We're a sucker for a supervillain/hero here at 7th Storey Projects (please see Globex Corp & Peter Darker if you want to try and dispute this claim) - so it made sense to join forces with the mighty Flex Luthor for an EP of wonderously lo-fi jungly crunchiness...just how we like it!
Four tracks of dread bass, complex and crunchy breaks and generalised jungle naughtiness that should offer something for everyone, and if not, then you might need to consider the possibility that maybe you don't like jungle that much in the first place.
As the premier release on new Jungle & Breakbeat label Bukva Sound we find the amazing Response & Buda, northerners that gather to give us a four track EP with ravey, deep & subliminal vibes.
The title track, Illusions a 160 4x4 bomb that feature the tremendous voice of Lara Lee, known from Response & Pliskins "Stolen Keys" release on legendary label Rupture London.
Further 160 hybrid ingenuity from Brain Rays & Quiet, and another 1.21 gigawatt fly-by from the future-past-future-present: opening with an abject shock to the portions of your brain that recognise time, the monstrous 'Slacker' comprehensively dysregulates you with its undeniable poly-rhythmic intensity and properly galactic scope, prior to the comparatively lush and sensual footwork vibes of 'Tigress Canisha', an edit of which featured in a short film for Vogue Italia by Stella Asia Consonni in 2019.
Alongside a re-mastered version of 'Ataru Flip' from their full-fat 'Butter' album of last year, a fleet-footed Coco Bryce remix powers through on the B-side, before an indulgent Pesh remix rounds things up in abstract footwork style as a digital-only exclusive. Despite invoking Robert Zemeckis' 'Back to the Future' and Richard Linklater's delirious lo-fi sentiments of more than 30 years ago, Brain Rays & Quiet prove themselves to be increasingly synonymous with a thoroughgoing species of future funk, which is to say, with a post-generic hybrid vibe that is somehow properly timeless, infectious as shit and undoubtedly full of spunk. Enjoy it in your ride in motion, rub it on your skin like lotion.
Dope Plates is back with the second volume of its 'Dope On Plastic' various artist EP series.
Volume 2 sees debut appearances from London's Effra, Code 906 from Russia and Scale, Rainforest and Dreadmaul all representing Germany. Label boss Soul Intent also appears on the EP with his classic Good Looking Records tribute remix of Scape's hugely popular track 'Spirit World' which featured on DOPE005 back in 2018.
A1 Effra - Again, Before
A2 Scape - Spirit World (Soul Intents Spirit Of Speed Remix)
- 2021 repress / comes in new Critical Music housebag -
Halogenix takes some time out of the Ivy Lab super group to go it alone on the heavily hyped 'Velvet EP'. The future jump-up of 'Blej' leads the way, a tune that had Andy C peering over Kasra's shoulder at his recent XOYO London shows. Whilst heading back into more blissed Ivy vibes of title track 'Velvet' and 'Cliche', Halo pulls in the help of Monty on the bouncing 'Old Town' to complete an utterly essential EP.
- 2021 repress / comes in new Critical Music housebag -
Halogenix raises the bar once more, flipping between the light and the dark of his "Gaslight EP". The exquisite summertime bounce of "Out Of Line" featuring SOLAH on vocals and the future liquid of "Would You" give the perfect balance to the frenetic paranoia of title track "Gaslight" and "Line B". One of his best releases to date.
Exploring a path darker than before and their most ambitious work yet, 'Tremor' combines beautifully crafted breakbeat to sounds of the past, present & future. From the serious tearout vibes of 'Reflector Dub' to fierce breaks explosion of the title track and 'Intercept' all the way to the calming end of 'Hold Water' TREMOR EP is a captivating collection of modern day jungle.
Boogie Beat Records and Kniteforce bring you one of the most sought after underground jungle classics ever. Jonny L is the legend behind the Baraka alias, and this EP has been sought after by many collector for years and years! There is not much more that can be said about this superb slice of old skool jungle, it’s a must have by any and every standard.
Bredren are back on Flexout Audio with an EP full of rugged basslines and refined beats. The new EP features a collaboration with one of the slickest talents of the scene, enigmatic wordsmith MC Fokus. It's a future cult classic that will get stuck in your head and have listeners singing along. An effect that doesn't happen enough in drum and bass. The rest of the EP is exactly what you'd expect from Bredren, a minimal masterclass from the pioneers of stripped back, underground drum and bass.
Coco Bryce dons his DJ Y alias for his debut on Unknown To The Unknown’s Dance Trax series - 3 tracks of "off the wall” breakbeat-electronix taking in everything from gabber, jungle & tekno.
It’s been a long time since we released a track from the long haired CIA joint label owner under his solo guise; the dance music legend and all round pretty damn special man, Q Project. And after not such a long time, we welcome back a young upstart, a man kicking in the back door of the D&B scene, the recently rig smashing Myth.
Here we see the two combining with ‘Demonz’. If these two were allowed to meet in a real studio to make this track, you’d need a serious X rating on the conversation going on between those four rather close together walls. We’re unable to reveal whether there was a real actual meeting of great minds or not, but rest assured the track will do as much damage as the conversations would. Fingerprints from both of them are instantly on show here for a collaboration coming deep out of left field – it’s sure to get some people talking.
The flip sees young Myth come correct with his take on the Q Project classic ‘Trouble’. Turning this early 2000’s staple into a weighty 2021 roller, Myth’s skills on the buttons are once again evident for all to see; and the package is completed with a remaster of this 20-year-old bubbler!
Acid Skanking Volume 3 brings us back to the acid basslines. No More Hustle is a crossculture acid riddim kicking idm breakbeats and juke into dub basslines on 160 bpm. Flipside the the dub version on 80 bpm deep into echo chamber science.
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