Session 02

Russian heavyweight Black Barrel returns to Dispatch Recordings for the Play EP.

Release date: 03/02/2023
Cop it here: https://fanlink.to/DISBBSV007

Artist: Black Barrel
Soundcloud: @blackbarreldnb

Label: Dispatch Recordings
Soundcloud: @anttc1

Play EP

Black Barrel - Somebody Serious [Premiere]

Adrenaline EP

Pre-order

J:Rover - Hold On [CLIP]

Available now via:
• Website - https://bit.ly/PlayEPW 
• Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/PlayEPBC
• All other stores - https://fanlink.to/DISBBSV007

Black Barrel returns to Dispatch Recordings with a bang with the “Play EP”. Four varied and eclectic tracks packed with his distinctive production flavour. Easily recognisable by his vocal sampling style and quick edits with precision percussion, the Russian roller brings the funk every time.

The dub inspired “Whatah Bang” sees Black Barrel’s glitched out take on dubwise. The heavy hitting title track “Play” contrasts bright atmospherics with an infectious, growling bass. “Somebody Serious” matches serious bass modulation with a hard stepping drum line and “Burn Up” slowly builds and twists through rumble bass and spaced out breaks.

Dispatch Recordings socials:
Bandcamp → bit.ly/DispatchBC
[Follow us on Bandcamp] → bit.ly/FollowOnBC
Facebook → bit.ly/DispatchRecsFB
Instagram → bit.ly/DispatchInsta
Soundcloud → bit.ly/DispatchSC
Spotify → bit.ly/DispatchSP
Twitter → bit.ly/DispatchTW
Website → bit.ly/DispatchW
YouTube → bit.ly/DispatchYT

Follow Black Barrel:
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/blackbarrel_leocap/
Soundcloud → https://soundcloud.com/blackbarreldnb

Available here

Black Barrel - Play - DISBBSV007 (OUT NOW)

Next up in the 1 More Mix series comes Bristol-based talent Illament with a killer 140/170 session.

Easing us in slowly with smouldering 808 bass weight, Tristan Illament lays down the low end gospel and carefully maps his own musical journey and inspirations.

Exposed to producing at a very early age, he’s spent the 10+ years on digging deeper and deeper. What began as a love for heavyweight American style dubstep has now been fine-tuned into a swaggering, dark funk signature you can hear today on labels such as Incurzion, Flexout Audio, SWR, Calypso and, as of this coming Friday, 1 More Thing!

One of 16 artists to appear on 1 More Tune Vol 2 collection, Illament crashes the VA party with a big sack of groove grit entitled Eyes Closed. Listen closely and you’ll hear it in this mix just around the point he switches up the tempos. 

Get to know Illament in our exclusive interview: https://1-more-thing.co.uk/audio/1-more-mix-034-illament/

Cop 1 More Tune Vol 2 on February 24: https://cygnusmusic.link/p2n94a9

Support Illament: @illament_music

1 More Mix 034 - Illament

Speculate Selects 008

Beyond The Dance: https://overview.podlink.to/beyondthedance

Overview Music's Energy launches a new podcast series 'Beyond The Dance and is joined by his first guest, Levela.

Levela is a Drum & Bass producer and DJ from Crawley, West Sussex with a career spanning over a decade. From his roots in jump up, he's now progressed his sound working with labels such as Critical Music & VISION Recordings. 

In this episode he discusses his journey and get's deep on the trials and tribulations of being a DJ in 2023...

Search ‘Beyond The Dance - Levela’ on Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music

Levela
https://soundcloud.com/djlevela
https://www.facebook.com/djlevela
https://www.instagram.com/levela

Overview Music
https://overviewmusic.co.uk
https://patreon.com/overview
https://facebook.com/overviewuk
https://instagram.com/overviewuk
https://twitter.com/overviewuk
https://soundcloud.com/overviewuk

Beyond The Dance

E1: Beyond The Dance - Levela

Available now via:
• Website - https://bit.ly/DISDUB023W 
• Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/DISDUB023BC  
• All other stores - https://fanlink.to/DISDUB023

A four-track melodic jungle release from Black Barrel might not be what you expected, but he continues to impress and demonstrate his versatility again. His sound has continued to evolve and explore new musical grounds across his many releases for Dispatch. Just as you think you can identify his trademark elements, he switches things up in new and exciting ways.

This selection of tracks instinctively found their home on Dispatch Dubplate; a collection of mid-90s inspired tunes with an Omni Trio / Essence of Aura vibe, pure jungle deepness and added Black Barrel flair. Built with layers of classic era sounds each track reveals a new side to his production across four deep cuts.

True to the nature of the Dispatch Dubplate range, these tracks have already been circulating on dub for some time and have been getting a lot of love. Goldie is a huge fan of Black Barrel’s melodic jungle takes and tried to bag these 4 for Metalheadz at a later stage after road-testing them out at clubs and festivals.

Dispatch Recordings socials:
Bandcamp → bit.ly/DispatchBC
[Follow us on Bandcamp] → bit.ly/FollowOnBC
Facebook → bit.ly/DispatchRecsFB
Instagram → bit.ly/DispatchInsta
Soundcloud → bit.ly/DispatchSC
Spotify → bit.ly/DispatchSP
Twitter → bit.ly/DispatchTW
Website → bit.ly/DispatchW
YouTube → bit.ly/DispatchYT

Follow Black Barrel:
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/blackbarrel_leocap/
Soundcloud → https://soundcloud.com/blackbarreldnb

Dispatch Dubplate 023

Black Barrel - Mental Kiss - Dispatch Dubplate 023 (OUT NOW)

For our next instalment of the Breach Invites series we have a returning favourite of ours Dewark! 

Back in 2020 we kicked off our soundcloud with mixes as that was the only way to showcase music through covid. We curated our first series called the Lockdown and Dewark was one of the artists who showed us love with mix 4/5.

So after 3 years it seems only right to get Mr Dewark back for Breach Invites. Expect a high calibre of quick mixing and thechy doubles for the next 30 mins. Be sure to stay up to date on socials as Dewark is BACK. 

INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/dewarkdnb/

Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/dewark

Artwork - 
Design By Folio

BREACH INVITES | DEWARK

Available now via:
• Website - https://bit.ly/DISLTD098W
• Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/DISLTD098BC
• All other stores - https://fanlink.to/DISLTD098

Wreckless returns to Dispatch Limited with another impressive EP. Five varied, tough tracks with serious bass lines and infectious, rolling grooves. Wreckless once again takes the listener on a journey through the soundscape of each track, covering heavier, dance-floor territory matched with his trademark atmospherics.

The title track ‘Mind, Body, Spirit’ is inspired by the Oscar Wilde quote “Everything in moderation, including moderation” which guided Wreckless’ production process. ‘Prayers for Leaders’ aims to remind us that wisdom and guidance are needed for everyone, even if we don’t agree on political views.

‘Lungs’ is a sonic experiment focusing on the breaths in between vocals, making these the focus. A reminder that the real groove is in the gaps between. On ‘Soho’ Wreckless endeavoured to keep his production as clean as possible; after hearing a friend’s tunes in a post-production studio in Soho and wanting to achieve the same results.

‘Assam’ is an exploration of the drones which feature heavily in Indian music, and takes notable inspiration from the Beatle’s output during their Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s period. For the Dispatch exclusive track, Wreckless adds the Spirit to this EP, with a pattern inspired by the Ichthys symbol of his faith.

Dispatch Recordings socials:
Bandcamp → bit.ly/DispatchBC
[Follow us on Bandcamp] → bit.ly/FollowOnBC
Facebook → bit.ly/DispatchRecsFB
Instagram → bit.ly/DispatchInsta
Soundcloud → bit.ly/DispatchSC
Spotify → bit.ly/DispatchSP
Twitter → bit.ly/DispatchTW
Website → bit.ly/DispatchW
YouTube → bit.ly/DispatchYT

Follow Wreckless:
Souncloud → https://soundcloud.com/wrecklessdnb
Bandcamp → https://wrecklessdnb.bandcamp.com/releases

Session 04

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