Ivy Lab
Happy new year all! Hope you all had wicked holidays, and sticking to your resolutions too 😉
To kick off 2013 on the blog theres some big news fresh from the Critical camp!
At the start of 2012 Sabre, Stray and Halogenix teamed up to drop one of the most blissful pieces of drum & bass that year, ‘Oblique’. Since then the dreamteam have continued their late night studio sessions and are now ready to announce their new collaborative project, Ivy Lab.
Their first release is already lined up:
Plus a little bonus from the guys, Oblique VIP up for free download if you hop on over and like the FB page. Wicked tune, you’d be silly not to bag it.
Fresh Tunes
Quite a lot of new eps are surfacing over the last few days so I thought I’d whack them up for you guys!
Demand 012 – Spinline – Â Life(Clarity Remix)/Sundays(Stray Remix)
Deep, techy sounds from both Clarity and Stray here, consistent with their works of late. Big sounds, I cant help but think theyre a little too much the same as previous efforts though. It’d be nice to see what else clarity can do!
out now! :http://www.junodownload.com/products/life/2041797-02/
Dispatch 62 – Â Break/Survivial – Â Stano/Going Over
Looking to be another large release on Dispatch, Break is seeing a lot of love from them at the moment, and rightly so! A killer release that I NEED in my collection.
Hurry up and release it dispatch!
Due for release 8th Oct
Program 02 –Â Wickaman, Hoodlum & Mavrik – One Scratch / Wickaman & RV – Sound Clash
Program are a very recent label, the brain-child of Andy C and RAM records setup to give some fresh blood a proving ground. Their previous release by frankee was massive, this one also lives up to the hype with a couple of dancefloor rockers that’ll keep any party rolling.
Out Now (But only on f*cking Beatport)Â http://www.beatport.com/release/one-scratch-sound-clash/959658
BMT010Â –Â Stray – ‘Follow You Around’ / ‘Contract’
Lastly, Ssme new floaty liquid from the BMT camp. This one see’s stray with his own EP on BMT, which is odd. BMT only really release their own music or remixes on their label. I think this is a push by the lads to become a bigger label covering music they love from all spectrum’s.
Out 24th Sept
Sabre, Stray & Halogenix – Oblique / St. Clair – CRIT061 (Critical Music)
Critical Music are awesome, pretty much the brightest bulb in the dnb scene at the moment. With a slate of fantastic releases last year and a great start to 2012 with some incredible stuff on sister label Modulations, these guys never fail to get me excited. Heres the press release:
“A dreamteam collaboration to start off Critical’s 2012 season from the hugely lauded Sabre, who returns after a long break since his astonishing debut album of 2010, Stray and Halogenix. The perfect antidote to soothe us out of those January blues, simply gorgeous. ‘Oblique’ kicks off with a delicate but tough break that cuts through the mix as gentle pads wash over the soundscape to a breakdown that oozes class and a deft touch. Smooth keys then drop, light strings and the arrival of a deep soul vocal that carries us through into amidst of aural ear-pleasing. Subtle to the end this is a serious piece of music; reach for yourheadphones and drift away.The trio get a little harder on the flipside with ‘St. Clair’, a track that toys on the tech-step tip for a slice of glitchy D&B naughtiness. A sprinkle of vocal cuts and blip FX joined by some polished bass make for a peak-time floor filler perfect to get any club bouncing. Also included is a truly sumptuous downbeat remix of ‘Oblique’ from Manchester’s Synkro, a name fast becoming synonymous with the very best in bass music. Critical coming on strong as always for the new year. Keep ‘em peeled.”
My fave has to be St. Clair, a proper nice techy roller to get your funk on. Another bag on sight release!
Get Listening, get it pre-ordered: http://www.surus.co.uk/critical-music/oblique-16262.aspx
Update: A little teaser from Critical.
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