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Download: Zero T Ft. Riya – Truth Hurts
February 12, 2014 | Jack Smith
When Riya announced that she was taking a step back from Drum & Bass to concentrate on genres further afield last year we had a little moment to ourselves. T’was a sad day indeed… But although it’s unlikely that we’ll … Read More
Digging Deep: Akito
February 12, 2014 | Jack Smith
London-based club night turned record label Sub Skank has been reaping the success of its foray into music distribution, pushing the sound it had been championing since its embryonic days as a radio show. Fast forward to 2014 and its … Read More
Five Steps: Nymfo
February 10, 2014 | Jack Smith
Since his debut release in 2007 Bardo Camp aka Nymfo has not only engineered some of the finest ‘rollers’ to grace the scene to date but has also cemented himself as one of its finest DJs, especially when championing the … Read More
Five Essentials: Amoss
February 7, 2014 | Jack Smith
To celebrate the launch and first release on the new Melbourne-based Plasma Collaborative imprint, we welcome Amoss to the fold with a new round of Five Essentials. It’s a pretty damn weighty selection as you might expect… Big ups to Andy and James, … Read More
Five Essentials: Gantz
January 27, 2014 | Jack Smith 1
One of the biggest exponents of that sweet, deep Dubstep sound in 2013, Turkish-born Gantz returns in 2014 with his debut on influential label Deep Medi. A sultry, lurking two-parter with brooding ambience and sub-laden goodness in equal measure, ‘Spry Sinister’ confirms … Read More
Five Steps: Voyager
December 26, 2013 | Jack Smith 1
As one of the key exponents of GLR-era atmospheric jungle with a plethora of releases reaching as far back as ’94 with his ‘Knowledge’ Remix on Lucky Spin, Pete Parsons aka. Voyager returns after a four-year hiatus with an emotionally- … Read More
ROTW: VA – Evolution Of The Giraffe LP [Diffrent Music]
December 13, 2013 | Jack Smith 1
I’d like to say Diffrent really have stepped it up a gear with Evolution of the Giraffe but that would be a huge disservice to the countless, quality releases to have come from the label since their somewhat telling debut … Read More
Five Steps: Dom Petrie
December 6, 2013 | Jack Smith
First off, big respect to Ingredients for throwing out a seven (!) track extended player from a relative unknown with undoubted talent who goes by the name of Dom Petrie. Very rare in this day and age indeed, as is … Read More
Five Steps: Need For Mirrors
December 6, 2013 | Jack Smith
Following on from the release of his remix of Skittles’ ‘In For Me’ and Emilio N4M’s solo departure from the name (who is now operating as HLZ), Joe Need For Mirrors is showing no signs of letting up moving towards … Read More
Spotlight: VIVEK
November 15, 2013 | Jack Smith
If there’s one person truly flying the flag for deep – no, positively subterranean – dubstep in 2013, that person is VIVEK. Release number one on his label System was a clear call-to-arms for the sound, not simply because the music was … Read More