drum and bass
EP Review: LOXY & INK – SPRAY TRAINS OF THOUGHT – on R&S
Stalwarts of the drum & bass scene for nearly three decades, London duo Loxy & Ink open up their 2022 account with a new single ‘Spray Trains Of Thought‘. The UK breakbeat pioneers have racked up an arsenal of releases for breakthrough labels such as Metalheadz, Hospital Records and Renegade Hardware, as well as their …
Exclusive: Young producer / DJ Unded provides Backseat Mafia with an exclusive Drum n Bass mix; check it out, here
Young MC / DJ and producer Unded has provided us here at backseat mafia with a brilliant Drum n Bass mix. He’s part of the Tek Devil crew, who have parties down in the South West and on the South Coast of England, and has a single coming out soon with SIROCK. On the mix, …
Album Review : Twofish release the cinematic and transfixing album ‘At Least A Hundred Fingers’: a dynamic sonic landscape that defies genre.
The album ‘At Least A Hundred Fingers’ by duo Twofish is an epic, cinematic musical journey that ebbs and flows with intensity and dynamism. Difficult to slot into any genre, it has the vibrancy of Dead Can Dance with an infusion of world instrumentation – many synthetic, some organic – and a syncopated thrum throughout …
New Music: Imaginary Number – YUKUWHT001 EP
Before we kick off with the first vinyl only release from Yuku, here is a little info on one of my new favorite labels that’s hitting it out the park with their Bass, IDM, Experimental, Down Tempo, Drum and Bass. YUKU is a record store, label, gallery, and exploratory space located in Žižkov, Prague. Brimming …
TRACK: Four Tet shares his remix of Krust’s ‘Negative Returns’; remixes 12″s out consecutive Fridays
HE’S been a long time away, but boy is he back ever. Bristol’s Krust dropped his first full LP release in 14 years just last month, The Edge Of Everything; and a thrilling, crisp, intelligent journey through all the potent possibilities on offer from the lower end of the frequency spectrum it is too; no …
See: Chris Lorenzo – Introspective feat. Bru-C
Although written before the lockdown, the new single from Birmingham producer Chris Lorenzo seem almost tied up in these unprecedented times. It’s this introspective slice of Drum and Bass, full of warmth which ebbs and flows underneath a brilliant vocal from Nottingham MC Bru-C, who adds a socially conscious flow that really hits home. On …
TRACK: THE PROTOTYPES – OXYGEN
Fresh from their 24 hour Drum & Bass & Jungle DJ set to raise money for the NHS through NHS Charities Together, Nick White and Chris Garvey, the two DJs that make up The Prototypes have announced the release of new single ‘Oxygen’ which was Annie Macs hottest record. It is the second single from their upcoming album, ‘Ten Thousand Feet & Rising’ rescheduled for release …
Track: Netsky – I see the future in your eyes
One of the biggest names in dance music, Netsky, has gone back to his roots with his new single ‘I see the future in your eyes’, which is out right now on Hospital Records. Not only has he moved back to producing drum & bass, but on the tenths anniverary since he first released music …
See: Adjua releases new video for O.L.V.
Bristol based vocalist Adjua has recently released a single, ‘O.L.V.’, or One Little Voice and now there’s some accompanying visuals to go with it. Mixing up bass music with a blend of jungle, drum and bass and a little whiff of dubstep, she’s made something that’s rather lovely. “O.L.V is a push and pull between strength …
Track: Dr. Meaker – Dirt & Soul + exclusive Interview
Dr. Meaker are a Bristol based eight piece band, live instruments, samples, studio electronics and big voices create some heavy underground drum and bass covered in liquid deep soul. ‘Dirt & Soul’ is their debut album and it’s going to turn some heads. Already getting the crowds going at Glastonbury, Bestival, Boomtown Fair, Snowbombing, Isle Of Wight festival and …