AutomAte Tech - Present & Future

Wreckless takes us far out to sea.  A deadly chorus of siren calls enchants us, luring us from our charted course before dashing our vessel against the rocks in a melee of splintered bass. Meanwhile, back in the real world, we come suddenly to our senses as we meet the classroom floor, ending our daydream with a bang.

DJ support from Gremlinz, Nu:Tone, Zero-T, The Risky (Drum & Bass Arena), Arclight, Dominic Ridgway, Neve, Spindall, Fearful, Mauoq and more...

Overload / Remember

Philth & Wreckless - Remember - AM8T004 - OUT NOW

Overload is a shining example of why Philth is a name on everyone’s lips right now. Sit down & pay attention to this masterclass in dancefloor drum & bass as an army of unruly bass instruments fight to the death over a killer rolling groove. Still sitting, taking those notes like a good student?  Thought not.

DJ support from DJ Hype, Dose, Cause4Concern, EBK, Chris SU, NC-17, Fade, The Risky (Drum & Bass Arena), Neve, Concrete, Bad Education, Soul Sinners, Candon Rush, C-Sonix, D.R.O.P.S...

Philth - Overload - AM8T004 - OUT NOW

The Sect and Fortitude feature on our biggest remix project to date. We are proud to present... the Poison remixes!

Beatport - http://btprt.dj/1gyqP5K
Juno - http://bit.ly/18V8TQY
TrackItDown - http://bit.ly/18rP1Ww
iTunes - http://bit.ly/1c74xnl

A masterclass in understated malevolence, Fortitude's cinematic take on 'Poison' is sure to send shudders down spines. Loosening tightly crunched synths with deep rumbling bass and gappy amens, there's an unsettling quality to his version of events – half serene, half deadly. Something dark to see in those cold winter nights.

Poison Remixes

Philth & Wreckless - Poison (Fortitude Remix) - AM8T005 - Out Now!

The Sect and Fortitude feature on our biggest remix project to date. We are proud to present... the Poison remixes!

Kicking off with a stunning edit by drum & bass veterans The Sect, techy vibes roll hard. Rolling deep with a trademark skitterish hi-hat rattle for good measure, there's an almighty clash between heaving, heavyweight bass and soaring orchestral samplings. Watch it transform your set as the perfect closer.

Buy Links:
Beatport - http://btprt.dj/1gyqP5K
Juno - http://bit.ly/18V8TQY
TrackItDown - http://bit.ly/18rP1Ww
iTunes - http://bit.ly/1c74xnl

Philth & Wreckless - Poison (The Sect Remix) - AM8T005 - Out Now!

Neve – man or machine? His genuine love of analogue is foretold in his name, yet his beats scream tight and modern. This is a man who prides himself on staying true to his roots whilst always pushing forward. If you have not yet heard his name, it shall not now be forgot.

Italian stablemate Future Roots shows a very different side to himself here than on his previous AutomAte Deep outing. The link though is clear; a love of the old school and a real desire to wring every last drop of potential from the modern studio.

Oku storms out of the gate with tight beats, dense sub and boundless energy. This is neuro style drum and bass at its dark, dank best. There’s a very real claustrophobia here; a malevolent force trapped, we hope, for all eternity.

Press Release - http://bit.ly/1mXtkT6

Oku / Anaesthetic

Neve & Future Roots - Oku - AM8T006 - Out Now

Neve – man or machine? His genuine love of analogue is foretold in his name, yet his beats scream tight and modern. This is a man who prides himself on staying true to his roots whilst always pushing forward. If you have not yet heard his name, it shall not now be forgot.

Anaesthetic is a close stepper, breathing down our neck, syringe in hand, numbing the pain, leaving us powerless to resist.

Press Release - http://bit.ly/1mXtkT6

Neve - Anaesthetic - AM8T006 - Out Now

A man of more eclectic tastes than one might imagine, Fortitude has found his space in the dark corner where drum & bass meets hardcore. A resident for Therapy Sessions UK and no stranger to mainland Europe, there’s no denying the dent he’s making in the scene.  Similar damage has been done in the studio, with releases on a slew of well-respected hard-edged labels.

Turn Bad is a cast iron slab of dirty, sweaty techstep, aimed square at the hard-rocking dancefloors atop which Fortitude plies his trade.  Backed with a trademark peak-time headbanging remix from one of New Zealand’s finest exports, Dose working alongside the mysterious Dual Focus.

Fortitude - Turn Bad (Dose & Dual Focus Remix) - AM8T007 - Out Now!

Fortitude - Turn Bad - AM8T007 - Out Now!

Inseparable German duo Rune & Kaiza, aka Instinkt, present their AutomAte Tech debut, consisting of two precise, robotic, technoid grooves.

Brainstorm is the more rolling of the two, bringing to mind an android army marching heads-down into a black hole.

Kombat presents a more staccato rhythm, a battle to escape an enemy prison ship, light-years from home.

Rune & Kaiza - Brainstorm - AM8T008 - Out Now

Rune & Kaiza - Kombat - AM8T008 - Out Now

http://soundcloud.com/philth is addicted to music; it is his breath and his lifeblood. A music teacher by day and DJ/producer by night, a more driven man you will not find. The very definition of ‘signature sound’, his heady mix of distorted filth & saturated breakbeats is the fuel behind a meteoric rise, turning the heads of the scene’s top DJs and talent spotters.

As one would expect given the track titles, neither tune beats about the bush.  The menacing, rumbling intro of Destroyer leads directly to philthy overdriven bass rips before dropping into a stomping, claustrophobic rhythm with which even the most nimble of foot will struggle to keep pace.

Genocide presents a slightly friendlier façade for all of 40 seconds before again taking a snarling turn darkwards, this time into a tearing, swaggering stepper. If, as the sample suggests, this is the future of the human race, a stab-proof vest may be a wise investment.

For more information / press pack, contact info@automatednb.co.uk

Supported by Dillinja, Dieselboy, A-Sides, TC, Ray Keith, AK1200, InsideInfo, Stealth, The Sect, Jade, State Of Mind, Basher, Xanadu, DJ E, CZA, Savage Rehab, Mista Noize, Square..... the list goes on.  And on.  This release is getting absolutely battered!

Destroyer / Genocide

Philth - Genocide - AM8T009 - Out Now!

http://soundcloud.com/Philth is addicted to music; it is his breath and his lifeblood. A music teacher by day and DJ/producer by night, a more driven man you will not find. The very definition of ‘signature sound’, his heady mix of distorted filth & saturated breakbeats is the fuel behind a meteoric rise, turning the heads of the scene’s top DJs and talent spotters.

As one would expect given the track titles, neither tune beats about the bush.  The menacing, rumbling intro of Destroyer leads directly to philthy overdriven bass rips before dropping into a stomping, claustrophobic rhythm with which even the most nimble of foot will struggle to keep pace.

Genocide presents a slightly friendlier façade for all of 40 seconds before again taking a snarling turn darkwards, this time into a tearing, swaggering stepper. If, as the sample suggests, this is the future of the human race, a stab-proof vest may be a wise investment.

For more information / press pack, contact info@automatednb.co.uk

Supported by Dillinja, Dieselboy, A-Sides, TC, Ray Keith, AK1200, InsideInfo, Stealth, The Sect, Jade, State Of Mind, Basher, Xanadu, DJ E, CZA, Savage Rehab, Mista Noize, Square..... the list goes on.  And on.  This release is getting absolutely battered!

Philth - Destroyer - AM8T009 - Out Now!

The hasty, pressured vocal snippets of Trojan wind up the tension before storming out of the gate accompanied by tight beats, antagonistic bass slabs and boundless energy. This is one part glitch, one part neuro and one part mechanical stepper; there’s a dank, malevolent force at work here but somehow not taken too seriously.

Trojan / Coriolis

Seppa - Trojan - AM8T010 - Out Now

Coriolis is upbeat yet laid back, weaving its way through a cave system light-years from home, discovering as it goes a myriad of synthetic elements.  A perfect comparison and contrast with the A-side, this track manifests a similar brain in a very different body.

Seppa - Coriolis  - AM8T010 - Out Now

Inseparable German duo Rune & Kaiza, aka Instinkt, deliver a trademark solo effort backed with a collaboration with fellow countrymen Audio Habitat and hot-right-now MC Kryptomedic.

Kabuki is the more rolling of the two.  A precise, robotic technoid groove bringing to mind an android army marching heads-down into a black hole.  There is no escape from the hypnotic rhythm as we are pulled over the event horizon.

Gasket features a veritable German dream-team with the combined musical talents of Instinkt & Audio Habitat and the vocal prowess of Eatbrain’s MC Kryptomedic.  Snarling basses and full-bodied drums underpin Krypto’s relentless social commentary.

Kabuki / Gasket

Audio Habitat & Instinkt Ft. MC Kryptomedic - Gasket - AM8T011 - Out Now

Instinkt - Kabuki - AM8T011 - Out Now

An outrageously gritty, groovy stepper which already has DJ support from Optiv, Chris SU, Amoss, Phil Hustle, Dexta (Diffrent Music), Cursa, Bad Education,Philth and Retraflex.

2012 has seen Fearful gain the support of an impressive list of DJs and, with a number of respected labels now sitting up and taking notice, the boys seem to be manoeuvring into position to take the scene by storm!

Santura / Gorilla

Fearful - Gorilla (AutomAte Tech (AM8T002 - Out Now))

Santura is the sound of Fearful getting out of the wrong side of bed, grumpy and brooding. A bear with a sore head plods determinedly through a forest of chunky drum breaks, wrapped in a duvet of stomach-churning sub-bass before waking up during the breakdown to deliver a tantalisingly glitchy finish.

This track has already caught the ear of Kenny Ken, Optiv, Amoss, Nyx (Renegade Hardware), Dexta (Diffrent Music), Bad Education and Retraflex. 2012 has seen Fearful gain the support of an impressive list of DJs and, with a number of respected labels now sitting up and taking notice, the boys seem to be manoeuvring into position to take the scene by storm!

Santura has been chosen as the theme tune to The Drum And Bass Diaries, an 8-part series of short documentaries created by the crew behind the Genesis events in London and featuring some of the top London heads in the scene. It will be running 8pm every Sunday until the end of 2012 and will remain available afterwards on a dedicated YouTube channel -- http://www.youtube.com/user/thednbdiaries

Fearful - Santura (AutomAte Tech (AM8T002 - Out Now))

Philth is addicted to music; it is his breath and his lifeblood. A music teacher by day and DJ/producer by night, a more driven man you will not find. Teamed up with regular cohort Wreckless, there is a very real emotion and a level of human connection that shines through their particular brand of distorted filth & saturated breakbeats.

Philth & Wreckless - Poison (AutomAte Tech - AM8T003 - Out Now)

Veteran Raiden needs no introduction. Every piece of music he releases bursts at the seams with personality and that most important of ingredients: vibe.  This remix is no exception. Listeners will be hooked by the killer groove and huge 808 sub but it is the layers of subtle detail hidden in the depths that will keep them coming back for more.

EAN/UPC - 5052653608664

Arclight - Pluroform (Raiden Remix) (AutomAte Tech - AM8T003 - Out Now)

AutomAte is a collective formed of:
Deficit (London)
Esion (Bristol)
DX Machina (Bristol)
Nathan E (London)

We share a mutual love of dark, techy drum & bass, although we are involved with a range of other bass-led genres. We DJ and write music individually and together. We run the AutomAte family of digital labels, including AutomAte, AutomAte Deep and AutomAte Tech. AutomAte aims to bring you the best in edgy drum & bass, aimed square at the dancefloor, from rising stars to established artists, from chunky steppers to dark rollers and all manner of other fancy-ticklers. The parent label has already chalked up Radio 1 airplay from Friction, support from Drum & Bass Arena and has caught the attention of more DJs than you could shake a stick-insect at.

The Deep label aims to put the warmth back into drum & bass with a range of deep, eclectic, inspirational music, influenced by anything from the Far East to South America and everything in between. AutomAte Deep was launched in 2013 and has already picked up Radio 1 airplay from Nihal plus support from Raiden, EBK, Morphy, The Untouchables, Mental Forces, J Robinson, Ortokore, Philth, Stunna, Marukomu, Dexta & Mauoq (Diffrent Music).

The Tech label showcases a variety of gritty drum & bass music, from amen tracks and heavy-steppers to neuro and hardcore styles. We like it grimy with a slight attitude problem and an infectious groove. Supporters include DJ Hype, Bailey, Kenny Ken, Dose, Raiden, Nu:Tone, Cause4Concern, EBK, June Miller, Inside Info, Gremlinz, Stranjah, Chris Su, Zero-T, Nyx, Amoss, NC-17, Fade, The Risky (Drum & Bass Arena), Billion (Fathom Audio), Arclight, John Rolodex, Phil Hustle, Hyroglifics, Neve, Concrete, Bad Education, Cursa, AbleDanger, Soul Sinners and more.

Please send tracks & demos to demos@automatednb.co.uk
or drop them in the silo at http://pcl.la/1XJ39Z

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We aim to release a podcast every couple of months, featuring a variety of established and up&coming artists that we find inspiring. The best way to keep up with the podcast is to subscribe, either on iTunes or via our RSS feed - http://automatednb.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

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