WEEKLY SALUTE #30 – BRISTOL DRUM & BASS EVENTS

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Born out of the success of a number of event brands that focus primarily on modern UK soundsystem culture – ‘Bristol Drum & Bass Events’ has grown to become an authority on cutting edge D&B events in Bristol.

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A ship primarily steered by experienced promoter Justin ‘Fash’, the organisation has been putting on some of the best label parties that Bristol has ever seen in recent years. Working alongside some of the scene’s top labels such as Dispatch Recordings, Virus, Shogun Audio & Neosignal, to deliver label focussed lineups and downright unbridled Drum & Bass shenanigans – most notably to regular Dispatch parties at the Black Swan, which i personally believe to be some of the best D&B events in the UK.

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The next event on the radar for Fash and his crew is the next Dispatch Recordings label party, DLR’s ’Dreamland’ Album Launch at Blue Mountain. Featuring Icicle, Marcus Intalex, DLR, Zero T, DBR UK, Kyrist, Onset, MC Fokus + residents (Flyer above).

You can catch a full and uncut interview with ‘Fash’, of ‘Bristol Drum & Bass Events’, this coming Saturday 5th November on the Infidelity Records show on UJIMA 98fm – he’ll also be bringing label stalwart DLR with him for an interview.

If you can’t catch it live on 98FM Bristol or online at Tunein.com, then you’ll be able to hear it on the podcast version of the show, which will be available to download the following week from the Infidelity Records soundcloud.

You can listen back to the radio show archive at the Infidelity Records soundcloud.

www.bristoldrumandbassevents.co.uk
www.facebook.com/bristoldrumandbassevents

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WEEKLY SALUTE #29 – ENEI

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Enei is Russia’s premier D&B export. Hailing from Saint Petersburg, Western Russia, he has almost a decade of strong releases across his extensive back cat – including 2 critically acclaimed LP’s on Critical Recordings.

Since 2011 he has released almost exclusively with the Critical, after a spate of singles with the likes of Icarus, Blackout Music, Citrus, Fokuz and more.

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A goto producer for a whole bunch of the scene’s biggest names, his seminal anthems ‘Runnin ft. Georgia Yates’, ‘Circles ft. Sam Wills’ & Liberation, are sure to go down in D&B folk law as some of the most recognisably-brilliant rolling tracks of the 21st century.

His latest offering is a 4 track EP featuring remixes by Break, Signal, Fre4knc & Current Value, of tracks of his most recent LP ‘Rituals’.

www.soundcloud.com/enei
www.facebook.com/eneiofficial

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WEEKLY SALUTE #28 – CURRENT VALUE

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Current Value executed probably the the most successful transition from the more obscure sounds of harder edged D&B, when in 2015 he traded ‘pots & pans’ for modern day Tech/Neurofunk.

Having been a staple on harder edged labels such as Tech Freak, Position Chrome, Subsistenz, Barcode, PRSPCT & many more since the late 90’s – his EP as part of Critical’s Binary series in 2015, certainly took many an avid D&B connoisseur by complete surprise. He soon after went on to sign material to Blackout Music, Invisible, Bad Taste, Cyberfunk, Trendkill & the major-backed RAM Records – all before putting out his 10th (YES TENTH!!) studio LP, Biocellulose, on Critical in 2016 – the pinnacle of a staggering back catalogue that spans 3 decades.

Work rate aside, the quality of CV’s output only continues to improve, as he begins to take on the mantle of being the one of the top producers in the game right now.

Listen below to examples of some of his new & older material, side by side.

www.soundcloud.com/tim-e-aka-current-value
www.facebook.com/currentvalue/
www.youtube.com/user/CurrentValueMusic

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Creatures – Alchemical EP (ARTWORK FIRST LOOK)

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We are coming closer to our next release, so thought we would share the artwork for Creatures – ‘Alchemical EP’

Here is the last release we had from Creatures which gained support from
S.P.Y, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Rene Lavice, Mind Vortex, Aphrodite, Villem, Concord Dawn, Chris SU, M­Soul & S27, Ray Keith, Aries + many more.

For your 1st listen of the Alchemical EP, stay tuned to our radio show on Ujima 98FM Bristol UK, DAB or Worldwide online here

 

 

WEEKLY SALUTE #27 – SERUM

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One of the most original producers to have emanated from D&B in the last decade, Serum has built a reputation as a go to guy for the tastier Jungle – DNB crossover styles. A genuine stalwart for labels such as Dread, Philly Blunt, V Recordings & Run Tingz Recordings for his solo work, as well as regular collaborations with Bladerunner – a name that he became almost synonymous with at one point – and more recently with the prolific Voltage.

You can check out tracks from both of those collaborative partnerships below, one of which – Snake Fist VIP, is available as a free download from soundcloud.

https://soundcloud.com/serum
https://www.facebook.com/serumdnb
https://twitter.com/serumdnb

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WEEKLY SALUTE #26 – BREAK

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CER TI FIED LEGEND. Bristol’s mac-daddy of organic sounding beats, Break, is returning with his 4th studio LP on his own Symmetry Recordings – ’10 Years Of Symmetry’ – to celebrate a decade of one of our personal favourite labels. Due for full release on 28th October 2016 and featuring collaborations with Total Science, Spectrasoul, DLR & Boston.

His distinctive, original sound is celebrated as some of D&B’s finest exports and i think it’s safe to say Break commands respect from beyond the confines of just this scene. With a mouth watering back cat stretching back to 2003 fully endorsing this, it’s actually a challenge finding music of his that you wouldn’t play.

His releases have been put out across a plethora of highly respected labels such as RAM Records, Digital Soundboy, Metalheadz, Dispatch, Critical, Playaz, Commerical Suicide & obviously Symmetry, as mentioned before.

www.symmetryrecordings.co.uk
www.soundcloud.com/symmetry-recordings
www.facebook.com/SymmetryRecordings
www.twitter.com/SymmetryHQ

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