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2nd Drop Records presents

Various Artists
Djrum vs…
A1. Onoe Caponoe - Milkyway 1311 (Djrum remix)
A2. Onoe Caponoe - Milkyway 1311 (Djrum remix dub)
B. Royce Wood Junior - Jodie (Djrum remix)
2NDRP10001

Released 14th October 2013

After his critically acclaimed debut album, Djrum and 2nd Drop are proud to present a limited edition 10” vinyl release of two amazing reworks. 

West London’s Onoe Caponoe is one of the most exciting MCs in the UK right now, having pinged up on 2nd Drop’s radar after dropping two blazing albums on Audio Doughnuts in the past couple of years. Djrum has been featuring Onoe’s Milkyway 1311 in his sets on a regular basis, and this naturally led to him taking the tools to it and giving it a tweak in wonderful Djrum style. It’s hip hop, but not as we know it, as Djrum installs a drum pattern that sounds like a cascading waterfall and his trademark use of strings which underpin Onoe’s funkadelic vocals perfectly. This is a great introduction to some forthcoming collaborations between these two on 2nd Drop. Watch this space!

Royce Wood Junior, known for his work with Jamie Woon and Stac among others, is an uber talented multi-instrumentalist and all round nice guy. The original has yet to be released (looking like 2014), so this version will only be available on vinyl for the foreseeable future. Djrum has transformed the track into a brooding masterpiece which emphasises the heartfelt lament of Royce’s vocal to maximum effect. A classic in the making. 

For more information on this release please contact:

@2nddroprecords
https://soundcloud.com/2nddroprecords

Onoe Caponoe - Milkyway 1311 (Djrum remix)

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The Whole Place Was Crawling (Excerpt) [RENT014]

ELCT01 | Kessler - Lunar EP

The fifth transmission on BRUK comes from Chewlie, a breakthrough artist from Switzerland adept at sculpting tense, sharply defined atmospheres with eerie amounts of space and dreadful amounts of bass. Following up on her 2022 Creature LP for YUKU, this eight-track deep dive explores nervous hallways of dislocated rhythm with a UK soundsystem attitude and a subtle but striking approach to sound design.
 
In contrast with the strident melodic tones of Creature, Chewlie demonstrates her versatility as a sonic artist (alongside her established work as a graphic designer). Understated moodiness is the key here, resulting in powerful heads-down immersion heaters with stand-out moments to make the floor fall in line amidst meditative, patient pauses in between. In the field of leftfield dubwise club music, Chewlie’s voice strikes out with purpose and poise, slotting into the firmament of BRUK as another natural misfit in the many-sided bassweight landscape.

Chewlie - Flood Me

Reach for the geiger counter - Park End comes shelling in the direction of Sneaker Social Club with some plutonium-plated, 2-stepping swelterweight gear for the grubbiest of dancehalls. All we can ascertain about the shadowy figure on the buttons for this latest release is that they’re clearly schooled in the lineage of UK hardcore, pirate radio culture and the sympathetic tenets of UKG, jungle and dubstep.

Opening up the A side, ’Same Dream’ is a claustrophobic, gnarly creeper with razor-sharp snares, growling low end and enough heads-down malaise to turn the most blissful sunrise set ice-cold. ‘The Immortality Of The Crab’ pays tribute to the fine tradition of illegal radio broadcasting and its importance for the development of rave, leaning on a staggered, mucky garage beat that smacks hard just how we like it.

On the flip, Park End turns attention to the synergy between RnB and garage with a refix of BBL Sound’s ‘BBS’, pairing the sweetest vocal chops with plenty of bitter b-line pressure, while ‘Rekt’ draws on an unnamed voice for another fission between human sensitivity and mechanised intensity. This parting shot borders on anti-anthemic by the time it reaches its peak while holding true to the pitch-black vibe creeping out around the edges of this rough diamond of an EP.

https://sneakersocialclub.bandcamp.com/album/snkrx013

Park End - Rekt

Premiera! Albumy tygodnia w Radio Kapitał!

Przed premierą posłuchamy nadchodzącego albumu w katalogu wrocławskiej wytwórni outlines / @outlineslabel , a dokładniej w rozwijanej przez wydawnictwo serii guides. Simon Hafner, artysta pochodzący z austriackiego Graz, działa na scenie klubowej pod pseudonimem Sun People /@@simon-off  i właśnie w polskim labelu wydaje swój najnowszy album zatytułowany “Joyful Discontent”. Materiał eksploruje minimalizm formy podejmując różne tropy stylistyczne, od ambientu przez drum and bass, aż po footwork. Premiera 17 listopada > https://outlineslabel.bandcamp.com

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joyful discontent

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sun people - danger of ambition (outlines / guides)

Fels is a producer, musician and DJ from Switzerland, active in a variety of musical contexts. Co-founder of the former independent label Strecke Records (2016-2022), he leads several musical projects as a solo artist or with his duo E&A Rüeger with his brother, regularly performing live or working as a sound artist and composer for theatre plays, podcasts and films. Producing for 2 years under his solo moniker, Fels, Alexis has a professional and polished sound made of variations between bass music, ambient, techno and broken beats. In his live performances, Fels’ brings his work to life with synthesisers, effects and rhythm machines.

The Outzone EP is a serious professional workout in the European club genre. A lustrous, slick aura in a subversive, urban experiment, electrifying senses and redefining electronic music. Woven with large threads of creativity and audacious exploration, designed to cascade through the soul with pure euphoria.

A1. Blink: A tension builder and contestation creator, with some sounds recorded in protests against police violence

A2. Outzone: Fel's most explorative track, where he fronted a lot of his musical spectrum, going from distorted 140 rhythms to psychedelic ambient atmospheres

B1. Blurred Edges: Maybe an unconscious ode to Pearson Sound-ish music and Hodge, the darkest track on the EP

B2. Morphed Soil: A tense and threatening ambience, were all the delays and hoovers could make you lose orientation on a dancefloor full of smoke

"So regarding the EP, I'd say this one covers almost all of my musical spectrum. It was maybe the hardest one I've done, since I really needed time to shape every track to be happy with them finally... started the process several times, it was sometimes frustrating but, eventually, I'm really glad to have the tracks as they are, this might be a sort of milestone in my production process :) Also, despite having a lot of "dark" ambiences, I felt it was also important to give some musicality to the whole, I think Outzone and Morphed Soil kind of achieved this purpose."

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Locksmith Boogie

Artist: Low End Activist
Title: Engineers Origins
Label: Low End Activism
Cat No: LEA001

The shape-shifting sound of Low End Activist continues to pivot around an axis of bassweight pressure with the launch of their self-titled label – the appropriate vessel to take them deeper into sci-fi scented sonics with an ‘ardcore swagger. Previous drops on Sneaker Social Club and Seagrave have seen the shadowy technician mangling grime, jungle and dubstep tropes with all the grit and flair of the most visionary sample sorcerers. At times, they’ve built their beatscapes up around fierce MC spots from such legends as Flowdan and Trim, but while there’s more to come on the vocal tip for the LEA series, this first installment works in a strictly instrumental fashion.

Hi-Tech breakbeat de/re-construction is the focus across all three tracks on LEA001, with atmospheres so densely rendered you can feel them sticking to your skin like the sweat of a well-slicked basement session. ‘Engineers Origins’ emits pure darkcore energy and icy stabs of future-shock industrialism, while ‘Look Up’ shivers with off-key orchestrations. ‘Probability 1’ gets deep in the break edit and throws in an iconic low end rumble that should spark intense reveries amongst anyone with even a passing appreciation for bass. Like the most potent foundational jungle, all three tracks swerve regimented structure in favour of moody exploration around a suite of themes and sounds, slipping time in style and setting up the LEA series for further intense sonic treatments to come.

Photo by Elsa Bleda 
Mastered by Beau Thomas at Ten Eight Seven Mastering

Buy the music, support the artist - https://lowendactivist.bandcamp.com/album/engineers-origins

Park End - Rekt

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