- RESONANT EVIL -

Beware the ides of October, something evil is lurking in the basement of Sydney's Central!

Resonant Evil is Sydney's newest underground party paying homage to the darker side of Dubstep and Drum 'n' Bass, just in time for halloween.

Join us on this free night featuring a lineup of local DJs carefully selected for their ability to induce screwfaces, audible panic and
gut-wrenching dance floor moves at the drop of a beat. These DJs have been told to throw down hard and we'll be seeing a lot of passion behind the decks!

In addition and complimentary to the Dubstep sound we are also featuring it's Drum 'n' Bass cousin, JumpUp which has already taken a number of European generations hostage
with it's raw, bass-heavy and rebelious rhythms.

Safe to say it is going to be a night of free, ear-inflicting damage and I hope you will come along and support the local scene by having a beer with us! 

All event info HERE

- SUBMISSIONS -

Here we are again with some very large submissions!!!

First up, there's a sick producer from L.A. that's been consistantly dropping bangers. His name is Skrillex and he's got a new one. 

And secondly we have Noisia. The album wasn't meant to be out for another month but it got leaked... So they've released it!

Enjoy. 

Skrillex and Rick Ross 

   

 Noisia - Collider

Grab full album here

- EMPEROR - LET IT ROLL -

Whats a set!

Here's Emperor's recorded set from Let It Roll festival.
that is all... 

- TEDDY KILLERZ DO AUSTRALIA -

 

Australia, are you ready for another filthy Drum and Bass party?

The Russian trio are back for another Aus tour and are about to hit a club in your city!

You can catch Teddy Killerz in 

Sydney(June 24)

Perth(June 25th)

Adelaide(July 1st)

Gold Coast(July 2nd)

Melbourne(July 2nd)

Here's a little chat with boys!

 

1. Take us back to the beginning... When did Teddy Killerz start and how does it feel to be where you are now?

 Teddy Killerz were born in summer 2012 by union of Place 2b, Paimon and Garud. Anton & Oleg already had bunch of releases before we started TK. As for now - there has been loads happening & we got big things coming! We are happy to be part of RAMily, and we still can't believe that it's all happened so quickly. We've played so many shows, been to so many new places & met so many incredible new people. It's awesome hehe:)

2. How did you decide to join the Ram records team?

 I think since we started we felt that RAM would be the right place for us. It's not easy be a drum & bass act on US labels, so the decision to join RAM was based on 2 things - geography & the friendly relationship we had with the RAM team:)


3. You've got a pretty stacked Aus/NZ tour lined up for June/July. What are you most excited for?

It's our second time coming to Aus / NZ & we are super excited! We have so many new tunes to play out and we can't wait our Aus / NZ fans to hear them:)


4. Tell us about playing gigs in Russia, how does it compare to the rest of the world?

Gigs in Russia are not that different. The biggest shows like Pirate Station & World of Drum & Bass happen mainly in Moscow & St. Petersburg. As for the smaller cities - shows happen there less often. There is also new festival to check out - Alfa Future People, which is getting bigger & it's the first electronic dance music festival in Russia which can be compared to the world's best festivals with huge line ups & an extremely cool atmosphere:)


5. Teddy Killerz top 5 tracks to play right now...

1. June Miller & Teddy Killerz - Wildlife
2. Dirtyphonics - Anonymous
3. Decimal Bass - Work For Nothing
4. Annix - Crash
5. Posij - Hunger.

6. Talk us through your production set up.. What program and plug ins do you like to use?

 As far as there are 3 of us - i think we use every available software lol:) FL & Cubase are our main DAWs, but we also use Ableton, and Logic quiet a lot. As for plugins - dozens of them from Fabfilter, Voxengo, Sonalksis, Melda, Waves etc. Speaking about sound design - it's wont be a big surprise, but as many other producers nowadays we are active users of Serum, FM 8 etc.

7. What do you love most about Bass music?

Erhm... Never thought about it:) Bass?
 
8. How did you come up with the idea behind your name?

It's not something serious. We just had fun trying to find a name for the project & then decided to go with something a bit silly & funny to avoid typical "serious" & cool drum and bass names:)

9. If you could see any artist live, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

Never saw Gesaffelstein live - I gues thats the show I want to watch most atm :)

10. And finally... What's next for Teddy Killerz???

Big collaboration project coming soon:) Can't tell more details atm.

- THE PROTOTYPES - LET IT ROLL -

For the Drum and Bass heads.

In the Czech Republic there is a world famous Drum and Bass festival called LET IT ROLL. This festival pulls the biggest DnB line up on earth for three days straight. 

Here's an incredible video of a live set from DnB superstars The Prototypes  

- DISPOSITIONS -

Drum and Bass time!

Emperor has just dropped his first full album on Critical Recordings. 16 tracks of Techy bliss. The thing I love about this producer is that he's always chasing a slightly different sound to what you hear in the scene but is always able to point it in the direction that he's trying to. Whether he's producing a dance floor banger or a twisted half speed track, it's always on point and incredibly well produced. 

Here's one track from the album!

Cop the whole album HERE 

- LET IT OUT EP -

Joe Ford

Shogun's new protege... Except he's now become a master... at Drum and Bass.

This two track EP is ready to destroy dance floors!

Use WITHOUT caution! 
 

- HEDEX FT. SKYWALKER LIVE -

 Check out a monsterous jump up set from Hedex and his hype man MC. Skywalker live at Univerz festival. 

Can't even count how many times I've watched this now!

 

- HUNGER EP -

Posij, where do I start?...

He's one of the more technical/techy producers in the wonderful world of bass music. It's quite difficult to put him into a "genre" bubble because he doesn't really stick to one style, he's just very talented at fitting as much bass as possible into a song . 

He's highly respected by producers like Noisia and is continuing to blow us away with his incredible sound design.

Enjoy Posij's new EP 

- DC BREAKS - FRANKEE- AUS/NZ TOUR -

It is now very well known that DC Breaks and Frankee are on the continent and well into their Australia/NZ tour. 

They're in New Zealand as we speak and will be hitting Australian shores as of the 3rd of March!

I also managed to have a little chat with 

DC Breaks and they seem pretty keen to be back down to the southern hemisphere again!

enjoy!

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1. You two guys have been one of the more talked about acts in the Drum and Bass scene over the past few years because of the continuous massive tracks you've been writing one after another, how is this success story making you feel?

Well we write stuff that we like first and foremost so if other people are feeling it too then that's great! We spend a ridiculous amount of time working on our music so it's really satisfying when people love the tracks and want to play them or rave to them.

2. You’re on board with one of the most driving Drum and Bass labels in the world, RAM records. Tell us how you got this massive hook up and how has it felt since you jumped on the roller coaster of RAM?

Andy C first got in touch with us after he heard some of our tunes on a small label we were releasing on in Scotland. It was around the time that Dan and I had started collaborating on tracks together and Ram's interest really spurred us on to write more stuff as 'DC Breaks' (previously we were called Kryptik and Samurai). This was back in 2004 (I think!), since then we've managed to keep going and growing and developing our sound and reaching more and more people around the world, which is awesome because it's brought us all the way out here to represent!

3. Tell us about your live set up at a typical DC Breaks show... 

We play off 4 CDJs, which means we can play a lot of music, typically about 65 tunes in a 90 minute set. It makes our sets very energetic and allows us to cover a lot of ground within the genre as we like to play lots of different sub genres of DnB.

4. Your 5 favorite tracks to play live at the moment...

There's a ton of good DnB about at the moment. Noisia & The Upbeats' 'Dead Limit' is still smashing it for me. Also really liking Tantrum Desire 'Nationwide Rocker', June Miller and Teddy Killerz 'Wildlife', Bensley 'Tiptoe' and Andy C 'New Era'

5. What software and plug-ins are you using to write your music?

We use Logic, tons of different plug ins, some notable ones are, Serum, the Slate plug ins, Ozone and all the NI stuff!

6. If you had to spend the rest of your life in one aisle of a supermarket, which one would it be and why?

Well if there was a hardware aisle I'd go for that so I could build some kind of A-Team style tank and bust the hell out of there, haha!

7. What are you most excited about for your Aus/NZ tour?

Honestly the best thing about playing out here is the crowds you get, they're so responsive and up for raving. We've played Wellington and Christchurch so far on the tour and both nights were great, everyone here just fucking loves it!

8. Which musical artists do you look to the most for inspiration?

I find inspiration from all over the place, I love it when you find a random old sample that can spark an idea off for a whole track. I've started going back to old vinyl to find ideas, it was something I always used to do and was very common back in the day but not something that people really do anymore so much. Sometimes you can just find some absolute GOLD.

9. If tomorrow was your last day to live, what would you have for dinner?

Chateaubriand, a ridiculous Bordeaux, salted caramel truffles, cheese!

10. And finally... What's next for DC Breaks?

Our next single will be out in March, we're touring extensively here and on Europe and our debut album will be out on Ram / BMG later this year.

- MIX UP -

Mix up time!

For this round we've got mixes from Blog Wars and Jakes. 

Enjoy!

DEEDZ#02 - Jakes (2012) by Dutty Deedz on Mixcloud

New DnB mix 30/12/2015 by Mike Blogwars Day on Mixcloud

- CRITICAL RECORDS COMES TO SYDNEY -

Here comes another monster of a night for Sydney DnB.

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Phace

Emperor

Ivy Lab

Foreign Concept 
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 Plus an absolute all star line up as per usual for any gig thrown by the likes of Breakneck and Flying Colours.

All this goes down

At Manning Bar(Syd Uni) on 17/10/2015

All info for the event is HERE

See you there...

- MIX UP TIME -

 

Here's two mixes that are on repeat on my iphone that I think you need to hear.

First up is the new Liquid Stranger mix - Infusion Mix Vol. 4

Secondly, the 2015 Homegrown Freqs mix by Blog Wars. This contest happens every year. If you live in Australia and want to enter your mix, follow this link!

- UPS AND DOWNS: A LITTLE CHAT WITH JUNE MILLER -

I noticed June Miller when I heard their remix of Delta Heavy's track Reborn. I heard it on a mix and immediately needed to have the WAV file on my iphone. These guys are pushing out some very cool sounds and are still managing to really hold their own style.

Here's a brand new remix
(updated 29th March)

 

 Here's a teaser of their EP Ups and Downs.

 

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Please scroll down to read Dubstep Democracy's exclusive interview with June Miller.   
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1. Tell us about you musical background... where did it all start for you and how has it taken you to where you are now?

We started somewhere in 2006 I think after playing in bands for years. There was a night in our hometown Utrecht called Blackout run by the Black Sune Empire guys and we decided to go there and have a look. Somehow we were immediately caught up by the energy and vibes at the party and from that moment we started buying records, learning how to mix and making our own music eventually.


 2. You guys are smashing out some ripper DnB anthems, what does it take to be able to make such a monster track?

Looooaaaaads of production hours! I don't think we are natural talents when it comes to production so the only way to get where you want is by putting a lot of time into the thing you love. When we started we didn't know anyone making Dnb so we basically had to figure everything out ourselves by trial and error. I think the fact that we've played in bands makes us focusing on creating a song that's interesting from the first second to the last second as opposed to bashing out mixing tunes.



3. How did you come up with the name June Miller?

It was an old song of the band.



4. If tomorrow was your last day on earth... what would you last dinner be?

Hahaha, good question! Just one meal, oh god, it's pretty much impossible to answer but lets just go with an old classic: a reaaally spicy aubergine curry with a nice chutney and peshwari-naans. You can't go wrong with Indian food :-)



5. Who are your biggest musical inspirations?

For Dnb I would say Noisia, without a doubt the production masters of the dnb world. When we heard "The tide" for the first time we were totally blown away! And when you think of it, it's still sounding so fresh for a tune of almost ten years old. It's a great inspiration for us.



6. June Miller's current top 5 tracks...

Frankee - Drop it low // Frankee is definitely one of our favourite artists at the moment, it's raw, energetic, refreshing and above all uncompromising.

Fade - Future step // A great fusion between deep, dark and dancefloor! Beatport link

Mind Vortex - Underworld // All about that ridiculous first drop! (Mind Vortex - Underworld)

Maztek - ThreePointZero // Maztek's new album is so good, any tune could be picked for our top 5, but this one stands out the most, production is top notch. (Maztek - Three Point Zero)


Signal - Existence // Signal is one of Hollands new great talents, get to know this young guy! 



7. What is your favourite element of Drum ands Bass?

Energy! We both love all kinds of music, but energy is what makes dnb stand apart from other music. We come from punk/metal and one thing that's very similar is the energy in the music and live performances of both genres. Playing out music and see people picking up the energy and vibe is one of the best things about Dnb.


8. Now the question you probably get asked everyday... What Software and VST's are you using to write your music

We're pretty much completely software based apart from a guitar and vocals, no hardware. We're using Logic 9 plus loads of vst's, too many to mention!



9. if you could use any equipment you wanted, what would be your ideal live set up for gigs?

That would be 8 decks and a custom made mixer with 8 channels and two headphone outputs so I don't have to wear Mark's sweaty headphones :-)

10. Can you tell us about any particular projects that you're excited for?

Yeah, we've just finished our new EP on RAM called "ups & downs" which is coming out the 18th January. We're very happy with this EP because it really shows why we love Dnb: full spectrum, from deeper melodic bits to hard dancefloor bangers.


11. Any finally, what's next for June Miller

We're currently finalizing our album for RAM which will be released later this year.


JUNE MILLER AUDIO
 
UPS & DOWNS PRE-ORDER

 

-EXCISION - SHAMBHALA 2014 -

IT'S HERE

The biggest bassed out mix of the year!!!

EXCISION'S SHAMBHALA 2014 MIX

COP IT HERE

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

- INFUSION MIX - SHAMBHALA EDITION -

The Liquid Stranger has a new mix out. This time it's his set at our all time favorite music festival, Shambhala. 

Go grab it!

- ITCH -

The new single from Blog Wars is out! Heavy Neurofunk Drum n Bass with a slight metal feel in the Drums. 

 Go cop it on iTunes

Also be sure to check out Channel, a slightly different feel, but still with that rolling Neurofunk sound!

Both out on War Zone Audio. 

- PURPOSE -

The Purpose EP from Noisia is here!!!

They're the masters in their category of bass music with the most controlled yet biggest sounding bass productions that I've ever heard. These three Dutchmen will never disapoint their fans because they are obsessed with creating the best sound quality possible.

They have just finished The Purpose EP and it is perfect, the perfect Noisia sound!

Check out an interview we did with them HERE 

and now enjoy the BASS 

- THE WEEKLY MIX SESSION -

 

For this week we have two mixes, both are from local Sydney DnB producers and DJ's.

The first is from Thierry D 

And the second is from Blog Wars

June Mix - Blog Wars by Mike Blogwars Day on Mixcloud

- PLANETARY PUNISHMENT -

Downlink is back with his annual mixtape, Planetary Punishment!!!

An hour and 20mins of HEAVY bass music.

Cop it here