Double trouble on the decks for 90 minutes.

Decoder + Tech Itch Live On Velocity 2-17-00

Here's my mix for September and the trip to Sardinia to my beloved Sun'n'Bass.
I see the intro song Never too Old as a statement and that's why I wanted to start with this song...
Have a good trip and enjoy the mix.
Mad ;)

DJ Mad B September 2024

Hailing from The Netherlands, DJ and Producer Arcturius has been influenced by several pioneers within the Drum & Bass scene, such as Aphrodite and LTJ Bukem.

Within one year of dedication behind the decks, Arcturius has already played at Liquicity Winterfestival, Subquake x Hospitality, the exclusive Curated by Shogun Audio, FIBER and Cheeky Monday, whilst supporting names such as Pendulum, Hybrid Minds, Dimension, Camo & Krooked, Delta Heavy, P Money x Whiney, S.P.Y, Koven and Andromedik.

Arcturius has recently been invited to several international shows, such as BBC Radio 1 with Charlie Tee, Keeno's Bristol Mix Sessions, Drum & Bass Fresh Files at Radio F.R.E.I. and several guest mixes for the Interstellar Audio crew.

With her respectable track selection, surprising music production and versatility, she's been highlighted as “One to watch” in 2024.

Track list - 
1. Arcturius x Ipkiss - ID
2. Skuff - Magic Box
3. Furney - Showdown
4. Calibre - Acrobat
5. Liftin Spirits - Inside Edge
6. Kipsy - Straight Ahead
7. Oversight - Dangerous Love
8. Tom Logic - Too Funky
9. Furney - Decency
10. Arcturius - ID
11. Mako - Embrace Your Enemy
12. DJ Magic Touch - Holla For The Rewind
13. Kipsy - All In
14. DJ Magic Touch - Times Are Rough
15. Zero T - The Technique
16. Arcturius - ID


Arcturius - Full Spectrum Artist Spotlight

Old project I started years ago and never got around to finishing. Hardcore/Jungle dubplate. 

The Dreamer Of Dreams

Shockrave B1

In the words of Metalheadz boss Goldie: "Mikal is the silent assassin of the Headz camp". A quietly studious producer, Mikal's been working away this past year on producing his debut album for the label, which we're all told has now been handed in and is being celebrated in Room Two on Friday night. Called Wilderness there's still very little information about the record out there but we're assured that the album develops on the sounds and themes that Mikal has become known for and it features collaborations with Break, Xtrah, Sophie Barker (Zero 7), RIOT (Buraka Som Sistema) and Chimpo.

"When I signed him, I knew the potential he had in him [and] this album is the full realisation of that potential," Goldie continues. "He's worked very hard at perfecting his craft and I'm very happy to hear it. His inversion of d&b culture has always excited me, the dub element is something that resonates with me as a missing part to the puzzle in the Headz camp."

So with the toast for the record coming up this weekend, we're proud to be able to host Mikal's latest mix. 

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Mikal - FABRICLIVE x Metalheadz Mix (Sept 2015)

London based Philth delivers a mammoth 15 Years of Dispatch mix, ahead of performing at our Redditch tour date next month!

Lining up with a huge lineup featuring Randall, Ant TC1, Survival, Amoss, Denial, MC Fokus & Conrad, he makes the preparations with a 55 track 90 mins mix, pulling from our 15 year back catalogue.

For more Philth music, check out 'The Circle EP' (see buy link)and to catch him performing live, head to The Queen's Head in Redditch next month! 
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Tracklist

1.	Marcus Intalex - Virgo
2.	Zero T - Gift Horse
3.	Need For Mirrors and Kiat - Badfellaz
4.	Halogenix ft Zoe Klink - Take The Lead
5.	Zero T ft Stamina - Rainha
6.	FD - Luisa’s Move
7.	Zero T - Macushla
8.	Artificial Intelligence - Rizon
9.	Philth - Air
10.	Commix ft Steve Spacek - How You Gonna Feel
11.	Philth - Your Love
12.	Commix - Painted Smile
13.	Philth - Your Love (SCAR remix)
14.	Cern - Tiamat VIP
15.	Dabs - Crunchbug
16.	Dabs - Subsidiary
17.	DLR - Los Angeles
18.	DLR - Tugboat
19.	Nymfo - Pitchfork
20.	Survival and Break - Stano
21.	Quadrant, Kid Hops and Iris - Borealis
22.	Halogenix – Up and Down
23.	Survival and Silent Witness - Trust No One
24.	Quadrant and Iris - Genesis Wave
25.	Survival and Silent Witness - Speedball
26.	Amoss - New Jack Swing
27.	Octane and DLR ft Gusto - Gravity
28.	Ed Rush and Optical - Watermelon
29.	DLR and Break - Human Error
30.	Dub Phizix - Shakedown
31.	Philth - The Game VIP
32.	Survival and Silent Witness - The Wall
33.	Sabre and Cern - Pinch Me
34.	DLR - Regeneration
35.	Konflict - Beckoning
36.	Stakka and Skynet - Decoy
37.	Optiv - Waterboard
38.	SCAR - Burnside
39.	DLR, Nymfo, Need For Mirrors, HLZ - Totem
40.	Octane, DLR, Script - Set Up the Set
41.	Philth and Agman Gora - Incantation
42.	Survival - 2133
43.	Bredren and Tom Small - Sixth Sense
44.	Philth and Bredren - Cetacean
45.	Philth and Bredren - Cetacean (Babylon VIP)
46.	FD - Bleak
47.	Philth - Souzou VIP
48.	Skeptical and Dub Phizix - The Enemy
49.	Philth and P.Fine - Greed
50.	Cybotron - Go Dillinja
51.	Xtrah and DLR - Direct Approach
52.	Quadrant, Kid Hops and Iris - Convergence
53.	Philth - Cosmos
54.	Octane and DLR - Back In The Grind (Cern and Dabs remix)
55.	Philth - Yeti

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Upcoming announced 15 Years of Dispatch shows:

25.06.2016 - Auslage, Vienna
www.facebook.com/events/508965525978673/

08.07.2016 - The Queens Head, Redditch
www.facebook.com/events/204421406583684

15.07.2016 - Natural Selection x Exile Soundsystem, New York
www.facebook.com/events/1076862212379147

04.09.2016 - Outlook Festival, Pula
www.facebook.com/events/1697385923827100

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'15 Years of Dispatch Recordings' tee. Black / White designs available here - www.dispatchrecordings.com/product/15-…ch-t-shirt/

Philth page - www.facebook.com/philthdj
Soudncloud @philth

Dispatch Links:
FB - www.facebook.com/dispatchrecordings
Webstore - www.dispatchrecordings.com
Bandcamp - www.dispatchrecordings.bandcamp.com

The Circle EP

Buy 'The Circle EP'

Philth - 15 Years of Dispatch Recordings Mix

Bryan Gee & T.R.A.C. Live at SUNANDBASS 2016

01. L-Side - Its A New World feat. MC Fava (Alibi VIP)
02. Makoto and MC Conrad  - Golden Girl (Juiceman Remix)
03. DJ Patife and Vangeliez - Aint That Bad feat. DRS
04. L-Side - Glass House (feat. Collette Warren)
05. Dr Meaker - Good Fight (feat. Laurent John) (Digital and Dr Meaker Remix )
06. Submorphics - Wheather It Out (feat. Steo)
07. Dj Limited - Love Is Blind
08. Diemantle - Bad Bad Bad
09. Think Tonk  - What A Ting
10. L-Side - Real Friends (feat. MC Fox)
11. L-Side - Holding On (Jungle Mix) (feat. Lady Chann
12. T.R.A.C. - Roots For My Culture (feat. David Boomah and Bladerunner)
13. Nitri  - Mentamorphis (feat. Onalee)
14. Antony Kasper  - Letter Word (Command Strange remix)
15. Calibre  - Broken Wings (feat. DRS)
16. Alibi  - Close To Me
17. DJ Patife and Vangeliez - Unexpected
18. Alibi  - Reizenstein
19. Alibi  - Greenline
20. DJ Patife and Vangeliez - On The Floor
21. Andrezz  - Scrambled Thoughts
22. L -Side - No Sound (feat. DRS)
23. Alibi and Command Strange  - Skyline VIP
24. Alibi  - Overaged (Reverse Mix)
25. DJ SS  - Black
26. DJ SS - MA2
27. DJ SS - Lighter
28. DJ SS - Watch All The People (Tour)
29. DJ SS - Rollidge
30. DJ SS - Hearing Is Beleving 
31. DJ SS - Freak Like Me VIP
32. Dope Dragon  - Dictation
33. Splash  - Babylon VIP (Bladerunner Remix)
34. Alibi  - Knockout
35. Simplification  - Therapy
36. L-Side - Punisher
37. L-Side - Night Prowler (feat. Inja)
38. T.R.A.C. - Late Night Connection (feat. MC Dynamite and Serum)
39. Paul T and Edward Oberon  - Stomp
40. T.R.A.C. - The Avenue (feat. Marc Mac and DJ IQ)

V Recordings Podcast

V Recordings Podcast 061 - Hosted by Bryan Gee

This month for our label mix series, we felt it was only right to let Philth take the lead on this with his album taking the spotlight. He put this mix together to give us a better understanding of his musical journey and a taste of part one of the album. 

Philth: "For this Dispatch label mix I wanted to focus on Part 1 of my album 'Moments in Time' and dig deeper into my history as a drum & bass fan, DJ and producer....
The mix features my LP tracks rolled out with some of my favourite tunes from 2019, but mostly my favourite tunes ever, the music that inspired me to become an artist and has shaped my tastes in the twenty years since I first started collecting vinyl. I've grateful and very happy to work at a label where I can write, play and release music with such a wide range of vibes and influences, and I'm looking forward to presenting Part 2 soon"

Moments In Time LP (Part 1)
• Dispatch store - bit.ly/MomentsInTime-PT1
• Bandcamp - bit.ly/MomentsInTime-PT1-BC
• All other stores - https://fanlink.to/DISPHLP0011

Moments In Time (Part 1)

Moments In The Mix

Moments In Time (Pt.1)

Philth - Moments In The Mix (Part 1) - Dispatch Recordings

Break unleashes another Dusty Demo - quintessential roller 'Bongo Fire (2007)' - forthcoming on his Symmetry Recordings imprint. Get it here: https://fanlink.to/SYMMLP009

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Break - Bongo Fire (2007)

Ant TC1 along with Hidden Agenda founded Dispatch Recordings back in 2001, Ant originally helped out with the management side of the label before finding his feet within the realms of production; which was a natural progression for him having DJ’d on pirate radio and in clubs from the age of 14 (since 1992).  His first release alongside frequent production partner Stress Level appeared on Dispatch after almost 3 years of hard work getting their collective sound where they felt it needed to be before even thinking about turning on a DAT recorder.  After their first release hit the stores they quickly picked up a wealth of DJ support across their early material and went on to release for a who’s who list of established Drum & Bass record labels including the likes of Renegade, CIA, Advanced, Critical Records Integral, Liquid V, Commercial Suicide, Good Looking Records, Bingo Beats and Samurai Music.

By demand remix work started to feature heavily within their output and the duo went on to remix for the likes of Hidden Agenda, Chris SU, Artificial Intelligence, Kabuki, Total Science, Optical & Ryme Time (Jagged Edge), Atlantic Connection, Tactile & DJ Marky.  Branching out and working with other producers such as Survival, DLR & Philth has only furthered experience Ant’s skills at the controls over the years, Ant has also released his own solo material more recently on top of remixing for the likes of Lomax on Integral Records.  In 2014 Ant realised a lifetime ambition, securing his first ever release for the legendary Metalheadz label “Hungry For Atmosphere” alongside Mako, DLR & Villem with further releases for the label and counting going into 2024.

Ant’s production output has featured on a mass of compilations and mix CD’s compiled by the likes of Shy FX, LTJ Bukem, Total Science, AI, Spectrasoul, Klute and Brian G.  Additionally his work has featured very heavily within the radio shows of Friction, Grooverider, Fabio, Goldie, Bailey & Rene LaVice on their respective BBC Radio 1 slots over the years as well as BBC 1Xtra where Ant once hosted his own one-off 4 hour show, he has since additionally made 2 guest DJ appearances for DJ Friction on his Radio 1 show.  His DJ’ing work has seen him play all over the globe from Adelaide to Los Angeles, from Hong Kong to Sarajevo, Vancouver to Bangkok and last but by no means least regularly UK and EU wide. Additionally for the most part of the decade beyond 2010 Ant also worked as the Artist Manager for both Outlook and Dimensions Festival in Croatia, leading up the booking process, budgets and travel aspects for the festival.

Fast forward through to 2024; Ant is now responsible for the lead label management roles of both Metalheadz & Dispatch Recordings and is based in Thailand, with a purpose built studio room recently finished the plan (alongside managing a mass of planned record label releases) is to get back to focusing on writing music more consistently than he ever has previously.

Philth - 15 Years of Dispatch Recordings Mix

Dispatch Recs | Ant TC1