Set your minds back to 2002. Aquasky’s Passenger imprint was buzzing with exciting new music, including a fresh faced, wobbly bass enthusiast named Infekto. That year he would debut his unique sound on the label with a release called ‘Burner/Black Magic’ (The label would later go on to release tracks, remixes, collaborations and DJ mixes from the likes of Friction, Meat Katie, Simon ‘Bassline’ Smith & Drumsound, Noisia, Kool Keith, DBridge, Nick Thayer and the Ragga Twins). Infekto then went on to release his universally loved track ‘Miami Treble’ on Passenger in 2004, which caught the ears of the industry and fans alike. It would inspire his next incarnation, Rico Tubbs and his seminal single ‘Gangsters’ and album ‘Knuckle Sandwich’ (Menu Music). 
Since then, Rico has gone on to release his sound on labels such as Cheap Thrills, T&A, Trouble and Bass, Party Like Us & his own label Bass=Win. 

Passenger has also stayed very active. The board of directors at the label has been cut down to just Brent Newitt now, but the A&R is as sharp as it always was, with quality recent releases from Zombie Robot, 601, Radiokillaz and Ellis Dee. 
Both Rico and Brent have now decided to revisit his Infekto days whilst bringing it all up to date with this new EP. 
First up, Infekto gives you the Old Skool inspired bass action of ‘Smasher’. 
Fresh off the back of working with the Skrillex, The Ragga Twins make a massive appearance here on ‘Dancehall Rule’. They do exactly what you want them to do here. Be The Ragga Twins and mash up the riddim. 
On remix duties for ‘Dancehall Rule’ is Manix. One half of UK Legends ‘4 Hero’ & ‘Tom & Jerry’, Mr. Mark Anthony Clair, the Papa Don of Reinforced Records (one of the first labels Aquasky released on) brings the classic sounding production that harks back to a simpler age of raving in a car park off the M25. 
Last but by no means least, to finish the EP off, Rico fires back with his new style on ‘Rinse Music’. Wobble bass madness!!! 

This EP bridges the gap between Infekto & Rico Tubbs, but also between Passenger now and Passenger then, a must for both sets of fans alike.


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Rico Tubbs Ft. The Ragga Twins 'Rule Dancehall (Dub Mix)' - PASA - Released: 1.9.14

This mix from UK's Aquasky was aired on Australia's Triple J Radio back in 2007. I personally ripped this, well downloaded as there was a way to download the file and bypass the flash player protection back then ;-) Great mix all round, this was at the time they were doing a world tour and breaks were the in thing.

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Aquasky - Triple J Mixup - 29.9.2007

OK... first of 3 mixes I have done for February. 2 are classic breaks from 2001-2015. The other is a d&b mix of new tunes. 

Anyway, so this mix was done my usual traditional method:

Technics 1210's
Rane TTM 56S
Serato 1.8.1
SL3 Box
Novation Dicers
Macbook Pro
2x Shure Whitelabel Needles

All live, no Ableton, Cubase etc... I like my style of DJing as it still uses decks and you get the odd deck rub to get it in tight, which is something you never hear in mixes these days and everything is timed up live, no presetting tempos like many other DJs are renowned for doing. I did this mix for Mike Swaines 'Bass & Breaks' Radio Show.

Once this has gone over 1000 plays i'll release the next mix :)

‘Sounds Of The Mainline’ Tracklist
1: Aquasky & Ragga Twins ‘Living Legends’ - Passenger
2: Aquaski ‘Shadows Across The Motorway’ Remix
3: Aquasky Vs. Masterblaster ‘Addiction’ - 777
4: Aquaski ‘Vamp’ Remix
5: Aquasky & Meat Katie ‘Overneath’ – Passenger
6: Aquasky Vs. Masterblaster ‘Boom (Breakfastaz Remix)’
7: Ellis Dee ‘Next To Me’ – Passenger
8: Aquaski ‘Exceeded’ Remix
9: Backdraft & Ragga Twins ‘Rock The Mic’ – Passenger
10: Baitercell & Schumacher ‘Lock N Load (Aquasky Remix)’ – Passenger
11: Backdraft ‘Popcorn’ – Passenger
12: Aquaski ‘Crush On Intro’ Remix
13: Backdraft ‘Labrat (Aquasky VIP Remix) – Passenger
14: Aquasky Vs. Masterblaster ‘Wheels Of Steel’ – Passenger
15: Backdraft ‘Hoody’ 
16: Aquasky Vs. Masterblaster ‘Lords Of Motion’ - Passenger

Aquasky 'Sounds Of The Mainline Mix' - Feb 2017 * free download *

Just came across this, a VIP version of the remix we did for Baobinga & ID about 10 years or so ago... i havent heard it since then and listening back to it now, i really quite like it... there are loadsa tracks we have that never got released or VIPs of remixes we did for people. should spend some time to dig them out really but there is always other stuff that gets in the way of me doing that! Life hey! Bigupz

Baobinga & ID - Machine Aquasky Remix - 18th August VIP Ambient Intro

Pre Order Technique.lnk.to/Summer2017so
51 Tracks & 2 Continuous Mixes By DJ Muffler
Released Friday 2nd June 2017

Living in the UK, you quickly learn that you can't trust the weather to indicate the arrival of summer. For DnB heads, though, there's a far more reliable signal to gear up for festival and holiday season. And now it's here. Yes, Technique's Summer 2017 LP has dropped, and it's done so with Richter-troubling force.

For a start off, it's a monumental fifty-one tracks deep (with two continuous mixes from Muffler thrown in for good measure) featuring contributions from all corners of the drum 'n' bass scene. For example, Viper bosses Matrix & Futurebound pass through, with the insane 8-bit video game riffs of “Scatterbrain”. Brookes Brothers deliver the stripped-back R&B-flavoured “Good to Me”. Invaderz underpin jazz keys with rolling beats in “Gruisin”. And, who would have predicted the appearance of two cuts from the mighty Aquasky?

Plus, of course, the regular Technique roster are out in force. New signings T-Phonic & Deadman give us an instant-classic junglist workout, complete with thundering breaks and savage Reese bass. We've got MaxNRG doing crazy things to melodies in “Soul Fever”, two pieces from Document One, Tantrum Desire's “Gravitate”, L Plus's dancefloor bubbler “Going Away”, tracks from Spectrem...and that's before we even get onto the contributions from label bosses Drumsound & Bassline Smith themselves.

This album covers the full spectrum and then twists the dial a few notches more.

It might say Summer on the cover, but this is far more than a collection of festival tunes. From shadow to sunlight, Drumsound & Bassline Smith have curated a collection that displays the full gamut of what DnB has to offer in 2017. Just dive in, they're about to take you on a journey.

1. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Take a Chance 
2. Brookes Brothers – Good to Me 
3. Fliwo – Run Away 
4. Muffler – Snowflakes 
5. Tantrum Desire – Gravitate 
6. Salaryman – Roller Forever 
7. Kronology – Star in a Jar 
8. Tapolsky & VovKING –88
9. T:Base – Through the Night 
10. L Plus – Going Away 
11. Matrix & Futurebound – Scatterbrain 
12. Revaux & Subdivision – Everything (feat. MC Subliminal) 
13. Tweakz & Emtee – Tell Me 
14. Javano – United As One 
15. Aquasky – Your Love
16. Document One – Same You 
17. MaxNRG – Soul Fever 
18. Tapolsky & VovKING – Needle 
19. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Holdin On 
20. Casey Jones – False Truths 
21. Invaderz – Gruisin 
22. Murdock – Arrival 
23. Zen Dub & Vision – Frozen 
24. Schematic – Have You Ever Wondered 25. Spectrem – Distance 
26. NC-17 x Des McMahon – Dubminded 
27. Genzo – Wait No More (feat. Pat Heym) 
28. Ill Truth & Defex – Too Late 
29. AudioSketch & Surplus – Not Again (feat. Critical Event) 
30. Document One –Uh-Huh 
31. Salaryman – Live a Better Life 
32. Oder – Points of View 
33. Danny Wheeler – Walking Away (feat. Kemi Ade) 
34. Stereotype – Mile High Club 
35. Schematic & Polaris – So Long 
36. Zen Dub – Dawning 
37. Akomplis & Atomik Tags – Reminisce 
38. Spectrem – Luxury 
39. Conspire – Pending 
40. T-Phonic & Deadman – The Sound of Now 
41. Tapolsky & VovKING – Primitive Jazz 
42. Dan Guidance – I Dream of You 
43. Stereotype – Got it Twisted 
44. SKMA – Forever 
45. Aquasky – I Like the Way (You're Doin It) 
46. Schematic & Hungry T – Lay You Down (feat. Grimm) 
47. Conspire – Whirlwind 
48. Brian Brainstorm – The Trophy 
49. Living Plastic – She 
50. War Machine – Detector 
51. Consouls – Flares

For interview requests and more information, contact:

info@techniquerecordings.co.uk

Aquasky - Your Love [NEST HQ Premiere]

Here it is, Part 3 of my Liquid Liaisons Mix Series... ready for the sunshine! Recorded the usual way with technics 1210's and Serato... no ableton or computer mixes... this is some proper DJing like they did 'when I were a lad!'

This mix had its exclusive airing on DNBRadio in the US via my man Doctor Genesis' show. Tracklist is in the comments section.

If you like please, please share, like and download :)

Aquasky 'Liquid Liaisons Pt. 3' D&B Mix - July 2017 * free download*

This is a mix we must have done in 2003 I think. We stopped making  d&b in 2004, so pretty sure this is the year before (though if there are tunes on this mix from 2004, please let me know and ill correct the date!)

Some proper heavy rinsers on this mix, though the last 15min of the mix I cant get the CD to play, so this is all for now!

If you like, please RT and like :)

Aquasky 'Big And Bashy' 2003 D&B Mix *Free Download*

Back in 2004 I did a gig with MC Jakes at a club called WUK in Vienna, Austria. This is the second half of the set when we dropped into drum and bass... and jeez I use to play some heavy tunes back then! The intro Jakes did for the mix we sampled on a Baobinga remix we did, also in 2004, called 'Shake Yer Head' on our 777 label (in case you recognised it!)

One other thing I remember about this gig is that this was the first time I ever tried Sushi!!! Odd what your memory remembers! Sushi ended up being my favourite food! So a poignant date... 03.07.04!

Back then I was playing vinyl only!

Brent Aquasky & MC Jakes D&B Live Set - Vienna 03.07.04 *free download*

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