitude in a way that only Addison Groove can do. The whole rhythm is lifted by rave-flavoured bleeps and blips chiming out in a melodic progression as vocal samples sound out on top. Absolutely enormous tune!Flip for the slower tempo, yet just as danceable ‘Make Um Bounce’. Hitting in at 133bpm, this 4/4 rhythm is getting hammered by everyone from Jackmaster to James Zabeila and as soon as you hear the first kick drum hit, you’ll know why! Very aptly titled, this tune WILL make you bounce! Bass heavy and full of booty bouncing badness!

a Addison Groove – This Is It
b Addison Groove – Make Um Bounce

Listen to sample of This Is It / Make Um Bounce

ZIQ293 – Chrissy Murderbot – Bussin Down EP – 12″ Vinyl
‘Bussin Down’ is the first Planet Mu single from Chrissy Murderbot, who comes with a style inspired by his chosen city of Chicago’s Juke and Footwork scenes. He playfully mixes in elements of other styles of music he loves, such as R’n'B and Dancehall, to create lively mutations with a warm hearted mass appeal that comfortably straddles genres.’Bussin Down’ features Chicago footwork supremo DJ Spinn over some tasty footwork tracks featuring Spinn’s instructional lyrics, over some high speed jazz funk and cracking claps and klaviers. Next track ‘Braaain’ is a unique amalgam of footwork with the classic early digital sleng teng bassline. The blend works fantastically, as Chrissy slides the originals vocal in and out of the mix in a dub style.On the B-side Atki2 takes album track ‘The Vibe Is So Right’ featuring vocals from MC Zulu and runs it through a lush treatment that mixes Detroit washes with tight, laidback, rolling funky house drums, to instant classic effect. On B2, Chicago footwork pioneers DJs Rashad and Spinn send the originals vocal into a whirl of complex delays and layered loops over cold drums and hard techno stabs.Just the faintest taste of what is In store on The M-Bot’s incredible ‘Women’s Studies’ album due soon on Planet Mu.

a1 Chrissy Murderbot – Bussin Down (ft. DJ Spin)
a2 Chrissy Murderbot – Braaain
b1 Chrissy Murderbot – The Vibe Is So Right (Atki2 Remix)
b2 Chrissy Murderbot – The Vibe Is So Right (Rashad & Spinn Remix)

Listen to sample of Bussin Down EP

BR006 – Swindle – Mood Swings EP – 12″ Vinyl
Croydon’s own Swindle gets 2011 off to a great start with his first release on the grime label of the mo-ment, Butterz. The funk-obsessed producer delivers an exercise in dark half-step on the title tune ‘Mood Swings’ with all the funky riffs and synths that fans of ‘Airmiles’ have grown to love since he debuted with that track on Planet Mu.’Bebop’ is a more light-hearted affair with chopped-up vocoder vocal samples coupled with subtle piano keys fading in and out between the up-tempo beat pattern.’Trending Topic’ is one for lovers of Starkey and Terror Danjah alike, as it combines the organic energy of grime with the quirkiness of Swindle’s funk influenced synth patterns.Having already gained support from Starkey, Alexander Nut, Scratcha DVA and DJ Q, the ‘Mood Swings EP’ is shaping up to be yet another instant classic from Swindle and the Butterz label.

a Swindle – Mood Swings
b Swindle – Bebop

Listen to sample of Mood Swings EP

HDR003 – P-Jam – Anger Management EP – 12″ Vinyl
Grime has been clawing its way back to the centre of underground UK music in a big way recently, riding a new wave of credibility in futurist iterations from Terror Danjah, Hyperdub, and Butterz. But with the rising profile of figures like Slackk and the eski-aping sound of Becoming Real and sometimes Jam City, there’s been a pseudo-lionization and a growing mythology surrounding classic grime. Honestly, it’s been a long time coming; the music is legendary for a reason. Terror Danjah’s new(ish) Hardrive label takes a bold step in 2011 with a sharp look back-ward, and in typically cyclical fashion it feels perfectly now.Dating all the way back to 2004, P Jam’s ‘Anger Management’ is a minimal monster of a tune, slamming with the same slurred and blurred percussive elements of Wiley’s essential ‘Ice Rink’. But it’s the oddly distant, echoed vo-cal grunts and dirty (grimy?) morphing bassline that really push it into the ‘classic’ category. ‘Anger Management’ simply sounds rough, dirty, and raw, like it could barely be rendered by whatever archaic software produced those sounds.‘Samba’ is from around the same time, and it shares in the same cheap, dulled aesthetic, built out of synth guitar and screeching tires, heavy on the bongos to boot. But you can’t accuse Terror of living in the past, as he rounds out his label’s third release with a brand new track from the veteran producer.Comparatively lush, ‘Sorefoot’ is heavy on the synth sounds, the careful percussion relegated to nudging the track along instead of dominating. It’s fascinating to hear P Jam dress up his classic-leaning sound in shiny new clothes, and heartening that even after all these years he’s evidently still going strong.Even as grime gathers together a promising wave of new producers, there’s life left in its progenitors, and Hardrive

a P-Jam – Anger Management
b1 P-Jam – Samba
b2 P-Jam – Sorefoot

Listen to sample of Anger Management EP

New Bass Music Promos

3024012 – Addison Groove – It’s Got Me / Minutes Of Funk – 12″ Vinyl
In which 3024′s West Country takeover continues unabated with Addison Groove as one of 2010′s most celebrated Producers fires off a pair of brand new exclusives. ‘It’s Got Me’ drags a cornerstone of classic hip hop into the 21st century with trademark spasmodic Chicago drum acrobatics and vocal splicing working the track into a frenzy while his less acknowledged way with gauzy analogue textures never allow things to slip into the trap of dance floor bludgeon. Minutes Of Funk dials back the ferocity just enough to open up extra space for more luxurious synth washes and increasingly intricate rhythmic shifts as interlocking traces of dance floor past combine to form the thinking mans set opener.

a Addison Groove – It’s Got Me
b Addison Groove – Minutes Of Funk

Listen to sample of It’s Got Me / Minutes Of Funk

MEDI041 – Silkie – City Limits Vol. 1.6 – 1.8 – 12″ Vinyl x 2
City Limits Vol 1.6-1.8 completes a hat trick of releases from Silkie on DEEP MEDi Musik and last before his highly anticipated and long overdue new album City Limits Vol. 2. This heavyweight four track EP sees Silkie deliver a diverse helping of his unique style. ‘It’s Late’ with it’s catchy vocal hook, driving drums and surging synth owes as much to Silkie’s early garage influences as it does to the sound of Detroit Techno, ‘Float’ and ‘Murky’ are all about the weighty Dub influenced bass lines and keys alongside the super deep melodies and groove, finally the bumpin’ ‘Techfunk’ with it’s piercing synth, frenetic drums and G-funk style bass rounds off the EP perfectly keeping you wanting more and hungry for the next installment. Radio Support: Benji B (Radio 1), DVA Scratcha (Rinse), Gilles Peterson (Radio 1), Mistajam (1Xtra & Radio 1), Sinden (Kiss FM), J 5ive (Antisocial) (Rinse). DJ Support: Mala (DMZ), Skream, Benga, Toddla T, Joe Nice (Dub War).

a Silkie – It’s Late
b Silkie – Float
c Silkie – Murky
d Silkie – Techfunk

Listen to sample of City Limits Vol. 1.6 – 1.8

BLR007 – Dark Sky – High Rise – 12″ Vinyl
Having successfully shifted Mickey’s dodgy merchandise, it’s back to business for Blunted Robots.Dark Sky have been all over 2011, with a remix of Kelis and their storming ‘Promiscuous Gyal’ attracting the attention of Annie Mac and Giles Peterson. For Robots they deliver their strongest material to date: a pair of stomping UK Bass workouts, with hard-bodied percussion and swollen sub pressure. These tracks will be available as a limited edition 12” on 2nd May; Only 300 copies will be pressed. Digital download the week after. DJs showing love include Annie Mac, Scratcha DVA, Jackmaster, Untold, Pangaea, Kingdomm, Blackdown

a Dark Sky – High Rise
b Dark Sky – Armour

Listen to sample of High Rise

HENCH026 – Lost Ft. Beezy – Snake Eyes / Escape From The Womb – 12″ Vinyl
Lost has come a long way since he took the first steps on his journey into music. As a 12-year old, Lost found ‘Big Apple Records’ in Croydon and embarked upon becoming a DJ. Now a fully-fledged member of H.E.N.C.H, this prodigy has been responsible for some of the most sub shaking releases to have been let forth from the Bristol label’s catalogue to date.A: Snake Eyes (Ft. Beezy) – Lost teams up with Hench’s new signing Beezy. For those that know, you can bet that any track with Beezy’s name on is going to be sordidly sinister. And ‘Snake Eyes’ is no exception. The track commences with an industrial and hazardous sounding scene that’s soon met with Beezy’s catchy hook. Things are teed-up fittingly for a creeping baseline that weaves amongst the dripping backdrop. Before the low-end truly takes you somewhere else, Beezy rejoins with an ever-ominous lyrical gesture to seal the dread-inducing vibe that Lost has created with this charismatic production.AA: Escape from the Womb – In all of Lost’s productions, he’s enigmatic in creating a feeling with his tracks from the get-go. What seems like a calm and atmospheric intro quickly thrusts you toward something you’d be forgiven for not expecting. When that high-voltage bass rhythm gets your attention, sit back, you’re in for the ride. Metallic overtones and pulsating groove make ‘Escape from the Womb’ a genuinely progressive number. This was built to tear dance floors to the ground and has already been doing some serious damage.

a Lost Ft. Beezy – Snake Eyes
b Lost – Escape From The Womb

Listen to sample of Snake Eyes / Escape From The Womb

2769671 – Jess Mills (produced by James Breakage) – Vultures / Vultures (Photek Dub Mix) – 10″ Vinyl
Jess Mills is on everyone’s lips at the moment as she sets the barrier high with her single Vulture – which is actually out today. Having worked alongside Digital Soundboy main-man, James Breakage, providing the vocals for his track, Fighting Fire. Breakage has returned the favour by producing Vultures. There’s a moody Photek re-edit on the flip, if you know what Rupert Parkes is capable of then you won’t give this one a miss. Limited to 250 Vinyl.

a Jess Mills – Vultures
b Jess Mills – Vultures (Photek Dub Mix)

Listen to sample of Vultures / Vultures (Photek Dub Mix)

Bass Music Vinyl Restocks

MEDI05 – Goth Trad – Cut End

MEDI08 – Tunnidge – Geddeon

HF021 – Mount Kimbie – Maybes

NL002 – Instra:mental / Breakage – Futurist / Late Night

NL005 – Instra:mental – Lets Talk / Vicodin

DBOOT010 – Downliners Sekt – Hello Lonely, Hold The Nation

SSSSS001 – Untold / Dubbel Dutch – Anaconda (Tribal Guarachero Mix) / Pulso

RS1007 – James Blake – Klavierwerke EP

SEPTIC1 – Shackleton – Man On A String Part 1 and 2

DBOOT011 – Suckafish P. Jones – Mr.Midnight

TEAL001 – West Norwood Cassette Library – Blonde On Blonde / Blonde On Blonde (Pearson Sound Remix)

RAT030B – DJ Fresh & Ivory vs Deekline & Wizard – Blow (Remixes)

DOT006 – Duffstep – Getting To Sirius Remix EP #3

DBOOT012 – Downliners Sekt – We Make Hits Not The Public

RS1003 – James Blake – CMYK EP (Black Vinyl)

HRMN015 – Easy and the Center of Universe – Pythagoras Falafel Calamity

HDB013 – Burial – Street Halo

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New D&B CD

CD1 1 Cuelock – Lypes -
CD1 2 Metro – Kit -
CD1 3 Diamond Eye – Temple Dub -
CD1 4 Muted – classified -
CD1 5 Sight Unseen – Stalkers theme -
CD1 6 Marginal – The Mech issues -
CD1 7 Ultracode – Vanish -
CD1 8 Felix K – Reklas -
CD1 9 Nuage & Gerwin – Quantized freedom -
CD1 10 Dominic Ridgeway – My reflection -
CD1 11 Justice & Metro – Sounds like something -
CD1 12 Sinistarr – Golgo 13 -

New D&B Releases

a dRamatic & dbAudio – Life Console
b dRamatic & dbAudio – Break From The Vacuum

Listen to sample of Life Console / Break From The Vacuum

DISLP002 – Various Artists – Transit One – 12″ Vinyl x 3
Dispatch Recordings are proud to present “Transit One” the first various artist album across vinyl, CD & MP3 releases. The vinyl edition features 6 tracks in total, CD with 13 tracks and the MP3 edition features 2 additional tracks that can be purchased with the bundle or bought separately.The album showcases a close group of artists; some new to the label some well known for their releases already; the likes of Survival get the remix treatment from the mighty Break, ever-rising label boys Octane and DLR feature with another couple of complete blinders, one of which written with labal manager Ant TC1 and not to mention artists such as Spinline, Hydro, Skeptical, Paul T, EBK, Subterra, Christina Nicola, Gusto, Keza and MC Fokus all provide a mixed set of styles sure to hit the standard the label is well known for with any listener.DJ support is already exhaustive with the likes of Marcus Intalex, Calibre, Andy C, Break, D-Bridge, Cern, Teebee, Calyx, Bailey, Flight, Kasra, AI, Lenzman, Icicle, Alix Perez, Jubei, Spectrasoul.

a Survival – Sky (Break Remix)
b Octane & DLR – Drop Out
c Skeptical – A Process Of Elimination
d Octane, DLR & Ant TC1 – The Jazz Club
e Spinline & Hydro – Blindfolded
f Survival – Mistakes feat. Christina Nicola

Listen to sample of Transit One

APEXX001 – Harvest – Militant / Spies – 12″ Vinyl
Apexx recordings a brand new imprint from the heart of the midlands. This first release proudly brings you the sound of new artist who has being turning heads with his talent for production, releases on chronic, nam music & g13……DJ HARVEST This release has 2 big bangers straight out of the club with support of all the main A list djs in the circuit. Miltant does what it says on the tin sharp militant drums, perfect breaks and massive bassline this is one for any box and with a vocal hook that will send any dancefloor into a frenzy. Spies is the sneaky homage to 94/95 old jungle, perfect pads with warm bassline complimented with tight amens, this goes off where ever you play it. DJ SUPPORT….. ANDY C, DJ HAZARD, DJ MARKY, GROOVERIDER, CRISSY CRISS, NICKY BLACKMARKET, CHASE & STATUS, SERUM & MORE.

a Harvest – Militant
aa Harvest – Spies

Listen to sample of Militant / Spies

CODED004 – Phobia, Jubei & Sato – Atlas / Jitter – 12″ Vinyl
Moving onto release number 4, Coded presents the next 12” by Phobia, Jubei & Sato. Following on from the massive ‘Coopers Dream’, ‘Atlas’ is more rolling bassline pressure from the Coded camp, whilst on the flip ‘Jitter’ steps into more techy terrain. Both tracks should be an essential part of any decent DJ’s arsenal. Support for the 12” has come from D-Bridge, Vicious Circle, Fierce, Raiden, Mindscape and more. For more info about Coded Music head over to www.codedmusic.co.uk

a Phobia, Jubei & Sato – Atlas
aa Phobia & Sato – Jitter

Listen to sample of Atlas / Jitter

New D&B Promos

a Gridlok and Elhornet – Hollywood (Blokhe4d) Remix
b Gridlok – Watching Us (The Upbeats) Remix

Listen to sample of Reboot the System 3

INVISIBLE003 – Hybris – Invisible 003 EP – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Hybris is Evan Vischi. After years of being a studio recluse, Evan surfaced in the DC scene and released collaborations and solo projects under the name Robot Death Squad. He then moved to the Czech Republic to focus on advancing his own sound and began releasing under the name Hybris. Towards the end of 2009 his tunes were spotted and picked up by Kasra, and his debut single was released on Critical: Modulations (The Cleaner/ Raindance) in June of 2010. With several forthcoming releases on C.I.A., Blackout Music, and Critical, and DJ support from some of the scene’s heaviest hitters, Evan is now committed to pushing heavy and precise dancefloor beats to the next level. For INVISIBLE, Hybris collaberates succesfully with the mighty NOISIA and drops 3 new solo tracks on this very special double pack vinyl. Great new sounds on the always evolving Invisible imprint.

a Noisia & Hybris – Crystalline
b Hybris – Of Two Minds
c Hybris – Keeping Me
d Hybris – Out of Place

Listen to sample of Invisible 003 EP

MOD007 – Aeph & Dabs / Maztek – MadBox / Floating – 12″ Vinyl
Finished copy promo. During the years Modulate Recordings has moved from strength to strength and now she picks up the pace with another piece of Italian DnB history. This double A sided 12″ showcases the work of our most acclaimed Rome based producers Aeph, Dabs and Maztek from Subculture who recently signed for Renegade Hardware. MadBox is a blend of razor sharp beats, rumbling synths and 80s retro arpeggios with an amazing dubstep breakdown that will simply blow the dancefloor off. Floating is a relentless techy tune made with Maztek’s unmistakable style and top-notch quality, showcased on State Of Mind’s “Next Level” podcast 001. All in all, this double single is awesome and these guys are a force to be reckoned with.. Check it!

a Aeph & Dabs – MadBox
b Maztek – Floating

Listen to sample of MadBox / Floating

CF044 – Quadrant – Dermaphoria EP – 12″ Vinyl x 2
Finish copy promo. Some producers are just so underrated that it makes you sick. Quadrant is a formation that’s been around since 2005 and has released tracks on prestigious labels like Renegade Hardware, Citrus, Fokuz to name a few. The quality of their output is extraordinarily crisp and original that it’s hard not to notice them, this Dermaphoria EP is exactly that. And as allways this Quadrant release comes with a sexy cover by designer ‘MESK’State Of Mind gets in on a remix for Rage & Rapture and stretches the trance vibe out and adds their signature SOM tech sound.. Didi’s vocals stay intact and sound even more lush as they did before soaring over the beats like a bird above the clouds. ‘A Healthy Distrust’ is on the flip and this one is one to be noticed. Its minimal melancholic vibe is dark and ominous and will suck you in straight away. Heavy big kicks haunt the track like the drums of a voodoo witchdoctor in the jungle. Its spacious vibe is dreamy and eerie at the same time. Keep on your guard and pay attention to this one.Disc 2 holds ‘The Stars Are Bleeding’ Quadrant shows here at what their best at. Sounding like the cry of a 1000 angels falling from heaven. Beautiful and sad at the same time and sending chills down your spine and back up again. The bass line rolls underneath like a bed of feathers giving hope but the outcome is not certain.Citrus saves the best for last and that is of course the title track ‘Dermaphoria’. Quadrant shows there’s a brighter side and makes sure you know it with this uplifting funker. When this one hits standing still is not an option, the bass line will sweep you of your feet in no time and shoot you into the Dermaphoria Quadrant. 0 Gravity beats and sweeps are coming at you at all sides so you are warned!

a – Rage and Rapture (State Of Mind remix)
b – A Healthy Distrust
c – The Stars are Bleeding
d – Dermaphoria

Listen to sample of Dermaphoria EP

LOVE2011001 Driving Blind – Unknown Artist Love 12″ Vinyl
Ow lordy lordy lord…. Love has been bringing that quality sound from day one and this time around they have outdone themselves. The original rock infused ‘Driving Blind’ gets the arena/festival retouch with a splash of dnb and a dash of trance. Making this the ultimate weapon for the ladies! This label isn’t called Love for nothing you know <3.. Boys get on stepping and get on mingling cause it’s time to find that special someone when this one hits!

a Unknown Artist – Driving Blind

Listen to sample of Driving Blind

RDR002 – Shameboy / Buscemi – Strobot – NETSKY rmx / Seaside – KG rmx – 12″ Vinyl
Murdock’s Radar Records launches an entirely new project, backed by some of the biggest names in drum&bass. Remixing a gang of classic Belgian non-dnb tracks by the likes of T99, Sound of Stereo, The Subs, Outlander and many more, they kick off the series with massive drum&bass reworks by none other than Netsky and KG. Drum & Bass’ new poster boy / boy wonder Netsky steps to the plate with the awesomeness that is his version of Shameboy’s classic electro banger ‘Strobot’, which was the first tune in his BBC Radio1 Essential Mix and has had a lot of exposure worldwide, as his Mix was voted 3rd best Essential Mix of the year 2010! The track has had spins by Andy C, Danny Byrd, Camo & Krooked and many more. KG ripped up Buscemi’s laidback house classic ‘Seaside’ and turned it into a dancefloor stomper. Opening with funky licks and classic breaks, he quickly rolls into a big jump-up monster, while still adding some vocals and rhodes piano for good measure. This one is being caned by Bassline Smith, Hamilton and Zen, to name just a few. Next up in the Radar Remixes series are contributions by Nymfo, Blame, Crystal Clear, Break, Marky & SPY and many more, so keep your eyes and ears pealed!

a Shameboy – Strobot (NETSKY rmx)
b Buscemi – Seaside (KG rmx)

Listen to sample of Strobot – NETSKY rmx / Seaside – KG rmx

D&B Restocks Vinyl

D&B Restocks CD Albums

New Bass Music CD

1 Duffstep – Free
2 Duffstep – My Kiss
3 Duffstep – Love The Freak
4 Duffstep – On & On
5 Duffstep – Tired
6 Duffstep – Your Touch
7 Duffstep – Backseat
8 Duffstep – Love
9 Duffstep – This Isn’t Just Duff, This Is Duffstep
10 Duffstep – Close Your Eyes
11 Duffstep – The Way It’s Got To Be
12 Duffstep – Happy Days

New Bass Music releases

a Instra:mental – Voyeur
aa Von D & Riskotheque – Like A Bird

Listen to sample of Voyeur / Like A Bird

NONPLUSLP002PART1 – LOL – LOL Part 1 – 12″ Vinyl
lol is a bit of an unusual project, it’s just a thing in it’s own right, it’s not ‘for’ anything or anyone in particular, it’s just an LP made by three bored people who like music that sounds like it did before the advent of the internet. The project was recorded in the bedroom of a warehouse conversion in Hackney Wick (bedrooms can be incredibly creative spaces, seeing as most of us were conceived in one) They wrote about self-obsession, social anxiety, drug abuse, and failed relationships using pre-21st century recording devices such as VHS tape, 70′s valve microphones, analogue synths, cheap Argos catalogue guitars, and 80′s drum machines. The resulting music was sent to a handful of people they thought were similarly musically inclined; people deeply into producer culture who never rabidly stuck to one way of doing things, in the hope that they might like it too. After a few positive responses, it was decided to keep the project close to where it was created and London based label Nonplus+ Records proudly put their name behind it. The name was chosen after a text conversation about potential band names – none of which sounded right – with the last suggestion being “Polterchrist?” which was replied to with a simple “lol”. lol sounded neat so that was it. They liked the fact that it used to be an abbreviation for ‘lots of love’ but now just means ‘laughing out loud’. It seemed to fit the cheap, cynical nature of what they’d written about… oh and it looks a bit like a person with their hands in the air.

a1 LOL – Squeeze Me
a2 LOL – Face Me
b1 LOL – Dare Me
b2 LOL – White Noise

Listen to sample of LOL Part 1

PIPS014 – Orphan101 – Propa / Disemble – 12″ Vinyl
Apple Pips is proud to present another original new talent from the Bristol bass underground – Orphan101. Having cut his teeth on Bristol pirate radio with Headhunter aka Addison Groove, Orphan101 surfaced earlier this year with some promising releases on Saigon and his own Decarhythm label, one of several new labels in Bristol (along with If Symptoms Persist, Idle Hands, & Subdepth) to be pushing a varied and seemingly boundary less take on bass music. A residency at the Apple Pips nights in Bristol allowed him to road test his beats and it’s here that Appleblim heard the awesome rolling 2-step-meets-Carl Craig-in-a-Bristol-soundclash track that is ‘Propa’. With skippy garage beats, a bleeped out intro, and the deepest sub-bass this side of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, you need to hear this track on a system. It hurts! On the flip ‘Disemble’ takes us on a journey through his vision of minimal techno, in a dubstep context, with scratchy percussion rubbing up against twisted Ed & Optical ‘Wormhole’ era bass spasms. Having just come from playing at Fabric for Apple Pips takeover, things are looking great in 2011 for Orphan101. Early DJ/Radio support already coming from Mark Pritchard (Warp/Harmonic 313/Afrika Hi Tech), Instra:mental (Non-plus/Swamp81), Addison Groove, 2562 (Tectonic), Laurent Garnier, Angel Molina (Tresor) & more

a Orphan101 – Propa
aa Orphan101 – Disemble

Listen to sample of Propa / Disemble

DOT003 – Duffstep – Getting To Sirius Remix EP #1 – 12″ Vinyl
Like the joining of ancient clans or the marriage of Marie Antoinette to Louis of France the joining of the Duff brothers is something of a historical milestone. Since birth the Duff’s have gone their separate ways, one getting down on the worlds hipper dancefloors, hips-awiggling, head thrown back in rapture and all under a spinning disco ball. The other brother the troubled teen, hood up, eyes down, bass rumbling, one time selecta. Imagine then two estranged brothers, born from the same seed living awkwardly side by side, never entirely comfortable in each other’s company finally uniting on one massive inbred slab of sonic harmony. If you can imagine that slightly cack-handed analogy then that is pretty much what you get here. After a year of huge edits and original material Duff Disco has finally gone and had a fiddle with his brother? Both taken from the forthcoming Duffstep album ‘Getting To Sirius’, ‘Your Touch’ and ‘Backseat’ are original Duffstep tracks given a cosmic make over by Duff Disco. They are proper modern disco music that sits just the right side of funky, without conjuring images of fluffy boots and spiky hair, white shirts and fake tan. Whilst Backseat is the more euphoric of the two Your Touch is more moody than an emo teenager watching Twighlight. Both obviously Duff Disco but somehow keeping the family together as Duffstep’s finger prints are all over these too.

a Duffstep – Backseat (Duff Disco Remix)
b Duffstep – Your Touch (Duff Disco Remix)

Listen to sample of Getting To Sirius Remix EP #1

502002 – Jay Weed – Prism / The Naos – 12″ Vinyl
The second release on Oneman’s 502 Recordings will be from French producer Jay Weed. The Lyon-based producer who also has a 12″ waiting to be put out by Grizzly, the label Sinden founded. As Sinden said he is making the music that we love on the show, risk taking, genre defying, musical and weird! He’s carving out his own mutant house sound – so refreshing.

a Jay Weed – Prism
b Jay Weed – The Naos

Listen to sample of Prism / The Naos

SPEAKS003 – Sekta – Liquid Tek EP – 12″ Vinyl
No doubt looking for somewhere with a bit of political stability and a brighter economic future, 24 year old Polish producer Jan Dudzik aka Sekta recently joined many of his compatriots by leaving London and farking off back to his native Warsaw. Luckily, he left us a bottle of the finest vodka to remember him by, and a four track EP of stepping rhythms, fat bass and dubby atmospherics to help wash it down. Lead track ‘Liquid Tek’combines deep pads, pulsing subs, metallic riffs and broken beats into a floor friendly, but contemplative post dubstepper. Similar elements are combined in “ I Need’ , with a sliver of vocal adding an extra layer to the musical equation. ‘Hakka Riddim’ takes things a bit heavier, coiling beefy synth stabs around it’s insistent rhythms , and employing a spacey string interlude to break things up along the way. Closing track ‘Deep in the Woods’ takes the trace of D n B textures that run through the EP and lets loose, with full on, chopped up Amen breaks accompanying futuristic pads, robo-synths and occasional flourishes of cinematic strings that hint of Easter European nostalgia.

b1 Sekta – Hakka Riddim
b2 Sekta – Deep in the Jungle
a1 Sekta – Liquid Tek
a2 Sekta – I Need

Listen to sample of Liquid Tek EP

New Bass Music Promos

a They Live – Pure Palms
aa They Live – Don’t Know What To Say

Listen to sample of Pure Palms / Don’t Know What To Say

DP049 – KGB – Ghetto Blasta 2010 / Hands Up – 12″ Vinyl
Estonian duo KGB step up for their debut release on Dub Police and they certainly aren’t pulling any punches. The production partnership hit you with two cuts of pure dance floor energy and impact that display their versatility and uncanny knowledge of how to get a crowd going. If you don’t know about KGB, you better get to know, as they are quickly establishing themselves as one of the rising stars in underground dance music. With plenty of tricks up their sleeves, there will be no stopping them in 2011! ‘Ghetto Blaster 2010’ draws upon different elements of underground bass music and melds them together in to something entirely unique and undeniably infectious. Taking the growling midrange bass-weight of dubstep and wiring it to a militant UK Funky drum march, KGB give the track an unstoppable momentum and punishing impact that is impossible to fight against – With an artillery that includes fire like this, it is no wonder they are quickly paving their path to the top. On the flipside, KGB deliver something very different. Pinned down by the tough half-step drum pattern, ‘Hands Up’ is all about the maniacal intertwining bass lines. When this track drops there is no denying its fierce, in-your-face power.

a KGB – Ghetto Blasta 2010
b KGB – Hands Up

Listen to sample of Ghetto Blasta 2010 / Hands Up

RAMP042 – FaltyDL – Hip Love / Hip Love (Jamie xx Remix) – 12″ Vinyl
Finished copy. FaltyDL. Jamie xx. RAMP Recordings. 2011. Love.

a FaltyDL – Hip Love
b FaltyDL – Hip Love (Jamie xx Remix)

Listen to sample of Hip Love / Hip Love (Jamie xx Remix)

DOUBT000 – 2562 – Aquatic Family Affair / This is Hardcore – 10″ Vinyl
Limited to 300 copies for the world on blue vinyl in handprinted sleeves; no digital; no reappearance on future vinyl. First official 2562 release in over a year, marking the launch of his new When In Doubt label. Two heartfelt low slung boogie anthems – a taster of things to come. 2562 aka Dave Huismans – from The Hague/Holland, in Berlin/Germany – is known for his releases on Tectonic Recordings as well as 3024 and usually gets classified somewhere in the wasteland between cutting-edge bass music, techno and house. When In Doubt is his new imprint, aiming to release personal, formula-free music.

a 2562 – Aquatic Family Affair
aa 2562 – This Is Harcore

Listen to sample of Aquatic Family Affair / This is Hardcore

JONES001 – Gravious / Hackman & Bluto – Future Blues / WDYGOAPHAGFY – 12″ Vinyl
Limited to 300 180g vinyl w/ neon green and black pantone sleeves. Davey Jones is a new non-genre label focusing on a dark, primal aesthetic. run by unlikely of clandestinecultivations/ dubpressure/ platform 1 and designer letty fox. all design and videos by letty fox. visit the davey jones website for videos www.davey-jones.com. Support laurent garnier/ dj ez/ reso/ n-type/ ben ufo/ mumdance/ donga/ subeena Heny g/ warlock/ fused forces + more.

a Gravious – Future Blues
aa Hackman & Bluto – WDYGOAPHAGFY

Listen to sample of Future Blues / WDYGOAPHAGFY

RS1006RMX – Model 500 – OFI (Space Dimension Controller & Bullion Remxes) – 12″ Vinyl
Model 500 returned triumphantly to R&S in 2010, with their first release for the label in eleven years, and the first with the new line up of Juan Atkins, Mike Banks and Mark Taylor. They found themselves label mates with some of the finest young electronic producers working in music today, and back on a rejuvenated label that was making the top ten labels of the year lists from the likes of Fact, XLR8R, RA, Juno and Bleep. It makes total sense that the lead track from the OFI ep is handed over to two amazing young producers to reinterpret it in their own unique ways. Bullion made his name with the internet sensation Songs In The Key Of Dee release which blended The Beach Boys and Dilla into a hip hop masterpiece. Recently he’s released the You Drive Me To Plastic ‘non LP’ on Young Turks, which has cemented him as true auteur of the sampler. His rivertrance remix of OFI is simply amazing. How he’s turned the classic Detroit electro of the original into a twisted, psychedelic symphony that laughs in the face of genres, without losing the Model 500 feel, god only knows, but we’re glad he has. Space Dimension Controller returns to the label after releasing his critically acclaimed Temporary Thrillz doublepack. He’s the perfect remixer choice, another space obsessed producer, working on analogue gear and singing on his own tracks like Juan has done since the Cybotron days. SDC replaces Juan’s vocals for his own on his evasive funk mix, keeping the tempo of the original intact, but taking things deeper in his signature style. This single effortly merges the R&S heritage with the forward thinking electronic music of 2011 perfectly, and is a bold statement of intent for the new year.

a Model 500 – OFI (Bullion’s rivertrance remix)
b Model 500 – OFI (SDC’s evasive funk remix)

Listen to sample of OFI (Space Dimension Controller & Bullion Remxes)

LIME004 – Jade & Matt-U – Echoes – 12″ Vinyl
Lime Dubz keep on cracking with another too hot to handle release.. The long time duo Jade & Matt-U are reunited once again but not for getting back to their dnb roots. No Jade teams up with Matt-U for some highly technical Dubstep sounds.. Grindhouse on Jade’s Venom LP was just a taster of what was to come.. With Grindhouse still freshly engraved into our memories it’s time to unleash it on vinyl.. But now with 2 brand spanking new heavyweights on there.. Echoes is a sinister roller that’s all over the place bouncing left right up and down there’s no defending against this monster track.. Instead of going all tear out they crossover to a more medi hybrid sound that will suit well with Dubsteppers of all ages.. The last new track on the 12 is Pump. You guys are thinking it.. and we can confirm.. Yes this is a bass line monster if there ever was one. Grab all of your PA’s boys and girls and turn up the volume to max cause its only happening when your chest starts rattlin..

a Jade & Matt-U – Echoes
b1 Jade & Matt-U – Pump
b2 Jade & Matt-U – Grindhouse

Listen to sample of Echoes

THIN16 – Funckarma – Dubstoned 5 EP – 12″ Vinyl
As we’ve been stalking the Funckens for ten years now, after stumbling upon their parts series on DUB when we were still students, trekking religiously to the Sirius on weekends, eventually spending nights in bus shelters to assist to half a live in a school that only served wine, and trying to organise a bash with them in a squat that burned down a week before the bash, before finally inviting them to an exhibition closing party that incidentally marked the beginning of Thin Consolation, they seemed an obvious choice for a release for the tenth anniversary of UNREzT and the fifth of Thin Consolation. Having already graced Thin Consolation with an album in 2006 as Dif:use (with long-time partner Cor Bolten), this time we requested from them a 12″ of a more step-ish inspiration, the fifth in the Dubstoned series, the previous editions having been released on Highpoint Lowlive, Ad Noiseam and Eat Concrete. In so many words, the Dubstoned series is the last major electronic musical genre to have appeared – Dubstep – to be given the special Funcken treatment: a dark and brooding, dub-flavoured electronica. Not for the faint hearted. Mepeche is co-produced by Phinx, and Spectrum is a remix of a track by Eedl, released on the album ‘Everse’, on the Barcelona-based label spa.RK.

a1 Funckarma – Mepeche
a2 Funckarma – Mako
b1 Funckarma – Spectrum
b2 Funckarma – Removal

Listen to sample of Dubstoned 5 EP

RWINA011 – Swindle – Playground – 12″ Vinyl
London grime producer Swindle follows up his incredible Planet Mu EP with another slab of funked-up grime, this time for a rapidly expanding Rwina Records. Swindle’s return marks a slightly stripped-down sound: the funk is meaner, heavier, and nastier. ‘Playground’ grooves on rainbow synths and leisurely, drawn-out melodies, as a boogie bassline carves memorable phrases in the ground below. All of this is shoved in an approachable halfstep template that means the track could just as easily slot into any dubstep set as the grime scene in which Swindle dominates. Did we mention there’s a killer freestyling organ solo in the breakdown?On the b-side, we’re treated to a monstrous remix of SRC’s Rwina anthem ‘Goin Out,’ where that track’s quick and vibrant skip is slowed right down to a trickling drawl. The brusque melodic motifs of the original are flattened out into irresistibly squiggling melodic tangents, and the whole thing is given a muscular makeover that turns the 8-bit funk into lifelike grime. The beats are beefed up — Mario’s emphatic ‘ohs’ hit with every beat like he’s in pain — and the track’s bubble and boil over uncontrollably, a volatile concoction that recklessly sends out unforgettable melodic hooks in all directions.The EP ends with the softer ‘Who’s Quicker’ — which simultaneously speaks to old (and I mean old)-school grime with its barebones percussion breathy samples, but its heads-down meditative bassline speaks to the more reflective side of dubstep. With the Playground EP on Rwina, Swindle reveals what you already knew: that he’s an immensely talented and versatile producer on the top of the grime scene, applying a wide-ranging set of appealing influences to a template that hits home for both grime and dubstep fans. That it comes on Rwina is no surprise: a great producer deserves an equally great label.

a Swindle – Playground
b1 Swindle – Goin’ Out (SRC remix)
b2 Swindle – Who’s Quicker

Listen to sample of Playground

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The album showcases a close group of artists; some new to the label some well known for their releases already; the likes of Survival get the remix treatment from the mighty Break, ever-rising label boys Octane and DLR feature with another couple of complete blinders, one of which written with label manager Ant TC1 and not to mention artists such as Spinline, Hydro, Skeptical, Paul T, EBK,
Subterra, Christina Nicola, Gusto, Keza and MC Fokus all provide a mixed set of styles sure to hit
the standard the label is well known for with any listener.

DJ support is already exhaustive with the likes of Marcus Intalex, Calibre, Andy C, Break, dBridge,
Cern, Teebee, Calyx, Bailey, Flight, Kasra, AI, Lenzman, Icicle, Alix Perez, Jubei, Spectrasoul and
many more all showcasing tracks featured on the album and many providing constant feedback on
how well put together the collective package is.

DISCD002
Various Artists
Transit One

01. Survival – Sky (Break Remix) *
02. Octane & DLR – Drop Out *
03. Skeptical – A Process Of Elimination *
04. Octane, DLR & Ant TC1 – The Jazz Club *
05. Spinline & Hydro – Blindfolded *
06. Survival Ft. Christina Nicola – Mistakes *
07. Spinline – Made Guy
08. Paul T & Survival – Sunshine
09. Skeptical & MC Fokus – Structure
10. EBK – Mud
11. Keza – Monkey Business
12. Survival – High
13. Octane, DLR & Subterra Ft. Gusto – Red Mist [Vocal Version]

* Also featured on the 3×12″ Vinyl Version

Due for release on all formats on 17th January 2011.

Skeptical & MC Fokus – Structure – Dispatch ‘Transit One’ album (CLIP) by Ant TC1

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New D&B Releases

RISE024 Concord Dawn & Trei / Psidream & Concord Dawn – By My Side / Got Me Down 12″ Vinyl
Concord Dawn team up with fellow New Zealanders, Trei and Psidream for their brand new release on their Uprising Records label! Hard, heavy and euphoric Drum & Bass built for dance floors worldwide!

a Concord Dawn & Trei – By My Side
b Psidream & Concord Dawn – Got Me Down

Listen to sample of By My Side / Got Me Down

PRODUCT010 Craggz & Parallel – Release / The Sleeper 12″ Vinyl
A Side ‘Release’ Calming things down a little ‘Release’ continues the tempo with a bouncing bass and booming sub to match as delicate synth stabs and vocal washes trickle over the top to make for a great cut as the LP journey picks up pace. AA Side ‘The Sleeper’ is anything but with it’s rollin’ bassline and stepping drums that smash any club when dropped. A sure-footed crowd pleaser that shows the guys getting seriously engrossed in some vintage D&B vibes.

a Craggz & Parallel – Release
aa Craggz & Parallel – The Sleeper

Listen to sample of Release / The Sleeper

VOOMUSIC003 Morphy / Morphy & Nasha Experience – Shackles / Indus Valley 12″ Vinyl
We proudly present Voodoo Music 003- At the controls we have Morphy, A core Voodoo Music artist. As soon as Morphy was introduced to Raiden’s ears the label boss began to work through tracks Morphy was submitting and it wasn’t long before the these tracks were signed to Voodoo. With a very individual outlook to the tempo Morphy, alongside The Nasha Experience has created a single that brings a new angle to the Voodoo sound.Shackles: An immense piece of work from the Scottish dub master, The tracks intro contains the most haunting old slave vox used to maximum effect. Instantly recognisable ‘Shackles’ has been a show piece track in every deejays set who was fortunate enough to have it. The drop hits like a tonne of bricks straight to your jaw. Drums and bass create dancefloor weight that cannot be denied. Big, Brooding & and full of tense energy- This track is a future classic.Indus Valley with The Nasha Experience: Morphy collaborated wit long time friends The Nasha Experience- London’s cross cultural bass fiends on Indus Valley, and both parties influence is heard instantly. Morphy’s rugged drum patterns compliment the percussive momentum built up in the track. A feast of eastern rhythms that sits on unmistakable British bass Indus Valley joins the Voodoo arsenal with ease, slotting in to place and shining in its creativity. The two tracks are the perfect introduction to Voodoo Music for Morphy, expect more on the label from the man after such a strong start.

a Morphy – Shackles
b Morphy & Nasha Experience – Indus Valley

Listen to sample of Shackles / Indus Valley

RECIPE012 Skeptical / Pessimist – Cold One (Jubei Remix) / Zulu 12″ Vinyl
Skeptical’s ‘Cold One’ rubber-stamped his arrival on the drum & bass scene. With releases signed to Exit, Dispatch & 31 records, 2010 is shaping up to be his year. Man of the moment Jubei loved it so much, he wanted to try his hand at remixing it, his first ever remix to boot. The Metalheadz artist grabbed it with both hands and provided this monster reese classic! Hypnotic from the start & an almighty bass drop, if this is his first ever remix, then it won’t be his last! Pessimist is a young talent from Bristol, after receiving a few demos, we wasted no time in snapping him up. “Zulu” is one of the most epic drum & bass tunes of 2010. Hot 12!! DJ Support: Goldie, dBridge, Fabio (Radio 1), Friction, Flight, Total Science, Vicious Circle, Raiden, Jubei, Rockwell, Alix Perez, Spectrasoul, Phobia, Spirit, Digital, Ulterior Motive, Skeptical..the list goes on

a Skeptical – Cold One (Jubei Remix)
b Pessimist – Zulu

Listen to sample of Cold One (Jubei Remix) / Zulu

DEAD023 Temper D – Break It Down 12″ Vinyl
For the 23rd outing on this imprint deadlyp turns to long time producer temper d, who has had a string of releases on his own imprint and thought it’s time to spread his wings a bit wider as he comes with 2 different tunes than you would expect from him. Both tracks have been doing damage on the dance floor as this 12 offers something for the tech heads and the jump up crew. ‘break it down’ is a techy tearout tune that does what it says on the tin, a short intro that gets straight to the point rolls then gives way to destroying bass, and crazy stabs. One to check for sure. ‘wanna say’ is a gritty styled jump up track . with flowing chords thru out the intro with a whispered vocal ‘ I know what you wanna say’ paired with the crisp beats that take you to the drop. Then all hell is let lose as the gritty b-line and the beats take control clever use of the vocal aid the tracks progress. This tune does serious damage on the floor!!! Support from Temper d , nicky bm, ash attack, to name a few!

a Temper D – Break It Down
aa Temper D – Wanna Say

Listen to sample of Break It Down

LARTSEKRAD Rockwell – Reverse Engineering 12″ Vinyl
Pressed on heavyweight 180 gram vinyl. Artwork: Black Reverse Board sleeve, Bronze Pantone logo and text throughout, all sleeve and label information written backwards in keeping with the reverse concept. Cut in inside-out (record plays from centre label out to the edge) on a Scully Lathe. Release: Less a best kept secret, now a fully fledged artist of the moment Rockwell has been steadily building a reputation as one of the more progressive electronic artists around in 2010, with an ear for a different take on how to move dancefloors whilst also showing an adept ability at beat programming that is setting himself apart from his peers. Darkestral finally release one of the most talked about tracks on underground forums (10K plus posts on a DOA) and unleash the bewildering ‘Reverse Engineering’ – a track solely built from backwards parts, that has been delighting, confounding and confusing dancefloors the world over. Coupled with the polar opposite beauty of ‘Everything (& U)’, which continues the Darkestral love for contrasting sides on releases, and was recently licensed to FabricLive52, this track marks a stamp of quality on the burgeoning minimalist dnb sound by adding the emotional layer that Darkestral aa sides have become known for.

a Rockwell – Reverse Engineering
aa Rockwell – Everything (& U)

Listen to sample of Reverse Engineering

HBT026 Spktrm – Avant Futura / Iconia 12″ Vinyl
The second release of this mightky label for the fall of 2010. Gein presents the sounds of SPKTRM to showcase its diversity he wants to sign for his label. SPKTRM straight from the USA is already a well established name out there with releases on labels like Human / Habit / Project 51 / Evol Intent / Barcode / SS. Avant Futura takes us into the depths with its hard hitting kicks, rollin snares, bassline growls and the sax floating around in the atmosphere. The flip Iconia is another bassline fuelled hardhitter. Spooky intro introduces the massive bassline. Big bad heavy beats will pound the speaker to shreds. Habit is back and ready to kick ass and take names.

a Spktrm – Avant Futura
b Spktrm – Iconia

Listen to sample of Avant Futura / Iconia

New D&B Promos

e Siren – Control
f Siren – Gumball Rally
g Siren & Fierce – Throw Light
h Siren – Broken Silence

Listen to sample of Broken Silence Part 2

DISLP002S Octane, DLR & Subterra / EBK – Transit One Album Sampler 12″ Vinyl
Dispatch Recordings are proud to present “Transit One Album Sampler” The first various artist album from Dispatch will be released in Jan 2011. The album showcases a close group of artists; some new to the label some well known for their releases already; the likes of Survival get the remix treatment from the mighty Break, ever-rising label boys Octane and DLR feature with another couple of complete blinders, one of which written with labal manager Ant TC1 and not to mention artists such as Spinline, Hydro, Skeptical, Paul T, EBK, Subterra, Christina Nicola, Gusto, Keza and MC Fokus all provide a mixed set of styles sure to hit the standard the label is well known for with any listener. DJ support is already exhaustive with the likes of Marcus Intalex, Calibre, Andy C, Break, D-Bridge, Cern, Teebee, Calyx, Bailey, Flight, Kasra, AI, Lenzman, Icicle, Alix Perez, Jubei, Spectrasoul to name a few.

a Octane, DLR & Subterra – Red Mist (Instrumental)
b EBK – Mud

Listen to sample of Transit One Album Sampler

SUBTITLESUK005 Apex – Inner Space / Energy Lines 12″ Vinyl
Limited white label promo. Quite simply one of the most stunning D&B 12”s to be released this year. Inner Space’ is a future classic with its epic intro and hypnotic melody. Energy Lines has the Oldskool Dillinja/Ed Rush flavour with that new school technique and attitude. Support from DJ Hype, Tony Coleman, Teebee& Calyx, Ulterior Motive

a Apex – Inner Space
aa Apex – Energy Lines

Listen to sample of Inner Space / Energy Lines

PHUNK017 NotioN – Because / Iota 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Once again Phunkfiction brings on a hot new talent: NotioN is known for combining deep and dark moods with a wide range of musical elements and influences. ‘Because’ is a sick half tempo track using an ultra catchy pitched down vocal sample and an outstanding sound design – one for the fans of Instra:mental and D-Bridge. ‘Iota’ is a very stripped down dancefloor tool still spreading a big amount of funk – head nodding guaranteed. Both tracks are getting support by many big DJs on the scene.

a NotioN – Because
b NotioN – Iota

Listen to sample of Because / Iota

G-ILLA006 Dean Rodell & Katharsys – Interceptor / Time Hole 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Straight from New York City comes Guerilla Recordings. With the release of Black Ops perfectly timed, this could be considered as the unofficial Guerilla style soundtrack! Dean Rodell of Machine Code and Subsistenz fame teams up with man of the moment Katharsys. Katharsys made a statement with his recently released ‘Zero Point / Cold Spot’ on Habit Recordings. The ‘Interceptor’ starts off with a the hugely filtered breaks and beats Dean is known for. Soon the Katharsys trademarks are getting noticed and yes this is wicked team work here. Bassline rolls and the beats rattle on an on, like you are on the battlefield dodging all the hostile gunfire. The ‘Timehole’ on the flip is Katharsys entering the playground solo. Freaked out intro building the tension. The beats start rolling in and you feel the bassline sneaking up you.. Mayhem!

a Dean Rodell & Katharsys – Interceptor
b Katharsys – Time Hole

Listen to sample of Interceptor / Time Hole

TELLPS01 Blade – Moments That Change Us (Album sampler) 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. A: Blade – ‘Massachusetts’ Tight beats and crispy percussion layered with lovely chords will take your mind on a journey. The beat is constantly being layered so it aids the flow of the tune. You can see why the djs have been supporting the tune they inc: Huge Support From LTJ Bukem, Fabio, Bailey, Nookie, Paul SG. On the B Side Blade – Ft Kwonda ri – ‘Do You Know Who I Am’. A Haunting Guitar riff sets the tone, filtered amen break then takes control with vocal edits added for effect. The low bassline tone aids the flow of the tune by making the speakers pop again you can see why the djs that have supported it are doing so……Huge Support From LTJ Bukem, Fabio, Bailey.

a Blade – Massachusetts
b Blade Ft Kwonda ri – Do You Know Who I Am

Listen to sample of Moments That Change Us (Album sampler)

New D&B CD

1 Concord Dawn – Forever feat. Rikki Morris
2 Concord Dawn – Kingdom Of Fear
3 Concord Dawn – Move feat. JDubs
4 Concord Dawn – Burn At The Stake feat. Cern & Bulletproof
5 Concord Dawn – One And Only feat. Rido
6 Concord Dawn – The Enemy Within feat. Thomas Oliver
7 Concord Dawn – The Sum Of All Things feat. Bulletproof
8 Concord Dawn – Easy Life feat. Nina McSweeney
9 Concord Dawn – The Space Between Us
10 Concord Dawn – This Is All There Is
11 Concord Dawn – Coda feat. Paul McLaney

Listen to sample of The Enemy Within

SIRENUKLPCD1 Siren – Broken Silence CD x 2
CD 1 is un-mixed and features all the album tracks. CD 2 is mixed and features all the album tracks plus extra tracks in the mix. After years of success in their relative drum and bass production outfits, Siren is a collaboration of Vice from Vicious Circle and Ruxspin from Universal Project. Their debut album, “Broken Silence”, forthcoming in November 2010 on their own Siren Records has been doing damage on the DJ circuit for some time now. Tracks such as ‘Snorkel’ (included on Andy C’s Nightlife 5 compilation), ‘Gumball Rally’, ‘Rollers Convention’ and ‘Broken Silence’ have been staples in the sets of everyone from Andy C to DJ Marky to Fabio and Chase and Status, as well as the new breed of artist producers such as S.P.Y, Spor and Jubei. Over the last 10 years Universal Project are responsible for hits such as ‘Vessel’ on the Virus imprint, ‘Haunted Dreams’ on their own label Universal Project and an EP on DJ Hype’s True Playaz, as well as ‘Streetilfe’ with DJ Friction for Advanced Recordings and many Renegade Hardware smashers such as ‘Danger Chamber’, ‘Comin’ Thru’ and the Black Techno EP. The Universal Project sound is B-Boy breaks with techno elements and dubwise bass, and everything in between. Vicious Circle broke through in 2005 with their monster remix of Universal Project’s ‘Jackhammer’ and have been destroying dancefloors ever since with their unique sound. Releases such as ‘Between the Lines’ and the ‘Welcome to Shanktown’ EP on Renegade Hardware pushed them to the forefront of the tech dnb scene. Subsequent releases on Digital Soundboy, Critical and Quarantine displayed a diverse style that has helped establish them as heavy hitters across the board whilst collaborations with high profile artists such as Chase & Status, Dom & Roland, Fierce and most recently Jubei clearly demonstrate the respect they command from their peers. After spending a lot of time in the studio together Vice and Ruxspin decided to create a new guise for their own brand of rolling future funk. Siren is the result. Both artists in their own right have toured the world from the farthest reaches of Europe to the United States and Asia, consistently destroying dancefloors and gaining a reputation as masters of their craft. The aim of this duo is to cover all styles within the scene and not be constrained by subgenres, whilst still maintaining a dancefloor ethos which is true to their UK roots.

CD1 1 Siren – Broken Silence -
CD1 2 Siren & Fierce – Throw Light -
CD1 3 Siren – Gumball Rally -
CD1 4 Siren – Ghostrider -
CD1 5 Siren – Snorkel -
CD1 6 Siren – Rollers Convention -
CD1 7 Siren – Squadron -
CD1 8 Siren – Control -
CD1 9 Siren – Soulsearcher -
CD1 10 Siren – Back To Life -
CD2 1 Siren – Broken Silence -
CD2 2 Vicious Circle & Fierce – Section (Quarantine Recordings) -
CD2 3 Siren & Fierce – Throw Light -
CD2 4 Siren – Soulsearcher -
CD2 5 Siren – Back To Life -
CD2 6 Siren – Gumball Rally -
CD2 7 Siren – Squadron -
CD2 8 Universal Project – Jackhammer (Vicious Circle Remix – Renegade Hardware) -
CD2 9 Universal Project – Haunted Dreams (UP Recordings) -
CD2 10 Siren – Snorkel -
CD2 11 Siren – Rollers Convention -
CD2 12 Vicious Circle – Access All Areas (Critical Recordings) -
CD2 13 Universal Project – Vessel (Virus Recordings) -
CD2 14 Siren – Ghostrider -
CD2 15 Siren – Control -

Listen to sample of Broken Silence

New Dubstep / Funky / Techno releases

a Jimmy Edgar – +NXTLVLNXTLVL
aa Jimmy Edgar – My Balance (Last Priority)

Listen to sample of +NXTLVLNXTLVL / My Balance (Last Priority)

MEDI030 Silkie – City Limits 1.2 12″ Vinyl
Silkie returns with his first release on DEEP MEDi since his much talked about solo album City Limits Vol.1. City Limits Vol 1.2 is the first release in a series of four singles in the run up to his new and highly anticipated album City Limits Vol. 2 scheduled for release early 2011. City Limits Vol 1.2 will not feature on the album and will be available on limited 12” and download. DJ Support: Mala (DMZ), Skream, Joe Nice (Dub War/United States), Quest, J 5ive, Kromestar and all Antisocial Entertainment.

A Silkie – Bass Junkie
AA Silkie – 80′s Baby

Listen to sample of City Limits 1.2

DZ001 Data – Hedorah 12″ Vinyl
Data and the guys from Dubzilla bring two monsters from him to their first release. Both tracks have his trade mark production which is deep, dark and heavy. Minimal glichy drums and a grinding bline set you up for a ride then the sub bass cracks open your head! Little white lies has a crisp kick and snare that has time and space to create the scene, haunting vocals then take over with a killer bass this track is so deep you could drown in it. Acid techno samples flow in and out of the tune totally flipping the script from time to time.

a Data – Hedorah
aa Data – Little White Lies

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SOTE003 Black Sun Empire – Lights and Wires 12″ Vinyl x 2
Black Sun Empire’s latest project, ‘Lights And Wires’ is the long awaited follow up to 2007′s ‘Endangered Species’ and shows the trio flexing their musical muscles. One half of the album vinyl is set to be released on Shadows Of The Empire, containing a pick of the dubstep tracks taken from ‘Lights And Wires’.From the opening bars of ‘The 405′ it’s clear that Black Sun Empire have retained their distinctly stark techno influences blended with a more refined edge. ‘Dirty Friday’ strays further and deeper, mellowing the aggressive undertones with wide-open synths and delicately placed sound effects. Teaming up with SPL, Black Sun Empire bring you ‘Wasteland’, a track with an epic intro that drops into an apocalyptic vision of the future. Finally ‘Brommer’ enthralls as creeping effects are married with light, skipping beats and captivating bass.

a Black Sun Empire – The 405
b Black Sun Empire – Dirty Friday
c Black Sun Empire & SPL – Wasteland
d Black Sun Empire – Brommer

Listen to sample of Lights and Wires

PL010 Dubtek – Dubtek EP 12″ Vinyl
Paradise Lost Recordings is proud to present the first proper release from Seattle’s Dubtek: a 3-track EP in which Dubtek teams up with Australia’s finest, Droid Sector and Boot, as well as Italy’s Mouch to showcase three distinctive sounds. The lead track and a three-way collaboration, The Trancening brings together influences from progressive house/trance and mixes those with proper heavy subheavy dubstep to produce a tranced-up killer which will keep the most traditional dubstep fan satisfied while at the same time cause those more up for epic progressive and trance tunes to break out their glowsticks (well, we hope just in spirit!).  These three accomplished producers demonstrate both their technical prowess in the studio and their talents for stirring up a frenzy on the dancefloor.  The second drop just kills it! On the flip, Dubtek offers up two deeper tracks that are smooth as butter.  Smoke works on a number of different levels bringing in a beautifully constructed smooth as silk bassline to compliment melodic atmospherics and a garage-inspired vocal hook that are sure to bring smiles to those on the dancefloor.  He teams up with Mouch from Venice, Italy to bring us a brilliant, calculated dancefloor builder with dreamy arpeggios and ice-cold sci-fi fx and atmospherics – essential!

a Droid Sector / Boot & Dubtek – The Trancening
b1 Mouch & Dubtek – Visionary
b2 Dubtek – Smoke

Listen to sample of Dubtek EP

KOKESHI004 Lung – Lung Remix 12” 12″ Vinyl
Kokeshi kicks off the Autum season with a couple unique yet complimentary remixes of two of Lung’s most epic tunes. Featuring limited edition black & white marbled vinyl (we like monochrome can’t you tell?) as well as all the usual digital formats for those who aren’t collectors. Kryptic Minds are on fire this year! They have shown a new side to their sound with the most gorgeous refix of the already brilliant ‘Afterlife’ tune by Lung which debuted on Kokeshi at the end of 2009 to rave reviews for its epic emotive dreamlike sound. Irrelevant, who has signed his debut LP to Kokeshi due out in 2011, renders ‘Broken’ with his lowfi emotive style which showcases his brilliant abilities as a dubstep / electronica artist . A Side support from Skream, Mary Anne Hobbs via Radio 1, DJ Flight (Rinse FM), Kryptic Minds among others.

a Lung – Afterlife (Kryptic Minds Remix)
aa Lung – Broken (Irrelevant Remix)

Listen to sample of Lung Remix 12”

NARCOHZSP001 Don Carlos – Favourite Cup / Favourite Cup (Juju & DJG Remix) 12″ Vinyl
Limited release. Don Carlos (born Euvin Spencer) Legendary Reggae Artist – Born and raised in Western Kingston, Jamaica, in a district notoriously known as Waterhouse, which incidentally is also a musical spawning ground for many of Reggae’s greatest ever talents, such as King Tubby, original member of Black Uhuru, The Jays, Junior Reid and King Jammy to name but a few, Don Carlos started his singing career back in 1973, as one of the original members of the aforementioned roots vocal group Black Uhuru. Don played a prominent role in the recordings of the highly acclaimed Love Crisis (Black Sounds of Freedom) album, for producer Prince Jammy in 1977. Don reached the peak of his solo career during the heydays of the eighties Dancehall mania thus celebrating his impact with five top ten hits between 1982 – 1985, reggae hit such as “Late Night Blues”, “Dice Cup”, “Hog & Goat”, “I’m Not Getting Crazy”, “Laser Beam”, “Young Girl” and “Favorite Cup” are forever hailed as CLASSICS! The latter of which is included in this Narco.Hz 12” special for your enjoyment.

a Don Carlos – Favourite Cup (12” Extended Version)
aa Don Carlos – Favourite Cup (Juju & DJG Remix)

Listen to sample of Favourite Cup / Favourite Cup (Juju & DJG Remix)

BLR005 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. Blunted Robots have done another record. If we say it’s Future Garage, will you like it more? DJs showing love include Sinden, Mr Scruff, Jackmaster, Rob Da Bank, Hot Chip, Roska, and Toddla T.

a1 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations
a2 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Instrumental)
b1 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Doc Daneeka Remix)
b2 Brackles & Shortstuff feat. Terrible Shock – Good Foundations (Accapella)

Listen to sample of Good Foundations

DRUNK020 Ekoplekz – Stalag Zero / Distended Dub 12″ Vinyl
300 hand-numbered copies for the world, each sheathed in individually hand-painted sleeves. No repress, means no repress. Punch Drunk, Bristol’s esteemed electronic music imprint, celebrates it’s 20th release with a strictly limited edition 12″ single. This double A-side is also the official debut release by shadowy Bristol-based experimental electronic musician Ekoplekz. As such, it represents something of a departure for the label, for here is an artist who shuns modern digital production techniques in favour of primitive analogue devices, lo-fi cassette recorders and a spontaneous, improvised approach to composition. Taking inspiration from ‘Radiophonic’ soundtracks, early dub reggae, krautrock and post-punk D.I.Y. experimentors like Cabaret Voltaire, Throbbing Gristle and Robert Rental, Ekoplekz is intent on introducing a new generation to the kind of raw eruptions of sound that first gave birth to the UK’s electronic underground over 30 years ago.

a Ekoplekz – Stalag Zero
aa Ekoplekz – Distended Dub

Listen to sample of Stalag Zero / Distended Dub

TRI004 Scuba – Scuba Remixes pt 2 12″ Vinyl
Part 2 of a series of limited 12” remixes taken from Scuba’s “Triangulation (Interpretations) Album. On this 12” Scuba’s back with the old skool vibes on You Got Me (I Got You) but confidently skips the line by keeping it firmly in this moment. The listless beauty of Before is embued with a spine tingling warmth on Scuba’s luscious opening re-edit, Before (After).

a Scuba – You Got Me (I Got You)
aa Scuba – Before (After)

Listen to sample of Scuba Remixes pt 2

HES016 Pearson Sound – Blanked / Blue Eyes 12″ Vinyl
Finish copy promo. “Pearson Sound, aka David Kennedy, returns to Hessle Audio for his second solo 12″ on the label. He lives in Leeds & co-owns Hessle Audio with Ben UFO and Pangaea. This is Hessle Audio’s 16th release” Effortlessly blurring the boundaries of House, Techno,Duke. Funky, Dubstep to devastating effect.

a Pearson Sound – Blanked
b Pearson Sound – Blue Eyes

Listen to sample of Blanked / Blue Eyes

SD01 Melamin & Wicked Sway – Neuro Dub EP 12″ Vinyl x 2
Finish copy promo. Spun presents NEURO DUB. Its the new style, the perfect blend of Neuro dnb and dubstep. Spun is the mothership of both Spun Records and Dubline Audio. Spun Records releases music by neurofunk legends such as Corrupt Souls, Sinthetix, Morebeat, Stakka and Catacomb. Dubline is the dubstep label in which 140 BPM music is put on wax. Music on this label by Scuba, Distance, Parson, Excision & Mark Instinct.

a Melamin & Wicked Sway – Ghetto
b Melamin & Wicked Sway – Vision
c Melamin & Wicked Sway – Juice
d Melamin & Wicked Sway – O2 [Oxygen]

Listen to sample of Neuro Dub EP

HENCH022 Mensah – Digital Dreamer 12″ Vinyl
Mensah’s debut release on the HENCH imprint, Pulse 80’s, turned heads with its stylish production and out-of-the-box approach. His follow-up release, ‘Untitled Future Funk EP’, was all the talk on the blogs and his remix of Baby D’s ‘Let me be your Fantasy’ has been hailed as one of the hallmark dubstep tracks of 2010. With each new release Mensah’s studio skills and fresh thinking stand out ever clearer. This latest offering will be no disappointment…A. DIGITAL DREAMER A dreamy synth-line commences ‘Digital Dreamer’, which immediately sets the scene for one of Mensah’s more ethereal productions. The harmonic lead-line builds into an other-worldly riff before releasing that tripped-out, bouncing bass rhythm. Synths let loose overhead, twisting and turning the track into the funky number that it is. Once again, something different from the man like Mensah…AA1. KASHMIR (W/NOAH D) Teaming up with US producer, Noah D, the duo creates an echoey and foreboding backdrop to ‘Kashmir’. The mystic vibe quickly graduates with a captivating bassline, weaving its way through the frequencies. Kashmir has achieved that perfect balance between being musicallyintriguing and packing punch for the dancefloor.AA2. BIG UP THE GOONS A familiar arpeggio gently makes way for a gully-goon vocal. You’re then met with a shuddering bassline that goes a long way to create a haunting yet driven soundtrack. Forwardmoving and weighty, the mid-section provides a brief pause for reflection before reverting back to fully-flexed low-end funk.

A Mensah – Digital Dreamer
AA1 Mensah – Kashmir (w/Noah D)
AA2 Mensah – Big Up The Goons

Listen to sample of Digital Dreamer

Dubstep / Funky / Techno Vinyl Restocks

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