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It’s been rather a long while, too long in my opinion, since the last Nightlife compilation of the best drum & bass, but I’m glad to see that Andy C’s Nightlife 5 will be out on Monday.
The tracklisting looks awesome:
CD 1
1. Spor – Kingdom
2. Delta Heavy – Space Time
3. Mind Vortex – Onslaught
4. Chase & Status – No Problem
5. Wilkinson – Moonwalker
6. Loadstar – Link To The Past
7. Bladerunner – Spartan Law
8. Hamilton – Echoes
9. Octane & DLR – Seven
10. Konflict – Messiah >> Splash Babylon
11. Sparfunk – Crash Test Dummy
12. Mindscape – Bounce
13. Shock One – Polygon (Dirtyphonics Remix)
14. Mind Vortex – Now It’s Time
15. Sigma – Stronger
16. Noisia – Deception VIP
17. Survival, Octane & DLR – Transition
18. Hive – Blackout >> Ed Rush & Optical – Schranders Dice
19. Wilkinson – Scream It
20. Rusko ft. Amber Coffman – Hold On (Subfocus Remix)
21. Siren – Snorkel >> Logistics – Colour Wheel
22. Spor – Halogen
23. Phace – Strange Science
24. Loadstar – BLVD
25. D Kay & Lee – Tuning VIP
26. Break – Breakfast
27. Culture Shock – Ohrwurm
28. DC Breaks – Take That
29. Spinline – Run
30. Gridlok & The Upbeats – The Jitters
31. Ram Trilogy – Gridlock (Break Remix)
32. Commix – I Have You
33. Culture Shock – I Remember
CD 2
1. Craggz & Parallel – Turn The Page
2. DJ Die – Ghet’to Bizness
3. Break – All Thats Left
4. DJ Fresh – Mission To Mars
5. Tyke & Recipe – The Music Makers
6. S.P.Y. – Go With The Flow
7. Fierce & Vicious Circle – Section VIP
8. Enei – One Chance
9. Culture Shock – Footloose
10. Hold Tight – Lounge (DC Breaks Remix)
11. Sub Focus – Triple X
12. Blackout – L.O.V.E. (Hamilton Remix)
13. Delta Heavy – Take The Stairs
14. Ed Rush & Optical – Chubrub
15. Sub Focus – Rock It VIP
16. Break – Hot Love
17. Culture Shock – Protection
18. Noisia & Phace – Floating Zero
19. DJ Fresh – Cylon
20. Total Science & S.P.Y. – Gangsta
21. Total Science – Squash (S.P.Y. Remix)
22. Callide – Supreme
23. Hamilton – Soundboy
24. Wilkinson – Samurai
25. Drumsound & Bassline Smith – Can You Feel It
26. Apollo Two – Return To Atlantis (Marky & S.P.Y. Remix)
27. Loadstar – Hit The Ground
28. Break – Get Hot
29. Underworld – Scribble
30. DC Breaks – Pickett Line VIP >> Sub Focus – Deep Space
And it’s good to see it’s not a compilation of the “usual suspects” of tracks. But then, this is a proper D&B compilation remixed by a proper producer!
Can’t wait!
And to wet your apetite for all things RAM Records, here’s a video trailer for forthcoming behind the scenes program on Andy and Ram.
Receiving a disc with Ram Records on it, you know you’re going to experience something awesome, and Loadstar (aka Xample and Lomax) didn’t fail to disappoint.
The release on 27th Septmber 2010 has two tracks, both very different but both excellent pieces of drum & bass. The first track, as it’s name suggests, “Link to the Past” has an old skool drum beat overlayed with a a dirty bassline. Whilst the track kicks off all fluffy, once the bassline (updating the Ram classic “Speed of Sound”) kicks in fluffiness is over making this an awesome track.
Rapidas, is equally dark in bassline terms, but with guitar riffs and a pumping drum beat. Not as good as the Link to the Past but good enough for any drum & bass collection.
Can’t wait for their debut album or indeed the Andy C Nightlife 5 collection that will probably also feature this track.
Tracklisting:
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Original
Sub Focus DnB Remix
Joker Remix
Extended Mix
Triple X
Released January 18th 2010 on Ram Records
Sub Focus can do no wrong in my book. He’s up there with the likes of Chase & Status and Pendulum for redefining a dance genre. And with the release of his self titled album, despite producing records for years, he may finally have arrived main stream with this track – i’ve certainly heard it on the radio.
Whilst it starts off with house-like piano and drifts into smooth vocals this is a drum and bass track. The beats aren’t dark and moody but with the underlying melody this is a beautiful track. If you want a down and dirty drum and bass track then check out Sub Focus’s own “DnB” remix – when you start listening you’ll think he’s just added a traditional drum and bass beat, but it gets massive about a minute into the track – outstanding!
And if you like it dirtier still and are into your dubstep beats then check out the Joker remix which slows the beats down but with a killer dubstep riff.
If you’ve not already heard the album, then you need it in your life, but there’s a taster in the form of “Triple X” on this single.
