Our good friend Sal Volatile has been locked away in deepest darkest Midlands fusing Brummie Electro and Techno with the futuristic sounds of Dubstep and Grime to make a thoroughly pleasing cocktail.
While we wait for his maiden voyage on the Good Ship Dead Channel, we present his offering to the Deadmix series: a tasty blend of future bass music that had us jumping all over the shop.
Add Mr. Volatile to your ‘ones to check in 2009’ list now…
Here we go again, strap yourselves in for some more Wobble & Dubb mayhem, same format as last time and just as crazily good.
The Otherside Mix was first featured on Lisa Right Eye’s superlative Otherside radio show (www.theothersideradio.com) and features the now infamous dual laptop mash-up style that these boys employ to full effect here.
Shatners Basson is quintessential Wobble n Dubb: a 12-minute long epic of comedy proportions.
It’s been nearly a year since Dead Channel co-conspirator and long-time Gonzo member Chris Kubex released his first full length album ‘Circuit Cities’.
Now he returns with ‘Sounds No Longer The Same’, and some may feel it’s an apt title. While retaining some of the melodious elements, which people have come to identify with his music, the dance-floor sounds of Dubstep, Ragga, Techno and Electro are more prominent this time around, and all get forced through the blender.
A long time spent immersed in the Leeds music scene seems to be forging a new spin on the Kubex sound – bass heavy, melodic, steppin’ rave tunes and the same old lush electronics – and we, for one, are loving it.
Dimosthenis Nikolis AKA Dimomib makes his highly anticipated return to Dead Channel with a collection of harder techno based tracks from his personal archive, although reference to his last release – the classic ‘Lo-Fi’ – comes in the form of the scattered electronic beats of ‘Earth Evolving Catastrophy’.
Hailing from Athens, Greece, Dimomib’s approach to techno shares the same attention to detail, dark cavernous spaces and dub sensibilities as heard on his earlier work for the label. This time however the focus moves from the after party to the dance floor, with considerable panache.
Lovers of deep, dark, brooding techno, dub and superbly crafted dense atmospheres should definitely check this out.
Knock Down Ginger is the first outing for the brand new collaborative project from two of Leeds leading lights: Micoland and Naffdogg.
Dark, heavy and with a keen sense of humour, this is a tantalising glimpse of things to come.
This release also comes in a fairly unorthodox two part format: the first part is the debut Wobble n Dubb track ‘Neva Truss Da Filf’, the second part is a taste of what to expect from these guys live. Culled from hours and hours of live jamming with two laptops and effects and then condensed into just over twenty minutes of incendiary madness to shake your ass to – amazing.
Leeds dubstep innovator Micoland returns to Dead Channel with All Loop Traffic, showcasing the evolution of his trademark style of glitchy, electronic, bass heavy rhythms.
Opening with the awesome bass pressure of the minimalist masterpiece ‘Deadstep’ and ending with the sublime underwater claustrophobia of ‘Unnamed Methane Sea’ this release is set to cement Micoland’s reputation as one of the people responsible for truly moving the dubstep blueprint into exiting new aural landscapes.
The track ‘Dawn Raid Symphony’ is taken from Mic Schofield’s awe-inspiring debut album ‘My Cold Land’, out now on Dirtyload Records.
Instead of putting out the original album track, we have re-interpretations here from Gwylo, Blackhat, Ant Orange and Micoland himself. All take the original in distinctly different directions, while retaining the dense, claustrophobic, dystopian quality that makes Micoland’s work so distinctive. ‘My Cold Land’ is available to buy from gonzo.me.uk
We couldn’t be happier about the fact that this is the labels inaugural release.
Thirteen tracks of pure joy from Dave Blakemore’s Sofaboy project, from bouncy summertime techno to orbital-esque electronica and back (via some beautiful soundscape excursions).
It’s all laced with a charm befitting one of the nicest people you’d ever want to meet, and we hope you enjoy listening to this as much as we did putting it together.