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As they gear up to celebrate 20 years of riotous marauding, the Dub Pistols are prepping their seventh as-yet-untitled album in 2017 and there’ll be a documentary about the band dropping at some point in the year, too. And they’ll be out on the road, as usual, of course — the hardest working band in showbiz.

A kinda 21st century equivalent of 2-Tone acts The Specials or The Beat, the Dub Pistols are the quintessential festival band. Coming over a bit like if King Tubby and The Skatalites bumped into Terry Hall at a Goldie gig, the Dubs have reached their two decade milestone with a lot of ups and downs along the way. 

They’ve worked with vocal legends like Rodney P, Busta Rhymes, Gregory Isaacs, Terry Hall, Lindy Layton, Akala and Horace Andy, while the band’s mainstays are fiercely loyal and dedicated. An unorthodox collective of musicians who each have their own personal interests and solo projects, when they come together to form the Dub Pistols some dubwise magic happens.

The rhythm section of Jack (drums) and Dave (bass) are granite-solid, and guitarist Andreas (or sometimes the rock & roll stand-in, Johnny Rockstar) provides all sorts of licks and skanking chords to nice up the dance. The brass section is on fire, and rapper Seanie Tee brings the mic skills to complement main man Barry Ashworth perfectly. They’re a proper gang of outlaws, rebels with a cause, renegade outsiders who know how to bring the good times. If you haven’t seen the Pistols yet
Barry might be the heart, face and mouth of the Dubs, but they are still very much a band — as tight as fuck, and yet able to cut loose to rock venues to the core. Tracks like epic drum & bass cut ‘Gunshot’, ska ditty ’Problem Is’, early beat-freak single ‘Cyclone’ and singalong anthem ‘Mucky Weekend’ have become firm fan favourites, and onstage see the band getting deep, down and dirty. With a nod to their ska influence, and the fact that Terry Hall was an honorary Dub Pistol for a few years, they still do a lively version of ‘Gangsters’ - The Specials’ first ever single. But otherwise it’s all their own work — the back catalogue is rich in flavas.

“The next album is actually a bit more chilled-out than the last two,” says Barry. “It’s still a classic Dub Pistols album, but ‘Return Of The Pistoleros’ and ‘Worshipping The Dollar’ were more club-orientated — leaning more towards peak-time bangers. This album is a bit more relaxed, with a smoked-out reggae vibe — although there are still a couple of bangers on there.”

The guests on the next album read like a who’s who of conscious styles. Dancehall dons Beenie Man and Cutty Ranks, reggae singer Earl16, young hip-hop act Too Many T's, seminal MCs Navigator and the Ragga Twins, and long-time collaborator Lindy Layton (and dope rapper Genesis Elijah??) all bring their unique talents. Some of these will be appearing with the Dubs live over the coming year as the band present a history lesson in all the different bases they’ve covered over the past two decades. With added bass!

Band members may have come and gone, but the progression of the core of the band is constant. “It’s never like everyone leaves at once,” says Barry. “People’s priorities change: they get married or have kids and the lifestyle isn't for them anymore, so they leave — but luckily not all at the same time. So someone new comes in, and suddenly it feels like a new band.”

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Due to the huge number of demos we are receiving we have updated our submission process.

Please send any tracks via A PRIVATE SOUNDCLOUD LINK SET TO DOWNLOAD (DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS) that you would like to submit to either Perfecto Records or Perfecto Fluoro to: 


demos [at] perfectorecords [dot] com. 


We accept demos accross all genres from Progressive and Big Room House to Breaks and Psy/Goa Trance.

Please only send music that you would like to and are able to release. DO NOT send bootlegs, remixes or promos. These will be deleted from this address. We receive a huge number of demos so are unable to reply to everyone. If we like what we hear we will be in touch, but please be patient, it could take a couple of weeks!!

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Sola Rosa, the long-running project of New Zealand producer Andrew Spraggon, has never lacked stylistic ambition. Over the past two decades, he's taken an omnivorous approach to genre—soul, R&B, funk, jazz, hip-hop, and the occasional nod to pop—all filtered through a lens that favours polish and warmth over flash. It’s music that feels lived-in rather than lab-engineered.

Since winning Best Electronic Release at the 2001 NZ Music Awards for Solarized, Spraggon has quietly built an international rep. There’ve been remixes from Tall Black Guy, Hermitude and DJ Vadim; sets at Secret Garden Party and Green Man; praise from Rolling Stone, Mojo, and more. Yet he remains a bit of a secret—an underground mainstay rather than a household name.

The 2020 LP Chasing The Sun marked a return after five years and proved there was still plenty left in the tank. Now, 25 years into the Sola Rosa journey, comes New Tomorrows: a taut, considered EP that feels less like a statement and more like a bridge between chapters. The collaborators remain—singers, writers, players from both sides of the Tasman—but there’s a quiet sense of closure. A drawing of breath before something sharper.
That “something” is already coming: a new album lands later this year, with Spraggon stepping further into the foreground. Watch this space.

check my websites - http://www.djjunk.co.uk   and  http://bboytracks.com and http://disco-edits.com/

B-boy since 1984 / Graffiti artist since 1984 / DJ since 1988 / Producer since 1992 / member of Second To None b-boy crew.  

Vinyl collector and breakbeat looper, I make b-boy tunes using rare dope breaks and other madness. I make remixes and mash-ups. My productions are on a b-boy tip / mash-up / remix / breakbeat / disco edits / old skool jungle / rave . 


Long profile- 


Produces music and D.J. under the alias of 'D.J. Junk'.

DJ and Producer based in the UK. Dj-ing since 1988 and producing since 1992. Started producing rave / jungle 12"'s in 1992 and released a series of white labels called 'Junk 001', 002, 003 and so on up to volume 12. Also distributed a series of rave mix tapes starting in 1991 known as 'Junk Hardcore'.

In 1994 produced a series of house / hard house 12"s under the artist name of 'Blister Sisters' and ran the house label called 'Completely Suitable' , this ran from 1994 to 1997 and had 14 releases, some of these were white labels.

In the early 90's produced a series of tapes called 'Breakbeat Mix' , these were mixes of hip hop breakbeats and other samples , produced on a sampler rather than turntables they were like very long tracks rather than dj mixes.

In 1996 the best parts of the 'Breakbeat Mixes' were compiled on a vinyl album called ‘Breaker Breaks Volume One’. This album also had sections of film samples and hip hop noises for scratch DJ’s.

The label this was released on was known as ‘Second To None’ which was the B-Boy crew of which DJ Junk was a member and so used that name for the new label. The ‘Breaker Breaks’ albums were followed with other volumes to reach volume 6.

The ‘Second To None’ label which was ran by DJ Junk also had other releases – ‘B-Boy Anthems Vol 1-6’ , ‘Weapons Of Mass Deckstruction Vol 1-4’, ‘Prone Breaks’, ‘Ultimate B-Boy Funk’ , ‘Trouble With Funk’ plus several other LP’s and 12”’s.

DJ Junk has had tracks on other labels too, ‘Ministry Of Sound’ , ‘MZEE’, ‘Bomb’ , ‘Pepper’, ‘Mo Wax’, ‘Ozone’, 'Telstar', 'Spandangle Selection' , 'NMRK' . 'MPS', 'Vinyl Fanatiks', 'Funkin' Pussy', 'Meditator Music', ‘Rave Radio’
Since 1992 has released 71 vinyl releases under various names / genres and labels.

DJ Junk today has the websites www.bboytracks.com  /  www.disco-edits.com and bandcamp page https://dj-junk.bandcamp.com/ and produces disco edits , b-boy tracks and rave / jungle.

DJ Junk has also D.J.ed all over the UK and Europe since the early 1990's and regularly plays at b-boy events such as the dirty 30's at UK B-Boy Championships and IBE Holland, Breaking Convention, Vile Style in Bournemouth, Breakfest, plus many clubs.

DJ Junk has played at rave/jungle events – Calling The Hardcore , Remixed, WDA ,Up The Anti plus others and played at various soul / disco events and has done regular shows or guest slots on -
https://onlyoldskoolradio.com/  , https://www.influxradio.co.uk/ , https://www.stateoftheartradio.co.uk/ , https://alphawaveradio.co.uk/  , https://www.unknown.fm/ . http://www.voicefmradio.co.uk/ , https://www.wearehotradio.com/ , https://air1072.com/ , https://rokagrooveradio.wixsite.com/rokagrooveradio  , http://traxfm.org/ , http://ww3.doseradio.co.uk/ 


DJ Junk's dj style - avoids the obvious tunes that everyone plays and goes for those unknown, under-rated gems with a few classics thrown in.

Specialty genres -
B-Boy Breaks / Funk / B-Boy tracks,
Old Skool Hip Hop (80's),
Disco / Soul / Boogie / Disco Edits
Early 90's Techno / House / Jungle

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