this whole ep is a madness mate. Appreciate the selections!

Sam Binga x Foreign Concept - BAMF

Artist: Low End Activist
Title: Hostile Utopia
Label: Sneaker Social Club
Cat No: SNKRLP009
Release Date: 14th June

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.

Mastered by Beau Thomas
Collage by Clayton Burke
Design by DR.ME

DFRNT STYLE Ft  Killa P

Coming correct with a strain of UK informed club music shot through a US prism, Patrick Brian makes his first appearance on Sneaker Social Club with six beats that show how much space for exploration there still is within the Hardcore continuum.

Transmitting out of LA and bringing some undeniable West Coast influence to his productions, Brian breaks a momentary hiatus after a knockout run of singles on Plastician’s Terrorhythm label circa 2014-15 and occasional stealth drops on the likes of White Peach.

From the covert creep of ‘Flooring It’ to the tense pressure of ‘Cry-Baby’, the square wave bass flex of ‘Giant’ to string-stab drama of ‘Ill Wishes’, Brian’s sound is razor-sharp and loaded with detail. Crucially, the productions are agile and weighted and certified by DJ Oblig who’s caned them regularly on his Rinse FM shows.

Sounding distinct from the OG London sound while still nailing the fundamentals, Brian’s generous drop for Sneaker Social is a must for anyone devoted to the progression of Grime and Drill.

Patrick Brian - Flooring It

Contekk w/ Patrice - 17th October 2022 - 1020 Radio

New version of an old tune. This one a slight bit more mental. If i speak I am in big trouble

STR8 WAR 2 [The Special One VIP]

After a long wait, Vol. 3 of my edits is outtt nowwww :)

These edits are all tracks I love that have seldom/never been remixed before.

Download: https://sempra.bandcamp.com/album/edits-volume-3

Enjoy xx
credits

Edits Volume 3

M.I.C - Fan Service (edit)

GD4YARSD
EL-B & KARMA vs SP:MC & CIMM
SOUTH LONDON vs NORTH LONDON

VINYL - GD4YA.BANDCAMP.COM

SP:MC - Science In The Sound

DLX.
Skkrrrrrrttttt.
Featuring Sir Hiss. https://soundcloud.com/sirhissbristol
Part of the Character Select mix series from Lifted Icons.
Cop the new EP, Tavern on the Docks, from Sir Hiss now: https://ampl.ink/tavern

Yoko Shimomura, Isao Abe, Syun Nishigaki - Blanka's Theme [CPS-1]
Akala - Roll With Us (Dexplicit Remix)
Spooky - Brazilian Carnival
Sir Hiss - Set Speed
INVT - Dame Tu Cosita
Rareman - Power Ballad
Kahn & Neek - Rally feat. Riko Dan, Killa P, Irah, Long Range & Armour
Yuzo Koshiro - Never Return Alive
DJ Conflict - Gun Dance
SPD - Off Course
Footsie - Congo
Joker - The Boss!
Treble Clef - Grimey Bluesy
Mr Keaz - Swift
Benga - Untitled
DJ Q - Sonic (MJK Bootleg)
Bianca Oblivion x ONHELL - Sinais
Yuzo Koshiro - Attack the Barbarian
Gatekeeper & Kid Kut - Code Red
Geeneus - Shocka
Roxy - Morse Code
NSUS - Test Drive
Truant - I Come From London Edit
Sub Basics - London
Skee Mask - Dub 58
Yuzo Koshiro - Go Straight
Dexplicit & P Jam - Untitled
Fungi - Chargé VS Magrao
Spooky - Amazona
Sir Hiss - Shower Man Time
Mez x Skream & Scratchclart - X Rated
Locked Club - Doschitai
Rustie - Tempered
Terror Danjah - Zumpi Hunter (Swindle Remix)
Cesco - Move Too Slow (Sir Hiss Remix)
Amy Kisnorbo - Slap
Jakes - Untitled
Takjacob - Parasite
Lemzly Dale - U Don't Have 2 Wait

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DLX by Sir Hiss

[N-T01] Nightmare Dub (out now)

rip from the Swamp 81 show on Rinse FM with Loefah

Vinyl pre-order: https://www.coldcutshotwax.uk/products/pete-cannon-patrice-butterfly

Digital: https://swamp81.kudosrecords.co.uk/release/swampx2digi/pete-cannon-patrice-butterfly-feat-snowy

Pete Cannon & Patrice- Butterfly (OUT NOW ON SWAMP 81)

This is an old track from around 2015 - 2016

Rinsed by Jackdat and some other DJs at the time. 

Available on Bandcamp

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Contekk w/ Patrice - 17th October 2022 - 1020 Radio

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