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Here we have two rolling mixes of Josh Osho's 'Redemption Day' which has killed it over the summer with its soaring strings and uplifting chorus. On the A side, Drum and Bass legend Roni Size hit's you with a 175bpm dancefloor mix which is guaranteed to kill the dance. On the flip, Bristol new boy Mensah roles out a 140bpm mix which has been getting battered by every Dubstep DJ worldwide.

Following on from his debut singles 'Drumz Of No Return' and 'Travelling' Kutz returns with his third installment on Soul Jazz Records!

uh oh.. It's been a long time coming....the inevitable Paul White Rap album! 4 years of carving out his own psychedelic (mainly instrumental) niche on the UK's One Handed Music imprint, a lot of people have been asking when this was going to happen. Loaded with shining appearances from the cream of current underground MC's; Guilty Simpson, Marv Won, Danny Brown, Tranqill (Ruling on one of Paul White's rudest beats to date), Homeboy Sandman, Nancy Elizabeth, Moe Pope and the crown prince of UK Hip Hop, Jehst,. There are also plenty of whacked out instrumentals and skits to keep the beat-heds heady. TIP!
UK producer leads transatlantic talent on a freewheeling hip-hop adventure.

Dexter with a great ep full of some advance techno tracks! Being one of the regular artists on clone for the past decade this is his debut on the Clone Basement Series. Merging his trademark sharp electro and funk inspired sound with chopped up vocal snippets with a more techno-ish feel and some phat low-end as we know from dubstep for example. Lets not talk to much... just listen for yourself! Recommended

Lando Kal is beat known as one half of the Bay Area neon hip-hop team Lazer Sword, but his solo tracks are freaked out juggernauts of electronic music, primarily experimenting with various mutations of house. Dense instrumentation, analogue synth and drum machine work, complex melodies, and creeping basslines are pooled from his musical obsessions with 90's RnB, classic house, freestyle, garage, Detroit Techno, early synthesizer music, Timbaland, and... to be honest, everything in between. These two tracks for Rush Hour Direct Current are his strongest to date. 'Maneuver' is a sure shot banger, a futuristic synth piece with heavy garage leanings and even a hint of Robin S' classic 'Show Me Love'. On the flip, Run It' is a more introverted electro-fused b-boy classic from the future.

Spun is the mothership of both Spun Records and Dubline Audio. Spun Records releases music by neurofunk legends such as Corrupt Souls, Sinthetix, Morebeat, Stakka and Catacomb.
Dubline is the dubstep label in which 140 BPM music is put on wax. Music on this label by Scuba, Distance, Parson, Excision & Mark Instinct.

Sale Out - be fast

Sundrome.

Introducing a new artist to Dubsaw hailing from Bulgaria, this is Balkansky. Known worldwide as Cooh for his huge Drum and Bass releases he decided to turn his very talented hand to Dubstep. Always know for his dark and driven beats this is very prominent in his tunes, but with bass to match he is defiantly one to watch out for.
Sundrome is an instant classic. With ravey leads and hard rolling beats this one you can't help move about to. With huge support in club across the Globe you'll be sure to hear this one tearing out the speakers in a rave near you.

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Balkansky and Culprate are both known to destroy speakers with their huge bass, so when this one arrived here at Dubsaw i knew it would be immense. This is the first of what i hope is m

a1 JSL - Jack Cates
aa1 JSL - Skin Out
aa2 JSL - Badman Riddim

Skream releases four of his most sought after underground tracks on his own Disfigured Dubz label.

500 limited edition CD that comes with 32 page comic novel.  and illustrated by Ulrich Troyer. Songs for William is the first in a trilogy of experimental dub projects from Ulrich Troyer and Deep Medi Musik. Ulrich Troyer was born in Innsbruck and raised in Tyrol Austria, he studied Architechure and music at university and now resides in Vienna where he lives and works as a freelance artist and musician. Ulrich has been producing music and experimenting with electronics for over 10 years on various projects that include soundtracks for movies, dance productions, exhibitions and sound installations. Since 2005 Ulrich has also been performing live as a member of the Vegetable Orchestra.Songs For William sees Ulrich explore his love for Dub music and the experimentations of pioneers such as King Tubby, Sound Dimension and Rhythm and Sound alongside the influences of Mulatu, Tony Allen and the psychedelic sounds of Selda. To accompany this release is the first part chapter of a comic novel featuring the main character William (A guitar effect pedal!) and his journey! All analogue synthesizers, effects, stompboxes, samplers, guitars, percussion and melodica played, programmed, recorded and dubbed by Ulrich Troyer at the 4Bit Studio Vienna.

1 Ulrich Troyer - Shiraz Airport
2 Ulrich Troyer - Shoegazing Muff
3 Ulrich Troyer - Eurocity To Munich
4 Ulrich Troyer - Take Me To The Movies Charlotte
5 Ulrich Troyer - At The Workshop
6 Ulrich Troyer - Driving To Cologne
7 Ulrich Troyer - Lost In Addis
8 Ulrich Troyer - Techtalk In Echochamber

Massive support on these two tracks. Mary Anne Hobbs, Hatcha, Benga, Skream, etc etc. Benton is one of the Dubstep scenes brightest up and coming stars, he has some serious talent when it comes to production with his tunes getting support from some of the leading names in the dubstep scene including N-Type, Hatcha & Distance to name a few. Tes La Rok is a dubstep DJ & music producer from east Helsinki, Finland. He was one of the first international names to break thru in the scene few years ago. Walsh say's his style is very energetic and his sets full of uptempo tracks, 'I'm really into the more techy, futuristic side of the sound. Mystical pads, staggered beat patterns, weighty sub bass...'I love it mate!'

Frijsfo Beats come with the biggest drop yet in their series of vinyl EPs compiling work from various artists. As usual it's evidently curated with a distinctive ear, tuned to wilder mutations of garage and dubstep. Volume 3 sees Geiom return, by now a label stalwart, but is largely about new blood, delivering a hefty load of talent to the roster all at once in Cardopusher, Desto and Submerse.Cardopusher will shock anyone who thinks they have him pinned down as a purveyor of jump-up tracks, albeit high quality ones. 'Then What' pulls the covers from the Venezuelan's real talent, for rugged techno soul and the kind of weighty but improbably elastic rhythm section that marks out a cannier producer. Though sharper heads will have clocked his recent album for Tigerbeat6, for sheer rewind and replay value his contribution here stands out memorably.Desto isn't the only Finnish producer to get ahead in the hype game recently, but he stakes out his territory in muscular fashion. His remix of Kuoyah's 'Convex Gravity' (released digitally last year on Frijsfo) follows two excellent twelves for Ramp Recordings. Unexpectedly but grippingly, his inner bruiser gets the cue to come out chopping and screwing: pitching juke-like drums and vocal buckshot at will and scalding the lot with something like the extra corrosive byproduct of an acid line. Geiom won't necessarily surprise fans of the rangy capabilities represented on his own Berkane Sol imprint and his Frijsfo EPs, Tone Generation being the latest to hit shelves earlier this month. He should delight plenty however, as he jams a grinding 2step beat with slippery tones and stroboscopic gating, the kind of computer madness Underground Resistance might transmit as a distress call from the nth dimension.Last but not at all least Submerse steps out for the label, arguably in overdue fashion. The hugely popular producer has inspired the diverse likes of Well Rounded, Fortified Audio, Mad Decent and Ministry of Sound all to jump on the wagon in some capacity so far. There's a strong case that 'Bubblin'' is his best tune yet, shying away from more blatant moves in favour of a gossamer touch. Low end dynamics are fully present, but beyond the subs it's all headroom, giving the merest after-impression of a summer garage anthem space to blossom.

Man Make Music Edit's series kicks off with a superb 3 track EP featuring reworks by U, Trikk & Erosion Flow.

Renowned ex-Roll Deep MC Trim's unique tongue twisting style continues to grow in popularity, with new tracks in the works soon with Skream, Toddla T, Starkey and Terror Danjah. His buzz-building 'Stereotype' collaboration with Mark Pritchard drops on Planet Mu early in September, but before that, he joins the growing Butterz camp for the label's second vocal excursion, the hugely-in-demand and available now 'I Am. Revisiting TRC's 'Skipping Rope' instrumental from the first release in the Butterz White Label series, 'I Am' is Trim on a more laid back vibe then his usual 'war monger' approach, but it is one of the best things he has written so far, already strongly supported by a host of big name DJs including Logan Sama, Sinden, Benji B, and Mistajam. On the remix duties are young Birmingham producer Preditah, who has been climbing the ranks this year producing for JME and the Earth 616 label, followed by Hyperdub / Keysound residents LV, who keep up the skippy vibe of the original on their vinyl-only version. Finally, 'Notice Now' on the flip is a new Trim vocal on D.O.K.'s 'Chemical Planet' tune, which first appeared on Butterz in 2010.

Any combination from Tunnidge is always going to result in a hefty release; and Get Darker Recordings next release (GDKR002) brings exactly that! HUGE support fromSkream & Benga on Radio 1, Mala (Digital Mystikz), NType & Distance on Rinse FM, Hatcha on Kiss FM, and Mista Jam, J-Kenzo and True Tiger on BBC Radio 1xra, Cyrus, Mark Pritchard, Goth Trad, Darkside and Joe Nice.

Sam Walton is the 20 year old Mancunian producer behind this Hyperdub debut, an EP exploring four original experiments with the funky house sound, always keeping the emphasis on energy. 'Aggy' kicks things off by perfectly blending the raw, hard aggression of grime with the tight disciplined micro-syncopations of funky house. 'Mangled Riddim' runs a bassline that sounds like a rubber band being twanged accompanied by spacious toms and 808 kicks and claps, while '808 Vibzin's mix of swinging 808 claps and claviers with sunshine synths and xylophone sounds like classic blissed out Midwest 90s house music. 'Skrilla' on the other hand mixes tough off-beat funky drums and rhythmic stabs, simultaneously recalling grime's sparseness and the chilly toughness of Northern bleep house.

In the primordial soup that is the space often referred to as '130bpm,' there lies a lot of dull debris and dirty detritus. But amidst the scattered grey asteroids lies a small but glittering phuture-star, Damu, the newest signing to bass station Keysound Recordings. Whereas much that surrounds him is ordinary and unremarkable, Damu's quadrant is a glittering explosion of hypercolour and kinetic movement, emotive energy and playful pulsations. To enter into its proximity is, in the nicest possible way, to be irradiated by a kind of cosmic glow rays that leaves you fuzzy and warm. The source for this remarkable sound, developed over a relatively short period, is his infectious enthusiasm and unrelenting positivity. Damu's quickly picked up some high profile fans, with The Streets' Mike Skinner, when asked to guest edit an entire section of The Guardian, picked him out as a glowing example of hot new talent. Damu's also attracted plays from Night Slugs DJs and critical acclaim from F.A.C.T. and XLR8R, with an EP recently out on the Local Action label. F.A.C.T. Magazine's Tom Lea, a huge supporter of Damu, said 'Obviously I'm biased but Damu is the most promising young producer in the UK for me, and this is some of the best material he's done yet. I suppose they're dance tracks but for me it's more like big, massive pop music full of hooks, colour and emotion." With Damu now signed to Keysound Recordings, his new EP's title track 'Ridin' sounds like hypergrime grounded by crunk 808 sub drops - Damu once said he wanted to slip it to OutKasts' Big Boy at a gig. He didn't ... he should have. 'Be Free' and 'Crystal Gaea' unleash a warm, UK funky-inspired glow. 'Karolina's Magic J' is perhaps one of the oddest beasts in the realm, a trippy, woozy journey into synth-lead psychedelia.

The first release on GetDarker Recordings was always going to demand something special! 'Mental Universe' see's Kromestar draw for the maximum weight line, with a beautifully produced melody that you will keep coming back to. Backed with an absolute club banger ft Dark Tantrums 'Trianglez' with a fierce stabbing snare and errupting drop, general destruction is the guaranteed outcome.

Robokop & Distrikt teamed up and delivered their mindblowing track Fire.
Remixes by Sinister Souls and Tim Ismag completed this piece of Electronic Art.

After the darkness of Rabid Dogs EP Black Sunday Recordings now
brings you a new summer-ish release by Rotterdam based producer The Eerier Child.

Second single in Soul Jazz Records' Future Bass releases features two exclusive brand new tracks of deep future post-dubstep and post-house music from two new generation producers, Randomer & Fife.

Fresh from the pleasures of introducing Jon Convex to the world, 3024 heads off on a pair of tangents for the next project. The 14th release marks the label's first split 12 - a result of 2 tracks falling in to their collective lap that were too good to wait for individual releases. Despite the 2 very different acts involved, the symmetry in both musical background and production methodology makes for a record as coherent as any in the label's back catalogue, with both artists closely linked to both 3024 and Martyn's career.Filling up the first side is the ever-evolving four-legged analogue Hoover that is Instra:mental, with a raucous victory lap following on from their widely acclaimed 'Revolution 653' album, and the two members' warmly received solo endeavors as Boddika (aka Alex Green) and Jon Convex (aka Damon Kirkham). Less an example of the icy metallic Instra:mental sound showcased on their debut long player and more a collaboration between the combined talents of their respective monikers, 'Pyramid' takes the Decepticon strut of Green's solo work and grafts it seamlessly to the EBM aesthetic of the initial wave of 'Convexations,' to form an undulating monster of sub-low Atari evoking murk and swing.The flip-side is home to the debut work of the new alias from a DJ/producer who's integral to 3024s formation, an artist as at home on the golf course as he has been at raves throughout the last few decades. In contrast to the deliberate pulse of 'Pyramid', the man no one knows as Trevino introduces himself to the wider world with 'Chip.' An urgently paced update of the cybernetic warehouse sound beloved of Northern England at the turn of the 90s, 'Chip' is instantly evocative of the finest early Warp releases in both its floor friendliness and cunning melodic turns.The increasingly talked about Erosie takes time out from some soon-to-be-revealed new projects, and graces 3024-015 with another sleeve in his resiliently inimitable style.

DOUBLE HEADER FROM THE MAN LIKE KINZY.

WOLF + LAMB REMIXES OF THE NEW REBIRTH RELEASE.

The second and third parts of the Mountains suite nestle snugly together on pt 2 of the EP. Dissolving from the lush techno of Mountains pt 1, Rum lightens the pressure accenting the melodic motifs of pt 1 adding an almost lilting, percussively funky rhythm, only to be broken with a galloping gabba style beat washed over by his trademark string and synth blanket. However, the pressure is short lived, as once again the track gives way to a verdant and lush pasture of classic Rum ambience. Turiya on the flip pays subtle homage to Alice Coltrane by using her later adopted spiritual name. And you can hear her ethereal jazz and harp qualities evoked through his use of melody, before dropping into a broken 2-step bump with a nicely chopped up vocal. This track really brings out Rum's penchant for amazing strings once again as he drifts them in gently towards the later half of the track, creating further layers of lush melodic bliss. The illustrator on this release is the incredibly talented Matt Taylor from Brighton. We instantly fell in love with his furry and feathery skulls, and had to have them spinning around on a record. Check more of his work at www.Matttaylor.co.uk

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