Made available through his Soundcloud & Bandcamp pages, Ghostek offers up this free 3 track EP. Haunting and dark beats a plenty with some great synths and trademark crackles. Absolutely loving this style of 2-step. Not to be missed.
Once again taking the unfamiliar, and unpopular route, Samurai Music / Red Seal has created a vinyl only record series for 2011. With the public’s disposable view of music rapidly increasing as we go further and further into the digital age, Horo want to put value back into their released recordings and in turn reward the people that still pay the most for their music. ‘Horo’ was a cloak attached to the back of armour worn by elite Samurai messengers in wartime. Capturing an elite tsukai-ban messenger wearing a horo was a coveted prize.The ‘Horo’ vinyl series is an exclusive limited edition series that will come as a pre cursor to a release by the same artist on Samurai Music or Samurai Red Seal. Samurai Music began it’s output on 10″ singles that identified us strongly, so we are glad to see the return to the 10″ format for these limited collectors items.
Future music at its very experimental best with these two cuts from Tokyo Prose & FIS
2 free downloads this week, both coming out of the shadows with some deep and creeping soundscapes.
First up is a track put forward as part of the Dispatch Recordings Octane and DLR sample pack competition. 40 samples were offered up for producers to make use of and Method One by Kaiju is a big favourite of us here on the Robot Bodypop.
Next is a track by Dutch duo Mykur and TMSV with Icarus. An exciting collaboration and the track was made available last month. Love this riddim.
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Tracklisting
Headhunter – TZR
Red Ghost – ADP
Tepidus – Perverse
Rhymes Of Jah – A-List
Nameless – N-Killah
Gassin – Commodo & Lurka
Next2Last – eLan
Spread Love – VIVEK
For Real – Komonazmuk
What Else – Kromestar
Void – ADP
Sirens Song – TZR
Dot2Dot – Skittles (Dub Phizix RMX)
Inside Of A Walking Turtle – Mr Projectile
Somebody Said – Jack Dixon
Can’t Sleep (Scuba remix) – Kryptic Minds feat Alys Be
Vibe Decorium – Blawan
The Long Walk South – Wachs Lyrical
Devoted – Eliphino
Hip Love – Falty DL
Keeping The Line Fat – (Planas 2step remix) – Foreign Beggars feat. Graziella
Into You (Funkystepz remix) – Greenmoney feat. Roses Gabor
You Got Me (Blynk remix) – Hectic
I Don’t Need You – The Widdler
Screamer (Planas mix) – Culprit 1
Subterfuge – Seifer & Surgical
All Night – Ruckspin & Fez
Incorporating electronic production along with live instrumentation, Raikes Parade AKA Andy Blundell is a musician & producer residing in Manchester. Working with bands before working on his solo project he’s producing some of the most authentic and organic riddims we’ve heard. Pushing the boundaries of the one-man band this is refreshing, exciting whilst also hard to believe its all coming from a bedroom. Check out his work on Soundcloud, Collaboration Dub with Relic being a favourite over here.
Inspired by the soul and groove vibe found in the 90’s, label Mars hopes to re-establish ‘a sound almost forgotten’ in Drum & Bass. Mars002 comes with Mute and Mako on a double-edged roller. A-side ‘Essential Form’s keeps it bouncy with some smooth vocal stabs whilst the flip ‘Who Knows’ keeps the percussion tight with some punchy beats backed with a soulful energy perfect for the dancefloor.
Also celebrating 2 years in the game, Mako and his label Utopia Music offer up a free D&B stepper. A slice of future beats served up with some crisp drums and a side of twisted funk. Grab this while you can.
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