Review: The most prolific man in drum & bass, Conrad Subs returns to Ray Keith's Dubplate Dread for the first time since 2020 with a humungous wedge of wallopers. Seven cuts in total, each one of them tailored for those magic 3am moments, big moments range from the gruesome growls and grizzles of 'Octavirus' to the pure raucous shreds and slaps of the title track 'Real Dread', a cut which really does live up to its name. Oh boy, this could well be Conrad Subs' mightiest EP so far, which is really saying something. Real talk.
Review: Next up from the ever-ready Liondub International, a throwback filled to the brim with lethal flavours as Conrad Subs touches down to deliver four tracks of pure dancefloor fire. We open up with the unpredictable synthetic twitches and reesey rumbles of 'Rave Report', setting the tone of the project nicely before 'Dough' gives us a more minimal fusion of growling bass notes and sharpened drum designs. Next, 'Big Chungus' opens up the roof for an even harder hitting sub-line, upping the ante even further as we move forward, with Speaker Louis providing some additional work on the well thought out rhythmic arrangements of 'Shots Fired'. Another tidy collection from the Liondub dynasty.
Review: Blimey Conrad Subs is on a mission this year. It's been non-stop roll-outs, rinse-out and slap-abouts throughout the year. Especially on his own label Koba Audio. Here's a great example. Following massive dispatches such as 'History Lesson' and 'Horizon Leans Forward' comes the second collection of 'Straight Up Jungle' work-outs. Big subby foundations, wild breakbeat funk, authentic grooves from the start to finish, highlights include the early Bristol-style bubbles of 'Rep', the super sweet funk and surprise drum fills of 'Like Honey' and the squiggly finale 'Over Sub'. Think Full Cycle and you're in the right ravey velodrome.
Review: The unstoppable Conrad Subs presents his second LP and it's a powerful collection that celebrates the timeless art of the album. Deep, dynamic and full of big surprises, it's his most consistent and hard hitting release so far. Opening with the epic emotions of 'Dream Sequence', he hurls us down a cinematic breakbeat rabbit hole, taking us along a whole range of vibes and styles that flex from the stunning Klute-like emotional hurricane 'Answers' to the Sub Focus-like dancefloor sweeper 'Helter Skelter'. Other highlights include the piano-tickling lament-fuelled 'No Matter', the techno influenced 'Temper' and the high voltage urgency of 'Ultraviolent'. An exceptional body of work.
Review: Get ready for the eighth instalment of 'Deep In The Jungle Anthems' with an all-star cast as the label bossman calls in two close allies and super-skilled kindred spirits. First up is the powerful 'Give It Up' where Hybrid goes toe-to-toe-to-toe with Conrad Subs and Mrs Magoo to sculpt this perfectly bubbly late 90s Die-style bouncer. Elsewhere the bossman goes it alone on the turbo charged slap-about 'The Last Bumbaclaat' before Conrad closes the EP with 'Keep Breakin' which is a huge head nod to the legacy of Aphrodite and Micky Finn. Bring on the album!
Review: The unstoppable Conrad Subs returns to Liondub with this absolutely firing four-piece that flexes across the whole D&B jungle spectrum. 'Ravers' lights the fire with smashed up breakbeat action before '4U' takes us deep into the lesser-spotted paranoid side of Conrad's sound. 'Under Pressure' meanwhile is another wild ride back on the breakbeat train before 'Proper Things' closes with some of the most rumbly subs you'll hear all month. Pure batteridge!
Review: DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle has done bits for the new generation of artists coming through since it launched in 2013. Now hitting the big 100, the label is celebrating with a collection of incredible remixes of label classics from some of the best in the game. This first volume sees DJ Hybrid himself tearing up Conrad Subs 'Come Selecta', Toby Ross & Oram getting all steppy and slammy on the bossman's 'Run Dem', Epicentre going well and truly loco on Charlie B's 'Rotation'. Elsewhere Conrad Subs returns the favour on Mrs Magoo & DJ Hybrid's 'Back to 96' with bubblesome results while Charlie B finishes off the EP with a killer twist on 'When It's Time'. What a package... And there's more to come!
Review: Conrad Subs has been teasing his next album over the last few weeks and finally it's here, courtesy of Nuusic, and boy what an LP it has turned out to be. Conrad Subs is very confident when it comes to constructing break beats and so it should come as no suprise that they make up a large part of Tides, to excellent effect. 'On a 90s Tip' is an especially potent track, with that classic rave piano sound driving an inch-perfect set of drums and a rolling reece bass. 'Obese' is yet more spectacular stepping sonics, whilst 'Little Vibey Thing' blends R&B vocal infuences with juddering drums and punchy, unforgetablly catchy bass stabs. It's a raw, gritty album and not one to be missed.
Review: Conrad Subs unleashes more dubs! This time he's flexing on Liondub International with no less than five floor-firing shock-outs for the season. 'Call It Love' breaks the seal with its busy flips between soulful depths and junglised bubblesome bass licks. It's backed by plenty more heat: 'Bad Behaviour' whips out a gnarly reese that slugs everything in sight, 'Problematic' is all about the high energy cuts and slaps, 'Spoilt Rotten' takes us to the furthest point of the solar system while 'Love Is Passion' brings us back home again with pure gulliness. Call it sick.
Review: DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle label is one of the hottest destinations for first class jungle that exists right now, and his curational skills are back in force with this four-tracker from Conrad Subs and Grimesy, two producers who are absolutely on a roll. This is proper barebones stuff and two worlds are merged with the dulcet vocal tones of Lizzy Stringer on 'Time', which sees vocal magic float above a tight, penetrating jungle beat. There is a reece bass to die for on 'Red Rum', whilst 'Golden Era' sees a warped-out foghorn bash around its clattering junglist foundations with serious attitude. Top release.
Review: DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle continues to smash 2022 to pieces even with its 2023 releases... Here lies a sampler of the label's first big release of the new year 'Deep In The Jungle Anthems' from three super talented names across the DITJ spectrum. Lowriderz and Smoky D get the party started with the super crispy and toasty rattler named in tribute to the main man himself 'Hybrid Skank', newcomer Fez smashes us to pieces with a sick UKG sampling monster 'Girls Like Us' while the unstoppable Conrad Subs closes the EP with walloping 'Shakin'. Dig deep!
Review: The unavoidable Conrad Subs jumps aboard the good ship Murky with another incendiary dispatch of full-flavoured bangers he's calling the 'Widowmaker' EP. Killer tunes for a killer title, each cut hits hard first and doesn't even bother to ask questions later. 'Dormant' is all about those subtle wobbles, 'Causing Danger' tickles with a few wry grime elements in the mix, 'Widowmaker' is all about the aggy rifle-like staccato bassline fire while 'Nasty Shit' lives up to its name in every filthy, low-slinging way possible. Last but not least 'Aftermath' brings us the dramatic conclusion we need but totally don't deserve. Massive as always with Conrad.
Review: 'Glory' glory hallelujah, we're barely a week into 2021 and Conrad Subs has already dropped a humungous EP on our laps. Coming via the ever-consistent and check-on-sight label Liondub International, it's a full-spectrum exploration as the Ipswich artist digs deep across the board. 'Higher & Higher' starts us off on a deeper note before 'Glory' goes all in with a raw, rough Dread-style sound before 'Ultron' straps us into a rocket and shoots us beyond the known galaxy. Wrapping up the EP we have the techno influenced 'Scatter' and the cheekiest, junglised head-chopper of the set: 'Murda Style'. Killer material.
Review: With some cool, dark, artwork, Conrad Subs has landed on Deep in the Jungle with a hard-hitting five-tracker which combines a penetrating sense of attitude with a non-nonsense approach to musical arrangements. 'Love 4 U' has an warped-out, Souped Up vibe in its arrangement that feels powerful to the extreme and is perfect for a crowded dancefloor, especially with its underpinning in some weighty percussion. 'Funk Me Sideways' is the roller of the EP and grounded in wobbly atmospherics and a sense of space which makes it a pleasure to listen to, its snapping drum line providing the ground rock underneath. The rest are proper sick as well - big ups.
Review: Choose Conrad Subs. Choose Deep In The Jungle. Choose a lifetime of being happy-slapped by amens and tickled in the gut by long rumbling subs the size of elephants. Choose collaborations with DJ Hybrid like the swaggering "Rinse It". Choose absolutely slamming Urban Takeover-style 96 era jump-up "Rough Beats" and skank so hard you give yourself a hernia. Choose sexy vocals like the ones on "Through My Eyes". Choose the insanely brutal slammage of "Imperial Roots" and feel like you need to take a long hot shower afterwards and still feel like you're covered in engine oil. Choose this EP and double dropping every track tune fi tune. Choose bludclart jungle. It's the ravers choice...
Review: With upwards of 20 releases this year, it's been a crazy busy 2018 for rising new-gen breaksmith Conrad Subs. He's not showing any signs of slowing down either as this return to DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle imprint proves... There's a wry nod to speed garage on the Rip Groove saluting "Special Request" and the 187 Lockdown referencing "Come Selecta" while elsewhere we have rapid ragga chats on "XXL", deeper sci fi funk on "Sound Killa", absolutely savage breakbeat shattery on "Lions Dub" and stone cold jungle finale "Run The Track". Pure drum craftsmanship, watch out for the sweet bluesy sample on the intro because it's the only respite Conrad's going to give you. Just the way it should be.
Review: Conrad Subs is one of the best talents in the current smorgasbord that is the D&B scene, his rough and ready sound blends jump up currents with jungle stutters and it's ideal for any situation. He's been putting in the graf for years and Larger carries on that trend on Deep In The Jungle and blimey, it's pretty damn good. 'Larger' is our favourite, with a hypnotic sample that grounds its cracking percussive knocks within a framework of bassy shudders and groaning sweeps. It's a proper Manchester-esque sound, yes boys!
Review: Following up some great releases recently on Original Key and Liquid Bass, Ipswich-based DJ and producer Conrad Subs is back this week on Deep In The Jungle with his new one entitled "Calm". It's a proper old school junglist roller featuring the lyrical skills of MC Neat, and some beautiful soulful vocals by Sammie Hall. Despite the title, the Jungle mix is more of a techy stepper with an early aughts sound to it, and we liked it all the same. Also featured are some instrumental versions for your rinsing pleasure.
Review: Conrad continues to lay down supreme contemporary dnb jungle as he returns to DJ Hybrid's Deep In The Jungle with this very handsome six-piece. 'Gold Selection' says it all as a big soul sample brings the heat over a rolling, rattling breakbeat. The rest of the EP maintains the high level with big moments like the overwhelming sub rumbles on 'Let's Jungle' and an overdriven roll-out that's so bad-ass, you'd think it came out of Bristol around 97 on Dope Dragon. Bossman Hybrid joins the situation for a super-smoky sign-out on the sax-tooting 'Wings'... Watch out for that late entering bassline twist!
Review: Put this release on, close your eyes and you can almost see Boomtown: the sprawling crowds, the bucket hats and the fat stacks of speakers undoubtedly blaring out something that sounds a lot like Conrad Sub's Boombox EP. A combination of ragga jungle and harder flavours, this release epitomizes the feel-good yet moody take on music so common to this side of the scene. 'Batty Rider' rolls and rolls, with Break-esque sub-bass dives and growling sine wobbles that beautifully transform into rowdy jungle. 'Flood Out' features some more chilled out jungle atmospherics that still pack a punch, once more containing a mid-way switch into naughty breaks. The other three also all absolutely slam - sick release.
Review: If you ain't misbehaving, you ain't worth saving... Hybrid's Audio Addict return to the ravey series they set in 2016 with another hard-slapping six-piece. Do-no-wrong Kumarachi reminds us why he's boss with a stuttering jungle roll and demonically pitched vocal samples, Conrad Subs calls on everyone's favourite macabre aged WWE wrestler by way of twist think break devilry while Hybrid fine-tunes his 20/20 vision with a stinking halftime romp. Elsewhere Riffz lashes out on the razz snares, the mysterious Scartip skins us alive with his rim shots and Habitat strips things back with some beautiful time-stretched drum work. Be good now.
Review: The unstoppable Subster returns with yet more beefy breakbeat bangers to slap liberally on your chops. Four cuts, four opportunities to wheel up and wind up your dancefloor as Conrad tells us how it is. 'Don't Blame The DJ' sets the tone with a sick GQ sample and a warning about leaky roofs. 'Good Good Dub' brings a little dubwise skanky panky to the mix while 'IPS' goes for that old school stabby vibe with precision and tension. Finally man like Aries steps up for a ridiculously sick remix of Conrad's previous Nuusic outing 'Little Vibey Thing'. Don't blame the download store if this melts your next dancefloor.
Review: Conrad Subs' jungle number Leave Dem has been on repeat here ever since it came out on Nuusic's recent compilation, The Sound of Nuusic. So we're excited to hear him back on the label with a full-length EP and it's just as good, with a nicely spicy mix of broken and rolling sounds spread across five tracks. Title track is proper down and dirty jungle, with the old school sampling and roughshod vibes to boot, 'In Check' is more of a rolling thing and doesn't mess around, whilst on VIP duties is his Days Are Numbered - what a rework this is. Simple but powerful. Check this one out.
Review: First name Conrad, last name Subs: one of the most prolific and consistent newcomers strikes breakbeat gold once again on new northern collective Nuusic. Each cut pokes a different corner of jungle's dark underbelly; "Days Are Numbered" hums with soulful reggae sunlight a la Potential Badboy, "Rumble" is a serious party track with a brilliant use of a classic sample and darked out rolls, "2 Step Flex" taps deep into a ragga vein, "Sweet Sweet" is all about the dancehall vibes while "Footwork" closes the show with a mutoid bassline that goes through various shades of nasty from reverse wobble to crushed lecky pylon. First name Bad, last name Man.
Review: The Subster returns to Nuusic with some absolutely wild burn-ups right here. 'It's The Way' sets the levels with a classic vocal sample that all card carrying junglists and ravers should recognise. It's backed by plenty more heat as the EP title track goes all out on the breakbeat gullyness and one of his biggest cuts so far - 'Bump & Grind' - gets an on-point VIP twist. Finally Myth joins the fray with a crucial take on another Conrad classic 'Conviction'. Ipswich representing!
Review: Conrad Subs is a man on a serious roll out the moment. Having just dropped his album on Nuusic, he's now putting forth a shedload of dubs on Ray Keith's dubplate dread sublabel, a heritage and bassline-rich label that seems perfect for Conrad's fractious style. It opens up with 'All Day, All Night', which is simple in its construction but devastating in its effects, a clattering break sitting easily above a sub-heavy wall of bass. 'Dub Assault' is stabby and pointed; 'Minotaur' is deep and steppy; 'Pretty Dangerous' is spacious and wobbly - the list goes on. This is a proper EP for proper heads.
Review: Conrad Subs has merged as a true player within jungle corners, his talent for purveying high quality breakbeats encompassed within this EP on. He doesn't mess around on this and if you like your music packed with breaks and basses, this one is for you. 'Fury' epitomises his approach, with a huge groaning bass stab and luscious reece bass providing the backdrop to what is an absolutely banging jungle cut. 'Run it Pon Dem' is just as good, with oodles of space to play in and a delicate yet heavyweight sub. Conrad is back.
Review: The hyper prolific Conrad Subs returns to Original Key with a five track celebration of everyone's favourite strategy boardgame. "Risk" is a light-stepping vocal piece with slimline keys and a dreamy vocal from Lady D-Zire. It's a summer sizzler and it's backed by four more bruisers. Highlights include the late 90s Urban Takeover style jump-up homage "Bassline Kickin", the ravey slamboree of tubular bass and industrial strength breaks "Nothing Says The Same" and the smelly rolling opening track "All Massive". Take some risks today. We're looking forward to Conrad's "Monopoly" EP...
Review: Conrad Subs is a regular on this website because he releases such a wide range of music, so consistently and on such a diverse array of labels. This time he's back on Original Key, a German imprint, with a five-tracker that spans the spectrum from rolling techiness to reggae-infused, hip-hop jungle. It's title track 'Babylonians' that really caught our attention and Conrad Subs has previous in long, loping dub introductions that then flip into jungle pressure ('Leave Dem' - look it up). This time around there is less reece bass but even more percussive heat, as a flurry of stuttering breaks intertwine with your own expectations to form a shuddering bed of deeply urban sounds. Lovely.
Review: Conrad Subs is on Murky Digital with a fiery four-tracker designed very much for the dancefloor. It's one of those singles that you can tell was made with a good time in mind, music that's goal is to bring happiness to a room full of people. 'Dark Sets In' is the first and it's also the fattest, with a giant, stabby bassline that launches out of the blocks with serious energy. 'Expansion' is glitchier and techier, its wobbling synths are full of momentum and the whole track just feels like it's on steroids. One of the bassface crew.
Review: Conrad Subs is one of those heavily underrated producers that seems to consistently push out music regardless of how much attention is cast his way. He plugs away and you can tell in the maturity that emanates from his music. The creativity on 'Update Funk' is evidence of that, a funky, infectious synth line running perfectly beneath Valiant Emcee's upbeat vocal work. 'Sneak' is just as creative with its harsh, steppy percussive work that underpins a swinging, wonky concoction of synthy basses that wouldn't be amiss in a Med School or Diffrent Music release. The interesting drums continue on 'Bones' and 'Jackdaw', the former of which is a bitingly dark halftime cut, the latter another steppy bit chock full of stabs and swerves. Another top EP from man like Conrad Subs.
Review: Conrad Subs is just unbelievably prolific and it seems like every week brings at least one new release from the man who is on undeniably good form right now. He works across a litany of labels and this time it's the turn of Dutty Bass Audio, who are an ideal staging point for his wicked blend of junglist tones and jump up flavours. It's a combination embodied in this release, which moves from the deep, rolling sounds of 'Accumulate' to 'Hard's inch perfect, precision percussion and stabbing back end. 'What Is Love' is another highlight, as furious drums crescendo into mutating basslines, whilst 'Swerve' takes a similar and equally effective approach. Big ups.
Review: If you like your jungle then this release should be right up your street, because it's essentially six tracks of straight up jungle heat. Our personal favourite is Pablo G's remix of J.O.E's 'What You Gonna Do', which has a wicked drop that comes off the back of a load of really soulful sampling work. It has proper old school vibes all over it and the whole arrangement works really well. Every other track is pretty much just as good, with wobbling sines, big old reece basses and a truckload of stuttering breaksy magic, Oooh yeah!
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