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Over the last six years, Bell Curve and Anna Morgan’s Worst Behavior Recs label has been championing the most exciting producers coming out of the bass underground around the world. Worst Behavior, Vol. 4 is the last installment of their Worst Behavior compilation series and it’s truly a global affair, uniting producers from Amman, Moscow, Bristol, NYC, Los Angeles, Austin, and beyond over 16 tracks that show the excitement and kinetic energy of soundsystem music and culture.  

Since the dawn of Worst Behavior in fall 2017, the label has championed 160bpm heaters and you’ll find those represented prominently on this collection, with producers turning in tracks purpose-built for the label. West Country legend Addison Groove presents a hard jackin’ juke/jungle workout that mixes classic electro grooves with loopy acid squelches, while Moscow Legend flips the stuttered vocals and demanding bass stabs of his 2020 underground anthem “Tek Dis!” for a faster tempo.   Going in a dreamier direction, FreshtillDef brings the Texas heat on the totally addictive track “AIWIY,” with its melancholy vocal chops, syrup-soaked bass synths, and footwork-ready percs. Fellow Texan Sharawi teams up with Arizona-based NIKES for a loopy spiral of jungle breaks with spooky Metalheadz sounds and a dark baile energy on “Diggity,” while L.A.’s Yunna, who just released her debut EP Rinne on the label, returns with the lush ambient jungle banger “She’s Gone Low.” The bi-coastal linkup of Doctor Jeep and Farsight produces a deep drummy workout of sonar sounds, crisp breaks, and booty-rattling sub bass.   As always on the Worst Behavior compilations, dope percussion is a major focus. Hypnotic Middle Eastern percussion riffs punctuate “Gasab Sokkar,” a snaking techstep drum ‘n’ bass-inspired roller from Jordanian producer Toumba. Prolific UK superstar Samurai Breaks explores the fusion of baile funk rhythms with wobbly dubstep bass on “Oshee,” while L.A. heads KOROStyle and Justin Jay find out what happens when UK garage’s skippy drum patterns meet punishing square-wave grime bass. 

 Worst Behavior Vol. 4 rounds off with a whole heap of breakbeats at different moods and tempos, just as Anna Morgan and Bell Curve like it. Oakland favorite bastiengoat goes for an R&B-meets-rave anthem, Whys delivers punishing amen jungle pressure on “Threat Kick” and A-0 pursues the smoked-out rollers route on “Iced Out.” Slowing down the tempo, dubstep/grime heads Amadeo and Hypho get locked into tough electro rhythms on “Jefferson Park” while Czechoslovakian producer fodie j. Invests in eclectic drum machine funk on “Le Track.”   Rounding things pff, label co-founder Anna Morgan teams up with Kool Karlo for “Pop That,” a modern Baltimore club and ghettotech-inspired beat guaranteed to detonate your dancefloor, and rising Leeds star TROPHY pops in with a Bandcamp exclusive “Hush Your Mouth,” an addictive juke/jungle workout that you definitely don’t want to miss. 

 Vol. 4 of the series again establishes the Worst Behavior crew’s curatorial talents, as they connect the dots between the bass-loving underground worldwide. Forward-thinking, high-quality, and fun, these tracks represent the future of soundsystem music and culture globally. Lock in!

 Worst Behavior Vol. 4 - TRACKLISTING

 01. fodie j. - Le Track 
02. bastiengoat - to a level where love is real
 03. Addison Groove - 160 Cowbells 
04. Samurai Breaks - Oshee
 05. Toumba - Gasab Sokkar
 06. Yunna - She’s Gone  
07. Doctor Jeep & Farsight - Spacemaker II 
08. Moscow Legend - Tek Dis! (160 Remix) 
09. FreshtillDef - AIWIY
10. A-0 - Iced Out
 11. Whys - Threat Kick 
12. Nikes & Shawari - Diggity
 13. KOROStyle & Justin Jay - BBBASSDROP
 14. Amadeo & Hypho - Jefferson Park
 15. Anna Morgan & Kool Karlo - Pop That
 16. TROPHY - Hush Yo Mouth (Bandcamp Exclusive Bonus)

Worst Behavior, Vol. 4

PRE-RELEASE

PREMIERE: Anna Morgan & Kool Karlo - Pop That (Worst Behavior Records)

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Keep On (Anna Morgan Remix)

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CHIARA NORIKO - Keep On (ANNA MORGAN Remix)

@annamorgan_dj brings dancefloor heat to @ninja-tune as part of the ‘3RMX82’ LP

‘KILL_U (feat. Tanerélle) (Anna Morgan Remix)’ is out 4th March – have an exclusive first listen to the track

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-machinedrum-killu-feat-tanerelle-anna-morgan-remix

Premiere: Machinedrum ‘KILL_U (feat. Tanerélle) (Anna Morgan Remix)’

DJ-Kicks: Quantic

Throw Dat Azz

Pre-order: https://raiders.bandcamp.com/album/continental-drift

@raiders_records present a collection of tracks from across the 160 spectrum, specially curated by @cococobra, connecting the dots between ghettotech, footwork, Jersey club, jungle, and more.

The instruction was simple: Bring the heat, whatever way you see fit. New York-by-LA's @annamorgan_dj delivers to the brief, supplying quickfire club energy on 'Entrem 160'.

More exclusive music

Premiere: Anna Morgan 'Entrem 160'

Learn more secrets . . . ➡ www.leimusic.xyz 


"I have spent the past year researching a lost tradition of my hilltop birthplace called 'Lei Music.' This special genre has the ability to summon strange, squeaking entities from invisible zones. These songs are transcribed to special discs called 'Lei Disks' - and are now hoarded & traded obsessively by modern-day collectors. 


There is no clear explanation of why the performance of Lei Music has such extraordinary effects. Some believe it could be related to a variety of properties unique to Dorset - such as the high concentration of towering granite artefacts, floating pebble circles, and nearby landmarks’ alignments with otherworldly phenomena. The musical instruments that were traditionally played are suspected to have stimulated geoglyphic ley lines - and inadvertently operated as tools that created small rifts between worlds. 


I have been working very hard on a new album of modern laptop-based Lei Music, and have been summoning lots of different clattering, shifting and clicking entities. I am excited to show you them very soon. ⛢꧂" 


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Taken from Illegal Data Compilation #2 out 26/02/21
Featuring unpretentiously massive beats, emo treats and high pitched squeaks from likes of: 
Ava Akira
Kai Whiston 
Lobsta B
ccontrary 
DJ Ltd .
E B U + Mun Sing
ThisisDA
Saint Torrente
sarahsson 
Merlin Nova
MXLX
evilbaby 
Jackson Veil Panther
 Fever 103 
Ridler  

Check out ‘ACID RICHTER’ by legendary mouse-user and father of 0, Kai Whiston right NOW! More tracks on their way soon ;) Lots of love 4 now

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Kai Whiston - ACID RICHTER

Second and final chapter of Prisoner of the Self, the novel-reflection forged by Katatonic Silentio, reinterpreted & scream-reworked by the subterrestrial squad formed by Stenny, ZULI, Walton, Herva, Kinlaw & Franco Franco
Five and one chain reactions auto-industrial approach tunes, committed in this world spinning on the way to ruin.
The “condition of suspended animation" experienced in a trivial way, the collapse of a civilization, a conclusion of dystopia.
New movements are bound to be born, we see beyond their disguise, we can rightly evaluate our dilemma, realize our modern condition, and mobilize further to avert the true catastrophe, whose shapes we’re already witnessing.

Title : Prisoner of the Self remixed
Artists : Stenny, Zuli, Walton, Herva, Kinlaw & Franco Franco, Katatonic Silentio
Genre : IDM, Breakcore, Experimental, Electronic
Catalogue : BNC006
Format : 12" Vacuum cage packed and insert, 300 copies violet numbered

Mastered by Analog Cut mastering studio
Artwork & Sleeve Design by AnchorE
Distributed at RWDFWD

Prisoner Of The Self REMIXED

Katatonic Silentio - Prisoner Of The Self REMIXED (BNC006)(Preview)

https://hkcr.live/shows/aho-ssan-w-holly-childs-and-gediminas-ygus-28-01-2021

Aho Ssan w/ Holly Childs and Gediminas Zygus - 28/01/2021

Sylph Fossil

It was almost dusk when I walked through the thick fog, compelled by a force unknown to me and drained by the lethargy of weeks gone by. I remember crunching the moist ground below me, toes hugging the dew and moss, feet tapping in rhythm to the bird melodies and siren calls. I found myself scanning the sun’s viscous rays and bowing before her grandiose presence, wishing that I could tell night from day.

Anna Morgan’s “I Don’t Really Care If You Want 2” is a percussive-heavy track, sweltering with footwork vocals and a pounding sub bassline. The track is taken from Shubzin’s third V/A instalment, a 12-track compilation featuring local and international talent including Estebahn, Thinh and CM-4.

All proceeds from sales will be split between two worthwhile services: Faz Amnesty and Steel Warriors. The former is created by knife crime victim Faz, who connects community members in order to swap JD vouchers for weapons, which he then disposes of via the police, and the latter organisation takes knives off the streets and melts them down into calisthenics training bars in public parks. Alongside this release, the organisations are working together in Enfield to build a park for local young people to facilitate a positive and supportive community, particularly in light of the previous year which saw knife crime levels skyrocket.

PREMIERE: Anna Morgan - I Don't Really Care If U Want 2 [Shubzin]

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