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Bursting onto the underground scene in 2002, Kasra’s multi-award winning label Critical Music has been rolling out nothing but ice cold drum and bass ever since. Originally starting as a passion project in Kasra’s North London flat, the label has grown to diversify its sound, pushing out anything from deep, rich, liquid, minimal steppers, bouncy half-time cuts and hard-edge ammunition. Nurturing new talent and supporting some of D&B’s finest, Critical boasts a five star roster of artists including: Circuits, Charl Brix, Enei, Emperor, Fade Black, Foreign Concept, Halogenix, Hyroglifics, Ivy Lab, Jakes, Levela, Mefjus, Particle, Redders, Rider Shafique, QZB, Solah, Sam Binga, T>I and the big boss Kasra himself. Critical is also home to its highly esteemed club night series, Critical Sound, which has sold out Bristol’s Motion and London’s Studio 338, as well as taking shape as branded festival stages across the UK and overseas.
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Idols Fall / Snap 101
Idols Fall - (3:59) 175 BPM
Ivy Lab - "Snap 101" - (4:17) 172 BPM Hot
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CRIT 220
05 Jan 24
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Soul Sista
Soul Sista - (3:25) 168 BPM
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CRITIVY 001
06 Jan 21
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Peninsula EP
Peninsula - (3:37) 91 BPM
Magikess - (4:07) 83 BPM Hot
Thirsty - (4:08) 57 BPM
Eyes Down - (3:55) 159 BPM
Forex VIP - (4:40) 147 BPM
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CRIT 096
17 Mar 17
Bass
Twenty Questions EP
20 Questions - (6:03) 172 BPM Hot
Gomeisa - (5:48) 174 BPM
Forex - (4:51) 172 BPM
Slinky - (3:29) 131 BPM
Two By Two - (3:49) 55 BPM
Planebeats - (2:37) 57 BPM
Taste The Mango - (3:30) 57 BPM
Live On Your Smile (El. Train remix) - (3:18) 174 BPM
Slinky (Sam Binga remix) - (3:24) 174 BPM
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CRIT 080D
09 Mar 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Missing Persons EP
Ivy Lab - "Missing Persons" (feat Frank Carter - original mix) - (6:11) 172 BPM
Ivy Lab - "Live On Your Smile" (original mix) - (5:36) 174 BPM Hot
Emperor & Ivy Lab - "Pepper" (original mix) - (5:09) 174 BPM
Ivy Lab - "Sunday Crunk" (original mix) - (4:12) 174 BPM
Ivy Lab & Emperor - "Pepper" (Deft remix) - (5:10) 170 BPM
Review: Ivy Lab provides Critical Music with its first physical release of 2014 with a four-track EP. To begin with there's the piano-ambient introduction of "Missing Persons", which in a way sounds like a highly sped-up Burial track combined with Frank Carter III's vocals full of a similar sounding soul heard in Storm Queen's crossover hit "Look Right Through". The drums remain super-quick on "Live On Your Smile" alongside warbled computer bleeps and melancholic female vocals, while "Sunday Crunk" is a hip hop-inspired, MPC-styled slow jam that may well take its inspirations from southern rap. Lastly on this deluxe package, Project: Mooncircle and 2nd Drop artist Deft touches-up Ivy Lab & Emperor's "Pepper" for something verging on heavy dubstep mixed with some growling, Fis-like effects
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CRIT 074D
24 Feb 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Afterthought
Afterthought - (5:46) 170 BPM Hot
Brat - (5:21)
Brat (South London Ordnance remix) - (7:09)
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CRIT 068D
04 Feb 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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