Mixblog Podcast

Kicking the year off Taelimb has dropped us an exclusive mix absolutley FULL of fresh rolling Drum and Bass bangers!!!

TAELIMB was born and bred in the heart of South London’s creative melting pot. The rising producer spent his teenage years hanging out at Stockwell skate board park, graffing walls and making beats with mates.

Early favourites, such as Ed Rush, Optical, Teebee and Cause For Concern drew him into Drum and Bass production. Taelimb, then still underground and yet to be named, spent years buried in his music; he built up his knowledge of music production and moved deeper into the London Club scene.

8 years later and he has transformed from amateur, to becoming one of the listed ‘ones to watch,’ recognised for his unique take on the D&B and Dubstep movement.

Why? Maybe it’s his complex compositions. Tracks like ‘Depth charge’ show intricate harmonies, resonated over layered samples and then styled to atmospheric depths. Never one to follow the crowd, Taelimb’s gritty urban surroundings fly across his tracks. His experimental sound have rapidly become signatures, stamped and printed across his beats.

Tracklist

1. La Medusa & Bredren - Acqua

2. Rueben - Near you

3. SMG - Come around

4. Ill Truth & Creatures - Taco disco

5. Revan - Rich tea

6. Taelimb & 0b1 - The intrepid

7. Phaeton - Fanatics

8. Nami Ongaku - Transmission

9. Rueben - Spyware

10. Sully - Werk

11. Revival - Theoretical

12. Hadley - Lonley

13. Revaux - The tunnel

14. Amiss - Loophole

15. Sarah - Sines (Ill Truth remix)

16. Dan Structure - Be free

17. Koherant - Dancing soul

18. Roy Green & Protone - French toast

19. Sober Soul - Move it

20. Bob White - Fresh look

21. Hugh Hardie - Face off

22. Koherent - Red lipstick

23. Materialise - muted hue

24. Resslek - Humanoid transistor (feat Freddy b)

25. Revaux - Follow me

26. Trex - Sleep on it

27. Ground - Another night

28. Koherent - Stab trilogy

29. Lavance - The hound

30. Philth, Visionobi & Solah - Weather the Storm

You can catch Taelimb b2b MissLedz @ Rebel Music 4th Birthday - 24th February 2023 @ Fire Nightclub (London).

For those who don’t know, I’ve always been into a variety of genres of electronic music. For this episode, we’re dropping the tempo and changing up the vibe for a journey into all things bass!

I caught up with Constant whilst we were in Sardinia back in September and asked him to do the honours and grace us with a Mixblog entry!

After getting into electronic music through drum and bass well over a decade ago, it didn’t take long for his horizons to broaden to other areas of bass-focused music. With a curious ear and a soft spot for anything with groove, soul or a trippy edge (regardless of tempo), this opened up a world of possibilities as a listener and selector. Outside of the DJ booth, he’s experimenting with his productions and is also a writer for online bass music publication, UKF.

Constant’s 60 minute mix gives us a snapshot of what he’s feeling in the 130-160 BPM range at the moment, taking us through a spectrum of electro, breaks, dubstep and footwork (and much more).

You can check more of his mixes and writing for UKF at the links below

https://soundcloud.com/cobrasoundproductions/submerged-mix-series-vol-1-constant

https://soundcloud.com/constant-music/130-170-mix-jan-2020

https://flow.page/purav-constant

https://ukf.com/author/purav-parmar

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough for Lee Shepherd to ask me to drop of some tunes at DARK IN THE JUNGLE and it got me thinking.

What does JUNGLE mean to me or to you? And with that I curated a playlist for the event...

However, when I stepped up to connect the laptop it wouldn't work. No matter what I tried I just couldn't get the tech to work, so I drew for the back up plan - a memory stick I hastily picked up as I was on the way out of the door.

I plugged it in and realised it wasn't actually one of my memory sticks! It was full of tunes I'd never played before and some I'd only heard for the first time... *Big up to Tommy Baillie for leaving it round mine (y)

The realisation dawned on me I'd have to play this set with someone else tunes, on unfamilar kit and without any practice - but and as I loaded up the 2nd track, it dawned on me - this is what Jungle means to Tom... and with that I ended up playing some tracks that I would never have even thought about as Jungle...

On the drive home after the rave I had another realisation - Jungle covers a broad spectrum of the Drum and Bass scene, from dark amen breaks to soulful medlodic rnb bootlegs and big booming 808's to gnarly twisted basslines, the spectrum is very broad!

And with that I've compiled 2 brand new studio mixes that capture the vibe of that night and what I would define as JUNGLE!!!

The first mix is based on what I was going to play that night, but didn't get the chance.

Blog Enrty #028 - Cemtex presents Dark Jungle Vol 1

Tracklist

1. Chase & Status - Streetlife (Feat. Takura)

2. Breakage - Ask me

3. Chroma - Sovereign

4. dBridge & Jubei - Show Me

5. Ill Truth - Bait

6. Cecil Hotel - Ali Murda

7. Bredren & T-Man - Inferno (Dlr Remix)

8. Logistics - Jungle Music

9. Annix & Simula - On You

10. Nectax & Tyrone - Outlander

11. Workforce & Leroy Horns - Reintegration

12. Andy C & Shimon - Quest (Bladerunner Remix)

13. DLR - The Same Step

14. Clipz - Cuban Links

15. Breakage - So Mars

16. Zero 7 - In The Waiting Line (S.P.Y. Remix)

17. DR S Gachet - Remember The Roller (Bladerunner Remix)

18. Break - Late Exclusive

19. S.P.Y - Dreamcatcher

20. Break - Headz Up

21. Concept 2 - Cause N Effect

22. S.P.Y - Alone in the Dark

23. SyRan - Space Chimes

24. Bungle - Mutant

25. Break & MC Fats - Natural Way

26. Minor Forms - Danger

27. Alix Perez, Fox & DLR - Walk Out

28. Lao Wai - Loose Lips

29. Dogger & Mindstate feat SP:MC - No more moshpits

30. Ray Keith - Dark Soldier (Back In The Day Mix)

Recorded live at Break Thru on 16th July 2022

Tracklist

1. Harland - Moon (Mark System Rremix)

2. Physics - Dreamworld (D Bridge remix)

3. Chroma - 201 Dub

4. Calibre - Crazy for you

5. Jubei - Running scared

6. Lao Wai - Loose lips

7. Calibre - Grabber

8. Mark System - Optix

9. D Bridge - Come again clash dub

10. Blocks & Escher - Something borrowed, Something blue

11. Mark System - Sy-Fi

12. Spectrasoul - Dark hour

13. Dj Friction & K Tee- Untitled blues

14. Redeyes - Let you down

15. Invadhertz & Subdue - Look away

16. Spectrasoul - Second chance

Blog Entry #25 Chris Rockz (90's Era Drum & Bass)

Chris is a Dj and Producer from inner city Birmingham UK and has a vast experience as a DJ. He has dh’d up and down the country for some legendary promoters including Fantazia / Pandemonium / Amazon vs Jungle Fever / Eclipse reunion / Milwaukees reunion to name a few!!

Chris is primarily a multi genre DJ with a focus on Oldskool Hardcore, House, Techno, Jungle, and of course Drum and Bass. Alongside Bullet, Chris also produces dance floor focused Drum and Bass under the alias - Paradigm.

For blog entry #25 Chris takes us on a 60 minute journey into 90’s Era Drum and Bass!

Gig guide

Rave for Danny @ Hare & Hounds (Kings Heath) Birmingham - with Chad Lewis, Mark Pemberton & Glen Aston - 19th August

Wax On @ Hare & Hounds (Kings Heath) Birmingham - with Ellis Dee & Glen Aston - 22nd October

Tracklist -

John B - Secrets

Dillinja - Threshold

Doc Scott - Shadow Boxing

Codename John - Warned

Dillinja - Silver Blade

Ed Rush & Fierce - Locust

Codename John - Deep Inside

Dillinja - Nasty Ways

Dark Ops - The Maze

Dark Ops - Warlock

Dillinja - Acid Track

Doc Scott - Drums VIP

Codename John - Dreams Of Heaven

For blog entry #23 Cemtex takes us on a 70 minute journey into Drum and Bass!

Tracklisting -

ID - ID

NC17 - Blood warden

Data3 - Tric City (Waeys remix)

Trex - Too far(DLR remix)

Creatures feat Crom - Instinct

Amoss - Tinnies & Ciggies

Invadahertz - First sight

DLR, Script & Mc Fokus - Perception (Molecular remix)

DLR - Dafunk

Mistrust - Boxcutter

NC17 & Philth - Earthquake & Typhoon

Ben Soundscape - War Tapes

SL8R - Hot like pepper

Alix Perez, DLR & Fox - Walk Out

Alix Perez & Halogenix - Unlustrious

Alantic Connection - Situations (DLR remix)

Wreckless - What you wanted

Workforce - Observer

Submotive - Cold shoulder

Wingz - Solemn wish

DLR & Alix Perez - Blips

Phentix & Alibi - The Gateway

Workforce - Occurs in the mind

Revan & Solace - Click check

Nectax & Tyrone - Outlander

Disrupta - Karma (Teej remix)

QZB & Survey - Hotline

Low:r - taking things high:r and high:r with every manoeuvre. A key artist on highly respected labels such as Galacy, Liquicity, Spearhead, Soulvent and Program, his funk-fired, soul-packed signature has become more and more of a prominent flavour on the drum & bass menu since his first release in 2016.

Rooted in the rudiments, Ben Downton has always lived a musical life. As an accomplished violin player, and a member of the West Sussex Strings, he performed in cathedrals and churches across the UK throughout his teens. Swapping the bow for the bass guitar, he then played in various bands before electronic music, bass culture and the allure of the studio took over his life.Inspired by the music’s strong sense of community, and driven to constantly rise to the never-ending challenge of production, he first cut his teeth as a dubstep DJ before he developed the Low:r alias you see and hear today.

With a name taken from a factory test unit, and an industrial strength sense of ambition and creativity to match, the Low:r sound is playfully unpredictable and dynamic but consistently charged with a widescreen sense of mischief and musicality. This is reflected both in his scene-supported releases and his DJs sets, which have ranged from shows at the iconic Brixton Electric to the renowned Liquicity Festival, Holland.

With the bookings matching his ever-expanding sound, and spreading further around the D&B-loving globe, Low:r has become a significant member of the new-generation of artists pushing the culture into exciting new directions. With each release growing in size and scale, expect the Low:r sound to become more prominent as we move into the future. Let’s take things high:r.

Latest releases - ‘Beautiful Dreamer' EP is out now on Spearhead Records Link to buy >>> https://fanlink.to/beautifuldreamer

Gig guide

Liquicity Festival @ Geestmerambacht (Netherlands) - 15th to 18th July

Tracklist

1 Aydn, ES.Kay - Through the Dark (Low:r Remix)

2 Screamarts - Hide and Seek

3 Oakwite - Chlorophyll

4 Total Science, Break - Blame You

5 Loz Contreras - Baby It's You

6 Cnof - Soul Hero

7 Mountain - I'm Free (feat. Kojo)

8 LOGISTICS - ALPHA

9 Tantrum Desire - Slay

10 Millbrook, Nova Sky - Choices (feat. Nova Sky)

11 Low:r & Blooom - I Got You're Love

12 Nectax - Babylon Get Weak (feat. Parly B)

13 Waeys & Molecular - Powerstream

14 Low:r - Stuck inside

15 Vektah - Every Time

16 Tweakz & Duktuz - Funk 5000

17 SiLi - FONK

18 Submorphics - Long Been Gone

19 Low:r - Beautiful Dreamer

20 Aydn - Beneath

21 GLXY - Cylindrical

22 GROUND - Hydroponic

23 Lowr & Hiraeth - Stay

24 Future Cut - Busted (Submotive Remix)

25 Stamina MC, Lily Allen, Shy FX - Roll The Dice (feat. Stamina MC & Lily Allen)

26 Ownglow - LA

27 Low:r - Be There Ft. A Little Sound

28 Beeson - Brown Sugar

29 Hiraeth x Lowr - Dark Heart

30 Low:r - I can See

31 SiLi - I Need You (Hyukari Remix)

32 Low:r - Get Movin' VIP

33 Actriser - Flight Path (Remix Aperio & Low:r)

34 Villem - Last One Standing (feat. Tom Wardle)

35 In:Most, Ruth Royall - Back to The Sun feat. Ruth Royall

Jay Dubz

Originally from Wolverhampton and now living in the picturesque town of Shrewsbury, Jay Dubz continues to push his sound to the like-minded.

DJing for just shy of 20 years, his roots come from pirate radio sub-culture where he got his first break on legendary Midlands based pirate station Dimension FM in 2003 at the age of 15. He then went on to found Midlands Rush with Naypan in 2006 - a station specifically catering for quality Underground sounds.

In 2011 he co-founded Shrewsbury based night Perception alongside head promoter Bazland and resident DJ Conspire which brought acts like Goldie, LTJ Bukem, Calibre, Marcus Intalex, Lenzman, Fabio, Grooverider, Bryan G, Jumping Jack Frost, Furney and many more to liven up Shrewsbury in the event’s spiritual home The Vaults and The Buttermarket respectively.

His production venture started in 2017 after CPH popped round one night for a brew and ended in creating Shadow of the Past, a co-lab which was released on Scott Allen’s Soul Deep Recordings imprint. From then on, co-labs and solo releases have been flowing on imprints including Lunar, Influence, Smooth N Groove and more.

He continues to DJ over the UK, pushing his sound which isn’t strictly pigeon holed by any certain sub-genre, so long as it has a vibe and is bass-ridden. He also hosts the Onward Show on Bassdrive.com which airs every second and fourth Friday of the Month, 7-9PM UK time and 1-3PM CDT.

Gig Guide

2/7 - HEAL Festival, Shrewsbury

9/7 - Love Drop, Secret Location, Shrewsbury

6/8 - Sounds of Summer, The Buttermarket, Shrewsbury

H2Flo (How to Flow MC)

Constantly evolving through preparation and practice H2flo is persistently progressing with every performance. With versatile structured vocabulary and a unique approach to lyricism he has managed to maintain residencies up and down the UK.

Tom is currently resident MC for Birmingham’s - Break Thru and Shrewsbury based Subvert and as well as gracing the mic a countless other events - Liquescent, The Forum, Ten Club, Heal Festival, Audio Farm Festival and Rush to name but a few.

Tom is also no stranger to production and alongside Pixel they released a track called Nebula which came out on the mighty Citrus Records imprint.

Gig guide

Ten Club @ Club PST (Digbeth) Birmingham - 24th June

Heal Festival @ West Midlands Showground Shrewsbury - 1st & 2nd July

Break Thru @ Hare & Hounds (Kings Heath) Birmingham - 17th July

Check out https://www.thisisonward.co.uk/

Recorded LIVE @MidlandDnB live stream September 2021

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For blog entry #022 Slaine has dropped us an ALL Ghost Snares mix.

Birmingham based label Ghost snares focusses on the deep and techy side of dnb with an emphasis on atmospherics and rolling basslines.

Founded by Slaine , Elkie and J-dok, Ghost snares was originally intended to be a clubnight with a label offshoot, however due to covid etc the label has developed more rapidly.

As the name implies, Ghost snares are champions of the classic dnb sound, but also keen to experiment with where the genre can go in the future. With releases lined up every month throughout 2021 from Slaine, Elkie, J-Dok, Krow and more.

Slaine is a Drum and Bass DJ and producer from Birmingham who’s production style combines sci-fi soundscapes with rolling DnB, keeping one foot on the dancefloor at all times.

Slaine releases music regularly through various labels including Ghost Snares, Symmetry recordings, Nurtured Beatz, Regression Media, Skutta Records, Rawganics, Rotation UK, Atmomatix Records (Belgium), as well as releasing Producer Sample pack for Loopmasters in collaboration with Dread Recordings for their 'Artist series’’

This mix is a 50 minute exclusive showcase of tracks forthcoming on the Ghost Snares imprint mixed by Slaine.

Tracklist

ARKUS - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 001)

MAGIC MAN - KROW (GHOST SNARES DUB)

OLD SCHOOLWAYS - ELKIE (GHOST SNARES DUB)

EXPANSE - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES DUB)

DEVOLVE - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 002)

FATHOMS - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 001)

HUNTER - J DOK (GHOST SNARES DUB)

STAY FOREVER - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 001)

CRYSTAL - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES DUB)

CURRENT - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 002)

CORKSCREW - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 002)

UNMARKED - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES 002)

RITUAL - SLAINE FEAT NATTY D (GHOST SNARES DUB)

GRABOID - SLAINE (GHOST SNARES DUB)

TORSION - SLANE (GHOST SNARES 001)

Socials

Bandcamp - https://slaine.bandcamp.com/

Bandcamp - https://ghostsnares.bandcamp.com/

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/slaine /

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/user-594103457

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Slaine.dnb

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ghostsnaresdnb

Blog entry #21 - Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, missledz relocated to the UK in 2017 with an intention to immerse herself in the rich music culture for which it’s renowned. With a reputation for eclectic, energetic and technical DJ sets, she has graced the decks at institutions such as Cross Club, The Volks, Steelyard, Thekla, Purple Turtle and more.

missledz has released on labels such as Lifestyle Music, Boey Audio, Noxious Records, Strictly Deep DNB, Liquid Brilliants, Headsbass and Bare Necessity Records.. Her tracks have received support from artists such as Fre4knc, Quadrant & Iris, Revaux, Dilemma, and Toronto is Broken, and several of these have notably received airplay on Rene LaVice’s BBC Radio 1 show.

Last year, missledz was involved in the inaugural Dub Wars production battle and has also joined Bristol collectives Rotations and Concrete Jungyals as a resident. The future is looking bright, with a number of releases and collaborations in the pipeline.

missledz takes us on a 90 minute journey into drum and bass!

Socials

https://soundcloud.com/missledz

https://www.instagram.com/missledz/

https://www.facebook.com/missledz

Tracklist

1. Seven feat. Alys Be - Came To Play (Need For Mirrors Remix)

2. Kyrist - Looped

3. Dilemma - Exit Stage Left

4. Enei - Grave

5. Commix - Be True (Data 3 bootleg)

6. Klax feat. Charli Brix - Become

7. Sabre, Stray & Halogenix - St. Clair

8. Halogenix - Independent

9. GEST, Quadrant & Iris - Sequential

10. Logistics - Colour Wheel

11. Break - Day One

12. DLR feat. Signal - Unusual Behaviour

13. Ill Truth - Da Da

14. Ulterior Motive feat. DRS - Hey Judas

15. Sl8r - No Fuss (Kiril Remix)

16. Bad Company - Planet Dust

17. Noisia & Alix Perez - Underprint

18. DLR & Ulterior Motive - Modules

19. Document One - Small Steps

20. Waeys, Hadley & Creatures - Fearless

21. Quadrant & Iris - Twenty Two

22. Phentix - On By One

23. QZB - Artificial (Original Mix)

24. Nu:Tone - Missing Link

25. Rizzle - Outlook

26. Ill Truth & SATL ft. Charli Brix - In Your Soul

27. Noisia & Phace - Floating Zero

28. Solsan - The Rainmaker

29. Soligen & Type 2 - Coincidence

30. InsideInfo & Mefjus - Pulsation

31. Vowel - Pulse

32. Philth - Moon City

33. SMP feat. Matt Freeman - Brighter Days On The Surface

34. S.P.Y - Perth Sunset

35. Noisia & The Upbeats - Shibuya Pet Store

36. MVRK & Screamarts - Infinite Funk (Disprove Remix)

37. Noisia & The Upbeats - Dustup

38. Icicle feat. SP:MC - Dreadnaught (Phace Remix)

39. Toronto is Broken - Original

40. The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)

41. Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Close

42. Mefjus - Suicide Bassline VIP

43. Sigma feat. Jetta - Slow Down (Calyx & Teebee Remix)

44. missledz - ID

45. Emperor & Mefjus - Void Main Void