Her days began cold, the anxiety grew more and more as the minutes went by. With every movement a rush of fear-inducing thoughts hit her, as if hiding was her only choice. She counted down the seconds in her head, waiting for the moment that she'd set foot out of her anxious state of mind and into that smoke-filled room. It was there amongst the beams of light and the rolling sub frequencies that she left her head and moved into her body. Freedom flowed as she entered the darkness: the night was here and it was hers.

Known for his groundbreaking live performances and DJ sets of broken beat techno, trance, mystical electronica and muted bass, Dawn Razor translates this heady cocktail of sounds to his own productions. With previous releases on A R T S, Scuffed and Holding Hands, to name but a few, Dawn Razor now makes his way to London's Of Paradise for his forthcoming EP, Scary Movies, which comes with a twisted remix from Pressure Dome boss Yushh: packed full of attitude, it's a masterclass in jagged techno and twisted breaks.

Scary Movies (incl. Yushh remix)

PREMIERE: Dawn Razor - Getting (Yushh's Dusk Mix) [Of Paradise]

Woozy with EMA feat. WDDS who has provided a 100% production mix for hour two. EMA dips into some oldies, forthcoming and new releases for the first hour.

Rinse FM Podcast

Woozy with EMA feat. WDDS - 05 September 2024

@bell_curve debuts on @moveltraxx with a suite of esoteric, bass bangers devised for the dancefloor

‘Heart Alarm’ is set for release on 8th November in both digital format and as a limited edition vinyl – have an exclusive first listen to ‘A Second Obelisk Appears’

More info: https://djmag.com/listen/premiere-bell-curve-second-obelisk-appears

Heart Alarm EP

Premiere: Bell Curve ‘A Second Obelisk Appears’

comm - HYPNO (Remaster 2019)

Not only today is Friday, but today’s podcast IS Friday in itself. And it’s an Asphalt Recs type of Friday, full of distorted amen breaks, doomsday hoovers, raging acid lines, neonesque rave synths, tiger punching kick drums, trance star-gates, ragga muffins and 90’s hip hop medleys, the whole amorphous and androgynous thing being stuffed and blended in a pumpkin on E, and tainted lovely with the dark colors of the long shadows of the deep fall by shitting goblins getting high under no rainbow. 

It is with great pleasure that we hereby announce with this mix a forthcoming collaboration with the one and only @etchofficial, one of the sharpest shooters of today’s scene, a sonic alchemist from which we are longtime followers, at least in the musical sense, as we don’t follow him around creepily disguised in washed out halloween gowns -or do we?-. That would actually be a very breakcore thing to do, but instead, we preferred to ask him to encapsulate the euphoric, fast paced, craziest sound of the entire electronic music in a tightly packed sonic adventure, for you weekend warriors and krusty travelers to grow back your dreadlocks, pack your muggy tents and unchain your pitbulls for a flashback manic remembrance à la Chateau Morton’s, cuvée du 1992. 

Tears in our red eyes came when seeing back together old niche scene mates such as Jason Forrest, Venetian Snares, Shitmat, Bong-Ra, Aaron Spectre (also as Drumcorps) amongst other frequent collaborators of our breakcore bedside bibles like Tigerbeat6, Death$ucker, Ad Noiseam, Ambush, Rephlex etc. Or was it the tear gas from the forthcoming Curtis Yarvin inspired dystopia accelerated by Russian bots that we are living in? Anyways, this music was a premonition of the times to come, and the times now finally came, and breakcore is now more needed than ever. So massive thanks to Etch for putting it back under the spotlight. That is the 180 bpm strobo light flashing under the bed sheets of some worn out e-loving lunatics that is our small and decelerating spotlight.   

Anyways, things are coming from Asphalt involving Etch. But let’s leave that for later. The dystopia too. For now he made a podcast for us which is pretty pretty good as Larry David would say. Life is good. Now It’s Friday. This podcast is too. We are happy. So is hardcore… So let's all take a break, and let’s Drop It like it’s hot -and not because of climate change- to the sound of Breakcore.  
 
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01 - Venetian Snares - Befriend A Childkiller
02 - Abelcain - The Crooked Shadow Of Mr. Hyde
03 - Xanopticon - These Days
04 - FoxDye - Asparagus Disruption Beam
05 - Enduser - Blastin Motherfuckaz
06 - Abelcain - Stratagem Of The Invisible Man
07 - Parasite - Strong Like A Lion
08 - DJ Scud - Mash The Place Up!!!
09 - Jackal & Hide - Coldharbour Lane
10 - Drumcorps - Grist
11 - Venetian Snares - Mutant Cunt Sniffer
12 - Jason Forrest - 10 Amazing Years
13 - Shitmat - Vengeance Of The Whitehawk Townies
14 - Debaser - Hills & Valleys
15 - DJ Floorclearer - Lumpy Trousers
16 - Acrnym - Alan Coleslaw
17 - Electromeca - Competition
18 - Bong-Ra - SickSickSick MPH (GxMart Mix)
19 - Aaron Spectre - Alien Vs Rodigan
20 - Venetian Snares - Epidermis
21 - DJ C - Ransom (Version)

(Link in bio)  
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Both the Waveform Transmission Vol. 1 looking spiral tribal shape and the Kraftwerkian model featured in the cover kindly accepted to pose for our usual image druid @Vansalaman

Asphalt Podcast 009 - Etch

Beatrice M. - Take a Sip [SPE:C 015 22] PREVIEW

SWU FM Podcast

Bell Curve - 01 January 2025

Ancient Wisdom

Reminescence

TITVS - Reminescence

Buy / Stream Here: https://fanlink.tv/YAMREC047-LEKS-SPEAKER-LOUIS

[YAMREC047]

We’re keeping up the pace in 2025 with a serious heavyweight release, one that brings together two legendary names known from the Yamatai roster.

These are artists who’ve been shaking up the scene for decades, reaching some of the highest accolades in both the jungle and underground worlds. Core members of the Yamatai imprint, they’ve consistently dominated Beatport charts and earned respect from some of the genre’s most iconic figures.

With previous releases across top-tier labels like Sofa Sound, Dispatch, RAM Records, and Hot Cakes. This collaboration was always destined to make an impact.

We’re beyond excited to announce the first ever official collaboration between label stalwarts Leks and Speaker Louis with their two track single ‘Excluded / Shella’.

It’s a link up that feels long overdue but the wait has only made the result even more sweeter. This debut pairing delivers two massive club focused bangers that have been shaking up dancefloors across the UK and Europe, supported on some of the most known radio stations and gaining a serious amount of backing from some of the scene’s biggest names.
Now, it’s here.

Get ready for a two-track single that hits hard, shakes foundations, and celebrates everything we love about underground Drum & Bass. From two artists who have helped build Yamatai from the ground up and who continue to push our sound to every corner of the globe.

This is one for the heads. And it's only just the beginning.

Art: Gaijin Graphics
Mastering: Height Sonics

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Shella

Free Download

Belly Ache

Our first release, out November 2009.
You can immediately hear the 2 step garage influence in the drum lines. Asusu perfectly couples those skipping beats with bass and melody in these two tracks to produce tunes with incredible pace and drive. More than just re-creating garage though Asusu fuses elements of it with a feel of dubstep bass wieght and techno melodic elements. Deep and meditative but still very much tracks for the dancefloor.

PSQ001 - Asusu - Taurean / Small Hours - www.projectsquared.net

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With our core team immersed in all aspects of dance music, we publish news, articles, and interviews covering the greatest in innovative, underground culture from across the globe. We offer regular, exclusive music and mixtapes from our favourite artists, and publish features shining a light on everything from the freshest new artists to the untold tales from rave history.

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