Hollow Saints

RADZ UK - FAZE (NO VOCAL VERSION)

Track two of three from the Nitty Gritty E.P, forthcoming Lost The Plot Records 01/03/18.

www.losttheplotrecords.com

Nitty Gritty E.P

Creatures & Jestah - Nitty Gritty

Stream in FULL (Spotify): http://bit.ly/_Nobunaga
Pre-Order Digital: https://shop.criticalmusic.com/download/crit108d

Following on from the success of their Systems Volume 9 release of last year and their remix of Foreign Concept's 'Skit City', Swiss duo QZB continue the charge graduating to their first solo EP on the Critical with a glowing guest endorsement from Enei.

QZB online:
FB - www.facebook.com/QZBMusic/
SC - @qbig-zenith-b]
INSTA - https://www.instagram.com/qzb.music/

Enei online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eneiofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eneimusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eneimusique/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/enei

Unity EO

Johannesburg

QZB & Enei - Johannesburg

Kasra's "Focus On The Love" EP - Released 17th May

Special edition vinyl bundle: https://shop.criticalmusic.com/merchandise/crit127bun
Digital / Vinyl (standard edition) / Stream: https://criticalmusic.com/releases/kasra-focus-on-the-love/

Kasra Online:
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2IDTJpQ
APPLE MUSIC: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/kasra/338227390
FB: https://www.facebook.com/kasracritical/ 
SC: @kasra-critical
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/kasracritical

Enei online:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eneiofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/eneimusic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eneimusique/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/enei
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PPfbdZ
Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/enei/299616033

Focus On The Love

Disappearing Ink

Vinyl / Digital

Kasra & Enei - Disappearing Ink

Following up 2018’s incredible Zulu EP, this month Creatures returns to Lifestyle with two cuts of polished & weighty drum & bass, bringing some mates along for the ride too. 

Harvey has been making noise out of Bristol for a while now and getting some serious recognition in the scene, and deservedly, as he’s been a busy boy; this release will mark his sixth so far this year, as well as running his own label and DJing all over the shop, it’s a wonder he ever gets any sleep! But we’re glad he does, cos it means he can come out with bangers like these. On this release he’s teamed up with fellow Bristol-boy Extraction for ‘Orbit’ and returning Lifestyle favourite Bluejay lays lyrics on ‘Concept’. 

Concept is a stripped back roller; opening with airy pads high up in the atmosphere, it’s brought to ground by a tight-knit, shuffled break, that then drops into a weighty minimal piece of dance music. The bassline is a warping, single note modulation, which has tonnes of mid-range character. Bluejay spits an understated verse on top, before dropping out, being replaced by mid-range bass movements that riff expertly on top of the low end. A refined, moody minimal roller, this one’s got a mature sound, but packs a weighty punch that’ll keep the crowd bouncing. 

Orbit is the more dancefloor-oriented of the two, again opening nice and tense, heavy sci-fi vibes with techy bleeps and big lush ambience. A big, knocking tech break kicks in to start the show, setting the mood as the heavily syncopated rhythms form the backbone of the track. When it drops it’s a pounding, subby affair. The bassline is a pulsing sub stab rhythm, that locks into the kick pattern and gives the track huge low-end power. As it progresses through, mid-range stabs and sweeps riff in and out of the space, reverberating on top of the break, and crisp high-end detail fizzes and builds towards the breakdown. The boys’ production really comes into it’s own with the perfectly crafted. deep ambient textures they create in the breakdown too, which is a wicked juxtaposition to the big, beefy main sections. Heavily danceable, and beautifully listenable, this one’s some of the best output we’ve heard from Harvey so far. 

A very strong release from someone so fresh to the game, at just 22 Creatures is proving himself to be a real player and one of the best emerging talents from the UK scene at the minute. An absolutely essential release for anyone who likes their drum & bass with a dark, sci-fi tilt. Get it while it’s hot!

Follow on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/creaturesdnb/
https://www.facebook.com/extractiondnb/

Follow on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/creaturesdnb
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Creatures - Concept Ft. Bluejay/Orbit w/ Extraction

Creatures & Extraction - Orbit

Out now via:
• Dispatch Store - bit.ly/DIS143
• Bandcamp - bit.ly/DIS143BC
• All other stores - fanlink.to/DIS143

Berlin based duo Survey are regular contributors to the Dispatch back catalogue, having featured on collaborative releases with Kolectiv, Tephra & Arkoze, M-zine & Scepticz and releasing two of their own EPs on Dispatch Limited, 2017s Sidewalks EP and 2018s Basic Motion EP.

DIS143 sees their solo Dispatch Recordings EP debut for the Life Cycle EP – fives tracks of their own signature sound, finely detailed, textural experimentation with rolling drums and bass. Be it the rugged dancefloor energy of “Far Gone”, or the nostalgic, explorative title track “Life Cycle”

“Sensory”, a collaboration with Phase, originally started life as a Phase remix of another Survey tune, they liked the original elements so much they stripped out the remix stems and worked it into the heavyweight beast you find on this EP.

Far Gone

Available here

Survey - Far Gone (CLIP) - DIS143 - OUT NOW

Wishing you a Merry Christmas from all of us at Rebel Music. 

Our present is the chunky dance-floor driven, breakbeat fuelled beauty that is the "Guinness Dub". Guernsey's Sam Harris showing us a glimpse of what's to come with his infamous "Guinness Dub".

Watch out for a full EP from Sam coming later in 2020.

<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/4e5371'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Sam Harris - Guinness Dub - REBEL MUSIC / FREE DOWNLOAD

Click '••• More' on individual tracks to download for free

Skankandbass is dedicated towards the official promotion of record labels and artists in the world of drum & bass music. Since inception in 2009, Skankandbass has unearthed some of the freshest talents in the scene and has opened many doors for unsigned artists. Now, through Skankandbass Introducing we release a series of free download singles which aims to spread the work of the best unsigned, newcomer artists who deserve more recognition.

After eighteen releases last year showcasing the best newcomer talent, our first single of 2020 picks up right where we left off with Josh Schofield aka Dedman.  While the Bristol based talent has been gaining traction with a series of accomplished releases on up-and-coming labels, he properly came onto our radar last year with his excellent ‘Stockholm EP’ on Lost Recordings.  On SNB063 he shows off his dark sound design on A-side ‘Jackals’, and recruits fellow newcomer LNO on the heavyweight ‘Morsel’.

↪ https://soundcloud.com/dedmandnb
https://www.facebook.com/dedmanDnB/

↪ https://soundcloud.com/latenightoperative
https://www.facebook.com/LNO94/

Dedman & LNO - Morsel

Beatport exclusive: 05.06.20
Full Release: 19.06.20

soundcloud.com/sulex

Creatures & Jestah - Nitty Gritty

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