Samurai Music

Taken from Outliers:1

Download exclusively at Bandcamp https://samuraimusic.bandcamp.com/album/outliers-1

Selecting tunes for releases on Samurai Music is difficult as there is so many great tunes on offer. The absolute cream of what we get sent makes it to releases on vinyl, so resisting the temptation of digital only releases creates a backlog of high quality tunes. Outliers is a collection of music from the Samurai family of artists that were all in contention for vinyl release, but for one reason or another slipped through the cracks. Most of these are still in heavy rotation in many of our DJ sets, so rather than hogging them, we put together a collection for a Bandcamp only release. Most of these have never been played by more than a few select Samurai DJ’s and the producer themselves. Outliers shows the depth of talent these producers have with these sitting on their HD’s without a home. We don’t plan on moving into the digital only release field any time soon so maybe we can have this series as a semi regular substitute.

https://soundcloud.com/es-tereo

Taken from Outliers:1

Download exclusively at Bandcamp https://samuraimusic.bandcamp.com/album/outliers-1

Selecting tunes for releases on Samurai Music is difficult as there is so many great tunes on offer. The absolute cream of what we get sent makes it to releases on vinyl, so resisting the temptation of digital only releases creates a backlog of high quality tunes. Outliers is a collection of music from the Samurai family of artists that were all in contention for vinyl release, but for one reason or another slipped through the cracks. Most of these are still in heavy rotation in many of our DJ sets, so rather than hogging them, we put together a collection for a Bandcamp only release. Most of these have never been played by more than a few select Samurai DJ’s and the producer themselves. Outliers shows the depth of talent these producers have with these sitting on their HD’s without a home. We don’t plan on moving into the digital only release field any time soon so maybe we can have this series as a semi regular substitute.

https://soundcloud.com/redarmyaudio

Taken from 'An Exact Science'. Available now on limited 12" (Marbled or Black) in full artwork sleeve and digital - https://asc77.bandcamp.com/album/an-exact-science

Beginning his musical production career with drum and bass / breakbeats in the late 90’s, ASC became known for his editing abilities and intricate productions. James progressed rapidly with his intuitive talent enabling him to grow into one of the scenes most respected ‘intelligent’ producers of his era with a series of releases - most notably on his own label Covert Operations, Good Looking, 720 Degrees and Paradox’s Outsider label.

Around 2010, ASC became an integral part of the Autonomic sound with an LP on Instra:mental’s Non Plus label, James’ production was reduced into a new form and breakbeats became less and less integral to his sound.

With a recent resurgence in golden era sounding Drum and Bass / Jungle, we began planting seeds to draw James back into flex his considerable editing prowess with 20 years of production experience to draw on.

Once lured into his hard drives to dig out breaks, ‘An Exact Science’ flowed rapidly and effortlessly for James. Covering several prevalent sounds of the most revered era of DnB but propelling them into 2020, the EP once again reminds us that ASC can turn his skill and ear to any sound and make it his own. From the soaring luminous amenism of Moment of Truth to the dead eye precision of In The Shadows and Worlds of Ice, James injects a sensibility that elevates the tracks on An Exact Science into a place of their own, belying any historical anchors attached to their vibe.

An Exact Science is a fantasy of long time ASC fans have had for many years (ourselves included) come to life with results that surpass our imagined results.

More to come..

https://soundcloud.com/asc

Track-list

01. Moment of Truth

02. Fatal Error

03. In The Shadows

04. Worlds of Ice

Art / Design by Ryan Quinlivan

Mastered and cut by Andy Miles at Stardelta

Taken from the Portra EP - Limited edition marbled 12" and digital out now - https://samurai.lnk.to/smde15

B Traits launches her Baby T project with the Portra EP for Samurai Music.

B Traits in her own words on the relaunching of the Baby T name from Resident Advisor https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=703

“Baby T is an alias that I am breathing new life into. Originally, my name was Baby Traits (as in baby "features" — I was 18 when I started touring in North America) and as I began to get more DJ bookings within the jungle community, I abbreviated Baby to B so that the name was more androgynous, to prevent the unnecessary attention and bad-mouthing I got whenever people found out I was female.

In a sense, it's a reclamation of my original alias—I played faster back then: hardcore, drum & bass and jungle—and that's where I’m going back to with Baby T, but this time I'm not 18, and I have zero fucks to give.

I've always been a shapeshifter as B.Traits but sometimes eclecticism can be confusing. I feel I need another outlet to create music that has no specific expectations. I want to get back to my jungle roots properly.”

The Portra EP contains 3 versions of the title track by Baby T - Hybrid, Ambient, and Jungle, spreading across tempo’s (and no tempo) to showcase styles Baby T will touch on. It’s a confident debut - a sonic summary of the Baby T path. To compliment these versions, Homemade Weapons and Ancestral Voices have contributed remixes that reinterpret Portra through their visionary processes, with impeccable results from both artists.

Track-list

01. Baby T - Portra (Hyrbid Mix)

02. Baby T - Portra (Jungle Mix)

03. Baby T - Portra (Ambient Mix)

04. Baby T - Portra (Homemade Weapons Remix)

05. Baby T - Portra (Ancestral Voices Remix)

https://www.facebook.com/BABYTMUSIC/

Antagonist tees up his debut solo 12” for Samurai with a deep dive into the gritty recesses of DnB.

Antagonist - Shui / Escapism [SMDE14]

Limited splatter 12" and digital available now from https://antagonist.bandcamp.com/

Features digital bonus track 'Enchant'

Follow Antagonist on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/antagonistmcr/

Subscribe to the Samurai Music Official Podcast on iTunes - http://found.ee/samcast

Taken from the Rhythm Seeker EP. Ltd Splatter 12" and digital available now - https://artilect.bandcamp.com/album/rhythm-seeker-ep

Manchester’s rising son Dylan Blythin aka Artilect affirms his status as one of Samurai’s most potent creators by following on from his Blurring The Line EP (2018 https://artilect.bandcamp.com/album/blurring-the-line) with 4 new tracks of precision futurism. Informed reverence for the genre’s golden years is baked deeply into the grooves of the Rhythm Seeker EP. Artilect collects the most timeless elements of DnB history and fuses them with modern day production techniques and a distinctive method of construction and sound.

Now working on his debut LP for the Samurai Music label, the Rhythm Seeker EP sets a course for what to expect from an artist assuredly working towards his creative peak.

Tracklist

01. In My Dark

02. Rhythm Seeker

03. Mefo

04. Impact Proxy

Limited Splatter 12” and 4 track digital

https://www.facebook.com/artilectmusic/

https://soundcloud.com/artilectmanchester

https://artilect.bandcamp.com/

Taken from the Rhythm Seeker EP. Ltd Splatter 12" and digital available now - https://samurai.lnk.to/smde13

Manchester’s rising son Dylan Blythin aka Artilect affirms his status as one of Samurai’s most potent creators by following on from his Blurring The Line EP (2018 https://artilect.bandcamp.com/album/blurring-the-line) with 4 new tracks of precision futurism. Informed reverence for the genre’s golden years is baked deeply into the grooves of the Rhythm Seeker EP. Artilect collects the most timeless elements of DnB history and fuses them with modern day production techniques and a distinctive method of construction and sound.

Now working on his debut LP for the Samurai Music label, the Rhythm Seeker EP sets a course for what to expect from an artist assuredly working towards his creative peak.

Tracklist

01. In My Dark

02. Rhythm Seeker

03. Mefo

04. Impact Proxy

https://www.facebook.com/artilectmusic/

https://soundcloud.com/artilectmanchester

https://artilect.bandcamp.com/

Taken from the new Samurai Music series of EP's - Samurai Hannya. Available now from https://samuraimusic.net/samurai-hannya

https://soundcloud.com/homemadeweapons

https://www.facebook.com/homemadeweapons/

https://www.facebook.com/preshasamurai/

Hannya White (Ghost) | 葵上

01. The Untouchables - Bushi Ronin

02. Ancestral Voices & Presha - Niflheim

03. Last Life - Rotterdam

04. Antagonist - Ministry

Hannya Red (Snake) | 道成寺

01. Artilect - A Message

02. Presha & Homemade Weapons - The Claw

03. Homemade Weapons & Roho - Kifuka

04. Torana - Amok

Hannya Black (Demon) | 黒塚

01. Homemade Weapons - Omen

02. Torn - Dance On The Bones

03. Homemade Weapons & Torn - Isolation

04. Roho - Totemz

The new Samurai Music series of 12"s - Samurai Hannya - are based on the mythical masks of a Noh drama (a form of traditional Japanese theatre). Hannya masks capture the stages of transformation of a female character as she undergoes a metamorphosis into a demon / ogre.

Taken from the new Samurai Music series of EP's - Samurai Hannya. Available now from https://samuraimusic.net/samurai-hannya

https://www.facebook.com/homemadeweapons/

https://www.facebook.com/rohosounds/

Hannya White (Ghost) | 葵上

01. The Untouchables - Bushi Ronin

02. Ancestral Voices & Presha - Niflheim

03. Last Life - Rotterdam

04. Antagonist - Ministry

Hannya Red (Snake) | 道成寺

01. Artilect - A Message

02. Presha & Homemade Weapons - The Claw

03. Homemade Weapons & Roho - Kifuka

04. Torana - Amok

Hannya Black (Demon) | 黒塚

01. Homemade Weapons - Omen

02. Torn - Dance On The Bones

03. Homemade Weapons & Torn - Isolation

04. Roho - Totemz

The new Samurai Music series of 12"s - Samurai Hannya - are based on the mythical masks of a Noh drama (a form of traditional Japanese theatre). Hannya masks capture the stages of transformation of a female character as she undergoes a metamorphosis into a demon / ogre.

Taken from the new Samurai Music series of EP's - Samurai Hannya. Available now from https://samuraimusic.net/samurai-hannya

https://soundcloud.com/djtorn-1

https://www.facebook.com/torn170/

Hannya White (Ghost) | 葵上

01. The Untouchables - Bushi Ronin

02. Ancestral Voices & Presha - Niflheim

03. Last Life - Rotterdam

04. Antagonist - Ministry

Hannya Red (Snake) | 道成寺

01. Artilect - A Message

02. Presha & Homemade Weapons - The Claw

03. Homemade Weapons & Roho - Kifuka

04. Torana - Amok

Hannya Black (Demon) | 黒塚

01. Homemade Weapons - Omen

02. Torn - Dance On The Bones

03. Homemade Weapons & Torn - Isolation

04. Roho - Totemz

The new Samurai Music series of 12"s - Samurai Hannya - are based on the mythical masks of a Noh drama (a form of traditional Japanese theatre). Hannya masks capture the stages of transformation of a female character as she undergoes a metamorphosis into a demon / ogre.