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HEADGEAR solo EP after his track with Threshold on AKOB007 -

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Dem Deh
Guaranteed to mash up any dance and born from an impending sound clash - 'Dem Deh' was produced to battle friendly rival Threshold at a clash in HEADGEAR's home town of Birmingham. Where the Birmingham cru Dem Deh

Reach Out
HEADGEAR's militant take on a track originally released by Goosensei & Krytikal on Dubs Alive Records. While keeping the dubbed out vibe of the original, this mix switches up its attitude, making this version a different dance floor beast entirely.

Besides finishing three albums in 2009: Hadouken's 'For the Masses', Krause's 'No Guts, No Glory', and their own album 'Split the
Atom', Noisia have also started a new label: 'Invisible Recordings'. Invisible is intended as an outlet for Noisia's deeper and more
experimental productions. It will also release tracks from other producers. The first release, in production now, has a scheduled
release date early March and will feature tracks from Noisia & Phace, Subterra & Dekko, Icicle and Engage.

from Nosia's label Invisible. If you don't know about Invisible, it's a label Nosia are using to release some of their more experimental tracks, as well as showcasing other artists.

from Nosia's label Invisible. If you don't know about Invisible, it's a label Nosia are using to release some of their more experimental tracks, as well as showcasing other artists.

The next installment on Invisible Recordings features tracks by Cause for Concern, Zero T & FD, Sabre, Stray & Halogenyx and a remix of 'Floating Zero' by Icicle.

* The first Technimatic release since their breathtaking 'Better Perspective' sophomore album of last year, 'Technimatic Remixed' is a collection of some their greatest work to date brought kicking into 2017 by some of Pete & Andy's favourite producers of now. Break, Alix Perez, Fracture, Was A Be and LSB all feature giving their own personal takes on some already seminal Technimatic moments.

* We have never had a remix project of our work so this is a really fun one for us. You kind of get scared but excited at the same time as you wait for each track to come back! But all the guys on this project are guys we admire and respect greatly so we knew they would deliver the goods. 'Bristol' was just made for Break to do, we'd actually earmarked that one a couple of years ago for him. LSB is just on fire with his work at the moment, Alix we've loved since before we joined Shogun, Fracture was our only choice on 'Trigger Warning' as he's just the don for that sound and we've been really impressed by new Shogun family members Was A Be.

* Also we felt we'd like to contribute something to the project so we picked one of our favourite tunes with Lucy Kitchen and gave it a little sprucing up. The 'Night Vision VIP' has been doing damage in our sets for months now so we felt it rounded the EP off nicely. We hope you guys enjoy it as much as we have been!' Technimatic

Radio
14th Aug - Friction - BBC Radio 1 - World Premiere & Friction Fire: Bristol (Break Remix)
21st Aug - Friction - BBC Radio 1 - World Premiere: Parallel ft. Zara Kershaw (LSB Remix)
28th Aug - Friction - BBC Radio 1 - World Premiere: Hold On A While ft. Jono McCleery (Alix Perez Remix)
*More TBC*

Comprehensive promo campaign to seek specialist radio including but not limited to, Friction, Eddy Temple Morris, Annie Mac, Zane Lowe, Julie Adunega, Phil Taggart, Mistajam, Hospital Records Podcast, D&BA Podcast and many more.

* Print
*More TBC*

* Online
21st Aug - UKF - Online World Premiere: Parallel ft. Zara Kershaw (LSB Remix)
28th Aug - XLR8R - Online World Premiere: Hold On A While ft. Jono McCleery (Alix Perez Remix)
*More TBC*

Full online service to further targets: Mixmag, Liquicity, DJ Mag,Hyponik, Hit The Floor, Inverted, Less Than 3, Beatport, Mixmag Brazil, Magnetic Mag, Ninja Ninja, DnB HQ, D&B Dojo, Broken Culture, BassOrDeath, Phuture Labs, Sky TV (Soccer AM etc), EDM Chicago, House Of Coxhead, In Reach, Your EDM

* Club / DJ Support
10th Aug - VIP mail out
17th Aug - General club mail out
Target to over 400 key DJs and tastemakers on the Shogun Audio mailing list including but not limited to Shy FX, London Electricity, Andy C, Goldie, Calyx & Teebee, Friction, Alix Perez, SpectraSoul, Rockwell, Technimatic, Bailey, Breakage, Danny Byrd, Roni Size, LTJ Bukem, Fabio & Grooverider, High Contrast, Lenzman, Camo & Krooked, Skream, Sub Focus, Zinc plus many others

Soul Deep Recordings and Blade are pleased to present the Blackbird EP. The EP features 2 richly crafted rollers that will rock the dance floor. The title track, "Blackbird", has received support from LTJ Bukem and many other top deejays around the world. The song starts off with a heavy amen break and light background atmospherics. At each turn, the break seems to get heavier as layers are added to the mix. When the bassline drops, the groove is undeniable, and will have your head nodding in approval. The song chugs along and builds to a crescendo with it's epic pads and tasteful atmospherics. "Bella l'amour", is the second offering, and it shows a different side to Blade's diverse productions. The track begins with a light break, airy efx, and chiming keys, that set the backdrop for this tight production. At the drop, the drums fill in nicely and the warm 808 bassline punch through the mix. Overall, Blade delivers big on this release, and will surely satisfy his fans with this slice of D&B heaven.

Goldie delivers a 3LP set of high quality drum and bass that ticks numerous boxes - dancefloor darkness, jungle revivalism, liquid funk warmth - with a string of suitably impressive collaborators (Ulterior Motive, Swindle, Jose James, Natalie Williams, Terri Walker) swinging by to ensure the set oozes soul

Fushara aka Thushara Goonewardene is a London based electronic musician working with breakbeats, samples and synthesiser. A constant theme for his music is urban decay. From the late 90's Fushara has been involved with the London scene as a raver, DJ, and Producer. He has produced experimental work for labels such as Pineconemoonshine, MJAZZ and more recently Scientific Recordings. In 2015 he set up an imprint Lone Foundation to showcase experimental bass music collaborating with DAAT and others. More recently he has made a return to work with breakbeat collaborating with Infest for one of his tracks on his debut on Criterion Records and has signed to Flex Recordings for a forthcoming EP.

Here he makes his bow on 7th Storey Projects with two amen-driven monsters - The A side features 'Ascension', an epic roller with industrial atmospherics and haunting vocal snatches.

This is backed up with 'Nerve' on the B Side, a nine and a half minute militant amenistic assault that hits hard, just the way we like it!

We're delighted to welcome Fushara to our roster of talent, we are sure you will be hearing plenty more from the man going forward!

Approaching double figures in our Dispatch Dubplate series, #9 features DLR, Script & SCAR. Following countless ID requests, the long wait is over for This Is Bristol... , another classic DLR & Script collab and a coveted dubplate held by a select few over the past few years. Script also returns as SCAR along with Survival the duo first formed on Dispatch revisit their debut release, shaking the foundations with the mechanical lashings of Burnside VIP .

A limited run of 400 hand stamped, signed and numbered heavyweight vinyl copies are available; featuring an exclusive DLR track Antisocial which will not be retailed digitally.

Welcomes Astrophonica's own Fracture to the Metalheadz camp with an incredible Limited Edition 12', featuring the tracks Better than Tomorrow', and Gangbusters' ." 

We would usually sum up the 12' in our own words but we believe Goldie's own comments to Fracture upon first listen OG the lead track probably do the release far more justice than we could!

Whilst sat on a plane to Australia last year Goldie immediately fired off the following comments to Fracture himself to express his overwhelming approval of the Music ....

I'm pulling out my teeth wanting to beat the guy next to me with a Snare and 10' dubplate !!!! This is one of the most original things I've heard in a long while! I HAVE to have this on Headz!!' - Goldie

* Fred V & Grafix bring a breath of fresh air with their long-awaited second album 'Oxygen'. The 15-track venture strips away any uniformity, opening up into dreamy, synthesized waves of drum & bass, elements of elegant electro-pop, down-tempo beats, unsuspecting instrumentation and everything in between.

* Their progression is clear from the off, the gorgeous 'Ignite' details infectious guitar and heartfelt harmonies from Fred V himself and their newest top-line finding, Amy J Price. She also appears on vocal led tracks 'Altitude' and 'Electrify' that push the pair even further into songwriter territory. They've spent months working with close friend Tudor Davies - whose vocal leads on romantic slow-mover 'One Of A Kind' - to create expressive, honest lyrics and enticing melodies throughout the LP.

* Fred V & Grafix's soundtrack style stands up tall in 'Nearly There' and 'Our Story' adding surprise collaboration with Bloc Party front-man Kele to the mix. Both tracks encapsulate the epic, 'hands in the air' euphoria that Fred V & Grafix deliver to devoted crowds worldwide. Their drum & bass dancefloor roots remain strong with tracks 'Stay Here' and 'Together We're Lost' picking up the pace.

* In the debut album 'Recognise' we got a taste for their skills as live musicians. In take two we get even more from Grafix guitars, to drums, keys and Fred V's own vocals, every element is faultlessly infused with title track 'Oxygen' as the perfect example.

* Also included are previously released tracks 'Ultraviolet', 'Comb Funk' and future summer anthem 'Like The Sun'. With this fantastic follow-up the duo have truly come into their own, an unrivalled pair balancing between drum & bass foundations and future electronic sounds. Fill your lungs and surround your ears with Fred V & Grafix's breathtaking long-player, 'Oxygen'.

* Fred V & Grafix will be kicking off a busy summer season joining the highly prestigious Essential Mix series with Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1 following previous support for Radio 1 playlist hit 'Forest Fires' as well as Annie Mac favourites 'Major Happy' and 'Constellations'. Their busy schedule includes a return to Glastonbury Festival, sets on Reading and Leeds BBC Radio 1 Dance Stage as well as high profile slots at Let It Roll, NASS Festival and the premiere Hospitality In The Park.

Frankee has stood as one of the most hotly tipped producers on Ram's roster, catapulting himself onto the scene with aggressive and divisive dancefloor slayers. However, having two decades within the game already notched on his musical bed post, the producer has cemented himself within the genre's trophy cabinet. And he's returning after a brief hiatus with two brand new pieces of sonic artwork to take you into Summer's final months, a farewell to the festival stages his anthems have been played from.

Receiving support from Ram's head honcho Andy C, who's pedestalled his sound since it was first discovered by the revered veteran, and radio tastemakers alike, Frankee has a firm history behind him with previous releases. His next single 'Clap Your Hands' and 'Love & Peace' present two immensely different tracks which epitomize why Frankee's music has garnered such a backing, whilst exposing the polar opposites of his sound. Whether you were looking for the pounding, bassline driven layers of 'Drop it Low' or the more ethereal, heart-felt vibe of his Loadstar 'Away' remix, this single channels both sides of the coin.

Your first introduction to Frankee's return is via 'Clap Your Hands', once again platforming the sub-driven records he's famed for. Building up into a cascading drop whilst grinding LFO provides the steps, it's difficult not to be pulled in by its relentless beats and quick-fire drum patterns. With metallic vocal samples adding encouragement between each segment, Frankee is back and carrying the weaponry which made him so dangerous behind the decks.

On the reverse, 'Love and Peace' adds another dimension, not only proving Frankee's production capabilities, but also a contrast in musical attitudes. Natural yet still synthetic, it brings together shaking percussion and female vocals in a way that curtails both the light and dark shades of his skillset. A blissful liquid roller that carries itself from start to finish, it features nostalgic breaks whilst keeping a mechanical continuity.

This next output proves Frankee is back... And just like before, he's demonstrating why he's become a quintessential part in people's libraries.

After 2 EP's for Loxy's Cylon Recordings, Italian artist Last Life debuts on Samurai Music with 4 reduced reconstructions of contemporary Drum & Bass. The core of the Last Life sound revolves around spirited, stepping half time kick drums with shards of historic breakbeat treatments peppering the rhythm. An inherent bounce sets apart Last Life productions from many of his contemporaries. Those drawn to the sound of Clarity and Homemade Weapons will find the Nootka EP straddling a middle ground between their styles, but testament to this EP's shining identity is both these artists favouring tunes off the Nootka EP heavily in recent sets. Hammered by Homemade Weapons, Clarity, J:Kenzo, DJ Mantra, Presha and more.

* Shining the spotlight bright on newest signing, Brazilian-born Urbandawn with his Hospital debut single, 'Neon Nights'. Giving a glimpse of the infectious bass lines and euphonic notes that are inevitably on their way from this talented producer.
* From a calm opening to a fanfare of musical spirals, 'Neon Nights' explores through a range of tempos and melodic sequences to create a track perfectly fitted for festival fantasia. Going hand in hand is rightly titled, B-side 'Spectrum'. Combining a glimmering succession of chords with swirling synthesized sounds that inspire a vision of light and colour - happily harmonising with the signature Hospital sound.

* Urbandawn has previously impressed with his polished production on several Hospital and Med School compilations, as well as releasing a successful string of tracks on Fokuz and Bad Taste Recordings.

* With a musical career already spanning across fourteen years it's fair to say Urbandawn has more than earned his place on the Hospital roster; not to mention his classically trained background and audio engineering training thrown in the mix. 'Neon Nights' sets the precedent for the glowing future that's sure to come for Urbandawn.

DJ Future is back on 117 with a journey into his dreamworld
of breakbeat mayhem.

Negative Space is certainly essential: it's drum & bass at its purest, most potent form.' - Andrew Ryce / Resident Advisor 4.1 review

The debut Homemade Weapons LP 'Negative Space' is still fresh in peoples playlists after a unanimously acclaimed release, and has gone on to be used as a benchmark for D&B LP's that exist on the edges of the music's periphery. Combining function and form with equal emphasis, Negative Space is an LP full of tracks that DJ's play in clubs as opposed to being largely relegated to online mixes. To follow on from the LP, we selected 3 Samurai artists to rebuild their favourite tracks from Negative Space and have combined this with a Tidal Track VIP from Homemade Weapons made initially for his DJ sets. Ancestral Voices, The Untouchables, and Sam KDC all turn in unique interpretations.

Forthcoming Vinyl release on Jungle Cat Recs...

Featuring Tony Jungle, Simply Dread & Dub-Liner

More Heavyweight Newskool Jungle vibes from the UK crew.

Available on vinyl only.

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BRIT Award winner, cultural commentator, critically acclaimed director and actor, and musical maverick Ben Drew aka Plan B has today announced his eagerly anticipated fourth studio album 'Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose' (HBAHBL), due for release on 13th April 2018 via Atlantic Records. The three time Ivor Novello Award winner has also released new single 'Heartbeat', written with Kwabs and Al Shux (Jay Z, Lana Del Ray), which marries Plan B's incredible signature vocals with soulful, uplifting beats and spine-tingling melodies.

The artwork for HBAHBL has also been unveiled, which focuses around the classic sci-fi image of world renowned illustrator John Harris, tying in Plan B's fascination with the world we live in and the future we're creating for ourselves. It also sees Plan B collaborating with other writers and producers for the first time, including Arrow Benjamin (Runnin' Naughty Boy/Beyonce), Foy Vance (Ed Sheeran), Fred Gibson (Ellie Goulding, Charli XCX), and Kid Harpoon (Florence and the Machine, HAIM). HBAHBL is available to pre-order.

Earlier in 2017 to mark his return to the scene, Plan B revealed a brand new stand-alone track 'In The Name Of Man', which focused around mass upheaval. The video saw collaboration with Flabbergast Theatre, a small company that he came across at a show in Angel, London. He was hugely inspired by their innovative and incredibly life-like use of puppetry, often using tiny movements to convey bold emotions, and employed this with incredible effect, alongside captivating historical footage.

LUKE VIBERT & THE MAGHREBAN REMIXES
Vinyl only special release from the Sneaker Social Club crew featuring superb remixes from Luke Vibert and The Maghreban along with the original mix.

Moscow based multi-talent Impish has been steadily honing his skills working through labels such as ProgRAM, C.I.A. and his own fast rising Occulti Music imprint. It's that last label that saw him release the critically acclaimed Silence LP back in 2016. Fast forward to the autumn of 2017 and a new album project the 'Hush' LP is set for release through all quality physical electronic music outlets around the world. Being the perfectionist that he is Impish continues to impress working on crystal clear music productions where impeccable drum work is combined with organic touches and progressions.

The second 'Hush' LP sampler features three cuts of the album. First up the well respected Irish drum & bass producer Zero T takes up remix duties for 'Solid' turning the stripped back original stepper into a wavey hard hitter with the remixer's sound plastered all over. Continuing with 'Let Me' featuring UK based vocalist Kate Wild things heat up quickly where soaring bass sounds complimented by soulful vocals and tech-like stabs make for an intense drum & bass experience. Last but not least we find the original mix for 'Solid' featuring fellow Moscow based vocalist Julia Marks. It's an easy listening, thoughtful piece of drum & bass with driving beats for the dance floor but harmonies for the mind and soul..

It s been quite a while since Naibu s last feature on Scientific. More than a year has passed since the release of his acclaimed 'Case Study', a mature and eclectic quasi d n b album rich in live instrumentation and tons of intricate details.

And here s a follow-up to this work a four track remix EP featuring reworks by some of the biggest names in the atmospheric deep drum & bass current of today. Naibu s already captivating take on music gets reinterpreted in four different ways, so just know that you ll be treated with a sense of freshness and familiarity at the same time.

Spanning a variety of shades of drum & bass, from Hiddenwave s deep and rolling take on 'Turn Me Down', through Seba s nostalgic rework of 'Astray' and Bungle s powerful, cosmic rearrangement of 'Case Study', to Future Engineers heavyweight, solid-basslined reinvention of 'Fighting for Attention', the EP acts as an excellent supplement to Naibu s original work, offering listeners even more of auditory pleasure.

Burgeoning Swiss duo QZB come with a big bag of future for Critical s Systems series, their first release on the label.

Featuring five tracks of industrial-edged, expertly produced drum & bass and half-time, these guys should be firmly on your radars.

The Critical pressure keeps on coming with an EP of epic proportions from two of D&B's leaders of heavy end, dance floor material.From the militant stance of the leading track 'Disrupted' to their own slamming remixes of each others tracks and the future-robo vibes of 'Void Main Void', this EP is destined for clubs the world over.

Repressed for 2017 on white vinyl.

Since Jim Coles took on the mantle of Om Unit, the English producer has sought to challenge himself and his audience by going beyond the confines of genres and styles he has so far explored. In the process he has found success by striving for more feeling, for a more human and daring electronic music. This journey continues with 'Self', Coles' third album as Om Unit and a true follow-up to his 2013 debut 'Threads'.

'Self' captures Coles in a period of growth, change, and experimentation. Inspired by personal psychological and emotional healing work, and a vision of the self as an egg — which Coles later on discovered is a Jungian archetype — the album blends dubwise, bass-heavy music with the space of experimental ambient compositions and the daring imagination of a cold wave science fiction soundtrack.

The first Om Unit album on Coles' own Cosmic Bridge label, 'Self' offers new forms amid familiar touches. Stripping away what people might expect, Coles deconstructed and reimagined his work so far as a challenge to himself and, in turn, to his fans.

The album opens with 'Cold Love' and 'Passages', two minimalist tracks that deconstruct the tropes Om Unit has become best known for and teases the listener with games of tension and release. This approach is revisited later with 'Unmasked', what Coles describes as 'a power diagram' of dancefloor ideas, and 'Field of Dreams', which began as an imagined dream about hardcore and ends up like a rave track heard inside someone else's head, a mediation on the roots of a sound that has been central to Coles' career so far.

Some choice vocal collaborations help anchor 'Self' beyond the abstractions of instrumental music. Bristol's Rider Shafique lends his rugged voice to an inner monologue on 'Nothing'. As the track's rhythm unfolds at a seemingly glacial pace, Rider invites the listeners to embrace suffering and see how in order to grow, we need the sunshine just as much as we need the rain.' Manchester's DRS, whom Coles calls one of the realest lyricists in drum & bass,' takes an equally empowering approach on 'Make Believe' over a beat that skews structural expectations. The last, but by no means least, vocal contributor is Amos, aka Amina Osmano of A/T/O/S, who lends her soulful tones to 'What I Can Be', an uplifting song that leads listeners into the light.

Fans of Om Unit's more dancefloor-minded output are not forgotten. There's the epic 'Out of the Shadows', inspired by the importance of releasing trauma from our bodies, it's meld of soaring strings and gentle breakbeats bringing to mind classic era Metalheadz or early Massive Attack, the hopeful dance music of 'Twilight' with its inviting flute sample and punchy rhythms, the dubstep meets jungle of 'Despite It All', and the romantic yet melancholy footwork of 'Cloudwerk'. The album ends with 'Tahatan', the Sioux word for hawk and — via its rhythmic lurch, bird samples, and layering — an invocation of key steps in Om Unit's journey to date.

As Coles admits 'Self' is not an obvious album, but then again he has never been an obvious producer. Over the years that has meant exploring the potentials of hip-hop beats, the space of slow-motion house music, or the frenzy of footwork patterns and coming out the other side with personal takes fashioned from experience, experimentation, and excitement. With 'Self', Coles is once again putting Om Unit forward as a connector — between musical ideas, studio techniques, and potential emotional outcomes — rather than a purveyor. The album hides its beauty behind stylistic flexibility, inviting listeners to hear and feel the experiences and memories that make up who we are.

Alaska & Seba return to Arctic Music with their second 12'' 'Sandpoint / Be With You' both tracks are synonymous of the smooth rolling soundscapes of Alaska & Seba.