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Thursday, 24 May
**Includes download code redeemable from the label** D&B heavyweight Current Value is tasked with contorting cuts from Björk's 'Biophilia' LP on the 1st round of remixes. In his gnarled hands 'Crystalline' is sharpened to bleeding-edge D&B degrees; cut-throat synths buckle and serrate the original in geometric form while Björk's vocals take on an ultra-vivid quality. In 138bpm mode, 'Solstice' is flipped as a uranium-enriched Dubstep crusher with the kind of intense synthline pressure Skrillex would sell his ma for.
Quick-stepping liquid rollers from Villem on the Ingredients label. Sadly no recipe this time, but you do get one side of jazzed-up-to-rollerz bass called 'Spring Back', and a darker, deftly done stepper called 'Acouphenes'.
MARCUS INTALEX / LANA DEL REY / LITTLE DRAGON
Born To Die / Little Man (Marcus Intalex Mixes)
SOUL:R
12" // £7.49
Cat. Number: SOUR054
Marcus Intalex takes on two pop starlets. A-side he places Lana Del Rey's stately vocal to 'Born To Die' on a rolling, punchy D&B rhythm (she's a massive fan of Bukem, apparently), while Little Dragon's 'Little Man' is given a slick and swift Liquid D&B overhaul on the flip.
Hard-stepping D&B with a snarling neuro edge. 'Beartrap' rides stomach-churning subs and railroading snares into the darkness, and 'Head Rush' unleashes snarling, foley-esque rasps and chaotic synth twists.
Monday, 21 May
DIGITAL SOUNDBOY SOUNDSYSTEM
FABRICLIVE 63: Digital Soundboy Soundsystem
Fabric Worldwide
MP3 Download // £7.99
FLAC Download // £8.99
Cat. Number: FABRIC126D
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The rise of Digital Soundboy has been unstoppable, and it's no less than their due - what other label or collective so successfully connects the disparate dots that make up the UK hardcore continuum? The Shy FX-led DS Soundsystem's Fabriclive 63 comp confirms why they're so in demand on the club and festival circuit, with 49 frenetically mixed tracks spanning grimy garage (Artwork's immortal 'Red'), raucous 'ardkore jungle (North Base), bashy UKF (Roska, Dark Sky), dubstep (Skream) skunked-out reggae and dancehall (Rodigan, Gyptian) and of course no shortage of heavy drum 'n bass … Read more
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Stepping off early releases on Horizons Music and Point Audio, this exceptionally talented 17 year-old Cornish producer joins the big dogs with two deadly focussed D&B actions. On 'Fractured' he sets a broad-shouldered swagger from gut-punch subs and clustered snare rolls executed with the sort of precision warranting his moniker. Flipside's 'Off The Cuff' resolutely sticks with the ultra-efficient aesthetic, using icepick-on-iron snares and wide, sludgy subs synced with cyber-strafing atmospheres for a proper dread future shock.
Deadly follow-up to the scene-taking 'Marka' from Manchester's Dub Phizix and vocalist, Fox. 'Never Been' works to a familiar riddimic agenda of gym-tightened bass rollidge with flourishes of breakneck Amen rudeness while Fox rides cool and rooted over the whole thing. It might not achieve the heady heights of its predecessor's anthem status, but it's a proper weapon regardless. Flipside, 'Codec' reduces the formula to aerodynamic, minimised hardstep patterns pressurised for maximum damage.
ANDREW PAUL / PATO BANTON
Fashion Records Ltd.
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.70
Cat. Number: 3610150808721
Review to follow shortly…
VARIOUS / FASHION RECORDS LTD.
Fashion Records Ltd.
MP3 Download // £6.99FLAC Download // £8.99
Cat. Number: 5018324820018
Featured Download
Stone cold Junglist dynamite issued on digital format for the first time! Under the curation of London's legendary and hugely influential Fashion Records, classic General Levy and Top Cat tunes get the amen treatment from Potential Bad Boy, DJ Rap, Body Snatchers and more. WHEEEEL!Thursday, 17 May
DIGITAL SOUNDBOY SOUNDSYSTEM
FABRICLIVE 63: Digital Soundboy Soundsystem
Fabric
CD // £9.99
Cat. Number: FABRIC126
The rise of Digital Soundboy has been unstoppable, and it's no less than their due - what other label or collective so successfully connects the disparate dots that make up the UK hardcore continuum? The Shy FX-led DS Soundsystem's Fabriclive 63 comp confirms why they're so in demand on the club and festival circuit, with 49 frenetically mixed tracks spanning grimy garage (Artwork's immortal 'Red'), raucous 'ardkore jungle (North Base), bashy UKF (Roska, Dark Sky), dubstep (Skream) skunked-out reggae and dancehall (Rodigan, Gyptian) and of course … Read more
Stepping off early releases on Horizons Music and Point Audio, this exceptionally talented 17 year-old Cornish producer joins the big dogs with two deadly focussed D&B actions. On 'Fractured' he sets a broad-shouldered swagger from gut-punch subs and clustered snare rolls executed with the sort of precision warranting his moniker. Flipside's 'Off The Cuff' resolutely sticks with the ultra-efficient aesthetic, using icepick-on-iron snares and wide, sludgy subs synced with cyber-strafing atmospheres for a proper dread future shock.
Deadly follow-up to the scene-taking 'Marka' from Manchester's Dub Phizix and vocalist, Fox. 'Never Been' works to a familiar riddimic agenda of gym-tightened bass rollidge with flourishes of breakneck Amen rudeness while Fox rides cool and rooted over the whole thing. It might not achieve the heady heights of its predecessor's anthem status, but it's a proper weapon regardless. Flipside, 'Codec' reduces the formula to aerodynamic, minimised hardstep patterns pressurised for maximum damage.
Monday, 14 May
DRAMATIC & DBAUDIO
Far Away / Take My Hand (feat. Grimm)
Mars Recordings
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.50
Cat. Number: MARS004
Review to follow shortly…
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ELLA JONES / FRACTURE
Lately (Fracture Astrophonica Remix)
Warm Communications
MP3 Download // £1.70FLAC Download // £2.50
Cat. Number: WARM021
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Thursday, 10 May
Monday, 07 May
Future soundbwoy Fracture does the business with the inaugural incision for Astrophonica's Footwork/Jungle dedicated series - ahead of instalments from Om Unit and Machinedrum. In the plainest terms possible 'The Limit V.I.P.' is a fu**ing nugget: a typical D&B intro gives way to divebombing darkside synth lick and outta nowhere you're slapped Dhalsim-style with rapid fire Footwork snares and incendiary drum choppage. Not to be missed!
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Thursday, 03 May
Schizophrenic all-style mashup from underground London legend, Persian. Face up you've got the eerie D&B rollidge of 'Come Again' starring MC Mello, beside the rugged block party Ragga of a 'Badman Bonus' and even a string stung Boogie Disco heater called 'Alright'. Flip it for the atmospheric Breaks of 'Murderous Style', a jump-up Jungle runner 'Champion Sound 1997' and the Discoid Broken Beat of 'Calli'.
**Limited edition of 300, 1-sided vinyl housed in 2-colour screen-printed/hand-stamped jacket** Future soundbwoy Fracture does the business with the inaugural incision for Astrophonica's Footwork/Jungle dedicated series - ahead of instalments from Om Unit and Machinedrum. In the plainest terms possible 'The Limit V.I.P.' is a fu**ing nugget: a typical D&B intro gives way to divebombing darkside synth lick and outta nowhere you're slapped Dhalsim-style with rapid fire Footwork snares and incendiary drum choppage. Not to be missed!
12" // £11.99Darker, harder D&B styles from the Horizons Music posse. Amoss lets off some steam with the neuro pressure of 'Recycle'; Sunchase & NickBe's 'Compounder' is hydraulic hardstep haunted with gloomy pads and shimmering desert guitars; 'Tender Chain' is a tightly wound piece of minimalist Tech-step; Octane, DLR & Linden reshape 'Footloose' into a compressed and fractious halfstep lurch.
Brooding Hip Hop/D&B hybrids with a metalheadz twist. Working with Flowdan, 'Say Nothin' is inescapably comparable with Dub Phizix and Strats' 'Marka', and that's no bad thing, while 'Accidental' - produced with Consequence - serves techier, uptempo functions.
Monday, 30 April
**The first release on Zomby's new Cult Music imprint - a reissue of this ace album** Technicolour rave freak Zomby comes with a bit of a shocker for Werk Disks, setting aside his killer dubstep style for a hot minute to produce a rough, ready and raw album of Piano rave and '91/'92 'ardkore variants. Firing up with a neat rave riff on 'F*ck mixing lets dance' and launching into a dope 138bpm breakbeat bomb you're immediately dumped into the middle of the dance, lazers scouring your retinas and everything. Then there's the staggered chords of 'Euphoria' setting up for a right little skan… Read more
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Making Simple Things Complex EP (Part 1)
BLACK BOX
MP3 Download // £2.95FLAC Download // £3.95
Cat. Number: BLACKBOX025
Debut LP from one of minimal D&B/Dubstep's leading lights. Part 1 features four examples of his recent swerve into 138bpm terrain. Disc 1 holds the crisp and slinky 2-step reductions of 'The Fall Of Phaeton' and the radioactive halfstep grind of 'Laid Bare'. Disc 2 features the hard-stepping 'The Construct' pivoting off ice-picked snares and wide-assed bass surges beside the Dutch-sounding roller 'Disconnection' built for big soundsystems.
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Making Simple Things Complex EP (Part 2)
Blackout Music
MP3 Download // £2.95FLAC Download // £3.95
Cat. Number: BMUSIC011
Part 2 of the debut LP from one of minimal D&B/Dubstep's leading lights. The prolific producer is decisively in D&B mode on these four tracks. Disc 1 'Sentinel' locks onto pointillist 2-step D&B underlined by growling, sewer subbass, while 'Phalanx' twysts out on a lean halfstep flex with evil stabs and clenched drums. Disc 2 submits the minimised, twitching drums and bassline descent of 'Solitude' besides the dangerous, darting drum coda of 'Isolation'.
After appearances on Med School and Horizons Music, Cornish D&B youthling makes his solo debut with two impressively constructions. A-side 'Parallels' alloys a metal-on-metal scream reminding of Ed Rush's 'Alien Girl' with sprung, pressurised subs and double dipping drum syncopation. Flipside, 'Fractionate' is more atmospheric, sunk into a 2-step swagger with breathy vox reminscent of Synkro's D&B productions.
AMOSS / SUNCHASE & NICKBEE / HALOGENIX
Horizons Music
MP3 Download // £2.95
FLAC Download // £3.95
Cat. Number: HZN050EP
Darker, harder D&B styles from the Horizons Music posse. Amoss lets off some steam with the neuro pressure of 'Recycle'; Sunchase & NickBe's 'Compounder' is hydraulic hardstep haunted with gloomy pads and shimmering desert guitars; 'Tender Chain' is a tightly wound piece of minimalist Tech-step; Octane, DLR & Linden reshape 'Footloose' into a compressed and fractious halfstep lurch.
Latest twelve on Dispatch from Hybris, with "Ender" almost sounding reminiscent of LFO's classic early rave/ acid house...
