Free download: repertoire.bandcamp.com/album/streetlight-vol-2

Based in Manchester, @pod_imiya plays a mix of jungle and drum n bass styles from all eras, dropping in hardcore, IDM and sped-up electro. Pod Imiya’s sets are usually centred around rough breaks with dark but uplifting selection.

Starting out as a regular DJ at Hit & Run, she quickly went on to play at nights across the UK such as Rupture, License to Jungle, Chicken Shop Events and Sheffield-based night Anomalies, which showcases the wonkier side of 170bpm.

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Pod Imiya - Dawn - Streetlight Vol 2 [Free Download]

Artist: Low End Activist
Title: Hostile Utopia
Label: Sneaker Social Club
Cat No: SNKRLP009
Release Date: 14th June

Casting a self-reflexive lens over his roots via the medium of crushing, future-rushing soundsystem sonics, Low End Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a full-length of monumental proportions.

When the Low End Activism 12” ignited on Sneaker in 2019, it paid tribute to the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, UK, where LEA originates from. In the shadow of social inequality and strengthened by the unity of the multi-ethnic community, Blackbird Leys still imposes a powerful influence on LEA’s work, even as he’s stepped out onto Seagrave for last year’s Game Theory album and notched up the first couple of releases on his own self-titled label.

On this new album, Hostile Utopia sums up the conflicting emotions attached to memories of home – how it’s possible to feel nostalgic for the griminess of urban and suburban Britain, its ordinary tales of bitterness and frustration, but also its intrinsic passion and solidarity. At a time when social division is actively engineered by Machiavellian forces, real conviviality at street level feels like an impossible dream.

LEA communicates these tensions through a style which is becoming his signature – dynamic bass torsion and chiseled, fractalised rhythms slugging around the 130 mark. It’s moody like a UK-themed record ought to be, but it’s not morose. There’s fierceness in every snap and rumble, as the legacies of hardcore, jungle, dubstep and grime pour into the casing prior to the gunpowder lighting.

On previous LEA releases, the MC roll call has pointed to some of the most vital voices touching the mic in the present day. Flowdan, Sikka Rymes and Trim all had something different to impart over the riddims, and now Hostile Utopia expands on that with the most extensive show of lyrical strength yet. Mez lights up the woozy, abstract grime swerve of ‘Mercenary’ in a musical style. Emz brings a ruthlessly sharp verbal steez to ‘GetGet’, Killa P gets busy toasting over ‘DFRNT STYLE’ and ‘Superhighway’ carries the dexterous hip-hop flow of Cadence Weapon.

In between those standout tracks, LEA expresses just as much in the production. Tracks brimming with stories to impart, laden with symbols masquerading as samples and draped in aural garb that firmly places Hostile Utopia in a place, a mood, that could only belong to the UK. It’s a hybrid sound just like the society it sprang from, and therein lies its power.

Mastered by Beau Thomas
Collage by Clayton Burke
Design by DR.ME

DFRNT STYLE Ft  Killa P

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My competition winning remix of this absolute belter by Fearful, Mtwn and Riko Dan.

Download it here https://yukumusic.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-veil-remix-winners

135bpm noisy madness.

Bigup @fearful @yukumusic

Original here....
https://fearfulmusic.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-veil

Fearful x Mtwn — Careful feat. Riko Dan (Kimbr YUKU Remix Challenge Entry *WINNER)

Ahead of it's full release this Friday 26th January, we're delighted to premiere a track from our very own release. An acidic firecracker from @brainraysuk & @chevron.

LL025 is an an 18-track compilation celebrating 9 years of looseness, bringing together familial artists from across Europe, Asia and South America.

The release’s alchemy of tracks showcases Loose Lips’ continued commitment to surfing between rave, DIY and hip hop culture.

Look forward to a challenging, outlandish and heartfelt range of ambience, hip hop, industrialisms, techno, braindance, breaks and electro - twisted and squeezed for full effect.

Special thanks to Olli Ripatti for the artwork and to all 22 of the musical vanguards on the release.

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PREMIERE: Brain Rays & Chevron - Kem-Tone [LL025]

Come Into The Light

Skyline Surge - Hard Trance

I.K.I.B.F.Y.

EXIT081 A2: Fracture- Turbo Toms

Through These Eyes is rounding up its first ten releases and proudly presents you the first compilation ever on the label.

08 - Provoke - The World. @theprovocativeone

When Sun People played at the record release party for his "Stumble & Grow EP" in Berlin in January 2020, Provoke sent him some beats via e-mail. So when we just finished breakfast the day after the party Simon played them in my kitchen via his phone. And man, i can tell you i was already hooked by Provoke's sound just by the sound coming out of this iphone speakers! He's a wizard when it comes to fast drums and agile percussions. I approached him via soundcloud and he sent me a WIP version of "The World" a few hours later. This was exactly the tune i was hoping for and i am very happy to have him on the line up for this compilation!

Release Title: Various Artists - Omega [TTE 010]
Release Date: 26.06.2020
Format: Digital
Artwork: www.instagram.com/closeenough.to/

Provoke - The World [TTE 010]

DOWNLOAD/STREAM: submerchants.fanlink.to/Fungus

After bringing heavyweight stompers from the likes of TMSV and Samurai Breaks to the table, London-based imprint Sub Merchants are pleased to share with you the third and final track from their debut release ‘SM-001’, an offering from the formidable THUGWIDOW - the third in a monthly series of singles, and the final drop ahead of a full compilation EP exploring the contemporary evolution of jungle music, releasing later this year.

‘You See How It Spreads Out Like A Fungus’ is the culmination of THUGWIDOW growing his unique sound over the last 5 years, which recently has seen him releasing across the likes of Kutadah, Infinito Audio and No Problema Tapes in 2020 alone. An expert in sound design, the abstract tone of THUGWIDOW’s music evokes an introspective feeling of late nights, early mornings and post-rave junglist afterparties, with ‘You See How It Spreads Out Like A Fungus’ being no exception. A perfect blend of ethereal ambient synths scattered with breaks and deep bass pulses, it’s a truly exceptional piece of music that flawlessly ties together the SM-001 EP.

You See How It Spreads Out Like A Fungus

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THUGWIDOW - You See How It Spreads Out Like A Fungus [OUT NOW on SUB MERCHANTS]

Exit Records is at forefront of electronic music, constantly pushing the envelope in terms of aesthetic and execution.
Label owner dBridge strikes a careful balance between releasing music that serves a purpose for dancers and thinkers alike. The roster of artists involved in the label is allowed express themselves as they see fit with only one stipulation; pushing the genre forward.
The Exit Records club nights are typically riotous affairs- they stand as a mix of the most cutting-edge music crossed with a firm eye on the dancefloor, from stages at festivals to residencies at clubs across the world, the events are known to sell out.
As the label enters its 15th year of existence a confidence in sound and direction has come to the fore and this is what cements Exit Records as a go-to label for those inside and out of the genre.

EXIT081 A2: Fracture- Turbo Toms

Exit Records UK