Buy: https://www.over-shadow.co.uk

The debut album from Newcastle's @nectax is a cross-genre affair spanning footwork, jungle and various other strains of high-octane club music. 

'A State of Play' LP releases September 26 on the revered Over/Shadow Music.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Nectax 'Soundboy Gambit'

Buy: https://nectax.bandcamp.com/album/a-state-of-play

Proud to present my debut album 'A State of Play', released today on Over/Shadow Music.

Available now on 12" vinyl + digital from the Over/Shadow website.

Bookings: james@earth-agency.com
Instagram → www.instagram.com/nectax
Facebook → www.facebook.com/nectax

Nectax - Atlantic Drift

Nectax - Palindrome

Nectax - Fugitive

Another crucial cut from Nectax's debut album - A State of Play - forthcoming on Over/Shadow. Get it here: https://www.over-shadow.co.uk 

Nectax:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/nectax
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/nectax
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/nectax/

Over/Shadow:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/OverShadow-104712818114000/
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/overshadow_music/
Twitter → https://twitter.com/Overshadowmusic

Drum&BassArena:
Spotify → www.open.spotify.com/user/officialdnba
YouTube → www.youtube.com/user/officialdnbtv
Instagram → www.instagram.com/officialdnba/
Mixcloud → www.mixcloud.com/drumandbassarena/
Facebook → www.facebook.com/officialdnba
Twitter → www.twitter.com/OfficialDnBA
Music news → www.breakbeat.co.uk/
Send us a demo: demos@breakbeat.co.uk

Nectax - Edgeways

Nectax once again showcases his artistic range with another sublime slice from his debut album A State of Play - out now via Over/Shadow. Get it here: https://www.over-shadow.co.uk 

Nectax:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/nectax
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/nectax
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/nectax/

Over/Shadow:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/OverShadow-104712818114000/
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/overshadow_music/
Twitter → https://twitter.com/Overshadowmusic

Drum&BassArena:
Spotify → www.open.spotify.com/user/officialdnba
YouTube → www.youtube.com/user/officialdnbtv
Instagram → www.instagram.com/officialdnba/
Mixcloud → www.mixcloud.com/drumandbassarena/
Facebook → www.facebook.com/officialdnba
Twitter → www.twitter.com/OfficialDnBA
Music news → www.breakbeat.co.uk/
Send us a demo: demos@breakbeat.co.uk

Nectax - Passing Rain

Nectax presents the special 'A State of Play' album guest mix, showcasing his incredible debut album on Over/Shadow in its entirety. Get it here: https://www.over-shadow.co.uk 

Nectax:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/nectax
SoundCloud → https://soundcloud.com/nectax
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/nectax/

Over/Shadow:
Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/OverShadow-104712818114000/
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/overshadow_music/
Twitter → https://twitter.com/Overshadowmusic

Drum&BassArena:
Spotify → www.open.spotify.com/user/officialdnba
YouTube → www.youtube.com/user/officialdnbtv
Instagram → www.instagram.com/officialdnba/
Mixcloud → www.mixcloud.com/drumandbassarena/
Facebook → www.facebook.com/officialdnba
Twitter → www.twitter.com/OfficialDnBA
Music news → www.breakbeat.co.uk/
Send us a demo: demos@breakbeat.co.uk

Nectax - A State of Play Drum&BassArena Guest Mix

In mid-2020, the Tech Itch camp started sending emails teasing Moving Shadow-related action. It was a bright spot in the darkness of the pandemic, which was in many ways about things ending. This was something starting, or picking up a thread long abandoned. Moving Shadow, the most important dnb label of the '90s, trailed off in the 00s for any number of reasons.

Over/Shadow 01 dropped in November 2020, somewhat innocently with Blame's Lift Off/Star Traveller, tracks clearly made circa '96-'99. But unlike many pandemic-era DAT unearthing projects, the label then looked ahead. Since then, O/S has featured both Moving Shadow alumni (Dom & Roland, Technical Itch, Nookie, Flytronix) and current artists building on their legacy (ASC, Detboi, Abstract Drumz, Nectax).

5 years is both a short and a long time. In dnb, it's long, enough to build what I think of as a center. The music has countless branches now, some far removed from its roots. Over/Shadow has bridged the past with the future with intention and authenticity - no cash grab remixes, no publicity stunts. The label's confidence shows in its high number of two-track 12" releases. Today's profusion of music and high pressing costs have made four-track releases the norm. It's a statement now for a label to say, here are two tracks, they are enough.

This mix had to start with "Lift Off", but I had no preconceived notions otherwise. Fairly quickly an arrangement suggested itself: a warmup first third, a banging middle, a deeper last movement. The quiet winner here is DJ Trax, with 20% of the track list - 3 solo tracks and 2 collabs as Mixrace with Paradox.

These 25 tunes (and one tease) present just one path through the already considerable O/S discography. They omit a good number of anthems and great releases - a completely different track list would be just as valid. (In fact, there's probably a non-dnb mix lurking in the catalogue.) This is just my snapshot of Over/Shadow right now. That was what Moving Shadow excelled at back in the day, documenting the music. We are fortunate that Over/Shadow has carried on this work.

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00:00 Blame - Lift Off (2020)
05:05 Decoder - DD 1 (Technical Itch Remix) (2025)
09:23 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Drowning in Her (Sonar's Ghost Remix) (2024)
12:29 Deep Blue - Close Your Eyes (2024)
15:37 DJ Trax - Flame (2023)
19:07 Foul Play - Find the Way (Law Remix) (2022)
23:21 Abstract Drumz - Ethereal (Remix) (2025)
26:28 ASC - The Shallows (2023)
28:47 Nectax - Passing Rain (2025)
+++++ ASC - Seadrift (tease)
32:15 Arcane & Humb - Snakepit (2025)
36:18 Dom & Crystl - The Zero Point (2023)
40:19 DJ Trax - Polar Opposite (2022)
42:48 Dom & Roland - Scatter (2023)
45:52 Technical Itch - Vanish (2025)
48:40 John Rolodex - Thicc Boi (2024)
53:50 Outrage - In the Dark (2024)
56:53 Sheba Q + Nectax - Asterix (Dub One Remix) (2025)
1:02:11 Loxy & Resound - Atom Eve (2022)
1:05:36 Overlook - Bear Trap (Madcap Remix) (2023)
1:07:52 Mixrace - DM2 (2025)
1:10:09 Paradox - Nord (2022)
1:13:56 Mixrace - OAK (2025)
1:19:17 Flytronix - Night Breedz (2024)
1:25:20 Marvel Cinema & 88 Katanas - Blue Grey Days (2024)
1:28:21 DJ Trax - Hands of Time (2022)

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Featuring tracks from:

@technicalitch
@sonarsghost
@djtrax
@johnmorrowmusic
@drumtrip
@asc87892
@nectax
@arcane_official_music
@humb
@domandroland
@user-962790114
@johnrolodex
@nomine_aka_outrage
@shebaq
@dub-one
@loxy_x
@resoundsound
@paradox-music-uk
@marvelcinema
@88katanas

5 Years of Over/Shadow | Mixed by Soul On 10

Buy 'Paradise' - https://stereo45.bandcamp.com/album/spacefold-ep-s45va002

In the year 3091, scientists from Stereo 45 headquarters develop jump-drive technology capable of folding space-time. A research team consisting of gyrofield, Sun People, Om Unit & Comfort Zone venture out into the vast depths of the cosmos to document their discoveries.

↪ https://soundcloud.com/comfortzoneprod
https://www.instagram.com/comfortzonedj/

↪ https://www.soundcloud.com/stereo45music
https://www.instagram.com/stereo45music

Comfort Zone - Paradise

New remix for @galvatron as part of the 'Just Beats' vinyl package on Over/Shadow.

Available now on 12" vinyl & digital formats via Bandcamp:
https://justbeats.bandcamp.com/album/just-beats-vol-1

A Resident Advisor review once described my tracks of this style as 'protean', so I thought I'd include a nod to that in the track title for this.

Salute to Galvatron for the quality original track 'Get Up', and letting me do my thing on the remix.

Bookings: james@earth-agency.com
Instagram → www.instagram.com/nectax
Facebook → www.facebook.com/nectax

Galvatron - Get Up (Nectax 'Proteus' Remix)

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