1. 1 week ago 

    Forces Electric @ Ginglick 25th May // Octane & DLR, ES.TEREO

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    West London’s most forward thinking Drum & Bass party, Forces Electric, returns to the subterranean lair that is Ginglik this coming Friday 25th May.

    Heading the bill are heavy hitting northerners, Octane & DLR. The pair have made a name for themselves with a hard and techy palette of bass and drum, verging on the experimental but firmly locked on the dancefloor. Releasing music via, among others, Dispatch Recordings and that mighty institution Renegade Hardware, they’re 9 years in the game now and bubbling along nicely. Get practicing your screwface NOW.

    Next up on the bill is Berlin’s Es.tereo. On a deeper tip, there is a disticntly German influence to music from this producer’s corner. 170 BPM rhythms are decoded and streamlined, timed against lush, washy synths and injected into impossible reverb environments. The result is what I imagine Monolake would come up with, had he been a drum & bass head.

    Forces Electric curators Oliver Yorke & Candie will also be taking to the decks. Reflecting their love for all things drum, expect to be hit by the deep and introspective, to the hard and serious. The pair have been hard at work, with various bits and pieces in the pipeline,. Just check their soundcloud pages to see what I mean. Expect to hear a lot of these fresh dubs and more on the night. I’m also told we should expect a joint release from them on Plush Recordings soon. More on that soon…

    Forces Electric aims to reflect the intelligent side of Drum & Bass. During the last few years this sub-strand of 170 bpm has exploded in popularity around world, due to the rise of breakaway artists like dBridge, Alix Perez, Commix, and Instra:Mental, which is redefining the dancefloor. This is the antidote to all the DJ Hazards, Wilkinsons and Original Sins of this world that have been trying their hardest to eradicate the music from Drum & Bass music for so long now… But you’ve probably read my moans about the rise and fall and rise again, of Drum & Bass already, so enough of that. If you want the good stuff, the minimal, the maximal, the autonomic, and the deadly, make sure you head West next Friday.

    No advance tickets, but it’s just £6 before 10pm (£8 after) at Ginglik, 1 Shepherds Bush Green, London W12 8PH

    http://www.forceselectric.com/

    https://twitter.com/ForcesElectric

    https://www.facebook.com/events/354348037947028/

    Line up:

    OCTANE & DLR
    (Dispatch/Renegade Hardware/C4C)
    ES.TEREO (over from BERLIN!)
    (Deep Soul Music/Urban Poetry)
    OLIVER YORKE
    (Soundtrax Records)
    CANDIE
    (Plush Recordings)
    THE BEAT HUB SOUNDSYSTEM
    (thebeathub.co.uk)

    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/forces-electric-ginglick-25th-may-octane-dlr
  2. 1 week ago 

    Friday Mix: Justin Martin Crack Magazine Mixtape #19

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    This has been on repeat all week while I have been plugging away endlessly in my spreadsheets.

    Justin Martin compiles a compelling assortment of some of these wierdest club music you’ll hear anywhere right now, for Crack Magazine’s mix series.

    Head over to http://crackmagazine.net//crackmixes/48/justinmartinmix/ to get your copy.

    Tracklist:

    Pal Joey & Teedy G - Life Accapella
    Dauwd - Ikopol
    John Tejada - Mono On Mono
    Mak & Pasteman - Heat (Bondax Remix)
    Chris Brann, P’taah, Tiombe Lockhart - Dance Until We Die (Kenny Dope Remix)
    Doc Daneeka & Benjamin Damage - Battleships
    Klubfilter - Illumination (In The Garden Of Love)
    Maribou State - Got Me Down (Bondax Remix)
    Unknown - Unknown
    Sepehr - Apple Bottoms
    Noi - Imperfections
    Groove Armada - Oh Tweek To Me
    Kill Frenzy & Nick Monaco - This1that1
    Machinedrum - Van Vogue
    Justin Martin - Ruff Stuff
    Unknown - Unknown
    Justin Martin - Hood Rich (Extended Edit)
    Robag Wruhme - Tulpa Ovi

    The American producer treads an invisible line between serious dancefloor and psyched-out weirdness. A highlight from the mix is his track ‘Hood Rich’ which is a spaced out booty shaker, peppered with pitch-twisted vocal samples and a booming, delay sync’d bass line which reminds me somewhat of Metro Area’s Miura. It’s very good.

    You can buy that at Beatport: http://www.beatport.com/release/ghettos-and-gardens/889296

    That is all. Have a lovely weekend.

    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/friday-mix-justin-martin-crack-magazine-mixta
  3. 2 weeks ago 

    I Love Bass Music 1 Year Compilation - Free Download

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    Last night I stumbled on this actually rather excellent compilation of unknown artists, over on I Love Bass Music’s Bandcamp page. You can listen and download from the player below:

     

    Styles range from the dubstep & garage influenced, to slower BPMs reflecting disco & boogie. And then there’s all this weird stuff in between where it gets very interesting indeed.

    For 17 artists who, as far as I know are quite unknown and potentially unreleased, the level of quality on this release is high. It’s also a ‘name your price’ priced album. So you could download it for free (if you are the evil sort), or if you’re one of the few who believes an artist should get paid for their effort, you can choose to pay them as much as you like.

    I Love Bass Music appears to be frantic collective of Canadian music enthusiasts who are posting, sharing and generally bigging up the music they love in every way they can get their hands on.

    You can join their thought stream by ‘liking’ the facebook page, and watching it all roll into your newsfeed: https://www.facebook.com/FutureBassface

    http://ilovebassmusic.bandcamp.com/

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    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/i-love-bass-music-1-year-compilation-free-dow
  4. Notes: 16 / 2 weeks ago  from postdubstep
    postdubstep: Cooly G Announces Debut Album”South London house starlet Cooly G’s long-awaited debut album has been officially announced.Real name Merissa Campbell, Cooly G has been releasing music since 2008, when her CD-R Dub Organiser releases (featuring Cooly classics like ‘Dubplated’ and ‘Dis Boy Pt. 4′ were sold independently to London record stores. Her first vinyl release, ‘Narst’ was signed to Hyperdub later that year, and although Cooly’s releases since have been sporadic, she’s retained a strong fanbase for her juxtaposition of tough London beats and floaty, more ethereal musical elements.Cooly’s last single ‘Landscapes’ emphasised her voice – which she often uses on her tracks – more than any before, and it’s suspected that her debut album will expand on the vocal side of her work. It’s titledPlayin’ Me, and will be released on July 17 through Hyperdub. Tracklist:01. He Said I Said02. What This World Needs Now03. Come Into My Room04. Landscapes (features Sinbad)05. Good Times06. Sunshine07. Trying08. Playin Me09. Trouble10. What Airtime11. It’s Serious (features Karizma)12. Is It Gone13. Up In My Head” (via FACT)

    postdubstep:

    Cooly G Announces Debut Album
    ”South London house starlet Cooly G’s long-awaited debut album has been officially announced.Real name Merissa Campbell, Cooly G has been releasing music since 2008, when her CD-R Dub Organiser releases (featuring Cooly classics like ‘Dubplated’ and ‘Dis Boy Pt. 4′ were sold independently to London record stores. Her first vinyl release, ‘Narst’ was signed to Hyperdub later that year, and although Cooly’s releases since have been sporadic, she’s retained a strong fanbase for her juxtaposition of tough London beats and floaty, more ethereal musical elements.
    Cooly’s last single ‘Landscapes’ emphasised her voice – which she often uses on her tracks – more than any before, and it’s suspected that her debut album will expand on the vocal side of her work. It’s titledPlayin’ Me, and will be released on July 17 through Hyperdub.

    Tracklist:
    01. He Said I Said
    02. What This World Needs Now
    03. Come Into My Room
    04. Landscapes (features Sinbad)
    05. Good Times
    06. Sunshine
    07. Trying
    08. Playin Me
    09. Trouble
    10. What Airtime
    11. It’s Serious (features Karizma)
    12. Is It Gone
    13. Up In My Head”

    (via FACT)

     
  5. 2 weeks ago 

    Soul Foolish Vol. 2

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    Hello, it’s your distracted author here. Apologies for the posting hiatus, real life can be quite demanding sometimes, and unfortunately it’s the blog that seems to suffer every time…

    Getting back to normality on this otherwise completely uneventful Monday morning, I humbly present volume 2 of the Soul Fools series of disco-muscle-flexing mixtapes:

    Works best on an battery powered boom box.

    Promise I’ll be back soon! Until then.http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/soul-fools-vol-2
  6. 2 weeks ago 

    Friday Mix: Peverelist Livity Sound Showcase for Benji B

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    Livity Sound is a new label project being lead by Bristol’s Peverelist. Better known for being one of dubstep’s household names - as far as the deeper side of the genre is concerned - Peverelist (or more recently, just Pev) started Livity Sound to house the more techno-influenced music that he, and fellow label mates Kowton and Asusu have been producing recently.

    I personally find this music absolutely fascinating. Pev’s mixes really breathe life into this style - something I find impossible to do myself when dealing with this particular falvour of techno-influenced bass music. Best just leave it to Pev then…

    So this week’s Friday mix is an extract from Benji B’s Radio 1 show from last month, that Peverelist rather helpfully posted online just over a week ago, showcasing this new direction. Have a listen:

    And, if you like this, you can also download another similar, but somewhat more comprehensive mix he did for Sonic Router from a while back:

    Livity Sound take over Room 1 at Fabric on 6th April.
    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/friday-mix-peverelist-livity-sound-showcase-f
  7. Notes: 1 / 2 weeks ago 

    Moresounds - Breath Control EP + a Free Download

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    OK, so it’s me again. Drowning in the sea of information, music and very occasionally witty banter that is the internet, I have been once again distracted for too long by the REAL WORLD. That is the place where I actually make a difference - and also get paid. I ask you once again to forgive.

    So to business - there are so many things I want to post on here - but I’ve got to start somewhere. I have been planning to write about one of my favourite artists, Om Unit, as well lots of other things, for quite some time, but for now you’re just going to have to copy and paste that name in Google to see what I mean. More on him later. What I think you should hear right now though, is Moresounds.

    Moresounds is a French producer (say what you like about the French, but can’t deny they are bloody good on the buttons) who is about to put out an EP onCosmic Bridge (label boss: Om Unit), which is a collection of serious mutated hip-hop / dub / juke jungle business. He did this mix unreleased material along these lines, see & enjoy below:

    It’s pretty refreshing and punchy. Lots of ups and downs. Lots of subs…

    Moresounds’ breath Control EP is out on May 21st, on Cosmic Bridge. 

    BONUS: If you head over to Lowriders Collective, you can read a bit more, and download the final track from the EP, Cannabis, for free. Links to read and download below:
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    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/moresounds-breath-control-ep-a-free-download
  8. 1 month ago 
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  9. 2 months ago 

    Ollie Macfarlane - Peculiar EP [Free Download]

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    My, what a lovely, sunny Monday it is here in lovely south London.

    I’m starting my week with a free EP of remixes from futuristic garage maestro Ollie MacFarlane. Ollie’s is the last record to be released on Dual Signal Records, which has had a string of eclectic releases since it was set up in May 2010 by Kynch & Toronto Is Broken.

    Straight out of Bristol, Ollie’s sound is packed with colour, detail and soul. The EP kicks off with his VIP rework of the original - which breaks up the euphoric 2 step flow into a dark, halting dubstep break. Remixes from Velvet Crab, DSR’s Toronto Is Broken, Phortysiks and Sepia, take the distant soulful vocal sample and wrap it round a deep house groove, a 140BPM jungle smasher, a searing dubstep tear-out and a minimal-ised garage joint respectively.
    However, my personal favourite has to be the last track - the original. It’s a pumping 4x4 number, which effortlessly balances the beautiful processed vocals against a wobbling old-skool bassline rigged to explode a dance floor.

    The EP is free to download, either single tracks via Soundcloud, or you can cop the whole thing in an rar file here:

    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16513145/DualSignal011%20Peculiar%20EP/DualSignal011%20-%20Ollie%20Macfarlane%20-%20Peculiar%20EP.rar

    Bristol based heads can catch Ollie mixing for LFO Presents: Bullet Train Takeover at Basement 45, Saturday April 28th.

    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/ollie-macfarlane-peculiar-ep-free-download
  10. 2 months ago 

    THEM @ CORSICA STUDIOS - THIS SAT (17th March)

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    Just a quick one to big up team THEM, who are holding another excellent party this weekend at Elephant & Castle’s Corsica Studios.

    Saturday’s proceedings include DJ sets from 2562, Pinch, Dark Sky, Pariah, Kinky Leighton, Ruffick and more. I’m also told that a very special guest will be gracing buttons in the main room. Make no mistake. You don’t want to miss this.

    Less than 50 final release tickets are still available on this link: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?332832 and more on the door.
    Chop chop.

    I leave you with the latest mixes in the THEM series. Massive shouts Tripper and Kinky Leighton, here we go!

    http://basslinestudies.posterous.com/them-corsica-studios-this-sat-17th-march
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