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Review: With 2022 looking to be another huge year for the underground dance music world, we will be looking to labels such as Vital Techniques' 'Second To None' to keep us blessed with truly original flavour, an idea they tap into with this spicy new single from Phono-Vibez. This one takes the title 'Desperate' and lands with a serious splash of colour, from the chiming melodic sweeps to the sliding bass bulges and catchy high pitched vocal lines above, giving us a refreshing taste of skippy UKG originality. We are also treated to very tidy rework from Vital Techniques themselves as they up the intensity a tonne with their floor-filling overhaul, focussing on more punchy drum processing and choppy 2-step rhythms to give us a perfect remix addition.
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STNM 073
21 Jan 22
UK Garage
21 Jan 22
UK Garage
Review: It's always a pleasure to see the heavyweight Leeds duo of Vital Techniques return to their home imprint of Second To None Music, this time delivering a six track epic across garage bass and breakbeat themes. We kick off with the euphoric introduction of 'Positive Thinking', which through nostalgia inducing piano chords and a bubbling breakdown, launches the EP into the stratosphere right from the beginning. We continue with the wobbly garage feel on 'Can't Trust', this time utilizing catchy auto-tuned vocals for some additional texture, before 'Pull Up & Play Back' unleashes a missile-like arrangement, perfect for the late night dances. From here, our personal highlight arrives in 'First Time', another singalong garage masterclass, encompassing everything we love about the Vital Techniques sound, followed by the well-titled throwback flavours of 'Back In The Day'. Finally, 'Never Be The Same' slows the pace significantly for a much more crunchy roller, giving us the perfect wind-down for a pretty outstanding project.
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STNM 072
12 Nov 21
UK Garage
12 Nov 21
UK Garage
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STNM 071
25 Jun 21
UK Garage
25 Jun 21
UK Garage
Played by: Mr Brainz, Skillz (PAR / SHAG / Rare Supply), Vital Techniques, Juno Recommends UK Garage, NAZA, J69
Review: As always with the Vital Techniques duo, they have gone all out on their latest drop via their home imprint of Second To None to deliver us six tracks of futuristic garage fire. We begin our delvings with a look at 'Euphoria', a floating, chord layden bubbling bop, followed by the lethal reese manoeuvres and catchy vocal hooks of 'Obsession'. From here, we move into the more broken beat rhythms of 'Nothing Matters', followed by the cleverly placed vocal slices and choppy synth plucks of 'Walking On Air' and the sumptuous sub-bass structures of 'Temptation'. Finally, 'Show Me How' sees the Vital Techniques team smash together an impressive collection of synth sounds for a big room round off.
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STNM 068
09 Oct 20
UK Garage
09 Oct 20
UK Garage
Played by: Juno Recommends UK Garage
Review: We have started to notice a bit of a pattern developing with the Leeds City veterans: Vital Techniques, that pattern being that whenever they join forces with long term associate: MC Pean, bangers tend to follow. This latest drop is a perfect example of that as we take in the high energy bassline roles and catchy toasted lyrical inputs of the A:Side 'Gassed', perfect for setting the party alight'. On the flip side, the party flavours continue, this time with a more rhythmic design on 'Way Back When', drawing on a combination of nostalgic lyricism and well processed bass warbles to stitch together a piece of rave-ready dynamite.
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STNM 066
24 Jul 20
UK Garage
24 Jul 20
UK Garage
Review: The run that Second To None have been on as a label has been pretty darn impressive when we sit back and take it in, with this latest drop from founders: Vital Techniques being another perfect addition. For the title track we see them link up with the potent vocal prowess of Graft, who gets busy over a lively instrumental structure full of rhythmic snare snaps. Following this, 'Amen' provides us with some classic sounding grimey fire, dripping in explosive horn riffs and lively rhythms, before the epic string and choir combos of '2020 Vision' unleash the perfect finale. Lovely stuff
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STNM 065
10 Jul 20
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
10 Jul 20
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Played by: RICO TUBBS, Mr Brainz, Skillz (PAR / SHAG / Rare Supply), Juno Recommends UK Garage, BURNIE, Juno Recommends Bass
Review: It's pretty clear that Vital Techniques have not let the lockdown period slow down their inspiring work ethic as they get busy sourcing four explosive remixes to their vibrant collaboration with MC Pean entitled 'Bun Up The Ting'. We kick off with J69's old school niche bassline rethink, adding extensive wobbly bass designs and high energy drum runs into proceedings, followed by Soulecta's nostalgic UKG flip, perfect for the sunshine. Next, Danny T & Tradesman switch it up with a crunchy grime recreation before Sublow Hz sends the acapella into the jump up blender for the final overhaul, giving this project a fantastic amount of variety from start to finish.
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STNM 064
26 Jun 20
UK Garage
26 Jun 20
UK Garage
Played by: Skillz (PAR / SHAG / Rare Supply), Juno Recommends UK Garage, BURNIE, NAZA, Juno Recommends Bass
Review: Second To None Music regulars Vital Technique return to action with the follow-up to 2019 General Levy hook-up "Give It To Dem". This time round they've got MC Pean in tow, a mic man who last featured on their 2017 EP "Gunfingers". He's in fine form on "Bun Up The Ting", a verified UK funky wobbler laden with wobble-step style bass, siren sounds, laden percussion hits and an ear-catching steel pan style lead line. The duo's tight production, bowel-bothering bass, twisted electronic noises and cheery melodies naturally come to the fore in the accompanying "Instrumental Mix", while the bonus acapella version is perfect for those inventive producers who feel like making their own remix (or DJs who just want to get busy in the mix for that matter).
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STNM 062
27 Mar 20
UK Garage
27 Mar 20
UK Garage
Review: Two in two weeks? Yeah, why not. We return to Second To None here for the second edition of their 'Street Dubs' EP project, inviting the same cast of El Laurie, Hamdi and Vital Techniques in for a second round refill. We firstly check out the classic grimey flavours of 'Wet Up' from El Laurie, a nostalgic 2-steppy roller, packed with explosive horns and squarewave energy. Next, Hamdi continues down his unique dubstep-inspired path as the waspy tones of 'Wobbly' run riot, before label founders: Vital Techniques bring out the final piece of the puzzle with the abstract rhythms of 'Venom'.
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STNM 061
07 Feb 20
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
07 Feb 20
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
Review: It has been a brief minute since we took in a new drop from the Second To None team, but boy have they relaunched with a bang as we talk into three absolute heaters. Firstly, Brighton resident and rapidly rising DJ: El Laurie kicks us off, with his tight drum expressions and vibrant string work in 'Next Hour', before the chomping dubstep basslines of Hamdi's 'Caterpillar' roll into view, following on from an extremely popular Facebook reveal of the track. Finally, label head honchos: Vital Techniques grace us with the third original, another freezing 140 creation, built around shimmering arpeggios and 8bit drum switches!
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STNM 060
24 Jan 20
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
24 Jan 20
Dirty Dubstep/Trap/Grime
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STNM 059
25 Oct 19
UK Garage
25 Oct 19
UK Garage
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STNM 058
30 Aug 19
UK Garage
30 Aug 19
UK Garage
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STNM 056
02 Aug 19
UK Garage
02 Aug 19
UK Garage
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STNM 055
19 Jul 19
UK Garage
19 Jul 19
UK Garage
Review: Leeds based top boy selectors Vital Techniques return here to their home label 'Second To None' alongside long term collaborator: MC Pean, for four top draw creations. We kick off with an exciting collaboration project with Leeds mic legends Dialect and P Solja, who provide some heavyweight flows on 'Santander'. Following this, we dip into the garage-inspired switch ups and bouncy textures of 'Oi', before 'Militant' rolls into focus on a new school 140 flex, packed full of delicious synth energy and sharp drum smashes. We finish this one off with a look at the more experimental flavours of 'Write Him Off', which forms into an electronic hip-hop style structure, bristling with tasty distorted subs and Pean's strongest vocal of the project in our opinion.
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STNM 053
15 Feb 19
UK Garage
15 Feb 19
UK Garage
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STNM 052
23 Nov 18
UK Garage
23 Nov 18
UK Garage
Various
Review: Straight out of the heart of Leeds, Second To None Music has been setting some serious pace across the breadth of 2018. Headed up by founders: Vital Techniques, we see them assemble a mighty host for the first edition their band new 'Head Gone' compilation series, showcasing some of the best in bass music right now. We see inspired appearances from bassline heavyweights such as Deadbeat UK, Brent Kilner, Spectrum, Pavv and more, with particular highlighted flavours coming from man of the minute: Sammy Virji, on his super vibrant roller entitled 'Thunderclap'. Dr Cryptic also makes a stellar appearance on 'Little Roller', with Vital Techniques themselves supplying some skippy heat on 'Wasted'.
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STNM 051
19 Oct 18
UK Garage
19 Oct 18
UK Garage
Review: Vital Techniques have had a top draw year so far, dropping some of the scenes biggest releases across both the grime & bassline spheres. Here they return for a high energy two track bass party, beginning with the old school sounds of 'All The Time' which smashes together electronic vocal slices and almost eski-like lead subs, resulting in a super groovy movement. On the flip, the more UKG inspired composition of 'Be Real'; takes hold, which focuses on classic organ chord progressions, vocal melodies and some seriously skippy drum arrangements, rounding off a great two track project.
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STNM 050
31 Aug 18
UK Garage
31 Aug 18
UK Garage
Review: After a string of potent collaborations, Vital Techniques team up with the vicious vocal presence of MC Pean again for a weighty composition on their home imprint: Second To None. Across the introduction we are given grimey rhythms and smooth shells from Pean before sliding into a heavyweight bassline crescendo with lethal synth work and destructive drum processing. This a combo which seems to be able to do no wrong!
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STNM 049
08 Jun 18
UK Garage
08 Jun 18
UK Garage
Review: For this one, Leeds based bass outfit: Second To None team up with the rapidly rising local sounds of Sketchi & Bluff for a vibrant single entitled 'Shaolin Shadow'. As a composition we are driven down a grimey route, accompanied by shiny 8bit synth patterns, loosely sliding square wave synths and skippy drum routines. This release also comes complete with an electrifying drum & bass rethink, bringing together a collection of crazy synths for a jump up jamboree.
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STNM 048
09 Mar 18
UK Garage
09 Mar 18
UK Garage
Played by: Juno Recommends UK Garage
Review: Vital Techniques continue their exciting start to 2018 with this fantastic box of goodies entitled 'Taking The Piss' via the Second To None imprint. Featuring 4 original creations the full project is full of rave-ready material and is guaranteed to get the dance moving. The title track features a high energy vocal from the ever-ready MC Pean which sits perfectly above grinding bass synths and euphoric synth chords. Pean features again alongside Leeds city grime legend: Dialect for more electric vocals on the 'Supply and Demand' VIP. Following this we hear the demonic bass sounds of 'Hold On' and moogy patterns of 'Shadow Boxing'. This is a great overall project that even comes complete with the 'Taking The Piss' instrumental track.
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STNM 047
02 Feb 18
UK Garage
02 Feb 18
UK Garage
Review: While he might not be a name to receive all the latest hype and background chatter, the UK's Mikey B has been a strong presence on the wider bass scene throughout the last ten years. Coming through with the first mutations of grime into dubstep, the man has been perfecting and refining to achieve the diversity of sounds found on this latest LP. Evolution is a journey, or rather, a DJ set in and of itself; all sorts of bass squelching can be found across its seventeen bangers, all of which have their roots firmly locked onto the dancefloor. In fact, play this whole damn killer out at a party, and you don't even need a DJ. Hybrid cuts for the modern ear - yes, yes, Mikey!
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STNM 046
03 Nov 17
UK Garage
03 Nov 17
UK Garage
Review: Leeds bass junkies Vital Techniques are back to work on their Second To None imprint and, in fact, it would be fair to say that this new EP is a clear mark of their confidence and panache behind the mixing board. Calling any tune "Gunfingers In The Air" is pretty much a sure sign that you know what you're on about when it comes to deathly bass shots, and the same can be said for the more house-centric vibes of "Get Down". "No One Else" is a perfect hybrid" between dubstep and garage, all sped up and full of mutant dread, whereas "Prisoner" comes through with a much sexier, sleeker garage banger with that unmistakably early 00s r&b touch.
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STNM 045
04 Aug 17
UK Garage
04 Aug 17
UK Garage
Played by: In:flux Audio
Review: 4x4 fire in the hole! Second To None mainstay Mikey B returns with Nu Wave murker mandem DJ Direct for this one-track wounder. Complete with a big classic house-style soaring female vocal and an emotional, heavily harmonised bass riff, it's an instant peaker guaranteed to raise spirits, vibes and every hair the back of your neck. Gully.
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STNM 044
07 Jul 17
UK Garage
07 Jul 17
UK Garage
Review: Constantly dealing out killer versions on his Soundcloud and teasing us with dubs that seem to be lurking in the A-list forever ("Rizla" anyone?), northern powerhouse Brent Kilner delivers some serious goods on Second To None. With its MC-samples and broken glass bass riff "Shots On The Scene" is a straight up ode to bassline in all its 4x4 glory. "Wheel Up" adds a jazzier twist to the chords that tap into the original UKG foundations while "Earthquake" fuses in a little breakbeat murkery and grime energy. Shots fired.
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STNM 043
05 May 17
UK Garage
05 May 17
UK Garage
Played by: In:flux Audio
Review: More solid bass goodness here courtesy of the Second To None crew. Livesy clashes here big style with Rude Jude with some seriously funky sparks flying about. The 90s are all over this EP like rash with "Crazy" being the perfect Moschino-clad skippy UKG (with a hint a modern wobble too). Elsewhere "Can We Go There" fuses soulful yearning with thumping speed garage, whilst Pallace turn it into melodic electro-house. The title track also gets remixed, with Palize turning in some classic-sound piano house and Holly finishes with a cheeky hardcore-rave-meets-trap rework.
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STNM 042
24 Mar 17
UK Garage
24 Mar 17
UK Garage
Review: Second To None headmasters take us back to school with three broadsword 130 bass four-steppers "Spin The Dubplate" kicks with classic strutting UKG beats but rumbles the horns and harmonic bass of grime while MC Pean spits down the law chapter and verse. "Mucky" dips much lower into the bass swamp with a classic organ-style squelch guiding us through spacious, switchy drum arrangement. "Cloud 9" flips the contrast button with a superb breakbeat garage roller laded with crisp soulful vocals. Hypho brings the damage on his "Spin The Dubplate" for bonus grades. Power up.
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STNM 041
27 Jan 17
UK Garage
27 Jan 17
UK Garage
Review: Some say the B stands for brutal. Others say it stands for beef. We reckon it stands for badman as he reminds us once again on Second To None. Digging deep into his Niche roots, cuts like "Endlessly" and "Caught Up" are ruthlessly heavy with their four-beat energy and riffy drive. If you fancy a little more sass to your bash then vocal two-step cuts "Behind Closed Doors" and "Forget Your Name" will both hit your (UK)G-spot. Needs more house? Jump straight on "From Me". You won't be disappointed.
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STNM 040
28 Oct 16
UK Garage
28 Oct 16
UK Garage
Various
Review: Second To None Music have chosen the right name for their label. These guys should not be underestimated, and their output is among the best UK bass, garage and funky that we have heard recently. This statement compilation is simply putting them on a lot of people's radars, and getting the to know that absolutely nobody at their HQ is messing around when it comes to relaxing fresh bangers for the UK's dance floors. The music is wild and diverse, ranging from pure bassline to UK funky, and there are certainly plenty of noticeable artists and known faces here, including neb-dancehall specialist Deadbeat, Mikey B, B Squared, and Hypho. If you're into the British way of doing house, then this twist up will surely satisfy.
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STNM 039
09 Sep 16
UK Garage
09 Sep 16
UK Garage
Review: Leeds duo Vital Techniques clearly believe in quality not quantity. Working hard on a follow-up to February's Bad Man Ting, their Battleground EP has finally arrived. The title track starts things strong, with swaggering brass stabs, rat-tat-tat drums, delirious spinouts and oodles of bass frequencies. Next, "Clear Vision" sees the guys pair up with Mikey B for some lively UKF fire - all wobble bass, skippy beats, a sprinkling of 2-step and lots of pitched RnB vocals. "Something Happening" meanwhile is a harder beast; delivering tough and fast 4 x 4 action with relentless bass mayhem and aggro MC flows. Edgy!
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STNM 038
01 Jul 16
UK Garage
01 Jul 16
UK Garage
Review: Generally busy with production partner Mikey B, solo outings by Sketchi are rare as hen's teeth. So it's all the more exciting when they do arrive, and here on first-single-in-ages, I Know, he doesn't disappoint. His aforementioned co-producer even makes an appearance on the dreamy off-kilter house of "Don't You Care?" Elsewhere he's left to his own devices but equally shines on the likes of the brooding, tribal UKF monster "Axe Kick" and the sweeping melancholy of spacey 2-stepper, "Conquer". A class above.
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STNM 037
03 Jun 16
UK Garage
03 Jun 16
UK Garage
Review: If anywhere is providing a credible challenge to Bristol's bass crown, it's Leeds and here we have that city's newest contender, Oliver Livsey, with two new jams on the Second To None label. "Disconnected" is an assured 4 x 4 pounder that neatly twists in some subtle 2-step and dubstep breaks into the mix. "Smoke" on the other hand, sees Livsey collaborate with bass hero Mikey B, and is a super melodic jam with skippy beats, female RnB vocals and accelerated catchy basslines. One to watch!
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STNM 036
13 May 16
UK Garage
13 May 16
UK Garage
Review: Mikey B and Krissy B first collaborated under the B Squared moniker last November. Now we finally have a follow-up, better late than never and all that, and they have clearly lost none of their mutual spark. "Never 2 Busy" is a hyperactive 136bpm banger that fuses soulful RnB vocals and chords with demented 2 step and jagged bass. Elsewhere "Fair & Square" keeps up the pace with jackhammer 4 x 4 beats and warbling female vocals, "All I Need" brings us skippy beats with mechanical wobble basslines and finally "Find You" is hard bounce with chipmunk vocals. Knackered yet?
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STNM 035
15 Apr 16
UK Garage
15 Apr 16
UK Garage
Review: Following a well deserved festive break, Vital Techniques began 2016 with one-tracker, You. Now they getting fully back up to speed with the hard-hitting bass blitzkrieg of the Big Man Ting EP. There are three new tunes here that have already gained support from the likes of Marcus Nasty, Flava D, Hatcha and Dappa: "No Way" is fast and furious 4 x 4 with buzzsaw bass, with swishy pads, bouncy kicks and string stabs, "Jenga" is slower, deeper and more mystical and finally the title track is on full rave alert -big drops, merciless bass frequencies and speedy beats.
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STNM 034
26 Feb 16
UK Garage
26 Feb 16
UK Garage
Various
Review: Founded back 2010 by duo Vital techniques, Second To None, was born with the intent to promote 'the sickest...130-140bpm bass' from around the UK. They've certainly done that here, presenting 12 bleeding edge cuts for listening pleasure. Highlights include the linear, up-and-down hoover bass joint "Live My Life" by Deadbeat UK, Mikey B's heavy and eccentric 2-step gem "I Wonder" and Vital Techniques own deep bass workout, "News To Me".
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STNM 033
29 Jan 16
UK Garage
29 Jan 16
UK Garage
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STNM FREEJUNO
29 Jan 16
UK Garage
29 Jan 16
UK Garage
