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You can find them here. All here. Oh yes indeedy.

Bite the Belt presents: Mix the Belt (2014-2016)

An anthology of DJ mixes and live shows created by members of The Tune Depot collective from over the years.

Exploring everything from Autonomic, Half Time and Mutant Garage to Bassline, Jungle and Hardcore, Lovers Rock and Street Soul to Disco and Balaeric House, Trap, Trip-Hop and Dubstep to Techno and Electro...

There's something for everyone and always more to come...

Tune Depot Collective Mixes + Radio Shows

fast up Beats 16-tracks

Sounds ive been feeling recently at around the 130 bpm mark...

Bass/Garage/Grime Mix

Recorded on a friday lean up. Selection of tracks im feeling at the moment....

Hostility Sessions: 001

A 2014 re-upload from @bitethebelt-official

Bite the Belt Head Honch and Tune Depot podcast host, Josh Swanson, dips your ears into the wonderful and bouyant world of mid-2010s autonomic and drum & bass.

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Mix The Belt Episode 000: Josh BtB Presents 'Drum & Bass'

A 2014 re-upload from @bitethebelt-official

Violation Music co-founder, War Machine, steps up for the first guest mix of the series.

Violation is an up & comer, a dark little seed buried in a quiet corner of the digital landscape, little credit to their name though a cluster of beats far too dangerous, far too delicious and downright devious to ignore. In spite of their UTR status, it only takes hitting up their Bandcamp to realise that these folks are killing it.

This is War Machine’s dark exploration of the latest in subterranean d&b, with a tasty Violation twist.

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TRACKLIST

01. Philth & Agman – Nightmare Box (J Kenzo Vocal Remix)
02. Outer Heaven – Ballast
03. The Untouchables & Prayingmantis – Shackout
04. Kinetics – Reckless – Violation Dub
05. Detail – Human Trust
06. Machinedrum – Gunshotta (Om Unit Remix)
07. Beepo – No Choice – Violaton Dub
08. Hydro & Instant – Sanctity
09. Skruz – Warria Dub – Violation Dub
10. Dabs & Mc Kwality – Skull & Bones (Sam Binga Remix)
11. Dose – Stamina
12. Flame – Heartbreak (Fullcasual Remix)
13. Insideman – Truth
14. Marcus Intalex – How You Make Me Feel
15. Chimpo feat. Fox – Frontline (Calibre Remix)

Mix The Belt Episode 001: War Machine - Guest Mix [Violation Music]

Another 2014 Bite the Belt re-upload from @bitethebelt-official put together by two absolute legends @JUSTICE & @metrodnb

In honour of their fast approaching Works LP, a 22 track masterpiece that celebrates 18 years of MJAZZ, label co-owners, Justice & Metro, have delivered us a mixed masterpiece of its own.

Sultry breaks, funk & groove affiliated rhythms, soulful notions and jazz inspired innovation in jungle and drum & bass. Though they’d never label themselves as anything more than their label title suggest…

Welcome to the Modern Urban Jazz.

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TRACKLIST

01. Imagine The Future Intro feat. fragments from:
(a) Justice & Metro – Pearl
(b) Rawtrachs – Cybertron1
(c) Rawtrachs – Track 6
02. Metro – To Get To The Future
03. Justice & Invincible feat. Golden – Future Sound
04. Justice & Chris Inperspective – Faith
05. Justice (Survival Remix) – Airsign
06. Justice & Metro – Growl
07. Justice & Metro – The Lovin
08. Justice & Metro – Just in from Michigan
09. Betamax Heard – Row-Land
10. Justice & Cuelock – Sun on a Friday
11. Metro – Conflict
12. Justice & Tertius – Asylum Seekers
13. Chris Inperspective – Love Lost
14. Justice & Invincible – Plink
15. Rawtrachs – Cybertron3
16. Justice & Metro – Ghosts
17. Cuelock – Impair
18. Metro – Untitled Dub
19. Justice – Planet fusion

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Mix the Belt Episode 002: Justice & Metro - Works LP Promo Mix [MJAZZ]

More 2014 re-uploads from @bitethebelt-official - this time from Tune Depot Host and Bite the Belt Founder, Josh Swanson, under a one-time-mix-alias.. Pieces

A tasty little 30 minute mix that explores the Hip-Hop/Parisian/US-inspired Bass Music fringe.

An easy to digest sound-bite dancing across the bass-music board, a constant BPM changer and something set to pick you up from the gloom and straight into a ridiculous groove.

Drop your eggs in several different baskets and scoff up the pieces – things are about to get messy.


TRACKLIST

01. Medley of untitled & unreleased Burial ambient works
02. Jose James – Trouble (Nobi_4 Bootleg)
03. Paddy Fred – Pilgrims
04. MR. CAR/\\ACK – Hopscotch
05. Stwo – Quiet Life
06. Stwo – O N E
07. Stwo – O N E (Andrea Remix)
08. Syfer & Sub Works – Padiddle
09. Lazerdisk Party Sex & CRNKN – SWANG
10. Giraffage – Checkmate
11. Wagon Christ – The Funnies
12. Fjord Morrison – So Mad (Druid Cloak Remix)
13. HADE + DWFL – Talk Slow
14. Shigeto feat. Brandon Mitchell & Carlos Garcia – What U Really Needed

Mix the Belt Episode 003: Pieces - Bustin' Eggs Mix

Another 2014 re-up from @bitethebelt-official and our 3rd Guest Mix in the Mix the Belt series, from @old-man-diode representing @wwrecords

Bite the Belt proudly presents to you a mix from a co-founder and co-owner of a label that we’ve been raving on about for a good couple of months now; WW Records‘ Old Man Diode.

Celebrating the release of his latest collaborative EP; Keep On Running / Catapult, made with fast-friend & accredited English poet, Rick Holland, this mix lays down the musical law and sets the pace since the pairs’ début album release in 2013.

Big bad & heavy breaks, techno and beats. Inside!

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TRACKLIST

01. Radiohead – Lotus Flower (SBTRKT Remix)
02. Ollie Mcfarlane – Grey Skies
03. Jus Now ft. Swappi – Bare Wine
04. Milanese – So Malleable (Cold Remix)
05. Old Man Diode & Rick Holland ft. Beath Rowley – Keep On Running
06. Joe – Club Scared
07. Jus Wan – Affletic
08. Alight – Darqa
09. Goth Trad & Ruckspin – Behind The Glass
10. Gantz – Spry Sinister
11. N3GUS ft. Bugsy – Get You
12. Boxcutter ft. Ken & Ryu – Dream Gator
13. Cadenza ft. Deena Jonez – Looking for Darkest Hype (Phillip D Kick Vocal Mix)
14. Nasty Habits – Shadow Boxing (Om Unit Remix)
15. Sam Binga ft. Redders – Ayo
16. Old Man Diode & Rick Holland ft. I Am Fya – Catapult
17. Sam Binga ft. Redders – Lif Dem
18. Ital Tek – Hyper Real (Deft Remix)
19. Indigo – Volta
20. RAY KIETH – Chronic 3 (Itoa Remix)
21. Dels – You Live In My Head

Mix The Belt Episode 004- Old Man Diode - Keep On Running / Catapult Promo Mix [WW Records]

Last of the 2014 Mix the Belt re-uploads from @bitethebelt-official - this one's from Tune Depot Host and Bite the Belt Founder, Josh Swanson

The man behind our blog is back, like a horrible rash that just won’t go away, with his third and our sixth instalment of Mix the Belt.

A somewhere-around-the-60-minute-mark insight into the centre of one of the most prevalent bass music lusts in recent years: the trials and tribulations of 160bpm.

Starting at 150bpm and rising, the mix meanders its way around a complex array of future-hip-hop, footwork, juke & broken beat-rivulets into the upper echelons of 160bpm.

Music on the genre fringe – all collated, blended and mixed by the deft fingers of Bite the Belt head honch, Josh Swanson.

“No genre resides within a formula – music exists within feelings and loose frameworks that should be challenged and explored on every level. The space between 150 and 160 bpm harbours all manner of musical history and evolution, likewise it is a spacious bridge between almost entirely separate genres and one that is impossibly exciting to see re-emerging from the ashes. If something has become a precious, guarded treasure it’s time to find the key and get pilfering!”

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TRACKLIST

01. Jan St. Werner – Feed Opener [Thrill Jockey] / Herbie Hancock – Wisdom [Transparent / Columbia]
02. Resotone – Tactic [Soundhall]
03. Le Motel – Right Business [TAR]
04. Stray – Fragile [Exit]
05. Boeboe – Denim [Basserk]
06. Cat Power – Dreams (Ellie Herring Remix) [Self Released]
07. Mr. Carmack – Lonely Fucking Samurai [N/A]
08. Lee Bannon – 216 [Ninja Tune]
09. Mr. Carmack – Blouses [Self Released]
10. Jo Def – ButtaLove [Soulection]
11. Salute – Made Village [Soundhall]
12. Wax Doctor – Heat [R&S]
13. Justice – Lounge Lizard [MJAZZ]
14. Fracture – Werk It [Exit]
15. Crissy Murderbot – Alright (Calculon & Austin Speed Remix) [Hyperboloid]
16. Moresounds – Ridim Again [Astrophonica]
17. DJ Rashad – Let It Go [Hyperdub]
18. Bonobo – Eyesdown (Machinedrum Remix) [Ninja Tune]
19. Machinedrum – Hazel Ash [Ninja Tune]
20. Machinedrum – SeaSea (DJ Rashad & Taso Remix) [Ninja Tune]
21. DJ Earl – WTF!?! Life Sent It Up [TAR]
22. Jon Phonics presents Tabanca – Mind Games (Pedestrian Remix) [Push & Run]
23. Druid Cloak – Frostmane [Folie Douce]
24. Moresounds – Folcon (House Of Black Laterns Remix) [Astrophonica]
25. Q Project – Champion Sound (The Phillip D Kick Experiment Footwork Edit) [Self Released]
26. Krome & Time – The License (The Phillip D Kick Experiment Footwork Edit) [Self Released]
27. Fanu – Da Movement [N/A]
28. Fanu – Yin Dub [13 Music]
29. Omni Trio – Renegade Snares (The Phillip D Kick Experiment Footwork Edit) [Self Released]
30. David Axelrod – Human Abstract (Om Unit Edit) [Self Released]
31. Mister Lies – Flood You [Self Released]

Mix the Belt Episode 006: The 1502160 Experience

Our very own Bite the Belt reprobate and resident Lemon DJ, Hostile, is up for the Mix the Belt challenge this week and he’s bringing absolute fire.

Fresh Astrophonica noise from modern junglist Sully, forthcoming pieces of delight from Cosmic Bridge and a plethora of chart topping UTR tracks from every dark corner of the circuit. Too often are we in search of the next best sound on the scene, mixes packed exclusively with only the very latest releases. Whereas here we find a breath of fresh air that sheds thundering ushers of respect to incredible pieces that belong firmly outside of the ‘crate diggers’ vaults – in a digital decade where music is painfully throwaway it’s a delight to see someone celebrating the very best of what dnb has to offer without any regard for release date.

Pull-ups from the past 3 years of Om Unit, Machinedrum, Ivy Lab, Break & Moresounds with resounding nods to an even further (though I cringe when I use the word) past: Alix Perez’s Contradictions, the True Romance VIP and two absolute diamond tracks from someone who wasn’t always about making Gold Dust – original Bad Company member DJ Fresh dropping Heavyweight and The Gatekeeper back in ’09 and 2011, almost like a final sign-off before the commercial storm – and I really appreciate the nod of respect here by including them in the mix.

As vibrant as the punch it packs; fidgety, jungly, rolling with breaks and here for your free listening pleasure.
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TRACKLIST:
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01. Sully - Flock [Forthcoming Astrophonica]
02. Om Unit & Moresounds - Sound Bizness [Cosmic Bridge]
03. Om Unit - Spiritwerk (Loxy & Resound Remix) [Forthcoming Cosmic Bridge]
04. Sully - Helios [Forthcoming Astrophonica]
05. Danny Scrilla - Riddim [Forthcoming Cosmic Bridge]
06. Moresounds - Riddim Again [Astrophonica]
07. Sully - Crystal Cuts [Forthcoming Astrophonica]
08. Om Unit - Timelines [Metalheadz]
09. Break - Late Exclusive [Symmetry Recordings]
10. Break - Simpler Times [Symmetry Recordings]
11. Moresounds - Pure Niceness [Astrophonica]
12. Neuropol - The Rise (Feat. Om Unit) [Forthcoming Cosmic Bridge]
13. Moresounds - Etho [31 Records]
14. Sonis - Killah Sound [Terabyte Records]
15. Machinedrum - Gunshotta (Om Unit Remix) [Ninja Tune]
16. Breakage - Roller [Digital Soundboy]
17. Alix Perez - Contradictions [Shogun Audio]
18. Alix Perez & Jubei - Distrust [Metalheadz]
19. Thelem - Cascading [Artikal Music]
20. Loxy - Ancients (Skeptical Remix) [Cylon Recordings]
21. Hyroglifics - No Drama [Critical Music]
22. Digital & Spirit - Phantom Force (Fracture Edit) [Phantom Audio]
23. Skeptical - Cold One (Jubei Remix) [Ingredients Records]
24. Alix Perez & Skeptical - Ladders [Dubplate]
25. Ivy Lab - Make It Clear [Metalheadz]
26. dBridge - True Romance VIP [Metalheadz]
27. Fresh - The Gatekeeper [Ram Records]
28. Fresh - Heavyweight [Digital Soundboy]
29. High Contrast - Global Love (Calibre Remix) [Hospital Records]
30. dBridge - Ponderosa (Feat. Calibre) [Exit Records]
31. DJ Rap - Smart Stepper (DJ Rap Remix) [Proper Talent]

Mix the Belt Episode 017: Hostile - Guest Mix

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De-Evolution Part I

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Ratt - Round And Round

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Whole Place Locked

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Catch Me Now (feat. Gavin The HotRod)

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