The end of dumb and bass

DnB is all over radio 1 and now all over a national broadsheet too for the first time in god knows how long. Blu Mar Ten's response on their blog is interesting too but I don't think this is ever how me have measured success before!!

Read Blue Mar Ten on the Independant article

via A real fake

NZ Aftermath mix by... DOC SCOTT!

Yo. This one amazed me. I am sorry to say that Doc Scott as well as being an all time personal hero too often plays some of my least favourite sets. With the a record box as deep as his it's never anthem bashing but just really uninspiring techy beats for an hour or two or maybe so minimal I would check out room 2,3,4,5,6,7 or the freezing cold outside area just past the exit.

This mix is different though, wobbles slightly at around 20 mins but he pulls it back round to deliver one of the most musical mixes I have heard in years from Scotty. Wicked.

Download NZ Aftermath by Doc Scott

0:00 High contrast - Everything Is Different (Calibre Remix) [HOSPITAL]
05:09 Furney - This Found You (Ft. Ama)
11:23 Chris Inperspective - Heather’s Hot Waffles [EXIT]
16:03 Bal - Rememberance (Vampire Records Dub)
20:27 ??? - ???
25:24 Soul Intent - Send the Word [31R]
30:31 ??? - ???
34:51 Calibre – All The Days [SIGNATURE]
39:02 Furney - Goodbye [31R]
44:08 Alix Perez - Vanguard [SHOGUN]
48:52 Calibre - Lazy Rock [N/A]
52:40 Lynx - Distance Zero [DEEP SOUL MUSIC]
58:15 Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes (Marky & Bungle Remix) [BOOTLEG]
62:59 Commix - Japanese Electronics [METALHEADZ]
69:40 Source Direct - Secret Liasons [GOOD LOOKING]

Could have sworn Calibre 'Be there' was included too but will double check. Big up Scotty looking forward to the 31 Records LP fo sho.

DJ Flight Instra:mental The Next Chapter 2.4 Pyro radio 28 January

For you lucky people I also have this hand filleted morsel, just the Instra:Mental guest section from Flight's January 28 show on Pyro radio.

Download my tasty fillet here, again with thanks to Russia for the hook up.

Tracklist:

1. Instra:mental - Leave It All Behind [N/A]
2. Commix - Japanese Electronics (Instra:mental Remix) [METALHEADZ]
3. Instra:mental - Photograph [DARKESTRAL]
4. Instra:mental - Dead Zone [DARKESTRAL]
5. Commix - Japanese Electronics (Instra:mental Remix) [METALHEADZ] (2nd time )
6. Instra:mental - Hunter [SOUL:R]
7. Instra:mental - Thugtronix [EXIT]
8. Instra:Mental - No Future [NON PLUS]
9. D-Bridge And Instra:mental - Translucent [DARKESTRAL]
10. Oak - Bedroom Community [N/A]

DJ Flight The Next Chapter Pyro Radio 14 January

For the last couple of years now DJ Flight has really been pushing a mis of dnb and non-dnb in her sets so I'm happy that I have finally caught up with her new residency at pyro radio. This is January's episode t- think I'm feeling the downtempo end of this set the most, last handful of tunes in particular.

Download The Mightly Flighty 14 January 2009 - thanks to Russia for the hook up.

Tracklist:

Redeyes ft Grimm - Out Of My Head
Chris Inp & Diamond Eye - Bulla Smash
Atom - Breathe In
Usual Suspects - Sapphire 7 - 31
Calibre - Hard Times - Liquid V
Calibre - In Denial - Soul:R
Q-Project - Tweaker
Edward Oberon - Shadowland
Lomax - Metal Flange (Heist Remix) - Co Lab
Spinline - Rat Ride
Instra:mental - No Future - NonPlus+
Dilemma - Spring Box (Matrix Dub Mix) - Genetic Stress
Icicle - RAF
Dan Miracle - Hyperbolic Time Chamber
Naibu - Untitled - Warm Communications
Seba - 34 Alpha
Data - Abstractions - Metalheadz
Instra:mental & dBridge - Detuned
Bal - Demon Lover
Blocks & Escher - Heartshaped
Deep Blue - Immersion (Remix)
VIVEK - Strategy
VIVEK - Groove On
Jus Wan - Dreamin
Shed - Another Wedged Chicken (Martyn Remix) - Ost Gut
Ramadanman - Humber - Apple Pips
Spinline - Barberia
Madd - Why

Commix Datatransmission house and techno podcast DTPodcast035

Following the theme of dnb artists diversifying, big dogs Commix put out this house/techno/garage mix. Nice stuff too and featuring an artist called Martin "Buttritch" - the icing on the cake I'm sure you'll agree.

Tracklisting:

1. Ben Watt - Guinea Pig
2. Two Armadilos - Hamlin
3. Johnny D - Orbitallife
4. Nick Curly - Forecast
5. Martin Landsky - Let Me Dance (Sebo K Remix)
6. Nick Curly - Sinus
7. Will Saul - Sequential Circus (Gui Borrato Remix)
8. Radio Slave - Bell Clap Dance (Sebo K Remix)
9. Martin Buttrich - Lost My Wallet
10. Julien Chaptal - Baffle
11. Loco Dice - How Do I Know?
12. Raudive - Christmas Tree
13. Jona - Antiplano
14. Shakedown - At Night (Martin Buttrich Remix)
15. The Viewers - Streethorn (Ben Watt Re:Edit)

download Commix going all 4/4

I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

OK, OK, just a quick one though my poor neglected webpage.

I was interested to read (not for the first time by any means) about the death and near certain demise of drum and bass while on an occasional visit to http://www.dogsonacid.com/, which, like everyone, I used to frequent when it was like really cool but not any more because it isn't and that's the kind of shallow, whimsical show pony that I am. The broad consensus seemed to be that it is indeed dead (in my glass half full world anyway - there was no decisive evidance to the contrary).

If you go by how many posts there are every day on dogs on acid it would certainly seem like it and the scene does seem to be lacking any leadership or any consensus. Big guns seemingly abandoning the creative focus that made them big guns. No one taking their place. Nu skoolers not even making it past the dubstep section in the record store. There is still (some) great music being made but it seems like more people are writing off drum and bass than are converting to it and we know what that means.

The only reason this blog exists is because of the impact of dubstep/skull disco/future garage/wonky/slow house/bass/whatever had on dnb with even long time heads being turned. Some people listened and carried on making dnb that was more like dubstep, plenty now make both dnb and dubstep and some like Martyn converted entirely to the nu groove with international success.

Now there is great dnb but it seems spread more thinly than ever before.

February dnb reccomends:

Furney - So Ca Toah / This found you - Red Mist
Eveseon - Mesmorize - Shogun Limited / SGN:Ltd
Mixmaster Doc - Exodus - BIOS
Calibre - Be there - Integral
Klute - Ashram - Commercial Suicide
MJ Cole - Sincere (Eveson bootleg mix)
Soulmatic - Self belief - Good Looking

Props also to Marcus Intalex at Soul:R - the Dat Music series 2 is quality, in particular:

Commix - Life we live and Underwater Scene
Lomax - Resist
Instra:mental - Hunter

My bag isn't exactly bulging though.

Spatial - Infrasonics 001 - 80207 / 70810

Hello February! At last. Snowy? yes, but still much better than January.



Keeping things downtempo for the time being - a new artist called Spatial with two esoterically labelled tracks '80207' and '70810' on new label Infrasonics. Really nice work, garagey but stripped down, with a definate Burial influence but not so much that you feel like getting a lawyer involved. More of this please.

Listen:

http://www.stholdings.co.uk/cat/soundclip/SOUNDCLIPINFRA001.mp3