Noisia comprise Dutch producers Thijs, Nik and Martijn. Largely regarded as one of the most distinctive, powerful acts to emerge in bass music, their production techniques are referenced and praised across the entire electronic music scene. Their extensive body of work also includes the game Devil May Cry and the Foreign Beggars collaboration I Am Legion.

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Fokuz Recordings has been a cornerstone for soulful Drum & Bass music since 1999. 

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There were plenty of reasons for Londoner James Mathé to simply keep course after the release of his well received debut album, Chemical Campfires in 2008 on Fence Records: a flourishing reputation as one of Britain's most exciting acoustic troubadours, a prominent spot in Johnny Flynn and Jose Gonzales' backing bands, the roar of applause from the audience at a sold-out show at New York's Bowery Ballroom still ringing in his ears. But Mathé had other ideas. “I loved the acoustic scene, but knew it was not all I was about,” he remembers. “So I dug out all my old Casiotone keyboards, drum machines and analogue synths and just started writing.”

Bloodlines, then, is a compelling reinvention and sees Mathé’s emotive missives from young adulthood rewired into elegiac electronic anthems, dusted with huge spectral gasps of reverb and soul-wrenching organ melodies. Unusually for such an electronic album, it was recorded on vintage analogue gear and straight to tape.  “I really fancied getting back to basics,” says Mathé “I was tired of trying to iron out all the mistakes in modern production. I wanted to record live to tape, keeping all the mistakes in, warts and all.”   

From the sultry ache of opener Bloodline – a nod to Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy “about not picking up the bad habits of the generation before you”, says Mathé – to the Pharrell Williams-inspired urban crunch of ‘Turbine’, all the way to ‘The Load’, written when Mathé was indulging in his love of Jurassic 5 era 90s hip hop, Bloodlines is a brilliantly varied listen that pulls and paws at your heartstrings.    If there's a gloriously loose, tenebrous feel to songs like the blue-eyed electro-soul ‘Pagliacco’, it might have something to do with the Londoner's organic approach to song writing. “I just sit down with my dictaphone and make sense of what comes out afterwards. The best stuff usually comes when I’m hungover or not really thinking. The minute I try to be clever with words, it just sounds shit,” Mathé laughs.  Instead, the album's lyrics burn with a simple, poignant immediacy and Mathé sings them with touching, soulful grace. 

Recently signed to iconic London label Memphis Industries (Field Music, POLIÇA, The Go! Team, Dutch Uncles), Mathé is influenced by everything from soul men Stevie Wonder, D'Angelo and Levon Helm to Dirty Projectors and Sufjan Stevens but points to one inspiration in particular for the overall mood of Bloodlines – Vincent Gallo’s cult '90s film Buffalo 66, a twisted romance about a tap dancer who falls for her convict kidnapper – “the end scene which features Yes's Heart of the Sunrise and the scene with Cristina Ricci dancing to King Crimson’s Moonshine at a bowling hall especially,” he notes. 

Tender yet triumphant, Bloodlines marks Mathé as one of Britain's most versatile and adventurous artists.


Wojciech Przysiezny, in dub and sound system culture commonly known as
Violinbwoy, is a gifted musician from Wroclaw (Poland). The now well
established dub merchant started his musical teachings at the young
age of ten. After years of dedicated training at a music school in
Poland, he achieved his personal success of mastering the violin.
Moving to the U.K. for a university degree in ‘music production’
helped him shape a real future in sound. It was here where he stumbled
upon the monthly dub session ‘University of Dub’ – the founding place
of his upcoming journey in dub.

This very session and sound inspired Violinbwoy to start creating
dub-influenced music off the edge. It immediately resulted in his
beats being picked up by sound systems and radio stations across
Europe and Western countries. In matter of months, his dubplates
effectively traversed the globe with support from the biggest sound
systems from the likes of ‘Jah Shaka’ & ‘King Earthquake’.

Soon after this positive movement, the Polish producer decided to give
away his first free release in 2012 named ‘Los Alamos’. His
influential sound was quickly recognised by the well-acclaimed
‘Moonshine Recordings’ flagship, which gave him the honour of remixing
‘Ireland’ by ‘Radikal Guru’. The imprint also enabled him to release
his first, highly successful vinyl release ‘Dread Out Deh’ (which sold
out in matter of minutes). This points out that Violinbwoy’s inventive
sound is accredited by the ever-growing dub culture.

The following years Violinbwoy got invited by various promoters to
come play live dub and violin shows across many venues in Europe. In
2014 and 2015 played live violin for Italian sound system ‘Imperial
Sound Army’ founded by the vocalist and producer of Alpha & Omega -
Dan I. All of this has made Violinbwoy a critical part of dub and
sound system culture. With forthcoming releases on Moonshine
Recordings, Archetype Records and Dub Invasion Records, it’s safe to
say that this musically-inclined dub producer just does what he loves
best: crafting his own version of the ‘roots & culture’ sound.

Jared Lucas (stage name Kap Slap) is most notably known for his mashups, mixes and original music. He built his sizable following as a touring DJ while finishing an Honors Integrated Business and Engineering degree from Lehigh University. 

Performing at universities and clubs across the country, the multitalented college-student-turned-DJ broke through thanks to his mashups and mixes – infusing the energy and groove of electronic dance music with everything from current pop hits to Motown classics. Kap Slap has since performed at major festivals, including KAABOO, Hangout Music Festival, Snow Globe, Made in America, Firefly Music Festival, as well as countless top venues and nightclubs.

Released artits: 
Numa Crew, Run Tingz, Phibes, Isaac Maya, Epeak, Raggattack, FelDub, Dubmatix, Enjoy Tribe Monster, Boombass Brothers, Steppa Style, Max RubaDub, Jungle Invaders and many more...
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