This week in the Armory Podcast we have the up and coming talent of Aurbs. With recent signings to the Punks Music label he is one to watch out for in the near future.

Hailing from the South-West UK, 20-year-old, Cam Mussell, has continued to venture further into his musical career with no limitations or restrictions for genre or style. From working behind the scenes with video game and film composition, leading to licensing to the likes of Google and Walt Disney, scoring indie short films and ghostwriting for several mainstream artists and rappers, Aurbs continues to broaden his horizons with his next creative step.

2016 saw Aurbs joining Stanton Warriors’ imprint, Punks Music, touring around festivals and club nights across the UK, overseeing and providing visual designs for the Punks family and other members of the UK Bass scene, and working alongside Punks management to grow the label as a whole.

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Tracklist

1. Taim – Overtime (Aurbs Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
2. Cadenza – Hacienda (feat. Syv) [FREE]
3. Kove – Jericho [KVRT RECORDS]
4. Notion – Crooklyn [FOUR40]
5. Hannah Wants & Chris Lorenzo – Girls [FOOD MUSIC]
6. FS Green – Be x Show Me Love [DUBPLATE]
7. NA – NA (Sente Flip) [DUBPLATE]
8. Barely Royal – Fire In The Dark (Barely Royal & Bunnie’s VIP Mix) [SAUCY RECORDS]
9. Stanton Warriors & Tony Quattro – Get Low (Infrakt Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
10. TC – Next Hype (Taim Remix) [DON’T PLAY]
11. Wilkinson – What (My Nu Leng Remix) [RAM RECORDS]
12. Stanton Warriors & AC Slater – Dig Deeper (Bromley Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
13. Skrillex – Stranger VIP [OWSLA/DUBPLATE]
14. Cause & Affect – Snatch Ma Crops (ID Edit) [WHITELABEL]
15. Chris Lorenzo & DJ Zinc – Purple Toe [SIXTY6 MUSIC]
16. Rae Sremmurd – Look Alive (Torres Remix) [MAIN.COURSE]
17. Taiki Nulight – Void [DIM MAK]
18. Mafia Kiss – Close The Door (Common Underground Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
19. M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade – Body Language (Aurbs Edit) [GET PHYSICAL]
20. J.Phlip & Chris Lorenzo – Lights [SAFER AT NIGHT]
21. Distro – The Drum (feat. Dread MC) (Sly-One Remix) [PUNKS MUSIC]
22. Aaron Jackson – Jungle In Ya Jungle [AUDIOPHILE XXL]
23. Kry Wolf & My Nu Leng – What You Feel (feat. Kiko Bun) [FOOD MUSIC]
24. ID – ID
25. B Squared – Square Root [SECOND TO NONE]
26. Dark Sky – Neon [50 WEAPONS]
27. Aurbs – Ari Riddim (Reprise) [DUBPLATE]

The Festival Of Friends (FOF) 2017 was a recent online event from January 13th to January 16th airing a variety of Breakbeat DJ Mixes from various DJs organised by the Monkey Tennis Group. By all accounts this years event was a roaring success with involvement from DJs local and international and an interactive audience using the Intellidm website.

I have tried to find as many of the mixes that were aired over this event, most you will find below. Apologies if i missed anybody out. There’s a lot of music to listen too in this post, i hope you enjoy !

Check out the event page here: www.facebook.com/events/1516148391746375

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UK Breaks producer, Beat-Breaker, is gonna have the soles of your shoes melting once you get moving to the music he’s packed into his new mix. It’s been put together to aid the promo of his mighty EP ‘Covering All Basses’ and features several tunes off the EP, as well as a sprinkling of tunes from other artists he’s been diggin’ recently. The mix is surefire way to get any party in high spirits so get it on and get dancing!

With the Breakbeat tunes from the EP used in Beat-Breakers new mix, we should point out that you can find some hefty Glitch Hop and Drum n Bass on it to which you can check out here :

Download ‘Covering All Basses’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Beat-Breaker :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Promo Mix Tracklist

1… Left/Right & Refracture ft. Grace: Racing For A Red Light [Beat-Breaker RMX]
2… Yankee: Take On
3… Stanton Warriors: MPC [Beat-Breaker RFX]
4… Plump DJs: Lose Your Mind [Beat-Breaker RFX]
5… Plump DJs: Yes Yes [Hybrid Theory RMX] [Beat-Breaker RFX]
6… Lucas: Think Of Tomorrow [Beat-Breaker RFX]
7… Common Underground: 27 Calibre
8… Beatslappaz: Pause [Beat-Breaker RFX]
9… Stanton Warriors: Hoping [Left/Right RMX]
10.. Noir & Olivier Giacomotto: Reeste [D’Silva RMX]
11.. Sunsha: Fat Beats [Beat-Breaker RFX]
12.. Deformaty vs. General Midi: God Robot [Beat-Breaker RFX]
13.. Stanton Warriors: Hoping [Marten Hørger RMX]
14.. Marten Hørger ft. Lazarus: Deeper Down [Beat-Breaker RFX]
15.. Perfect Kombo: Line B
16.. Deekline: Gotta Believe [UFO Project RMX] [Beat-Breaker RFX]
17.. Wes Smith: Funktrain [Mutant Breakz RMX]
18.. Badjokes ft. G Ross: Drop Down Low [Beat-Breaker RFX]
19.. Specimen: Check The Sound [Beatslappaz RMX]
20.. Marten Hørger ft. Donkong: Feel
21.. Mafia Kiss: Close The Door [Beat-Breaker RMX]

After very recently checking out the work by Serbian Drum n Bass/Jungle producer, Rahmanee, it’s clear that he really knows what he’s doing. There’s a great selection of D n B styles to be found in the music he makes and his most recent free tune is the one that caught our attentions first off. It’s a Reggae influenced Drum n Bass remix of ‘Belly Of The Beast’ by, Hornsman Coyote & Jah Mason and Rahmanee has gone it fired up! If you need that spark to get you into party mode, this’ll set your mood alight with ease!

Links for Rahmanee :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Scour Records consistently deliver some of the very best and largest midtempo based tunes on the planet and because of that, they’ve now tipped the scales and have gone over the 10,000 followers mark. It’s a well deserved achievement for the label and to celebrate they’ve laid on cake, balloons and jelly and ice cream, oh and this new Reggae influenced banger from, WBBL, just to make sure the party goes off proper!

Download ‘Irie’ here via Toneden.

Links for WBBL :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter

Links for Scour Records :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Bandcamp / YouTube / Twitter / Instagram

The last time Stickybuds was on tour here in the UK, he stayed a few nights with his good friend, Skope. With these two great musical minds under one roof, it was inevitable that ideas would be bounced around and new tunes would be made and that’s exactly what went down. ‘Change Your Mind’ is the result of this mighty collaboration and just as mighty is the track they’ve come up with. Supercharged bass, fat beats and a lick of funky sax is what this monster has been fed on and what a fine specimen it has turned out to be!

Download ‘Change Your Mind’ here via The Artist Union.

Links for Stickybuds :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / YouTube / Twitter

Links for Skope :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Beatport / Twitter

Over the recent holiday season, Featurecast hunkered down to get on with some music work and came up with this sublime remix of one of his favourite ever tunes ‘Can I Kick It’ by one of his favourite groups ever ‘A Tribe Called Quest‘. If you’ve always thought that this is one of those tracks that shouldn’t be touched, it may be time to re-think your views because his funky fresh and chilled take on the original is absolute first class. You’ll be very pleased you chose to give this one a spin.

Download Featurecast’s remix here via Hypeddit.

Links for Featurecast :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Twitter

Motte is another new producer we’ve recently discovered. Well, we say new, as it seems Motte is an alias for a popular artist who is wanting to keep their identity a secret for the time being. One thing we can confirm though is that they’re here to make music, Disco music and what an introduction we have for you from him/her.

The incredible introduction from Motte comes with this edit posted of Gary Byrd & The G.B.Experience‘s 1983 classic ‘The Crown’. Is the original wasn’t already funky enough, Motte has somehow managed to intensify the groove that lies beneath the lyrical skills of Gary Byrd and the silky tones of Stevie Wonder who he co-wrote ‘The Crown’ with. As far as hunting gems goes, this one is absolutely priceless!

Download Motte’s edit here via Hypeddit.

Links for Motte :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Twitter

Mood Funk Records is a label that deals in Tech House with a distinct Funk flavour. They’ve released a huge amount of quality music and because of that they’ve just passed 10,000 followers on Soundcloud and yep, this free tune posted is their thank you present for all the support they’ve received and what a corker it is!

The track in question is a rework of Oliver Cheatham‘s ‘Get Down Saturday Night’ which they’ve raised the tempo of and fixed up with an energy that’s so damn addictive. You’ll do well to sit still while this is playing, so you may as well get up before you press play and get ready to move!

Download Mood Funk’s rework here via Hypeddit.

Links for Mood Funk Records :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Website / Beatport / Twitter

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Verdikt’s back in the Ruffneck Ting fold and he has brought his high-grade weaponry.  A total of seven heat seeking DnB missiles are contained within the ‘Nuttin But Trouble EP’ so be warned and be wary. When that bass hits your speakers you’re gonna know about it!!!

A big shout to Dazee, the label owner of one of DnB/Jungles’ finest labels. And a big shout to the collective of talent on Ruffneck Ting that includes Verdikt. If you love your DnB with that 90’s ethos of tumultuous beats n’ bass, start with this fantastic release and work your way back through one of the scene’s most essential back catalogues.

Verdikt – Nuttin But Trouble EP