Glasgow based Ragga Jungle beatsmith J Bostron delivers another nice little freebie with a package of 5 tracks delivering upbeat jungle and dubwize vibes. His refixes of Cutty Ranks’ Fully Blast and Popcaan’s Ravin deliver sunshine drenched reggae vibes, and elsewhere the EP brings some slightly heavier jungle beats on the remix of Serum & Northern Lights Don’t Let Go. Check out a couple of the tracks below and grab yourself a free download here!
Rising talent SEVA brings us his debut release via NeurofunkGrid and it’s a bit of a doozy! Crisp, clear drums and monstrous bass are the order of the day on both tracks, and the attention to detail and texture of sound design is top notch for such a young producer. One to watch! Better still, the release is a free download – grab it here.
Metalheadz bring us another must have 12″ from Lenzman! A side Empty Promise covers all the bases nicely; rolling breakbeats, soft pads, soulful vocals and just enough grime in the bassline to give the tune some teeth. Then over on the flip Makoto gives Broken Dreams the remix treatment, making the song his own while retaining the trademark vocal that made the original such a big hit on release.
As if all of that wasn’t enough, the ‘headz camp are also giving away a nice little freebie in the form of Subwave’s remix of Lenzman & Riya’s Open Page. Grab yourself a copy here and look out for the Empty Promise 12″ dropping on April 29th.
N.Phect serves up a nice little freebie in the form of Human Riot. Neurofunk sensibilities pervade the tune, with some dirty bass on the go, but the tune isn’t a mere dancefloor tearer, with some nice melodic elements including some beautiful piano work. Check it out below and grab a free download here.
The king of glitched out neuro-infused beats to my mind is indisputably Reso. The man remains one of the few producers of interesting Dubstep and his forays into D&B tempo are always a treat, so his latest free giveaway was right up my street. When It Drop provides a tasty combination of skittering half-time beats, hip-hop sensibilities and gnarly bass, and the level of detail present in the tune is jaw dropping; every kick, snare and hi-hat has been carefully placed for optimal groove. Big!
Check it out below and grab a copy from Reso’s Facebook.
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MTWN team up with M-zine & Scepticz to bring us a tidy freebie in the form of their “Mos Beef Edit” of Otomy. Hip-hop enthusiasts will spot the vocal as lifted from Mos Def & Talib Kweli’s What’s Beef?, and the boys have put it to good use overlayed on a gritty stepper’s beat. Best of all you can grab it for free! Check it out below.
Sunchase & Nickbee bring the fire for the third release on their 22:22 imprint! First up Teddy Killerz & Malk are let loose on Moving Shadow classic As We Look for a belting new remix which amps things up a bit while retaining the spirit of the original. Over on the flip the pair deliver a nicely off-kilter grimey stepper in the form of Proper Things which moves seamlessly between full and half-step beats.
As a celebration of the release 22:22 have kindly given away their Proper Harder Things refix of the B side which delivers exactly what you’d expect from the title; beats and bass have both been beefed up to the max to deliver a total smasher! Check it out below and grab a free download, and grab the full release from your favourite digital store now!
While drum & bass is well known for it’s dark side, it’s still unusual to hear of tracks inspired by real-life tragedy. Gridlok‘s latest release for his own Project 51 imprint came about via a rooftop suicide heard from his studio; doesn’t get much darker than that.
Gridlok’s original delivers a melancholy roller which is well worthy of your attention, but the remixes are even better, with the best coming from Sinistarr who delivers a chopped up jungle-esque edit, SPKTRM who brings out the industrial half-step darkness and Mesck who drops the tempo for a warped, gritty dubstep refix. You can even pick up the SPKTRM remix as a free download.
Check out the previews below and grab the release from your favourite digital outlet.
I recently came across the rather talented up and coming dutch producer Sunaivod via a friend’s recommendation, and was particularly impressed with the quality of his output. Rugged, hard edged neurofunk is the order of the day here, and better still the man has a tidy freebie up on his Soundcloud page in the form of The Wreckage. Check it out and grab yourself a free download below!
The very talented Tokyo Prose are kindly giving away a lovely little liquid roller by the name of Romcom on their Soundcloud page. You don’t even have to give them a like on Facebook, but you should do it anyway to keep up with all their excellent releases. Check it out and grab yourself a download!