Special Free Download dedicated to the 10 years @capitalbass celebration.

Pahatam - All That You Got (Formally Unknown Remix)

More than ten years since he first emerged on Skull Disco, Appleblim presents his debut album. The label he co-founded with Shackleton was the first the world heard of his productions, but Laurie Osborne’s innate relationship with electronic music culture reaches back much further than those groundbreaking early days of dubstep. Early days spent soaking up hardcore, jungle, techno and plenty more besides were fundamental foundations from which to spring into the then-unknown realms of sub-low half-step club music. At that time FWD>> and DMZ were the church for this ritualistic sound, and Appleblim was a regular fixture at both.

As dubstep matured, magnified, mutated and meandered, so Appleblim moved beyond Skull Disco to explore different avenues of expression in the new many-layered club music landscape. His own Apple Pips imprint was a natural vessel on which to explore the emergent fusions of hardcore-derived sounds and the US-born house, techno and electro, while labels such as Aus Music equally provided a home for his work (often alongside Komonazmuk). Meanwhile long-standing collaborations with Alec Storey (Al Tourettes / Second Storey) finally manifested in the hyper-modern mind-twist of ALSO, captured as an album on legendary rave label R&S.

More recently it’s been possible to hear Appleblim delve into electro-acoustic and ambient production alongside bassweight sounds on Tempa, one of the original bastions of dubstep culture. As the existing boundaries between genres, cultures, eras and scenes continue to dissolve, on his debut album Appleblim offers up a fresh approach that brings some of the foundational sound ethics of rave culture into a modern framework.

Hardcore breaks are still a regular sound source in contemporary club tracks, but on Life In A Laser it’s instantly apparent that Appleblim has moved beyond choosing popular drum samples to truly tap into the elusive feeling engendered by the music of the era. It’s a tricky feat to manage, but in the pie-eyed chords of “Ignite”, the subby 808 tom basslines on “NCI” or the Mr. Fingers synth flex on “Manta Key” the sonic finish sports the same understated grit and grime that made those early records so timeless. There’s still space for modernism, not least on snaking 2-step killer “I Think We'll Let The Gas Sort This One Out”, but it’s offset by a layer of dust, not to mention an inherent moodiness that can’t be faked.

This fine balance of rave romanticism and future-minded approaches binds together in a cohesive conceptual statement. First and foremost it’s Appleblim’s personal reflection on the music that has moved him on countless dancefloors since his first flirtations with soundsystem culture. At the same time the canny influx of modern ideas into the soundworld of the 90s genuinely results in a new proposition, making for a perfect fit on the modern-day ‘ardcore fetishists label of choice, Sneaker Social Club. Many may claim to draw on old-skool influences in their modern trax, but take one listen to “Flows From Within” and you’ll feel the same time-slipping surge of future-shock as the ravers at Lost, Dreamscape, The Dungeons, Clink Street, Blue Note and all those other iconic spots.

Appleblim - NCI

Formally Unknown - Pulsating Thought

180 g Hand-stamped 12"

Available from:
Bandcamp (+Digi!!!)
Juno
Oye Berlin
+ Distribution through Unearthed

Early support from: Mumdance, B.Traits, Cedric Maison, Tom Ravenscroft, Madam X, Peach, Orson, Hops and many more.

A1   AGRIPPA - U C ME 
Stripped-back, low-passed roller.

A2  HENRY GREENLEAF - IN SAME
Swung and spaced out.

B1   META - FAULT LINE
Fucked.

Passed for Transmission

Passed for Transmission vol. 1

PAR001 | V/A - PASSED FOR TRANSMISSION VOL. 1 - REPRESS AVAILABLE NOW!

Transfigured Time 006 - Cocktail Party Effect
Release date - 5th November 2018
Buy Vinyl - https://www.juno.co.uk/products/cocktail-party-effect-death-of-an-algorithm/705894-01/
Buy Digital - transfiguredtime.com/album/death-of-an-algorithm

Cover Photo by Andro Eradze 
Sleeve design by Gacha Bakradze
Mastered by Gigi Jikia

Distributed by Kompakt.

Cocktail Party Effect - Ctrl

Vina Konda - From J To C

.@stonestaro returns for his third release on Scuffed. The Digital Vintage EP is an exploration of breaks, resulting in three rave-ready rollers in Taro's signature style.

Out 28th February: https://scuffedrecs.bandcamp.com/album/digital-vintage-ep

Digital Vintage EP

Stones Taro - Digital Vintage EP (Previews)

B1. Snide - Henry Greenleaf (WSR VA2)

Elusive London-based producer J-Shadow delivers his first EP for Beat Machine Records, 'The Astral Series'. Hear the moody, ambient interludes punctured by frenetic drum & bass on 'Orlov's Casket'

More info:

BMR023

Premiere: J-Shadow 'Orlov's Casket'

This week on our 199 & Friends series we have a mix from London's @fae95 that sounds just like glitter. 50 authoritative minutes of breaks and bass are seasoned generously with ghetto-electro and garage, shimmering and shaking throughout. You could just find your new favourite party track lurking in here.

TRACKLIST:

Ouero - Abstract
Akul x Biscoux - Heartache
Chungo - Duvrow Hill
Chris Murky - Funky Bredda
A Sagittariun- Heart Surta
Admo - Catharsis (Badman Version) 
DB Cooper - Rav-alicious Dub
Sketchy - Out Of My Mind
Bakey - Cheeky Dubplate
Flatpack & dudeman - On The Tool
Kouslin & Logan - Bad (KRSLD remix)
Flint - 7K-L1
Dj Danifox - Kelela (Turn To Dust) Remix
Chris Mac  - Baby Gunna Rock Dis 
Bex - Wings Of A Dove
0113 - Searching 
Pinder - hype mngo edit

199 & Friends - Fae

The Sweet Spot (Trancebreaks Mix)

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