Blog: bass music.

Couplea mixes to while away the hours with. First, try our old chum James Fox's new 'influences' - for when you're sparking one up later on, sink into this blend of house, hiphop and smoker's beats. Awesome stuff: Then, keeping on the slow vibe, try the latest in the 'slow' series by our resident artist Nic Hamilton . I love this series, it's always full of stuff I've never heard before: Last, let's just drop [...]

I was tempted not to blog this track, simply on the grounds of sulking after being so roundly thrashed at Streetfighter II by Dread over Christmas. Fortunately for OPR8 , I'm going to blog it anyway - it's a free download of his take on the track 'Burning Starlight'. Keeping fairly true to the original, sonically speaking, it's whisked down to a steady 120bpm and refixed as a rolling groover, retaining the neon synths of the first version but swapping the hyped up vibe of the drums for a chunky house roll. Cop it from the [...]

2Kings is a Bristol label that's been rocking for over two decades now; focusing on the whole spectrum of dub music that still beats at Bristol's heart. Run by the smokily titled Henry & Louis, who built their reputation in the 90's with solid dub infused toker's beats - there's still a H&L tape in my kitchen in fact, must dig it out one of these days - they're starting 2012 with a remix package from Pinch & RSD. It is, as you would expect, heavy, soaked in rolling bass rhythms and topped with the gruff vocal [...]

Everyone else is doing it, so why can't we? (I never owned that album btw). Anyway, a few days ago there appeared a track on the Behling & Simpson soundcloud page entitled 'Last Chance' which suddenly went ballistic - blogged on several sites, tweeted by DJs from Tensnake to, er, me, and quickly became the most popular track on the page. It's a slow-motion slice of heavy bass goodness - like a stoned 187 Lockdown - and it's going to be coming out later this month on the Futureboogie 10th Birthday Compilation CD. [...]

Sonic Router is a bass-oriented blog that's been around slightly longer than we have. It's also slightly more intelligent, and uses longer words than us fools. But the point of this post is that they're now starting a label to go with their site, and the first release is brewing now. Having set up a label to run alongside a blog myself, I've got to say it's a lot of hard work for minimal reward, so give these guys a click and then buy their tracks when they hit the shops in a month or so. [...]

Compa has been steadily building his profile for a while now, and 2012 looks like being the time this bubbles into well-deserved wider recognition. He's put together a fully vinyl and dubplate mix for us, and it's a proper roller, on that lose yourself kinda vibe. Deep and spacious, with a healthy dose of unsettlement. We caught up with him for a chat... <div></object><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div><p style="display:block; font-size:12px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin:0; padding: 3px 4px; color:#999;"> Bass Music Mix 32 - Compa <span> by </span> Bass Music <span> on </span> Mixcloud </p><div style="clear:both; height:3px;"></div></div> [...]

Been meaning to post this one for a while but things have been a bit mad-busy round these parts in January. Still, it's ok because the vinyl release was pushed back, and it's only just made it out to the shops. This is ASC's latest single on Samurai and as you might expect, it's tightly produced, halfstep-influenced DnB. I'm not always 100% about ASC's tracks; sometimes they can tend a little too far towards the ambient for my tastes, but no such issues here: this is tough, rugged, almost industrial stuff with a nod [...]

Guido recently gave away a bunch of tunes over on his soundcloud, including this collaboration with yours truly.... Ice Black - Baobinga & Guido by guido productions His new label 'State Of Joy' is also up and running - the first release is out now, and it's a pelter... And while we're on a Guido and Binga tip, there's [...]

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( pic link ) Been a while since we had any weekend mixes. Bit bad. Busy. Anyhow, listen to these for fun and profit. First, our bud James Fox has been enjoying some much-deserved popularity recently, so we were pleased to see this 'influences' mix and interview over at the Southport Weekender site . Hip-hop, house, downbeat, a couple of classics. Get involved: <object width="500" height="200"><param name="movie" value=" http://www.mixcloud.com/media/ swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf? feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud .com%2Fsouthportweekender%2Fja mes-fox-inspirations-mix%2F&em bed_uuid=523c4204-5e67-499d-8f 39-f5af9dbeebb8&stylecolor=&em bed_type=widget_standard "></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> [...]

Came across this little badboy in Idle Hands yesterday and figured it deserved a mention. It actually hit the shops a few weeks back, but it kind of sneaked out when I wasn't looking (*was stuffing my face with mince pies and sleeping in til early afternoon). It's vinyl only and it's 4 tracks of house and funky that recall the sonics of early dubstep; low-passed square waves that threaten to lunge out of the gloom, harsh snares and claps, bleak soundscapes. But it is actually funky; tough and weighty. Stream below, cop from [...]

Yöt are a four-piece crew from Finland, and this, I am reliably informed, is their third release. In which case it's quite impressively accomplished; a 6-track EP, coming out this week on vinyl on their own label 'Raha & Tunteet' . I suppose you could loosely term it skweee, in that it's characterised by cheekily amusing lo-fi synths, a melodic sensibility and no particular desire to destroy any dancefloors. But it goes broader than that; lead track 'Real Dub' in particular is great - an homage to proper, heavyweight dub sounds but with those [...]

South London Ordnance is a shadowy character from (I'm guessing) our fair capital city, who has really been catching my ear lately. So far anonymous and without a release to his name, it's not often I get excited about a new producer at this early stage. But his stuff is genuinely exciting; taking influence from the sonic template established recently by the likes of Boddika et al, he's slowed it down to a murky sub-120 tempo, stepped away from the purely electro and moved into more rolling, housier realms. His Soundcloud page - [...]

Fog by Sduk Slit Jockey have come correct with their first full-length: a boisterous collection of big spacey bangers by Sduk and friends. Fallin is most definitely a purple affair, the verse providing a gutsy swagger which almost cries out for a vocal, except the bassline kind of fills that void already - similarly the melodic chorus sounds incredibly vocal without actually containing a voice. Starkey's helping hand on Oahshens pays off in an absolute shock-out of processed synthesizer ecstasy - what did you expect from the granddaddy of [...]

Gyu was a Bristol-based dubstep producer until he recently did one to Moscow - hope he likes the cold then. But he's just put out this latest EP on Bristol-based Drawn Recordings which is a selection of deeper, slightly melodic dubstep. It's somewhat sparse sounding, although don't mistake that for simplicity. As I did at first. But pulling on a pair of decent headphones and listening properly I found myself getting slowly reeled in to a reverberant, delicately constructed soundscape with sharp, clipped beats. Tidy. Stream below, [...]

I don't think we've featured Chloe on these pages before - but she's a pretty big name in techno and electro circles that should need no introduction really. I've not been the biggest fan of her productions - although they're solid techno that work on a dancefloor ( decide for yourself at her soundcloud page ) - but this DJ mix totally won me over. It's on more of a house tip, featuring Space Dimension Controller and Soul Clap, but there's a strong 80's electro and Italo vibe in there too. Very [...]

Well, so much for the Bristol 'community', as I have absolutely no idea who Tessela is. His Soundcloud page isn't much help either, but what I do know is that he's got the next release on Punch Drunk and it's two tracks of bludgeoning bass music aimed squarely at the dancefloor. I'm not sure what you'd call it - personally I always consider that if it could sit in a Surgeon set then it's techno, and I think this fits that bill - but there are plenty of heads who'll be cringing at that description. [...]

You're not gonna be able to get away from Pinch over the next couple of weeks, as he seems to be on a rather intense PR blitz at the moment. Following the abruptly released collaboration album with Shackleton , he's now got the next Fabriclive mix due out on Jan 16 , as well as a new Tectonic Plates compilation on his own label. So there's a big party at Fabric next week to celebrate, featuring the likes of 2562, Peverelist and Om Unit. To complete the package he's put together this intriguing [...]

Distal - Kurgan (I.D. remix) by I.D. It's been a while coming, but Distal's release 'Eel' is now out, featuring the meaty 'Kurgan' and backed with remixes from the likes of Machinedrum, DS1, and er, me. I've been playing my remix out for months now and it's been getting a wicked reaction in lower-tempo sets; but all the mixes hear are worthy of your ear-time. Stream my mix above, and check out the whole release at Juno. ==== i.d. [...]

Al Tourettes is another Bristol producer who's been making some serious waves this year, after his music was featured on the film Black Swan. He's just dropped his latest EP and it's 4 tracks of his signature chunky future electro (proper electro, natch) - nice to hear electro that isn't just a straight throwback to the old days. 'Badger' is my pick of the 4 tracks on offer here; I've heard Appleblim battering it in the clubs since about February and it combines a rugged drum machine groove, technical production that showcases Al's skills without being overbearing, [...]