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Usually we write a little something about the music but this time knowing how this artist works I asked them directly about the project and I’m sure glad I did!

Goldfat presents ‘Note’

“These tracks were written at a time where I was feeling particularly fragile about my place in the drum and bass scene, both creatively and socially. There's a lot about the way this scene operates that makes it very uncomfortable for those who don't look, think or behave in a particular way. Maybe because drum and bass is an underground movement some people (mainly cis men) don't consider that the social issues that effect wider society such as queer-phobia, sexism, racism, etc. also exists within our tiny community, and that this has a profound affect on the music that comes out of this scene.

With all that said, the process of making and releasing this music was a joyous one. 'Empty Spaces' speaks to the feeling you get when a song hits different and for a split second everyone in the room loses their sense of self. That's quite a unique and precious thing, and probably what draws people to this music. However, if our spaces aren't inclusive the capacity to create moments like these dies very quickly.

'Keep It Simple', 'Learn To Speak', and 'Honesty Matters' are all call-to-actions and mantras that I say to myself to help me be better at nurturing non-toxic spaces around me. They are also me indulging in the privilege of being able to mess around and explore different sonic worlds. Ultimately allowing myself to have fun and enjoy this music.

I feel immensely grateful to have a network that is diverse, kind, open and supportive, this music speaks to that too. I did.”

Cover art by: Luca Shaw
@luca.visual

Note - Empty Spaces

Formless - EP

Depth of Field

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Nichenka Zoryana - O Rahi

It’s like they were ahead of their time. Like they’d foreseen a time that would one day come. A bleak time some might say. The best of times, the worst of times. Depending what side of the Fag Ash Lil fence you might sit upon. That day when it was no longer acceptable to spark one up, whilst you waited at the bus stop for the 4 to take you home after a long hard day at the coalface. Or at the Working Mans Club. Or at the god damn club. 

No Smoking! they’d say. It’s bad for you! they’d say. Perhaps you can tell that this author is a little biased towards one of life’s little pleasures that they call smoking. But Total Science seem to sit on the other side of the fence as for them, it’s all about ‘No Smoking’. 

I for one would love to know where that title came from, because as somebody who’s had the (dubious?) pleasure to spend some time with Messers Quiff and Smithy, I don’t think they were ever particularly keen on smoking. Maybe before in a past life? 

Luckily for us, their classic ‘No Smoking’ has been given the remix treatment by the man with the biggest bass in the business. Mr Colmans as I called him before (he didn’t like it apparently, I think that’s unfair), the man who means big bad bass business, man like T>I, has stepped into Quiff’s (big running ones) and Smithy’s (smaller Air Max 1’s) shoes to bring it into 2023. And as per damn usual, it’s pure heat. Get your laughing gear around that, it’s like smoking a pack of 20 in one go!

Total Science - No Smoking (T>I Remix)

Super chill track by @bringthebeatmack My Call

Download or stream - https://cygnusmusic.link/90n3yle

Bring The Beat Mack - My Call

Three’s a crowd? Too many chefs? Less is more? Well, tough. In this addition of the Truth Hertz discography, we bring you a triple threat!
Label heads Ill Truth are back, teaming up with fellow compadres ‘ZeroZero’ & ‘Creatures’ for the ‘Money & Power’ EP.

Together, they’ve formed a mixed bag that’s sure to increase your gig fees (granted you play them in your set of course).
So what are you waiting for? Get that Money, earn that Power and support THZ006.

Money & Power EP

Money & Power [THZ006]

It's no secret we're big fans of Exit Records here at Data Transmission. Set up by dBridge in 2003, the imprint has - as its motto suggests - stayed true to the craft, releasing some of the most forward-thinking drum & bass of the past decade. That's why when we heard label regular Skeptical would be returning with a 4-tracker this month, we simply had to get in on the action.

In true Skeptical fashion, our Debut Transmission 'Between The Lines' balances the genre's natural exuberance with a penchant for the murkier side of life. Tribalistic drum-work echoes his recent Imperial EP for Exit, with the addition of strings, snarling bass stabs and Collette Warren's husky vocals adding a more 'concrete jungle' vibe, whilst still keeping the track firmly within the heart of darkness. Warren has become something of a staple voice with drum & bass in recent years - working with the likes of Marky, Klute and FD - and it's clear to see why, as she turns out yet another stirring performance.

Stream the track here and head to the Exit Records site from December 11th to pick up a full copy of Skeptical's Outset EP: http://www.exitrecords.co.uk/

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