8ball is part of the Grade10 record label who has been popping up on Radar Radio and NTS Radio over the last few years. This is 8balls first release proper on Grade10 and it comes hot on the heels of the All You See Is Crime In The City cassette. 8balls rare appearances behind the decks have included Outlook Festival and Broken Sonics at Corsica Studios.
This Ep contain five tunes which cover ambient, jungle and hardcore. They all come ladened with overdubbed compression and bins rattling bass apart from Sepia is a jungle tune with only the synths left in. Tun3 and Maker are both short intense blasts, while Stages is classic jungle and So Good is reminiscent of late 91 hardcore.
Before Ancestral Voices, Liam Blackburn was known as Indigo. One of the most in demand Indigo releases for Samurai Horo - the Reaching The Source EP, has now been re pressed for 2019 on a new coloured vinyl.
Homemade Weapons has established himself as one of Drum and Bass’ most vital artists, sculpting a signature style that has garnered wide ranging support from Om Unit through to Calibre, Loxy and on to Donato Dozzy. With his Negative Space debut LP for Samurai Music, Homemade Weapons planted a jagged flag, attracting critical acclaim and igniting a new era of breakbeat manipulation.
Gravity further expands this approach, moving forward his own hyper-advanced amenism while maintaining his position firmly between what people are calling ‘modern jungle’ and the stripped back minimalism of the deep half time sound. Drafting in fellow weaponizers Artilect, Torn, and newcomers Torana for collaborations adds congruous variance to the searing Gravity spice.
While many artists in his immediate musical vicinity concentrate on going deeper, Homemade Weapons continues to make focused, stripped back tunes that have the weight and momentum to work on the dance-floor.
As the first Samurai Music artist LP of 2019, Gravity shows a singular talent confidently moving the creative arrow in drum and bass forward.
Each 12" plate is a different colour on the first press vinyl, any repress will be a different colour.
Sicknote and Dissect are welcomed to the label via their collaborative effort “Reset It”. Opening on a sparkling pad, the track builds through layers of vocals and breaks before descending into thunderous junglist mayhem. Hypnotic melodies and rave stabs join the fray to complete the old-school aesthetic, while maintaining the London-based producers’ signature dancefloor feel. Dispensing with anything close to subtlety, Mike and Lewis opt for brute force over intricate break edits to present a classic Summertime anthem.
For the flip, Total Science are tasked with remix duties. Joining forces with Detrimental for the first time, the legendary duo deliver bending the original sounds around their trademark snarling bass lines to devastating effect. Pushing into much deeper territory, the track rolls out with a furious energy and closes out the second drop with a hook that would feel right at home in a dark basement at 4am.
With a side for any mood, this very limited 12” marks the return of Detrimental Audio after a year-long hiatus.
a1. Sicknote & Dissect - Reset It
b1. Sicknote & Dissect - Reset It (Total Science Remix)
Proudly presenting the “Broken Home’ EP from label newcomers Dogger, Mindstate & Liam Bailey. The title track has already found much acclaim, with Calibre ending many of his sets with it. 1985 Music is renowned for our minimal, but also more melodic, nuanced dnb, so we thought it fitting to go back to this sound, and these roots for this release. This soulful, musical 4 track EP is modern liquid at its finest, with the highly respected Liam Bailey on vocals laying down the hooks. Available on 5th April on vinyl and digital.
a1. Dogger, Mindstate & Liam Bailey - Broken Home
a2. Dogger, Mindstate & Liam Bailey - Love Is The Law
Record Store Day Repress shipping - 19th April 2019
Repress landing for RSD. Deluxe 4x12" Full Artwork LP incl sleeve notes from DJ Die and never before seen pictures.
The Bristol-based artist is a pioneer of electronic music. He has released music on seminal UK labels XL Recordings, Talkin’ Loud, Full Cycle and now heads up the incomparable GutterFunk label.
Up until now, DJ Die has consistently pushed forward with his music, whether that be with music made with Dismantle as DieMantle or his collabs with Addison Groove the mantra has been 'do not rest on your laurels' but the time has now come to own his legacy as a trailblazer.
He has chosen to do this via remastering, rereleasing and repackaging 12 of his most innovative solo track recorded between 1995 and 2000 via his label GutterFunk.
There are 12 tracks being released digitally and 8 tracks on vinyl, one per side across four plates, housed in gatefold vinyl with sleeve notes and unseen photos from DJ Die.
Peshay returns to Infrared Records with this stunning 4 track E.P on 2 x 12" Ltd Vinyl. This release is limited to 250 copies and will never be repressed.
For our tenth release we are extremely excited to introduce to you The Return EP from Section and Flashback.
As a celebration of reaching this milestone we decided to press 300 12" vinyl versions, as we felt this release deserved to be released in this format.
This EP is Flashback's first release in over 20 years, making it even more special. 'The Return' is an amen-driven track with low, pounding 808s. The gem of this tune is the second drop, which has been destroying dancefloors whenever it's played.
'Crank' is an atmospheric roller with a clever switch to keep the dance bubbling.
'Light In You Mind' uses the famous think break to create nostalgia, but its contemporary arrangement and effects ensures that it will stand up in any DJ set. 'Unusual Weapon's' stabs hark back to the mid 90's and its chopped amens and Reese's are a nod to the legendary Digital and Spirit.
North to South America link up! Sao Paulo's finest, BUNGLE steps to the plate with yet another champion release! Effortlessly touching on any style, 'Physical Dub' boasts a futuristic stepper quickly capturing your senses with a meticulously layered riddim backed with a chest thumping bass arrangement. 'Healing' opens up with an eerie-like tone subtlety touching on the hook prior to an instant onslaught of heavyweight breaks and a monstrous but melodic reese b-line. Dirtying up the dance, 'Inner Mask' highlights a more sinister atmosphere one for the rude bwoys and rude gyals.
Fracture returns to the fast lane in 2019 with "Big Up The Ladies" EP - four fresh and futuristic, genre defying cuts that build on the momentum of the London producers recent ‘turbo’ experiments that side steps the turbo-berghain-esque intensity of 2018’s Dropping You and Turbo Toms and pivot for the dance hall.
Title track "Big Up The Ladies" is a positive party starter full of swagger and powerful hooks on top of a driving 4/4 kick and half time clap rhythm.
"Percussion Sweet" continues the fresh patterns while adding edgy vocal stutters and a searing reese breakdown propelling the listener towards a perilous mix of jacking 909 hi hats and trademark bass stabs. Turbo in full swing.
"Verhoeven" switches up the techno kick patterns in favour of an 808 bounce to deliver an ambitious electro fused bubbler which as Fracture explains is ‘like a scene in a future-society film when the main character enters a disorientating subterranean club with loads of weird and wonderful people coming in and out of shot”
Finally "Sci-Fi Tramp" closes the EP with a sense of sleazy uneasiness viewed from behind a pair of mirrored shades. Alarming bass womps jack the listener straight into the system to hack the rave and get the hell out...
Big Up The Ladies is released on 12" & Digital on 12th April 2019 on Fracture's own Astrophonica imprint and follows the label's huge Fracture curated "Gradients Vol.2" compilation featuring Luke Vibert, DieMantle (DJ Die & Dismantle), Dream Continuum (Om Unit & Machinedrum), Falty DL, Fracture, Taso (Teklife), Sully, Moresounds, Proc Fiskal (Hyperdub), Sam Binga, Lewis James, Rider Shafique and more. As ever the release is accompanied by ever incredible art and design from Utile.
It's a party yo! Come celebrate the sheer brilliance of catching a vibe... and.... Big Up The Ladies!
Limited repress of Digital & Spirit's 'Revolution EP' Pt 1 & 2
Digital & Spirit return to Phantom Audio once more with one of their most heavyweight selections of recent times. Two bonafide classics in their own right, Digital’s ‘Deadline’ and Spirit's ‘Redial’, have come together to once more wreak havoc on dance floors worldwide in the shape of 'Deaddial'. Next we have the cavernous subs and ethereal pads of ‘Revolution’ which both agree is one of their favourite works. ‘Phantom 2018’ reworks the timeless classic ‘Phantom Force’ into a new blend of dance floor destruction as those thumping tones and crashing beats are once again sparked into life for a quirkier yet equally devastating interpretation. Finally, what would 2018 be without a mammoth dub-tinged amen workout from the duo, unlike no other in ‘Small World’.
Limited repress of Digital & Spirit's 'Revolution EP' Pt 1 & 2
Digital & Spirit return to Phantom Audio once more with one of their most heavyweight selections of recent times. Two bonafide classics in their own right, Digital’s ‘Deadline’ and Spirit's ‘Redial’, have come together to once more wreak havoc on dance floors worldwide in the shape of 'Deaddial'. Next we have the cavernous subs and ethereal pads of ‘Revolution’ which both agree is one of their favourite works. ‘Phantom 2018’ reworks the timeless classic ‘Phantom Force’ into a new blend of dance floor destruction as those thumping tones and crashing beats are once again sparked into life for a quirkier yet equally devastating interpretation. Finally, what would 2018 be without a mammoth dub-tinged amen workout from the duo, unlike no other in ‘Small World’.
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