Available: 15th January 2021

The best musical mavericks never sit still for long. They mutate and morph into new shapes, refusing to be boxed in. Floating Points has so many guises that it’s not easy to pin him down. There’s the composer whose 2015 debut album Elaenia was met with rave reviews – including being named Pitchfork’s ‘Best New Music’ and Resident Advisor’s ‘Album of the Year’ – and took him from dancefloors to festival stages worldwide. The curator whose record labels have brought soulful new sounds into the club, and, on his esteemed imprint Melodies International, reinstated old ones. The classicist, the disco guy that makes machine music, the digger always searching for untapped gems to re-release. And then there’s the DJ whose liberal approach to genre saw him once drop a 20-minute instrumental by spiritual saxophonist Pharoah Sanders in Berghain. 

Crush was made during an intense five-week period, inspired by the invigorating improvisation of his shows supporting The xx in 2017. He had just finished touring with his own live ensemble, culminating in a Coachella appearance, when he suddenly became a one-man band, just him and his trusty Buchla opening up for half an hour every night. He thought what he’d come out with would "be really melodic and slow- building" to suit the mood of the headliners, but what he ended up playing was "some of the most obtuse and aggressive music I've ever made, in front of 20,000 people every night," he says. "It was liberating."

a1. Falaise
a2. Last Bloom
a3. Anasickmodular
a4. Requiem For CS70 & Strings
a5. Karakul
a6. LesAlpx
b1. Bias
b2. Environments
b3.  Birth
b4.  Sea-watch
b5.  Apoptose (part 1)
b6.  Apoptose (part 2)

Available: 15th January 2021

Double Red Vinyl housed in a rigid gatefold sleeve.

New 10th Anniversary cover image and liner notes by Simon Green.

With offset printed paper Inners and 12” Art Card print of the original Black Sands cover image. Includes download code. 

a1. Prelude
a2. Kiara
a3. Kong
a4. Eyesdown (feat. Andreya Triana)
b1. El Toro
b2. We Could Forever
b3. 1009
c1. All in Forms
c2. The Keeper (feat. Andreya Triana)
c3. Stay the Same (feat. Andreya Triana)
d1. Animals
d2. Black Sands

Available: 15th January 2021

On 11 October 2010, Brainfeeder released the debut album by a 23 year old ex-skater, painter and music producer from Chino Hills called Teebs (real name Mtendere Mandowa). The title “Ardour” means great enthusiasm, love or passion and was a fitting descriptor for his inherently warm, lushly textured beats. It’s an undisputed classic in the Brainfeeder canon and more widely considered an essential chapter in the ever-evolving puzzle of the global “beat scene”.

Brainfeeder and Teebs are celebrating the 10th anniversary with a limited special edition reissue of this landmark record. Pressed on “deep pink” 2LP and housed in a beautiful gatefold sleeve with artwork by Teebs himself, the new edition features six previously unreleased bonus tracks. 

a1. You've Changed
a2. Bound Ball
a3. Double Fifths
a4. While You Doooo
a5. Moments
a6. Burner
a7. Wind Loop
b1. Lakeshore Ave
b2. Arthurs Birds
b3. Gordon
b4. Bern Rhythm
b5. Felt Tip
b6. King Bathtub
c1. My Whole Life
c2. Long Distance (feat Gaby Hernandez)
c3. Why Like This?
c4. Humming Birds
c5. Autumn Antique
d1. WLTA
d2. Everyone Alive Wants Answers
d3. For Phil
d4. SP Tapes
d5. SPCD
d6. Magnolia Redo

Available: 8th January 2021

a1. The J.B.'s ‎- (It's Not The Express) It's The J.B.'s Monaurail

a2. The J.B.'s ‎- Here We Come, Here We Go, Here We Are

a3. The J.B.'s ‎- All Aboard The Soul Funky Train

a4. The J.B.'s ‎- Transmograpfication

b1. The J.B.'s ‎- Thank You For Letting Me Be Myself And You Be Yours

b2. The J.B.'s ‎- Taurus, Aries & Leo

b3. The J.B.'s ‎- Things & Do

Release Date: 15th January 2021

The tracks 'Step Into Light' and 'Reflect + Heal' draw energy and inspiration from Jazz, Disco, Hiphop and House, culminating in clean, pensive but energizing beats with a message at their soul.

a1. Admin - Step Into Light

b1. Admin - Reflect + Heal

Available: 8th January 2021

a1. Duel Of The Iron Mics

a2. CREAM

a3. Mystery Of Chessboxin'

a4. Can't It All Be So Simple

a5. UZI (Pinky Ring)

a6. Interlude

a7. Glaciers Of Ice

b1. Cherchez La Ghost

b2. Criminology

b3. Heaven & Hell

b4. Bring Da Ruckus

b5. Protect Ya Neck

b6. Incercerated Scarfaces

b7. Shimmy Shimmy Ya

b8. Outro

Available: 8th January 2021

a1. Commodo - Bitch & Moan

b1. Commodo - Leeroy

c1. Commodo - Dyrge

d1. Commodo - Yuliya

Available: 8th January 2021

a1. Dubkasm - Enter The Gates feat. Rider Shafique (Egoless Remix)

b1. Dubkasm - Enter The Gates (Egoless Remix Instrumental)

Release Date: 22nd January 2021

a1. Unknown Artist - Free

b1. Unknown Artist - If You Wait

Available: 15th January 2021

a1. Sorrow - Intro

a2. Sorrow - Carpe Noctem

a3. Sorrow - Homesick

b1. Sorrow - Cherie

b2. Sorrow - Timid

b3. Sorrow - Quatrain

Available: 15th January 2021

a1. Taiko - Miners

a2. Taiko - Prism

b1. Taiko - One Of Us

b2. Taiko - Just Like We Used To

Release Date: 22nd January 2021

a1. Dub Phizix - Game Over

b1. Dub Phizix - Slush Puppeh

b2. Dub Phizix - Bunraku

Release Date: 15th January 2021

Kid Drama returns to his label for the first time this year after the well received Ideal Form EP, he continues with his trademark infused mix of autonomic and 90s tech step to create the 2010 Again EP.

4 Tracks steeped in nostalgic yet forward thinking production.  The title track, 2010 Again, sees Drama draw for the infamous ‘Instra:mental’ drums with metallic thumps and fizzing sub bass frequencies interlaced with occasional delicate glimmers of light.

Next up is Diazedaze, which will take you drifting off on a lazy day, sit back and just watch the world rush past you.  This one will pull on the heart strings of any autonomic fan with its trademark keys and melodic chords.

Pivot is an 8 minute journey which goes against the current disposable, quick hit club style tunes of today.  Drawn out like a long unfolding trip, which could quite easily be the lovechild of Matrix and Krust, the progessive bass stabs and zaps build without any breakdown over the span of the track.  A hypnotic almost technolike offering.

The final track, Thoughtcast 7, again sees Drama shun conventional mixes as he pushes the drums to the back of the mix with a thin skeletal framework sitting on a subsonic 808 bed. Drama said his inspiration for the tune was drawn from a lot of Moving Shadow’s catalogue through the 90’s with his own unique twist.

All in all another cohesive and solid selection from the CNVX stable.

a1. Kid Drama - 2010 Again

a2. Kid Drama - Diazedaze

b1. Kid Drama - Pivot 

b2. Kid Drama - Thoughtcast

Available: 25th December 2020

Since the dawn of the 1990s, British dance music has been in thrall to the seductive power of weighty sub-bass. It is a key ingredient in a string of British-pioneered genres, including hardcore, jungle, drum & bass, dubstep, UK garage and grime.

In the Join The Future book, dance music journalist Matt Anniss (Resident Advisor, DJ Magazine, Red Bull Music Academy) traces the roots, origins, development and legacy of the sound that started it all: the first distinctively British form of electronic dance music, bleep techno.

A mixture of social, cultural, musical and oral history, Join The Future reveals the untold stories of bleep’s Yorkshire pioneers and those that came in their wake, moving from electro all-dayers and dub soundsystem clashes of the mid-1980s to the birth of hardcore and jungle in London and the South East.

Along the way, you’ll find first-hand accounts of key clubs and raves, biographies of forgotten and overlooked production pioneers, stories of bleep outposts in Canada and the United States, and the inside story of the early years of one of electronic music’s most iconic labels, Warp Records.

Based on five years of research and hundreds of hours of new interviews, the book is a radical alternative history of the rise of British dance music during the late 80s and early 90s.

Available: 25th December 2020

Revised reissue of the acclaimed first-ever book-length investigation into the origins of jungle and drum & bass. Back in print for the first time since 1998, State of Bass: The Origins of Jungle and Drum & Bass features previously unpublished interviews with Roni Size, Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Fabio, Shy FX and other key players from the early years of the scene.

As government legislation, standardised music and bad drugs forced the euphoria of the rave phenomenon into the darkness, a new underground movement emerged – the jungle and drum & bass nexus.

It was the sound of the beating heart of Britain’s multi-cultural urban rave, produced by the children of the Windrush and their closest friends, and distilled via the journey from a Tivoli Gardens soundclash, to the UK’s inner city blues parties and onto jazz-funk all-dayers and soul weekenders.

It was a space that was forged in the hidden edges of urban warehouses and the darkened recesses of clubland’s backrooms; schooled in the swagger of dancehall, the thunder of hardcore, the fury of bebop and the depth charge of dub.

Jungle and drum & bass was like nothing else the world had experienced before – simultaneously black and white, urban and suburban, old skool attitude and new school innovation. A socio-cultural melting pot of early-90s broken Britain seizing the wheel and taking control of the machine.

Originally published in 1997, State of Bass explores the scene’s roots through its social, cultural and musical antecedents and on to its emergence via the debate that surrounded the apparent split between jungle and drum & bass. Drawing on interviews with some of the key figures in the early years State of Bass explores the sonic shifts and splinters of new variants, styles and subgenres as it charts the journey from the early days as the deliberately hidden underground, ignored by the media in favour of the post-rave progressive house scene, to its position as a global phenomenon.

Available: 25th December 2020

Showcasing the mastermind behind some of the most iconic rave flyers and record covers of the late eighties and early nineties, Junior Tomlin: Flyer & Cover Art is a comprehensive insight into Junior Tomlin’s incredible back catalogue.

Rave culture transformed the way people experienced music, sparking a revolution in British society and spreading across the globe during the late eighties. Its influence is still being felt today, as millions of people around the world attend clubs and festivals that embody the spirit of rave culture. Intrinsic to the spread of the culture in those pre-internet days was the dissemination of flyers, giving ravers information on where and when their favourite promoters would be organising parties. In order to stand out from the competition, it was imperative that the most respected events had distinctive flyer artwork.

Junior Tomlin’s visionary capabilities led to a long-running career as a flyer artist. His fantastical projections of the future and often surreal imagery earned him the title The Salvador Dali of Rave. Tomlin’s iconic work was highly sought after, with ravers collecting his remarkable work and promoters queuing up to commission him to produce imagery for their flyers. Junior’s imagination conjured up alternate worlds, references to outer space and gave us a peek into the endless possibilities presented by an unknown future. It was the perfect representation of the brave new world being cultivated by rave promoters and the community that sprung up around the culture.

Junior worked with a range of seminal rave promoters from 1992 onwards including Telepathy, Dreamscape, Slammin’ Vinyl, One Nation, Dream Odyssey and Ravealation. 30 years since he designed his first flyer Junior Tomlin: Flyer & Cover Art documents his work across 160 pages, with commentary and draft sketches provided by Junior himself. Divided into two distinct sections – Record Covers and Flyers – the book also features an in-depth interview with Junior and a foreword by Chelsea Louise Berlin (artist, flyer collector and author of Rave Art) plus words from former clients.

Chronicling the work of a pioneering artist whose art was intrinsic to early rave culture, Junior Tomlin: Flyer & Cover Art marks a critical time in British history. In a time where division and conflict seem to be more prevalent than ever, the book allows us to escape into Junior’s fantasy worlds and travel back in time to an era when social barriers were being broken down.

The book is 25cm x 25cm, printed on premium 130gsm full-colour paper. It is the first time his work has been documented and presented in such a comprehensive, cohesive fashion.

Available: 25th December 2020

Through four decades at the pointy end of dance music and club culture, the Secret DJ has seen it all. In this hilarious, gripping, and at times extremely moving follow-up to the smash hit first book, the mysterious insider pulls no punches, wryly lifting the lid on misbehaving stars, what really goes on backstage, how to survive in the DJ game, and where the real power lies in rave. Most of all, they chart how capitalism bought and sold the utopian dreams of the Acid House generation – and whether those dreams can still be saved. Essential reading for anyone who cares about the dancefloor; past, present and future.

Release Date: 22nd January 2021

Top draw Junglist producer Dub-Liner represents for Concrete Castle Dubs and delivers two massive lickshotz, one of which drafts in legendary dancehall don General T.K. live an' direct. Nah miss

10" vinyl cut and mastered by Shane @ Finyl Tweek.

Tracklist details printed on the a-side, logo handstamp on the b-side.

a1. Dub-Liner - A Rougher Version ft General T.K.

b1. Dub-Liner - The Kill

Release Date: 22nd January 2021

a1. Tommy The Cat - Ganja Warriors

a2. Tommy The Cat - Smoking Bass

b1. Tommy The Cat - Dub In Twilight

b2. Tommy The Cat - Night In Silence

Available: 25th December 2020

a1. O.M.Theorem - Lemma1A1

a2. O.M.Theorem - Lemma1A2

b1. O.M.Theorem - Lemma1B1

b2. O.M.Theorem - Lemma1B2

Available: 25th December 2020

a1. Shaun Soomro - Little White Lies

a2. Shaun Soomro - Forever Smiling 

a3. Shaun Soomro - Hope For Sorrow 

a4. Shaun Soomro - Little White Lies (DBridge Tall Tales Remix)

Available: 25th December 2020

a1. Tom Ellis - A Sense Of Something Else

a2. Tom Ellis - Possible Location

b1. Tom Ellis - Take Me To The Ball

b2. Tom Ellis - A Matter Of Days

Available: 25th December 2020

a1. ItaloJohnson ‎– 09A1 (DJ Haus Remix) 

b1. ItaloJohnson ‎– 09A1 (Juxta Position Remix)

Available: 25th December 2020

a1. IT Danza

a2. Reefer Madness

a3. Meal

b1. Type Beat 3

b2. Zzodiac

Available: 25th December 2020

a1. Winged Assassin

a2. Crater 101

b1. Place Of Angels

b2. Europa Code