there arent many acts working in electronic music who can say they?ve had their music played by both trance demi-god paul van dyke and drum & bass don andy c in the space of a month. but cutline can. the bristol-based duo are at the forefront of a new breed of multi-genre dance acts, applying their no-nonsense, bass-heavy approach to everything from dubstep to d&b to house.

mj cole is back! matt cole teams up with uk don wiley to end the summer season in style. while he never lost his touch with underground british club music mj coles releases on his own label, prolific, including the recent riddim ep, remixes for mad decent, primary 1, drop the lime, etc and his production work with wiley and example among others show a man deeply committed to the search for emotive, smart and brave club music. wiley needs no introduction as one of the major players in the uk hip-hop, grime and uk garage scene. founding member of the roll deep crew alongside dizzee rascal and tinchy strider, wiley was also responsible for the hit record >wearing my rolex< in 2008.

tony anthem and axl enders life took the dubstep world by storm earlier this year when it dropped on rat records sister label, sludge. now this full-on club anthem is back with a fresh package of remixes for all types of dancefloor. first up, specimen a make with a remix that is full of driving, street-smart booty flavour, making full use of darry dee and skibadees firing vocals from the original, but adding some serious breakbeat attitude. watch how the drums switch up for the second half - this is next level business.

limited edition vinyl release by crystal fighters, including - for the first time on wax - the massive brookes brothers remix of >in the summer<.

stanislav sevostyanikhin returns under his kontext guise with four tracks of tightest dubtech minimalism on immerse. these are his first konext productions since the impressive >dissociate< album, continuing a trajectory into widescreen dub techno and clipped, post-dubstep rhythm programming. >no more room in hell< combines the luscious atmospheres of pendle coven or bvdub with subtle glitching rhythms, while >daphnia pulex< adds glassy electronic melodies and padded subs to the equation. most interesting of all is >sattva<, rolling raga drones into his morphing dub chords and crafty future garage stabs, kinda like pole meets farben on a dusky autumnal evening. if you ever wanted a more reduced ramadanman, or a glitchier appleblim, this is well worth checking...

dj rashad has been instrumental to the creation and evolution of chicago juke music and has been lifelong friends with other key players on the scene such as paul johnson, dj gant-man, dj spinn, dj godfather and jammin gerald. he has the ability to blend elements of house, ghetto house, disco, juke, and ghetto tech together with a knack for creating sparse, snappy tracks that manage to convey a physicality and funk with spectacular precision.

burials lp is, as far as were concerned, the best electronic album of any genre in the last 10 or even 15 years. its dripping with understated euphoria and completely individual. we knew we wanted to have him involved and were over the moon when he accepted. the results speak for themselves really: a truly timeless piece of music. (words by commix)

following his recent beginning on the label, fx projekt returns with 2 other banging tunes. warface, a right stomper sticking to his style from latest destpub 9, adding a slight part of breakbeat in the middle of the tune to ensure dancefloor mayhem. frenchip is an highly pumping and groovy 4?4 featuring mc lokass. with this tunes the artist shows us his high potential in producing various kind sounds.

after the untimely passing of ben bracket brydon in april 2009, his friends got together to pay tribute to him in the most fitting way possible, by creating a not-for-profit label that showcases some of the incredible music that he made. and what music it is, fierce, interesting and above all, fun with an instantly recognizable production style. check it...

becoming real is a young producer residing in a forgotten suburbia, busy channeling his very own postapocalyptic vision of london. a spectre-like entity flitting between a range of electronic frequencies, his self-termed >ghost-step< sound is as much influenced by a conceptual future dystopia as by luminaries zomby & mount eerie. re-imagining the iciest of grime synths through a warped k records aesthetic, becoming real has forged a frozen universe that still retains an unequivocally human feel. charged with future-dread, this is music for seas drowned in oil, tar-coated forest landscapes, and a prophesised world of underwater clubs and haunted dancefloors. after a sold out debut white label release last year, becoming real is ready to emerge in 2010 with the release of >fast motion< / jens clock<, backed with a scratcha dva remix of fast motion.

following fiercely after the scorn/bracket assault of gravel bed, combat022 sees a collaboration between techno legends neil landstrumm, tobias schmidt and the electronic instigator ebola from brightons notorious wrong music crew. all 4 tracks explore the mutant no-man?s land between electro, bass-tech, grime, techno, dubstep and glitchy electronics. the soundtrack to cyborgs tearing up a huge warehouse (with extra subs).

with the success of our last releases getting props and plays from djs as diverse as erol alkan, dj t, martyn, deetron, & rob da bank we are really excited to present our next slice of futuristic funk for your ears and booty from the extremely talented joe. with his debut, the awesome >grimelight<, being released on hessle audio, joe is part of a loose group of likeminded and futurethinking producers & djs that includes hessle audios ramadanman, ben ufo, & pangaea, and untold & james blake. whilst they all have very individual sounds, they share a vision of dubstep, uk funky, techno & house influenced beats that seem to defy genre.
dj/radio support coming from mary anne hobbs (bbc radio 1), modeselektor, peverelist, rob da bank (radio 1/bestival), paul woolford, ramadanman, brackles, appleblim & many more.

the latest releases from a producer famous for his persistent abuse of 4?4 convention, scratcha dva presents the new world order ep on his own dva music imprint. showcasing 4 tracks from a range of producers the ep opens with a pair of brand new scratcha dva productions. the title tracks bomb shelter rave dynamics combine spiraling synths, warm organ stabs and heaving bass tones to apocalyptic effect while its companion ?schizophrenic? lives up to its name, alternating a floor filling 8 bit 2 tone skank with churning grime synths at their most sour. the flipside offers up roska ally uncle bakongo?s brutally stripped down take on soule power?s= ?lost?, pairing industrial strength drums with decaying vocal snippets and brooding keys before a last minute change of pace resolves the vocal tension. s.chu?s rounds out the ep with a reworking of his ?quickfoot?, fully equipped with a slow burn bass line and shimmering synth arpeggios.

by popular demand, night slugs press bok bok and l-vis 1990s remixes of the labels smash debut release >square one< by mosca. >square one< declared war on genre limitations in uk underground club music, drawing influence from grime, dubstep, garage, house and techno to create something entirely new. fittingly, the night slugs label bosses use their remixes to stretch the tracks source material into two extreme opposite directions. l-vis 1990s mix draws out moscas trancey synths and hypnotic pads into an arching, cavernous crescendo, before dropping the track into a thunderous, jacking bigroom house riddim. bok bok puts those same synths to use as part of a crunked-out stepper, all 808 snaps and triplets fills that reference bangladesh, rustie and lil jon in equal parts, until he drowns it all in his signature washes of neon synth ecstasy.

>hello lonely, hold the nation< is the long awaited new release by enigmatic bass-tronauts, downliners sekt. leaving aside the post rock, industrial leanings of their critically acclaimed predecessor, >the saltire wave<, the group lays out a subsonic adventure through haunting melodies and phantasmic soul. teaming with barcelonan bass music pioneers disboot, this release offers one of the most progressive discs of electronic music emanating from western europe. already pushing the limits of dubstep, grime and contemporary bass music before they were officially baptized, downliners sekt pick up the race where they left off with their >statement of purpose< lp.

krakota & judda are two names to watch. a side >solid shout< was fabios rewind track last week. crisp beats and nasty basslines deliver the bassface everytime. callow on the flip is heavy grimey badness. dark funk from the south coast.

earwax is very proud to present this huge 12 inch from >purple trinity< producer gemmy, guaranteed to cause serious sonic pressure on a dancefloor near you! >maroon chant< is possibly one of gemmys biggest tunes yet, a carefully crafted dancefloor monster brim with catchy purple melodic synths and heavy weight bass. the intro leads in with a looped tribal chant as the pattern is sucked into rolling snapping percussion before the squelching, ever-evolving bassline drops. the track build and flows effortlessly maintaining high energy levels throughout. big tune. flip then for >last 3 digits< ? the title being a reference to pirate radio shows where the host refers to callers by the last 3 digits of their phone number. >let me have 1 caller for the rewind<. heavy hitting rave stabs punch out the catchy melody here before the track switches up into a grimey beat and even grimier bassline. quality rave music.
dj support from: joker, roska, pinch, mary anne hobbs, guido, ginz, reso, baobinga, appleblim, peverelist, rsd, plastician dusk & blackdown, and many more..

the numbers assault on 2010 continues with this wicked ep from birmingham based producer src. src expertly blurs the boundaries between 80s electro-funk, grime, dilla style hip-hop and japanese video games

finish copy promo?s. terrorythm recordings is owned and run by plastician, one of the grime scene?s most influential artists, its been very quiet on their front lately, but their back with a bang with a brand new release from crissy criss, hard hitting and grimey dubstep is the order of the day, suffice to say this is gunna fly out

marcus price & carli have been leading djs in the swedish electronic scene for almost 10 years. both accomplished producers - carli is one half of savage skulls (dubsided) and one half of stay gold (magnatron) - while marcus price, also known as basutbudet, produced the infamous rapper mapei s debut release. he is also a member of the noted hip hop group fattaru, who reached the uppermost echelons of musical success in scandinavia in the early 00 s.

ever wondered what the apocalyptic soundtrack to invading robots ready to destroy the world would sound like? well you are about to find out as excision drops the latest 12 inch on his own ex7 label. following the immense dancefloor killer >swagga<, supported heavily by rusko and mistajam, excision steps up on the a side of ex7003 to deliver >subsonic<, an incredible blend of super-tough beats and grinding bass. opening with prophecies of robotic doom before stamping down its mark of totalitarian authority, this one destroys the dance each and every time. flip over and excision teams up with noiz to create >force< a shifting tumultuous slab of whirling and interchanging basslines that create a wall of sonics just powerful enough to crack a rib or two. haunting fx and skipping percussive rhythms pave the way for utter destruction.
dj support: annie nightingale, aquasky, beat assassins, benji b (1xtra), ctrl-z, datsik, dj go (mixologists), dj no names (foreign beggars), dj shox (rinse fm), far too loud, lost (hench), mary anne hobbs, pendulum, rico tubbs, riskotheque, skism, skool of thought ...

jamie taesdale begründete seine beeindruckende reputation mit dem weltweiten erfolg von vexd. zusammen mit roly vexd verhalf er uk rave music zu einem neuen erscheinungsbild. mit bedrohlich anmutenden bladerunner soundscapes, cutting edge beats und basslines von bis dahin ungekannten proportionen stießen die beiden in neue klanggefilde vor, regten vorerst mit innovativen singles den einfallsreichtum vieler produzenten in grime als auch dubstep an. mittlerweile macht jamie vexd a.k.a. dakimh als solo artist von sich reden, kombiniert dabei übriggebliebene vexd sci-fi mit seiner eigenen eher farbenfrohen und leicht angehauchten hip hop interpretation, ohne dabei weniger zukunftsorientiert zu sein jedoch mit einer neu entdeckten wärme und ausgelassenheit zu brillieren.

the legendary 1996 mtv unplugged sessions!! limited coloured doble 12inch vinyl edition!!