Drum & Bass label Young Guns Recordings is a sub-label to MC Fatman D’s Biological Beats. Originally set up in 2012 as an events brand, the concept became a full blown record label in 2015 to showcase some of the ‘greatest up and coming artists the scene has to offer’. Fatman D’s London-based label, relishing in all things deep, dark and heavy, has sparked up fire from the likes of: Bou, Kanine, Basstripper, Tsuki, Toxinate, Enta, Tomoyoshi, Master Error, Tesen and more.
Review: We're not sure who OZ>ONE is but wow have they made an impression on us in the last few months with a series of releases on the likes of Audio Addict, Pick The Lot, Breakbeats & Basslines and now Fatman D's Young Guns. Flexing a wild and unpredictable style, this EP captures the young artist at their most vibrant and fizzy. Highlights include the humanised elements and melodic layers of 'Dig It', the gurgling tension and eerie drama of 'Took My Soul', the pure ruffage and skank dynamite of 'Noisey Antics' and the breath-taking harmonics on 'Eagle Dub'. Soul good!
Review: Young Guns Recordings are an insurgent force of a label who have been steadily growing for the last few years. Teezy is the latest producer to join the family and his offering is one of stripped back sonics and fierce minimalism, a nod to the label's stylistic grounding and a reflection of his sound. Its title track - 'Countdown' - is a big tune that keeps to a ferocious pace in drums which smack of the old school, whilst a intertwined, rippling basslines keep things moving as well. 'Selecta' has a wonderfully heavy foghorn on it that shudders with force and has that high resonance we all love so much. The rest of the EP is also pure gold as well - proper drum & bass for true heads.
Review: Young Guns was originally set up in 2012 by Biological Beats head honcho MC Fatman D as a brand new event concept, showcasing fresh talent at live events across the country. Since 2015, they have evolved into Young Guns Recordings and here they present their latest courtesy of Hyn aka Chris Haynes, an emerging artist from Bristol with his twisted sound that has been heard previously on Brawlin Beats, OnlyJungle and Helix. The London EP features the wobbly grime bassline of the title track, the minimal roller "Dada" reminiscent of classic DJ Krust and the darkside tehctsep thriller "Change".
Review: One of the many sick soundboys to emerge out of Newcastle these days, KL hits the bullseye once again, this time on Fatman D's Young Guns. It kicks off with 'Cast Iron', a fun-times roller with a playful Zinc or Serum style air about it and some cavernous effects on the bassline. It's backed by plenty more incendiary buzzers: the pitched up vocal and screaming bass moans of 'I Need' and the steel-edged grizzler 'Impossible' are both highlights. Tough stuff. Don't cast stones, cast iron...
Review: Fatman D's Young Guns introduce newcomer Belgian talent Atmosphere to the world with this massive entrance EP. 'Horror' by name, sublime by nature, he instantly sets his stall out with clarity as the title track tags in the one and only Flowdan for some devilish industrial-strength dnb. Flipping the vibe from there on in, the EP covers a lot of ground. 'Run' shimmies along with barbed soul, 'Revelation' is pure glitch funk fun and the brilliantly-titled 'Nice Boom' is a twisted hybrid-style slap-about that will leave you feeling like your circuits have been corrupted. And that's just the tip of Atmosphere's macabre iceberg. We're expecting a lot more high-grade material from this man in the future.
Review: Duck and cover! Tomoyoshi's running around waggling his cleaver and things are about to get pretty savage. The latest in an epic string of killer releases this year from the Berlin-based Japanese new gen artist, across the six tracks he reveals his many layers; from the deep, silky and purring ('Meditation') to the raw and heavy ('Murder Sword') by way of supreme slippery sci-fi funk ('Skip Rope') and insane tripletty subby bangers in between ('Space Raider'), this is one of Tomoyoshi's biggest releases to date.
Review: Turn it up! Amplify follows up his co-lab with Curvurs on Young Guns earlier this summer with two gritty solo stink-ups. 'Right There' is a playful but powerful blast-up with a squelchy bassline that strolls up and down the scales while a sultry vocal does its thing in the background. Think early Die and you're on the right dancefloor. 'Roughest' takes us a little deeper into Amplify's circuitry with a much grumpier bassline and more stripped-back sense of savagery. A highly accomplished solo debut.
Review: Young Guns Recordings have a long history of putting out music that takes no prisoners on the dancefloor and, whilst we're still clubless, this four-tracker from Zeba is sure to get your gun fingers raised at home. 'Carry Me Home' is the most interesting of the bunch, with an almost grime like approach to its steppy percussion and structured drum claps that reminds us of Diemantle. The title tune - 'Chemical Warfare' - is the other highlight, with a piercingly choppy synth arrangement that sees jabbing stabs tumble over on another in their haste to mess you around. Big stuff.
Review: Smoking, swearing, smartphone addiction, petty pilfering, being alive and taking up valuable oxygen... Whatever your chosen bad habit is, Nkid has the perfect soundtrack. Teaming up with fellow Young Gun / Biological family member Puppetz, the pots and pans riddim is the perfect soundtrack to all things naughty but nice. Elsewhere Nkid goes solo with three fast-lane master bangers: "Helicopter" is a bashy little bruiser, "Vibe" is a full tank tear-up with a clipped staccato riff while "Bad" closes with the biggest swagger of the EP. Watch out for the riffle kick drums before the drop. Bad to the bone!
Review: Following May's part one, young Luxembourg producer returns to Young Guns with the second chapter... And it's every bit as crisp, diverse and hard hitting as the first edition. "Come Back To Me" eases us in with a few ivory tinkles and supreme levels of funk before the likes of "Evil" and "Five-O" plunge us deep into the bassline pit. Deeper again we hit the strange harmonic wriggles and toxic bassline grizzles of "I Tell Ya" before "Old School" closes on a sumo-sized swaggering 2010-flavoured tip. Time to Escalate m8.
Review: You'd hope that the good men and women behind Young Guns Recordings don't actually carry weapons, but this EP proves that they do. Master Error lands on the label with a five-tracker that's rooted in the current contours of the UK underground, a riotous and rough release that isn't too bothered about its occasionally unseemly fringes. 'Escalation Protocol' is a good name for the first track, an expansive stepper that oozes and pulses from its core with a surprising amount of groove. 'Run It Back' is the other standout track of the five, with a precision percussive line that gets its weight from a diving sine bass and wobbly, fluttering synths that remind us of a neurofunk tune. Sick stuff.
Review: You'd hope that the good men and women behind Young Guns Recordings don't actually carry weapons, but this EP proves that they do. Mega lands on the label with a four-tracker that's rooted in the current contours of the UK underground, a riotous and rough release that isn't too bothered about its occasionally unseemly fringes. 'Terrified' is a good name for the first track, an expansive stepper that oozes and pulses from its core with a surprising amount of groove. 'Street Knowledge' is the other standout track of the four, with a rolling percussive line that gets its weight from a diving sine bass and wobbly ambience. Sick stuff.
Review: You'd hope that the good men and women behind Young Guns Recordings don't actually carry weapons, but this single proves that they do. Dub Sense lands on the label with a two-tracker that's rooted in the current contours of the UK underground, a riotous and rough release that isn't too bothered about its occasionally unseemly fringes. 'Andromeda' is a good name for the first track, an expansive stepper that oozes and pulses from its core with a surprising amount of groove, resonating on a celestial level in line with its name. 'You First' is the flipside with a rolling percussive line that gets its weight from a massively sharp, pitched up main synth line and a foreboding sample.
Review: Enta is a prolific jump-up producer and Young Guns have released that side of his productions before, but this Paralysis EP is something different, something a bit more brooding and stripped back. There are some wicked minimal vibes here, especially on 'Straight 2 Ya Head', which combines a double kick, a diving sub bass and eerie vocal shimmers to foment a tapstry of minimalistic depth, one which gradually gets bigger and bigger. 'Tokyo Drift' combines the two sounds in a really cool way that reminds us of Simula, whilst 'Never Be Mine' has a foreboding air to its stabby synthetic construction. Top work.
Review: This release is big. Not in a super fancy or sophisticated way but in the ways that matter, the ways that mean you'll be going hard on a dancefloor at 5am somewhere when one of these tracks comes on. Master Error is responsible and he's over on Young Guns Recordings this time around, Artillery is the name of the release and it's fitting. 'Braindead' is straight up roller business, with a towering intro that cuts away on the drop, leaving a pure line of energy and rattling percussion in its wake. 'Rush', 'Artillery' and 'Assault' step up the craziness even more and are where this extended EP really gets going. Top work.
Review: After a whole string of releases on the likes of Ten Ton, Original Key, Stickybass and Nemesis, Japanese-producer-in-Germany Tomoyoshi gets trigger happy on Fatman D's Young Guns with this massive six-shooter. Packed with the uncompromised, just nicely off-the-wall twist he's made himself known for, highlights include the frazzled computer funk "Jet Lag", the jazzy flips and strange switches on the Bristolesque "Vitamin" and the savage EP title track "Dark Stranger" with its killer bee-sting riff and fat warm kicks. Don't be a stranger.
Review: You'd hope that the good men and women behind Young Guns Recordings don't actually carry weapons, but this EP proves that they do. Killill lands on the label with a four-tracker that's rooted in the current contours of the UK underground, a riotous and rough release that isn't too bothered about its occasionally unseemly fringes. 'Blacklist' is a good name for the first track, a dirty stepper that oozes and pulses from its core with a surprising amount of groove. 'Target' is the other standout track of the four, with a rolling percussive line that gets its weight from a destructive basses and wobbly vibes. Sick stuff.
Review: Toxinate and Young Guns - two names that you should've heard of if you're into your jump up - have teamed up for a naughty collection of tunes that will strike a chord with anyone who's been tapped into the jump-up resurgence these past couple of years. With a diverse range of sounds within the jump-up canopy, Serial Killer is an EP on a mission, a mission statement if you will. The title track has a wicked set of snapping, rolling drums that underpin a gargling amalgamation of sounds, textures and tones - this is proper stuff. The rest of the release continues on that same trajectory and man, it's sick.
Review: You'd hope that the good men and women behind Young Guns Recordings don't actually carry weapons, but this EP proves that they do. Enta lands on the label with a four-tracker that's rooted in the current contours of the UK underground, a riotous and rough release that isn't too bothered about its occasionally unseemly fringes. 'Black Hole' is a good name for the first track, an expansive stepper that oozes and pulses from its core with a surprising amount of groove. 'Good Vibration' is the other standout track of the four, with a rolling percussive line that gets its weight from a diving sine bass and wobbly ambience. Sick stuff.
Review: Following his impressive debut earlier this year, UK new gen upstart Flatline returns to Young Guns with four more broadsword bass jams. Each cut tickling a completely different corner of drum & bass's vast underbelly, "Wanman" is all gurgled bassline jiggery pokery, "Enchanted Waters" sees him teaming up with Warhead for a proper foghorn freakout, "Encountered" (with Cuvurs) is pure grot, lasers and a little splash of alien bass naughtiness while the title track "Seen Things" brings us to a dramatic halt with Flatine's most twisted and freakiest bassline to date. Seen!
Review: Every now and then, you just want a release that slams start to finish. No frills, no pretence of trying to be something that it isn't, just a solidly banging D&B EP that gets your head nodding and your feet moving. Maze and Young Guns have done that here and Golden City is a six-track run of attitude-packed jump up, all of which would sound fat through a sound system. 'Made For Fun' is a highlight, vocal samples leading you in into a fluttering array of jagged synth-lines and boom-bap drum hits, a vibe that's quickly transferred across into title track 'Golden City' - snapping percussive hits, moody bass notes and melody that oozes power. The rest of the EP is equally as good, too.
Deep Analysis (feat MR Traumatik) - (4:31) 175 BPM
Review: Now recovered from his sleep paralysis, rising new-gen bass monster Tesen returns to Young Guns with another comprehensive and generous EP. Detailed, dangerous and heavy to the very end, "Deep Analysis" takes us on a fervid trip through Tesen's sound palette and bleak apocalyptic vision. Highlights include the pranged out pipes and jaunty multi-tonal riff on "Excuse Me", the clever references and conscious messages on the title track (with Mr Traumatik) and the white knuckle energy and anger on the fittingly titled "Livid". Analyses have never been so much fun.
Review: It's a London vs Nottingham shoot-out as young gunsmith goes toe to toe with verified slayer Slipz for two battle-ready hybrids. "Drum With The Drum" packs some serious swag with its barking bass shots, KO kicks and junglised snare rolls on the fills while "Fading" goes activates rave mode with its blissed out intro before dropping into an impressive rolling drop with a mutating harmonic Q&A that's so bouncy and hooky it could make Serum blush. Get dumb.
Review: Like Predator or a bad case of dandruff, Killill returns and he's not going to rest until he's ruined your and your dancefloor's heads forever. Flexing a really distinctive grotty aesthetic, each cut is a lesson in minimal heaviness; from the swampy bubbles of "Gutter" to the groaning bass and technoid rises of "Septic" via the graveyard creepiness of "L1b" and the fast-lane slinky kicks of "Nemesis", this is Killill making a serious entrance into the game... He's not messing around!
Review: Bare Belgian business: Basstripper makes his debut on Young Guns with four poisonous pieces of work. "Flootdite Of Filth" is all about the addictive Q&A riff magic and dreamy breakdown, "Dominate" focuses on the raw hair-raising vibes with true sandpaper funk craft while "Sine Pugna" flips up a soulful vocal into a Twisted Individual level shock-out. Deeper again we get into top gear with the singular sound rough-houser "Full Throttle" while "Vulgar Way" finishes with some seriously twisted and animated high-end weirdness. Buckle up badboys!
Review: Move over Theresa May, the real leader is back in the powerseat and already the world terror level has reduced and the economy has stabilised. How couldn't it when you've got riffs as cheeky as the rush-wrapped "Atari" or basses as a zippy and wasp-like as the one on "Changes". Elsewhere "Glitch String" will have you cabinet-reshuffling all the way to the bedroom with its squidged-out bass warps and "Pimp Talk" will have you hurling your shoes and shouting 'ho!' before you can say hard Brexit.
Review: Rising UK producer Tesen gets busy with his biggest EP to date on the future-focused Young Guns Recordings. Seven originals deep; there's a lot to take in as the Bristol DJ showcases his broadest palette; the Macky Gee-style riff addictiveness on "Focus", the trippy off-beat funk and twisted designs on "Groupies", the insane range of bass textures on "Screw Loose", the haunting harmonics of "Sleep Paralysis", the Bristolian Q&A cheekiness on "Get Outta My Face", the gutter chomping highs and lows of "Attention" and the synth-rippling feels on "Glaciate"... Each tune aimed directly at the dance, the Tesen takeover starts here.
Review: Watch out! You're gonna get hit. From the drop this 'Mind Control' is on a rampage and is locked, loaded and ready to shoot you down with an onslaught of laser gunshot! 'Never Over' is very typical floor filling jump up, it is a slower stepper with a squelching bass, scraping pneumatic drills and a tough in check film sample. 'Mumbo Jumbo' and 'Famous Killer' follow a similar format of filthy basslines and a whole heap of lasers, get ready for some screw faces on the floor.
Review: Sun's out, lenger's out - Young Guns slap down the second part of the "Ikon:Ik" series a tribute release for the late greaat Joe Ikon and it's every bit as ruthless, uncompromised and all-encompassing as the launch release two weeks ago. Ranging from the clipped and sinewy laser bass riff stabs of "Listen" to the more subverted biggie-bass grumblings of "Wake Up Fucked Up" by way of the sprightly skank and toxic slurry bass of "Twist", it's another scorching Ikon beacon for all drum & bass radars.
Review: Some of us reach for the stars. Other, more superhuman-like, people reach for entire solar systems... And get them. Superhumans like yung Tsuki who has consistently smashed every door down in sight since emerging 18 months ago. Crafty with the riff magic, every bassline he conjures could make your nan shake and these are no exception; the pitch-shifting bassline mutations on the title track, the rattling organic drum fill and high/low Q&A riff on "RGB" and the venomous hook on "Terror" are just three certifiable shakers. Stay tuned. For his next trick Tsuki will be reaching for the universe...
Review: All hail our new leader! Monotype's "Queen Of Blood" is here, and she's ruling with an iron fist! Make that six iron fists... "What Is Going On" is a screeched out danger-stepper, "Queen Of Blood" slaps with a trippy woodblock rhythm and a densely packed bassline of multi-layers while "No Double Checkin" and "Mutated Beast" are much muddier, grumbling jams for those all-essential heads-down sessions. We close on two monstrous collabs: "Step Back" (with Lupo) is a hurricane of warped textures that really comes into its own on the second drop while "Science" (with Mamoet) brings us to a techy climax with raw alien soul. God save our (blood) queen!
Review: Two Mind make their Young Guns Recordings debut with their most comprehensive and uncompromising collection to date. Serious range versatility is at play here; "Help Me Daddy" is a 96 roller with silky sexy sub-bass while "Cop Killer" is the steppiest, stabbiest snare-basher the St Petersburg duo have created. Between these sick, stark extremes we have the technoid rise and Advisory-style drama of "Insoient", the rubber ball bassline of "My Horror" and the spaced-out Commix-style cosmic stepper "Watching The Night". Murder never sounded so good.
Review: Emerging last year with a bite worse than his bark, rising UK D&B doggo Kanine has buried the game like a favourite bone, whipping up support from the likes of Andy C, Noisia, TC, Guv and many more in his wake. This Young Guns debut proves why...Big in hooks, heavy in weight, crisp in dynamic, his toxic fusion sits well across any peaktime board. Highlights include the harmonic riff devilry and Duskee's dark micmanship on "Warface", the hair-singeing spikiness of "Detonate" and the rampant fast-lane build of "Shapeshift". Who's a good boy?
Review: Carving his sound with a cleaver and cauterising it with molten bass lava on labels such as Smoke Signal, Murky and Murda, Operate makes his debut on Young Guns and he's brought along a few mates for the ride. The range is instant and high impact from his solo stuff alone; the cosmic contrast on "Fireproof", the wonky, woozy staccato bass, dizzy drums and talkbox textures of "Shapeshifters" and graveyard paranoia of "Calysto". Co-lab wise Subsonic saddles up for the gnarliest jump up cut of the collection ("Tremors") while Kanine collides for the head-turning "Regulate" which nods at the past with a primal warhead attitude. Badness.
Monotype & Two Mind - "I Don't Give A Shit" - (5:00) 175 BPM
Monotype & Hyde Uk - "Wondering" - (4:26) 175 BPM
Monotype & Two Mind - "I'm John Grizzly" - (4:23) 175 BPM
Monotype & Syla - "Delays" - (4:26) 175 BPM
Review: Lock stock and two smoking basslines: Bulgarian badman Monotype teams up with friends to makes some seriously threatening gestures on Young Guns: "I Don't Give A Shit" sparks up in earnest with an instantly recognisable sample, real funk to the drums and background textures. "Wondering" shows great samplecraft, too but with a classic Full Cycle style jump up funk to the subs and rolling shakers. "I'm John Grizzly" takes us down a ping-pong bass chamber with lively results while "Delays" closes on the nuttiest sandwich of the picnic where the bass is so twisted it flops either side of the kicks. Not a dull moment.
Dispoze & Bou - "Know What Ur Doing" - (4:26) 175 BPM
Dispoze - "Recording" - (4:23) 175 BPM
Dispoze - "Like This" - (4:26) 175 BPM
Review: Self-styled Dirty Latvian Dispoze continues to deliver bass funk of ridiculous proportions. This time he's cashing in his Euros against the weak Brexit-bashed pound with serious added value on Fatman Dee's Young Guns. Ranging from the piano-laced "Recording" to the stranger bass harmonic bass manipulations of "Yeah" (which sound like a young Supreme Being) by way of the horn-tickled bass stepper "Like This", Dispoze ensures you won't be disposing of his tracks from your set any time soon.
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