Logan D’s multi-award winning jump up D&B label Low Down Deep Recordings has been tearing things up since 2005. With its HQ in London, the Low Down Deep family has been home to some of jump up’s naughtiest names: Voltage, Upgrade, Turno, Majistrate, Heist, Ego Trippin, Logan D himself, and the late Dominator. In 2017, the label also whacked out Serum and Voltage’s knockout ‘Cricket Bat’ track (featuring Bassman) that forms part of the foundations of the new-style roller movement and possibly facilitated the birth of the Kings Of The Rollers themselves. Sub-labels include Subway Soundz, Sweet Tooth and The City Series. With Logan D’s work ethic steaming along as fast as some of the 175 bpm weapons the label fires out, there’s no stopping Low Down Deep’s drive to carve out the high-octane, bass-heavy sound it’s best known for.
Review: For all y'all monsters who need triple helpings; Heist's Iacon EP series has transformed into the album sized beast it's always been in its heart. 12 tracks of Heist's heavier, dancefloor sound, pushing and pulling you in all kinds of playful directions; the rubber ball ricochets and weird grunts of "Misery Guts", the spiky, aggressive hornet's nest bass buzzes of "Intruder", the out-and-out low-swung subbed-out gully of "Limpets", the pure grizzle of "Torn Apart"... The list goes on. What's more, there are a few cheeky treats at the end of the some tracks that transform Iacon into an even more remarkable album shaped beast. One of the strongest D&B albums of the year so far.
Review: Heist welcomes us back to sunny Iacon for the third and final instalment of his debut album. A hearty hoorah to the more jumpier side of his broad canvas, the whole album takes a deep dive into drum & bass music's most mischievous subgenre. Writhing in timeless subs just as much as it is spiky menace, this third piece of the puzzle brings the whole collection together neatly. Highlights include the humming subs and subtle rolls of "Limpets" and the high blood pressured laser stabber "Tidal Wave" but the whole EP - just like the previous two parts of the album - deserves applause.
Review: One of the most trusted, respected and versatile producers in the game, Heist finally delivers his debut album Iacon. The clue is in the title; the selection represents a range of his many creative transformations as he reminds us how he can melt your face with buzzy jumpy hooks one minute ("Fathomos Gob") and have you doing the Bristol jitterbug the next ("Seal The Deal") In between we're shaking and stirred by the belly belches of "Atlas Womp" and electrocuted by high votage riffage on the wryly titled "Misery Guts". Ain't nobody getting miserable after a heavy sesh with the Heist. Bring on part three.
Review: Heist has developed a reputation for tough, urban-edged sonics over many years of cultivation and curation, over a decade of doing his bit for a scene and over a decade of pumping out very, very good music. He's diverse in his capabilities and Iacon Part 1 sees him returning to his jump up-ier side, something we're definitely very keen on, especially when it's on a label like Low Down Deep. This release is wicked and 'Dissect the Past' is a highlight, with a snapping percussive line forming around its inching, creeping basses and eerie background ambience. Top stuff right here.
Review: "Curiosity" may well have famously killed the cat but it definitely won't kill your dancefloor. Not with drums that rattle so raffishly on the fills and builds and a hook that you'll be humming all the way to cat home. "Struggle" follows and, once again, it totally belies its title... This isn't the sound of a skirmish but more of a total gullied up love in where everyone's invited and there's more than enough gritty bassline flab for us all to grab onto. We've said it before, we'll say it again... Vital by name, vital by nature.
Review: Low Down Deep is arguably the most popular jump-up label around and the only real competition is Serum's Souped Up imprint. Low Down Deep always rolls out the big hitters though and this time is no exception, with a fiery two-tracker from Mass that'll go down well with anyone who's into the Low Down Deep sound. 'Be You' is couched in a warm vocal sample but overall is anything but kind, with punching bass stabs that have the sort of devilish anxiety Low Down Deep are known for. 'Sting Ray Dub' is the less subtle, more overtly destructive of the two with a huge bassline that extends into the ether, monstrously pulsating and perennially grating. Big tunes.
Review: In 1990 rave legends Rat Pack sang 'I can feel another rush coming on...' While no one can prove this, we suspect they were singing about this absolute stamp sesh from Belgian bump thumper Basstripper. Laced with a trippy vocal texture, a shimmering synth texture on the breakdown and a sizzling hot coal bassline, it's definitely worth singing (and dancing) about. Rat Pack never sang about extreme weather but don't let that stop you from hammering "Typhoon". Switchy, bouncy and once again coded with some pretty trippy textures, Basstripper nails it once again.
Review: Next stop on Low Down Deep's tubular and literally underground series comes a dispatch from do-no-wrong duo Ego Trippin. Kicking off with a cheeky manipulation on last year's album highlight "Mind Bender", it's business from the off... And it's followed by the funk thumping early Clipz style harmonic riff and springy bounce on "Ask Somebody", pure brass drama and richter scale rumbling bass on "Sensor" and the flabbiest wobbles you've ever heard on Low Down Deep in the form of "Lit Up". Tickets please!
Review: Dominator sadly passed away last year, and to celebrate his legacy Low Down Deep have released a full LP of his music, including collaborations galore. The first tune features Nu Elementz and its satisfyingly solid, with punmching bass stabs and a rock-hard percussive base to go with them. All of the tracks on this release are just big, from the glitched-out width of 'Better Late Than Never' featuring Majistrate, to the subtle yet funk-infused rhythm of 'Atomic Playboy' featuring Ego Tripping. Scene legend Heist makes a couple of appearances on 'Sway' and 'Cowboy' and Sub Zero tears up the place on 'Terror Notts'. This is sick EP that does justice to another D&B figure who was taken too soon. RIP Dominator.
Review: All those who heard 'The Shadows', a 2017 track that elevated Kanine from solid jump-up producer to well-known dancefloor purveyor, will understand that this guy makes pure destroyers. Kanine and Low Down Deep continue their London Underground-themed series of EPs with the Central Line and it seems like they picked arguably the best tube line for what is a wicked release. 'Ladies Night' has energy for days, a roaring rush of long basslines and fluctuating wobbles, the granite bassline making another appearance on 'Steamroller', this time in the form of a stuttering, staccato of force. Kanine is representing himself here in true Low Down Deep, head-nodding style - just listen to 'Kilogram' if you don't believe us.
Review: Upgrade is one of those jump-up producers who just does stuff properly. You'll never listen to his music and wish it was slightly heavier, or slightly this or slightly that - it's always bang on and naughty as can be. 'Deluded' kicks off his latest Low Down Deep EP with a truly menacing vocal sample that has buckets of suspense, making the weighty jump-up force on the drop all that sweeter. 'All This Molly' is just more raw vibes, a blast of energy that keeps on giving the whole way through - what this genre is known for encapsulated in one tune. 'Cali Pots' is just so raucous and rowdy that you can picture the mosh pits as it lands and the same goes for 'Badness', both carrying a grating forcefulness that makes you want to something painful. Another top EP from one of the best in the jump up game.
Review: Closure: "The End" is nigh and if this is the sound of us all leaving this mortal coil we're quite looking forward to it. A driving distorted reese leads smack bang into trippy cascading bass droplets and a seriously dramatic feel, this is one of Simula's maddest tunes to date (which is saying something) "Belly Of The Beast" continues the weirdo flavours with some deliciously wonked bass twangs before "Funky Junkie" shoots us all up with class A bass bumps then spins us around the room with blindfold on. Finally we hit "Mammoth" where things get woolly nasty (not sorry). Big drones, metallic clangs and another spasmodic tripletty signature swagger, it's another happy ending from the man like Simula. The end.
Review: Logan D's Low Down Deep imprint celebrate 100 releases with this bumper to bumper banger collection with cuts from the biggest names in the heavier end of the game; Turno, Maji, Upgrade, Voltage, Heist, Serum and of course the late great Dominator are just some of the heavyweights involved. Every tune is a highlight but mad salutes fire in the direction of Turno & Pacso with their purring harmonic bass creeper "Cosmic Funk", K Motionz' long awaited summer slamming anthem "Buckaguy" and the blissful rippling charms and outrageous subby drop of Heist's "Hawaiian". Elsewhere there's pure gully fisticuffs as Kanine has "Bloody Knuckles" and Serum has "Brass Knuckles". Either way, they both KO. Like the whole album. Get on this.
Review: Kanine pulls no punches with this hefty one track wounder on Low Down Deep. Stark, spacious but riddled with an infectious riff you'll be singing for weeks, there's a latent funk rumbling deep beneath the venomous jumpy riff. Yet another one of his highly anticipated (see the forthcoming banger "Dancefloor"), "Bloody Knuckles" is another K.O from the big K. Okay?
Review: It's ain't just Jacko who can moonwalk... Simula can too. Using the best bassline slime and grot he can muster to slide himself along the stage backwards, many would argue he's better than Michael ever was at moonwalking. So much so he's named his debut album after the move. And this is the first teaser: the sharp stepping, ruff riffing title track that's loaded with more mangled funk than your mum's last Tupperware party. Bring on the album.
Review: Hurters don't come much more heavy hearted than these. Just over a year before he was tragically taken away from us, Dom's legacy lives on with two important additions to his hugely influential back cat. The long-awaited "History Making" VIP finally enjoys a release complete with its beautifully trippy melted jazz breakdown while A.M.C is given Dom and Turno's classic "Bomb Squad" and gives it an explosive twist of its own. Rest in peace Dom.
Review: With statures as high profile and influential as Maji and D, you'd expect the criminal behaviour to be a bit of a no no. But no, these D&B titans are out on the teef every night, keeping things real behind another man's steering wheel. And this is their soundtrack; a bruising Bristol style shredder with an epic elongated harmonic bassline, slamming drums and some on point spoken samples. The result is criminally heavy. Play it like you stole it!
Review: We've been waiting for this one for a long time... After almost two decades in the dance, Ego Trippin deliver their highly anticipated debut album and, as the duo's star continues to rise to new heights, it couldn't come at a better time. A powerful 17 track package that stretches their style from slinky worm-like minimal funk ("Mind Bender"), disco darkness ("Bite It") and sweet soul steppery ("Moving On") to frazzled sandpaper funk ("Ghetto Code") and straight up rolling toxic grit, this leave no gully stone unturned and places them right at the top of the Low Down Deep table. Thrilling.
Review: Last spotted on Logan D's Low Down Deep cavorting with Ruffstuff and Friller on the nasty-assed "Demons", Jayline returns to the HQ with this iced out junglised droner. Not just ice cold, not just your mum cold but "North Pole Cold" - officially the coldest you can get. Listen to that sub-plunging bassdrop and those screeched out atmospheric textures and you'll understand why. Ready for the frost bite.
Review: Put your name down, flip it and reverse it... Low Down Deep fix up a few refixes with three super-respected names. First up we have OG Majistrate re-flipping Heist's sing-along hook on "Moose Knuckle", second up we have Upgrade stretching the smithers out of the Pacso's classical 2012 thumper "What's The Difference", third up we have Tsuki getting all trippy and warped on Heist's "Against The Grain". Fourth up is you rewinding them, each and every.
Review: Fix up, look sharp: Low Down Deep looks back over some past corkers and shares the parts around. First up the unstoppable T>I softens the distorted bark on Maji's 2015 "Pick 'Em Out" and adds a humming sub vibe, Ego Trippin take us back to Pacso's 2011 Pakistan adventure with a whole new savage riff on "Coastin Through Karachi" while Jayline kicks Dom and D's already KO-worthy "Rumble" into a whole new battlecage. Finally Tyke take Ego Trippin's biggest banger to date, scrunches it up into a tight ball, dowses it in petrol, sets fire to it and kicks it in through your bedroom window. And you wouldn't have it any other way.... Would you?
Review: Serum and Pleasure... What the hell have you been drinking? "Catch The Pigeon" is one of a kind. Nothing but unadulterated fun and mischief thanks to its oddball trippy tones, far-out FX and riff simplicity, it's a truly unique piece. "Dogz" is a little more serious. A kennel-rattling stepper with a bite much sharper than its bark, this one won't just sniff out your hidden goods, it'll take them all too. Ridiculous.
Review: At long last... Ego Trippin's highly anticipated album All City is about to open a whole case of gully whoop-ass in our pieholes and here are our starter courses. "Mind Bender" is all about the warped, melted drone bassline that sits somewhere between Serum and Micky Finn with its funky, weirdness and art of surprise. The already massive "Trill Seekers", meanwhile, gets a G'd up VIP with a cool variation on the bass riff and some sleaze funk on the synths via the fills. Trippin on sunshine lads.
Review: Woof woof! Kanine makes his debut on Low Down Deep with four barking mad thunder jams. "Mercy" does the foghorn bassline shake in a similar groaning way that Serum and Benny L have championed lately, "Locked Off" takes us for walkies at a heads-down turbo pace via sandpaper bassline bliss while "Signal" would give any dog a massive bone with its laserfied bass screams. Elsewhere "A31" wags its tail respectfully at the Clipz school of riff science while "Command" rips down the walls with a bass texture so toxic it could you put down. Welcome to the doghouse.
Review: Long-time sparring partners over the years, Maji and Logan have amassed quite the collabo collection over the years with cuts such as "99p", "Spiderman" and "Satan". Once again they're car jacking all the way to the banger bank with these tag team tear-ups; "Joker" paces with an infectious focus, serious riff energy and a haunted breakdown while "Hula Hoop" is all about the deep subby shakes and sudden dizzying switches. No messing around here.
Review: There are certainly expectations when you name a tune "Slut Party"; it's got to be sleazy, dirty, sweaty and shaded with a general sense of wrong or the office of fair trading need to be called in. Clearly DJ Pleasure is up to date on consumer laws as the vibe is so stank you need a shower for a week after hearing it. The rest of the EP is pleasantly grubby too; "D'Stress" gets a screaming VIP while NU Elementz adds a little extra laser mischief to "Espanol". Party on dudes.
Review: Simula makes his Low Down Deep debut with a gully banquet of four tasty dishes, let's tuck in... "Ravioli" hits with a sharp citrus bassline before slipping into something a little deeper on the breakdown, "Real Life Simulator" hits with similar levels of flavour as a sliding harmonic bassline slinks up and down the scales with Q&A mischief. "A Bit Naughty" flicks its biggest boogies at us by way of a savage machine gun percussive method and a bassline so curmudgeonly you'll need a defibrillator while "R.A.V.E.R" finishes with a classic elephantine groan and twisted vox from the one like Endo. Pasta la vista!
Review: Oh Serum and Voltage, what are we going to do? As if your single output throughout 2017 wasn't enough, you've ended the year with an entire album that's chock-fuller than Santa's sack! An insane cherry on the top of a gully crumpet, this is a romper roadblock with eyes fully-fixed on the dance... The eerie sci-fi samples and early Zinc style bassline Q&A on "Snakes Alive" Seriously, there are too many highlights here, the soul-bowling club fave "Cricket Bat", the venomous pingball bassline fire of "White Widow", the list of immaculate party hurters on here is near criminal. Sleep on this and Serum and Voltage will strike you!
Review: Feel the burno, it's Mr Turno! He's back with this third and final part of his debut album and once again it covers all the right bass places; "Clockwork" will have you skanking to the turbine old school Bristol bass vibes, "Black Jungle" (with A.M.C) will have you speaking in tongues to robots by the time it's finished pulverising your mind, body and soul while "Revolution" brings forth the iconic MC calls of Spyda and wraps them up in a reese so fat it needs its own postcode. Power up!
Review: Power up! Turno lets rip with the second part of his debut album. Once again it's an all-out sesh of the most eclectic order with a firm focus on the heavier side of his repertoire. Kicking off with a classic roughhouse Turno jump-up sound on the title track we're then hurled into a tech-teased bassline hurricane on "Covenant" while "Decapitated" genuinely lives up to its name. Finally we hit "Jekyll & Hyde". A deep Shogun-style stepper with lean elements and an iced soul, it's a fitting way to end the second powerful instalment of an artist who's absolutely smashed this year to pieces.
Review: Feel the Power! Turno begins to wrap up his biggest year to date with his debut album on Low Down Deep. Delivered across the course of several EPs, the action starts right here as Franco fires up in all directions: "BMT" pays homage to the big men with a bouncy early 2000s-style bass riff and rapid chats from the MC like Kombo. "1989" rolls us back to the foundations with iced-out hardcore textures while "Lucifer" is a straight up sandpaper funk with enough grit to exfoliate you down to the bone. Finally we hit "Iris", a piano-laced moment laced to the core with breezy, soul-shuddering vibes. Power up.
Review: A year has passed since Voltage took us for a "Ruby" on Logan D's Low Down Deep. During that time he's verified himself as a roller king and teamed up with Serum to get souped up and waggle his fat cobra in our faces. Now he's back with more high grade strains and they're all as smelly and potent as the next. "Sticky Vicky" is all about the staccato sandpaper harmonics, "Barbera" does this cool Q&A between higher and lower textures before dropping into a dreamy rave breakdown, "Labrynth" is all about the squelching farty off-beat bass funk while "Boy" shuts us down with weirded-out scary reverse bassline twistery. White widow... guaranteed to spark up the dance!
Review: 'Pussyhole' is just as filthy as the track title would suggest, the track consists Q&A style conversation between the dark gutter scrapping bass and the catchy melody that you point your fingers in time to, like some crazed dnb conductor, a very distinct LDD sound to this one. Weird and wonderful just how we like it, the sounds in 'Brain Map' are just so different, it's like a dozen differently pitched tiny springs are uncoiling and pinging all over the dance, and its trippy A.F
Review: Wonkadelic' is just so bouncy, and yeah, you guessed right... its wonky! It will have you jumping around the dance like a snapback wearing kangaroo, with one leg. The track ticks of the trio of LDD staples; weird vox, check, disgustingly low sub, check and of course our favourite, pneumatic drill and tool kit sample pack, big fat check. 'Illusion' is screwface inducing business. It's been doing the rounds this summer, being dropped in neuro and dancefloor sets as well as the usual jump up dances. A pretty standard beat pattern leaves space for the long running, insanely intense body of the track. You can't miss it.
Review: Train wrecking, hard bopping, barely breathing riff wizards Ego Trippin continue their rolling onslaught with four more addictive hook-works. "Drum Beatz" rattles and shakes some classic samples in a brand new way, "Lost Your Mind" brings back memories of Bingo circa 2004 while "Change The Beat" is a lolloping weird-out that groans so rudely it could make T>I blush. Fancy a VIP chaser? Take a glug of the subtly refreshed "Tracker". Trippin on sunshine..
Review: Monday, Tuesday "Fappy" days. Wednesday, Thursday "Fappy" days. The weekend comes, our CDJs hum, ready to play this tune. Yeah... That's how good Heist's latest dispatch is for Low Down Deep - we can just murk up Happy Days lyrics. A massive record for Heist and Logan in recent months, you already know how big this is. "No Cure" takes us down dark pastures with more techy textures and just a mild twang of Belgium to the hook and plenty of Heist funk in the weight and swing. These "Fappy" days are yours and mine yo!
Review: Low Down Deep's stinking strain series continues with the one and only Pleasure. Now clocking a mean decade on the professional release speedo, here he lays down two more roughhouse riff-heavy jams. With its Q&A bass textures and relentless drive, "So Dirty" is so grimy you'll need a wash straight after dropping it. "Sh1tB@g", meanwhile, is also as foul and aggy as the title suggests - cascading harmonic basses spiral deeper into the prang pastures as your floor gradually loses its sh!t to you once again...
Review: Purveyors of fine DnB since 1996, this Essex outfit (Ian Wait, Martin Blackman, Matt North) don't mess about. Here we have a new two-track joint (literally if you see the cover) on Low Down Deep Recordings. Short and sweet and to the point, this single is all about fast fun. "Thrill Seekers" is a proper jump up jam, with dancehall bass melodies, scattershot breaks and spacey effects. "Tracker' is a filthier beast altogether, with sub-troubling wobbly bass barks, speedy drums and some effective vocals samples.
Review: The Teflon Don returns to LDD with four more of his signature seismic bass sessions. "Bomb Squad" sees him colliding with Turno once again for another drama damager where big strings wrap tightly around a serious groaning bass hook while "Think First" whips up a storm with a classical lead that plunges into a crisp and infectious riff. Dig deeper into the collection for a frenzied Q&A-characterised master blaster ("History Making") and a thundering orchestra-charged harmonically-heaved shredder ("Art Form") Serious rawness.
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