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Two of New Zealand's most prolific Drum & Bass outfits, Trei and The Upbeats combine forces for this banging new single on Viper Recordings, 'Tonto / Shangri-La'.

Fresh off a Beatport #1 remix of North Base's 'What R U Doing?' and a brand new track 'Mirage' on Viper's Let It Roll Festival EP, Trei has been firing on all cylinders.

Meanwhile, The Upbeats have just dropped the first part of their massive De-Evolution series EP's including another huge Beatport #1 with 'Pharaoh'.

‘Tonto’ kicks things off with a suitably intense intro and build-up that’ll get your blood pumping, before dropping straight in to a hard-hitting bassline which is uncompromising in its sheer power and production quality.

Next up is ‘Shangri-La’ which is as exotic as the title suggests – taking on a darker, more mysterious vibe and following up with unpredictable twists and turns throughout. Laying down some seriously intense beats from start to finish, this one’ll keep you on your toes.

Intense and action-packed, it’s safe to say that this collaboration will be smashing a fair few dancefloors this summer!

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SanFranDisko is continuing on his mission to hunt down the rarest grooves, so he can give them the extra boots they sometimes lack to meet the demands of the modern day movers and shakers out there on the dance floors. This is edit of ‘It’s Hot Take It To The Top’ by, K.I.D, is not his most recent work, but the upbeat nature and feel good Disco vibes that burst out of your speakers when play is pressed, simply need to be heard by everyone to get those happy times flowing.

SanFranDisko has a mountain of music on both his Soundcloud and Hearthis pages, so be sure to go get yourself some of the highest quality Funk and Disco gems.

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Due to other music commitments, the Hong Kong Ping Pong guys don’t find many opportunities to drop one of their now legendary mixtapes, but when they do it’s really time to sit up and take notice! As long time fans of HKPP will know and as it clearly states, this is a mixtape, so if this is our first time checking out these get ready to be taken on genre hoping magic carpet ride. The chop and change of direction and tempo is seamless as always and because of that, you cannot wait to see what’s coming around the next corner. With no indication that this mix was on the way, this Thursday has taken a surprising and very welcomed turn for the better.

**Please be aware that if you have children, this mix contains explicit language in the intro, so a listen while they’re around, might lead to some very awkward questions**

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Tracklist

01: Intro
02: Moontricks – Home
03: Boogie Down Edits – It’s a Pity
04: Hylu & Jago – Pressure ft Kosher (Ghost Writerz Remix)
05: Janaka Selekta – Good Vibes ftJahdan Blakkamoore (Hooves Remix)
06: The Hempolics – Love to Sing
07: Opiuo – Life ft Gift of Gab & Syreneiscreamy (N-Jin Remix)
08: Mr Ours – Childhood
09: Odjbox – Made You Look ft Nas
10: Nick Hollywood – Deep Henderson (JFB Remix)
11: Swingrowers – That’s Right! (Jamie Berry Remix)
12: Delhi 2 Dublin – TumbiWOW
13: Cocotaxi – Cielos
14: Dr Packer – Sensi
15: Dub Pistols – Pistoleros (General Narco Remix)
16: Jamie Berry – Grandiose
17: Dub FX – Back To Basics (Krafty Kuts Remix)
18: Jungle Brothers – Because I Got it Like That (Mr Dero Remix)
19: Habstrakt – Get Funky
20: Ketatonic – The Crumble
21: Great Scott – Get Back
22: Beat Fatigue – Walking All Cool
23: Leo – Lovin’
24: Gramatik – Expect Us
25: Royal Blood ft BBK – Spanish Potatoes
26: Mr Ours – YMA
27: Odjbox – Don’t Get Me Wrong ft Lucinda Belle
28: Skope – Mississippi
29: Dimaa – Swing Life
30: Krossbow – Axolotl
31: Dubra & Arteo – Sexy Back
32: Miles Dyson, Aaren San & BBK – Haze (Stellar Kartel Remix)
33: Charlie Beale – Tale of AG Smith
34: Tom Booze – You Had it All
35: Cheshire – Snatching it Back ft Slynk
36: Mr Stabalina – Freak the Funk
37: Badboe – Carpet Ride
38: BackBeat SoundSystem – Old Friend of Mine (Pimpsoul & HKPP VIP Remix)
39: Featurecast – 999
40: Thomas Vent – Funkin’ Pumpin
41: Corporate – GG
42: Mungo’s Hi Fi – Jump in Line
43: Scratchophone Orchestra – Shining Star
44: SoDown – Royal Blue ft Maggie Miller
45: Extra Medium – Go Away
46: Jazzotron – Let’s Go ft Sofija Knezevic (Jamie Berry Remix)
47: Hiphoppapotamus – Liquidator Wind Up
48: Jason Laidback – Luck ft Valerie M
49: Plump DJs – Yes Yes
50: J4m13 Xx – G05h (LeftRight Refix)
51: The Uptown Felaz ft MC Kyl – Now you Know (Kid Panel Remix)
52: Denoisers – Krunch (Back To New School Mix)
53: Dreadsquad & Blackout JA ft Kush Arora & Smerins Anti-Social Club – Last Tune
54: Yanivi – I’m Shakin
55: Gardna ft Tiffani Juno – See the Vibe (Leo Sampson Dub/Ed Solo Remix)
56: DJ Love – Display (DJ Krispe Remix)
57: Jinx in Dub – You Got the Dub (Bladerunner Remix)
58: Rico Tubbs – Rule Dancehall ft The Ragga Twins (Genetix & OSLO Mix)
59: Featurecast – Coco Loco
60: IQulah Rastafari – It is I (Ed SoloRemix)
61: JFB – Back Home
62: C@ in the H@ – Little White Lies
63: Dub Smugglers – Nearly Inspector ft Parly B
64: Chopstick Dubplate – I’m Sure ft Cheshire (Kind Yoof Remix)

More glitch filled breaks from this set from the State of Breaks. The first hour is from me live at Effin’ Thursdays in San Antonio where I laid down some bass heavy beats. The last half of the live show ends with tracks from the likes of The Niceguys, Refracture, General Midi, Ctrl Z, and Screwface.

Direct Download: State of Breaks – March 7, 2016

Playlist:

Phylo @ Effin’ Thursdays
The Niceguys – Champ Feat. Tiny Bucher
Kalm Kaoz – White Rabbit Ft Trinity (Golden Beats Breaks Mix)
Jude Sebastian – Rubberman (Miles Dyson Mix) (Krafty Kuts Re-Rub)
Refracture – Shadows (Open Cluster Remix)
Stereo Type – Sewer Gash ft. Beardyman (Far Too Loud Remix)
Dilemn – Pitiless
Hyperion – On The Expressway (General MIDI Mix)
Wolfgang Gartner – Front To Back
FØREIGN BEHAVIØUR -Zombie Hunter
GTA feat. Sam Bruno – Red Lips (The Brainkiller Remix)
Kryptonate – Aliens Rave
Ctrl Z – The Tunnel VIP feat. Screwface

Cheers!

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T>I, one of a handful of producers responsible for bringing raw 90’s vibes back to drum & bass without following the same old route of ‘back to the old school’.

Championed by DJ Hype and DJ Rap, T>I has already had a huge amount of hits on the underground and his latest pending releases under Serial Killaz will be no exception.

If you know your upfront drum and bass or not, you will have most certainly heard plenty of T>I’s tracks being supported by most if not all of the A list DJ circuit.

Virtual record boxes have continued to be stocked with dubplate after dubplate by one of the hardest working producers our scene has seen for years.

Don’t get it twisted, this isn’t a ragga jungle explosion with a plethora of Amen beats - this is pure rolling sublow drum and bass and it’s coming in not one but two parts! Sample spotters hold tight.

High energy beats and bass combined with mid 90’s production influences are in abundance. Top scale bass lines that flip the script from ‘Changes’, deep and dark vibes in the form of ‘Hammerhead’ and music to make even the stiffest of ravers shuffle in the form of ‘Watcha Man’. This EP has it all and it’s taking no prisoners.

‘Circuits’ is being released as two separate EP’s, part one incoming 10th Junefollowed by part two later on 24th June. Watch out for a bonus track from the album which is soon to be offered as a free download via the Serial Killaz Soundcloud. This is a massive package and certainly not one to sleep on.

Coming soon on the Serial Killaz release schedule is an EP from their very own Yorkshire ripper, Kitcha.

Watch the ride..

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<a href="http://niceuprecords.bandcamp.com/album/inna-nice-up-fashion">Inna NICE UP! Fashion by Various Artists</a>

Undoubtedly one of the most iconic and legendary reggae labels to come out of the UK, Fashion Records has a rich and deep history that reaches far beyond the world of reggae.

The brainchild of John MacGillivray and Chris Lane, two music devotees who started the Dub Vendor market stall in Clapham Junction selling imported reggae and dub vinyl during the late 70s (which later went on to spawn the hugely popular Dub Vendor shops), a dub cutting studio and label was set up in 1980 and started generating hits instantly, regularly topping the UK reggae charts and attracting attention further afield. Soon a recording studio was built, which served as a drop-in for most of the Jamaican stars passing through London at the time.

Horace Andy, Johnnie Clarke, Alton Ellis, Frankie Paul, Junior Delgado and many more household names all spent time in the A-Class studios during the early days, although it was the stars of the new UK reggae explosion that really put the label on the map. Alongside artists such as Dee Sharp, Keith Douglas, Papa Face & Bionic Rhona, the label was a springboard for talents such as Asher Senator, Macka B, Andrew Paul and Smiley Culture, the latter scoring a top 20 hit and a couple of appearances on Top Of The Pops with his 1984 single "Police Officer".

Going from strength to strength, it was the chart explosion of dancehall in the early 90s that saw more international names come flocking to the label and more hits racking up - far too many to list here, but a brief glance through the discography shows Cutty Ranks, Papa San, General Levy, Top Cat, Tenor Fly, Daddy Freddy and Wayne Wonder all recording sides for the label. Subsequently another more uniquely English style of dance music began using acapella samples from the label; jungle. Based around the soundsystem style of Jamaican music, with an emphasis on the cutting drums and heavy basslines, young jungle producers used many of the tracks recorded and played by the previous generation as the music’s backbone, the vocals given new life by the rudimentary samplers being used in bedroom studios all over the land.

Fast forward 25 years and those reverberations are still being felt today - drum & bass, dubstep, hip hop, trap and almost any other sub-genre of what many now refer to as "bass music" has the DNA of reggae and dancehall running through it, so its only right to expect a little payback. A&R'd by music fanatic and owner of the NICE UP! record label, Jon Sheppard - "Inna NICE UP! Fashion" aims to bring new life to some of these legendary tracks by having modern day producers rework them in their own style and re- introduce them to a new audience.

From the frantic breakbeats of rave-revivalist Special Request and the bottom end sonics of Radio 1's Toddla T & Melé, to the modern minimalist dancehall-tech of Machinedrum and the digital dub drone of The Bug, there is plenty to get excited about here.

Poland's Radikal Guruserves up some classic dubstep, Germany's Jahtari crew take it back into 80s nostalgia with their 8-bit dancehall style, whilst modern reggae producersWrongtom, Jstar and Mr Benn all show why they are on the forefront of the UK reggae revival. The tempo gets upped for some heavier jungle inspired remixes from Aries & Gold Dubs, Serial Killaz and festival favourites Dub Pistols, giving a little bit of something for everybody.

INNA NICE UP! FASHION

Various Artists


NICE UP! Records

2LP/CD Released 24th June

London based, eatmybeat, is another label we’ve recently discovered, that are out there scouting for new stars and meticulously sorting through their inbox of promos to find the hidden gems from a broad spectrum of genres. 11 of those very gems have been selected for the labels free ‘Bonus Snacks vol.1‘ album and it’s clear this particular label has some very well tuned ears and minds because it’s an album that’s packing may punches and tons of bass from the worlds of House, Techno, Grime and Drum n Bass. All of the tracks come from a rich pool of UK talent and with the music they’ve produced, we’re bound to hear more from the artists featured in the future.

If you’re loving the sounds on the album, eatmybeat have a party coming on the 1st July in London where several of the artists who are on the album will be taking their place behind the decks to rain down many bass heavy bombs. For more info on that, hit the Facebook link below.

Artists featured on ‘Bonus Snacks vol.1′ :

Ramin // Conka // Magistrate // Dabinett // Kinsman // Yak // Chemist RNS // Domestic Disturbance // Integer // Nuavman // Sensei C

Head to Soundcloud here, then download each track via Toneden.

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The diversification of D n B over recent years has allowed producers of the scene to really let loose and really hone in on their own particular sound and one producer who has made the most of this is, Sub Zero. Since he started out on his own back in 2009, he has gone from strength to strength with his music, blending together the dark and minimal side of D n B with the big room sound to produce hit after hit, with many of those hits helping pave the way to signing an exclusive deal with DJ Hype and DJ Pascal‘s label, Playaz Recordings. As well as packing out venues around the globe, he’s also picked up support from D n B royalty such as, Goldie, Andy C and Grooverider and with names like that biggin’ up your work, you know you’re on to a winner.

The music we have for you comes from Sub Zero’s latest EP ‘The Collab’. The EP has seen him get together with 4 high-rolling producers from the world of D n B, Majistrate, Jaydan, Dub Motion and DJ Limited, to create 4 brand new tracks with incredible power and precision. ‘Weapon of Choice’ with Majistrate and ‘Fear’ with Jaydan are two of those tracks that have a that combination of being dark and huge all at the same time. Proper stompers! Just to show he’s not all about big room tunes, his collab with Dub Motion on ‘Oh Girl’ sees them head down the strictly soulful route with a heavy vocal presence and finishing the EP off is ‘How To Act’ with DJ Limited which heralds a return to the grimy and gritty vibe with a shed load of bass! If D n B is your thing, these 4 tracks are must haves!

The Soundcloud player posted is an EP sampler so for complete convenience here are the tracks and times :

1: Sub Zero & Majistrate – Weapon of Choice
2: Sub Zero & Jaydan – Fear – 1:06
3: Sub Zero & Dub Motion – Oh Girl – 2:12
4: Sub Zero & DJ Limited – How to Act – 3:18

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from our blogging brother, Johnny Pluse. He’s been super busy with his label, Bulabeats and with his band, The Storm Troopers Of Love, who he has been working with to put the finishing touches to their new album ‘Ape Panic’, which is due to be released very soon.

As fairly hefty warm up to the release of ‘Ape Panic’, they have enlisted the superb remixing skills of, Leygo, to put his spin on the lead track off the album ‘Blast & Bounce’. Now, JPSTOL, have built up quite a reputation as being one of the most explosive Ska, Funk, Hip-Hop and Dub bands on the circuit and Leygo has captured that perfectly in his remix but to add even more energy, he’s given it a Jungle twist. It now has the feel of a track that’ll suck you into the middle of the dance floor without you even realizing and have you bouncin’ and skankin’ with all the smiling faces around you!

For more of Leygo’s music and to keep tabs on when JPSTOL’s album drops, hit the links below.

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We adore this great slice of vocal house from Box Office Poison. It’s breezy, soulful, moving and features some awesome remixes our favourite being the BonomoLeMagass remix. Check it out below and hit the buy link button on the soundcloud player to add some classy house music to your collection

Box Office Poison Ft Adam Joseph- One Good Thing [Random Records]