ACTRAISER/FUTURE SOUNDS OF DUBSTEP VOL. 1

part 1 of a series from actraiser looking at the many differing aspects of dubstep, with this one focusing on the techno and 4x4 influences

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tracklisting:
Orphyx - Cracktest
TRG - They Know (Berlin Wall VIP)
Actraiser - Shadowgate
2562 - Third Wave
Kontext - Plumes (Relocate Mix)
2562 - Kameleon
RSD - Over It
Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows (DFRNT Remix)
Untold - Just For You
Scuba - Ruptured (Surgeon Remix)
Grovskopa - Sex & Violins (Surgeon Remix)
Komonazmuk - Bad Apple
Geiom - Reminissin
Ital Tek - Strange Love
Hatti Vatti - Different Music
Myrkur - Entanglement (Slaff Remix)

www.myspace.com/actraiserdubs
http://soundcloud.com/actraiser

BRACKLES/XLR8R PODCAST

uber cool dubstep wizard brackles drops the latest xlr8r podcast. its very good

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tracklisting:
01 One Tribe feat Gem & MC Nuts "What Have You Done" (Red Rose Recordings)
02 Greena "Tenzado" (Applepips)
03 Shortstuff "See Ya" (unreleased)
04 Martin Kemp "Aztec" (unreleased)
05 Brackles & Shortstuff "Pipey D" (unreleased)
06 Aardvarck "Nosestep" (RH)
07 Joy Orbison "GR Etiquette" (unreleased)
08 Alley Cats "Cover Me" (Locked On)
09 TLC "No Scrubs (Todd Edwards Remix)" (I Records)
10 Jamie Lidell "Another Day (Rustie Remix)" (Warp)
11 Wiley "Freeze" (white)
12 Untold "It’s Gonna Work Out Fine" (unreleased)
13 Mark One "The Greatest" (Boka)
14 Geiom & Spamchop "Cave Rave" (Berkane Sol)
15 Brackles "Rawkus" (Planet Mu)
16 D1 "Crack Bong" (Tempa)
17 SBTRKT "Loving You" (Planet Mu)

http://www.myspace.com/brackles

LYNX & KEMO/DATA TRANSMISSION PODCAST

"Laced with the soothing, careful utilised vocals of Kemo, this is truly unique mix that’s incredibly crisp, tight, and full of deep, warm sub bass. An absolute stunner"

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tracklisting:
1. Lynx & Hellrazor - Silver Glide [Dub]
2. Bal - The Trendy Tune [Influence]
3. Bugz in the Attic - Doghouse (Lynx re edit) [V2]
4. Instrumental Ft D Bridge - Watching You [Non Plus]
5. Lynx Ft Master X & Simon Wiggins - Hotriders [Soul:R]
6. Triad - Last Gasp [Dub]
7. Lynx Ft Delhia - Everyday (Fantasy) [Dub]
8. Commix - Breaking Through [31]
9. Lynx & Kemo - One Love [Soul:R]
10. Lynx, Bango Collective, Kemo, Dennis - Apocalypse V Disco Dodo [Dub]
11. Bop - I Found You [Medskool]
12. Hobzee & Zyon Base - A Million Words [Dub]
13. Lynx Ft Tali & Vaceo - The Real Thing [Soul:R]
14. Calibre - Let Me Hold You [Signature]
15. Lynx & Kemo Ft Henree - Deez Breakz [Soul:R]
16. Notion & Second Self - Step With It [Dub]
17. Spectrasoul - Stutter [Dub]
18. Lynx - Chess Funk [Dub]
19. Alex Reece (Lynx Remix) - Pulp Fiction [Metalheadz]
20. Lynx - Semitones [Soul:R]
21. Bop - Lonely Metaphysician [Medskool]

http://www.myspace.com/evocators
http://www.datatransmission.co.uk/

DBRIDGE x INSTRA:MENTAL/AUTONOMIC PODCAST 07

oh yes

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http://www.club-autonomic.com/

DJ ZINC/SCENE & HEARD

an interesting little piece from the guardian music blog about d&b legend zinc, and his switch to his self proclaimed 'crack house' style. original here

There are few names more synonymous with drum'n'bass than DJ Zinc. His anthemic Super Sharp Shooter is one of the defining moments of jump-up jungle and laid the foundations for his illustrious career. Zinc, however, turned his back on the genre in 2007.

Disenchanted by the lack of originality, DJ Zinc told his agent to stop taking bookings for drum'n'bass nights and abandoned the sound he once lived for. He took most of 2008 off to spend time with his young son and figure out how he wanted to move forward in his career, before returning this year to play a hybrid of house sounds. From deep house to funky house to fidget house, he ended up producing something that did not fit into any of these sub-genres.

"I used to find house a bit boring. I never really got into it in the past 10 years," DJ Zinc explains. "But I started to hear different elements, the sort of stuff that Sinden and Switch were doing, which had a little bit more bass in it, and so I started to get into it. Early jungle, a lot of it was very house-like – same tempo, same elements."

Some of Zinc's recent house songs, such as the melancholic Blunt Edge may sound, on a casual listen, not too dissimilar to the kind of electro-house you might hear in a Berlin loft party. However, the driving bass tones and woozy synths give the song a euphoric, early-90s warehouse rave vibe.

On other tracks, the producer's roots are much more visible. Zinc commonly lays breakbeats over 4/4 drum patterns, like producers often did in the days of early jungle. Songs like Submarine and Killa Sound, featuring diminutive London female MC No Lay, have the addictive energy of jump-up jungle. It sounds as if he is trying to reinvent the jungle sound he fell in love with from its house roots.

Zinc describes his music as "crack house". It's a name he first coined to encompass the multitude of 4/4 sounds he was playing in his DJ sets. Having previously been named the No 1 drum'n'bass DJ in Japan, Zinc went on a tour of the country in late 2008 knowing his fans would be disappointed if he played his new sound, so he made a one-off compromise: half his set would be house and half drum'n'bass. His only problem now was how he would introduce his new sound to avid fans.

"I was with [MC] Dynamite in Nagoya, the day before we were DJing, and I was saying to him, 'Look, you're gonna have to introduce this house stuff. If you say just house, people will think it's Hed Kandi or something.' We were just sitting in the bar getting drunk and there was a sign on the wall that said 'crack house', and I pointed to it and he was like, 'There you go'. And it kinda works. People have their own preconceptions of what house is and if you give it a name that they don't know then they'll listen."

The name has since become an accepted subgenre of its own. "Quite a few people are now sending me demos and saying, 'Look, I've made this crack house.'" The appellation will no doubt gain more interest when Zinc's latest offering, the Crack House EP, is released on his Bingo Bass label later this year.

Zinc, however, has made excursions beyond drum'n'bass territory before. In 2000, he set up the Bingo Beats label and released a slew of breakbeat garage 12"s under the Jammin moniker (and many more on the Running label under his original pseudonym), but this eventually turned into a drum'n'bass label. Despite worries that UK garage would kill off drum'n'bass, the genre carried on strong. But now it seems dubstep has sapped much of the youthful energy on which drum'n'bass once thrived. "Many young producers prefer to make dubstep because that's the cool thing. It just seemed to me like there were fewer new producers in drum'n'bass, because most have turned their hand to dubstep and done it really well."

Although a fan of dubstep from its early days (he attended the first epochal dubstep night FWD>>), Zinc was intially underwhelmed by the energy of early beats in comparison to drum'n'bass. "At the time I was hearing about it, it was minimal, stripped-down, laidback. But this house stuff, compared to drum'n'bass, there's just as much energy."

Zinc isn't the only d&b DJ to switch allegiance to house. Beni from the Mixologists is one half of fidget-house duo Jack Beats, Clipz now makes house as Redlight and Adam F has just produced a house remix of the Prodigy. It's not hard to imagine more following suit

BOP/DOA MIX

one of the leading lights in the new wave of minimal d&b, bop drops the latest doa mix. short but sweet.

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tracklisting:
1. Consequence - Fog [Exit dub]
2. Bop - Enjoy The Moment [Med School]
3. Despot - Empty [dub]
4. Bop - Chaosmos [Med School]
5. Electrosoul System - Waterpipe [dub]
6. Bop - Nothing Makes Any Sense [Med School]
7. Dissident - Swimming In The Soup [Alphacut dub]
8. Subwave & Stop Thinking - Plastic Heart [KosMos Music]
9. Dissident - Blind Viewer [Counter Intelligence]

http://www.iambop.com/
http://www.myspace.com/leftbop

DEEJAY SEE/RAWKUS RECORDS TRIBUTE MIX

rawkus records was one of the finest hip-hop labels in the land back in the day - check this mix to see what the fuss is about (if you dont know already). be sure to head over to see's soundcloud page too for more outrageously good mixes

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tracklisting:
1. Pharoahe Monch - The Light
2. Styles P (Ft Pharoahe Monch) - The Life
3. Common (Ft Sadat X) - 1-9-9-9
4. Talib Kweli - Ghetto Show
5. Reflection Eternal - Memories Live
6. Hi-Tek (Ft Mos Def) - Get A Steppin'
7. Blackstar - Brown Skin Lady
8. Blackstar - Respiration
9. Blackstar - Definition
10. Big L - Holdin' It Down
11. Reflection Eternal - For Woman
12. Mos Def - Hip Hop
13. Blackstar - Beautiful
14. Talib Kweli - We Know
15. Sir Menelik (Ft Grand Puba & Sadat X) - 7 XL
16. The High & Mighty (Ft Mos Def) - B-Boy Document
17. Hi-Tek - Breakin' Bread
18. Hi-Tek (Ft Common) - The Sun God
19. Mos Def (Ft Q-Tip) - Body Rock
20. Reflection Eternal - The Blast
21. Mos Def - Next Universe
22. Madina Green (Ft Mos Def) - Crosstown Beef
23. Big L - Flamboyant
24. Talib Kweli - Get By
25. OC & Ras kass - Action Guaranteed
26. Hip Hop For Respect - A Tree Never Grown
27. Talib Kweli - Never Been In Love
28. Talib Kweli - I Try
29. Mos Def - Umi Says
30. Reflection Eternal - Love Language

http://soundcloud.com/deejaysee

FONIK/IN THE MEANTIME MIX

my latest mix for phuture frequency, so named as it something 'in the meantime' whilst i get my arse in gear and do my next aesthetics mix. should be a bit of something for everyone, enjoy!

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tracklisting:
Noisia – The bells of…
Heist – Leaving Chronos
Atom – Nightflight
Eveson – Crying Version
Bop – Space Abyss
Oak – Chizra
NotioN & Hobzee – Second Life
Spectrasoul – Captive
Heist – Doberman
Jonny L – Common Origin
The Insiders – Trust
Spectrasoul – Buried
Commix – Breaking Through
ElectroSoul System – Whale Dance
X-Nation – Cloud Fairy
Double O – Warrior
Nucleus and Paradox – Parateric
Alaska – Perimeter 2
Instra:mental – Dead Zone
Data – Splice
Mosus & S.P.Y – My World

http://soundcloud.com/fonik

FUTURE THINKIN/SCRIBBLER PODCAST

the future thinkin crew step up for the latest scribbler podcast

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tracklisting:
Mirror - Rufige Kru vs D Bridge [Metalheadz]
Imagine - KDC & Roller [Unsigned]
Cold Front - ST Files [Soul:R]
Miller - Blocks & Escher [Digital Soundboy]
Hard Times - Calibre [V Records]
Nothing's Changed - Stereotype [Unsigned]
Green Light Beauty - Stereotype [Unsigned]
Perfect Storm - Sable Gray [Unsigned]
Get Some - Die & Break [Clear Skyz]
Meet Me In My Shadow - Undersound [Future Thinkin Dub]
Someday Somewhere - Rufige Kru [Metalheadz]
Saved By The Bell - PLK [Unsigned]
Fire - Grimm [Future Thinkin Dub]
Aaj Mera Jee Karda - Amdesa [FT Digital]
Austere - Escher [FTREC1206]
Deep - Subject 13 & Resound [Future Thinkin Dub]
Hooligan - Fierce & Break [Quarantine]

http://www.future-thinkin.com/
http://djscribbler.podomatic.com/

DOC SCOTT/STUDIO MIX 2009 PARTS 6 & 7

as the title suggests, here's parts 6 & 7 of doc scott's 2009 mix series

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Part 7 - DOWNLOAD

http://soundcloud.com/docscott31
http://www.myspace.com/31docscott

MUTT/MY OLD HARDDRIVE EP

a free ep from canada's mutt. he is without doubt one of my favourite producers, able to switch up styles and moods with every release, so im loving this...

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"Hope you enjoy this collection of orphan tunes... please try to check out the future non-free releases I have coming out on Good Looking Records, CIA DeepKut, Fokuz, and Soundtrax!"

Bilal vs Mutt - Soulsista [2008] - Out off all the tunes in this free EP, this one is the newest, it's a bootleg of one of my favorite Bilal tracks...

Mutt - In My Own Backyard [2007] - I was gonna throw this on "Treading Water", but decided against it...moody little number, definitely worth a listen...

Mutt - Lets get Away [2006] - I gave this one away a couple years ago, but I alays get asked about it so here it is again...

Outlook and Mutt - One Night [2005] - Outlook has always been one of my favorite producers...this is something we were working on for Renegade, but we never got around to finishing it...

http://www.myspace.com/muttdnb

ANDY MYSTIC/NU DIRECTIONS HISTORY MIX

as part of the 10th birthday celebrations, nu dirtections label head andy mystic hand picks and blends some of the highlights from the past 10 years

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tracklisting:
1. Pariah - Cascade
2. Future Engineers - Wavelength
3. Tungsten & Morph - Vanishing Point
4. Justice - Space Re:Pods
5. Q Project - Repertoire
6. Lynx & Flow - The Curse
7. The Insiders - Just Won't Stop
8. Pentagon - Get It On
9. Blue Sonix - Will You Change
10. Tricksta & Pez - Asbestos (J Majik Remix)
11. Dice - Days
12. Mikrob & Bungle - Tempestade
13. Bcee & Lomax - Midnight Caller
14. The Insiders - Do Your Thing
15. Mathematics - Dirt Devil
16. Bungle - Back To Life
17. Basic Operations - French Quarter
18. Deep Inc - Keep On
19. TK - Folklore
20. XRS - Retrato
21. The Insiders - Renaissance
22. The Fix - What Can I Do
23. Mathematics - Bells
24. Mosus - Heavier Than Heaven
25. SpectraSoul - Adoration
26. Survival - The Source

http://www.nudirections.info/
http://www.myspace.com/andymystic

BOSEG/DEEPIMAL MIX 5

part 5 of boseg's excellent deepimal mix series

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tracklisting:
1. Ultracode - Misto [N/A]
2. Mr Sizef - The New Story Begins When The Life Is Over [N/A]
3. Data - The Enemy Within [HORIZONS]
4. Dereck & Squelch - Arbiter Tribunal [TEMPER D]
5. Implex & Enei - In Cocoon [N/A]
6. Enei - Explore It [N/A]
7. Abstract Elements - Erpeh [RESPECT]
8. Kalgan - Blind Desire [N/A]
9. Atom - NightFlight [SONOROUS]

http://soundcloud.com/boseg
http://myspace.com/mrbosegspb

LOXY & JUNE MILLER/CX PODCASTS

label head loxy has launched his new cylon & xtinction agenda podcast with the first episode coming from himself, and the 2nd from new recruits june miller

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Part 2 - DOWNLOAD

tracklisting:
1.Triad - Spellbound [ENGINE MUSIC]
2. June Miller & Rolling Maffia - Bright Eyes [RENEGADE HARDWARE]
3. Lynx Feat Alix Perez & Kemo - Dangerous [SOUL:R]
4. Cern - Double Down [???]
5. Ulterior Motive - TBC [TBC]
6. Instra:Mental - No Future [NON PLUS+]
7. Dan Habarnam - Rendering The Garlic Boy [X-TINCTION AGENDA]
8. Anile - Intice [Broken Audio]
9. Raiden & Khanage - Amnesia Haze [Off Key]
10. Loxy & Isotone - Shodan [CYLON]
11. Rockwell - Noir [DIGITAL SOUNDBOY]
12. June Miller - Poison The Well [CYLON]
13. Ulf Lohmann - Kristall
14. Sumone - Oblivion [Planet Mu]
15. Consequence - Dreadtone [Darkestral]

www.myspace.com/loxydj
www.myspace.com/junemillerdnb
www.myspace.com/cylonrecordings
www.myspace.com/xtinctionagendamusic

SPY/GRAM AGENCY PODCAST

man of the moment s.p.y steps up for the third episode of the gram agency podcast.

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tracklisting:
1. Total Science & S.P.Y - Venus Prime - DUB
2. S.P.Y - Moon Patrol - Metalheadz
3. Spectrasoul - Guardian
4. Commix - Belleview (D-Bridge Remix)
5. SPY - ASBO
6. 8Bits - So Good
7. S.P.Y feat Riya - Lonelines - CIA DUB
8. Spectrasoul - Burried
9. Expect - Baud - Hustle Audio Dub
10. Blocks & Escher - Shadowplay
11. Q Project - Menace - DUB
12. SPY - Monochrome
13. Marky & S.P.Y - BrainStorm - DUB
14. BCee - Generations (SPY Remix)
15. Total Science & S.P.Y - While you Sleeping - DUB
16. S.P.Y - Sunship
17. S.P.Y - Like a Dream (Innerground)
18. Total Science - Soul Patrol (Marky & SPY Remix)
19. SPY - Slum Dub
20. Mutated Forms - Ready when you are - All Sorts DUB

www.myspace.com/spymusicpage

PLASTICIAN ft.JME,SKEPTA&TINCHY/STILL TIPPIN

as part of rinse fm's ongoing 15th birthday celebrations, they're giving away 15 free tracks from their stable of artists - this one from plastician with jme, skepta and tinchy on vocals in the pick of the bunch so far

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www.myspace.com/plastician
www.rinse.fm

RESOUND/RESOUNDSOUND PODCAST 6

fresh podcast from finland's resound

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tracklisting:
Resound - Forgot Why [Future Is Yours LP]
Data - The Sprawl
Gremlinz & Illfingaz - Goliath (Resound RMX) [X-tinction Agenda]
Insight - Hold On [Digital Soundboy]
Resound - DSP [Translation]
Gremlinz & Stranjah - Blues VIP [Metalheadz]
Loxy & Resound - Renaissance [Burning Shadows LP]
Skeptical - Allies
Kiat - Slave Codes [Function]
Resound - Secrets (Sabre RMX) [Translation]
Insight - Transmission
Loxy & Resound - Part Human [Burning Shadows LP]
Blocks & Escher - Shiver [Horizons]
Raiden - Roentgen [Architecture]
Abstract Elements - Paranoise

www.resoundsound.com/
www.myspace.com/djresound

FRACTURE/INTERVIEW WITH BIG 'EM UP

dj fracture of fracture and neptune fame talks to the excellent big 'em up site about the joys of records and crate digging.

not one to totally rip off fellow bloggers, clickety click here to go and check it out!

NYMFO/LIVE @ RBT

recorded live at the rbt night in antwerp, nymfo rolls out with mc phantom on mic duties

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tracklisting:
01. Spirit - Eastern Promises
02. Nymfo + Cern - Proton Pack
03. S.P.Y. - The Boy Who Cried Wolf
04. Break + Fierce - Hooligan
05. Nymfo - Social Isolation
06. SKC - Off Guard VIP
07. Proxima - Deep Space
08. Chris SU - Bandpassed
09. Nymfo - Flying Fortress
10. Martyn - Wonder Why
11. Break - Re-tech
12. S.P.Y. - Elite Squad
13. Phobia + Jubei - Cooper's Dream
14. DJ Die - Clear Skyz (Break remix)
15. Icicle - Frozen
16. Ram Trilogy - Human Future
17. Lomax - Mercia
18. SpectraSoul - Mimic
19. Spirit - Spark
20. Proxima - Serengeti
21. Break - Empire
22. Dose + Menace - Pick Up
23. Ed Rush + Optical - Goodfoot
24. Proxima - You Ain't Ready

www.myspace.com/nymforedzone

'AUTOGUN' FREE VSTi PLUGIN

a free vsti plugin from the makers of fruity loops with over 4 billion (no shit) presets. you don’t need FL Studio to use it as it will work with Logic, Cubase, Ableton Live, and anything else that uses VSTi’s. what the makers have to say:

"Autogun, a universe of sounds!Enter an amazing and unexplored sonic universe, armed only with Autogun, search4294967296 (Four Billion Two Hundred Ninety Four Million Nine Hundred Sixty SevenThousand Two Hundred Ninety Six) presets for their acoustic potential.But wait! If you listen to 1 preset, every second, 24 hours a day, it will take you over 136years to complete this task. It’s clear you will need backup, and you have it, your fellowAutogun users. Every Autogun is set to start from a unique preset number, so that eachmember of the team is assigned a personal starting address, ready to explore. However,you can at any time, jump to a new location in the preset-space by simply entering a presetnumber.Once a prized sound is discovered, and it’s preset number logged, share them with otherAutogun users or import them into Ogun, for detailed study or further development.With so many presets Autogun needs no programming, every sound is already somewhere‘out there’ you just need to locate it, and you will, Autogun’s sonic landscape is a sonicadventure."

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more info:
http://www.image-line.com/documents/autogun.html

MJ COLE/FACT MAG MIX 67

again, this needs no introduction.

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tracklisting:
1. Dan Curtin and Jason Byers “Fact”
2. DNE “Fact”
3. TRG “Discotek”
4. L-VIS 1990 “United Groove” (MJ Cole Remix)
5. Vato Gonzalez “Badman Riddim” (Dirty House Remix)
6. Zinc “Blunt Edge”
7. Plastic Little “La La Land”( Greenmoney's "Bitchdance" Remix)
8. Jece Valadeo feat Edu K “Joyce Muniz” (Rob B Edit)
9. Zed Bias “Neighbourhood ’09” (MJ Cole Remix)
10. MJ Cole feat Serocee “AO” (Zed Bias Wind-Up Remix)
11. Madd Ice “Kasi”
12. Blue Effect “Deeper”
13. Afrojack feat Major Lazer “Pon Di Floor”
14. Lighter “Skanker”
15. Jill Scott “Getting In the Way” (MJ Cole accapella)
16. MJ Cole “Volcano Riddim”
17. Madslinky “Lost on Tenori St”
18. Joy Orbison “Hyph Mngo”
19. Don Diablo and Example “Hooligans” (DJ Wire Remix)
20. MJ Cole “Sincere” (Nero Remix)
21. Skream “Burnin Up”
22. Example “Watch the Sun Come Up” (Blame Remix)
23. Dan Cutin and Jason Byers “Fact)

www.myspace.com/mjcole100

B-ILL/ALL TODD EDWARDS MIX

this really needs no introduction

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tracklisting:
Todd Edwards : You don't wanna lose it
Todd Edwards : Feeling lonely
Todd Edwards : Show me a sign
Todd Edwards : Saved my life
Todd Edwards : Sunshine : Sunrise
Todd Edwards : Perfect love
Todd Edwards : Main vibe
Sound of one : As I am (Todd Edwards remix)
Todd Edwards : Push the love
Todd Edwards : Incidental
Todd Edwards : To my family
Todd Edwards : Come around
Todd Edwards : Can't forgive
Todd Edwards : Wonderful
Todd Edwards : Guide my soul
Todd Edwards : Never far from you (Compound 2003 remix)
Todd Edwards : Light of the son
Todd Edwards : Through the pain
Veda Simpson : Ohhh baby (Todd Edwards remix)
Todd Edwards : Face my heaven
Todd Edwards : Steal your heart
Todd Edwards : Move to tears

http://soundcloud.com/b-ill

GOLDIE/INTERVIEW AND FEATURE IN THE GUARDIAN

from sundays observer, lynn barber interviews drum & bass icon goldie (original here)

Could Goldie be becoming a national treasure? Things are certainly moving that way. A few weeks ago, he was standing at the fish counter in Waitrose, Berkhamsted, when an elderly couple came up and said: "You were magnificent!" Which, as he says, "is not like some young kids in Reeboks coming up and saying, 'God, you were wicked last night in Bristol.' And it just felt really good that I'd actually got through to older people."

This was all thanks to last year's Maestro, a BBC2 series in which he and a bunch of other celebs were trained to be conductors. At the beginning, it seemed impossible that Goldie, who couldn't read music and had barely heard of Brahms, could survive against piano veterans like Jane Asher, but he soon knocked that idea on the head.

He didn't win – Sue Perkins did – but he was an unforgettable runner-up and there was a glorious moment when Sir Roger Norrington, the chairman of the judges, told him: "You are a conductor! Bravo!" And now he has been asked to compose a new work for the Proms. The making of the piece is the subject of a two-part BBC documentary called Classic Goldie, which will no doubt wow the Waitrose fish counter all over again.

This is a whole different Goldie from the one I interviewed seven years ago for the publication of his autobiography, Nine Lives, ghosted by Paul Gorman. At that stage, he was still best known as a drum'n'bass producer and DJ, a former graffiti artist, jeweller (he made his own gold teeth), actor and ex-boyfriend of Björk, Naomi Campbell and Stella Tennant. He'd spent much of the 90s partying and told me that in his heyday he could "hoot for England". But he'd already decided that the drugs don't work and seemed to want to shed his former party animal persona.

The first attempt to unveil the new mature Goldie was on Celebrity Big Brother in 2002, but he completely blew it. He behaved obnoxiously and was the first person evicted. He said afterwards it was because it reminded him of growing up in children's homes, his usual excuse when things go badly. But the next year he told the Mirror that he learnt a lot from being on Big Brother: "I've realised what a cunt I can be. Just feeling misunderstood sometimes, I guess, has been my biggest downfall. But I'm not going to be like that any more. I'm not going to be a victim of my childhood any longer."

And it seems he has changed. For a start, he seems far more relaxed or perhaps it's just because I'm interviewing him at home instead of in a hotel. His house in Hertfordshire is far less showy than I expected; it's a 40s pebbledash job with a shaggy lawn and a sauna hut at the end of the garden. It was on the market for £500,000 three years ago, but evidently he decided to keep it. It reminds me a bit of JG Ballard's old house in Shepperton, a warren of rooms into which he has seemingly dumped at random all his favourite things – a gold Ducati Monster motorbike, stacks of paintings mainly by and of Goldie, a tottering mountain of trainers, two husky dogs and – eek! – a giant boa constrictor in a tank. "Come and sit on the Knole," Goldie tells me, patting an enormous orange velvet sofa. "Put your feet up. Relax." But how can I relax when there's a giant snake in the corner?

He says he was thrilled when he got the letter from Roger Wright, controller of Radio 3 and director of the Proms, commissioning him to write a seven-minute piece on the theme of evolution for the Proms. "It was something I would never have imagined doing. You hear words like 'dumbing down', but I think the BBC has been quite brave in saying it's about time we did some other stuff."

At first, he was disappointed not to have been asked to conduct his own work (Charles Hazlewood is conducting the premiere), but now he is happy. He has been working with a young composer called Christopher Mayo and is full of admiration – "He's like a watchmaker who has this hobby of making little carousels that all spin and turn and ballerinas pop out of boxes and woodmakers and cuckoos pop out."

Mayo's role is to give him a choice of options – do you want this chord or this one or this? – and then he chooses. "It's the same as working with an engineer in your normal day to day." But it has meant Goldie has had to learn to work on a different computer programme – Sibelius – from the ones he is used to: "I think generally the software in the classical world is far behind the electronic world, but Sibelius is the programme the classical world use, so I've just swapped one set of tools for another."

Roger Wright suggested his composition should be on the theme of Darwinian evolution, but in fact he's dumped Darwin and called his work Sine Tempore – "because it relates to time travel, the beginning, the end, relativity". It will have a 150bpm beat, which is slow for rap but fast for an orchestra and will begin with the big bang, using every instrument, including the Royal Albert Hall organ. "Why not? When in Rome, eat lions!"

Goldie's strength has has always been his love of collaboration and learning new skills, which is how he keeps reinventing himself. He regrets the fact that "electronic people stopped collaborating about four years ago – we turned into these bedroom people working on our own. But then we realised, hang on, you need to share your idea, which is what classical musicians still do when they play together in orchestras. But I realised, God, there's no money in it. When I think how much money I make DJing every week – I can make 10 to 15 grand a weekend – and these people probably get paid that in a year. They are doing it for the love, they really are."

He still DJs all round the world – recent gigs have included Russia, Austria, Japan and Canada – and says he is in the Premier League of drum'n'bass DJs. I thought maybe he would have got bored with drum'n'bass after Maestro, but he responds sharply: "No. Why would I? The weird thing is that Maestro has somehow improved my DJing. When you've been in this music as long as I've been, you can sometimes become jaded. And when I got back from Maestro, I realised the music is being kept in time for me – all I have to do is to wrap as much dynamic around it as I can. DJs don't realise how lucky we are. So then my sets became much longer and even more diverse because I thought: this is easy."

So could he still be DJing when he's 70? "Quite possibly. I will certainly be making music as long as I live." His next project is to revive his hour-long composition Mother which failed abysmally when it came out on his second album Saturnz Return in 1998, but he thinks it was ahead of its time. Now he wants to reconfigure it as a stage show "with DJs, holograms, videos, actors, dancers, an orchestra on stage, more like an assault on your mind. I think it will be a triumph.

"I remember quite well when I was in institutions, and the only thing I had was 25 other kids from broken families that had nothing and we used to learn break dancing and go to all-dayers all round the country – it was a big thing in the 80s – and battle the guys in Nottingham, battle the guys in London, battle them on the dance floor and it was no longer about violence."

Inevitably, with Goldie, one seems to end up talking about children's homes. His mother, a Scottish pub singer, put him into care when he was three, though she kept his younger brother, Melvin. The fact that Goldie turned out well, whereas his brother spent many years in prison and is "still a bit funny", according to Goldie, suggests that children's homes are not always as bad as they're painted. But it is a subject one raises with caution. Goldie says, on the one hand: "I learned everything out of children's homes. The kids had to stick together, we had to unify, and we did that, and I think that was a great thing." But he also remembers "the nights of sad times, crying my eyes out, wanting to get recognition, when I really wanted love and I just wanted nurturing, but all I got was abuse – you'll never make it, you'll never be anybody. You know, crushed."

When he was l7 Goldie ran into his brother who took him home to stay with their mother. But it was a chaotic home – mother drinking, Rasta boyfriends smoking weed, no food in the house, so Goldie and Melvin had to steal in order to eat. He then went to America to find his father (a Jamaican-born factory worker who pushed off soon after Melvin was born) but was shocked to find his father had another son called Clifford Price – Goldie's real name – "in case one of you died".

Goldie has four children by four different mothers, but says confidently that he is a good father. "I think I've made the same mistakes as any father – I've still got unfinished business, in that sense, but it's something I will personally deal with when the time is right." He is particularly close to his 10-year-old daughter, Chance, who lives with him five days a week, and says that he's gained empathy with women from her, but also through making peace with his mother. He has finally forgiven her for putting him in care: "I'd never actually imagined my mother when she was young. I'd never thought about the stuff she had to go through."

Goldie says he's now sorted – he's over the drugs, over the womanising, over the issues with abandonment. But then he said exactly the same when I interviewed him seven years ago. At that point, he'd just married model Sonjia Ashby and said he was ready to settle down. But they divorced in 2005 and he made some bitter remarks about her: "She didn't want to go out to work and I'm used to being with career women." But also, more seriously: "With hindsight I think I was marrying someone who was a bit like my mother – who would let me down when I needed her."

What really sorted him out, he says, was a course he did five years ago at the Hoffman Institute. "If I didn't do the Hoffman, I don't think I'd be alive now. Because I'd spent so many years searching for something and, like they say, the drugs don't work. I went to rehab and it never worked. It failed miserably in Antigua [at Eric Clapton's clinic, Crossroads Centre]. I felt, 'This is wrong, I'm getting whipped for someone else's sins here.' I did five-element acupuncture for many years, which I found fascinating, but then I got recommended the Hoffman and thought, 'This is for me.' It's not a cultish thing, but it's particularly good for spiritual people, people who vibrate differently. You go and stay for 10 days and you literally empty the box."

He went to cure his addiction, but not his old addiction to drugs. "I was addicted to failure. I was addicted to beating myself up. Self-destructing. I just didn't want the boy to live, basically. And I would get wound up and have this violent temper, really mad. But the Hoffman pulls out all the fuses, defuses the bomb, gives you back the buttons and says, 'Go on, press them, see what happens', and you press them, and there's nothing happening! And you think, 'Wow' and understand where it was coming from. I think when they say life begins at 40, I was approaching 40 when I did the Hoffman and it was a complete meltdown. And I've never looked back."

But he was also helped, he says, by a waterskiing accident (he shows me a huge, zip-like scar all down his leg) that kept him stationary for a year. "That was a useful accident, because I started making music again, and painting, because I couldn't run around. And also because it's the left side, the feminine side, which I really needed to address. So that really calmed me down and I thought, OK now, I know what to do."

And now, he says, he has met his spiritual partner, Mika, who is "very, very beautiful", half-Japanese, half-Dutch, from Montreal. "She moved in about six months ago and we just do normal stuff and have a wonderful life." Because, he must admit, he wasn't really very good at relationships before? "No, but I'm good at this one. I need to become really humble

"I do now feel very blessed, I really do. Because if I wrote a list of all my experiences, I'd think, 'Fuck it, this person looks really interesting.' I always had a sense of purpose, but I didn't quite know what it was, whereas I've got to grips with what my purpose is now. The two things that I've always had to deal with are abandonment and feeling misunderstood. And I actually feel a bit more understood now, because I've been able to create a dialect that people can understand. And, you know, I'm 43 and I think, 'Shit, I've just started doing this other new thing [working with orchestras] and who knows what it will lead to.' I just feel so creative."

ULTRACODE/INTERVIEW & FREE TUNES

july's edj interview is something a little different - rather than feature an established name in d&b, its acting as more of a spotlight for a relatively unknown producer that goes by the name of ultracode from ukraine. his 'keep secret' ep was featured on the blog a while back (click here) and i was blown away by the quality of this release which to me sounded like it could have been taken straight from autonomic podcasts (think a heady mix of oak and bop and your on the right lines). with future releases in the pipeline and none other than tony coleman interested in his tracks the future looks bright for this young man - if you want a taste of his styles then grab the folder of free tunes (that cover numerous genres) he has generously given up for free download. remember where you heard it first....

(note: this is without doubt the longest and most arduous interview i have carried out for edj - its been through a chain of about 6 or so people translating it back and forward so i just want to say a massive thankyou to my friend yakov and doa's symert for all their help!)

edj: Introduce yourself for people how may not have heard of you....

Real name – Yuriy Kudryavchev. Born 2nd April 1986 in Kiev, brought up in Chernigov in Ukraine. My childhood went by like the majority of children of that time – kindergarten, school, various extra-curricular activities. In school I learnt to play the piano and the flute. It’s worth noting here that I did not enjoy these things at all. During my adolescent years I became seriously engaged in Breakdancing which I did for about 8 years until I received numerous injuries so serious that I had to abandon it. With the freeing up of my time from such practice I suddenly got a yearning to fill that empty time. Having organized the promo for the band All Zero, I began to promote the electronic music scene in my region. With time I managed to achieve some notable successes. Up until now, there have been many successful nights organized with DJs such as Electrosoul System, Kano, Flame, Komatic and many others taking part.

I also remember how in primary school, walking to class in the morning, I used to tune my radio to a pirate radio station that played Brakbeat – those were some of the best moments of my childhood.

edj: How long have you been producing, and how did you get into d&b?

My first experience of DnB came about at that moment when I got hold of the album by Aphrodite – Kings Of The Beats in 1999 together with a Panasonic CD player given to me for my birthday by my sister. For along time that was the only disc that I had, and I listened to it until I virtually destroyed it. Kings Of The Beats had an everlasting impression on me. I loved striding along the street with my CD player under the beat of Aphrodite! Now, when remembering that time, I am beginning to acknowledge that this was the time when I fell in love with DnB. I also remember how in primary school, walking to class in the morning, I used to tune my radio to a pirate radio station that played Breakbeat – those were some of the best moments of my childhood.

I’ve been seriously making music since 2007. I had tried doing something earlier on but this was playing around rather than anything worthwhile. In essence it meant that I would mix tracks and samples for the breakdancing shows. This was the way that I got my first experience. Finally, it was a very straight forward route to becoming a DnB producer. There wasn’t even a question of choosing it from a number of careers – it was simply a call of my heart and soul.

edj: What kind of music did you listen to growing up?

I very much liked – trip hop, funk, acid jazz, bossanova, funk and old school rap. Now I like listening to neo-classical music (I adore the Korean pianist Yiruma), idm, lo-fi, ambient, dub step, chill out, down tempo. For more information on my current tastes you can listen to this: http://www.lastfm.ru/user/Ultracode

edj: Can you give us a run down on your studio set up?

In order to create music I mainly use my head – this is the most important instrument in the creation of not only music but many other useful things. I think that many would agree with me in that thoughts reflect what see and hear and even what we feel.

The things that help me out include:
FL Studio Sequencer, Adobe Audition, Sound Forge
Real Time specrum-analyser - Penguin
Audio Card - Terratec Aureon Fire Wire 7.1
Headphones - Ultrasone PROline 750 (I don't have a monitor as of yet)
midi - keyboard CME UF-60

edj: The tracks on your keep secret ep have a very eerie, space like atmospheric feel to them - where do you draw your inspiration from?

I derive my inspiration from life itself! I get all of this from life! My surroundings, fantasies, dreams, anxieties, friends, girlfriends, parents, people, feelings which I nurture and filter through myself, everything that affects me and everything that stimulates my mind.

edj: How did you hook up with absys records for this release?

I got a message on virb from the founder of Absys Rec about the search for tracks to put on the first release – ‘Behind The Corner’, and I decided to sed a couple of tracks for their consideration. I received a positive response and this was the beginning of our collaboration.

edj: Do you have any plans to work with them again? What other releases do you have planned/lined up?

Of course! Absys Rec. is a young progressive label that is going places. I think that I have the opportunity to release all my work on it. At the same time I am always searching for new labels that will release my work. In the near future a new EP is being released on the Australian Silk Records. Likewise, some other labels along with the founder of Hospital Records – Tony Coleman - are interested in me.

edj: What is it about the minimal d&b style that excites you? Did you always plan on producing this kind of music, or did it just happen naturally?

I always strived to create that which is different from other people, I’m really glad now that I have found my calling. I have found the type of music that reflects me. My music is directed more towards listeners rather than the dance floor. I always dreamt of contributing something nebulous and at the same time sophisticated in down tempo DnB. I think that I have succeeded in this.

edj: Do you dabble in any other styles? A lot of this minimal d&b has quite alot in common with some of the more atmospheric dubstep....

Of course – YES! I am always in the process of finding new things and experimenting with sound, trying to avoid pigeon-holing myself, stereotypes and patterns. I have a few down tempo tracks.

As for the similarity with dub step I can say the following - There is simply no doubt! There is certain similarity, Dnb intertwines with many other types of electronic music including dubstep - these styles have much in common. You only have to recall – Synkro, Kontext or Distance. Although similar examples can be found all around.

edj: There has been quite a surge in Russian and easter european d&b recently, lead by artists like ElectroSoul System, Bop, Oak, Abstract Elements and more - why do you think this is?

Indeed in recent years it is evident that there has been a steep increase development in atmospheric and minimalist sound in Eastern Europe. With everyday more and more talented producers appear. Currently, there are already globally-known producers such as: Absract Elements, Dissidnet, Oak, Bop – this is only the tip of the iceberg as you’ll see soon!
It’s simply wonderful that such music is gaining popularity! Significantly, it’s a new development and development gives a chance to look at DnB from a different angle, different vantage point and to reveal new talents.

edj: What is the scene like over there, and how has in developed in recent years?

The Ukrainian scene is showing new developments in recent times. It’s important to mention the debut of Tonika & Derrik on Fokuz and Integral Recordings, and of course Sunchase with its reliable staff that consistently deliver quality. A few excellent producers live in Chernigorov. One of them is already famous to many – Stereotype. Also, dnd Roomoff and B.H.are are also promising talents in techno. I know that in Ukraine there are a number of good regular parties and festivals with excellent guests, but unfortunately I rarely have the chance to attend them.

edj: Shouts/Plugs/Info etc...

I want to thank all of those who believed and still believe in me. I want to thank my parents and our planet! I want to thank Fonik and his friend (who is actually is currently translating this, hello!) for his help in organising this interview.I wish everyone all the best and thank you for your attention. You now know more about me.

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LSD
I'm Shaten
Only You
Flashback
Moon
Saturday
Slideshow
Soul
Tea
View
Red October

http://soundcloud.com/ultracode
www.myspace.com/plin2zzzua

SICKHEAD/NEVERLAND AFTER DARK MIX

sick by name, sick by nature - neurotic sound foundation's sickhead comes with some savage amen based beats in this mix

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tracklisting:
DOUBLE O - Brothers Killing Brothers vip
IJO - Minutower
DUB ONE - Pressure of 10000
RELAPSE - Untitled (amen 01)
GREMLINZ & MANIFEST & VERB - Lion Of Babylon
DOM & ROLAND - Deckards Theme
HEIST - Over Run
DOUBLE O - Dark Water
SHEBUZZZ - Phobia
THROTTLER - Obey
[NSF] - Ruckus Unofficial rmx
[NSF] SUM - ???
??? - ???

www.myspace.com/sickheadnsf
www.nsf-music.de/

SOUL INTENT/FUTUREPROOF PODCAST 4

episode 4 of soul intent's futureproof podcast, this time featuring an interview and exclusive mix from samurai music boss dj presha

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tracklisting:
SOUL INTENT - SYNTHETIC - N/A
LOXY FEAT SIGHT UNSEEN - W.A.S.P - N/A
COMMIX - BREAKING THROUGH - 31 DUB
SOUL INTENT - WALL-E GOT STONED - N/A
ASC - ISOLATE - N/A
REACTIV - THE WATCHER - N/A
FRISKE & RESOUND - KILL AT WILL - ARCHITECTURE DUB
NOLIGE - CALL TO PRAYER (REMIX) - N/A
ESCHER - LATE SNARE - N/A
EDWARD OBERON - NOIR - 31 DUB
EVESON - TRAVELLER - N/A
LENZMAN - HIGH AND LOW - INTEGRAL DUB
SQUASH - P STYLE - INTRIGUE DUB
YORKEE - MURDER IN TRAFFIC - N/A
TREI - LEAD ON ME - SAMURAI DUB

**Presha Interview**

**Presha Mix**
ST FILES - FAT SOUL - SOUL:R
LUCA - SAINT BOND - SAMURAI
CALIBRE - WHAT I FEEL - SIGNATURE
LUCA - SQUARE ONE - SAMURAI
CALIBRE - LEAVE - ??
TRIAD - FIASCO - ENGINE MUSIC
ASC - STARKWOOD - NON PLUS
PHOBIA - NOTHING TO LOSE - CODED
S.P.Y - FROSTBYTE - INNERGROUND
DOT - NEVER CODED - ??
BAL - THE TRENDY TUNE - INFLUENCE
MUTT feat. KEVIN KING - CONVERSATIONS - CIA DEEP KUT

www.myspace.com/soulintentdnb

BEAT PHARMACY/JULY DUBSTEP MIX

yet more dubstep. i love it, you should too. this time its the turn of brendon moeller/beat pharmacy with his july dubstep mix

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tracklisting:
1. aardvarck - Water
2. pendle covern-MVO_Chambers
3. Martyn - all I have is memories
4. porter ricks-Redundance
5. Loefah - Rufage
6. scuba - Klinik
7. retroblast - Get Down
8. search_and_destroy-candyfloss_(loefah_remix)
9. relocate - Dot dot dash
10. Headhunter - In Motion
11. moderat - Nr. 22
12. kontext - Plumes (Ramadanman Refix)
13. Burial - Versus
14. pangaea-Bear Witness
15. Skream- Backwards
16. rod modell-Heaven Above
17. synkro - On My Mind
18. 2000F & J kamata - You don't know what love is
19. Kode9 - Stung
20. slack-elephant_step
21. monolake-Titan
22. Pink Floyd-One Of These Days

www.myspace.com/beatpharmacy
http://soundcloud.com/brendonmoeller/

SCUBA/PROTO DUBSTEP MIX

a 'proto dubstep' mix from scuba from way back in '03 - a good chance to see what helped shape his and the hotflush sound

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tracklisting:
1. ???
2. Benny Ill & Kode 9 - Tales from the Bass Side (Tempa)
3. Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - Poison (Tempa)
4. DJ Abstract - Identity Crisis (Vehicle)
5. Oris Jay - Biggin up the Massive (Urban Underground)
6. Soulstice - Fall Into You (Landslide remix) (Soul:R)
7. Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - Stand Clear (Tempa)
8. Red Snapper - Ultraviolet (Lo Recordings)
9. ???
10. High Plains Drifter - Sholay (Tempa)
11. Benny Ill & DJ Hatcha - Highland Spring (Tempa)
12. Santos - Camels (Zinc remix)
13. Sovreign - ???
14. Jammin - Left Foot (Running)
15. Soto - True (Botchit Breaks)
16. DJ Abstract - Touch (Tempa)
17. Maddslinky - Cargo (Law of Motion)
18. Landslide - It's Not Over (Hospital)

www.myspace.com/paulhotflush

MICKY/MIX FOR SONIC ROUTER

a range of 140bpm(ish) styles in this fresh mix from naked lunch label head micky

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tracklisting:
Stingray313 – Sphere of Influence (forthcoming on Nakedlunch)
Instra:mental – Temptations (forthcoming on Disfigured Dubs)
Untold – Reminder [Ramadanman Remix] (Unreleased)
A Made Up Sound – Closer (A Made Up Sound)
Dj G & Headhunter – Spacecake (Subway)
Scuba – Speak – (forthcoming on Nakedlunch)
Unknown – Untitled (Unknown)
Pearson Sound – Psln (forthcoming on Hessle Audio)
Jaques Palminger - Tudeldub Remixe [Shackleton Remix] (Pudel Produkte)
Cooly G – Narst (Hyperdub)
Omar s – The Further You Look The Less You Will See (FHXE)
Martyn – For Lost Relatives (AUS Music)
Sperix – Structure & Function (Unreleased)
Moderat – Rusty Nails [Shackleton Remix] (BPitch Control)
Unknown - Untitled (Unknown)
Instra:mental – Leave It All Behind (Applepips)
Omar s – U (FHXE)

www.myspace.com/thenakedspace
www.myspace.com/mick667

YOUNG AX/FREE MP3

'take off' - a free jazzy, summer time track from young ax on the sugaphonic label

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www.myspace.com/sugaphonic
www.myspace.com/youngax

DJ PRESHA/WAY OF THE SAMURAI MIX

samurai music boss dj presha has put together this mini mix of tracks from the labels recent 'way of the samurai' lp.

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tracklisting:
1. Hobzee & Zyon Base - 1000 Paper Cranes
2. Luca - Square One
3. Luca - Saint Bond
4. Tokyo Prose - Royale
5. Mosus & S.P.Y - ?
6. Mosus & Zero T - Carbon Black
7. Hiten - Nuisance
8. Cern - Timeslip
9. State of Mind & Trei - TrueStories (The Upbeats Remix)
10. Trei - Shame
11. Dose & Menace - Pick Up
12. Soul Intent - Hysteria
13. Soul Intent - Falling
14. The Upbeats - SFX V.I.P
15. Soul Intent - Be Strong
16. Eveson - Solstice

www.samuraimusic.co.nz/
www.myspace.com/samuraimusicnz

MINDMAPPER/BROKEN AUDIO PODCAST 4

the latest broken audio podcast courtesy of the connex crew's mindmapper - weighty rollers and plenty of dubs. lovely

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tracklisting:
01 Perpetuum – A Number Less Than Six - Translation Recordings Dub
02 Phuture-T – Cultivate – Cylon Recordings Dub
03 Spectrasoul – Shades of Blue – Fokuz
04 Mako & Mute – Connexion (Linden RMX) - ????
05 Solar Empire – The Dead Sea (ASC RMX) – Translation Recordings Dub
06 Angelzero – Recess (Martsman RMX) – Warm Communications
07 S.P.Y. – Playing With Knives – Cylon Recordings Dub
08 Insight – Psyche – Broken Audio Dub
09 Reactiv – Badlands – Break-Fast Audio
10 Cern – Through The Eyes – Syndrome
11 Madcap – Consequence – 173
12 DBR – Chasing Shadows – Broken Audio (Survivorz EP)
13 Phuture-T - Ruffneck Mule – Dub
14 Mindmapper – Orbital Orchestra – Dub

www.myspace.com/brokenaudiorecordings
www.myspace.com/mindmapper

MARTSMAN/MIX FOR BASS MUSIC BLOG

a fresh mix from martsman for the bass music blog (link on the right). scatty beats!

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tracklisting:
1. Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink (Noisia Remix) [Ninja Tune]
2. Graphic feat. Beans - I am Metal (Starkey Remix) [Offshore]
3. Martsman - Particle Principle [Unreleased]
4. Hawerchuk - Four Messengers [Planet Mu]
5. Sileni - (Untitled) [Unreleased]
6. Duran Duran Duran - Face Blast [Planet Mu]
7. DJ Donna Summer - Rock Rock Rock (Aaron Spectre Remix) [CockRock Disco]
8. Sonar Circle - Face Off [Reinforced]
9. Martsman - Disharmonic Anti-Anthem [Offshore]
10. LXC - I Know You [Unreleased]
11. Knifehandchop - Tizzy Tixbown Riddim [Tigerbeat6]
12. VK - Tight Pussy (Soulpride Remix) [Refix]
13. The Bug - Buckle Up Vip [Tigerbeat6]

www.myspace.com/martsman

INCYDE/HOTFLUSH PODCAST 01

the first episode of the hotflush recordings podcast, mixed by incyde

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http://www.hotflushrecordings.com
http://www.myspace.com/hotflushuk

NUFFBONSAI/MIXES

a selection of mixes from the legendary nuffbonsai

Classic Full Cycle

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All Photek Part One

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tracklisting:
01. Photek - Into The '90s
02. Photek - Modus Operandi
03. Photek - T Raenon
04. Studio Pressure - Relics
05. Aquarius & Tayla - Bringing Me Down
06. Aquarius - Aquatic
07. Phaze 1 - Natural
08. Photek - Consciousness
09. Goldie - Still Life (Photek Remix)
10. Studio Pressure - First Sequence
11. Studio Pressure - Touching Down...Planet Photek
12. Studio Pressure - Fusion
13. Photek - Rings Around Saturn
14. Photek - The Seventh Samurai
15. Photek - KJZ
16. Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryun
17. Special Forces - Special Forces
18. Special Forces - The End

All Photek Part Two

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All Matrix

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Good Looking 92 - 95

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tracklisting:
1. Apollo 2 - Atlantis (I Need You) (LTJ Bukem Remix) [GLR003]
2. LTJ Bukem - Demon’s Theme [GLR001]
3. LTJ Bukem - Enchanted [GLR004]
4. Tayla - Bang The Drums [GLR002]
5. D.O.P.E. - Travelling (Slow Train To Philly Mix) [GLR005]
6. The Invisible Man - The Bell Tune [GLR006]
7. Parallel World - Tear Into It [GLR007]
8. Aquarius - Aquatic [GLR009]
9. LTJ Bukem & Peshay - 19.5 [GLR008]
10. LTJ Bukem - Rainfall [LGR001]
11. PFM - One & Only [LGR003]
12. PFM - Wash Over Me [GLR010]
13. Aquarius & Tayla - Soul Searching [GLR013]
14. Chameleon - Close Your Eyes and Listen [GLR014]
15. PFM - The Western [GLR012]
16. Ils & Solo - In The Area [LGR004]
17. Aquarius - Drift To The Centre [LGR002]
18. Peshay - The Piano Tune [GLR011]

Good Looking 96 - 98

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tracklisting:
1. DJ Crystl - Mindgames [EARTHLP002]
2. Source Direct - Secret Liason [GLR015]
3. PFM - The Mystics [GLR016]
4. Universal - Groove Therapy [LGR007]
5. Doc Scott - Tokyo Dawn [EARTHLP001]
6. Axis - Dusted [GLR017]
7. Q Project - The Instrumental [LGR006]
8. Intense - Careless Minds [GLR018]
9. Axis - Solutions [LGR008]
10. Blu Mar Ten - Futureproof [GLR021]
11. Seba - Universal Music [GLRLP002]
12. Blu Mar Ten - Global Access [LGR013]
13. Blame - Alpha 7 [GLRLP003]
14. PHD & Conrad - Progression Session [LGR011]
15. Seba - Remedy [GLRLP003]
16. Big Bud - Blue 52 [LGR017]
17. Blame - Altered Course [GLREP002V]
18. Seba - Camoflage [LGR016]

All Droppin' Science

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All Source Direct

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Metalheadz Rough

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tracklisting:
1. Rufige Kru - VIP Riders Ghost [MET001/2]
2. Doc Scott - It’s Yours [MET004]
3 .Wax Doctor - The Step [MET010]
4. Asylum - Bass II Dark [00DARK]
5. Lemon D - This Is LA [METH014]
6. Dillinja - The Angels Fell [MET006]
7. Source Direct - The Cult [METHH016]
8. Doc Scott - Drumz ’95 [MET015]
9. J Majik - Arabian Nights [METH018]
10. Ed Rush - The Raven [METH024]
11. Digital - Niagra [METH021]
12. Rufige Kru - Dark Metal [METH019]
13. Source Direct - Stonekiller [METH022]
14. Peshay - Predator [METH026]
15. Hidden Agenda - Dispatch 1 [METH025]
16. J Majik - Shiatsu [METH028]
17. Optical - Raging Calm [METH027]
18. Adam F - Metropolis [METH023]
19. Dillinja - Armoured D [828783-1]

Metalheadz Smooth

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tracklisting:
1. Alex Reece - Basic Principles (Reprieve) [MET003R]
2. Peshay - Psychosis [MET002]
3. Doc Scott - Far Away [MET004]
4. Asylum - Desire [00DARK]
5. Alex Reece - Fresh Jive [MET003]
6. Wax Doctor - The Rise [MET005]
7. J Majik - Tranquil [MET007]
8. Photek - The Rain [MET008]
9. Alex Reece - Chill Pill [METH011]
10. Hidden Agenda - On The Roof [MET009]
11. Wax Doctor - The Spectrum [MET010]
12. Alex Reece - I Want You [METH012]
13. Doc Scott - Blue Skies [METH015]
14. Lemon D - Urban Style Music [METH014]
15. Source Direct - A Made Up Sound [METH016]
16. Hidden Agenda - Get Carter [METH017]
17. Hidden Agenda - Swing Time [METH020]
18. J Majik - The Spell [METH018]
19. Peshay - On The Nile [METH026]
20. Sci Clone - Melt [METH029]

All Certificate 18

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tracklisting:
1. Maestro - Intuition [CERT1801]
2. Studio Pressure - Jump Mk II [CERT1804]
3. Code Of Practice - Infiltrate [CERT1805]
4. Authorised Riddim - Navigator’s Path [CERT1806]
5. Sounds Of Life - Don’t Resist The Beat [CERT1807]
6. Studio Pressure - Presha III [CERT1808]
7. Sounds Of Life - Currents [CERT1809]
8. Sounds Of Life - Release The Bells (Wax Doctor Rmx) [CERT1810]
9. Sounds Of Life - A Spice Of Jazz [CERT1811]
10. Klute - FPOP [CERT1812]
11. Code Of Practice - Can We Change The Future? (Klute Rmx) [CERT1813]
12. Motive One - Technical Wizardry [CERT1814]
13. Klute - Ram Raider [CERT1815]
14. Studio Pressure - Relics (Plaid Rmx) [CERT1817]
15. Lexis - Hypnotise [CERT1818]
16. Motive One - Funk ’78 [CERT1816]
17. Klute - Leo 9 [CERT1819]
18. Motive One - Life [CERT1820]
19. Mainline - UR1 [CERT1821]
20. Lexis - Criminal Elements (Klute Rmx) [CERT1822]
21. Klute - Perceptron [CERT1823]

All Seba Mix

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tracklisting:
1. Camouflage [Looking Good]
2. Car Crash [Good Looking]
3. Universal Music [Good Looking]
4. Catch The Moment [Looking Good]
5. So Long [Looking Good]
6. Remedy [Good Looking]
7. Soul 2000 [Looking Good]
8. Blame – Sphere (Seba Remix) [720]
9. Lost Key [720]10. Pieces [Secret Operations]
11. Vector Reload [720]12. Neophunk [Idioma]
13. Hidden Reflections [Secret Operations]
14. Wonderful World [Warm Communications]
15. Make My Way Home [Offshore]
16. The Wasp [720]
17. Dragonsword – Uridium (Seba Remix) [720]
18. Electro Squad [Combinations]
19. Piemo For B [Paradox Music]
20. Alaska – Drum Sessions (Seba Remix) [Paradox Music]
21. Make Peace [Vibez]

CHRIS IMPULSE/SHADYBRAIN DOA MIX

a fresh doa mix to help promote the latest shadybrain 12" from cern & duo infernale. check the feature too

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tracklisting:
1. dBridge - Wonder Where - Non Plus
2. Resound - Secrets (Sabre RMX) - Translation DUB
3. S.P.Y. - Playing With Knives - Cylon DUB
4. Collage - Polygon - Unsigned
5. Triad - Last Gasp - Deep Soul Music DUB
6. Duo Infernale - The Mirage - shadybrain
7. S.P.Y. - Elite Squad - Unsigned
8. Paperclip - Crying Warrior - shadybrain digital DUB
9. Cern - Human Being - Uprising DUB
10. Optical - Moving 808s - Prototype
11. Dose - Brain Drain - M-Atome DUB
12. Mindscape, Munk & Falkon - Hold Up - Unsigned
13. Chris.SU - Bandpassed - Subtitles DUB
14. Lomax - Metal Flange (Heist RMX) - Co-Lab
15. Cause4Concern - Something Else vs Sensor (Break RMX) - C4C Ltd DUB
16. Cern - Non Fiction - shadybrain
17. Proktah & Future Signal - Antidote - Unsigned
18. Silent Witness - Dependence - Unsigned
19. Rregula - Where Am I - shadybrain DUB
20. Cause 4 Concern - Age Of Terror - C4C DUB
21. Rregula & Panacea - Down Underneath - shadybrain DUB

www.myspace.com/shadybrain
http://www.shadybrain.net/

PAUL RESET/ALL DANNY BREAKS MIX

danny breaks is a legend, and since his classic 'droppin science vol 1' has recently been remixed by logistics, i thought it would be good to post up this all danny breaks mix from paul reset as way of an education for those who may not have heard of him. if you have, then think of this as a little audio treat.

"The mix starts off with the hip hop style beats, onto the rave stuff, through some jungle and finishes off with some dark dnb bizness, enjoy!"

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tracklisting:
Intro JamLa La La (Pt 1)
Junkie For Beatz
Astral Vibes (Zoostrumental)
Beat Biter (Martian Instrumental)
Moodulator
Rokin' on the Tables
Transmit Fantastic
Duck Rock (Zoostrumental)
Science Fu Beats (Pt 2)
Far Out
Freedomism
Calm Downizm
Style Warz
Droppin Science Vol 1
Skratchadelikizm
R Yeah
Express Yourself (Droppin Science rmx)
Mars to Jupiter

http://soundcloud.com/paulreset

PARANOID SOCIETY/MJAZZ PODCAST 2

"Estonian's in exile, Paranoid Society, step forward with MPOD 002.The four man creative team are currently holed up in a studio in Liepzig,Germany, having teamed up with LXC and sH1 and the Alphacut label. They have released via MJAZZ Digital, Syncopathic and recently on the aforementioned Alphacut records, with their back to 96 homage "Hi resolution". They continue to be a firm favourite within the MJAZZcamp and will feature in the not too distant future on Constructed Works."

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tracklisting:
Quanaba
Untitled 12
Boxotron (forthcoming Constructed Works MJAZZ)
Untitled CC2
Blubb
Muff
Sensor Spectrum (Syncopathic Records)
Neu 2
Here have the galaxy
Deep

*All tracks are by Paranoid Society*

www.myspace.com/hiddenparanoidsociety

THE HIZATRON/SONIC ROUTER MIX

a mix for the excellent sonic router blog (link on the right) from wiglex's rudeboy techno making, partially robotic the hizatron

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tracklisting:
1. The Hizatron - Fridge Magnet (Unreleased)
2. The Hizatron - Mustard (Unreleased)
3. The Hizatron - Now Then Boris (Wigflex)
4. The Hizatron - Pinklip (Unreleased)
5. The Hizatron - Pat Sharpe (Unreleased)
6. The Hizatron - Von Glooperstein (forthcoming Berkane Sol)
7. The Hizatron - Schlupinski (Wigflex)

www.myspace.com/jhizatron
www.wigflex.com

SKREAM/FREE TRACK

free beats from the one like skream. in his own words: " Not my greatest tune, but then again not my worst...."

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www.myspace.com/skreamuk

CHRIS INPERSPECTIVE/INPODSPECTIVE PODCAST

a fresh podcast courtesy of leftfield beatsmith chris inperspective (some mic problems half way through, but dont let it put you off...)

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tracklisting:
Profane - Venomous States Reprise
LIS - Something Makes More Sense
ASC - Juno
Chris Inperspective - Spidsville
Paul T - Here Comes the Sun
??? - ???
TVG - Rusted Instruments (Fracture Rmx)
Grimm & Sconeboy - Cheers VIP
Fanu & Silentium - Hangman's Lullaby - Fanu Rmx
Calibre - New Cons
LIS - 1001
Chris Inperspective - Geek Chic
Chris Inperspective - Sisters
Profane - Nazereth Crime

www.myspace.com/chrisinperspective
www.inperspectiverecords.com/

FRACTURE & NEPTUNE/ASTROPHONICA

fracture and neptune have started a new label...

"Good evening citizens of Earth. Citizens of Earth origin or any other planet in the solar system. Good evening Planet Earth.

Welcome to Astrophonica, the new home of Fracture & Neptune. Tonight on your phonograph or other Earth-based sonic reproduction system, you will hear the results of our latest sonic experiments.

Fracture & Neptune are best known, in this solar system at least, for their consistently quality releases on such labels as Bassbin, Droppin’ Science, Med School (Hospital), and Inperspective. Their tunes, using the finest in hardware and old skool techniques, include Colemanism, Too Doggone Funky, and Ventura, all of which have received support from Aphex Twin, Amon Tobin, DJ Food, Bailey, Danny Breaks, Fabio and many more…

First up on Astrophonica are the long awaited "Clissold" and "Killerwhat?"

Artist: Fracture & Neptune

Titles : Clissold / Killerwhat?

Label: AstrophonicaCat Number: APHA001

Release Date: Sept 2009

Mastering: Beau @ Masterpiece

Distribution: ST Holdings

For more info and audio please visit:

http://www.astrophonica.com

http://www.myspace.com/astrophonicamusic

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Astrophonica/94496148277

Over and out. Stay tuned for the next transmission!"

JOHN STEWARD/MINIMAL MARKET 4

i try and dabble in other genres where possible and recently came across this mix from john steward (aka stumasta dsm). some house and minimal techno styles, its good

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tracklisting:
Barem - Kolimar
Solan - Gotta Use It (Gorge rmx)
Ryo Murakami - Delic
SIS - Sum (Stipe rmx)
Oscar G - Chunky Buddha
Langenberg - Alternative Rhythm
Serafin - Syndroma Liguria
Martin Buttrich - Stoned Autopilot (C2 Version)
Lemon Popsicle - Turn The Tights
Camea - Happy Ending
Luciano - Mousa Big Band
Anja Schneider & Lee Van Dowski - La Roulette

http://www.myspace.com/deepsouldnb

DATA/FREE TRACKS

4 free tracks from metalheadz's data

Glacier

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Dominion

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Hack

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Sedative
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www.myspace.com/data1010

BIORHYTHM/DUBSTEP SESSIONS VOLUME 6

part 6 of the excellent dubstep sessions series from london's biorhythm. be sure to check part 1-5 here

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tracklisting:
1. Vaccine - Concussion
>>Shakleton - Shortwave
2. F - Phase One
3. Pangea - Router
4. Burial - Exit Wounds
5. Late - Dreams Are
6. Boxcutter - Good You Dub
7. Breakage - Darmha
8. Ekaj - Hibari
9. X Zero - Crystalise
10. Revolt Ops - Screw Dub
11. Noah D & No Thing - Unknown Suspect
12. Takomo - Bombman
13. Sook - The New Bleak
14. Biorhythm - Dark Energy
15. Dubtek - Rampant
16. Quantum Soul - Living In Darkness
17. The Others - Africa VIP
18. Scorn - Glugged Part 2
>>>Scorn - Glugged
19. Meat Beat Manifesto - Less
20. King Cannibal - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
21. Threnody - Sound
22. Vista - Exit Wounds
23. Blackmass Plastics - Darkest Corner
24. Benny Page - Step Out
25. Broken Note - War In The Making

www.myspace.com/biorhythmuk

MIXMASTER DOC/MIX & FREE TUNES

courtesy of driven am - a zip file containing a fresh mixmaster doc mix, 2 free tunes and sneak previews of forthcoming tracks

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Tracks:
'Too Many Days From Home’ / ‘Ash’s Bliss’

Mix Tracklisting:
Joe Syntax - Dominion
Enei - The Lock
>LIL Wayne - Amilli
Mixmaster Doc + Focus - Strike At The Wind
Squash - Heavy Revs
>Dr Dre - Still Dre
Mixmaster Doc - No Flame
Mixmaster Doc - Still Here
Amit - Swastika
Mixmaster Doc - Description
Anti Serum - Skull Fucked
Alborosie - Police Polizia (Noah D and Roommate Rmx)
Matty G - West Coast Rocks
Enei, Nersa, Ekta, Giant - Badness
Synkro - Blitz
Eryka Badu and Ziggy Marley - I Luv U (Bootleg)
Benga and Coki - Night
Omni Trio - Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP)

www.myspace.com/djmixmasterdoc