Review: As ever, Tumble Audio continue to supply us with absolute fire as they welcome back the wonderful sounds of Pharaoh K, a super versatile producer whose signature sound consists of high energy levels and interesting, well woven rhythmic structures. His latest single takes the title 'Deep Snow' and is an epic exploration into future UK funky themes. The classic Pharoah K approach gifts us some incredibly vibrant percussive work throughout, layered between well sliced vocal tangents and sweeping bass sounds. It's a party starter to say the least!
Review: We are absolutely loving the fact that Tumble Audio are back to their best, following a couple of very tidy release drops over the past few weeks. They return for another weighty drop here as label OG and all around bass badman: Killjoy returns for a monstrous creation in 'Shadow Breaks'. This title combines sizzling bass synthesizer presses with a lively selection of constantly expanding drumwork and breathy percussive stabs to generate a certified party starter. We also take in the funky-inspired arrangement of 'The Evil' and the super experimental melodic explorations of 'Accidents Don't Happen' before rounding the EP out. Excellent work as per from the Nottingham natives!
Review: As one of the first labels of the modern era to shine a light on newschool bass music, we often feel that Tumble Audio as an imprint gets nowhere near the level of respect they deserve. This latest release from Sergic is an excellent showing from them as he gets busy with some seriously cool old school flavours as 'Notts Badboy' embodies the niche spirit with a rapid fire barrage of catchy LFO melodies and a constantly shifting soundscape, driven by pulsating 4x4 drum structures and well placed vocal slices. It's a great job from all involved!
Review: It's time for somewhat of an explosive apperance on this one as we see the highly anticipated return of Roadman Joel who again gets busy alongside his compadres at Tumble Audio for one of the biggest and baddest bass music selections on road. As ever with a Tumble compilation, the genre range is exceptional, from Sergic's breaksy brilliance on 'The Prince' to the super cold speed garage episode in 'Jawnz' and the grimey, tech infused drum slices of 'No Bootlegs' from Timbah. This a fantastic project from start to finish, with our two main highlights being Leda Stray's super funky pulser in 'Ashtray', Rame's lively vocal appearance of Ali McK & IYZ's 'An Again', and the acidic expressions of Arctic's 'A Little Bit More Reese'.
Review: Rolling in with some fresh, urban-edged sounds are the Tumble Audio crew, represented on this occasion by Ali MCK & IYZ, with Killjoy and Coldplast taking up the rear on remix duties. For those who like their funky but with attitude, this is the release for you. 'Driver' has those trademark, afrobeat influenced drums but follows through with a punchy, monochromatic bottom end that cuts right the way through the track. 'London's Calling' goes down a more murky, bassline influenced route but keeps those wonderful, funky drum lines to make a wicked blend of tones. The remixes follow and that's the release tied up - banging stuff.
Review: After that recent appearance for Roska Kicks & Snares, we knew we'd be hearing more of Leda Stray. We didn't know, however, that the material would be this sick nor did we hear the same sort of diversity from the producer. This is some puristic bass material, with "Astray" leading the way on the bass front, and his collaborston with CK - "Stand Off" - continuing that same sort of stepperz style. Nu-school bass wizard Geiom coms through with a broken, grime-ready remix of "Astray", while Motu's own version shreds the groove down to a minimal, skeletal experiment with a bubbling bass surfacing from its underbelly.
Review: Nottingham based giants Tumble Audio have gained quite the reputation in the north as an innovative bass movement, both through their incredibly popular events and of course the music they release. Here we see Exit99 get busy on his garage inspired breakbeat hybrid 'Ravers' before diving into the stripped back skippy vibes of 'Step Away'. On remix duty, Coldpast pulls together a nostalgic reboot of 'Ravers', whilst Smuttlee comes through with an innovative dancehall overhaul of 'Step Away'. It looks like Tumble have done it again as they continue their dominant run of popular bass releases.
Review: 808's for breakfast, rollers for dinner. If those two elements float your boat then look no further than the latest Tumble Audio epic from Arma. As a project 'Big Tom' is a selection of bouncy bass heavy creations, all focussed around intense rhythmic ideals. The title track itself is a mesh of carnival flavours and drums whilst 'Trippi' plays with more subtle funky drum influences. Next up we have 'Hit The Club' which is a 4x4 housey stomper, leading perfectly into the final track 'Elevate' which brings together fantastic vocal chops and rolling drums for the perfect round off.
Review: Within UK bass culture, Tumble Audio have gone on to achieve veteran status, both as an events company and as a highly innovative independent label. For their latest release, co-founder Killjoy is back amongst the madness with a crazy four tracker. The title track 'Delusions' is a tasty 4x4 number, incorporating lethal synthesis and sharp drum processing. Following this we hear the more UKG influenced stylings of 'Drifting' and explosive funky arrangements of 'Gangrene'. Finally the EP rounds off with the choppy 808 led triplets of 'Club Fade 95', after successfully traversing a huge spectrum of UK bass music themes.
Review: Nottingham's Tumble Audio are back with a serious bang, alongside none other than Hungarian dubstep legend DJ Madd. His brand new track 'Badman Talkin' is a dancehall inspired masterpiece, encompassing grinding subs, breakbeat snippits and choppy patois vocals. This release and it's remixes has been receiving top notch DJ support from top carnival selectors such as Toddla T, particularly the Archive half time rethink. Murder He Wrote and Tony Quattro get involved with fabulously funky recreations of the original track, both with their own unique grooves and instrumentation. It's been a top year for the Tumble Audio gang and this is a fantastic way to sign the year off in style.
Review: Cold like winter. Cold like your soul if you're not physically and spiritually wounded by the depth and space at play on the lead cut on this titanic b2b between Southpoint affiliates Noble & JFO's. "Cold" does more damage than an open bar tab on results night. Elsewhere "Delta" digs deep into sub harmonics over a classically chiselled grime step while "Natural" hammers out with a rifle-like staccato riddim that switches slickly and sickly into mad spacious dubstep and acid technoid sections. Next level Tumblage.
Review: Notts' finest Tumble Audio reach Macau, China for a supreme slice of soul-powered UKG from the one like Burnie. Gutsy, glitchy and laced with just the right amount of bass, it's an absolute end-of-night gem. Remix-wise we're spoilt for choice as Lorenzo adds a little rolling jack, Boycott add a little moody sense of drama while Nuvaman applies a little footwork fire. All spaces, bases and basses covered.
Review: Skue-K is getting more and more airtime over the last year, appearing more often and on more quality labels, such as Project Allout and the present Tumble Audio. The producer likes to go for the harsher strains of UK bass, deploying some naughty levels of mutant bass amid fast-paced garage beats and house drums. "Criminals", as the name suggests, delivers a load of machete bass for the peak time hours, with "Full Whip" providing more of the same drug, for added effect; Brent Kilner twists up the low frequencies to create an all-out bass attack from an aerial position. Careful with these explosives, son!
Review: Turbo two-step from Nottingham filth-flinger Sergic: "Need U Now" has urgency coded deep into every element. Flexing around a deftly diced vocal sample with an array of basses grunting and fronting, it's a seriously effective example of how 4x4 mentality and energy can be harnessed in more of a broken drum arrangement. We need this now more than ever.
Review: Some things in life are certain: death, taxes, the Spanish announcer's table smashing upside your face in the ring and Arctic laying down frosty-fingered licks each and every time. Genuinely; the switch and droned out toxic bass on the lead track will KO any floor. The same can be said for the glacier cathedral riddim on "Sister Abigail" and the classic hardcore breaks and ominous bass of the paranoid roller "A Little Bit More Reese". Cold.
Review: The S.O.B.A.D crew descend on Nottingham with a whole armoury of hybrid bass/beat hurters. Sly One do all the driving as "My Name" slaps with a UK take on juke beats as a fork-tongued lava rap from TK Wonder whips up a dramatic frenzy. "TMB" sees the trio taking us on an even techier tip with its loopy, hypnotic vocal loop while crew mates Distro & Archive give UK funky a dark, demented update for today's paranoid times. Final S.O.B.A.D member Bromley winds down the trip by completely stripping "My Name" back down to a classic electro breaks groove. Block rocking.
Review: TMSV specialises in all things bass-related, an artist who is capable of producing pretty much any sort of dance music that travels at the speed of sound and drags frequencies lower than the underground itself. The Artikal casual lands on Tumble Audio with this monster of an EP, filed with dubwise dread throughout, and that manages to wield an impressive amount of jungle out of its more dubstep-centric beats; "Expensive Suit" is a good example of that, but even "Nuh Tek Diss" has enough break-ridden charm to please all sorts of corner-dwelling head-nodders. A bodacious selection of remixes from the likes of Archive, Murder He Wrote and Hypho add to the nastiness, and make this one hell of an EP.
Review: Bristol's Fish likes to keep everyone guessing about where he's going next. As a junglist he's brought some serious fiyah but lately he's also dropped bass and house and well, you name it. The Square Waved EP mixes all them genres up and more. The title track is a fierce, carnival-tinged dubby monster and "Brick Top" is proper nasty urban 4 x 4 with real geezer samples and heavy bass. Remix-wise "Bad Luck On Dem" gets turned into deep tropical bass by Jook10, a UK-style jack-fest by Fish himself and proper mind-melting 4 x 4 by Rossi B & Luca.
Review: "Blow", by Two Tons (aka Joedan and Kontent) pays homage to the Johnny Deep movie of the same name - pure as the driven snow. It's also a tune that'll shake your speaker cones, with its rattling rhythms and positively sub-maximal bottom end. Joedan ups the wobble factor on his VIP mix, whilst "Dnt Gve A Fck" is a neon-lit, late night roller. Joedan appears again, this time with his own "No Verse Two" - all sparse tropical beats and grime verses courtesy of MC Shantie. Boom!
Review: Liverpool bass man Lucent isn't known for his gentle compassion when delivering dancefloor punishment, and there's no change on his latest four-track assault, "Place Burn Down". The fans of course can't get enough of it and who can blame them? This EP once again highlights this producer's meticulous eye for detail and originality without ever appearing soft. Highlights include the epic eponymous opener, which is a hybrid of 4 x 4, electro-house fizz and MC Shantie's verbal fire. Elsewhere carnival trumpet stabs are about in the breakin' "Warpin'" and the 22nd century electronic dance mayhem of "The Future". Boom!
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