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Sonic and I back here with a housey d&b smasher. It KARTEL OK, OK this is a dancefloor killer!! Period!! A lot of SUBTITLES
has a huge breakdown with chanting samples of being Warm but never piercing mid and high range frequen- tracks try and claim this title but I got this straight As much as I love listening to this track, this is
in Chicago, a big drum roll and then, boom!, it drops. cies, loud and dynamic bass and a structure that lends from Clipz as soon as it was done and when it was definitely the tune off of Phace’s new LP that has had
This one is a defo for your box and I’m not just saying itself to dance floor euphoria is what makes this tune a played that weekend the crowd got done. It hasn’t the most dancefloor impact in my sets. The massive
that ‘cause it’s our tune! Definitely bringing the housey winner. May the skank beat rock your life! changed much since then - still killing it with its evil brass section breakdown leads in to a very minimal
d&b sound back in 2006. sarcastic intro about some mug that ain’t got a clue pulsating groove of big rolling drums, dirty bass and a
KUBIKS & LOMAX about dubplates. It then drops to a nasty nasty bass very well thought out composition of synth and effect
TC MOSAIC tone driven beat that shakes the shit out yer arse! Tidy! sounds. This tune alone would have made me come
ROCKSTAR PHUNKFICTION Good to see the fun back into intros ‘n’ shit - killer all over the LP!
When I first heard this tune I pulled it back it like This epitomises the Kubiks and Lomax sound for me. killer killer!!
30 times. This is total heat! TC on vocals and on the Always simple and gentle in their composition, their NOISIA & MAYHEM
drums as well, he is definitely the best producer this more recent work has tended to have a deeper and DILLINJA EXODUS
year by far. TC has just smashed it with an arsenal of more focused feel. The mellifluous tones are still there, TAKE ME ALL THE WAY VISION
tunes this year and I’m sure there’s a lot more on the but whereas they previously dominated, they now Big arse old skool techno styled intro (proper techno, After ‘Meditation’, ‘Messiah’ remix and ‘The Tide’, this
way! Gwarn rude bwoy! segue into moody and heavy beats and bass more none of that gabba shite!!) dropping into yet again is our fourth problem child. We just can’t let it go!
naturally. A really slick tune, and a very pleasant taste tech-influenced bassline that drives and digs at yer After the narratively intended science-fiction intro and
PENDULUM of what’s to come from this gifted duo. chest! Spot on! This ain’t for peeps with a weak heart! the drop, in comes this massive high pitched synth
DISTRESS SIGNAL The track is an instant crowd pleaser and is a must for sound that one day mysteriously came out of a drum
This has been my opener for the past year now and DJ SS any DJ wanting to destroy any club night instantly!! computer preset!! I don’t think we’ve ever made a tune
still I wanna open with it. This is a fuckin’ beast of a MA2 (KENNY KEN & MACE REMIX) that has as many different stages and switches of vibe
tune if you ask me, Pendulum on top form. Not sure FORMATION MARKY & BUNGLE as ‘Exodus’.
when this is coming out but it’s definitely one that will Can the old firm still cut it now that a plethora of club BACK LIKE DAT
hit the d&b chart like a rocket! smashes have been delivered by a whole new era of Love this track! This little smoothy is right up my AMON TOBIN
d&b producers? Of course they can! If the passion street. R&B artist Neyo’s vocals over a FOLEY ROOM
BENNY PAGE is there, the fire still reigns supreme – and that is Rhythmically smooth beat that complements the track NINJA TUNE
MONEY exactly what is happening in this track. Burning synth and draws out all those music lovers. We need more This is the title track for Amon Tobin’s new album on
Dutty bizness by my boy Benny here. Totally the best leads, raging bass and a drum track that carries the of these pieces in the DJ box please. This is another Ninja Tune. As the title suggests, he recorded most of
when it comes to being a digital soundboy. Dubby bub- whole thing along at a couple of hundred mph. Nothing classic Marky & Bungle production to light up those the sounds on this album himself. The track consists
bla which just comes in nice and clean over Benny’s clashes here, everything just seems to fit nicely, and dark nights. mainly of sequenced effect sounds and recordings of
fresh breaks. Defo a nice tune to mix into anything. this is where it could have all gone wrong for the old a drummer. It has no melodies except those obtained
Shout out to my digital soundboys for this one! guard. Experience counts. DILLINJA by the sequence of effect and drum sounds, and the
WHO YOU!? (OI!) way he’s processed the sounds is so clean and dirty at
SILVER KRYPTIC MINDS & LEON SWITCH It’s called ‘Who U!?” but you cats will know it as ‘Oi!’. the same time it’s just scary! (By the way, watch out
PUSH DE PRAM JEALOUS SKIES It’s been smashing the dancefloors for months and it’s for the Noisia & Amon Tobin collab we’re working on
OK, I have to blow my own trumpet here, sorry! How- DEFCOM
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out on release very soon. With its intro talking about it as we speak!!)
ever I think this is my best solo track I’ve ever made. This kind of reminds me of a cross between Decoder producing a little party track for the dancefloor and
I like this one ‘cause I captured the sound really well. and Ed Rush & Optical. I suppose that’s a massive energetic synth intro this is not a just a little party TEEBEE & CALYX
I have to shout my digital soundbwoy Mr Benny Page compliment, but it’s also the best way to describe track but a huge popular bomb! The rhythm reminds TELEPATHY
for the sample on this one. Originally for him but when this tune. Almost nasty in its production, it manages me of that old ska, bovver boot vibe! Rowdy and Taken from their forthcoming album, this tune is
I made it I had to keep it for me and Sonic’s EP/LP. to retain a nice rolling feel. In an age where everyone adolescent, proper moonstomping bizness. straight rollin’ homie! This tune has it all: sick dirty
Hard breaks and dutty dutty bass. Dubwise I call this. is desperately trying to move forward it’s good to see bass, solid drums (don’t we all love The Worm...) and
someone nod their heads toward the past by giving GENERATION DUB a very nice arrangement of atmospherics. There’s
an old flavour a new lick of paint – albeit not quite as GIVE IT 2 ME not much to say about it, you just gotta hear it and
glossy as you’d hope to see. Nonetheless, where it’s A tidy piece Hype gave me few months back! Another bounce!
craved, it’ll be much appreciated. G Dub grenade smashing up the whole place period!!
Fat, fat basslines drive this track hard, making it a NOISIA & PHACE
FLYING FISH proper rewind special. The tidy production makes this THE FEED
MR MATATWE (DAVIDE CARBONE REMIX) beat tight and keeps the clubbers locked in! It’s a SUBTITLES
SKYLINE sure-fire winner! This tune was a step away from the usual for all of
Turning this funk classic into a d&b piece was some- us, we decided we would do a tune by starting from
what of a challenge. I wanted to retain all the lovely the first second and working our way through to the
original parts like the live drum kit, vocals, flute and end step by step, instead of starting with a drum
Hammond whilst making it all dancefloor friendly. The and bass groove first. It ended up quite deep and
result is a piece which works well by having a musical complex, counting over 100 audio tracks, because we
feel that’s seriously fun whilst being textured by virus just couldn’t stop adding new little details and edits.
bass and breakbeats that never take themselves too Definitely one of my personal favourites from the Noisia
seriously. I suppose its success will be measured by discography.
the tracks ability to spread the drum & bass word to
an audience that loves to funk. Now, over to you Mr
Matatwe…
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