Vigorous

Anti Social Behaviour Order Volume V.1

AAR 067
20 Dec 21
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

Anti Social

Sterling Sound - "Release Me" (original mix) - (6:02) 175 BPM

Skinley - "Unite" (original mix) - (4:36) 172 BPM

Basic Forces - "Lost Love" (original mix) - (5:59) 174 BPM

Mr Explicit - "Emotion" (original mix) - (5:15) 175 BPM

Sterling Sound - "So Crazy" (original mix) - (6:18) 175 BPM

DJ Westy - "Making Moves" (original mix) - (5:15) 174 BPM

Vigorous - "The One" (original mix) - (5:02) 170 BPM

Skinley - "Lifted" (feat Savannah - vocal mix) - (4:53) 58 BPM

Vigorous - "Oludeniz" (original mix) - (5:22) 170 BPM

Cloak - "Soulscape" (Skinley remix) - (4:52) 174 BPM

Mr Explicit - "Emerald Lightning" (original mix) - (5:35) 175 BPM

Skinley - "Spectrum" (original mix) - (4:36) 174 BPM

Symptom - "Transmission" (original mix) - (5:46) 174 BPM

DJ Westy - "Eclipse" - (4:48) 58 BPM

Mr Explicit - "Destruct" (original mix) - (5:44) 58 BPM

Symptom - "Autonomy" - (4:50) 174 BPM

Cloak - "Nemsis" (original mix) - (5:44) 172 BPM

DJ Westy - "Real City" (original mix) - (4:38) 174 BPM

Symptom - "Pulse Code" (original mix) - (4:57) 174 BPM

Durban - "Dark Room" (original mix) - (5:54) 175 BPM

Venom - "Saw" (original mix) - (4:28) 175 BPM

DJ Westy - "Serphant" (original mix) - (5:12) 174 BPM

Rassterlin And Cloak - "Curl Up & Die" (original mix) - (5:57) 176 BPM

DJ Westy - "Silence Has Gone" (original mix) - (4:54) 58 BPM

Symptom - "Autonomy" (VIP mix) - (4:49) 174 BPM

Savannah - "Step Back" (Symptom remix) - (5:32) 58 BPM

Savannah - "Step Back" (Durban mix) - (6:35) 174 BPM

Savannah - "Step Back" (DJ Westy remix) - (4:51) 174 BPM

Savannah & Durban - "Step Back" (Jinx remix) - (5:37) 174 BPM

Review: Celebrating four years - and biting into the new year in the process - Asbo's soulful little brother Anti Social take stock over the past and brings it all together with scope and surging soul. Repping the full circle and full family of artists, the album flexes from the deep dream synth breathing of Basic Forces to the heavier, party-shredding styles Skinley via the lean, steppy punctuation of DJ Westy and the bare moods of Mr Explicit and beyond. Highlights include, but are not limited to, Expicit's thuggish droning lash-out "Destruct", Venom's junglised shock-out "Saw" and Westy's orchestra murker "Eclipse". An generous collection considering how proudly anti-social these cats are... Here's to another four years.

The One Year Compilation LP

ASRD 013
21 Mar 18
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

Spectre Audio

Nepo - "Crazy" - (4:24) 175 BPM

Sub Killaz - "Words" - (4:26) 175 BPM

Spaow - "Drunk Enough To Say I Love You" - (4:31) 175 BPM

Damage Report - "The Door Test" - (4:23) 175 BPM

Metal Work & M92 - "Open Both Eyes" - (5:07) 175 BPM

Complex - "Madman" - (4:30) 175 BPM

Vigorous - "Gull" - (4:30) 174 BPM

Subsonic - "Fear Nothing" - (4:26) 175 BPM

Dub Frequency - "Street Roll" - (4:51) 174 BPM

Damage Report - "Just A Sample" - (4:39) 175 BPM

Simskai X Operate - "Spooky" - (4:26) 175 BPM

Danger & Enta - "Life & Death" - (4:30) 175 BPM

SPECTRELP 01
16 Dec 16
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Stomping Ground/Gull

Spectre Audio

Stomping Ground - (4:33) 172 BPM

Gull - (4:30) 174 BPM

Review: Gradually working his way through all the best labels that start with S - Shaolin, Soul Deep and with this single, Spectre - Vigorous returns with two of his darkest constructs to date. Lead track "Stomping Ground" steps with a cool late '90s John B vibe, all futuristic and sci-fi. Complementing this, "Gull" offers a much sharper, more contemporary stepper with its gruff bass textures that you might find on a T>I or possibly Tyke record. "Gull"? Gully more like!

SPE 007
01 Jul 16
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Honey Moon/Blue Lagoon

Honeymoon - (5:23) 172 BPM

Blue Lagoon - (5:59) 174 BPM

SHA 015
22 Feb 16
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

Unbreakable

Anti Social

Basic Forces - "Cause & Effect" - (5:08) 175 BPM

Cloak - "Soulscape" (Skinley remix) - (4:52) 174 BPM

Sterling Sound - "Release Me" - (6:02) 175 BPM

Cloak - "Latitude" - (6:21) 174 BPM

Skinley - "Alone" - (4:48) 175 BPM

Rassterlin - "Who Can I Blame" - (4:29) 174 BPM

Vigorous - "Oludeniz" - (5:22) 170 BPM

DJ Westy - "Promise" - (4:28) 174 BPM

Basic Forces - "Lost Love" - (5:59) 174 BPM

Cloak - "Soul Digger" - (6:43) 172 BPM

DJ Westy - "Keep Trying" - (5:14) 58 BPM

ASRD 009
14 Dec 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Vigorous & JS9

Set Me Free/Future Music

Vigorous - "Set Me Free" - (5:24) 170 BPM

Future Music - (5:51) 174 BPM

SHA 014
14 Dec 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Different Perspectives EP

Co-Lab Recordings

Different Perspectives - (5:42) 170 BPM

Vigorous & JS9 - "Phases" - (4:32) 172 BPM

Trench - (4:32) 170 BPM

Vigorous & JS9 - "Breast" - (4:28) 174 BPM

Grumble - (4:31) 172 BPM

Hustle & Bustle - (4:33) 170 BPM

Played by: Zen Dub

Review: Vigorous by name, vigorous by nature: no stone is left unturned during the course of this ruthlessly detailed Co-Lab debut. From the glitchy, Dispatch-style wriggles and twists of "Different Perspectives" and "Trench" to the classic stripped back mid 90s feel of "Phases" by way of neuro-edged star-gazing on "Breast" and "Grumble", Vigorous has explored a much darker sound to some of his previous outings. Signing out with the unfettered mischief of "Hustle & Bustle", it's a fitting gesture from an overwhelmingly rude EP. Important.

Summer Selection EP Vol 4

COLAB 034D
30 Nov 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Modu / Vigorous / Mos / Vector / Fishy

Inform

Modu - "Disco Fans" - (5:08) 176 BPM

Vigorous - "Be Happy" - (5:13) 174 BPM

Mos & Vector - "Oriental Flex" - (5:13) 175 BPM

Fishy - "Sunny Moments" - (5:15) 174 BPM

INFORM 019
03 Aug 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

The Real Deal Vol 1

Dirty Latvian

Danee B - "Scanning Crew" - (4:09) 173 BPM

Eski B - "Voices" - (4:26) 177 BPM

Fena & Jeopardize - "Deadlock" - (5:09) 58 BPM

Fluxy - "The Machine" - (4:15) 60 BPM

Illphaze - "Waste Of Bullets" - (4:25) 175 BPM

Octo Pi - "Clever Girl" - (5:18) 175 BPM

Syanide - "Deadly Technique" - (4:21) 177 BPM

Two Mind - "Absolute Darkness" - (4:20) 178 BPM

Vigorous - "Animosity" - (4:26) 174 BPM

Played by: Octo Pi

DLR 004
06 May 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Hesitation

Soul Deep Recordings

Hesitation - (6:05) 170 BPM

Boogie On Down - (4:28) 174 BPM

Disco Dance - (4:38) 170 BPM

True Love - (6:50) 172 BPM

Review: Essex roller Vigorous is throwing some rather defiant jazz hands right here. And if the weight and space of the drums is anything to go by, there's a few cheeky middle fingers in the mix, too. Each cut on this quartet comes complete with its own quirky, hooky piano riff taken straight from a smoky bygone corner of last century. It's not hard to see why he's enjoying plays from the likes of Bukem and Technimatic. Really well executed jazz-licked soul rollers... Especially the subtle gospel ghosts on "True Love".

The Spectrum: All Corners LP

SDRRLS 157
27 Apr 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

Smokescreen

Substainless - "Love So Deep" - (5:14) 174 BPM

Saxxon - "Tik Taks" - (6:39) 174 BPM

Konker - "Still DNB" - (4:25) 174 BPM

Coda - "No Hiding" - (4:51) 175 BPM

Hypnotik - "Shadow Move" - (4:50) 174 BPM

Skinley - "Take Me There" - (5:19) 172 BPM

Niterider - "Ancient Sound" - (4:23) 175 BPM

PA - "One Way" - (4:28) 58 BPM

Rowney - "Superfly" - (4:34) 175 BPM

Maynard - "Forgiven" - (5:12) 175 BPM

Dawn Raid - "TWOC" - (5:45) 173 BPM

Freek - "Transcendence" - (4:24) 175 BPM

Rob Blaze - "Changes" - (4:38) 172 BPM

Fena & Jeopardize - "Unidentified" - (4:45) 175 BPM

Vigorous - "Not Quite Right" - (6:02) 174 BPM

Maynard - "Drug Fetish" - (4:45) 175 BPM

Primo - "Hold Me" - (4:26) 58 BPM

Freek - "Ain't Got A Clue" (feat Ess Dot) - (5:12) 175 BPM

Played by: Euphonique

SSRECSLP 001
30 Mar 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various Artists

MF Elite Vol 4 LP

Multi Function

Levela - "Black Hole" - (4:27) 175 BPM

Dialogue - "Originators" - (4:01) 58 BPM

Spaow - "Signal" - (4:27) 175 BPM

Vigorous - "Reincarnate" - (4:28) 175 BPM

Arthur Kilo - "Lifting" - (4:45) 175 BPM

Digix - "Extortion" - (4:29) 178 BPM

Kenji - "Be A Boss" - (4:28) 175 BPM

Paveway - "Strobe Light" - (4:31) 175 BPM

Shakey Jake - "Alot" - (4:01) 59 BPM

USD - "Feel Secure" - (4:37) 177 BPM

Top Dollar & Basshoven - "Puss N Zoots" - (4:28) 175 BPM

Kenji - "Come Here" - (4:06) 173 BPM

MFM 062
27 Feb 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

Collectives LP Part 2

Al Pack - "Paradise Cove" - (6:07) 174 BPM

Apache & Midnight Request - "Without You" - (4:56) 175 BPM

Carter - "Try To Believe" - (6:48) 174 BPM

Conspire - "Nightmoves" - (5:38) 174 BPM

JS9 - "You" - (5:18) 172 BPM

Kalum - "I Need U" - (6:02) 174 BPM

Koschy - "I Feel You" - (4:35) 174 BPM

Mukiyare - "Between Us" - (6:23) 172 BPM

Pixel - "Comet" - (6:34) 175 BPM

Satl & J Logic - "Disco Fever" - (6:25) 174 BPM

Skuff - "Find Yourself" - (6:36) 174 BPM

Staytment - "Back To My Roots" - (6:50) 170 BPM

Staytment - "The Longing" - (6:01) 174 BPM

Tremah - "Horizon" - (4:37) 175 BPM

Vigorous - "All Of My Tears" - (5:26) 174 BPM

Vigorous - "Vibrant Vibes" - (4:38) 170 BPM

Vigorous & JS9 - "Tear Us Apart" - (6:07) 170 BPM

Wyman - "Upshift" - (6:41) 174 BPM

Played by: Soula

SHA 008
23 Dec 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle

When You re Gone

Rockers 175

When You're Gone - (5:44) 57 BPM

Devour - (4:54) 172 BPM

ROCK 175015
18 Dec 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Vigorous / Satl

Transcendent

Vigorous - "Transcendent" - (5:16) 172 BPM

Satl - "Untitled66" - (4:50) 174 BPM

SHA 007
22 Sep 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Pain & Sorrow

Pain & Sorrow - (6:08) 170 BPM

Pain & Sorrow (Random Movement remix) - (7:32) 170 BPM

SHA 006
28 Jul 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Vigorous / Staytment

Lost

Lost - (5:17) 170 BPM

Cigar Bar - (5:42) 171 BPM

SHA 005
30 Jun 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle

Various

Deep In The Lab Volume 1

Co-Lab Recordings

Heist - "Save It For A Rainy Day" - (5:51)

Lowriderz & Ceph - "Secret Place" - (4:33) 175 BPM

Oz - "Comedown" - (5:26) 172 BPM

Silent Type - "Predictable" - (4:26)

JS9 - "Make Your Move" - (5:26) 170 BPM

Vigorous - "Missing Pieces" - (5:16) 170 BPM

Played by: Lowriderz

Review: What we have here are six slices of crisp, clear-cut drum and bass fit for the finest dungeons and dancefloors in Europe. Essex-based Heist kicks things off with the widescreen magic and soaring beauty of "Save It For A Rainy Day", a tune that leads into a false sense of security as Lowriderz & Ceph unpick the good vibes and transform the skies to black with "Secret Place". "Comedown" is Oz's mashup of Laza Morgan's "One By One", a thing of melancholy beauty, adding depth and sadness to a straight-up dancehall pop tune. Silent Type shares "Predicable", with intricate breaks that are anything but, JS9 plays with euphoric, minimal and ambient sounds in "Make Your Move" and finally "Missing Pieces by Vigorous plays back into the dance with a big beat and sexy jazz melodies. A stunning output from a truly exciting line-up.