I have been searching for this track for YEARS. Incredible

Casting a self-reflexive lens over his roots via the medium of crushing, future-rushing soundsystem sonics, Low End Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a full-length of monumental proportions.

When the Low End Activism 12” ignited on Sneaker in 2019, it paid tribute to the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, UK, where LEA originates from. In the shadow of social inequality and strengthened by the unity of the multi-ethnic community, Blackbird Leys still imposes a powerful influence on LEA’s work, even as he’s stepped out onto Seagrave for last year’s Game Theory album and notched up the first couple of releases on his own self-titled label.

On this new album, Hostile Utopia sums up the conflicting emotions attached to memories of home – how it’s possible to feel nostalgic for the griminess of urban and suburban Britain, its ordinary tales of bitterness and frustration, but also its intrinsic passion and solidarity. At a time when social division is actively engineered by Machiavellian forces, real conviviality at street level feels like an impossible dream.

LEA communicates these tensions through a style which is becoming his signature – dynamic bass torsion and chiseled, fractalised rhythms slugging around the 130 mark. It’s moody like a UK-themed record ought to be, but it’s not morose. There’s fierceness in every snap and rumble, as the legacies of hardcore, jungle, dubstep and grime pour into the casing prior to the gunpowder lighting.

On previous LEA releases, the MC roll call has pointed to some of the most vital voices touching the mic in the present day. Flowdan, Sikka Rymes and Trim all had something different to impart over the riddims, and now Hostile Utopia expands on that with the most extensive show of lyrical strength yet. Mez lights up the woozy, abstract grime swerve of ‘Mercenary’ in a musical style. Emz brings a ruthlessly sharp verbal steez to ‘GetGet’, Killa P gets busy toasting over ‘DFRNT STYLE’ and ‘Superhighway’ carries the dexterous hip-hop flow of Cadence Weapon.

In between those standout tracks, LEA expresses just as much in the production. Tracks brimming with stories to impart, laden with symbols masquerading as samples and draped in aural garb that firmly places Hostile Utopia in a place, a mood, that could only belong to the UK. It’s a hybrid sound just like the society it sprang from, and therein lies its power.

Low End Activist ft.  Emz - Get Get

Red Sky EP

Pearson Sound - Sinkhole

Pre-order: https://specrecords.bandcamp.com/album/carre-tilted-spe-c-015-14

@CARREO, Los Angeles-based co-founder of the underground party @fastatwork shares her inaugural EP on @specrecords. The title-track 'Tilted' is a deep and charming 150 roller, while 'Fainting' presents a warm and dreamy percussive workout.

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Premiere: Carré 'Fainting'

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@ilabrugal unveils her first venture into production with her debut EP on Amygdala, a freshly unveiled imprint from the DJ and producer. 

Brugal delves into uncharted territory on 'TEN', translating her musical explorations into a pair of powerfully compelling tracks. Both tracks embody her response to the impact of recent global conflicts, delivering a potent blend of emotion and innovation.

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Premiere: Ila Brugal 'Airstrike'

Sampling Layo & Bushwacker - Previously unreleased track, as heard on Mixmag and across clubs/festivals. 

Giving this track away for free, enjoy!

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Let the Good Times Roll

Pre-Order - 22nd March
Release - 5th April

@liebusmusic

Liebus had his first release on the Holding Hands Submerged label a couple of years ago now with four killer eyes down cuts and now he’s stepping up on the main label with some serious peak time action.

Every track hits you straight in the chest and should send any hardened dancefloor warrior into fits of gun fingers and stank faces. Believe me, I’ve seen the evidence myself on many occasions when I’ve been testing these out in clubs over the last few years.

Stand back and take notice because Liebus has arrived and he’s taking no prisoners.

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Believe In Records, a division of MixCult Records, presents two broken-beat heavyweights uniting their superpowers to deliver a unique, rhythmic bass sound showcased in this EP.

Drum & Bass legend Electrosoul System draws from his extensive experience in broken-beat music, while Dawn Razor infuses mutant vibes throughout the release.

Rounded out with a remix by the fabulous and talented Kontext, aka Dissident, this four-track EP is a powerful dancefloor weapon, perfect for every part of the night.

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Doomed Stalker

The Great Bounce (Kontext Remix)

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When the feeling comes over you but there is no one you can touch.
I need your love because you are so wonderful
I miss you so much.

A. Client 03 - UR LUV

An old track Pete (Joy) and I did, that never made the cut for Sunklo.

Written, and produced by Boddika & Joy Orbison at 'The Zoo'.

Mixed by Al Green.

Boddika & Joy Orbison - For What....

All tracks written, mixed & recorded at .... 'The Zoo'.
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Boddika & Joy Orbison - For What....

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