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Review: All aboard the VIP train! Two big Magenta collab jams originally releases in 2021 on Timeless Audio are now being boosted by Cryptik on this special VIP double header. 'Get Down VIP' (with Critical J) has that sleazy, low-riding groaning funk coded into every twist and turn while 'Entertainment VIP' (with Lockerz) gets even funkoer with its crazed synth squiggles and grizzling and gutter-bound bass. Naughty!
Review: Slaying with the Layerz; BassLayerz roll out a brand new collection of remixes with these two savage reboot renditions from the likes of Nu Elementz and DisKrete. 'Feeling High' takes us back to 2020 but Nu Elementz bring much more of a wonky, warm twist to the surreal bassline. Meanwhile DisKrete returns the favour with his own take on Magenta's 'Adventure'. Originally released in 2022, this new update is given a whole new refit with a range of grotty, springy sounds and more of a swing on the groove. A remix you could set your watch by.
Review: Magenta on Gradient... Do we need to say any more? Okay, Magenta on Gradient with an AMPLIFY collab. If we need to say more than that then you're clearly not up to speed on how big this EP is. Six tracks in total, this is the Czech artist's most accomplished collection of tracks so far as he flexes and fires from vibe to vibe. The addictive riffy hook of 'Bad Girl' sets the tone and pace before each proceeding cut knocks us off our feet. Highlights include the savage brutalist funk of 'Two Grams', the hectic dancefloor tension of 'Chance' and the finale cut (with Junger) - 'Position'. Full strength!
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
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Played by: Lundy
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: Following their launch release this summer, Scoped Sounds return with another many-handed bruiser bonanza. Jay Jay's driving but co-pilots throughout the trip include the likes of Magenta, Pengo and Alphaze as we're flung from bassline pillar to breakbeat post. Highlights include the filtered string sweep on the lead track 'The Thing', the warbling reverse bassline and KO punch energy of 'Everything Cool' and the dramatic stabs and a grizzly bassline twist on 'Questions' but to be real, the whole EP hits hard. A very exciting snapshot of where jump up is at as we skank into 2023.
Played by: JAY JAY
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
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Review: Following a few years of free downloads and events, since launching their full label in Jan this year Wonky Goose have been honking out the bangers. Now time for the next episode as a selection of artists get elbow deep on the remix front. Sudley shakes up Entei's 'Crazy' to grizzly new levels, Volition brings a new twist Magenta's savage 'Sleeping Pills' while Spadez adds a new layer of rattling dark funk Formula's 'Sniffing Monkey'. Elsewhere Guzi's 'Detonate' gets a bubbly sub-shaking rinse out by Teej and man-of-the-moment DRZ takes GUE:T's 'Thallo' to a dramatic new high. Wonky Goose... They give you wings!
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
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Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: It feels like they've been delivering the good for a lot longer than two years but here we are... Invicta Audio have only been a legit label for 24 months and look at all the artists they've brought through and bangers they've given us so far. Here's a little reminder in the form of this short, sweet but extremely banging 'Best Of' collection. Featuring the likes of Harley D, Jam Thieves, Magenta, Scuffed and vocalists like the inimitable Devilman and Aleya Mae, it's a great way to get up to speed on the damage Anton Bailey's label is causing right now. New generation fire!
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Review: 15 years deep, but never on the low down... Logan D's label continues to operative and thrive at the forefront of jump up D&B with this epic anniversary collection. Loaded with new versions, upfront material and unreleased classics, it's a fittingly fresh and excitable package for a label with such tenure. Highlights include Voltage's curmudgeonly remix of Serum's 'Up In Smoke', the never-ending legacy of Dominator with the previously unreleased 'Outta Control', brand new badness from Slipz in the form of 'Badman' and timeless rawness from Heist with 'Bravado'. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: Harry Reader aka BlckHry, who some of you may know for his killer remix of "That Girl", returns for his second project on London-based Bagged & Tagged,, this time around featuring a weighty collaboration with Magenta titled "Bring It Back". The title track is a gnarly stepper that means serious business, the deeper vibe of "Love" is a more evocative vocal led cut, while more techstep awaits on "Got Too" and closing it out with the grime-infused roller "Our World".
Review: Power to the purple! Just in the last few months alone Magenta has dented our souls with killer releases on the likes of Pick N Mix, Informal, Next:Gen Audio, Low Down Deep and Invicta Audio. And that's just since clubs re-opened here in the UK. Now comes this disgusting stinker session on Cave. Three tracks, three heart attacks, we kick off with 'Something', a prowling, cat-like piece of jump-up that manages to both scram and purr at the same time. Deeper into the EP we go wild to the angular scratches and scrapes on the doobie-sparking grot-fest 'R.I.P' before getting naughty to the gnarly sandpaper funk of 'Hotel Bop'. Turn it up.
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Played by: Amplify
Review: Holy mother of sugar-coated shoplifting, TJ has put together Pick N Mix's biggest ever VA right here! The second edition of his label's All Stars series, here we're treated to 30 reminders why drum & bass is in the safest of hands with the new generation. Highlights are all over the shop and spilling from the shelves... Formula's Serum style less-is-more revs on 'Dragster's Den', Hexa's redeye romp 'White Widow', the sexy snap and swing of Lovell's 'Deja Vu', Yoteii's quirky funk and church-sized harmonics on 'Gameboy', MLH's surreal echoes and torn up harmonics on 'Technique'. The list goes on...
Played by: Complex
Review: Logan D's Subway Soundz launches a brand new concept collection - The Country Series will see the label exploring underground sounds across the world and connect us all through this powerful music we call D&B. First up we Czech into Czechia via one of the country's most consistent and prolific jump-up artists Magenta who lays down four slabs of riffy, bouncy magic. Highlights include the addictive Q&A funk of 'Riddims', the quirky groove and off-beat bass harmonics of 'Broadcast' and the ridiculous bassline croaks and gurgles of 'Disco Dance'. Get your passports out for the lads.
Jenks (UK) feat Magenta
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: Boh 'Selecta'! Magenta returns to Low Down Deep with this crucial four-track attack. The title track 'Selecta' says it all; loose rattling breaks and a riff you'll be whistling for days and some very dreamy elements in the mix. The rest of the EP remains at this high level of dancefloor luxury; 'Skeng' is a slinky, low-riding rudeboy roller, 'Endz' keeps it ghetto with a huge sporting exhaust of a bassline while Blckhry joins the party for the final gully blow-out 'No Escape'. Rewind, selecta come again!
Played by: Jam Thieves
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Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: Time flies when you're smashing out high grade new-gen bangers: Invicta already strike up a year of business and celebrate with this powerful V/A collection from friends and familiar faces. As always with Invicta the range is right across the board as we slide and glide from smooth soul (H8TO - 'This Place', Refracta - 'Touch') right the way to utterly gutterly filth (Gonda - 'Bulll', Harley D - 'Forever') and all banger styles in between. Other highlights include Phizical's super-slinky 'Feeling', B-Plexx's soaring vocal work-out 'Too High' and Jam Thieves' moody creeper 'Black Light'. Happy birthday Invicta!
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Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: Invicta Audio are doing us all a massive solid with this release, simply because compilations featuring incredible artists are just the best and the more music we get towards our ear drums the better. The Echo LP is a jump up inflected, minimalistic release that doesn't take many prisoners. 'Bad Bitch' by Harley D, featuring Scotty, is a perfect example of this, as his vocals lead you in with a distinctive tone before a broken drop emanates with some serious force, subterranean wobbles abound and it's an all-round moody listen. The rest of the LP is just as strong - big up the whole team.
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
Review: Everyone loves a proper compilation, right? What's better than having a range of artists in one condensed place? It's essentially an album with the ease of listening of a single, so we're all for it. Invicta have come out with the second edition of their one year anniversary celebration and it's packed full of jump-up bangers, one of those albums which doesn't try to be cool or sophisticated by chucking in a few fillers for the sake of diversity - it's just hard stuff here. It works great, with Harley D's 'Forever' the highlight, its jungle influences blending well with a punchy sub-bass and gargles jump up synth tears, a properly stepping track that just oozes class and shows how much Harley D's production has come on in recent times. Sick album guys.
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Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass
