London-based Biological Beats is one of the few drum and bass labels to be headed up by an MC, Fatman D. Originally established in 2006 as Biological Beatz, the label has since rolled out bassbin-breaking releases from: DJ Limited, Dominator, Nu Elementz, Jayline, Turno, Levela, Macky Gee, Simula, Bou, Voltage, Nicky Blackmarket, Profile... the list goes on. Young Guns Recordings is Biological Beats’ sister label. Expect jungle, jump up, rollers and everything in between.
Review: Limited gets pranged out and ups his op-sec for this fresh cut on Bio. 'Tapped Interview' asks all the wrong questions to all the right people over the grumpiest bassline imaginable. Real steamroller dark funk, this is the audio equivalent of a battering ram. 'Informer' keeps the weird leftfield funk vibes alive with its off-kilter bass, wonky beats and twisted harmonics. Savage material, Limited isn't messing around here.
Review: Biological Beats and DJ Limited is somewhat of a fiery combination, the pair of them together packing a back catalogue of music that, more often than not, is downright dirty. Louder is a vindication of that and the selection throughout this release is so on-point and so in-touch with current styles of D&B it's a little absurd, you can almost picture the videos on Facebook as each of these drop. 'Gunfinger' featuring Fatman D is the unique one of the bunch, a steppy, Diemantle-esque cut that chops and changes the whole way through; 'Bad Tune' is our favourite, its wobbling sub-bass riff guides you down into a steam-train bassline that sounds a lot like a Serum cut or similar. The other five are also all definitely worth your time.
Review: Click click click BOOM: Limited returns to Bio HQ with five more far-reaching, all-encompassing thoroughbred D&B wounders. "Click Clack" thumps with a loose flabby bassline that flaps and flops around the swinging kicks, "Lighter Up" wheezes and groans with a 40 a day rasp and a hook that's more addictive than nicotine, "Listen Dis" brings the feels with pristine pianos before hurtling us into a savage grotty bass riff while "Turn Up" barks like a classic Playaz jam circa 2001. The EP climaxes with gully abandon as we're treated to a full sub-soaked VIP overhaul of one of Limited's earliest cuts "Two Left Feet". Turn up!
Review: Fresh from waggling his snake around the gaff, DJ Limited returns with two more phenomenal slabs of riffy gritty bass funk. "Smoke 'Em Out" is a fat 20 skinner with rolling Hazard-style drums and a bassline so bulbous and vital you'd swear it was on its third trimester and about to give birth to septuplets. "Ain't No Love", meanwhile, flexes a classic sample around a savage distorted bass drop before opening up the strings and vocals over the beats. Big up the double negative crew - there's plenty of love around here for DJ Limited!
Review: DJ Limited... Now there's a producer you'd be proud to take home to your parents. Strong, efficient but charming and funky; he's the hero we all need right now (but most of us don't deserve) "123" is one of the tunes that all DJs can drop, regardless of what ridiculous pigeonhole they've camped up in - steppy, minimal, left-of-centre, it's kinda reminiscent of Enei, Eastercolors & Noel's "Cracker" in the way it complements any type of mix and really stands out. "Baby" is more on the dancefloor side with its cute Q&A and soulful one-word vocal snippet. Think somewhere between Break and Voltage and you're in the right territory. Don't sleep.
Review: Fatman Dee's dusted off his big black book of contacts and commissioned some huge remixes for this all-out version excursion. Turno takes the lead with a full fat-and-gristle shake-up of Dominator's "Holes In Ya Chest" while Voltage adds an array of unique sonic twists and designs on his take on "Willy Wonka". Dig deeper for the unstoppable Decimal Bass letting loose with a confident swagger on "Shoot Dem" and Konichi sets his space lasers to stun on "The Shuttle Skank". Finally DJ Limited lays down not one but two remixes of Jayline's "Peanut Butter On Toast". Part one rolls with some really cool old school middy tones while part two combines an early TC style squelch. Both are exceptional.
Review: South east soundboy DJ Limited is on a mission to bring the drums back. Naturally he's doing his bit for the cause with some precision chiselled beats himself; the pneumatic two-step beneath the wasp-in-a-jar bass wriggles of "Bring The Drums Back", the punctuating snares providing stability beneath the mentasms on "Bounce", the turbo swing beneath the Nu:Logic-esque bass tones on "But I", the broader full fat amens on the skank-happy "Revolution", the thunderous rolls beneath the lightning neuro nuances of "Matter", the classic steppy drama beneath the gut-tickling bass on "Don't Just Stand There". In fact DJ Limited hasn't just brought back the drums, he's brought back the classic all-corners, no-stone-unturned approach to EPs full stop. Very impressive from the drums upwards.
Review: DJ Limited is a wanted man right now. Nicky Blackmarket, Sigma and Ed Rush all want a piece, but nobody even knows his true identity, yet. Teamed with Fatman D on "London Slums", Limited absolutely kills it with tune after tune of serious hurters. For total annihilation, look no further than "Biological Warfare", or the smooth-starting "Orders", however there is a more technical side to this production guru too, which is audible in both mixes of the immense "London Slums". Currently taking late night radio and dancefloors everywhere by storm, it's this year's biggest contender. Get in the know.
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