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: Fatman D's big bad Bio brand continues to celebrate 20 years with this second instalment of their double decade VA collection. Featuring some of their most exciting names (Enta, Profile, Chris Kastro, Traumatize, Parallel, DJ Limited, to name a few), the vibes are some of the most forward-thinking and exciting that Bio has ever released. From the eerie soul and crisp ripple of Parallel's 'District 9', the oddball wobbles of Grimmo's 'Like That' and Enta and Kastro's utterly scorchio 'Insult To Injury' are just a few of many sick examples. Big up the Bio gang!
Review: Sharpen up those steely blades and polish them until they shine... Pengo and Fatman D have linked up to summon the spirits of 'Samurai Jack' and bloodshed is guaranteed. Choppy choppy, slicey slicey... Pengo's bassline ripples and flexes with industrial strength precision as Fatman brings his sternest sermons to the mix. Trust us, this will cut into any mix with sheer brutality.
Review: Burning up! Cardiff-based Burntboi gets busy on Fatman D's Bio Beats and we're all getting a little hot under the collar. Five cuts in total; highlights include the smouldering dreamy vocal sample and disgusting-yet-minimal drop on 'I Miss U', the raucous rising riffs and rave stabs on the fills of 'Horror Style' and those trippy high end trills on 'Watch It Go'. Scorchio!
Review: Taking off where 'Ravers' left us a few months back, rising UK new-gen talent Loto returns to Fatman D's Biological Beats with his biggest release to date... A feisty five track package of absolutely disgusting bassline tear-ups. From the super funky synth twists on opener 'Lose Control' to the creepy, goosebump grit and grot of the finale 'Zombies', there's a fresh energy running throughout the whole EP. Twisted but not torn. Battered but not bruised. We're gonna have a Loto fun with these ones.
Review: Next up on Biological Beats, a sweltering sweep through the gnarliest that jump up has to offer as Grimmo touches down with three nuclear-level originals. First up, we jump into the title track 'Power Wob', a militarian salter through chest-rattling subs, lethal reeses and squelching LFO-lines, followed by the twisted distortion and minimalist percussion of 'Limb By Limb', giving us another tidy landing. Next, to close, a whomping switch up of metallic bass stammers and clunking drums to match, giving us a fiery closer to this seriously heavyweight collection.
Review: New generation D&B super trooper Jenks continues to obliterate our playlists and souls with another savage selection, this time on Biological Beats. As always with Jenks, it's a full flavour fire up from edge to edge with all kinds of twisted departures along the way. 'Rudeboi' is all about that hyper-revvy chainsaw bassline, 'Freedom' surges with pure energy and rolling momentum while 'On Site' brings a little rapid vocal rifle craft into the mix. Finally Bio bossman Fatman D joins the fray on the most unruly cut of the release 'We Don't Play'. Pow pow!
Review: Bio boss Fatman D links up with a trio of label comrades for three vocal slap-abouts. 'Mind Over Matter' takes the lead with Puppetz on the buttons. Creepy with its ominous horns and horror movie arpeggio, there's a powerful sense of drama setting the scene. 'Flat To The Trap' (with Ozone) follows and takes things in a deeper direction, giving Fatty space to flex more of a dancehall style flow while 'Armageddon' (with DJ Limited) gets old school with a powerful diesel funk groove revving away beneath. No retreat from these!
Review: The A-side is too obvious. The B-side is always over-looked. Don't even get us started on the C or D sides, they're not worth the vinyl they're pressed on. But the E-Side? Now that's something we can get down with... Especially when Enta is serving up the goods on there. Dubs solely in his collection for some time, if you know Liam Enta's sets then you'll already recognise some of these bangers. 'Bling' hits the feels with that mid range groany type of weirdo riff, 'Little Terror' hits hard with that ruffneck grizzle, 'Wiseguy' brings a little euphoria in to the mix before hurling us into the dank drama while 'Tell Me' brings the EP to a close with a show-stopping vocal vibe. E sides are good.
Review: Graduating from Young Guns to Biological Beats with honours, Chubbs brings his twisted, alien bass funk to Fatman D's flagship label with nothing but energy and forward-thinking fire. 'Satellite' sets the scene and leaves us under no illusion as to how heavy and trippy Chubbs sound is. Other highlights include the almighty hype twister 'Floorshaker' (a track that massively lives up to its name) and the emotional finale 'Stung' that subverts the current trend of trance influences in a dramatic and powerful way. Keep it real, keep it fat, keep it Chubbs.
Review: Man like Enta hits the big debut LP chapter of his rage-fuelled life with this crucial collection of straight up fire jams. Each one laced with epic, emotional and cinematic intros, Enta teases and pleases us across a whole range of D&B flavours and styles. Ranging from the outright jungle gullyness of 'Led Astray' to the more straight up jump-up vibes of high energy cuts such as 'Respect' via the warped and weird numbers like 'Mind The Whales', this is the wide-armed dancefloor-bruising sound Enta has always teased us with and is now able to showcase in full spectrum. Massiveness.
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: Vorking heck guvnor, hold onto your trousers! Biological Beats lay down some absolute filth here with young talent Cikvork and the title says it all... 'Vile Stuff'. Five cuts in total, five ways to make your dancefloor turns their faces inside out; highlights include the dark funk fury of 'Happy Memories', the dramatic emotional intro of 'Design Death' and the stark minimalism and futurist flavours of 'Fragments'. Vile indeed.
Review: It's finally here! Fatman D goes in deep with his debut album 'Tales From The South' and it's well worth the wait. Business bubbles from the off as the intro brings back memories of 90s hip-hop albums as it sets the criminal scene before breaking out into a whole universe of styles Fatman has yet to fully showcase until now. Deeper into the LP we're treated to the Biological Beats' widest range; cheeky duet flows with 'Iffy MC' on 'I Got A Man', power bars with Phantom on 'Work Out', devilish dancehall on 'Nuff Badmind', proper hip-hop skit vibes on 'Boss 2021' and carnival ready bashment influences on 'Badman Flex'... These are just some of the vocal extremes Fatman explores on his most ambitious release to date. Tales never fails.
Review: Fatman D's Biological crew deliver some serious sledgehammer goods once again. Linking up from US to UK, San Diego to South London, Sub Killaz and Profile unite for four twisted dancefloor cuts. 'Dubplate Player' kicks off with a full strength bassline that wouldn't have gone amiss around the late 2000s when Hazard first started showing us who was boss. Elsewhere we have the stripped-back and snake-like 'Duppy' and the mischievous bongo-shaking funk-up 'Run It' before closing on a freaky VIP of their 2019 link up 'Rebel Boy'. Slamming stuff from start to finish; players gotta play.
Review: Following his recent exploits on Born On Road, Cornish captain Toxinate returns to Biological Beats with two of his most interesting and forward-thinking cuts to date. 'Owe You' sees him linking with singer Marge for a haunted emotional workout that's both heavy with its lasers and off-beat bass bubbles but also laced with dark soul thanks to the vocals and. For something a little more classic sounding but still crisp and edged with that hybrid jump up sound get your ears on the grotty funk-up 'Drop It'. You owe your ears a listen to this.
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