Yes, that’s right, Icicle is finally about to drop his long-awaited dubstep EP on @ShogunAudio. Featuring the sounds of Together In The Dust and BNC, this EP is set to take to the streets by storm once it’s released.
Though many of you may already know all of the tracks on Icicle’s forthcoming EP, this four track release will not disappoint his dubstep fans, due to each piece’s ridiculous bass line and exquisite drums and effects.
In all, a ridiculously big EP to lookout for.
A/ Icicle - Acid Step B/ Icicle - BNC C/ Icicle - Need A Job D/ Icicle - Together In The Dust
Lung - Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything? EP (MEDIC28)
@MedSchoolMusic drops Lung’s brilliant Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything? EP. Featuring beautiful vocals from Rachel K Collier on the title track, Lung effortlessly winds down the BPM to slower sounds with Sky People. Brilliant, bubbling bass notes on top of what can only be described as weightless skipping drums.
After this, we quickly move on to Asleep In Her Bed, a deep atmospheric piece containing a cacophony of clicks and notes, bringing the listener sounds reminiscent of Bluetech’s Triange (Retriangulated) albeit a little faster!
Lung the steps up the pace once more for Complete Me, Completely, a hard stomping bass line, with a brilliantly skipped rhythm and perfect use of percussion.
To top it off, we’re given a radio edit of Why Does Anyone Ever Do Anything? with it’s warm, welcoming bass notes, soft strings, and wonderful floating vocals from Rachel K Collier.
In all, a outstanding EP from Lung. Something you expect no less than from Med School!
A/ Lung - Why Does Anyone Do Anything? ft. Rachel K Collier B/ Lung - Sky People C/ Lung - Asleep In Her Bed D/ Lung - Complete Me, Completely E/ Lung - Why Does Anyone Do Anything ft. Rachel K Collier (Radio Edit)
London-based producer Menik drops his astounding 5 track EP on Lifestyle Recordings. Featuring, deep yet warming 140bpm bass notes, Menik’s Close To You EP encompasses the dark, subbed sounds of the old 00s dubstep alongside the sounds of todays current ‘post-dubstep’ scene to create something fresh and bubbling.
Containing remixes from Cliffhanga and Indigo, this EP is definitely worth the money, let alone worth the listening time.
A/ Menik - Close To You B/ Menik - Surge C/ Menik - Feel D/ Menik - Surge (Cliffhanga Remix) E/ Menik - Close To You (Indigo Remix)
Command Strange pulls a slightly different sound out the bag, with this minimal atmospheric 140 track entitled Soulmate. With soft, gliding pads and a deep rumbling bass line alongside, this piece switches style repeatedly whilst at the same time keeping Command Strange’s sound consistent throughout.
Slow amen breaks, and a garage influenced four to the floor section drop highlights CS’s ability to cross over styles not only from one track to the next but within individual productions as well.
Sabre, Stray & Halogenix come together with force for Critical Music’s 61st release on its books. With Oblique taking speakers by storm, the track encorporates warm, soft synth notes with light, yet perfectly fitting drums. On top of this, smooth Jazz vocals from Frank Carter III has this piece gliding effortlessly as a liquid d&b track.
On the flip we have a nice bumpy, techy roller as is the norm with Critical, and this is found in the shape of St Clair. Dirty, rolling basslines and glitchy drums, the ease at which these three producers so easily combine their production skills can be heard clearly with this track.
Finally to top it off, Synkro puts together an ever-so-chilled remix of Oblique. Slow rising basslines, and drawn out strings has this 140 BPM clickstep not disappointing!
A/ Sabre, Stray & Halogenix ft. Frank Carter III - Oblique B/ Sabre, Stray & Halogenix - St Clair C/ Sabre, Stray & Halogenix ft. Frank Carter III - Oblique (Synkro Remix)
Old time friend K-Lone continues to keep the dark sounds of dubstep alive with his ever growing production skills. Classically trained alongside the head of InstaSound, this Bassoon player/designer has just had this piece signed to Mindstep Music.
Having had a number of tunes already played on Rinse Fm, K-Lone continues to make a name for himself, even lining up sets on Sub.FM.
You’d be very unwise to not to listen to us when we say this lad is one to watch out for. Make sure you turn the speakers up for this one, sub bass all round!
Goth-Trad returns to Deep Medi once more to bring us this deep sound strait out of Japan. Starting off with an upfront piece of dirty (Airbreaker), aggressive bass lines, Goth-Trad goes on to switch up the vibe with Cosmos. Fast wobbled bass lines and tripping drums holding this piece together perfectly. The first in a line of singles from Goth-Trad’s forthcoming album New Epoch (out February 2012).
Physical Illusion returns on Intelligent Recordings for 2012 with his Save Me EP. Featuring a mixture of bumping Liquid, Jungle-esque sounds, Dubstep and Funk, this EP has it all as one of the Ukrainian label’s first releases of 2012.
First off we’re given a fast-paced rolling piece of liquid with Turn On, before moving onto the swung jungle drums of One Chances Ladies. Muted horns, and gliding jazz piano has this piece floating effortlessly. Switching things up, Physical Illusion invites along Bulb to provide a deep, atmospheric remix for Save Me. A growling, oscillating bassline, distant reverbed vocals, and deep chimes has this 140 bpm piece slowing the EP down perfectly before jumping into the final track, Thunderbird.
Slow, chilled Funk, Physical Illusion brings in influences from the likes of Adam F and LTJ Bukem to bring this fun and bubbling track to end the EP with. Soft flutes and tight drums easily makes this track worthy of any chill out track list!
A/ Physical Illusion - Turn On B/ Physical Illusion - One Chances Ladies C/ Physical Illusion - Save Me (Bulb Remix) D/ Physical Illusion - Thunderbird
(INTLG36) Out February 20th on Intelligent Recordings.
@WestbayMusic drops it’s forthcoming LP with a battalion of fresh sounds. Containing the sounds of artists featuring on its releases over the year, the LA based label compiles this compilation LP to bring you some of the finest sounds the drum & bass scene has to offer from across the globe. With artists such as Zero T, Spectrasoul, Atlantic Connection and Random Movement making a show, this is definitely an LP not to be missed!
01. Atlantic Connection - Whatchu’Know feat. Deviant 02. Spectrasoul - Someday Soon 03. Armanni Reign - Follow Me Now feat. Noah D 04. Atlantic Connection - Can’t Destroy Love feat. Minds One & DJ Noumenon 05. Submorphics - Wax Poetic (Stunna Remix) 06. Flaco - Untouchables 07. Armanni Reign - Breatheback 08. Brooklyn - Lightyears (Submorphics Remix) 09. Shannon Swain - You Are (Chino Remix) 10. Armanni Riegn - Redux (produced by Trowa) 11. Beta 2 & Zero Tolerance - Strike Back 12. Submorphics - Postmodern Soul (Stunna Remix) 13. McClain Sullivan - Our Song 14. Christina Tamayo - Time 2 Stray 15. Atlantic Connection - Day Dreamers feat. McClain Sullivan 16. Random Movement - The Student 17. Submorphics - Wax Poetic (original mix) 18. Atlantic Connection - Backlog feat. Kevin King (Submorphics Remix)
IM:LTD release something deeper and darker than the heavy glitch sounds of the norm, and with this comes Gunston. Stemming from the depths of France, Gunston incorporates deep, sub heavy sounds with tight glitchy drum lines to create music reminiscent of trawling the tunnels of the Parisian Metro.
This time around Gunston takes a different approach, pulling out the deep sounds from his Dubstep collection with this 4 track release forthcoming on IM:Ltd.
Gunston - Range & Symbol Gunston - Was It Just A Dream Gunston - Rockers Gunston - Blow Dem Away
Skittles returns once more with another round of bars including remixes by Dub Phizix, Zed Bias & Joe Kalius. From the Grime original, we travel through the sounds of Garage, Breakbeat and Dubstep, with each artist bringing their own unique quality and sound to Skittles flowing lyrics.
