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Om Unit & James Bangura - Rushing 1621

Jim Coles’s fifth instalment of his best-selling ‘Acid Dub Studies’ series arrives in the form of the third set of original works exploring the infectious sound of the 303 bass-line in a dubwise setting. The album takes in traditional dub mixing approaches in a digital and roots/digi-dub style whilst also making space for more electronic and ambient processes to close the project.

‘Acid Dub Studies III’ arrives after 2 years of touring the material in a live setting at festivals and clubs including CTM at Berghain, Les Nuits Sonores, and Andrew Weatherall's Convenanza festival and is the culmination of some 5 years of experimenting with a style that has been met with critical acclaim, reaching far and wide into many a DJ’s box having been noted by some as a truly ground-breaking approach to working with the 303.
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released February 28, 2025
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Acid Dub Studies III

https://omunit.bandcamp.com/track/gabrielle-edit

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Gabrielle edit

Taken from 'Acid Dub Studies II' which releases 2nd September 2022

Buy here - https://omunit.bandcamp.com/album/acid-dub-studies-ii

Om Unit surprises us with a second volume of his 'Acid Dub Studies' project, once again fusing his love for the 303 with studio techniques given to us by musical heroes such King Tubby, Adrian Sherwood, Jammys and Basic Channel

This second volume further solidifies the convincing narrative created by its best-selling predecessor, heading in a more groove-based direction in places whilst being underpinned by the same sonic narrative that has been enjoyed by many music fans from a variety of different spheres for the past 18 months or so

Support so far for the Acid Dub Studies project has come from many corners including some of the most highly respected names in UK Radio such as Don Letts and Steve Barker, Benji B and Tom Ravenscroft as well as a whole host of truly global worldwide underground support both via radio and in the dance

Om Unit says of this record: 'I felt encouraged by the sheer love for the original selection of works to go back in again and continue to experiment with this approach to writing whilst refining some of the process. Being able to combine processes and influence has been the mainstay of my creative life and I hope this next volume of Acid Dub will be enjoyed by everyone who was a fan of the first'

The beloved 303 bassline continues to inspire every new generation and Acid Dub Studies II is another storybook of sound in that vast continuum that shows no sign of slowing down

Acid Tempo

Prophecy

Threads (Remastered 10 Year Anniversary Edition)

The Silence (Remastered 2023) [feat. Jinadu]

Welcome to 'MISSIONQUEST' - my new mix series

For full tracklist join my discord here: https://discord.com/invite/5gc5qwN8MD

TRACKLIST

MISSIONQUEST - Level 1

Moonglade

Snagged / Amber (Pt.II)

Snagged

Citrus

Citrus (Mr. Ho Remix)

Entity

MISSIONQUEST - Level 2

Level 3 - Tracklist via discord: https://discord.com/invite/Nw9c2DT8Qx

MISSIONQUEST (Level 3)

Buy full EP: https://localaction.lnk.to/rushing-1621

Local Action is very proud to present Rushing 1621, the first EP from a transatlantic meeting of minds and styles from two of our favourite artists: Om Unit and James Bangura. 

Based in Bristol, Om Unit is a titan of UK soundsystem music, pulling footwork, hip-hop, jungle, bass, techno, breaks and more into wild new shapes across an illustrious 15-year plus career.

DC’s James Bangura meanwhile has emerged as one of the most exciting artists on America’s east coast, releasing solo heat on labels like Incienso and !K7 and regularly touring the world as part of the Black Rave Culture collective, drawing from regional club styles across the States. 

The EP’s title Rushing 1621 is a reference to both artists’ area codes, so UK-meets-US synergy is the name of the game here (and if you know Local Action, you probably already know that this sort of thing is our catnip). Garage, house, breaks and even moments that recall early ‘00s proto-dubstep and dub-techno are all present, but really, it’s both artists’ immaculate drums and flawless production that drives this thing. Some records just feel unimpeachable, and this is one.

Tracklist:
01. Ruffneck
02. The Page
03. Sapporo Drums
04. Angles

Buy full EP

Ruffneck

Rushing 1621

Angles

Sapporo Drums

@omunit and @jamesbangura link up on @localactionrec for a cross-continental fusion of deep house, garage, breaks and dub

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-om-unit-james-bangura-page

Premiere: Om Unit & James Bangura ‘The Page’

A slightly extended voyage this month - Level 4

Tracklist as ever over at the discord -https://discord.com/invite/Nw9c2DT8Qx

MISSIONQUEST - Level 4

Live recording of a 2 hour set @ Radiate, Calgary 

June 15th 2024

https://www.radiateyyc.com/

Enjoy

DJ Set @ Radiate, Calgary June 15th 2024

Tracklist here: https://discord.com/invite/Nw9c2DT8Qx

Tracklist

MISSIONQUEST (Level 5)

Out today!

https://recordings.vision/VSN149

Digital Artifice - Recompiled

Ternion Sound - Looking Up (Om Unit Remix)

1. Jazztronik - samurai
2. Dj primecuts - together (feat conrad)
3. Kwake - no errors (spring house mix)
4. Wncl - jump up (get beat down)
5. James welsh - multimode self
6. Omaar - estructures
7. Beatrice m. - take a sip
8. El-b - velvet rooms
9. Not even noticed - kura
10. Krotone - b bad
11. Danny goliger - weightless
12. Bored lord - vernal
13. Bodhi - orison (cortese remix)
14. Fixate - life aquatic
15. 1111 - sos (ft. aya anne)
16. Traka - nnnn (feat. coido)
17. Rhyw - drool
18. Soft clip - flange
19. Lutsu - sweetest dreams
20. Villager and waleed - pig
21. Bodhi - demeter 227
22. Jialing + farsight - twister
23. Matt n henree - train trax
24. Dawn razor & archetech - from another galaxy (shed remix)
25. Insonmiast - do it well
26. Spectre - agnostic
27. Tighe - cut off
28. Dialog - better way (feat. benji)
29. Piezo - deepa
30. Lucas wigflex + son of philip - stink chegwin
31. Helsmoortel - amazon
32. Dawn razor & confluence - panomanic mono
33. Annie hall - goji berry
34. Mathis ruffing - azul nube
35. Ottagone - ottagone 010
36. Glaskin - slim line (etapp kyle remix)
37. Footclan - home alone
38. Not even noticed - jitter
39. Dj adhd - dl underground (jossu remix)
40. Addison groove - acid cowbell dub
41. Monologue - last of the summer wasps
42. Djrum - codex
43. Junior loves - piper 32
44. Janka & crzknny - gutai dub
45. Early grey - break stride
46. Om unit - pale shade

MISSIONQUEST (level 6)

Jim Coles’s fifth instalment of his best-selling ‘Acid Dub Studies’ series arrives in the form of the third set of original works exploring the infectious sound of the 303 bass-line in a dubwise setting. The album takes in traditional dub mixing approaches in a digital and roots/digi-dub style whilst also making space for more electronic and ambient processes to close the project.

‘Acid Dub Studies III’ arrives after 2 years of touring the material in a live setting at festivals and clubs including CTM at Berghain, Les Nuits Sonores, and Andrew Weatherall's Convenanza festival and is the culmination of some 5 years of experimenting with a style that has been met with critical acclaim, reaching far and wide into many a DJ’s box having been noted by some as a truly ground-breaking approach to working with the 303.

Acid Dub Studies III - Pre-order Preview

DJ set from the last ever no_one party x 6th birthday!

Om Unit b2b Beatrice M. - No_One 6th Birthday - Trinity Centre, Bristol Feb 2025

Hungry World

Circulate / Thunderflies

The Chase

Frosted

Lonely Cities

Lost and Found

Ascension

Altitude

Usurper

DJ Set - recorded live at Nowadays, NYC - 16th Feb 2025

(Apologies for volume dips - we had slight sound issues)

Om Unit - DJ Set @ Nowadays (NYC) - 16.02.25

Taken from the forthcoming LP "Self" on Cosmic Bridge Records

https://omunit.bandcamp.com/album/self

Self

Out Of The Shadows [Self]

Taken from the third Om Unit LP "Self"..

Out now on Cosmic Bridge..

Despite It All

Twilight

Om Unit - Violet (4 track EP)
2 x 10” Vinyl // Digital // 25th Jan 2019

Pre-order >> https://omunit.bandcamp.com/album/violet-ep

A. Righteousness
B. City Lights
C. Shackup
D. Sleeping Dragon

Om Unit ‘returns’ with Violet a standalone 2x10” pack “VIOLET01” featuring four 160bpm excursions that recall elements of his earlier work. Equal parts headphones and sound system; slivers of late night nostalgia and dream-like ambience with ‘Righteousness’ doing damage in the club on dubplate.

2x10” Reverse board 5mm spine package with art by Oliver Yorke.

Sleeping Dragon (Violet)

Om Unit presents - "Mahakala" Tomahawk / The Realms (Mahakala02)

Vinyl & Download >> http://bit.ly/MAHAKALA02

A. Tomahawk
B. The Realms

Release Date: 2nd August 2019 
Limited Edition Red 12” Vinyl & Download

Om Unit's Mahakala alias returns with the second installment of the Mahakala trilogy. 

'Tomahawk' on the A side is a hypnotic dancefloor stepper complete with dread inducing technoid sound design, and a rolling feel in the drums, with elements of techstep and jungle fused into a solidified concrete Junglist weapon. 

The flip sees Mahakala transform into a spaced out drumfunk workout, taking the 'alligator boogalo' break to new heights over a pastel soundscape, with moments of tension and release that create the cerebral workout that is 'The Realms'. 

Limited to 400 copies, the last issue sold out immediately! Don't sleep..

Ltd Red 12" / Download

Mahakala - Tomahawk / The Realms (Mahakala02)

Om Unit Presents: Cosmology - Dark Matter
CBR032
3 x 12” Vinyl & Download
Released: 6th Sept 2019

Pre-order here: bit.ly/CBR032

A1. Om Unit - The Lake (Samba Remix)
A2. TMSV - Ominous
B1. Proc Fiskal - Death
B2. Danny Scrilla - Sacred Waters
B3. Moresounds - Watating

C1. J: Kenzo - Dub For Bashenga
C2. Rude Operator - Broken Sky
D1. Vromm - Decentralized
D2. Oliver Yorke - Treasured
D3. Es.tereo - Floating Point

E1. Margari’s Kid - Challenger
E2. Om Unit & Synkro - Reflextions
F1. Om Unit & Djrum - Ruins
F2. Crypticz - Chrysalis (Feat. Amy Kisnorbo)

Fresh from a series of artist-led 12"s, Om Unit's Cosmic Bridge label returns with 'Dark Matter', its first compilation since 2017's 'Cosmology Selections'. Collected in a triple vinyl LP / digital formats, the release offers a fresh snapshot of the exciting possibilities and experiments happening at the intersection of hip-hop, jungle and bass music; a hybrid sound the label has pioneered since its first release eight years ago.

Across 14 tracks, 'Dark Matter' showcases Cosmic Bridge's growing global roster of artists: Moresounds, Danny Scrilla, Proc Fiskal, Margari's Kid, Oliver Yorke, J:Kenzo, TMSV, vromm, alongside new faces Samba and Rude Operator, and perennial favorites Es.tereo, Synkro and Djrum, the latter two in collaboration with label head Om Unit.

Stylistically the compilation covers a broad range, and gives listeners the space to digest it all with a running time of 75 minutes. There are stripped-down, meditative rollers such as TMSV's flute-led 'Ominous', the bass hypnosis of Danny Scrilla's 'Sacred Waters', and Samba's snappy, booming remix of Om Unit's 'The Lake'. The timeless energy of jungle is channeled in Proc Fiskal's 'Death', a percussive, bouncy number, while Moresounds plays with filters (and your mind) as he refines a less-is-more take of classic themes on 'Watating'. J:Kenzo highlights the music's Jamaican roots on 'Dub For Bashenga'; a tough, pounding cut that goes straight for the chest and which finds its counterpoint in Rude Operator's 'Broken Sky'.

For those who like more expansive, cinematic approaches there are epic waves of drums, slick editing and euphoria in Es.tereo's 'Floating Point' and Vromm's 'Decentralized', while Oliver Yorke's 'Treasured' and Margari's Kid's 'Challenger' squeeze soul from colder sound palettes and tight breakbeats.

Om Unit's two collaborations, 'Reflections' with Synkro and 'Ruins' with Djrum, reflect the compilation's ambitions and breadth. The former is a delicate, uplifting roller that sets you up for the dark rumblings, freeform stylings and frenetic rhythms of the latter. The compilation ends with a track that arguably stands tall on its own, Crypticz's 'Chrysalis' feat. Amy Kisnorbo; an 11-minute epic that plays out like a love letter to the magic of breakbeat science, dub technology and human creativity.

Dark Matter is a finely crafted statement of intent from Cosmic Bridge and Om Unit, shunning easy self-congratulation for a dive into the musical potentials and connections of a sound that is now an established part of the global bass music vocabulary.

Om Unit

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