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DNBA 026DD
13 Apr 18 Drum And Bass from $2.09
PAMPA 031
12 Apr 18 Disco/Nu-Disco from $2.09
Review:
When it comes to crafting lengthy, disco fired dancefloor treats, DJ Koze has previous form. His "Extended Disco Version" of Lapsley's "Operator" quickly became a White Isle anthem in the summer of 2016, and we fully expect "Pick Up" to be one of the disco-house hits of 2018. Based around spine-tingling samples from a heart-felt, orchestrated 1970s disco treat - think Tom Trago's "Use Me Again", and you're close - the veteran producer slowly builds the pressure before really letting loose in the closing stages. Then "The Love Truck" is an altogether deeper, dubbier and dreamier affair, seemingly designed for leisurely warm-up sets and gentle, early morning shuffling.
DREC 005
12 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
BFAR 006
16 Apr 18 Drum And Bass from $2.09
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Their minds might be broken but their spirit or their technical abilities most certainly aren't... Russian duo Two Minds split an EP with Method for a firing five-piece banger salute. We kick off with a VIP of "Won't Stop Killing", a track that opened the year for them with menace. Elsewhere we have the Benny L-esque groans on "What The Hell" and the laser-blazing murderation session with Method that is "Broken Minds". Elsewhere Method closes the shop with two utterly savage steppers: "The Lost Mine" is a guttural, grizzly lash-out while "The Hill Rats" is all about the sandpaper funk, brain-melting textures on the fills and beautifully strange halftime twists. If it ain't broke...
YGUNS 0022
16 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
TOOL 65501Z
13 Apr 18 Minimal/Tech House from $1.16
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Congratulations Mark Knight on Toolroom turning 15. Since its inception in 2003, they have released some era-defining tracks and brought the brand across the world with residencies, one-off shows and festival stages. Marking a milestone wouldn't be complete without a celebratory compilation - and they have indeed gone big! Celebrating the famous Toolroom sound and underpinned by a club ready ethos, Toolroom 15 contains a mammoth 70 tracks. Brand new and exclusive tunes from: Weiss with the sleazy 303 jack of 'Acid Chunk", Danny Howard with the tough rolling peak-time antics of "Got That Sound" (original mix), Man Without A Clue with Curtis Gabriel on "Back It Up" and you can bet D'Ramirez appears too - with the slinky and dub laden "Get Wrecked".
LDDR 090
06 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
ALPACA 050
09 Apr 18 Disco/Nu-Disco from $2.09
Played by: Limpodisco, 80's Child, Stephen Richards, That Needs an Edit, Andy Buchan, Chugginedits, Down Under Disco
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Having previously released on many of the edit scene's most prolific labels - think Hot Digits, Editorial, Masterworks Music and Disco Fruit - Deelicious attempts to complete a full house by adding Alpaca Edits to his CV. Perhaps the most notable feature of the EP is the subtle variety of the producer's reworks. Contrast, for example, the heavy but swirling disco-house bounce of "Sexy Cream", whose undulating orchestration works in perfect harmony with the producer's chunky new house beats, and the '80s boogie-meets-disco-funk brilliance of synthesizer-heavy opener "Tilt". Those searching for deeper and dreamier vibes should also check the hazy country-disco sweetness of "Dreamer".
RAY KEITH/VARIOUS
JC 062
19 Jan 18 Drum And Bass
The Funk Hunters & Chali 2Na - "Right Right Up" (feat CMC&Silenta & Verse Ital) - (3:33) 175 BPM
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Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
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Selector! Jungle Cakes' Welcome To The Jungle series welcomes a bonafide legend to the controls: Ray Keith. Digging deep across the board he's put together over 40 killer tracks from an obscene rollcall: Serum, Vital, Dillinja, Bladerunner, Margaman, T>I, DJ Hybrid, Turno, Filthy Habits, Ed Solo, Deekline and many many more artists are responsible for the savage soul and badman bounce on offer as we're rattled and shaken from pillar to post. From the naughty ragga skanks and turbo reverse bass lashes of Deekline & Ed Solo's "Hot This Year" to Ray's very own seminal "Chopper" via Bladerunner's evergreen breezer "Jungle Jungle" via two mixes and 10 FX tools, this is one of Jungle Cakes' tastiest ever projects to date. Big up the Dark Soldier
LDDR 091
20 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
DMNSN 005
13 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
DA 005
20 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
NHS 324DD
13 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
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Mystery man of the moment Unglued follows up his en mass scene-supported "Bootstrap Bill" with his debut single proper for Hospital and he's clearly developing a signature, both in terms of fun track titles and, most importantly, a loose minimal funk that's loaded and coded with surprises and strange twists and turns along the way. "Chicken In A Spacesuit" brings the soaking wet farty bass textures to the fore while the (not so humorously titled) "Ghetto" brings a rougher techier edge to the vibe with crunchier drums and a sharper step momentum but the funk is still there in its distant rippling wah wahs. Another superbly sticky situation.
BIODIGI 0088
20 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
DTR 068
20 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
HIGHR8DIGI 038
30 Mar 18 Drum And Bass
EFDEMIN/VARIOUS
CURLE 061CDD
13 Apr 18 Techno from $2.09
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Efdemin's 2008 mix CD on Curle, Carry On - Pretend We're Not In The Room showed that he was as adept and inventive behind the decks as he was in the studio. A decade later, the same holds true for the follow-up mix, Naif, but this time the boundaries are more blurred. Consisting of 29 unreleased tracks - 10 from the German producer himself and 19 from like-minded artists - the selection runs the gamut, from the hazy, abstract tones of WaWuWe's "Beams" and DIN's noisy "Glide", into hypnotic dance floor techno such as "Laveline", Efdemin's bleep-y collaboration with Konrad Springer, the glorious mid-tempo minimal roller "Watte" - recorded as Sollmann & Gurtler and then 'versioned' by Efdemin and expansive dub tracks from Pom Pom and Marco Shuttle.
361593 0472123
09 Mar 18 Disco/Nu-Disco
MIDRIOTCHURCH 1
02 Apr 18 Disco/Nu-Disco from $2.09
Played by: YAM WHO?, Don Dayglow, Limpodisco, Ear Trumpet (The Weekend Soul), BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards, That Needs an Edit, Andy Buchan, Chugginedits, Cuz Electric
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While gospel has always been a strong influence in the worlds of house and disco, the volume of spiritually charged dancefloor tracks has rocketed in recent times. Hence this fine compilation from Midnight Riot and "gospel supremo" the Showfa, which gathers together new, recent and overlooked gospel-fired dancefloor jams. We're particularly enjoying Yam Who and Alan Dixon's brilliant new version of the Soup Dragons' "I'm Free" - think classic, Balearic-era baggy house with more prominence given to the London Gospel Choir's vocals and Dixon's wild organ lines - Le Visiteur's low-slung re-edit of an old gospel-disco gem ("Let The Sunshine") and the rubbery boogie-gospel-goes-filter-house excitement of Benjamin Ferreira's "What U Will". That said, there's barely a duffer to be found amongst the 19 tracks on show, with the emphasis rightly on celebratory positivity throughout.
LDDR 089
16 Mar 18 Drum And Bass from $2.09
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Fix up, look sharp: Low Down Deep looks back over some past corkers and shares the parts around. First up the unstoppable T>I softens the distorted bark on Maji's 2015 "Pick 'Em Out" and adds a humming sub vibe, Ego Trippin take us back to Pacso's 2011 Pakistan adventure with a whole new savage riff on "Coastin Through Karachi" while Jayline kicks Dom and D's already KO-worthy "Rumble" into a whole new battlecage. Finally Tyke take Ego Trippin's biggest banger to date, scrunches it up into a tight ball, dowses it in petrol, sets fire to it and kicks it in through your bedroom window. And you wouldn't have it any other way.... Would you?
VHR 060
20 Mar 18 Disco/Nu-Disco from $2.09
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Russian disco imprint Vehicle returns with more reinterpretations which blur the boundaries between edit, remix and rendition on these absolutely impressive perspectives. You certainly know the score on Our Last Dance" (V's Pressure vocal mix) by KWEEN, or so you think - until you actually hear it. Mercury rising, what more can we say! Elsewhere, there's some more respectful remakes that stay truer to the originals such as the classic disco of Physics' "If You Love Me" (V's No Fools edit), likewise things get properly lo-slung on Archy Bells "Let's Groove" (V's Simple edit).
GAMM 120
23 Feb 18 Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dave Harvey - Futureboogie, YAM WHO?, Tonbe, Alan Dixon, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Henri Le Blanc
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GAMM has been responsible for some killer re-edits over the years, though we're struggling to think of any that are quite as good as Prescription Pricing Authority's killer tweak of Carlos Ramanos's "1-2-1". Noticeably heavier and crisper than the original, the rearrangement utilizes a touch of delay at crucial moments and wisely makes more of the fantastic bassline and percussion breaks. Speaking of ace basslines, you'll find a heavy dose of slap bass on the flip, where PPA turns his or her hand to Kathryn Moses's flute-sporting jazz-funk wig-out, "Lucky Duck". It is, of course, killer, though lacks the sheer celebratory rush of the on-point first track.
RHMC 001D
09 Apr 18 Deep House from $2.09
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You'd expect a compilation curated by open-minded DJ/producer Hunee to be eclectic in nature, and Hunchin' All Night is just that and more. Marketed simply as "a collection of his favourite dancefloor cuts from the '70s until modern time", the triple-vinyl set is packed with obscure and inspired jams in a variety of styles. Compare, for example, the gentle but tribal rhythms and new age synthesizers of Carlos Maria and Nuno Canavarro's "Blue Terra" with the glistening, mid-80s Balearic jazz-funk brilliance of Stanislas Tohon's "Owhaaou" (as re-edited by Dutch digger Raphael Top-Secret), or even the Clavinet-heavy Highlife brilliance of Pat Thomas's "Yesu San Bra Disco Hi Life". And that's before we get to the acid-flecked techno madness of Villa Abo and Hunee's wonderfully dreamy and dubbed-out pulse of Mappa Mundi's "Trance Fusion".
826194 394998
13 Apr 18 Disco/Nu-Disco from $2.09
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What could be more fun than a hot-to-trot combo of driving disco bass, psychedelic acid lines and haunting, Sylvester style vocals? That's the winning formula behind Chicago star Honey Dijon's new collaboration with Aussie vocalist Sam Sparro. This killer combo is brilliantly executed on both the original mix and longer "Disco Version", which sounds to us like a summer anthem in waiting. The track's nagging TB-303 acid lines are pushed to the fore on the wilder Cosmic Energy Dub, while Cratebug's "Nova Remix" is a predictably dusty slab of deep house/disco fusion.
BIODIGI 0087
02 Apr 18 Drum And Bass
EXIT 075
06 Apr 18 Drum And Bass from $2.09
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Following last year's exemplary album from the Manchester-based soul man Zed Bias, Exit unleash the first batch of remixes, and they come from two of the best in the game. Calibre first "Give Up The Ghost" with rolling subtleties and a warm, alluring drive that only he can do. Skeptical takes care of the second remix with a similarly on-point twist on "Pick Up The Pieces" where a menu of alien tones and textures lurk and linger in the cavernous spaces. Both deliver.
TECH 173
20 Apr 18 Drum And Bass from $2.09
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Oof! Just when you thought their album Wardance slapped us back to the golden age hard enough, along comes this disgusting five four track trench stomper. "Jungle All The Way" lives up to its name with sweeping, sneering electrified bass licks, "Killimanjaro" is a titanic stampede with fat percussion tones and reams of pranged out hoover stabs, "Lose My Head" joins the team at Benny L's foghorn factory and heads up the armageddon division while "Dubplate" wraps up affairs with a love letter to the foundations, all tingly Headz-style synths and a drop that's so sick you'll need a repeat prescription. Stinking.
OPA 007
30 Mar 18 Drum And Bass
RAMM 300D
15 Dec 17 Drum And Bass from $2.09
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The beast has landed! Ram Records' most important releases in recent times, the pioneering label celebrate quarter of a century with this insane collection of 25 seminal cuts and 17 selected reversions. Roots and future all in check, every cut reminds why Ram and its founder Andy C have the status they do in drum & bass. Total Science's tasteful jazz touches on "Cool Down", Metrik's growling Aston Martin style rebuild of "X-Ray", Bladerunner's precision update on "Quest", Shimon's personal update on his and Andy's "Night Flight", Chase & Status's elephantine shake-up of "Valley Of The Shadows". We're just listing perfect remixes for the sake of it now... You already know how big a deal this is.
PW 14
30 Mar 18 Deep House from $2.09
Played by: Tonbe, STEVE (GRIFFO) GRIFFITHS, Hober Mallow, Andy Buchan, The Dirty Madonna (Fabio Sinatra), & my mother say
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More funked-up disco loops than you can shake an MPC at here, courtesy of Parisian specialists Robsoul. Label chez Phil Weeks taking up the reins and showing us hows it's done, as always. On the That House Groove EP, he serves up four examples of straight up boompty business - from the lo-slung shuffle of the title track (which features a bit 303 acid for good measure), as does the following track "Extra Dry" but this one's far more of a late night/heads down affair for basement parties. We particularly enjoyed the sexy, late night mood lighting of end track "Get On Up" which nails that classic deep house aesthetic just perfectly.
NHS 322DD
30 Mar 18 Drum And Bass from $2.09
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The mighty Matt Gresham returns with his seventh solo album and it's every bit as good as you'd expect it to be. Landing a year after his and brother Nu:Tone's second Nu:Logic album, it's another precision balance of shades, styles and moods that celebrates the widest sphere of D&B. From the delicate opener "Lotus Flower", Matt then weaves and guides us through his vibrant psyche - the hazy disco feels of "Heatwave", the crushed velvet sci-fi feels of "Microdot", the astrophonical stepper jam "Chant", the salubrious space funk of the title track "Hologram" and the dreamy twists and turns of "Signs" with Slovakian rising star Changing Faces are just some of the wonderful waymarks on his journey... Dig deep and find more destinations yourself.
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