I'm sorry, but this is just sick. The drums!!




Pre-order on Shogun HERE - comes out in a week

DJ Fresh. DnB Pioneer. New album Kryptonite came out a few weeks ago and I managed to get my hands on a copy.

Not gonna lie, it's got some pretty poppy songs - vocal led Golddust and and Lassitude will be popular with radio play but are not his best work. Heavyweight is on there (does what it says on the tin) and a couple of solid dubstep tracks. The bassline on Fight is rude. Talkbox is also a banging intro track. The whole thing is definitely worth a look.

However... the best thing about the release from me was the free track Fresh gave out via Drum and Bass Arena to promote it - Factory. A slice of energetic and refreshing dnb.

DJ Fresh - Factory (320)

A new Camo & Krooked remix coming up soon too. Don't sleep

Yo.

Italy just came crashing out of the World Cup. Defeated by Slovakia?! Today is the day of the underdog. Here are a duo who are probably under your radar - Faction and Modified Motion. A 'special partnership' between the USA and UK if you will.

BUY THIS RELEASE

To whet your appetite:

Faction and Modified Motion - The Future

Faction and Modified Motion - Don't Go

Blogging cannot describe how psyched for Rusko's debut album 'OMG' I am. The guy has the golden touch. Word is it's hitting streets early May on Mad Decent.

Get this while it's hot - Sub Focus gives a hip hop lean to this future anthem. Summery chords into a grimey rinse. Think TC remix of Rihianna and you get the idea. Don't worry DnB DJs, it's at 170.

Rusko - Hold On (Sub Focus Remix)

Check Rusko on Myspace and show him some love

The only shit thing about it is that it is from 9pm till 2am, which is not what I'm used to when going out in London, but hey at least I get to have some nice West country cider ;). Check out Jack Beats' essential mix which was made a couple of weeks ago, pretty good stuff!

So here we see a return of tune of the week.

Just a quick one. If you're gonna be in London on February 20th, hit this.

http://wodnb.com/events/wodnb-sessions-london/

A tasty line up, sure. Plus, it's at the Den. But have a look at the MCs.

WARREN G! The hip hop legend is gonna be making an appearance spitting his G-funk style over drum and bass. Legendary.

The 'noughties' (yeah, it's an awful name but nothing else really works....) saw the revival of drum and bass. Jungle was losing it's momentum at the end of the 20th century, vinyl sales were gradually dropping and rude boys everywhere were looking for something else to blast out of their tanked up fiestas.

But what a come back! Jungle may have been a dying idea but the niche genres it split in to as drum and bass have clearly kept it afloat. Jump up, liquid, neurofunk, darkstep, and deep/atmospheric (to name a few) all have loyal followers in terms of record labels, producers and fans.

Anyway, a new decade and a new year is upon us, so here are a cupla heads up shouts on what's lookin to be big this year.

The Brookes Brothers
They've already made their mark with arguably the biggest anthem of 2008; Tear You Down. Added to that a huge collab with Danny Byrd (Gold Rush), remixing the remix of the Chemical Brothers classic Star Guitar (reworked by Japanese electro-god Shinichi Osawa) and the mighty Dawn Treader ft Futurebound, Dan and Phil Brookes are firmly established players.

2010 Prediction: Crossover kings. Their forthcoming album will be released on BBK, who pushed the now (in)famous Pendulum to huge commercial success. Paperchase, the follow up collaboration with Danny Byrd has been repeatedly hailed in top 10 lists for months, and Fresh has been dropping hints in interviews about the impact he expects the record to make. As drum and bass is gaining more and more attention from clubbers, radio (Radio 1 has been pushing the sound massively, even in daytime playlisting - Chase & Status's Pieces was virtually on repeat in November) and the press, an easily accessible 'jump up' album should get the attention it expects to.

DJ Fresh
Following on with the BBK camp, Fresh's album apparently titled 'Kryptonite' is set to blow up alongside the Brookes. If we can take the samplers of the anthemic Hypercaine (which even got a video - surprising for a drum and bass release) and sub bass ridden Heavyweight, Fresh has grown up his sound since Escape from Planet Monday.
2010 Prediction: All killer, no filler. A more than solid drum and bass album with something for everything.

Camo and Krooked
Already favourites at True Mess Head, these boys are straight 0utta Austria. Grooverider, Zane Lowe and London Elektricity are all huge fans, and believe me, you should be too. Vampires VIP was featured on the Drum and Bass Arena Anthems 2009 compilation (well worth a look) and I defy you to not like it. It's seriously that good. Their strength is in their compatibility though - they have jump up tracks, rinseout tracks, liquidy anthems and still find time to work with labels like Viper, Renegade Hardware and Sudden Def. If you were at Hospitality at Matter a few weeks ago, you'll have heard their stuff; Skyline was euphoric. Buy their Edge of Mind EP.

2010 Prediction: Breakthrough. Although they're still not a household name, by the end of the year I'll guarantee they will be.

Sick Music 2
Hospital Records are currently riding high as a drum and bass flagship. Winning both Best Promoter and Best Club night for Hospitality, they have the artist roster and the know-how to put on the best nights in the country. Hospital Podcast is over 100 episodes old and is an essential look into the hottest dub plates incoming. And following the ridiculous success of Sick Music, the follow up seems inevitable. Apparently a Camo and Krooked track is already signed to it.

2010 Prediction: Compilation of the year. I can't see anything else coming close.

Eastern Bloc Drum and Bass
Whilst drum and bass has been a predominantly UK scene - nearly every major producer / DJ / MC / label operates from England, europe has been catching up. More importantly however, is the rise of dnb in the former Soviet Bloc. Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Russia to name a few all have thriving scenes. Just youtube 'drum and bass step' and you'll find hundreds of videos of breakbeat mad kids stepping all over eastern europe. B-Complex, responsible for the smash Beautiful Lies is Slovakian, Bop and Electrosoul System from Russia. Hospital themselves have so much faith in the scene there that they distributed The Future Sound of Russia with a full NHS release, instead of marginalising it with a Med School release to which it's sound might actually suit more.

2010 Prediction: Anything could go, but I have my money on a ton of new producers bringing fresh ideas to the table.

Here are a coupla downloads for reading alla that!

Numbers (Camo & Krooked Remix) - John B (320)
- everyone needs to know about this
Devil - D.C. Breaks (320)

This first track isn't the normal sorta thing we post on here but it's a tune from earlier on in the year which was at beatports No. 1 house download spot. It's a Tech-House killer from Tek-DiLuxe, whom I know nothing about lol.

tonight's the night ladies and gents. the biggest drum and bass DJ in the world is coming to exeter and believe me he's gonna rinse the place. headling, ram records head honcho Andy C. supporting is Lomax - i'm expecting big things from him. room 2 is serious business breaks with finger lickin records - A Skillz is in. Also, barry ashworth! legendary collaborator with the ever fresh dub pistols.

this is an absolute ROLLER - tech-funk stylings from the critical album All Sounds Electric.
lomax - come and see (320)

get down early as its a 2am finish (lemon grove is on university campus). true mess head will see you at the front

yo yo

Hopefully you should know by now, the new album by grindie kids Hadouken has been produced by the men Noisia. Meaning, when it drops, be expecting a SHED load of remixes. And here's the first - opening single Lights Out has been remixed by darkstep don Spor.

Hadouken - Lights Out (Spor Remix) - 320

Enjoy!

Was listenin to an oldish Drum and Bass Arena podcast mix at the gym the other day and oh my god! Was it good, got the blood pumping to all the right areas. Some amazing tunes in there mashed about my the DC Breaks guys.

Here it is. Unfortunately there isn't a tracklist for it :( but they do however play Capuiera by Infrared vs Gil Felix which can be found on the legendary Nightlife Volume 1


Will keep you updated with some more filthbag drum and bass!

So I found this tune over the weekend doing my usual browsing of blogs, youtube etc. Absolute dirtbag tune!

It is Gigi Barocco - Rowdy Jack (Bryan Cox Remix) (320)

Italy has got some shithot artists at the moment, Crookers, Bloody Beetroots, Gigi himself, Blatta & Inesha to name a few! Will be doing a post with some of their best tracks soon!



Surprisingly I haven't gone and got the new modern warfare...yet lol.

Second tune of the week is Camo - Lost Heaven (209)


Will more than likely find some more by the end of the week that are worth posting about.


Watch this space!

Easy

Back for the latest dosage of smooth rollers and tingly vibes at 170.

This is unmissable from canadian liquid maestro Mutt. Soul melting vocals and silky keys. Stunning.

Mutt - Conversations ft. Kevin King

Our liquid classic this week is the highlight of London Elektricity's 2003 Power Ballads.
It does what it says on the tin

London Elektricity - Fast Soul Music

And for some video action, I found this gem somewhere on Alix Perez's facebook page. Show him some love on there.



And if you haven't done it yet, BUY 1984.

Boom tings

holla

so friday night in exeter is big this week - promoters Rinseout are putting on a party for their 6th year in the dnb game. If you live here, you'll know what I'm talking about - every big line up has something to do with them. So, to celebrate, they're pulling 3 big ones out:

SUB FOCUS
ORIGINAL SIN
CRISSY CRISS

pretty funky stuff I think you'd agree.

Sub Focus is riding high at the moment with his self-titled debut making waves through the scene. His single Let The Story Begin is sitting comfortably at number 1 on the DnB Arena singles chart, and his album is basically playing like a greatest hits; everything on there is a banger.

Sub Focus - Last Jungle (320)
Sub Focus - Smooth (320)

Original Sin

Absolute filth. Get on the post Quadrozzi put up for an education here.

Crissy Criss

He's 22!! Starting with that, this guy is on fire at the moment. He presents a 3 hour show on 1extra, check it for rude drum and bass. He's built up his reputation on dnb but for rinseout he's showcasing his dubstep skills. Check some with this

Crissy Criss - Fackin Ell (320)

If this all sounds like it might be your cup o tea, check out Rinseout on Facebook.

see you on the floor

BIG

Trust me, you need to get on this. Not the newest cause it came out last year but if you missed it (like me),

Noisia - Stigma (320)

It sounds like a hedge trimmer getting in a fight with a chainsaw.... I.e. ridiculous

Check out the man Noisia from Holland at his myspace.

Yo. Now everyone writing this blog has net we're gonna get the posts a flowing. Keep your eyes out...

For some reason or another I think liquid is possibly the greatest thing to happen to drum and bass. Don't get me wrong, there's always a time for filth laced skank bangers, but being a musical kinda guy Im really feeling musical vibes in DnB. Wicked energised tempo but with big low basslines and lush chord sequences. Genius.

So, here's some of the smoothest liquid vibes floating around my library. Get rollin for these...

Bachelors of Science

- wicked tunes from stateside. The whole album Science Fiction is massive, grab it here
Choice tracks are Wicked Ways (320) and the funk infused People Together (320)

Lenzman

- everything this guy touches is silky smooth. Here's his lush collaboration with Redeyes, out on Integral, called Thieves in the Night (320)

Alix Perez

- I don't know how I can start with this guy. Favourite producer, nu-skool dnb pioneer Perez from North London just released his debut album on Shogun. Getting playlisted even on daytime radio 1 shows just how big his tunes are getting!

Friction, Fabio and even non-dnb DJs like Rob da Bank are pushing this one: Forsaken ft. Peven Everett and Spectrasoul (171)

This is an absolute beauty. Contradictions (172). Highlight of 1984. Get the whole album here

And a classic from him, taken from DJ Marky's Master Plan Mix album. Crown City (145)

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So enjoy! Hit up the comments if you love or hate

I'm AK. I'm the guy who on this blog is representing the Sheffield scene. Give me a good beat and a good hook and you got me dancing . I don't have a narrow view of music so like to embrace it all.

-Skank Nasty (Double Zero)
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His best remixes:

-Ebnoy Dubsters - Ra
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- J Majik and Wickaman - Feel About You
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-Clipz - Download
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- Distorted Minds - T-10
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His radio 1 show with Fabio and Grooverider can be found here

- Heart of Dawn

- Returned

Download subway soundz 001 here at 320.
Tracklist is:
01: Sensai - Returned
02: Tyke & Recipe - Drunk Step

That's all for now, will keep people updated with new tunes, mixes and profiles on the heavier darker side of DnB! If you want a post on a certain artist drop us an E-mail.


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