Style: Drum and Bass
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Shogun Audio
Cat# SHA182
Review: Shogun's resident soul merchants are back with their first EP since 2018, a long period which reflects the time taken to produce their unbelievable debut album last year. The train is back in motion, however, and the Method EP is aligned with the diversity of sound and depth of soul they displayed on Research & Development. The title track is a darker touch, a rolling, moody tune that swells in the bassline and cuts through in the percussion, a track that's tailor made for the reopening of raves this summer. KSR gets involved on the effortlessly soulful 'Breathless', which ripples with summer funk in a dreamy, heady kind of way, and there's another superb garage outing on 'Stamina Creux'. A 140 EP from these guys would not go amiss, that's for sure. Superb EP.
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Shogun Audio
Cat# SHA182
Review: Shogun's resident soul merchants are back with their first EP since 2018, a long period which reflects the time taken to produce their unbelievable debut album last year. The train is back in motion, however, and the Method EP is aligned with the diversity of sound and depth of soul they displayed on Research & Development. The title track is a darker touch, a rolling, moody tune that swells in the bassline and cuts through in the percussion, a track that's tailor made for the reopening of raves this summer. KSR gets involved on the effortlessly soulful 'Breathless', which ripples with summer funk in a dreamy, heady kind of way, and there's another superb garage outing on 'Stamina Creux'. A 140 EP from these guys would not go amiss, that's for sure. Superb EP.
Style: Breakbeat
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Lagaffe Tales
Cat# BROT05
Review: Earning a reputation through his series of Brot records that Icelandic producer Felix Leifur has released through Lagaffe Tales, the artist turns in a fifth title taking in the one collaboration with Will & Ink head honcho, Frits Wentink. With the ambient reprise "Gitarglams" to finish things off, Leifur ventures through a soundwalk of hybrid footwork and electro in "Listerine Munnskol" to deeper ghetto house in "Bruiseblood". Next to that you'll find something trippier, chemical and jungle inspired in "Michael Buble Vont Vedur", with a soulful, industrial and electro number hitting the spot in "Bloodsport".
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Lagaffe Tales
Cat# BROT05
Review: Earning a reputation through his series of Brot records that Icelandic producer Felix Leifur has released through Lagaffe Tales, the artist turns in a fifth title taking in the one collaboration with Will & Ink head honcho, Frits Wentink. With the ambient reprise "Gitarglams" to finish things off, Leifur ventures through a soundwalk of hybrid footwork and electro in "Listerine Munnskol" to deeper ghetto house in "Bruiseblood". Next to that you'll find something trippier, chemical and jungle inspired in "Michael Buble Vont Vedur", with a soulful, industrial and electro number hitting the spot in "Bloodsport".
Style: BreakBeat, Funk, Funky Breaks, Soul, Hip-hop
Out: 9/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Bombstrikes
Cat# BOMBFUNKB008
Review: Following fine outings from Fort Knox Five, the Allergies, Smoove and Marc Hype, amongst others, Bomb Strikes' reliable Funk N' Beats compilation series returns with rising star X-Ray Ted at the controls. In keeping with the series' heavyweight, funk-fuelled style, the Bristol-based DJ and beat-maker has gathered together a killer collection of soul, hip-hop and funk club cuts, with a smattering of more laidback numbers to keep things fresh. Highlights are plentiful throughout, with our picks including the boom-bap brilliance is Aldo Vanucci's tidy remix of 'All Down' by Mr Doris and D-Funk, the dancefloor jazz heaviness of Nostalgia 77's 'Changes', the cut-and-paste craziness of Double Dee & Steinski's 'Jazz' and the disco-funk masterclass that is X-Ray Ted's own 'Party Time'.
Out: 9/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Bombstrikes
Cat# BOMBFUNKB008
Review: Following fine outings from Fort Knox Five, the Allergies, Smoove and Marc Hype, amongst others, Bomb Strikes' reliable Funk N' Beats compilation series returns with rising star X-Ray Ted at the controls. In keeping with the series' heavyweight, funk-fuelled style, the Bristol-based DJ and beat-maker has gathered together a killer collection of soul, hip-hop and funk club cuts, with a smattering of more laidback numbers to keep things fresh. Highlights are plentiful throughout, with our picks including the boom-bap brilliance is Aldo Vanucci's tidy remix of 'All Down' by Mr Doris and D-Funk, the dancefloor jazz heaviness of Nostalgia 77's 'Changes', the cut-and-paste craziness of Double Dee & Steinski's 'Jazz' and the disco-funk masterclass that is X-Ray Ted's own 'Party Time'.
Style: BreakBeat, Uk Techno, Uk House, UK Hardcore
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Yom Tum
Cat# YT002
Review: Under the Ejeca alias, Gerry McCartney has regularly delivered retro-futurist singles that draw inspiration from vintage UK house and techno. This album, his full-length debut, takes this approach even further, delivering a non-stop, sweat-soaked journey through brand new rave and UK hardcore-inspired productions recorded in Southend-on-Sea last December. There's much to enjoy throughout, from the almost overwhelmingly loved-up opener, 'Rainfall', and the skittish, US garage-influenced breakbeat hardcore haziness of 'Need You', to the piano-powered happy hardcore hedonism of 'My Love', mind-melting 'Variant' and rushing 'Tell Me'. Also superb is closing cut 'Sunrise', a fittingly titled conclusion tailor made for sound-tracking sun-up moments at remote mountain raves.
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Yom Tum
Cat# YT002
Review: Under the Ejeca alias, Gerry McCartney has regularly delivered retro-futurist singles that draw inspiration from vintage UK house and techno. This album, his full-length debut, takes this approach even further, delivering a non-stop, sweat-soaked journey through brand new rave and UK hardcore-inspired productions recorded in Southend-on-Sea last December. There's much to enjoy throughout, from the almost overwhelmingly loved-up opener, 'Rainfall', and the skittish, US garage-influenced breakbeat hardcore haziness of 'Need You', to the piano-powered happy hardcore hedonism of 'My Love', mind-melting 'Variant' and rushing 'Tell Me'. Also superb is closing cut 'Sunrise', a fittingly titled conclusion tailor made for sound-tracking sun-up moments at remote mountain raves.
Style: BreakBeat-Techno
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Naive
Cat# NAIVE014
Review: Violet is back with a bang: after a hiatus, she has delivered an album for Naivety and now this killer EP on its parent imprint. The title track gets Espirito off to an impressive start, with steely kicks and razor sharp percussion providing a backdrop for recycled house stabs. On "After Forever", she ventures down a techno-focused route, with a dense, rolling groove fused with a busy sample soundscape and frazzled electronic riffs. "Psyche" sees the Portuguese producer go deeper as a busy, funk-led arrangement calls to mind Claude Young's production for the DJ Kicks series. Eris Drew has been tapped to rework "Psyche", with the reshape diving deeper into break beat techno.
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Naive
Cat# NAIVE014
Review: Violet is back with a bang: after a hiatus, she has delivered an album for Naivety and now this killer EP on its parent imprint. The title track gets Espirito off to an impressive start, with steely kicks and razor sharp percussion providing a backdrop for recycled house stabs. On "After Forever", she ventures down a techno-focused route, with a dense, rolling groove fused with a busy sample soundscape and frazzled electronic riffs. "Psyche" sees the Portuguese producer go deeper as a busy, funk-led arrangement calls to mind Claude Young's production for the DJ Kicks series. Eris Drew has been tapped to rework "Psyche", with the reshape diving deeper into break beat techno.
Style: Uk Garage, Breakbeat, Bassline, Breaks, Jungle
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Time Is Now (UK)
Cat# TIN016
Review: Exploding onto the scene is DJ Yosh, a London-based producer that's made waves with a streak of releases that helped set up Constant Sound's sub-label, Vivid. Following a recent debut on the Holding Hands label furthermore, Tactics presents Yosh's third release already for 2021 - which the artist does so through the chilled out pads, dubbed-out vocals and chunks of slow motion jungle in"Drifted" to some slightly higher tempos and bleepy melodies in "Hypnotise Me". With an old school UK sound wrapped up in new production techniques, tracks like "Gen 1" and "Strike Back" sound like they've been pitched down to minus-8 on your turntable, next to or something way crispier and fresh in "Just Like That".
Out: 23/4/2021
Quality: MP3 320 kbps
Label: Time Is Now (UK)
Cat# TIN016
Review: Exploding onto the scene is DJ Yosh, a London-based producer that's made waves with a streak of releases that helped set up Constant Sound's sub-label, Vivid. Following a recent debut on the Holding Hands label furthermore, Tactics presents Yosh's third release already for 2021 - which the artist does so through the chilled out pads, dubbed-out vocals and chunks of slow motion jungle in"Drifted" to some slightly higher tempos and bleepy melodies in "Hypnotise Me". With an old school UK sound wrapped up in new production techniques, tracks like "Gen 1" and "Strike Back" sound like they've been pitched down to minus-8 on your turntable, next to or something way crispier and fresh in "Just Like That".
Style: Drum and Bass
On Air: 30.04.2021
HQ: MP3 192 kbps
Rar: 164 Mb All Episodes
Radio 1's Drum & Bass Show with Rene LaVice! Rene LaVice has the hottest D&B in the scene. Plus, a fire guest mix from Lenzman.
On Air: 30.04.2021
HQ: MP3 192 kbps
Rar: 164 Mb All Episodes
Radio 1's Drum & Bass Show with Rene LaVice! Rene LaVice has the hottest D&B in the scene. Plus, a fire guest mix from Lenzman.