Counter Intelligence, one of my favorite labels of all time... and this is a stunning release. As usual.

http://7evenrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/makoto-different-rhythm-what-do-you-want

Artist: MAKOTO
- Different Rhythm
- What Do You Want
Cat # : 7EVEN22

Out now in all good record shops. Vinyl and digital release.

Mastered and cutted by Shawn Joseph and Jacko Adams @ Optimum Mastering – Bristol UK

With a musical career including album and single releases on LTJ Bukem’s legendary Good Looking Records imprint, Creative Source, Eastside Records, Innerground Records as well as his own label Human Elements, and musical collaborations with producers such as Zinc, A-Sides, DJ Marky, Greg Packer, vocalists Deeizm or MC Conrad to name but a few, Makoto is a leading figure of the underground scene in Japan and has gone on to be one of the most highly respected artists in the Drum & Bass genre, pushing his unique blend of fast breaks and soul drenched music to every corner of the globe as both a DJ and a producer.

Makoto released his highly acclaimed ‘Souled Out’ album at the end of 2011 on Human Elements. The album features many talented vocalists and session musicians and explores various tempos, breakbeats and musical worlds. ‘Souled Out’ is a culmination of the breadth of experience and talent Makoto brings to each track which credits his name. With his first 12” on 7even Recordings, Makoto opens again new musical perspectives, infusing the Amen Break to a 135bpm flex on ‘Different Rhythm’ and his unique soulful treatment to the massive ‘What Do You Want’. 

http://www.7evenrecordings.com


MAKOTO - What Do You Want (clip)

Another set of debuts for the label, CI007 brings you German funkster Martsman and renegade beatmaster turned rockstar Cartridge from Canada…

Side I. Cartridge – Just Let Go

The enfant terrible of the drum'n'bass scene, Scott Koladich a.k.a. Cartridge, would have been a glamrocker had he lived before his time. He steps up to the plate with the masterful 'Just Let Go', which was produced 5 years ago according to Scott himself. 

The tune has everything befitting a future (timeless) classic: a hypnotizing vocal hookline,  a tough rolling B-boy breakbeat workout and a throbbing pulsating bassline propelling the tune ever forward into the breakdown where layers of trance-inspired pads introduce the second coming and together with the unrelenting vocal line lift the tune to it's climactic apotheosis.

Cartridge has officially quit Drum & Bass, as Scott has claimed several times over the last few years, but his gems keep (re)surfacing so you never know what to expect in the future.

DJ support: Alley Cat, Breakage, Brett Offshore, Code, DJ Trax, Equinox, ESB, Fanu, Fractional, Fracture & Neptune, Loxy & Ink, Martsman, Martyn, Nucleus, Resound, Rohan, Selector Moldy, Infuse, Stunna, Rosco and John Doe. 

[CI007] Cartridge - Just Let Go

Both Dissident and Fracture & Neptune stand for the deeper sounds on CI008. This single is a tribute to Certificate 18, on which it could have been released if this label was still around today. Sadly it’s not, so it’s up to others to put the deeper side of drum’n’bass on the market these days. We're all up for that, so look no further! 

Side C. Dissident – Nothing Outside Nothing / Blind Viewer

Dissident is the production name of Russian based Stanislaw Sevostyanikhin. Residing in St.Petersburg on the shore of the Baltic Sea, he has spent the last eleven years slicing beats, sampling street and industrial sounds and perfecting his unique sound. 

Dissident is one of those talented artists with a shocking lack of releases, so we decided we would give him an extra push, and let him deliver a high quality double A-side.  
'Nothing Outside Nothing' comes at you with rolling beats and percussion, layered with Russian chanting and ethnic instruments, delivering blows with its massive neurofunk basslines: certainly exploring new terrain for the label. 
'Blind Viewer' is something you’ll have to hear for yourselves: a future funk slice of half-tempo atmospheric glitch-step.

DJ support: Alley Cat, Breakage, Brett Offshore, Code, DJ Trax, Equinox, ESB, Fanu, Fractional, Fracture & Neptune, Icicle & Switch, Martsman, Nucleus, Paul Reset, Resound, Rohan, Selector Moldy, Senses, Infuse, Stunna, Rosco and John Doe.

[CI008] Dissident - Nothing Outside Nothing

Digital exclusive. 
Free when the LP album bundle (4x12") is bought on the CI Webshop (see buy link or go to http://shop.counterintelligence.nl)

Written & Produced by Thomas Fleischer.
Mastered by Robert Macciochi.
Artwork & design by franje design: www.franjedesign.nl

Distributed by Counter Intelligence & The Long Tail
Counter Intelligence Recordings is part of the Off Centre Music Group
© Off Centre Music

Cycom - M Theory - [CILP002X1] - 2013

Digital exclusive. 
Free when the LP album bundle (4x12") is bought on the CI Webshop (see buy link or go to http://shop.counterintelligence.nl)

Written & Produced by Alexey Sobolev, Stephan Smirnov and Marat Shibaev.
Mastered by Robert Macciochi.
Artwork & design by franje design: www.franjedesign.nl

Distributed by Counter Intelligence & The Long Tail
Counter Intelligence Recordings is part of the Off Centre Music Group
© Off Centre Music

Despot And Martin Schulte - Stone Roses - [CILP002X4] - 2013

Release: Beatport exclusive 4th June

Vinyl + other digital - 11th June.

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Various Artists - Deep Dubstep Compilation
 
CD Compilation + Digital Download
 
Absys Limited
 
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with : adi_sharma | Barefoot Music | EloMethod• & slovar | Es.tereo&Marlyn | Hidden Element | 
 
LeStR | LM1 | Minor Rain | Nuage | Physical illusion | RedRabbit | [sub] // SyncopathicRecs; 

Absys Records Limited sublabel shows up again, now with this "Deep Dubstep Compilation". Twelve tracks, most of them in 140 bpm tempo, are brought to our attention by various artists from all around the world, many of whom previously contributed their work to the label with great outcome. As Absys had proven before, quality is constant, but each single track differs in atmosphere, as the range of influences is very wide. We are cruising from dark and brooding concerns in "Inhale" and to the lighter touch of summer in Barefoot's "Sundance", ethnic elements in "Unsafe Operations" are moving towards some catchy vocals and stabs in LeStR "Vapour", sense of ethereal feeling of "Queen of Heaven" to overwhelming power of doubt in Nuage's "Let me Believe" – it is all here. Those twelve diverse works available on CD and digital in all respected stores, so do not hesitate and grab yourself a copy ! 
 

More info soon !
 

More Info Soon!

Sub - 5th Hero (Absys Records)

Counter Intelligence is a music label based out of Tilburg - the Netherlands. "Counter Intelligence is all about bringing musical diversity into drum&bass", says John Doe, the label owner, "The sound of the label is breakbeat-oriented with influences ranging from atmospherics to electro, ragga to techno. All keeping the dancefloor in mind but not avoiding experimentation".
  Labels that have been an inspiration are Certificate 18, Droppin Science, Partisan and Reinforced, all putting out excellent quality musical drum&bass.
  
  Counter Intelligence aims to push exciting new talent and lets established producers do something fresh and different on the label.

[CI007] Cartridge - Just Let Go

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