Extent Recordings have been a formidable force on the DNB scene for a good while, gaining plenty of respect over the years and with releases of this quality its easy to see why. Harking back to the old school yet keeping the formula up to date throughout – Featuring tracks from Stranjah, Gold, Darkhalf, Gappa G,, Centrik, The Last Hero and Beat 70, Terminus and Sub:Stance, this is not a release for DNB heads to sleep on. Click below to preview and buy.
artwork by Jacopo Rosati
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Tracklisting:
Why – Emmerson & Klauser
Deeper – Heavy Hearts
Pencil Pimp – Sepalcure
Rainfall (Bugz Dirty Bruk Down Mix) – Nitin Sawhney feat. Rodney P
Waiting On You – Rekchampa
Stolen Dog (Ollie Macfarlane Remix) – Burial
This Much – XXX
Trap Door – Zomby
Twin Towers – Hatcha vs Kromestar
Shadows On The Wall – Silent Dust feat. MC DRS
Renegade Snares (Footwork Edit) – Phillip D Kick
Blind Soul- Blu Mar Ten feat. Stray
Green Blue – Author ft. Ben Glass
Cold Blooded – Kryptic Minds & Youngsta
Power Decline – UNLTD
Around Driouch – Akkacher
Discreet Dub – Calibre
Lament – Phaeleh (DJ Madd RMX)
Escape Myself – Answer Code Request
Sleepless – Flume ft. Anthony For Cleopatra
Fally Rankin – Johnny Osbourne (VIVEK RMX)
Cinemtaics – Quantax
Birds – Truth ft. Dutty Ranks
Dark Jazz – DFRNT (DJ Madd RMX)
Babylon – Juju VS Gregory Isaac
Recolo I – Tallan
Meet Emmerson & Klauser, one of South America’s hottest Bass Music duos. Coming from Venezuela and Chile, these two DJ/Producers began their partnership in early 2011 at Santiago de Chile’s legendary Rewind parties.
United in their common love for huge subs and tropical rhythms, they’ve collaborated on original tracks and remixes, generating lots of buzz and serious dancefloor pressure all the way from Soundcloud to huge parties across South America, the US, and Europe.
More amazing freeness of a tropical nature. Why does anyone even buy music anymore? Check it out and get the zip file here.
Silent Dust is the project of UK duo Dan Blishen (originally from Manchester) and Andy Hobbs (hailing from Kent), who produced Drum & Bass together for years under the respective monikers Zyon Base and Hobzee.
Their self-titled debut, ‘Silent Dust,’ brings their signature D&B sound into a different light, drawing from a wide range of influences – ambient, drum & bass, garage, dub, breakbeat and soundtracks. The result is a collection of deep, bass-laden productions that sound like absolutely nothing else, filled with lush arrangements, an array of found sounds (‘footsteps, vinyl crackle, sellotape stretching’), cinematic vocal samples and glitchy, idiosyncratic drum programming. Though it’s driven by experimentation, this is a D&B record at heart: even the ambient tracks were written at 160-170 BPM.
We are well impressed by this debut. Personal favourites are ‘A Million Words’ and ‘Shadows On The Wall’, which features in this weeks podcast. Check previews of all the tracks below, then click a link to buy.
Mp3 Release
http://boomkat.com/downloads/463374-…st-silent-dust
http://www.beatport.com/release/silent-dust/829146
http://www.junodownload.com/products…st/1856436-02/
http://soundium.net/artist/9061/sile…lent-dust/?g=9
CD Release (includes Marcus Intalex, Calibre & Om Unit remixes)
http://redeyerecords.co.uk/asp/view_…t.asp?id=26273
http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/Silent+Dust/
http://www.chemical-records.co.uk/sc…Track=NSYCD001
For those a bit pushed in the run up to christmas, here’s 2 free Mp3’s from the duo – Just follow the links and instructions to download.
Nicki Minaj – Your Love (Silent Dust Remix) http://beatplexity.com/mix/?id=16092
Silent Dust – Winter Song (Original) http://www.factmag.com/2011/10/17/silent-dust-winter-song/
Enjoy!!
Om Unit is one of those prolific producers that has his fingers in pies everywhere. This series of free downloads under the Blade-Runner inspired moniker Philip D Kick re-visits classic Jungle tracks and gives them a Juke/Footwork makeover. Seeing as both Jungle and Drum & Bass are bass heavy club genres with syncopated beats and 160bpm (or thereabouts) tempos it seemed natural to blend them together. The results are staggering. Volume 3 was the final in the series, completed last month. Download all 3 volumes here.
VOLUME 1 (DOWNLOAD)
VOLUME 2 (DOWNLOAD)
VOLUME 3 (DOWNLOAD)
We’re big fans of the Mindset Records camp, not least playing lots of their cuts on our radio show. Their latest release sees a 3 track debut from Troy Gunner. Instantly adding himself to the rich and infectious melodies present in the back catalogue, this teenage producer keeps you on your toes with each track. While the melodies carry you along the sonic manipulation keeps your ears alert. Rhythmic 2-step, atmospheric pads and rolling progression make this release really stand out, Dancing In The Leaves is a personal favourite but have a listen, make up your own mind and enjoy. Cop the release on 5th December.
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