This week's drum & bass selections
Friday 16 February 2018
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DJ Limited
Turn Up EP
Biological Beats
Click click click BOOM: Limited returns to Bio HQ with five more far-reaching, all-encompassing thoroughbred D&B wounders. "Click Clack" thumps with a loose flabby bassline that flaps and flops around the swinging kicks, "Lighter Up" wheezes and groans with a 40 a day rasp and a hook that's more addictive than nicotine, "Listen Dis" brings the feels with pristine pianos before hurtling us into a savage grotty bass riff while "Turn Up" barks like a classic Playaz jam circa 2001. The EP climaxes with gully abandon as we're treated to a full sub-soaked VIP overhaul of one of Limited's earliest cuts "Two Left Feet". Turn up!
Kanine
Mercy
Low Down Deep Recordings
Woof woof! Kanine makes his debut on Low Down Deep with four barking mad thunder jams. "Mercy" does the foghorn bassline shake in a similar groaning way that Serum and Benny L have championed lately, "Locked Off" takes us for walkies at a heads-down turbo pace via sandpaper bassline bliss while "Signal" would give any dog a massive bone with its laserfied bass screams. Elsewhere "A31" wags its tail respectfully at the Clipz school of riff science while "Command" rips down the walls with a bass texture so toxic it could you put down. Welcome to the doghouse.
Twisted Individual
Phlegmtrail (Explicit)
Grid Recordings UK
Mr Twisted returns with two more instant party-rippers on his ever-shreddy Grid imprint. "Phlegmtrail" bounces with three or four basslines wriggling and worming between each other. Instant funk in every twist and turn, there's a pungent air of 2004 about this snotty grotty number, in the best way possible. "Pedigree Slum" takes us deeper down into Twisted's psyche with a much rougher, denser bassline that's not dissimilar to an Original Sin texture but with much wilder drums. Naughty.
Sub Killaz
Dealerz
Digital Terror
It's about time drum & bass made a statement about dangers of drugs, and who'd have thought it would be a pair of killers to do it' "Dealerz" gets high on its own supply with uncut grit and danger while "Jitterbug" warns of the tragic after effects of narcotics as you won't stop shifting and skanking for weeks. Elsewhere they foretell the dangers of the herb with the menacing, staccato bassline bruising "Ganja Man", the perilous problems with euphoria and goosebumps on "Feeling You" and send us off to rehab with the savage organ-squeezing, robot pleasing twisted laser bass crescendo "Through The Clouds" Just say yes mate.
Vital
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Agro
Spiritual Vampires/I Set This Ting
EXCLUSIVE
Sub-liminal Recordings
Two highly respected new gen roustabouts, two tunes, one massive reminder of why Sub-Liminal are killing it right now. Vital takes the virtual A-side with an epic riff monster that rises and rises with venomous stripped back charm while Agro flips the vibe with "I Set This Ting", a much nastier, groaning paranoid number that's more warped than a night out with a timelord. Ting when you're winning.
Flowdan
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Rockwell
Inventor
Shogun Audio
Following the massiveness of his collabo with Roni Size, Rockwell teases us with another subversion excursion from his forthcoming "User" EP. This time tagging in with one of grime's most iconic and crystal clear voices Flowdan, "Inventor" is a bashment stamper with militant drums and serious sermons from the Roll Deep professor. The results speak for themselves. Bring on the full EP.
DC Breaks
Vendetta
Ram
Hello is that the police? Good. We'd like to report some absolute murderation! The culprits are A.M.C and Turno and they've left the scene of the crime in a bit of mess; amens, bass subversions, drama and bloodshed everywhere, "Vendetta" will never be the same again. Hello is that the fire brigade? Good. We'd like to report some serious dancefloor arson. The culprits are Flowidus and they've left the dancefloor a blazed up mess. Scorched hairs, frazzled goosebumps and third degree burns everywhere. Serious emergency business.
Nectax
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Skantia
Cypher/Lazer Defence
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Dub Damage Recordings UK
Destination Newcastle: northern newcomers Nectax and Skantia pair up to take a side each on their Dub Damage debut. Nectax takes the lead with "Cypher", a sense-blurring groaner that tips a wry nod at the late 2000s Ram style with its width and gusto. Skantia follows with a rather trippy take on the Belgian jump up sound. Clipped and trimmed lasers cutting like razors and just the right amount of leftfield off-grid looseness to the groove, "Lazer Defence" lives up to its name in the most brutal way possible. Damagement.
Crash Party
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Kontrol Center1
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Ra:Skl
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Cult
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Basschimp
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Toy Beats
Fun & Bass
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Breakbeat Paradise Recordings
Welcome to party paradise: BPR unite some of their best mates from breakbeat's new generation for this six-track D&B flavoured knee-trembler. Highlights include the insane riffology and samplecraft on "Crazy", the saw-toothed grizzles on "Respekt", the skitty drums and twisted risers on the bright and bashy "Tell Them" and the pure rave euphoria of "Treat You Right". Paradise found.
Maze
Happy
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Bulletproof
Bulletproof invite Belgian badman Maze to the party and he's pretty chuffed about the situation. Bringing a load of mates along for the ride, fun is high on the agenda throughout; "Lumpy" (with Emilian Wonk" is a trippy toytown affair with the grottiest bassline you'll hear this side of hades. "Happy" (with Quantix) coughs and splutters positive vibes in the most menacing, tenacious way while "Elephant March" tears up every known rule of the jungle book and stampedes straight into your heart while "Gingerpower" pays homage to the redheads with raw passion and a few cheeky f-bombs along the way. Happy days.
Fleck & Selecta J-Man
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Aries & Jacky Murda
Rockstone/Clash 77
Roots UK
Authentic jungle business: Roots spark up a fat 2018 with these two bubblesome skankers. Fleck & Selecta J-Man's "Rockstone" is all about the uplift. Bouncy bass, positive chords and deft samplecraft, it's got summer vibes stamped all over it. Next up: Aries & Jack Murda raise the battle alarm with the soundclash-ready "Clash 77". Tightly rolled drums, big dub FX and precision vocal shots; slews are guaranteed.
Tomoyoshi
My Love
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Audio Massacre Recordings
Fresh from the bassline factory, Tomoyoshi returns with four more on-point floor-firers. "My Love" eases us in with soul and warmth as a classic vocal stretches and flexes in and out of some tippy reverse textures while "Kung Fu" ups the intensity with a high-end tone fluctuating in and out with sense-blurring vitality. Prefer things shaken not stirred? Don't look any further than "Synapse" with its subverted steel drum tones and farted-out bass warps or "Un Dos Tres" with its early 2000s Clipz style bass grit. Lovely.
Pulsar
Without A Trace
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DNBB Digital
Brazil's freshly-reshaken DNBB imprint returns with more archive soul massages as Pulsar's 2012 EP enjoys a timely revisit. "Without A Trace" is all about the sultry vocal and velvet tones and textures, "Mindset" drives us deeper into the groove with full focus on the fine sub details while "This Feeling" is a drive time roller with loose drums and a dubby chord structure that ripples and flexes throughout. Finally "Melting Pot" closes with pure uplifting and just a touch of darkness on the bass. DNBBliss...
Jaybee
Anti-Paradise/Bumbaclot Selekta
Force Recordings
One of America's most on-point junglists Jaybee breaks into a new year with two absolute stinkers on Force. "Anti-Paradise" is a howling hurricane of groans and moans over some devilishly tight rolling drums while "Bumbaclot Selekta" pays homage to your old lady with a plough-like energy and a dark bass texture that wouldn't have gone amiss on 31 in its scene-shaping infancy. Jaybee's not messing around here.
DJ Madd
Gone Like Fool/Badboy Selection
Roots & Future
After what is approaching a decade at the cutting edge of bass music, DJ Madd has solidified himself as one of the greats. This latest release sees him team up with the Roots & Future imprint for an explosive halftime two tracker. First up we have Gone Like A Fool which is a schooling in bass control and use of space, incorporating haunting vocals and the occasional moogy arpeggio. On the B-Side we hear Badboy Selection which runs with similar themes alongside additional percussive instrumentation and dubbed out chord FX. This is a weighty one for sure!
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Was A Be
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Synth Ethics
Systems 011
Critical Music
Blocks & Escher
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Metalheadz
Fluidity
Deeper Vibe EP
Metalheadz
Various
Digital Spacefunk Remixes
Function
Culture Shock
East Block
Ram
Rodeo & Lucy Diamond
Tek
Eternal Muzic
Fraksure & Danger
Shut It Down
Wobble Infection Digital
Arkaik
Timelapse EP
Dispatch Recordings
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Erbman
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Kenji
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K Jah & Verdikt
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Vytol
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Substance & Dazee
The Xtraordinary League Of Junglists 2 - Sampler 1
Ruffneck Ting
Conrad Subs
Rampin
Deep In The Jungle
Ironlung
Black Pearl
Cre8 Dnb Music
Venom
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Jaguar Paw
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Rassterlin
3 The Hardway Vol 7
Asbo
Black Sun Empire
The Wrong Room (Remixed)
Blackout Music
Jack The Ripper
Pump It Up/Samples
Dub Damage Recordings UK
Decon
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Pulsaar
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Tryangle
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Carter
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Paul Sg
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Salem
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Locksmith
Hidden Tunes Part 3
Jazzsticks Recordings
Mohican Sun
Cold Earth EP
Integral
Featured artist: DJ Limited
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DJ Limited
123/Baby
Biological Beats
DJ Limited... Now there's a producer you'd be proud to take home to your parents. Strong, efficient but charming and funky; he's the hero we all need right now (but most of us don't deserve) "123" is one of the tunes that all DJs can drop, regardless of what ridiculous pigeonhole they've camped up in - steppy, minimal, left-of-centre, it's kinda reminiscent of Enei, Eastercolors & Noel's "Cracker" in the way it complements any type of mix and really stands out. "Baby" is more on the dancefloor side with its cute Q&A and soulful one-word vocal snippet. Think somewhere between Break and Voltage and you're in the right territory. Don't sleep.
DJ Limited
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Fatman D
The Beginning Part 2 EP
Biological Beats
DJ Limited is a wanted man right now. Nicky Blackmarket, Sigma and Ed Rush all want a piece, but nobody even knows his true identity, yet. Teamed with Fatman D on "London Slums", Limited absolutely kills it with tune after tune of serious hurters. For total annihilation, look no further than "Biological Warfare", or the smooth-starting "Orders", however there is a more technical side to this production guru too, which is audible in both mixes of the immense "London Slums". Currently taking late night radio and dancefloors everywhere by storm, it's this year's biggest contender. Get in the know.
Dominator
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Hizzleguy
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Dj Limited
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Jayline
The Remix EP
Biological Beats
Fatman Dee's dusted off his big black book of contacts and commissioned some huge remixes for this all-out version excursion. Turno takes the lead with a full fat-and-gristle shake-up of Dominator's "Holes In Ya Chest" while Voltage adds an array of unique sonic twists and designs on his take on "Willy Wonka". Dig deeper for the unstoppable Decimal Bass letting loose with a confident swagger on "Shoot Dem" and Konichi sets his space lasers to stun on "The Shuttle Skank". Finally DJ Limited lays down not one but two remixes of Jayline's "Peanut Butter On Toast". Part one rolls with some really cool old school middy tones while part two combines an early TC style squelch. Both are exceptional.
DJ Limited
Your Love
Life Recordings
DJ Limited's stock just went up by a few quid: previously flexing on Fatman's Bio brand, Sigma have signed up the UK producer for two blisteringly rushy cuts. File under moment: "Your Love" is a synth-licked whirlwind of a stepper that rises and rises with euphoric urgency. "Everyday" provides the all-important contrast... With chubby-boi subs, rattling breaks and dancehall vocals from Dominator, it takes off where Sigma's "Rudeboy" left us. Both sides have serious potential; have Sigma found the next Sigma?
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DJ Grimeminister
Changes
Young Guns Recordings
Ego Trippin
All City LP Sampler
Low Down Deep Recordings
Rockwell
User EP
Shogun Audio
Hybris
Iceworm/Common Ancestor
Metalheadz
Stranger
Digital Science
Cell Recordings
Upgrade & Levela
White Girl Wasted
Multi Function
Trafalgar
P Chord
Dub Voltage
M-Church
Want To Feel
Soul Deep Exclusives
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Ted Ganung
Deeper Dubwise
Dub Defense & Ted Ganung
I Work For Jah (feat Khari Live)
Deeper Vision Recordings
Ray Keith
Jungle Sound Boy
M Ocean
Fleck & Selecta J Man
Rockstone
Roots UK
Chopstick Dubplate
Black Cinderella (Margaman remix)
Chopstick Dubplate
Rukus feat Ward 21
Champion (Chopstick Dubplate remix)
Raider
Hex
February 2018 Chart
Detboi
Ice Cold (Blood On The Drums)
Metalheadz Platinum
Bungle
Cocooned
ThirtyOne Recordings
SubMarine
Taiko
Demand
Enei & Kasra
Transmitter (feat Jakes)
Critical Music
Ivy Lab
Peninsula (Spectrasoul remix)
Critical Music
Featured sample packs
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Freaky Loops
Bass Circus: DnB (Sample Pack WAV)
Freaky Loops
DABRO Music
Drum & Bass 3 (Sample Pack WAv/APPLE/LIVE)
DABRO Music
Loopmasters
Drum & Bass Propulsion (Sample Pack WAV/APPLE/LIVE/REASON)
Loopmasters
Loopmasters
Rasta MC Vocals 3 (Sample Pack WAV/APPLE)
Loopmasters
DJ & studio equipment
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Pioneer DDJ SR2 Serato DJ Controller
Pioneer
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Native Instruments Traktor Kontrol Z2 DJ Mixer
Native Instruments
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Pioneer DJS1000 Performance DJ Sampler
Pioneer
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Elektron Digitakt Drum Machine & Sampler
Elektron
£567.26
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Patchblocks Minijam Tek Waves Wavetable Synthesizer
Patchblocks
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Patchblocks Minijam Tek Drum Machine
Patchblocks
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