This episode begins with a misdirect: a peppy power pop tune from Texan rockers The Deathray Davies. As the tune moves into its final verse, the breakbeats kick in and we see the truth: it’s another D’n’B episode! It’s a spiritual sequel to Episode 211, a combination of Liquid funkiness, Autonomic experimentalism, and down and…
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This episode is a bit of a sequel/afterparty/hangover to the previous D’n’B episode, which focused on Liquid. Things start off sunny, jazzy and poppy with a nice roller from Nu:Tone and end with another. Between these two slices things get clubby, things get jungly, things get briefly Autonomic-y… but once again it’s a Liquid showcase.…
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This episode starts out hard and heavy with the punky darkwave sound of The Mall, but quickly mellows into the jazzy sounds of Liquid Drum & Bass. In the late 90’s and early 00’s, Liquid emerged as a reaction to the heaviness of D’n’B, a pendulum swing away from the increasingly harsh sounds of Techstep…
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FOUR! FOUR weeks in a row playing Machinedrum and SWAN MEAT! Ahhhh-hahahahaha! Even a D’n’B episode can’t stop me. This is the last new episode for a bit of a bit, as we proceed into holiday reruns. I will be putting together an episode for the weird week between Christmas and New Year’s. As usual,…
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I Wish That I Could Wish You Well Looking back, episode 182 featured Drum’n’Bass, began with a song by The Beths and ended with a song by Bestiärio. This episode, in a striking contrast, features Drum’n’Bass while it ENDS with a song by The Beths and BEGINS with a song by Bestiärio. Totally different, as…
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Comparing this episode to episode 188, which aired last night, I am forced to ask myself “reuse the same tricks much?” Yes, 188 began with Bestiärio and ended with The Beths, where this one switches them and adds a J. Robbins track at the end, but I must berate myself for a lack of variety…
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After an episode of bad vibes and an episode of good vibrations, this episode forgoes any commentary on The Troubles and just focuses on the drum and the bass. Several Bandcamp Day purchases from Samurai and Methlab form the backbone, which supports everything from Autonomic brooders to Finnish bangers to Brazilian rockers, before ending up…
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This is ostensibly a drum’n’bass episode, and for the central chunk of its running length it behaves accordingly. HOWEVER, the path it takes to get there meanders for a bit through rockstep, hip hop, and some dance-y post-hardcore. The other end of the mix walks back down a similar path, through sped-up footwork and motorik…
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An episode of drum’n’bass, with one or two signature SttM random left turns thrown in. Roni Size Reprazent – Share The Fall (Full Vocal Mix) feat. Onallee [New Forms] Fanu – Black Label [Black Label EP] Torana – Rescind [Acrid EP] Gremlinz & Homemade Weapons – Ruff Age VIP [Fallen EP] Nucleus & Paradox –…
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Here’s an episode that returns us to the well-trod path of drum’n’bass music, most of it Autonomic in variety. Things start out oldschool with Roni Size and his Reprazent project. Next up is Astrophonica label-head Fracture, except from an EP out on Autonomic powerhouse Exit Records. After that, a track from Lightless Records head Fanu,…
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