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The “unknown” tune lingering around our facebook for months is now finally getting a name. After getting a make-over by Stamina MC, Siesta and Zinc polished off the old girl and bring you the final product, “Long Night”. Click inside, have a listen, and please feel free to leave us any comment!

原本没有名字的Siesta处女作，经过几个月的琢磨和重新包装，现身为Siesta正身debut！取名Long Night的这首歌经过Stamina MC洪亮的嗓音点缀，和DJ Zinc的技术监制之后，比原曲更加朗朗上口。点击入内试听吧！

(click inside) Long Night featuring Stamina MC

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Shanghai’s seminal Dubstep playaz SUB-CULTURE shares a fresh dubstep mix, presented by no-other than DJ Deville himself. Downloadable link inside.

本地上海唯一的Dubstep派对集团SUB CULTURE为乐迷带来免费下载的mix。其主干线强档DJ Deville的dubstep mix必定让你听得大呼过瘾，浑身的细胞可能会被重重的bassline唤醒吧？进来下载吧！

Sub-Culture is only one day away and to get you in the mood for some heavy bass weight DJ Deville has put together a little mix for you all!

DOWNLOAD THE MIX HERE!!

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Digital Electrolytes, Digitalism has recently opened a contest to the global massive.

Starting October 17^th, you and your neighbour get the chance to legally show off your production skills by remixing, ‘’taken away’’ Digitalism’s first completed title from their up and coming album. With the winner having his/her tune, on Ep and released worldwide with the French label, Kitsune.

Interested? Follow the 3 step guide below:

-          First, sign-up and download the base track from http://www.thedigitalism.com/remixcompetition.htm

-          Then,  upload your track onto your MySpace music profile(obviously if you don’t have one create one at www.myspace.com)

-          Send via email the url of your MySpace to IREMIXEDTAKENAWAY@THEDIGITALISM.COM  with the subject heading as ‘ I REMIXED TAKEN AWAY’

The Contest ends mid-November, and winner will be announced before Digitalism’s concert in Hamburg, December 4^th.

Enjoi,

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Critical Music is a UK drum n bass label releasing some of the freshest breaks and beats around. Created and nurtured by Kasra, the imprint has gone from strength to strength over the past 5 years and with a white hot release schedule for 2008 continues to move at breakneck speed. 

在今年5月访华的Critical Music老板Kasra又有新作！Critical Music这个鼓打贝司厂牌打的招牌一向都是非主流，新形态的dnb。经过Kasra五年的悉心呵护，今天终于成为dnb乐坛的一个发片指标之一。

去年Critical Music的首张专辑”All Sounds Electric“受到各界推崇，更被权威dnb杂志Knowledge Mag票选为07年五大最佳专辑之一。今年他玩续集篇，除了跟一些出名玩颠覆的制作人邀歌之外，更推出一个别出心裁的唱片包装，算是对收集唱片的歌迷们的一种犒赏吧？

Kasra says:

“This year we have released tracks by Spectrasoul, Survival and Bungle plus the first ever Critical EP – Critical Sound Volume I – featuring the awesome talents of Break, Loxy, Lomax & Kasra and hot new signing Inside Info“. 

“Last year All Sounds Electric Volume 1 reset the benchmark for quality drum and bass projects as one of the strongest bespoke compilation albums to hit the shelves in a long while.– Slamming tracks from the likes of Calibre, Break, Silent Witness (among others) all housed in beautiful packaging meant that admiration from both critics and fans alike made the album one of the scenes success stories.” 

“So to keep the momentum rolling we are proud to give you the inside scoop on the second instalment. Once again the vinyl package will be 3 x 10″ available in a lovingly created box and the second format will be a double CD featuring the 6 tracks from the vinyl package along with 14 exclusive tracks from some of the scene’s established and rising stars.”

VINYL TRACKLISTING:
 A. Vicious Circle – Access All Areas /
B. Inside Info – Sound Was Golden /
C. Marcus Intalex –Don’t Sleep /
D. Q Project – Metapyzikz /
E. Silent Witness & Sirius – Proceed /
F. Apex – Locked On

CD TRACKLISTING: CD 1
1 Vicious Circle – Access All Areas /
2 Inside Info – Sound Was Golden / 
3 Marcus Intalex –Don’t Sleep /
4 Q Project – Metapyzikz / 
5 Silent Witness & Sirius – Proceed /
6 Apex – Locked On /
7 Cern – Lucid State /
8 Data & Nebulus – Geometry /
9 Eveson – Naughty / 
10 Icicle – Late Hours VIP 

CD TRACKLISTING: CD 2
1 Inside Info – Clover /
2 Lomax – Come And See / 
3 Nymfo – Cybernetic Disorder /
4 S.P.Y. – New Beginning / 
5 State Of Mind – Attention Deficit /
6 The Funktion – Get Up /
7 Trei – Too High /
8 Data – Hydrogen /
9 Inside Info – Delinquent / 
10 Loxy & Naibu – Hajime VIP 

WHAT THE PRESS HAS TO SAY ABOUT CRITICAL:
 ”One of the most talented A&R men in the industry” – ATM

“Carlsberg don’t make drum and bass labels, but if they did…Kasra would tell them to stop = Critical has it covered.”– KNOWLEDGE

AND WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT AND HOW THEY RATED ALL SOUNDS ELECTRIC 1:

***** – IDJ
***** – ATM – ”Incredibly good drum and bass.”
***** – KNOWLEDGE – ”Ridiculous – one of Knowledge Magazine’s albums of 2007.”
***** – MIXMAG – ”The best drum and bass label to emerge in years.” 

FOR CRITICAL LISTENING:

Kasra on Myspace
CRITICAL MUSIC ONLINE 

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In just over 5 years, Chase & Status have made a meteoric launch into the big time. The duo’s range of aural pleasure ranges from major dance floor anthems such as ‘Duppy Man’ and ‘Hurt You’, down to smooth soulful rollers like ‘Love’s Theme’ and ‘In Love’ featuring Jenna G, and have been present on a slew of labels such as Renegade Hardware, Breakbeat Kaos, Bingo, and Ram Records.

Their latest offering on Ram will drop next month, a gigantic debut LP of beats and bass entitled ‘More Than Alot’.

Chase & Status More Than A lot

release date: 13 October 2008 (CD 2xVinyl)

TRACKLIST

1. Music Sweet Love
2. Music Club
3. Against All Odds (Feat. Kano)
4. Streetlife (Feat. Takura)
5. Smash TV
6. Pieces (Feat. Plan B)
7. Eastern Jam
8. Foundation
9. Take Me Away
10. Hurt You
11. Running
12. Take U There (Feat. Digga)
13. Is It Worth It

Like their previous releases, Chase & Status touch on a few different styles on this LP, from the vocal-driven staples like ”Take Me Away” and ”Hurt You” to the dance floor smashers like ”Smash TV”, the ragga-drenched ”Streetlife”, the electro-dubstep hybrid sound of ”Running”, the classic feel of ”Take You There” to their current dubstep smash, ”Eastern Jam” (which has been getting spins from selectors like Skream, Hatcha and Youngsta). Their current single, ”Pieces” (which features Plan B on guitar and vocals), has been heralded by Annie Mac (who calls it ”breathtaking”) and Zane Low (”awesome”), and is a great example of their all-encompassing style. For those who really like seeing a production outfit flexing their creative muscles both inside and outside of their genre, this will be one to check out.

In support of such a heavy release, C&S are embarking on a heavy tour schedule. Make sure you check them when they come to your town. Hopefully we’ll see them in Shanghai soon!

5 Sep 2008 – Bestival
5 Sep 2008 – RAM @ END
12 Sep 2008 – Doncaster
19 Sep 2008 @ Cheltenham – Bassix
19 Sep 2008 – Essex
20 Sep 2008 – Eindhoven
26 Sep 2008 – Bournemouth – Slammin Vinyl
27 Sep 2008 – Yarmouth
03 Oct 2008 – Brighton
03 Oct 2008 – London – DNBARENA
11 Oct 2008 – Oxford
11 Oct 2008 – Cambridge Warning at The Junction
11 Oct 2008 – Leeds – Ft Plan B
17 Oct 2008 – Wrexham
17 Oct 2008 – Vienna
18 Oct 2008 – London – Breakin Science
18 Oct 2008 – Toulouse
24 Oct 2008 @ York
25 Oct 2008 – Shepton Mallet
31 Oct 2008 – London – Fabric @ Playaz
7 Nov 2008 – RAM @ END OFFICIAL RAM ALBUM LAUNCH SET
8 Nov 2008 – More Than Alot Tour – Woking
15 Nov 2008 – Portsmouth (Dubstep Set)
20 Nov 2008 – More Than Alot Tour – Estonia
21 Nov 2008 – More Than Alot Tour – Romania
22 Nov 2008 – Innovation – Amsterdam
5 Dec 2008 – Truro Cornwall
19 Dec 2008 – RAM @ END

CHECK OUT CHASE AND STATUS SOUNDZ HERE

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