Words almost cannot accurately describe the fiercely boasted and successfully rare beauty that is Bass Coast Music Festival… but I’m going to try any ways. Although I had never been before, I heard many fantastic things about this intimate gathering, but I really had no clue what was in store for myself and fellow enthusiasts flooding the gates on that Friday morning.

The scenery surrounding Nicola Valley’s town of Merritt are very unique to the region. Mountains that resemble melting sandy dunes standing the test of time hugged the festival ground’s edges. A lukewarm clear water stream flowed through the center of the Bass Coast site, which provided a much needed haven for campers enduring the mid day heat. This also was a great place for meeting “the friends you have never met before”, a phrase I use often to reflect the kind nature of the humans I meet on my festival circuit journey. Smiles for miles, free hugs, and grooving bodies infected the whole area. All the blood, sweat, and tears put into this festival by staff, volunteers, artists and attendees proved how flawlessly creative we can be when we come together. This weekend was nothing short of a beautifully successful social experiment.

     A quaint cabana style stage, respectively called The Cafe, was churning out some of the most varied enjoyable underground music I heard all weekend complete with an organic full service cafe. There was so much to do and see, so I did not spend a whole lot of time here, but the atmosphere was blessed all weekend by Michael Red, Nathan Zahn, An-Ten-Nae, and more.

Mr Rich and the Caretaker step out of the broom cupboard once again with another tasty mashup for us to get stuck into. This one sees a James Brown vs Beastie Boys battle and it’s hyped up to be a biggie! It’s Hip Hop, it’s Funk but with a fiery cyber Glitch Hop twist. Mighty work from these guys once again!

Links to Mr Rich and the Caretaker :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Hearthis.at / Mixcloud / Twitter

Nina Wilde debuts on Bass=Win with two low slung jackin’ slices of Garage/House/Bass/Breaks fusion, as far as House N Bass goes you couldn’t get more now, fans of producers like Hypho, Spookz, Spekktrum and other similar artists will appreciate these two premium skankers!!!

Buy: http://bit.ly/1O92TWx check out the DJ mix below…

Nina Wilde – Stoopid / Take It Off [Bass=Win]

The relatively new imprint This Ain’t Bristol first caught our attention nearly a year ago with their first compilation – an impecable (and free!) 14 track collection of some of the finest bassy house the planet has ever seen. Since then the label has continued to impress DJs and dancefloors the world over.

The What You Sample / I Eat Beats EP is BILLY KENNY‘s first EP on his own co-run imprint, This Ain’t Bristol. What’s key to the release is its absolute largeness while simultaneously not overindulging. It’s also difficult to pigeon-hole the three tracks that lie within. Given Kenny’s repertoire of garage-influenced releases one might assume the EP would head there but those specific round and bouncy basslines simply aren’t there. Make no mistake, there’s an abundance of low end, but it manifests itself in a techy (What You Sample) and playful (I Eat Beats) manner. It doesn’t hurt that Claude VonStroke calls Ardalan’s remix on the release one of his favourite tunes ever.

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Back in 1996 a dude called, Steve Thorpe, started spinning tunes in some local bars and clubs in Manchester. After dropping an array of broken beat influenced music Steve joined a club night that was known for it’s House and Trance called, Tangled. He got the upstairs room to himself and the rest is history, Tangled Breaks was born and went onto become the longest running Breaks night not only nationally but internationally too! Steve brought to Manchester the who’s who of the Breaks scene to his night with the likes of Drumattic Twins, Soul Of Man, Elite Force, Meat Katie, Rennie Pilgrim and Krafty Kuts just being a few of the top names to have graced the decks.

This mix posted was the first ever mix Steve recorded for Tangled. Admitted by himself, the sound quality is not top notch as it’s ripped straight from the cassette pictured but fear not, the quality of the music on offer will make up for that! A mixture of Big Beat, Breaks and old skool beats all the way back from 1998 awaits which as I’m sure many of us will remember, was a pretty top year for music in general!

Steve closed the doors on Tangled last year with one last hoorah to celebrate it’s 21st birthday but if you think that’s the end of Breaks in Manchester then think again. Steve is part of the Lowdown & Dirty team who continuously bring many of the biggest names of the dance music world to the excellently equipped, Sound Control in Manchester. After the festival season they have an actioned packed Autumn ahead. For more info click HERE.

If you happen to be heading to The Beat Herder Festival this weekend you can catch Steve playing a one off Tangled Breaks on The Stumblefunk stage on Friday night. One set not to be missed!

It’s been nearly a year since we’ve heard anything new from Denver’s ACTION 52 but we’re glad they’ve come out of hibernation. The duo’s latest is a deep and delicious bootleg of Missy Elliot’s “Lose Control.” The edit reminds us why Matty Night and Scott Armstrong are a pair to pay attention to. Capitalizing on their firm grasp on house music, the bootleg blends warm, crystalline synths, a rolling bassline, driving drums, addictive topline, and sternum thumping kicks with Missy’s club classic for a perfect club tune.

Production looks to be the pair’s vehicle for success in 2015 with an official remix slated for electronic collective SOMA, as well as a handful of original tunes waiting to bubble to the surface at the tail end of 2015.

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Some serious breaks n’ bass heat for those who like to party hard, stunning vocals from Verushka add to a electrifying bass heavy atmos on this essential banger which includes a remix by Kwerk, white hot fire!!!!

Buy: https://pro.beatport.com/track/bringin-it-down-original-mix/6793425

The Push- Bringing It Down [Distorsion Records]

This crucial 3 track EP offers a new sound crafted from the enduring, taking the bass heavy breaks assault that is know with much love as Jungle and fusing it with elements of House & Techno for a deep sound with solid fundamentals and a groove that won’t let you go, props to both the artists and label who have come up with something extra special deserving of everyone’s attention.

Buy: https://pro.beatport.com/release/dance-cult-ep/1552141

Denham Audio- Dance Cult EP [Exploris]

‘ We Kill Giants ‘ is the collaborative EP from two real giants of the electronic music world, Hyper and Deadly Avenger. These guys carry a real heavyweight sound in their music and although they played around in the same scene they never met until late 2014 where the creation of ‘ We Kill Giants ‘ was born.

Before the meeting, Hyper, has been touring the world with a sound that’s as strong as an ox on steroids, which fits perfectly to the label he is signed to, Beatman and Ludmilla‘s ‘ Ayra Recordings ‘. They don’t muck about on that label! He has also been taking awards for his breathtaking album ‘ Lies ‘ which he has now given an orchestral reworking of and is due out very soon. Word on the grapevine is, ‘ groundbreaking ‘. We’ll look forward to that one!

After Deadly Avengers massive success in the naughties with his sound that equals the grandness of Hyper’s, he has now found himself working in the world of film trailers and TV music production. The Avengers ( Age OF Ultron ), Terminator, Fast And Furious 7 and Chappie are just some of the films Deadly Avenger has created film trailers for just in this past year. Not to shabby indeed!

So with these worlds finally colliding it was inevitable that a creation of music that’s out of this world would occur, and it has! ‘ We Kill Giants’ is three tracks that are set to test your metal. Grungy Rock riffs are met head on by bulky driving beats to give the tracks a real industrial fell. They’re the kind of tracks that would fit any scene in a film where the shits about to go down and all hell is about to break loose. An earth shattering EP that’s set to create shock wave’s across the dance floor!

Buy ‘ We Kill Giants ‘ here.

To the potential doubters out there regarding 140/Future Jungle, those that say it has died a death, this writer would urge them to take the time to listen to these remixes of a sterling EP by Pressa originally released in the summer of 2013, Radiokillaz take ‘Mind Blown’ and add emphasis to the old skool ravey stabs adding in a whole loada Ragga bass n’ 140 Jungle breaks into the equation, K Man takes ‘Rollin Out’ in a direction not dissimilar to Pressa’s own production, swirling, deep low end bass heavy and stripped back with dubby atmospherics, finally Bojcot Selecta throws down the gauntlet with a masterclass in chopped up breaks reworking ‘Killa Soundboy’ into one of the best Future Jungle productions you will hear this year. Whatever your persuasion you simply cannot deny the sheer quality of these remixes.

Buy: https://pro.beatport.com/release/mind-killa-remixed/1556365

Pressa- Mind Killa Remixed [Top Drawer Digital]