A bit of soulful amen action coming from the Fokuz Recordings camp. Even though it's winter we're pushing forward sizzling summer sounds (we don't care)! After the succes of the ''Always Your Lover EP'' early 2014, up-and-comers Macca & Loz Contreras deliver two outstanding rollers with Players Ways / Honey Sugar. Great sounds from two producers on the rise.

Macca & Loz Contreras - Honey Sugar [Fokuz Recordings]

FOKUZBOX001_A1 / Macca & Loz Contreras – Against The Wall (Forthcoming 06/04/2015)

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A new name that’s been making waves since releasing on the likes of Renegade Hardware and Samurai now gets picked up by the Critical crew for the sixth edition of their ever experimental Binary series. Subtension drops through with five tracks of trap-tech-infused drum & bass and half-time that have been lighting up Critical floors from Fabric to EDC.

1) Subtension - Camden
2) Subtension - Fairlady
3) Subtension – Funk Off
4) Subtension – No Worries
5) Subtension – What Do You

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More Music

Subtension - No Worries

In her EP Separation, released on Paperfunk Recordings, RiANTHE transposes the very notion of separation into sound: a tight kick-drum thump ticks off the seconds of an expanding rift, a dense bass line pulses like blood retreating from shared memories, and gauzy synth layers slowly shear apart, leaving a transparent corridor of silence where you can hear a new identity crystallising from the shards of former closeness; the music does not merely illustrate detachment—it inhabits it, revealing how an act of separation widens the space to breathe, and how, in that sonic pause between “we” and “I,” it finally becomes possible to hear one’s own echo.

RiANTHE - Restless Thoughts

Drum & Bass

I'm feeling this kinda nostalgic 90's/00's PlayStation kinda drum and bass sound lately, so here's another one. I dunno if anybody remembers those old Casio keyboards that were in every music class in schools in the UK in the early 2000s but if you do then you probably remember the "Get on up!" vocal stab that was programmed on all of them. Not a single class passed by without somebody distrupting it with keyboard cat noises interspersed with "Get on up!" 



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Get On Up!

Deeper Connection returns to Soul Deep with two lush rollers for the soul.

Deeper Connection - Organic

Buy the EP here: found.ee/SAB006

Calibre's remix of @f-d 's Ambra, taken from the forthcoming 'Serious EP', released on 17th March 2017.

FD - Ambra (Calibre Remix) - SUNANDBASS Recordings

Download/Vinyl/CD: https://Makoto.lnk.to/Salvationso

Makoto, a man who’s been instrumental in Japan’s drum & bass movement since the birth of the genre, now signed exclusively to Hospital Records presenting his fifth solo album ‘Salvation’. A perfect fit bringing that trademark sound across 14 tracks of authentic soul and rolling jazz inspirited drum & bass.

‘I Don’t Wanna Wake Up’ featuring the outstanding vocals of Karina Ramage is the perfect summertime roller. Delightfully hypnotic, this will be a staple selection for any DJ worth their salt over the coming months, catching its premiere on Huw Stephens’ BBC Radio 1 slot. Makoto also empowers Karina’s topline prowess on the hauntingly beautiful ‘Winds Of Change’.

Following suit, the vocally driven ‘Salvation’ ft DRS balances an elegant ambiance with grittier elements. Switching to ‘Primitive Galaxy’ which focuses more on high-energy dancefloor impact but still with his distinctive bassline groove and melodic stabs. A jazzy riff takes the lead in ‘Fancy Free’ with celestial vocals and staccato drums, invoking a euphoric trance that all liquid tracks strive for.

Already having an enriched history across Good Looking and his own imprint Human Elements, Makoto is a leader in the art of funk, soul and jazz entrenched drum & bass. Following his recent European tour Makoto will make a welcomed return to our shores this summer at Mysteryland, Lockdown Festival and Hospitality In The Park.

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Salvation

I Dont' Wanna Wake Up

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I Don’t Wanna Wake Up (feat. Karina Ramage)

Unity (Orgone, 2003)

Concord Dawn - 06 Ghost Rock - Free Download

Some new bits now and then, as well as older stuff dug up from the crates.

A few more of our released tracks are available at http://soundcloud.com/blacksunempire/sets/black-sun-empire-the-singles/ .

Unity (Orgone, 2003)

Rawthang