@dromek lays down a frantic, perc laden footwork jam.

ANY BPM Vol. 1

DROMEK - Meddley

Moresounds - Show Your Respect / Forward (APHALTD003)
Vinyl / Digital 
OUT NOW >>> https://sq.lnk.to/APHALTD003DD

It’s always a pleasure to have Moresounds on Astrophonica. He’s one of the artists that really helped develop the sound and direction of the label. His style is so unique - he’s one of the few artists that I can immediately identify from a couple of seconds of music. These two tracks are no exception to that. Two absolute classic Moresounds style Dub heavy spaced out rhythm tracks. Full of life and character and just, well… immediately Moresounds. 

Show Your Respect is homage to the Dub originators - full of live FX swells and delay throws on top of a driving, drippy bass and drum groove. The story continues with Forward which is a much more sporadic and spaced out journey into the deeper realms of stripped back bass heavy 170 music.

Show Your Respect

Moresounds - Show Your Respect / Forward (APHALTD003)

ARMADA SOUNDS is the given name to a series of compilations presented by the booking agency and record label BLDSMX. This series was founded in early 2020, with the purpose of interacting with artists who are within the international underground music scene, which are joined by a deep and universal web of soundscapes and connections. This project is a product generated through effort and dedication to the bass music scene, and the avant-garde electronic sounds in the constantly evolving and hybridizing rhythms of 140-170 BPMs such as Juke/Footwork, Dubstep, D&B, Jungle, Halftime, and more
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This project was born from the thirst of creators, DJs and producers Alan Flores ‘Vinil Motion’, Pil ‘Deeplinkin’, and most recent addition to the crew Felipe Jardel ‘Aiokai’, with the devotion and passion for low frequencies, repetitive drums, half times and the energetic rhythms mentioned. This great collaboration within the BLDSMX team has, as a purpose, connecting with the inmost parts of listeners and producers alike, to make this deep and universal web as tangible as possible

ARMADASOUNDS 002

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SPB12044 - Istari Lasterfahrer: Realitality EP - Dubcore Volume 23

A1 - A Way She Want
A2 - Brain Tuning
B1 - Keep It Real
B2 - Fuck The Computer

Third 12inch four tracker on Dubcore by Istari Lasterfahrer. This was supposed to dive deep into rub-a-dub basslines and comes out with a wide selection of styles. `A Way She Want` kicks in with dancehall selection breaks and ping-pong percussions. `Brain Tuning` follows a more rave stabbing path. `Keep It Real` stomping up juke and jungle riddims in a trance mantra and `Fuck The Computer` ends up the plate with some 150 bpm hardcore jungle.

release on 29.7.2021 on 300 copies on vinyl
mastering and cut by lxc
runs at 45 rpm

SPB12045 - Istari - Lasterfahrer - Dubcore - Vol - 23

NÜ PREMIERE :  Yerba Terps - Ego Check (INTRINZIC)

Zubz / Tread Show 21
The one and only Zubz hops pon the decks today for a top tier rinse out. High energy mixing throughout with plenty of surprises thrown in for good measure. 
Her happy and enthusiastic energy shines through with this mix, making for a great mix to listen to whilst your going about your day.

She discusses her favourite labels/promoters, as well as the reasons why she’s one to watch in Tread Topics providing us with a sneak of insight into her mind. This one is filled with curve balls and brilliant doubles so we hope you enjoy!

Find Us on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/tread.official_/

Guests Socials:
https://www.instagram.com/zubz.newman/?hl=en

Tune in every TUESDAY for new episodes, travelling through all types of genres.
#tread #treadshow

Zubz - Tread Show 21

@truskauk … watch for more from him this year! Big.

Truska - Rush

EARTHBASE03
ES.TEREO
RA

12" VINYL / DOWNLOAD: 
bit.ly/EARTHBASE03_BC

A1. Ultimas Breath
A2. Temple of Ra
B1. Ancestral Path
B2. Flying Disc

Release Date: 25th October 2019 // Limited Edition 12” Vinyl & Download

File Under: Electronic, 160, Bass, Footwork, Drum & Bass, Jungle

www.cosmicbridgerecs.com

We welcome for our final release of 2019, Germany’s very own Max Hock aka Es.tereo. This, our third release on our ‘Earthbase’ series, sees Max arrive with an already solid pedigree of output via such labels such as the now defunct but seminal Hidden Hawaii imprint, as well as German modern dnb staples such as Absys Records and Urban Poetry. His perhaps most notable previous work is arguably his ‘Theme’ project (via Samurai Music) which saw universal praise from the leftfield dnb scene and beyond , taking the landscape of dub techno atmospherics into a whole exciting new format of 170bpm-led excursions, when most people where hypnotised by minimalist sub-lead dread.

‘Ra’ Sees Max taking on a whole new level of sonic architecture, with dense and complex arrangements that almost lean into modern experimental breakbeats, remaining coherent enough for dancers at your local jungle rave. The levels are however undeniable, this is modern atmospheric jungle taken to a different level altogether.

‘This EP was conceived whilst focusing on different energies and the translation of mixing those energies into soundscapes. Ultima’s Breath was the beginning and is the centre of the EP. It´s the ultimate Unification/Union of those energies I feel that came out of that process. All the other pieces came with the flow subsequently and I decided to explore the different vibrations and facets which lead to this similar feeling. I feel the result is this balance of 4 expressions of this energy.’ 
- Es.tereo

The EP Sets the scene with ‘Ultima’s Breath’ a frantic but atmospheric breakbeat meditation that opens the doorway to new levels of breakbeat layering that might excite fans of skee mask, square pusher and remarc alike, moving swiftly into the heavy hitter ‘Temple Of Ra’, a half-stepping but still energetic sound-system staple, coming with a kind of tribal slow/fast style but taking the idea to a whole new level of intricacy, whilst maintaining a concrete backbeat that DJ’s can be sure to be drawing for years to come. the B-side opens with a complex tech-stepping dnb roller in the form of ‘Ancestral’ wherein The Alternating breaks provide grounding for yet another complex landscape of percussion and brush strokes of reverb and melody that orbit around the core gracefully. The EP closes with ‘Flying Disc’ - a Frantic medley of minimalist percussive motions that seem to levitate above a dominating saturated sub-bass line that will test any decent system to it’s limits.

‘RA’ is the ideal blend of dancefloor and headphones that we feel we have been honing with our output at Cosmic Bridge, and we are happy to be a part of what may be the evolution of a dnb artist about to potentially transcend the genre itself.

This is put simply, fresh as fuck.

Ancestral Path

Om Unit steps into 2020 with ‘Submerged’, a six-track EP comprised of varied uptempo grooves, which in his own way defy categorisation once again. The EP draws influence from various aspects of the techno landscape as much as borrowing from tropes of previous work including his trademark use of space, rhythmic tension and sub-heavy hypnotic bass melodies. A record that showcases further diversity and sonic innovation within the realm of what has been coined ‘160’, a loose term to describe a movement which he himself has helped to pioneer since the early 2010’s.

Submerged opens with the electro-inspired ‘Patterning’, which takes as much influence from Detroit as from the rhythmic structure of jungle and broken beat, drawing a parallel between these forms in a similar fashion to artists such as deep blue or even 4 hero might have in the 90’s but with an upfront broken structure that might even be described as ‘retro-futurist’ in it’s electro sensibilities. ‘A Groove’ comes next leaning fully into a 4 x 4 foundation, with classic Juke-style construction, paying respect to modern funk in the process with it’s classic Roland pads and sun-drenched synth lead line whilst borrowing a jungle break here and there not in a dissimilar fashion to his work as ‘Philip D Kick’. Side A closes with ‘Vertigo’ which takes us in to a minimal eyes-down realm with a hypnotic vocal sample and a half-stepping percussive structure all supported by a seriously low sub-rhythm. Not one for the feint-hearted selector. Side B opens with ‘Runes’ which invokes a sense of nostalgia back to his work on ‘threads’ with gently rolling percussion and bass lines that support a synth landscape that invoke the a sense of the other-worldly dance-floor. Next up it’s ‘Long Summer’ a grounded and percussive Jazzy workout not that dissimilar to tracks from 2019’s ‘Violet’ EP, taking influence from Bukem’s classic ambient jungle of the 90’s but with his own unmistakable half-stepping ‘slow-fast’ groove. The record closes with ‘Peninsula’ which again whilst not being dissimilar to the work of ‘Violet’ this time takes the 160 realm into to a slow-mo 4/4 groove heavily inspired by the masters of dub techno, backed up with a classic syncopated breakbeat in classic Om Unit style.

This EP is another chapter in Om Unit’s work around the 160bpm realm, taking complete ownership of his process and leaning away from the confines of genre once again, expressing ideas that whilst lean heavily into known places make connections that some might not at first easily perceive. 
credits
releases January 31, 2020

Artwork by Oliver Yorke
Mastered by Bob Macc at Subvert Central Mastering
Vinyl Cut my Lewis Hopkin at Star Delta Mastering

Patterning

Om Unit - Patterning

Today's premiere comes from Sun People who brings us a storming new cut from their brand new EP on Leipzig experimental imprint Defrostatica. Driving 4x4 kicks and an array of skittering percussion power the tune along with dark bass vibrations and floaty high end all adding to the sense of high energy hypnosis. Wicked vibe! Look for this one coming Dec 18th on vinyl and digital...

Buy → https://sunpeople.bandcamp.com/album/the-walls-ep

Sun People:
Facebook → https://facebook.com/music.sunpeople
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/simon-off
Twitter → https://twitter.com/simon_off

Defrostatica:
Facebook → https://facebook.com/defrostatica
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/defrostatica
Twitter → https://twitter.com/defrostatica

The Walls EP / DICA015

Sun People - Like You Do [Premiere]

Independent label based in Mexico City and the web world wide, mainly focusing on bass & rave music within 140-170 BPM

Rainforest - Abstractions

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