Off the back of the label's most successful funky release this year 'Pressure Dip' (taken from 1FFNG006) DJ Ayy Den & Murder He Wrote went away and cooked up a VIP, taking its original underlying weighty bassline and spicing it up with a 09' Funky House influenced string melody with some extra low-end tweaks for good measure.

DJ Ayy Den’s journey began in Canada. Growing up surrounded by a healthy mix of hip-hop, reggae, dancehall and soul music. These early influences combined with the fresh UK sounds of Funky, Garage, and Dubstep making their way across the ocean led to Ayy Den's move from avid listener to radio host, DJ, and promoter - co-hosting intimate after-hours shows for a wide selection of international acts passing through British Columbia. Now based in Manchester, UK her eclectic bass-led DJ Sets taking in Jersey Club, Funky and beyond are rapidly gaining plaudits, already featuring in Trench and The Face Magazine and on some of the UK’s best radio stations including Rinse FM, NTS, SWU and Reprezent.

Blending elements of Broken Beat, UK Garage, Soca and House into his own off-kilter take on bass music, Murder He Wrote’s playful productions and edits have been destroying clubs worldwide. Originally breaking out via a flurry of releases on the Roska Kicks & Snares imprint, MHW’s tracks have gained heavy support from a diverse range of dance music's most respected tastemakers including Mary Anne Hobbs, DJ EZ, Gilles Peterson, Redlight and Jamz Supernova. Working across 3 decks, his eclectic, low-end focused DJ sets have seen him land guest mixes on BBC Radio 1, Boiler Room, NTS, Rinse FM and BBC 6Music - alongside a touring schedule that’s taken in clubs and festivals around the world including Fabric, Ministry Of Sound and Outlook.

Highlights of a busy 2019 include a Boiler Room debut, a production on Fox’s debut album ‘Juice Flow’ on Swing Ting (one of Mixmag’s albums of the year), the heavily supported single ‘Worthwhile’ ft. Logan making the A-List on Rinse FM and Spotify’s 'New Music Friday’, and DJ sets across Europe, North America and Australia. 2020 saw the release of two collaborations with UK Funky legend Roska, official remixes for Afro B, T-Pain, Zed Bias and Children Of Zeus plus an eclectic run of singles on MHW’s own Rhythm Athletic imprint - amassing over a half a million Spotify streams and support across BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra, NTS and 6Music.

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DJ Ayy Den x Murder He Wrote - Pressure Dip VIP [Free DL]

The Leeds VA project. 

Coming from our inception back in 2021 in our home of Leeds we set about creating a community in which we could share, promote, and appreciate the amazing talent and culture that is in the city. A year down the line we have been fortunate to reach an opportunity where we can start promoting this music even further... The first instalment of The Leeds VA project showcases a glimpse of the underground electronic music scene in Leeds, offering a tasty assortment of UKG, Breaks, and all else that your heart desires (or doesn't).

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Hyphen hitting us with a two-for-one free download...

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BO' SELECTA (feat. The97Renn) (prod. Klein)

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Next up in our free download series we have two lads bringing the UK Funky sound from Brighton going under the name of Retrospect. This one titled 'Chop Sticks' is certain to shut down any dance floor, expect big things from these two in the future! 

Support on this one includes My Nu Leng, Distro & Murder He Wrote to name a few.

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Retrospect - Chop Sticks [FREE DOWNLOAD]

The latest Free Download comes from Fork and Knife who comes with a genre-binding single entitled ‘Real Monsters’.

It’s not hard to see why his sound is so original with 10 years of production under his belt. The producer based in North East London has carved out a sound that pays homage to the underground scenes that have shaped him as a person over the past decade. More recently spreading his wings into Grime and Garage he’s applied techniques from producing different genres over the years with the result being unique structures with injections of sharp sound design using square wave basses and a frantic selection of drums.

Having being named ‘One to Watch’ by The Guardian he’s gathered quite a bit of attention since, with support from Zinc, Murlo, Cable, Target, Spooky, Trends, Boylan and more across the likes of 1Xtra, Radar, Rinse, Reprezent, ModeFM and NTS. Recent releases on In:flux Audio and Raw Tactics have seen him achieve number 1 spots in both Juno’s Bass and Garage charts and a 9/10 review in DJMag respectively ready to prop him up for his debut release on 1Forty.

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Real Monsters

Fork And Knife - Real Monsters [Free DL]

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Hardy Caprio ft. DigDat - Guten Tag (Dom Perignon Edit) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Bristol is and always will be an absolute hot-bed for creativity and evolution within electronic music. The city has always been proud of it's deep musical roots and we are still seeing new stalks and stems flourishing to this day. The range of different labels and artists that have been able to build up loyal fan-bases from their home city is honestly quite outstanding, and always leads to more creativity, especially when we apply it to bass music.

As a label, we feel that Durkle Disco really are one of the leading forces in UK bass music across the board, with their release schedule constantly evolving and moving forward with new themes, constantly skipping a step ahead of the pace the rest of the UK decides to move forward at. Their recent run of releases across the breadth of 2019 has been incredibly impressive, from Logan & Kouslin's super popular funky roller: 'Bad', to the high energy link up of Boa Kusasa & Redders on the lively 'BTTF'.

The next in the their exciting run of releases comes to us from none other than the legendary Riko Dan, who joins forces with the super exciting production skillset Fonzo to deliver one heck of an original entitled 'Bushmaster'. From Fonzo's intensely rhythmic drum slaps to Riko Dan's legendary vocal prowess, this one perfectly summarizes just how much energy you can pack into an original UK funky recording, and it's perfect for adding that touch of spice to any set you touch down on.

We feel this is a perfect way for the Durkle Disco team to round off what has been a very impressive year, dripping with consistency and originality from start to finish. We feel if more labels were to follow Durkle's approach, we could be in for a truly golden generation of bass music here in the UK.

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Fonzo & Riko Dan - Bushmaster [3000 Blog Premiere]

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