Releases

A collection of premieres featured on our platform.

Premieres

If you‘ve been following the sound of neo-grime and wave music for the last couple of years, there has been no way around @eonesoundsuk.
The Brighton-based producer-powerhouse, DJ, lecturer at Point Blank Music School, and all-around top lad has assembled a deeply emotional EP for us, which we are happy to share with you all.
Ranging from 130 to 150bpm, it features 3 tracks, that clearly focus on one thing: to make you feel!

LOVE AFFAIR confronts you with the sense of longing for something quite undefined, but definitely out of reach, bathing the listener in razor-sharp, glacial soundscapes.

SPIRIT sparks that cinder of hope, that’s been inside you all along, but you forgot how to grasp. In an astonishing array of arpeggios, it pushes you forward while simultaneously triggering a familiar melancholy.

LOST is the fastest composition of the bunch, solidifying the foundation that the previous tracks have established.
It features sublime pointers to video game and rave culture while being rhythmically adjacent to UK garage. Faint vocal samples feed into nostalgia, which makes this the perfect round-up for the EP.

PS: It’s okay to cry in the club. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

EONE - Liminal Identity EP

sets of crew members & other artists to watch out for

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We are happy to present another fine release from our beloved friends from Leipzig @Defrostatica Records. This time they are dropping the first stand alone Single from @DjBadshape aka Maria Schwind. Release date is the 14th of January 2022.

Buy the release on Bandcamp: https://djbadshape.bandcamp.com/album/hurrican-kick

@DjBadshape is a multi-talented artist from Leipzig,
Germany, working in the fields of design and music. The singer, producer and DJ debuted on Defrostatica Records in Summer 2021 on the various artist compilation Hybrid Hooks with “I See Red”. Her light-footed and open-minded approach to club music was premiered and reviewed with great praise by Leipzig’s electronic music magazine Frohfroh. In her first own release on the label though she puts a different emphasis. Influenced by gritty personal events @DjBadshape has written two tracks that are on the dark side of two different genres: drum and bass and techno.
Hurrican Kick is a minimal autonomic drum and bass tune carried by
instruction calls from London’s roller skater star Stormskater. Few
percussive elements are floating around a hypnotic kick pattern that soon elevates the dancer in the ‘zone’.

Hurrican Kick

[PREMIERE]  DjBadshape - Hurrican Kick feat. Stormskater (Defrostatica)

Today, we have the honor of premiering yet another release for our friends at @Defrostatica records.
@Greazus return to the Leipzig-based label with a 4 track EP, influenced by UK hardcore, jungle, and electro and with a clear focus on taking raver's hearts by storm.
Or to put it in their own words: "This record is our love-letter to good ole' warehouse rave days. The era that we both think back fondly to, that inspired us, and where we cut our teeth musically."

"WTF" is an absolute belter of a tune, clocking in at 160 bpm, and provides relentless, fierce energy as soon as you hit the play button.
The tangy acid synth and nostalgic sample use in combination with sharp breaks sum up to an incredible production, that will leave no limb unshaken!

Greazus - Phantasia EP

[PREMIERE] Greazus - WTF (Defrostatica)

A key moment in the narrative arc of the album is found in SPIRAL, expressing once again how both power and despair arise from dark places. Apreggiated vocaloids, disspersed and gated, are joined by monstrous midrange bass and heavy drumbeats for the runup to the final gathering before the tension finds release.

skylin - Spiral

You wouldn't really call Kyra a newcomer, although she started DJing only three years ago. But as a music passionist from day one with her father being a musician and audio engineer, she started her musical journey very early. She grew up listening to punk, 90's, experimental sounds, self-recorded tapes as well as soul in her children's room. You would meet her often at underground events in Berlin as a guest but in the last years even more behind the decks. All these influences and events merge into her eclectic DJ sets where her love for bass music meets her enthusiasm for instruments, organic sounds and singing, especially soul and musicals. Over the years she developed an addiction to soundtracks, bass driven music, as well as drums, rhythms, experimental, darker and melodic/harmonic soundscapes.
Always open to explore old and new fields, she is playing genre-fluid and likes mixing different genres together (to push the boundaries of musical limitations (just) a bit more.) As our approach has always been "no genre-boundaries" DARK REAL DARK is very happy to present you her mix for our podcast series, which matches this attitude perfectly.

@towardstolight

Tracklist:

Native Dog & Loud Zoo - Dragon
Shackleton - The Rope Tightens (Badawi Remix)
Shackleton - The Branch Is Weak
Eusebeia - Repose
Lcp - Subverted Center Of Mass
Low End Activist - 19STR8BK
Leese - Sag
Thodén - Silica (+14 Mix)
dybuk - Rogue Souls
diessa - Day After the Last Day
Peverelist - Fundamentals
JV & Palf - En Route
Cooly G - What Airtime
SUCHI - Danshaug
Lobec - Wildstyle
Borai & Denham Audio - Make Me
Low End Activist - Curtain Twitcher
LOIF - Mork
Glimmerman - Cutlass
Kellen303 - Pinehearse
DE-TU - When Will We
Fatima Al Qadiri - Malaak
Ike - Ophanim
Kessler - Moonlight Branches
Thodén - Signal On Baikal
Om Unit - Midnight Oil (feat. Digital)
Moresounds - Flocon (House Of Black Lanterns Remix)
Akrophobia & Binsky - Momentary Feeling Of Flight
Om Unit - Patterning
Moresounds - Blood
Ahmad & Akinsa - Restricted Area
DJ Rashad - Rollin
Eyes Of Others - First And Last (Jon Beige Double Mix)
Ill_K & Owl - Loss Of Gravity
Cedar - VLF
Owl - Landing In The Unknown Area
Owl - Shifting Zone (feat. Clearlight)
Gunston, Es.tereo - Medikahn
Lupo - Gir
Nazar - Retaliation

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Dark Real Dark Podcast #36 - Kyra

https://soundcloud.com/ssaeerah

The Hamburg - Berlin connection is strong at DARK REAL DARK. Not only because many of our members are living in these two cities, but there's also constant interaction and conversations between crews and artists from the German capital and the northern bass hub. 

One of the interesting new faces of Bassmusic there is Sarah Q, who blessed us with a stunning mix for our podcast series.

Music has always fascinated Sarah endlessly - ever since her brain started forming thoughts and maybe even before that. Her first rave experiences were key moments and she immediately knew that she wanted to DJ, but it took some years to move from the dancefloor behind the decks. It all started with her and DJ Babyblade (fka Claud) playing a back-to-back set for the capsule livestream. Shortly after, Freddy Kuno gathered Usus, Selsela, and Sarah Q to form the crew KINETIK SESSIONS. They started throwing small parties at Astrastube and also had slots at Waagenbau and Fusion Festival. In recent months, Sarah represented the crew at renowned clubs like Uebel & Gefährlich, Golden Pudel, and Südpol among others.

Her podcast for DARK REAL DARK features a mixture of deep and dubby afrobeat tunes with a dark tone running through the whole mixtape. Get ready for some future shit from Hamburg!

Dark Real Dark Podcast #37 - sarah q

https://soundcloud.com/tension-music

Through digging the parents‘ Soul and 80‘s Dance Tapes in his childhood, Tension got influenced with music early. By listening to genres like Hip Hop, Metal and later Drum & Bass aswell as House Music, he got enthusiastic about the diversity of electronic music. Those inspirations are defining his musical career, but contributing to his eclecticism in sound.
By gathering experience at clubs and festivals since 2006, he soon got deeper into DJing and producing various electronic sounds. This was followed by several releases amongst labels like Kaputt Musik, Vector Functions and recently Illegal Alien.
Based in his homebase Bielefeld, he took his sound to South Africa in 2013 for a fourteen days tour, followed by gigs at Berlin‘s Kater Holzig, Maria am Ostbahnhof and Tresor. Beside several EP‘s, he released his first self entitled album on his regular, Berlin-based label „Be Sure“.
Relevantly embossed by labels like Basic Channel, Ostgut Ton or Perlon, he situates his sound between the poles of (Dub-)Techno, Electronica and Breakbeat, but with a touch of minimalism which he expresses aswell in his DJ- as in his Livesets.

Tracklist:

Flying Lotus - A Cosmic Drama
Gonjasufi - Ancestors
King Midas Sound - Lost (Flying Lotus Remix)		
Kode 9 & Spaceape - Abeng
Mount Kimbie - Ruby
Shackleton - Hamas Rule
Clue Kid - Evolution
RSD - Pretty Bright Light
Martyn - Vancouver (2562 Dub)
Icicle - Anything
Jack Sparrow - Red Sand
Benga - I Come From London
EL B - Buck & Burry
Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX - NY Is Killing Me
Pinch - Chamber Dub
Jack Sparrow - Good Old Days
B. Bravo - Computa Love

Dark Real Dark Podcast #39 - Tension

"The good people at @DreiGroschenDisko asked me to join one of their events once again. It also marked their very last event at Zukunft am Ostkreuz, as the location has to shut it's doors soon. The event's earnings will be used to help Kino Zukunft open their doors again in a new location.

I opened the 'Garage'-floor with a mixture of jersey & baltimore club music, but also snuck a single grime instrumental into the selection.

Much love to all the dancers and people who shared their kind words with me after the set!"
@65Shapeshifters

65 Shapeshifters @ Drei Groschen Disko (17.06.2023)

@miri-puh

Even as a child, medea mad was playing her cassettes wherever it was possible. 1999 the first encounter with DJ culture happened and the first set of turntables were bought. D’n’B and Break Beats as the foundation, she dove through many different scenes and styles of music. Then life happened and she lost interest in mixing electronic music for a while until 2019. Instagram opened the world of music again and she learned about all the UK Bass Music and Footwork and the  passion for DJing came back. The long lasting Lockdowns gave the opportunity to spend more time on music and now, enjoy what she comes up with.
You can catch her playing DJ sets in Munich on the mighty elemental wave soundsystem and she also runs her own radioshow on Radio 80000.

Dark Real Dark Podcast #40 - medea mad

https://soundcloud.com/jakimuskarac

When it comes to dj's fiercely dancing on stage, we instantly think of fake moves executed mainly for the feeds. But that's not always the case. As with Moska - hailing from the small town of Ljubljana but lately more frequently spotted in Graz and even more in Vienna where she currently resides. Her stage moves are enthusiastically honest, but more importantly she doesn't read the floor, she's a part of it - whether she's doing a head noddin' true school hip hop set, a laid back soul-funk soiree or conducting a serious footwork/bass/ghetto/house club workout. Sometimes she even mixes it all up. 
The bio formalities and impressive references: Moska started actively deejaying around 2015 and since then performed in different countries across Europe (Sweden, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Austria ...), on different festivals and radios such as Elevate festival, Impulstanz festival, Ment festival, Radio FM4, Redlight Radio, Radio Helsinki, Res.Radio, Radio Nula, Radio Študent ... She shared the stage with names like Traxman, K-Lone, DJ Fulltono, DJ Innes, MC Sa-Roc, MC Dynasty, FVLCRVM, The Bug and Miss Red. She used to run a weekly radio show called Mishmash Mo’ on the online Radio Nula and occasionally organizes events with her fellow DJ friends. She's part of not one but three collectives that connect her triangle of home bases: Service (Vienna), Whammy (Graz) and Ghetto Trunk (Ljubljana).
Moska truly and thoroughly embodies the classic dj ethos: peace, unity, love and having fun ... and giving it always 100%! Keep it fresshhh.

Here's what she said about her mix for our podcast series:
It’s a game of tempo 80/160bpm. Doubling, halving, doubling, halving ...
Doubled up, doubled down ... in the mix! It’s a musical romance between genres which are circling around hiphop, starting from the roots and going to the branches. ‘Somebody gonna love you, somebody gonna hate. I will love, I will love, I will love.’ - Seven Davis Jr. feat. Kutmah - Afterlife.

Dark Real Dark Podcast #41 - Moska

The 42nd installment of our podcast series comes from none other than producer, dj, and visual artist @Morganhislop! Morgan has held down radio shows on infamous stations such as Rinse FM, Radar Radio and just closed a four year residency on Reprezent Radio. His vibrant and colourful music is usually paired with his equally bold design and animation work. Remixing everyone from SOPHIE to Rosalia, his club bootlegs and edits have been praised by the likes of VTSS and I. Jordan. His debut album ‚Ghostin‘ Me‘ sent him in a new direction, injecting his club influence into future pop sensibilities and collaborating with vocalists from around the world.

After moving away from radio to focus more on making music this year, he’s been lacking a regular outlet to show what inspires him. In order to catalogue these tracks that accumulated over the summer in one concise mix, he created this bubbly and powerful selection for us. Uplifting and playful like everything he does, it snakes between lofty breaks, melodramatic house and garage. There’s a nod to the late great DJ DEEON (RIP) and a few other surprises thrown in there as well. Sit back, turn up the volume, and reminisce in memories of summer days passed or what it would have felt like, to have an actual summer!

Tracklist: 
Intro - ‘Are You Real?’ - ????
DJ Steve - Voices
Jam City - Be Mine (feat. Aiden)
DJ Delish - Heard About Your Girlfriend
Octave One - Blackwater (feat. Ann Saunderson (128 Strings Mix)
Pretty Girl - Rely (Vodka Lime & Sad Mix)
Baalti - Buttons
Cosmos Midnight - Unwind (Closet Yi Remix)
Kornél Kovacs - Szörp
Planningtorock - Gay Dreams Do Come True (Kiddy Smile Remix)
Jessy Lanza - Don’t Leave Me Now
Mona Yim - Dots Obsession
Lxury - Xtina
Zaida Zane - Do You Miss Me (ZZ Planet Bootleg)
Uffie - First Love 
DJ Deeon - Freak Like Me
seiho - Thru
Antonio - Hyperfunk (Bklava Remix)
Hudson Mohawke - Bicstan
O’Flynn & Frazer Ray - Satyr
Glimji & Bisouxx - Phantom SP
Trekkie Trax Crew - 令和 (Reiwa) (Tomggg Remix)
Dj Delish - Love Ya’
Kota Banks - Eternal Crush

Dark Real Dark Podcast #42 - Morgan Hislop

It’s been a while since the last premiere was featured on our platform, but when our good friend @photomvalian asked us if we’d be interested in sharing one of the tracks of his upcoming mini album ‘Eternal Sunshine’, we knew there would be absolutely no way around it!

‘Cant Stop’ manages to cross the gap between a strong sense of beautiful melancholia and invigorating intensity. A combination of outlying pads and obscure vocal samples levitate throughout the track, being driven forward by a relentless breakbeat pattern. It’s one of those tunes, where it’s up to you, what to use it for. Either closing your eyes, drifting off to your happy place or releasing all that accumulated energy on the dancefloor - the choice is yours.

‘Eternal Sunshine’ will be released on the 18th of December and will be available exclusively on Bandcamp.

Eternal Sunshine

Cant Stop

[PREMIERE] Photom - Cant Stop (self released)

A mysterious crackling noise, dubby, echoed chords, and the foreshadowing of an abysmal bass greet us on "Jigjag", the opening track of the "Along The Years LP" by Leipzig producer Borisson.
With his LP for Boundless Beatz he crafts a musical reflection of becoming part of the drum & bass scene in Leipzig and the evolvement of his passion for this culture. The development of social constructs, the experience of club cultural highlights and the acceptance of musical influences are rounded off in a package that, above all, brings a lot of vibe.
In times when concentration spans and tracks seem to be getting shorter and shorter, Borisson and Boundless Beatz take a different approach and present us music that you can lose yourself in. To create his very own vibe, he uses the full length of the tracks without drifting off into dullness. This is perfectly shown on "Jigjag", one of the slower tracks on the LP.
Dubtechno echoes meet arrangements that are reminiscent of dubstep and downbeats, completely engaging the listener and taking them on a journey. On the 7 minute long ride, you'll always spot new, fitting elements that merge into already known structures and rhythms that will feed your brain and soul.

"Jigjag" will be released on 19 April as a digital download & stream on the Boundless Beatz label.

Presave the LP: push.fm/ps/bb014
You can already buy and stream the Past Glamour Thriving EP: push.fm/ps/bb013

Links
https://boundlessbeatz.bandcamp.com
www.instagram.com/boundlessbeatz
https://soundcloud.com/boundlessbeatz
https://www.instagram.com/borissonscapes
https://soundcloud.com/borissonscapes

Along The Years

[PREMIERE] Borisson - Jigjag [Along The Years I: Belong] (Boundless Beatz)

Founded in 2011, @vinil-motion-1 is the name of a project created by Alan Flores from central Mexico City.
His monthly Motion Soundz Mix Series aimed at generating worldwide interactions and connections within the spheres of 140, 160, and 170bpm club music and even featured some of our releases.
He has collaborated with record labels such as JukeMx, Movelike.co, and currently BLDSMX.
In 2020 he curated the ArmadaSounds x BLDSMx project, which is a compilation of international artists, that are joined by a deep and universal web of soundscapes and musical relations.

The mix starts off with quite a cinematic, encapturing intro, soon to evolve into a storm of percussion.
Clocking in around 140 bpm, it navigates flawlessly through genres such as modern hardcore, ravey breakbeats, grime, electro, and ghetto house.
Expect a carefully arranged, vibrant selection of tracks, guaranteed to spice up your day!

Dark Real Dark Podcast #43 - Vinil Motion

@Defrostatica is delighted to welcome @LaDame1 to the label. The kind polyglot DJ and producer from Belgium, with a vision of music that is centered around global breakbeats, presents four forward-thinking takes on jungle music.

She has crafted her own distinctive approach to jungle drum 'n' bass, combining elements of both slow and fast styles within the genre in a way that is entirely unique. Her drum hits are precisely
and minimalistically arranged, creating a powerful impact in perfect harmony with deep-roaring basses and vibrant, tropical voices. La Dame's conceptual use of animal-sounding samples is based
on the idea that the Bestiary EP depicts creatures that are a mixture of human-cyborg and animal, through electronic music. We can clearly hear the creatures dancing passionately and loudly on the
broken screens of our time.

@The-Untouchables remix of Kinnara, a being half human and half bird, is as heavyweight as you can expect from them and we are over the moon to have the pleasure to premiere it on our platform!

[PREMIERE] La Dame - Kinnara (The Untouchables Remix) (Defrostatica)

Liminal Identity EP

EONE - Lost (Extended Version)

EONE - Spirit (Extended Version)

EONE - Spirit (Radio Edit)

EONE - Love Affair (Extended Version)

EONE - Love Affair (Radio Edit)

@rrrobyn1 mixes up all things 140bpm that got a release on our label in the past years. From the groundbreaking 'Viewpoints' compilation from a few years back to the latest EP from neogrime mastermind @eonesoundsuk

Tracklist:

01 @skylinbeats - Spiral https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/skylin-odyssey
02 @eonesoundsuk -Spirit https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/eone-liminal-identity-ep
03 @skylinbeats - You Know https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/skylin-odyssey
04 @skylinbeats - Reveal https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/skylin-odyssey
05 @sakedubz - Anthracid https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
06 @yoofee - Mintral https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
07 @shu_bln & @otzbass - Wise Up https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
08 @jonkaystep - Dubplate https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
09 @lordjabu - Ganon https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
10 @anewdub - Watching You https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
11 @ceramicss - Scanner https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/album/dark-real-dark-viewpoints-volume-1
12 @Montblanko - Precursa https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/track/montblanko-precursa

rrrobyn - All Dark Real Dark Mix (140BPM Edition)

If you‘ve been following the sound of neo-grime and wave music for the last couple of years, there has been no way around EONE.
The Brighton-based producer-powerhouse, DJ, lecturer at Point Blank Music School, and all-around top lad has assembled a deeply emotional EP for us, which we are happy to share with you all.
Ranging from 130 to 150bpm, it features 3 tracks, that clearly focus on one thing: to make you feel!

LOVE AFFAIR confronts you with the sense of longing for something quite undefined, but definitely out of reach, bathing the listener in razor-sharp, glacial soundscapes.

SPIRIT sparks that cinder of hope, that’s been inside you all along, but you forgot how to grasp. In an astonishing array of arpeggios, it pushes you forward while simultaneously triggering a familiar melancholy.

LOST is the fastest composition of the bunch, solidifying the foundation that the previous tracks have established.
It features sublime pointers to video game and rave culture while being rhythmically adjacent to UK garage. Faint vocal samples feed into nostalgia, which makes this the perfect round-up for the EP.

PS: It’s okay to cry in the club. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise!

DARK REAL DARK
https://darkrealdark.bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/darkrealdark
https://www.instagram.com/darkrealdarkworldwide
EONE:
eonesoundsuk.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/eonesoundsuk
www.instagram.com/eonesoundsuk/

NÜ PREMIERE :  EONE - Lost (Radio Edit) (DARK REAL DARK)

Here's the recording of  @djrobyn 's set at this years Fusion Festival. He played two hours in the morning, so you'll get uplifting bass vibes and smooth jungle tracks for the right sunrise feeling.

RBYN - Live at Fusion 2018 (Triebwerke)

The 9th edition of our podcast features another resident of ours - potsdam local @Linko! If you witnessed his 3 deck set at the DarkRealDark x GrimeGrimeGrime event last may,
you know how much power this geezer tranfers to the dancefloor. He grants us another one of those treats, packed with over 60 minutes of slowfast heat - You better fasten your friggin' seatbelts!

Dark Real Dark Podcast #09 - Linko

After a long year of preparation, we are proud to finally present 'Viewpoints Volume 1' - a diverse collection of productions from both the Dark Real Dark family ourselves and friends of the crew. Staying true to our philosophy of 'no genre boundaries', Viewpoints Volume 1 travels from Dubstep to Halftime to Instrumental Hip Hop among other sounds. 
Dark Real Dark - Viewpoints Volume 1 will be released both digitally and on casette tape and will be available on Bandcamp in late December 2018.

Griezmann - Xxx

@ceramicss

After a long year of preparation, we are proud to finally present 'Viewpoints Volume 1' - a diverse collection of productions from both the Dark Real Dark family ourselves and friends of the crew. Staying true to our philosophy of 'no genre boundaries', Viewpoints Volume 1 travels from Dubstep to Halftime to Instrumental Hip Hop among other sounds. 
Dark Real Dark - Viewpoints Volume 1 will be released both digitally and on casette tape and will be available on Bandcamp in late December 2018.

Ceramics - Scanner

@yoofee

After a long year of preparation, we are proud to finally present 'Viewpoints Volume 1' - a diverse collection of productions from both the Dark Real Dark family ourselves and friends of the crew. Staying true to our philosophy of 'no genre boundaries', Viewpoints Volume 1 travels from Dubstep to Halftime to Instrumental Hip Hop among other sounds. 
Dark Real Dark - Viewpoints Volume 1 will be released both digitally and on casette tape and will be available on Bandcamp in late December 2018.

Yoofee - Mintral

@djvilify

After a long year of preparation, we are proud to finally present 'Viewpoints Volume 1' - a diverse collection of productions from both the Dark Real Dark family ourselves and friends of the crew. Staying true to our philosophy of 'no genre boundaries', Viewpoints Volume 1 travels from Dubstep to Halftime to Instrumental Hip Hop among other sounds. 
Dark Real Dark - Viewpoints Volume 1 will be released both digitally and on casette tape and will be available on Bandcamp in late December 2018.

Vilify - Portal Pusher

After a little bit of a delay, we are back with a fresh new podcast!
This time, Glaswegian club general & @AstralBlack associate DJ @F17 blesses us with a premium selection of ghettohouse traxx.
Originally from Glasgow and now residing in South London, whether digging through old proto-grime white labels, garage oddities or ghettotech classics, F17's broad musical background shines through in every wonderfully unpredictable set, a quality often remarked by DJs, but rarely executed quite as well.
As both a central member of the Astral Black club collective and regular frequenter of London's most respected radio spots, when he's not mixing and mastering releases for other stalwarts, or producing his uniquely melodic instrumentals, 
he's playing clubs or stations at the forefront of underground movements. Simply put, F17 lives UK music. 

His Podcast is filled with banging, high-energy tunes that will give you a hard time sitting still and definitely proves that the ghost of labels such as Dancemania is still very much alive. It is so explicit that if you dare to play it at work, your whole department will get fired.

Dark Real Dark Podcast #18 - DJ F17

Petroschi @ Fusion (Roter Platz, 29.06.2019)

here's the recording of @linko's set at canbemustbutnot edition: space is the place # 2. get ready for some breaky and bouncy stuff from 130 to 170 bpm.

Linko @ Space Is The Place (Panke, 21.12.2019)

The latest addition to our series comes from Berlin-based kiwi @sammybee-1. After leaving the stomping grounds of New Zealand she spent some time in Hamburg before eventually relocating to Berlin in the summer of 2013. In the following years she truly embedded herself into the local scene and has become a household name for deep dubstep and halftime drum'n'bass.

Her event series @deviatemate provides an alternative perspective on well-trodden formulas within bass music and couldn't be described better than through the term's definition itself - "depart from usual or accepted standards". The motivation and drive for the event came from wanting to create a platform (not just a party) that supports the less known or up and coming DJs/Producers while also giving space to female-identifying artists and encourage their participation in the less mainstream DnB and bass music scene.

The mix features over 45 minutes of intense, primarily percussion-driven tunes, ranging from spiritualistic to nightmarish, from dubby to rolling and finally, a very grounding, yet uplifting outro. A great representation of what to expect for this Saturday's Deviate 2nd birthday party at Panke, which you should not miss!

Tracklist:
Kodama - Anchor
Mark Kloud - Must Repeat
Out of Fuel - Harsh Reality
Dreadmaul - Inka (Fuj remix)
Itti & NoRules - Exhale
Loxy & Resound - Silent Knight
The Untouchables - Victory Dub
JB - Train Fi Leeds
Out of Fuel - Ghosts
BMA x N-Mon1c - Rough Neck Sludge
Clarity - Cyclone
Unknown 92 - Untitled 1
Acid Lab - Shimizu Clan
Last Life - Smoke & Shadows
Sorse - Night messages
Dominic Ridgeway - Stand In, Stand Out

Dark Real Dark Podcast #25 - Sammy B

have a listen to this ravey set played by @linko at Begrime X Dark Real Dark.

TASCAM DR-100

Linko @ Begrime X Dark Real Dark (Burg Schnabel 07.02.2020)

Did you ever wonder what half a ball would sound like? Well, Dark Real Dark got you covered.
Take a deep breath, dive into the musical world of @HalberBall and you'll discover strange and weird sounds but also welcoming melodies and warm structures full of bass. Despite his name, Halber Ball's sound is bouncy and fun but also techy and challenging at the same time. It has the ability to suck you right in and won't let you go for quite some time. Be careful not to get fully lost in the world of Halber Ball because our sub driven mastermind Yoofee takes you even further to dark basements and foggy dancefloors.
(And if that wasn't enough, Halber Ball offers you a walkthrough to a vision of his sound where you can discover a surreal world in a walking simulator.)

To download the visuals head over to https://halberball.itch.io/rot-splatation

HALBER BALL - CENTRIFUGE FIF

FastForwardReWind (@ffrw) are a dj duo from Berlin always on the lookout for the most exciting records of our time, yet music history has a dedicated spot in their record box.
The unusual format as a duo consisting of Selecta/Hypeman here mixer/turntablist there, brings the latest tracks of the whole spectrum of sample- and synthesizer-based music to the table in ambitiously mixed and scratched sets.
This results in a variability of speeds, rhythms and moods, which at the same time aims to constantly irritate, unsettle and again whip up the dance crowd.
For the past 5 years, FastForwardReWind have been hosts and artists at EAT the BASS, a space-time that takes place three times a year featuring djs and musicians who are also dedicated to the exploration of several edges of the plate. The highlights of these 5 years were a series of festival performances, including Fusion Festival and Garbicz, which sparked a dance enthusiasm that defies description.
Mike (Mixer/Turntablist) and Reinhold (Selecta/Hypeman) performed in the Berlin nightlife in the past under different pseudonyms and projects. The first nights took place at Acud, Fischladen and at Eimer.
Their mix truly manifests their aims as you can never guess which sonic structures linger past the next transition. From dreamy pads over mutated drum patterns to fat 808s - this set has it all. It draws influence from all over the place and paints quite a wild picture overall but doesn’t fail to show it’s beautiful sides as well.

Dark Real Dark Podcast #31 - FFRW

If you were around in the 90s you might be hit by nostalgia once you put on this track. DJ Detox casually flipped this massive one-hit-wonder and turned it into a cheeky rave version filled with punchy drums, rolling breaks, and dreamy pads. After keeping it as one of our best-kept secrets for almost a year we finally release this beauty to the public, accompanied by a sick artwork of our good friend Pawel (www.instagram.com/chez.pawel/).
Mastered by @BukezFinezt (www.facebook.com/fineztmasterz).

DJ DETOX - CRUSH BOOTLEG

As long time fans of the @defrostatica label and the music from @maltin-worf DARK REAL DARK is proud to present you a fresh premiere from his forthcoming 4AM EP dropping on the 19th of February 2021!

Buy the release on Bandcamp: https://maltinworf.bandcamp.com/album/4am-ep

"4am – that magical sweet spot in any card-carrying night owl’s body clock. Perhaps the purest hour of the entire 24 collection; no one is up without purpose or prevalence, time is allowed to do its own thing, distractions are at an all-time low and Maltin Worf feels entirely free.

4​ AM EP​ is Maltin Worf’s most emotional and explorative release so
far and one that transcends the current stasis we’re in and sets our hopes, and alarm clocks, for a freer future. Night owls and day-walkers unite:
Maltin Worf’s magical sweet spot demands recognition."

4AM EP / DICA016

[PREMIERE] Maltin Worf - Cream (Defrostatica)

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contact: info@darkrealdark.com

past collective events:
19.08.2022 5 Years Dark Real Dark w/ Casement @ Gretchen, Berlin
09.09.2021 Dark Real Dark x Capsule Berlin Showcase
07.02.2020 Begrime X Dark Real Dark - Jamakabi, Jlsxnd7rs, Sun People @ Burg Schnabel, Berlin
26.12.2019 The Dark Real Dark Boxing Day Brukkout @ H0L0, New York
22.06.2019 Bass Prediction x Dark Real Dark, Spartacus, Potsdam
31.05.2019 Dark Real Dark Floor - A Bass Odyssey Festival @ Mensch Meier, Berlin
03.11.2018 Bass Floor by Dark Real Dark - Expedicion @ Void Club & Kulturhaus Kili , Berlin
26.10.2018 Dark Real Dark presents: Bass for Refugees w/ Sinistarr (Metalheadz/Exit Records) @ Yaam, Berlin
27.06. - 01.07.2018 Dark Real Dark Takeover - Tubebox Bar @ Fusion Festival, Lärz
18.05.2018 DarkRealDark x GrimeGrimeGrime @ Uebel und Gefährlich, Hamburg
28.10.2017 Bass Prediction x Dark Real Dark @ Spartacus, Potsdam
30.08.2017 Skrrr Skrrr #1 Dark Real Dark Collective Edit @ Panke, Berlin
10.05.2017 Freaks United Floor hosted by Dark Real Dark - A Bass Odyssey @ Mensch Meier, Berlin

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