Love is the message. Music is the universal language. 

In the words of Denise Gordon:

Bad or good, misunderstood
Inside we're all the same
Time will fly by you, love may lie to you
Get on up and try again
Be colour blind, not narrow minded
Playing silly games
The time has come to unify
And live in peace again
There are times in my life
When I wish the world was a better place
No more war and no more pain
No more suffering and no more hate
When we could all reach for the stars
Nothing to stand in our way
Forward, onward, upward
Together

Music is the key, together we are strong
And nothing is impossible
If you see the beauty that's in everyone
Music mends and heals all broken hearts


Tracklist: 
1. London Elektricity - The Prescription is Love (Cliques Remix)
2. Polaris - Found You
3. Makoto - I’ll Be There (feat. Singing Fats) [Hospital]
4. Black Barrel, KSR - Gonna Be
5. Workforce - Forever
6. Workforce - Reintegration (feat. Leroy Horns)
7. Veak - Exclusive Style
8. Lupo - The Funk VIP (Liondub)
9. The Sauce - Shaken Not Stirred
10. Break - Release Me (Symmetry)
11. Phibes - Never Get Enough
12. Workforce - Occurs In The Mind
13. Bredren - Trench
14. Sam Binga, OneDa, Particle - Rude Girl (Critical)
15. Skantia, Bladerunner - Connection
16. Omen - Bad (Play Me)
17. SuM - Selassie I (Liondub)
18. Maurizzle & Master Error - Fever (Liondub)
19. Shy FX, Breakage - Michael Knight
20. Kleu - You 
21. Sl8r - In Ur Arms
22. Skellytn - Singularity (Des McMahon Remix) [Play Me]
23. Benny Page - You Know How To Love Me (Origin8a & Propa Remix)
24. Dungeon Kru, Pharaoh - Me & You 
25. Metrodome - Lover 2nite (1985)
26. DJ Hybrid - So Addictive
27. Emalkay - When I Look At You (J-Wok Bootleg)
28. Adred - Levitation
29. Conrad Subs - Stamina
30. DJ Hybrid - Comeback
31. London Elektricity - Funkopolis (Mozey Remix) [Hospital]
32. Chase & Status - Consciousness (EMI)
33. S.P.Y - Need You
34. Javeon, Duskee, Hyroglifics - Aura
35. Hyroglifics - If I Could
36. Monty - I Knew So (feat. Eva Mango) 
37. Theoretical - Exquisite
38. Workforce - So Long
39. DJ Hybrid - Cut To The Chase (Liondub)

Love Is The Message - Unbeing Radio Guest Mix

BCee - Lies ft Lauren Archer 
Dash - Massive
Calibre & High Contrast - Mr Majestic 
Riya & Collette Warren ft Whiney - Vices (Bladerunner Remix)
Dash - Rhythm
Alix Perez - Dark Pulse
Aleyum & Dan Guidance - The Rhythm of Life
HighPass - Solo Dawn
Bungle - Outnumbered
Monodry - Feels
Onism - Astral Place
Con-Figure - Reverie
KindFiction - Long Since
Marcus Intalex - Roller 170
IAMDOOMED - Hot Wired
The Sauce - Big Up Inna Dance
33Reasons - Back Up
Level 2 - Bite the Bone VIP
Dan Guidance - Jungle Rhythm
Seba - Eztli (Phil Tangent Remix)
Monik - U4U
SoulTec - Change That
Conspiracy - Control

NAB DNB Guest Mix Series [Joanna O]

Step back in time to the 2024 DnB Girls Takeover at Shambhala's Village Stage and enjoy this bangin' set from Crystal Fresh!

DnB Girls Takeover @ The Village Stage 2024

Astrokid Mini Pack - Bioluminescent Drum & Bass

Bioluminescent Drum & Bass - Track 01

FILTHY

My first cd for Moonshine. If memory serves, I needed to do a last minute tracklist change as I wasn't able to license a couple of tunes I wanted. Having known SS for a few years at this point, I knew he would let me have any tunes I wanted so I replaced the tunes I couldn't get with the Matrix and Executive tunes. As it turned out, they worked better than the tunes I originally wanted. :) This mix holds a special place in my heart as it was my first official mixed cd and I still really like all the tunes on it. 

TRACKLIST

Matrix - Fluid Motion
The Return - Basic Rules
Ed Rush & Optical - Funktion
Pascal & Phantasy - Terradaktil (Future Forces Remix)
DJ SS - Symphonic
Pascal - Who Can Draw
MA4 - Bull Terrier
DJ Zinc - Bring The Danger
Decoder - Circuit Breaker
Mampi Swift - Hi Tek
Special K - Pressure Roll
Decoder - Dazee Age
Majistrate - Retry
EZ - Rollers - Tough At The Top
Executive Outcomes - Sirocco
PFM - 11th Hour

DJ Dara - Full Circle

Project Human was essentially the launch point for my drum and bass label Human Imprint (the name of the cd was meant to tie in with the label name). It was a culmination of what I had been trying to do conceptually over the past few years and really set the template for all future mix projects - Big, cinematic voiceover intros. Remixes done specifically for my mixes. Big big tunes. Music that I had a hand in. Around this time I had started to get serious with making music and had partnered up with my dear friend Chris “Kaos” Ritter. He is featured on quite a few of the tunes on here. The first 12” release on Human Imprint was the Stratus tune “You Must Follow” and this provided Chris and I a remix opportunity to get our production feet wet. This was followed by our remix of a hip-hop track I really enjoyed by Styles And Beyond called “Subculture”. Originally I had this track remixed by Dylan and Ink for this mix, but I wasn’t especially fond of their effort and they unfortunately refused to put any more work into it. This inspired me and Kaos to do our own take on it, which is what appears here. Pretty proud of the details in that one to be honest. Looking over the tracklist…there was just a lot of really cool stuff that came together for this mix. Lots of remixes of disco house tunes (Robbie Rivera, Funk Parlor, Billy Lo). Remixes of seminal Moving Shadow tunes (Quadrant 6, The Shadow). I helped create a short lived North American drum and bass production “supergroup” called Weapon that has two remixes on here. Such awesome memories working on those tunes. We were actually in the middle of the Reborn remix (one of my favorite personal projects) when 9/11 happened. Never forget indeed. The artwork on this release was handled by the amazing WeWorkForThem boys (Michael Young and Michael Cina). They used images from a photoshoot I did with famed photographers Kelly and Meyers. I asked WWFT to remove my mouth in the images so I resembled the faces from the Human Imprint logo. The voiceover for the intro was my first ever voice actor hire. Aaaand it was Don LaFontaine himself, the most legendary voice actor of all time (“The Voice Of God”). I remember when he sent me the DAT with his voiceover takes on it. I listened to it in headphones and literally got the chills. So fucking amazing. Unfortunately around the time I was working on this intro, another DJ (Bad Boy Bill) made an internet promo that was supposed to sound like a movie trailer. It used a couple of the exact lines from my Project Human intro by coincidence! So I had to go back and rewrite those lines and have Don re-record them. Sad to say the version of the script was better (and the sound quality on the voice takes were better) in the original. Oh well. Of all of the mixes I have released, Project Human has seemed to resonate with drum and bass fans the most. I am quite proud of it.

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TRACKLIST

Dieselboy + Joshua Ryan - Genesis
Optical + Ryme Tyme - Shapecharge
Styles Of Beyond - Subculture (Dieselboy + Kaos VIP)
The Funk Parlor - Something For The Dancefloor (Underfire Remix)
Stratus - You Must Follow (Dieselboy + Kaos Remix)
Stakka + Skynet + Friction - Altitude (Fierce + Ryme Tyme VIP)
Dylan + DJ Ink - California Curse (Technical Itch Remix)
Billy Lo - Carjacker (Ram Trilogy Remix)
Robbie Rivera - Harder And Faster (Weapon Vs E-Sassin Remix)
Kemal + Rob Data - Hostile
Usual Suspects + Loxy - Stalker (Danny C Remix)
Rob + Goldie - The Shadow (Hive VIP)
Dom + Roland - Soundwall (Dom + Roland VIP)
Dom + Optical - Quadrant 6 (E-Sassin VIP)
Rascal + Klone - Terminal Velocity
Technical Itch - Reborn (Weapon Remix)
Bad Company - Mindgames
Dieselboy + Joshua Ryan - Revelations

Project Human

FOUR MEN - ONE MISSION

It happened during the summer of 2000. North America’s most prominent drum and bass DJs joined forces to create the legendary crew known as PLANET OF THE DRUMS. Using their combined muscle to push drum and bass music into the spotlight of the main stage they toured tirelessly for well over a decade, fronted by the vocal rhyme animal known as Messinian. Their incessant drive and motivation helped set the groundwork of the scene that exists today.

Feeling their work completed, the team turned their focus to personal projects and the PLANET OF THE DRUMS program was retired. But as was soon discovered, the drum and bass scene in North America began a slow freefall into underground obscurity.

This could not stand.

Reuniting in 2017, the PLANET OF THE DRUMS crew returned to continue their original mission - celebrating, honoring and advancing drum and bass music. “AWAKENING” represents a retrospective of some of their favorite sounds, highlights and moments from the past year. What always made POTD special was the compelling combination of the boys’ varied styles - AK and his raw motherfucking breakbeats. Dara’s rolling dancefloor vibes. Dieselboy with the heavy cinematic pressure. Three hundred and sixty degrees of futuristic drum and bass business.

THE PLANET HAS AWAKENED!

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PLANET OF THE DRUMS ➤
fb.com/planetofthedrums

AK1200 ➤
fb.com/ak1200official
twitter.com/ak1200
soundcloud : soundcloud.com/ak1200

DARA ➤
fb.com/thedjdaraofficial
twitter.com/daralickt
soundcloud : soundcloud.com/dj-dara

DIESELBOY ➤
fb.com/dieselboy
twitter.com/djdieselboy
soundcloud : soundcloud.com/dieselboy

MESSINIAN ➤
fb.com/messinianmusic
twitter.com/mcmessinian
soundcloud : soundcloud.com/messiniandubstep

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CLICK HERE FOR TRACKLIST >> https://tinyurl.com/yblufllg

Awakening

Planet Of The Drums - Awakening

Halogenix has taken this decade in d'n'b by storm, releasing on scene lynchpins like Critical, Metalheadz and Dispatch. It's high time he blessed our In Session series.

In Session: Halogenix

MADE ANOTHER DNB MIX  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

This was one of the biggest deals of my DJ life. Being asked by the legendary BBC Radio 1, to show off your best mixing to the Drum & bass world, is every Junglist's dream. I like to think of myself as musical storyteller,  and this may be one of my finest-told stories to date. We're in such an crazy world-time-place right now, and I feel like I was able to time-capsule all this insanity,  plus a healthy dose of personal narrative, into one realllllly short set. At first I tried to channel my inner Doc Scott/Andy C/ Alix Perez but then I said FUCK IT JUST CHANNEL YOU. 
All the shout outs to @renelavice for trusting my skills, and so many thanks to all the amazing producers who answered my call for unreleased heat.
I hope you enjoy consuming it as much as I enjoyed making it! 

1. Alewya - Sweating (Breakage Remix) [Because London]
2. Droptek - Dropout [Korsakov]
3. ZeroZero & Brain - Peanut Butter [Dispatch]
4. Exile & Airglo - Nothing Really Matters [Unreleased]
5. Picota & Kumbh - 1960 [Play Me]
6. AC13 - Unit Riddim feat. King Deepfield [Hospital]
7. ID - ID
8. Dr. Apollo & Reid Speed - Unholy [Play Me]
9. Danger - Rise Up [Ram]
10. Phibes - Roads [forthcoming]
11. Levela - Woke VIP [Critical]
12. Enei - Rollin Machine [Critical]
13. Saint Jhn - Roses (Cliques Edit)
/ Dr Apollo & Reid Speed - Aion [Play Me]
14. Lost City & Ward 21 - Sicko (Jungle Mix) [Liondub]
15. NC-17 -  Only One Way Out (Myth Remix) [Forbidden Frequencies]
16. Martha Reeves - Heatwave VIP (Saxxon Bootleg) 
17.Toots & The Maytals - 54 46 (Phibes Remix)
/ Dope Ammo - Badboy [Dope Ammo]
18. Shy FX & Gappy Ranks - Warning (Bou Remix) [Cult.ure]
/ Sofi Tukker & Gorgon City - House Arrest [Nightshift Remix]
19. Low:r - The Journey [ProgRam]
20. Missing - Junglist Nation [Hospital]
21. Camo & Krooked - Turn Up (The Music) (Pola & Bryson Remix) [Hospital]
22. Whiney x Hugh Hardie - Blind Eyes (Feat Inja) (Whiney VIP) [Hospital]
23. Karmasynk - Depths of Perception [Unreleased]
24. War - Heat VIP [Dispatch]
25. Halogenix - Independent [Critical]

BBC RADIO 1 DRUM & BASS SHOW WITH RENE LA VICE

Bass Boss of www.soundcloud.com/playmerecords  /  DJ / producer / extreme cat enthusiast



