Big Miz & Bemz - "Glass In My Hand" - (5:01) 130 BPM
All The Time - (5:16) 134 BPM
Yes - (4:21) 132 BPM
Green Baldy - (4:34) 136 BPM
Acid Dreams - (5:13) 130 BPM
Review: Big Miz makes a triumphant return to Dansu Discs with his latest EP Heartfelt Nonsense - delivering five weighty tracks that epitomise the artist's signature sound. Opening with the collaboration "Glass In My Hand", featuring Bemz, it sets the EPs tone with its deep house groove and hip-hop-infused vocals. Tracks like "All The Time" and "Acid Dreams" showcase Big Miz's knack for blending classic Chicago sounds with his Glaswegian flair, while "Green Baldy" offers a no-nonsense, floor-filling jackin' vibe. Closing with "Yes", Big Miz rounds off the EP with finesse, turning it in with some versatility and infectious beats.
Review: Fast-rising Manchester imprint Dansu Discs has turned to fast-rising Dutch producer Luuk van Dijk for its' latest release, the label's fourth of 2024. He starts in confident mood with title track 'Space Is The Place', a crunchy-but-thickset slab of saucer-eyed peak-time house joy peppered with cut-up vocal snippets, dreamy chords, rushing lead lines and booming bass, before subtly doffing a cap to classic piano house, mid-90s MK productions and late '90s bassline house on 'Blow My Fuse'. Nostalgic breakbeat house number 'Take Me Higher' follows, before Harrison BDP offers a stunningly uplifting, lusciously loved-up deep house remix of 'Space Is The Place'. It boasts a genuinely stunning, bleep-sporting, Italo-house influenced breakdown that's worth the admission price on its own.
Review: The ever-ready versatility of MKII is once again back on display with a vibrant exploration of hardcore and breakbeat fusion, coming to us courtesy of the super consistent Dansu Discs crew. First up, the old school rave piano's and heavily affected vocal slides of 'My Mind' set the tone perfectly, upping the emotional tonality further with the euphoric vocal taps and more standardised breaks action of 'No More' in close pursuit. Next, another tempo jump as the title track 'On Your Own' fuses high intensity breaks, keys and catchy vocal overlays for a rave-ready adventure, with the EP then closing on summertime flavours of 'To Be Free', closing off another impressive outing from all involved.
Review: Last heard on Drumpoet Community four years ago, Thabo returns to action via a very strong label debut on Manchester imprint Dansu Discs. The German producer starts in strong style via 'Gorilla Biscuits', a bustling affair in which gently spacey synth sounds and futuristic chords and melodies rise above sweat-soaked, techno tempo house beats, before opting for Italo-disco style sequenced bass, cheery motifs and sun-soaked melodies on 'Extra Crispy'. 'Corridor Nights' is a trance-inducing melodic techno throb-job, while 'Chakako' is an organ-sporting, sub-bass heavy chunk of bassline house-meets-Mood II Swing nostalgia.
Review: Liverpool's Paige Tomlinson impresses with some seriously slammin', fat-assed disco-house goodness here. 'Butts Bumpin' may raise a smile for ravers of a certain age because it rocks the same Jazzi P vocal sample that powered Chris & James' Stress classic 'Calm Down' back in the heady days of the mid-90s, here marrying same to a can't-miss M1 line... the Original wins out for me but head for Baby Rollen's remix for something sparser and twitchier. 'Rocked It' is similarly nostalgic in feel, bringing the 1992 Prodigy/Kicks Like A Mule vibes while the KOKO remix smooths things out a little.
Review: The latest collection from the awesome team over at Dansu Discs HQ is another wicked summertime box of joy, welcoming the exuberant production techniques of Harry Wills inside for a vibrant, pulsating look at new school garage flavour. We open up with the hard hitting drum slaps and grizzly bass twists of the title track 'Gazza 96', a serious mood setter from the offer, followed by the more euphoria-induced chord progressions of 'Real' in hot pursuit. From here, the tidy percussive slides and moody wooden drum designs of 'Strollin' provide the perfect backdrop to another face-melting bassline approach, with the Tiago Walter remix then giving the track a more progressive, loungey feel to round the EP off.
Review: Big Miz back in the haus with another burning four-track, this time with Manchester label Dansu Discs. It continues the producer's hot streak on labels like Shall Not Fade, DIxon Avenue Basement Jams and his own Miz Records, with the lead cut here licked up with an insatiable acid line, house chords and banging drums. Keeping it in Chicago house territory still is "Work" with its subtle UK bleep references too, while heavy tech house beats come through "Satanic Panic" that almost reference that classic fidget sound we went through once. Add some diva R&B samples to "Love Trance" and you've got another replete Big Miz EP for 2023!
Review: Whenever we see the Dansu Discs banner touchdown, we know we are in for a serious thrill ride as we jump into a warbling combination of rave-inspired rhythms, this time delivered by the one and only Chrissy. We open up with the 'The Other Side', a hardcore-laced journey through rave-inspired chord progressions and high tempo breaksy drumlines, giving us an immediate injection of energy from the off. Next to this, 'Only One', then unloads a brain melting display of acidic sub-design, backed with more energetic percussion and a steadily progressing compositional approach. Finally, Yosh arrives to give 'Only One' a more contemporary rethink, layering glitchy melodic twists and choppy breaks sweeps for a slightly more calmed final theme.
Review: Harrison BDP returns to Dansu Discs with his third EP, 'Orbiter', featuring two original tracks and two remixes by UK house legend Archie Hamilton. The EP showcases Harrison's signature sound of cosmic and psychedelic house music, with the title track being a spacey and hypnotic journey, while 'Couch Surfer' is a darker and groovier affair. Hamilton adds his own flair to the tracks, injecting them with crisp drums and funky bass lines that will make you move. This EP is a stellar example of modern UK house music with a twist, don't miss it!
Review: Dansu Discs'latest offering is a double header featuring friends and sometime friends and studio buddies Locky and Mad.Again. The headline attraction is undoubtedly the collaborative title track, 'Sunset Dreaming', where the pair wrap sparkling, crystal clear lead lines, jaunty synth stabs and whispered female vocal samples around a hip-swinging garage-house groove. Casey Spillman remixes, employing a warped, wobbling bassline and more boisterous drums to give the track a revivalist speed garage feel. Elsewhere, it's all about solo productions. Locky Steps up first with the subtly acid-flecked, bass-heavy shuffle of 'Troubke Maker', before Mad.Again tiptoes between Korg M1 organ-powered mid-90s nostalgia and chunky deep house on 'Electro Fusion'.
Review: While primarily known as a tech-house producer with releases on such much-loved labels as FUSE London, Eastenderz and Hot Creations, Seb Zito has always infused his productions with subtle nods to UK garage and, more occasionally, UK funky. He displays these influences more prominently and proudly on the 'Mayhem EP', cannily combining bumpin', speed garage influenced beats, raw and mutated UK funky bass and UK tech-house tropes on opener 'Everything'. 'Freeze' is a sweaty, breathless, warehouse-ready anthem in waiting full of insanely weighty sub-bass, turn-of-the-90s stabs, wonky electronic motifs and hip-hop vocal samples, while 'Mayhem' is a warped and bleeping chunk of bass-heavy tech-house hedonism guaranteed to get pulses racing out on the dancefloor.
Review: Once again the Dansu Discs brigade is back in business, this time unearthing a highly rhythmic collection of breaks-fuelled bangers from the one and only Yosh. It's always great to see Yosh back in action, who kicks us off with a highly energetic shackout on 'Keep Coming', a jungle-infused mesh of jittery synthesiser textures and booming bass notation, matched by one of the gnarliest rollers we've heard this year in 'Inverted', an instant rave destroyer. Next, 'Erosion' takes us down a slightly more garage-laden path, moving between skippy 2-step beats and moody subs below, with 'Get Em' then adding choppy vocal slices and pulsating subs below for a vibrant closer. Lovely work!
Review: It's a great thing for the team at JunoDownload to see a new Dansu Discs product hit the shelves, with LUXE & Tom Place this time providing the goods. We begin with a euphoric glide through arpeggiating melodic dips and glitchy soundscapes in 'Moonquake', giving us a wondrous introductory energy to play off. From here, the more traditional 2-step twists and eerie atmospherics of 'Out Of My Head' up the energy levels even further, before we jump into a dungeon-like deluge of bassy bumps on 'Polarities'. Finally, we get to revisit 'Moonquake' for an exclusive remix from Angel D'Lite, who gives the original a new lease of life through apocalyptic harmonies and smooth jungle drumlines. More fireworks from the Dansu crew once again!
Review: Hailing from the Netherlands but based in Berlin for most of the past decade, Nathalie Capello has just one previous EP to her name but impresses greatly with this four-tracker for Dansu Discs. 'Crazy I Loved It', with its haunting synths, electro backbeat and fragile female vocal, recalls the groundbreaking UKG of Donna Dee, setting the tone for an EP that blends garage and deep house to devastating effect. From the uplifting and energetic 'Pack Vibes' to the drifty post-clubisms of 'Fading Dreams' via the heavily swung lil' rumpshaker that is 'Wanna Be', this is sheer class. More, please!
Review: The Dansu Discs team have such a great reputation when it comes to finding and exploring the depths of electronic music, with this summer-ready collection from Zaltsman being another wicked addition to their ever-growing catalogue. We open up with the bubbling bass stutters and catchy vocal lines of 'Tell Me', which kicks off the project with a really warm feeling, followed closely by the euphoria-inspiring synthetic melodies of 'Next Thing', sitting atop a very crunchy bed of junglist drum sounds below. Another switch up next as 'On You' then arrives in style, again utilising cool vocal sampling and blippy bass stabs to the absolute maximum, before the aquatic backdrops and shuffling percussion of 'Waiting' rounds us off with some serious finesse. Awesome work as per!
Review: It's always a pleasant thing to see a new Dansu Discs creation land in the store, with this latest offering from Cheval being another gorgeous arrangement to take in. We begin with the floaty pad lines and catchy vocal chops of 'Afterparty', leading into both the smooth, summer-laden organ harmonies of 'My Love My Kisses' and unpredictable vocal scatters of 'Put Your Faith In Me', again ticking all the boxes for the summer season. From here, we dive into a field of moogy pulses and constantly altering drumscapes in 'Keep Hitting', followed closely by the unorthodox vocal chops and super electronic percussive sweeps of 'Burning Out These Fires', switching up the general mood once again. Finally, 'Bounce With Me' gives us the final leap, doused in minimal techy flavour to round off the project with a classy touchdown.
Review: The Dansu Discs team have been on fire in recent months, with a regular string of releases launching them up the charts and increasing their notoriety each and every time. This latest drop sees the super-popular Ed Hodge land for some garage-inspired fun, kicking off with the groovy chord progressions and shaker-driven percussive maneuvers of 'Ghost Amp'. The title track 'Sour Hour' then follows, combining bouncy drum sounds with intricate synth layering and disco-inspired instrumentation for good measure, before the moogy bass notation and dripping percussion of 'In Every Way' gives us another tidy bite. This is the latest in a long line of colourful, exciting releases from the Dansu Discs team, which we thoroughly enjoyed!
Review: Denaila's previous outings, on RA+RE and Unsilenced Music, have confidently joined the dots between analogue-rich electro, broken beat, acid, bleep, techno and tech-house. The producer's first outing on Dansu Discs is energetic and entertaining, offering a quartet of retro-futurist house cuts that roll along at a techno tempo. Choose between the warehouse-ready sweatiness of 'Feel Gold' - all bold bass, breathless drum machine fills and sustained organ chords - the pandemonium-inciting rush of 'Virtual9', the bleeping electro-meets-Euro-house punchiness of 'Get Down On It', and the gradually building late night pump of 'Blessed', where attractive chord sequences and thrusting acid bass catch the ear.
Review: The beautiful thing about Dansu Discs, is that we genuinely never know where their radar is going to point to next, with this latest six track display exploring a wide range of electronic themes from both DJ Chupacabra & Davide Piras. We open up with the moogy disco drum slides of 'Outback' from Chupacabra, followed by both the UKG-driven chord skips of 'Shapeshifter' and warbling LFO textures of 'Charlie' for a solid solo display. Moving into the second half of the project we then see Davide get to work, firstly with the acidic synth textures and breaks-laden arrangements of 'Pursuit'. From here, the warehouse-ready bass manipulations of 'Resolution' find themselves rolling into view, before 'Cliffhanger' supplies us with a futuristic, bleep-fueled finale, singing off the EP in style. Don't forget to check out our official podcast with Dansu Discs whilst you're exploring this one!
Review: Across the breadth of 2021, we were so impressed with the pure consistency of the Dansu Discs team, with this latest offering being the perfect way to continue that theme into a brand new year. We see them welcome both Harrison BDP & Ed Hodge inside for a gorgeous display of breaks-inspired mastery, kicking off with the glittering glitchy beauty of 'Seeing Spiders' a dizzying introduction from Harrison, exploring the more abstract side of breaks with some futuristic sound design. He plays lead on the next track as well with the moogy disco flavours of 'Virtual Resistance' unleashing a tonne of blippy energy. We then find ourselves perusing Ed Hodge's pair of originals, with the pulsating house-inspired drum skips and sliding bass alternations of 'Hot Point' unleashing a rave-inspiring display. Finally, 'Untouched' gives us a wicked finale, utilizing high ended melodic beeps and groovy drum flicks for a tech-driven sign off. Lovely work!
Review: Dansu Discs is a record label based in Manchester bringing you electronic music from around the world. MKII lands next on the label for an nifty six-tracker fuelled by breakbeats that hark back to the glory days of '90s warehouse raves. Shut up and dance to the proto jungle of "Flashback" then step back in time to the second summer of love on the rave euphoria of "Can U Feel It" before the retro hardcore stormer "Get Funky" hammers the message home, followed by a strobed-out and banging techno remix from Bailey Ibbs.
Review: Dansu Discs, as an imprint, have had a seriously impressive 2021, constantly raising the bar on their previous drops as soon as a new one lands. This time around, they invite the heavyweight sounds of Yosh inside for another successful display of electronic mastery, kicking this EP off with the crisp drum processing and bulbous sub pulses of 'Has It Got To Be', which sit below a super catchy vocal line for good measure.From here, the super-syncopate drum swipes of 'And I Start Rocking' give us a much more UKG-sentric feel, before 'Mad Scientist' takes it old school with some lo-fi breakbeat sampling and potent bass design. Finally, 'Skyline' gives us the start of an airy finale, focussing on glittering melodic glides and distanced drum expressions, all then reworked into a hardcore epic with Angel D'lite on remix duty for a top notch closer.
Review: It's becoming a regular theme with the Dansu Discs team, that they continue to unleash gems into the world with their extremely precise A&R process. This latest exploration into garage and breaks from Alfredo Romero is a perfect example of that, kicking off with the chord-driven sonic drifts and unpredictable drum switches of 'Raspect', with Interplanetary Criminal's sub-heavy rethink giving us two alternate versions of a top quality creation. Next, we move up the tempo ladder into the realms of jungle as 'Pet Nat' gives us a precise look into the breaksy drum rhythms and powerful sub-processing, before 'Wan More?' unleashes a classic spread of UKG chord progressions and 2-step rhythms. Finally, the highly energetic sub-textures and masterfully crafted vocal slices of 'Mad Man' sees the project out in style, rounding off a seriously impressive collection.
Review: The Dansu Discs team have been on a great roll with their recent EP run, with this latest 'Various' drop giving us something very tidy to work with indeed. We open up this mystery display with the groovy vocal expressions and tidy bassline grooves of 'Natural', which leads nicely into 'Together', another super-syncable singalong, pushing those vocals to the front amidst vibey subs and minimal drum textures to match. The flavours then turn slightly glitchy as the polyphonic-sounding vibrations of 'Know What To Do' give us a more lo-fi sounding approach, before 'Take You Home' splashes old school garage flavours across our eardrums for a kick-ass final ride. Wavy work!
Review: Following up some impressive ones on Houseum, Chat Noir and Unknown To The Unknown, Vitess joins the London-based label Dansu Discs with his Hacking System EP, where he delivers a release full of classic house and early trance motifs - an aesthetic that the Parisian is becoming increasingly renowned for. From the heady bleeps and breaks rave energy of "Computer System", more euphoria awaits you on the low end driven "Holy Kush" that's aimed squarely at the main room dancefloor. Elsewhere, enjoy the ride on the throwback to the Second Summer Of Love with the retro elevation of "Eurostep" which also receives a groovy UK tech house rework by label alumnus ADMNTi - founder of the 4Plae Records and Yamanu imprints.
Review: Pushing a deep and ethereal sound touched up by glitches, percussion funk and that all too familiar UK vibe, Dansu Discs outta Manchester introduce Ocean Stirs. Opening up its account with a sweet five-track release this Through Twist & Seam EP the artist sends in a unique cross section of genre amalgamation; be it the jungle rhythms amid house vibes in "Valley" to some downtempo UK sub-pop in "High Noon". Touches of nu-trance make it into "Latch" with some electro breakbeats and flecks of acid adding to the grooves of "Spawned In Motion" with some hybrid R&B experimentations in "Interscape". Boxed up beats ready to twist and shout!
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