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Sub Basics returns to Modern Hypnosis with Rhino EP. This time bringing four dub, techno and house inspired tracks for the collectors and selectors.

Sub Basics opens with Roll Up, a delicate broken beat track, where under the microscope, heavy traces of cosmic dub-dust have been detected throughout. Roll Up guides you along at 115bpm as it glistens in the stars.

The title track, Rhino is an addictive, somewhat cheeky, progressive dub techno tune, with each dub-stab as it enters the fold offering the listener a different skank to groove on. This track will connect dance floors around the world for many years to come.

Together on the flip, Haze and Fluctuate are perfectly executed pieces of dub techno hypnotism, with Fluctuate leaning into those house music elements we all cherish and love. Sub Basics does it again!

Enjoy.

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Rhino EP

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B2. Sub Basics -  Fluctuate (Out Now!!!)

Didier dlb -  Groundation

Pre-order the 10" at https://dubwisevinyl.com 
Wow! I was excited as soon as I saw this link up between Italy's Babe Roots and Japan's New Dub Hall label then I listened to the clips and got a whole lot more excited!

A-sider "Mi Feel It" featuring dub poet Wayne (who Babe Roots have worked with previously on their "Through We" 12" released on System Music really is something very, very special indeed. Sitting somewhere between dub techno, dub poetry and golden era 90's trip hop (think Blue Lines-era Massive Attack...) it's the sort of thing dubwise dreams are made of. This one ticks so many boxes for me it's just rediculous. Absolutely amazing. 

Hoeever it doesn't stop there. Flip it over and we're treated to the soulful rootical dub techno/dub poetry of the appropriately named 'Roots" featuring none other than Undefined's very own Ohkuma on drums who provides percussive backing to Wayne's deeper than deep dub poetry.

Two brilliantly diverse and innovative dubwise sounds on one mighty fine 10" dubplate style. Can't wait to get my hands on this one!

Due to arrive 2/5/25.

Babe Roots - Mi Feel It - Audio Clips - Pre-Order 10" at www.dubwisevinyl.com

Forest Drive West - Masking

A1. Masking (FDW & T-Flex)
A2. Ziggurat
B1. Ruins
B2. Möbius

Inscrutable Eager Tension Builders on 180g heavyweight vinyl.
Mastered by Tangible Air.

ITX037 FOREST DRIVE WEST - MASKING

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Channeling inventive sound design into incisive, characterful techno variations, Jurango returns to Livity Sound with an eight-track double EP — his longest release to date. Taíno Gold captures a moment in time for Bristol-based Nate Reece's continually evolving sound as it draws on the full spectrum of UK club music. 

Following a debut for Livity's reverse label in 2021 and last year's An Amorphous Mass EP, Reece is more assured than ever tackling a variety of club-focused cuts. The tracks on the release all came together before, during and after a two-month visit to Reece's grandparents' home — an idyllic tropical environment in a small community at the top of a hill in the northern part of Jamaica. 

Taíno Gold refers to the island's indigenous Taíno community and the legend of a witch luring Spanish settlers into a trap on the Martha Brae river. There are no messages explicitly embedded in the music, but the release is both a personal reflection of Reece's own experiences and family heritage, plus a reminder about the enduring sceptre of colonialism and the continued need to fight against it. From absorbing Jamaica's fraught history through museum and plantation visits to the abundant nature in the garden surrounding his grandparent's house, the double EP marks a place in time for Reece, with eight advanced, ear-catching tracks as the end result.

From the cascading arps of 'Black Torches' to the tunnelling chords of 'Waiting For Trelawny', the melodic dimension of the Jurango sound is more confident than ever. 'Hibiscus' is a shimmering celebration of dub techno and crooked drum pressure and 'Chalk On Trees' basks in aqueous, fathoms-deep pads to close out the EP. Elsewhere, Reece brings new textural and tonal detail to his percussive workouts, splashing acidic noise around the angular experimentation of 'Maybe It's Broken' and firing off double-time rhythms to inject 'Double Sevens' with infectious urgency. 

With the space afforded by a longer release, Reece widens out the scope of his artistic identity while absorbing the particular scene and setting that surrounded him while making the tracks. Taíno Gold is a vibrant next step for Jurango and a natural continuation of his work with Livity Sound.

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PREORDER: https://bighandsbighands.bandcamp.com/album/anti-militarist-dubs

Upstairs Downstairs is a Naarm/Melbourne-based promoter "specialising in wubs & dubz in the club", but now for the first time bringing said wubz to life as a label. 'Anti Militarist Dubs' is a 4-track EP by London-based, Italian-born producer Big Hands, featuring a track by Naarm's own bass heavyweight Pugilist.

'Stolen Land', premiered here, is that very track. 

Undeniably club-focused, sitting between the edge of techno & bass music, 'Stolen Land' has a depth and space that has come to be one of Pugilist's many calling cards. Twisted polyrhythmic grooves and distorted percussion swirl across dubbed out vocals & low-end growls. 

'Anti Militarist Dubs' releases in full as both a limited vinyl & digitally via Upstairs Downstairs' Bandcamp on Friday, November 14.

PREMIERE: Big Hands 'Stolen Land (feat. Pugilist)' [Upstairs Downstairs]

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Bandcamp: https://allthatdjazz.bandcamp.com/album/tantric-acid-vol-ii-and-opening-tracks-for-floating-points-extra-crunch-mixes-only
Info: DJazz’s fifth and final offering for 2025 serves as a follow-up to ‘Tantric Acid Vol. I’, released earlier this year. ‘Tantric Acid Vol. II and Opening Tracks for Floating Points’ is a three-track, slow-paced electro-acid EP that features iconic 303 basslines and 808 drums. Each track carries a crunchy mix sounding warm across all channels. Had I had the opportunity to open for Floating Points, I’d spin these

A. Tonight and Every Night Usha: First heard in Daphni’s track Usha, this tune can be seen as a re-imagination. It begins with a one-bar acid bassline, merging with 808 drums. The catchy vocal sample, lifted from Usha Uthup’s 1984 classic “Main Gul Badan”, breathes into the groove. As the track unfolds, detuned pads and delayed stereo effects evolve it into a dreamy, immersive soundscape.

B. The Beat Goes on and on: Opening with a sample from The Whispers’ timeless ‘And the Beat Goes On’, this track layers two breakbeats over one another to create a dynamic percussive base. With its acid bassline and stereo sound effects, the tune feels constantly shifting, evolving, and hypnotic.

C. Tom with the Weather: The slowest track of the EP, combines layered breaks, bongos, 808s, 303 bassline and recorded guitar & keys. It features a Bill Hicks quote - “Today a young man on acid realized…” culminating in an ego-dissolving statement and a satirical sign-off reminiscent of a weatherman’s report. The second half transitions into a breakbeat-driven section, replacing the earlier disco groove, while weird, groovy effects ripple through the recurring sample, “Tom with the Weather” 

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