A short mix of some beautiful tunes from across the liquid, soulful & melodic DnB spectrum, including artists such as Makoto, Zero T and Nu:Logic. 

Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy.

Liquid Drum & Bass Mix (Melodic/Soulful/Vocal DnB)

Evening ‘all, welcome along to the40 Summer Soulful!

40 of the best tunes around at the moment, representing labels and artists from across the scene, from Vandal to V, dBridge to Degs and everything else in between.

I’ve got soulful, liquidy, jazzy and funky tunes from the last 12 months. A new feature, ‘Link In Bio’, looking at 3 tracks from artists that excite me. This will be sandwiched between 2 mixes as per and then the countdown from 5 to 1!

Lots of singers and MCs accompanying amazing producers throughout, the perfect soundtrack to a BBQ or even a long drive!

Enjoy

Mix 1
40. Monty & Trail - In The Cut (Vandal)
39. Halogenix - No Pressure (Gemini Gemini)
38. Mindstate, Verbz, Nelson Dialect - Patterns (Mr Slipz remix) - Precinct
37. Ivy Lab ft. Seyaa - Idols Fall (Critical)
36. Halogenix - Untitled Emo (Gemini Gemini)
35. Steo - Omni God (The North Quarter)
34. Trail & Visages - Comet (1985)
33. GLXY - Love, Chaos (Shogun)
32. Channell, Motiv, Luke Truth - Substance (The North Quarter)
31. Steo - Nine 22 (The North Quarter)
30. TomInTheChamber & Clusion - Take A Shot (Precinct)
29. Halogenix - I Told Ya (Gemini Gemini)
28. GLXY ft. [K S R] - What It Seems (Shogun)
27. Lenzman & Redeyes - Shine So Bright (FIVE ALLEY)
26. LSB, T.R.A.C & Stamina MC - Vibe (Footnotes)
25. Tyler Daley / Children of Zeus - All I Need (LSB remix) (InGrooves US)

Link In Bio - Trail
24. Trail ft. Coppa - Broken Legs (Digress)
23. Trail - Lucid (1985)
22. Trail - Wouldn’t Believe (FIVE ALLEY)

Mix2
21. Visages - Panacea (1985)
20. GLXY - New Soul (Lenzman remix) (Shogun)
19. A Sides - Chances (Symmetry)
18. Calibre - Peso (Signature)
17. Sevin - Now I Know (Fokuz)
16. Sevin - 2am (Fokuz)
15. Satl & Brandy Haze - Today (The North Quarter)
14. Terri Walker ft. DRS - Rhythm Of Change (Wings Of A Hummingbird)
13. Genic - Blue Skies (Dispatch)
12. GLXY & Substance ft. Catching Cairo - Fine Lines (Shogun)
11. Kasra ft. Catching Cairo - Codeine (Critical)
10. SD - Gold & Rust (Dispatch)
9. Dan Guidance - Big Thing (Flight Pattern)
8. Zero T - Jazz Type Thing (V)
7. Trail - NJS (1985)
6. Adam F - Music In My Mind Revisited (Marky & Makoto reboot) (181 Recordings)

Top 5
5. DRS & SL8R - On Us Lately (Space Cadet)
4. QZB ft. Charli Brix - Overdrive (Critical)
3. Waeys & Duskee - Blink & Miss (Critical)
2. Hugh Hardie, Degs & Josh Kye - Glow (Soulvent)

No.1
1. Halogenix, dBridge & Steve Spacek - Take Me Away (Gemini Gemini)

The40 - Summer Soulful 2024 - d mix

Evenin all’ 

Time for Episode 4 of The40

The usual mixture of styles from across the scene from deep rolling to soulful vocals all building towards a Top 5!

We massively appreciate the support for the Playaz mix from last month, go and check it out if you haven’t! Next up will be our all Break mix, this time focusing on his collaborations.

But before all of that, we have 40 of the best tunes around at the moment, representing labels and artists from across the scene, from DJ Lee to Zero T, Mustard Music to Metalheadz and everything else in between.

2 mixes with a feature in the middle as per, this month ‘Link In Bio’, with ‘Serpnt’ as the focus - 3 amazing tracks.

Enough chat, press play, time to get into it - this is the40 Episode 4.

Mix1
40 - Phase - Eterna (Metalheadz)
39 - Serpnt & Nymfo - Singularity (Love For Low Frequencies)
38 - Bredren - Pressure Plate (Metalheadz)
37 - UMBRA - LNO (Flexout)
36 - Mako - Overshare (Metalheadz)
35 - Winslow - Unswung Hero (Hospital)
34 - Brain & Serpnt - Visitors (Mustard Music)
33 - Rockwell ft. LaMeduza - Estranged (Bredren remix) (Obsolete Medium)
32 - Minor Forms & Freddy B - In Session (Sofa Sound)
31 - The Sauce & Submotive - Impossible (The Sauce)
30 - Quadrant & Iris - Step Function (C.I.A)
29 - Dub Ten & Sense MC - The Surfer (Flexout)
28 - Serpnt - Gunshot (C.I.A)
27 - LOG1N & MC Fokus - Black Magic (Dub Mix) (Mustard Music)
26 - Minor Forms & Amoss - Take Note (Sofa Sound)
25 - Icicle & SP:MC - Dreadnought (Break remix) (Shogun)

Link in Bio (Serpnt)
24 - Wingz & Serpnt - Insomnia (Sofa Sound)
23 - Serpnt - Fiction (Sofa Sound)
22 - Serpnt - Come Cross (Mustard Music)

Mix2
21 - Zero T - The Technique (The North Quarter)
20 - >> Black Barrel - Reload (Dispatch)
19 - Genic & Trakker - Once Again (Mustard Music)
18 - Brain - Inspired (Dispatch)
17 - Serpnt & Brain - The Source (Dispatch)
16 - Zero T, Onj & Steo - All I See (The North Quarter)
15 - DJ Lee - Whisper (Soul In Motion)
14 - Zero T - Don’t Know (The North Quarter)
13 - Lenzman & Redeyes - High & Low (Zero T remix) (Integral)
12 - Qua Rush - Nothing Easy About a Sunday Morning (Four Corners)
11 - Workforce & Tyler Daley - Falling Down (Must Make Music)
10 - Melinki, Kind Fiction & Luke Truth - Trying VIP (Four Corners)
9 - Crook - Lifeline (Truth Hertz)
8 - Myth - Reality Check (Four Corners)
7 - Need For Mirrors - Pagans (L-Side remix) (V Recordings)
6 - FOX & Satl - Revellin’ (The North Quarter)

Top 5
5 - Macca - Undercover (Four Corners)
4 - Break - Something Like This (V Recordings)
3 - Minor Forms - Wake The Funk (Sofa Sound)
2 - FOX & Lenzman - Golly (The North Quarter)

No.1
1 - L-Side, Makoto & Frank H. Carter III - What You Won’t Do For Love (V Recordings)

The40 Ep.4 - d mix

Skanky Ones Vol. 3 (dnb)

Starting the year with a bang! It’s The40 Pt.5! Now with added DJ Evolve.

Reflecting on a great year of mixes from us. The soul:r, Summer Soulful, True Playaz and most recently the Break collaborations! With another 4 more of these…we’ve been keeping you busy. All mixes available on Soundcloud - Link in bio shows you how to get there. 

More of the same for 2025!

So, for this one - 40 tracks from across the scene focusing on music released in the last couple of months. We’ve got some shouts and the final countdown of the year sharing our 5 favourite tunes of 2024. 

Let’s get going… Happy New Year from us to you ❤️

40. Genic - Wunsen (The Sauce)
39. Hiraeth & Drumslave - Gatekeeper (Love for Low Frequencies)
38. Melinki & Myth - Panic Room (Four Corners)
37. Arkaik - Mr Slinky VIP (Flexout)
36. Anile - SXUL (Footnotes)
35. Mindset, Felov & Lian Feldd - 2013 (Love for Low Frequencies)
34. Dunk - Kill Bunk (Dialect Audio)
33. Jubei - Lucille (Carbon)
32. Anile - Nothing Makes Sense (Satl remix) (The North Quarter)
31. Kublai - Certified (The North Quarter)
30. Sweetpea & Kalane ft. MC SAS - Psychedelic (Sofa Sounds)
29. Minor Forms - Acid FM (Flexout)
28. Zero T - The Technique (The North Quarter)
27. Kasra & Enei - waveFronts (Critical)
26. Minor Forms - Space Raid (The North Quarter)
25. Sweetpea & Minor Forms - For the Dancers (Sofa Sounds)
24. Seba - Fake (Spearhead)

Shout Tune
23. Creatures & Crystal Clear - I Want To Know (Rebel Music)

Mix 2
22. Kasra - Tunnels (Critical)
21. Watch The Ride - Time's Up (Rinse)
20. Mystic State & MC Fokus - Full Spec (Fokus’s Evolve VIP)
19. C-DU - Cheese Sandwich (Rollout)
18. L0G1N - Dub Pirate (Grid) 
17. Kidsonic - Bristol (Mustard Music)
16. Mefjus & Maksim MC - Change of Mind [SMG remix] (Critical)
15. C-DU - Copy Me (Rollout)
14. Dunk - Billy John (Formation)
13. Myth - Way Back When (ThirtyOne)
12. Amoss - That's That Shit (Flexout)
11. ConradSubs - Never Mind (Deep in the Jungle)
10. L0G1N - Right Now (Grid) 
9. Minor Forms - Original (CIA)
8. Composite & Minor Forms - Till Close (CIA)
7. Genic - Encounters (The Sauce)
6. SOLAH & Waeys - Your Type (Overview Music)

Top 5
5 - Icicle & SP:MC - Dreadnought (Break remix) (Shogun)
4 - Alix Perez - Elastic Soul (1985)
3 - Break - Overstayed (Symmetry)
2 - Randall ft. Benny L - II Worlds (Mac2)
1 - Total Science & S.P.Y - Gangsta (Watch The Ride remix) (Shogun) 

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The40 Ep.5 - d mix & Evolve

DARKSIDE it's always a pleasure and a privilege to play for you! Big Shout to Berne's pioneer DeeJay MF Domi for always supporting me, the legend that is DJ Lockee, MC Resc (sorry there was no proper recording with you on it!), longtime headliners Bryan G & Juiceman, the fabulous team at Dachstock Reitschule and all the ravers, what a night, THANK YOU!

Molecular & Waeys - Heads Anthem - Critical
Minor Forms - Surround Sound - Sofa Sound
Molecular & Waeys - Strapped - Critical
Level 2 & L-Side - How it is - V
Waeys & Molecular - Arrows - Critical
Serpnt & JG:MC - 2024 (Dub Mix) - Mustard Music
Universal Project - Glock (Zero T Remix) - Universal Project
Break - All you gotta do - Symmetry
NC-17 & Philth - Jazz Club - Dispatch
Minor Forms - Space Raid - The North Quarter
Minor Forms - Wake the Funk - Sofa Sound
Minor Forms - Room Two - CIA
Serpnt - Bad - Mustard Music
Serpnt - Gunshot - CIA
Serpnt - Come Cross - Mustard Music
Level 2 & L-Side - Offline - V
L-Side & MC Fats R.I.P. - Love in the heart - V
Anile - Mosquito - Footnotes
NC-17 - Champion of Champions - Dispatch
L-Side & Molecular - So Ruff - V
LSB - Potshot (Anile Remix) - Footnotes
Alibi - Majesty - V
NC-17 & Philth - Round the Clock - Dispatch
Genic - Venus - The Sauce
Alibi & Lowqui - On Course - V
Bredren - Magnetize - 1985 Music
Break - Headshot (Alibi Remix) - Symmetry
GLM - Bristol Flavour - 1985
Crystal Clear - Gangster Busniess - Sofa Sound
L-Side - Just a moment - V
Serpnt - Africa Dub - CIA
Minor Forms - Original - CIA

59 Min.

Live @ DARKSIDE Dachstock Reitschule 21.12.24

Here is the third entry in the live and direct series, this time with a focus on liquid drum and bass only from all over the last 25 years or so. Tunes from 2025 mixed with ones from 2002, it was a lot of fun. Recorded on 2 Technics SL1210s and Serato, while broadcasting live on TT.  ID's and shouts given in the set, big up all that locked in live :)

2025 // Live & Direct // Episode 3 - Liquid Special

The North Quarter with Dogger - 15 May 2025

Big up the Don that is https://soundcloud.com/djcronicdnb, Badboy MC, all the Berne Crew and and all @kraftfeldwinterthur & Zürich Massive, 
we had much fun as you can hear :)

1. Bladerunner - The Chronic - Philly Blunt
2. Bladerunner - Straight Up - Philly Blunt
3. M-Zine - TKB - Sofa Sound
4. Need for Mirrors - Giger - Zoltar
5. Minor Forms & Zero T - Shifty - Sofa Sound
6. Leaf & Hexa - Two Left Feet - Sofa Sound
7. FD & Cronic - Gorilla Glue - The North Quarter
8DJ Die - Jitta Bug - Full Cycle
*Busta Rhymes - Woo Haa (Origin Unknown Remix) - White*
9. L-Side & Lorna King - Unwind - V
10. Carlito & T.R.A.C. - Scream - Liquid V
11. Need for Mirrors - Slaves of Empire VIP - V
12. Automatic - Peach - Soul in Motion
13. Need for Mirrors - Dalston Strut - V
14. IQ Collective - Transmission - Trouble on Vinyl
15. Winslow - Jazz Hands - Sofa Sound
16. DJ Kane - Konga - Trouble on Vinyl
17. Rufige Kru, Goldie & Submotive - Siamese Ghost - Metalheadz
18. L-Side & Andres - Knowledge - V
19. Need for Mirrors - ? - 
20. Need for Mirrors - Dazers Theme - V
21. Chimpo & Sl8r - Jones - Philly Blunt
22. Fox & Sl8r - Skull & Crosses - V
23. MC Navigator - Inequity Worker (Bladerunner Remix) - Liondub International
24. Deekline - Divine (L-Side Remix) - Jungle Cakes
25. Break - Natural Way feat. MC Fats RIEP (Break Remix) -Symmetry
26. Chimpo & Sl8r - Respect - Philly Blunt
27. Alibi & Yakuza - Foundation - V
28. Need for Mirrors - ?
29. Twisted Individual - Muzik - Formation
30. Broma - Connected - Sofa Sound
31. Clipz - Belly - Clips
32. Uncle22 & MC Navigator - 6 Million Ways to die - MacII
33. Need for Mirrors - Pagans VIP - V
34. Watch the Ride - Wicked Man - Rinse
35. Stevie Hyper D - Junglist Soldier (Serial Killaz Remix) - Dance Concept
36. Serpnt - Gunshot - CIA
37. Shy FX - Bambaata (Dillinja Remix) - Ebony
38. The House Crew - Superhero (Furney Re-Lick) - Production House
39. Tom & Jerry - Still let’s me down (Furney & Madcap Remix) - Stepback Sessions
40. Dillinja & Bryan Gee - Bad Man - V
41. DJ Rap - Digable Bass (Ray Keith Remix) - Proper Talent

Ryck & Badboy MC @ REFLECTION Kraftfeld Winterthur 24.05.2025

Well hello there, it’s been a while.

Following on from the very popular all Reinforced Mix (still available on Soundcloud, with everything else). Time for our annual trip to the deep and soulful side of drum and bass. 

This mix covers the last year for vocals, pianos, percussion and sunny sounding music. 

40 of the best tracks around including music from Zero T, Halogenix, Children of Zeus and GLXY plus many more. Counting you down to my 5 favourite tracks this last year.

Fire up the BBQ, put the big speakers on and enjoy the Summer! 

Mix 1
40. Lynx - String Sequence (Metalheadz)
39. Villem - Ones (ThirtyOne Records)
38.  Dub Head & Kathryn Brenna - Waves (Transparent Audio)
37. Crook - Lifeline (Truth Hertz)
36. Alix Perez - Elastic Soul (1985 Music)
35. Kipsy - Walk In The Park (Four Corners)
34. Lenzman & Redeyes - High & Low (Zero T remix) (Integral Records)
33. Creatures & Philth - What You Want (Rebel Music)
32. Monty & En:vy - INLOVE (Critical Music)
31. Zero T ft. Onj & Steo - All I See (The North Quarter)
30. Children Of Zeus - Small Circles (Calibre remix) (Tyler Daley Music)
29. Fox & Lenzman - Golly (The North Quarter)
28. Visages & Trail - Past Lives (1985 Music)
27. Satl & Brandy - Today (The North Quarter)
26. Satl, Ellis Esco & Milansangar - Night Out (The North Quarter)
25. Zero T - All Things Considered (Metalheadz)
24. Waeys & Duskee - Blink & Miss (Critical Music)
23. Hiraeth - Baby Rose (Galacy Records)
22. GLXY - What YOu Gave Me (Shogun Audio)
21. Untrue - Falling In Love (Love For Low Frequencies)
20. Zero T - Don’t Know ( The North Quarter)
19. Workforce & Tyler Daley - Falling Down (Must Make Music)
18. Zero T & The Isle of CC - Keep Talking (The North Quarter)
17. Break ft. Charli Brix - Lost (Break Remix) (Symmetry Recordings)
16.  Melinki, Kind Fiction & Luke Truth - Trying VIP (Four Corners)
15. Workforce & Tamara Bless - Yours for The Taking (Must Make Music)
14. DJ Marky, Pola & Bryson ft. Iyamah - Be There (Shogun Audio)
13. Phil:ososphy - Xanadu (Integral Records)
12. Unknown Artist/Hiraeth - Eden (Fokuz Recordings)
11. Surreal - Get Down (Fokuz Recordings)
10. Motiv - Butter Fingers (C.I.A.)
9. Channell & Luke Truth - Changes (Some) (The North Quarter)
8. Visages & Monty - I Don’t Want To Go to Heaven (1985 Music)
7. Rizzle & Klinical - Closer (Overview Music)
6. Skuff - What Counts (Rebel Music)

Top 5
5. Creatures - Sweet & Gentle (Four Corners)
4. Halogenix - Pusha (Gemini Gemini)
3. Zar, DRS & Verbz - After Party (Gemini Gemini)
2. Makoto, L-Side & Frank Carter III - What You Won’t Do For Love (V Recordings)
1. Shy FX ft. Children Of Zeus - On My Way (Digital Soundboy)

The40 Ep.8 - Summer Soulful 2025 - d mix

d mix & Evolve present… 

40 of the best tunes released since the last 40 tunes i played you. Music from across the scene with a countdown from 5 to 1. Features including classic tracks, shout tunes and Link In Bio (a focus on an artist through 3 pieces of their music). Monthly (ish) show.

https://soundcloud.com/dj-d-mix/sets/the40

The ICON Series;
The chance to focus on a producer.  Right back to early releases, collaborations and remixes - a full 360 of the artist and their history! 

Artist covered so far;
Calibre / Break / Spectrasoul / Rufige Kru / Break again...

https://soundcloud.com/dj-d-mix/sets/all-artist-podcasts

The IMPRINT Series; 
As above really though making the label the focus.

Soul:r / True Playaz... Forthcoming… Reinforced Records

https://soundcloud.com/dj-d-mix/sets/d-mix-evolve-presents-imprints

We’ll also be putting Old School Mixes up - My Old School. From 1990-2000!

https://soundcloud.com/dj-d-mix/sets/my-old-skool

Finally, we've got the full 'Back To The Future' back catalogue for you to play again and again...

https://soundcloud.com/dj-d-mix/sets/back-to-the-future-7-100

Of course, you can catch me live every other Saturday 8pm-10pm GMT - Broadcasting on www.eruptionradio.uk!

Ryck from Berne, Switzerland plays different styles of D&B Jungle since '97, co-hosted the monthly D&B radioshow "RaBass 95.6 FM" from 2005 to 2018, co-launched the monthly https://soundcloud.com/bern-bass-podcast -series of episodes in 2014 and co-promoted the Liquid Session D&B-Eventseries at Dachstock Reitschule Berne until its demise in 2024. After co-releasing tracks with Konfront.Audio and FD on Soul Deep and Sunandbass Recordings, he launched the now dormant label https://bernbassrecords.bandcamp.com in 2020 that so far had three Bandcamp-only releases featuring Swiss artists exclusively. 
After many years playing at major events all over Switzerland, today Ryck is a regular DJ at DARKSIDE at Dachstock Berne, HOTBOX Zürich, REFLECTION Winterthur and VIVID Basel.

Events:
Sat, 9th of august 2025 @ ELECTRONIC SUNSET - D&B 1995 - 2025 Anthology b2b Kenobi - 17h Lakelive Festival Bienne https://www.lakelive.ch/
Sat, 16th of august 2025 @ TBA Zürich
Sat, 15th of november 2025 @ TBA Berne
Sat, 20th of december 2025 @ TBA Berne

Exploring the diverse sounds of deep, rolling and soulful D&B that resonates… and other genres :)

D&BTV Operator & DJ @ Drum and Bass Arena 2009-2014 and played shows alongside the likes of Alix Perez, Friction, SpectraSoul, Bryan Gee, AMC, Future Cut, Kasra, Icicle, Shimon, Messy MC, BTK, Mayhem, DJ Lord, Atlantic Connection, Foreign Concept, MC Skibadee, SP:MC over 20 years of shows in the UK & USA.

Live broadcast engineer and vision mixer at countless shows and festivals including Exit, Glastonbury, Sonar, V, Ohm, SW4, Parklife, Reading, Nass, and weekly at Ministry Of Sound.

New tracks tagged #thenorthquarter