Here is Ben Coda’s set from the Market Place at this years Rainbow Serpant. It’s a two hour mix of super charged Techno, both filthy and euphoric. Perfect to use to tackle the weekend head on!

Links to Ben Coda :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Beatport / YouTube / Twitter

Time for another trip back to some old skool music and for this weeks Throwback Thursday we have a super styled remix from B-Side of ‘ Gold Dust ‘ by Dj Fresh. Although four years old now, this track still shines bright amongst a lot of new stuff out there. The bpm may have been reigned in but it loses not one bit of it’s bounce around sound. This is music to make you smile!

Links to B-Side :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter 

I find myself regularly perusing Soundcloud and other social networks for new and fresh mixes. It’s rare in this day and age you stub your toe on a fat treasure chest of classic, current bangers and skills, just lying there, waiting to be opened and caressed.

Just as your ready to give up and pull your pudding to the new edition of Bitchcraft, you unearth some thing special, some thing that only comes round once a year. Better than some fat bloke rummaging in his sack for coal and satsuma’s over your bed as you tremble with fear… The kind of annual eclectic mix that guarantees an Electro swing addict a horses hand brake in his trousers after 3 minutes of listening.

The only possible suspects for such chino bulging, audio arousing, festiveness are the bad men like Dutty Moonshine.  Expect the normal, abnormal, freshness, as they dig in the crates to whip out….

“Vintage remix tunes covering a wider span of base genres than your Gran’s knickers with a splattering of awful voice acting.”

There you have it, press play, then download, press play again and enjoy the Dutty Moonshine annual mega mix!

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We have an exclusive interview lined up for you today with Gavin Dista Douglas and Shaun Bradshaw AKA DJ/Producer duo, DB. These guys are known for there rough and tough old school speed Garage sound which they’ve been kicking out relentlessly for the last couple of years. 

So, tell us a bit about yourself and how you met up.

(Bradshaw) I think we first met around 2009. We both randomly ended up working for a shit Painting & Decorating company together. I didn’t drive at the time & Gavin picked me up for a few days. We didn’t know we shared the same interest in music for the first week, then one day on the way to work Gavin played a Bassline House CD in his car. I remember saying I kind of like this music but prefer Speed Garage the old ’97 – ’98 style.

(Dista) I was like ‘Yes mate! Me Too! I even produce under the name ‘Dista’. I remember him squinting at me and saying ‘your Dista??! – ive got some of your vinyls!’. I dropped him off and the next day he brought one of his mixes for the car – I had some ridiculous sub in the boot and we had it blasting to and from work for a week. It was clear we were on exactly the same vibe.

(Bradshaw) We added each other on MSN messenger and Dista sent me a clip of something he’d been working on – Dista’s Theme.

(Dista) Dista’s Theme! Yeah it was your mix that inspired me to write that y’no! Straight Oldschool Speed Garage!

(Bradshaw) I wanted Dista to press it to vinyl but we lost touch after the decorating firm went bust. I wasn’t until 2012 that we met up again and started writing together as DB.

What inspired you guys to start making tracks together?

(Bradshaw) It was Facebook. Myself & Gavin messaged each other and Gavin said come up to mine and we’ll produce a tune.

(Dista) We’d agreed to go for that ’98 sound but I was used to writing Bassline so Shaun was on my back all the time telling me to take the claps out and put rougher snares in and oldschool warps.

(Bradshaw) I remember taking a Vinyl up to Gavin’s with a clean bass warp and no drums over the top to sample. After a few beers we made our first DB track. We both thought it sounded great until we had sobered up the next day.

(Dista) Yeah we had to bin the first one off. But we got back on it the next week and BOOM it just clicked.

(Bradshaw) Dista was always good at putting the drums together, it was capturing that Oldschool Speed Garage bass that we struggled with. The first one that we felt ready to show off to the world was DB – Joy (Dista & Bradshaw’s 5AM Mix). The reason we called it the 5AM Mix is because I was basically at his house for 24 solid hours and it was stupid o clock by the time we finished it.

(Dista) We were complete unknowns at the time so we just uploaded it for free on the Soundcloud. It actually did better than we thought and got hammered in Sheffield on radio and in the clubs.

Tell us a bit about Urban Sprawl and the ethos behind the label.

(Dista) It all started when I got a message from a download store asking if it was possible for them to sell my music. At the time we were the only people doing that sound so we’d begun to gather a bit of attention. I started a secret Facebook group appealing for fresh Speed Garage producers and it took off, with around 100 people joining the plight. Producers, Dj’s, Vocalists, Promoters – the whole spectrum, and we made it non profit as a incentive to secure the best artists. We’ll have been up and running 2 years in June.

(Bradshaw) I think the thing that separates us from everyone else is that we don’t follow trends. Were doing Old school Speed Garage and were unapologetic about it. We’re not trying to sell out to get plays or fit in with whatever sound is current. Were just doing what we love and there’s something honest about that. Its what gives the music its integrity.

Tell us a few of your current fave Speed Garage bangers?

(Dista) Bradshaw’s the vinyl nerd, ill let him take this one.

(Bradshaw) Para – Got My Mind (Phonetix Deeper Than House Mix) the tune still sounds unreal every time I hear it, 2’s Co – Why – what a tune. This track was made in 2012 on my old label Ruff N Tuff. The Tune was so good Gavin re released it on the Urban Sprawl Snipers compilation.

And your all time 5 Speed Garage anthems?

(Bradshaw) Tough question but I’ll try !

Ruff Driverz – Deeper Love (Ruff Mix)

Sly Slipppin” EP – Badboy

Todd Terry it’s over love – (Dillion & Dikkins Devine Mix)

Celetia – Rewind (Rob Bee Remix) the non MC version

Rodger Ruff – (Do Ya)

(Dista) Trust me he could go on forever – his collection is like a rarseclart library.

Urban Sprawl is one of the few labels still putting out Vinyl. What’s in stock for the avid vinyl collectors out there?

(Bradshaw) Although me and Gavin have given most of our tunes away for free download on Soundcloud we press about 10 vinyls of each release for the collectors. I myself only spin vinyl so it’s nice to put a needle on a record.

(Dista) If it is gonna be in stores we try to release vinyl before the digital to give the smaller Djs a chance at the exclusive. It’s nice to piss the digital only Djs off too!

Who’s supporting Urban Sprawl on the DJ circuit?

(Bradshaw) I don’t like big name Djs dropping but a few that spring to mind are Jon Buccieri, Jd Smith, Ryan Kelleher, Craig Pullan, Davey Boy, SBS, Tom Shorterz, Naughty Nick….

(Dista) Yeah man gota mention DJ Impact’s Sunday Service, Rare Candy, Matt Craig, Wisk and Stuie Bizzle at Silk, Chris Dutton, DJ Richard, Bass Dominators and my boy DJD whos been there since the beginning. Sorry if I’ve missed anyone – you know who you are !!

Well it’s looking good for the Sprawl in 2015! DB already have there first tune out there – a 2015 remix of their debut single – Joy. If your reading this I’d encourage you hit that switch and play it loud!

dB – Joy 2015 (Dista & Bradshaw’s Watch This Refix)

If your interested in finding out more, take a minute and check out the links below:

US WEBSITE: www.urbansprawlofficial.com

FB – www.facebook.com/urbansprawlofficial

TWEET – https://twitter.com/speedgarage2015

BANDCAMP – www.bandcamp.com/urbansprawlofficial

Or search Urban Sprawl on your download store.

DB Interview

Psy breaks up and comer Vortecx lets loose this classy slice of techy-psy as a free download from his Soundcloud page. Mastered by breaks supremo Sketi this one really bangs through the speakers. Play Loud!

http://www.facebook.com/Vortecx

Vortecx – Mystic

Dusky’s house anthem gets some broken beat treatment from LTJ Bukem who weaves an enchanting jungle rhythm out of the original, then we have Benton’s superb 130BPM Jungle reworking which simply has to be heard to appreciate how good it is, one things for sure, both are worthy additions to your collection

Buy: http://www.junodownload.com/products/dusky-yoohoo-remixes/2671820-02/

Dusky-Yoohoo (Remixes) [17 Steps]

Its back!!! Hospital Recs return with a killer compilation after a 2 year hiatus, including 22 brabd new tracks and plenty more quality DnB bangers on top of that, highlights include Nuogic’s ‘Everlasting Days VIP’, Metrik’s ‘Make The Floor Burn VIP’ and Dexta & Bredren’s ‘1993’

Buy: http://hospi.tl/22hospitality2015 + all good download stores

VA- Hospitality 2015

Nick Thayer has just launched a new project entitled Signal:noise with this bumpin’, garage / breaks track “What Da Fuk”. No stranger to the world of breakbeats Nick has graced nearly every big label in the scene with some of his productions and remixes and its great to see him pushing the sound once again with Signal:noise. As with the rest of his music I’m sure this project will blur genres and styles so keep check of what’s coming out of the studio over at his new Soundcloud page.

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https://www.facebook.com/signaltonoiseofficial

Signal:noise – What Da Fuk

Some wicked psy infused breakbeats on offer now from promising new psy artist Algorithmic. He has let loose a slick dj mix featuring some of the very best in bubbling, psy breaks and tech funk to showcase his latest remixes and releases.

Track List As Follows:
N’GWA – Time To Escape(Algorithmic_Remix)
GENUSS – Trakteur
HALF SPACE – Funk Break
Frequency Less – Time Paradox (Kwah Remix)
Hedflux – Rhythm Prism (OOOD Remix)
Moontrip – Reality & Spirituality (Charlie Kane Remix)
Algorithmic – Reality Struggle (Acidova Remix)
Abdomen Burst – Epinephrine (Hedflux Remix)
Algorithmic – Reality Struggle
Dirt Revolver, Charlie Kane – Insertion (Original Mix)
GENUSS – Like This

Check out his latest production, a remix of N’GWA – Time To Escape which is available to buy now.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Al-UK

ALGORITHMIC – Algorithmically

New free breaks tune from IBWT residents – Outselect & Joe C. Stretching across the atlantic these two talented producers are joined by their passion for all things breaks and beats.

www.facebook.com/InBeatWeTrustMusic

Outselect & Joe C – Smoke