dark/tech dnb

VARIOUS ARTISTS - ‘Audio presents RAMlife Drum & Bass’
RAM RECORDS - RELEASED 22nd February 

Pre-order RAMLife and get Audio -  Foodchain now - http://po.st/AudioRAMLifeiT

2014 stands as a defining moment for the RAM Records imprint. Not only did it announce the pivotal signing of artists like Audio, Teddy Killerz and Bensley but they also oversaw the birth of compilation series RAMLife hosted by Loadstar. Even in its first form, it contained nearly every essential release the last twelve months had to offer. 

But this year, RAMLife is taking you into deeper and murkier dimensions. Having already flexed his production muscle on the ricocheting, four-track ‘Nil by Mouth’ EP, as well as his first visual debut in the music video for ‘Heads Up’, it’s now time for Audio to cut open and expose his musical psyche. 

Including some of the most aggressive, technically adept and prominent artists the genre has to offer, including Bad Company, Optiv & BTK and Noisia to name a few, no stone goes unturned for the album’s entirety. Audio also throws bass-fuelled bullets in the form of exclusives, with explosive VIPs that have yet to be released. 

The brand new cut ‘Foodchain’ from Audio sets a theme which is prevalent throughout all 27 tracks. Uncompromising yet diligently crafted, it leads you into a freight train of musicality which holds you hostage from start to finish. Zipping through to the mechanical composition of Mefjus’ ‘Brainwork’, all the way back to Spor’s heavy-hitting ‘Bullet Time’ remix; this is a no holds barred exploration of the genre’s darker side.  

But what can you expect from the man who garners such an explosive reputation across the club circuit? Audio brings his live personality into the whole album and accompanying mix; one that doesn't let you pause for breath. They're a collection of tracks that'll leave an atomic bomb sized impression inside the community, which further solidifies his reputation as an ever- growing, unstoppable goliath. 


Audio - Foodchain

"ACID TEST" on Noisia radio show

Friction plays our track 'Automaton' from our forthcoming album 'No Cure' on Virus Recordings.

Ed Rush & Optical - Automaton (Frictions Murky Monday on R1xtra)

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2015 was a year that catapulted EATBRAIN deep into the awareness of the drum and bass scene and concreted their place as one of the most crucial and influential labels in the forward-thinking neuro genre. Their first release of 2016 lands an effective blow with AGRESSOR BUNX at the helm, with these upcoming producers illustrating their production expertise in diving into sinister depths of dnb tech to manifest THE ORDER EP.

Within the bowels of the earth lies a place where the dark energy dwells – a point at which unrivalled power flows through the shadowy conduits of timeless technology. At these depths dwells a race of faceless beings – THE ORDER - with the unique ability to twist and forge the strands of potent power into the complex audio forms of a new wave of neurofunk.

Featuring 5 dynamic tracks with the trademark stripped percussion of Agressor Bunx, exquisitely punctuating towering basslines and precisely placed sonic explorations of a rich sonic palette. From hard neuro bangers ‘The Order’ and ‘Rhodium’ to the deeper sound of ‘Free Machine’ - Eatbrain fans have plenty to choose from in The Order EP, and will hungrily receive this first ritualistic offering of 2016.

dates:
18th January - Beatport
1st February - Worldwide
vinyl TBC

The Order EP

Buy on Beatport

Agressor Bunx - The Order (Eatbrain021)

SHOTS FIRED! Mikal & Break go IN on the absolute war riddim that is Musical Rush, taken from the Wilderness LP on Metalheadz, due for release on the 5th of February.

Pre-order the album here: http://bit.ly/MikalDNBA

We caught up with Mikal recently to chat about the album sampler and more, check it: http://breakbeat.co.uk/interviews/mikal-steps-in-from-the-wilderness/

PREMIERE: Mikal - Musical Rush (ft. Break)[OUT NOW ON METALHEADZ]

Single for the forthcoming Black Sun Empire & State Of Mind EP!

Release date:
Beatport: Jan 29th
Worldwide: Feb 12th

Thug

Black Sun Empire & State Of Mind - Thug

Order here: http://www.criticalmusic.com/release/mefjus-emulation-the-remixes [Release 12th Feb]

Voted by drum & bass fans around the world as The Best Album Of 2015 at last year’s D&B Arena Awards, Mefjus’s debut LP ‘Emulation’ was a game changer. Now it’s about to get even bigger as he unleashes his very sought after VIP mixes and some of the rowdiest remixes from an all-star cast.
Limited to only 300 vinyl [2×12″ white label] and available digitally through Beatport and the Critical Music shop, this is essential for every collection.
SUICIDE BASSLINE VIP
CONTINUOUS VIP
GODZILLA FEAT. DOPE D.O.D (AUDIO REMIX)
EXPEDITION (INSIDEINFO REMIX)
TAKING FEAT. ZOE KLINCK (ED RUSH REMIX)
CHANGE OF MIND FEAT. MAKSIM (RAWTEKK REMIX)
The leading five tracks will feature on a 2x 12″ ltd white label vinyl (available only from the Critical online store) with Rawtek’s remix Change Of Mind as a digital bonus track. The digital EP will also be available on Beatport.

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Suicide Bassline VIP

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Mefjus - Suicide Bassline VIP [CRIT87LTD]

Taken from Invisible 018. Available on digital and 2 x 12" vinyl at: http://noisia.nl/store

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Binary Soul

[Order: Digital/Vinyl]

Lockjaw - Binary Soul [INVSB018] (OUT NOW)

Beatport: hyperurl.co/ProlixBeatport
Vinyl: hyperurl.co/ProlixVinyl

Prolix is an artist that needs little introduction. Releasing some of the most fearsome music for the past 10 years across labels such as Metalheadz, Playaz, Ram, Virus, Hardware, his own Trendkill Records and more recently with Friction on their killer collaboration ‘Dark Moves’, Prolix now steps up for his very first solo outing on the label.

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Prolix - Nature of Reality

No Cure album available now on Virus.
1. Falling Down Stairs
2. Long Stay
3. Insurgent
4. No Cure
5. Automaton
6. The Host
7. Eternity
8. Angry Birds
9. Nemesis
10. Half Truth

Grab it here

Ed Rush & Optical - No Cure (Album Clips)

Available to buy & stream today: HospitalRecords.lnk.to/Hospitality2016so

In 2015 Hospitality reached new heights with eighty-two shows reaching over twenty countries across the globe! We’ve recreated the unparalleled atmosphere of a Hospitality dance-floor in our huge 60-track compilation.

‘Hospitality 2016’ brings you the biggest tracks from the current drum & bass scene including 25 brand new exclusives that are set to take the year by storm.

In the first of 2 full CD length mixes dive into fresh tracks from Fred V & Grafix, Krakota, Logistics, Metrik, Urbandawn and an extra something special from no other than High Contrast! Med School have gone from strength to strength and with their 10th year on the horizon we get a taste of what’s to come with brand new music from Keeno, Anile and Whiney.

In the second hour we’re spoilt for choice with previously unreleased tracks from Nu:Tone, S.P.Y and the Gresham duo Nu:Logic. There are refreshing remixes in store including Diego Torres’ rework of the London Elektricity classic “Had A Little Fight” and the long awaited Logistics spin on Etherwood’s “Light My Way Home” featuring Eva Lazarus.

We’ve brought in a whole load of the scenes exciting newcomers including the mysterious Dawn Wall, the USA’s bundle of energy Ownglow and smooth movers Pola & Bryson.

With the 5th year winning the Drum & Bass Arena Award for ‘Best Club Night’ behind us, Hospitality is onto even bigger and better things in 2016, kick started with this massive compilation!

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Resonate - Bomb Squad (Clip)

Released 1st March 2016.

After a tremendous 2015 with releases from Fre4knc, Safire, Rido, Proxima, Alix Perez, Kolectiv, Survey, Cursa and Icicle, Plasma Audio have more than proved their mustard when it comes to bringing out heavyweight drum and bass records. Now they're here with their first offering for 2016.  Rotor by Signs on the flip unleashes mayhem on your ears and catches you off guard after the Hybris track. A balanced and precise 12" to start 2016 for Plasma Audio. 

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Signs - Rotor

Pre-order Digital: http://hyperurl.co/StormiTunes

Fourward kick off their 2016 season with yet another incredible onslaught of turbo-charged drum & bass fresh out of their Austrian homelands. 

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Fourward - The Storm ft. Linguistics

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Cat# ABREC15
Limited edition clear vinyl: 26th February 2016
Beatport digital: 26th February 2016
Worldwide: 11th March 2016

Digital Downloads
Beatport - bit.ly/AddictBeatport
Itunes - http://smarturl.it/ABREC15
Addictive Store - bit.ly/AddictiveStore

12" Limited Edition Clear Vinyl:
Addictive Store - bit.ly/AddictiveStore (free 320k MP3s included)
Redeyerecords - bit.ly/AddictiveRedeye
Intense Records - bit.ly/IntenseRecords
Juno Records - bit.ly/AddictiveJunoVinyl 
Deejay.de - bit.ly/AddictiveDeejay

Listen to the full 3 track Ep here: 
https://soundcloud.com/addictive-behaviour/sets/abrec15

EastColors returns to AB and serves up two collaborations, co-opting talented friends Nami and Mailky whilst also remixing Detail and Tiiu’s Delusion. All 3 tracks deliver the straitjacket tight production values fans of EastColors have come to expect and are sure to increase his already ascending popularity. 

EASTCOLORS & NAMI - TIMES - Air cushioned pad sweeps, subterranean winding and resonating bass layers open up this monster. Proceeded by captive-animal, bar rattling, intense beats assembled and moulded with the precision of a Swiss timepiece. An absolute raging beast of a release. 

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Soundcloud @andreweastcolors

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EastColors & Nami - Times

Tantum Desire - Nationwide Rocker 
Out Now: Beatport Excl: http://bit.ly/NationwideRockerTD
iTunes http://smarturl.it/TECH131

The Tantrum Desire brand is most associated with the kind of epic  productions that have seen drum and bass become a mainstay of the mainstream. True heads will know that there’s always been an undercurrent of genre-twisting experimentalism present, which came to the fore on last year’s huge album Diversified. 


Nationwide Rocker opens in a dark and techy landscape. Reverberating stabs underpinned by the insistent buzz of low end strikes suggest we’re building into a display of neurofunk technique. And then we’re dropped into something that isn’t quite categorisable. It’s hard, dancefloor music, built from a stripped-back rhythm sequence and a succession of expertly-twisted basses. This is the collision of raw, visceral energy with that trademark Tantrum Desire slick 
production science.
Then Airhead takes us somewhere different. With a funky techstep call and response pattern, this is an instant dancefloor bubbler. And there’s an eighties electro sensibility woven into the stabs and synth-effectswhich makes this feel like it could be a 2016 rework of a forgotten crate-dug classic. It’s minimal and focussed but, as you’d expect from Tantrum Desire, it refuses to let the temperature drop, with precision-crafted builds to keep attention gripped on the 
bass-and-mid interplay right to the finish.
Next up, Anarchist appropriates the tropes of nineties hip-hop-influenced jump-up to give the sound a modernist renaissance. Rather than using a rap sample, Rhymestar is enlisted to provide the lyrical punch. His bars roll out over the half-time intro, and then peppered throughout as vocoded motifs to confirm that old skool vibe. There’s nothing old skool about the production levels, though, as the icicle-sharp drums and honey-and-lemon bassline drive the rave 
onwards.
You won’t be prepared for what Think About You has to offer. A bleeps-and-pads hands-in-the-air hardcore intro drops into some triplet-time rave workout material. We’re treated to mid-range grind resolving into luxuriant sweeping tones over a skippy 6/8 time-signature. But ravers and MCs better not get too comfortable, as a “Switch it up” sample 
signals a slam into 4/4 time. Then the breakdown cools things off ready to go back in with the madness once again.
If you didn’t know about Tantrum Desire’s versatility then you should have been paying closer attention. Don’t worry, though, because this EP is a perfect representation of the serpentine rule-bending contained within the sound. It’s all dancefloor music, but beyond that, anything’s possible.

Coming Soon!!

Tantrum Desire - Nationwide Rocker [Friction BBCR1 Premiere}

Released 22nd February.

Vandal Records is a french drum & bass label Founded in 2004 by SKS and co-owned with Redeyes since 2010. Vandal are very proud to release this quality EP from Quadrant & Iris as their debut on the label. Quadrant has been producing for many years and Iris is one of the top female DJ's in the USA. This EP is what you can expect from them - well crafted Drum & Bass.

Follow Quadrant & Iris:
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Quadrant & Iris - Scattershot

Current Value have just announced his new Biocellulose LP - 12 nail-bitingly hard tracks due for release on the 25th of March on Critical Music...
Read more about the Biocellulose LP: http://ukf.me/biocelluloseA
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Current Value & Phace - Thump

Get Shogun - 100 on all formats, including the exclusive vinyl + t-shirt bundle, here: http://hyperurl.co/Shogun100-1

Dropping on 18th March, Shogun - 100 (Part 1) is the first of 4 x 4 track EP’s to celebrate us reaching 100 releases. 
Featuring fresh music from @djfriction, @alixperez, @ivylab, @iciclemusic, @spectrasoul, @technimatic, dBridge and many more, Shogun - 100 is essential for any Shogun Audio fan.
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Ulterior Motive - Radian

Fierce/Zero T - Sunshine VIP [Clip]

Buy: http://bit.ly/2fRVL5P

The "I Want 3 EP" is the first vinyl release on Limitless Recordings. Usually focusing on the liquid spectrum of drum & bass, Limitless looked to try something different for the A-Side. This side contains a Chris.SU remix of Phase's Walk Alone. The original track is a deep and soulful piece of music whereas Chris.SU's flip is a dancehall filler. The B side contains tracks by two producers that are familiar faces to the Limitless roster. The first is a VIP of GLXY's "I Want 2" which will exclusively be released on vinyl. The second is a smooth roller from Northern Zone with uplifting melodies and a cutting edge bass-line, titled "Soul is Still the Same". 

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dark/tech dnb

Nicky McEwen