Released digitally last year, the idea for Skin Teeth's debut release Nebulous was the culmination of years of raving and listening to tapes from that golden era in UK Rave - early nineties.
Taking its name from the breakbeat sampled in Nebula II's Anathema, it conjures up images of smokey Record shops, Bootlegged tape cassettes, Bomber Jackets, and beaten up Flyer collections for events such as Fantazia, Dreamscape and Pandemonium. Sounding like something that could well have been hammered by DJs like Ellis Dee, Ratty, and Mickey Finn in Raves formative years, it went some way in defining Skin Teeth's Old Skool influenced style.
Not content with his own rendering, it was a no brainer to approach the mighty LMajor to see if he would like to remix the track. Not only did he oblige but pulling from his own passion for underground rave music and knowledge of all things Jungle LMajor completely flipped the original on its head and turned it into something a bit special. A worthy reimagining and 140 Junglism at it's finest.
With his first releases as Last Life for Loxy’s Cylon Recordings leaving a mark that propelled him into must-check zone with followers of stripped back, progressive DnB, Mauro Picciau has continued to advance the Last Life sound into a distinctive force.
His recent tracks for Samurai Music compilations - Decade, Samurai Hannya, and Outliers, plus his own LL Series honed the deadly step forward carved out with his Samurai Music debut EP - Nootka in 2017.
As the global pandemic hit, Mauro was secluded in his studio in Cagliari, Italy where he spent his time working on the finishing touches for Recon, his debut LP.
The Last Life reputation is built on robust mixdowns, weighty kicks and incisive breakbeat layers. Cassius, Tunnel, Down The Mine and Omega are capsule Last Life tracks and have already found favour with selectors testing out Recon.
Tracks like RVNS, The Minimal and Escape introduce a new angle for the Last Life sound, less dance-floor designed but twisting themselves into essential set additions through sheer power.
Collaborations with Torn and Homemade Weapons add further fresh perspectives, aptly mixing their individual construction talents into a focused attack.
Recon is a confident, assured debut LP from one of Samurai Music’s most important artists, a producer who’s sound is an integral part of our label's sonic identity and will no doubt continue to be in years to come. Salute Last Life!
Inaugural label release featuring 2 tracks by new artist Circa96, featuring remixes by Tim Reaper, Dwarde, plus bonus remix digital download by Ben Kei & Pesk.
a1. Circa96 - Fantasy
a2. Circa96 - Cave Dweller
b1. Circa96 - Fantasy (Tim Reaper Remix)
b2. Circa96 - Cave Dweller (Dwarde’s Caving In Remix)
The king of beats strikes again...After his classic trilogy, Detroit's Filthiest strikes again in collaboration with casa voyager presenting a killer double pack that blends the artist's oldschool ghettotech influences with his recent electrofunk works. Tested and approved.
The next instalment of the “Another Way” remix’s is here, with 2 dance-floor killers to add to your collection.
Break flips the script with “Whispers In My Ear” stripping back to a more minimal sound with wolf-like basses and meaty subs. Keeping MC GQ’s weighty vocals as the key feature was important and his middle 16 hits close and personal direct to your ear.
Break & Total Science’s “Dog’s Dinner” was already a heavy club tune, but the master of power Mefjus has taken it up to a new level. Reworking all the elements of the track with his trademark production results in a monster version that always delivers.
a1. Break Ft MC GQ - Whispers In My Ear (Break Remix)
b1. Break & Total Science - Dog's Dinner (Mefjus Remix)
Elliot Garvey aka Quartz joins Samurai Music with 4 tracks of menacing weight for his debut EP on the label. With previous releases for labels like Metalheadz, DSCI4, and Invisible, Quartz’ powerful mix-downs and his knack for technical tunes that retain the vibe factor has him high on everyone’s radar. Into the Mist was the first tune signed for the Snakes EP, a tune that encapsulates the existing Quartz dark / light style with nods to legacy Drum and Bass perfectly. Snakes and Cluster Bomb are possibly Elliot’s 2 darkest tunes to date, focused, creeping sinistism with hulking constructions. Figure It Out lurks low, still retaining his perfectly focused build strength, but with a subtler approach and a pulsing bounce that burns through in the mix. Already garnering DJ support from the likes of Goldie, Flight, Loxy, Mako, Mantra, Double O and more, the Snakes EP looks set to be a new pinnacle for Quartz productions.
Alpha Omega under the alias of De Elite returns to where it all started on the AKO imprintwith some unreleased music on a beautiful transparent orange vinyl.Stargazers is a personal favourite that we was going to keep on dubplate but we feel it’stime to share. Reminds us of something LTJ Bukem would have been all over.
Enjoy delivers with two absolute bangers which are a perfect fit for the AKO10 series. Crush and Don’t You Know are beautifully produced tracks that take you o a journey. Mesmerizing pads, vocal, drums We know once you close your eyes and listen, you will have this on repeat.
Dubcore Volume 20 is another Istari Lasterfahrer release. dropping four tunes starting up with a more dub then jungle track "bridge over gibraltar", strictly echoing and bass. "waanya" second on the a side goes into heavy amen breaks and massiv dancehall basslines. on the flipside the speed goes up from previously 160/162 bpm to 174bpm with the soundclash mashup tune "pee pee a fi dubplate" with warping subs, filteramens and melanged on top with uptempo footwork riddims. last tune "mr. white" drops back to 162 bpm and dubwize basslines and idm jungle breaks.
For his first release on Cantina Cuts, this 4 track EP from DJ Jedi features two brand new hardcore tracks, plus two exclusive jungle remixes by Deluxe and DUG.
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