With Dub Phizix and Skittles fast, tribal d&b rhythm ‘I’m a Creator‘ having just dropped on wax yesterday, Exit Records have today released a video to accompany the single. Created by a company called Born Yesterday, futuristic, minority report style visuals of some deep dark tune lab skip in and out of frame in time [...]
With his debut album Machines coming on Critical on the 12th November, the Russian heavyweight of all things bass is set to cement his mark on a d&b scene that he’s taken by storm with his gut wrenching steppers over the past few years. From the beautiful and serene to the all out warfare inducing, [...]
Gottwood festival, which you might have read our review of here, had a pretty ill lineup. Across the spectrum of electronic music there was a fair bit of variety to be heard. One artist who wasn’t on the lineup though, was the vocalist/producer behind one of our albums of the year, Skittles, who’s Mancunian twist [...]
Manchester vocalist Fox has been blessing a fair few tracks recently with his Ragga twang, something influenced by being raised in Jamaica. From the hard, amen led sound of Shackles with Spectrasoul, to the sharper, more minimal sound of Never Been with Dub Phizix, his names synonymous with good quality collaborations and heavy vocals. With [...]
Mikal- Headbanger/The Chant: After some weighty releases on Headz, Mikal has become to craft out his hard, gritty sound in anticipation of his forthcoming album. This time releasing on Utopia music, he comes with two gully tracks that further cement his place as one of d&b’s hottest new talents. Headbanger starts off proceedings with dark [...]
Mancunian Skittles really grabbed our attention a few months ago with the release of his single ‘Dot2Dot’. A dark, grimey track, it looks at the murkier elements of city life in Manchester and his role in the scene, effortlessly merging Hip Hop elements with live percussion that obviously stems from a mind outside the largely [...]
D&B’s firing as per and we can barely keep up at the minute, but here’s our quick pick of the latest and greatest wax on (or just coming onto) the market. Critical- Sequence One Ep: Always ones to put their fans first, Critical come with a massive Christmas cracker of an EP full to bursting [...]
Manchester’s Dub Phizix has come a long way since his first forays into making d&b music at the turn of the millennium. He’s played all over the place and collaborated with d&b’s elite (like Marcus Intalex, Loxy, Stray and Skeptical), bringing his dark, minimal and somewhat aggressive sound, along with a love of crisps and [...]
I should probably emphasise that this week, none of this is actually in my bag because I’m poor, but it’s what should be in yours (meaning those of you with money). Also, special mention to the test pressing of Ulterior Motive’s Featherweight VIP which was released on a super limited Subtitles 10″ test pressing, which [...]
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