Buy:
smarturl.it/ScufPres006

Scuffed Recordings line up the sixth instalment of their Scuffed Presents series, with four artists from the Scuffed roster stepping up to remix tracks from the label catalogue.

The Scuffed Presents remix compilations have become an annual tradition for the Scuffed schedule each summer, with previous remixes coming from the likes of Nikki Nair, Marshall Applewhite, Stones Taro, and label founders Ian DPM and Wager.

On 2021’s edition of the series, the label welcomes Farsight, Fiesta Soundsystem, Dubrunner, and An Avrin to put their spin on their favourite Scuffed tracks – resulting in a fresh and wide-reaching mix of sounds.

Closing out the release is Londoner @4navr1n, whose wonky, idiosyncratic style is on show all over his remix of Dubrunner’s ‘Destination Unknown’.

Out July 23rd.

Scuffed Presents 006

Dubrunner - Destination Unknown (An Avrin Remix)

Taken from the forthcoming EP, 'Zissou' - out 3rd December

https://k-lone.bandcamp.com/album/zissou

K-LONE - 'Deluxe' (WSDM020)

LUXE & Tom Place are next up with their collaborative ‘Moonquake’ EP. The signature cross genre influences can be heard in the off kilter percussion, laid on top of bassy cuts, with subtle trance influences permeating throughout. 

@soundsofluxe
@tom-place-music
@dansudiscs

Buy:
https://dansudiscsuk.bandcamp.com/album/moonquake-ep

PREMIERE: LUXE & Tom Place - Polarities [Dansu Discs]

@uavuk
@roadkill_uk

Buy:
https://roadkilluk.bandcamp.com/album/roadkill-presents-006

PREMIERE: U-A-V - Drum Fortress [Roadkill]

Burn & Heal

Stomping Ground

SOUL VIVARIUM

Al Wootton comes with 4 more UK Soundsystem bangers one on his own TRULE label. 
on the A side Body Healthy layers dubbed out breakbeats over a heavy 4x4 garage dub while Graver is a clipped and rustling swung out warehouse techno 2 step shuffler. 
On the B side Bad Sound is a heavy breakbeat rave steppers dub and Prophecy is all garage techno dread.

Body Healthy

Digi bonus track featured on the Naive / Jacktone split release with @gayphextwin

Out now on
https://naivetrax.bandcamp.com/album/gayphextwin-p-pe-ep-digi-bonus

buy the 12"

Bridging Mechanics [NAIVE 009 / JACKTONE 070]

They hurtled down the motorway at full speed, the entire car bundled with bodies tightly packed in like sardines. Occasionally a head would pop out of the sun roof to bask in the breeze, followed by a lit cigarette butt darting out of the open window. The chatter grew louder as they took the next junction and began to near their destination, with each and everyone throwing in their two cents about missed turnings or short cuts. But soon enough the distant pulsing kicks were the only compass they needed.

Back at it again, Bristol's Banoffee Pies Records share the 13th release in their original series, this time in the form of a V/A called Common Ground. Bringing together four artists, including Interplanetary Criminal, Sourpuss, Hartta and our pick from one of Space Cadets, Lisene, the release is comprises on a batch of 150bpm+ cuts that tip the hat to their formative inspirations and early musical journeys. Split into two different moods of liquidity, each side moves through influences in Drum & Bass, Jungle, Liquid and UKG, harking back to the UK's early rave days.

PREMIERE: Lisene - Class Of '92 [Banoffee Pies Records]

SIDE A
01 . NEUTRONICS
02 . COME WID IT

SIDE B
03 . DISENGAGE
04 . IRON FIST

Disengage EP

WNCL039: MANI FESTO_Disengage EP

Sheffield breakbeat champions & Club Glow collective members Denham Audio make an appearance on Lobster Theremin with Transcendence.

Club Culture is a heady tribute to UK rave culture, combining classic breaks with a monologue from generations past. Denham Audio speed things up on Retort, fusing their love of breakbeats with a sound palette ubiquitous with acid house. On the flip, patois bars punctuate the bleeps-and-breaks of Run Da Ting, while the vocal layered between Top Boy’s whirling bass and digitally distorted drum programming may be recognisable to some. Closing track Transcendence is an ethereal jungle roller with guest vocals from 7ip7o3, that rings true to its name.

‘Transcendence’ drops Friday 12th March, via Lobster Theremin.

https://lobstertheremin.com/album/transcendence

>> @denhamaudio
https://soundcloud.com/lobster-theremin

PREMIERE: Denham Audio - Top Boy [Lobster Theremin]

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