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Author Archives: dave
Eclectic Minds: Gorgon City
It’s time for another Eclectic Minds session where we ask non D&B artists what they love about D&B. You’ll be surprised how many producers are closet fans. Or not so closet fans… Take this week’s candidate Matt Scott, one half … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Eclectic Minds
Tagged Ben Pearce, Bondax, Breach, Disclosure, Dusky, Foamo, Gorgon City, Justin Martin, Kidnap Kid, Rack N Ruin, Subsoul
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Qemists Preview: Change The Way I Feel
Need a little Monday pick-me-up? Look no further… The Qemists are back with their first fresh stuff in over two years. Entitled The Way I Feel, it’s the Q-crew at their most rugged and anthemic. What’s more; it’s free! We … Continue reading
Posted in Artists
Tagged Change The Way I Feel, The Qemists, The Qemists Track Premier, Track Premier
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Innersoul: The Art Of Being A Resident (Plus win tickets!)
Big up all resident DJs in the area! The heart and soul of any good party, the residents know the vibe, understand the crowd and, if they’re doing their job well, will ensure the headlining guests have been introduced faultlessly. … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, Downloads
Tagged Deeizm, Eveson, IBM, Innersoul, Marcus Intalex, Menos, Nookie, Plan B, riya, S1DJ, SirReal, Soula, The Wook, Total Science, Utah Jazz, Win Innersoul Tickets, Win Tickets
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Hazard: The Bee’s Knees
Hazard: The essential new album! The mindblowing new live show! The next level website! The new ‘Social Hazard’ app! The brave new sound! Actually none of that happened… Those who know DJ Hazard know he plays things with more subtlety … Continue reading
Posted in Artists
Tagged Digital Bumble Bees, DJ Hazard, DJ Hype, Drum & Bass Awards, Hazard, Hype, Playaz, The Radius, Time Tripping, travel sickness
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Rockwell: The Story Behind Detroit
May 23 2013: Rockwell makes broadcasting history by being the first producer to blow up a bass bin in the Radio 1 studio with his massive new banger Detroit. If Drumandbassarenablog had a reactionary tabloid flavour, this is how we’d … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood Memories, damaging BBC property, Detroit, DJ Assault, footwork, ghetto-tech, mistajam, mixtape, Radio 1, Rockwell, Shogun Audio, speaker busting, techno, Zane Lowe
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Social Security: Meltdowns and Mixes
Complete hard drive corruption: It’s every producer’s worst nightmare… Especially when you lose over 12 years of work. Over a decade of ideas, complete tracks, samples, templates. Everything. This is what happened at Social Security HQ in 2011. In the … Continue reading
Mutated Forms: Exclusive Mix!
On the hunt for a new summer sexy jam? Look no further than Mutated Forms’ super-slinky 86BPM groove Tiny Little Pieces. Released on Total Science’s CIA (and remixed by the label head honchos themselves) it began as a track with … Continue reading
Win EXIT Festival Tickets!
It’s competition time! How do you fancy grabbing two free EXIT Festival tickets? Destination: Novi Sad, Serbia. July 10-14. Just in case you’ve not had the pleasure of a formal introduction. The 30+ stage festival is one of the biggest … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions
Tagged Bloc Party, Brookes Brothers, Camo & Krooked, Chase & Status, Diplo, dj fresh, Dub Phizix & Strategy, EXIT, Fatboy Slim, Friction, Rudimental, Shogun Audio, Snoop Dogg, The Prodigy, The Prototypes, Wilkinson, Win EXIT Tickets, Win festival tickets, Win Tickets
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Fractured Foundation: Free Mortem Mix!
Massive party announcement: July 5 sees Fractured Foundation celebrate a year of forward-thinking party science at Hidden, London. Naturally for such a big anniversary event they’ve called in some exciting names… Phace, June Miller, Mortem, Amoss, Philth and Retraflex will … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Competitions, Downloads
Tagged Amoss, Fractured Foundation, Free mix, Free Mortem Mix, Hidden, june miller, London, Mortem, phace, Philth, Polish Soup, Retraflex, Win Tickets
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The Art Of The Album: Loadstar
Albums: Music would be a much harsher, unforgiving place without them, suffering from even more instant gratification than it already does. Without well-crafted long players we’d only know our favourite artists for isolated EPs or singles: All big moments and … Continue reading
Posted in Artists, Videos
Tagged albums, Chemical Brothers, Cybotron, Dillinja, Future Perfect, Leftfield, loadstar, ram records
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