Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:30:10 — 139.4MB)

(01) – Burial – Gutted – [Hyperdub]
(02) – Eskmo – Willow Grail – [Studio Rockers]
(03) – Marlow – Colossus – [Forthcoming 'Blackacre']
(04) – Marlow – Bandwagon Junglist – [Forthcoming 'Blackacre']
(05) – Kansas City Prophets – Deserted ft. Linton Kwesi Johnson – [Dubplate]
(06) – Anton Beton – Transition – [Forthcoming 'Cyba Digital']
(07) – Phaeleh – Willow (feat. Anneka) – ‘Reflections EP’ – [Urban Scrumping Records]
(08) – Point B – Phonebox – [Forthcoming 'Frijsfo Beats']
(09) – Forsaken – Do You Know – [Dubplate]
(10) – Joker – Snake Eater – [Forthcoming 'Soul Motive']
(11) – Catbox – Convicted/Conviction – [dubplate]
(12) – The Daega Sound System – Apparition – [Dubplate]
(13) – Moyza & Wijay – The Light From 1000 Stars – [Entrada Recordings]

Scuba (Owner of ‘Hotflush Recordings’ – Exclusive Mix for Electronic Explorations)   

01. Mount Kimbie – Vertical – [Forthcoming 'Hotflush']
02. Ellen Allien (Marcel Dettmann remix) – Go – [BPitch Control]
03. October – Houston – [Forthcoming 'Caravan']
04. Redshape – Species – [Shaped World]
05. Boxcutter – Arcadia 202 – [Dubplate]
06. Substance & Vainqueuer – Libration – [Scion Versions]
07. LFO vs FUSE – Loop – [Plus 8]
08. Tayo Meets Acid Rockers Uptown – Wickeder – [Dubplate]
09. Boxcutter + Kinnego Flux – A Familiar Sound – [Dubplate]
10. Search & Destroy (Toasty remix) – Candyfloss – [forthcoming 'Hotflush']
11. Anstam – Brom – [Anstam Music]
12. Emi Ono – Moon – [Dubplate]
13. Scuba – Tense – [Dubplate]

http://www.hotflushrecordings.com

http://www/myspace.com/paul_rose_hotflush 

SCUBA – A Mutual Antipathy
Hot Flush
2LP // £12.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME
Catalogue Number: HFLP002

The very long awaited debut album from Hot Flush head bloke Paul Rose aka Scuba is finally unleashed upon the world. Garnering much widespread attention from the heads and tastemakers, Scuba’s recent move to Berlin has been cited as a large influence on the album and his current direction within the dubstep movement, a scene which he makes clear in the recent Woofah interview that he likes to maintain a healthy distance from.

After we have moved past the unfortunately retrogressive IDM tweeness of opener ’systematic decline’, the album blossoms into ‘hard boiled’, the killer cut spotted on the album sampler 12″, a wide open slice of dubstep minimalism owing a very large debt to the skeletal rhythmic convolutions of T++ and Berlin style dub techno, but essentially retaining his melodic watermark.

‘Tell her’, the other cut from the sampler, harks back to the Scuba productions of yesteryear with those smacking rock style snares and bass drops, but thankfully balances these with a beautiful piano motif to alleviate the pressure. ‘Disorder’ meanwhile sounds quite unlike anything we’ve heard from this fella before, embarking on a quasi industrial techno trip with rough cut metallic percussion battered into stomping patterns.

The industrial attitude prevails through ‘ruptured’, and onto the lo-slung ambience of ‘the upside’ and the rhythmic experimentation of ‘ twitch’. The album reaches it’s pinnacle with ’stolen’, sounding more like an Autechre offcut from ‘Amber’ than anything Berlin related.

Mr Rose hasn’t let any dancefloor obligations hold him back with this album and has obviously enjoyed the freedom this has allowed him to experiment and rethink the Scuba sound, taking it to a more subdued, emotionally complex level. The result is a deep and heady album that should broaden the horizons of Dubstep, serving as a companion piece to Burial’s after-hours lights-down-low blueprint…

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:31:24 — 139.9MB)

(01) – DQ1 – Structive – [Tectonic]
(02) – Various Production (Milanese Remix) – Deadman – [dubplate]
(03) – Scuba – From Within – [Hotflush Recordings]
(04) – Catbox – Convicted/Conviction – [dubplate]
(05) – Ekelon – Evidence – [Dubplate]
(06) – Forsaken – No Fixed Location – [Dubplate]
(07) – King Cannibal (Komonazmuk mix) – Badman Near Dark – [Combat Recordings]
(08) – Explorations In Time: Aphex Twin – Ageispolis – [R&S Records]
(09) – The Third Man – Circadian Rhythms – [Forthcoming 'AI Records']
(10) – Dakimh – Done – Taken from ‘Evangeline’ – [Planet Mu]

iTAL tEK – Exclusive Mix for ‘Electronic Explorations’

01 – Ital Tek – Untitled – [Unreleased]
02 – Ital Tek – Untitled – [Unreleased]
03 – Ital Tek – Everything – [Unreleased]
04 – Ital Tek – Pins – [Planet Mu]
05 – Ital Tek – Cyclical – [Planet Mu]
06 – Ital Tek – Tokyo Freeze – [Planet Mu]
07 – Ital Tek – Untitled – [Unreleased]
08 – Ital Tek – Weave ft. Anneka – [Square Records]
09 – Ital Tek – Insomniac – [Planet Mu]
10 – Ital Tek – Wind Tunnel – [Planet Mu]

(11) – TRG – Oi!Killa! – [Forthcoming 'Cool & Deadly']
(12) – Sick Rebel – Haze – [Blood Tribe]
(13) – The Bug – Murder We Ft. Ricky Ranking – [Forthcoming 'Ninja Tune']
(14) – Dub Terror & A-Miti feat. Warrior Queen – Reload Warrior – [Universal Egg]
(15) – Metalbox Products – Flying Arrows – [MySpace/metalboxproducts]
(16) – Landslide – Dreams & Visions – Compound One Rmx – [Forthcoming 'Black Acre']

http://www.myspace.com/italtekmusic

ITAL TEK – Cyclical
Planet Mu
CD // £10.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME
Catalogue Number: ZIQ203CD

Positioned on the shiny bit of the cutting edge of dubstep electronica, Alan Myson’s iTAL tEK project has won over a legion of fans in the last year or two with massive releases for SQUARE and Planet Mu providing the essential platform for his intricate programming abilities and moody attitude ridden dubstep style.

His debut full length continues his previous good work with a very coherant and personally touched collection of hi-end dubstep convolutions that sounds like the ideal succesor to the Planet Mu IDM staples of yesteryear. Over eleven tracks Ital Tek sweeps between intensely edited rhythm freakouts and bass mangles with an omnipresent compositional element that lends much of his work a developed melodic and harmonic style close to that of label mate Boxcutter, or IDM heroes Wauvenfold or Funkstorung. Strong gear from a talented producer.

ITAL TEK – Blood Line
Planet Mu
12″ // £4.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME
Catalogue Number: ZIQ184

Bumper 4-tracker from newcomer iTAL tEK for Planet Mu. This is the Brighton based producer’s debut 12″ and is the perfect introduction to his ‘darker’ sound, and as the rest of the scene moves into a more 4/4 direction we see iTAL tEK taking things into the basement and adding a sizable chunk of noise into his productions.

It reminds me of when the whole Renegade Hardware sound took hold of drum ‘n bass, and that’s no bad thing – there’s always space for growling distortion and a bad attitude in my mind. I guess Vex’d and more recently Cloaks have approached this sound, but iTAL tEK brings enough variation to make this 12″ stand out, and far from merely exploring a bit these tracks have some serious bass weight. You know what to do – bring the darkness!

ITAL TEK – Deep Pools
Square Records
12″ // £5.99
DUBSTEP / GRIME
Catalogue Number: SQR001

Debut twelve on Brighton’s Square imprint, and it’s a goodun – seeing the return of the mighty Ital Tek with his first new material since his “Blood Line” release for Planet Mu. “Deep Pools” is the kind of sweeping, widescreen dubstep that the Hot Flush crew have been digging of late, the title track mining the same kind of uber-spacious, emotive source material as Vaccine, beautifully steered by the hands of clearly gifted producer. The theme continues on the flip, with “Weave” featuring the vocals of Anneka, adding some popular motif’s to the distinctly underground production. Good stuff.

Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:38:13 — 155.8MB)

(01) – Marlow – Colossus – [Forthcoming 'Blackacre'] *EXCLUSIVE*
(02) – Marlow – Bandwagon Junglist – [Forthcoming 'Blackacre'] *EXCLUSIVE*
(03) – Stereo MCs (Marlow Remix) – Black Gold – [Forthcoming 'Southern Fried'] *EXCLUSIVE*
(04) – Funckarma – ‘Cable Path’ from the ‘Stub Dane’ EP [Forthcoming 'Highpoint Lowlife']
(05) – iTAL tEK – Bloodline – [Planet Mu] 18:25:02
(06) – King Cannibal – Badman Near Dark – [Forthcoming 'Combat Recordings'] *EXCLUSIVE*
(07) – Venetian Snares – ‘Gentleman’ from the ‘Detrimentalist album’ – [Planet Mu]
(08) – Joker – Snake Eater – [Forthcoming 'Soul Motive']
(09) – Joker – Holly Brook Park – [Forthcoming 'Kapsize']
(10) – Pinch – Chamber Dub – [Soul Jazz Records]
(11) – Sully – Phonebox – [Forthcoming 'Frijsfo Beats']
(12) – Excision & Noiz – Force [Forthcoming 'Cyberfunk recordings'] *EXCLUSIVE*
(13) – The Village Orchestra (2562 remix) – Afanc – [Forthcoming 'Stuff Records'] *EXCLUSIVE*

‘Dub U’ – Exclusive Mix for Electronic Explorations.org

01. El Rakkas – Seas Of Disease – [Dubplate]
02. Rhythm & Sound – Density – [Rhythm & Sound]
03. Joe- Untitled – [Dubplate]
04. Horsepower Productions – HDN – [Tempa]
05. Moyza & Wijay – The Light From 1000 stars – [Entrada]
06. Dub U – 1 Way For Running (for Maya) – [Dubplate]
07. DJG – Vapour – [Dubplate]
08. Convextion – Matrix 1 – [Matrix 1]
09. TRG – Back In the Day – [Dubplate]
10. Duplex – Cosmic Dancer – [Clone]
11. Peter van Hoesen – Dark Calculus – [Dubplate]
12. Double Helix – Nectar – [Dubplate]
13. Grievous Angel- Lady Dub – [Dubplate]
14. Shonx – No Way Home – [Dubplate]
15. Narcossist- Echo Stream – [Dubplate]
16. Sines – Chain Link fence – [Dubplate]

(14) – Tycho – Adrift – [Ghostly International]

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MySpace: - http://www.myspace.com/selector_dub_u

Virb: - http://www.virb.com/selector_dub_u

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‘Dub U’ aka ‘Selector Dub U’ is a San Jose, California based DJ that began in 1994, inspired by his love for dancing, as well as dance and experimental music. Within his first year of dj’ing he was opening for Detroit techno greats Claude Young and DBX (Dan Bell).

His initial inspiration came from listening to DJ Red Alert and Marley Marl mixing hip hop and soul on WBLX and Kiss FM in NYC in the early 80’s and hearing Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and Tour De France by Kraftwerk. In addition, he was influenced by late 70’s and 80’s punk, dub and dancehall, reggae, funk, jazz, house, hardcore, jungle, techno, electro, ambient and d&b. In the early 90’s hearing DJs such as Master’s At Work, Todd Terry, Dj Pierre, Danny Tenaglia and Carl Craig propelled him to buy his first Technics and master the art of DJ’ing.

After years of playing in San Francisco, he started producing music, drawing on his training in drums/percussion and audio engineering. In the year 2000 he started hearing the first 2 step and UK garage music and fell in love with UK underground dance music which inspired him to blend past and present influences.

Recently Dub U has seen his collaboration with TRG released on Hotflush 2 Recordings and he remixed Baron Zen’s – “No More,” for Stones Throw Records with Tekbazer.

Partial website/MySpace listing for the artists in the Dub U mix:

El Rakkas:
http://www.rakkas.org/
http://virb.com/elrakkas

Moyza & Wijay:
http://www.myspace.com/entradarecordings

DJG:
http://www.myspace.com/djgsf

TRG:
http://www.myspace.com/trgproductions

Peter Van Hoesen:
http://www.myspace.com/petervanhoesen

Double Helix:
http://www.myspace.com/helixier

Grievous Angel:
http://blog.grievousangel.net/
http://www.myspace.com/grievousangelsoundsystem

Shonx :
http://www.myspace.com/shonxuk

Narcossist:
http://www.myspace.com/narcossist

Sines:
http://www.myspace.com/sinesofthefuture

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BLOOPTFUNK, the FREE outdoor dubstep and electronic music charity fund-raiser is almost upon us . . . .

Touching down on Sat 21st June between 12 midday and 8pm @Victoria park in Newbury , Berkshire BLOOPTFUNK boasts an impressive line up of acclaimed UK DJs, LIve acts and artists flexing their creative skills for the worthwhile cause of the new children’s hospital at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, a specialist centre for children with complex medical needs from around the UK. ALL FOR FREE ENTRY ! !

The innovative deeper side of Dubstep gets serious coverage from internationally acclaimed DJ’s Walsh (Texture recs, Records with Benga), Cyrus (Random Trio prod, Tectonic Recs) and Point B Live (Combat recs/ Transparent Sound recs).

LATE ADDITION,
DJ Warlock from highly regarded Rag and Bone Records has been added to the bill to fill in the headline slot vacated by radioactive man,

Warlock from his days at A&R at Kickin Records, where he conjured up classic compilations such as Techno Nations and Underground London/Underground UK all the way to 2008 has made waves. Nowadays with a dark, broken, bass-heavy sound that inhabits the fringes of London’s most exciting underground electronic styles with his Rag and Bone imprint (track “silence is defeat” featured on Craig Richards fabric 15 mix 2xCD). Playing at this years Glade Festival on the Overkill stage he’s a DJ refusing to be sucked into any one genre, a typical Warlock set is a new experience every time. A spontaneous mash up of all things dark and bass heavy but above all, avin’it’. Expect anything from the contemporary flavas of dubstep, electro, breaks and 4×4 to old skool hardcore, acid house and techno.

Top UK Turntabalist DJ Muzzell returns to show people why he was crowned UK DMC Scratch Champion in 2005 and he’s joined by Sunday Best records hot new live act Christopher D Ashley (Fresh back in the UK from a Sonar gig, catch them before they play at this years Glade, Glastonbury and Bestival festivals). Regular Fabric DJ Mat Carter drops an exclusive downtempo Betaville set. Andrew Weatherall liked “Keeping Barry in check” by Betaville (Mat’s collaborative project with Derailleur) so much he dropped it on his superb new ‘Watch the Ride” mix CD on Harmless.

BLOOPTFUNK promoter DJ Graham Fletcher will drop an eclectic inventive selection of cutting edge electronic beats, giving us a taste of what to expect when he DJs on the main stage at this years GLADE festival. DJ Mook returns to bring us the finest in downtempo delights and DJ Wiggle Baron brings us the deepest dubstep innovations.

Innovative original artists DBO, Two Pence, Under the Hat and Dirty Thirty will paint throughout the day onsite . . . . .

attendees can support the charitable cause through entering the Blooptfunk Raffle , The prize TWO TICKETS TO THIS YEARS GLADE FESTIVAL, 18-20th JULY ! !

Blooptfunk also has a licensed bar, a children’s art and craft tent (FAMILY FRIENDLY) and an after party at CUBA, Saddler’s Court, Newbury from 10pm – 3am, with guests WALSH and CYRUS again for FREE entry !!!