The Essential… Suburban Base

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Not only are pioneering rave, drum & bass & jungle label Suburban Base back with a new compilation, they’ve also made their entire back catalogue available digitally for the first time. Here are our ten favourite Sub Base tracks in chronological order…

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We Gotcha Back Fats

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MC Fats has been in and out of hospital over the last year with issues related to diabetes so A-Sides has helped organise a fundraising project which has turned into a massive album called We Gotcha…

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Hardnoyz DNB Podcast 002

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This is the next installment of the Hardnoyz DNB Podcast, a genre bending alternative look at the current DNB scene with the obligatory smattering of Old Skool Jungle.

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Hardnoyz DNB Podcast 001

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It’s been nearly 20 years since I last made an upfront DNB mix tape, so I thought as there’s so much good music out there at the mo, I’d dust off the ol’ headphones and make a few regular mixes just so that I could play some of the latest Drum & Bass that I’m currently feeling. Enjoy!

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What is Jungle? – The History 1992 to 1996

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I love this post by Law over at Drumtrip.co.uk, so much so that with Law’s permission I’m publishing it in full here along with his superb accompanying mix.

 
 
 

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Dj Spice Interview

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DJ Spice started out DJing on the legendary pirate station Fantasy FM aged 19. Before that he was playing hip hop, funk, and rare groove at house parties. In the summer of 1989, just as the House music scene was about to kick off in the UK, Fantasy hired him to host the Breakfast Show. He also hosted their night at the infamous Astoria, and did the rounds, at the Paradise Club, the breakfast club, Busbys and ‘Biology’ part of the legendary Illegal party scene. He continued his radio career at Rush Fm and Kool Fm; helping to establish him as a Drum and Bass DJ. Read his full story here.

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Basher Interview

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Kmag speaks to a Hardnoyz favourite, the one and only Basher. He chats about past, present, and future. Check the interview out right now.

via Kmag Features http://www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/basher-interview.html

 

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Trance encounter: Can it really be 25 years since acid house was born?

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What became of the ravers? Once they were dancing in the warehouses and fields, now they’re the mums and dads, the entrepreneurial company directors, the van drivers, the Radio 2 listeners, the politicians and that middle-aged lady in the park, walking her dog.

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Blu Mar Ten Famous Lost Words Interview

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Kmag talks to Chris from Blu Mar Ten about their new album, Famous Lost Words, and lots more. Check the link below for the full interview and catch some sounds from the LP.

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