numa crew and the london city warlord riko dan join forces on this dancefloor banger called babylon.

celebrating the 100th release on tectonic, the label turns to riko dan for 6 cuts of uncompromising vocal mayhem featuring rhythm tracks from joker, mumdance, walton, ziro and label boss pinch. * riko dan takes centre stage for this ep, bringing his characteristic lyrical style, bringing his dancehall and grime styles together across a serious of hard-hitting tectonic rhythms. * the whole ep has been mixed-down by joker for added sonic power. the 12 inch is cut onto 180g heavyweight vinyl, packaged in a matt-finish, printed sleeve. * tough beats. tough vocals. hard food ep. tectonic 100

repress incoming! including butanes glide remix. pressed on coloured pink vinyl.

eight track longplayer from labelhead kasra next up on critical. comes on red marbled double vinyl.

beats n breaks

clear 180 gram vinyl in full colour sleeve.

deeply personal new album from chad dubz.

yellow-orange marbled vinyl in label sleeve with download code included.

keysound recordings are excited to present three very unique cuts from scratcha dva x gage: “flytnurse,” “piffd” and “flytnurse (darqmix)”. dark, euphoric, weighty, and somewhat restless, they defy obvious categorisation. gage has made himself a formidable reputation by releasing some of the most forward-thinking darker dance music in the last three years, predominantly on the ever-quality crazy legs imprint. “telo” was a standout dancefloor moment, equal parts impactful and experimental, quickly followed up by the -mercury ep,- -2017 stay paro- and his banger-collab with kevin jz prodigy, -bad bitch.- scratcha dva first appeared on keysound 66 releases ago with the explosive dread grime anthem “bullet a go fly” featuring badness, riko, flowdan and killa p. but in truth he has a lengthy production back catalogue both before and after that 12”, with albums on hyperdub, his new “interludes” project and a track on the recent landmark kode9 & burial fabriclive 100

k.o. ist die blaupause für einen futuristischen neuen dancehall-style, der miss red in ein gemeinsames outernationales beat-continuum mit seelenverwandten acts wie equiknoxx (jamaika) und seekersinternational (kanada) setzt. ihr debütalbum erscheint auf dem neuen label pressure ihres produzenten kevin martin aka the bug, der schon auf ihrem ersten mixtape -murder- (2015) neben mark pritchard, mumdance und andy stott zugegen war. die zwischen london und berlin pendelnde mc aus israel tourte als teil von the bugs line-up mit mc-kollegen wie flowdan, daddy freddy, warrior queen und riko dan und arbeitete erfolgreich mit dem warp-künstler gaika zusammen.

‘black lotus’ follows walton’s inclusion on tectonic’s landmark 100th release – riko dan’s ‘hard food’ ep, plus the ‘praying mantis’/ ‘koto riddim’ 12” (also on tectonic) and the ‘taiko’ ep on kaizen – the latter two of which hinted at the album’s sound, but didn’t fully prepare us for the brilliance to come. abstract electronics, grime, dubstep and new styles that don’t even have a name yet coalesce perfectly on this classic in the making. it finds walton at peak power, reaching just as far (if not more so) than anything on the pan, different circles, boxed or tectonic catalogues for pure futurism and new-terrain-traversing brilliance.

a benchmark project that has been in fruition over the past year, one against time is the magnum opus of john dimas career. it is a pivotal milestone that embodies his depth of knowledge and his personal fascination with the mysteries of life and the universe. spread across 14 tracks, one against time sees dimas really broaden his artistic capabilities, drawing from a melting pot of influences and woven together by his desire to channel a feeling of intrigue and curiosity taking a journey outward into the deepest recesses of outer space while simultaneously traveling inward to that same area of deep space inside his own soul...

* the production duo behind the rave-new world sounds of turbo mitzi and big slug (feat. riko dan) have been busy in the studio recently and return to form with 2 killer cuts designed to shock out the dancefloor. * ’control’ picks up the tempo from the duos previous cuts, rolling at 140 beats per minute, in it’s apocalyptic form. powerful pads create the tension before sub-heavy kicks and cybernetic snares come pounding and chopping in, building up the mood before a radioactively charged reese-bassline emerges, rising to the surface, unleashing its terror. this is a stone-cold banger. * strobe light’ returns to the more familiar 128bpm tempo that the pair have previously worked with. taking a quite unique approach, ‘strobe light’ builds evermore, moving into the light, layering percussion up as an intoxicating drone of swirling strings swells and swells - entrancing and empowering in equal measures. this is a highly versatile dj tool that also makes for an engrossing listen from start to finish. refined dancefloor ear candy. dj support: mary ann-hobbs. modeselector, daniel avery.

the dj/production duo from munich back with four tracks full of bass-heavy excursions into hybrid forms of club music close to grime, dancehall, dub, techno and the yet unnamed territory in between their natural habitat. lead single and first track of the ep is copper and lead, which features london city warlord riko dan of roll deep fame, spitting dangerous lyrics on a bashment/grimeriddim. following this is blurred vision, a low end monster named after their gigantic soundsystem event series, exploring the middle ground between dub and the technoleaning 4x4 universe. up next is killer, a song with warrior queen from jamaica, who prepares for a dancehall dub war on a 808-heavy beat straight from miami,err, munich. topping the ep off is siren riddim, an instrumental uptempo bomb for the apocalypse club gang and all the gunfinger crew.

hot off collaborations with nottz (titans in the flesh ep) and madlib (bad neighbor lp), socal ambassador blu has teamed up with the paris-based production team union analogtronics (oj & gold) to unleash a new full length album: cheetah in the city. featuring dam-funk, phat kat, frank n dank, and more, the album signifies a stylistic sea change for blu, best known for his dusty, soul sampling collaborations with exile (below the heavens) and his own introspective opuses (her favorite colour, good to be home, york!). rippling with 808s and cinematic strings, cheetah in the city is an organic evolution from the synth-soaked, futuristic sound of analogtronics, union’s 2012 fat beats records debut album featuring talib kweli, mf doom, elzhi, guilty simpson, and more.

tectonic label boss pinch returns to home territory with his latest tales from the darkside. hard, uncompromising beats, sculpted for twisted dancefloors. lead track ‘screamer’ sees recent collaborator and grime-legend, riko dan, pick up the mic to voice pinch’s industrial garage style rhythm, true to terror-form. complementing the darkside sonics, riko’s savage delivery threatens from the offset, with no let-up, no sign of weakness. not for the faint hearted. flip for ‘no justice’, seeing pinch on solo production duties providing a sub-heavy pounding rhythm, twisting an almost ragga style beat in dark dub territory. police sirens wail around calamitous thunder and atmospherics before the beat pounds in. second drop brings warped basslines to the forefront, pushing things further down the rabbit hole. ‘screamer’ has been played on bbc radio 1 on the benji b show, also featured on mary-anne hobbs’ 6 music show. dj support from the likes of mumdance, loefah & many more.

dancehall-dubstep-grime-hybrid in drei mixen mit wiley, riko & breeze am mikrophon. massiv!!

two more cuts on our summery piano riddim featuring the vocal talents of roll deep mc riko and our very own rubi dan. warrior queens voicing, things change, was released by soul jazz records and also featured on our compilation an england story. riko - a reformed character after spending time in jail earlier this decade - addresses himself to wayward youths with a warning about the badman lifestyle, while rubi dan rails against violence and corruption in london and the uk.

2018er ausgabe der drum & bass-compilation. mit 60 top-tracks, darunter drei exclusives (benny l feat. pastry maker old days, kumarachi feat. kat kyrris still here, monty 48 hours). incl. downloadcode mit den drei mix-sets, sowie zu allen 60 tracks, ausgespielt in voller lŠnge. featuring andy c, the prototypes, dimension, friction, high contrast, brookes brothers, marcus intalex, total science, kove, macky gee, the upbeats, alix perez, rockwell

terror danjahs second hyperdub album is dark crawler, a well paced and much more upfront and energetic journey through his musical world than his debut undeniable. the album revolves around the dark crawler theme, a blistering grime track that pops up several times vocaled by mcs riko dan, mayhem, deadly and saf one, and then lastly trim and kossie.