Following a strong debut track on 3024, Canadian rising comet Destrata (he/him) delivers his first full EP for INDEXLIFE. Keep your ears open and your eyes peeled for this powerful blend of bass music and percussion. 
Speeding things up with "Like Thunder", the funky vibes continue with an even darker twist. Booming kicks and murky melodies, like a thunder storm working it's way out of the subs and out into the rest of the club. Building energy and releasing tension, just how we like it. 
Dedicated to the low winter sun of the north, it also serves as a reminder that darkness is part of our lives. As creators, this has been an opportunity to discuss our own responsibilities and how we can give back to those who have inspired our sound and culture.

@destratavan
@indexlife

Buy:
https://indexlife.bandcamp.com/album/low-sun

Low Sun

PREMIERE: Destrata - Like Thunder [INDEXLIFE]

Fly By Night welcomes INGI to the label for FBN009 with a combination of breaks, bass, techno and jungle. INGI reflects his diverse music taste in his debut release, exploring all corners of leftfield dance music. 

FBN009 kicks off with the bass-driven lead track ‘Neita’, setting the tone with thumping kicks and a thunderous low-end creating a tense and frenetic atmosphere. Neita is followed by the title track ‘Wrestle’, introducing more melodic elements from INGI’s repertoire, floating chopped up vocals interplaying with precisely programmed drums. INGI proceeds to speed things up for a warped, trippy take on jungle with ‘Góða Nótt’. Intensity is raised to the maximum level with echoing vocals, bubbling synths and hard-hitting chopped up breaks. The flip side features a hefty remix from Rhyvahl, who serves up a chugging bass-driven rework of Neita. The Off Beat boss’ reimagination features echoing warping synths and a thumping kick drum, with enough sub-bass to rattle any club’s system. 

@leshlingi
@fbn-recordings

Buy:
https://flybynightrecordings.bandcamp.com/

FBN009

PREMIERE: INGI - Neita [Fly By Night]

Off the back of a stunning multi-genre release on Bristol-based label Out of Sorts, mod-r continues his foray into new musical styles in 2022. With an impressive backlog of releases on Out of Sorts, childsplay, Shubzin, CAROUSE, Belek Records, Jerry Horny, Hyperdome Records, Hang Tough, Angels Gun Club and his own imprint Meld Records, mod-r has developed outstanding technical abilities allowing him to produce tracks spanning electro, breaks, jungle and percussive styles. His EP on Gimme A Break Records broadens the Aberdeen-based producer’s repertoire further by exploring the recently revived UK Garage/Breaks crossover with Obatalla.

Mastering: Rob Small
Artwork: Alex Kubis

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mod-r - Carnegie's Brae EP (Clips)

Gimme A Break Records are incredibly proud to announce their ‘Solidarity With Ukraine’ compilation. Spanning across the genres of breakbeat, UK garage, electro, techno, trance, dubstep and jungle our fundraiser V.A. features 18 incredible producers from across the globe.

Including: AK SPORTS, An Avrin, Buckley, Disaffected, Groovy D, Harka, jadzia, Justin Jay, Kitsta, Nikki Nair, Nova Cheq, Portway, Robin Tasi & Bae Blade, Sha Ru, Shauna, Shawn Cartier and TROPHY 
Following our discussions with Beth Alana and Nova Cheq we have decided to donate all proceeds from the compilation to the K41 Community Fund. 

This is a project initiated by the team at the Kyiv based cultural institution ∄ with the aim to provide financial, humanitarian and logistical support to the musical and cultural community that has been facing life-threatening challenges since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Premiere | Justin Jay | Lizard Boi | [Gimme A Break Records]

Compliments is a non-binary dance music producer from Huddersfield, based in London. Their work is heavily influenced by the percussive UK styles of jungle, garage and bassline, with a pinch of nü-metal’s distortion and adolescent energy thrown in for good measure.

Tomgirl, their newest release on Mantissa, showcases these stylistic influences across four tracks that move between wonky 4/4 techno, amen-heavy jungle, spacey 140 and swampy chugging house, playing with the idea of floating somewhere between masculinity and femininity, hard and soft.

After experimenting with samples of their own voice on their debut album ‘The place where my voice should be’ (self-released in March 2022), the EP builds on this technique to create eerie atmospherics and strange rhythms in a more club-focused and dance floor orientated zone.

Tomgirl is topped off with a remix by Bristol’s Bex, channeling a potent strain of bassy, stepping techno that her productions and DJ sets have become famous for.

@djcompliments
@mantissa1

Buy:
https://mantissa.bandcamp.com/album/mantissa-003-tomgirl

PREMIERE: Compliments - Debt Of Androgyny [Mantissa]

Hot on the heels of Dawn Razors “Blizzard EP” we are back with an EP from yet another hot new talent making their DEXT Debut “Mani Festo” has been on our radar for some time now releasing imprints such as Shall Not Fade , Sneaker Social Club , WNCL Recordings Lobster Theramin & Club Glow His tough & raw no nonsense sound which encompasses Techno , Electro , Breakbeat whilst paying tribute to UK underground sound system & Rave culture is exactly sort of heavy weight tackle that you would expect to see released on DEXT and this EP certainly doesn’t disappoint, expect speaker rattling subs , chest piercing distorted kick drums , mutated flanged breakbeats , dark and immersive textures and soundscapes not to mention a rerub of eyes open from fellow Club Glow comrade Denham Audio .

@mani_festo
@dext-recordings

Buy:
https://dextrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mani-festo-eyes-open-ep

PREMIERE: Mani Festo - Folding Time [DEXT Recordings]

North London producer @rumu returns to Scuffed Recordings with his Wightman Wibble EP, embracing a glut of influences from the city’s club heritage.

Since appearing on the label’s Scuffed Presents compilation series in 2021 with his track Splinter, rumu has begun to foster an in-the-know following with releases on Dusky’s 17Steps and Running Back, with tracks supported by Ben UFO, Logic1000, Cinthie and Raji Rags.

The Wightman Wibble EP delves into rumu’s musical upbringing and heritage and explores a world of contrasts - with stillness building to explosive energy and floating euphoria giving way to murky grooves.

The EP opens with Critical Wass, which rumu conceptualises as having ‘pockets of mass bursting into each other, descending into nothing, then forming again’. Up next is the title track, the most high-energy of the release, which takes influence from classic rave, house, and breaks.

Finishing up the EP is ‘Ravanne’, which sees rumu take influence from his Mauritian heritage, with instrumentation and samples sourced from the island of Mauritius. The Ravanne is a rhythmic percussive instrument used in Sega music, which rumu samples throughout the track and channels through his love of UK bass genres.

Buy:
https://lnk.to/WightmanWibble

rumu - Wightman Wibble EP (Previews)

patchy

Sent from upon Odin's great bastions of Valhalla. A journey. A message. A hapless event and mission throughout Europe of the Middle Ages. As many of that gods before them hath tried, and, to only fall as victim to. The rebirth of Drum & Bass, risen through the ashes of an event so forlorn by time itself, only the chosen few may even harness the overwhelming and seemingly catastrophic power that in turn brings renewal of life and the god within all of us. ‘Ragnarok’ from our next highlight artist ARCANE UNDERGROUND from Kelowna, Canada, takes you on a medieval journey back to the misty treacherous shores of 8th century Scandinavia, embarking on a quest like never before seen, felt or even heard.

Arcane Underground - The Úlfhéðnar

From the depths of underground grit to the heights of sonic finesse, Emphaseas Music returns with its second celebration of community-crafted chaos Family Compilation Vol. 2. A love letter to the extended Emphaseas family, this powerhouse release brings together a diverse lineup of artists who push the boundaries of Drum & Bass, Bass music, and everything in between.

Artists Featured: Eastcolors, d_Ivy, Probel, Graviteka, User C, Torsman feat. Krukei, Mewtflow, Max Postal, Drillcut, ViRex, Rough Wave, SND, Driveufo

From Neurofunk madness to Liquid dreamscapes Expect jungle roots, tech-driven textures, experimental grooves, and jump-up energy—all masterfully distilled into one relentless volume

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Late Nights

More info - http://loose-lips.co.uk/blog/lmajor-one-shots-club-glow
@denhamaudio @lmajor

Club Glow x Disc Shop Zero - Fundraiser for Naoki

One Shots

PREMIERE: LMajor - One Shots (Club Glow)

for the headzzz 🥴

platform curated by Ian DPM 🥷

dpmsounduk@gmail.com

PREMIERE: Compliments - Debt Of Androgyny [Mantissa]

definite party material

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