5 years in the making – 20 years that changed our lives. We’re so proud to present the official trailer for Drum & Bass: The Movement – A feature-length documentary that captures a specific and intense slice of drum & bass and jungle culture’s rapid acceleration from 1996 – 2016. Continue reading THE MOVEMENT. Watch the trailer for our Drum & Bass: The Movement documentary.
Paxahau, Detroit’s leading dance music promoter and events producer is pleased to announce Movement at Home – a virtual edition of Movement Music Festival, taking place Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25 in partnership with Beatport. The three-day live stream event will be hosted on Beatport and Paxahau’s Twitch channels. It will also be broadcasted on Movement’s website, Facebook and YouTube channels. Continue reading DETROIT MOVEMENT 2020. Announces Memorial Day Weekend live stream.
Sónar regrets to announce that due to the global crisis deriving from the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 editions of Sónar Barcelona and Sónar+D will not be able to take place and have been postponed until 2021. Continue reading SÓNAR 2020 / 2021. A Statement from Sónar and Sónar+D.
Critical Music continue to lift the spirits during these isolating times with a massive collaborative release between Kasra and beast from the east, Enei. The Deep Fakes EP presents four primetime movers including the deadly ‘King Move’ featuring Jakes and the dystopian sounds of ‘Parallax’. Continue reading CRITICAL MUSIC. Kasra and Enei will be released new EP Deep Fakes.
Diverse UK bass music producer Rohaan has been making waves these last few years with a range releases spanning broken beats to drum & bass. Now signed up by Mat Zo for his Mad Zoo imprint, Rohaan gets set to release his debut album ‘Bleach’. Continue reading BACKDROP PROMO. Rohaan to release on label Bleach LP (Mad Zoo).
After thirteen years and over ninety releases, Med School has stacked the chairs and closed its doors. As a final farewell to the label, the ‘Med School: Graduation’ compilation celebrates the life of Hospital Records’ once sister label, as well as the musicians and culture that defined it, with 23 brand new tracks from label stalwarts such as Bop, Keeno, Etherwood and Whiney as well as the new blood that was always so important to the label’s experimental output. Continue reading MED SCHOOL / HOSPITAL RECORDS. Drum & Bass various artists on compilation Graduation.
Tune in right now as we livestream non-stop for the next 36 hours from all over the globe. Beatport locked in three dozen of the world’s most sought after DJs to invite the global dance music community into their homes as they throw-down sets for this worthy cause. Some of these artists include Tiësto, Jack Back (David Guetta), Maceo Plex, Boys Noize, Mark Knight, Sasha, and many more. Continue reading BEATPORT. Live stream ReConnect returns with new 36 hours stream.
Hot after releasing groundbreaking 5 track EP with New York Times journalist Ian Urbina, Muffler is back with VIP re-work of his 2015 UKF youtube featured and BBC Radio 1 supported classic, piano and bass smash hit “Snowflakes”. Continue reading UNIQUE MUSIC RECORDS. Muffler will be released new VIP tune.
Liondub unleashes the first in a series of EP’s from new signing Dungeon Kru. Perpetually on the hunt to uncover the next coveted dance floor weapon, enduring Toronto based audio collective Dungeon Kru are creating next level Jungle Drum & Bass music. Continue reading DUNGEON KRU. New EP release named Genesis.
Ever since the then mysterious Beatles Bootleg tore up Wembley Stadium, everybody knows the name Urbandawn. His anthem ‘Come Together’ dominated 2019 and went on to win the Drum & Bass Arena Award for ‘Best Track’. Now heralded within the drum & bass world for his razor-sharp sound design and distinctive calling card of top-shelf crunch throughout his releases, Urbandawn revisits a vocal powerhouse classic from his first album ‘Gothenburg Cluster’ on his latest single ‘Together Again (I Pray)’. Continue reading HOSPITAL RECORDS. Urbandawn to released new tune Together Again (I Pray).
Due to the current public health crisis, Brixton’s Cross The Tracks festival has confirmed that the 2020 event will not go ahead. Having been set to host the likes of Khruangbin, The Cinematic Orchestra, Sister Sledge, Norman Jay, Madlib, Gilles Peterson and more in June. Continue reading CROSS THE TRACKS 2021. Brixton’s festival has been cancelled.
After their much talked-about debut season, Octan Ibiza returns bigger and better than ever on Thursday, 7th May 2020 to kick start their second summer in Ibiza. Their opening party will be hosting all the key residents and new ones, plus some tasteful headliners that will bring those serious non-stop grooves we became accustomed to last summer. The season programming will see weekly residencies in addition, and will also be showcasing a series of special one-offs all summer long. Continue reading OCTAN IBIZA. Nightclub announce opening party and 2020 plans.
Circuits continue to build on their future take on underground sonics with their latest offering. InsideInfo and Kasra step from the rough tech of title track ‘Nervous System’ to the atmospheric majesty of ‘Unbroken Loop’ and the heads down roll of ‘Wingwalker’, ensuring the Circuits are well and truly switch on for 2020. Continue reading CRITICAL MUSIC. Circuits released new EP Nervous System.
Liondub’s Street Series is one of the longest running and best introductory series’ in the Drum & Bass business. This EP from UK based Higher Sector is the 3rd Street Series of 2020, and the 42nd in the collection. It represents a return to the roots of the series itself by once again offering up a solid platform for young a talent to shine on. Continue reading LIONDUB INTERNATIONAL. Vital released Criminal Minds Vol.1. Higher Sector released Drum & Bass Street series Vol. 42.
Unglued’s reputation for producing serious bassweight across the D+B spectrum continues in 2020 with his ‘Zen’ EP. He spans through silky smooth sounds on ‘Zen’ ft. Cimone, bouncy funk on ‘Mic Strangler’ with the legendary MC GQ, sharp-edged grizzle on GLXY collaboration ‘Algorithm’, and tearout heat on the soundsystem slayer ‘Datafile’. Continue reading HOSPITAL RECORDS. Unglued will be released Drum & Bass EP named Zen.
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