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Over the last four years, Souped Up Records has reshaped the contours of drum & bass. With a rough- and-ready, technically advanced and yet distinctly approachable sound, Serum and Benny V’s label has been instrumental in driving jump-up’s ongoing renaissance. By moving away from the sub-genre’s mechanised format, they’ve injected a once-tired formula with a frantic clubland energy that’s instantly addictive. Both young and old heads alike can become hooked on the soup, a heaving brot...

Record Store Day 2021: The Full List of Releases Unveiled Share April 8, 2021 Record Store Day has officially revealed the full list of releases for its 2021 edition. Due to the pandemic, the event will be divided into two ‘RSD Drops’, which will be taking place on June 12 and July 17. Over 250 record stores in the UK and thousands around the world will be participating in RSD 2021. Notable highlights from the 538 exclusive records on offer include: Lady Gaga’s  Chromatica on exclusive y...

Hybrid Minds set to Touch the hearts of Kiwi drum and bass fans Newshub 3 hrs ago Mitchell Redman © Supplied. Watch: DJ Matt Lowe told Newshub a moment in Christchurch a few years back, changed everything for the UK duo. After two weeks of quarantine, Matt Lowe and his MC, Mike Tempza, are preparing for their first show in over a year, due to COVID-19.  Hybrid Minds are the latest international drum and bass act to visit Aotearoa, joining Sub Focus, Dimension, Netsky and s...

Dimension Unleashes His Debut Album Organ Dimension’s recently released ‘Organ’ features 17 tracks alongside 9 unreleased new songs.by TV News Desk Out now, Dimensions recently released Organ features 17 tracks; alongside 9 unreleased new songs, the album includes Dimensions previous singles Offender, Remedy (feat. TS Graye), Saviour (feat. Sharlene Hector), ​Hatred (feat E11E), and the UK chart hit collaboration with Sub Focus, Desire. Elsewhere, Organ features Liam Bailey, MC G...

LISTEN: Wilkinson has launched his label with long-awaited weapon Frontline music news 26/02/2021 Drum and bass authority Wilkinson announced earlier this month he was launching his own label - Sleepless - and now the first track on the imprint has arrived. Frontline marks the start of Wilkinsons third solo album and may sound familiar to fans, having been played out during a bunch of live streams. After a massive 2020 ...

Lee Mvtthews, and we can fairly be accused of punching above our weight. But what about all the Kiwi artists you’ve never heard of? Or the ones that you’re likely to hear about in the near future? Read on as we reveal a wealth of musical treasures just waiting to be discovered…   Unsub, n0isemakeR, and Alice K, a trio who have been pumping out high quality music for a decade. Now releasing on self-run label PHDM, the last two years have yielded a string of weighty LPs packed full of wa...

The Zombies photographed in west London in 1965. Wise Music Group has purchased the Marquis, Verulam and Mistletoe Melodies music publishing companies from The Bocu Group, in the process acquiring publishing rights to the works of influential rock band The Zombies. Included in the purchase are several tracks written by The Zombies Rod Argent, including the Hot 100 No. 2 hit "Shes Not There" from the group’s 1964 debut album Begin Here and the tracks "Tell Her No," "Care of Cell 44" and "Tim...

Ed Roland for future releases. Collective Soul have released a total of ten studio albums, including the multi-platinum sellers Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid and Collective Soul; the platinum-selling Dosage; and the gold-selling Blender. The group’s debut single “Shine” peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, with other successful singles including “December,” “The World I Know,” “Where The River Flows,” “Precious Declaration, “Listen” and “Heavy,” a...

Since Aotearoas festival season kicked off with Hidden Valley on December 27, Kiwi crowds have been jumping at the chance to see some of their favourite artists perform live - but its not just our local talent that have been wooing tens of thousands of punters. Peking Duk, Sub Focus, Dimension, Alison Wonderland, Delta Heavy, Friction, HP Boyz, Kanine and Holy Goof are among the international acts to appear in front of eager audiences who are embracing the leniencies the rest of the world doesn...

  What’s it like to be a drum and bass fan in New Zealand as the rest of the world still struggles to contain a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic? That’s the question UKF asked me to answer for the worldwide drum and bass community and hopefully let you experience vicariously the current rave atmosphere in one of the few places in the world lucky enough to do so without restriction. After attending and performing at a number of club nights and doofs over the period of a tumultuous 2020, everyon...