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BKT & Mike City present the classic garage grooves of ‘Save Your Love’ on Major League Hustlaz.

‘Save Your Love’ is a gorgeous slice of Soulful House/US Garage with super smooth Nu Jack swing/R&B style vocals from Mike City. We’re talking Danny J Lewis, Grant Nelson or Frankie Knuckles level goodness here.

The original is loaded with deep funky synths and sax licks. Deepsoul’s Dub is pure late 90’s style UKG down to a tee. Mind Of A Dragon adds the bassweight and vibes with a nice 2 stepper of a remix. Mooney adds the icing to a simply superb package with their own 2 steppin’ take on the original. A all round essential release for House & Garage lovers.

BKT & Mike City- Save Your Love [Major League Hustlaz]

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Mancunian veteran to Monstercat, Feint brings a fresh and welcome serving of his deep soulful DnB sound as heard on labels such as Liquicity. He, along with Laura Brehm’s vocals steps up the game once again with a symphony of bass awaiting your ears delight below..

Feint – Words Ft. Laura Brehm [Monstercat]

Father Funk has decided to release his very special LIVE mix from this years Shambhala Music Festival. Mixing it up in the Fractal Forest and road testing a bunch of new material.

“I am very excited to finally unleash my Fractal Forest Mix from the incredible Shambhala Music Festival this summer! Playing on the Fractal Forest was truly an incredible experience, something I only ever dreamed of, so to be booked to play there this year was an absolute honour. I tried my very best to put together the best set I possibly could, featuring a large helping of exclusive tracks, a few classics from my back catalogue and some of my favourite tried and tested bangers! I’d also like to thank my awesome talented friends for providing a lot of the tracks on this mix – namely WBBL who has been killing it lately, super happy to see him also making out to Canada this month!” – Father Funk

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Tracklist

Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze (Father Funk Remix)
Slynk – Gorilla On The Floor
AC/DC – Back In Black (Father Funk Remix)
Beat Fatigue – Quarterbouncer
Beat Fatigue – Lt. Frank Drebin (WBBL Remix)
Grid Division – Funkolada
Slynk – Best In The World ft. Cheshire
Barrington Levy – Here I Come (Father Funk Remix)
WBBL – Can’t Stomp
Bear Twists – Feel Right
Guinney Pepper – Lick The Chalice (Father Funk Remix)
Benny Page – Turn Down The Lights (Father Funk Remix)
Junior Timba – Crying Out (Father Funk Remix)
Chordettes – Mr Sandman (Father Funk Remix)
Slynk – Poppin’ It
Daft Punk – Something About Us (Father Funk Remix)
Slynk – Sugar Brain ft. FarfetchD
Featurecast – Head Noise (Father Funks FK5 Vocal Edit)
Father Funk – Aqua Stomp
Father Funk – Dance Til You Drop VIP
Slynk – Party Island
Kool & The Gang – Jungle Boogie (Father Funk Remix)
Father Funk – Overtime ft. Illvis Freshly
Pendulum – Tarantula (Father Funk Remix)
Zerostailaz – Fonk Marley
Flight of the Conchords – Business Time (WBBL & Father Funk Remix)
B-Side & WBBL – Blowin’ It Up
WBBL – Check Menina
WBBL – Check Menina VIP
WBBL – Get a Wobble On
Howla – Hey Pachuco!
Rick & Morty – The Recipe For Concentrated Dark Matter (WBBL & Father Funk Remix)
Father Funk – Mama Funk VIP
Reggie Watts – Fuck Shit Stack (Father Funk Remix)
Stepcat – Gastric Funk
Kibosh – Pocket Aces
WBBL & X-Ray Ted – True
The Isley Brothers vs Camo & Krooked – Loving You Is Isley (Father Funk Edit)
Renato Cohen – Suddenly Funk
Opolopo – Get On Up
Sub Focus – Could This Be Real
Sub Focus – Could This Be Real (Sub Focus Drum & Bass Mix)
Uzimon – The Rum Anthem (Father Funk Remix)
James Brown – I Got You (Father Funk Remix)
George Michael – Careless Whisper (Father Funk Remix)

We caught up with Samurai Breaks & Vyking who have just launched their new label ‘Tsunami Bass Weight’ with a free compilation plus an exclusive interview which you can read below

https://tsunamibassweight.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/tsunamibassweight

Tell us a bit about yourself!

Sam: Sam aka Samurai Breaks, I am a 23-year-old production addict, been making beats for nearly 3 years now, currently residing in Czech republic for a change of scene (and weather) and I love powerful and unique music that makes you flail your arms around and sweat buckets!

Jake: Jake aka Vyking! Also a 3rd of the DnB trio called Creatures. 22 years of age right now, plugin geek/addict extraordinaire. Living in a caravan on the edge of Bath in southwest England with a cat. I enjoy beatboxing, researching plugins and drinking tea.

For those who don’t know, tell us a bit about Tsunami Bass Weight.

Both: Tsunami Bassweight is our new label aiming to deliver unique and interesting music and create a platform for all the amazing artists we know, to release their music professionally with high-quality mastering (Jake: from yours truly!) and good industry contact so it gets the attention it really deserves.
The name aims to describe the aesthetic we want in our music, raw and powerful sound but more curvy, weird and natural than just an all out sound war of smashed super loud nonsense that you hear a lot of lately in the dnb scene.

How would you describe your production style?

Sam: Raw and unrelenting assault of bass, beats and breaks, got to be heard to believe it! Fusing and melting genre boundaries into my own unique and weird sound.

Jake: The search for a varied and rich sound, I’m always looking to create unique textures and get “that” feeling in a track which simply makes you move. Though I’m definitely guilty of participating in the loudness war!

Was there a moment or a tune or a DJ set that made you decide you were going to produce?

Sam: I supported Ital Tek in Glasgow about 3 and a half years ago, I had only been DJing for about 6 months by then, and his set was totally amazing and unique. I had never heard anything like it and after talking to him it turns out it was his interpretation of Chicago footwork combined with his unique post-dubstep weirdo sound design and intense production skill. He played his whole new album as a live set and it blew me away. One day I hope to share a stage with him, buy him a drink and thank him wholeheartedly for converting me to footwork style.
I really love it because it combines so many things I love, heavy rhythmic drum patterning similar to jungle but more precise and crazy with the layers, Roland 808 sounds, frantic energy and crazy vocal editing. I took what I liked about the genre and mixed it with everything else I like to create my sound.

Jake: Nothing in particular to be honest! I’ve been messing around with computer music for quite a few years since my dad had Reason on his laptop when I was 13 or something, maybe earlier than that. I have been around bass music from a very young age (about the age of 6?), being taken to festivals and such, so it’s in my blood.
I started a vocational college course for music production in 2011 when I realised that I literally could not put myself through another year of sixth form college (For anyone unfamiliar with the term, it’s just like secondary school, but with more essays and is generally more difficult. No thanks!)
Since then I’ve been honing my skills and this past year I’ve been getting into mastering. It’s all I’m focused on in life so it’s all about finding my true sound.

Which events from over the years in your illustrious career really stick in your mind and why?

Sam: Every time I play at Eden Festival it gets better and better, the crowd there are lovely people who are so enthusiastic about the music and every year I pack out the dance tent and have a really really good time! The year I supported Bez was hilarious because it went from 128bpm acid house straight to 165bpm juke jungle, people didn’t know what was going on but when that huge 808 baseline kicked in every person in the tent was bouncing! And getting handed a bottle of champagne from Bez’s rider that he didn’t drink when I finished my set was the cherry on top of the cake hahah!

Jake: Gotta share the love for Eden Festival! One of the best moments this year, also my first year there, was when Sam dropped a track we started when he came over mine beforehand. He dropped it near the end of his set and as it got into the first switch up the crowd starting screaming! The only track in the whole set for which this happened and what a feeling! That energy transferred directly into the audience. Super cool.

When would you say was your breakout moment when heads turned to your music?

Sam: Recently getting support from Noisia has brought more limelight to what I am doing!

Jake: I guess when myself and my 2 mates in Creatures had an EP signed to Infidelity Records. That got our music out into the scene and got some good feedback. I don’t know if it’s really turning any heads but all in good time.

If you could work on a track with anyone from now or way back when, who would it be?

Sam: Alix Perez because he has got the widest square wave bass’s ever and they just sound great!

Jake: Current Value, just love his sound. Machine music at it’s best! I do like my straight up, no nonsense DnB. Sam definitely doesn’t share this passion though, haha!

Sam: I do like the sound design and I like some dnb but just not the boring stuff!!! If it has some variation, I am all ears

Tell us about any other music related stuff you’re involved in.

Sam: Got a lot of very exciting forthcoming releases on Halogen Music Group and Groundmass to name a few, also me and Jake have almost finished our debut EP together which will cause major seismic activity

Jake: Creatures DnB is my Drum and Bass project, I’m making some super funky glitch hoppy, breaky tuna with some mates, and general musical fun is a’happenin’!

Are there any major influences, production wise, that inspire you?

Sam: The Chicago footwork movement has had a huge effect on the sound I go for, also my love of tribal music, jungle, grime and trap is all very evident in my sound. I try to combine everything I love from any genre with the production and pace of DnB.

Jake: DnB is a constant. I’ve long been into dubstep of most varieties, particularly the jazzy and deep side of it with artists like Phaeleh and Congi and all the Deep Heads lot. I’m also really into achieving an “analogue” sound in my productions and I’ve recently started investing in Acustica Audio plugins with their Acquas and Nebula products. Incredible stuff, used properly it gives the digital ITB sound a “realness” and depth you simply can’t get from algorithmic plugins. The supreme In The Box sound in my opinion!

Sam: I did a sly DNA test on Jake and it turns out he is actually a plug in!

Tell us a few of your favourite producers.

Sam: Rockwell , Ivy Lab , Junglord , Alix Perez, Lakeway, Moresounds, Fracture, Dub Phizix, Danny Scrilla, Fixate, Mark Kloud, Depth Range Crew, DJ Hybrid and Moralz

Jake: Current Value(!), Noisia, Alix Perez, Hybris, HYQXYZ, Subtension, Boards of Canada, Gorillaz (looking forward to the upcoming album!), Kursa, Haywyre, Skeptical… Many more of course.

Are there any unfulfilled goals or aspirations of yours musically?

Sam: Vinyl Release and US tour

Jake: I don’t really think of the future much so I can’t say! I’ll see what happens

Could you offer a bit of advice for an up and coming producer?

Sam:

1. Don’t be afraid to experiment.
2. Always use WAV samples (this one will tickle you Jake after our chaos sorting that .mp3 break disaster on that track)
3. Don’t feel trapped by genre boundaries, every genre was born from someone experimenting and cutting a new sound for themselves.

Jake:

• Music is your life, how you express yourself and your emotional life. Make the music you feel! Don’t have an ulterior motive to making it.
• Put the time in and you’ll get a lot out of it.
• Take your time as well, don’t feel like you need to get somewhere before you’re actually ready. All will come to you if you’re patient with yourself.

Where have you DJ’d?

Sam: Glastonbury Festival, Boomtown Festival, Cross Club (CZ) , Eden Festival, Beaverworks, The black swan, Lakota , The Mill, Mint Warehouse, Audio Soup Festival and quite a few windy rainy hillsides and dodgy warehouses

Jake: The Black Swan, Timbuk2 and a few free parties in Bristol, Club Ice Westbury, Beatherder Festival, few other places!

Who’s supporting You on the DJ circuit?

Sam: Noisia, Sam Binga, Greazus, TMSV, Johnathan Thomas, Moralz, Depth Range Crew, Mark Kloud, Dj Hybrid.

Jake: Mostly support for Creatures from DJ Aphrodite, Rene LaVice, Villem, S.P.Y. I haven’t released any music as Vyking just yet so we’ll have to wait and see what comes of that!

Sam: Jake!!! Loads of the people I mentioned are supporting Champagne Club + How We Roll so that’s a lie!!!

Jake: Oh yeah! You’re so right Sam, I totally forgot! Derp, I’m a bit forgetful eh.

Describe to us your approach to a DJ set, do you like to gently warm up the crowd or go for the bangers or more of a journey approach?

Sam: I just pick a tune and go from there, that way it’s more raw and no-one knows what’s coming till the moment. I keep my USB’s loaded with all my favourite dance floor destroyers and top up with all the dubs from mates and personal productions that are ready before every gig.

Jake: Generally I DJ with Harvey as Creatures (Ben hasn’t been around the past few years we’ve been DJing.) and we go 3 tunes each. So each gig I like to get together my triplets of tracks which go together like gold and put them in order on CDs for easy mixing.

Of all the tunes you’ve made, which is your favourite?

Sam: Probably abattoir, it’s the title track of the DnB EP I am currently trying to get signed. It’s really unique, it has great drums all layered with lots of foley and great switch ups and progression, the vibe of the track is extremely haunting and scary! I really love it.

Jake: It would have to be a super funky breakbeat track called Hypnotized, I made a couple of years ago. All kinds of sweet breaks and dirty basses with lots of ravey sounds and funky switches. I’m going to do a fresh mix of it sometime soon so I’ll be sure to fire it over to you when it’s done!

What would you say is the label ethos?

Both: Supporting and mentoring awesome and talented musicians to their full potential and giving them a professional platform to release their music on.

You’ve collaborated with a lot of different artists who did you enjoy working with the most?

Sam: I like working with Jake aka Vyking the most because we have so much fun together and make the craziest tunes, he is such a talented engineer so I learn so much when working with him. One track we made we spent 2 hours messing around with his Kaosspad and Kaossillator making all the crazy sounds we could, we were falling off our chairs with laughter when we somehow made a meow meow bass sound… the track we finally made with all of our recordings is called Stellar Drift and it’s really amazing, spacious and powerful. I also really love working with HØST because he is literally insane so you never know what will happen when you pass him some stems!

Jake: Likewise, I love working with Sam as he’s super driven and that helps me to feel inspired. That session for Stellar Drift was epic!

Which tunes are essentials in your DJ sets right now?

Sam:
1.HØST – BBZ
2.Junglord – 1000 Junglists
3.Breaka – Foot Forward
4.Mark Kloud – Angels Arc
5.Moralz + Johnathan Thomas – Tread On Me

Jake: Totally in love with Alix Perez – Elephant Dreams (ft. Skeptical)
HYQXYZ – Monad
Prime Perception – Moss Side (Forthcoming TBW!)

What are the vital elements to making a tune that come into play when you’re in the studio?

Sam: Roland TR-808 drum sounds, old school funk breaks and foley recordings. I try to break out of any habits or boundaries if I notice they are forming so nothing is ever a staple or vital element in my sound… I don’t want to become stale and samey like a lot of producers who keep rehashing the same formula because it was successful.

Jake: A big library of samples of all kinds, wacky effect plugins and Xfer Serum for making dirty bass!

When receiving demos for the label, what do you look for in a track?

Both: Unique ideas, high production standard and a good coherent vibe (and that special something that makes you pull a funny face and fire imaginary shots in the air!)

Any final words and shout outs?

Sam: Big up to everyone who has supported me over the years and helped me get to were I am now. Hugest of respect to anyone who sat down and helped me learn or has listened to the millions of crazy ideas I have, blessings and love to you all! Also to all you producers, if you like what you hear on this compilation and feel like your sound would work well with us please get in touch with a demo!

Jake: Don’t live life, you’re life itself! Respect and love each other, and yourself! Blessings, Enjoy

Tsunami Bass Weight Vol 1 is out and a free download, stream the tracks below

Tsunami Bass Weight Interview

In need of some fiyah DnB? Our roundup features new releases by Chopstick Dubplate, Fleck, Pull Up Collective, Samurai Breaks, INKPHET, Voltage, Soulscience, BR Ft Feyder, Ablaze, DREDILLAH,  Sweet N Sikka, Gold Dubs, The Scarecrow & Dan Guidance…..

The Chopstick Dubplate collective have a brand new release out, filled with tasty toasting and feelgood ragga junglistic heaters fresh out of the lab of some of the scene’s top talents

Part of a free compilation from Breaks/DnB label BKoast, Fleck smashes it with this sick Ragga Jungle roller

Out now on Deep In The Jungle, Pull Up Collective’s new EP is yet another essential addition to the junglists collection. A purist foray into the sounds of 94′, lighters at the ready!!

Next up, not one but two futuristic Jungle/DnB/Footwork steppas from Samurai Breaks, these ones are for the true ravers!!!

Macabre darkness from Inkphet on Viral Mental, a new EP  and a free download loaded with fierce growling basslines and thumping beats for the darker dance floors

Accomplished producer Voltage always brings his A-Game when it comes to new beats. No exceptions here, this new EP on Low Down Deep is the stuff raves and clubs are made for

Soulscience returns after a hiatus from tune making. He returns with this gem of a warm rolling liquid DnB tune which is free to download

This track by BR Ft Feyder is taken from the newest multi-tempo EP on Russia’s Future Jungle Music showcasing some of the finest emerging talent and veterans to the scene all in one

This beaut of a tune is from Ablaze’s new EP on Unified Audio. We are very pleased to host the premiere to this classy track that kicks off with tasty sax licks and evolves into a summery roller that sounds like the beaches of California in mid July!!!

Back to the darkness and by darkness we mean darkness done nicely!!! Fast, frantic pounding beats and rib splitting synths are what Dredillah has to offer. Only if you’re strong enough to handle them!!

This is one of two DnB slammers from Sweet N Sikka, part of their new time themed EP on Formation. A couple of raw energetic stripped back kick n’ snare call & response snap attackers designed to bring out the freak in you!!!

Gold Dubs gets deep, tribal; and rootsy on this flavourable contribution to the new Tru Thoughts album

if you haven’t got this follow up to Asbo Records’ Joker Recs remix series, one more reason (as if you needed it) to go buy is a free remix of The Scarecrow ‘Tutti Fruitti’ by Dialect & Kosine

And we conclude with something nice n’ smooth from Dan Guidance, a producer you really should get to know. This free track should be a great starter

Drum & Bass Roundup 23.10.16

Our Bass N Breaks Roundup features new releases from Daze Prism (Low Pitched), Murder He Wrote (Roska Kicks & Snares), Resykle (Unified Audio), Sparki Dee, Paul Cronin, Adam Hyjek/Celladore/MOAD (NM), Deadly Nightshade, Gareth Monks, Nicky Allen, Meanstreak, Ellerby (Articulate Sound), Atomic Hooligan, Evil Nine, A Skillz, Hypho, and Tik & Borrow (3000 Bass)

Daze Prism has a couple of killer Jungle influenced bass tracks out on Low Pitched Records

And a free dl on 300 Bass

Atmospheric bass/UK Funky from Murder He Wrote

Bass music with a variety of influences from the one like Resykle on Unified Audio

Upbeat 92 style rave from Sparki Dee up for free dl

This freebie from Paul Cronin starts off with orchestral chords before going into full on heavyweight breakbeat hardcore mode

Adam Hyjek gives Celladore/MOAD ‘Freedom’ a great bouncing bassy 2 step refix

Some dark ravey breaks from Deadly Nightshade that will knock you out!!!

And some rushy NuSkool Hardcore from the prolific provider of quality tunage, Gareth Monks

Some tough rollin’ 140 Jungle Breaks by Meanstreak

This awe-inspiring slice of NuSkool from Nicky Allen as part of the latest free EP on Paranoid Recordings

And this breakbeat roller by Ellerby, part of the all new Articulate Sound/Pack London free album

Classic funky breaks from Atomic Hooligan

Dark junglistic brilliance from Hypho

Evil Nine unleash the mother of all basslines!!!

A Skillz turns Martin Solvieg’s popular track into a funkadelic breakbeat booty bad boy!!!

Tik & Borrow have this tough bass stepper up for free dl over at 300 Bass!!!

Bass N Breaks Roundup 20 10 16

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They say nothing in life is certain but death and taxes, but Taxman’s success seemed just as certain from the outset. If you’ve been anywhere near a drum & bass dancefloor in the past couple of years then you know this man’s productions, and you’ll have been throwing your arms up and calling for DJs to reload his tracks on more than one occasion!

On this, his latest EP, entitled ‘Amended’, a hand-picked selection of these huge releases have been pulled together and remixed, reworked and VIP’ed for your dancefloor pleasure.

First up, Taxman gives ‘Too Bad’ the remix treatment, then Upgrade & Bass Brothers remix ‘Nightshade’ & ‘Original Ninja’ respectively in their own unmistakable styles. Last but definitely not least, Taxman steps in again to ‘VIP’ his classic ‘Creepshow’

This is yet another massive release from Taxman & Playaz Recordings that is sure to get the dancefloor dirty!

Taxman – Amended EP [Playaz Recordings]

Cynical Gene marches forward with furious intent. Intent on filling your mind with an overload of neural activity, triggered by the crisp D&B of the forthcoming, ‘Marching Forward EP’ on Physmatics.

We enter the battle zone with some oldskool style Techstep on the title track. This bad boy will take you back to the days of No U Turn and conjure up a dark dystopian Sci-Fi world in your mind.

‘Funk Hustler’ is an energy fuelled fist pumper with bold and brassy keys and beats. The swagger of Hip Hop meets the intense rollercoaster journey of proper Drum & Bass!

‘The Way Is Clear’ growls, leers, kicks, and swipes like an MMA fighter. Imagine you’re in the cage and ready to absorb some serious musical blows, this one doesn’t ramp!!!

‘Aprilis’ lightens the mood with more of a soulful uplifting sound, while keeping the beats bangin’ and the bass boomin’.

This EP should be marching forward straight into your DJ wallet, ready to perform surgical strikes on the dance floor!!!

Physmatics 37th release drops Worldwide October 17th 2016

CYNICAL GENE- MARCHING FORWARD EP [Physmatics]

If you’re hosting a party or playing at a party this weekend, this stupendous House edit of Edwin Starr’s ‘War’ from Low Steppa is one you need to keep to hand because you can be sure that when you drop it, every single person in attendance will go nuts! This one kicks super hard and it’s difficult to imagine how anymore of those ‘party time vibes’ could possibly be squeezed into it. Dance floor fyah!

Download Low Steppa’s edit here via Hypeddit.

Links for Low Steppa :

Soundcloud / Facebook / Beatport / YouTube / Twitter / Instagram

Teddy Killerz are the next to step up to remix Formula EJ’s Take Control Of Me. So far we’ve heard remixes from Vion Konger and Alex Preston. Now it’s the Russian trio’s turn to give the track a 174bpm makeover.

EJ met these international artists over his prolific travels, and is excited to working with them alongside Formula E.

The high-energy remix has gained support from some of Drum & Bass’ heavy hitters with the likes of Optiv, Crissy Criss, Tantrum Desire, and plus more supporting.

The Teddy Killerz Take Control of Me has been released as a free download through 3E Music.

EJ- Take Control Of Me (Teddy Killerz Remix) [Free Download]