Sub-liminal Recordings is a drum & bass label founded by Ben Carvin aka DJ Agro in 2015. Prior to this (2011 onwards), Sub-liminal built up its fan base by throwing regular club nights at Volks in Brighton. DJ Agro, Warhead, Kumo, Too Greezey, Damage Report, DJ Hybrid, Guzi, A N F M and Leaf are all artists that have helped shape the label’s dark, rolling and moody 175bpm sound, with their turbo-charged productions. Sub-liminal Recordings is the parent label to Sub-Division Recordings.
Review: If you're worried about producers spending too long in their studios and not getting enough fresh air, or producers inappropriately dressing for an occasion, then save those thoughts for another artist as Agro is most definitely okay: he's currently out on the piste and he's most definitely wearing the correct gear as 'Ski Mask' will get those cheeks nice and warm with every slope-bound slap. Elsewhere 'Murk Nothing' wriggles and rants with the energy and mischief of a young Tyke, 'Porridge' will heat you up with its sludge, warm oaty vibes while 'Scum' closes on an ice cold vibe. Wrap up warm from face to foot.
Review: Selecta! Sub-liminal bossman Agro rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck into his label vaults, drawing out persys and reminding us just how on it his label has been since morning. Ranging from the twisted bass bubbles and trippy warped sounds of Warhead's 'Tread Carefully' to the interplanetary bleep drama and sweet bubbling subs of Kumo's 'Trick Shot', Agro is explicitly telling us how versatile and timeless his label has always been. With some of these cuts going back to the 2016/17, he's proved it. Get stuck in!
Review: Glitch City gets slimy with his latest dispatch on Sub-liminal - Swamp Monsters. Diverse and dangerous, the whole EP hits a lot of different spots with its energy and unkempt aesthetic. 'Swamp Monsters' takes the lead and hits hard with that kinda neuro/techy fusion. 'Rockers International' is where things get even more interesting as GC goes halftime with very dramatic results before 'Wind Loops' and 'That Lock Up' both whip up a storm on a full D&B tip for the finale. Monstrously sick!
Review: Glitch City steps up to the wheels of steel to kick off his new year with this cracking dig into the Sub-liminal archives and the results slap in quite a few cool directions. Firstly, the mix is super tight and really creative. Secondly, Sub-liminal have such a sick discography that's all pure timeless dancefloor D&B murkage, you're guaranteed to get your hands some fantastic tear-ups here. Thirdly, it's got Oz's 'Like That', which remains one of the most unique beats in D&B. Naughty across the board, both Glitch City and Sub-liminal have delivered something special here.
Review: Agro's Sub-liminal Recordings shut down 2023 with a final fire-up for the year from Tomoyoshi. As always with the Japanese artist, the vibes are set high and are fully uncompromised as he digs deep into the D&B psyche in a number of cool and creative ways. 'Inner Mind' strips things back to the bare funky essentials while 'No Sanctuary' goes for a deliciously venomous and stabby approach which owes just as much to techno as it does wobblers. Deeper into the EP we hit the emotional charms of 'Ecstasy Rising' before 'Techwise' finishes the EP and melts off all of our skin. Fresh!
Review: As always with Subliminal, we are in for a treat as the extended sounds of Warhead are unveiled in their ultimate majesty across this brand new 6 track epic. We begin with 'Decapitator', a metallic slink through unpredictable percussive-bass combos, followed by the abstract bass skips of 'G Life' and the euphoria-inducing synth-design of 'Mercury', which sends us to a different planet all together. Moving forward, the high octane feel continues as 'Pinpoint' firstly lets loose a devastating reesey blaster, with the sliding LFO drives of 'What You Know;' and mind-melting synth pulses of the title track 'Tread Carefully' giving us a fiery finale. A truly top-notch collection.
Review: Rev it up! Jump-up soldier RV returns to Sub-liminal with a fat stack of sizzlers and slap-abouts. Guaranteed screwface science: each cut is designed to shave your short and curlies. Highlights include the total carnage and full strength tear-up feels of "Time Capsule", the psychedelic trippery of "Naked Eye", the pure brute force of the Agro collab "Concrete" and the more playful bubbler "Loungin'" but the entire EP hits hard and works so well in the mix. Solid!
Review: Yung Pyro gets real with this new collection on Agro's Sub-liminal. He's even added his real first name to his alias to show you how serious he is about this music. You can tell, too... 'Burnin' is pure drama laced with tension and great storytelling, 'Come In' goes full depth-charge with its plunging basslines and sense of spiralling chaos while 'Lucid' takes us back to the jump-up glory days of the early 2000s with its relentlessly barking bassline. And that's just three tracks of this full-strength collection. Squelchy, savage, full of fire; Pyro's still smoking!
Review: Just when you thought things couldn't get any spicier, Agro and DJ Hybrid's Riko Dan fronted 'Hot Pepper' gets some extra sauce from man-of-the-moment Objectiv. Stripping things back to a warm rubbery bass shot and swaggering beats that leave plenty of space for Riko's bars. The rap too hot for your sensitive soul? Then jump on the dub where that big emotional breakdown takes the full focus. Fans of The Sauce and Alibi will be all over this.
Review: Time for something spicy as this dream team collabo comes together for some out-and-out jungle fire. Agro, DJ Hybrid and Riko Dan on bar duties... this can only bring flames! Rapid bassline funk, even harder bars and beats that singe every whisker north of your neck, this has been a huge bubbler for all concerned all summer, now it's yours. Complete with an instrumental if you can't handle the heat! What a banger.
Review: Agro's Sub-liminal label fires up the Myriad machine once again for another new-gen showcase. Pure futurism: each of these artists are right at the forefront with their skills, energy and dynamics. No time for formula or chin-stroking, just pure dancefloor weaponry from exciting hotly-tipped names like Illament, Kenji, Ingenuity and Martyn Nytram. Highlights include Dreadnaught and Posk's growling twist-up 'Baby', Martyn Nytram's Dead-style ravey tear-up 'Senario' and Warhead's outstanding Taxman-level battle jam 'Under The Weather'. That's just three of 16 crucial party pieces, get your paws mucky on the Myriad once again!
Review: Hey Mario! You know that new evil sound you wanted for your spooky underground levels? Well listen to this! Yes yes, Agro is rolling out some true side-scrolling carnage here as 'Attack The Block' pops like 100000 1UP mushrooms. It's in good company: 'Cut The Mid Range' gets all choppy with the sick samples, 'Wendy On Wax' is woozy and wonderful and 'Contact' is just a straight up Bowser flattener. If this is the dark side we don't ever want to see the light again.
Review: Agro's Sub-liminal crew squad up for this special VA EP. Five of their most razor sharp producers, five venomous rinse-outs: Prestige gets super grizzled with his high frequency stabs on 'Demons Of The Mind', Agro goes proper wallop with the killer 'Beneath Hell' while Korrode brings neuro into the mix on the skin-melting 'Demonised'. Elsewhere Yatuza gets all low-slung and grumbly with Pain on 'Toy Soldiers' before Pruf closes with the gut-kicking slams and bangs of 'Bass In The Future'. See you there.
Review: Previously spotted on the likes of Pick The Lot, Pick N Mix and Invicta, Drowzee makes his debut on Agro's Sub-liminal imprint with this epic six track collection of tear-ups. Featuring collaborations with the likes of Magenta, Warhead and a remix of Guzi, it's a full flavoured set that hits hard with leftfield, oddball funk. Every cut is a highlight but real stand out moments include the weirdo groove and strange slaps of 'Computers' (with Warhead), the big bellowing bass and trippy samples of the final cut 'Duplicate' and the almighty title track 'Mumbo Jumbo' (with Magenta). All this and so much more. It's time to stop chatting rubbish.
Review: Following recent releases on Good 4 Nothing and Serial Killaz, the ever-versatile Complex joins Agro and co on Sub-liminal for this hefty banger six pack 'Boarderlack'. As always with Complex (especially last year's album On The Outskirts) the beats are fat, focused and wholly uncompromised as he ploughs us all down with a spectacle of fearsome acts. Highlights include the wonderfully wobbly wonk on 'Over The Hill', the pure drama of the EP title track 'Boaderlack' and purring textures and endless twists of 'Could Have'. Pure filth.
Review: Part man, part motorhome, all beast: RV returns to Sub-liminal with four outstanding slap-abouts. 'Jumanji' takes the lead with big wobbles and slamming breaks. It's in good company... 'Over The Line' is pure tear-up mayhem, 'How You Like That?' brings a lot of hype and tightly coiled energy while his 2021 Sub-liminal cut 'Avenge Your Master' enjoys a vibrant and savage VIP. Massive.
Review: Is he a PA system? Is he named after your dad? No one is too sure, but we can all agree that Pa's music is absolutely despicably and utterly gully, as proved once again with his first full EP for Agro's Sub-liminal. Here are six happy-slapping examples of Pa's sound and energy that ranges from the timeless rave energy of the title track 'Tape Pack' to the grittier, razor sharp 'Scorpions'. Other highlights include the time stretched fills and classic disco vocal sample on '93' and the unforgiving bass tension on 'Ya Mad'. Massive.
Review: The unstoppable audio arsonist Pyro lights his last fire of 2022 with this moody and murky six pack on Argo's Sub-liminal - 'Solitary'. Signing out of his busiest and most prolific year to date, 'Solitary' runs the full range as Pyro takes us on a trip. Key navigation points are the distant, dark dream vocals of the title track, the awesome bubbly rave energy of 'Talkin' and the darker, late 90s bassline flavours of 'Melted'. Complete with a VIP of 'Renegade', this is an absolutely massive EP. Expect more fire in 2023.
Review: Man like Jack JTR rips into our rigs once again with this humungous collection on Sub-liminal. Bopping, bouncing, dancing and shaking, he's throwing some serious moves as cuts like 'Artificial' and 'Blessin'' surge through the speakers with pure industrial strength venom and weight. Elsewhere 'Supersonic' blasts us off into space on a rocket made of pure dark matter wobbly subs, 'New Ones' takes us to the grottiest corner of JTR's imagination while 'Hustle' will shake your whiskers from 30 paces and the title track while have you unleashing your own inner John Travolta before the first 32 is out.
Review: Just in time for rainy season... Man like Tomoyoshi lands on Sub-liminal with four beautifully dramatic cuts entitled 'Grey Skies'. The title track sets the scene with serious tension and doubled up technoid beats, 'Run It Up' flips for more of a classical BCUK style overdrive romp and 'Begin With Hallucinate' hurls us deep into a deep hypnotic state with its creepy arpeggio and twisted bass tones. Last but not least 'Patchwork' signs out with a deep woozy note. Bring on the winter flavours!
Review: Can't get no sleep? Then look no further than Joely latest banger couplet as he gets his dark funk grizzle on with Sub-Liminal Recordings. 'Jet Leg' tags in MCAD for the vocals and melts the fabric of time with its twisted bass textures and gritty, edgy groove. 'Lookin' Good' follows suit with a slightly deeper approach on the build up and a super juicy feel on the drop. All soaking wet and weird, this is the sound of Joely on some next level energy. One way ticket vibes.
Review: Sub-liminal badman Agro gets naughty this month with the massive 'Digital Armshouse' EP. His biggest release since his Bad From Morning album last year, once again we're treated to a whole range of spicy delights and low end lashings. Highlights include the sizzling rudeboy-calling title track, Taxman's epic twist of 'Bad From Morning' and the humungous rumbling subs and rattling fills on 'I Blacked Out' and the wonky wily funk of 'Reach'. Raise your arms!
Review: 50 tracks!! Count them - FIFTY tracks - right here from the Sub-liminal Recordings crew as the label looks back over the last few years of massive bangers. Pure gully science from across the board, if you've missed out on any of their releases or you've only just tuned into the sounds of Agro's longstanding label then this is the place. Highlights come in all shapes and sizes but only a madman would miss out ridiculous heavyweight cuts likes Shayper's 'Burnt Gerbil', Prestige's wonked out weirdo funk-up 'Computer Killer', Xav's old school charmer 'Crisp Packet'. These are just three crucial examples. Dig deep!
Review: Jack Warhead gets his bombs out for the gang and it's another all-out shelling session. As he allude to in recent interviews, his current releases are part of a new batch of freshly inspired productions and you can really feel the freshness. Highlights of this new assault include the crazy wobble and weirdness of 'Final Destination', the very trippy hi-hats and grumpy bass gurgles of 'Officer' and the pure grit of 'Pack It In'. Complete with a VIP of his breakthrough banger 'Good To Me', Warhead is firing some insane shots right here.
Review: Germany calling! Scurrow burrows down deep underground with this powerful range of flavours and dynamics on one of his most wide-armed and far-reaching collections so far. Having previous flexed on the likes of Holographic, Gradient and Grid, here he lands on Sub-liminal with a broadsword blend of barbed soul ('Dark Sun' and 'Over Me'), technoid pacers ('Them') and big bloodclart warehouse melters ('Cthulhu') Incredibly talent right here.
Review: Keep your friends close and your enemies invisible! Oz returns to Sub-liminal with another collection of hair-raising lessons in D&B tension. The title track tells you what you need to know; big booming subs and eerie tension in the midrange bass, this will creep out the sternest of dancefloors. It's backed by three more crucial cuts. 'Leach' is all about the skippy breaks and twisted dramatic bassline textures that sit right at the forefront of the mix, 'Power' is a high pressure stepper while 'Mercury' saves the darkest energy for last as the bass textures get even more aggressive and tense. Killer EP.
Review: The currently unstoppable Posk returns to Sub-liminal with another super-generous EP that's loaded to the lips with stinkers and slappers. The damagement rolls out from the off as Posk links with Agro and legendary MC Foxy for the creeped out 'Jungle Veteran' before a whole barrage of badness seeps out of the speakers in its wake. Highlights include the savage breaks and wobbled out bass of 'Cohiba', the grumbling, sludgy 'Invertebrate' and the ragga chatting vibes and staccato bass of 'Soundclash'. Vibes!
Review: Get fired up! Pyro returns to Sub-liminal with four more dark funk damagers. A mainstay of Agro's talented label rabble, his consistency has been impeccable over recent releases, guaranteeing chaos with every banger and high grade slapper. This 'Renegade' EP is no exception as he runs us through his most recent inventions. Highlights include the grime style riddim of 'Jagged', the sultry RnB vocals on 'Flavaz' and big booms and growls of 'Shotty Dub'. Oof!
Review: Back by Tik Tok demand! One of Agro's earliest releases 'Noise Complaint' keeps the viral vibe alive as it returns in remastered form plus a whole new chapter. Still calling the council seven years after its first outing, 'Noise Complaint Part 2' keeps the same cheeky vibe and samples of the original but with a much juicier, rolling bassline. Still not giving any Fs, still not turning the levels down after 10pm, still bubbling with Agro's classic aggro signature, if you don't like it you can call the council yourself!
Review: Chefs kiss! Dreadnaught is back in the kitchen and he's serving up a storm. 'Cook Dem' sees him linking with the bossman Agro who plays consummate sous-chef as they chop and dice their way through the frequencies baking up slamming, swaggering drums along the way. Side dishes include the nutty, twisted ruffage of 'Thinking Cap', the sweet and spicy system slammer 'Soundgirl Killa' (with RV and Miss Melody) and the deliciously gooey bassline pudding 'Blood'. Yum.
Review: Agro's Sub-liminal machine keeps ploughing us into tomorrow with raffish, unruly fusions from some of the most exciting producers in the bass game. Reading like who's who in tomorrow's talent, highlights hang off every corner like a poorly fitted suit... Vital's 'The Streets' is pure machine gun menace, Kre's 'Peaky Blinders' is all slices and dices with its maximal wall of sound and cool glitchy freak-outs while Woolf's remix of Yatuza's 'Don't Be Absurd' ends this forward-thinking VA with a subversive super deep twist. Hard hitting.
Review: Just when you thought those big atonal horn vibes had left the D&B dance, Oz returns with a screamer to end all screamers in the form of 'T-Rex'. Heaving with power of 100000 foghorns, this will melt your dancefloor to pieces. It's backed by plenty more heat including the stark dystopian flavours of 'Captain Die', the mystic moodiness of the heads-down blast-off 'Genie' and more horn-heaving drama in the form of 'Desert Eagle'. All absolutely next level in terms of production, Oz is one some next level juju right here!
Review: JTR... Just The Realness? Juicing The Raves? Jiggy Then Raw? Nobody actually knows what JTR stands for but we all know that he deals with nothing but premium, tear-your-face-off jump-up and deadly dark funk. Especially now he's flexing on Sub-liminal. Highlights on this killer label debut include the strange alien flutters and gurgles on the title track 'Spotted', the sick treatment and use of the vocal on the excellently tense and gritty 'Chopped Up' and absolute scatty science of 'Got It' but the whole EP is another level and primed for the biggest of raves. Jeez This Rips.
Review: Sub-liminal brings an end to the year that was, going out all guns blazing with on Air Part 2 featuring a bunch of wicked VIPs. Label staple Agro serves up several collaborations on here with the likes of Mentah, Raz, Diligent Fingers and Ghxsty. There's also a few offerings by the ever reliable Yatuza; our pick being the wonky stepper of "Distance" with Master Error. Elsewhere, Pyro pops up a few times throughout and was in fine form on "Smithdown Bass" and Prestige handed in a couple of quality dubs with neurofunk cut "Logical" being our pick of the bunch.
Review: One of the most respected mastering engineers in D&B takes a step away from making other people sound good and reminds us how good he sounds himself with this crucial debut. Featuring collabs with the likes of DJ Hybrid, Agro, Madrush MC, Stillz, StyleOne, Sam Harris and many more, the self-titled album flexes hard across the D&B spectrum from contemporary neuro work-outs like 'Wipeout' to twisted graveyard steppers like 'Cold Nightmare' to swaggering instrumental grime vibes like 'Hot Gates'. Elsewhere we're whisked off to far away lands on a rocket powered by acoustic guitars ('Lifting The Veil'), we're pummelled with dancehall elements on 'Moschino Jeans' and sent into some type of crazed techno paranoia on 'Stop'. This is a serious debut album from a seriously talented artist.
Review: One of the most respected and hardest working mastering engineers in the game AND one of the most respected producers in the new generation, Guzi's accomplishments speak for themselves. Now with his debut album en route, we can expect even more damagement and level-setting from the Brighton artists. The countdown to his eponymous LP starts here with this crucial co-lab with fellow south coast warrior DJ Hybrid. Bashy, heavy and drawing on influences from the instrumental grime world, this licks off heads at 20 paces. Expect nothing less from two modern day donnies.
Review: Everyone's favourite motherboard crusher Prestige comes to collect our old laptops and desktops for scrap. He lines them up on a far-off wall and shoots every type of firearm he has at them. 'Computer Killer' is the sound of hundred monitors imploding, 'Smashed' is an old briefcase laptop being detonated by a Molotov cocktail, 'Sapphire' is the digital screams of Windows 98 turning inside out and melting under the heat, 'Mechanism' is the sound of some scally badboys playing footie with a hollowed out iMac G3 while 'Journey To Mars' is the sound of brand new laptop being strangled in the dead of the night. Sweet digital murderation.
Review: Jungle dnb veteran RV returns to Sub-liminal with another brace of blazing, heavyweight collaborations that range from full throttle darkness to wonky off-beat badness. 'Target Practice' (with Raz) takes the lead with a venomous ragga edge before we dip into a whole menu or murking flavours - 'Simple Things' (with Chromatic) has a depth plunge bassline and a vibe that wouldn't have gone amiss on V way back in the mid 90s, 'Smuggler' (with Sakkura) takes Eek-A-Mouse to gnarly new levels before hurling us into a gritty harmonic bassline tear-up then 'Data Drop' (with label bossman Agro) pummels us into submission with a high voltage bassline and twisted, manipulated vocals. For added RV pressure, there's also a disgusting remix of Prestige's 'We Want You'. Friends? BFFFs more like! (The extra F is for FIRE)
Review: Following his massive 'The Beast' EP on Liondub in September, man like Kumo returns to Sub-liminal with two unholy shredders ready for the darker nights ahead. 'My Selecta' is stripped right back to the bare aggy bones with a roaring bassline, crisp steppy beats and well-timed breaths. 'Trick Shot' meanwhile bubbles with a little Bristol style flavour; raucous funk that's both well-tamed yet completely off the chain. Kumo's on some next level danger right here.
Review: Hey you there. You lovers of swampy, grotty, far-out D&B, we got something you're going to love right here as Oz returns with a massive four-pack on Agro's Sub-liminal. 'It's Alive' is like a weirded out pranged flip on 'Diplodocus' for the twisted modern times, 'Like That' is a all warped bubbles and big flabby shakers, 'Vibe' brings big swathes of synth emotion before flipping into a roomy, off-grid drums before 'Say What' closes business for the day with the mangled harmonic bass blasts and more jazz-minded drums. No one is doing things like Oz right now.
Review: Boosting the subs in Sub-liminal each and every time, Agro's label continues to celebrate the big one-oh-oh with another selection from the very forefront of D&B's future. With the dynamite pairing of Shayper and Amplify setting the scene with 'I Got You', we then hurtle down the rabbit hole with the likes of Guzi's gutter-butting sweeper 'Kushty', the spaced-out wobbles of Prestige's 'Never Wrong', the absolute nuttiness of Niterider's 'Catch Feelings' and Rowney's skank-out 'Yard Ting'. And that's just the tip of this third and final 100th release iceberg. Here's to 100 more releases!
Review: Agro's Sub-liminal deliver the second part of their on-going 100th release celebration series with another incredible tear-up from a whole range of the label's friends and family members. Wall melters and head-poppers fly from every angle right here as every artist brings their roughest and toughest sounds. Highlights include Jack The Ripper's amen-rattling 'Draw', the tension and high voltage textures of Yatuza & Safra's 'The Cabin', RV's mid 2000s Playaz style jump-up on 'Avenge Your Master' and Leaf's horror movie intensity on 'Kill'em'. Happy 100th Sub-liminal. Bring on the third part!
Review: Agro's Sub-Liminal hit the big 100 with a series of power punch exclusives from label friends and family old and new. Raz's 'Control Tower' sets the flavour in an instant with its wild drums and almost jazz-like attitude. He's followed by a whole range of killers, all delivering high grade goods. DJ Hybrid goes turbo on the rubber ball subs, Georgia Phoenix brings some seriously savage funk, Oz wheels up more bloodclarts than money can buy and Warhead gets weird and wonderful with his snake-like bass wriggles and computer trills... Not to mention the Sub-liminal bossman's horn-heaving hip-swinger 'Hang Ten'. All this and plenty more bangers, Sub-liminal are celebrating their 100th in style right here.
Review: Sub-liminal Recordings chief Ben Carvin aka Agro is responsible for one of the best drum n' bass long-players this year in the form of Bad From Morning. In the last few months, there's been a steady stream of remixes being released and here's the latest installment of reinforced rollers. Kent's Teej does his best impression of a classic DJ Krust style minimal steppa on his rendition of "Thuggish", Xav remixes "Let's Get Frisky" (feat Mr Traumatik/Devilman) into a jump-up themed jam that's sure to get the lighters in the air, and Yatuza who surfaced on the label last week with an awesome EP returns here for a remix of "Eagle Clan".
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