Grid Recordings was founded by Twisted Individual in 2000 and has over the years released music from some of the scenes biggest names including, Twisted himself, Hazard, Marky & Spy, Sub Zero, Tyke, Original Sin, Netsky, Fred V & Grafix, Hybrid Minds, Serum, Voltage, Bladerunner, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, The Upbeats, Zen, Baron and many more. The label recently made a comeback in 2016 after a 4 years break and it's been going from strength to strength ever since. They had releases from the likes of Twisted, T>I, Damage Report, Ray Keith, Nick The Lot, Leaf, Need For Mirrors, DJ Limited, PA, Hexa, Dunk & StillZ to name only but a few.
The label has been referred to as a Jump up with balls label which is pretty spot on! But they didn't like to pigeon hole themselves as they have released many liquid and hard step tunes over the years.
Review: It's always exciting to see a new drop from the Grid Recordings team hit the shelves, especially when it's a remix project as jam-packed as this one, sending a number of Jfal originals into the proverbial blender. We open up with Pengo, who steps up to reforge 'Roots' into a shimmering slap of high ended synth and nostalgic horn melodies, followed by J O E delivering a percussively driven pump refit of 'Soundclash'. through gnarly synths and grizzly bass design. Next, the synthesisers run wild as L0G1N delivers a scrumptious rebuild of 'Naughty Naughty', with Jfal himself touching down for his own remix of 'Conflict', giving us a final crash of synth-driven power.
Review: Word on the street is that L0G1N is named this way because he always forgot his passwords and the grotty, filthy basslines he makes are actually just the sound of him swearing because he can't log-in to his old MySpace account any more. We're not sure if this is true or not but we suspect it is because each track has us effing and jeffing all the way to the bank. Highlights include the Zero T style jazzy darkness of 'The Level', the slippery, twisted funk of the title track 'Get Mad' and the wonderfully airy, jazz-influenced drums on 'Duel'. Fingers crossed L0G1N never remembers his mother's maiden name ever again!
Review: Twisted Individual's troupe of terrors continues to sprawl into the VA hinterland, spraying their sticky 174 muck about the gaff. This time we're treated to cuts from a wide range of talents ranging from modern day jump-up sergeants BASSHUNTERZ to longtime marathon men Beat Merchants. The vibes are equally as wide-ranging as we flex from the dark funk of 'Head Shot' to Rouman's more vocal-led Ram-style ripper 'You & I'. Nod your head. Shake your leg. Tap your feet. Swing your privates... Do whatever you need to do.
Review: Forever at the forefront of new-gen and established talent across the full spectrum of drum & bass, Twisted Individual's Grid imprint delves deep into the soulful side of the dance with this beautiful new addition to their 'Liquid Allsorts' VA series. Eight tracks, each one a peach, highlights include the inspiring housey tones and dreamy vocal vibes of Marvel Cinema's 'Eyes Like' the RnB vocals and laid back rolls of Oli Lewis's 'Be Heard' and the lavish slap bass and lolloping groove of L0G1N's 'Let Me Ask You'. These are just some of the stunning highlights across the whole EP. Essential.
Review: From nodders to full-flavoured brock-outs, Twisted Individual's Grid imprint gets it's VA jiggy on with this stunning collection of contemporary D&B blast-offs. Five cuts from across the future, highlights include the sizzling dynamics and skin-rippling tones on Damage Report's 'Unpredicted', the spaciousness and trippy feels of Burntboi's neck-slicing 'Samurai' and the stuttering drama and darkness of VariableOp's 'Duck Down'. Keep on nodding.
Review: Grid Recordings have been on a bit of a roll of late, bringing together vibrant new compilation projects on quite a regular basis with this latest, fifth volume of their 'That's What We Call Bass!' collection sitting as a super potent weapon. We begin with the nauseating LFO punts of 'I Try' from Jenks (UK) & 7Age, giving us a gritty introductory piece, followed by the super bouncy drum techniques of Pa's 'Blood Clart' and the dissonant, metallic bass sweeps of 'Perfection' from Harley D. Next up, Zeba arrives for and old school shack out on 'Trump Bone', a super melodic exploration into synthesis, chased up by Muzo's more subtle synthetic sweep approach on 'Funky Bits' and some temple slapping 808 action on Burntboi's 'Pull It'. Finally, two last gasp heaters, with Jfal & Twisted Individual linking up for the system-busting synth pulses of 'Window Shifter' and then Whisper's swirling finale in 'Don't Be A Fool', one final synth-driven switch up to slap the project closed. Awesome!
Review: You can't say 'party on dudes' without saying PA. Hell you can't even say 'pandemic' without saying PA. But you can say 'petty pilfering', which is what PA has done right here... He's half-inched your soul and he's not going to give it back until you've soaked up all six slices of his badness. From the tense rattle and hum of 'Annabelle' to the shimmering intro and absolutely bumping tribal drop of 'No Seeds' and the growling grumpiness of 'The Past' and three other essential bangers in between, by the time you've chowed down on all this wholesome dankery you'll have forgotten he's even taken your soul in the first place. You can't say 'panic buy' without saying PA.
Review: Look into Hexa's eyes. Not between the eyes. Not around the eyes. Not beside or beneath the eyes. Look into his eyes... And he will see to the depths of your soul. He'll have a laugh at your deepest desires to the twisted decaying rot of the title track 'The All Seeing Eye'. Then he'll sooth your troubles with jittering bass croaks 'Reassurances' and juice up those daydreams with the harmonic vibrancy of 'Submarines'. Before you know it he's probing your highest ambition, getting you feeling like Rocky to the understated grunt and thrust of 'Dismay' before getting you ready for war with the tense creeper 'Minesweeper'. The eyes have it.
Review: Grid Recordings always deliver tough, urban-edged sonics that don't prance around or act fancy, they just get down and dirty. Nick The Lot has delivered exactly that here, with a four-track EP of moody tones and no-nonsense drum lines. 'Blueprint' is a perfect example of said drums, with impossibly clean hits and a clear sense of space and progression, its bass stabs are almost shadowed out. 'Missing Person' is the most futuristic, with a deep back end and seriously cool synth spasms that lend it a techier feel than the other cuts on the EP. The other two are equally top-draw - make sure to check these.
Review: Grid Recordings is such an underrated label, honestly. The amount of sick stuff these guys pump out week after week is somewhat astonishing, from the likes of Nick The Lot, T>I, Shield and more, including today's customers: Matt View and Marvel Cinema. For this release they've strayed slightly from their usual heavy tones for something slightly more circumscribed, a bit more retrospective, and it goes down in a lovely way. There's a really nice collection of laid-back jungle steps, wispy atmospheric rollers and bassy undertones. 'Altitude' has all of the above and it makes for a sick journey through urban-edged sound, a nonchalant but still potent expression of dance music with a softer side.
Review: Grid Recordings is such an underrated label, honestly. The amount of sick stuff these guys pump out week after week is somewhat astonishing and when T>I is a regular customer, you know you're on the right path. For this release they've strayed slightly from their usual heavy tones for something slightly more circumscribed, a bit more retrospective, and it's from Matt View & Marvel Cinema. There's a really nice collection of laid-back jungle steps, wispy atmospheric rollers and bassy undertones. 'Tidelands' has all of the above and it makes for a sick journey through urban-edged sound.
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