Following up the launch of RAM Records new RAMlife compilation series last year (which saw Loadstar offer up a platter of essential tracks), head honcho Andy C has tapped the man of the moment, Audio, for the second edition. 

Ordering an all-out assault on our eardrums, Audio collects 27 tracks from the likes of Optiv & BTK, DC Breaks, Ulterior Motive, Noisia, Bad Company, June Miller, Mejus and more, binding them together with the vicious RAM attitude that has helped the label dominate drum & bass. The album also features today's premiere 'Heavy Bettie VIP', an unstoppable cut from Neonlight, that is just as weighty as its name suggests!

Audio Presents RAMlife Drum & Bass is set for release February 22nd, head over to the label store to pre-order your copy: https://www.ramrecords.com/shop/download/rammlp21d

And if that isn't enough Audio for you, RAM have just announced the man himself will be playing a RAMlife set on Saturday 7th March at Oval Space, London as part of the Ram Weekender. Early bird tickets have already sold out so head here to grab yours quick: https://ramrecords.ticketabc.com/events/ram-weekender/

Tracklist: http://datatransmission.co.uk/news/exclusive-premiere-neonlight-heavy-bettie-vip/

Neonlight - Heavy Bettie VIP

Feel The Fury / Track 8 is out now! buy via
Beatport - http://po.st/HamiltonBP
ITunes - http://po.st/HamiltoniT
RAM Shop - http://po.st/HamiltonRAM
Spotify - http://po.st/HamiltonSP

Deep in solitary lockdown, Hamilton has been crafting these next cuts with the meticulous precision. These two tracks present the perfect backdrop for his comeback, presenting him as a veteran artist who effortlessly combines the famed 90s vibe with contemporary production. 

And after the ongoing success of his Schema EP, as well as the huge reception to his release ‘Fire/Be There’, this is a welcome return. 

With pent up aggression and pounding breaks, ‘Feel the Fury’ rolls out first ominously. Cracking high hats and quick-fire percussion adds a layering that helps carry the record’s forward motion. Alongside a bassline that coils, and then lashes out over a plunging drop, you’re thrown between the snap, crack and whip of a hugely intricate composition. Hamilton is back… And he’s here to re-educate you with his unfaltering skillset. 

On the flipside, ‘Track 8’ is an innovative slice of drum & bass which is both fun and drivingly relentless. Bouncing subs, coupled by distorted synths take you through elevated note patterns of gradually building, musical imagery. It’s a steppy riddim, one which doesn’t completely crash on impact but instead is creeping in its intensity. It’s Hamilton at his most diverse, yet again proving the versatility in his craftwork.

With another stunning delivery from Hamilton, 2015 is setting a precedent. One which the producer is sure to ride out into the future. 

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Hamilton - Feel The Fury - RAMM182A

15 - Mechanical Micro Determinism in a State of Entropy

Nationwide Rocker EP - Released 22nd April on Technique

Out Now Beatport Exclusives
Think About You http://bit.ly/ThinkAboutYou
Nationwide Rocker http://bit.ly/NationwideTechSt
iTunes http://smarturl.it/TECH133
 

To the casual observer, the Tantrum Desire brand is most associated with the kind of epic productions that have seen drum and bass become a mainstay of the mainstream. True heads, though, will know that there’s always been an undercurrent of genre-twisting experimentalism present, which came to the fore on last year’s huge album Diversified. So, which corners are explored on this EP?

Nationwide Rocker opens in a dark and techy landscape. Reverberating stabs underpinned by the insistent buzz of low end strikes suggest we’re building into a display of neurofunk technique. And then we’re dropped into something that isn’t quite categorisable. It’s hard dance floor music, built from a stripped-back rhythm sequence and a succession of expertly-twisted basses. This is the collision of raw, visceral energy with that trademark Tantrum Desire slick production science.

Then Airhead takes us somewhere different. With a funky techstep call and response pattern, this is an instant dance floor bubbler. And there’s an eighties electro sensibility woven into the stabs and synth-effects which makes this feel like it could be a 2016 rework of a forgotten crate-dug classic. It’s minimal and focussed but, as you’d expect from Tantrum Desire, it refuses to let the temperature drop, with precision-crafted builds to keep attention gripped on the bass-and-mid interplay right to the finish.

Next up, Anarchist appropriates the tropes of nineties hip-hop-influenced jump-up to give the sound a modernist renaissance. Rather than using a rap sample, Rhymestar is enlisted to provide the lyrical punch. His bars roll out over the half-time intro, and then peppered throughout as vocoded motifs to confirm that old skool vibe. There’s nothing old skool about the production levels, though, as the icicle-sharp drums and honey-and-lemon bassline drive the rave onwards.

You won’t be prepared for what Think About You has to offer. A bleeps-and-pads hands-in-the-air hardcore intro drops into some triplet-time rave workout material. We’re treated to mid-range grind resolving into luxuriant sweeping tones over a skippy 6/8 time-signature. But ravers and MCs better not get too comfortable, as a “Switch it up” sample signals a slam into 4/4 time. Then the breakdown cools things off ready to go back in with the madness once again.

If you didn’t know about Tantrum Desire’s versatility then you should have been paying closer attention. Don’t worry, though, because this EP is a perfect representation of the serpentine rule-bending contained within the sound. It’s all dance dance floor music, but beyond that, anything’s possible.


Tracklisting
Tantrum Desire – Nationwide Rocker 
Tantrum Desire – Airhead
Tantrum Desire – Anarchist feat. Rhymestar 
Tantrum Desire – Think About You




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Tantrum Desire - Anarchist Feat Rhymestar [DJ Hype Premiere]

Part 2 of our collab with Prolix - out now

DC Breaks & Prolix - Embargo

Against the Grain EP

Against the Grain

The Rampage EP pt 2

The Grudge

STREAM/DL

Opposition - Opposition

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*** TREI's 2nd Album “Satellites” out NOW on SOM Music ***
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"TREi's much anticipated second album; “Satellites” on State of Minds’ SOM Music Label, has been released this week. A true gem of a work, SATELLITES is not one to be slept on. As well as a plethora of stunning solo tunes, we see TREI team up with some of the hottest NZ talents in the scene right now.

Label bosses State of Mind step up with the already popular 'Breed', while men of the moment The Upbeats make more than a passing contribution to the stellar 'Crossroads'. The vocal talents of Thomas Oliver are lavishly poured over 2 tunes on Satellites, namely 'Change Your Mind' (already a UKF hit) and a bubbly slice of deep house that is Running. MC's Tali and Beau also appear on the infectious 'Homecoming' & 'Limits' respectively.

Continuing on from where 2009’s highly acclaimed debut “Innuendo” left off; already receiving rave reviews and huge support from all around the world; “Satellites” is set to propel TREi even further into the musical stratosphere."
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'SATELLITES' Tracklist:

1. Change your Mind (w/ Thomas Oliver)
2. Backburner
3. Crossroads (w/ The Upbeats)
4. Running (w/ Thomas Oliver)
5. Misfits
6. Homecoming (w/ Tali)
7. Swingers
8. Two Minds
9. Limits (w/ Beau Jeffries)
10. Breed (w/ State of Mind)
11. Let Go


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