Noisia comprise Dutch producers Thijs, Nik and Martijn. Largely regarded as one of the most distinctive, powerful acts to emerge in bass music, their production techniques are referenced and praised across the entire electronic music scene. Their extensive body of work also includes the game Devil May Cry and the Foreign Beggars collaboration I Am Legion.

Drum & Bass duo DC Breaks have made their way onto the widest range of playlists. Their hardcore club cuts have been rewound by the likes of DJ Friction and Andy C. On the other hand, the songwriting ability displayed on the single ‘Faithless’, featuring Bianca, has plastered them all over the radio. That’s just the tip of a very large iceberg. DC Breaks have earned their stripes in the underground but, with an album due in the Autumn and a packed festival season ahead, they’re about to explode onto the international stage in a spectacular fashion.

Since signing to Andy C’s Ram Records they’ve carved a reputation for delivering world class remixes for some of the biggest names in pop. Their work on singles by Paloma Faith, Lady Gaga, Lana del Rey, Tinie Tempah and others, and production for Example (a cut on the ‘Playing in the Shadows’ album) woke the pair up to the possibilities offered by vocalists. It was the start of the journey that led to the forthcoming album, packed with crossover cuts such as the piano-led ‘Breathe’ featuring Dave Gibson, with its contagious, urgent chorus. Or the soulful explosion of ‘No One Like You’ sung with passion by Niara Scarlett. Or the epic blast of ‘Salvation’ wherein DC Breaks take heavy duty bass sounds and tie them to uplifting, irresistible vocal hooks.

Once they graduated to Ram itself, with monster cuts such as ‘Shaman’ and last year’s battering ‘Lock-In’, they hit the drum & bass A-league. Before long it wasn’t just the drum & bass scene paying attention. DC Breaks tunes made it onto BBC Radio via Zane Lowe, Mistajam and Annie Mac.

“Chase and Status opened the door to drum & bass being accepted in the mainstream,” says Dan, “and through that door went DJ Fresh, Wilkinson, and now us.”

It certainly looks that way with appearances at multiple 2015 festivals, including UKF, NASS, SW4 and Glastonbury.

“I love the wildness of festivals,” says Dan, “Like we played on Arcadia’s outdoor stage last New Year’s Eve, in this big tower with fire blasting out of it. I was literally three or four feet directly underneath the flame-thrower in a really small box. If something goes wrong we were literally toast!”

If DC Breaks can avoid being fried by flame-throwers, the summer will be theirs. By the end of 2015, with their debut album blowing up everywhere, the year might well be too.

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CNPY015 Lontra - Money, Money  12" Out Now!

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Out now..

CNPY001 General Ehi Duncan - Africa My No. 1
CNPY002 bosq ft Kaleta - Song For Ehi
CNPY003 Tomede Ehue - Bella Bello 
CNPY004 The Celebrant - Re-Calibrated
CNPY005 Alafia - Assanssan
CNPY006 Kiko Navarro ft Kaleta - Funky Man Dey Sleep
CNPY007 Alafia - The Sam Redmore Reworks
CNPY008-1 OPOLOPO X ALAFIA - AXXANXXAN/AXXIOVE
CNPY008-2 OPOLOPO - AXXANXXAN/AXXIOVE (Instros)
CNPY009 Kiko Navarro - Kéléjé
CNPY010 Poly-Rythmo Reworks
CNPY011 Poly-Rythmo Reworks
CNPY012-2 Joi N'Juno - Samemala
CNPYLP001 Myke Moul - Oppressor LP

CNPYLAP001 London Afrobeat Collective - Esengo LP 
CNPYLAPDIG1 London Afrobeat Collective-Topesa Esengo Na Motema 
CNPYLAPDIG2 London Afrobeat Collective - Freedom (Digital)
CNPYLAPDIG3 London Afrobeat Collective - My Way (Kiko Navarro Remixes) (Digital)

Events

13/10/23 Troyes, France
14/10/23 La Barge, Troyes, France
20/10/23 Strogi Centar, Belgrade, Serbia
21/10/23 Klub Feedback, Niš, Serbia
28/10/23 Malanga Café, Ibiza
15/12/23 Tropical Discoteque, Torino, Italy
29/03/24 Bird Vinyl Bar, Copenhagen
30/03/24 Jolene, Copenhagen
11/05/24 Fiasco, Porto, Portugal

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