Wen and how many times am I going to say this

Here's my formerly secret halftime crate. Enjoy ya filthy animals, there's some proper heat in here.  <3

Halftime Selections

Casting a self-reflexive lens over his roots via the medium of crushing, future-rushing soundsystem sonics, Low End Activist returns to Sneaker Social Club with a full-length of monumental proportions.

When the Low End Activism 12” ignited on Sneaker in 2019, it paid tribute to the Blackbird Leys estate in Oxford, UK, where LEA originates from. In the shadow of social inequality and strengthened by the unity of the multi-ethnic community, Blackbird Leys still imposes a powerful influence on LEA’s work, even as he’s stepped out onto Seagrave for last year’s Game Theory album and notched up the first couple of releases on his own self-titled label.

On this new album, Hostile Utopia sums up the conflicting emotions attached to memories of home – how it’s possible to feel nostalgic for the griminess of urban and suburban Britain, its ordinary tales of bitterness and frustration, but also its intrinsic passion and solidarity. At a time when social division is actively engineered by Machiavellian forces, real conviviality at street level feels like an impossible dream.

LEA communicates these tensions through a style which is becoming his signature – dynamic bass torsion and chiseled, fractalised rhythms slugging around the 130 mark. It’s moody like a UK-themed record ought to be, but it’s not morose. There’s fierceness in every snap and rumble, as the legacies of hardcore, jungle, dubstep and grime pour into the casing prior to the gunpowder lighting.

On previous LEA releases, the MC roll call has pointed to some of the most vital voices touching the mic in the present day. Flowdan, Sikka Rymes and Trim all had something different to impart over the riddims, and now Hostile Utopia expands on that with the most extensive show of lyrical strength yet. Mez lights up the woozy, abstract grime swerve of ‘Mercenary’ in a musical style. Emz brings a ruthlessly sharp verbal steez to ‘GetGet’, Killa P gets busy toasting over ‘DFRNT STYLE’ and ‘Superhighway’ carries the dexterous hip-hop flow of Cadence Weapon.

In between those standout tracks, LEA expresses just as much in the production. Tracks brimming with stories to impart, laden with symbols masquerading as samples and draped in aural garb that firmly places Hostile Utopia in a place, a mood, that could only belong to the UK. It’s a hybrid sound just like the society it sprang from, and therein lies its power.

Low End Activist ft.  Emz - Get Get

GD4YA18
EL-B & OM UNIT
FAR GONE / DODGEMS
+ YAW EVANS MIX

ARTWORK BY DRUMZ OF THE SOUTH

GD4YA.BANDCAMP.COM

El-B & Om Unit - Dodgems

Free DL - https://hypeddit.com/kamio/kahnwaymidefendkamiobootleg

A 172bpm edit of one of my all time fav dubstep tracks by Kahn.

Support the original: https://kahn.bandcamp.com/album/way-mi-defend-azalea

More to come soon.

Mastered by https://soundcloud.com/k-o-d-a-m-a

Free Download

KAMFD001 - Kahn - Way Mi Defend (Kami-O Bootleg) [FREE DL]

An unexpected but refreshing fusion of styles, this Special 4 Track E.P. sees recent Dimeshift labelmates Delian Sound and Spectre come together to self-release a collection of hard-hitting, hybrid music that shelves trends in favour of carving out a new soundworld.

In a format harking back to the early days of Tempa, the E.P. taps into both producers' interest in writing fresh takes on the '02-'03 post-garage moment, reinterpreting elements of 140/dubstep, breakbeat, and more.

Delian Sound's signature breaks, sampling ethics, and wobbles bookend the release, leading the opening breakstep-excursion "Bass Odyssey " and reese-drenched roller "Eclipse" in the finale.

Meanwhile, the measured edge of Spectre's pad, synth, and drum work set the stage in the merciless, keeps-you-guessing track "Anything" and meditative progressions of "Stasis".

released October 4, 2024

Written & Produced by Delian Sound v Spectre

Mastered by A2E Sound

Spectre v Delian Sound - Stasis

Nines - Grind for real (Dnb Remix)

Liquid Metal

FKOF Promo!

Long-time FKOF fam @itoa is collaborating with the ever-impressive @djmadd for the producer's first ever (and, yes, we agree it's pretty criminal it's taken him this long to land one!) vinyl release. As you'd expect from such a partnership, RNF006 is a madness... Dropping in 10 days time, pre-order with our friends at Unearthed is live now - just hit the buy link! 

1. Itoa - PAYGK
2. Itoa - Blabbermouth
3. Itoa - Run Rings
4. Itoa - Haunt U 

http://soundcloud.com/fatkidonfire/sets/fkof-promo-2

@itoa
@djmadd
http://fatkidonfire.com
http://facebook.com/itoamusic
http://facebook.com/djmaddbeats
http://facebook.com/rootsandfuture

ITOA EP

ITOA - ITOA EP (RNF006) [FKOF Promo]

https://soundcloud.com/simon-off

Sad but true: We're living in times where neoliberal fascists are on the rise and batshit crazy nationalists want to make their country "great again". And although not every politician is a liar and there is still hope left I am very happy that more and more artists (like Sun People) raise their voice and define their position. Because there can only be one answer: Fight dem back! 

On the name giving A-side of his Through These Eyes release Sun People uses an iconic vocal sample, adds a gut-wrenching '95 style bassline and tops it all off with some of the finest razor sharp percussions in the genre to deliver one of the most stomping tunes you'll hear this summer.

Pre-order the 12" on Bandcamp here: https://throughtheseeyesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tte003-sun-people-fight-dem-back-nu-gun

Release Date: 19.06.2017
Catalogue No: TTE003
Format: 12” W/lbl (Handstamped)

Sun People - Fight Dem Back

https://soundcloud.com/simon-off

Nu Gun on the flipside gets a lot more dubby with it's perfect jungle beat edits and moody chord stabs - all that laid out over a well known vocal sample. It can easily be considered a prime example of Sun People's signature sound which is heavily rooted in Dub, Jungle and Juke/Footwork.

DJ support from: DJ Madd, Anna Morgan, Ticklish, Dusty Ohms, LXC

Pre-order the 12" on Bandcamp here: https://throughtheseeyesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/tte003-sun-people-fight-dem-back-nu-gun

Release Date: 19.06.2017
Catalogue No: TTE003
Format: 12” W/lbl (Handstamped)

Sun People - Nu Gun

Sun People - Fight DemBack / Nu Gun(@through_these_eyes 003)
Release Date: 19.06.17
Distribution: Suburban Trash
Mastering: @macc
Cut @ RAND Muzik: @LXC

Buy @ Bandcamp

Sun People - Fight Dem Back / Nu Gun (VINYL & DIGI)

@DrJeep makes his triumphant return to Aufect after his previous outing last Summer, that made the title cut “Dissociate” an anthem heard at festivals across the globe. He has gone from strength to strength and continued to release his music on a diverse selection of labels like Tuba, Tumble Audio & Enchufada. Our boy Andre proves that his reputation for producing infectious ear worms is not unfounded and he has provided these completely unique, yet at the same time, familiar tunes. They live up to the hype of last year’s release and build upon Jeep’s already immense stature.
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This EP is comprised of three original Jeep MD tunes, plus two superb remixes courtesy of our pals Fixate and DJ Madd, whom need no introduction. The whole package beckons to be played at festivals and we’re already delighted with the responses we’ve seen so far. There is absolutely zero fucking around on this EP.
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“Jawbreaker” gets things rolling with it’s hypnotic drums, which drop into portamento synth riffs bobbing and weaving themselves into the rhythms. Every sound used sparingly and to great effect. “B.C. Mosh” builds with an ominous flute riff that gives way to a catchy saw bass hook, that beckons to its forlorn partner and they have some brilliant moments calling and responding to one another. “Laff Trak” takes layers of sparse percussion and layers an atonal mid-bassline with a warm, low frequency sine wave. Constantly morphing as the low frequencies are filtered in unexpected and clever ways. Fixate’s understated but fierce re-imagining of “Laff Trak” bring us back to a dingy warehouse in 2009, where we’d expect to see Skream or Coki dropping Dubstep classics. However it seems he forgot the sequencer on 170 bpm instead of 140 and we’re treated to something that sounds equally classic and weighty, while deceptively simple. DJ Madd brings the heat on the final remix of “Jawbreaker”. Heavy 808 subs pulse, while a trademark DJ Madd hook skitters around your ears. Layers of programmed breakbeats keep the energy high and bring the release to a satisfying conclusion.

Doctor Jeep - Jawbreaker (DJ Madd Remix)

Lewis James kicks of 2018 with a roaring half-time stomper for Rua Sound!

Rua Sound Bandcamp

Premiere: Lewis James 'Nutso'

Fish Fruit EP

Metafloor - Mo Power (Moresounds Remix)

Metafloor - Chompa

EARTHBASE03
ES.TEREO
RA

12" VINYL / DOWNLOAD: 
http://bit.ly/EARTHBASE03_BC

A1. Ultimas Breath
A2. Temple of Ra
B1. Ancestral Path
B2. Flying Disc

Release Date:  25th October 2019 // Limited Edition 12” Vinyl & Download

File Under: Electronic, 160, Bass, Footwork, Drum & Bass, Jungle

www.cosmicbridgerecs.com

We welcome for our final release of 2019, Germany’s very own Max Hock aka Es.tereo. This, our third release on our ‘Earthbase’ series, sees Max arrive with an already solid pedigree of output via such labels such as the now defunct but seminal Hidden Hawaii imprint, as well as German modern dnb staples such as Absys Records and Urban Poetry. His perhaps most notable previous work is arguably  his ‘Theme’ project (via Samurai Music) which saw universal praise from the leftfield dnb scene and beyond , taking the landscape of dub techno atmospherics into a whole exciting new format of 170bpm-led excursions, when most people where hypnotised by minimalist sub-lead dread.

‘Ra’ Sees Max taking on a whole new level of sonic architecture, with dense and complex arrangements that almost lean into modern experimental breakbeats, remaining coherent enough for dancers at your local jungle rave. The levels are however undeniable, this is modern atmospheric jungle taken to a different level altogether. 

‘This EP was conceived whilst focusing on different energies and the translation of mixing those energies into soundscapes.  Ultima’s Breath was the beginning and is the centre of the EP. It´s the ultimate Unification/Union of those energies I feel that came out of that process. All the other pieces came with the flow subsequently and I decided to explore the different vibrations and facets which lead to this similar feeling. I feel the result is this balance of 4 expressions of this energy.’ 
- Es.tereo

The EP Sets the scene with ‘Ultima’s Breath’ a frantic but atmospheric breakbeat meditation that opens the doorway to new levels of breakbeat layering that might excite fans of skee mask, square pusher and remarc alike, moving swiftly into the heavy hitter ‘Temple Of Ra’, a half-stepping but still energetic sound-system staple, coming with a kind of tribal slow/fast style but taking the idea to a whole new level of intricacy, whilst maintaining a concrete backbeat that DJ’s can be sure to be drawing for years to come. the B-side opens with a complex tech-stepping dnb roller in the form of ‘Ancestral’ wherein The Alternating breaks provide grounding for yet another complex landscape of percussion and brush strokes of reverb and melody that orbit around the core gracefully. The EP closes with ‘Flying Disc’ - a Frantic medley of minimalist percussive motions that seem to levitate above a dominating saturated sub-bass line that will test any decent system to it’s limits.

‘RA’ is the ideal blend of dancefloor and headphones that we feel we have been honing with our output at Cosmic Bridge, and we are happy to be a part of what may be the evolution of a dnb artist about to potentially transcend the genre itself. 

This is put simply, fresh as fuck.

12" Vinyl / Digital

Es.tereo - Temple Of Ra (EARTHBASE03)

Fiesta Soundsystem - Breathing Down My Neck (VIP) 

Free cop >>> https://hypeddit.com/track/97ud3a

Check his CALL 020-BAIT-TUNE EP here >>> https://www.beatport.com/release/call-020-bait-tune/2742536

Fiesta Soundsystem - Breathing Down My Neck (VIP) (Free Download)

Record label from Berlin focussed on the sounds from 160 - 170 BPM.

throughtheseeyesrecords@gmail.com

I like lots of music. 

1/2 of @SonarSoundSeattle

www.facebook.com/SickleDubs

Opened for Plastician, Virtual Riot, Krimer, a ton of badass locals.

Sun People - Fight Dem Back

Through These Eyes

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