Fabric release Fabriclive. 44 this month with undoubtedly one of the most refreshing Drum and Bass mixes we’ve heard for a long time.

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It’s no secret that I personally have fallen out of favour with the genre due to it’s sudden lack of progression and London / Bristol centric scene which seems to alienate much of the UK from being part of the music many of us loved throwing shapes to in the past.

However, Commix duo George Levings and Guy Brewer have seriously reinvigorated my interest in the genre and I’m sure they’ll do the same for others out there in the same situation.

“To be honest, a lot of the drum & bass scene depresses us at the moment; the whole state of the large majority of the scene is quite depressing. In fact, we’d like to say it’s almost completely removed from what we do.”

“We’re really influenced by tech housey stuff, and I suppose minimal stuff as well. On the minimal side of things Troy Pierce, Mathew Jonson; on the housier side of things- Steve Bug, obviously. Steve Bug can play for hours and he doesn’t really do much, but it’s just so down the same line of funky techno. And we really aspire to that in drum & bass – not really narrow-minded or just one-levelled, but with a bit of experimentation in it.”

This way of thinking is demonstrated perfectly on FABRICLIVE 44; the mix ebbs and flows effortlessly, swerving unnecessary frills or gimmicks entirely, it is measured and precise. Commix have put together a selection of tracks that takes any listener – whether ardent drum & bass heads or curious techno enthusiasts with an adventurous streak – on a journey through the studios of the deepest and most innovative producers in D&B.

“Creating a mix is almost like a jigsaw puzzle – there were a couple of tracks we knew would go at the beginning of the mix, a couple we knew would go at the end, and slightly harder tracks that would fill in the gaps. It’s quite exciting because we were able to include new, key tracks that we play in our sets, but for us it was also important to showcase some older material that has really influenced us. Listening to this mix, we hear what drum & bass was when it started out – we hope to enlighten people about where it came from.”

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