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Critical Music is proud to present ‘Countdown’, the fourth solo album from one of drum & bass music’s true doyens, Enei.

A master of every style and strain of the D&B template - from energetic jump-up and silky smooth liquid, to skull-smashing darkness - Enei’s vast talent and hard-grafted skills have placed the Russian-born producer among the genre’s greatest exponents.

Countdown’ sees Enei bringing vocalists onto seven of the album’s 11 tracks, adding a warmer and more human touch, a natural progression as he becomes ever more rooted in the UK’s multicultural D&B community, while still being the same artist behind some of the hardest and most punishing drum & bass in recent years.  

Opener ‘Runaway With You’ sets the tone, presenting a moody liquid roller gilded with deft technical touches and the rich vocals of Cameron Hayes, before the lively, jazzy bounce of ‘Message’ featuring Sparkz lifts the energy in preparation for lead single ‘Black Bear’ to unleash its croaking, Belgian style jump-up pressure.

The vocals don’t stop coming; legendary London MC Killa P takes to the high-pressure ‘Nobody Else’, Bristol’s Eva Lazarus brings her soulful reggae inflections to ‘Set It Off’ and regular Critical contributor Verbz offers up his laidback bars across ‘Answers’.

The fantastically weird ‘Cartier’ punctuates proceedings with a pure instrumental work out that demonstrates Enei’s outrageous sound design skills, before the delicately drifting ‘Be The One’ brings more vocals from KLO in a link-up with Critical label boss and regular collaborator, Kasra.

‘Checks Up’ alongside Limmz reduces the tempo for the album’s sole non-D&B excursion, delivering a shaking breakbeat backbone for the young MC’s grime tinted bars. All that remains is for closing track ‘Axis’ to take things back to the raw fundamentals with a bubbling, percussive roller that leaves you hungry for even more.

Almost twenty years on since his debut release, and almost fifteen since exclusively signing for Critical Music, ‘Countdown’ is a bold proclamation that Enei’s enthusiasm for his art, and the art form itself, storms forward unabated.

Enei & Kasra - Be The One (Feat. KLŌ)

Enei - Nobody Else (Feat. Killa P)

Enei - Axis

Enei - Checks Up (Feat. Limmz)

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Revan is back, contributing to the Transparent Audio 5 Years VA Part 2 with a cut throat remix of 'Mad Ting' by Dava.

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Transparent Audio continues to celebrate five years with the second instalment of its anniversary project. 5 Years of Transparent Audio 'Part 2' highlights the labels vast back catalogue reimagined by the vision of some of the most respected and forward-looking names in Drum & Bass. 

Each remix pays homage to the original while pushing it even further, showcasing the evolution of the Transparent sound and the incredible talent that surrounds it.

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Acris - Thunder (Circumference Remix)

Elephants are among the world’s most iconic animals, yet they are facing a steady decline. Habitat loss, human–wildlife conflict, and especially poaching for ivory continue to threaten both African and Asian elephant populations. As keystone species, elephants shape their ecosystems—creating water access, dispersing seeds, and maintaining healthy forests and savannas. Losing them would have profound ecological consequences. Protecting elephants means protecting entire landscapes, and acting now is essential to ensure these magnificent animals have a future in the wild. 

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The Yamatai avengers have assembled. Leks, Speaker Louis, R3IDY and Chamba combined forces over a weekend to forge Yamatai Records' first writers camp release. After a weekend of laughs, beer and pizza followed by further amendments and collaboration they can finally present their joint two track single Late Night Antics and Jungle Survival!

These two tracks have been getting some serious testing by the whole Yamatai crew and we’ve heard nothing but good things.

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Speaker Louis & R3IDY - Jungle Survival

Prod. MORTE

Throw that shit back
Throw that shit back
Watch how I get My lick back when I spit facts
Whiplash ole Miss running on syntax error, got all of her thoughts all mismatched
You know that I got a mouth on Me; when I speak I disrupt fallacies, from the Deep South
Niggas wanna catch the fade with Me, get bitch slapped
If I set the stage I give em gift rap, addressing the tit for tat with riff raff
With a twist of the handlebar mustache, like jib jab
Terrified that they let the Beast Out, Hear Me out…
Walked right out of Hell, then left the Devil feeling atrophied, I said bitch better put down them Big Macs
And that’s on big fax, I’m UNC now, make necks snap
(Bitch what?)
Counting sheep, lambs breath, I got Salarymen questioning their very own mortality
Alleviate the mass Karōshi, slit the wrists of the sycophants, Poor Dad Rich Dad…
Bridge the gap, I’m the catalyst for the Calvary through this here formality
Holy Countenance, don’t look Me in the eye if you seek to deny My soul’s alchemy
Asking for representation, counterbalancing the net neutrality, they even shunned Galileo Galilei
I sit pridefully here in the Ring of Fire, knowing the 915 will go to bat for Me if I have to leave
Burn this whole muthafucka down, if a nigga wanna try to run track on Me
Live close to Yeshua, I speak to Him privately there on My balcony, nigga

I get all of the answers that I need for the flock, I Am the Shepard for all of humanity
Even Magdalene smiled at Me, happy that I keep coming back on the battlefield
You niggas are soft as baby shit, no soul-litigating a 92 years old all for an oxtail soup, here I clean up the casualties

Each lifetime I’m shown is a fuckin tragedy
They ask why I stay high, cus I Heard the whole town spoke real passively, lil ignoramuses…
CIA ask for a friend, I break through cybersecurity maladies, and maybe that’s word to McAfee,
(cus I gotta switch up the modality)
Can’t force a compliance with that wooden paneling
Put a bounty on him, but the hitman had to respect God’s boundaries, now they can only watch Me from the gallery, still life, but a life worth imagining…
In life I’ve met one masterpiece, her choir practice like diamond embezzling
Lanai paradise, only if corporate America
Is willing to put a motherfuckin crown on Me
No true Kings of Philanthropy, just entropy
Billions planned to misappropriate, and a million parents with mouths to feed,
Electronic Benefit Transfers getting cancelled, single Mom’s pampered, yet mass consumption a cancer.
Go on throw that shit back, you're a dancer! I thank you!

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