Drum & Bass Mix 10: V.S.O.P

For new comers and drum & bass connoisseurs alike, this 1 hour mix features tracks from all sides of the genre, old and new. The only rule is it’s got to be good music. Connoisseurs prepare for an hour in good and familiar company, new comers for a new obsession!

Track listing:
Top Cat - Pirate Radio
Sub Focus - Out Of The Blue
TC - Last Frontier
Youngman - Who Knows (Drumsound & Bassline Smith Mix)
Serial Killaz - Worries In The Dance
Benny Page - Pass The Kutchie
Run Tingz Crew - Born Inna Babylon
Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (Marcus Intalex Mix)
London Elektricity - Harlesden
J Frequency - Bam Bam
Ramos & Supreme - Crowd Control (Slipmatt Mix)
Mike Slammer & DJ Red Alert - In Effect (Slipmatt Mix)
Danny Byrd - Shock Out
DJ Brisk - Airhead (Slipmatt’s SMD Mix)
Distorted Minds - T-10
Serial Killaz - My Sound A Champion
Die & Interface ft. William Cartwright - Bright Lights (Rockers Mix)
AKA - Warning (Maximum Style Mix)
Firefox & 4 Tree - Warning (Powder Mix)

Drum & Bass Mix 9: New Licks

After an extended hiatus, we’re back with a new mix of drum and bass licks. It’s free to download, and everybody knows freeness is goodness, so enjoy!



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Track listing:
Alix Perez ft. Ursula Rucker – Intersections
Bent - I Love My Man
Redlight ft. Ms Dynamite - What You Talking About
Mz Bratt – Selecta
Krafty Kuts - Shake Them Hips (Drumsound Mix)
Giggs - Hustle On (Shy FX Mix)
D Bridge & Fierce - Tyranny
Ruffige Krew - Monkey Boy
Lauren Pritchard - Not The Drinking (Sigma Mix)
Top Cat - Sweetest Ting (Marcus Visionary Mix)
Benny Page - Crazy Baldheads
Break - Cold Sweat
Snow Patrol - Open Your Eyes (Marky & Bungle Mix)
Dillinja – Expansions
High Contrast - Make It Tonight (XRS Mix)
Danny Byrd ft. Brookes Brothers - Gold Rush
Roni Size & Die - It's A Jazz Thing (Utah Jazz Mix)
Jaydan - Ice Scraper
Top Cat - Bunn The Sensi (Serial Killaz Mix)
EZ Rollers - Rancho Notorious
Aphex Twin - Kick Ass Violin Solo
C-Mos - 2 Million Ways (herbal T Mix)

Test card

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Drum & Bass Mix 8: Rinse Out

These mixes are a bit like the Saw films - they just keep coming... and get more gruesome as they go! This, the eighth in the series, is a real rinse out. Expect tearing beats and driving bass for the best part of an hour and ten. Feel free to listen and download.



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Playing at:
0.00.00: Q Project - Behind Closed Doors
0.04.05: Matrix & Futurebound - American Beauty
0.10.21: Danny Byrd - Labyrinth
0.15.27: London Elektricity - Mustard Song
0.18.58: Logistics & London Elektricity - Search Engine
0.21.40: Funky Technicians - Count To Ten
0.25.23: Common - The Light (Brookes Brothers mix)
0.28.45: High Contrast - Tutti Frutti
0.33.12: Raw Q - Vital Soul
0.36.55: Bailey - She's Ruff
0.39.26: Bad Company - Jellybean
0.42.19: Shout - Sax Dub
0.46.25: Total Science - Never Had A Dream
0.51.16: YT - England Story (Benny Page mix)
0.56.50: SFR - Confi'don with Shy FX - Feelings
1.03.09: Utah Jazz - Only One

An original score

Drum and Bass artists don't have a great track record of cross-over success, despite the fact that the genre has inspired many a money-spinning variation.

Some would argue this is intentional, but after Shy and Roni's brief flirtation with the charts at the turn of the century (and Goldie gone mainstream) it appears there are two young pretenders ready to break out into the wider world of music - Chase and Status.

(Shameless name-dropping alert:) I met them while at 1Xtra and they seemed like genuinely nice guys; hardworking and with a real knack of turning out bangers.

Now working with Jay-Z and Rihanna (among others) it will be interesting to see what they do and indeed if they keep making D&B.

There are plenty of Chase & Status' productions in the mixes on this site and on teedcrompton.co.uk. One I particularly recommend if you haven't heard much of their DnB stuff is In Love with Jenna G.