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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the release this week of a new single from forward thinking American label, Warm Communications, we thought we'd get hold of owner, Heath Looney (also known as EHL), to find out how his year has been and what's up next for the label.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Hi Heath, thanks for talking to us. Warm Communications has been running for thirteen years now. What made you start the label back then? Are you happy with the label's progress over that time? </span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Back when it started there weren’t that many independents pushing what I was into other than Good Looking, Moving Shadow and those kind of musical, atmospheric styles. So I figured I would take a shot at putting out my own stamp on things. Over the years it’s progressed into just a more wide array of styles representing what I’m into .</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I still feel I’ve kept a really good grip on what I initially set out to do with the label. Provide music that is different with each release. I’ve never wanted each release from one to the next to sound the same. I want each release to sound different from the last and keep people on their toes. Regarding how I run it, I’ve just always tried to be as professional as possible and treat people fairly. There have been some bumps in the road occassionally, but that just comes with dealing with so many people. It happens and hopefully we all understand and come to a happy agreement. I love the relationships built within running the label. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah in terms of releases and the quality of those it has been one of our best. 2014 is set to be another great year. We have even more great releases coming by some of what we feel are amazing artists…very exciting to see what’s coming. Extremely humbled by everything that is happening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah as I stated earlier, I never like the releases from one to the next to sound the same, so always doing a different 12" from the last is something I always strive to do. Regarding a favorite release this year….that’s a tough one and I’m going to give a horrible answer. I honestly have loved each one we’ve put out this year. They’ve each been so different in each other. Newly working with Mako, Villem & Fields was fantastic and we’ve become great friends. It’s always a humbling and great experience to work with Lynx (I just love his style and production). Seba is of course amazing and it was a complete honour to finally do something with Blu Mar Ten. Chris is a fantastic gentleman and very professional. </span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #666666;">We also saw the birth of the Umbra series this year which came with an interesting concept. Can you tell us a bit about that? Can we expect to hear more Umbra releases in the near future? </span></b></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Umbra Series was just brought on by an idea of an anonymous series showcasing the music rather than “figures” as such. There is definitely more coming from that series, but in terms of the anonymity of it, it's hard to say. It’s really hard to sell records in this current market with unknown artists and digitally as well. 002 is coming and will still be vinyl & digital…so you’ll just all have to wait! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><b><span style="color: #666666;">You have another single on its way from Mako, who seems to be going from strength-to-strength at the moment. What can we expect to hear this time round? </span></b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Correct and it’s out now on 12” & digital formats. This release is a stomper. A-side is a pure breaks fest being cut up, chopped and mangled into a growling dancefloor smasher. B-side is a sub bass half time number with rising pads and a very unique spoken word breakdown. Mako is always doing interesting things. You’ll see more from him on Warm. The guy is going to have an amazing 2014. Very happy to have him on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><b><span style="color: #666666;">You've released music from some artists early in their career who go on to make big names of themselves; Mako, Resound and FD for example. Do you enjoy nurturing lesser known artists or would you say this is just a coincidence?</span></b></b><b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s probably more of a coincidence than anything. I just love a lot of different producers and what they are all doing. It’s always amazing to see them go onto do bigger things and hopefully one day warm communications will be the platform they are able to do that on. We gotta just keep on building, nurturing and putting out music we feel is great…[duh, isn’t that the whole point of a label]….you all know what I mean! </span></div>
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Don’t want to give to much away. Up again is the Mako release out now. After that sees a collaborative 12 by Need For Mirrors, HLZ & Mikal. Has a real tech step, late 90’s vibe to it. That’s about all I’ll give away for now, but trust me, we have some great music coming out in 2014 </div>
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Huge shouts to all the artists I’ve worked with and continue to work with. Always humbled by that. Massive shout to everyone at ST Holdings. Those guys are some of the most professional people I’ve ever worked with and continue to work with. They have true passion for this music and it’s amazing to be involved in that. Beau @ Masterpiece & Shane @ Finyl Tweek for always doing amazing mastering for our records. And big up to James @ Example, Jason Cook….you guys are a huge help to Warm! Lastly all the fans and buyers…you keep it all worth it and alive! </div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">It's been around a year since we spoke to you last. How have things been progressing with AutomAte? Are you happy with where the labels are at this point? </span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Very. It’s easy to forget that AutomAte as a label is only 12 months old. In our first year, we’ve put out 9 releases totaling 20 tunes, every one of which has been well received. We’ve had Radio 1 airplay from Friction, Bailey and Nihal, as well as exposure on well-loved dnb-specific stations such as Origin FM, Kane FM, Rude FM & Kool FM. I think the Drum & Bass Arena podcast deserves a mention and we’ve even been approached by Hardcore Underground to have an AutomAte track featured on one of their DJ-mixed CDs, which will ship over 10,000 units. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ve been overwhelmed with support. Some really positive feedback has landed in our inbox from a variety of people, from DJ Hype, Kenny Ken and Nu:Tone to bedroom DJs from the other side of the planet. I value it all equally, it’s what makes this worthwhile. I pride myself on doing things properly and professionally and this seems to have made a big impression on the people we’ve worked with so far. This works both ways, all we ask from our artists is dedication to the cause and to push themselves, which has resulted in the most important thing of all - wicked music! </span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Nuff said I think man! We’ve laid a sturdy foundation which we can build on. Priority numero uno for us in year one was to show that we’re serious, we have what it takes and we’re here to stay. We’re very proud of what we’ve achieved so far. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That’s a hard one to answer. I probably shouldn’t in case I hurt the feelings of the other labels, haha. AutomAte Deep will always have a special place in my heart because it’s my own experimental playground, it’s very personal to me. I try not to play too heavily on the segregation between the three labels though, it’s not meant to be pigeon-holey. Some people will just think of all the labels as AutomAte and that’s cool. Other people will have a favourite sub-label, or realise over time that they like the blue ones best, or whatever. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think of AutomAte as neopolitan ice-cream. Sure, the chocolate is the best bit, but I’ll sit and eat the whole damn tub. Probably in one go. And if I’m feeling picky, well I can just buy a tub of chocolate ice-cream and to hell with the other flavours. You still following me? I’m not… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The short answer is not at the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There’s two main types of LP. One is the artist album, which I feel would be a bit premature for us. We do have several artists on the roster from whom I think an album, when the time comes, would fit nicely into our catalogue. Releasing a full-length artist album is a big responsibility. The amount of blood, sweat, tears and soul that is poured into one of those means that we would need to be in a more powerful position than we are right now, in terms of fan-base and promotional clout, to do it justice. When the time is right though, we will rise to the challenge and make sure the artist gets what he or she deserves. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you’re talking about various artist, compilation type LPs, I’m not a big fan of those. There doesn’t tend to be much vibe or common thread about them. When a label’s been around for a while, it makes sense to put the classics, or best-sellers, or just a selection of relevant tunes on a compilation and give them a second wind. But I don’t believe it’s the best way to release new music. I’d rather put out an EP series, I remember how excited I got in the vinyl days when the next Ram Raiders or Hardware Chronicles was out (though in both of those cases, the best tune was on the first volume!). Hence the Depth of Vision EP series on AutomAte! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have a little trick up our sleeve, release-wise, for Halloween, followed by another big remix on AutomAte Tech. AutomAte Deep has a new recruit (from the other side of the planet, not deliberate but I do love how Deep seems to attract people from all corners of the globe). Actually, come to think of it, Deep has 2 or 3 new recruits! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also have an EP in the pipeline for Deep from a duo that I’ve been supporting for several years now and who have also recently caught the ears of Ink/Architecture and Loxy/Cylon. I was hoping to have a release date set for that EP but unfortunately they blew up their sub while making it, haha, so that’s delayed it a bit but at least we know there’ll be plenty of bass! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ve also started work on Volume 2 of the Depth of Vision EP. The first one was very well received so I’m really looking forward to the challenge of following it up and officially making it a series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Artist-wise, I’m immensely proud of everyone we’ve represented so far. But if I must single some out, Philth & Wreckless are killing it, Fearful clearly have a bright future and I love Ortokore’s distinctive style. D.R.O.P.S are very promising too and PRTCL has had a great Summer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To be honest, I really went to town on this one. Blackdub have been very supportive of us from day one so I wanted to pull out all the stops. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I thought about the words ‘black’ and ‘dub’ and the original idea was to go in really deep and dark but, as with all my mixes, I wanted to show off a range of styles and eras – it ended up spanning 20 years, from 1993 – 2013! Then I heard Wreckless’ Face of the Deep EP on Peer Pressure and just had to use the title track as an intro, I love that monologue. I wanted to represent a little bit of all 3 of my labels without being a stereotypical label man and turning it into an AutomAte dubcast. A bit of Raiden always finds its way into my sets. You’ll notice a slightly disproportionate quantity of Ram classics in there… they recently put their back catalogue up for sale digitally and I couldn’t help myself, even though I already own every Ram tune in this mix on vinyl. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is the first mix I’ve ever made in Ableton Live, which is my weapon of choice for production these days. With the label workload plus starting my own engineering business, I haven’t had a lot of time to make my own music these past 6 months but I did buy Live 9 and Push on release day so this seemed like a good opportunity to go in balls deep, do something new to me and get to know the new Ableton a little better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There’s a long, boring, endless debate that goes on about the death (or not!) of vinyl, whether new technology takes the skill out of performing etc etc. I’ve been DJing for 12 years now (8 years of vinyl, 4 years of digi – time flies) and I remember being scared of switching from vinyl to digi because I was so comfortable on the 1210s. But you can’t push forward and keep things exciting if you sit firmly entrenched in your comfort zone. And it turned out the Pioneer CDJ1000 was a marvelous piece of kit, I fell in love with it instantly. It’s the same with Traktor, Ableton and whatever comes next. Sure you can use new technology to do the same old shit quicker and easier than ever before, but you’ll quickly be overtaken and eclipsed by those that push themselves and take things to the oft talked-about ‘next level’. I won’t be selling any decks or doing the majority of my mixes on the computer from now on, nor will I be turning up at a club with a laptop anytime soon, but this has opened a new door for me and the possibilities fascinate me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’d need 4 decks and more arms than an octopus to pull this mix off on decks, and even then some of the effects I’ve used aren’t possible in real-time. Most of it isn’t really obvious in-your-face FX like you’d find on a DJ mixer, it’s more about chopping tracks up, lots of layering and blending different aspects of 3 or 4 tunes together in a way that sounds natural. It’s more of a techno attitude to mixing than D&B. I wanted to really ‘produce’ a studio mix. I sure hope you enjoy it now I’ve talked it up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My partner-in-crime, Esion. Our resident computer whizz (and wicked DJ) Nathan E. And my girlfriend Julie, without whom life would be meaningless. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flexout Audio, Peer Pressure and Fractured Foundation crews. I love hanging out with those guys. Philth can eat twice as much as me and never puts on a pound. Git! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Katie Taylor (aka Shiny Biscuit) for helping us on the PR / promo side of things. </span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">All the artists that have worked with us, sent us music or shown an interest. And everyone who’s supported us by buying or playing our music, spreading the word or just offering encouragement. You know who you are. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's podcast time again and this one is long-overdue so we've brought you a special three hour extravaganza covering all the bases from sublimely minimal to teched-out rinse outs, as well as some Footwork style Jungle infused beats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First up is a cornerstone of the Newcastle Bass music scene, Gareth Hocking who is reknowned for being able to mix pretty much anything from Dancehall to Breaks and Dubstep to Jungle. We've managed to get a Drum & Bass set out of him and it doesn't disappoint!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The second hour brings AutomAte D&B head-honcho, Deficit to the fray with more razor sharp beats and bass, quick mixing and an admirable attention to detail. He's gone in deep with this and further cements why we've been supporting this fledgling label since its inception last year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lastly we have Amsterdam based Footwork soldier, Jay (A.D) coming with a diverse blend of dark Footwork, Juke and fresh Drum & Bass as well as some of his own productions which you can hear on Amsterdam imprint, Liquorish Dubz, Groundmass Records and the recently released 'Mad13' compilation, which is available as a free download from the Mad Hop Bandcamp page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Synkro :: Progression (Indigo Remix) [Exit Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">dBridge :: Death Of A Drum Machine [R&S Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Blade & Arp-1 :: Lithuanian Beauty [Fokus Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stereotype :: Mars One [Disturbed Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Against :: Afterlife [Shopopalo]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Alix Perez :: We Could Have Been feat. D.Ablo [Shogun Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">dBridge & Skeptical :: Move Way [R&S Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Serial Killaz :: One More Time [FBK VIP]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Craggz & Parallel :: Invasion [Yabai 84]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hybris :: Understand Now [Dispatch Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enei :: The Bonebreaker [Critical Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cyantific :: Hold Back [CYN Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Aquasky vs. Crash Berlin :: Movin' The Hype Track feat. Kool Keith (Cyantific Remix) [Passenger]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Enei & Emperor :: Liberation [Critical Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chroma :: Knock Knock [CIA Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fracture :: Gangbusters [Meatlheadz]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chroma :: Intermission [CIA Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DJ SS :: Lighter (1999 Mix) [Formation Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wreckless :: Face Of The Deep feat. Just Some Guy [Peer Pressure]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> Wreckless :: Peace feat. Rob Cole [Peer Pressure]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Origin Unknown :: Truly One [Ram Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cern :: Apparition [Samurai Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Codex :: Vodun [Tribe 12]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">>>>> Antagonist :: Cult [Dust Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ruffhouse & Clarity :: Persecute [Critical Modulations]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ruffhouse :: Bypass [Ingredients Reecords]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Origin Unknown :: Sound In Motion [Ram Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> Raiden :: Roentgen [Architecture]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SpectraSoul :: Light In The Dark feat. Terri Walker [Shogun Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Philth :: Submarine [AutomAte]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anile :: Induction [Deep Soul Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fearful & Keosz feat. Black Louis :: Scars [Citrus Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fuj :: Pressure Plates [AutomAte Deep Dub]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Luxor :: I Want To Live [AutomAte Deep Dub]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rockwell :: My War [Shogun Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vince Grain :: Roswell Eyewitness [AutomAte]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Raiden :: Baptism Of Fire [Voodoo Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> ModeBlue :: Near East [AutomAte Deep]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Raiden :: Danzon [Voodoo Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Xtrah :: Soundclash [Critical Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> Future Cut :: Ghetto Style (Evol Intent Remix) [Renegade Hardware]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> Paradox :: A Certain Sound (Drumworx VIP Remix) [Renegade Hardware]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fon :: Mistaken Coincidence [AutomAte Dub]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fresh :: Signal [Ram Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Arclight :: Pluroform [AutomAte Tech]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bad Company UK :: 4 Days [BC Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> Bad Company UK :: The Nine [BC Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>>>> Concord Dawn :: Raining Blood [Renegade Hardware]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wellbelove :: Planq Time [Unknown]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Wellbelove :: GlitterBoy [Unknown]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Graphs :: Catabasis [Unknown]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pawn :: Your Words [Forthcoming Shoot Recordings] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DJ Nate :: Back Down [Planet Mu]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DJ Nate :: Make 'Em Run [Planet Mu]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chrissy Murderbot :: The Original [Forthcoming Shoot Recordings] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DJ Nate :: Hatas Our Motivation [Planet Mu]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DJ Diamond :: Perk 2012 [Liquorish Dubz] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">J(ay).A.D :: Chakra [Groundmass Records] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">J(ay).A.D :: Woah [Groundmass Records] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Dub Phizix & Skeptical :: Marka feat. Strategy [Exit Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clarity :: Constant [Exit Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">dBridge & Skeptical :: Move Way [R&S Records] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clarity :: Off The Cuff [Exit Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ivy Lab :: Brat [Critical Music] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Amit :: Roots [Tempa]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Indigo :: The Root [Exit Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rockwell & Untold :: Rekohu Sunrise [Critical Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Xtrah - Soundclash [Critical Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fracture & Dawn Day Night - Get Busy [Exit Records]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rockwell :: -)- [808] [Exit Records] </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fracture :: The Limit (VIP) [Astrophonica]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stray :: LA Zoom [Exit Records]</span></div>
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</style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">IM:LTD could call 2013 a good year. With a full-length LP project under their belts as well as a host of quality single releases, the French label seems to be going from strength to strength. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We decided it was high-time we got hold of bossman, Caine, to find out what makes the label tick. Read on for the lowdown.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi Caine, thanks for talking to us. Can you give us a little background into how IM:LTD came about? What made you want to set up a label?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi, thanks for having this interview.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was already deep into music production and designing visuals for some other labels when I got offered to run my own imprint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I saw an opportunity there to promote young upcoming producers such as Mortem, Atmospherix & Glen E.Ston.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">People I was already in touch with that couldn’t actually fit the sound of the labels I was already working for.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How would you describe the music policy/ethos of IM:LTD? Is it difficult crafting a product like a record label?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“Let the music do the talking” is what we stand for. We didn’t really make it easy for ourselves, we wanted the label to be as true to the underground and the Drum & Bass fans as we could, putting upfront almost unknown producers coming from barely known local scenes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now when it comes to the efforts of putting on a decent label, I already knew regarding my former experiences what it would demand to do it to the fullest. I knew it wouldn’t be a piece of cake, but overcoming obstacles is already a reward in itself…now I’m broke, I’m tired but I’m content as it seems we have some bright days ahead aha!</span><br />
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</span></b> <b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We hear you have a background in graffiti. Has that translated at all in the way you run your business?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Actually yes, it did a lot. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Graffiti being all about “getting up”, I realised later the way I worked on this label project was actually with the same competitive mindset I had when I was bombing when applied to another media.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">IM:LTD has quite a prolific release schedule compared to some labels. What's going on at the moment and what can we expect to hear in the near future?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’re going to get back to a more reasonable release pace this year. Last year was all about having projects we initiated over the former years to finally come out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But there are some pretty things already lined up starting with a forward thinking dubstep album from Kantyze which we’ve been working on for a year,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a couple of 12”s we are gathering remixes for and you can also expect something special from the IM:LTD camp to mark the 5 years milestone, so keep your ears open. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The response was super good…it actually always does when it’s a ‘VA’ project, I call it ‘the bundle effect’ aha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then it’s all about picking up the right music together, depending on what’s the release concept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There are loads, besides the label regulars such as Mortem, Arp Xp, Glen E.Ston and co, I am pretty excited about newcomers I have onboard such as Inertia from Madrid and Alpan Aytekin from Istanbul.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When it comes to what’s out there, there are a lot of people going from strength to strength I appreciate such as Foreign Concept, Villem, Fracture, the whole Manchester thing …</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Current Top 5 tunes?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Derrick & Tonika :: Session [Forthcoming IM:LTD]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Phil Tangent :: We Don't Talk Anymore [Forthcoming IM:LTD]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gerwin :: Soul Truth [IM:LTD]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chimpo :: All Over [Soul:R]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Foreign Concept :: Paper Cha$er feat. Punchline [Critical Music]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A little later than planned but no less relevant, is the second part of our Ingredients Records feature. Coming in the form of this interview with label boss, Clive, we find out how he got involved in Drum & Bass, what made him want to set up the label and what drives him to move forward in the scene. Read on!</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clive, thanks for talking to us. Can you give our readers a little insight into how you originally got involved in the Drum & Bass scene as well as the inception of Ingredients Records?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well I am a firm believer that if you dedicate enough time to something you should look to get something back and I guess I felt that I needed to explore the industry after buying records avidly for 8 years. So much so that I quit my career as a chef to go and work at Redeye Records. That was in 2000 and from there I went and worked at Southern Records Distributors (SRD). I was on a London pirate station between 2001-2005 and had met many people during this time. I left London to work for ST Holdings and I guess all this experience and networking led me to starting Ingredients confidently. I'd studied the music for 14 years by now so I found something I felt I could do quite well at and launched the label in 2009. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes I do, although it's sometimes quite difficult to. The aim was always to find new artists and give them a platform, and some self-belief. But as has been the case throughout the catalogue, I've always released music from established artists too. I guess sometimes it felt like a mission statement rather than a record label but that's the pressure I put myself under and every now & then I just wanted it to be a credible label whoever the record was by. I've put on some really good events in the last 3 years, notably the 1st one at XOYO & recently at Fabric. That shows the progression but I have slowed the release schedule down, there really is no rush to release good music.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah he sent me about 8 or 9 tunes, some were decent & he released his 1st record alongside ST Files in March this year "Nailbomb / Hard Times" which was a great way to launch his career! We kept in touch regularly and pushed for his first solo 12". But literally one day he sent me 6 tracks & I signed them all! "Creep / Resistance" is out in the stores now as well as "Surveillance / One Nation" . They've had some terrific support across the scene and I'm really pleased for him. He's been doing this for over a decade and he's finally in the zone. Also out now is another unknown to most, Dominic Petrie. Some different flavours on this one, a lot deeper and chilled but I felt he needed a platform, he's very talented and it's a 7 track digital EP with a 12" to follow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To be honest I am put off by them. There are far to many compilations anyway, but if I was to do one it would be a solo album. Too early to say at the moment but I'm not ruling that out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm liking Pennygiles stuff of late, always been a fan of that style and sometimes he absolutely nails it. Skeptical always writes interesting Drum & Bass for me and I am really into Stealth, he has some killer tunes up his sleeve. But Response is someone I'm glad to be working with, 'One Nation' is bloody great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yeah myself & James (Chroma) used to talk a lot and we both wanted to get into artist management in some capacity, and when he heard i was managing Symmetry Recordings for Break, we talked in depth about starting an agency. With a fair few artists already into what I was doing with Ingredients and James' experience in being a promoter for Turbulence in Newcastle, I think that experience alone was enough for people to take us seriously. We've been running it for almost 2 years and we both really enjoy it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Well I feel lucky to be working in the one part of the industry I love (Drum & Bass) and I encourage anyone to follow their desires and never let anyone put them off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In this first part of our focus on Ingredients Records, we take a closer look at all three releases...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'Creep' exemplifies this perfectly, kicking things off with a simple two-step beat before building and dropping with heavy, distorted bass stabs which rumble along throughout. This is real heads-down business, reminiscent of classic Renegade Hardware and Phantom Audio releases, demonstrating how simplicity can do just as much damage on the dancefloor as more complicated sounding tracks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Forthcoming on October 21st, the follow-up single from Response not only proves Clive at Ingredients' faith in this artist but also further cements him as a producer to keep your eye on. It's hard to believe he's been making music for ten years but is only just finding his way into the limelight now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'Surveillance', which has been championed by the legendary Fabio and is a firm favourite here at Blackdub HQ, starts out where 'Resistance' left off. Although a little deeper than the tracks on the previous release it still holds enough weight for the dancefloor, which you'll understand when that bass drops. Comparisons to Marcus Intalex are easy to see here but that's a good thing in our opinion. Vibes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">'One Nation' is the moody teenager of this single. Deep, dark and coming with an old Virus style sound palette, this one grumbles along with a deadly reese bassline that was enough to make label owner, Clive come over all giddy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You may not have heard the name Dominic Petrie before as, as far as we're aware, this is his first release under this moniker. However, like Response, he has been producing for a while, under the name Y2D, with a slew of releases under his belt on labels such as Nerve, Phuzion and Sound Artillery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This EP really showcases his diversity as a producer with tracks like the sublime 'Riverside Blues' and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' bringing that Calibre style smoothness. In contrast to these, you have 'Ephemerol Test' and 'Exponent of Escape', which wouldn't sound out of place on an Autonomic podcast, as well as our favourite of the bunch, 'TMA1', with it's sparse soundscape and distorted bass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The thing that ties all these tracks together is the atmosphere and the actual emotion and feeling you get from them which is a hard thing to accomplish these days. It also speaks volumes that this release was originally supposed to be a single but Clive and company at Ingredients couldn't decide firmly enough on two tracks to put out. We're also feeling the artwork on this one. Lovely stuff.</span></div>
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</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi there, can you introduce yourself to our readers and give us a little background into Earth Leakage Trip?</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With my first record release in 1992 on Moving Shadow I formed Earth Leakage Trip, the name comes from a device to prevent electric shock. Since a young age I've been playing piano and around 1990 I bought a drum machine and a few other devices and recorded my first electronic works. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Utopia Music's first release was back in 2009. Since then, label owner Mako has been working hard, establishing an imprint built on a solid foundation of good vibes and a strictly no-cheese music policy.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First off, can you introduce yourself and give us a bit of background on how you started producing as well as the inception of Utopia Music?</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Hello, my name is Stephen Mako, I am the owner and label manager of Utopia Music. I currently write music for Metalheadz, Symmetry, Warm Communications, Dispatch, Horizons and my own label. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Utopia was born out of a need for the family to have their own imprint and for other artists who have a similar style and approach, not just to music, but life ethics in general. I started making music when I realised that it would help the label a lot more if I could actually write music by myself and use other labels as promotional tools for gigs and vibes.</span><br />
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</span></b> <b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Utopia has been running for a good few years now and you're part of what is arguably one of the more exciting collectives in Drum & Bass at the moment. Do you feel like you've managed to carve out your own niche in the scene? Has it been difficult setting yourself apart from the crowd?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't really feel like that - but I don't 'not' feel like that if you get me. I haven't really given it much thought. My 'thinking energy' tends to go on the making of music and the operation management side of the label. Have we set ourselves apart from the crowd? I don't know. All I know is that I love the music. I will gratefully let others decide the rest.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You have a few releases upcoming in the next couple of weeks as well as more from Utopia. Can you tell us a bit about what we can expect to hear?</span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well there is the Andyskopes jungle 12" which is out now, the new Fields 12" is coming at the end of September and then we have a DLR 12" coming in November time. After that we have a Break 12" and then a Villem 12" and then a Hydro, War, Habstrakt, Mateba and Sam KDC 12". Then we have more from Mikal, Survival and myself.</span><br />
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<b style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So many of your collaborative tracks often read like a who's who of modern underground Drum & Bass. You've been working with names like DLR, Hydro and Linden to mention a few, as well as the Utopia crew. Do you find it easier working together with so many heads? How does it work?</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I was first writing tunes I was lucky enough to work with some talented producers from the start like Fields and Villem. Then Break came along and taught me some really important vibes. It was hard in the beginning to write with them as I felt really nervous most of the time and would feel most comfortable if they left the room when I was working on the track! Now I don't feel like that and am a lot more confident and relaxed, so its a far more enjoyable process for me….and the others! For a lot of my recent improvements I have to thank DLR as he instilled control and confidence in my tunes by helping my compression techniques and general vibes. As for how it works, its all rather simple, people come to the studio, sometimes music is made and then they leave. We tend not to put much pressure on ourselves, make sure our diet is good and we exercise regularly. Its all part of the studio ethic. A great deal of sarcastic banter is also part of the system, as is co-op Fifa and Trials Evolution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">No set plans, but there is talk of getting some of these older tunes out on a couple of 5 track EP's which would make up a mini album.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">As always, big ups to all the family. I am eternally grateful for everyone's vibes and music. Its a privilege to be here and be surrounded by the most talented yet non cheesy members of the drum and bass community. Also shouts to Ant TC1, Heath at Warm Communications for showing a brother love and encouragement, Neil at Horizons, James my amazing press dude who works at Example Media and Alex at the Bassic agency. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Shouts to T Dog and Ethel kitten and my little but big brother Robbie. Also shouts to the universe for being full of flavours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warsa :: Terminal 502 [Deceast]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kryptic Minds :: The Talisman [Tectonic]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Matt U :: Frequency [Black Box]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tunnidge :: Empty Spaces [Chestplate]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Catacombs :: Music Mi Love [Macabre Unit]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vivek :: Asteroid [System Sound]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Genetix :: Mohair [Bacon Dubs ]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warsa :: Recon [Deceast]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Quantum Soul :: Underworld [Uprise Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Proxima :: Valve Wars [Tempa]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sleeper :: Narcissus [Osiris Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kryptic Minds :: Bad Man VIP [Osiris Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seven :: Go To War [Uprise Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Able Danger :: Insane Hype [Forthcoming Surround Sound]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Able Danger :: The Rubicon [Surround Sound]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loxy, Resound, Escher & Blocks :: Monsters [Narratives Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kolectiv :: Cryllic (DLR Remix) [Scientia Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fracture :: Better Than Tomorrow [Metalheadz]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">DBR UK & Mtwn :: Shrapnel [Dispatch Limited]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bredren, M-Zine & Scepticz :: Faction [Proximity Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mortem :: Iceberg [Metalheadz]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Kolectiv :: Launchpad (Xtrah Remix) [Scientia Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Coma :: Half Ounce [Mute:8 Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Fre4knc, Mtwn & Mindmapper :: Relic [Samurai Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cern & Dabs :: Hell Rose [Dispatch Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Generic :: Get Away [ BIOS Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Imagine This & Buck Rogers :: Bounce (DLR Remix) [Bass Mechanix Audio]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ruffie :: Refugee [Forthcoming AutomAte]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ed:it :: Cargo Dub (Total Science Remix) [Rooted Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dabs & Safire :: Back & Forth (Mako, DLR & Ant TC1 Remix) [Dispatch Recordings]</span></div>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After the release of their brilliant debut album Method In The Madness, on Dispatch Recordings last year, Octane & DLR decided to part ways as a production team and pursue their dreams in a more solitary fashion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Much of the scene has been waiting with baited breath to see what comes of this new direction and Chris Octane served up his first solo release on his brand new label CO Recordings on May 6th. It doesn't disappoint.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Synthetics" kicks things off with ethereal atmosphere, plucked bass and an existential vocal focussing on our perception of reality before dropping into a thunderous distorted sub, bringing with it a live sounding energy rarely heard in Drum & Bass these days. The drop catches the listener off-guard a little and as you'd expect, the production standards are astoundingly good. This is definitely one for the dance floor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Gaia's Dub" sees Octane take an altogether different direction, bringing it right down to an almost ambient level. Another vocal sample woefully describing humanity's destruction of our planet takes us through the intro until the drop lifts us into space with spectral sci-fi pads and a simple half tempo beat. Minimal sub-work drives the track while spacey effects flicker in and out keeping our ears happy and engaged.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overall, Octane has covered all the bases with a well-rounded debut release that further cements his place in the scene and firmly defines CO Recordings as a label to keep an eye on. You can bag it now from all good digital outlets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">May 13th saw the second release from Kalm and Spindall's own Nurtured Beatz Recordings. Following the first EP on the label from the legendary Genotype, Kalm & Carera have supplied us with four deep and rugged tracks delivering exactly what it says on the tin.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Late Night Vibes" sets the scene with its dark, creeping bassline and unsettling atmosphere while "Ton Of Bricks" comes with the same tone but ups the pressure a little. A smooth sub snakes its way through the sparse soundscape bringing that smoke-filled, underground club feeling we love here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Smoke & Dust" is probably our favourite of the four tracks here and is aimed right at the dance floor, hitting hard with more stepping beats before a sweet little switch that rolls nicely into an uplifting breakdown. The darkness picks up again after the second drop making this great peak-time material.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Perceptions" closes things off with its rolling techstep vibes finishing an EP that we feel surpasses the first release and proves that Nurtured Beatz is definitely a label to watch. You can grab it now from all good digital stores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sunchase's "Nathnennia" opens proceedings, </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">building tension</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> with 80s style synths as the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">bassline slowly creeps in. The sparse vibes are continued after the drop and the introduction of keys develops the lushness while slightly darker effects bring with them a sense of foreboding. This one is deep, moody and packed with a respectable sense of restraint. Especially considering it comes from a producer who is more renowned for his dance floor smashing Neurofunk. Lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Their next single, for Total Science's label C.I.A, is </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">scheduled for release on May 20th and carries with it a similar theme, bringing forward old-skool stylings whilst still keeping things sounding contemporary.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"Intermission" opens with a classic break and Dub effects culminating in a drop that is </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">reminiscent of old Dread Recordings tunes. Deep sub stabs and an ever-satisfying reese keep things rolling alongside those familiar drones so prevalent in Drum & Bass today. The second drop brings a subtle switch guaranteed to keep the punters rooted to the dance floor. Classic vibes designed for the modern raver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All round, this is the sort of release you'd expect to hear on C.I.A; quality, modern dance floor Drum & Bass with more than a little nod to the old-skool. Great stuff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Don't forget, you can check his mix out in the seventh episode of our podcast here: <a href="http://blackdubpodcast.blogspot.nl/2013/03/blackdub-podcast-7-feat-hex.html">http://blackdubpodcast.blogspot.nl/2013/03/blackdub-podcast-7-feat-hex.html</a><br /><br /><br /><b>For those of us who don't know much about you, can you introduce yourself?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hi, I’m Hex! I’m a Drum & Bass DJ and producer based in Glasgow, Scotland. I help run <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SymbiosisDnB?group_id=0">Symbiosis</a> (Glasgow’s longest running active Drum & Bass club night) and I run the <a href="http://dnbdojo.wordpress.com/">DNB Dojo</a> blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My path into the D&B scene started back in 2004 or so when I started getting into electronic music via the likes of Aphex Twin and Squarepusher and the jungle-tinged IDM/breakcore scene. After that I started getting into Dubstep (back when it was still good) via the early Fortified Sessions nights in Glasgow where I saw guys like N-Type and Vex’d play, and I wanted to buy the tunes I was hearing so I started to buy vinyl records. Once I had a stack of 12”s I began to think about getting decks and learning to mix, which I eventually bought after finishing University and getting a proper job.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Around the same time as I was finishing Uni, I went to Shambhala festival in Canada and caught Ed Rush & Optical and Evol Intent throwing down on a 100,000 Watt soundsystem! Needless to say I was pretty much instantly converted to D&B, and found that I enjoyed mixing it far more than I enjoyed mixing Dubstep, hence my start as a D&B DJ. Neil and the Symbiosis crew gave me a set at one of their events in 2010 and I’ve been playing out as much as I can ever since.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As for production, I got interested in that more recently; I know quite a few producers who make all sorts of music and plenty of them encouraged me to give it a go, and once I’d learned the basics I found it pretty addictive…nothing quite beats the feeling of sitting in front of your laptop nodding your head to a beat you’ve actually constructed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Broadly I lean towards the techstep and neurofunk sounds both in my productions and DJ sets, though I also appreciate the deep halfstep and soulful liquid vibes. I think ultimately I’ve always been drawn to dark, angry music, all the way from listening to punk and metal as a teenager through getting into electronic music via tracks like Come To Daddy. Sometimes it’s fun to make or mix deeper tunes but more often than not I want something hench. It’s all about feeling that sub growling in your chest on a good rig! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’ve got a pair of tunes signed to Automate Tech which should be coming out sometime this year, one of which you can hear in the mix. I’m aiming to get on it and write plenty this year so hopefully there’ll be more coming soon…watch this space!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Away from D&B, I took some time to write a four track EP of spacey, chilled out electronica leaning towards garage and dubstep which is available as a free download <a href="http://hex-electronica.bandcamp.com/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Always so hard to pick…right now I’d say: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Black Sun Empire - All Is Lost (Memtrix Remix) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Optiv & CZA - Bring It Back </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Telekinesis & MC Coppa - Pocket Full Of Drops </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">• Fourward - Street Knowledge </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That list will probably change by next week though! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the mix I wanted to try and go on a little bit of a journey, starting deep and then building things up into the harder, nastier tunes, and also showcase a couple of my own bits. The mix opens up with my remix of Lethal’s Seductive (which you can grab as a free download via my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DJHexDnB?group_id=0">Facebook page</a>) and goes through some other deep ones (like the excellent Fracture remix of Phantom Force and the sublime new Dub Phizix tune Rainy City Music) before hitting into harder territory with new cuts from Telekinesis and Memtrix. I always try and get a few classics into the mix too, and some lesser known artists/labels like the stuff from Audio Habitat on Sidechain and the tunes from Arkaik and Arclight. Hopefully the Blackdub listeners will feel the vibes! </span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Any final thoughts/shouts you would like to add? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Big shout outs to Stu, Jules, Neil and Altron (the Symbiosis crew), shouts to the Automate crew, biggups to everyone who sends me promo at the blog and much love to everyone who’s ever taken the time to listen to my tunes or mixes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyone in Scotland reading this, check out Symbiosis in Glasgow every 3rd Saturday of the month down at Audio on Midland Street and come catch me playing at Midgefest in Galloway April 12th-14th. Peace!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's time once again for a new installment of our podcast series and number seven comes in the form of a two hour show featuring myself (Enorme) in the mix as well as a special guest appearance from Glasgow's own Hex, who has a release forthcoming on <a href="http://www.blackdubpodcast.blogspot.nl/2012/11/introducing-automate.html">AutomAte</a>, co-runs Symbiosis; Glasgow's premier monthly D&B party and also manages to maintain his own blog at the <a href="http://dnbdojo.wordpress.com/">DNB Dojo</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Matt Pulsar :: Wickerman [Forthcoming Structured Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Able Danger & Torment :: Democide [Forthcoming Surround Sound Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Survival & Silent Witness :: Feel It [Dispatch Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Exit9 & NFR :: Refuse To Lose [Forthcoming Structured Music]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>> Breakage :: Clarendon [Digital Soundboy Recordings]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Kalm & Spindall :: Expressions [Nurtured Beatz Freebie]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Quartz :: Seppuku [Freebie]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">>> Billion :: Defence feat. Sense & Codebreaker [Alignment Records</span></div>
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Digital & Spirit :: Phantom Force (Fracture's Astrophonica Edit) [Phantom Audio]</div>
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Naibu & Ena :: Nothing Special (feat. Key) [Horizons]</div>
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Audio Habitat :: Smoking [Sidechain]</div>
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Hex :: Tin Man [AutomAte Dub]</div>
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Telekinesis :: She Wants To Skate [Eatbrain]</div>
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Silent Witness & Break :: The Hills Have Ears [Symmetry]</div>
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8-Bits & Q-Project :: Lowend Theory [CIA]</div>
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Emperor :: The Fire [Neosignal]</div>
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Donny & Katharsys :: Wraith [Barcode]</div>
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Enormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926312890200201123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737215505408867379.post-7161793444717625562013-01-31T22:50:00.000+01:002013-02-03T17:09:53.263+01:00Blackdub Podcast #6 feat. MC Fokus & 2Shy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's time to kick things off for 2013 here at Blackdub with the next installment of our podcast series. We've got a bumper pack of high-grade beats and bass this month hosted in part by the up-and-coming MC Fokus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">MC Fokus: For bookings: clive@evolutionartists.co.uk Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mcfokus">@mcfokus</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Considered a fairly new face on the scene, Fokus has more than earned his stripes, adding his vocal talents to releases on labels such as Dispatch Recordings and Renegade Hardware as well as a heavy gigging schedule across the UK and Europe. He's gone all out on Reevah's first hour mix, warming us up perfectly for this month's guest mix from 2Shy...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2Shy is a bonafide scene legend. Chances are if you're out in the scene a lot you'll have heard him hyping the crowd at raves all over Europe from Renegade Hardware to Ram and Tech:nology to Playaz. His versatility know no bounds illustrated perfectly by the stomping classics set he's put together for our first episode of the year, kicking us off in style! Enjoy the show!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Calibre :: Simple Emotion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Meth :: Put up</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Able Danger :: Exile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Critical Impact :: Only Girl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Data :: Vice</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">HLZ :: 140 Dub</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Decimal Bass :: Loudmouth</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Survival & Silent Witness :: Immortal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Total Science :: No Justice (Jubei Remix) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Octane, DLR + EBK - Zulu Fade</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jayline & Papa G :: Over Expose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seba :: Nightrider</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Vicious Circle :: Solitude</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Foreign Concept :: Possessive</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Foreign Concept :: Show You</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Icicle & SpectraSoul :: Body Language</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Able Danger :: Nautilus</span></div>
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Enormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926312890200201123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737215505408867379.post-34579569349643700092012-12-05T22:08:00.001+01:002012-12-05T22:08:15.867+01:00Blackdub Podcast #5 feat. Mechanizm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another month goes by and it's time for episode five in our podcast series. This month's show is hosted by myself, Enorme again and features the usual rash of quality Drum & Bass that you've hopefully come to expect from us by now. I was a bit ill when I recorded this one so didn't really have the energy to get into the mix. Instead I decided to play a load of tunes I've been feeling over the last month or two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No need to worry though as our guest mix has been more than ably handled by the man like Mechanizm, taking us through forty five minutes of rolling techstep that'll get your head nodding. Keep your eyes peeled for our Q&A but until then, enjoy the show. Let's go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dawn Day Night :: Alcoholic Dance Flow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Future Roots & Echonic :: Oak Tree</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">M-Zine & Scepticz :: Alone</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Raiden :: Dove From Above feat. Klose</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Verb & Nitri :: Fear Control</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Manifest, Meth & 2Shy :: R.N.S</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mechanizm :: The Unknown</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cursa, Subliminal & Alxr :: Camino</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sabre :: Injustice feat. Riya</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Long story! Depends what you mean by involved. I started bedroom DJing and going to Drum and Bass clubs and parties about ten years ago. I first played in a club six or seven years ago but I'd say it's only in the last three or four years that I've made a big effort to build something tangible and truly be a part of the scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">AutomAte has existed in some form since late 2009. It started with a radio show on Intense Records' online station, jointly run by myself and my good friend Tracksuit Mafia. He and a few other mates had started producing their own music and we wanted to start exposing ourselves as artists to the rest of the world. We promoted the show on the forums and social networks each week and started to get a bit of interest but the format got very tired very quickly. We decided to get the audience more involved so we started advertising guest slots. People would send us a demo mix and if we were feeling it, we’d offer them the chance to either play a live show or provide a guest mix which we would air. We met loads of people this way because each DJ would bring their own circle of mates so it was a different crowd in the chatroom each week. The AutomAte Soundcloud page was originally a portal for downloading the radio shows and one of them, a Leon Switch/Defcom tribute mix from my man Nathan E, is still on there for the time being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After about 18 months, we laid the radio show to rest. By that point we’d switched the format again and had about six DJs on regular rotation but it had become obvious that people wanted downloads, not live streams. A bit like Sky+, people want it on demand. Tracksuit Mafia went his own way to concentrate on production and I started the AutomAte Podcast. After about 9 months this started to really take off and, after 2 years, we've worked with Amoss, Phil Hustle, Nyx (Renegade Hardware), the other Nyx (from Seattle), Retraflex (Flexout Audio), Cursa and more. The next one will be Square (Mindtech Recordings). We're on iTunes, which is the best way to subscribe, and they’re downloadable from our </span><a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/automate-dnb" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Soundcloud page</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In late 2010, my best friend (and now label partner) Esion convinced me to give production a try. He'd been doing it for a couple of years and was loving it. Long story short, I was bitten by the bug. Esion lives in Bristol and we started going to the </span><a href="http://www.digitallabz.co.uk/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Digital Labz</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> production seminars, which are run by James Arclight. The three of us got chatting and James sent Esion a tune he'd just written. That tune was Pluroform. We were both blown away. We'd chatted about record labels before but Pluroform sealed the deal, if we could get music of that quality then it was game on! That was a year ago and a lot has happened since. We've been very busy but nothing has been rushed. We worked on the label for a year before releasing the first single, which came out on bonfire night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Esion and I share a mutual love of dark, techy, dancefloor Drum and Bass but over the years our tastes have diverged. Esion's love of tech has extended towards the heavy/hardcore end of the spectrum whereas I've gone the other way towards the more experimental, genre-bending stuff. I guess you could say the two labels represent Esion and I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">AutomAte Tech is all about dirty, gritty, hard-hitting dnb ranging from heavy tech-step and amen tracks to neuro and hardcore styles. If you want to get a track signed to AutomAte Tech, a good start would be to write something that makes Esion and I jump around the room. It needs to be dark and grimy with plenty of attitude and groove. Esion really has the final say on what goes out on AutomAte Tech but there’s nothing that he's signed to the label so far that I don’t play in my sets too. If you have us both running for the nearest nightclub, you're onto a winner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">AutomAte Deep is about warm, eclectic and experimental music. Drum and Bass has always been a bit of a bastard son, a mish-mash of everything from UK Techno to Jamaican Dub to Funk and Soul to US Hip-Hop. It's the speed, the drum breaks and the sub-bass that make Drum and Bass sound like Drum and Bass but the real flavour comes from literally every other kind of music there is and this is the kind of experimentation I’m encouraging with AutomAte Deep; I want to forget I'm sitting in my studio; I want you to take me on a journey to a windy mountain top, a South American carnival, a Japanese temple, the surface of Mars… That’s how to get a tune signed to AutomAte Deep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We're looking for really well produced music. Professional quality. With our first release, I believe we've set the bar right where it needs to be. Anyone can send us demos and we listen to everything we're sent. We're musicians, we love listening to music. We've had demos from many talented up-and-coming artists and we encourage them, spur them on to keep developing and give them advice where we can. Keep coming back, keep sending us music, we love hearing people progress and we'd love to home-grow some artists.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Apart from that, all the music needs to come from the soul. Writing tunes for the sake of it and trying to emulate other people often results in music that sounds awkward, contrived and false. Be true to yourself and write what's in your heart, whether it's a hardcore face-melter, dancefloor dynamite or a trippy experimental soup. We're passionate about this music and we expect to hear the same from our artists. In fact, that's all we really ask of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I much prefer to hear demos that have not been mastered in any way. Many artists seem to feel that they need to squeeze their demos to commercial loudness to grab my attention. Not true! In my experience, most budding producers totally overcook this and I've heard many a demo ruined by poor mastering. All our music is professionally mastered at zero cost to the artist so, if in doubt, leave the master bus alone and just send us the final mixdown, we'll take it from there.</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The first release on AutomAte Tech has just dropped, can you give us some information on that as well as what to expect in the near future?</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have plenty in the pipeline. The first release dropped on 5th November. That was Arclight – Pluroform/Surgikal. It's available now in all good digital stores including Beatport, TrackItDown, Juno, iTunes, Amazon, 7Digital and many more. Support for that release has been outstanding. The tunes have been picked up by the likes of Bailey, Raiden, EBK, Nyx, Gremlinz, NC-17, John Rolodex. The list goes on...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next up, on 3rd December we'll be releasing another AutomAte Tech single. This one is by Fearful, a talented up-and-coming duo from Brighton. The A-side is a heavyweight grumpy slab of tech called Santura and the B-side is a punchy rolling stepper called Gorilla. These boys are a joy to work with and they're ones to watch, they're going to start turning some heads. Again, the release has already chalked up encouraging support from the likes of Optiv, Amoss, Nyx, Phil Hustle, Cursa, Philth and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the new year we'll be putting out more music on AutomAte Tech. Call me old-fashioned but I like to keep an air of mystery, I don't believe in giving everything away all at once. Suffice to say, exciting times lie ahead and we're already working with artists on several releases for the first half of 2013. The best way to keep up with what's happening is, of course, online at </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/automate-dnb">Soundcloud</a>, </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/AutomAte/159623347434908" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Facebook</a> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">or</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/deficitlondon" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Twitter</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (or search for #automatednb)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Around March/April, we're planning to launch AutomAte Deep. The first release on there will be Peg Leg by Ortokore and Near East by ModeBlue. This is a perfect example of what I'm trying to achieve with the Deep label. One side has insanely infectious Latino beach vibes while the other takes you on a Dub-fuelled journey to the heart of a Medina. All from the comfort of your headphones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've also realised what a massive gulf exists between AutomAte Deep and AutomAte Tech. We've been sent a number of tunes which haven't suited the vibe of either label but which we would have loved to sign. Chunky steppers, dark rollers and interesting minimal tracks that didn't have enough attitude for Tech or were too straight-up for Deep. So we're planning to launch a third imprint, simply called AutomAte, to cater for this. The same standards apply across the board, the music needs to be well-produced and engaging with a dark andtechy or an interesting, experimental edge to it. This label is still on the drawing board but if it would make it into our record bags, it stands a good chance of being signed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shouts to my partner-in-crime, Esion. Tracksuit Mafia for his support, especially in the early days. My tech-man Nathan E, who’s like the third member of AutomAte and practically runs our forum, <a href="http://www.drumandbassmovement.com./">www.drumandbassmovement.com.</a> And my girlfriend Julie for putting up with my sub, my ranting and raving, my obsessive nature and for picking me up when it all gets too much.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A special mention to our mastering engineer, Chris Jarman (aka Raiden/Kamikaze Space Programme). I’ve been a big fan of his for a decade now and there'</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">s no-one I'd rather have finalising our releases than him. And a bloody nice bloke to boot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Katie Taylor (aka Shiny Biscuit) for helping us on the PR and promo side of things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Carla, Gabi, Fergus, Stuart and Andrew for their graphical input over the years. If anyone wants to be put in contact with our graphic designers, just ask.</span></div>
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Our special guest mix this month comes from London based Spindall. An accomplished DJ and an upcoming producer alongside partners Kalm and Diamond Eye, we got hold of him to find out what makes him tick and what we can expect to hear from him in the near future.</div>
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<b>Can you introduce yourself for the people who don’t know you?</b></div>
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My name is Craig and I go under the artist name of Spindall, catch me on <a href="http://www.rudefm.com/">www.rudefm.com</a> every Saturday from 6 til 8PM playing the best in underground D&B.</div>
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I got into it at the very start back in 1992 listening to pirate radio and tape packs etc. via older friends. Being a DJ culture genre it was what I wanted to do from the age of 10! My idols were Hype, Andy C and Randall. Listening to those guys made me want to do it myself. </div>
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Definitely on the deep side. I like the deeper side of the music and the darkside.</div>
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<b>You are also developing a reputation as a producer. Would you consider yourself predominantly a DJ or beat maker? Can we expect to see any releases in the near future? </b></div>
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Producing is still very new to me. I'm still learning & lucky to have a sick engineer in Kalm so I would say at present definitely very much a DJ who dabbles in production . Myself and Kalm have an up coming release on Twisted Records very soon called Parameters. We're also gonna be starting a label called Nurtured Beatz so we'll be releasing on there too. Grab the free single now by myself & Diamond Eye from <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/nurturedbeatz">www.soundcloud.com/nurturedbeatz</a></div>
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<b>You’ve put a guest mix together for our latest podcast. Can you give us a little insight into it? </b></div>
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The mix features forthcoming material from us, current bangers and also a few people to watch out for in the future. I like to feature new artists and you'll spot a few in the mix.</div>
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Musically it is pretty strong right now, so much good stuff around at the moment it's unreal. It's also more diverse now than ever and that can only be a good thing. It will open the door too newer listeners. </div>
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Yes, thanks for giving me the opportunity to do this . Big ups to Kalm, all @ RudeFM, Diamond Eye, DBR UK & all @ Broken Audio, Kolectiv, Donny & Robee @ Extent, Joe @ Twisted, Lucie @ The Drum & Bass Diaries, Ruffhouse, Codebreaker, Syrenz , Antagonist, Genotype, and anyone I missed (I could be here forever but big ups to all the peeps who've supported, you know who you are).</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My names Dan Franklin aka Lethal and I own the label Surround Sound which I run alongside my good friend Mike Rogers who is also one half of Able Danger. The labels been going since June 2009 and we’ve had 26 releases so far. We release predominantly Drum and Bass, but have also branched out into Dubstep with plans to move into other genres too.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The MP3 vs. Vinyl argument continues to rumble on. As you run a digital release focused label, do you feel D&B is a little unyielding in its refusal to embrace technology more? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don’t really feel there’s much of an argument anymore... you can only argue with the numbers so much. The reality is vinyl doesn’t sell like it did, especially not for smaller labels. Many who put out vinyl do it at a loss, which is a real shame. I would love to do some more vinyl releases but the numbers just don’t add up. Who knows what the future holds, but I can’t see things moving back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a 5 track EP out now on Surround Sound that features some tracks originally scheduled for Position Chrome. Then we have a 3 track EP from Able Danger with more to come. We’re still finalising the schedule but details will be up on the surroundsoundrecordings.co.uk as soon as their ready. Other than that I’m currently working on solo and collab projects, as well as a techno project too. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wish I could say there was some deep thought that went into it, but I'd be lying. I just wanted to pull some old bits and throw them in the pot with some new tracks. It’s very easy to get caught up in the latest tunes all the time so it was good to dig through the old CDs and pull out some old personals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Follow me on Twitter, <a href="http://twitter.com/DanLethal">@DanLethal</a> and <a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/lethal">Soundcloud</a> for up to date info on what’s going on with me and keep posted to <a href="http://www.surroundsoundrecordings.co.uk/">www.surroundsoundrecordings.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/SurroundSoundUK">@SurroundSoundUK</a> on Twitter for all label and associates news. A big thanks to the Blackdub crew for asking for the mix, big ups to you guys. A shout goes out to Mike (MR2) and the Surround Sound family, expanding by the day. Big ups and respect to all those that support what we do. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Drum and Bass is flourishing at the moment and with that, there is a consistent rash of labels popping up here and there. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's difficult in times like this to stand out from the crowd and keep the quality control high. Worcester based label Protect Audio seems to have both of these factors locked down. They already have a solid debut release out now in the shape of Marukumo's Visions/Ganymede so we thought we'd catch up with head-honcho Pete to find out what's up next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I’m Pete, I’m 26 and I own Protect Audio (sounds like blind date haha). I’ve always had a massive interest in music and I’ve played different instruments for the last 15 or so years. I started off playing drums at age eleven and soon moved onto bass and guitar. I still play guitar now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Around the age of sixteen I started playing around with FL studio, making some weird Aphex Twin inspired music as I was really into that trippy genre back then. At age eighteen I thought about going to guitar school and getting a degree in technical guitar playing as I wanted to teach/session etc. Instead I got a job and worked for a couple of years then went to SAE Institute London to study audio engineering. I ended up quitting my course after a year and I started a small label named Tongue Flap. This is where I learnt the foundations of music business and music management etc. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2012 came along and it was time to start Protect Audio and really focus it on nineties influenced Drum and Bass. I've been building up my contacts and knowledge over the past three to four years so starting the label and getting people aware of it was a bit easier. We’re now just waiting for PA002 to land on September 17th.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Protect Audio's ethos is to release Drum and Bass that has a nineties inspiration but with a 2012 feel. We’re not aiming for the commercial sounds and not trying to follow a trend. We just release music that we love which has enough firepower to compete with the big boys and it appears to be working. We’ve had some amazing DJ feedback & support so far. Watch out! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On September 17th we have The Protection EP dropping worldwide. It’s a four track various artists EP featuring Congress, Mono, Homemade Weapons and Marukomu. There is something for everyone in this release and we’re very proud of it. As for forthcoming music, we have a release from Homemade Weapons, Cursa and Hyroglifics. I’ve already said too much so you’ll have to wait to find out more info!!! </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thanks to everyone that is supporting Protect Audio and cheers to all the guys who work very hard for me. You can hear our forthcoming release by playing the Soundcloud set below. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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One thing you may have noticed though, is the recent predominance of MC led tracks particularly in the more 'minimal' techstep influenced side of Drum & Bass. Granted, these tracks have always been around over the years. A little hook here, a sampled phrase there and even full vocal tracks. Just dig out Reprazent's classic Brown Paper Bag or Technical Itch's Soldiers with Jakes' menacing vocals driving the tune forward.<br />
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Something's different this time round though. Last year you could seldom go out to a bass oriented night without hearing Strategy's indecipherable lyrics on Dub Phizix & Skeptical's smash, Marka. Now everyone's doing it. And it's bloody good.<br />
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A few corners of the scene have been raising concerns that modern day techstep is "too minimal" and samey. This is perhaps a reaction to such complaints, a compromise as it were; the track retains its essence whilst at the same time filled out with the addition of a few bars of vocals.<br />
Simultaneously serving to keep the mind engaged, fans who quickly tire of droney bass and sparse soundscapes may find their appetites for that something more satiated. This also lends itself well to the ever more popular ethos of tracks standing up to home listening as well as working on the dancefloor.<br />
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What about commercial viability?<br />
Is Drum & Bass moving into a new era of mainstream acceptance? This is a question for another time but it can certainly be argued that electronic music and DJ culture has exploded into mainstream media of late. The UK even had a Drum & Bass single chart at number one recently. Coupled with a whole host of tunes making it onto daytime radio playlists, the future is looking pretty bright.<br />
This is all very exciting but it has to be said: no one starts making Drum & Bass to get famous and make a big pile of cash.<br />
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As much as it sounds like a cop out, it seems more likely that simply the right minds are around at the right time.<br />
This is simply another step in the ever evolving experiments of its pioneers, let's enjoy it!<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>What was it that brought you back to the scene?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">I went right off Drum and Bass in the mid 2000s. The scene had become very boring and the darker/deeper stuff was too fast. I still had my ear to the ground on some bits but generally my love was (and still is) with Ninja Tune.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">It wasn't until 2009 when I caught a Raiden podcast which introduced me to DBR, Skeptical and Amoss to name a few. I was blown away with how stripped back and phat their beats sounded, so that was me straight back into D&B!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>2012 has, in our humble opinion, been a great year for Drum and Bass already. What's your favourite tune so far?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Quite a few things! Spindall & Calm - Streams, DBR & Overlook - Stasis, Mechanizm's Dimensions EP on Vampire Records and Able Danger - Asteria come to mind.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>How do you feel about the current state of D&B?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Too many things sadly! From the state of raves to the use of the 'Junglist' tag as a fashion accessory! The biggest piss-off for me though is the total lack of knowledge from a lot of people 'involved' in D&B: no knowledge of places, people, venues, tunes, labels or any of the other stuff that has shaped D&B over the years.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><b>Are there any other genres you're feeling at the moment?</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">I mix Techno, Dubstep, Hip-Hop and anything else I fancy. I like many genres, really feeling a lot of Techno bits at the moment!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There have been a rash of quality free tunes given away recently so we thought we'd compile a short list of our favourites in case you missed them. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/shogun-audio/spectrasoul-free-track/10150827668670968"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SpectraSoul :: The Tube VIP</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SpectraSoul have been unusually but understandably quiet over the last year as they prepare for the release of their debut long player this summer. The first single from the album, 'Light In The Dark' feat. Terri Walker/'Shackles' feat. Fox is out now on <a href="http://www.shogunaudio.co.uk/">Shogun Audio</a> and we suggest you pick it up ASAP.</span></div>
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To celebrate the release, Shogun gave away the VIP version of SpectraSoul's classic 'The Tube'. Click the link above and 'Like' SpectraSoul's fan page to download. Dare we say it's better than the original?
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<a href="http://www.criticalmusic.com/">Critical Music</a> are offering a free WAV of Enei's One Chance VIP to mark his reaching 10,000 fans on Facebook. Just click the link above and sign up to the Critical mailing list, you'll then be presented with a download link.</div>
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Kmag recently offered up Blu Mar Ten's 'All Or Nothing' for an exclusive remix competition in association with Finyl Tweek, Loopmasters, Soundcloud and Surus.</div>
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This was Krakota's effort which he put up for free download a few weeks ago, an uplifting little roller perfect for bringing it down a notch in the wee hours.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Funktion, one half of Mob Tactics and an accomplished solo artist in his own right, celebrated reaching 1000 Soundcloud followers by giving away 'Straitjacket' this week. This one's a crisp, funky stepper with some nice drum edits thrown in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Expect Red Mist tracks past and present, remixes of some of his all time favourites and a few unreleased gems.<br /><br />Read on for the interview and you can find the podcast player at the bottom of this post along with a link to download the file in glorious 256kbps. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><b>For the people who don't know much about you or the label, can you give us a little background on yourself and Red Mist?</b><br />Sure. I started out in the scene MCing for my mate Danny Ethics, that soon sparked an interest in DJing and eventually hosting radio shows, and of course the label.<br /><br />Red Mist was started by label partner Paul Moody and myself simply because we got tired of being the fans who sat moaning on the sidelines about how we wanted things doing differently. We were alumni of the classic Good Looking era and there were so few labels back then pushing the sounds we were into. It's so easy to sit and criticise when artists or labels change direction but what if you could contribute yourself? It really isn't that hard. We weren't names, we didn't have a lot of money, we just had the will to give it a go. So we got in touch with people in the scene, labels, artists, and took it from there, before we knew it we had enough material for a CD album which felt was the best entry point, soon things had snowballed and we were lucky enough to release music on vinyl as well as CD, which was the ultimate aim. <br /><br /><b>Influences?</b><br />I'd count Good Looking Records, 720, Covert Operations, Temple, Timeless, Renegade and Purified Audio as influences for Red Mist, in terms of artists we've always loved ASC who has been a big part of Red Mist from the early days to now, and of course other stalwarts of the label including Antibreak, Electrosoul System, Greenfly, FX909 and ICR amongst many others, without them none of it would have been possible. <br /><br /><b>How would you describe the Red Mist sound/ethos?</b><br />I guess deep, danceable atmospheric music, not necessarily sticking to one specific style but each track we sign is always something Paul & I immediately feel is simply Red Mist somehow, when that happens we do everything we can to sign it and the rest usually falls into place. We ignore the trends of the rest of the scene to a large extent which is probably to the detriment of wider success in the market, but we both firmly believe that doing our own thing and sticking to our tastes 100% is the best way to stay interested and retain our integrity. I can honestly say we've never signed a track because we thought it would do well as opposed to simply loving the music. As soon as you cross that line, you lose your identity and when your label isn't a career or an avenue to make you money which Red Mist certainly has never been to us, why release with anything other than the heart? <br /><br /><b>The last release on Red Mist was the excellent Eleven Shades of Night LP by Antibreak. It's been pretty quiet since then. Any news on what's happening in the future?</b><br />It has been quiet, to be honest life has got in the way of things since the Antibreak album, Paul & I have both had our minds on our careers amongst other things with D&B taking a bit of a back seat, but the door hasn't been closed. Our most recent vinyl distributor went bust recently, and the market for CDs is waning but we refuse to take the easy way out and become another digital label. Neither of us see any reason to be involved in this scene as label owners simply putting files on a website, we want to give people something they can hold in ten years and have some memories, you just don't get that from an mp3, and I have great concerns about quality control too. The same tracks you might like but aren't quite good enough to put your money behind can now come out, this can be a good thing but it also brings with it the danger of watering doon the scene, the huge slew of digital content available is a detriment in my opinion as it's just getting too hard for fans to filter the wheat from the chaff, and when you reward mediocre music with a digital release it sends out entirely the wrong message to both the artist and the buying public. But going back to our situation, as soon as we feel we're ready to release again we will, but only when we have full confidence in the music, the format of the release and our ability to dedicate enough time to do it right. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Antibreak still surprises me on a regular basis with his ideas, guys like Yorke, Soultec, Silent Dust, Freebird, Bulb, Mage, Edward Oberon, Shebuzz and East of Oceans are highlights at the moment, and of course ASC just keeps on bringing the quality.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What are your feelings on the general state of D&B and electronic music as a whole right now?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In terms of D&B, the quality of music being released has noticably dropped in recent times in my opinion, partly thanks to the saturation of the scene by there being far too many labels with little genuine identity and it being too easy for artists not quite ready for releases to get tunes out there before they've had the time to perfect their craft, but that could just be me and my ageing ears, who knows! I'd love to see more of a 'quality not quantity' approach, I mean there are digital labels out there churning out 30 releases in the space of a year without the fear of failure that comes with physical releases, and it can be tough to keep up as a listener when that's just one label out of a whole bunch you're following. One of my biggest problems with D&B at the moment is how forgettable a lot of it is, many tracks I hear I think 'yeah this is great', but I can barely remember it the next day, which seems to be a more recent thing to me but again that could just be me and my own changing tastes. I do still occasionally hear tracks which allay my fears I've heard it all though, and the faith is still there that there's life in this music yet. As for other genres I'm enjoying progressive house and trance, both of which are taking up a lot of my time, and have a lot to offer D&B in terms of influences and how they're coping with the changes in market trends I think.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anything else you'd like to add?</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not much really, I've waffled on enough! I'd just like to say thank you for having me on the podcast and for taking the time to ask these questions, it's been a pleasure answering them and to contribute to what I'm sure will be a great project going forward for Blackdub. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, you can check out <a href="http://www.redmistrecordings.co.uk/" target="_blank"> the Red Mist Recordings website</a> where you can shop for Red Mist releases, download mixes from Paul & myself etc, and Red Mist Radio hosted by myself is every 1st Monday of the month, 7-9pm GMT on <a href="http://www.bassdrive.com/" target="_blank">Bassdrive.</a></span><br />
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</div>Enormehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926312890200201123noreply@blogger.com0Haarlem, The Netherlands52.383626 4.63595652.3448585 4.556992 52.4223935 4.71492tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737215505408867379.post-83222364299924592452012-02-22T22:54:00.001+01:002012-04-22T19:27:37.440+02:005 Days Off Festival, Amsterdam<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you're in Amsterdam between the 7th and the 11th of March you would be well-advised to check out one of the many events offered by 5 Days Off, an electronic music and art festival hosted by The Melkweg and Paradiso.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Highlights include 'Noisia Invites' at The Melkweg which features a heavyweight lineup with the likes of Alix Perez, Black Sun Empire, Hybris, Zero T, Phace and Noisia's first appearance in Amsterdam in a year and a half as well as DMZ's 7th Birthday featuring Digital Mystikz, Kode9, James Blake, Ben UFO and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Check the 5 Days Off website for more information: <a href="http://www.5daysoff.nl/" target="_blank">http://www.5daysoff.nl</a></span><br />
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