PROGRESSION SESSION

B.Fuse - All I Need Is You

Shogun Audio Presents - Way Of The Warrior 2

ITUNES → smarturl.it/WOTW2
CD → bit.ly/WOTW2-CD
VINYL → bit.ly/WOTW2-VINYL

Digital download album includes album mix mixed by SpectraSoul.
Vinyl includes download card to download entire album as MP3.
All CD's & Vinyl bought from the Shogun Shop will be signed by Friction & K-Tee.

Following the first part of the award winning 'Way Of The Warrior' album series back in 2011 in celebration of 50 Shogun Audio releases, we return with part two of our critically acclaimed label showcase, bringing you a selection of the finest drum & bass music created by our ever-evolving entourage of Shogun Audio artists.

TRACKLISTING:

01. Optiv & BTK - Picture Perfect 
02. Icicle - Anxious 
03. Friction & K-Tee - Jupiter (Mefjus Remix) 
04. DLR - Sleep Talk 
05. Total Science - Positive Vibration 
06. Addison Groove & Sam Binga - Rzor (Friction Remix) 
07. SpectraSoul - Slippin' 
08. Technimatic - Bristol 
09. SpectraSoul - Hearts 
10. Rockwell - Sick Of It All 
11. Joe Ford - Stride 
12. Fourward - On A Knife Edge

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Optiv & BTK - Picture Perfect - Shogun Audio - OUT NOW!!

Originally released on 4 Hero's Reinforced label back in 1994, I've given it the 2013 remix treatment, hopefully maintaining the 94 vibe.
Out now on Nookie's Phuzion Digital label
http://www.beatport.com/track/celebrate-life-madcap-remix/4459051
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/transphuzion-vol.-2-remixes/id657909750

Nookie - Celebrate Life (Madcap Remix) Clip

Just found this unreleased my remix for Nookie's Natural Experience on my hard drive :) Probably did in 2001 or 2.

Nookie - Natural Experience (Makoto Unreleased 2002 Remix)

4hero - Universal Love

Future Engineers - Echo Location

Nookie - Continental Drift

So Far

Pulp Friction

Adapt Or Die - 10 Years Of Remixes

Blame (Fabio Remix)

Hey so I realised I uploaded the wrong version last time..oops

However here is the proper version, so here we go again, hope you enjoy the summmery vibe :)

CH

pls support i am poor

Sweet Lovin' X Lush Life X My House

LTJ Bukem - Atlantis (I Need You)

Released in 2014.

Info / buy: https://www.beatport.com/track/if-you-dont-believe-original-mix/5286824 
Silence Groove: https://soundcloud.com/silencegroove
https://silencegroove.net ?

Silence Groove - If You Don't Believe

https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/inquiring-minds/id844543085?i=844543857

Inquiring Minds ( Atmosphere: Deeper Drum & Bass (Chapter 5)

Synkro & Indigo - Reflection

SPEAR042

BCee - Keep The Faith feat. Robert Owens (Marcus Intalex Remix) - Spearhead Records

BCee - Keep The Faith feat. Robert Owens (Marcus Intalex Remix) - Spearhead Records

literally uploading these so i can drive to them in forza, im a simple dude
-----i am not taking any credit for this track

Progression Sessions 1

LTJ Bukem - Orchestral Jam

When The Expansions self released their first single in 2013, the laid-back jazz funk of Lavender, it quickly gained strong support from soul and rare-groove aficionados including Kenny Dope, Dom Servini, Patrick Forge and Andy Smith. A run of shows followed and before long, when someone was asking if there was a soul-jazz band around to play with, “The Expansions” was the answer. 

Although this popularity meant a hiatus in releasing music, the band have been constantly busy, playing around Europe with legendary British-Ghanaian soul singer, Andrew Ashong and the exceptional, upcoming talent Connie Constance. 

There has also been a breakout project from drummer Jonny Drop - the album Sub Plot gained massive support and love from BBC Radio 6 Music’s Lauren Laverne. While keys-man Dave Koor has been busy playing shows with Gilles Peterson favourite Hector Plimmer, Shaun Escoffery, and Ego Ella May, improvising with Yussef Dayes (Yussef Kamaal) and Nubya Garcia, releasing music as Deoke and collaborating with label-mate Scrimshire on their Modified Man exploration. 

But always, The Expansions has remained a central focus and the true home of these four jazz and soul lovers, with occasional trips out to the country to form ideas and practice new music for the eventual album. 

Murmuration, recorded over three days at Big Noise in Southend, is constructed of single takes, with minimal overdubs, as the band attempt to capture the feeling and energy they create live. 

Debut single Breakthrough introduced the insanely catchy but deeply soulful blend of synths and groove, but here on the album that is explored to the fullest with longer breakdowns and more expansive, experimental solos. Pocket 5 displays the, possibly unexpected, influences of broken beat and almost combative rhythm playing – particularly in the complex guitar and keys breakdown where Koor and O’Keefe layer conflicting time signatures and battle to ride it out to the heavy drum return. 

Cannonball brings warm mellowness that delicately evolves through beats, touching on bossas alongside their fundamental hip-hop sensibilities. But even here there is a raucous zenith before the band sublimely recede into the silence of the a-side ending. 

Colossal album highlight Ivory Mountain is truly an epic. Evoking moments of 4Hero, there is a lightness of groove in the first half of this soulful exploration. But at the halfway point, all restraint is let go as a live string section joins the four quarters of the band for three glorious minutes of soulful disco. Evoking sounds of Quincy Jones, George Benson and Johnny Hammond, all the way through to a beautifully cacophonous finale. 

Dragonfly undoubtedly reflects on the work of Herbie Hancock and is the most direct throwback to the band’s earlier work, which is a welcome marker of how far they have come. A quintessential jazz funker. 

The album closes with the thoughtful and introverted shuffle of Miles Away. In the final eight minutes of Murmuration, The Expansions allow space and time to take precedence, with once-more-restrained peaks and developments. It becomes clear though, that the band cannot resist one last explosive finale, as they rise with screeching synths, strings and dubs for a perfect race to the finish line. 

You can hear the influences of Idris Muhammad, Grover Washington, even parallels with South London peers Yussef Kamaal and Ruby Rushton. But The Expansions have tirelessly worked to create a sound of their own and are very proud, along with label Albert’s Favourites, to finally share it.

Murmuration

Miles Away

Deeper Connection - Liquid Gold

Sick Music 3 sees the revival of the highly successful compilation series with another slew of top-notch talent from across the spectrum. Sick Music 3 is a 26-track compilation from Hospital Records, out now on CD, digital, 4 x 12" vinyl and with two vinyl samplers (out 12th November). 

Grab it now: 

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/sick-music-3/id571943828

Hospital Shop: http://shop.hospitalrecords.com/product/NHS222/

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Optiv & CZA  - In Too Deep - Hospital Records - OUT NOW!!

Saturnz Return

Mother (VIP Radio Edit)

Hi Everyone,

thx 4 popping by. I recently moved all my activites and attention to my Podcast´s that i release at the following Website :

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