“I’ve been buying music for as long as I can remember really, as soon as I got a weekly allowance I spent it on 7” singles and albums. When I was studying I went clubbing a lot and I just got drawn to the music, really. In the early 90s, I heard Chicago house and Detroit techno for the first time in a club; from then onwards that was kind of my thing, but I kept following bands as well, so for me not all music was electronic.  I never thought I would play a role in music myself.

When it came to house and techno I loved it. All the DJs that I saw playing were older, so I could appreciate the music as a follower but it wasn’t my generation. When I encountered drum & bass around 94/95, it made a huge impression on me, and I just felt at home in that style; I was like, ‘This is my generation, so maybe I can play some sort of part in this.’ So I started buying more and more music and that’s when it started to kick off.  I started DJing, and because no-one wants to book you when you’re just starting out, I started throwing my own events.

Straight after the official Fabric 50 mix CD I’m starting my second album. That’s going to be my main thing for next year and obviously there’s going to be smaller projects here and there and remixes and who knows what – I’ll just take it as it comes.

I’ve been doing some things for a movie director in Holland, wrote music for him. We’re doing a short movie in January and  who knows what comes after that – i’m excited about it, but let’s talk when there is actually something to talk about!”

Martyn 2009

Tracklist

1. Om Unit – “Lightgrids” (Fat City)
2. Martyn – “Bridge” (3024)
3. Gil Scott-Heron – “Where did the night go” (XL Recordings)
4. Levon Vincent – “These Games” (Novel Sound)
5. Wulf N Bear – “Raptures of the Deep” (2020 Vision)
6. DJ Killer – “Pound” (4 Sure Productions)
7. Pattern Repeat – “Ofetriade Ben Klock remix” (Echocord)
8. Renaissance Man – “Aloha” (Sound Pellegrino)
9. Jeva Du – “I Zebra” (Platzhirsch Schallplatten)
10. Dudu – “African Woman Instrumental” (Choc’s Pro Sound)
11. Mosca – “Nike (club edit)”  (Night Slugs)
12. Roska – “I Need Love” (Tempa)
13. Redshape – “Dirt One” (Delsin)
14. Art of Tones “Call the Shots Motor City Drum Ensemble mix” (2020 Vision)
15. Doc Daneeka – “Drums in the Deep” (Fabric)
16. Deadboy – “Ifuwantme” (Numbers)
17. Martyn – “Miniluv” (Ostgut Ton)
18. Gucci Vump – “Sha! Shtil! (L-Vis1990 mix) (Sound Pellegrino)
19. Martyn – “Seventy Four Redshape mix” (3024)
20. Martyn – “Brilliant Orange” (3024)
21. Martyn – “Brilliant Orange Illum Sphere’s no 14 mix” (3024)

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There’s two pairs of tickets up for grabs here and you can find full details and line-ups for The Warehouse Project’s December parties here.

There’s a few acts still to be announced so keep an eye on their site to keep updated. So far though your choices could include Sasha and Digweed, Major Lazer, Luciano, Calvin Harris, Alex Metric, Lethal Bizzle and DJ Hype or Crookers amidst a whole load more quality electronic movers and shakers. Also, you don’t even have to choose the date you fancy going to until we reveal the winning entrants and get in touch with you. Competition details below. Get stuck in.

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Drum and bass pioneer and Good Looking Records label boss, LTJ Bukem is at the helm for the latest Fabric mix.

“As a kid, over the course of a couple of years I got heavily into jazz, discovering Chick Corea, Bill Evans, Lonnie Liston Smith, all those guys that I now idolise and have collected ever since, I was hooked.  Nigel changed my whole perception of music and developed my love for it at the same time; the first tune that he played me was ‘Lenore’ by Chick Corea and that has stuck with me right to this day.

I started a soundsystem called Sunshine back in the early 80s and me and a group of guys would do house parties, buy the music and do the usual soundsystem thing. A few years later I met a guy called Paul Waller in Blackmarket, and he said “Do you know anyone that plays the piano?” I told him I did and he said, “Well, listen man, we’re doing this remix and I work for Nellee Hooper (of Soul II Soul). Come down to the studio, we need some keyboards.”  So I went down there, and from just exploring the idea of wanting to be a DJ. The first track I ever made was ‘Logical Progression’ in 1990. It was a transitional period musically, but ‘Logical Progression’ was at a time when drum & bass wasn’t really there – so it was effectively, the beginning of drum & bass. In the early 1990s Good Looking Records got set up too.

Progression Sessions must be one of the longest running residency concepts in the scene. It started in 94/95 and it’s still going in 2009. We did Ministry for a few years, we did The End for a few years, we did Shepherds Bush Empire and various other clubs.  When I finished at The End, I was looking for a new home, fabric asked and I was like, “Yeah, let’s do it.” And I absolutely adore fabric, I look at it as my home, I love the club itself – because it’s just basically brick walls and a great sound system, and that’s what I’m all about. So Bukem In Session was born.

With the mix I really wanted to highlight what I’m doing as a DJ now. I’ve got nothing against how people create a mix, I could’ve sat there and done what a lot of people do: a computer mix, which is great fun as you can do what you can’t do live. But for me personally, I don’t see there being any point in me presenting fabric with a mix to release if it doesn’t represent what people are then going to go and hear me play on a Friday night. The mix is just me on two turntables doing what I do. Secondly, I wanted to represent people on the mix that I am working with on Good Looking right now, who I have a strong belief in what they are doing. So you’ve got people on there like Greg Packer from Australia, Tidal a new guy from Birmingham and a few tracks from Furney. Basically,it’s just about good music. That’s been my ethos since day one.”

- LTJ Bukem

Tracklist

1. Redeyes – Battle Sweet Eyes – Spearhead
2. Mutt – Ode To The Ghetto – Good Looking
3. Calibre – Alien – Unknown
4. A Sides – Tokiado – East Side Records
5. Paul T – Beautiful Girl – Fizzy Beats
6. Zero T – Make It Home – CIA
7. A Sides – One Love – East Side
8. J Layze – Memoryz – Looking Good Records
9. Calibre – Out The Box – Signature
10. Mutt – Era Draft – Unknown
11. Furney – Pipez – Good Looking
12. Ink And Perpetuum – Say Never – Colours Audio
13. Redeyes – The Science Of Sleep – Unknown
14. Furney – You Were There – Lovebeams Forthcoming Good Looking
15. Furney – Good Looking
16. Utah Jazz – Cloud 9 – V Recordings

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.”

myspace.com/commix
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Dougal’s new year’s resolution, at least the one he actually intends to stick to, involves a new format for his Magnetism show.

Incorporating clips from TV, radio, soundtracks and other media from the archives, all with some personal connection, the new show style also includes spoken word, private confessions, anonymous messages and an eclectic selection of new music, with a couple of classics sneaking in there somewhere too. This episode feature’s a few word’s from Dougal’s canine namesake and an extract from his all time favourite radio series too.

Let him know what you think of the new show by posting comments on this page.

Playlist

1. Friendly Fires – I’m Good I’m Gone (Lykke Li Cover) – XL
2. Goldie Looking Chain – New Day – GLC
3. DJ C – Set Me Free From This Wicked Game – Mashit.com
4. Feature: Rhythms of Poetry – Open University vs. Michael Romanenko – Benbecula
5. The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Woman – Decca
6. Leftfield – Original – Hard Hands
7. Metrik – Into The Future – Intrinsic
8. DJ Ironbelly ft. Ranking Joe – Jah Crush – DJ Ironbelly
9. Feature: Confessions from grouphug.us with music by Dub Tractor – City Centre Offices
10. Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Remix) – Unreleased
11. Casio Kids – Fot I Hose – Öya Oslo
12. Sebastien Léger and Chris Lake – Word – Rising Music
13. Spooky – Candy – Spooky.uk.com
14. Kleerup ft. Lykke Li – Until We Breath – EMI

This week Rob Booth has not one but two guests dropping a mix on Electronic Explorations, DJ Madd and Alien Pimp.

Budapest resident Peter Simon aka DJ MADD has been behind the turntables spinning Drum & Bass in all major cities in Hungary. His production carrier just started to blow up, as his tunes got picked up by Rufige badboy DJ Vapour for his own 36 HERTZ Recordings.

He may have only just made his first moves in dubstep, but his name has already been saturated within the scene. With support from Mary Anne Hobbs, Skream, Breakage, Joe Nice, Martyn, 2562, Ikonika etc; his tunes can already be heard in various sets around the globe.

myspace.com/djmaddbeats
myspace.com/36hertz

Alien Pimp was present in the musical life of Romania first as a radio DJ and journalist since the early age of 14 (no error, its for real!), Alien Pimp is the less known founder of one of the most acclaimed electronic music act in Romania in the 90s, NSK, in 1996. After a first gig, he left the group for a solo career, starting 2 projects: Alien Pimp and Sonic Tonic.

Since early 2005, his dnb label, SoundKraft Records, developed two separate branches: artist management/booking and event promotion. Some of the best talents in East-European breakbeat and drumnbass work with SoundKraft and as well over 50 events in 2005 have the SoundKraft signature on.

His dubstep label, DubKraft Records, topped charts on juno, chemical records, beatport and digital-tunes and his first release, Robots & Cellos was a bestseller for almost 1 year after being released.
myspace.com/alienpimp
myspace.com/soundkraftrecords

Tracklist

1. Spamchop Vs. Geiom – Geile Zwazo – [Forthcoming ‘Berkane Soul’]
2. DZ - Stompa (Marlow Remix) – [Forthcoming ‘Black Acre’]
3. JazZstePpa - Electronic Explorations Mix (Preview)
4. XXXY - Constant – [Dubplate]
5. Howie B vs. Casino Royale - Royale Sound (Ramadanman redub) – [Fabric]
6. Kwaidan - Hoichi – [Highpoint Lowlife]
7. Raffertie - Antisocial – [Forthcoming ‘Seclusiasis’]
8. wAgAwAgA - The Wolf – [Dubplate]

DJMadd – Exclusive Mix ‘ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS’

01. DJMADD - SHATTERED – [unreleased]
02. DJMADD - CUT THE MOVE – [unreleased]
03. SULLY SHANKS – DUKE ST DUB – [forthcoming ‘Mata-Syn’]
04. VISTA - DULIVAN (EKELON REMIX) – [forthcoming ‘Boombap’]
05. SKREAM - DUB PERIOD – [Tempa]
06. DESTO - PAST – [forthcoming ‘Boombap’]
07. BREAKAGE - LATE NIGHT – [forthcoming ‘Nakedlunch’]
08. DJMADD - SKA ON THE MOON – [unreleased]
09. DJMADD - DETROIT SKANK – [forthcoming ‘Nakedlunch’]
10. TRG – SOHO GIRLS – [Nakedlunch]
11. MATT U - CHASE PACK – [unreleased]
12. DJMADD - STRANGER – [unreleased]

9. Evergreen & Landlord – Jah Rain ft.Dan Man (RSD remix) – [’Ranking Recs’]
10. Skream - Fick – [Forthcoming ‘Tempa’]

Alien Pimp (Dubkraft Records) – Exclusive Mix ‘ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS’

Dedicated to George Carlin
Voiceover’s by George Carlin

01. Twile – True Bohemian – [ShutDown Audio]
02. Mala – Changes – DJ Shiva Ginsu Remix – [dub]
03. Alien Pimp – Goodbye – [dub]

04. Asusu - Release – [Dubkraft]
05. Microboss - Drunken_Band – [Fragment]
06. Anansi - Peri’s Dub – [Dubkraft]
07. IDRI – Happy Astronaut – [dub]
08. Alien Pimp – Because – [3.5 Records]
09. Alien Pimp – Goth – [dub]
10. Killahertz - Jack-Jack – [Fragment] + Laurie Anderson – O Superman
11. Moby - Why Does My Heart – [Alien Pimp Remix] – [dub]
12. Laurie Anderson – O Superman

While the renaissance of jungle and ever growing dubstep following if taking over clubs up and down the UK, Strict Drum and Bass lovers across the world can stay faithfull with the mighty Noisia.

Coming from The Netherlands, Noisia are anything but jungle and lie more in the realms of darkside, future tech DnB which is a good thing because someone has to keep the fire burning and if no one in the UK is going to move things forward then rest assured the boys on the continent are more than happy to carry the flag.

Noisia’s Fabriclive #40 mix is the first for a long time that really inspires you to throw some shapes around the living room. Watch out for the ironing board!!

myspace.com/denoisia
noisia.nl
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Tracklist

1. Moby - Alice (Noisia Remix) – Vision
2. Cause 4 Concern – Peepshow – Virus
3. Dom & Gridlok – Moodswings – Violence
4. Noisia - Diplidocus – Quarantine
5. Isotone - Trip – Obsessions
6. Phace - Astral Projection – Dub
7. Mayhem - Shibuya – Shadow Law
8. Gridlok - Labrat – Project 51
9. Nosia - Crank – Vision
10. Break - Splash Step – Quarantine
11. Phace - Old Champagne – Dub
12. Sabre - Glabal – Metalheadz
13. Icicle - Nowhere – Dub
14. Noisia - Strange Owl Experiment – Metalheadz
15. Commix - Be True – Metalheadz

DJ Marky, the master of Brasilian d&b, has offered us one of his recent mixes to play here on Radio Magnetic.

If you were thinking Drum & Bass was on its way out then this will remind you just why it’s been going strong for over ten years. Marky back the funk for your shape throwing pleasure.

www.myspace.com/djmarkyinnerground
www.innergroundrecords.com

Tracklist

1. Die & Ben Westbeech – The Reasons Why
2. Electro SoulSystem – Moving Transit (BCee & Lomax RMX)
3. Random Movement – The Student
4. TC - Strictly Drum & Bass
5. Nu:Tone - On The Corner
6. Random Movement – Psychedelic Dreampipe
7. Marky & Makoto - Impulse
8. AI Vs D-Bridge - Odessa -
9. DJ Marky & AI Feat Ben Westbeech – Shame