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: Sub-liminal are one of those very prolific, very underground labels that tends to go unnoticed yet releases some absolute bangers. So, a tasty two-track VA single is only going to go one way - hard. The first tune - Mentah's remix of 'Eskiboy' - is an instant stand out, a wobbling riff of force and hurting energy, all tied up in a jump-up sized package. Guzi's remix of 'Mailout Moron' by Too Greezey is another top-level cut, a skippy drum line and menacing vocal samples sit above a fiercely minimal roller that clicks and clanks with satisfying precision. It's got a futuristic vibe and we're here for it, so you should be too.
Review: Next up from the Section 63 Recordings team, we take in a very high energy drop indeed as Woolf & Guzi join forces for a very solid display in technical know how and junglist understanding. We kick off with the title track 'Firelighter', a drum heavy system smacker, constantly alternating between stripped back, sub-heavy phrases and more intense reese-lead breakbeat laydowns, giving the overall track a really well flowing feel. On the flip, 'Soundboy' allows us to tap into our nostalgic brainstems as the hardcore melodic sampling and intense, almost satanic sounding breakdowns give us something very different indeed!
Review: First there was dark... Then Agro came along with some disgusting gully riddims and the light was so strong man invented shades. Seriously; this man has yet to release a duff tune and here are two more examples of his scorching illuminations. The title track is understated, low slung and weighted in rich treacle bass while "Crazy Game" (with young upstart Guzi) sheds more light on the darkest, dankest of corners with a vicious fog horn Q&A and a breakdown that opens the gates to Hades itself. Time to get lit.
Review: Science has proven that guns come out when the sun is out. This being the case we'd better get our uzi's out when Guzi's out and about. This is the level of gun finger business at play here as Nuusic continue to ooze this slew of new Gooz. His new album, three samplers deep, the bigger picture is coming into view; this is a gully multiverse where Guzi takes us in kinds of tempo directions and styles and influences. These two tracks are a perfect example as T-Man gets on board with a brilliant turbo flow on the hardcore style 'Trendsetter' and Killa P brings the heat and harmonies over a tense and bashy grime piece 'Same Way'. From foundation rave to grime futurism, this Goldstone album is living up to is name. Get your uzis out.
Review: Barrelling around the corner and into deep town is Guzi, who's newest single on Sub-Liminal Recordings excels in a gnarly, minimal fashion. The A-side - 'Call' - smacks of the recent scene takeover by the likes of Serum and Benny L, it's rambunctious bassline swirling round in huge, naughty arcs that'll leave you delighted by their length and scope. '369' is slightly less in your face but arguably the better of the two, a delicate balance being struck between percussive weight and the sensitive delineation of its elements. A proper roller that won't give you a naughty bass face but will definitely get your head nodding.
Review: Man like Guzi is all set to drop his album on Nuusic very very soon and these are the type of full-strength flavours you can expect from the man. A tempo-melting eclectic experience loaded with plenty of collabos, Goldstone Life will flex the full spectrum and this second sampler is proof. While the last sampler focused on some of the 140 style vibeage, this one focuses on some of the many high level link-ups he has in store. Conrad Subs brings some firing jungle energy on 'Selector', Epicentre gets stuck in with the big synth blazing tear-up 'Rate My Switch' while SuM tags in with a more hardcore-influenced blazer 'On Fiya'. Scorchio!
Review: Entropy and Guzi - now there's a deadly combo! Coming on strong via DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle imprint, the pair go in hard with wig-burning results. Nodding heavily in the direction of the rave foundations, cuts like 'Continue' and 'Love Can Bring' will have you reaching for your whistles and horns within moments while elsewhere 'Backspin' is will have you melting in a pool of emotions (before throwing up at the absolutely disgusting bassline) and 'The Reckoning' closes the EP on a big dubby odyssey. What a crucial EP!!
Review: More Sub-Division danger as Guzi & Woolf collide once again with dark, tense results. The highly strung minimal stepper "Intimidate" takes the lead with every bit of intention its name suggests and its backed by another pranged-out collab; the Virus-like, neuro-flecked fast-lane techy grunter "Elysium". Elsewhere the lads so solo; Guzi gets all springy and orchestral on the peppy cosmic drama piece "Continuum" while "Woolfe" pings us to Omicron-Persei 8 on an elastic band bassline made of toxic stardust.
Settle The Score (Too Greezey remix) - (3:42) 175 BPM
Silver Lining (Guzi remix) - (4:30) 174 BPM
Step Back (Warhead remix) - (4:26) 178 BPM
Review: Agro goes under the knife from four heavyweight bass fiddlers and it's a not a pretty sight... Tyke gives "Tank" a whole new harmonic body of armour, Too Greezey pumps the dickens out of "Settle The Score", Guzi gets his sharpest sheet metal out and adds some shred aesthetics to "Silver Lining" while Warhead soups up "Step Back" with added variations on the bass riff and proper barbed wire drummage. Blood everywhere.
Review: If you're looking for twisted brass-textured bass designs then look no further than Guzi and this walloping four-track chop-slap sesh for Sub-liminal. "Stamp" goes all-in with the widescreen bassline that licks up and down the spectrum with mischief while "Game" takes a similar bass texture and thrusts its into a deeper rolling groove and "Take Your Time" jumps sideways for more of a hornets nest style buzzing bassline, all sinewy and electrified. Finally "Crazy" lives up to its name with groaning fog horn bass and a tripped-out cascading riff. Watch out for the key-change!
Indirekt - "Trailer" (feat BP MC) - (4:33) 172 BPM
Mosley - "We Got These Things Alone" - (5:12) 175 BPM
Shayper - "Whisper" (dub) - (4:57) 174 BPM
Zoner - "The Revolution" - (4:27) 57 BPM
Review: Sub-Division are releasing the second instalment of their The Division series and it's another five tunes that all slap fairly comprehensively, with contributions from Guzi, Indirekt, Mosley and others. The spectrum gets spanned as well, with Guzi coming on with the synthy and up-beat 'Hold Me', which then leads directly into Indirekt's dark and wobbly 'Trailer' featuring BP MC, a tune that ushers in the rest of the EP in style. We especially dig Mosley's 'We Got These Things Alone', which is just a naughty bloody roller. Wicked work.
Review: Sub-Division have absolutely bloody killed it with this one. Featuring 5 cuts from Guzi, Mains, Sam Harris, Sinexia and Woolf, The Division Vol. 1 is a collection of pure, gully rollers that all sit comfortably within the scene trends at the moment. All 5 of these could be talked about it in detail, but 'How I Feel' by Sam Harris stands out for the sheer audacity of its sub-bass, a wobbling, pulsating wall of energy that pushes out into all corners of the range. 'HND' by Sinexia is also top stuff, with a wonderfully solid percussive line and a grungy, gargling back end that'll have any head screwing their face up. Bangers!
Review: This release honestly doesn't mess around. It carries a serious sense of potency despite its clear lack of pretentious sophistication, because D&B of this type simply isn't about sophistication, it's about making something so filthy the audience won't even understand what hit them. Everyone on this release has certainly accomplished that here, I mean just have a listen to the rippling sines, percussive naughtiness and bassline badassery that is 'Get Some Juice', a beautifully spacious tune that still manages to make you feel like you've been attacked by a dog. This is a crazy release from start to finish.
Review: Both Agro and Murky Digital share a common passion for making club-ready drum & bass and this five-tracker from the producer, featuring Guzi on a remix, is a no-holds barred display of why they're such a potent combo. The grime-influenced synths and halftime vibes of 'The Dirty South' make it an ideal title track, a gully u rban-edged track with serious crossover potential. 'Presence' is the other highlight, a down and dirty roller with a rough, mid-2000s vibe that takes this EP in an industrial direction but one that's also cut through with a jump-up aesthetic. Seriously cool.
Review: Murky Digital are a label who do what their name might suggest in that they release digital murkiness on a regular basis. No Escape is an EP from Euphonique that brings together MC Frost, Guzi & Madrush MC and Saxxon, all of whom have helped contribute to dastardly naughty tracks. 'Switch' is up there with the best of them and it's all about that bassline, an almost foghorn of groaning, fiery proportions which rattles its way through the arrangement. MC Frost also impresses on 'No Escape, a sub-heavy roller which will please the more minimalistic heads amongst you. Banging stuff.
Review: Following a few years of free downloads and events, since launching their full label in Jan this year Wonky Goose have been honking out the bangers. Now time for the next episode as a selection of artists get elbow deep on the remix front. Sudley shakes up Entei's 'Crazy' to grizzly new levels, Volition brings a new twist Magenta's savage 'Sleeping Pills' while Spadez adds a new layer of rattling dark funk Formula's 'Sniffing Monkey'. Elsewhere Guzi's 'Detonate' gets a bubbly sub-shaking rinse out by Teej and man-of-the-moment DRZ takes GUE:T's 'Thallo' to a dramatic new high. Wonky Goose... They give you wings!
Review: Bagged & Tagged continue to look back over past conquests, highlighting their bangers of yore and reminding us that music has a much longer lifespan than you might assume. This volume in particular brings together a great range of styles and sounds from across the UK spectrum as the likes of BlckHry, Kontakt, Guzi, Heist and Total Recall all get their past hurters polished up for the summer. Highlights include the church-like shimmers and energy of BlckHry's 'Our World', Heist's pounding shake-up of Vital & Phenom's 'Hoe Money' and the triumphant vibes of Total Recall's 'New Beginnings'. Tag a friend to tag a friend!
Review: Sub-Division have absolutely bloody killed it with this one. Featuring 5 cuts from Shayper including features from Guzi and Substance, Infiltrate is a collection of pure, gully numbers that all sit comfortably within the scene trends at the moment. All 5 of these could be talked about it in detail, but 'Nagato' stands out for the sheer audacity of its sub bass, a wobbling, pulsating wall of energy that pushes out into all corners of the range. 'Rever' is also top stuff, with a wonderfully solid percussive line and a grungy, gargling back end that'll have any head screwing their face up. Bangers!
Review: Guzi, with the speed of an Uzi and the glamour of Gucci, is landing on Sub-Liminal Recordings with an unsophisticated but incredibly fun release, one which, if you hear out live, is certain to get you moving. There's a carelessness and a freedom to these tracks and it's a tangible sense of kinetics. The title track kicks things off in style but it's 'Shadow' feat. BP MC that really takes the cake, a winding, subby track that flips between wobbiling shimmers and jump-up stabs. It's a wicked track and definitely the highlight of the release. 'Shroud' feat. Peggy Sewage - great name - is another absolute banger but one that's deep and wispy in all the right ways. Sick release.
Review: Hailing from Coventry, DJ Hybrid has firmly established himself over the last couple of years as someone at the forefront of D&B's re-discovered love for jungle-influences and bouncy but hard-hitting basslines. Drawing upon those influences, he's back on Audio Addict for a full-throated six-tracker that kicks off with 'On A Riddim', a gently weighted sine-based wobbler that pushes on every corner of the range. 'Madman' and 'Funk Pulse' have clear Kings of the Rollers vibes, with juddering bass pulses and that recognizable sense of hardware-based rawness. This release has overtones of Manchester and undertones of the South - proper UK underground stuff.
Review: Guzi is landing on Sub-Liminal Recordings once again this week with a sophisticated and incredibly fun release, one which, if you hear out live, is certain to get you moving. There's a carelessness and a freedom to these tracks and it creates a tangible sense of kinetic movement. The title track kicks things off in style and it's 'Area 51' that really takes the cake, a winding, subby track that flips between roughshod amen junglist work and a more rolling, stripped back tip, including powerful, punchy basses all the way. It's a wicked track and definitely the highlight of the release. 'I Can't' feat. Zoner is another absolute banger but one that's deep and wispy in all the right ways, as stuttering drum lines perforate over monochromatic bassline injections. Sick!
Review: Boom! Audio Addict looks back over the vaults and draw for some of Euphonique's many big hitters on the label for this killer remix EP from some serious names and label family members. Guzi steps up first, fixing up our focus on the rave stabs on 'True' while man-of-the-moment Kumo flips 'Siren' into a gnarly dark style slap-about. Elsewhere man like Sl8r adds his unique, loose-limbed funk to 'Gangstar', Conrad Subs gets all jiggy over 'Booyaka' while Epicentre turns in with a flabby grizzler remix. Euphonique herself steps in to conclude this EP with the Amen VIP mix.
Review: Man like Guzi returns to Sub-Division with newcomer Woolf. They're howling and it's full moon ever single night. Six cuts deep, each one laced in tension and drama, highlights include the Noisia-like rises and falls on 'EMP', the dreamy, Detroit techno flavoured arpeggios of 'Balance' and the two solo tracks; Woolf's 'Voices' is a rave echo hurricane with lush harmonics while Guzi's 'Floating' brings the EP to an emotional conclusion with its driving liquid purrs and barbed, restrained creepiness. Sub-Division have always laid out a fine spread, but this one is extra generous. Don't delay, don't betray.
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: Not content with serving up a massive album earlier this summer, GZ Audio boss and long-time GTA affiliate Guzi comes charge back into our collections with this humungous collab-fuelled EP. Featuring the likes of Freddy B, Zoner, Pyxis and Woolf, along with two killer originals, it's a full-flavoured experience that leaves no corner of D&B unexplored. Highlights include the acid thump of the title track 'Move On', the shimmering soul vibes of 'Be Strong' (with Zoner) and the deep house sensibilities of 'Finders Keepers' (with Pyxis). Get moving.
Review: South West Riddim is a drum and bass label and event, based out of Exeter. Having already launched their imprint with EPs from Chakhan and a split release with Arlo & Ellm earlier this year, South West Riddim fully arrive with a beautifully curated compilation, which is in no doubt on the way to getting fully rinsed out by the soundsystem culture they represent. With pumping numbers coming through the soulful breaks of Bokeh's "Watch The Way" and Pattern's tight line dub in "M32" - ferocious hardcore, jungle, and rave motifs keep it real in Guzi's "Stavro". Next up are the tear-out and hyperfluorescent breaks of Meridian's "Respect Is Due", some stripped back and nefariously heavy jungle in DJ Gaw's "Style" - a serious tip with the added touch of Trafic MC - with more explosive dub-steppers coming from Bruk's "Whopp Dem". Cap this off with "How Can I Be" and send your next block party into hyperspace.
Review: Sound the alarm! Redrum's Horror Series Part has arrived - helping collect all the label's zombies in the one place. Straight out of the ranks is Lowlife & Rogue T who see both highlights from their Who's Your Master EP resurrected next to the sirens, chaotic white noise and gnarly rave stabs of Damageman's Street Fight II inspired "Zangief". Too Greezey steps in with a jungle-flecked "Wasteland" with Mentah getting all slash heavy in "The Garden Of Eden", "Perish" and "I Want To See More". With more frankenstein drum and bass to be found in the Agro, Mentah, Guzi & Dreadnaught collaboration "Trenchfoot" - this is a juggernaut compilation to say the least!
Review: Steal-up to wheel-up, Manny gang GTA get busy with their ninth Vibrations flex. As with previous collections, it's all about the burgeoning talent and the bruising beats as we're rinsed through Sola's full strength A&R spectrum. Highlights include the brazen stinkery of Guzi, Woolf & Plasmator's grizzly 'Every Little Thing', I.C.U's gargantuan filth-fest 'Compa' and Beskar and Sebotage's sizzling sci-fi skank-up 'Space Creatures'. And that's just the tip of this vibration... Feel the frequencies!
Review: Two and a half years deep into their dark star safari Sub-Liminal continue to shred up the dance with a crack team of heavy bass innovators. Bass riffs galore and aesthetics so unforgiving, every track is tailored for the most underground floor... The worming low-end mashery of Too Greezey's "Modulation", Leaf's oddball drum funk and melting trumpets on "Shoot Off", Warhead's brutal technoid mutations on "A'Gwarn" and Tyrant's absolutely annihilating "Nuclear Bomb" are just four of the 14 high level bangers on display here. There's nothing subliminal about the message on this one: not picking up on this is a criminal offence.
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: 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: Few labels are as on-point as Sub-liminal when it comes to new talent. Home to some the sharpest new gen minds to emerge in the last few years, their Myriad collections have always been a succinct snapshot of forefront D&B. The fourth annual collection is no exception as we're treated to smash-ups and stinkers from the likes of Guzi & Dreadnaught, Yatuza, Shayper, Agro and many more. Highlights include the techno rasps of Guzi & Dreadnaught's "All Units", RV's bulldozing rattler "Tell You 1 Thing", Shayper's ghostly rave groaner "Work It Out" and Agro & RV's chest-melting finale "Impact"... And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Myriad by name, myriad madness by nature.
Review: Rene LaVice's Device imprint curates another all-star cast of D&B energy right here that flexes right across the spectrum from deep and meaningful euphoric anthems (Kbyat's 'Passage') to wild, concrete-melting dancefloor weaponry (Gydra & Sitri's 'Space Invaders') with an exciting range of hyped new league talents such as Tengu and Guzi's genuinely epic 'Epic' and Joey Illah's futuristic 'Funkatech' along the way. Complete with a breath-taking finale from none other than Future Shock, this is a walloping collection. Bravo.
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