Buy: http://www.higheq.co.uk/splash/KILLAZ024DIG

For those lucky enough to be at the birth of Jungle in the 90’s you’d have undoubtedly come across the legendary Micky Finn who, packed with his arsenal of dubplates, led the charge and paved the way for Jungle and Drum & Bass as we know it today.

After a brief production hiatus, Micky’s back on the scene to lead the way once again. This time he’s teamed up with Vital Elements, one half of today’s Jungle pioneers Serial Killaz, who brings something very different to the table.

So Good certainly has a nod to Micky’s past, with vocals taken from the personally influenced jazz funk classic ‘Don’t Make Me Wait’ by the Peach Boys. Let’s make this clear; there’s nothing else nostalgic about it, So Good is a forward thinking, feel good beast that will be as infectious on the dance floor as it will on radio. With early support from S.P.Y to Logan D, So Good is set to land heavy with the masses.

On the flip we have True Guidance, a rare moment in music where barriers are smashed down and classics are made. It’s clear Micky & Vital Elements went all in on this one. It’s got bounce, balls and enough energy and vibes to rock festivals to sweaty basements. With vocal samples from the 80’s yard classic ‘Country Man’, these two once again show how moving forward with a glance to the past is done properly.

Not content with smashing up dance floors worldwide with their unique brand of Jungle, Serial Killaz have been building their foundation label; Serial Killaz Recordings. With prolific releases from the likes of Upgrade, Turno and Jam Thieves in the bag they continue pushing the movement forward with a slew of artists both new and established. This latest release drops just after the huge success of Cain1's and Angelo Pantin's lovers anthem "Young Love" with the ever talented works of T.I. coming soon.

Worldwide bookings contact Jon @ Urban Agency: [email protected] / +44 1795 411555 / +44 1795 411556

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// MICKEY FINN ONLINE //

https://twitter.com/mickyfinn1

https://www.facebook.com/djmickyfinn

https://soundcloud.com/micky-finn-1

// SERIAL KILLAZ ONLINE //

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https://soundcloud.com/serialkillaz

https://www.facebook.com/serialkillazuk/

http://www.serialkillaz.co.uk/

Fracture Recordings are back, this time with a free 2 track EP from a new name in the House music scene, Leeds based, Blu Leopard. A new name he may be, but there’s definitely plenty of knowledge in his mind as these two tracks are fit and ready to fly into your sets right now, causing a major rise in excitement levels when they get dropped. Tough, deep, grooving House music on the way, make sure you get em, they’re hot!

Download ‘Back On This’ here via Hypeddit.

Download ‘Feel It’ here via Hypeddit.

Links for Blu Leopard :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Classic 90’s Experimental Breakbeat Hardcore Remastered For 2016 Fresh from the vaults of pioneering Hardcore/techno/House imprint Rising High Records is this 11 track remastered collection of tracks by Earth Leakage Trip.

Famous for the dark bleep n bass track ‘No Idea’ on Moving shadow, a track cited by Vinyl Junkie as a game changer; Earth Leakage Trip released a number of tracks on Rising High back in the early 90’s and here they are, remastered and available in digital format for the first time. Lets run through a few of our favourite tracks on the album:

1. Bad Trip (Too Much Acid)

The title says it all, the mood is dark, the fast moving breaks double up on each other in a very trippy fashion, there’s a spooked out spoken sample and sweeping techno sounds

2.DF118

Pure mentalist breakbeat hardcore with what sounds like an Arnold Schwarzenegger sample, a blend of uplifting flute sounds, hard hoover riffs and rolling breaks plus a mad rhyme, you will have heard this one on mixtapes from back in the day

3. I Wish I Knew

Uplifting and euphoric, we have never heard this one before, pure Fantazia style sounds with elements of progressive house, trance and techno but absolutely 100% ‘ardcore!!!

4. The Doors

This is an alternative version of the famous ‘No Idea’ featuring the same freaky samples plus T99 style rave riffs and proggy pads, the windows are where the doors should be!!!

5. The Ice Cream Van From Hell

This used to frighten me back in 92, in fact it still does, many know this one from compilation album ‘Kaos Theory 3′, the slo mo ice cream van sample, bleeps and horror music effects make this one stand out even now. Just don’t let your kids listen to it!!!!

You can buy the whole album via this link http://goo.gl/a9Suf4

Earth Leakage Trip- Earth Leakage Trip (Remastered Compilation) [Rising High]

With so many great tunes out there, it’s hard keeping up sometimes, here is a whole heap of new tracks to add to your buy cart

House 

Silverfox- Twisted House [Smokin Joe Records] 

2 dark jackin’ house trax from Silverfox that take in Electro, Techno, Acid House & Jungle, have to be heard!!!!

Buy Link http://goo.gl/cjdd4d

eSQUIRE & PETCH featuring Sian Evans ‘Losing My Mind’ [MWR Records]

Huge vocal house anthem with a big infectious bassline, you’ll lose your mind to this great track!!!

Buy Link https://goo.gl/L7FLmq

Matthew Charles- Sideways [KONNEQT] 

Heavy duty acidic tech house from Matthew Charles for those inclined towards expertly produced tough house beats

Buy Link https://goo.gl/axs2Bn

YAX. X & Delivio- Reavon [D Vine Sounds]

Taken from D Vine Sounds Vol 4, YAX.X & Delivio have fashioned a warm funky bassline to go mad for on ‘Reavon’ check out the rest of the album here https://goo.gl/nW0WBe

Buy Link http://goo.gl/RjyIWT

Damon Hess & Josh Coakley- Do It Too [Candypants Music]

Combining thundering reese bass, big vocals, uplifting pianos and big synth action, Damon Hess & Josh Coakley have crafted an electrifying house anthem right here

Buy Link https://goo.gl/AnFUxd

Mark Zowie- Squelch [MVMT]

The enigmatic Mark Zowie gifts our ears with the melodic strings of ‘Squelch’, a deep delight perfect for the warm up or for late into the night

Buy Link https://goo.gl/ttoiy4

Erki Ohmann- That’s What Pushes Life [Heart Of House]

A house music voyage into the deep and wonderful with stunning remixes, that’s what pushes life!!!

Buy Link https://goo.gl/pefPU8

PowerDress- Play Dead (Kenny Hectyc Remix) [New State Music]

Kenny Hectyc brings the absolute bass to this classy remix of Powerdress ‘Play Dead’, a nice pounding melodic reworking

Buy Link https://goo.gl/uferZ1

Man Without A Clue- Get Twisted [Get Twisted]

Man of the moment, Man Without A Clue drops a twisted thumping tribal groove as part of a solid 2 track release on…Get Twisted!!!

Buy Link https://goo.gl/rI4kHp

Ben R Saunders Ft Nicola Thoms- I Won’t Back Down [Freakin909]

BIG bouncing Garage/House crossover track with super sweet vocals and Italo pianos galore

Buy Link https://goo.gl/t4OBKG

Saytek- Bobs The Boss [Detone Records]

A lovely techno drum workout with deep powerful synths and heavy bass, part of a top 2 tracker out on Detone Recs

Buy Link https://goo.gl/mXBN3s

Hypho- True Money [Boss Mode]

More dark bass driven finery from the man like Hypho, comes with some seriously sick remixes like this one by Murder He Wrote below

Buy Link https://goo.gl/l7uY9O

Peter Brown & Wayne Dudley- Got To Have You [Hedonistic]

Peter Brown teams up with the master of the bouncing bassline Wayne Dudley for some tough and highly catchy Tech house business out now on Hedonistic

Buy Link https://goo.gl/Ec8kJ8

Breaks

Darkhalf- Savage Funkery EP

4 tracks of multi tempo broken beat genius from Darkhalf, ‘Anyone’ below in this writers’ opinion is one of the best tracks of 2016 in any genre, dark rolling breaks juxtaposed by Bristol style trip hop vocals and melodies, genius

Buy Link https://goo.gl/ymnb69

Yell-O-Phase- Full Phasers On Effect! [Raveskool Recordings]

No one does oldskool Breakbeat Hardcore & Techno quite like Yell O Phase, his latest offering for Raveskool Recs is a masterful excursion into the 92/93 sound with sliced and chopped breaks, acid riffs and oldskool stabbage aplenty

Buy Link https://goo.gl/8OoK5o

Paul Cronin- Tokyo Metropolis [Raveskool Recordings]

The hardcore captain loads up the DAW with tough crunching amens, a ton of samples and a bit of J Pop with stomping kicks

Buy Link https://goo.gl/3fQAZL

Bassraver- Bump [Raveskool Recordings]

Bassraver takes a trip down Rave Breaks lane with some 92 style breaks and ruff riffage, a tune to truly make you want bump to!!!!

Buy Link https://goo.gl/jH62MI

Period The End- Maybe (Symetry EP) [Ekstre Records]

One of four jaw dropping slices of superior Psy Breaks out as a free release on forward thinking imprint Ekstre Records. ‘Maybe’ is a rave in a box with epic chords, big rolling sweeps and drops, intelligent music that totally rocks the dancefloor

Download Link https://goo.gl/snF2C7

Drum N Bass/Jungle

Bassraver- The Machine [Music Rascals]

A fun and firing slice of tearout DnB/Jungle from Bassraver with a sample that will make listeners grin with glee, remix action from multi genre dons Silverfox & Cronin

Buy Link https://goo.gl/UH6hFI

Presice  Ft Kay Lee-Protecion [Back2You]

Summery vocal DnB from Presice with happy ravey pianos, ‘Protection’ really gets going with a burst of energetic bass, all proceeds go help build a school in Gambia

Buy Link https://goo.gl/4w7C1i

UZI- Dark/Subless [Viral Mental]

Veteran DJ UZI makes his debut on Viral Mental with two dubby stepping DnB skankers, there’s a nice contrast between the chamber like ‘Dark’ and roots style ‘Subless’

Buy Link https://goo.gl/7DbS0e

Experimental

BANK LAND- Take Me Down [Artillery Recordings]

Chilled bass vibes from New Zealands’ Bank Land, ‘Take Me Down’ is a a classily produced downtempo/post pop track with enchanting vocals

Buy Link https://goo.gl/GNgG98

Bass For The Weekend: New Tunes Round Up 30 04 16

This mix all started after a few drinks while going through tunes that i had made quite a while ago. Most of these have sat with the other 100 plus tunes on my hard drive for a long time. I’ve realised some are shit, some are okay and some are good. I selected the better ones, remastered them and put them together in this “Flashback Mix”. I’ve reworked a couple of them also into a 2016 standard which you will hear too … i hope ya dig the vibes !

Tracklist

Pecoe – The Ghetto 2016 Flip
Pecoe – Baby Baby
Pecoe – Give Up The Funk
Pecoe – Coming To Get You
Pecoe – Houston
Pecoe – Simple Song
Pecoe – Schwartz
Pecoe – Growler Part 2
Pecoe – Another One Bites The Dust
Pecoe – Bickystuds
Pecoe – Rollin 2016 Flip
Pecoe – Growler Part 1

This month’s Juicebox sees me revisit a set from 2013 – the Finger Lickin’ vs Lot49 mashup! This mix pays homage to a great label that sadly closed it’s doors at the end of March.

On the guest mix I have a man a lot of us know but is pretty illusive about his djing … it is of course Andy Companyz with his tech-funk sounds.

Fifties:

1. Criminal Element Orchestra – Put The Needle On The Record (Drumattic Twins and Lee Coombs Remix) (Finger Lickin’ Records)
2. Meat Katie – Bizarre Is Beautiful (Lot49)
3. Soul Of Man – The Drum (Finger Lickin’ Records)
4. Force Mass Motion – Out Of It (Lot49)
5. Plump DJs – The Push (Finger Lickin’ Records)
6. Elite Force – I Don’t Think So (Lot49)
7. Drumattic Twins – Can’t Give You Up (Finger Lickin’ Records)
8. Lee Coombs – Detox (Access Denied Remix) (Lot49)
9. Plump DJs – Snafu (Finger Lickin’ Records)
10. Dylan Rhymes & Katherine Ellis – Salty (Meat Katie Remix) (Lot49)
11. Slyde Feat. Lady Posh – Vibrate To This (Trouble Soup Remix) (Finger Lickin’ Records)
12. Ways and Means – Topshelf (Lot49)
13. Stereo 8 – Groove Diggin’ (Finger Lickin’ Records)
14. Dylan Rhymes – Crunched (Lot49)
15. Drumattic Twins – Feelin’ Kinda Strange (Bass Kleph & Nick Thayer Remix) (Finger Lickin’ Records)
16. Peter Paul – Reverendo (Lot49)
17. Brothers Bud VS Z2 – The Herbgrinder (Drumattic Twins Remix) (Finger Lickin’ Records) (Lot49)
18. Nu-Tron – Meat Katie & Elite Force (Lot49)
19. Plump DJs – Scram (Finger Lickin’ Records)
20. Meat Katie Feat. Arthur Baker – Walking On Sunshine (Lot49)

Company Z:

1. Ben Coda & Meat Katie – Dog Eat Dog
2. Dopamine – Swerve
3. Broken Sunday – Soul Flux
4. Outsider – Hidden Side
5. Fisso and Spark – Are You Ready (Flukes Remix)
6.Tocadisco feat. Roland Clark – Phoenix (Original Mix)
7.Home Alone – Serpents (Robosapiens Remix)
8.Harvard Bass – Bugged
9.Optobot – Atomic Energy (Vandal Remix)
10.Alexander Fog & Meat Katie – Breakdown
11.Butter Party – Eat The Mushrooms (Mike Hulme Remix)
12. Meat Katie & Dopamine – Believe In  Me (Ben Coda Remix)

Cockney rudeboy King Yoof’s rooftop dub shack serves up fifty-seven flavors of dubplate in just over an hour of mixed musical madness.

The smell of fresh acetate oozes from the speaker. Two thousand and sixteen percent pure and impossible to dilute in any fashion, doctors worldwide are calling for immunization using the King Yoof dubplate method.

Well known in underground dancehalls, this powerful phenomenon is only recently being discovered by the public at large. When asked immediately after a clash, 9.5 out of 10 selectors preferred being killed by King Yoof than all other sounds combined.

/// CHOPSTICK DUBPLATE ///

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/chopstick-dubplate

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChopstickDubplate

Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChopstickDubs

/// KING YOOF ///

Website - https://www.kingyoof.com

Twitter - https://twitter.com/Kingyoof

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KingYoof/

// TRACK LIST //

1) King Yoof Dubplate Mix Intro

2) Terror Fabulous “King Yoof Anthem” Dub (Cuss Cuss Riddim By King Yoof)

3) Mc Tenja “Trouble In My City (Cuss Cuss Riddim By King Yoof)

4) Yt “Soundsystem” Dub By Digitaldubs

5) David Boomah “Do You Know What My Dubs Are Worth” Dub

6) Mr Williams “Have You Ever” (Conversation Riddim By Kingyoof)

7) Cheshire Cat “Im Sure” (Conversation Riddim By King Yoof)

8) Cheshire Cat “Never Heard A Dj Like This Before” Dub (Conversation Riddim By King Yoof)

9) Rony Blue “Soundboy Love” Dub (Rumours Riddim Original)

10) Cutty Ranks “Limb By Limb” Offical King Yoof Remix

11) Daddy Freddy “Insane In The Membraine” Dub

12) Ante Up Medley

13) Anthony Johnson “Everynight Is A Soundclash” Dub (King Yoof Gunshot Riddim)

14) Michael Rose “Shine Eye” Dub (Exclusive Caspa Riddim)

15) Ragga Twins “Killa Sound” (King Yoof Remix)

16) Flowdan Custom Dub (Wray & Nephew Soundclash)

17) D Power, Frisco & Demolition Man Produced By King Yoof “Who Can Draw” Dub

18) Major Lazer Meets Richie Spice (Gold Dubs Remix)

19) Everyday Ft Papa Levi & Daddy Colonel (King Yoof Remix)

20) Rony Blue “Im So Sorry” Prod By King Yoof (Subslayer Exclusive)

21) Ratpack “Searching For My Rizla” Dub

22) Michael Rose “Stalk A Sensimenia” Dub (Channel One Riddim)

23) Eek A Mouse “Ganja Smuggling” Dub (King Yoof Ganja Riddim)

24) Dj Zinc “Ready Or Not” Dub

25) Demolition Man “Fire” Dub

26) Jnr Cat “Killing Pussy” Dub (Chopstick Punnany Riddim)

27) Louis Rankin “Original Sound” Dub (Chopstick Punnany)

28) Mr Williams “Tell Me Who” Dub (Chopstick Duck)

29) D’vercity “Peace & Love” Prod By King Yoof/Aries

30) Wayne Wonder “Guns & Ammunition” Dub (Kingyoof/Aries)

31) Bounty Killer “War” Dub (Marcus Visionary Sick Riddim)

32) Daddy Freddy “We Control The Border” Dub (Chopstick Dub)

33) Anthony Red Rose “Tempo” Dub (Kingyoof/Aries Riddim)

34) Ub40 “Rat In The Dancehall” Dub (Gold/Aries Riddim)

35) Yush “Roadblock” Dub (M.Visionary Far East Riddim)

36) Yt “King Yoof Story” (King Yoof 85 Riddim)

37) Ratpack/Ragga Twins “Oldskool Ting” King Yoof /Aries Remix

38) Pinchers “Gundelero Medley” Dub (Chopstick/King Yoof)

39) General Tk “I Am Wiked” Dub (Chopstick/King Yoof)

40) Bunny Lie Lie & Ragga Twins “Mash Dem Down” Dub (King Yoof)

41) Mega Banton “Soundboy Killing” Dub (King Yoof Real Rock)

42) Doctor “Rudeboy” Custom Dub

While, Megan Hamilton and her band The Bermudas are busy on their ‘Too Funk To Drunk’ Spring tour around America, we’re gonna take the chance to catch up on all the free music that’s been dropped by them recently. Here you’ll find 4 free tracks that are stuffed full of Funk from the gritty and bassy ‘Tension’ and on to the 3 classic Funky Breaks cuts ‘Now Here’s A Funky Introduction of How Nice I Am’, ‘Tent City Funk’ and ‘Sunny With a Chance Of High feat. Chance York‘. There’s no doubts all of them will have caught your attention and when you’ve soaked them all in there’s even more Funk to be found in Megan’s mix ‘Funky Fantasy’. The ceilings of the ward, as you can tell, are dripping with Funk, so dive in and get your fix!

Download ‘Tension’ here via Toneden.

Download ‘Now Here’s A Funky Introduction of How Nice I Am’ here via Toneden.

Download ‘Tent City Funk’ here via Toneden.

Download ‘Sunny With A Chance of High (feat. Chance York)’ here via Toneden.

Links for Megan Hamilton :

Soundcloud / Facebook

Del 30 Takes The Vocals Made Famous By Klubbheads ‘Klubbhopping’ And Drops This Heavy Tech House Heater ‘Half Step’ if you were into your House music around 95′ you’ll know those vocals, yes the famous ‘Known as a half step….’ Well Del 30 takes those vocals and feeds them into their blender of hard hitting techno drums and massive synths for a total annihilator of a tech House track, hit play, watch those speakers shake and the people dancing around them go nuts!!!

Buy Link http://bit.ly/1SXp2bj

DEL-30- Half Step [13 Records]

W.Jeremy Drops Some Acid…..House Music!!! And it’s Dope And It’s Out Now On Get Up Recordings!!!! W.Jeremy takes it back to 88/89 with his new release ‘Overdrive’ out on Get Up Recs. Keeping up the acid house theme of previous releases ‘Overdrive’ comes with seriously dope remixes from the likes of Jake Reif & Dallas’ Multipass. All that plus more jackin action with bonus track ‘I Wanna Be Somebody’  A definitive 10/10 for sheer dopeness

Buy Link https://goo.gl/5D7dgB

W. Jeremy- Overdrive EP [Get Up Recordings]