If i was cool enough to get invited to play at after parties, this is the record id spin ... dope stuff

City Road Records is proud to present this garage production from Ratman. They originate from around the turn of the millennium, when UKG was hitting its stride but hadn’t quite found a footing in Bristol.

Rat and a friend were at St Paul’s Carnival somewhere around 1996 when they happened upon a small soundsystem playing out of the back of someone’s car. The minimal, swung 2-step rhythms sounded completely alien to them, and set them off on a quest into the burgeoning garage sound, resulting in Rat producing this version of an evergreen pop classic of the era.

Now this quintessentially Bristolian twists on the UKG sound get a fresh airing on a label based just round the corner from where that car soundsystem was rinsing out mystery garage rollers all those years before.

Available now. Vinyl Only, limited copies.
Distributed by Unearthed.

Buying links:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/ratman-so-in-love/882191-01/
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Ratman 'So In Love' City Road Records (vinyl only - available now)

Or:la’s edit of ‘Me, Myself and I’ holds the blissed out melody from Beyoncé’s original whilst flickering percussion is layered on top to give it that bumpy, club ready sound. Harmonies flutter around the track in the lead up to a drop of snares and bass giving it that UK tint.

Y2SLAY Edits is now out on Bandcamp!

https://bornefruits.bandcamp.com/album/y2slay-edits

Or:la - Bey, Myself & I

Free Download: https://tomvr.bandcamp.com/track/babyxsosa-dont-listen-tom-vr-edit

I've been a huge fan of babyxsosa for a while, and have been wanting something of hers I can play out, so I made this :) 

Visualiser created by me with my own art and AI here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PfOQYipKJ8&ab_channel=TomVR

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Babyxsosa - Don't Listen (Tom VR Edit)

Speed Garage from Jupiter

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Baalti - Buttons

My second album 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 is out July 7th 2023 on https://soundcloud.com/wisdomteeth-uk 🟡

The first single 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙈𝙚 𝘼 𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 is up on streaming platforms now 🟡

𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 by @mrnelsondesign 🟡

A2. Love Me A Little

Changing Channels / Hole Away

Hole Away

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Two of UK house music’s finest join forces on ‘ZP Dub’ / ‘Porta Time’, a new two-track single out today on Local Action.

Both T and Bashmore’s histories are interlocked: they were both part of the underground’s infiltration of pop music that was such a big part of dance music’s story in the early 2010s, touring the world and becoming globally-recognised names while working with the likes of Jessie Ware and Disclosure, and they also run the vinyl-focused Conch label, releasing a series of excellent 12”s in the late 2010s.

On ‘ZP Dub’, they draw from their mutual love of loopy French house and minimal dance floor dynamics, mixed live on the desk at Casa del Bash, while ‘Porta Time’ - which actually dates back to 2017 - is a UK Funky epic driven by springy drums and big keys. As with much of T and Bashmore’s best material, it’s the perfect example of doing a lot with a little, making sure every channel counts. Not an inch of fat on these two.

‘ZP Dub’ / ‘Porta Time’ follows this year’s Bashmore comeback single ‘Bubblin’ (one of Pitchfork’s Songs of the Summer, and a favourite in recent sets by Overmono, Ahadadream, Kornel Kovacs and more) and acclaimed recent T. Williams releases on Strictly Rhythm, Defected and Purple City. It also marks T. Williams’ return to Local Action after inaugurating the label way back in 2010, and releasing four of the label’s first releases back in its formative years, including the classic ‘Heartbeat’.

Tracklist:
01. ZP Dub
02. Porta Time

Julio Bashmore & T. Williams - ZP Dub

Buy: localaction.lnk.to/zpdub

Two of UK house music’s finest join forces on ‘ZP Dub’ / ‘Porta Time’, a new two-track single out today on Local Action.

Both T and Bashmore’s histories are interlocked: they were both part of the underground’s infiltration of pop music that was such a big part of dance music’s story in the early 2010s, touring the world and becoming globally-recognised names while working with the likes of Jessie Ware and Disclosure, and they also run the vinyl-focused Conch label, releasing a series of excellent 12”s in the late 2010s.

On ‘ZP Dub’, they draw from their mutual love of loopy French house and minimal dance floor dynamics, mixed live on the desk at Casa del Bash, while ‘Porta Time’ - which actually dates back to 2017 - is a UK Funky epic driven by springy drums and big keys. As with much of T and Bashmore’s best material, it’s the perfect example of doing a lot with a little, making sure every channel counts. Not an inch of fat on these two.

‘ZP Dub’ / ‘Porta Time’ follows this year’s Bashmore comeback single ‘Bubblin’ (one of Pitchfork’s Songs of the Summer, and a favourite in recent sets by Overmono, Ahadadream, Kornel Kovacs and more) and acclaimed recent T. Williams releases on Strictly Rhythm, Defected and Purple City. It also marks T. Williams’ return to Local Action after inaugurating the label way back in 2010, and releasing four of the label’s first releases back in its formative years, including the classic ‘Heartbeat’.

Tracklist:
01. ZP Dub
02. Porta Time

Julio Bashmore & T. Williams - Porta Time

Mastered by Viceversa and Mircea(on his Remix)

Early Support from Miroloja, Olivian Nour, Los Bastoneros, vlf, Costin Rp, Vern, Swoy, Lurre, Erratic, Spiri:tual, Ted Amber, Da Chan, Solus, Naarc

Step Up incl. Mircea Remix

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Julio Bashmore & T. Williams - ZP Dub

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