DBRIDGE
(exit, club autonomic, a bunch of cuts – uk)
A veteran producer and one of the most experienced artists in drum & bass, Darren White aka dBridge is an artist whose multiple transformations and evolutions glide through a staggering list of achievements. Over the course of a long and distinguished career, he has been at the heart of some the most exciting collaborative partnerships drum & bass has ever seen from Future Forces to Bad Company and mostly recently Club Autonomic. Forging a strong bond with Instra:mental, they showcased their Autonomic sound with an award-winning Fabriclive mix CD, worldwide tour and residencies for Fabric and Rinse FM. In 2011, dBridge returns the focus to his label Exit Records with the Mosaic Vol. 1 compilation and more artist LPs as he continues to be a mentor to the new breed of producers inspired by his career. As a solo artist, dBridge remains versatile with his own productions for Exit, Reinforced, Hotflush, and more.
LYNX
(soul:r, detail, digital soundboy, creative source – uk)
Opening his new label Detail Recordings in 2010, Lynx is a man on a mission to deliver only the freshest and most innovative sounds in underound electronic music. Standout tracks including ‘Disco Dodo’ and ‘Global Enemies’ may have helped make his name across the worldwide drum & bass scene but the sheer diversity and quality of Lynx’s output across labels like Soul:r, Creative Source, Digital Soundboy and Bingo have marked him as a producer par-excellence. Recent remixes for Metalheadz, Hospital and Innerground have shown he remains ahead of the rest, with cutting-edge studio skills and the drive to explore new musical avenues. A diverse and talented DJ, his live sets are largely built on exclusive and upfront material with an eclectic feel appealing to clubbers across the spectrum. Collaborating with Sense MC for his latest release on Detail (‘For the Rebels’ released October 2010), Lynx has demonstrated once again his ability to mix vocals with musicality and straight dancefloor-appeal, keeping the standard high and staying true to his own style.
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE
(horizons, santorin, www.bachelorsofscience.com – SF)
As long-time residents of the weird and always unexpected city of San Francisco, Bachelors Of Science are renowned for mixing up and making unique blends of laid back, tripped-out, soul drenched tracks that are designed to be listened to as well as just heard on the floor. Choosing quality over quantity, they are regarded as one of the most consistently innovative and sought-after remixers and producers of the area, working with everyone from dance music legends Groove Armada and Paradox to indie darlings Home Video and Silver Swans. The Bachelors continue to defy those that try to categorize them into a genre. From the deep liquid drum n bass inspired by their hometown of London and the likes of High Contrast and LTJ Bukem to the minimal inspired Autonomic sounds of dBridge and sun-drenched 4/4 grooves inspired by fellow SF locals Dirtybird … the Bachelors have retained their quality and a large and loyal following throughout, garnering plays from Annie Mac, Basement Jaxx, LTJ Bukem, High Contrast, Loxy, Doc Scott, DJ Hype, Reid Speed, Alix Perez, Grooverider and DJ Marky.
METHOD ONE
(31 recs, levitated)
In the 18 years since he first started experimenting with sampled loops, Jason Leder aka Method One has become one of the elder statesmen of the American drum and bass scene. As a dj, he has honed his craft through hundreds of gigs stretching back to the early nineties, and can be heard every Friday on www.bassdrive.com. As a musician, he is responsible for numerous releases and remixes on labels such as 31 Records, Levitated, Secret Operations, Nu Directions, Outsider, Vampire, Absys, Covert Operations, Vibez, Red Mist, Offworld, Nexus (Good Looking), Testflight, Elektra/Warner Brothers and more.
2Cents
(wodnb, formation, sublife, compression)
Known around the globe for their thundering “dirty business,” 2 CENTS have been at the forefront of professional drum and bass for over a decade. Sponsored by the London-based World of Drum and Bass, they have rocked their hyphee Bay area bounce for crowds all over the US and Europe, have been covered in electronic music magazines such as XLR8R, and Knowledge and were the featured artists on the World of Drum and Bass 10 Year Anniversary Mix. Behind the decks, 2 CENTS (DJs Aye~n and Mal) exhibit next-levels skills learned as founding members of San Francisco’s seminal drum and bass scene
Emcee Child
(bachelors of science)
Child’s diverse background encompasses many different genres of music from all over his home land of England. A true pioneer of San Francisco Bass music culture, the legendary toaster makes his first appearance in nearly a year.
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Thursday, September 22nd 2011
9pm-3am
21+
Club Mighty
119 Utah st. San Francisco, CA, 94103
Limited presale tickets are available here:
LEFT CLICK FOR PART 1
LEFT CLICK FOR PART 2
"Ain't heard a jump up set as tearing as this in time. Big up mate. Check it out peeps."--Asa S (DOA, Dubai)
"itz bangin' all the way through. great mix. need a hard copy!"--DJ Whizard (LA)
"You guys have done it again. This mix has not left my cd player since the day after the World. Great stuff guys, I am proud to say that we have the best D&B crew on the west coast. Thanks for melting my face off once again."--Danny the Junglist (Compression Head)
"This is a very well produced and entertaining mix. The tunes are straight raved the f out imo (which I enjoy btw). But I really did want to make a point that Colonels MCing is absolutly fucking exceptional on this! Honestly one of the best MC performances on a mix that I've heard in a long while. Very original and very diverse. MC's should take note."--Odyssey DnB (Monterey)
"It is the fire, esp beginning until about 20-25min mark. If you can jungle step in a car while driving, that's what i was doing in my head on my drive home yesterday. Someone at a stop light asked what I was listening to . . .I pulled the CD out the deck and said here take it, check it out . . .this is some Bay Area Drum N Bass!!"--Hapapride (Bayraves)
"mix does exactly what it says on the tin. Not the type of thing I'd usually listen to (on purpose), but, not entirely unlistenable either, which says more than 99% of the jumpup mixes I've heard."--Focusyn (DOA)
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DJ AYE~N AND THE COLONEL
TRIED TO GIVE A DAMN, COULDN'T GIVE A SHIT
Aye~n & the Colonel rock it for 2008 and the World of Drum and Bass.
Click here to get the mix
Lyrics are here
Photo by Merkley???
AYE~N'S TRACKLIST:
1. Marvellous Cain - Roll Dat Shit (Complex RMX) - IQ Recordings
2. Modified Motion & Faction - 2001 (Magistrate & Nicole RMX)
3. Modified Motion - Deja Vu - Propaganda
4. Erb N Dub - Blood Clot Sound (G-Dub RMX) - Radical Beats
5. Tantrum Desire - Page Stepper - Foundation Music
6. DJ Pleasure - Venger - Lowdown Deep Records
7. Soulpride - The Mule- Red Records
8. Jaydan - After Dark - Propaganda
9. Xample - Deeper Underground - Frequency
10.The Force - Something Out There - Stereotype
11.Terravita - Adult Robot Kung Fu - Technique
12.Xample - Infamous - Ram Records
13.Basher - Missle - Frequency
14.Peshay Feat. DJ SS & Influx - Make Some Noise - Formation
15.Eddie K - Stinkbox - Stereotype
16.Modified Motion & Faction - Magic Man - Dynamic Audio
17.Taxman - Scanner Darker - Ganja
18.DJ Pleasure - Black Magic - K Power Records
19.2 Cents - Richard Dangle - Unsigned
20.Wickaman & Hoodlum - Freedom - Black Widow Recordings
21.Eveson - So High - 31 Records
22.Mutated Forms - Blue Magic (DJ SS RMX) - Formation
The Reviews are in, and looking good.
"Fast and hard is how they bring it, and they do it well. Worth tracking down for the cover photo by Merkley??? alone"--XLR8R Magazine
"well done fellas, well done."--uniteddnb, LA
"AYE~N and COLONEL r tha shit!!!"--XYZ, LA
"Shame the mix is clownstep otherwise it would have been perfect"--BurnRate, DOA.
"that mix is ill nasty . . ."--MC Astro, TX.
"the CD is fucking ridiculous...i want more brother."--Rahnlee, Compression Head.
"sooper dooper pooper scooper props on the cover. People dont seem to realize that things that look the same, start to sound the same. the music is downloading now, so ill be listening later...but ive already been shown more thought than most mixes."--Aero, LA
"how dare you make that cd...that shit should be illegal brotha, shit is SIKK and should be outlawed for blowing the shit outta speaker!"--408junglist, San Jose
"The new album is staight-up nasty, big-up."--Danny, SF
"Thank you for the CD last Friday. I have been blaring my car stereo all week listening to it over and over. I love it!" --Lisa, Compression Head.
And on the MCing?
"well done for actually saying words and using sentences"--inhumane instincts, DOA
"its like snoop dogg had a go on bioshock and tried to go deep, before realising he was a player and had a hooker sucking on his dick by the second line."--ZOMG, DOA
"i like the sounds + nice to hear mans who got their own style and flow, sounds big bro - trust!!"--G1, UK Pimp MC.
"Sounds Like Chuck D With One Extra Ball"--Merkley???
Thanks everyone!
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AYE~N and THE COLONEL Doin it for
MC XYZ's B2B Sessions Mix Series:
Right click the pic, fool, and choose "save as" to catch Aye~n & the Colonel's first mix together. Done for XYZ's B2B Session mix series, this is just one of two dozen wicked mixes done by America's most ballinest junglists. So much goodness, and yo, baby, it's FREE.Ahhhhhhhhhhh. BIG UP XYZ!!
