Our next venture into the world of Utopia comes with new momentum gained from Elliot Garvey aka Quartz, who has delivered the incredible “Thorns” EP.
Rolling with the punches from his immense Resident Advisor podcast and the successful releases on Metalheadz, Samurai and Rupture, we’re proud to put his next body of work out into the world. This brilliant four-tracker has it all: deep soundscapes, crunchy breakbeats, hypnotic grooves, haunting samples and an intense dose of powerful sub bass weight. Support from: Break, DLR, Djinn, Doc Scott, Double O, Flight, Goldie, Hydro, Loxy, Mantra, Noisia and many more.
Mako: "Quartz is one of those rare producers who can make any genre of music incredibly well. He chose drum and bass and I am thankful he did. I don't hear much I like these days but every tune he sends me I rate in one way or another. These 4 tunes are special though and I’m very lucky to call him a peer, a brother and a Utopia artist."
The first EP to be delivered on the label dubbed «This Must be the Place», is a 4 track melodic delight symbolically featuring some of Redeyes’ closest friends and longtime partners: Lenzman & Monty, with DRS & [ K S R ] on the vocals.
There’s sludge on your shoes. It’s turning them green – who left the tap on? We’re in the basement, and it’s dripping up from the floor – what’s that about? Brightens the place up a bit though.
It’s too wet in here. Let’s take a long, low ride – let the cool air seal the party emulsion across our faces as we roll down the windows to let the smoke out. The street lights flicker across you like an 808. You draw on the bass and breathe out the breaks.
The boot’s full of this sludge. We’re going to have to offload it. There’s no way we’d get it back across the border with our shoes in this state.
Stopped at the lights. Something’s leaking.
A lone searchlight and an ill-advised turn.
The back road dreadnought.
One fly-tipped fridge humming at 62 Hz.
Angles, barbed and brilliant, thrown at the problem.
Everything melts eventually.
This was assembled during days of fever 452 miles from the lush garden, like a misplaced 404 error. Anti-promotion paid for by a penny placed in the mouth of Instagram to ensure safe passage over the false river.
a1. Spice ft Legacy and Tina P
a2. Alt Rocker
b1. SOWAHH
b2. Dog Falls
c1. Milano
c2. MUMbai
d1. Neil Landstrumm & The Goodlife Project - The Truth
This time we have one of the most acclaimed duos in the history of our music, we will all remember that wonderful Golden Age of breakbeat in Andalusia, they are Dj Jams & Jerry Ropero, better known in the Breaks scene as Before or also with their other Aka , B4 Angels Of New House, Supergroove or Groove Masters.
Welcome to the monkey family <3
Without a doubt, this duo left a mark on our hearts with many of their tracks, which became anthems of our scene.
At 13Monkeys Records we have always been committed to spreading music to the greatest number of people so that everyone can enjoy it, we believe that this is what our work consists of and perhaps the edition that we have already launched in transparent purple has been too limited, but still this vinyl will be a more exclusive piece for anyone who owns one of these copies.
We don't stop thinking about it and we have chosen to order some copies again, but we also don't want this to stop being an exclusive and striking product, so we have decided to make a change and order again only 150 copies in a mix of colors (Solid White & Black)
We believe that this is the fairest thing so that all our followers can enjoy this compilation as they have been doing so far with each of our releases.
So if you ran out of your copy….. Now you have the opportunity to get one of these.
Beat Merchants team up with Jungle Soundclash champion and all-round Jungle / D&B legend Kenny Ken again for an extended four track release of their project 'Riddim Up'.
Three brand new mixes of last years dancefloor destroyer, a Reggae mix, a Jungle mix, and a Dub version. Ezy Star's features on all tracks, with his cover of Cornell Campbell’s ‘Boxing Around'. Beat Merchants have been making real waves over the past 18 months, with their authentic mix of dub, reggae, soul & R&B infused with Drum & Bass flavours. Made up of Jubbz (Supply & Demand) and legendary MC Juiceman, who’s been a main stay and D&B and UKG events for the past 20 years. Beat Merchants are on a mission to bring the jungle vibes back to D&B.
Kenny Ken is a man who needs no introduction to those who know their Drum & Bass. Legendary DJ who has been flying the Jungle flag since the early 90s. For years Kenny repped for the Kiss 100 D&B show and has been touring the world bringing his unique Mix’N’Blen to crowds the world over ever since.
The 5th release on Northern Front Records entitled M16 is a four track ep on 180gram vinyl with full artwork by Mark McGuinness. The four tracks on the ep consist of a Double O remix of Conquered History solo efforts by Response (Closer) and Pliskin (White Boy Killer) and a collaboration between Response & Pliskin (M16 Jungle).
a1. Response & Pliskin - Conquered History (Double O Remix)
One of Ireland’s best known drum and bass producers Ricky Force is finally releasing his long awaited debut album on contemporary jungle label Repertoire.