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The 50th edition of Fabric's acclaimed Fabriclive series, dBridge and Instra:mental's mix is a land-mark release more than worthy of the round catalogue number. With their Autonomic podcast the London based trio has recently taken the web by storm, fluently crossing over styles ranging from electro-funk and hip-hop to dubstep and abstract electronica.
Their 'Autonomic' Fabric mix condenses the genre-binding concept of their ridiculously popular podcasts in 73 awestruck minutes, laying out the blueprint for a distinct style of their own, both coherent and diverse.
Autonomic shifts seamlessly between the breakneck speeds of drum'n bass and dubstep's half-step, picking up the pace at just the right moments, while leaving plenty of space for more introspective tracks and even some genuine pop moments, such as Riya's lovely r'n'b style opening track 'Seems Like', forthcoming on dBridge's own label Exit Records.
Besides plenty of dBridge and Instra:mental's own material, the mix features productions by cutting-edge artists of the moment, such as Scuba, Distance or Actress. For anyone interested in new sounds, Autonomic is as contemporary as it can get.
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Illum Sphere has been on quite a hot streak as of late, being selected to the Red Bull Music Academy, remixing Martyn, on top of promoting Manchester's hottest club nights, Hoya:Hoya. His biggest moment to date approaches with the two-part album, 'Long Live The Plan': Six amazing tracks of futuristic dub-breaks.
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The Hague's techno-meets-dubstep pioneer Dave Huismans a.k.a. 2562 returns to his own imprint as A Made Up Sound: 'Sun Touch' and 'Drain' are excellent futuristic dubstep efforts - sparse, deep, and drone-drenched - while the third track, 'Untitled', shuffles it up Detroit-style. Perfect.
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Slugabed is the latest in young, hotly-tipped producers to be featured on the venerable Planet Mu label. On the 6-track EP 'Ultra Heat Treated', Slugabed showcases a crunked-up, genre-bending sound that carves its own unique path between dubstep, hip-hop, and grime. Fans of Rustie, Zomby, and Shortstuff take notice!
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Since going solo, Berlin ex-pat Jamie Vex'd has stricken his own path away from the sound that he helped pioneer as one-half of the dubstep production duo, Vex'd. His bass experimentalism continues as he introduces his latest project under the alias Kuedo for Planet Mu.
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Maxi-Single released 01-02-2010 on Hyperdub
Hyperdub welcomes Rinse FM's breakfast show host, DVA, with a great 12", showcasing his unique take on the UK Funky bug: Staggering rhythms, tribal percussions and sawing synths serve as the backdrop to the grimy 'Natty' and the straighter 'Ganja'. Excellent debut.
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Maxi-Single released 01-02-2010 on 3024
Second and final instalment of 3024's brilliant remix series for Martyn's 'Great Lengths' album: Ben Klock deliveres kicking wild-pitch techno, recently included in Martyn's Fabric 50 mix and featuring the unmistakeable vocals of Spaceape. Illum Sphere concentrates on dark and deep dub sounds, while Roska's bonus track adds a nice 2Step pop flavour. Killer.
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French dubstep producer Florent Aupetit a.k.a. F delivers a preview of his debut album, which is scheduled for release in March: 'Energy Distortion' is a densely layered, drifting track, which gets a more down-to-earth treatment by London's Untold. Recommended.
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Great remix package from San Francisco's underrated Highpoint Lowlife label spanning a variety of modern bass styles: Electro by TVO, bumping booty by Hot City, Ali Renault’s late-night slo-mo disco house, Gravious' evil dubstep or Spatial’s future garage. Cool.
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San Francisco based producer Dave Aju steps in for a remix duty of Cloud's 'Timekeeper' track. Everybody familiar with Dave's productions on Circus Company will soon find out that he is approaching this from a new angle here, delivering a finely chopped up wonky house hybrid. Ace!
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One of our favourite bass artists of the moment - check out our recent interview - Débruit has created his unique breaks from Haitian music for this EP, the proceedings of which will go in full to the UNICEF earthquake relief effort. Help Haiti and get some great tunes in return.
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Everybody knows Diplo's Mad Decent is all about rocking the party. London's L-Wis 1990 produced the label's biggest party-smasher of 2009, 'United Groove'. The label saw fit to commission a panel of experts to create larger than life reworks of the B-more bass anthem, including Cosmin TRG, MJ Cole, and Buraka Som Sistema.
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Maxi-Single released 29-01-2010 on Tectonic
Distance gives the re-rub for Pinch's 'One Blood, One Source' taken from his genre-defining, future classic album 'Underwater Dancehall'. Live drums set an easy pace over a thick subbass, while Rudy Lee's gentle vocals complete a proper dub atmosphere. 'Clockwork' is a different flex that demonstrates Distance's knack for delivering the heaviest cuts around.
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When Ostgut Ton commissioned Hotflush's Scuba to create a mix for the quarterly dubstep showcase, SUB:STANCE, the task was to recreate the vibe of one of Berghain's signature nights. Scuba has obliged this task with a AAA-class mix feat. Joker, Joy Orbison, Pangaea, and Scuba himself.
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Being more than just a collection of tracks 'Elevator Music' presents the most prevalent dubstep artists, for example Martyn, Untold, Starkey and many more. Ranging from playful tracks like 'The Moth' by Julien Bashmore to spheric compositions by Om Unit the compilation has one least common denominator: BASS. The perfect shot for UK-influenced listeners, and those who want to stay up-to-date!
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Martyn compiles the 50th edition of Fabric's official mix series and proceeds to take it to a new direction. The Dutch producer flawlessly blends multiple tempos and styles resulting in Fabric's most refreshing mix to date. Feat. tracks by Actress, Roska, Zomby, 2562, Kode9, and more!
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