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We're incredibly stoked to be able to bring you this premiere courtesy of Muti Music 'Gu' taken from the forthcoming 'Rituals EP' by JPS & Hooves is a rich tapestry of Junglist amens and dubby sounds fusing elements of Glitch and Bass for an atmosphere packed trip of deep rumbling basslines, compelling percussion and rhythm that skillfully builds layer upon layer teasing into the main section of fearsome 808s and futuristic drumfunk, you can hear those years of fine tuned production, DJ'ing and performing with some of the biggest names in the DnB & global EDM scene in the sheer quality of this incredible tune. Look out for the full EP landing on the 4th May 2015 for more musical treats like this one!!!!
Unified Audio goes from strength to strength redefining modern bass music with deep melodic sounds and this new EP by Vilan is quite simply exquisite, beautiful finely crafted beats that speak for themselves in terms of sheer quality, indulge yourself by listening to the clips below of these amazing tunes!!!
We are pleased to present No 4 of our monthly mixes by the incredibly awesome Beat Breaker, along with the quality mixing and blending, we get a whole load of those great mash ups that he does so well in the mix, a real party set this one loaded with energy and bass heavy riddims!!!!
01.. Earmole: Moon Tribe
02.. The Rumblist vs. Curious? vs. Earmole: Narcissist Beats [Beat-Breaker RFX]
03.. Top Buzz: Living In Darkness [Gold Dubs RMX]
04.. Manion vs. Top Buzz vs. Gold Dubs: Can't Get Enough [ Beat-Breaker RFX]
05.. Serial Killaz: Dutty Sound
06.. Boogie Times Tribe: The Dark Stranger [Simon Harris RFX]
07.. Spacelink: Offset Jazz
08.. Aems: The New Dawn
09.. Schoco: Synaptic Overload
10.. Eddie Voyager: I Need You Tonight [Rykennon RMX]
11.. Schoco vs. Eddie Voyager: Why Waste Your Time [Beat-Breaker RFX]
12.. Lucas: Undecided Mission
13.. Strange Rollers: The Saints Have Returned
14.. Schoco: Only A Dream
15.. Electrux: Orbit
16.. Lucas vs. Shockone: Razor's Edge [Beat-Breaker RFX]
From Florence, Italy, Numa Crew have been making waves in the Global Bass scene with their own unique brand of roots reggae inspired Jungle, DnB & 140BPM Bass music and now have a brand new full album out on prestigious imprint Liondub International. 'New Underground Massive Alliance' is a veritable melting pot of dubby beats and bass that include a host of lyrical talents the likes of Dub FX on the DnB anthem 'Bass Hater', KC & Mellow Man on minimal skanker 'Informers 2014', MC Kwality on the Trap/Bass hynrid 'Control' and Echo ranks on the roots/dancehall style 'Warmonger', just a few highlights from a outstanding album, we know you will be in full agreement, just take a listen below
You can stream a free minimx of the LP below
And Liondub has very generously allowed us to host an exclusive free 140BPM Bass roller, also big thanks to http://www.ontherisemusic.com/
The Schema boys smash it with a sick 140 Jungle remix of Route 94's 'My Love', theres nothing a good amen break can't fix, top work from the boys as per, boom!!!!
Great to see the return of this forward thinking label in 2014, Rinse Repeat, the label that has so far featured the likes of DJ Mark C, Kinetic Eon, Kambelt, DJ Dossa, Infinty Modulator & Kemikal Breakfazt to name a few. Rebel Faction Ft Dennean 'Like To Know'is a 140 bass take on Altern 8's 'Infiltrate 202' while on the flipside 'Don't Play' is a darker dub excursion with some excellent layered drum edits. Rinse Repeat continue with the quality output, we look forward to further releases in 2014 and beyond.
Following on from the epic compilation 'We;re Not Dead: The 3rd Chapter' the latest release on Warehouse Wax is a mammoth free EP consisting of 10 tracks by Vinyl Junkie & Sanxion, from breaks to 140 Jungle to DnB, a wide spectrum of styles is covered, vocal anthems like 'Poison Me, 'Talk To Much' & 'Wages Of Sin', remixes from Gold Dubs & Strange Rollers, this really is a very BIG EP with something for everyone, oh and did we mention its free!?!
The first in a series of free download round ups that we hope to keep up regularly, we're opening it up it up here and simply sharing what we like regardless of genre so you will hear a variety of tempos and styles, most importantly, its a great chance to check out some artists you may have never heard of until now and hear what you were missing out on....
We're loving this free mix of Ragga/Jungle infused subs heavy dubstep from 2Brainz thats currently shaking our speakers, so much so we thought it was only right to share the vibes with all of you, get streaming, downloading and share the link on your social media too!!!!
We’re Not Dead: The 3rd
Chapter is looking to be the biggest release to date from Warehouse Wax, when
you embarked on this project, did you have any idea it would end up clocking in
at a staggering 50 tracks?
No, we we’re
thinking it would be more along the lines of 36 tracks, 18 on each mix. But we
got sent a lot more tunes than we thought we would. We decided to cap it at 50.
We could have had more but we had to set a limit really… 50 seemed like a nice
round number… Sorry for all the people that sent tracks that didn’t make it
onto the album… The competition was tough!!!
Can you tell us a bit about
the tracks you compiled for the album and what made them stand out to you?
Well, pretty much
all the tunes were sent straight to me and I would keep the ones I thought were
worthy, so they kind of got filtered before they even made it to Sanxion… We
argued a bit over some of the tracks and whose mix they were best suited to…
and his dad actually had to break up a fight on one occasion when I had him in
a headlock on the floor. So in the end we just tossed a coin on some of them.
The tunes all stood out, for different reasons, or they wouldn't be on there.
The most important thing, which determined whether a tune would make it to the
final shortlist folder, was the quality of production. There was a few tunes
that were really good but the production just was not there. There was also a
few artists we had to work with to get the production better as well.
What do you look for in a
track and what in your opinion, lifts a track from being average to being a
track that gets played time and time again?
I look for
originality, whether I think it will work on the dancefloor and a high standard
of production. What lifts a track from being average to being a track that gets
played time and time again? Well that’s the million dollar question isn't it.
When I figure that out I’ll be a very rich man!! I think if you have a really
well produced vocal track that is catchy and sounds fresh and current, then you
have as much chance as the next man of having a BIG tune on your hands. The key
is to PR the release properly. Get a PR company involved that can help you get
it into the right hands.
What advice would you give
to aspiring producers out there?
Try to be
original without alienating yourself. Perfect your craft and don’t send out
tracks unless you are 100% sure about them because it will come back to haunt
you later…
Sanxion
You have had a number of
releases out on Warehouse wax but how did you get involved in compiling this
latest album for the label?
It all started
with a studio session between myself, Billy 'Daniel' Bunter, and Warehouse Wax
boss Vinyl Junkie. Daniel had known and worked with VJ before and it seemed a
perfect fit for the 3 of us to get together to do a track.
After that session Vinyl Junkie kidnapped me, and has forced me to work for the
label ever since. If I blink 3 times in a row at you when he's not looking, we
can make a move and free me right?
The more boring
answer, is, me and John got on well when we met up that first time, and decided
to carry on doing tracks together, and he let me do a few remixes, and
eventually get my own EP on the label. It's just been a natural progression
from then to getting amongst it and compiling the album with him.
You have quite a diverse
selection of tracks that you personally picked for WND 3, what was it about
them that made you want to include them?
I can usually
tell within the first 30 seconds or so if a track is going to grab me or not.
I'm all about the biggest beats possible, the loudest bass, and the raviest
rave style bits. Sometimes, the more over the top, the better for me. Big and
brash and banging. If it fits those 3 criteria, I'm usually sold. The tracks on
my mix on the album hopefully cover that side of what's going on with bass and
breaks at the moment. Being a bit of a techie geek, I also quite like tracks
that get all technical along with it too.
And which producers in
general are doing big things in your opinion?
Strange Rollers
always delivers. His stuff sits on that fine line, between being banging, but
also being very musical, whilst somehow managing to evoke the spirit of
"Intelligent Jungle" (for want of a better phrase).
Toronto is Broken is just a beast when it comes to multi genre stuff. Pretty
much everything he touches is massive. King Yoof, and Gold... just because they
do that Future Jungle with Reggae sound so amazingly well. As do the
RadioKillaz…
Too many to mention in a short interview to be honest. I also love the stuff
that Flashback and Retropolis do (but I could be a little biased there, as
their stuff comes through my studio a lot of the time) Slightly away from the
140 scene (is that even a good way to describe it these days?), I love what
Dodge & Fuski, and Zomboy do. Just 110% banging!
As an ardent gamer, which of
the next gen consoles do you prefer and what games are you currently enjoying?
Don't get me
started...
This next gen cycle, I am holding off (at least for a while). XboxOne is the
obvious way to go for me, as my current gen gaming was mainly on the 360. But
nothing about it is really grabbing me. They are pushing towards it being a
media hub, but a lot of the media integration, is (at the moment) USA centric.
Same sort of thing with PS4 so far. Nothing really grabbing me enough to stump
up the 400 quid or so this time around. In recent months, I bought a new studio
PC, so whilst I was at it, I bought a decent video card, and have been having a
ton of fun playing games on there. Stuff looks as good/better than pretty much
all the cross platform next gen stuff still.
I have played
some great games this year. Saints Row 3, and then straight into 4 was about
the most fun I have had with a videogame ever! Also, Bioshock Infinite, was
quite possibly the best piece of story telling done in the medium so far (some
of the combat gameplay wasn't great, but the narrative, and especially the
ending made up for its shortcomings) This year has been the year of the Indie
Game though. I urge you all to check out ‘Thomas was alone’ (never will a game
make you "care" about a bunch or rectangles quite so much)
Gone Home (Is it
even a game? Storytelling without a story so much)
The Stanley
Parable (A subversive narrative on the mindset of game progression...and
probably the only real "funny" videogame ever made)
Hotline Miami
(Uber violence, that somehow manages to evoke an oddly specific mood)
Rogue Legacy (The
best retro-action-plaform-roguelike-hack'n'nslash-rpg?)
I'm also in the
middle of building myself a mame cabinet using a Raspberry PI as the guts....
top fun.
'We're Not Dead: The 3rd Chapter' is out now on all good download stores
The North Base team has had a very busy 2013. Not only did they smash it at massive shows for the Warehouse Project and Fabric London, they’ve also performed at a number of festivals including Global Gathering, Creamfields, Kendal Calling, Parklife and Hideout. Remarkably, the lads have still found time to put together their brand new album just in time for the Christmas period, and have decided to release it as a FREE DOWNLOAD for all of their fans around the world! This new release, entitled 'THE ALBUM', is a 15-track masterpiece, which takes the listener through the full spectrum of modern electronic dance music. The album has been 2 years in the making, and features previously unreleased tracks, as well as some that have been battering the music world for some time now. North Base have been receiving massive support from artists such as Skream and Benga, MistaJam, B-Traits, Chase and Status, Friction, DJ Hype, Annie Nightingale, Redlight, Breech, TC, Matrix and Futurebound, Charlie Sloth, DJ Target and many, many more. As a result of this, the group decided it was the right time to release all of their music in one great album for the world to hear. Be sure to check out the lads’ remix of ‘Smile’ by Benga ft. Charlie Demo, and their ‘Problem Child’ Remixes of the 2 classic dance anthems, SL2’s ‘DJ’s Take Control’ and Outlander’s infectious, ‘The Vamp’. There are also other massive cuts on the album such as last years classic North Base track ‘Jammin’, which has gained huge support from Skream and Benga on BBC Radio 1!
With a range of tempo’s and a diverse scope of genres there
is something for everyone who a taste for bass music. Simply click like on
their Facebook page and then click on the
Free Downloads tab
1. Aries
& Gold Dubs meets King Yoof ‘Tempo Dub ft Kelvin 373’
2. Aries
& Gold Dubs ‘Unreal’
3. Aries
& Gold Dubs meets Max Powa ‘Separation’
4. Aries
& Gold Dubs meets Max Powa ‘Babylonman’
DING! DING! ROUND TWO!
After the immense success of ‘Death Before Dishonor’ we
at Sub Slayers are hopping with excitement to bring you round 2 of the Slayers
Soundclash!
The soundclash series see’s artists battle their artistic
minds together to produce what can only be described as a heavyweight bass
collision!
Covering tempos from 140-175 including a 140 to 175
switch up, this is a selectors dream!
SUPPORT
Toddla T, B.Traits, Serial Killaz, Liondub, Phelah,
Freestylers, Randall, AC Slater, Run Tingz, Nicky Blackmarket, Kenny Ken,
N-Type, Dreadzone, 6BLOCC, Muffler, Mungos HiFi, Dub Pistols, Chopstick
Dubplate, Sticky Buds, Toronto Is Broken, Doc Scott, Billy Bunter, Ruffstuff,
Ashatak, Reid Speed, Mat The Alien, Roommate, Renegade Soundwave, Blend
Mishkin, Stereo MCs, Lady Waks, Phantasy, Itchy Robot, FreQ Nasty + MORELISTEN TO THE FULL EP
Without a doubt, one of our favorite records this year, occupying a space between the darker realms of DnB & 140bpm Bass, this goes in hard right from the get go with menacing drum beats that build the tension before sliding into a towering assault of heavy subs and macabre pads that just lure you in, fans of DnB, Deep Dubstep & 140 Jungle will all appreciate this fine piece of musical art, as we aproach the end of 2013, you can bet this will be making an appearance in our best of 2013 list!!!!
Strange Rollers have played a massive part in the shaping of the Top
Drawer Digital sound since the beginning but this is their first full
solo EP outing on the label.
The Nerve Endingz EP is a true reflection of where their sound is at
right now, 5 huge tracks of diverse forward thinking Bass Music that
give a nod to the Old Skool but push on forward into the future.
Already gaining XFM support from Eddy Temple Morris ,BBC Introducing
,601 , Outrage ,Brewster B (Kiss FM Au),Billy Bunter,Jay
Cunning,Sappo,Faydz,Vinyl Junkie ,Saxion,Digitally Mashed ,2 Bad Mice
and many more.
Coming soon on Wheel & Deal Records, the follow up to last years smash hit 'Ruffneck', get ready for 'Insomniac' by North Base, we personally have been waiting in anxious anticipation for the release of this massive 140 anthem in the making, its not long to go before this drops on general release in November, in the meantime, check out the official vid, boooom!!!!! Oh, and did we mention there's a North Base album on the way?
601 show us how it's done yet again with a superior slice of 140 bass, coming as a taster for the much anticipated album, this has got us foaming at the mouth here in the FJB office, we just can't wait!!! Check the epic intro on this bad boy and make sure your tied down to something before the bass obliterates you, big? this is hhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
