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PHIL SOURCE MASTER X SUBJECT 13 BLACK SUN
MINDSCAPE – REEFER SIGMA – PAINT IT BLACK ASC & MAV – RETRACT EMPIRE
VAMPIRE HOSPITAL VIBEZ
Starts off with a subtle reverse string sample This is a big dancefloor track boasting lush The distinctive hook line in this tune is intel- BLACK SUN EMPIRE & EYE-D – MILKSHAKE
and then, bang, a classic break knocks you horns and warm, driving bassline. First recogn- ligently mixed between the bassline and synth, / BRAIN FREEZE
sideways while the bassline drives the track ised by High Contrast, it has been a regular on each taking turn to hook you into this classic BSE
along. Mindscape has been on the scene for a Radio 1 recently. I find this track great for live number. The well thought-out arrangement and Milkshakes are usually served in a tall glass
while now but I feel he has a lot more up his vocals and it has been going down a treat in great atmospherics build this epic timeless with a straw, toppings are extra. This is a spe-
sleeve. He is going to be big again this year clubs. Dropping on Hospital in a few months. groove. Great attention to detail and yet it’s cial blend we’ve invented with Eye-D. Ever since
for sure! still a dancefloor tune – a real intelligent high we exchanged remix duties years ago, the plan
LYNX FT SPOON FACE – ALL YOU OWN end track. was to do a proper 12” together. Late night ses-
SYSTEM & PHIL SOURCE – FEARLESS SOUL:R sions filled with iced beverages and incidents
VAMPIRE Possibly my favourite track on ‘The Raw Truth’. SUBJECT13 & RESOUND – DEEP of frozen brains, left us with these delicious
‘Fearless’ starts off with a lot of beats for the Intricate crystal beats, moody with a clarity and FUTURE THING products. Get ‘em while they’re cold.
DJ to get his teeth into. The first drop is a nice punch that has fast become Lynx’s signature Lo-fi synth hits from some vintage analogue
808 bassline that sounds really warm. The sound. The soulful vocals by Spoonface really machines take us into a classic original tune - GRIDLOK – SHORT TERM MEMORY
arrangement is different to your normal 2009 take this track to another level. Be prepared for tribal in places with a haunting deep vocal and P51
drum & bass record. with lots of drops and old the hairs to stand on the back of you neck when some mayday type elements that really put this With this forthcoming album ‘The Void’, Gridlok
sounds to take you back and the strings in the the vocal comes in. An amazing track! in a league of its own - if your yet to hear it I returns with what he’s best known for: classic
middle are pure Source Direct! One for the old suggest you do - one for the purest. yet timeless sounding dirty vintage funk. You
school headz! SUBFOCUS – ROCK IT can hear what lured him into the world of drum
Playing recently with Subfocus was astonishing QUMULUS – INDIA & bass and it’s also something what we can’t
EDWARD OBERON – FATAL HOUR as he came with a stack of new tunes. I was SUBSONIC get enough of!
SOUNDTRAX lucky enough to get a sneak preview of this Heavily inspired by his Indian roots Qumulus
If you took Doc Scott, Photek, and Source Direct track from the man himself. ‘Rock It’, coming brings us this half time programmed groove AUDIO & FUTURE SIGNAL – FURYEN
and mashed them together this is what you on his eagerly awaited album, has been going full of eastern style - tablas meet electricity SUBTITLES
would get. I love the rim shot break that Ed is down a storm, making people go crazy every as Q wires and fuses the live and the modern After a brilliant album, Audio proves he isn’t a
using in a lot of his tracks at the moment. It time! A huge half time hip hop style intro, big big alongside the west and the east. Very percus- one trick pony. On the contrary, he has recently
cuts like a knife on a good system. The bassline riffs with a French house crossover feel / vibe. A sive in places as well as being very bass heavy done some of his best work yet. The harmony
keeps moving around so it keeps the interest true Dance floor smasher! - daring to be itself – ‘India’ is very much an this track creates between this world and the
in the pattern. It has a ninja style sample in the excellent tune. underworld (dark, full of drive, anger and fear,
middle break down of the track which takes SIGMA / FRESH – LASSITUDE but also warm and pleasant sounding) is incred-
you back to ‘Ni Ten Ichi Ryu’, ‘Snakestyle’ and This has been on dub for a while now and is PAUL T – MIND WARPING ible. These seeming contradictions are what we
‘Shadow Boxing’ days. shaping up to be a great radio track. Sigma VIBEZ love about d&b!
have been joined by Fresh in the studio, Twisting sounds meet ascending keys and
NYMFO – FOLLOW THE SIGNS rerecorded the vocals and given it a new mix bassline to form a mysterious deep roller. Paul ED RUSH & OPTICAL – TRAVEL THE
VAMPIRE down for 09. The flip side, ‘Cylon’, takes a takes a slight breather from some of his more GALAXY LP
This track on my Vampire label has the brilliant more dancefloor stance, already grabbing the liquid type tunes and brings forward a track full VIRUS
loops and analogue basslines that Nymfo is attention of Andy C and Groove, watch out!! of melodic soundscapes. The pulsating bassline It’s hard to say anything about the new Ed
famous for. I have been playing this every set for Coming as a collab 12” with Fresh on BBK later drives the heart of this tune as FX work around Rush & Optical album without using the word
the last six months and it keeps people on the this year. the breaks to great effect - the space in the Wormhole. The reality is they are the pioneers
dancefloor with its solid two step break. Watch track creates its own melody and it’s always who influenced more starting d&b produc-
your speakers on this one, the bassline is fierce LYNX FT MASTER X – HOTRIDERS refreshing to see producers not afraid to use ers than anyone. The result of their return to
and out there! SOUL:R space as an extra instrument also. that certain sound, mixed with new visions, is
This track has been doing the rounds since the destined to become another classic.
MINDSCAPE & STUC4C – RETRIBUTION end of last year. It’s a progressive roller; a guitar STUNNA & FX909 – INSIDE
SUBTITLES lead builds, supported by dramatic sounds that VIBEZ JADE FT. RYME TYME – BUDAPEST SOUND
Mindscape again and there can be no creates pressure before an ascending vocal by This track inspires those who want to really CITRUS
complaints, this track with Stu from C4C is a myself takes you through to the drop. know how to fuse modern synth techniques in One of the most promising producers has
dancefloor killer with a new school sound and a programming and movement of sound. One lis- always been able to count on our support and
growling bassline. It has the TeeBee and Calyx ten and you’ll hear this is a clever, well thought with this he has done it again. A melodic side
sound hence the future release on Subtitles. out track: daring arrangement, drenched in that sticks in your head with piercing beats and
Two great drops in this track for people to soulful melodies, excellent key drops and a devastating basslines, incredible production. A
lose themselves. smart breakdown that kicks back into the main new signature track!
melody - class tune.
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