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Unchained: Year of The Tiger

Subp Yao - Xiasha

Hard hitting wonky bangurrhh from 2019 that never saw an official release - out now exclusively on my Patreon!

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Taken from "Basura & Mierda - Socio Sucio LP (ULTRAMIND)". Out November 14th 2025. Buy here: https://ultramind.bandcamp.com/album/socio-sucio

For their second release, Basura & Mierda explore and exploit their ‘bass’ roots, Miami and Los Angeles respectively. B&M continue to dance in the lands of theatre, surrealism, male vulnerability, horror, nostalgia, romantic emotion, the absurd and hypnosis through subliminal messaging.

Artist social media :

www.instagram.com/basura.y.mierda

Label social media :

https://soundcloud.com/ultramind
https://www.instagram.com/ultramind.system

PREMIERE : Basura & Mierda - Versiones (ULTRAMIND)

In an age of innumerable bedroom producers and DIY beatmakers, encountering one with a distinctive flavour to their music is becoming near impossible. This is refreshingly not the case, however, for Deft (aka Yip Wong). Having already manned several flagship labels of dance music such as WotNot, Brownswood, Hypercolour and Project Mooncircle (who billed Deft for their 2013 BR session), Deft draws musical, technical and stylistic influence from anything and everything in his musical creations. Initially a drummer, he now produces music which audibly tips its hat to hip hop, footwork, house, jungle and beyond. Check his 2014 "Emeralds" track for what we believe to be the ultimate embodiment of all of Deft's different musical pedigrees.

His latest venture on 20/20 LDN Recordings, the Blackest EP, takes a step back from the forward-propelling, Machinedrum-esque footwork drum rhythms that are prevalent in plenty of Deft's previous work. Here, the focus is on the deeper and darker. "After hearing what [label founders] Ivy Lab had in mind for 20/20, it instantly brought me back to the early beats scene," says Deft. "The beats scene was something that got me excited back when it emerged properly. I felt that excitement again with 20/20." Each of Blackest's five tracks stand out for varying reasons, but it's the penultimate one – a Tehbis and Touchy Subject collaboration – that has resonated with us beyond comparison. A track that seems to continually metamorphose within its 3.5 minute timeframe, so many musical territories are broached that it's pretty impossible to summarise. Initially luring you in through an ethereal world of crystallised synth fragments, the forecast slowly grows murkier, as the entire tracks gets sucked into dizzying whirlwind of dubby drums and electric static. A notable comeback from a truly talented beatsmith.

Blackest EP will be available both digitally and on vinyl on 8th April via 20/20 LDN Recordings and all good record stores.

Deft x Tehbis x Touchy Subject "Sesame Street" - Boiler Room Debuts

- The title track taken from the 4 track 'My Flava' E.P by Copenhagen's DJ Shield. 
- Available on 12" & Digital from 6th May on 2020LDN Recordings.

http://2020ldn.com
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https://soundcloud.com/2020ldn

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Shield - "My Flava" [2020LDN003]

The Ivy Lab trio return to Critical for their first full solo EP release since ‘20 Questions’ back in 2015. Since then the Lab sound has been breaking down even more doors across the globe. They prove why with a new EP full of cuts of proper half-time groove. Check out the lead track 'Peninsula'. 

More previews coming soon!

Peninsula EP Pre-orders begin on March 13th

Ivy Lab online:
FB: www.facebook.com/IvyLab
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/IvyLab_ 
SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/IvyLab 
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/ivylab


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Peninsula EP

Peninsula

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Ivy Lab - Peninsula

PAINT 'Exodus' EP
Release Date: 18th August 2017
Label: 20/20 LDN
Format: 12" Vinyl // Digital
Cat No: 2020LDN007

A progressive electronic duo, formed in 2016 by seasoned beatsmith Tsuruda (Darker Than Wax, Team Supreme, Division) and experimental artist Huxley Anne (Dome of Doom/Alphapup), PAINT incorporates all aspects of both member’s creativity. The duo was inspired as the two were coming up in the LA beat scene, often adding visual elements to their live performances while writing genre-defying songs in the studio. Their style draws largely on abstract hip-hop, jazz, bass, and grime influences, but unites these elements into seamlessly painted soundscapes that stand out in the modern sea of electronic music. Their powerful rhythms, colored nuances, and expressive lead synth tones ignite in the PAINT live show, where you can often find the duo mashing custom visuals together while spinning tracks back to back.

“After years of writing together under our solo aliases, this EP has solidified a creative purpose—unifying musical production with a visual aesthetic to elevate electronic music into the realm of art. It also serves a social purpose, placing a man and a woman on equal footing within a technical environment where women are scarcely represented. Fighting against both genre and gender constructs drives our forward-thinking energy inside the musical structure.

When 20/20 LDN approached us about writing an EP, we were ecstatic. They’ve created a platform we value for both the visual aesthetic and their fearlessness in bridging genres within electronic music. For us, working with Ivy Lab on this release is directly in line with our goals of defying genre constructs in order to create art that lives beyond contemporary confines.

This EP is an intellectual apex for us, seeking to defy genres from within their technical and stylistic constructs. By combining sound design techniques from European bass music with the rebellious energy of the LA beat scene, we’ve entered a musical landscape that is not yet defined. The EP’s title, Exodus, represents our departure from genre-based music, opening up a new environment where sound design, aesthetic, synthesis, and culture have become modular tools for exploring the future of electronic production."
- Tsuruda & Huxley Anne

Tracklist:
1. Beast Mode
2. Gaiden
3. Exodus
4. Reverie

https://soundcloud.com/paintofficial
https://paintofficial.bandcamp.com
https://2020ldn.com

Contact Benjamin Smith for more information
ben@echoempire.net // 077 6492 6719

Paint "Exodus" [2020LDN007]

Out now: https://jon1standshield.bandcamp.com/album/flapjacks

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FLATLINE FLOW VOL. 5 OUT NOW

https://nopulsbeats.bandcamp.com/album/flatline-flow-vol-5

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Ooobahting w/ Aztek

Pushing Bass music across Asia and the world at large.
Unchained roams in the forward-thinking universe of Bass music focusing on Halftime and the full amalgam of sound that is Drum and Bass.

Unchained club nights are typically packed events focused on the dance floor where every new release is tested and international talent from various corners of the globe are featured.

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