Timely - Wimely

Surprises await the deep listener. Each track on the upcoming album features collaborators interacting with the sounds of a home-made electro-acoustic berimbau which I have been developing over the last few weeks. Off to a very strong start. I expect there will be a very hefty album quite soon. Titles are provisional, temporary, subject to change at the moment.

John Palumbo Green & Purple Berimbau

michal gizycki: soprano sax; jeff gburek: eletro-acoustic berimbau

Michal Gizycki Jeff Gburek NBF 10

GON (ensmbl, elx) – perf. anARCHE NewMusicEnsemble ( 2008)

Minirig portable speakers the only soundsystem you will ever need!!
www.minirigs.co.uk  

A big thank you to Ed Solo for providing us with his Minirig Mix Tape!

https://soundcloud.com/edsolo

https://www.facebook.com/DJEdSolo?fref=ts

Strangely enough for an artist named Ed Solo, this prolific producer used to be best known for his collaborations with other artists. Deekline, Krafty Kuts, Skool of Thought, drum 'n' bass legend Brockie - all have benefited from getting Ed alongside them in the studio. The east London lad who grew up listening to pirate radios and cut his teeth as a production assistant at the famous Sour studios really is a Jedi master of sonic science: drop the needle on an Ed Solo record and you'll soon know about it - no one makes club music that cuts through a soundsystem quite like him.

And yet that moniker also - rightly - suggests a confidence in his ability to go out on his own, and Ed is an iconic artist on each of the drum 'n' bass, breaks and dubstep scenes. In the latter field, he's recently been creating a firestorm with Sludge Records, the label he co-runs with Deekline (the pair also run booty breaks imprint Hot Cakes together).

Tracks such as Age of Dub and Atlantis have introduced younger clubbers to classic dance music sounds, throwing them through a skanked out half-time prism and bringing them back to the floor in full effect. They've also picked up support from iconic figures such as Kissy Sellout and Skream - this is a producer right at the heart of the zeitgeist.

In the club, Ed is at the centre of one of the most innovative revolutionary shows of modern times, the Battlejam events run with production partner and UK DMC Champ JFB and UK beatbox champ Beardyman. Working together, the trio cut, scratch and loop up live audio recordings - some made by members of the crowd only seconds before - to create an entirely new, interactive, real-time experience.

Having just returned from a spectacularly successful tour of Canada, Ed is ready to take things to the next level. Hold tight for some serious dancefloor mayhem in your area.

Ed Solo - Minirig Liquid DnB Mixtape

PHOEN > https://soundcloud.com/lightloop
14.03.2015 l Klubojadalnia Eufemia l Warszawa
http://www.trzeciafala.com/2015/03/pozdrotrzecia-fala-banda-muzykow-sirko.html

::: POZDRO ::: TRZECIA FALA ::: PHOEN Live

Demoniczny związek basklarnetu z maszyną.

Koncert zarejestrowany 12 maja 2018 roku w klubie Farby na ul. Różanej w Poznaniu w ramach Klubu Festiwalowego Nowej Siły Kuratorskiej.

Michał Giżycki - klarnet basowy
Karol Firmanty - syntezatory modularne

fot. Karol Firmanty

Firmanty/Giżycki - Przebudzenie

... the voices in my head told me to face the future ...

The story of this mix dates probably back to 2014, but I've lost track. Having recorded my previous studio mix I was wondering where I should take things next. The obvious next step from a DJ perspective would have been to record something harder, to showcase the side of my selection that hadn't received its spotlight. Maybe get a booking or two off the back of that. Then I decided to do the exact opposite! I picked the side of drum & bass that most promoters steer clear of, but that resonates with me the most - Autonomic.

... the voices in my head told me I'm not good enough ...

Can't count how many times I've scrapped the tracklist ideas I've had for this mix whenever I'd acquire a track that I felt NEEDED to be featured. Those tracks always ended up changing the direction of the set. Or I'd play back the combos I already had picked and realised they weren't all that good. That led me to believe *I* wasn't that good if I can't piece a mix together (and believe me, that shit really goes to my head, I'm an ambitious motherfucker). I would give up working on it for a week or even a few months. As time flew by, I had even more tunes that in turn kept changing my initial concept... well, you get the picture!

... the voices in my head told me to stop looking back ...

Until one day I finally decided to just say: "fuck it!" and get that final draft of the tracklist. Still took me a good few evenings piecing the idea together and I had no clue whether it would flow as well as I would imagine it to be until I'd actually have a go and actually record it. But then another thing dawned on me. I've put over 131 tracks on the list (137 if you count the teased ones) and the entire thing would take 5 hours or more to mix. Well, shit.

... the voices in my head told me to stay true to myself ...

That raised a whole new level of self-doubt. Who would even listen to a mix that long? We live in an age of an ever shortening attention span, people stop listening to mixes in favour of single tracks (hell, I myself find myself listening to less sets than I used to because "I don't have time"). But then I remembered why I wanted to record this in the first place - for myself and myself only. And if I would end up the only listener who would take the time to travel the entire journey and take the story in from beginning til end, then so be it. Thankfully some of your responses to my doubts on FB encouraged me as well. If you were part of those few voices outside my head, thank you. A special shout-out goes to my man CrissNSA of Dungeon Beats for letting me use his 3-deck setup. That definitely helped me push myself even further, as well as shorten it to 4,5h.

... the voices in my head told me it's time to let go ...

And that's exactly what I did, finally. I recorded this mix over a year ago and I still wasn't sure if it's good enough. I had a couple of people test-listen to it for feedback, but most of all I needed to have that one final internal dialogue (monologue?) to make the final decision and leap of faith. It may be "just a mix" to some, but by the time I scrapped yet another tracklist and started putting together the final one, the intent of this being my opus magnum was very strong. 

Did I succeed? Time will tell. But it's also time to stop being so precious about it.

TL;DR - This is a mix that took me a good 4-5 years to put together, for all the reasons mentioned above and more. There's more to it than just Autonomic of course, it bridges the gap between that side of DNB as well as its roots and other bits and pieces that just fit the story well. I hope you take your time to listen to it in one sitting, one day. The music deserves it.

(tracklist: https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2019-12-25_-_Alegria_-_Voices_In_My_Head )
((artwork created by EXID of Dungeon Beats / Lucysfear, all rights reserved))

Out Of My Head

Alegria - Voices In My Head (studio mix)

Velocity EP

Fracture - Shada Shada feat. Nah Eeto

Detached is a regular trek of unique free single releases from artists that we respect who also unapologetically explore new edges in bass music. 

We are super excited about our next track in the series by UK-resident producer JAMIU.  Mutated from traditional Nigerian sonics and drum patterns, Yemoja is a fresh chapter in African-influenced Halftime - it’s also proper murky! 

Formerly known as Jimi Perspective, Jamiu is one of the forces behind the rich Bass and Jungle joint Darc City and runs regular shows on Subtle FM and Balamii Radio. 

Check out his own self-released music and socials here.

Bandcamp: https://jamiu.bandcamp.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jamiu_music
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jamiu_music/

Mastering: Saif Bari @Fixedmastering.com

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Yemoja

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January is over and it looks like things are getting better, well it's definitely better now that we have Alegria as our next podcast. Alegria is a long time friend and SUNANDBASS veteran attending every year since 2009. You will always find him right at the front left to get the best views of the party!

And if you're looking for more, tune in to his 'DrumObsession' radio show every Tuesday at 17:00 GMT over on BassDrive.com

Soundcloud: @alegriaabada

http://mixcloud.com/alegria
Insta: @piotr_alegria
http://facebook.com/alegriaofficial
http://twitter.com/alegriadnb

Firmanty/Giżycki - Przebudzenie

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