Octane & DLR are a production duo originally out of Leeds who combine funk and groove with pure bassweight filthyness for some of the most original tracks to grace d&b since they blew up onto the scene just a few years ago. Having been introduced to us through Ant Tc1′s label Dispatch, a label and [...]
Italian born Dabs has been associated with one highly acclaimed d&b label Dispatch for a while now, and March sees the release of his Ep, Subsidiary, on that very label. The first artist Ep on Dispatch, it sees Dabs further forge his dark, techy dance floor sound through a collab with Amoss, Stendhai and a [...]
Technicolour & Komatic- We Were Always One/The Glow: Fresh off the back of one of my favourite 12s of recent times, Centrifuge/Winter Rose on Spearhead Records, Technicolour is joined by long time collaborator, Komatic, for their second SGN LTD release. We Were always One on the A side kicks things off with a bang, with [...]
Ant TC1 is not only the label manager of d&b label ‘Dispatch Recordings’, a label that’s been around over ten years, but is gaining a lot of momentum within drum and bass recently, having released their first album (Transit One) and built a healthy family of forward thinking, technically excellent artists, but also a producer [...]
From co founding Composite Records, to holding down slots on numerous pirate radio stations (including Flex Fm), to releasing tunes on a number of high quality labels including Renegade Hardware and Dispatch, EBK is a true promoter, purveyor and creator of d&b. Over ten years of releases speaks for itself and his last two, Mud [...]
Marcus Intalex- 21 LP: The long awaited debut album from Marcus Intalex is finally here! Released on his own Soul:R label (in partnership with ST: Files), the vinyl versions 6 tracks spread across three twelves, with two tracks where Intalex goes solo (Hot Hands) and collabs with Spy, Calibre, Lynx and Danny Fierce. The two [...]
FD- Stack/Sent Down (Feat Script): Critical’s Modulations imprint delivers the goods yet again with their fifth 10″ offering. After releasing on labels such as Headz and Critical previously, FD’s not a new kid on the block any more, and it really shows in these two dance floor bangers. Stack’s got an eerie, futuristic vibe due [...]
Our tune of the week this week’s just been uploaded to the internet by Octane & DLR, and is a techy monster of a d&b track. Leeds based Octane & DLR have been on fire recently, storming to the forefront of d&b along side a whole load of artists Dispatch are pushing forward with an [...]
Welcome to the first of our weekly ‘New in the Bag’ features. It’s basically a weekly spot light of what vinyl’s we’re feeling, whether they be newly released or stuff we’ve gone back to. For places to pick them up, we recommend Chemical Records, Juno, Kaizen, BM Soho, Redeye Records, Suspect Packages, Intense Records and [...]
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