In 2015, Josh Gunston and Jay McDougall (also known as KXVU, pronounced ‘kovu’) joined forces to create ‘Southpoint’ – a record label centred around their motivation for promoting local and lesser-known talent and dedication to reviving their hometown of Brighton’s fading dance music scene.
Since the label's formation, it has gone on to become one of the most celebrated platforms across the entirety of underground dance music in the UK & worldwide, becoming one of the pioneering entities behind large segments of both the UK bass and garage movements of the last few years.
With a catalogue spanning the full spectrum of the UK underground and an artist roster spanning as wide as any major label, Southpoint has emerged as a genuine innovator across the endless corridors of underground dance music. The Southpoint imprint has gone to expand it’s operations and now boasts numerous sub-labels, including Chord & Clank, Inertia, Annecy Records & more.
Key Releases:
Bushbaby - Woman’s Touch
Movement & Moony - Late Night
Movement & Rio - Make A Move
Cortese - Intersection
Drax - Frostie
Southpoint Presents Vol. 8
Skelecta - Faith / At Your Table
KXVU - The Cave
Review: As always with the Southpoint imprint, it looks like they have delivered another treat for us here as homegrown heavyweight and flag flyer: Bushbaby touches down with a pair of spicy singles, with two different versions of his brand new creation entitled 'Addicted'. This release marks a different direction for Bushbaby as he moves towards a much more tech-house influenced sound, with the A-side focussing on powerful, moogy subs below a wash of pounding drum slaps and stripped back percussive designs. On the flip-side, the 'Burner' mix takes an even moodier route, with subtle bassline pressure and distant pad textures supplying the additional juice. It's a fantastic two-tracker, giving us a taste of Bushbaby's future endeavours.
Review: Following on from a very successful relaunch of their Southpoint: Introducing brand, the STPT team are back at it again with yet another fiery single, this time welcoming the sounds of Ryan Gallus into the fold. Debuting therefore for the first time as a solo artist, he delivers a real punch of summer with this brand new single entitled 'Easy To Love'. Through a combination of really well thought out vocal samples, super colourful percussive melodies and an overall sunshine feel, this one is perfect for your forthcoming summer playlist planning and is yet another top quality drop from the Southpoint team!
Review: Over the last five years we have seen Southpoint explore so many different avenues of bass and underground dance music, that we have learned to expect the unexpected. They are back at it again, this time unveiling a brand new duo by the name of Cortese, who stun us with this vibrant four track expanse. We begin with the outstanding melodic structures and breakbeat influences of 'Casualty', giving us some serious euphoric flavour before the title track 'Off-Axis' delivers a super catchy piece of vocal sampling over shaking garage-style drums. From here, 'Sun Comes Up' unleashes yet more exciting breakbeat action with a vibrant sense of rhythm and drive, before 'Neon Streams' provides us with the perfect outro, swimming in beautiful synthy reverbs and a constantly shifting arrangement style. This is a duo to keep an eye on!
Review: With the Southpoint brand continuing to grow across both it's hometown of Brighton and around the rest of the UK, they have invited one of their most exciting duos back inside for a powerful two-track punch, exploring the perfect middle ground between hard hitting breaks and glittering garage flavour. We begin with the jittering vocal jolts and stunning melodic infusions of 'One Day', a super vibrant bounce that allows the Cortese combination to show off their most unique production approaches. On the flip, moogy bass melts and spacious pads lead the way, topped off with more fabulous work as 'Burnin' arrives as a fabulous B-side, giving us a sense of breaksy perspective and also rounding out the project in style!
Review: The common theme of Southpoint's super-consistent run of releases over the last five years is that they really aren't afraid to try something different and new, with their roster constantly expanding to welcome some fantastic new faces. After a wicked debut on their Introducing imprint, Weagle makes the jump to the full catalogue with two sizzling garage originals, kicking off with the vibrant vocal slices and colourful melodic arrangement of 'Lucky'. On the flip, the quirky vocal twists and unique-sounding synthesizer action of 'Stormin' takes the EP down a much more experimental sounding avenue to round off a terrific debut!
Review: As the Southpoint team continue to grow and expand their powerful catalogue of original bass music, they welcome the sounds of the much sought after Kiddah, who unveils his quality with a spicy four track masterclass. The title track 'Grip' is exactly what the doctor ordered, fusing together lethal reese action and gnarly drum breaks, kicking us off with a fiery introduction. From here, MRo's sumptuous vocal talents swim into view on 'The Way', another luscious landscape of tasty breaks and vibrant subs. Finally, Kiddah sends the EP down a completely different route as Diligent Fingers arrives for a powerful vocal on the raucous dubstep designs of 'Run Di Place Red'. The combination of these three heaters is something truly special, topped off by the addition of the 'Run Di Place Red' instrumental mix for good measure.
Review: Well, it was only a matter of time before this one came together as Earthnut's recent run of form continues with a long awaited debut Southpoint EP. Having released some of the most popular UKG tracks of the past few years, the STPT team invite the creativity of this fantastic production duo to run wild across three scorchers, beginning with the glitchy arpeggios and hard hitting horn stabs of 'Sea Anomaly'. Next, we move into the alien-like chord shifts and digital atmospheric designs of 'Estrella Breath', before rounding up our journey through this one with the aquatic melodies and sweeping LFO textures of 'Maybe So Really'. Incredible stuff!
Review: Pull up! MoJoe and Chemist RNS's Triple S project hits album-sized proportions with this powerfully explorative bass document. Insanely sharp grime beats such as the groaning "Seen" and the concrete crumbling "Skrillah" act as the spine running through the body of work but the real treat here are the deviations and excursions; the jazzy, off-grid UKG funk or "New Shh", the 23rd century electro breakbeats on "Real", the skittish drums and gamey textures of the title track or Drax's dark wave remix, the list goes on...
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