Bitbasic - "Realization" (MP3)
Bitbasic - "Damaged Beyond Repair" (MP3)
Bitbasic - "Ain't No Sunshine" (MP3)

At over fifty minutes, this wonderfully cohesive album treats the listener to a variety of gear shifts and mood changes that make the whole experience engaging and enervating from beginning to end. Whether it is the rapid, funky breaks and signature changes of "Realization", the acoustic guitar sound, descending Resident style analogue synth sighs and stuttering, reverby drums of "Damaged Beyond Repair", or the surprising but beautifully executed cover of "Ain't No Sunshine", this is an album that will make you grin at the pleasure of it all.

At some point during Roxy and Elsewhere, Frank Zappa declares that "Jazz isn’t dead, it just smells funny": a statement that adroitly encapsulated the moribund state of much of what jazz had become by the mid 1970’s. For Zappa, a playful and creative engagement with jazz, and his combinations thereof with other musical styles, served as a platform for countless reinventions. While George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Don Preston, Napolean Murphy Brock et al may have been superseded by samples, perhaps, in some tenuous way, Bitbasic’s Sprinkling Rainbows is another step along a path of enlightened, intelligent and wry experimentation.

Review written by Greg Healey.

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Download: Bitbasic - "Sprinkling Rainbows" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: Bitbasic
Release: Bitbasic - "Sprinkling Rainbows"
Netlabel: Monotonik

N-Noiz - "Red Spider Nebula" (MP3)
N-Noiz - "Hasaki" (MP3)
N-Noiz - "Engines of Abundance" (MP3)
N-Noiz - "Vibin The Crook" (MP3)

This is one fantastic peace of drum'n'bass art. It's dark, yes. There are no melodic hooks, yes. But if you are a beat addict as I am, you just have to admire the craftful work. You will be sucked into the deep atmosphere.

With enthusiastic love N-Noiz formed outstanding drum'n'bass-tracks. And also if Photek is the sword-swinging leader, N-Noiz has his own fighting style. Just listen how the bass diggs a grave for every opponent, how the beats travel through the stereo field. My only critisism concerns to the last track "Vibin The Crook". There N-Noiz repeated the vocals to much or the MC had no more rhymes in his pocket. Nevertheless the voice by Semtex M fits perfect to the music vibe.

Dark, powerful and fresh!

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Download: N-Noiz - "Unbounding The Future EP" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: N-Noiz
Release: N-Noiz - "Unbounding The Future EP"
Netlabel: www.plainaudio.com

Sub - "ID" (MP3)
Sub - "When Jupiter and Saturn meet" (MP3)
Sub - "The Monk Tune" (MP3)

Sub know the art of breakbeat science. You have to listen carefully to get sucked into his world of dark break-dominant beats. Enjoy the deep funkyness of  "The Monk Tune". Or slide onto the disharmonic strings into the title track called "ID". The only aspect you will miss with this release is the absence of melodies. It's about atmosphere and serious beat-bizniz.

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Download: Sub - "ID" (ZIP-Archive)
Release: Sub - "ID"
Netlabel: www.plainaudio.com

Red Box Recorder - "Up With The Bunting" (MP3)
Red Box Recorder - "My R2 Unit" (MP3)

You know, I'm a sucker for elaborate artwork. In case of Red Box Recorders' second album "Colour Codes", the frontcover made me download the record blindly deafly. Once unpacked I was delighted to find a PDF with a lot more wonderful images... Thumbs up for the man Max McLaughlin, who is some sort of in-house designer at Acroplane. Take a look:

But hey - I would not write this if the music didn't kick me at all! Red Box Recorder (aka "DJ Particle Fusion", lol) came a long way, picking the best from Drum & Bass, Hip Hop, Downbeat and Soul music. The outcome, however, is difficult to categorize.

There is a wealth of instruments used, and they mix beautifully with the complex beat patterns. Some tunes recall older Ninja Tunes records, some feature influences from UK breakbeat more clearly. Programmings are always soulful and performed with a good sense of musicality. I had to think of Koen Park and Resynthsize every now and then. "Colour Codes" is a bit too long to be without a spot, but a lot of goodness can be found in here!

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Download: "Colour Codes" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: myspace.com/djparticlefusion
Release: Red Box Recorder - "Colour Codes"
Netlabel: acroplane.co.uk

Where is all the IDM-music gone? Maybe it went out-of-space, but maybe it found a  new home on the web on netlabel Rec72. Good, what does IDM mean after all? Is it close listening? Is it scaping spheres and fast rhythms, that do not take the borders of music-genres too closely? I hope for the last. Because the EP "Press any Key" does provide both.

The first tracks on the EP are somehow like very classic trance-tracks, so music that went its way, before rave-trance was born. A little bit like very classic (British?) tunes of trance music. Please let me crawl into the speaker. The other half of this EP features fast-paced tracks of IDM-music, maybe in the same tradition. Harsh, not precise, also not upfront. Meant to listening. But this is also my critique, at least my personal. Although there is a sure value of the music on this EP I am missing some sort of flow - at least if you take a look in the other half of this EP.

I like to drift to the scapes, and also like the disturbing rhythms of Human Teriminal. But what I don't like is to tell "This track is more like floating and this like weird beats". The IDMish thing after all (IDM = intelligence dance music?) is about fucking over all genres, in order to make make the people dance or have them a whole experience and after all, isn't it? Maybe I just didn't met this dancefloors already yet. Maybe things just have to progress, so please keep up with giving us such tunes!

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Download: Human Terminal - "Press any Key" (ZIP-Archive)
Artist-Website: human-terminal.blogspot.com
Release: Human Terminal - "Press any Key"
Netlabel: www.rec72.net

Experimental Drum'n'Bass | As a drummer Czech artist Drama Jacqua loves Drum'n'Bass. You definitely hear his knowledge and experience while listening to his complex beat-patterns. Most of his electronic productions consist of a terrific work on the details. His experimental music isn't always easy to hear, but there are some really freaky tunes to discover.

Drama Jacqua - "Keep on Danca" (MP3)
Drama Jacqua - "Krishnatec" (MP3)
Drama Jacqua - "Alibaba" (MP3)

I stumbled upon Drama Jacqua while surfing and downloading music on Phonotactics Netlabel. His obscure productions and different approach on producing drum'n'bass-tracks made me curious. And while a barrel of oil gets more and more expensive a jump from a portugal-based netlabel to an artist-website in the Czech Republic is still just a click away.

There I found some more of his sometimes quite bizarre tunes and most interesting some free drum'n'bass-beats for producers from Drama Jacqua himself. Please give Drama Jacqua a listen and enjoy my little eclectic collection of his tracks.

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Free Drum'n'Bass Beats: www.dramajacqua.com/breakz.php
Artist-Website: www.dramajacqua.com
Release: Drama Jacqua - "Sato-San To"

Soul Delay - "Float" (MP3)
Ibunshi - "Deadwoods" (MP3=
Soulie - "Walking Home" (MP3)

"Rare Grooves Vol. 1" has it all: Fine breakbeat-gunnery with mad and chopped up beats in "Deadwoods" by Ibunshi who not only digged Photek, but sampled him right away. But fortunately Ibunshi didn't copy Photeks groove, just sticked to his outstanding sound-design and turned it into something new.

Than listen to the epic "Float" by Soul Delay. Wooyay! Mad deep, wonderfull flute-sounds thrown in the reverb-echo-machine to build a cinematic trip par excellence!

Like the drum'n'bass-freaks over at Plainaudio the producers at Zardonic Recordings play with beats, no simple tech-steppin' found on this compilations. It's about the Breaks, you know what I'm sayin!

And another star goes to the labelheads because they build a solid compilations reflecting different influences from dark, badass tracks like "The Yard" by Process or "Scornful Behavior" Kid Kryptic to more ambient and melodic grooves like "Your Soul Can Rest" from DJ Scape or "Walking Home" by Soulie.

All three thumbs up for Zardonic Recordings!

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Download: Various - "Rare Grooves Vol. 1" (ZIP-Archive)
Netlabel: Zardonic Recordings

Dubosmium - "Istandub (Supermoog)" (MP3)
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Dubosmium - "Overdub Da Dub (Yarkouy)" (MP3)
Dubosmium - "7Heavens" (MP3)

"Green Element" is partly a review of Dubosmiums earlier release "Horiozontal plane polar Dub", but it also features three new tracks, that give us a little impression of his forthcoming longplayer, that will be released later in 2008.

The first track ("7Heavens") is very atmospheric in its sound and it features an ever-present oriental touch, that is highlighted through vocals by Said Jaha. The next two tracks are quite similar in it's sound and make it a lot easier to find obvious connections to dub music. But still, the songs feature a strong ambient element. The last five tracks from the "Green Element" EP are remixes by other Fresh Poulp artists like Rafiralfiro, Xena Supermoog, Silent Bells, Duck and Yarkouy that range from ambient tracks ("Tuvadelic Odyssey") to hard electro-dub with drum 'n' bass elements ("IstanDub").

All in all the "Green Element" EP is a different and interesting approach towards dub music. To me it's still warm in it's mood but at the same time dark and deep. So, it seems to be perfect for the dark nights of the upcoming summertime.

MP3 Electronic Dub Music Download

Direct Download: Dubosmium - Green Element (RAR)
Release: Dubosmium - Green Element
Netlabel: www.fresh-poulp.net
Artists Website: www.myspace.com/dubosmiumziks

German netlabel Konsum Productions distribute some really uplifting breaks. On this little four-track-compilation called "Kapitel 1" (chapter 1) you find two excellent drum'n'bass-productions and two nice downbeat-tracks.

While Aguateca and sabian are my weapons of choice for an uplifting dj-mix, PinoCchio SP and Hybreed cool you down with some groovy but too polite downbeats. Some edges or outstandig ideas are missing. But I don't mind, and dig the new sabian-track meanwhile. Sweet synth-strings, great rhode-grooves and a rollin' bassline. I need nothing more for a "Rhoooodeee-oooOOO!".

Videoclip: "Take Me There Again Some Day"

As sabsidian told us, a new album with vocals and upfront-stuff will hit the internet soon. Meanwhile have a look on their atmospheric video called "Take Me There Again Some Day [mycotoxin]".

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Download: VA - Kapitel 1 (ZIP-Archive)
Release: VA - Kapitel 1 (Konsum Productions)
Netlabel: www.konsum-productions.com

Over time while drum'n'bass developped it's own style most of the producers forgot that quirky, happy-mooded mad style of the early jungle days. J Bostron remembers the old days quite well it seems and diggs out box full of fidgeting beats. Combined with some fine off-beat reggae-sounds and vocals thrown into the dub-echo-chamber we raise our hands and jump enchanted all over the place. Ruff in the jungle-bizniz!

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Release-Download: J Bostron - Crossing The Kingston Bridge (ZIP)
Release-Website: J Bostron - Crossing The Kingston Bridge
Netlabel: Net-Lab

The "Bracken Bed EP" is real fun. Humour, good vibrations and haunting melodies are all in motion when you cut loose and enjoy the tracks from a couple of dangerous New Zealand natives - Aquaboogie and long-time electronic musician and Japanese resident Jet Jaguar. They've kindly formed the special duo named Malty Media and entertain us with a nostalgic 4-track EP which embraces music-genres from downbeat to jungle to ambient.

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Download: Malty Media - Bracken Bed EP (ZIP-Archive)
Netlabel: www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp189.html
Release-Download: Malty Media - Bracken Bed EP
FTP-Download: http://de.scene.org/pub/music/groups/mono/mp3/

Iaka - "Rumpelkiste" (MP3)
Iaka - "Zappenduster" (MP3)
Iaka - "Noloop" (MP3)

Those tricky beats play quickly and accurate with some mad deep basslines. Packed and loaded with armour these tracks are built to force every drum'n'bass-disciple to move the body instead of just nodding around. Another great and heavy release from Plainaudio.

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Release: Iaka - "Es rappelt im Karton" (Plainaudio Netlabel)
Netlabel:Plainaudio