Style: Drum and Bass, Jump up
Release: 14/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Sub:stance Recordings
Cat# SUBST010
Review: Fancy a game of hide and seek? With 'Find Me', it sounds like Yung Posk is giving us an open invitation. Close your eyes and count to 50. Is he hiding in the cupboard under the stairs wriggling to the lyrical loopy lava of 'Run Dem'? Is he lurking behind the shed nodding to the robotic funk schisms of 'Show You?' Is he tucked up behind the telly humming the cosmic hooks of the super-spacey 'Where I Want'? Is he in the laundry bin swaying to the jazz-minded bleeps and the far-away soul of 'Don't Wanna Feel'? Has he somehow managed to get under the floorboards creeping away to the stinky tension of 'Dial Tone'? Or has he impossibly tucked himself in a shoe that you'd like to throw when you hear 'Find Me'? We don't know the answers, but we're up for a game if Posk is.
Release: 14/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Sub:stance Recordings
Cat# SUBST010
Review: Fancy a game of hide and seek? With 'Find Me', it sounds like Yung Posk is giving us an open invitation. Close your eyes and count to 50. Is he hiding in the cupboard under the stairs wriggling to the lyrical loopy lava of 'Run Dem'? Is he lurking behind the shed nodding to the robotic funk schisms of 'Show You?' Is he tucked up behind the telly humming the cosmic hooks of the super-spacey 'Where I Want'? Is he in the laundry bin swaying to the jazz-minded bleeps and the far-away soul of 'Don't Wanna Feel'? Has he somehow managed to get under the floorboards creeping away to the stinky tension of 'Dial Tone'? Or has he impossibly tucked himself in a shoe that you'd like to throw when you hear 'Find Me'? We don't know the answers, but we're up for a game if Posk is.
Style: IDM, Breakbeat, Techno, Bass, Jungle, Electronic
Release: 14/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Hyperboloid
Cat# HYPR099
Review: Inspired by the countless failed downloads from platforms like Napster and Limewire back in the day, Pixelord's 99% channels a nostalgia for classic IDM, breakbeat and trance music of the time. Operating as some kind of new school Aphex Twin for the digital native, Pixelord exhumes, cross dresses and redefines a myriad of genres from the cut up French electro of "Kamon", trance-like drum and bass in "Tron" to the crystallising strings of "Get Up". Certainly a schooled producer, Pixelord captures a vibe of the decade in "90s" alongside a more contemporary and beatless sound in "Hashtag" to new school EDM, breaks and rave in "Gene". An explosion of sound, 100%.
Release: 14/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Hyperboloid
Cat# HYPR099
Review: Inspired by the countless failed downloads from platforms like Napster and Limewire back in the day, Pixelord's 99% channels a nostalgia for classic IDM, breakbeat and trance music of the time. Operating as some kind of new school Aphex Twin for the digital native, Pixelord exhumes, cross dresses and redefines a myriad of genres from the cut up French electro of "Kamon", trance-like drum and bass in "Tron" to the crystallising strings of "Get Up". Certainly a schooled producer, Pixelord captures a vibe of the decade in "90s" alongside a more contemporary and beatless sound in "Hashtag" to new school EDM, breaks and rave in "Gene". An explosion of sound, 100%.
Style: Drum and Bass
Release: 7/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Liquid Lab
Cat# LL019
Review: Liquid Lab are coming into your ears once again with more lovely music, this time it's with Motiv, who has been in the game to know how to craft a proper liquid number. All five tracks on this EP rest comfortably within the funkier, more atmospheric end of the liquid spectrum, and they make ideal late night or early morning listening. The title tune is quintessential, with bubbling celestial synth lines that rest gingerly alongside a wonderfully subtle, rolling bassline that strolls along with the serious grace and decorum. 'On the Verge' features up and comer Charla Green on vocals and it has a main piano riff that's just superb in its soulfulness, a common and tangible theme throughout this release. Lovely stuff.
Release: 7/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Liquid Lab
Cat# LL019
Review: Liquid Lab are coming into your ears once again with more lovely music, this time it's with Motiv, who has been in the game to know how to craft a proper liquid number. All five tracks on this EP rest comfortably within the funkier, more atmospheric end of the liquid spectrum, and they make ideal late night or early morning listening. The title tune is quintessential, with bubbling celestial synth lines that rest gingerly alongside a wonderfully subtle, rolling bassline that strolls along with the serious grace and decorum. 'On the Verge' features up and comer Charla Green on vocals and it has a main piano riff that's just superb in its soulfulness, a common and tangible theme throughout this release. Lovely stuff.
Style: Drum and Bass
Release: 14/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps | FLAC Lossless
Label: The North Quarter
Cat# NQ025B
Review: An album from the Dutch master is always welcome, and A Little While Longer is Lenzman's latest foray into lounging, soulful drum and bass. It's world he leads, and all eight tracks on this LP ripple with the sophisticated funk and hip-hop influences him and his label are so known for. The first track, 'Lil Souljah', exemplifies this blend perfectly; a whimsical piano riff, a crunchy yet light set of rolling drums and a vocals perfectly peppered through the range by Slay, an MC who has been picking up serious steam in the scene these last few months. It's a team effort, as Danny Sanchez joins the melancholic euphoria of 'Gimmie A sec' and label regular Satl amps up the pressure on the sub-heavy 'Combo'. Another special album from a special producer.
Release: 14/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps | FLAC Lossless
Label: The North Quarter
Cat# NQ025B
Review: An album from the Dutch master is always welcome, and A Little While Longer is Lenzman's latest foray into lounging, soulful drum and bass. It's world he leads, and all eight tracks on this LP ripple with the sophisticated funk and hip-hop influences him and his label are so known for. The first track, 'Lil Souljah', exemplifies this blend perfectly; a whimsical piano riff, a crunchy yet light set of rolling drums and a vocals perfectly peppered through the range by Slay, an MC who has been picking up serious steam in the scene these last few months. It's a team effort, as Danny Sanchez joins the melancholic euphoria of 'Gimmie A sec' and label regular Satl amps up the pressure on the sub-heavy 'Combo'. Another special album from a special producer.
Style: Drum and Bass, Jump up
Release: 13/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Dutty Bass Audio
Cat# DBA049
Review: Rising Norwich newcomer Lankzi steps up in a major way on this fittingly titled EP 'Break Out'. Four tracks, four flavours, all badass; 'Break Out' starts the engine with a little tension and restraint on the super gully bassline sludge while 'Blow Dem' goes all-out jugular mode with its rattled breaks, distorted bass and ragga vocal. Elsewhere 'Why' manages to be stripped back and busy at the same time, thanks to the wild energy of the drums and less is more bassline, while 'Recall' closes the EP with some big old farty wobbles and grizzles. A really impressive early EP. Lankzi's one for the bank, see?
Release: 13/5/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Dutty Bass Audio
Cat# DBA049
Review: Rising Norwich newcomer Lankzi steps up in a major way on this fittingly titled EP 'Break Out'. Four tracks, four flavours, all badass; 'Break Out' starts the engine with a little tension and restraint on the super gully bassline sludge while 'Blow Dem' goes all-out jugular mode with its rattled breaks, distorted bass and ragga vocal. Elsewhere 'Why' manages to be stripped back and busy at the same time, thanks to the wild energy of the drums and less is more bassline, while 'Recall' closes the EP with some big old farty wobbles and grizzles. A really impressive early EP. Lankzi's one for the bank, see?