Really nice sound and interesting all the way. Great stuff.

Selectors Assemble are excited to bring you the premiere of 'CBD Cream' taken from the soon to drop Basement Membrane album on Inner Tribe records! 

A new fresh sound emerges on “Punk Funk” nods to the broken beat mastery of Dego & 4hero, swinging funk rap featuring Atlanta mc Stan smith and psychalic punk funk leanings on the aptly named title track. With Basement Membrane drummer Mike Mitchell aka Blaque Dynamite takes the percussive role. Mike started playing drums at the age of 2 (!), touring with heavy cats such as Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock, Erykah Badu and Derrick Hodge, releasingseveral albums as a frontman (which he sings on as well) and apparently those tight grooves had already been running in the veins of his family. Mike's uncle is the incredible Dennis Chambers, who played with people like Don Blackman, Funkadelic, Bernard Wright, Aurra, John Scofield, Santana and many more. The last piece in this powerful puzzle is bass and guitar player Lars Karakusevic, who also co-wrote several of the tracks on this forthcoming album. Beka wrote the rest.

Already receiving steady industry support from the likes of Lefto, selectors assemble, stepping to tomorrow, Mr Scruff and many more this album is cemented already as a future classic.

[PREMIERE] Basement Membrane - CBD Cream

Beatport: po.st/BeSoCruelEP 
Release Date: 8th June 2015
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Velvit 
Be So Cruel EP
Following releases from label heads Dusky and Christian Piers, 17 Steps returns with an awaited label debut from Velvit (Darren White) that offers both forward-thinking club sounds and leftfield sonics. 

Co-opting the dark, technical style that Darren has long practised as drum & bass legend dBridge, lead track 'Be So Cruel' adds a fresh perspective on house and techno forms that instantly stood out from the pack. 

Blending dark grooves and sinister mechanics with Darren's own soulful vocals, 'Be So Cruel' has been heavily anticipated ever since it featured in Dusky's Resident Advisor mix last year.

Featuring the vocals of his brother Steve Spacek, 'No Excuses' is a stripped soul roller with dense rhythms and mad jazz moments that works as both meditative headphone trip and experimental dancefloor moment. 

Completing a diverse triple header, 'South Of Your Soul' takes things down a futuristic electro vibe with dark sci-fi cinematics battling it out with body-popping beats and Darren's distinctive cyborg soul vocals. 

No Excuses

Velvit feat. Steve Spacek - No Excuses

A massive thank you to my homies Nvv & FearComplex for cooking up such a banger collab beat for me to rap on <3

Shoutout to the mf cult. 


=+ LYRICS +=

WHAT THE FUCK YOU TRYNA SAY TO ME YOU LITTLE STUPID BITCH

ALL MY HOMIES MAKE MUSIC YOU BEST BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN SPIT

CRUSH YO FUCKIN EGO ON A TRACK & NOW YOU CANT PAY RENT

YOUS A STUPID RAT YOU BETTER CRAWL BACK IN THAT SLIMEY VENT


MADE TO SUFFER
IMMA GUT HER
GRAB HER THROAT & MAKE HER STUTTER

SQUEEZE AN UDDER
SMOKIN BLUBBER
NOW I CONJURE UP THE THUNDER

DEEP FROM UNDERGROUND 
THE SOUND
YOU BITCHES FUCK AROUND
GET CLOWNED

I TAKE EM TO THE POUND
A HOUND
THIS NEEDLE TOOK EM DOWN
THEY FROWNED


XILLI ON THE MIC
ITS SUCH A FRIGHT
HE DARKENS ALL THE LIGHT
HIS AURA SUCH FRIGHT
INSIGHTS

THE VIOLENCE IN THE NIGHT
THEY BITE
& COWER FROM THE SPITE & HEIGHT
SUCH POWER IN A FIGHT
ENTICE 

[ YOU BITCHES CARRY LICE 
AINT NICE
AINT READY FOR THE SLICE
YOU MICE ]

…

I SUMMON UP A PENTAGRAM 
& STAB MY KNIFE INTO A LAMB
I PRAY FOR EVIL IN THE LAND
THE DEVILS HAND
IS IN MY BRAND

IM GROWING HORNS JUST LIKE A RAM
I WORSHIP DEATH & SMOKE A GRAM
OF ANCIENT KUSH
A FLAMING BUSH
ERADICATE THE GODS YOU PUSH


HAVE NO FEAR
ILL MAKE IT CLEAR
IM USING EVIL TO APPEAR

JUST LIKE A CREEP
MY SCARS ARE DEEP
IM DRINKING POISON IN MY SLEEP

JUST PLEASE DONT LEAVE
I WANNA BREATHE 
IM FEELING FREED

A DIFFERENT CREED
I LIVE MY LIFE YOU WONT BELIEVE
THE THINGS I SEE WHEN I WILL GRIEVE



-313-
[Existing to live/Living to exist]


= MADE TO SUFFER CULT =
= UNDERGROUND BOYZ =
= NEOPHYTE CLIQUE =

DEVILS HAND (Prod. Nvv & FearComplex)

Not Chasing Highs - Omar +

Socials 
Jayden Bow (UK)

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(Omar +) Not Chasing Highs - Jayden Bow Remix

As the pendulum swung back and forth his mind slowly became fuzzy. He began to fall under a deep and luxurious spell in which he had no grace or control. His mind now belonged to the hypnotist and there was no way back. It was quite a skill to be able to hypnotise someone in such a fashion, to encourage their inhibitions to leave their body and fly wild with the wind. This was no magic trick or a play on words but a full blown takeover of mind and soul. 

Anma Records deliver a three track EP featuring Sofatalk and K15 on remix duties. This one is an embodiment of deep and soulful house with lush textures and graceful elegance.

PREMIERE: Sofatalk - Hypnotize (K15 Remix)[Anma]

Moody jazz and Rhodes noodling meets 2-step-infused house on the inaugural release by Belgian imprint Lemonade Records. Brussels duo Lockwood contribute 'Blue Heron', alongside efforts from Studio 58 and Codie Currie.

Read more & buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2017/05/17/premiere-lockwood-blue-heron/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/lockwood-blue

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Lockwood - Blue Heron (STW Premiere)

* Read more:  https://boltingbits.com/pedro-jenna-camille-keep-it-h-2000/ ‎
* Watch on Youtube : https://youtu.be/q1LRguBmtoE
* Pre-order : https://bit.ly/2Njzmiz

Some record labels we hold in particularly high regard, and Brighton-based WOLF Music Recordings is absolutely one of them. Forty-nine releases deep since its 2009 birth, WOLF’s catalogue is artistically diverse and made up only of high quality musical produce.

Needless to say, we’ve premiered some WOLF music before, so we’re excited to again have premiere rights to some of their music. This time, we’ve got the A3 track, Keep it H 2000, of their 46th EP, Pedro and Jenna Camille’s This Is What I’m Going Through.

The record features five tracks spanning predominantly jazz and house, scattered and sometimes covered with broken beat and more experimental elements.

Keep it H 2000 brings the voice of Washington DC’s Jenna Camille’s to the fore. This track is probably the EP’s quintessential crossover point between jazz and house. Jenna’s light and amicable voice is held up by the intricate percussion, smooth keys and bass and playful synth melodies of her production partner from Porto, Pedro.

The track is almost straight jazz until toward the end when an off-beat hi-hat cuts a whole new groove into the rhythm, lifting the song out of a smokey jazz-club atmosphere and into something lighter and house-driven.

Special mentions are due to the last two tracks on the record: B1 shows off Pedro’s stylish production skills, while the experimental flare of the EP shines through the ultimate track in its short but sweet 80 seconds. Due for release on July 20, you can bank on this being another notable notch in WOLF’s musical belt.

PREMIERE : Pedro & Jenna Camille - Keep It H 2000

Sivey - Somebody Samebody (IG Culture Remix)

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Hwood - No Good Without You

A broken beat shuffler from Poison Zcora, FKA Tiff's Joints boss Born Cheating, marking his production debut. Out on Astral Black.

Read More: http://www.stampthewax.com/2020/02/20/premiere-poison-zcora-victory-over-the-british-museum/
Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/PoisonZcora

Poison Zcora - Victory Over The British Museum (STW Premiere)

Brand new bruk banger from Kuna Maze, “Something To Say” meshes broken beat with the romantic edge of rhythmic Brazilian-funk. Forthcoming on the “Backward” EP for Tru Thoughts. Released 13th August.

“Backward” is a new direction for Kuna Maze and a new chapter for the artist. “It’s a look backwards to go forwards” explains Edouard Gilbert aka Kuna Maze. “It’s the first time on my solo project, that I’m using my background and training as a jazz musician.” Shedding off the post-dubstep sound that was linked to Kuna Maze’s initial success in his hometown of Brussels, “Backward” see’s the DJ, producer and multi-instrumentalist return to his roots, applying his studies of jazz at the Chambery Conservatory in France, to his musicianship and work.

“I want to make music that makes people want to dance. That’s why I love broken beat because it’s at the meeting point between jazz and dance music”. It’s not just broken beat that seeps through on the record, pockets of UKG/garage, house and jazz-fusion amalgamate into the sonic palette of “Backward”; direct influences can be heard from the likes of Domu, Moodymann, Azymuth and Horsepower Productions.

Having just released a collaborative album with French-producer Nikitch titled ‘Débuts' which saw the duo win over tastemakers such as Gilles Peterson, Nemone, Tom Ravenscroft (BBC 6Music), Jamz Supernova (BBC 1Xtra), Tim Garcia (Jazz FM) plus many more, Kuna Maze was motivated to add more live-elements into his productions, using the energy from this project and their extensive time on the road.

The EP artwork, by sculptor, painter and friend - Cedric Esturillo, evokes feelings of both nostalgia and modernity (a sentiment echoed in the music) through the use of collage and aerograph painting. “Aerograph was used a lot for jazz-fusion album covers in the 70s such as Miles Davis – 'Bitches Brew' and Herbie Hancock – 'Thrust', and with this EP I was looking back for the first time – so aesthetically it made complete sense to me.”

Backward EP

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Exclusive Premiere: Kuna Maze "Something To Say" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

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PREMIERE: Sofatalk - Hypnotize (K15 Remix)[Anma]

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