Riding his own wave into 2020, Particle rolls through with Critical regular Redders on vocals to drop the dance floor fave ‘Eskimode’. The full on mood swing of ‘Air Force’ follows for another substantial step in Particle’s journey so far. Continue reading CRITICAL MUSIC. Brand new release Particle – Eskimode featuring Redders.
Marking the first chapter of Hospital Records’ 2020 story is the return of their flagship compilation series, ‘Sick Music 2020’. Loaded with 25 brand new tracks from the world of drum & bass, ranging from fresh original productions to exclusive new remixes and future classics from the Hospital Records family and some very special guests. The album kicks off the year with first-class sonics from the likes of London Elektricity, Kings Of The Rollers, S.P.Y, Grafix, Inja, Fred V, Unglued, Urbandawn, DRS & Dynamite, Kanine and more. Continue reading HOSPITAL RECORDS. Various artists – Sick Music 2020.
Liondub kicks off 2020 proper by adding the vocal talents of Grammy award winning Jamaican singer song-writer Patexx on two time tested DnB cuts produced by Manchester’s Kumo. Continue reading KUMO, PATEXX, LIONDUB. Brand new release War Start.
Ralph Lawson is leaving his residency at back to basics after 28 years behind the decks. Lawson played the first ever record (Marshall Jefferson presents Truth – ‘Open Your Eyes’) at the long running Leeds institution way back on November 23rd 1991. Continue reading RALPH LAWSON. Artist announces he is leaving back to basics after 28 years.
Critical Music kick off 2020 with a brand new EP series, led and curated by QZB. Continue reading CRITICAL MUSIC. QZB released Perspectives Vol.1 .
Triple A Talent has just launched in Vancouver, Canada representing dance music artists across the country. The booking agency is a collective of music industry vets and serious music lovers at their very core. Passionate about their artists, Triple A Talent plan on growing both their talent and company with integrity and care. Continue reading TRIPLE A TALENT. Launches in Vancouver, Canada representing dance music artists across the country.
CruCast, the UK’s biggest new bass music label, has announced a four-date UK spring tour in 2020, following the brand’s sold-out Printworks show. The CruCast dates will be staged at large venues in Manchester, Leeds, Oxford and Southampton and follow up this autumn’s sold out indoor festival tour, taking in in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and London. Continue reading CRUCAST. UK Bass Music label announce spring tour 2020.
Raised in the notorious Blumberg Projects in North Philadelphia, the BlumBros’ upbringing was far from normal. Born into a family of 11 children — five girls and six boys — Raphael and Cartier Perkins were separated along with their siblings as kids and placed into foster care, living isolated from one another for over 10 years. Raphael and Cartier were three and six years old when the Department of Human Services took them away after their mother’s drug use was discovered. Continue reading BLUMBROS. Hip-Hop project from Philadelphia released brand new EP.
D’melo is an exciting artist proudly hailing from East London. He talks about his love for urban pop, with thanks to his Nigerian parents. After debuting with Vibe, his second effort, Come To Party, shows sophisticated progression as an artist. Continue reading D’MELO. Behind D’Melo’s musical graft.
DRS and LSB, two of the most acclaimed artists in drum & bass today, introduce ‘The Blue Hour’ on LSB’s Footnotes label. A unique, full length LP collaboration that draws together their shared musical influences of jazz, hip hop, indie, classical, 80’s and of course D&B. Continue reading LSB & DRS. Released brand new EP The Blue Hour LP (Footnotes).
“With ‘Set It Off’ we wanted to create a hybrid between 90s hip-hop and forward thinking D+B. Having Jeru The Damaja rap on our tune is a big honour, as he is one of the founding fathers of this era, working with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, and a personal youth hero.” – Camo & Krooked. Continue reading JERU THE DAMAJA FEAT. CAMO & KROOKED. Released the track Set It Off.
Liondub presents Volume 2 of the long-awaited “Decade of Liondub” series; a massive 4 part LP celebrating the label, the music, and the artists that have established Liondub International as a respected global music platform. Continue reading LIONDUB. LP release Decade of Liondub Vol. 2.
Bonafide drum & bass legend DJ Fresh is back with a bang. Following a fruitful career with multiple chart-topping hits under his belt including his Ministry of Sound debut Gold Dust which remained a top 40 hit for 18 weeks, Gravity with Ella Eyre, the world’s first #1 dubstep track with Louder, and Hot Right Now which became the first ever DnB track to reach #1 whilst simultaneously launching Rita Ora’s career. Continue reading DJ FRESH & DOCTRINE. New tune “Control” out now.
The fifth full EP on Icicle’s Entropy Music sees Proxima, long time collaborator and cousin to Icicle, return to the label to deliver a 5 track EP steeped in trademark tech details second to none. Continue reading PROXIMA. Released Hex EP on Entropy.
Following his third album ‘Popular Mechanics’ the Sydney-based drum & bass innovator Royalston has his final release on Med School, the ‘Voodoo Love Dance’ EP. It’s filled with his experimental drum & bass stylings that draw for techno grooves, trance and electronica featuring the enchanting vocals of Etherwood and production wizardry of his cousin Pearse-Hawkins. Continue reading ROYALSTON. Latest EP release Voodoo Love Dance.
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