Drum & Bass

Buy on VINYL & DIGITAL - http://www.surus.co.uk/critical-music/
FULL RELEASE : 27TH JANUARY 2014 
CAT NUMBER : CRITLP06 
FORMAT : DIGITAL / 2 x 2EP / LTD 10” EDITION
#UNDERGROUNDSONICS

Kicking off 2014 in the most spectacular fashion, Critical Music enters its 12th year with its biggest artist compilation to date. Painstakingly put together by label boss Kasra over the past year, ‘Underground Sonics’ is an exciting overview of modern day drum & bass, showcasing the true dexterity of one of the most well regarded, independent electronic music labels in the UK today. 

Kasra has pulled out all the stops, sifting through his phone book to enlist the talents of some of the biggest and most exciting producers in the game. Noisia, Dub Phizix, Enei, Phace, Sam Binga and Kasra himself all make sterling contributions that make for an album of the best of Underground Sonic expression.
It’s been a few years since our last fully fledged label compilation so I wanted to ensure this one was as vital as possible. For me this album truly encapsulates the essence of Critical, a balanced mix of all that’s exciting about this music - heads down lights out rollers, experimental side steps and some slightly more aggressive attention grabbers. This album is made up of tracks by the core Critical acts alongside a select group of label friends and for me is a snapshot of where the label is at now and where it is heading." Kasra

UNDERGROUND SONICS Tracklist:
1. Dub Phizix – The Clock Ticks
2. Ivy Lab - Baby Grey
 3. Foreign Concept – Falling Stars ft. MC DRS 
4. Sam Binga – Lef Dem ft. Redders
 5. Mefjus & Inside Info – Repentence 
6. Enei – Slender 
7. Noisia & Upbeats – Little Fling
 8. Phace – The Set Up 
9. Stealth – Chimera 
10. Stray – Everytime
 11. Ruffhouse – Next Phase 
12. Kasra – DFM 
13. Emperor – Control 
14. Halogenix – Maniac 
15. Kasra & Enei – Breath 
16. Sabre – Cashmere For Christmas 
17. Emperor & Centra – The Saboteur (Digital Exclusive)
18. Enei – Thinline (Blocks & Escher Rmx)(Digital Exclusive)

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Ivy Lab - Baby Grey [CRITLP06]

OUT NOW - Ivy Lab - 'Missing Persons' EP. 
Available from all good record & download stores.

Buy on Surus >http://bit.ly/CRIT74_Beatport
Buy on Beatport > http://bit.ly/CRIT74_Beatport
Buy on iTunes > http://bit.ly/CRIT074_iTunes

Vinyl purchasers receive a free digital download card for the whole EP.

Already declared by Backdrop as one of the best drum & bass releases you’re likely to hear in 2014, Ivy Lab’s Missing Persons EP is nothing short of sublime; a collection of work from Sabre, Stray and Halogenix that’ll simply take your breath away. Featuring their mainstay vocal collaborator Frank Carter III on the title track, Ivy Lab carry us from sumptuous, warm liquid through to acid tinged tech with Emperor’s input and finish with some west coast, lo-riding electro crunk. Essential is an understatement.

MISSING PERSONS EP
A) Ivy Lab - Missing Persons ft. Frank Carter III
B) Ivy Lab - Live On Your Smile
C) Ivy Lab & Emperor - Pepper
D) Ivy Lab - Sunday Crunk
Ivy Lab & Emperor - Pepper (Deft Remix) [Digital Only]

MISSING PERSONS EP
LABEL: CRITICAL MUSIC
CAT NUMBER: CRIT074

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www.ivylab.co.uk

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B - Ivy Lab - "Live On Your Smile"

OUT NOW - Ivy Lab - 'Missing Persons' EP. 
Available from all good record & download stores.

Buy on Surus >http://bit.ly/CRIT74_Beatport
Buy on Beatport > http://bit.ly/CRIT74_Beatport
Buy on iTunes > http://bit.ly/CRIT074_iTunes

Vinyl purchasers receive a free digital download card for the whole EP.

Limited Edition versions with handmade packaging and custom art available from www.ivylab.co.uk from Monday 17th February. **50 Copies available!** - SOLD OUT

Already declared by Backdrop as one of the best drum & bass releases you’re likely to hear in 2014, Ivy Lab’s Missing Persons EP is nothing short of sublime; a collection of work from Sabre, Stray and Halogenix that’ll simply take your breath away. Featuring their mainstay vocal collaborator Frank Carter III on the title track, Ivy Lab carry us from sumptuous, warm liquid through to acid tinged tech with Emperor’s input and finish with some west coast, lo-riding electro crunk. Essential is an understatement.

MISSING PERSONS EP
A) Ivy Lab - Missing Persons ft. Frank Carter III
B) Ivy Lab - Live On Your Smile
C) Ivy Lab & Emperor - Pepper
D) Ivy Lab - Sunday Crunk
Ivy Lab & Emperor - Pepper (Deft Remix) [Digital Only]

MISSING PERSONS EP
LABEL: CRITICAL MUSIC
CAT NUMBER: CRIT074

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twitter.com/IvyLab_
www.ivylab.co.uk

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@critical-music

A - Ivy Lab Ft. Frank Carter III - "Missing Persons"

Taken from the forthcoming Metalheadz Platinum Breakz 4 VA LP.

For more info and tracklisting you can visit the Metalheadz website <a href="https://shop.metalheadz.co.uk/download/metacd002d">Here</a>

Pre Order!

Ivy Lab & Hydro - Make It Clear (Ft. Frank Carter III & Lucy Annika)

Buy on Vinyl & Digital: bit.ly/CRIT080
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Ltd Ivy Edition vinyl **SOLD OUT**

Ivy Lab return for 2015 with their most ambitious and most accomplished EP yet, spanning across the most pearlescent of D&B through to rough, rugged glitch and raw half time grooves. Adding extra freshness is man of the moment Sam Binga and Brighton based El Train, each bringing their own take on the Lab sound. A stunning collection of work presented on multiple formats including limited edition vinyl with hand-crafted packaging from the Ivy Lab boys themselves.

Release date: 23rd Feb 2015 [Critical / Beatport / Spotify]
Shop Wide Release: 9th March 2015

1) Twenty Questions 
2) Gomeisa
3) Forex
4) Slinky
5) Two By Two
7) Planebeats (Digital)
6) Taste The Mango (Digital)
8) Live On Your Smile [El Train Rmx] (Digital) 
9) Slinky [Sam Binga Rmx] (Digital)

Ivy Lab online:
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Remixers:
@eltrainmusic
@sam_binga

Ivy Lab - Twenty Questions

Ivy Lab - Forex

Ivy Lab - Gomeisa

The Lab is our weekly live stream / office party based in London and L.A where we live stream some of the biggest and best names in dance music from genres across the board. Since launching back in 2012 we've played host to some incredible sets and each week we'll be uploading some classic Mixmag Lab material from the vaults. Download this and many more timeless Labs here: bit.ly/1lzDBrs


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Calibre & Craig Richards in The Lab LDN -  March 2014

V Recordings back again as Bryan Gee blazes through a selection of brand new Drum and Bass from the V family and beyond, and with Retrospect 5 on the horizion also digs through the crates with some classics tracks and previously unreleased gems!

Subscribe on iTunes -  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/v-recordings-podcast/id792646172?mt=2

01. Roni Size - Agility
02. Roni Size - Fresh
03. DJ Chap and Andrezz - Its A New World (feat L-Side and MC Fava)
04. Makoto and Asides - Were Do We Go (feat Riya)
05. Riya - Fear Bites (feat Dynamite MC) 
06. DJ Marky - Be With You (feat Collette Warren)
07. TBC - All Or Nothing
08. Rowpieces and Identified - Falling
09. Janz - Natural (DJ Marky Remix) 
10. Makota and Marky - TBC
11. Logistics - Love Unlimited
12. Command Strange - Loveland
13. Wizard - Sign Of The Times (Mampi Swift Remix)
14. Jayline, Ruffstuff and Friller - The Demon
14. Heist - Wolfman
15. Must Die! - Hellcat (Annix Remix)
16. Mampi Swift - Tick Tock
17. Jaybee and Zere - Delievery Service
18. RoyGreen and Protone (feat Pennygiles and Nina) - Wake Up (Jaybee Remix) 
19. Heist - 90% Rusk
20. TBC - Philly Blunt Dubplate
21. TBC - Philly Blunt Dubplate
22. Critycal Dub - Roadblock (feat Yush)
23. Need For Mirrors - Blood Orange
24. Spectrasoul - I Dont Mind
25. Command Stange and Inteligent Manners - The Real Deal
26. Digital - Rejection
27. Dillinja - My Love Is True (Capone Remix)
28. Dillinja - 12 Inch Flares
29. Future Cut - Out There
30. Dillinja and Bryan Gee - Badman
31. Peshay - Liquid V
32. DJ Krust - Set Speed (Krust Remix)
33. TBC - Philly Blunt Dubplate
34. Firefox and Glamour Gold - Check Da Skills
35. Think Tonk - Work It
36. Think Tonk - Wavey Wavey Music
37. DRS and Marcus Intalex - Bunya
38. Alibi - Aftermath
39. Future Cut - Prophecy

V Recordings Podcast 028 - Hosted by Bryan Gee

Grab a download of our Critical Music DNB60 mix aired last week on the Friction BBC Radio 1 Drum & Bass show!

Keeping things 100% Critical, we've dug deep into the vaults to bring you a host of unreleased dubplates & VIPs - including some brand new & never before heard Ivy Lab material for good measure!

Ivy Lab - Blanket
Rockwell - Underpass (Alix Perez VIP)
Sabre - The Intrepid VIP
Stray - Timbre VIP
Dub Phizix - Handmade
Breakage - Rebel Creation
Sabre & Vicious Circle - Endless
Enei - Headtop (Hyroglifics Remix)
Lomax - Burning Flag
Ivy Lab - Brat
Sabre - Peril (Stray Remix)
Rockwell - Noir
Stray - Ginseng Smash
Ivy Lab - St Clair
Noisia - Little Fling
Ivy Lab - Focus
Fluidity - Deeper Vibe
Halogenix - Her Waves
Ivy Lab - Gomeisa
Hyroglifics - Astraya
Ivy Lab - Live On Your Smile
Ivy Lab - Missing Persons
Ivy Lab - 20 Questions
Hyroglifics - Spirited
Lomax - 15 Sided Dice
Stray - Akina (Drop VIP)
Sam Binga - Chasic
Sam Binga - Ayo (Ivy Lab RMX)
Halogenix - Porcupine
Hyroglifics - Snuf
Ivy Lab - Planebeats
Ivy Lab - Two By Two
Ivy Lab vs Sam Binga & Fracture - Back By Two (Hyroglifics Refix)
Halogenix & Hyroglifics - Hallelujah
Ivy Lab - Taste The Mango

Ivy Lab Online:

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www.ivylab.co.uk
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Critical Music | Ivy Lab #DNB60 | BBC Radio 1 [Friction D&B Show]

S.P.Y's take on 'Souvenirs' completely rips up the original, despite a few shimmering moments, as he drowns it in grit and turns it into five minutes of shredding rowdiness.

BUY: http://MedSchoolMusic.lnk.to/SouvenirsME

Premiere: Etherwood 'Souvenirs' (S.P.Y Remix)

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Regular Spearhead Records duo Hybrid Minds are soon to release their next EP, another collection of silk-coated drum 'n' bass cuts primed for summer relaxation. 

It's a four-tracker featuring Lenzman and Tokyo Prose collaborator Riya, Matt Banks and Charlie P, and follows their debut album 'Mountains' on BCee's label. 

More exclusive music

Premiere: Hybrid Minds 'Our Turn' feat Charlie P

It's a great and rewarding thing, the fact that we have regular access to and working relationships with people who are consistently trying to push the musical boundaries. It really is the gift that keeps on giving and we're duly stoked that we once again are able to find ourselves in the generous position to be able to share some brand new and exclusive music with you. In anticipation of the next installment of Critical Sound (which'll be in Room One on 10th July), the label has kindly bestowed a teaser of Enei, Kasra and DRS' forthcoming collaboration 'Overthinking' on us...





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Kasra & Enei - Overthinking ft. DRS [clip]

AVAILABLE NOW TO BUY/STREAM ->
http://www.criticalmusic.com/release/kasra-enei-inside-the-box-ep/

Critical Music boss man Kasra spends most of his days A&R’ing one of electronic music’s most revered record labels whilst playing drum & bass records in clubs across the world most weekends. Having announced his return to the studio with one of the biggest names in D&B, @Enei, the pair are now ready to unleash their latest EP ahead of their debut at EDC Las Vegas, one of the world’s largest electronic music festivals. As you’d expect, it’s a bit good.

1) Inside the Box
2) Words
3) Overthinking ft. DRS
4) Arcana (Digitial Exclusive) 
5) Greed (Digital Exclusive)

Kasra
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Kasra & Enei - Arcana

Over the past few months, Critical has had the privilege to showcase its sound to listeners all over the globe via BBC Radio 1. Previous artists include, Mefjus, Sam Binga, Ivy Lab and now its time for the bossman @Kasra-Critical to step up and deliver his 60 minute mix. As you'd expect from the label governor, a large majority of Critical forthcoming material gets its first airing on the radio waves.

Showcasing past, present, future, never to be released, first time exclusives. A jam packed mix indeed!

OUT NOW - Kasra & Enei's 'Inside The Box' EP → http://www.criticalmusic.com/release/kasra-enei-inside-the-box-ep/

Tracklist:

Kasra & Enei - Words - [Critical] 
Rockwell - Underpass (Alix Perez Remix) - [Critical] 
Hyroglifics - Astraya - [Critical] 
Sam Binga Feat Rider Shafique - Mind & Spirit - [Critical] 
Chimpo - War Tanker - [Critical] 
Kasra & Enei - Inside The Box - [Critical] 
Foreign Concept Feat Punchline - Papercha$er VIP - [Critical] 
Icicle - Late Nights - [Critical] 
Rockwell - Aria - [Critical] 
Spectrasoul - Alibi - [Critical] 
Bungle - Human Poison - [Critical] 
Ivy Lab - Focus - [Critical] 
Signal - No Warning - [Critical] 
Emperor - Foxholes - [Critical] 
S.P.Y & Kasra - Surface 2015 - [Critical] 
Enei - Ten Stripes - [Critical] 
Hyroglifics - No Drama - [Critical] 
Fre4knc - Rotor - [Critical] 
Kasra & Enei - Greed - [Critical] 
Current Value - Jump - [Critical] 
Posij - Spin - [Critical] 
Emperor - Monolith (Xtrah Remix) - [Critical] 
Xtrah Feat Codebreaker - Set The Levels VIP - [Critical] 
Signal - Judgement - [Critical] 
Kasra & Enei Feat DRS - Overthinking - [Critical] 
Mefjus - Expedition (Inside Info Remix) - [Critical] 
Subtension - No Worries - [Critical]
Current Value - Change - [Critical] 
Mefjus - Continuous VIP - [Critical] 
Ivy Lab - Sunday Crunk (Mefjus Remix) - [Critical] 
Subtension - Camden Hype - [Critical] 


Kasra Online:
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Critical:
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Words

More shows/mixes

Kasra | #DNB60 | BBC Radio 1 [Friction D&B Show] | June 2015

AVAILABLE NOW TO BUY/STREAM ->
http://www.criticalmusic.com/release/critical-presents-binary-vol-7-signal/

Hailing from the Netherlands, Signal aka Jonathan Kievit is the latest to join fellow countrymen Noisia, Black Sun Empire, June Miller, Maduk, Posij and Lenzman in the ever growing book of Dutch drum & bass exports. At just 15 years of age he’s already clocked up a release with seminal imprint Renegade Hardware and now with an amazing career ahead delivers his debut for Critical’s Binary series.

1) Signal – No Warning
2) Signal – Judgement
3) Signal – Moved On
4) Signal, Heamy & Allied – Omega Point

Signal Online:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/signaldrumandbass
Twitter → https://twitter.com/dnbsignal
Soundcloud → https://soundcloud.com/signaldrumandbass


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Judgement

Signal - Judgement

No Warning

Signal - No Warning

As an introduction to the new collaboration, we are giving away OBLIQUE VIP on our newly created Facebook Page - <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IvyLab">'Like' our Fanpage</a> to download this highly sought after track.</b>

IVY LAB Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/IvyLab
IVY LAB on Twitter - https://twitter.com/IvyLab_

Bookings: francesco@primarytalent.com

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Ivy Lab feat. Frank Carter III - Oblique VIP [FREE WAV DOWNLOAD]

Pre-Order Here - http://bit.ly/CRIT068 
At the start of 2012 Sabre, Stray and Halogenix teamed up to drop one of the most blissful pieces of drum & bass that year, ‘Oblique’. Since then the dreamteam have continued their late night studio sessions and are now ready to announce their new collaborative project, Ivy Lab. Kicking off Critical’s 2013 season is the first fruit of their labour, ‘Afterthought’, again featuring the esteemed vocal talents of Frank Carter III to create the most inspired start to the year we could wish for.

‘Afterthought’ is a masterpiece filled with polished breaks, melancholic chords, reversed strings and Carter’s unmistakable heart wrenching sounds that draw us into the spine-tingling production, coming as an Ivy Lab standard. A late night marcher or a summers day soother, the choice is yours for the most beautiful, teary-eyed slice of drum & bass you’ll have heard in a long time. Quality through and through.

‘Brat’ on the other hand shows the other side to Ivy Lab as the guys get aggy at the controls for a supremely sick peak-time performer. Creeping bleep FX open it up as the b-line seeps into the mix for a drop into some proper dance floor funk. Meticulous on the edits and the morphing bass, it’s a dirty yin to the A-side’s yang.

Included in the package is a Digital Exclusive remix of 'Brat' by South London Ordnance

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Ivy Lab - Afterthought feat. Frank Carter III [CRIT068]

Pre-Order Here - http://bit.ly/CRIT068 
At the start of 2012 Sabre, Stray and Halogenix teamed up to drop one of the most blissful pieces of drum & bass that year, ‘Oblique’. Since then the dreamteam have continued their late night studio sessions and are now ready to announce their new collaborative project, Ivy Lab. Kicking off Critical’s 2013 season is the first fruit of their labour, ‘Afterthought’, again featuring the esteemed vocal talents of Frank Carter III to create the most inspired start to the year we could wish for.

‘Afterthought’ is a masterpiece filled with polished breaks, melancholic chords, reversed strings and Carter’s unmistakable heart wrenching sounds that draw us into the spine-tingling production, coming as an Ivy Lab standard. A late night marcher or a summers day soother, the choice is yours for the most beautiful, teary-eyed slice of drum & bass you’ll have heard in a long time. Quality through and through.

‘Brat’ on the other hand shows the other side to Ivy Lab as the guys get aggy at the controls for a supremely sick peak-time performer. Creeping bleep FX open it up as the b-line seeps into the mix for a drop into some proper dance floor funk. Meticulous on the edits and the morphing bass, it’s a dirty yin to the A-side’s yang.

Included in the package is a Digital Exclusive remix of 'Brat' by South London Ordnance

https://www.facebook.com/IvyLab 
https://twitter.com/IvyLab_ 
https://www.facebook.com/southlondonordnance

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Drum & Bass

JoeyDiffin*