Drum & Bass | Black Sun Empire & Noisia – Feed The Machine
Posted by Spice on October 2, 2012
This monster of a track tops Black Sun Empire’s recent album From the Shadows, and I’ve got to say that it’s a total killer. No surprise there — when you put together two Dutch trios known for dark and dirty drum n’ bass, you’re going to get something that takes it to the next level. Black Sun Empire have been in the game for almost twenty years and their longstanding mastery of the breaks is on full display in “Feed the Machine” — this track basically sounds like South London in 1995, but with higher production value. This is a must have for all DnB fans. If you’re loving this, check out the album in full — it’s a behemoth, weighing in at an astonishing 28 tracks, but should be well worth it for any true diehards.
Drum & Bass | Flume – Sleepless (RUN DMT Remix)
Posted by Mach on October 2, 2012
Woah! RUN DMT has been floating below the radar for a few months and just gave out a little treat. RUN DMT has never been know for doing anything good with Drum & Bass so this remix came as pleasant surprise. Apparently this remix only took less than a day to create, that says a lot because this has to be one of the better classic styled Drum & Bass remixes I have heard. I hat e vocal stuttering, the kind Skrillex made famous that everyone overuses but I have to say it does not bother me at all ont his remix. This is a must have!
Drum & Bass | Silver Medallion – Hey Cinderella [Lyric Video]
Posted by Jess on September 18, 2012
Silver Medallion & DJ Fresh Direct welcomes you to Xanaxland with the first leak “Hey Cinderella” off their upcoming project together entitled Xanaxland. “Hey Cinderella” is definitely a new style for Silver and expect to hear more like this as more leaks come from the project to be released this Fall. Read Silver Medallion’s introduction to Xanaxland and the download the track below. Update: Added the lyric video for “Hey Cinderella”.
“The summer is close to ending and soon all the midwestern girls who came to NYC for their PR internships will either leave with their dream of hooking up with a DJ fulfilled, or be back next summer to continue chasing. Simultaneously college bedroom disc jockeys across the globe are telling their friends they’ve started spinning “trap” and making out with their high school girlfriends to Flosstradamus mixtapes. Meanwhile, in our Manhattan recording studio, DJ Fresh Direct and I have been locked in scotch fueled recording sessions listening to the Dipset Trance series, and come up with our musical answer to the times, and we call it Xanaxland.” – Silver Medallion
Drum & Bass | Jay-Z & Kanye West – N!**@s In Paris (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Posted by Mach on September 18, 2012
Stanton Warriors are one of the most epic, classic Drum & Bass duos. They don’t try to dip too much into the heavy styling like Noisia and Spor, nor the liquid styling like Spectrasoul and Lomax & BCee. With classic kicks and snare, Stanton Warriors made this remix a deep Drum & Bass tune. Using some heavy yet smooth bass, this is one of the best remixes they have made. Simple yet elegant.
Drum & Bass, Dubstep | Sub Focus – Out The Blue (Oscillator Z Remix)
Posted by Sev on September 15, 2012
Sub Focus’s Out The Blue had to be my favorite single from him this year because of the outstanding vocals on the track as well as the overall construction, so whenever I saw this remix up on Soundcloud I knew Oscillator Z had some big shoes to fill. He did an impressive job on this remix to say the least. He was able to keep the vocals intact and appealing with the melody spiced up to his liking, which gave it nice electro sounding quality to it. The drumstep drop worked so well with this track keeping the BPM between dubstep and drum and bass with his distorted synths.
Drum & Bass, Dubstep | Excision – X Rated Remixes
Posted by Sev on September 3, 2012
The mother-load for all Dubstep fans has arrived in the form of Excision’s X Rated Remix album. I am still awestruck at the amazing talent recruited for this colossal album. This is truly going to be a tough act to follow for most artist. I don’t even know where to begin talking about this album. Excision did a great job of making sure most heavy electronic genres were covered such as Moombahcore, Electro, Drumstep, Drum & Bass, and of course Dubstep.
Some honorable mentions to begin talking about the album; we have Space Laces Remix, Xilent, Loadstar, Eptic, and Dirtyphonics that left me MIND BLOWN. Those are just the artist who’s remixes stood out the most, but all the remixes were fantastic. Mach and I have been eagerly waiting for Space Laces to unleash some new material and if this remix gives us a glimpse of what is to come, the wait for more is going to be unbearable. HOLY SH** doesn’t even sum up my reaction when I first heard this absurd remix. I can’t wait for the day to hear this track at a show with its one of a kind futuristic synths and sounds. Xilent always destroys all remixes which he graces with his name. Not receiving much hype as far as I know on this remix left me wondering what he had stormed up this time and yet again we got an exhilarating masterpiece. Showing some similarities to his Out The Blue remix for Sub Focus through the synths this one still demolished it for me no doubt. Eptic was sure to roll through with his Never Say Die styled, upbeat remix of 8 Bit Hero. This style has become a hit through the label and for many upcoming artist as well. Dirtyphonic’s as well as Loadstar both crushed their remixes as well to say the least. To sum up things EVERY REMIX IS PHENOMENAL! Do not sleep on this album at all and purchase it from Beatport HERE.
Drum & Bass | DnB Friday’s
Posted by Sev on September 1, 2012
Kicking off Dnb Fridays we have this awesome video of Koven using an Alphasphere to create some grimy futuristic drum & bass. Using some KOAN Sound style synths mixed with a little bit of Spor style as well. This isn’t a usual style that you would expect from Koven, but change isn’t always for the worst with some artists. Grab the track for free from the video description.
Silence Groove have always been a favorite of mine as far as liquid DnB is concerned. This amazing artist always keep things simple but yet effective and emotional. He shows us that you don’t always have to have the craziest synths to create some amazing music.
On the other hand if you do feel like incorporating some crazy heavy synths this is probably the product you will get. Black Sun Empire gets raunchy with this freebie track entitled Delorean. Great work as usual from these guys.
Last but not least is a pretty awesome funky track from Featurecast. Having that DJ Fresh uplifting style of Dnb with vocals; this track is a great way to kick off the weekend. Nothing short of amazing on this track with some great melodies as well as some groovy synth sounds.