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Quoone - Don't Stop
Read more . . . →Viper does this thing where they round up the up-and-comers nobody’s heard yet and dump them on a Future Fire comp, and you end up finding your next favourite producer between two names you’ll forget by Friday. This is Vol.9, and Quoone is the reason to bother. “Don’t Stop” is exactly what it tells you it is. No fake-out intro, no two minutes of pads before anything happens. It walks in, the bass drops, and it just refuses to let up. Quoone’s been kicking around the Viper orbit for a while now — turned up on the comps before, did...
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Mistafil & Beth Clayton - Run
Read more . . . →Another one pulled off Future Fire Vol.9, which is Viper’s roundup of names you’re about to start seeing everywhere. Comps like this are usually a minefield, half the tracklist is filler you skip after eight seconds, but Beth Clayton’s voice yanks “Run” straight out of that pile. She’s got that thing where the vocal sits right on top of the mix and still feels weightless, like it could float off if the drums weren’t holding it down. And Mistafil clearly knows the assignment, because the production gives her room instead of burying her under a wall of bass. That’s the...
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MANIA - On The Gas
Read more . . . →DnB Allstars dropping this from MANIA and the track name is not lying to you. “On The Gas” is full throttle from the first bar and stays pinned there. There’s no slow seduction, no two-minute intro pretending to be a journey. It just kicks the door in and starts swinging. This is dancefloor DnB built for a room with no air conditioning and no patience, the kind of thing that sounds borderline rude on headphones and absolutely correct at volume on a proper rig. DnB Allstars have basically become the channel where you go to find out what’s actually destroying...
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Logistics - Hyperspace
Read more . . . →Logistics doing what Logistics does, which is make a rolling bassline feel like the most natural law in the universe. That bass drops in around 40 seconds and never once lets you off the hook. Matt Gresham has been one of Hospital’s most reliable producers since he signed there back in 2004, and you can hear exactly why: the surface is smooth and melodic, almost polite, and then underneath it there’s this machine that just keeps turning over. “Hyperspace” leans hard into the dancefloor side of his catalogue, all bright synth hooks and a build that earns its payoff instead...
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goddard. - day & night
Read more . . . →goddard. keeps appearing in my recommendations and I keep clicking, and at this point I’ve stopped pretending it’s an accident. “day & night” has this looping melodic thing that burrows into your brain. Good looping thing though. This one landed on UKF, which is basically the front door for anyone trying to find out what’s actually moving in drum & bass right now, so the placement tells you the gatekeepers already nodded. What gets me is how light it stays. A lot of liquid-leaning DnB tips over into background-coffee-shop nothingness, the kind of thing that’s pleasant and forgettable in equal...
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Rouman & Krot - F**K Like a G (Future Fire Vol.9)
Read more . . . →Viper’s Future Fire comp always delivers. Rouman & Krot bring proper dark DnB — actual menace in the bassline, the whole way through. Buy / stream this track → More like this Napes - Hit The Corner Newforyu - Maniac Noisia & Mayhem - Choke
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NCT x Genetics - More Than Enough (ft. Kazhi)
Read more . . . →Liquicity liquid DnB with a vocal that actually belongs in the production. Kazhi earns the credit — this sounds like it was written together, not added on top. Gentle enough for daytime listening. Buy / stream this track → More like this Artino & Genetics - At All Costs Flowidus - Midnight Sound (feat. HARLEE) SOLAH, Makoto, Hugh Hardie & Azotix - Lovesick
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Lenzman, Redeyes, Pinty & Natacha Kanga - Heart Is So Heavy
Read more . . . →DnB collab stacked like a late-night lineup. Natacha Kanga’s vocal sits right on the break and it’s doing things. Lenzman and Redeyes together is already a good sign — Pinty rounding it out is just showing off. Buy / stream this track → More like this Murdock - Tightrope (feat. Ruth Royall) Benzla - Overcast VIP KJ KNOX - Real love
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Hush - Erase Me (Future Fire Vol.9)
Read more . . . →Another one from Future Fire Vol.9. Hush keeps it heavy without losing the groove. DnB that doesn’t apologize for being DnB. Buy / stream this track → More like this Raiser - Lonely Day ft. Spiralus and Guildhall Session Orchestra SOLAH & Hoax - Wings SyRan - Crazy Fruits
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Gardna & Shapes - Snakes & Ladders
Read more . . . →Gardna’s been in this game long enough that a track this clean still feels fresh. Shapes brings the right grit to stop it going soft. The vocal sits on top like it was built there. Buy / stream this track → More like this TANTRON & Wiguez - ICARUS (feat. Moneo) Andromedik, Arcando & Raphaella - Hold Me In Heaven Blossom - Good Vibrations
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