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Drawing you ever-deeper into their forthcoming LP ‘1x1’, Calyx & TeeBee’s next offering presents not only a landmark release, but also their unbridled integrity. The anticipation around this second album is only growing, having scored three Beatport numbers ones with their latest singles. On top of playing sold out shows at Brixton Academy, as well as festivals across the Atlantic and singles and producing remixes on major labels, it’s clear to see how they’ve met these benchmarks. 

‘Cloud 9’ sees Calyx back on vocals, adding a soulful depth which creates a narrative behind the music. Carefully drawn out lyrics create a cinematic edge, intimate and adding an 80’s new wave flare which is seldom seen within the genre. Layers gradually build underneath the track’s more humanistic elements, with a distorted bassline revving up and peddling the record forward. Ducking and diving between twisted beats, you’re launched through a segment of glitchy sonic, before stockier subs underpin the composition. A testament to an unbreakable production standards, it only alludes to another studio album set to make history.

The name ‘Panic Attack’ in itself is foreboding; implicating an explosive flipside, it delivers with an almighty kick and leaves you reeling. Snapping and kicking between hi-hats and low-mids, ‘Panic Attack’ is explosively aggressive from its roll out. Winding up on elongated note patterns and quaking percussion, the erratic break pushes you through a soundscape of madness. However, this is one methodically built… Keeping you hooked from start to finish with pounding drum loops. An incredible verification of their technical knowledge, this isn’t just the groundwork for a second studio album. It epitomises the solid, reverberating history the duo hold between them. 


Cloud 9 / Panic Attack

Cloud 9

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Document One – Chasing Stars / Get Da Funk 
Beatport 9th Sept // All Stores 23rd Sept
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To say that Document One “defy categorisation” wouldn't quite get across the whole truth. For one thing, it's a cliché, and to use a cliché to describe their brand of gritty, smoky, jazz-inspired, funk-infused dancefloor D&B just wouldn't be right. After all, they steer well away from cliché in their music, what with their expert melding of the light and the dark, the natural and the synthetic, the laid-back and the crowd-hyping. They've created their own category, and the two tracks on this release are here to stretch the limits of it a couple of notches further. “Chasing Stars” is the sound of effortlessness. 

Two different flavours of drum, the techy kick and snare plus the loose cymbals and fills, roll alongside each other in the intro. Meanwhile noodling keys and the eponymous vocal riff create a gentle head-nodding vibe. Then, without breaking a sweat, Document One call this casual jam-session to order, with a grimy bassline that weaves the whole track into a tightly-knit roller. This is dangerous rave material that you don't see coming. 

Then “Get Da Funk” goes one step more groovy. Yeah, groovy. That's the word for it. Horns and acoustic drums lay down the vibe, then a Motown-style vocal soars over the top to build things up. Then the drop gives us quintessential Document One, as bass and iron fist drums create a rhythmic combination with vocal and horn stabs that is absolutely irresistible. An ice-cool breakdown with added blues guitar gives the opportunity for even more hype in the second drop. 

These tracks could easily be onstage recordings from some ultra-slick band. The deftly expert programming doesn't detract from the feeling of live energy that Document One manage to get in their music. Like the best jazz or funk acts, it's the sound of accomplished technicians letting loose and having some fun. And while they're having fun, the ravers are too. This is D&B as only Document One do it.


Tracklisting: 
A. Chasing Stars 
AA. Get Da Funk 


Document One - Get Da Funk [Clip]

This is Karma's 'Active' Vs Friction, available to buy here: https://www.beatport.com/release/active/1853988?lf=96b3e3330b9807d23a150cea612c4f7e 
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The announcement of the second ever Acts of Mad Men compilation this year has been a hot topic amongst DnB heads since the first single was release with Magnetude’s ‘Friday’. Now, following teases from Halflight, Insomniax, and Blaine Stranger, the fifth taste of this monumental album comes in two parts, both just as loud and proud as their predecessors.

The first side of the single is the highly anticipated Annix remix of InsideInfo & Mefjus’ timeless collaboration ‘Pulsation’. A favourite amongst heads, Konichi & Decimal Bass give the track the Annix treatment for an entirely new take on this definitive dancefloor weapon. Remixing such a well-known track is no easy feat, but Annix blew this one out of the park. A suspenseful intro maintains enough of the original to be recognizable, lulling the listener into a false sense of security before dropping into one of the most heinous drops of the last decade – this one is guaranteed to blow minds left, right, and center.

The second track comes from one of Viper’s newest signings, Jack Mirror, working together with a long time staple of the Viper family, BMotion. ‘Lust’ delivers retro-futuristic vibes with an apocalyptic flair, perfectly fusing together both producer’s unique sounds for a truly memorable result. BMotion’s euphoric melody writing shines against Jack Mirror’s darker soundscapes, the juxtaposition of light and dark making ‘Lust’ an utterly captivating track.

Counting down the days until the release of Acts of Mad Men Vol. 2, this next tease in the form of two new singles serves to increase already high excitement levels for this seminal release.

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BMotion & Jack Mirror - Lust (AOMM 2 Pt. 5)

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Document One - Get Da Funk [Clip]

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