Soul:Motion - Reminisce (out Now On Vandal)

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
TECH 107 - Crissy Criss - Create the Future
RELEASE DATE: 26th August 2014
RELEASE TIME: Midnight
(The Middle of Crissy’s Last 1Xtra Show)

Pre Order new Crissy Criss single 'Create The Future' right now! iTunes http://smarturl.it/TECH107

Flash up your lighters, it’s time to show your appreciation! On 26th August, Crissy Criss’s last 1Xtra outing hits the airwaves. And, as the show reaches its apex, the stroke of midnight signals Create the Future has been released to online retailers, so while Crissy is on air, you can salute his work by copping it immediately.

The last decade has seen bass music, its roots firmly
established in the underground, push shoots and branches up through the streets to mainstream accept- ance, not only in the UK, but throughout the world. And undisputedly one of the most influential forces in this era of the low-end has been Crissy Criss.

There are few people who can claim to have been part of the D&B scene since childhood. He can though. Step-son to the legendary jungle pioneer Kenny Ken, he was learning to mix at age 9, playing on Kool FM at 11, taking his first steps into production at 12, and chalking up his first release at 17. Since then, as part of BBC Radio 1Xtra’s roster, he’s championed all flavours of D&B and given crucial exposure to many new artists.

But now it’s time to turn the page. Crissy Criss is leaving 1Xtra, so to celebrate his achievements, it’s only right he drops something victorious on Technique Recordings.
As the title Create the Future suggests, this track is about development. An almost deep house intro, rolling filtered piano chords around delicate stabs, is subsumed by a synthetic alarm-call and atmospherically- manipulated vocal samples as the beats and bass kick in. The sounds open and expands until a breakdown with tinges of soulful garage, before building back to an emotive climax.

This is music with emotion, euphoria and pedigree, and a highly-suitable marker for the end of Crissy Criss’s 1Xtra journey.

With every end comes the possibility of new beginnings, though. And as Create the Future lands, you know that Crissy will be busy living up to that title. So watch out, Crissy Criss has been released into the wild, so be prepared for what’s coming next.

￼For interview requests and further information, contact: info@techniquerecordings.co.uk


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Intelligent Manners & Malaky - Tears

WARM COMMUNICATIONS

WARM031

TOTAL SCIENCE

RELEASE DATE: 10/13/2014

TRACKLISTING:
A. TOTAL SCIENCE ft. GRIMM - SO ADDICTED
AA. VILLEM & MCLEOD - PUTTING DOWN ROOTS [TOTAL SCIENCE REMIX]

TOTAL SCIENCE ft. GRIMM - SO ADDICTED [INSTRUMENTAL] *DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE

A legendary duo who need no introduction. Total Science make their debut on Warm Communications in fantastic style. "So Addicted" sees the group bring on vocalist "Grimm" with a powerful, uplifting piece of d&b beauty. One the flip Total Science have remixed the jungle/ half time affair "Putting Down Roots" originally brought to you by Bristol's Villem & Mcleod. A unique jungle stomper executed to perfection.

PREORDER:

REDEYE: www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/55835-w…em-and-mcleod

Total Science ft. Grimm - So Addicted *Clip | Out Oct 13

FREE TUNE from an artist to watch, Jon Daze.  Future EP is scheduled from Jon Daze on Soul Deep Recordings.  More information to follow soon!

Jon Daze - Find A Way (FREE TUNE!!)

Prepare yourself for an overhaul of liquid drum & bass. Expressions by Fokuz returns with a marvelous 12'' by Nelver featuring tracks with Malaky and Simplification. Soulful drum & bass for the sensitive souls.

Tracklist:

A1. Nelver & Malaky - Don't Look Back
A2. Nelver - Just One Day
B1. Nelver & Simplification - New York
B2. Nelver - Origin Source

https://soundcloud.com/nelver
https://soundcloud.com/simplification
https://soundcloud.com/malaky

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EXPRESS016 / Nelver - Origin Source EP

Divtec - Odyssey

20 Years of Nemesis Recordings is here and we have packed some of the best cuts from the label and loads of brand new exclusives from some of the scene's emerging artists to celebrate this milestone moment. 

Please do join us at our album launch party 2nd October at Kable Manchester hosting a star studded line up from the Nemesis Roster, make sure to check the socials for more info. 

We want to thank all the artists and music lovers worldwide for your support over the years, without you guys we would not be where we are today. Here's to another 20 more years, come and celebrate with us.

Mastered by Beau @ TenEightSeven Mastering

TRCD - Reactiv8

"All things considered, getting all of this out with music just feels right? Like I can use the album to point to it to explain how I feel instead of having to think about [it] all the time, but at the very least, I want it to be the best apology I can give to the people who deserve it (even if they'll never hear it). And at a time where I can genuinely feel my brain starting to melt and the memories start to fade in the midst of everything, it'll be a way to go from faking some semblance of happiness all the time to at least trying to give myself the hugs and self-love I need to keep going, if only because I can't ask for forgiveness from the people I've hurt." -me, 4/21/2025.

"fleeting memories; feigning happiness" is a personal journey for me that follows, among other things, the course of a romantic relationship, the stages of grief that came with it, and my understanding of my eventual diagnosis of bipolar II disorder. I suppose I'll leave it at that.

Thank you for giving this album a listen.

Purchase on Bandcamp

...to all the people i've hurt

Malaky - Speak Low

Catapulting themselves into 2017, young production pair In:Most are making waves across the Drum & Bass scene. Based on opposite sides of the globe, Josh Croft (Cambridge) & Bailey Greer (Brisbane) are living proof that music knows no bounds. Having worked together since early 2012, yet only announcing it officially in 2015, the duo are pushing out some solid material. Namely their ‘Cloudfish EP’ out on Silent Audio, and the ‘Pictures In My Mind EP’ on Goldfat. Fresh from collaborating with the likes of Logistics on ‘Sheung Wan’, the pair now offer up , a 3-track slice of soul on our own young Soulvent Records imprint.

Opener ‘I Know’ eases in smooth pianos shaded with atmospheric padding, flanked by rhythmic clicks and sweeps. All backed up with a beefy drum break and a churning bassline, this sort of silky-smooth roller is fast becoming In:Most’s calling card.

’Changes’ kicks off with a purely positive, jazz-tinged energy. We’re talking feel-good sparkles, pizzicato strings and glossy toplines. Coupled with a screw-face bass and innovative vocal chops, it’s a prime example of their nostalgic yet forward-thinking sound. 

To round off the cut, their ’I Can’t Do VIP’ runs a more than welcome half-time reimagining of the original from last years’ Soul Sessions Vol. 2. With its playful, plucky arpeggiated synth, lustrously soft pads and rumbling, warm low-end, there’s more than an enough to reinvigorate the original release: our first offering from the duo, not even half a year old! 

With an impressive string of releases in only 5 months, these are two producers who show no signs of slowing down over the course of the year.

Buy it here!

In:Most - I Know

Demos : marco@triplevision.nl

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