J. Robinson & Gantz – The Maasai / Misread

8.5

Rating

I think it’s about time we added J.Robinson to the list of exceptionally talented, brooding new-school artists including Clarity, Overlook, Sam KDC, and Ruffhouse to name just a few.

With a handful of accomplished releases on a variety of top labels including Renegade Hardware, Loxy‘s Cylon & Ink’s Architecture, … Read More

FIVE STEPS: Bungle

I don’t think I’m alone when I say the latest release from one of Brazil’s most accomplished artists on Soul:R is the finest of 2013 so far: both sides of the single as breathtaking beautiful and technically proficient as the other. A … Read More

FIVE STEPS: Phil Tangent

After the success of his second single on Marcus Intalex’s Soul:R at the close of 2012 – ‘Restitution’ / ‘Squaring The Circle’ – we caught up with Phil Tangent, giving us his Five Steps from recording to cassette from PS1 to his … Read More

Beastie Respond – Fictitious Nostalgia LP

9.5

Rating

Testament to the globality of 170 Drum & Bass as we now know it that such a unique, spellbinding release can emanate from the Danish heartland of all places, a wonderful triumvirate of artist, label, and Kasper Pyndt’s icy, conservatist artwork.

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RETROSPECTIVE: Pendulum – Hold Your Colour

Where to start on the delicate matter that is Pendulum’s rather controversial rise to mega-stardom… Kanye West’s impromptu stage crash at the 2009 VMA Awards springs to mind. Pissing on their own bonfire perhaps another analogy we could use after effectively jumping ship … Read More

UE.12: Jae B

Well hello and Happy New Year to you all, folks.

Our first mix of 2013 comes from a burgeoning new talent whose bouncy and refined tracks have slotted perfectly into the current vogue of warm, bass-heavy deep house that’s sweeping … Read More

eleven8 – Changing Colours EP

7.5

Rating

Meditative London-based label The Crescent return with a trio of pure unadulterated futurism from the ever-ambivalent eleven8, who brings his typically progressive and unrestrained ethos to the table once more for the Changing Colours EP.

Following on from the frankly … Read More

FIVE STEPS: Justice

Spearheading what we can now look back on as the early seeds of Jungle and Drum & Bass as separate from the musical aesthetics of the late 80s and early 90s, with releases on seminal labels such as Moving Shadow, Creative Wax, … Read More

Gerwin & Nuage – Lying Portraits Ft. 2Shy / Soul Truth

8

Rating

Ushering in a new breed of talented unknowns since its inception in 2009, the Parisian-based IM:LTD has always remained slightly off-kilter not only in terms of output but also approach with a truly multinational roster of artists and some of the most … Read More

FIVE STEPS: Lynx

With 2 stellar releases on Warm Comms and Soul:R within the space of a few weeks, Lynx has once again stepped into the fore following on from the Devil’s In The Detail LP release – one of the finest and most creative artist albums to have emerged from … Read More