Touching Shoulders w/ WINK

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WINK joins us the first Wednesday of every month bringing an eclectic blend of tech house stompers, garage swingers and funky Latin groovers on both WAVs and wax. Tracks from the likes of Wilfy D, Dauwd and Melchor Rosell. 

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Touching Shoulders w/ WINK - 7th February 2024

Bristol's finest Joe Koshin joins WINK on this month's Touching Shoulders show.

Joes bubbling, chunky house productions have seen releases on Hardline, Alpha's Trip and his very own label Spat Recs. This week he brings to us a tripped out guest mix filled with throbbing basslines, melodic plucks and chopped vocals.

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Touching Shoulders w/ WINK - 6th November 2024

For his last outing before a trip overseas WINK has slotted in a fine tuned mix.

Touching Shoulders w/ WINK - 22nd January 2025

Even if you haven’t heard of Kings of the Rollers before, there’s a good chance you’re at least familiar with its comprising members. Serum, Voltage and Bladerunner are all well-established producers and DJs, known most commonly for making cutting-edge dance music at 170BPM.

Serum and Bladerunner first started working together several years ago, before they realised Voltage also aligned with their artistic visions. With the D&B scene heading in several different directions, the trio found similarities by fusing rolling tracks with classic jungle elements.

Having spent time together in the studio, they first joined to play last year for a set on the internet radio station Rough Tempo. With this receiving praise from the heads who listened, it followed naturally that they started playing more often.

With their next joint UK performance slated in for an appearance at FABRICLIVE on 24th February, they fired us over this pacey mix to show us just why we should all be paying attention to Kings of the Rollers.

Info: bit.ly/KOTR2402

Kings Of The Rollers FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

GLXY have made an impact in drum & bass by mastering one singular sound. Jonathan Campbell and Tom Alston first started making music at the soulful end of the genre during their studies at the University of Leicester, and after a couple of early releases they’d started playing out more regularly too.

More recently their music has been getting played by key liquid players London Elektricity and LSB, and at the end of last year they were signed by the respected imprint Spearhead Records. 

They’ve also made their own regular club appearances at the essential party series Hospitality and their offshoot Med School, while last year they were picked as a hot tip by YouTube behemoths UKF. 

When we got in touch with them to record a mix ahead of their Farringdon debut at Camo & Krooked’s 'Mosaik' launch on 26/05, they went digging through the vaults to compile an hour of sun-drenched drum & bass. 

GLXY play RM1 on 26/05: fabricldn.co/b9ynmn

GLXY FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Ben ‘Benny L’ Love is one of the most promising newcomers in drum & bass, and his recent EP on Metalheadz Platinum has also made him the youngest artist on Goldie’s imprint. The story of how this transpired pretty much reads like a fairy tale in drum & bass folklore. The story begins when the fledgling producer sent his freshly minted track Low Blow to the one of the best respected heads in the game, Randall. The man Randall then dropped it at one of the biggest D&B gatherings in the calendar, Sun & Bass festival, when an excited Goldie jumped on the decks and instigated a rewind for the killer cut. It wasn’t signed right away though, it was when Goldie got hold of a video of the scene after someone had filmed the incident, the Metalheadz don called up Love to sign him for an EP on his offshoot label. It’s the kind of stuff that dreams are made of.

Sonically speaking, Love is probably best known for his use of heavy, dragging basslines and much of his success most definitely has been fostered by support from the number of the scene’s veterans. Early in his career his first tracks were signed by Shimon for Audioporn. Not only has Randall been playing out Love’s production in his but he’s also signed a track to his latest Pieces compilation and more of Love’s material has been heard being played out by Doc Scott and DJ Marky, too. With an appearance from the rising star happening in RM2 on 10th November, we contacted him to deliver a FABRICLIVE Promo Mix to represent his sound. For his mix, he submitted an eclectic mix of tough and upfront drum & bass combining classic rollers and fresh jump-up focussed fully on the dancefloor.

Benny L plays FABRICLIVE on 10/11: fabricldn.co/9kdbwe

Tickets for 10/11

Benny L FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Marky is famously proud of his Brazilian roots, but even without knowing his background you could likely get some idea from the style of drum & bass he plays. Somehow his sound has always channelled the sun of his native South America both in the records he plays and the gems he’s signed to his label Innerground. 

There are a number of other traits that have made Marky’s sets so distinctive, from his infectious charisma, to his inexplicable scratching skills. He’s demonstrated this time and again in Farringdon, with his long-running Marky & Friends night among one of FABRICLIVE’s best-loved residencies. 

This Friday we’re pleased to welcome Marky back after a whole two years, and to mark the occasion we got hold of him for a one-off mix and interview ahead of the weekend. He delivered a mix of typically breezy rollers and told us what we can expect from his extended 2-hour set in just a few days’ time. 

DJ Marky returns to FABRICLIVE this Friday: fabricldn.co/gbs87c

Tickets for 09/02

DJ Marky FABRICLIVE Promo Mix

Searching for Unglued online doesn’t give much away about the young drum & bass artist. What we do know is that he’s the latest signing on the Hospital roster, who last year caught the whole camp’s attention with a bootleg of High Contrast’s classic, 'If We Ever'. He’s since appeared on two of the label’s recent compilations, with debut single 'Chicken in a Spacesuit' lined up to drop next month.

The Brighton-based producer has started playing with some of his formative inspirations since the label got hold of his music, and soon debuts with us for our Hospitality in the Dock after party next weekend. We asked him to introduce himself ahead of the date, so he recorded a mix covering the jungle and drum & bass sounds that have influenced him most.

Unglued plays FABRICLIVE on 30/03: fabricldn.co/udtypf

Touching Shoulders w/ WINK - 7th February 2024

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