In 2019 Arma started his ‘Edits’ series which soon whipped up some traction over the pandemic as he added more and more flips to the series. In Spring of this year Arma dropped Vol. 3 on Bandcamp which featured the familiar sounds of French Montana’s ‘Shot Caller’ as made popular in the UK underground by Jammz & Jack Dat after it became one of the most played instrumentals in Grime sets and live shows throughout the scene over the past two years. Arma has applied his Funky and Jersey panache to give it a further revamp on his ‘If Its Nice Flip It Twice VIP’ which we simply couldn’t turn down despite not seeing the original.

Arma, the 27 year old producer based in London started producing and DJ’ing in 2009 which is clear to hear in the quality of his output and the labels he’s released on. Taking a mass of inspiration from late 90s House, R&B and Hip Hop for sampling, combined with his influence from key pioneers in Bass music, Redlight, My Nu Leng, Notion and Jamz Supernova it’s no surprise to learn his release on Redlight’s Lobster Boy imprint in 2019 was his best accolade to date. 2015 saw ‘Vex’ picked up by Monki for Fabriclive 81 and an appearance on LA based label Juke Bounce Werk further bolstered his reputation seeing him pick up shows across the UK. From club level at the likes of Soup Kitchen (Manchester) to festival level at the likes of Southbeats (Kent) before the challenge of COVID shackled the music industry and its habitants in 2020. When most struggled for inspiration and productivity Arma embraced the challenge with a string of self releases taking advantage of Bandcamp’s focus on supporting artists via ‘Bandcamp Days’ throughout the pandemic building up his discography with high calibre originals and edits which he’s now reaping the rewards seeing Notion getting behind this release in particular at a variety of club shows and festivals alike, as well as his latest mix for Dummy Magazine.

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Arma - Shot Calla (If It's Nice Flip It Twice VIP) [Free DL]

Credits to the original artists - Hamdi, Logan, Prizma & Jon E Clayface. And of course the label 1Forty for providing these acapellas.

Mastered by Zonna

Hamdi X Logan - Bun Dem Down (Oldboy Edit)

This is the new breaks tune made by myself🙌🏼

Go listen and let me know ur reaction!

Enjoy 💭💿


Covered by: @mishawaifu

Pull Up The Breaks

Samba X Chokez - Ghastly (Calm Stiege Funky Edit)

ALWAYS BE THIS WAY

Buy/Stream: https://linktr.ee/mk3dubz 

Danny Rankin and DJ Motu, aka MK3 DUBZ, present their debut release: Brakes EP. Following on from a series of bootlegs — which have received major support from some of the underground scene's frontrunners — this two-track EP provides the perfect taster to the MK3 DUBZ sound.

The title track ‘Brakes’ is a bass-heavy sound system killer that’s rich with modern clarity from today’s production, as well as a nod to the 90’s. Meanwhile, the gritty broken beat Grime cut ‘Ignition Riddim’ is an MC’s dream instrumental.

MK3 DUBZ - Brakes EP (preview)

We’re kicking off 2025 at the label with one of our most ambitious EP’s to date. 6 intelligently crafted and forward thinking tracks spanning multiple genres & flavours brought to you by Bristol based artist NothingNice, with a very special featured track from Londons finest, Duppy.

Pre-Order Available Now: https://sakuraselections.bandcamp.com/album/sak005

Full Release = 22/01/2025

Pre-Order

SAK005 - NothingNice (Clips)

Breach - Jack (Raybee x Leks Refix)

Be sure to go and give @leks a follow - downlaod gate wouldn't allow multiple accounts!

Raybee x Leks - Jack (Free Download)

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Babaloo

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]

"One of the most consistent curator channels in modern broken and bass music" (Juno Download)

Articulate Sound are a midlands based, digital label that are at the forefront of the UK underground bass scene. Set out to give undiscovered, upcoming artists a platform and foundation to showcase their talent, and to look for individual styles and sounds you won’t hear anywhere else. Articulate specialise in UK Bass, UK Funky and Breaks however covering all spectrums of the scene, from Bassline to Grime they have it covered.

Founded in 2015 as a promotional Soundcloud channel, they then went on to release a succession of free compilations, featuring artists from all over the world such as Landis LaPace and Cellardore to name a few. In the closing months of 2016, they then took it a step further and released a huge joint collaboration with renowned promoter, distributor and publisher Pack London. Although only being a free channel, Articulate Sounds releases have received support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Rinse, Represent and Radar amongst many others.

Along with releasing over 140 tracks for over 70 different artists, Articulate Sound have now also launched their own events, showcasing their extensive roster and some of the best upcoming artists in the underground scene, with TC4, Darkzy and Murder He Wrote headlining thus far.

In 2017, Articulate grew even stronger, hitting number 1 in the UKG and Breakbeat charts with their debut official release by Daze Prism, receiving support from the likes of My Nu Leng, DJ EJ and many others and even getting called “one of the most consistent curator channels in modern broken and bass music” by Juno Download. Articulate then went onto hit number 1 again for Doc Zee’s debut release “Feel Free”, which has since been featured in the likes of DJMag and Dummy. Finishing off 2017 Articulate released their final EP of the year titled “PINK GUN” by Ivo and went onto be called “One of our standout labels of 2017 for a top draw project” by Juno Download themselves. 2018 has been no calmer for Articulate, already releasing Spectrum’s debut single “Resonate” in January aswell as having releases lined up for the next 12 months that are sure to cook up a storm, it’s fair to say Articulate are not a label to sleep on.

To submit a demo please email - articulatesound@gmail.com
(Private Soundcloud links only please)

(Owner/Manager)
Ross Forshaw - @r_k_n
Personal Email: Arcanemusic0@gmail.com

(Co-Owner)
Alister McKendrick - @alimck
Personal Email:  alister@mckendrick.eu

Marimba Mag: @marimbauk
Blacklisted Network: @blacklisted-media

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