Funky

Fresh

February 2022

Another selection of bass heavy electronic tracks and mixes.

Experimental Stuff, Beats in Pieces 2

AntíaDJ

DJ Mag Premieres

FBN007 sees up and coming artist D-Nite make his mark on the label with ‘True Force’.  The Belgian producer co-runs ‘Les Flaneurs’ collective in his home town Liège, using their radio residencies to showcase his various musical inspirations. D-Nite reflects his range of influences in the four track EP, exploring all corners of leftfield dance music. 

The leading track ‘Substantial’ immediately puts the EP’s title into play with heavy, electro chords accompanied by breakbeat percussives in the centre of the track. On the follow up, ‘Dive’ flips the switch whilst maintaining the momentum with a garage-infused number that oscillates between wobbly bass and trance influenced synths. The title track ‘True Force’ maximises the intensity with a drum and bass tempo that builds on the previous trancey undertones to create an impactful cadence of euphoria. To round off the EP, Melbourne based producer Hedchef revisits ‘Substantial’, providing a remix that morphs the track into raw electro weaponry. 

Mastering: Top Shelf Audio
Artwork: Harvey Robinson

Label Socials:
https://soundcloud.com/fbn-recordings
www.flybynightrecordings.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/flybynightrecordings/
https://www.facebook.com/flybynightrec

Artist Socials:
https://soundcloud.com/kev-d-nite
https://soundcloud.com/hedchef

FBN007

PRE-ORDER

D-Nite - True Force EP (Previews) [FBN007]

SLANG

Croydon Dub

To celebrate reaching 1k followers, the badman from leeds @donsurf comes through with a skippy UKG heater available as a free download.

Donsurf has been making serious movements on the scene and you can expect much more to come from him in the future...

Mastered by @greysanonymous

DONSURF - THROUGH THE MOTION [OHSF007] (1K FOLLOWERS FREE DL)

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. 

INGI’s FBN009 releases on Fly By Night Recordings on 26/11/21.

INGI – Neita 
INGI – Wrestle
INGI – Góða Nótt
INGI – Neita (Rhyvahl Remix)

Written and mixed by: Leslie Andrews, Jack Rivington
Mastering: João Rodrigues
Artwork: Harvey Robinson

Label Socials:
https://soundcloud.com/fbn-recordings
www.flybynightrecordings.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/flybynightrecordings/
https://www.facebook.com/flybynightrec

Artist Socials:
https://soundcloud.com/leshlingi
https://www.instagram.com/leshlingi/
https://soundcloud.com/rhyvahluk
https://www.instagram.com/rhyvahl/

Wrestle

Bandcamp

INGI - Wrestle (Previews) [FBN009]

Yaaba Funk - Gyae Me Na Mendwen (Ishfaq's Voodoo Refix)

Pre-order here: https://dasbootyrave.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-hammer

For their @dasbootyrave debut, @Equusequus comes with a 6-track EP that stretches the definition of ghetto electro to its very limit - kicking things off with a sleazy Detroit style hip shaker in the form of 'Worker'.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Equus 'Worker'

Pre-order here: https://bit.ly/3fUD6r8

‘Recall’ is @Debbauk's first experimental release  — a meandering soundscape with hints of the weighty breakbeat and distinctive vocal chops first portrayed in his Circular Jaw release back in 2019.

After completing his degree in sound production, the Staffordshire-born producer and DJ, Debba, quickly made a name for himself in the capital's underground scene. Fusing a dense, eerie style of UK techno, bass and breaks, Debba's attention to detail shines through with a new intricate sonic detail waiting to be uncovered with each listen.

Premiere: Debba 'Recall'

Buy: https://sevenhillsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/north-phase-cyclone-ep

@seven-hills-records is pleased to announce the next outing from Rob James & @burnskipower's new project, North Phase.

Comprising four brilliant, groove-laden tracks, the 'Cyclone' EP is one of their favourites so far. The title-track, 'Cyclone', bumps and rolls atop a sneaky bassline, and keeps you locked in with a unique, shifted synth hook. The similarly pumping 'Time Zone Unknown' keeps the groove straighter, with added gnarliness from a crisp synth line designed to cut its way to the centre of the dancefloor.

On the flip, the dark and super-heavy 'Room 1' spirals and builds before hitting hard with a chestplate bassline. The more lilting 'Groove Merchant' sits on the B2, slightly sci-fi and rounding things off in style.

Premiere: North Phase 'Room 1'

New York’s @kim_anh launches her CAN U NOT TALK label with four cuts of sumptuous vocal house and breakbeats. Hear the thumping ‘House of Virgo’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-kim-anh-house-virgo

After Dark (Incl. Alinka Remix)

Premiere: Kim Anh ‘House of Virgo’

French artist Trudge returns to Lobster Theremin with his debut LP No More Motivation arriving on March 18th with a genre-bending and original masterstroke; charged as it is cerebral. The album's concept points to the artist's tumultuous relationship with music; plagued by life events and the looming shadow of tragedy. That same relationship however, has led to an album of nuance, a cathartic whirlwind that pushes and pulls from one part of the psyche to the next.

From the laden house sounds found in his earlier work, to the hard-hitting emotive techno we hear today, both Trudges’ personal and artistic evolution runs parallel, drawing between the lines of introspection and dance music’s modern functionality.

Bangkok Radio kicks off proceedings with a reminiscent drive through the city's bustling landscape, as space unfolds the further we travel from the hustle and bustle of daily life. No Motivation, meaningless is a nod to the producer's headspace - burdened by the unpredictability of reality and it’s governing influence on art; echoing throughout the entire album.

Mazzomba explores the duality of light and dark; heavily submerged sounds can be heard melting below the surface, as airy synths create an ethereal glow - acting as our torch through the crud-infested trench. The album's interlude ‘Berserk’ provides a rest bite, an ambient dreamscape laced with deeply layered textures - casting warm fluorescent light amongst the clouds as balance is restored.

Tracks Dead Orange and Gradient demonstrate the artist's knact for intelligent sound-design and world-building soundscapes, while Unghosted and Punishments sees Trudge venture into raw and unwavering compositions created for the dance-floor.

Closing the album is Blue Ritual, a thought-provoking piece that has the ability to transport and heal. It’s introspective layers point to the changing winds to come - rounding off an album not binded by genre, but an eclecticism that characterizes an artist true to his craft.

No Motivation drops on March 18th.

>> @trudged

No Motivation

BUY RELEASE

LT088 // Trudge - No More Motivation

Los Angeles’ @sageintrospekt dishes up a four-track ode to UKG and dubstep music on @gimmeabreakrecords. Hear the tough, tantalising two-step of ‘I Know U Want Me’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-introspekt-i-know-u-want-me

Premiere: Introspekt ‘I Know U Want Me’

My remix for the Brian Deady tune "Lightning & Thunder". Available now on iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lightning-thunder-ishfaq-remix/id777685234?i=777685355

I also remixed the video of the original tune http://youtu.be/RizGiuN6igM

Buy on iTunes

Lightning & Thunder - Deady (Ishfaq's Redlight Remix)

@aksportsdj steps up on Asquith’s Higher Power label with four warehouse-rattling techno cuts

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-ak-sports-lockdown-big-smoke

Premiere: AK Sports ‘Lockdown In The Big Smoke’

@rupture's Planets EP series returns with label regulars and first-timers delivering expansive, star-gazing junglism Voytek, Djinn and Type

More info: https://djmag.com/news/premiere-type-hummer

Hummer

Premiere: Type ‘Hummer’

Fiasco! founder @reecespooner fuses heady club beats with irresistible pop hooks on his debut solo EP

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-reece-spooner-hoxton-skank

ClubPop Vol. 1

Premiere: Reece Spooner  ‘Hoxton Skank’

@j-shadow's debut album for @Keysound-recordings is an eight-track collection of cosmic, exploratory music inspired by the UK’s long electronic music lineage and perceptions of reality

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-j-shadow-parallel-worlds

Final Departure

Premiere: J-Shadow ‘Parallel Worlds’

Big Miz returns to the fold with five club cuts in the form of 'The Bothy Code' EP. Hear the Glaswegian DJ/producer's acid-laced thumper 'Sleep Well' with fellow Scot Ewan McVicar now.

The Bothy Code

Premiere: Big Miz 'Sleep Well w/ Ewan McVicar'

My definition of the Dream Warriors tune "My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style"...

Dream Warriors - My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style (Ishfaq Remix)

Live recording from Central Park Club, Hvar, July 21st 2017. Recorded direct from the mixer into a Zoom H4n.

Unitsouled Live | Central Park Club, Hvar | 21-07-17 (PART 1)

Louke Man
Lil Devil
HR13 Available on Cassette and Digitally https://harshriddims.bandcamp.com/album/louke-man-lil-devil

Lil Devil

Cassette

Louke Man - Creepin

Sd-1

omaha

Ilana Bryne (@ilanamusic) has us feeling blissful with her debut EP 'Low Earth Orbit' on @violet’s @naivetrax imprint.

The Midwest producer announces herself with a four-track effort traversing ravey breakbeat to shimmering late-night UKG, including  a compelling Ciel (@cl_lit) remix.

‘Feelin’ Myself’ sets off with a steady percussive line and underlying bass throbs, before masterfully combining a low-slung house groove,  gurgling flows of acid and a synth line that toes the line between subtle and epic. We're feelin' it, too. 

‘Low Earth Orbit’ is out on February 22 and will be available to order from Naive’s Bandcamp: https://naivetrax.bandcamp.com/

NAIVE005

Premiere: Ilana Bryne 'Feelin' Myself'

The bakery was busy with customers, each came with an extravagant request and wanted only the finest luxury. They were prepared to pay as they each licked their lips with the roll of a delicate tongue...

"Mmmm mmm mmm..."

They could taste the sugar, it puffed and blossomed in the air amidst big clouds of sticky dust. In the back the sounds of machinery whirred and groaned under the strain of mass production. This was life in the modern age of the sweet tooth, a bitter pill to swallow for all involved. 

Ilana Bryne is set to release a new EP on Violet's label Naive, the imprint continues to move from strength to strength with club focussed material for the discerning dancefloor. The EP comes complete with a remix from Ciel, a producer with a singular edge and a promising future.

PREMIERE: Ilana Bryne - Mmm Mmm Mmm (Ciel's Sigh O The Times Rework)[Naive]

DR001 Dance Regular ‘Body Music Vol 1’

6 track VA Featuring James Rudie, Xtra Brux, Trev, Szajna, Ishfaq and Captain Over.

Dance Regular is a brand new label set up by EVM128 and James Rudie of CoOp presents Selectors Assemble. 

Not wanting to be pigeon holed into one particular genre the label’s ethos is just good music that moves your body, genre spanning through House, Bruk, Soul, Jazz, Boogie, Half Time, Jungle, Raggage, and beyond.

This is the first Various Artists compilation to kick off with, then to follow this, there are EP releases throughout the year from the likes of Duke Hugh (Rhythm Section / HW&W) Xtra Brux, James Rudie (CoOp Presents / Selectors Assemble) Captain Over (XVI / Wha Wha 45’s) Trev, Ishfaq, Footshooter and more. The label has various club nights in London this year too, for more information and to keep in the loop, head to the website www.danceregular.com 
subscribe to the mailing list and follow the social links.

Body Music Vol 1 is Available on Vinyl and Digital from June 14th 2019

Early support from:

LEFTO: Worldwide FM / Studio Brussels

James Rudie : Good Fry Up
“I can’t tell if James was influenced by the Dilla or Sa-Ra Creative Partners sound of the late 90s or early 2000s but there are similar elements in that tune; the rhodes, the slightly off beat or not quantized drums and the allround crispy sound… James’ tune is maybe what these guys would be making these days if they were up to making house music dancefloor killers…” LEFTO

IG CULTURE : CoOp Presents / Selectors Assemble / Worldwide FM / Rinse FM

Body Music Vol 1 :

“Hot Music coming out of East, the new home of London Bruk beats. This debut is full of dope sounds from fresh artists. Ya’ll need this one! Keep an eye on this up and coming label” IG CULTURE`

ALEX ATTIAS : Vision recordings

Body Music Vol 1 :
"This EP is full of dope jams for the dance and for the mind. These are essential deep, funky and raw broken tunes, thanks guys!" ALEX ATTIAS

JEREMY SYLVESTER : Urban Dubz / Nice n Ripe
"Every Tune is Fiyah!"

STUART PATTERSON : Love Vinyl 
"The broken resurgence continues apace with this ace EP merging many styles, pick for me is Trev.

P&D by www.primedirectdist.co.uk

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Premiere: 9TRANE 'Bust Up' [Punks Music]

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Norwich based 9TRANE is a name some of you will associate with 140 heaters releasing a number of eps digitally through the likes of 1Forty, Dissident Sound, Southpoint to name a few.
This time around he provides some UKG badness as deep n dark as you like..

9TRANE - Pirate

https://dcyy.bandcamp.com/releases

As we’re all probably aware, the COVID-19 that first struck Wuhan in China’s Hubei province has proved to be a serious health emergency not just in the epicentre of Hubei but also throughout China and increasingly across the globe. Nearly 90,000 people have been infected and more than 3000 have died, most in Wuhan. There has been an inability to provide vital support to those on the frontline in Wuhan fighting the virus and hospitals are facing an unprecedented number of patients with enormous strain on dwindling resources. Wuhan and its hospitals are in need of equipment and support.

For these reasons, DCYY have put together the fundraising compilation, “Home Fitness”, bringing together 19 tracks from producers both inside and outside of China. With many throughout the country trapped at home, a home workout is all they can do.

As a side note, we also feel the need to highlight the increasing prejudicial hostility being experienced by Chinese and Asian people in their own countries and while abroad. The virus knows no race or colour and the damage it can cause can be felt anywhere.

A special thanks to everyone involved in putting together this compilation.

Wuhan keep going!

All profits will go to Firefly Plan

众所周知，新冠肺炎自武汉爆发后，迅速蔓延至整个中国并扩散到全球范围。在此次全球性的公共健康危机中，近九万人被确诊感染，超三千人死亡，其中多数病例来自武汉。不幸成为重灾区的武汉又遭遇封城，奋战在疫情一线的医护人员、被感染的病患和被封闭在家的市民们在身心备受煎熬的同时也急缺各类医疗物资及生存必需物资，武汉和武汉各大医院都急需援助与支持。与此同时，随着疫情在海外的快速扩散，部分海外民众对国外华人以及亚洲面孔的偏见与歧视也愈加严重。

因此，到此一游组委会筹备了募捐合辑《家庭保健》，这张合辑收录了国内外20位音乐人捐赠的19支作品。参与其中的每一个人都希望能够通过这张合辑为对抗疫情出一份力，同时也向世界传递一则信息：病毒面前，没有种族或肤色，对任何人类的危害都是相同的，请彼此尊重，互相善待。

最后我们要特别感谢参与这次合辑的每一个人 ❤

武汉加油!

本张合辑的所有收益将捐赠给萤火计划

Home Fitness

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Dubrunner - Cut The Midrange (from VA - Home Fitness)

The waiting room was deafly silent, except the occasional phone ringing from the reception next door. He shuffled slightly in his seat, trying to avert the gaze of the other people in the room. He decided to focus on his feet, but with every muted cough and deep exhalation that sounded around the room he couldn't help but look up, occasionally catching the eye of another uncomfortable looking gentleman. His name reverbarated on the speaker in the corner of the room, and sheepishly he got up and made his way to the door, eyes fixed firmly on his feet.

Violet's Naive imprint return to midwest America for their next release from Ilana Bryne. Debuting on the Lisbon-based label last february with the crisp breaks and dub techno of Low Earth Orbit, her new EP Strange Adventure continues some of those qualities in its razor sharp rhythms and expansive atmospheres, however the four tracks are taken to new heights; beautifully and intricately composed, the entirety of the release flaunts a Chicago deep house sensibility that mirrors her formative musical influences.

Strange Adventure

PREMIERE: Ilana Bryne - Theoretical Medical Genitals [Naive]

Basilica Blueprints Vol.1

(release date pending)

The bass driven, dark and impactful sound of ‘Basilica Blueprints’ is the debut and defining release for the label, throwing them into the forefront of the Bass music and ‘130’ genre. Leading the tape are heavyweight bass and dubstep heads 9TRANE and Unkey who flourished in the reprise of the ever growing genre of Bass/130 music. Alongside them, Manchester's newest dominating bass music producer Monir adds in both dark and dangerous dance floor killers in ‘Over’ as well as an ethereal and cinematic combination of textures and drones in ‘The Conflict’.

BSC001 showcases the underground music sounds of Bristol, Manchester, London and more. Compiled by Basilica’s label boss Eyeza,  these artists have been selected for the tape as both the finest newcomers and revered veterans combined.
Basilica as a label has already had its previous successes. One of which being the ‘Basilica Mix Series’ which, for the past 3 years, has showcased some of the leading heads in UK Bass music such as KRSLD, Diessa, 9TRANE and many more. Another is the ‘Bricks of Basilica Show’ on Bristol's largest underground music radio station 1020 Radio. The show has hosted guests such as fellow label header Eich from More Cowbell as well as Korzi, Grove and many others. 
Named justly as the plans and foundations of Basilica, ‘Basilica Blueprints’ displays the plans of what Basilica will build into as a label. The architecture of this Bass music temple is long, dark and heavy.

Basilica Blueprints Vol.1

Over

Monir X 9TRANE - Over

One of the best in the game right now @oliver-rant comes through with a classy UKG swinger for our latest free download installment. DL available via the hypeddit link!

Ollie Rant - Up! [500 Followers Free DL]

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