This months show is a friends and family affair including a host of productions from @thekidkenzel his slick production style of vocal heavy bass driven beats is a real treat for your Tuesday evening. Really excited to have him on and a showcase of things you can expect from him in the future, deffo one to watch!

Tracklist from Kenzel:
CTRL+DWN - kenzel
Untitled Unreleased - kenzel
SADGIRLZLUV2STEP - kenzel
Brent Faiyaz - Fuck The World (Huna Edit) - @tom_huna
Luna Magica - X-Planetary
Cherrybomb - X-Planetary
9MM - @tom_huna
1 HUNNA - kenzel
TAKING ORDERS INSTRO - kenzel
GROOVES N BASICS - kenzel
KNOCKTURNALISM - kenzel
Untitled Unreleased - kenzel
Levofloxacin - @x_planetary
Rock The Boat (Tom VR Edit) - @tomvalbyrotary
Tropics - Hagan

Second hour is from myself with the usual UKG skip with some bassy bits thrown in for good measure. Enjoy! #Niceup #Kenzel #runtheriddim

Pull Up W  Kenzel & Niceup 08 - 03 - 22

BLUETOOF 7.11.23

XL Regular - Store Duties

PRE-ORDER LINK: https://artisjokrecords.bandcamp.com/album/store-duties

Store Duties

XL Boogie

XL Regular - XL Boogie

Untitled 174

SWU FM Podcasts

Stretchy Dance Supply with Dubrunner - 13 January 2024

Rinse FM Podcast 

CLASICO with ELEANOR - 26 February 2024

PRE-ORDER 12" VINYL: https://bit.ly/SNKR053
PRE-SAVE FULL EP: sq.lnk.to/SNKR053

Out 5th April 2024

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It’s been a minute, but Sneaker Social Club is gassed to facilitate the return of the mighty House Of Black Lanterns, locking in for the dankest 2-step flex in a sincere ode to pirate radio culture. Dylan Richards has always displayed an affinity for low-end pressure threaded through his versatile HOBL output on Houndstooth and his prior work as King Cannibal, but he’s never dialled in to UKG with this much focus before.
 
The A side comes on strong with ‘Back To Back Special’, a dark garage creeper with negative space so vast it becomes all consuming — all the better for the ample MC toasting and spring reverb FX splashes to ping out around the skeletal, hard-knocking swing and snarling bass. ‘Out To The Private Number’ maintains the theme, flipping soulful UKG tropes into an ice-cold update for these malevolent times. 
 
On the flip, Richards pushes the formula further out with ‘Slew’, which deploys hardcore-minded bass hooks in a devilishly dissected rhythmic framework and amps up the yard intensity on the MC source material to create a deadly intersection of garage, rave and dancehall. ‘Summon Like’ dials up the eeriness and lets the growl of the bass take centre stage in a potent, unnervingly minimalist dance wrecker that simply confirms the crystal clear vision Richards is pursuing on this record. 
 
It’s a devout love letter to the edgiest of garage’s golden era without being limited to a simple genre study. Instead, a broad church of soundsystem exaltation gets expressed through the Richards’ elevated production vocabulary, capturing the shockout, mind-blowing spirit of the most trailblazing plates when they first got dropped on an unsuspecting crowd.

Pre-order

House of Black Lanterns - Slew [SNKR053]

Field Data w/ Henry Greenleaf - Aaja Channel 2 - 15 03 24

First single from the forthcoming Wot EP by Silas on Sneaker Social Club.

Get 12" Vinyl here: https://bit.ly/SNKR054
Pre-save EP: sq.lnk.to/SNKR054D

Lock on for a legit excursion into 140 realness as Sneaker Social Club welcomes Silas into the fold. The breakthrough Oxford beatsmith has been on the bubble-up for a minute, facing off with the likes of Trends and Boylan on Mean Streets, remixing PRAGA and throwing down for repeat appearances on Rinse and elsewhere.

The sound Silas pushes on the ‘Wot’ EP - his debut solo 12” no less - is steeped in the original dank pressure of OG grime and dubstep, where moodiness and minimalism create the perfect storm for all-consuming soundsystem immersion. There’s a wavey swing to ‘Know Yourself’ which contrasts with the strict, claustrophobic drive of ‘Wot’. ‘Ubuntu’ on the flip teases an evocative sound world just past the edge of the mix, but manages to hold down the stripped back approach on a skippy 4/4 rhythm which nudges garage into a kind of tech-house-funky amalgamation. ‘Make It Happen’ offers yet another subtle slant on Silas’ style, crooked and gritty but still executed with
an unrelenting, austere focus.

Consider this an essential pin dropped on forward-leaning bassweight sounds which carry the torch for grime and dubstep’s ice-cold origins, maintaining maximum presence without even a whiff of derivative wobble.

Silas - Know Yourself [SNKR054]

SWU FM Podcast

Pluralist with Fluid Matter - 11 May 2024

Rinse France Podcast 

2-Steppers invite Madilickk - 19 Mai 2024

Releases on Stoneground Records, Faux Poly and Pollination

linktr.ee/niceup.uk

Events: Second Nature
https://www.instagram.com/secondnature.ldn/

Subtle Radio and Voices Radio Resident

London, UK

niceupsounds@gmail.com

Pull Up W Kenzel & Niceup 08 - 03 - 22

NICEUP

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