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HERE’S THE LOW-DOWN ON THIS ISSUE’S COVER CD
COMPILED AND MIXED BY SUBJECT 13...
01. Future Engineers – ‘Eden’ (Vibez Recordings) 09. Mav – ‘Ocean Phantom’ (Fokus Recordings) 16. Loco & Defsync
“Future Engineers at their classic best; well worked “I love the build-up on this one, always makes an impact – ‘Ground Control’ (Vibez Recordings)
Amen break and an ambience to kill for. Blissful drum & and lights up the danceﬂ oor with its dubby bass vibe “A really nice track with simple elements smartly placed.
bass and that sample in the drop – quality tune.” and atmospheric pads. A ﬁ ne moment from Mav.” The tune itself doesn’t comprise of loads of instrumenta-
tion but the real genius is how well the space and limited
02. Subject 13 & Resound 10. Drum Cypha – ‘Tribal Punishment’ (dubplate) melodies are used. It’s only their ﬁ rst release too.”
– ‘Deep’ (Future Thinking Records) “Drum Cypha’s superb drum work is hard to overlook
“Resound and I take it deep in this abstract techno and an eerily rising vibe brings this tune into the middle 17. Paul T – ‘Warping Substance’ (Vibez Recordings)
tinged track. Expect sparse synth hits alongside a moody of a battle torn war of sounds. This is an energetic, well “Paul T sees his ﬁ rst release on Vibez coming out shortly
electronic atmosphere with unorthodox twist and turns.” crafted track.” with this classic percussion-led tune. A nice tribal intro
leads into a more mysterious, deep chiming style.”
03. Seba & Krazy – ‘Imperial Moments’ (Metalhadz) 11. System/Dissect/Bio Method
“One of my favourite tracks from Seba & Krazy. Superb – ‘Now’ (Vibez Recordings) 18. ICR – ‘Heartbroken’ (Vibez Recordings)
use of soundscapes and well chopped and edited beats “These guys have taken soul and fused it with tough “One of IRC’s ﬁ nest moments, this is a soul-washed
with great arpeggio keys and a killer bassline.” sounding tribal atmospherics and rollin’ breaks with a tune of the highest degree taken from ‘Acoustixx Live
pensive female vocal every now and then followed by Vol. 1’. He pays lots of attention to minor details in this
04. Mendelayev – ‘I’m a Zombie’ (dubplate) a heavy killer bassline. When I ﬁ rst heard this I knew I track along with plenty of energy and soul which always
“Mendelayev from Russia takes it all over the place had to sign it.” make for a good combination.”
here; well crafted track that’s ever changing and mor-
phing constantly. This guy isn’t afraid to try anything.” 12. Dirrrty B – ‘Whispers’ (dubplate) 19. Fá de Araujo & Romulo
“A hypnotic deep ﬂ avour here with a pulsating bassline – ‘Desperate’ (Vibez Recordings)
05. ASC & Mav – ‘Retract’ (Covert Operations) and subtle synth hits spread across this deep roller “More fusion-styled funk here as we see the Brazilian
“Another duo taking things light speeds ahead. Both which doesn’t fail to get you moving.” duo make their debut on Vibez with this excellent ﬁ rst re-
ASC and Mav individually have a great sound and on lease. Soulful bubbly rhythms like this remind us of good
this one they combine to deadly effect, a classic strato- 13. Future Engineers summertime vibes and happy moments in the sun.”
spheric vibe.” – ‘Time Zero’ (Covert Operations)
“We’re in for another Future Engineers treat here with 20. Physics – ‘One World’ (Vibez Recordings)
06. Mendelayev – untitled (dubplate) a deep space workout and no-nonsense techno tinged “One of the forthcoming tracks from the Physics mini-
“He sent it to me over AIM and I’ve been playing this for vibe. This track represents all that’s positive about the album due later this year. Eerie atmospherics lay across
a while. I love the drums and ﬁ ne attention to detail; it’s effect really good techno has had on drum & bass.” this drum & bass/techno track; an awesome use of dy-
one of my favourite tunes at the moment. I’d really like namics and effects produce something a bit different.”
to sign this track so get in touch!” 14. Smote – ‘Only You’ (Vibez Recordings)
“Smote gets funky here and lets a light piano roll over 21. ill-esha – ‘Coward’ (dubplate)
07. Resound – ‘Show Me’ (dubplate) this breezin’ soulful tune. Neatly worked drums and a “Young lady from Vancouver taking it to the danceﬂ oor
“Back with Resound and one of his lighter moments, clean production make for a simple track that works with this ﬁ nally produced track. It rolls out a pumpin’
although still retaining that dark edged vibe of his every time.” beat alongside surging frequencies with some really
and deep end bass sound he’s into. Nice female vocal nice nu skool techniques and excellent production.
helps create the mood and takes things on more of a 15. Theory – ‘Special Request’ (13 Music) Fellas, take note!”
summer vibe.” “Dancehall lover Theory brings mash-up drums and
drone sounds to the danceﬂ oor. The selector vocals sit 22. Cybass – ‘Japonica’ (Vibez Recordings)
08. Method One – ‘Borderline’ (dubplate) well with a heavy mix of jungle and techno effects; this “Cybass on the cut with this awesome number obvi-
“Amen workout from Method One and this tune always tune is relentless in pace and creativity.” ously drawing inﬂ uences from the far east in sound and
moves the danceﬂ oor. Relentless beats and sounds put style. Cybass pulls this off to great effect and it’s a track
together really well.” with real character.”
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