Loads of new favourites in this months instalment, including new names like @tonerfilt on @encryptedaudio and @tunictunes on @fotosounds, new music from the likes of @drumterror and @11th_hour and a strong @deepdarkdangerous representation!

Head on over to the blog if you're looking for the track list
www.honeyandbass.com

It doesn't matter who you are or where you're from, if you make music like this, I wanna hear it! Send your music via Soundcloud or email honeyandbass@hotmail.com.

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The Honey & Bass Showcase - March 2022

Grab this track for free on my Bandcamp: https://psfmer.bandcamp.com/track/pontextual

There is no pontext

I went back to the drawing board because i still wasn't very satisfied with the techno stuff i have already put out. This time i put lots of effort into making the kick as good as possible. Ableton Live's workflow is really good for techno stuff imo. It's very easy to set up parallel processing with individual volume controls and place effects on the entire chain afterwards. This makes the kick processing that much easier and faster i feel. Previously in FL i had to route the mixer channels manually just to have do parallel processing (i might be doing it an inefficient way, but in Live i could set up the same processing in like a click and 2 buttons). I also tried to regulate my use of reverb because i think i tend to wash out things like FX and pads in too much reverb, which gives makes things lose a bit of focus i feel. 

Paid special attention to how elements groove together, like the shakers and the hats with the kick. In terms of tonal balance, i studied a bunch of tracks that i like and i found that they generally have the kick much louder than the hats and stuff. Shakers and 16th note hihats tend to sit a little further back, while the off-beat accented closed hihat hits louder and pops up above them. I applied some tiny bit of humanisation by playing with velocities for individual hits, as well adjusting the timings such that they are not bang-on quantised on the grid. Also had some fun with swung delays on the hats. The results were satisfying enough for now, because there is a sense of 'rolling' and groove that pushes the track forward. Still much to learn, i think. Better to just wrap up this track and move on to another one, rather than dwell endlessly on individual elements. 

I tried to keep things interesting by changing at least 2 elements of the track every 8 bars or so, and i think it works somewhat. It's what i love about this sort of techno: the continual repetition of a couple of motifs, kept interesting by subtle changes to the elements in the fore- and background. But it's funny because like 95% of my audience will probably still find it boring and unengaging lol

Twilight Sparkle voice generated by 15.ai

Pontextual

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Smoke Machine Podcast 146 Pessimist

Enjoy another mix of my recent favourites with a plethora of different vibes inside! Including new music from @substance420 on @cimmerianrecords, @dalekoneofficial on @foundationaudio, @rezdubstep on @deepdarkdangerous, plus a host of regular favourites!

Head on over to the blog if you're looking for the track list
www.honeyandbass.com

It doesn't matter who you are or where you're from, if you make music like this, I wanna hear it! Send your music via Soundcloud or email honeyandbass@hotmail.com.

Twitter - www.twitter.com/HNYBSS
Instagram - www.instagram.com/honeyandbass

The Honey & Bass Showcase - April 2022

Only For The Footworkers Vol.1 is a dedication project to all dancers for footworkers appreciation month hope you all enjoy .

Lupay - Wanna Smoke Test

 Tender R&B, blistering breaks, and diasporic riddims with LA dj/producer BAE BAE.   
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/baexploitation/episodes/baexploitation-15th-june-2024

Detroit Movement Mix w/ BAE BAE 150624

Grab your Passport for a trip with Zack Fox & Pickpocket, aka Kat Matutina - stopping off  monthly for the best soul, boogie, rnb, house, techno, and other underground club music from across the world. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/passport/episodes/passport-19th-december-2024

Passport w/ Pickpocket & Zack Fox 191224

A Strange Wedding
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Smoke Machine Podcast 154 A Strange Wedding

Me and Ben thought it would be fun to play a long DJ set together at Globus, the upstairs floor at Tresor in Berlin. 
We last played together (as Frequency 7) in May 2013. This time we played a ‘back to back’ DJ set, I’m pretty sure playing 2 tracks each for the whole six and a half hour set. All we had in mind beforehand was to start with some Dub and ‘see where it goes’. 

It was a lot of fun so we wanted to share the recording with you.



Ben Sims b2b Surgeon at Globus, Berlin 10th of May, 2025

we reached 15k likes on facebook recently! thanks everybody!
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Puya (Schlachthofbronx edit)

Make Footwork Great Again EP & Merch Available Now
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Make Footwork Great Again

Good Ol' Dayz

Aspiring horse music producer, amateur SFM pone animator.

Owadio

Pontextual

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