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Pete & Bas - Oldschool Gangsta
Read more . . . →Pete & Bas are two guys in their seventies making drum and bass and absolutely cooking the genre’s younger practitioners in the process. Oldschool Gangsta is exactly what the title says — there’s a swagger here that comes from not caring what anyone thinks, and it absolutely works in a DnB context. DnB Allstars championing these two is one of the better things to happen to the scene in years. The MCs bring the old school UK grime energy that DnB has always had a relationship with, and hearing it pushed this far to the foreground feels like someone finally...
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Mutual - Where I Wanna Be
Read more . . . →Liquid DnB that actually has something to say. The vocal sits right in that pocket where it doesn’t oversell the emotion — just states it and lets the track breathe around it. Classic UKF find. More like this DJ Marky & Makoto - It's Alright, I Feel It (ft. Vanessa Freeman) Sub Focus - Elevate (SOTA remix) Tian - Smooth Buy / stream this track →
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Mutilator - BOUNCE
Read more . . . →The artist name is Mutilator and the track is called BOUNCE and it is released on Dirty Workz, which tells you everything you need to know about what’s coming before you press play. Hardstyle gets dismissed a lot by people who have never stood in a crowd of twenty thousand people while something exactly like this is playing at 150 BPM over a speaker system the size of a small house. The reverse bass here is properly nasty and the kick drums hit with the kind of physical force that the genre exists for. Mutilator builds well — there’s a...
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Trump's Name Is Getting Etched in Marble at Penn Station. You're Paying For It.
Read more . . . →Penn Station has been a disaster for decades. Cramped, sweaty, falling apart — New Yorkers have been begging for a renovation forever. Now they’re getting one: $8 billion, raised ceilings, two new entrances. And “President Donald J. Trump” etched in marble next to a presidential seal, gold railings, columns, and escalators throughout. Of course. This is a public train station. The busiest in the country. Hundreds of thousands of commuters a day, most of them not billionaires. Design renderings leaked this week showing a monument to the sitting president built into a transit hub that working people depend on to...
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Mike Griego & David A Diaz - Clarity
Read more . . . →Anjunadeep doing what Anjunadeep does best — deep house that sounds like it was engineered for that exact moment when the sun starts coming up and everyone’s still going. Mike Griego and David A Diaz have the formula and it works. More like this Josh One vs Salomé Le Chat - Contemplation (King Britt Funke Remix) MCN2, rivve - Brighter Days Saco, Bram Bos - Never Going Home Buy / stream this track →
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Weekly Digest: Amelie Lens Took Over and Nobody Stopped Her
Alix Perez doesn't miss. Unity rolls deep for the whole track and I can't stop playing it. This is why DnB runs circles around everything.Read more . . . →Get the tee →Support the blogIf you wear this and someone hugs you, that's a real friend. -
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MCN2, rivve - Brighter Days
Read more . . . →MCN2 and rivve do something smart here: the title promises “brighter days” and the production actually delivers it, which sounds obvious but is harder than it seems when you’re working with deep house instrumentation that naturally trends moodier. The chords are warm without being saccharine. There’s a real sense of forward motion to this — it doesn’t sit in one place and brood, it moves. Sensual Musique has been consistent in finding this specific register of deep house and putting it in front of people who need it. The lead vocal is minimal enough that it doesn’t overpower the groove,...
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Malaa (Alter Ego) x ÆON:MODE - Gave Birth
Read more . . . →Malaa’s alter ego stepping out of the house shadows and into full DnB territory, because apparently one alias wasn’t weird enough. This actually slaps — the collab with ÆON:MODE gives it a harder edge than you’d expect from either of them. More like this Gracie Van Brunt - HOURGLASS 10xx - The Unknown (Future Fire Vol.9) anaïs - Badgyal Ting (ft. LawdGad) Buy / stream this track →
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Krakota - Hold On
Read more . . . →Krakota doing what Krakota does — dark rolling DnB with that textured low-end that sounds like it was made in a basement at 3am and you’re glad it was. The drop hits like a slow inevitability. More like this Alcemist, DRIIA - Search Deep DAYNAMIX - Energy DJ Marky & Makoto - It's Alright, I Feel It (ft. Vanessa Freeman) Buy / stream this track →
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Wayward - Eyes Turn Blue
Read more . . . →Found this on MrSuicideSheep’s channel. “Eyes Turn Blue” starts quietly and by the end you’re staring at the ceiling wondering what happened to your afternoon. More like this BUNS - ITCHTOPAY Dillon Francis, Allenora, America Foster - RIDDEM Dirt Monkey feat. Mississippi The Truth - Marshmallows Buy / stream this track →
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