Bestsellers This Week

DDD 040
15 May 13
Drum And Bass

Tuffist - "Smoke The Weed" - (5:02) 175 BPM

Soul Rebel - "Train To Skaville" - (4:59) 172 BPM

Hammond Classics & DJ Tzinas - "Dela Dela" - (3:20) 146 BPM

Bluntskull - "Old Vet" - (3:14) 155 BPM

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Played by: Justin Johnson, Ez Icarus

Review: Billed as 2013's biggest collection of reggae-fuelled party tracks, this madcap collaboration between New York's own reggae star Tuffist and newcomers Soul Rebel, DJ Tzinas and Bluntskull whips up new creations from some of reggae's finest tracks. From Toots and the Maytals to The Ethiopians, Soul Rebel, DJ Tzinas and Hammond Classics work together to bring a new flava, while Tuffist's jungle vibes and Bluntskull's breakbeat hype provide fresh new sounds to get the party skanking. Don't underestimate the power of reggae to get floors filled across the country, this series confronts non-dancers and shuns bad feelings. Embrace the party jams!

VARIOUS

V's Edits Vol 5

Vehicle

VHR 18
14 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Weeper's Choice - "Leaving You" (V edit) - (5:30) 88 BPM

Rose-Rolls - "Like Dancing" (V Triple Bass edit) - (5:28) 113 BPM

The Smyths - "Barbarism" (V re-punk edit) - (5:37) 123 BPM

Carabas - "On The Road" (V edit) - (6:00) 120 BPM

POST - "(The Sound Of) Angry Brides" (V edit) - (4:44) 118 BPM

Ralf Agan - "Brother" (V edit) - (5:02) 120 BPM

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Played by: Fingerman, Chudy, Alessandro Otiz, The Funk Hunters

Review: Russian producer Valique is back with the latest installment of his successful disco edit series. He specialises in toughened, quanitised beats, lending old stuff a modern electro-house groove. Highlights here include his highly danceable take on The Smiths' "Barbarism Begins At Home", the skippy, cut up house shuffle of "Angry Brides" and the infectious electro-funk anthem "Like Dancing".

BREACH

Jack

Dirtybird US

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DB 089
16 Apr 13
Bass

Jack - (5:13)

Let's Get Hot - (5:44)

Let's Get Hot (dub) - (5:46)

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Played by: Low Slung, Eric Sharp, Mat Cant, S-File, Diplo, Aka Tell (A.g.trio), Carl Cox, Xpress 2, Trevor Vichas, 2 Good Souls, Caserta, Groove Armada, Resident Advisor, Nice7, Tocacabana, DJ Hell, Sister Bliss, Phuturelabs, Umut Akalin, Ntfo

Review: Ben Westbeach's Breach alter ego continues to frolic wildly in the lush pastures of low-end house music with "Jack". The bassline swings like an acid house pendulum while the beats shuffle nonchalantly in the background and a sultry staccato vocal delivers concise instructions on how to unleash the sexual potency of the groove. "Let's Get Hot" continues the timeless less-is-more jack magic but does so with much more of a techno twist. Getting hot is not an order... It's a promise.

100% Gomma (by Jacques Renault) (unmixed tracks)

JACQUES RENAULT/VARIOUS

100% Gomma (by Jacques Renault) (unmixed tracks)

Gomma Dance Tracks Germany

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GOMMADT 048
05 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Leroy Hanghofer - "Pin" (Jacques Lu Cont mix) - (6:17) 120 BPM

Los Amigos Invisibles & Dimitri From Paris - "Glad To Know You" (Ray Mang's Flying dub) - (10:52) 116 BPM

Capablanca & T Keeler - "No Hay Dub" - (7:15) 119 BPM

Severino Horse Meat Disco - "Bounce" - (5:54) 120 BPM

Daniel Avery & The Deadstock 33s - "Nylon Icon" - (5:40) 122 BPM

Headman - "It Rough" (Chicken Lips remix) - (8:05) 120 BPM

Baldelli - "Phobos" - (4:56) 124 BPM

DJ Steef - "Venusian Missing" - (5:45) 118 BPM

The Glimmers - "Awake" - (6:48) 129 BPM

Munk - "Keep My Secret" (Jacques Renault remix) - (6:02) 119 BPM

Mercury - "Man" - (7:28) 119 BPM

The Barking Dogs - "Your High" (feat Tom Trago) - (6:18) 120 BPM

Telonius - "Control" - (5:03) 119 BPM

The Deadstock 33s - "Tic Tic Toc" - (4:54) 127 BPM

Various - "100% Gomma" (continuous DJ mix by Jacques Renault) - (1:00:14) 120 BPM

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Played by: Dicky Trisco, Los Charly's Orchestra, Juno Recommends Disco, Headzsquare, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Simonlebon, Peza, Lesale, B.g. Baarregaard, Vinyladdicted

FEATURECAST

Remastered & Reissued

Goodgroove

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GGD 01
14 Mar 13
Breakbeat

Avenue Rock - (5:27)

Chuck Berry - (5:26) 120 BPM

Make You Happy - (4:01)

Funky White Brother - (6:02)

Take A Ride - (4:56)

Top Billin - (6:37)

Woah! - (4:34)

Wow! (previously unreleased) - (3:32)

Get It On The floor - (3:16)

Rock Ya Body - (5:04)

Get Up (Lets Get Down) - (5:14)

Bump - (4:21) 120 BPM

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Review: Welcome to the mid-2000s. A few years before Jalapeno took him on and developed him into the nu-funk guru he is today, but after he'd scored international kudos by syncing to an Apple advert "Channel Surfing", Featurecast was one of the biggest bootleg barons on the scene. 21st century big-beat and turbo-hip-hop, Goodgroove released some of the cheekiest sample-heavy tunes of his early career. And here they are in all their remastered glory. Highlights include the Wild Cherry sampling bootie shaker "Funky White Brother" and the Vandross-DMX love-in "Get It On The Floor". If you weren't around the first time, now's your chance to catch up.

LOW STEPPA

Lowdown EP

Simma Black

SIMBLK 002
06 May 13
Deep House

Vibin (original mix) - (4:17) 126 BPM

880 (original mix) - (5:16) 126 BPM

Fixate (original mix) - (5:30) 122 BPM

Up All Night (original mix) - (4:44) 123 BPM

Don't Stop (original mix) - (5:20) 126 BPM

Dots (original mix) - (4:48) 123 BPM

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DE$IGNATED

DE$iGNATED EP

Shifting Peaks

SPEAKS 013
20 May 13
Bass

Valentine (feat Kyiki) - (4:05)

Russian Roulette - (3:13)

Valentine (feat Kyiki - AppleBottom remix) - (6:03)

Valentine (feat Kyiki - Kyogi remix) - (4:14)

Valentine (feat Kyiki - Kaveh remix) - (4:11)

Valentine (feat Kyiki - Carling Ruse remix) - (3:52)

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A JUS TED

A Brighter Light

Under The Shade

UTS 040
09 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

A Brighter Light - (7:32) 119 BPM

A Brighter Light (Lars Vegas Juiced mix) - (7:47) 122 BPM

A Brighter Light (re a/jus/ted mix) - (7:38) 119 BPM

A Brighter Light (instrumental) - (7:00) 119 BPM

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Played by: Mark Knight, Jkriv (Deep And Disco/Razor-N-Tape), P A U L I E, Fredeverything, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), 2 Good Souls, Lesale, Disco Doubles

Review: The fantastically named A/Jus/Ted - veteran producers Justin Strauss and Eddie Mars on a collaborative tip - make their debut on Under The Shade. "A Brighter Light", featuring the treacle-thick soul vocals of Jeremy Glenn, sits somewhere between electro-soul, early Chicago house and Balearic nu-disco. As you'd probably expect from the soul-minded Strauss, the resultant track is effortlessly soulful, quietly uplifting and brilliantly produced. The same could be said of the more instrumental Re A/Jus/Ted remix, which blends skittering proto-house rhythms and electrofunk dub elements with woozy modern deep house. Like the original, it's excellent.

KRY WOLF

Concrete

Sounds Of Sumo

SOS 027
13 May 13
Bass

Concrete - (4:40)

Bluffin - (4:40)

Concrete (Woz remix) - (4:41)

Bluffin (Benton remix) - (4:13)

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Played by: Low Slung, B.visible, Mat Cant, The Funk Hunters, Cosby (Car Crash Set)

Review: Sounds Of Sumo label bosses Kry Wolf return to their home imprint with a bold new sound in the form of Concrete; eschewing their usually lighter take on bass music, the title track is a dark combination of wobble bass and dub atmospherics, held together with some steely techno rhythms which comes across like Objekt's "Cactus", while "Bluffin" combines more abstract beats with ghetto house-inspired vocal samples and dubby stabs. Woz is tapped up to remix the title track, being considerably more sparing with the savage bass and rearranging its rhythms into something altogether more angular; Benton's remix of "Bluffin" is classic SOS, providing a bouncy piece of bass-heavy garage house.

ED WIZARD/DISCO DOUBLE DEE/TONY TEE/DJ STEEF/SONICVIBE/HOTBOX

Frequent Flyer

Editorial

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ED 26
08 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - "Let The Sun Shine Down" - (6:00) 101 BPM

DJ Steef - "Avant L'Aube" - (8:03) 100 BPM

Tony Tee - "Into The Disco" - (6:14) 105 BPM

Hotbox - "Lazy Jingle Jam" - (6:44) 108 BPM

Sonicvibe - "New Victim" - (7:48) 93 BPM

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Played by: Fingerman, Superbreak, Jayl Funk, The Funk Hunters, Disco B, Joseph Terruel, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Grass Green, Vinyladdicted

VARIOUS

Get Down Edits Vol 4

Get Down Edits

GDE 004
20 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Get Down Edits - "S' Punk" (Deo Groove) - (6:30) 118 BPM

Fingerman - "Too Much" - (7:00) 112 BPM

Get Down Edits - "Heaven Sent" - (6:52) 103 BPM

Deadly Sins - "I Left My Heart" - (6:35) 114 BPM

Jay Ru - "Nothing (In This World)" - (7:04) 93 BPM

Dave Gerrard - "People Of The World" - (6:51) 105 BPM

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Played by: Fingerman, Disco B, Get Down Edits, Vinyladdicted

BREVIL

Jumpsuit Sessions 3

Electric Larry

ELR 008
15 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Never Gonna Stop - (6:22) 104 BPM

Turn U On - (6:13) 106 BPM

Slow N Low - (5:52) 108 BPM

Saving Frida - (5:56) 123 BPM

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Played by: Alessandro Otiz, Disco B

Review: Possibly named after his favourite retro toasted sandwich maker, Brevil is an Australian disco producer currently on his third outing for Kosta Ellis' Superbreak imprint. His sound is low-slung and dirty and any of the four tracks here are guaranteed to get everybody in the mood for some disco love. Highlights include the loopy and hypnotic "Slow N Low", the shimmering female funk of "Never Gonna Stop" and the rumbling bass and delayed drums-fest that is "Turn U On".

DJ MAARS/TOM SHOWTIME

The Chippa Irie EP

Booty Fruit

BOOTYFRUIT 012
08 Apr 13
Breakbeat

Heatwave Episode - (3:06) 140 BPM

Hungry Busta - (4:09) 155 BPM

Rocksteady Up - (3:58) 149 BPM

Champion Steez - (4:03) 149 BPM

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Played by: Spinforth, Roast Beatz, Chudy, Actual Sounds, Johnnypluse(Bulabeats Records), Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Badboe, Ez Icarus, Essex Groove, Miles Reverse, Bialson Hajsy

Review: Booty Fruit's DJ Maars joins forces with newcomer Tom Showtime for some seriously delicious sound mash-ups for this latest EP. "Heatwave Episode" is a funked-out re-edit of Dr.Dre's and Snoop Dogg's infamous "The Next Episode", whilst "Hungry Busta" puts a real dancehall vibe over Busta Rhyme's inimitable vocal machine-gun bursts. "Rocksteady Up" re-fixes yet another early 2000's hip hop gem "Ante-Up", and "Champion Steez" goes all breakbeat/ska mode, introducing some rather rapacious Jamaican lyrics over that booty-shaking groove.

VARIOUS

BBP Remixed

Breakbeat Paradise Recordings

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BBP-069
03 May 13
Breakbeat

BadboE - "Freak Hip" (Morlack remix - part 2) - (5:26)

Kool Hertz - "Whatta Joint" (Badboe remix) - (4:05)

Fretless - "The Report" (Tom Drummond remix) - (4:36)

Jayl Funk - "Monkey Phonk" (Jayl Funk remix) - (3:30) 122 BPM

Tom Drummond - "Rock The Rhythm" (MustBeat Crew remix) - (3:44)

Calagad13 - "Back To The Power" (JiggyJoe remix) - (4:14)

BadboE - "My Bad" (Omegaman remix) - (4:12)

DJ Rudd - "Shake It Out" (BadboE remix) - (5:12) 129 BPM

Calagad13 - "I Can Make You Dance" (Nynfus Corporation remix) - (3:44)

Fretless - "Let Go The Past" (Jazz K Lipa remix) - (5:21) 127 BPM

Prosper - "HMR" (feat Azaxx - Ez Icarus remix) - (3:13)

Ez Icarus - "London Lights" (Infamous remix) - (4:32) 140 BPM

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Played by: DJ Stex, Chudy, Jayl Funk, Actual Sounds, Justin Johnson, Badboe, DJ Axe, Morlack, Ez Icarus, Essex Groove

Review: Flip the switch and get with the program: evergreen party purveyors Breakbeat Paradise have commissioned a whole bunch of reversions and each one is an instant booty-buster. Highlights abound throughout this raucous bass-bizzled nu-funk adventure but only a twit wouldn't pack Badboe's rub of Kool Hertz En Vouge sampling sizzle-up "Whatta Joint", JiggyJoe's orchestral disco-strung halfstepper rub of Calagad 13's "Back To The Power" or Badboe's take on Rudd's Supremes-slicing "Shake It Out". Paradise found.

King Size Dub: Reggae Germany Downtown 2

VARIOUS

King Size Dub: Reggae Germany Downtown 2

Echo Beach

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EB 096
17 May 13
Dub

Aldubb - "Let There Be Dub" (feat Ras Perez - Giotto remix) - (3:49) 70 BPM

Chassy Wezar - "Honeybadger" (feat Onejiru - Turtle Bay Country club remix) - (3:40) 67 BPM

Seeed - "Augenbling" (Illbilly Hitec remix) - (3:57) 108 BPM

Longfingah - "All Over Me" (Longfingah Meets Hardy Digital) - (4:05) 76 BPM

Adubta - "Herb Theme" - (5:41) 60 BPM

Melissa & The Big Crash - "Bolt Da Gold" (dub) - (5:20) 90 BPM

Cornell Campbell - "Try To Be A Man" (feat Lisa Imuze - Aldubb extended dubmix) - (5:08) 86 BPM

The Senior Allstars - "Talking Roots" - (4:04) 77 BPM

Audio Art - "Credo" (feat Birthe Bendixen - Dub Spencer & Trance Hill Initialized) - (5:02) 106 BPM

Robo Bass Hifi - "Nu Danger" - (3:58) 70 BPM

Jazzmin Tutum & Hey O Hansen - "Africa Don't" - (3:44) 73 BPM

Braintheft - "Flightless" - (5:11) 70 BPM

Symbiz Sound - "I Love Echo" - (5:31) 72 BPM

Illbilly Hitec - "State Of Emergency" (feat Longfingah & Lady N - Rob Smith aka RSD dub remix) - (4:01) 76 BPM

Tackhead - "Exodus" (Dubvisionist Space dub remix) - (3:49) 75 BPM

Ken Boothe - "When I Fall In Love" (Dubblestandart Initialized - Oliver Frost remix) - (3:35) 89 BPM

Dub Spencer & Marcia Griffiths - "Holding You Close" (Silly Walks Discotheque rmix) - (5:08) 75 BPM

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill - "The World Is Dube Enough" (Victor Rice dub remix - King Size dub edit) - (6:40) 77 BPM

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Review: The always onpoint Echo Beach serve up a long overdue second edition of their Reggae Germany Downtown compilation. Some eighteen tracks deep, Echo Beach give a true representation of the Dub scene in Germany, pairing veteran artists like Felix Wolter (Dubvisionist, TVS), Seeed, and the Senior Allstars with rising talents such as Aldubb, Brain Theft, aDUBta, Symbiz sound and Chazzy Wezar (the son of Matthias Arfmann). Reggae Germany Downtown takes dub as it's starting point and veers in various musical directions so expect sub heavy dubstep (the Giotto remix of "Let There Be Dub" from Aldubb" is a highlight) downbeat skank, rude electronics and dancehall torch songs. Germany is Dubland"!

EMPEROR/CENTRA

Begin EP

Critical Music

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CRIT 070D
13 May 13
Drum And Bass

Emperor - "Begin" (feat Georgia Yates) - (6:00) 174 BPM

Emperor - "She Said" - (6:37) 174 BPM

Emperor & Centra - "Solar" - (5:10) 174 BPM

Emperor - "Radar" - (4:59) 172 BPM

Emperor - "Precursor" - (5:12) 172 BPM

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Played by: Good News Boppers

Review: Emperor began his journey not so long ago with his own brand of drum & bass that reaches beyond the depths. This EP sets out in stone his arrival into the inner circle. Starting off with the hauntingly savage "Begin" featuring the silken tones of Georgia Yates, there is no let up in the speed or accuracy with which tunes are flung forward. "She Said" is a double bass stepper Roni Size would be envious of, "Radar" rips through minimal synths at hyperspeed, "Precursor"'s strange, offset tape noise intro gives way to serious bass tremors and "Solar", featuring fellow English bass terroriser Centra blasts partway through the universe with huge neuro shockwaves. A serious contender for EP of the year so far.

DEAD ROSE MUSIC COMPANY/SATIN JACKETS

Nothin To Ya

Whiskey Disco

WD 16
30 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Nothin To Ya - (7:24) 108 BPM

Too Late - (6:38) 120 BPM

The Hustle - (6:13) 110 BPM

I Can See The Light - (7:19) 116 BPM

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Played by: Sleazy Mcqueen, Fingerman, Superbreak, The Glue, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Weedyman, Kono Vidovic, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Vinyladdicted

Review: Whiskey Disco returns with a quartet of blisteringly good reworks from Dead Rose Music Company and Satin Jackets. Dead Rose Music Company open proceedings in style with "Nothin To Ya", a brilliantly low-slung, bass-heavy re-edit-turned-remix of the Jones Girls' "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" that turns the delightful original into a dubbed-out chunk of dancefloor chugginess. The more upbeat "Too Late", based on a lesser-known favourite, is almost as good. Satin Jackets' "The Hustle" provides some looser - but still formidably heavy - dewy-eyed disco-soul thrills, while "I Can See The Light" is more Balearic than a wet, sloppy kiss from a grinning stranger.

Funk From The Trunk (Junodownload Exclusive)

BASEMENT FREAKS

Funk From The Trunk (Junodownload Exclusive)

Jalapeno

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505545 3688508
13 May 13
Breakbeat

A Blues Thang - (3:23) 146 BPM

Gimme More (feat Mustafa Akbar) - (3:32) 142 BPM

Funk For Freaks (feat Charlie Funk) - (2:56)

Work It Out (feat MC Rayna) - (4:05) 139 BPM

The Calling - (3:15) 151 BPM

Gotta Make Me A Gun - (2:57) 145 BPM

Disco Boy - (0:51)

Bedroom Stories (feat Mustafa Akbar) - (3:43)

Red Light Streets - (5:24)

Dancin' (feat Mustafa Akbar) - (3:38)

Soul Intoxication - (4:21)

That Little Thing You Do - (4:06)

Grey - (5:05)

The Last Train - (5:22) 151 BPM

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Played by: DJ Stex, Chudy, Jayl Funk, DJ Axe, The Funk Hunters, Ez Icarus, Basement Freaks

Review: Is it just us or are Basement Freaks albums getting funkier and funkier? As hinted with their Soul Digga EP last winter, the trio just keep getting more organic and authentic, this being their most engaging, juiciest funk LP to date. From the Alabama 3 meets the Daptones style "Gimme More" to the insanely authentic Parliament skit "Disco Boy" via the mild skank bounce, organ noodling and Troutman crooning on "Red Light Streets", this really is party dynamite. Basement Freaks are ruling the nu-funk scene right now.

GORGON CITY

Intentions

Black Butter

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BLKBTR 42
12 May 13
Deep House

Intentions (feat Clean Bandit) - (3:37) 122 BPM

Intentions (feat Clean Bandit - club mix) - (5:25) 122 BPM

Cycles - (7:14) 122 BPM

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Review: Despite getting everyone all hot and bothered with the promise of their collaboration, Gorgon City - aka Foamo and Rack N Ruin - have been sparing with releases to say the least. Still, it's all about quality not quantity, eh? Both tracks on this EP scream class and are immaculately produced: "Intentions" is a slick deep roller, complete with bouncy bass, shuffly garage beats and a soulful 90s-style urban vocal. The percussion is pushed to the fore on the corresponding club mix, but it's the dark and positively subterranean bass vibes of the moody "Cycles" that really does it for us!

LARSE

GT EP

Dikso

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DIKSOF 012
15 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Dynamic Duo (original mix) - (6:21) 112 BPM

Love Is The Answer (original mix) - (7:15) 107 BPM

Hot (Adana Twins Twistin' Bassline remix) - (6:18) 115 BPM

Hot (original mix) - (6:03) 106 BPM

Lay It (original mix) - (6:06) 106 BPM

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Played by: Dicky Trisco, Tronik Youth - No Dice Edits, Sleazy Mcqueen, DJ Friction (Germany), Venice Beach, Juno Recommends Disco, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Get Down Edits, B.g. Baarregaard, Miles Reverse, Monkey Boots, Jakobin&domino, Disco Doubles

Review: Larse is a hard act to track down and although we don't know much about them, one thing we do know is that Larse is very good at getting backsides moving. This turbo-themed EP boasts 4 original deep body-disco cuts, the standouts being the sublime and totally glamorous "Hot" and the (possibly even better?) Adana Twins remix, which is indeed based around a twisting bassline. What's not to love?

STEVIE NICKS/IRENE CARA

Edge Of Seventeen

Kojak Giant Sounds

KGS 002
06 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Steve Nicks - "Edge Of Seventeen" (Rayko edit) - (8:00) 108 BPM

Irene Cara - "Breakdancing" (Rayko edit) - (5:28) 120 BPM

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Played by: Disco B

Review: This duo of edits was originally released by DJ Ionic's imprint, Kojak Giant Sounds, a few years ago. Although the choice of source material here is undeniably obvious, Rayko is fairly restrained in his rework's of Nick's AOR classic "Edge Of Seventeen" and Cara's 1983 benchmark electro-disco tune "Breakdance", providing a little bit of vintage class to modern dancefloors in the process.

SHALLOW TAXI CLUB

Nights Turn Brighter

Grass Green

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GGR 003
29 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Flashback (original mix) - (7:41) 123 BPM

Mark My Words (Monkey Boots remix) - (8:28) 115 BPM

Mark My Words (disco edit) - (8:14) 114 BPM

Melody Of Creed (Monkey Boots remix - Juno bonus free when ordering entire release) - (7:57) 119 BPM

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Played by: In Flagranti, Joseph Terruel, Kono Vidovic, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Vinyladdicted, Mr Hooky

Review: Further proof of the blurred boundaries between nu-disco, deep house and '90s house revivalism is provided by this jaunty four-tracker from Auckland-based studio buff Shallow Taxi Club. There's much to admire about the crisp, vintage house pianos, twittering melodies and bumpin' beats of opener "Flashback", but it's the deep, Crazy P-ish nu-disco groovery of "Mark My Words" that most impresses. Choose between the baggy 'Disco Edit' and a delightfully touchy-feely rework from Greg Wilson faves Monkey Boots. The latter also turn "Melody of Creed" into a gorgeous slice of shuffling deep house bliss.

VARIOUS

Legendary Edits 3

Legendary Sound Research

LSR 010D
29 Apr 13
Deep House

The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - "Spring Fever" - (6:32) 116 BPM

Rayko - "Such A Feeling" - (6:11) 115 BPM

78 Edits - "Don't You Know" - (8:57) 116 BPM

Alkalino - "Have A Ball" - (6:20) 115 BPM

JimmyTheTwin - "Party Down" - (6:22) 118 BPM

MannMadeMusic - "The Third Eye" - (6:13) 115 BPM

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Played by: Fingerman, Superbreak, Kisk, Alkalino, The Glue, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Joseph Terruel, Grass Green, Vinyladdicted

Review: The Legendary Sound Orchestra continues his attempt to provide disco edit lovers with something extraordinary, with a third collection of hand picked reworks. Predictably, there's plenty to enjoy, from his own sparse, piano-heavy version of Silvetti's Salsoul classic "Spring Rain", to the rolling, bongo-laden goodness of 78 Edits' sprightly but loopy "Don't You Know". Highlights-wise, it's a toss-up between Alkalino's baggy disco-soul shuffler, "Have A Ball", and Jimmy The Twin's superb, TR-707-enhanced "Party Down". The latter, a horn-heavy chunk of upbeat disco-funk, is arguably the Bristol-based scalpel fiend's best work to date.

Late Night Tales: After Dark (unmixed tracks)

BILL BREWSTER/VARIOUS

Late Night Tales: After Dark (unmixed tracks)

Late Night Tales

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ALND 31
05 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Various - "Late Night Tales Presents After Dark" (Bill Brewster continuous mix) - (1:18:04) 110 BPM

Marti Caine - "Love The Way You Love Me" - (5:40) 93 BPM

Linus Loves - "The Love" - (5:10) 102 BPM

Quiller - "Quiller" - (6:50) 103 BPM

Twin Sister - "All Around & Away We Go" (Hotel Motel mix) - (9:56) 105 BPM

TBS - "Extraterrestrial Manouevres In The Dark" (feat Jamalski) - (4:31) 105 BPM

Jamiroquai - "Alright" (DJ version excursion) - (6:47) 106 BPM

The Doves - "Compulsion" (Padded Cell remix) - (7:30) 105 BPM

Coober Pedy University Band - "Moon Plain" - (7:20) 109 BPM

Jamie Lloyd - "Movin' In" (Brennan Green mix) - (8:03) 107 BPM

Fernando Pulichino - "Best Is Yet To Come" - (6:33) 111 BPM

Martin Kershaw - "Keep On Pokin'" - (8:46) 111 BPM

M - "Machistador" - (8:04) 112 BPM

Karma - "Beach Towel" (I:Cube mix) - (10:10) 111 BPM

Zed Bias - "Koolade" (feat Toddla T & MDcL) - (6:28) 112 BPM

Beans & Company - "The Go Go" - (6:11) 115 BPM

Tad Wily - "After Dark" - (6:29) 114 BPM

Herbest Moon - "Blow Your Body" (Deep Space dub) - (8:27) 120 BPM

Asha Puthli - "Space Talk" - (5:39) 100 BPM

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Played by: The Groovers

Review: Given his encyclopedic knowledge of music, you'd expect any compilation put together by Bill Brewster to be full of unlikely gems and lesser-known anthems. That's certainly the case with After Dark, the first in a new DJ-focused series from the Late Night Tales camp. From start to finish, Brewster's selections are spot on, from the lowdown, slo-mo disco oddness of Sheffield chanteuse Marti Caine's "Love The Way You Love Me" and wide-eyed, acid-laden kosmiche of Coober Peder University Band's "Moon Plain", to the dirty electrofunk of Zed Bias's "Koolade" (featuring Toddla T, of all people) and mid'80s percussion fest of Martin Kershaw's "Keep On Pokin". If that wasn't enough, Brewster has also unearthed a decent Jamiroquai record. The wonders never cease.

VARIOUS

V's Edits Vol 1

Vehicle

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VHR 012
24 Jan 12
Disco/Nu-Disco

Zed Leppelin - "Whole Lotta" (V dub edit) - (6:08) 101 BPM

Fly & Samily Stone - "Thank You" (V's To The Bone edit) - (8:29) 115 BPM

Skinks - "You Got Me, Really!" (V Under My Skin edit) - (4:25) 128 BPM

Hythm Reritage - "SO WAT?" (V DJ Tool edit) - (6:56) 120 BPM

Toe Jex - "Put Your Life Together" (V Quick edit) - (3:49) 128 BPM

Stevie - "Wonder's Highest Grounds" (V Clap & Bass edit) - (5:17) 123 BPM

Aifferson J-Plane - "Some Body 2 Love" (V edit) - (3:58) 130 BPM

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Played by: Timewarp, Jamie 3:26, Paul Deighton, Juno Recommends Disco, John Warren (Aural Graffiti), Neil Diablo, Karim, Eddie Matos, Peza, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Juno Best Sellers 2012, Tulioxi

Review: Anyone who decides to dedicate a fair chunk of his debut edits release to scalpel cuts of tracks from Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane and Stevie Wonder must have gonads the size of watermelons. Sitting down could be an uncomfortable proposition, then, for the mysterious V, whose seven-track debut EP also includes chunky, floor-friendly re-tweaks of The Kinks and Sly & The Family Stone (as well as a couple of stonking disco bangers). While some would argue that much of the material here didn't need messing with, he's done an excellent job. The Dub of "Whole Lotta Love", for example, is pitched just right, offering much more bang and exactly the right amount of disco dubbiness.

ROMAN FLUGEL

Even More

Clone Jack For Daze Holland

CJFD 18
17 May 13
Deep House

Even More - (6:27) 123 BPM

More & More & More - (4:59) 123 BPM

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Played by: S-File

Review: Turning tricks with ever more prolificacy, Roman Flugel is back in business once again with some decidedly rough stylings for Clone's Jack For Daze series. "Even More" is a taut and responsive floor worker shot through with that quintessential Flugel quirk, in this case defined by a funky guitar lick over the booming machine drums. "More & More & More" gets even wilder, bringing in a loony lead synth that calls to mind the primal production style of UK Funky over a rugged box-jam jack. With some classic Dance Mania flavoured vocal samples flown in for good measure, a crowd-busting belter is born.

VARIOUS

Scoured Cream Vol 02

Scour

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SRSC 02
21 Mar 13
Breakbeat

Warp9 - "Lucas With The Glitch On" - (4:47) 98 BPM

Buck Rogers - "Time To Rock" - (4:06) 104 BPM

Hong Kong Ping Pong - "Funk You" - (3:59) 108 BPM

J-Sound - "Boss DAT!" - (3:57) 108 BPM

X-Ray Ted - "Jeeves" - (3:44) 110 BPM

Waggles & Bear Twists - "Old Rosie" - (3:55) 110 BPM

Basement Freaks - "Insane Brains" - (4:18) 110 BPM

Superfort - "Gloria" - (3:36) 120 BPM

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Review: Spinforth's quest for freshness continues as he follows up the debut December Scour dispatch with another generous selection of chunky-jacksy bass joints. With gnarly fingers probing every party pie, across the collection we're treated to dubstep-meets-classic-Brooklyn ("Time To Rock"), 23rd century electro wobbles ("Boss DAT!") and VERY cheeky Cypress Hill booty business ("Insane Brains"... obviously!) And that's only three examples. Get Scouring.

MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE

Send A Prayer EP

MCDE Recordings

MCDE 1210
08 Apr 13
Deep House

Send A Prayer (Part 1) - (5:03) 118 BPM

Send A Prayer (Part.2) (Part 2) - (5:37) 121 BPM

The Stranger - (6:32) 120 BPM

Sp 11 - (5:15) 125 BPM

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Played by: Paul Mac, Low Slung, Kisk, Henri Kohn, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Deep House, Freddy Love, Fredeverything, Fredeverything, Posthuman, Resident Advisor, Lesale, B.g. Baarregaard, Grass Green, Jakobin&domino

Review: Dani Plessow dons the Motor City Drum Ensemble name with Say A Prayer signaling a return to the production game following his much publicized creative burnout. It's clear that Plessow's period of convalescence has worked wonders, with the four tracks here every bit as deep and dusty as the much vaunted Raw Cuts series upon which the MCDE project was launched skywards. Proceedings open with the two part suite of the title track, laying down fuzzy chords and intermittent vocal swoons over a gritty 909 backbone on the opening track; part 2 meanwhile will have you digging out those Raw Cuts 12"s in order to do a MCDE master mix, such is its immediate warmth and neck snapping drums. Meanwhile, Plessow uses "The Stranger" as a chance to traverse bleepier, rattling techno terrain with superb results, whilst "SP11" is rasping high octane house at its finest.

DANNY BYRD

4th Dimension

Hospital

NHS 233DDB
20 May 13
Drum And Bass

4th Dimension - (4:47) 175 BPM

Bad Boy (Back Again) - (4:54) 175 BPM

4th Dimension (303 mix) - (5:11) 175 BPM

Bad Boy (Back Again) (Flux Pavilion #badboy remix) - (3:35)

4th Dimension (radio edit) - (3:17) 175 BPM

Bad Boy (Back Again) (radio edit) - (3:01) 175 BPM

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VARIOUS

V's Edits Vol 4

Vehicle

VHR 17
22 Mar 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

Comme Rhodes - "(Why Don't You) Patch It" (V dub edit) - (6:57) 100 BPM

Gardster - "Up" (& Down & Up Again V edit) - (6:04) 109 BPM

Party Schmitt - "Because" (V edit) - (4:31) 122 BPM

Johnny's Toe Black - "Soul Francisco" (V soul boogie edit) - (4:13) 106 BPM

All Brown - "Good or Bad" (V edit) - (5:36) 114 BPM

Is There Phillips - "Love You Too" (V Bass edit) - (6:16) 120 BPM

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Played by: Homegroove Project, Andrea Rucci, Juno Recommends Disco, Miles Reverse, Monkey Boots

Review: Following the success of the first three volumes of his AOR-tinged V's Edits series, Russian producer Valique (best known under his usual pseudonym for disco-flecked funk breaks) unleashes another EP of scalpel jobs. This time, the sources are a little more obscure (the silly artist names offer clues), but the party-starting remit remains. So, we get some chunky low-slung, Fleetwood Mac-ish rock ("Because"), a dash of hustling disco-funk ("Up"), a sprinkling of synth-bass laden funk-rock ("Soul Francisco"), a thickset house version of a soul classic ("Good Or Bad") and a big chunk of '90s US garage silliness ("Love You Too") - all tweaked and teased with an eye on dancefloor devastation.

VARIOUS

Think & Change

Nonplus UK

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NONPLUSLP 004I
11 Mar 13
Techno

Boddika & Joy Orbison - "&Fate" - (7:04) 127 BPM

Lowtec - "The Rhythm" (remix 2) - (6:15) 120 BPM

Four Tet - "For These Times" - (4:57) 127 BPM

Boddika - "Beats Me" - (5:06) 126 BPM

Pearson Sound - "Quivver" - (5:41) 132 BPM

Endian - "Straight Intention" - (6:33) 119 BPM

Kassem Mosse - "IP Mirrors" - (5:08) 125 BPM

Instra:mental & dBridge - "White Snares" - (5:17)

Martyn - "Bad Chicago" - (7:25) 129 BPM

Boddika & Joy Orbison - "Mercy" (Boddika VIP) - (5:13) 126 BPM

Kassem Mosse - "Broken Patterns" - (6:25) 120 BPM

SCB - "Dissipate" - (7:11) 128 BPM

Basic Soul Unit - "Untoward" - (7:24) 123 BPM

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Played by: Paul Mac, Spec., Alkalino, Juno Recommends Techno, Simonlebon, Menorah, Resident Advisor, Cosby (Car Crash Set), Larssen, Jt86, Eats Everything, Dapayk Solo

Review: The Boddika-helmed Nonplus unveil Think & Change, the label's first compilation and what a way to mark such an event. Calling on a cast of the great and the good of contemporary techno and bass music, Think & Change arrives sporting some thirteen tracks, a statement of how far Nonplus has come since its emergence in 2009 as an outlet for the Autonomic family of artists, gradually mutating into a more wide ranging approach, with material from Actress, Kassem Mosse and Basic Soul Unit ensuring a reputation as one of the most respected labels in the bass music diaspora. The highlights on this compilation are many, but you should be checking Four Tet's contribution "For These Times" (easily his best, least fussy club track to date) "Bad Chicago" from Martyn, and Kassem Mosse's excellent "Broken Patterns".

VARIOUS

Sacred Souls Vol 4

Soul Deep Recordings

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SDRRLS 85
13 May 13
Drum And Bass

Remote - "Stars" - (6:41) 172 BPM

Intersoul - "In Your Eyes" - (5:23) 172 BPM

Phase 2 - "Float On" - (6:19) 175 BPM

Simplification & Electric Soul - "Maybe" - (5:01) 173 BPM

Marcio Mouse - "Endgame" - (5:37) 175 BPM

Funkware - "Grey Valley" - (6:39) 174 BPM

Skeletone - "Mysterious Vibes" - (5:38) 174 BPM

Jaybee - "I'll Make It Better" (feat Blak) - (5:51) 175 BPM

George William Harrold - "The Look In Her Eyes" - (5:42) 174 BPM

HumaNature - "Introspection" - (5:33) 173 BPM

innaSelf - "Green Room" - (5:40) 175 BPM

Disept & Zendi - "Around The World" - (5:22) 174 BPM

Synthetic Journey - "All Your Love" - (5:08) 174 BPM

Edwud - "Remember" - (4:43) 174 BPM

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Review: LA-based drum & bass label Soul Deep Recordings is one of the most diverse and prolific out there. Concerning themselves with the deeper side of D&B, unlike many labels who take "soulful" to automatically include liquid, much of this release features tracks focused on the heady early days of drum & bass to fantastically smooth effect. Most, if not all the tracks included are from new, upcoming artists from around the globe and this is reflected in the diversity and energy of the compilation as a whole. Check Disept & Zendi - "Around The World" for early days vintage vibes, Introspection - "HumaNature" for deep, rolling beauty and Remote - "Stars" for some truly old school sounds. Essential listening for those who prefer beauty in their bass.

OHM

Tribal Tone (2013 remaster)

Unknown To The Unknown

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UTTU 028
13 May 13
Bass

Tribal Tone (Mo' Better Grooves mix) - (5:33)

Tribal Tone (Ruffneck mix) - (4:48)

Tribal Tone (Marquis Hawkes remix) - (5:52)

Tribal Tone (Capracara remix) - (4:28)

Tribal Tone (Northern Souls remix) - (6:20)

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Played by: Phuturelabs

Review: Given Unknown To The Unknown's wide ranging remit, including bassline garage, Detroit electro and Chicago house, it was perhaps inevitable that a genuine 90s house record would find its way onto the label at some point. Originally released in 1992, OHM's "Tribal Tone" was supposedly the first tune to use the Korg M1 sound that was later immortalised by Robin S' "Show Me Love", and had considerable impact at the time, being championed The Shamen frontman Mr C, being licensed to R&S sub-label Global Cuts and US label Vibe, and finding itself remixed by the Sabres of Paradise trio. Here it finds itself with three similarly great remixes, a stripped-back, raw groover from Marquis Hawkes, a horn-heavy piece of 90s action from Capracara and a thundering mid-tempo effort from Northern Souls. Essential!

FINGERMAN

The Real Fingerman

Chopshop

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CHOPDIGI 022
05 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco

I Know It's Mine - (7:03) 110 BPM

Lenny's Disco - (7:51) 115 BPM

Outta Sight - (8:12) 116 BPM

Honk Honk - (9:44) 120 BPM

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Review: Trust us, in our experience when encountering someone who goes by a nickname like Fingerman, it's usually best not to enquire as to how they came to be christened so. Here though he seems intent for us to know his true story, and luckily for us he's explaining it through the language of music. "I Know Its Mine" is a snazzy, brassy anthemic jam, "Lenny's Disco" is super camp fun of the Carl Bean variety, "Outta Sight" is more low-slung stuff, and "Honky Honk", with its incredible sliding bassline, is the sound of a roof being raised!

JIMPSTER

Porchlight & Rocking Chairs

Freerange

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082367 0042732
17 May 13
Deep House

Jasmine Dragon - (3:27) 116 BPM

Dance Of The Pharoes - (5:00) 113 BPM

Hold My Hand - (6:48) 123 BPM

Brought To Bare (feat Jonatan Backelie) - (5:13) 107 BPM

High Wire - (6:05) 114 BPM

Rollergirl - (5:55) 117 BPM

Wanting You - (3:16) 105 BPM

Porchlight & Rockingchairs - (6:51) 120 BPM

Cracks In The Pavement - (5:48) 120 BPM

Towards The Seer - (3:58) 123 BPM

Glowing Embers - (5:20) 111 BPM

These Times (feat Jinadu - LP version) - (4:21) 120 BPM

These Times (feat Jinadu - Dixon retouch - juno exclusive track) - (9:22) 123 BPM

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Played by: Adam B (Homegrown Music/Palooza), S22, Fredeverything, Lesale

Review: It's been a while since Freerange boss Jamie Odell (better known, of course, as Jimpster) delivered an album; in fact, his last full-length dropped way back in 2006. Seven years is a long time between drinks, but the rest seems to have done Odell good; Porchlight & Rocking Chairs is arguably his strongest album to date. While deep house remains his focus (see the intricate "Glowing Embers", Detroit influenced "Cracks In The Pavement" and Moodymann-ish "High Wire"), there's a soulful bagginess and barely concealed jazziness throughout. More impressively, many tracks hark back to his pre-house days as a producer of lovingly crafted downtempo gems (see "Jasmine Dragon", "Wanting You" and previous single "These Times".

TOM SHORTERZ

Wot U Do

Four40

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505572 1810624
20 May 13
UK Funky/UK Garage

Wot U Do (Shorterz Stop & Drop mix) - (7:12) 125 BPM

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DEFKLINE/RED POLO

Disco Cakes Vol 7

Disco Cakes

DC 07
04 Feb 13
Breakbeat

Space Cowboy - (5:10)

Turn The Beats Around - (5:00) 128 BPM

It Ain't All Good - (4:41)

Shystie's Disco - (5:57) 129 BPM

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Played by: Chudy, DJ Aka (Funk Moguls), Johnnypluse(Bulabeats Records), Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Ez Icarus, Tosses & Varvez, Jiggyjoe

Review: Masters of the crafty art of bootlegism and funk edits, the not-so-pseudonymous Defkline and Red Polo get busy on four classics with crucial party-boosting results. "Space Cowboy" takes the Steve Miller classic and coats it with a whole slew of classic rhymers from ODB to Fiddy. "Turn The Beat Around" takes the disco classic of the same name and reboots it with chunky house 4/4. "It Ain't No Good", meanwhile, takes De La Soul and Chaka Khan's soul-blistered ballad and gives it just a cheeky mild skank. "Shystie's Disco" brings us to a fitting climax with ripples of glitterball-twisting electro boogie vibes.

DUSKY

Nobody Else EP

Aus Germany

AUS 1345
15 Apr 13
Deep House

Nobody Else - (7:25) 123 BPM

What I Never Knew - (6:32) 123 BPM

Atone - (6:35) 125 BPM

Dummy - (6:23) 123 BPM

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Played by: Alkalino, Pete Tong, Juno Recommends Deep House, Pablo Contraband (Disco Deviant), John Warren (Aural Graffiti), Aka Tell (A.g.trio), Matt Tolfrey, Luka, Marc Vedo, Resident Advisor, Jack Fell Down, Timo Maas, Sister Bliss, DJ Sarah Giggle, Umut Akalin, Benny Kane, Ben Pearce

Review: Dusky have come far in quite a short space with their modern house music interpretations and make quite a decisive move with a high profile transfer from Simple Records to Aus Music. This is still prime, slickly executed house music but with a healthy amount of bass woven into the mix, not least on the fearsome "Alone". A meaty sub line pulses out under the crisp 4/4 while interludes of found-sound percussion come darting in amongst snippets of vocal for a surefire banger. "Dummy" likewise flexes its brawn with pride, from the snappy beat to the punchy bassline, even as the synth elements are intent on sending the track into more spaced-out places.

THE ALLERGIES/PARKER/MR 50/FRENIC

Bristol Fashion EP

Riddim Fruit

RIDDIMFRUIT 017
02 May 13
Breakbeat

The Allergies - "You Wouldn't Know" - (3:09)

Parker - "Real95" - (4:01)

Mr 50 - "Reeses Pieces" - (4:28)

Frenic - "Bring It Back" - (6:06) 120 BPM

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Played by: Mooqee, Justin Johnson, The Funk Hunters, Morlack, Ez Icarus, Essex Groove

Review: With all the amazing dubstep and D&B coming from the city, you could be fooled into thinking bass is Bristol's only fashion. Well it's not; there's also a thriving nu funk scene, and each of the four cats on this generous EP are leading the charge. The Allergies lay down an authentic Dap Kings style vibe on, Parker drops the tempo for a slow, sludgy and remarkably sexy bass bust-up, Mr 50 pays homage to one of the sweetest chocolates on the planet by way of shivering 8-bit bleepery, swampy bass and nifty accordion squeezes and Frenic completes the set with a crisp, dramatic ode to the big beat glory days. Call the fashion police, this shizzle is hot!

VARIOUS

Family Album

PRSPCT

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PRSPCTLP 005
06 May 13
Drum And Bass

Goldberg Variations - "Whoopi Of" - (4:01) 175 BPM

Eye-D - "Mission Statement" - (5:36) 175 BPM

Lowroller - "Payback Time" - (5:52) 175 BPM

Katharsys & Cooh - "Dark Red" - (5:07) 175 BPM

Donny & Dub Elements - "The Evil" - (6:48) 175 BPM

Gancher & Ruin - "Victim" - (6:13) 175 BPM

Limewax & Thrasher - "PRSPCT Wrecking Crew Anthem" - (4:23) 175 BPM

Sinister Souls - "Skullsplitter" - (4:42) 175 BPM

DJ Hidden - "The Raw Universe" - (6:03) 175 BPM

Cooh & Current Value - "Biohazard" - (5:11) 175 BPM

Igor - "Total Confusion" - (5:23) 175 BPM

Counterstrike & Bong-Ra - "Possessed" (feat Jonny Pettersson) - (4:50) 175 BPM

Hallucinator - "Death Will Set Us Free" - (5:05) 178 BPM

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Played by: Fracture4

Review: Rotterdam's own Prospect Recordings enjoys a huge following and an even bigger roster of mashed-up, dark and filthy artists, and this family album looks to capitalise on some of this artistic wealth. Why not? If you had a back catalogue full of some of the most insane drum & bass on offer to the wider world, wouldn't you want to share it? Littered with breakcore, neuro, gabber and hardcore, it's a whipround through the neck-breakingly heavy side of drum & bass that many fear to tread. Track names like "Skullsplitter", "Total Confusion" and "Death Will Set Us Free" have rarely been so truthfully descriptive, and even label darlings Counterstrike and Bong Ra team up for "Possessed", a feeding frenzy of metal, breakcore and drum & bass. A horror movie for your ears. Nobody's lives were ever enriched by staying inside the chillout room.

ADDISON GROOVE/DIE

Keyhole

Gutterfunk

505114 2099341
12 May 13
UK Funky/UK Garage

Keyhole - (4:45) 135 BPM

HydroPump - (4:41) 130 BPM

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Played by: Big Dope P

Review: Bristol's DJ Die has gone one better than signing Addison Groove to his Gutterfunk imprint, he's only gone and collaborated with him on both tracks here as well! The footwork-influenced side project of Headhunter, Addison Groove assumes charge of "Keyhole" - a stripped back excursion into sultry voodoo beats. Meanwhile on "Hydropump", DJ Die takes the lead steering this ship into breaky hip-house waters in the process.

BENTON

Reflections

Wheel & Deal UK

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WHEELYDEALYCD 002
13 May 13
Deep Dubstep

Fathers Son - (3:07) 146 BPM

Believe - (5:47) 136 BPM

Hermans Hideout - (5:07) 140 BPM

Defect Mind - (5:06) 140 BPM

20/20 VIP - (5:15) 140 BPM

The Kemistry - "The Core" (Benton remix) - (5:05) 140 BPM

The Prey - (5:15) 140 BPM

We're Both Lost - (5:33) 140 BPM

Benton/Unitz/Arc 88 - "Joi" - (4:39)

Thelem - "Drones" (Benton remix) - (5:03) 140 BPM

Virus - (5:36) 140 BPM

Snowfall 07 - (4:44)

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Review: While the cover artwork may make Benton look like a moody former member of an R&B boy band, the music contained on Reflections is as robustly underground as you'd expect. Moving from Burial-ish paranoid atmospherics to deep dubstep-soul via a series of sparse, moody and emotion-rich soundscapes, it portrays the London-based producer as a man for whom the simple pleasures of form and function are just not enough. Along the way, there are growling, murky floorfillers (check the hissing "Herman's Hideout" and "Defect Mind"), dubwise steppers ("20/20 VIP") and occasional blasts of piano-laden beauty (the intricate "We're Both Lost").

BENNY PAGE feat SOLO BANTON

Jungle Assassins Vol 4

High Culture

CULTURE 012
13 May 13
Drum And Bass

Dangerous (feat Solo Banton - Levela remix) - (4:50) 175 BPM

Rumple Stinkslit - (4:25) 175 BPM

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Review: Mixing upfront jump up with jungle has made the Jungle Assassins series of releases a total necessity for all fans of either genre. Vol 4 is no exception, starting off with Levela's hard-hitting remix of "Dangerous" featuring the unmistakeable vocals of Solo Banton. Bouncing hard but still keeping track of Benny Page's floorfilling original, it's a tune to suit every party. "Rumple Stinkslit" is another Benny Page jump up masterpiece, plus, who doesn't love a good anagram? Big, brash and ready to tear up your dancefloor, like Red Bull-fuelled raving in a china shop, don't expect to stop until everything's destroyed.

1POINT5/DR CRYPTIC/DEADBEATUK/KOMMON

Four

Chip Butty