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Live Review: Feeder / Chilli Jesson – o2 Institute, Birmingham 16.03.24
Feeder are back on the road in the build up to their latest release double album Black/ Red Arriving at a rainy o2 Institute in Birmingham I was confronted with the longest queue for a gig I’ve seen in a long time, anticipation for this Feeder show was high, a quick sell out show on …
EXCLUSIVE: FORCE MASS MOTION DROPS AN EXCLUSIVE TAKEOVER MIX FOR BACKSEAT MAFIA AHEAD OF HIS NEW TRACK ‘PIECE OF MIND’
Ahead of the release of his new Track ‘Piece of Mind’, which drops on his Force Mass Motion Recordings label June 24th, we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from the UK rave, hardcore and jungle legend ‘Force Mass Motion‘. Check it out on the Backseatmafia Mixcloud & Soundcloud accounts below: Backseat Mafia · …
New Music: Imaginary Number – YUKUWHT001 EP
Before we kick off with the first vinyl only release from Yuku, here is a little info on one of my new favorite labels that’s hitting it out the park with their Bass, IDM, Experimental, Down Tempo, Drum and Bass. YUKU is a record store, label, gallery, and exploratory space located in Žižkov, Prague. Brimming …
Track: Bass artist Alex Thesleff releases the pulsating techno of ‘Timeflow’
Taking inspiration from the likes of Sigur Ros, Godspeed You Black Emporer, Aphex Twin and more, Helsinki born and based bass artists Alex Thesleff is releasing his new single, ‘TImeflow’ tomorrow (August 20th) on the Cashir Label. Most well known for his track ‘Bad Karma’ which soundtracked the Adidas Faster Than campaign and received over …
New Music: Fearful & MTWN – Exordium
Fearful (Chris Murray) & MTWN (Dimitri Mathieu, Maxime Mathieu) colloaborate once more to bring a solid mixture of tuff beats and heavy bass. From the beautiful dark soundscapes of ‘Altered State‘ and ‘A murder of Crows‘ to club focused ‘8’s & Nines‘ and ‘Twelve Over‘. Conjuring up images of a post apocalyptic future, a journey …
Album Review: Machinedrum – ‘A View Of U’
As Machinedrum, LA-based producer Travis Stewart has been steadily outputting innovative records broadly influenced by rave, jungle, hip hop and soundsystem music for the past two decades. 2011’s breakthrough album Room(s), released on Planet Mu, came the same year as the Sepalcure, a collaboration with Praveen Sharma aka Braille, self-titled debut album. He’s since gone …
Track: Sweyn Jupiter – ‘Not One Of Us’ ft. DJ NA & J Black
Taken from his debut EP Sweyn Flu, which is coming out via the brilliant Night Slugs label, Sweyn Jupiter has revealed a new track – Not one of us. Swathed in wind pipes and bass, giving it this almost oriental feel, it features enigmatic rapper J Black, and has been co-produced by DJ NA of …
Track: Sherwood & Pinch – Retribution, plus new album details
Bass legends Adrian Sherwood and Rob Ellis, aka Sherwood and Pinch, have streamed a track – Retribution, taken from their forthcoming ‘Man vs Sofa’ album, due out on On-U Sound vs Tectonic Recordings on February 25th. The new album see’s the pair move more into the proverbial shadows, with the the beats darker and hinting …
See: Pattern reveal new album Ψ, plus visuals for Sonne
With their third album Ψ (pronounced Psi – a volatile symbol perfectly linked to their tripped out tracks), due out on the inimitable Warp Records on 16th September, the mysterious pattern have released a new video for the track Sonne. The identities of the group, and indeed its size have often left room for speculation …
Win Tickets to See Congo Natty / Sherwood & Pinch and more at Koko
Jungle music legend Congo Natty heads to KOKO in London on June 13th. Its a unique opportunity to catch one of the real game changers of the underground UK scene in action, and he’s bringing a stellar line up with him. We’ve featured Sherwood & Pinch, aka Dub Legend Adrian Sherwood and the golden boy …