The funk

Lifestyle Music - Cat #: LFS050
L - The Album!
Release date: 25/05/2015

1. KELA - Ergonomica
2. A.S.K - Elemental
3. Lockjaw – Mirror Image
4. Jazzatron - Dedicato
5. Despicable Youth - Borderline
6. KELA - Jump Down
7. Catharsis – No Good
8. Taelimb - Teacup
9. Instinkt - Plymouth
10. Lockjaw - Idol
11. Lockjaw – Idol (Sensus Remix)
12. SubCorp - Bee +

50 is a major number is any walk of life. 50 is always a major milestone for any record label. But when that label is Lifestyle, you know that the 50th release has to be something special. Welcome to L, a roman numeral denoting 50. Welcome to L, Lifestyle’s 50th release. 12 tracks from some of the finest artists on Lifestyle’s roster, the album serves as a celebration of the imprint moving forward with a new fusion of liquid and neurofunk drum & bass, or, as an anonymous responder has called it, 'melodic neurofunk’. Prepare for something beyond your imagination, as we get ready to launch L.

Kela’s Ergonomica sets the scene, with its shimmering electronic intro, and strong undertow of alluring bassline. The producer builds things up to drop them down, and the opening picture is completed with rushy breaks and headstrong beats. A.S.K. contributes the ethereal Elemental, which drops piano-led lusciousness over moving bass and well-engineered beats, before Lockjaw looks into the Mirror Image. As ever with Lifestyle, the whole of the album is incredibly well produced, with detailed, evocative music on each and every track. The new direction is innovative, exciting and fresh to death.

Jazzatron’s Dedicato is deep, dark and dangerous, whilst still maintaining poise and precision, whilst Borderline, by Despicable Youth, blends old skool-ish samples and a huge, sliding drum attack that will have you reaching for the rewind. Kela reappears with Jump Down, a beautiful mixture of floating background and straight-up funky beats, before label boss Catharsis comes with No Good
.
Taelimb strikes gold once again with the marauding Teacup, an effortless gaze into just what our music can offer in the right hands, and Instinkt represents Plymouth on his track. Lockjaw’s epic Idol appears not only in its original form, but also as the Sensus remix, before SubCorp closes things out with Bee +.

Lifestyle Recordings have a major new album on their hands, so make sure it drops into yours. L is for life, love and Lifestyle.

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A.S.K - Elemental

Black Sun Empire Feat. Foreign Beggars - Dawn Of A Dark Day (Prolix Remix)

My biggest inspiration for writing music are my own experiences. That is usually the catalyst that pushes me to start a new track. Countless late night chats at shows, silly moments in my daily life, or special moments that I wish I could frame and hang on my wall. When I open up Ableton, I pretend I’m writing the soundtrack for a specific slice of life.

My creative choices for this EP were guided by a few key things. I wanted to combine two worlds I thoroughly enjoy…bass music and hip hop. That’s always something that gets me hyped. Another guiding creative force, is this dragon I’ve been chasing since 2016 when I first heard Kursa’s track, Pick Em Up. This tune, with it’s pounding hip hop drums, invokes a darkness I seek in left field music and tried to tap into with this EP. This tune was a staple in my sets for years as it was both something that usually perked a dancer’s attention, while also doubling as a DJ tool to dip into bass music or footwork. With trends in dance music coming and going, I remain obsessed with this combination. Lastly, I tried to create m a s s I v e baselines that would make teenage me bass face while yelling “ooooh” and gripping onto the rail at the front of any rave. As this started to shape into a full project, I decided I was not gonna hold myself to rigid deadlines and take my time to craft this album out until I felt satisfied with the end result.

One time, Rau and I were at a music festival and I hung my shoes under one of the stages. They stayed there throughout the weekend, safe and undisturbed. The photo of my shoes hanging there makes us giggle and we turned it into a missing poster for this EP. Inspired by a story we made up of a raver that fell in love with footwork so passionately that they had to take their shoes off due to how hot their feet felt while dancing, never to be seen again (the shoes).


All tracks written, mixed, & Mastered by Rivs

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Cover by Rau

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Behind The Sun

Consouls - Dreamer feat. Daniel Hunter Jones (@danielhunterjones)

https://pro.beatport.com/release/preamble-ep/1611469

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Dreamer feat. Daniel Hunter Jones

Smooth - True Grit EP out 27th May 2016 on Viper Recordings. Buy or Stream: https://viper.lnk.to/vpr087. More Info: http://bit.ly/vpr087info

Smooth has laid a steady foundation with his Drum & Bass productions of late. Between his work as one half of Telekinesis with releases on labels such as Blackout Music, Eatbrain, and Mainframe – along with his last release on Viper, ‘WTF / Revenge’ which wrapped up 2015 with monstrous noise and support from: Wilkinson, Matrix & Futurebound, Calyx & Teebee, TC, Audio, Metrik, Mob Tactics, and more. Starting of 2016, Smooth’s ‘True Grit EP’ brings plenty more dance floor destruction to continue the Slovenian’s mark in D&B. 

Leading the charge on the EP is ‘True Grit’. With occasional glimpses to the early days of rave, this track is nothing but forward thinking madness. You’ll need bags of energy to keep up with this one as ‘True Grit’ switches, changes and turns and every possible musical turn. Packed to the brim with attitude and balls this one’s not for the faint-hearted.

Next up is ‘Eraser’, which opens with a spacey atmospheric intro, only to get stripped back into a chunky underground banger. Going sparse on the riffs and heavy on the low end, ‘Eraser’ is a perfect draw for the early morning sets to get the crowd jumping. 

Switching gears, ‘Oxygen’ rolls deep with the melodies and high on that feel good liquid vibe. Subtly epic in its own right, ‘Oxygen’ gives us an early peak to the coming summer vibes. It has weight, presence, and the ability to make you tingle all over. 

Rounding off the EP is ‘Tinnitus’, a condition normally associated with the perception of noise or ringing in the eardrums. Smooth’s version is quite the opposite. After a brief intro, the full impact is laid out for all to bear witness, thundering drums and a huge bassline. A peak time dancefloor weapon has definitely been created here. 

SMOOTH
‘True Grit EP’
1. True Grit
2. Eraser
3. Oxygen
4. Tinnitus

Label: Viper Recordings
Cat: VPR087
Genre: Drum & Bass
'Eraser' Beatport Exclusive: 29th April 2016
Released: 27th May 2016
​Buy or Stream: https://viper.lnk.to/vpr087
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Smooth - Eraser

PreOrder from Beatport here http://bit.ly/KronMantra

There might only be a few releases under the Kronology
moniker, but the experience of the producers
formerly known as Slogun and iOh has shone through
nonetheless. Now, the LA-based duo are regular fixtures
on the set-lists of some of the biggest DJs in the scene.
Take Friction on Radio 1, for example. He’s supported
them since they first hit Technique and recently
premiered this very release. If you heard that (and if you didn’t, you’d better have a good
excuse) you’ll already know they’ve shoved the bar up another couple of notches. Mantra opens up into a world of atmospheric pads while a strident techy kick and reverberant rim-shots mark out the beat. It’s a hypnotic vibe which draws us in further as percussive tones augment the arrangement. As distorted edges of bass start to appear, though, it’s clear the trance-like meditative state is about to be shattered.
The tune drops like a martial arts move. Kronology capture the energy from the ethereal pads and turn it back on itself in the form of bass, using its force to punch through the calmness. The flow of the intro is converted into driving power. Call and response patterns switching between basslines, backed with break-laced drums, bring irresistible movement for the dancefloor.
It’s no surprise that Kronology are building a loyal fanbase among ravers and DJs alike. They consistently deliver heavyweight dancefloor killers with twists and turns that diverge from any known formula. And here’s another one that’s bound for raves and airwaves worldwide.

Mantra

Kronology - Mantra [Friction Premiere]

One of the BIGGEST remixes of the year has landed on Rene La Vice's D&B Show on BBC Radio 1!!!

Get Hype Remixed EP: Part 1 lands on the 15th December!!!!

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The Prototypes 
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BBC Radio 1 - The Prototypes - Rocket Guns Blazin' (Crissy Criss/Malux & ErbNDub Remix)

Mountains

Prophecy (Teddy Killerz Remix) [feat. Ad-Apt & Mike Romeo]

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Skism & Zomboy - Kick It (Dirtyloud Remix)

Out 3rd March 2013 on Viper Recordings. Buy on iTunes: http://bit.ly/MoreThanYouiTunes // Buy on Beatport: http://bit.ly/VPR051beatport

Koven 
‘More Than You’
1. More Than You (Radio Edit)
2. More Than You (DC Breaks Remix)
3. More Than You 
4. No Blocks 

Label: Viper Recordings 
Cat #: VPR051
Genre: Dubstep
Released: 3rd March 2013
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Full info: http://www.viperrecordings.co.uk/news/6671/koven-more-than-you-vpr051

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Koven - More Than You (DC Breaks Remix)

Black Sun Empire feat Inne Eysermans - Killing the Light (June Miller Remix)
Worldwide release date: March 25th 2013 (Exclusive to Beatport for two weeks)
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With support from a stunning cross section of industry players – Chase & Status, Pendulum, Friction, Camo & Krooked, Loadstar, Rockwell, High Rankin, Feed Me – and a position in the top five best-selling albums of 2012 on Beatport, Black Sun Empire’s ‘From The Shadows’ LP was one of the Dutch trio’s biggest accomplishments in their fifteen year, five album history. To celebrate? They’re serving up this disgustingly massive remix compendium.

Featuring some of the most exciting talents in drum & bass, each of the six remixes here offer a sizzling new slant on three of the album’s biggest tracks. All armed with their own character and uncompromising dynamics, it’s a challenge deciding which one to drop first…

‘All Is Lost’ starts the set with the perfect balance of emotional sonic star-gazing and gritty bottom-end welly. With stunning hymn-like vocals from Thomas Oliver and hype-hungry attitude from Youthstar, it’s widely regarded as one of the album’s boldest highlights. Naturally both Memtrix and Telekinesis have stepped up to the massive challenge.

Lifted fave Memtrix goes first. Opening with teases of the original’s euphoric synths, he lets the vocals breath for one second before BANG: utter bassline sickness takes over. Complete sonic bombardment of the senses, there is no mistaking Memtrix’s direction and focus for this prime-time piece of D&B naughtiness. And there’s no mistaking the raw power of Telekinesis’s remix, either… Igniting with piano-primed ‘lighters up’ intro, we’re soon pushed into the deepest end of the darkness pool with Youthstar’s spitfire delivery, a gut-busting halfstep groove and a murder of distorted bass tones. Flipping to full D&B tempo midway, it’s a strident party piece that will stay in your wallet or playlist from now until the 23rd century.

Next up, ‘Dawn Of A Dark Day’: A blazing unity of UK grime and Euro neuro, the day Black Sun Empire called up the Foreign Beggars for mic-duties was a game-changing day for the entire bass industry. Naturally both remixes pay respect to the fusion and fire of the original. Prolix takes the original’s swaggering halfstep intro and adds a touch more menace on the low-end and an industrial punch to the beats before dropping into a rampant, rolling speaker-smasher. No face will be left unmelted when you drop this. We guarantee it. Meanwhile Receptor adds his own interpretation with an instant uptempo kickstart and the creative use of drama-drenched cinematic strings and devilish Slayer-level guitars.

‘Killing The Light’ brings us to a fitting climax with two of drum & bass most distinctive, forward-thinking acts on remix duties. Delicately dressed with the heart-melting vocals of Inne Eysermans, the raw emotion makes ‘Killing The Light’ the closest thing to a ballad Black Sun Empire will ever write. Paying respect to this, Icicle sharpens the kicks and snares, weaves haunting pads into the mix and takes the vocal to the darkest place imaginable. For those looking for more of a laser-snapping edge, look no further than June Miller’s remix; bolstered with a gargantuan bassline and searing sonic flares, the Dutch-Anglo duo have taken the softness and depth of the original and subverted into a priceless peaktime banger that NO D&B DJ should be without this season.

Black Sun Empire feat Inne Eysermans - Killing the Light (June Miller Remix)

From the debut album 'Universus' from ShockOne. Released: 29th April 2013.
'Universus' on iTunes: http://bit.ly/Universus / http://bit.ly/UniversusAU (Australia only)
'Universus' CD + T-shirt + MP3 available from Viper Shop: http://bit.ly/ViperShop
'Universus' CD available from Amazon.co.uk: http://bit.ly/UniversusCD

SHOCKONE - 'UNIVERSUS' LP
01. Singularity (The Monochord Of Creation)
02. Chaos Theory
03. Harmonize
04. Home (Feat. Reija Lee)
05. Big Bounce
06. Lose Control
07. Crucify Me (feat. Phetsta)
08. Universes (feat. Phetsta & Reija Lee)
09. Lazerbeam (feat. Metrik & Kyza)
10. Infinity's Silence
11. Relapse (feat. Sam Nafie)
12. Age Of Enlightenment
13. Light Cycles (Prelude)
14. Light Cycles

Label: Viper Recordings
Cat# VPRLP005
Genre: Drum & Bass, Electro House, Dubstep

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ShockOne - Lazerbeam (feat. Metrik & Kyza)

ShockOne - Chaos Theory

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Six Blade (formerly Mattix & Futile) 
'Burnout VIP' 
Label: Viper Recordings 
Genre: Drum & Bass
Released: 1st May 2013 

Viper Recordings are proud to announce the exclusive signing of rising drum and bass outfit, Six Blade. Hailing from Brighton, Six Blade is the new project from Jack Wakeman and Mike Davis, formerly known as Ma1ttix & Futile. 

Having gained heavy support from DJ's such as Friction, Crissy Criss, Grooverider, MistaJam, Dirtyphonics, and the Brookes Brothers - along with releases on Crystal Clear’s Cold Blooded Recordings and A.M.C's Titan Records imprint, Mattix & Futile have been touted as rising producers to watch over the last two years. 

Now launching their brand new production name, Six Blade are set to join Futurebound’s Viper Recordings – the label that launched the careers of such heavy-hitters as the Brookes Brothers, Sigma, Camo & Krooked, ShockOne, Seven Lions, Delta Heavy, DC Breaks, Metrik, InsideInfo, Smooth and many more. 

With a fresh start under their new Six Blade banner, the duo are starting off 2013 in style with a remix for Viper’s upcoming 50th release, as well as a remix for Major Look, an EP with A.M.C, and their debut EP on Viper Recordings. 

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Since its inception in 2004 by Futurebound, Viper Recordings has become a powerhouse in the Drum & Bass scene and has been responsible for releasing some of the biggest dancefloor hits of the past 15 years. Viper’s current roster of artists includes: Matrix & Futurebound, Cyantific, BMotion, Ekko & Sidetrack, Dossa & Locuzzed, Jack Mirror, Madface, Giganti, and Blaine Stranger. 

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