D&B duo State of Mind have been doing their thing for a few years now, touring all over the world from their New Zealand home and producing tracks with some of the genres biggest artists and for some of it’s biggest labels. There sound is based around the dancefloor, with tech and electro elements combining [...]
New Zealand d&b duo State of Mind have been ploughing their way through the d&b scene with a hard, tech infused sound since their first release on CIA in 2005. With releases since on label pedigree such as Subtitles, Shogun, Uprising, 31 and collabs with Black Sun Empire, they’ve become an established name, one of [...]
Interview and introduction by Victoria Freeth With his debut released on an album that DJ Mag named their 2011 compilation of the year, Benny ‘Bringa’ Griffin has proved he’s got talent. ‘Cemetery’, produced with fellow Brightoner Foreign Concept, for me, encapsulates the deep and dark sound Shogun Audio has made for itself. I caught up [...]
Some have expressed views that the recent Shogun Audio releases have been slightly weak, considering their reputation as one of the most forward thinking, high quality labels in d&b. But the news of a CD compilation and accompanying LP, to celebrate their fiftieth release, is enough to prick up the ears of any head. Released [...]
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 [...]
I stumbled across this one on Soundcloud the other day and it instantly hit me. As a lover of both Hip Hop and D&B, I’m a fan of these techy tunes with dark Hip Hop vocals (think ‘The Cut Deepens‘, ‘Greazy‘, ‘Dark Days‘ and ‘Dreadnaught‘). Relatively unknown d&b producer ‘Cliffhanger‘ comes with absolutely filthy beats, [...]
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