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"If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story." 
~ Orson Welles

This is the final episode of Dexta's Lab for 2013. Full of loads of fun and beauty.

" So this is my final mix-tape for the year, it's been fun organising, and very useful for my record box. Thanks to everyone who's supplied music over the past ever, whether via shops, promo firms, demo's or just dub-plate business. This years been quite intense for me with the label, and to celebrate the end of the year, I've organised and put together a label album featuring artists from the past, present and future. It's called "Evolution Of The Giraffe" and will be out pretty soon, so make sure you keep your eyes and ears open for the clips, CD's and Vinyls!

PS: I hope you've enjoyed the music and the mixing form the Dexta's Lab series. There will be plenty more of this over my next few gigs (below). Until next time!""

Dates:
15/11/2013 - NURTURED BEATZ @ Plan B, Brixton, London.
16/11/2013 - NOISE @ Dogstar, Brixton, London.
01/12/2013 - SUNDAY SESSIONS @ Common Bar, Old St, London. (TBC)
06/12/2013 - DIFFRENTxGENESIS ALBUM LAUNCH @ Diffrent's House, Hoxton, London.
16/12/2013 - PHILTH RADIO SHOW @ OriginFM, FM+Online Radio.
18/12/2013 - NOISE @ Dogstar, Brixton, London.
18/01/2014 - FLEXOUT AUDIO @ Plan B, Brixton, London.
XX/XX/2014 - DIFFRENT @ Brighton (TBA)
XX/03/2014 - DIFFRENT BIRTHDAY @ Diffrent's House (TBA)

PS: For bookings please contact lucie@empressartists.com x

Diffrent Music Podcast

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Dexta's Lab #6

The first installment of the new Diffrent Mix series which will see label staples and guests take us on a journey through sounds, moods and all manner of madness.

Big ups to @mauoq for kicking things off.

Pre-order 'Revolution Of The Giraffe' LP:  https://diffrent.fanlink.to/ROTGLPBandCamp

DIFFRENT MIX 001 ~ MAUOQ

Released: 15th September 2023

https://diffrent.bandcamp.com/album/revolution-of-the-giraffe

@arkaik
@dexta
@fearful

Arkaik, Dexta & Fearful - Old Skool (ft MC GQ)

The revolution continues with this absolute belter of a remix from long-time friend of the label Pepsi Slammer. 

Stream: https://diffrent.fanlink.to/FireFloorRemix

Warehouse vibes from start to finish, if you dig the remix then make sure you  pre-order the full LP via our Bandcamp, along with our exclusive release merch here:
https://shop.diffrentmusic.com/album/revolution-of-the-giraffe

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Diffrent Music roars back into action after an extended hiatus to raise a couple of young giraffes with the electrifying new compilation, ‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ LP.

Launched in 2010 with the aim of bringing something new to a drum & bass scene that had become overly formulaic, the label has continuously pushed in new directions, often incubated tomorrow’s stars, and evolved beyond even that original grand ideal. ‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ unleashes 17 tracks of bleeding-edge electronic music, proving that after 13 years, Diffrent still sounds like nothing else.

Core artists from the label’s distinguished history bring their expertise, such as drum & bass mainstay Arkaik and sound architect Fearful, who team up with label boss Dexta for the MC GQ-sampling ‘Old Skool’ — a new track with a classic Diffrent sound. And there are numerous debuts: A.Fruit reworks an all-time Diffrent classic, ‘Boxgroove’ by Dexta & Hyroglifics, into a glitchy halftime stomper; none60 bosses Silent Dust turn Dexta’s ‘SE4’ into a rebellious dancefloor juggernaut; and the mysterious Gaunt’s ‘Firefloor’ becomes locked ‘n’ loaded rave artillery in the hands of Pepsi Slammer.

Label stalwart Mauoq puts his signature psychedelic future dub spin on ‘Departed’ by Cuelock, who in turn delivers the ice-cold, grime-indebted ‘Pages Of Snow’. Lakeway conjures the epic ‘Even Though’, nearly eight minutes of ecstatic, spell-binding, hyper-rave wonder. Dexta goes solo with squelchy techno jungle stormer ‘Giraffes On Acid’. Even Sense MC makes an… appearance.

New-gen Diffrent acts are in fine form too. The inimitable BrandNewTrumpets opens the album alongside Macc; ‘We Are The Tightrope Walkers’ is a powerful spoken word piece that erupts into a hail of punishing breaks. No Nation, Sheba Q and BK Balance, meanwhile, turn out explosive, hi-tek junglism on ‘Too Late’. From Diffrent’s industrial-toned sister label Are We Really Alone? (A.W.R.A.), Amir De Bois joins forces with Fearful for the paranoid, jittering ‘73’; Tokyo’s Itti summons thunderous bass on the ritualistic ‘Rumbling’; and Croatian artist Spaj.A.S.E.’s competition-winning, mind-mashing remix of the first ever Diffrent release, ‘Everyones Mad’ by Chills, finally sees the light of day.

Always looking to the future, Diffrent also welcomes modern jungle visionary Eusebeia, who puts his ethereal touch to Crypticz’s ‘Could Have Been’, and Stateside up-and-comers Illexandra & TGRbass, who deliver the supercharged, elastic bounce of ‘Swampy Swami’.
Closing out with one from deep within the vaults, ‘Aftaparty’ is Beezy and MNTX’s ode to seeing where the night takes you. It’s a fitting note to end on, as a new era of Diffrent Music begins. Where will it take you? Join us on the ride and find out.

"I've loved every moment of the label so far: the fast-paced release schedules, the slow years, the podcasts, albums, singles, EPs, parties, etc. This compilation album signposts where we are at — a bunch of classic Diffrent artists, a load of new faces, and a few remixes thrown in for good measure. Each tune stands alone, but stands tall next to each of its siblings. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we have! The revolution is here, join the revolution!"
- Dexta

‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ will be released Friday 22nd September 2023. It will be available digitally and on cassette, alongside a limited edition zine.

Revolution Of The Giraffe

FireFloor (Pepsi Slammer Remix)

PREMIERE: Gaunt - Firefloor (Pepsi Slammer Remix)

Diffrent Music roars back into action after an extended hiatus to raise a couple of young giraffes with the electrifying new compilation, ‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ LP.

Always looking to the future, Diffrent also welcomes modern jungle visionary Eusebeia, who puts his ethereal touch to Crypticz’s ‘Could Have Been’.

Bandcamp: https://diffrent.bandcamp.com/album/revolution-of-the-giraffe

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Premiere: Crypticz - Could Have Been (Eusebeia Remix)[Diffrent Music]

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Revolution Of The Giraffe LP

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Dexta 'Giraffes On Acid'  [Diffrent Music]

Free Download: https://hypeddit.com/neumonic/neumonicxpath2eagledub

Felt like releasing some music, pulled this dub out of the vault with the homie @path2, cheers :)

Free Download

Neumonic & Path2 - Eagle Dub

Listen: https://diffrent-music.fanlink.to/BNTYouEP

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BrandNewTrumpets - Changed For You

Kolectiv come with their first individual release for Diffrent Music after their track "Slow" which featured on the 'Evolution Of The Giraffe' LP last year. This EP shows off the London based trio's versatility in sound, with two new solo pieces which are both worlds apart from one another and a pair of collaborations with Dexta & Mauoq which explore two slightly different area's of the Drum & Bass world. The 'Immortalis EP' is being released as a digital package and a very limited edition CD run with handmade packaging and two 'CD only' exclusive tracks.

1. Immortalis
2. Make Me (w/ Dexta)
3. Sleeper Cell 
4. Killer Instinct (w/ Mauoq)
5. Immortalis VIP [CD Only]
6. Slow (Dexta's Time Machine Edit) [CD Only]
Cat. DIFF024CD / DIFF024
Release date: 10/11/2014 & 17/11/2014

Buy CD: http://shop.diffrentmusic.com
Buy Digital: http://diffrent.bandcamp.com

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Kolectiv - Sleeper Cell [DIFF024]

TRACKLIST:

DJ Die - Clear Skyz
Decoder - Headlock
Makai - Beneath the Mask
Optical - Moving 808s
Makai - Seven blows of the dragon
Photek - Infinity
Krust - Check dis out 
DJ Die - Slide away
Ed Rush and Optical - Punchbag
Maldini - Daze

Oldschool Drum and Bass Mix

Distant Planet upcoming parties https://ra.co/promoters/31881
Making his Distant Planet Debut, Uncle G shows us his many years of dedication to the music in this venture into early 90s breakbeat mayhem.

Uncle G - Distant Planet @ Venue MOT - March 2025

Everyone loves free stuff, so here's a load of music that has previously been made free to download...Feel free to donate to the cause, making a living from music isn't as easy as it seems!!

A bunch of original music, remixes, bootlegs, VIPs and collaborations! Big ups Clarity, Dan (LowRise), Gaunt, Mauoq, Medika, Silent Dust (None60), Tehbis (Medallion Sounds) - for the opportunity to work together on these tunes...

https://dexta.bandcamp.com/album/free-shit

Dexta - Choke [FREE]

Merry Christmas and happy holidays from Wukileaks!
Free Download: https://www.toneden.io/space-camp-1/post/wuki-s-castle

Wuki's Castle

What can be said about Acen's legendary Trip II The Moon that hasn't already been said? 

It's a legendary tune, widely considered one of the best ever made. Arguments over which version is the best regularly almost come to blows. It charted for four weeks in the UK Top 40 (and unlike certain digital store charts where you only need to sell a couple dozen units to place high, that's a chart that means something). It influenced countless producers across innumerable genres over the years, from bedroom producers who never took the step to let people hear their material clear through to the absolute biggest names in music today. 

Even calling it legendary is doing it a disservice. There isn't a word in ANY language for how important Trip II The Moon in all its parts is to electronic music. Even now, doing this write-up, I feel like I'm not saying enough about it. I'm not sure I ever could. You could write a book, heck, a SERIES of books, on how it influenced electronic music in the many years since the first part came out in 1992, and still not cover it all. 

A bit of a personal story (hi everyone, Saiyan here, I do all the uploading on this account), I have a friend named Acen, whose parents named him that BECAUSE OF THIS TRACK. He's a good dude, by the way. Hi Acen, congratulations you've been immortalized in a Soundcloud write-up lol 

I could spend the next week touching on the importance of Trip II The Moon to music, but by then the boxed set would be up for preorder and I still wouldn't have posted these clips, so let's just call it here and get to the reason you're all here.

So here it is, perhaps the biggest release in Kniteforce history, the Acen - Trip II The Moon boxed set. Five vinyls, comprising all of the original versions and their b-sides, all lovingly remastered by CLSM, a host of new remixes by names like Danny Byrd, Pete Cannon, NRG, Scott Brown, Phuture Assassins, and more!

One entire vinyl is devoted to entirely new versions from Acen himself: Trip II The Moon 2092, Obsessed 2092 (Bite The Dust), Life and Crimes of A Ruffneck 2092, and an entirely new track called Rings Around The Moon (which I absolutely adore).

Oh, apologies, did I say five vinyls? Yeah about that, it's actually six. There's a sixth bonus COLOURED vinyl, featuring the previously unreleased dubplate mix of Trip II The Moon Part 2, the Omar Santana remix (which came to be known unofficially as Trip II The Moon Part 4), the D-Bridges Desire Mix of Obsessed, and something you don't see every day: Luna-C's infamous Rip To The Loon, upgraded to official remix status and pressed to vinyl for the very first time.

And that's STILL not all. The boxed set also includes a bonus CD with even more additional remixes (no clips for those, they're a surprise), AND a slipmat.

To be completely clear, the sixth bonus vinyl, the CD, and the slipmat are bonus items, only available to those who preorder through the Kniteforce website. If you don't snag a preorder, there is no guarantee that any of those items will still be available when we put any remaining copies up for general sale. If you want them (and you do), you HAVE to snag a preorder.

The Acen - Trip II The Moon boxed set goes up for preorder on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, exclusively through http://kniteforcerevolution.com 

Due to how potentially huge this release could be, we have decided to place our final order according to preorder numbers, so as long as you get an order in during the preorder window, you will get one. Preorders are expected to run until early December, so you have some time to avoid missing out.

One more time, preorders begin Monday, November 16th exclusively through http://kniteforcerevolution.com and will run through to early December.

Copyright 2020 Kniteforce Records 
Mastered by Jon Doe/CLSM Mastering 
Art by Ryan Cuggy/DJ Mannik

KF140B1 - Acen - Obsessed (D-Bridge Desire Mix)

Originally a North London kid, Dexta’s new release is dedicated to the lands South of the River that have shaped his adult life. Brockley, Syndenham, Honor Oak, Deptford. The streets, buildings and sounds that have surrounded him as he fell in love and got married, turned his passion into a career, and found untold new friends and inspiration. 

Taking a trip down memory lane, the Diffrent boss unleashes two tracks from the archives. 
First comes ‘Tenz’, a dubbed-out halftime chugger with a sting in its tail. Like a Drunken Fist Master, Dexta’s signature wonky style is in full effect, landing a fatal combination of ungainly subs, below-the-belt bass stabs, and the harsh clang of metallic snares. As the track’s woozy elements appear to stumble into each other, they in fact neatly slide together to deliver the knockout blow.

On the flip comes a final hurrah from Conduct, the Blu Mar Ten Music-aligned duo who have now sadly parted ways. ‘Dissolute’, featuring Coma, originally featured on Dexta’s 2015 debut EP, ‘SE4’ — another love letter to South London — as a globular beats cut with a jittery footwork slant and wistful vox. Conduct’s sci-fi reconstruction chops, glitches and repeats like the controls of a malfunctioning spacecraft as it glides through deep space. Long sat as a secret weapon in the records boxes of a very select few, this is one for the Diffrent headz.

“It’s been quite the ride, hasn’t it? Thanks for sticking with me!” ⁓ Dexta

DIFF045 lands as part of a trio of releases from Diffrent’s core artists Dexta, Lakeway and BrandNewTrumpets, each in some way reflecting the past, present and future of the label to celebrate its 11th anniversary. All three are out 26th March on digital and limited edition 10” lathe cut vinyl. Pre-order from the Diffrent Music Bandcamp from 5th March.

Pre-order: https://dexta.bandcamp.com/album/tenz-dissolute-conduct-remix

Dexta:
https://dexta.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/dexta
https://www.instagram.com/chrisdexta
https://twitter.com/dirtydexta
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Dexta - Tenz

Chris Royle aka Dexta is a London based DJ/Producer who has been slowly contributing to the D&B scene since 2010. He is one of the co-founders of the giraffe mad record label imprint ‘Diffrent Music’ and has been fronting and developing the label ever since. 

Dexta has taken the Diffrent Music sound on the road since 2010 and tends to play an unexpected selection of music at every event. Bringing through new and unheard of artists, friends and collaborators and even influential music from outside of the D&B circuit.

Dexta has been a releasing artist since 2013 and since has released music on Protect Audio, Diffrent Music, Flexout Audio & Dispatch Recordings, with other work signed to and forthcoming on Clyon Recordings, Nurtured Beatz and his own imprint Diffrent Music.

Much like the Diffrent Music label ‘sound’, Dexta has a wide range of musical influences and this shines through when you listen over his output and the Diffrent Music back catalogue, it’s very hard to pin down a specific kind of style, it’s more about exploring and experimenting with new and different areas every time.

You can look forward to hearing and the possibility of releases of ‘communal’ and ‘general’ collaborations with artists such as Arkaik, Crypticz, Fearful, Lakeway, Mauoq, Mtwn & Sense MC.

DJ support from Amoss, Deft, Doc Scott, Fanu, Foreign Concept, Fracture, Kasra, Machinedrum, Om Unit, Rockwell & Sam Binga.

Bookings: bookings@diffrentmusic.com
Remixes: info@diffrentmusic.com
Dubs: dexta@diffrentmusic.com

Dexta - Choke [FREE]

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