Mixes

MIX SERIES

We’re extremely proud to present the first edition of our SOLITUDE MIX SERIES. Curated by one of the most promising new names in the UKG scene, we introduce Arfa; the 19-year-old DJ/producer whose talent and flair for this music far surpasses his age.

Ahead of his debut EP ‘Freefall’ that releases on 3rd May, Arfa has blessed us with this selection. Moving from garage to jungle, the mix features unreleased music from himself and a host of other up and coming artists. We suggest you take some time to lock into the sounds of Arfa for SOLITUDE.






TRACKLIST:
1. Arfa - Pacing
2. Donsurf - Through The Motion
3. Holloway - Evanition
4. Alfredo Romero - This Bump
5. Arfa - Transit
6. IZCO - Brighter Days (Bakey Remix)
7. Arfa - ???
8. Holloway - Out Of Town Foes
9. Arfa - Junction
10. Donsurf - Mercy 
11. Arfa X Joe - Recognise
12. Arfa - Freefall

MIX SERIES: 001 / ARFA

Our second edition in the SOLITUDE MIX Series comes from the lab of DONSURF. 

This one is packed full of dubplates that are yet to see the light of day, so lock in and listen to some unreleased goodness. In the mix, DONSURF moves from melodic jazzy piano chords, all the way to gully UKG wobbles and bootlegs of classic R&B rhythms. Clean, crisp and funky; this one is for the heads.










Tracklist:

Sonar Cirlcle - Face Off
Geode - Boogie Woogie
Zero FG - Get the Vibes Right
DJ Perception - Work My Body
Bakey - No Name groove Ft Kasia (unreleased)
Wilfy D - All About You (3am Mix)
Interplanetary Criminal - Dreams VIP
Mike Delgado - Get Up & Dance
Wheel Up - Goodness, Gracious Me
Z. James - Poison
Arfa - On you
Donsurf - Warrior Chant VIP (unreleased)
Arfa - Motions (unreleased)
Papa Nugs - Brainstorm
Donsurf - Worries ina dance (unreleased)
Lucy - Shh
Donsurf - ?? (Unreleased)

MIX SERIES: 002 / DONSURF

Representing SOLITUDE for our third entry of the guest mix series, we bring you the man like M|CK. Emerging from Dublin, @mick_offcut is a founder of Offcut Dublin, a DJ collective who curate underground selections and nights over in Ireland. They launched their first event back in March 2020, but of course got put on pause over lockdown. Since then, they’ve kept it moving with their bi-weekly show on Phever TV and have got some events in the pipeline ready for when things fully settle down in IE 🇮🇪 


To keep in tune with the sounds of SOLITUDE, Mick recorded a punchy UKG mix with one of the sickest intros we’ve heard in a minute 📞  


This one oozes funk. Full of big two-steppers, melodic vocals and a healthy amount of sub-bass. Large up the Irish connections, we see ye ☘️




Tracklist:

1. Heritage - Dial Up
2. Hexxem - Ruff Riddim
3. Velvet Velour - Youre Crazy
4. Lucca - Friskee
5. Main Phase - Seen
6. Lijah - After Dark (UKG Edit)
7. Oldboy - KungFuKenneth
8. Max Casebolt - Nasty Girl
9. Ingi Visions - Throwback 
10. VYZER - ALWAYS URS
11. Lo5ive - Call Me
12. Para - Let You Go

MIX SERIES: 003 / M|CK

Insurrect is a selector who resides on the darker side of the tracks. He’s always represented the music he loves, initially carving his path as a resident at the Crystal Clear DJ society in Hull (they’ve been holding it down for 14 years now…) He’s currently based out of Manchester and has been shelling in full force since he moved down. We’re gassed to have him as the mastermind behind the fourth entry of our guest mix series.

He isn’t one to shy away from the grimy sounds and nasty basslines we all screwface to. Having opened for some of the sickest names in UKG; Conducta, Higgo, Smokey and Wookie to name a few, we assure you his SOLITUDE guest mix is more than serious. In his own words “sometimes you’ve gotta get dark and wobbly.”

Don’t miss out on his residency shows at @subtleradio and UKG sets for @altoradio either. You can often hear him move through breaks, dubstep, UKG and electro with no stress. Hit play and get ready to bop your head to this one.




Tracklist:

Bandoe & Cortex - XS
Holloway - Echo Tone
Interplanetary Criminal - Bronze
Oldboy - Kung Fu Kenneth
Eyesight - ??? [Unreleased]
Xander - You'll Understand (Bam Bam)
Instinct - Phased
Main Phase - Restless
Stones Taro - Step Of Love
Oldboy - Mantis
Eyesight - Champion Race
Al Wootton - Witness

MIX SERIES: 004 / INSURRECT

Freddie Baker AKA BAKEY has got to be one of the most influential young producers this side of the scene. His releases have been featured by UK giants @mixmag-1, he has almost 15,000 monthly Spotify listeners and he’s been getting support from some of the biggest underground names out there for a while now; @skeptical, @bigflowdan and @e5izco to choose a few.

@bakeymusic isn’t locked to one genre, with his guest mix for SOLITUDE truly expressing his talent with some crazy blends, HUGE dubplates and a bunch of features from fellow music heads. He effortlessly experiments through styles and pulls out selections that on paper don’t sound like they’d work, but when in the mix they sound nothing short of incredible. You gotta hear it to believe it.

He’s also the brother of @breakaleeds who is killing it right now. The two of them have just released "Pro Perc" and "Club Dynamics" two super crisp pieces of production that feature on Breaka’s upcoming EP "Breaka 003" – You don’t want to miss that one. Talk about talent running in the family.

P.S We don’t want to say too much… but you will probably see BAKEY on a SOLITUDE line-up towards the end of the year...


Tracklist:

Bakey - ???
Commodo - Guah
Biome - Formations
Bailey Ibbs - ???
Bailey Ibbs - Get Off The Lorry
IZCO & PK - Warrior Chant (Dark N Bakey Remix)
Krypsis & Neesnu - ???
9TRANE - ???
Breaka & Frazer Ray - Phone’s Ringin
Donsurf - ???
Frazer Ray - Out To The Rider
Bakey - ???
EXIT99 - ???
Master Plan - DAT Tape Machine 98
Redders, Bakey, Sam Binga - How It Goes
ZeroFG - Get The Vibes Right
Dunman & Reeko - Know Me Already (Bakey’s Dark side)
Soul Mass Transit System - Nutty Bread Rocks
??? - ???

MIX SERIES: 005 / BAKEY

To continue our biccy guest mix series, we present to you Nova Cheq!

It's impossible to pin down Novas style to one genre; here, explores elements of footwork, electro, juke, techno and more. Words cannot do this one justice, one has to listen to understand 🚨.

Big love to the YesTek crew for letting us release the original mix from the night so if you were there and want to listen back, now's your chance!

Also a massive thank you to @supersonicbootybangers
and @milk_presents_ for hosting the room he played in.

Biccy Guest mix 017: NOVA CHEQ (YesTek mix)

Today marks 1 year since we posted our first guest mix. Big love to @arfasounds for taking the time and launching this platform with us 12 months ago 💜

To switch it up a little from the usual, we’re moving away from our recent UKG mixes this week to bring a wild genre mashup from the man like @nova_cheq 🔥 

Nova Cheq has come through with a heavy 100 - 130 mix that moves through multiple sonics and levels of energy. The selections move from industrial to grime, to dancehall and funky. Plus with a few wild cards throw into the bag, this one is unlike anything we’ve dropped before. As always with SOLITUDE mixes, there’s a few unreleased tunes here. This time from @djspit.to’s label @rascals_030. Expect these tracks to get pressed with @hardwax_official as well. Mark of quality each and every time. 

He’s an artist who resides in the more hardcore side of the scene, capable of brewing up proper party fuel. Legit his sets are always fuckin wild. Not often for the faint hearted, his music transcends most style brackets and is often a representation of his musical influences over the years, with nods to the original 90’s rave scene, jungle, breaks and techno.

Deffo check his release that just dropped on @sherelle_ & @naina_ldn’s label @hooversoundrec. It’s a combined force with @samurai_breaks. Five outrageously good pieces of work referred to as “Pure Party Fuel, Ghetto House Styled Jungle-Juke Pounders” - these one will smash up the dance 100% 

He’s also had a solo release on Hoover Sound that dropped in May last year. Absolutely worth checking, 5 more stompers with the title track FUK.GOV.UK doing what it says on the tin in hard dance party music format 🔥 

You can likely catch Nova Cheq tearing down parties throughout the rest of the year. Head down to a show and see how it goes down, proper scenes every time 🎥

MIX SERIES: 061 / NOVA CHEQ

April? Already? Time is absolutely flying by this year... 
This month we welcome the absolute bodmon @novacheq who brings us an hour of sweaty rave tekkers. @arkad1an first heard @novacheq in a mix that @polo-lilli did for @ghsttwn in 2020. The track was 'pathogen' and it completely covered my arms in goosebumps. Since then, I worked on throwing together a few quick edits to assist @novacheq with his self-released work. It's been 2 years since I first heard his track so it's an absolute pleasure to welcome him onto our radio show. 

Kicking things off in the first hour of the show @arkadian09 rinses out some breaky drummage following through some dubstep and electro and ending with some rather disgraceful dnb and jungle. Featuring tracks by the likes of @snoozy_y @quartz @nikki-nair @mani_festo and @hdmurder 

The second hour is turbo charged with groove, breaks techno and closes the show with some jungle and brain dance. Featuring tracks from @iglooghost @eramexp @bailey-ibbs as well as some self produced fire from the man himself.

Hope you all enjoy it!

Cadenza Theory w/ Arkadian & Nova Cheq - Aaja Channe 2 - 26 04 22

NOVA CHEQ starts off this month's show with Techno and some Grime tracks from local Leeds label '1Forty'. Followed by AK SPORTS ﻿with forthcoming originals on Lobster Thermin and a recent track from a Gimme A Break records comp which also featured a NOVA CHEQ single, who helped curate the comp. ﻿﻿﻿

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AK SPORTS w/ NOVA CHEQ - June 2022

Guest Mix for Benteki on Reprezent 02/07/22

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Jungle music has taken on many forms over the years, but one consistent hallmark has been its rich dubplate culture. For many of the sound’s leading artists, every record played in a mix or DJ set comes with its own unique story of how it landed there, often because it will never be heard again.

International collective Chopstick Dubplate have shown this throughout their career. While the crew are most obviously affiliated with their Chopstick Dubplate imprint, they’re just as well known for their mixtapes, where they pull together unreleased material from across the spectrum of jungle and ragga music.

On 12th January, we invite founding members Aries, Jacky Murda and Demolition Man to play Room One as part of a drum & bass and jungle heavy bill. To mark the occasion, they sent us over a free download of their new Taqueria Chopstick recording, an hour-long mixtape fully stacked with dubplates from the crew and some of their closest peers.  

Chopstick Dubplate play FABRICLIVE on 12/01: fabricldn.co/j54a1x

Tickets for 12/01

Premiere: Chopstick Dubplate present Taqueria Chopstick

Rumble In The Jungles 5th Birthday is just around the corner (January 19th) so heres a lil 30 min promo mix to get you all hyped.

EVENT : https://www.facebook.com/events/2168609163183220/

Tracklist:

Fatboy Slim - Praise You (DJ Marky Remix)
Monty - Magma
Roni Size - Its Jazzy (High Hertz Bootleg)
Audiomission - Kung Fu Step
Dub Phizix & Skeptical ft. Strategy - Marka (Bish DUBPLATE)
Renegade vs Limb By Limb (Aries Remix)
Shy FX - Roll The Dice feat. Stamina MC & Lily Allen
Gella - Itch & Scratch
Bou -  Gun Crime
Circa - Call'em
Prodigy - No Good To Me (TC DUBPLATE)
Dub Phizix ft Strategy - Buffalo Charge. (Ben Snow BOOTLEG / Bish DUBPLATE)
Serum & Inja - Blow Them Away (Bish DUBPLATE)
Shimon & Andy C - Night Flight (Shimon Remix)
Upgrade - Murderer (Vital Elements Remix)
Ben Snow - Whatcha Do (DUBPLATE)
Breakage - Ric Flair Strut
Nina Simone - Feeling Good (NEOH BOOTLEG)
Skylark & The Caracal Project - Sahara
Spook - On & On
QZB & Was A Be - Eastwood
Enei - Grave
Break(ft. Celestine) - Last Goodbye
Chase & Status ft. Cutty Ranks - Retreat2018 (Crom BOOTLEG)

Rumble In The Jungle Promo Mix 2019

thought it was time for a new mix
packed full of them good good dubingtons from me n a load of gees
big love for the support as always <3 
can't wait for you lot to see what's in store this year 🐚

- shouts to natty d on the intro & sebotage on the art
- tracklist at 10k plays

TRACKLIST

- Zoro - Disfunction [DUB]
- Zoro & Addicted - Everythings Ok [DUB]
- Warhead - Gobsmacker [DUB]
- Mz Bratt - Selecta (Zoro Bootleg) [DUB]
- Aries & Rahmanee - On Road ft. Gardna (Ben Snow Remix)[BORN ON ROAD]
- Ninjaman - Murder Dem (Danny Byrd Remix)[HOSPITAL]
- Warhead - Miracles [DUB]
- Kamoh - Afterlaughter [DUB]
- Gray - Rubadub [BORN ON ROAD]
- Disrupta & Nautik - Junglist [DUB]
- Parly B - De Ting (Zoro Remix) [DUB]
- Redlight & Ms Dynamite - WYTA (Zoro Bootleg) [DUB]
- Lupo & Jappa - Flee VIP [DUB]
- Zoro - Buss It [DUB]
- Touch Down (Selecta J-man Remix) [DUB]
- KL - Original [DUB]
- Guzi - Get Some Juice [DUB]
- Disrupta & J Select - Without You [DUB]
- Warhead ft. Madrush - Power of Kong [DUB]
- Katy B - On a Mission (Grimsey Bootleg) [DUB]
- Diskrete - Feelin High [DUB]
- ??? - ??? [DUB]
- Selecta J-man - Couple Guiness [DUB]
- Warhead - Good To Me [DUB]
- L-Side ft. Stapleton - Bricks VIP [DUB]
- Lupo & Jappa - Nuff Girl [DUB]
- Waeys - ??? [DUB]
- Addicted - Co Ordinates [DUB]
- Zoro & Gray - Rudeboys inna England [DUB]
- Alcemist - Heads High [DUB]
- Zoro & Disrupta - Fire VIP [DUB]
- Zoro & Disrupta - Stone Cold [DUB]
- Dominica - Gotta Let You Go (Memz Bootleg) [DUB]
- Objectiv x Jappa x Xav - Emerald City [DUB]
- Zoro & Selecta J-man - Got the Feeling [DUB]

CHAPTER 9 MIX

All your favourite dnb tracks rolled into one big mix. Enjoy :)
Mixed on the DDJ-400's.

Boomtown Rollers Promo Mix 2020 (Part 1)

SOLITUDE launched in 2021 during the pandemic as a means to connect and inspire up and coming underground artists to audiences across the globe. Starting with a curated mix series, then moving onto events and developing into a record label, SOLITUDE aim to unite different corners of the scene by releasing a steady stream of tracks and mixes for years to come, as well as providing welcoming and accessible shows and events with carefully curated line-ups, often booking never done before b2bs and unique selectors.

By showcasing new talent alongside huge names and veterans of the scene, SOLITUDE connect and inspire artists in multiple genres and styles.

All tracklists from the mix series can be found on our Instagram, link below.

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