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BOP - Rumination
Read more . . . →This is the one off this week’s pile I’ve gone back to the most, and it isn’t close. “Rumination” is BOP working the deep, melodic liquid drum and bass lane that’s made a name at Hospital Records — lush, unhurried, more interested in mood than muscle. The intro takes its time, layering a warm pad and a lonely piano figure before the drums even think about arriving, and when they do it’s a soft, rolling break that carries you rather than shoves you. The bassline is a low, round sub you feel in your chest more than your ears, and...
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Anaïs & Olivia Rose - Round Town
Anais and Olivia Rose stack harmonies until Round Town feels twice as wide as it should be. Play it for anyone who thinks dnb all sounds the same.Read more . . . →Subscribe →Weekly digestSundays. One email. Zero ballads from white guys in beanies. -
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Makoto, Gabriella Bongo, PVC & Blocksberg - Better Days
Read more . . . →This one made the whole afternoon feel about ten degrees warmer. “Better Days” gathers Makoto, Gabriella Bongo, PVC and Blocksberg into a piece of soulful liquid dnb that sounds less produced than grown. Makoto has been making music this warm since before half the current scene owned a laptop, and you can hear that lived-in quality in every bar, the ease of someone with nothing left to prove. Gabriella Bongo’s vocal is the heart of it, soulful without a scrap of showing off, riding these breaks like she’s been singing over them her whole life. The drums roll with a...
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IYRE & Breezy Lee - Lament
IYRE and Breezy Lee make 170bpm liquid dnb feel like floating. Breezy Lee's vocal is the anchor and it keeps getting prettier.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogSome shirts are statements. This one is a verdict. -
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Bensley - Sinking Ship. (D&B Mix)
Bensley bolts a full drum and bass engine onto a soft, sad synth line and the transplant actually takes. Canadian dnb stays criminally underrated.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogMade for people who left the room during Yellow. -
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goddard. & Charlotte Haining - Stamina
Read more . . . →When did goddard. turn into one of the most dependable names in this whole lane? “Stamina” teams him up with Charlotte Haining, one of the most in-demand voices in dnb and liquid, and the result is a properly gorgeous piece of vocal drum and bass. Haining has one of those voices that sounds completely effortless and is obviously anything but, controlled and warm and able to sell a big emotional hook without ever oversinging a single line. goddard. wraps her in a production of rolling breakbeats and a bassline with real warmth to it, the liquid template handled with genuine...
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A Little Sound & Kelvin 373 - Same Thing
A Little Sound's been on half the dnb that mattered these two years. With Kelvin 373 she finally gets to sing, not just top a drop.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogLooks like Helvetica. Sounds like a closing argument. -
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Justin Hawkes - Now or Never
Justin Hawkes' liquid dnb makes us feel eighteen again. Rolling breakbeats, a bassline with real warmth, one listen that turned into five.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogThree words. One opinion. Cotton. -
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Pola & Bryson & DRIIA - Where Did You Go
Read more . . . →I put this on to test some new headphones and forgot I was supposed to be listening critically about forty seconds in. Pola & Bryson make liquid drum and bass that actually earns the “liquid” tag — warm, rolling, the kind of thing that sounds like it was mixed underwater in the nicest possible way. “Where Did You Go” leans on DRIIA’s vocal, which sits somewhere between heartbreak and acceptance, and the pair build the whole track to hold that feeling without ever crushing it under a big drop. That restraint is rare in this scene. So much liquid dnb...
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IYRE x Makoto - SKYLINE FEVER
Makoto and IYRE's Skyline Fever turns a Sunday-morning intro into a 4am liquid dnb rush. Warmest thing we've heard in ages.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogShips in 3–5 days. The outrage ships immediately.
