Heat 4/30/07

Loads of hot releases hitting the shelves this week. Here's my preferred selections:

Various - Above The Game LP - Renegade Hardware (Promo)

Masheen - Splash Back / Masheen & Kano - The Void - DSCI4 (Promo)

Nocturnal - Paralyzed / Catacomb - Filthy Fucking Faces VIP - PRSPCT (Promo)

Break - Mr. Crystal / Come and Get it - Soul: R (Promo)

Motive - Freezeframe / BCee & Amaning - The Great Deflate - Levitated (Promo)

Psidream - Crossed Off / Kenai - Jack The Ripper - Melting Pot (Promo)

Dom & Roland - Can't Punish Me 2007 / U Doo Voodoo - DRP

Masheen - Scammers / Earth Shock - Sinuous

Brainfuzz - Borderline / The Black Hole - Disturbed

Links will lead you to label/artist websites/myspaces. These records will be in shops worldwide within the week. Hit up your favorite retailer!

Nocturnal vs EBK - Live at The End

Download here

Nocturnal and EBK drop a sick new mix for circulation, recorded live at the Above The Game LP launch party, which took place at the famous End nightclub in London. I haven't listened to it myself yet but the tracklist is absolutely disgusting. Download on sight!

TRACKLISTING:

1.Vicious Circle & Nocturnal – Welcome To Shanktown (VIP) (NTBR)
2.Technical Itch – The Calling – Moving Shadow
3.Noisia – Block Control (VIP) (NTBR)
4.Bulletproof & Concord Dawn – Datura – Cyanide Recordings
5.EBK – 1000 Years – Renegade Hardware
6.EBK – Soma – Renegade Hardware
7.EBK – Scatter – Renegade Hardware
8.Nocturnal – Cross The Line – FREAK Recordings
9.Optiv & Bulletproof – Camoflage - 1210
10.Nocturnal – Paralyzed - PRSPCT
11.Prolix & Nocturnal – Crater – Renegade Hardware
12.Nocturnal – Contortion (Musk Up) – Renegade Hardware
13.Absolute Zero & Subphonics - The Code RMX (SKC) – Renegade Hardware
14.SKC – Destroy – Renegade Hardware
15.Calyx & Teebee – Telepathy - Momentum
16.Vicious Circle – Between The Lines – Renegade Hardware
17.Stakka & Skynet feat Kemal & Rob Data – Biosphere - UnderFire
18.Break – No Company - SLR
19.Vicious Circle & Nocturnal – Operation Index (Unfinished)

Aesthetics DNB Sessions feat. Ratana & Preslav

AESTHETICS
4/27/07

RATANA & PRESLAV
(412DNB, Technoir Audio, Machine Age Studios)


JTS
(412DNB, Strength, Bad A.S.S)


Depth One
(412DNB, Strength, Bad A.S.S)

@ Z-Lounge
2108 E. Carson St
Pittsburgh, PA
21+
$3

The next installment in my Aesthetics monthly is going down tonight featuring two of Pittsburgh's top talents, Ratana and Preslav. A veteran DJ of the Pittsburgh scene, Ratana has and continues to make huge contributions to Pittsburgh's musical landscape, through involvement with the Technoir Audio label, a unique, crowd pleasing DJ style, and an increasing buzz around his original and collaborative productions.

As engineer and co owner of Machine Age Studios, Preslav has proved himeself to be one of the most dedicated and ambitious DJ/Producers in the Pittsburgh scene. Having teamed up with production partner Ratana, the boys are hard at work, crafting a unique style of hard edged, yet deep, techno influenced drum n' bass that immediately began to turn a few heads in the international drum n bass community.

Come down to Z-Lounge tonight and witness two guys that are sure to be marking their place on map very shortly. In addition Pittsburgh favorites JTS, and myself, Depth One, will be warming the night up.

Dissizit x Slick Time Lapse

Peep this hot time lapse from Slick and the Dissizit crew. Slick is definitely a beast with the cans. The desert camo fill on this piece is sick, this is the first time I've seen someone freak that. Click here for Slicks artist page, and here for the Dissizit Clothing page. Dissizit is serving up some dope gear for spring summer, here's a small sample below.


Use rep code CR11755 to save 20% on your first Karmaloop purchase.
You'll save 10% on any subsequent purchases as well.

Image via: Hypebeast

Wicked Sway - Dubline Audio Promo Mix - Dubstep

I don't know about you all, but I'm definitely feeling the majority of the dubstep I've been exposed to. The sounds of the genre are immense in stature, providing a great down-tempo solution for DNB heads. Here Flatine/Dubline Audio boss Wicked Sway provides us with a fire mix, showcasing a few of the labels future signings. Take note of the tracklist, this mix includes what I believe will be the first dubstep releases from Mayhem of SLR. Don't sleep! This mix may not be available for very long.

Download: here.

Tracklist:
01. Parson & Innerline - OutlaWs - Dub(TBA)
02. Mayhem - Sensi Star - Dubline Dub
03. Intex System - Spectral - Dubline 001
04. MRK1 - Sensi Skank - Planet Mu
05. Distance - Mistral - Planet Mu
06. Toasty - Cold Blooded - Clandestine Cultivations
07. Distinction - Bug Chaser - Dub Police
08. Robot Death Squad(DJ wedge Remix) - Alien Anatomy - Hate Dub
09. Skream - Rutten - Tempa
10. Mayhem & Soundwave - Untitled Riddim - Dub(TBA)
11. MRK1 - Grit - Planet Mu
12. Skream - Unknown - Southside
13. Scuba - Plate - Hotflush
14. Distance - My Demons - Planet Mu
15. Intex System(Scuba remix) - Titan - Dubline 001
16. Parson - Empty Houses - Dubline Dub
17. Krang & Smurmo - Thermal Vortex - Dubline Dub

Ewunthegun.com

Just stumbled across Ewun The Gun for the first time today. Ewun's site is seriously on point and is now seeing frequent blog updates from the man himself, while on the Bleeding Hearts European Tour with Evol Intent. To check out the site, click the link above.

Submerged - DOA Interview

TheDogs On Acid crew have just completed a great interview of stateside DNB pioneer Submerged. Having formed the Ohm Resistance label in the year 2000, Kurt Gluck, a.k.a Submerged, has undoubtedly been a driving force behind the progression of North American Drum n' Bass. Interviewer Mary Morris drops the commonplace Q&A format and presents the piece in a vein that is much more similar to a short biography, making for a considerably more interesting and revealing read.

To read the interview click the picture above or simply click here.

Heat! - 4/23/07

Heat, will be the weekly updated list, regarding Drum n' Bass releases of interest, for those into the neuro, tech and, deep sounds of the music. These releases are selected by myself and, therefore are a reflection of my own personal tastes, I will be doing more here than simply listing my own purchases though. Since I am just kicking this off, consider this your heat for the majority of April.

Links provided to label and artist sites where available.

Quadrant - Only Mortal / Hell Can Wait feat. D.Star - Citrus 028
SPL & Noah D - Revolution / Hard - Lost Souls 003
Break - No Company / The Uprising - Shadow Law 006
Misanthrop - Bullhead / Defection - Shadow Law 005
Marcus Intalex - Red 7 (John Tejada RMX) / Martyn - Get Down (Underground Resistance RMX) - Revolve:R 010
N.Phect & Diz:play - White Russian (State of Mind RMX) / The Green Man - Damn Wire (N.Phect & Diz:play RMX) - Basswerk 027
Agent Alvin - Room Full of Bullets / Wounded Soul - Cyanide 020
Dose - Fear Feeder / Axiom - Cyberia - Syndrome 005
Phace - Crocker / Catacomb - The Zodiac - Syndrome 004
Lethal & Khanage - Murkage / Jawbreaker - Offkey 006
Limewax - Golden Path / Evolution - Obscene 016
SKC - Vandalism EP - Social Studies 012
Sunchase & Proket - Salo / Cerebral Productions - Widescreen - M Atome 012
Subtone & Stalker - Spidermite / Crimewave - Explicit 004
Current Value - Brainwash / SPL - Ghost Kill - Evol Intent 011
Spor - Molehill / Audio - Missing - Subtitles 057
Masheen - Bluntslide / Masheen & Kano - Resin - Sudden Def LTD 001

Visit your local shop or your preferred website to purchase the above titles.
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BBS
Trainspotters
Chemical
Red Eye Records
Juno

N.phect & Diz:play split.

It appears that the sibling, production duo of N.Phect and Diz:play have parted ways. Collaboration work between the two has become difficult since N.Phect's recent move to Berlin, and each individual has seen growing success with their solo material, so all team efforts between the two have been halted. Here's the press release in what I believe are N.Phect's own words:


In the future, do not expect N.phect & Dizplay work together for an unknown period time.

Over the last year – since N.phect moved house to Berlin in August 2006 – N.phect & Dizplay couldn’t manage to work together and it became obvious that each artist was going to have successful solo projects to work on. This tendency became stronger in 2007 so at this point, we announce our split as producers and dj-wise. We might work together on a tune, but at this moment, this is not included to the artists’ plans.

This split is nothing personal, instead related to the complicated setup caused by living in two different cities.

The website www.neurocode.de will continue as Dizplay’s blog, where you still get high-grade information about releases, gigs & his booking contact.

N.phect’s website is www.myspace.com/nphect, for bookings please get in touch with booking.nphect@googlemail.com


Image via: Neurocode.de

Ian Reid Interview

Inquiringmind just did a dope interview with the man behind the, "Sex, Hood, Skate, and Videotape" flick, Ian Reid. Click the pic to check it.

In addition here's the trailer to the upcoming remix to the video.

Sex,Hood,Skate & Videotape REMIX !!



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FLUX 14

Click flyer for website:

The next Flux event is going down this Saturday in Braddock from 8pm to 1am. This is the fourteenth edition of the event and, in form, this show continues the trend with artwork installations and musical performances from Pittsburgh artists of all sorts, styles, and flavors. This is first time I'll be attending one, check back for pictures if I make it down there.

Masheen, NC-17, and Identity - Rugged North Radio Mix

New mix floating about from Masheen, NC-17, and Identity; recorded live in Toronto on Rugged North Radio. These guys are all some of the hottest newcomers to hit the scene and all definitely have big things ahead. Between them all, they've already gathered releases on labels like DSCI4, Sinuous, Moving Shadow, Barcode, and Obscene; to name but a few. For a sample of whats to come, download this mix: here.
No tracklist yet, but if one ever gets put together, I'll get it up here. You can click each artists picture to go their respective myspace pages.

Khanage, Resound & Stapleton MC - Bassdrive Session

Khanage has just dropped a new mix that was recorded on Resound's, "ResoundSound" radio show, which is held from 12-1 pm EST on the second, third, and fourth Tuesday of each month, on Bassdrive. Its a short mix but features some forthcoming material from Lethal, Khanage, Resound, as well as SKC's huge remix of, "The Code" by Absolute Zero & Subphonics. To download this mix you must login or register an account at the Offkey website
Download: Khanage, Resound & Stapleton

Tracklist:

Jazz+Weisler-Xandy
Tenebra-The Plasticine Squad
Lethal+Khanage Ft Kalashnikov-Contaminate
Lethal+Khanage-Jawbreaker (Offkey006)
Resound+T1-Waterpipe
Resound+Dj Krazy-Sky Cry
Lethal+Khanage-Sneak Invasion
AbsoluteZero+Subphonics-The Code (SKC rmx)
Jeff Mills-The Bells (Dnb Mix)

-INTERVIEW WITH KHANAGE AND STAPLETON MC.

Resound+Khanage-The Haunting

-STAPLETON MC SHOWCASE

Resound - ???
Lethal+Khanage-Penumbra
Universal Project-Nu born
Icicle-Magnetism

Christian Hosoi & Mark Gonzalez Interview

Part 1




Part 2




No one can deny the influence these two guys have had on skateboarding. Even though Hosoi was just recently released from prison for drug charges, along with Gonzalez, they each hold over 20 years in the game. Hosoi was my man when I was little, dude blasted out of ramps like no other. Its good to see him back out and doing his thing.

Via Epicly Later'd

Psidream Interview

The heads over at drumnandbass.de have just posted an in depth interview with Vancouver badman Psidream. Psidream's profile has steadily risen since his first release on Nerve back in 2002 and, he currently stands as one of the most prolific producers in the scene today. From the deep and moody, to the dark and nasty, Psidream's production continually improves and never fails to stay on point.

To read the interview click the picture above or just click here.
Also be sure to check Psidream's myspace for forthcoming audio, which includes bits from Psidream and Pacific's soon to be launched "Nightfall" label.

Audio - Designed for War EP - Freak 0??

Due to the fact that one of the tunes planned for the release was leaked, it appears that Audio's upcoming "Designed For War" EP has officially been delayed. Audio made the announcement himself earlier this week on the Freak forum. No details were shared as to what tune was leaked but, the EP was originally planned to look like this:


1. Audio - Delusional / 2. Audio - Bad Seed
3. Audio & Panacea - Designed For War / 4. Audio - Fallout


This is poor news, Audio has been on an absolute tear since going solo and has undoubtedly been delivering the damage, one after another. New info regarding the EP will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

FUZZ! April

Kid Robot drops - 4/5/07

Kid Robot's apparel line has been "killing it" since its launch and continues to gain momentum as the brand moves forward. Dropping this week in limited quantities is a new, black on black, monogram colorway from French graffiti artist Tilt, as well as, a new "Weapons" hoodie designed by Tristan Eaton. For those with the change, the Tilt monogram will be available Thursday, April 5 at 11am EST, via Kid Robot's online shop. Keeping it tight, the "Weapons" hoodie will only be available in store at Kid Robot NY and Barney's NY.

The Hundreds - Spring '07

For those that don't know The Hundreds Spring '07 line is now available for purchase online. The Hundreds always comes correct and have clearly established themselves as a beast in the streetwear game. The Hundreds brings Southern Californian street, skate, surf and, lifestyle culture to a growing international fanbase. So, get on it and grab yourself a piece. Its well known that Pittsburgh could use a bit of the Cali vibe.

Depth One - Live at FUZZ! - 2/7/07

I just got my latest mix re-hosted. This was recorded live and on the fly at FUZZ! back in February. The mix features many but not all, of my current favorite artists and is a good example of my personal mixing style. Though not flawless, I feel its good enough to share so, check it and get on the download!

Download: Depth One Live at FUZZ!

Tracklist:
1. Mayhem & Midus Touch - Chameleon - Dub
2. D Bridge & Fierce - Nevermore - Quarantine
3. Black Sun Empire - Crash Bunny - Citrus
4. John Tejada - Auto Responder - Krush Grooves
5. Break(?) - Dominion CD Bonus Cut - Quarantine
6. Kiko - Haze - SLR
7. Vicious Circle & EBK - Cruise Control - DSCI4
8. Mayhem, Generic & Subtone - ??? - Dub
9. Phace - 3002 - Subtitles
10. Mayhem & Psidream - Unsung - Redlight
11. Break - Authentic - Quarantine
12. Mayhem - Tsunami - Dub
13. Phace, N.Phect & Diz:Play - Deep Throat - Basswerk
14. Catacomb - Trashmouth - Prspct
15. Phace - Open Your Eyes - Subtitles
16. The Upbeats & Bulletproof - Universe - Redlight
17. Catacomb - Deadlights - Prspct
>Misanthrop - Viper Fish - Subtitles
18. Misanthrop - Defection - SLR Dub
19. Misanthrop - Centrifuge - Subtitles
20. Phace & Noisia - Crevice - Subtitles
21. Silent Witness, Break & Fierce - Knife Point - Quarantine
22. Noisia, Mayhem & Verse - Choke - Vision

Intersection - "The Somatic Truth" EP

The Intersection Recordings camp just spread some press of their forthcoming release. Up next is the "Somatic Truth" EP, by producers Flame, Tenebra and, Walder. The boys come correct with four tech jams aimed to move the floor. This one will definitely be bagged upon release.
Check these links for audio:

INTDNBEP001A Walder and Flame - Strident Howl

INTDNBEP001B Tenebra and Walder - Plasticine Squad

INTDNBEP001C Tenebra - Imitation of Life

INTDNBEP001D Tenebra - Prowler

You can also just check their myspace page here: Intersection Recordings

4.28.07 - Come Together feat. Capital J & TR Generation

Fore more info check: Lolli

4.21.07 Phenomenon - feat. Odi (NYC) & Punisher (DET)

More info can be found here; Spirits of Change

Break - Not Enough / Dose - Words of Wisdom - Revolution 013

The Revolution camp just dropped a press release for their latest 12" offering.

"The mighty Break returns to the Revolution fold for his third release on the label!! With the sounds of Survival and Alter:Native still ringing in everyone’s ears, this 12” promises to be another top draw selection. On the flip we introduce New Zealand-based Dose , a producer who you’ll be hearing a whole lot more from after the Revolution stamp of approval.

“Not Enough” combines the unmistakable funk that Break does so well with some filthy basslines and devilish hooks. Subtle jazz elements, vox-stabs and razor sharp beats explain why this has been a firm favourite with the likes of Flight, Fierce, Calyx & D-Bridge .

Christchurch resident Dose comes with some next-level shizzle on “Words Of Wisdom”. Bursting with tech-fuelled energy and twisted up bass-hooks, this track just fires along from start to finish. As per usual you can trust Lucky Devil Music to be at the forefront of the best new music out there.


Audio can be found here: Revolution