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Jungles

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In a meeting of two OTW favourites, emerging Bristol don Housty arrives on Transparent Audio with 'Genesis', part of his stellar Hamzar EP on the imprint.

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OTW Premiere: Housty - Genesis [Transparent Audio]

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Download 'Through The Clouds': https://hypeddit.com/link/ydwrl9

Fresh off the back of his top-drawer remix of Rag'n'Bone Man's 'Anywhere Away from Here', hotly-tipped Brighton producer Umax arrives on Toronto Is Broken's YANA Music imprint with the dreamy, driving tones of 'Through The Clouds'.

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OTW Premiere: Umax  - Through The Clouds [YANA Music]

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Download 'Lin Kuei': https://bit.ly/BTKVIP002BC

The legendary BTK returns to Dispatch Recordings for a new 5-track EP, the follow-up to his fantastic, emotive 'Hollow' LP that dropped at the end of 2020. 'Lin Kuei' takes things deep and tribal, scouring the depths of his sound for an ice-cold, percussive masterpiece. 

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OTW Premiere: BTK - Lin Kuei [Dispatch Recordings]

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Download 'Gully Dance': https://inhabitrec.bandcamp.com/album/gully-dance-block-work-vip

In a true linkup for the ages, US-based The North Quarter, 1985 & Shogun Audio alumni Echo Brown returns to inHabit Recordings with a standout new 3-tracker, with the aptly titled 'Gully Dance' featuring the masterful, bassbin-primed tones of lyrical master Flowdan.

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OTW Premiere: Echo Brown X Flowdan - Gully Dance [inHabit Recordings]

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Download Myth's remix of 'Component': https://skalatormusic.bandcamp.com/album/neurotoxin-remixes

Bristol badman Myth comes through with the goods yet again on this slick Skalator Music remix package, flipping Neurotoxin's 'Component' alongside another certified fresh remix from Molecular - both an absolute must for your collection.

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OTW Premiere: Neurotoxin - Component (Myth Remix) [Skalator Music]

SPACE TUNNEL EP
BEATPORT EXC: 5th May 2017
WORLDWIDE RELEASE: 19th May 2017

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Press Release – IGNT012

01. NickBee - Space Tunnel
02. NickBee feat. Emily Harkness - Chaos
03. NickBee - Get It Closer
04. NickBee - Pandorum

NickBee is an instantly recognisable name across the darker realms of drum & bass. Constantly evolving his sound, he's stayed on its forefront since the beginning, grabbing the attention of scene heavyweights and distributing his hard-hitting sounds throughout the entire genre. Across the shadier world of the European club circuit, his music is played in every venue and his sonic cuts have become an integral part of its backbone. He's an architect of the neurofunk realm, wielding his trademark signature and pushing through the animalistic bassline he's become renowned for through this next release on Ignescent Recordings.

The experimental element to his music is what makes it interesting. The artist has become a tastemaker at such a young age, with his defining, next-level composition design never overstated or applied too thickly. With a balance of hi-tech and low-fi elements, he's expertly crafted this EP with the utmost precision. ‘The Space Tunnel EP' carries forward the type of production which has made him so famous and a defining part of the subgenre's history.

‘Space Tunnel' exorcizes the beast, with crashing drum patterns and a snare that crunches aggressively against its bassline. NickBee goes in for the aural jugular, unafraid to draw blood.

Next comes ‘Chaos', featuring the daunting vocals of Emily Harkness. Taking you bit by bit into a climatic drop, NickBee smashes forward with pounding breaks yet remains inconspicuous with his approach.

‘Get it closer' is an intimidating mix of percussion and whirling beat patterns, moving you closer and closer into its chaotic middle.

And lastly, ‘Pandorum' nods to its track title with punching drums and mysterious atmospherics, bringing forward the type of composition which is well known throughout the NickBee discography.

Together all four tracks present an EP which breaks through every rule set up for drum & basses more marketable output. The future world of 174 is ruled by people like NickBee; those unafraid to break the rules and present a different side to the experimental soundscape which is available to every musician. NickBee takes charge of this dominion, which is the primary reason he's so widely known throughout the genre's every corner.

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Garot - True Crimes

We are pleased to announce the next release on DROOGS is now available to pre order!
DROOGS004 - Holsten/Artilect - 
Holsten makes a welcome return to the Droogs imprint following his blistering debut last year with the weighty ‘Carrier Wave’ laying down a heavy bass that sets firm foundation for punchy drum workouts. Building on his established sound Holsten gives a nod to some of Drum & Bass’ most dearly held traditions. Another feather in the hat of a rising star of the genre.

Artilect’s ‘Echos’ declares a different tribute that firmly pays homage to the late 90s. A sound resurrection that plays with the space between drums and subtle tribal persuasion. The track lands running and keeps pushing. Tense, electrifying, retro-referential while undoubtably now.
A. Holsten - Carrier Wave
B. Artilect - Echos

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DROOGS004 : AA - Artilect - Echos

We are pleased to announce the next release on DROOGS is now available to pre order!
DROOGS004 - Holsten//Artilect - 
Holsten makes a welcome return to the Droogs imprint following his blistering debut last year with the weighty ‘Carrier Wave’ laying down a heavy bass that sets firm foundation for punchy drum workouts. Building on his established sound Holsten gives a nod to some of Drum & Bass’ most dearly held traditions. Another feather in the hat of a rising star of the genre.

Artilect’s ‘Echos’ declares a different tribute that firmly pays homage to the late 90s. A sound resurrection that plays with the space between drums and subtle tribal persuasion. The track lands running and keeps pushing. Tense, electrifying, retro-referential while undoubtably now.
A. Holsten - Carrier Wave
B. Artilect - Echos

DROOGS004 : A - Holsten - Carrier Wave

Outer Heaven - The Last Men EP

Vinyl Tracklist:

A1 - The Last Men
A2 - Blemish

AA1 - Still Waters
AA2 - Trapline

Coventry’s second son of Drum & Bass returns to UVB-76 Music for his first release on the label since 2017’s ‘Pathos’ EP. Two years on, and four tracks strong, ‘The Last Men’ EP delves into the darker caverns of modern jungle, tethering howling pad works to a sturdy hull of abrasive percussive rhythms.

Coarse high end peaks are trussed against bottom end vibrations which are fixated to the ground as three tracks are firmly rooted in the dance while a fourth track is the fallout at trip hop tempo.

UVB76-013 : Outer Heaven A1. The Last Men

Exoplanet

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Dark rolling collaboration from upcoming Russian artists Zerx and Lök.

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Zerx & Lök - Needle [Premiere]

Keenetic

Subminderz - Keenetic

Inner Addiction

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Deleted Sound - Boring One

Nuvertal - Urbanization

‣ Available here: backl.ink/ubiquitous
‣ Website/Bandcamp release date: 31 August 2020
‣ General release date: 04 September 2020

We are thrilled to welcome Phaction back to the label for a follow up to last years debut Metalheadz EP, one which garnered support far and wide.

This time jumping over to Metalheadz Platinum for the 'Ubiquitous EP', Phaction has conjured up 4 uncompromising solo cuts that combine his passion for creativity and discernible production talents. The Cypriot-born producer has taken the word 'ubiquitous' quite literally with an overarching soundscape bound to fit the dancefloor as much as anywhere else, constructing a body of work that impresses from start to finish.

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Ubiquitous

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Arcane – Labyrinth EP (RUA011)
12" Vinyl & Digi -  Friday 4th September (Presales)
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Rua debutant Arcane arrives with a 4 track EP of jungle infused, bass driven goodness high on melodic content and percussive intricacy. 

"Planet X", a collab with Samurai Breaks, provides dancefloor energy as old school jungle staples meet modern production manoeuvres. The pace here is unrelenting, the bass full frontal, and the energy undeniably soundsystem centred, while maintain the melodic signatures that tie the EP together.

Big shouts to Sherelle - Check the full show @ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lztc
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Labyrinth EP

Planet X

Arcane & Samurai Breaks - Planet X - RUA011 [Sherelle BBC Radio 1 Premiere]

UK based multi-instrumentalist Arcane,  debutes on Rua Sound this Friday with a 4 track EP of melodic Jungle infused goodness. The release has already gained support from Sherelle on her BBC1 radio show. Today we premiere the title track "Labyrinth." With
delicately programmed drum flushes knitting together chimes, pads and chord progressions, on top of 808s, anyone listening to modern Sully would be an instant fan of Arcane. Out on Bandcamp this FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4th. Click the Buy link to pre-order!

[PREMIERE] Arcane - Labyrinth (Rua Sound)

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Quadrant & Iris make a welcome return to Dispatch with a 3 track release, featuring a collaboration with Codebreaker and a remix from Sixfour. 

‘Stoic’ takes its name from the Greek philosophical tradition of Stoicism, which encourages resilience in the face of a world and events that we’re unable to control. The last 4 years (and the last year in particular) have been difficult for many people, During this time, the US based couple Quadrant & Iris saw creating music like this as a defiant act. Something they ‘can’ control.

Codebreaker joins the pair for ‘Instinct’ as the talented lyricist and MC defines the authenticity he holds as key to the sound we love at Dispatch. Throughout his many years working within the scene he has seen it change but always return to the underground, choosing instinct over fabrication.

1. "Stoic" - Quadrant & Iris
2. "Instinct" - Quadrant, Iris & Codebreaker
3. "Calculated Risk (Sixfour Remix)" - Quadrant & Iris

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Stoic / Instinct (ft. Codebreaker) / Calculated Risk (Sixfour Remix)

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Quadrant & Iris - Stoic - Dispatch Recordings 161 - OUT NOW

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Today, we’re delighted to exclusively bring you a flowing, magically barbaric taste of sumptuous breakbeat flavour from German dons Tweakz, Syncopix and Duktuz, forthcoming on the eponymous Syncopix Records. Just one foundational part of a cross-tempo, all-encompassing EP that includes another solo track in the form of ‘Planetary Dub’, collaborations and link-ups with the likes of Slay, EJ Kitto, Dava and Jamal Dilmen, plus two juxtaposed, hedonistic remixes from men-of-the-moment Nectax and Askel, you’re in for a real treat here. It’s a journey; it’s a story - filled with powerhouse vocal imagery and proficient, no-holds-barred production prowess across the board.

‘Obsidian’, which we’ve hosted for you today, is the perfect example of the sheer statement of signalled intent on the project. A tad more targeted at the stacks, bassbins and subs than some of the other more melodic and downtempo licks on the 7-tracker, ‘Obsidian’ weaves its way seamlessly through its luxurious intro segment, incorporating swift, breaksy percs and summer-etched background notions before lining up the subliminal switch on the b-line. We mentioned there was juxtaposition on show, and that’s exemplified again here. A lovely mix of funk, instrumentation and gnarly synthetics are demonstrated to their fullest extent, teasing and toying with expert precision, rounding out a truly fantastic long-form experience.

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OTW Premiere: Tweakz, Syncopix & Duktuz - Obsidian [Syncopix Records]

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