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Daniel Savio Nekropolis Vinyl (LP) Losonofono $13.99 Add To Cart |
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| EXPECTED RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 17th. PREORDER TODAY, AND RECEIVE AN IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD CODE! The end is coming. We all know it. Could be the end of the world, or just the end of that bag of chips you’re eating, but rest assured, it is coming. And to harken its arrival is Daniel Savio, and his Armageddon themed opus NEKROPOLIS. FORMAT: LP+CD, packaged in a hand assembled jacket! | |
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Meesha Clack/Block Vinyl (LP) LoDubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
| Nothing like a banger. Let’s just face it. Even those who talk trash about certain styles of Dubstep, calling them “all midrange”, show a slightly different slant after a few drinks. There is stuff that happens to keep a leg on both sides of the fence, which, in this conversation, is where Meesha comes in. …and once again, with regards to music with the cojones and the cerebellum intact, we can thank Starkey for the Connect. As LoDubs was working through material with Starkey for his mix CD on LoDubs, Starkbass (Which also features tracks from Wonder, Joker, Rafertie, and a host of others), Meesha happened to be one of those who ended up in, and stayed in the pile for the mix. Once you hear the tunes, it’s easy to see why. For one thing, and unlike a lot of peak of the night, big drop Dubstep tunes, the drums on both Clack and Block are not secondary to big wobbles, but remain as the runnin force in each, and are pushed out of the woofer like some entirely new structure that has yet been undiscovered in a largely unknown territory somewhere between the break, the 2, and the Dubstep. For the other, the bassline is in its own right a horse of a different color, which interweaves sub-harmonics and midrange into a pliable frequency, which Meesha then expands and contracts over the framework of the drums, much like a massive, synth driven accordion. All in all, everything the sound is in its most base description, yet so much more, and thus, more of what you have come to expect from LoDubs. | |
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El Rakkas Seas of Disease (LV Remix) / I & I (XI Remix) Vinyl (LP) Lo Dubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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DJG The Gate / Obsessed Vinyl (LP) Lo Dubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
| 12". CD of the entire program included with the first 400 copies of the 12". | |
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Mensah Sahara/Not a Shy Gyal Vinyl (LP) Lo Dubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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| Now is the summer of our discontent, made glorious desolation, by one Mensah Anderson. A Bristol resident, and, along with Chasing Shadows, in loose cahoots with the confederated tribe of H.E.N.C.H., known for the likes of Jakes, the White boi, and Komonazmuk. In keeping with these contemporaries, Mensah comes forth with a pair of the wobblers to end all wobblers, with a drop so utterly destructive, it has already laid waste to a pair of mids, a sub, and the diodes inside the alternator of one automobile, thus rendering all three inoperable. While the bass drum, with its distinctive hollow-echo punch, and frequency tweaked bassline are a pair of fiercesome beasts in their own right, what we believe is the the ominous force of distruction within these tunes is undercurrent of dirty low end dissonance, which only shows its fangs at full amplification, and therefore is akin to the quiet within the eye of a tornado-alley storm, when one hears not the buildings/cars/animals/etc. swirling about, but sees and feels the forces, and just wonders what the other end will bring. Truely haunted business, like only LoDubs would unleash. | |
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Syntonics Material/Rock 2nite (Bombaman RMXS) Vinyl (LP) Lo Dubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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| Starting the year out with a bit of hybrid action, LoDubs is pleased to announce the return of Bombaman of Toronto, Canada to the fold. As with his first release on the "Special Request" imprint a little over a year ago, (LoDubs-SR-1, Solvent "Think Like Us" 12") the styles touched upon are instantly relevant, yet a combination not yet seen within the construct of our sound. Taking its source material from a well known Synth/Disco/House Production/DJ Duo based in the same city as Bombaman, "Material" opens up the 12" with a mighty, shuffling piece of genius, which true to the sound is towed forward by a monstrous, oozing bassline. However, the backing rhythm and its stilted shuffling cacophany of drums may remind many of something more in the backyard of DJ Assault crossed with Herbert on a caffeinated day, rather than the 4 beat dubstep sound du jour. Purely out of its perfection as a pair, we have place yet another Syntonics remix on the Flip. "Rock Tonight" follows a more open drum signature, which allows for a high/low frequency interplay that when properly amplified almost seems to make the air wiggle in front of your face, like a hot day in arizona. Once again , like some harbinger foreshadowing an enormous event to come, some of this 12" may appear on the Starkey mix CD to be released in the coming weeks. And this is just the tip... | |
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Hoodz Bad Mind Vinyl (LP) Lo Dubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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| Its amazing what 6Blocc has been able to accomplish in the last year or two. From the top pick Mix CD known as Analog Clash, To three Euporean tours, including dates in Russia, Israel, and Venezuela (Look at his myspace for pictures of some of these dates. They where absolute mayhem!) and releases on a slew of labels, from War to L.A.D.N and Tribe Steppaz, and his new imprint, Bloccdubs; we figure he must have figured out a way to fold time and space in order to get more out of the day. Somewhere in that interspace/time jump, he managed to get together with LA's UOME, and together they did a series of tracks under the guise of HOODZ. These, we believe, are the strongest of those collabs, the two tunes known as "Bad Mind" and "Clash." These have both been long time favorites, and likely you have heard them, if you have been lucky enough to visit the night Various in Portland, as they get rinsed out absolutely every session. Maybe even if one has seen 6Blocc in recent months these tunes, and their respecitve tidal wave of energy, has been witnessed, although if that is the case the subjective reality of such an event has probably taken on a mythology of its own in ones mind. Now that they have been mastered (to startling effect by Sam at Precise), we believe whatever trace elements of drag have been removed (however unlikely that may be) allowing for absolute, unadulterated devastation. We add to that the track known as "Clash", which in effect rounds out the unreleased material featured on 6Blocc's mix CD Analog Clash. Doesn't really deserve to be a B side, but somethings gotta be...... | |
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Djunya Elevate Vinyl (LP) Lo Dubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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| Sometimes things just don't work out. I mean, we all now what they say about good intentions. I guess that is all a matter of your perspective how true those sort of sayings are, but from our standpoint, with regards to LoDubs, there are many artists out there who are unleashing some truly earth shifting tunes, and although we want to help disseminate these works of art to the masses, sometimes you just have to hold back for the right material. Djunya is a perfect example. We first heard him, and his material a few steps back. Among that batch contained the future classics "Subsol" and "Contact" which firmly placed him at the top of the pile of practitioners of the sound from the 415. Like many others, we where blown away by these productions, and although they where not within the trajectory of our release schedule, we knew that akin to celestial orbits, things would line up down the road a piece. That happened with "Elevate" and "Puja Karna Sangit," and quite suddenly I might add, as they are among our most recent signings. "Elevate" is a sprawling gem of a track, which manages to run wth a certain ferociousness without being derivitive in any way, carrying its weight above a chassis of pronounced yet un-heavy-handed breakstep by adding what is natural to such realms, thick layers of keys and bass, but with a purely optimistic feel, that seems to conjure a largely hidden aspect of the spectrum of bass music. Together, all elements seem so perfectly matched about "Elevate" that is is almost as though it is an object carved from wood; as if it is, and always was, meant to be, as it is. As doing battle with an A side like that would be an exercise in futility, we opted to add a beautiful piece of subterranean ambience known as "Puja Karna Sangit." No less evocative in its own way, yet in a way that without being a direct answer to such a question, causes one to wonder what maybe Muslimgauze would be up to, had he been alive to witness this movement. That would, however, purely be in a reference to its mood, as "Puja Karna Sangit" is as percussion laden as much of the material from the Skull Disco circle, but in a way that seems to hide beneath the waves of bass like a pulse. | |
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XI G Funk-3000/Lucky Vinyl (LP) lodubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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| XI (sometimes known in collab with Loetech, AKA matt Carl/Bombaman), is yet another bright light shining forth from the Dubstep rich epicenter of Northeastern Canada, Toronto. A measured producer, full of forethought both in his productions and his mixes on Streamizm, these 2 tracks mark his first appearance as solo producer, but both tunes have already demonstrated an ability to blow minds, being unfurled momentarily on select occasions by both himself and Joe Nice at Dubwar in NYC and internationally. The reason for the “WTF WAS THAT” that tends to emanate from the crowd following exposure is as much related to the materials immediacy as to the fact that it symbolizes the Dubstep sound once again turning a corner into unknown, exciting territory. This is particulary striking with G Funk 3000, but is no less true with Lucky. As for the former, it is in its simplest sense a Jazzy number, with a distinctive bassline coming from a distinctive rhoads-like tone that surges with the intensity of a low octave piano key being somehow organically overdriven, whilst a double time rhythm of muted mid-range percussion practically forces energy. As for the later, Lucky is a sparce, steppy piece, that seems somehow to have a 4/4 drum pattern hinted at solely through the careful manipulation of bass velocity and swing. | |
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Serum & Dial M | Clutch & Sense Enemy | All Them Want Vinyl (LP) Bashment Theories $7.99 Add To Cart |
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South3rn Mangione Tribe Dub | La Rana Vinyl (LP) lodubs $7.99 Add To Cart |
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| We've been wanting to work with the Mighty South3rn since practically prior to the label's inception, but as it is our policy is not to bite off more than we could chew, we just kept the lips sealed, waiting for the right time and tunes, knowing there was genius down the cronological path a piece. "La Rana" is the aesthetic antithesis of the "Mangione Tribe Dub" which instead of the former's groundbreaking tribal affair is an otherwise unpredictable yet catchy number, laden with soulful Tubby-esque horns, very slight Ska rhythm stabs, and a thiick, articulate bassline that weaves the other elements into a bright, energetic work of soundsystem bliss. This release is the next to arrive, and should be returning from Transition any day now, which we imagine, like a mag. glass on a ant may focus too much brilliance on one spot of the earth, so if the world emplodes into a fiery ball of molten between now and it's release, at least you'll know why. MP3 BONUS: PLEASE INDICATE IN THE "NOTES" SECTION OF YOUR ORDER IF YOU WISH TO HAVE 320 kb MP3'S E MAILED TO YOU WITH YOUR PURCHASE. ALSO INCLUDE AN ALTERNATE E MAIL ADDRESS (PREF. GMAIL) FOR THE LARGE FILE, IF NECCESARY. | |
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Starkey Dementia Vinyl (LP) lodubs $6.99 Add To Cart |
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| Yet another label under the Anthem Records umbrella! This time, it is a label dedicated to the rapidly growing sounds of Grime, Dubstep, and Garage based musics by and large, and We're kicking it off with Starkey out of Philly, PA. For those who know, Starkey will probably be best remembered for the Werk Discs release entitled "Local Headines", or perhaps his remix of Drop the Lime on Ruff/Peaceoff, both of which made for a stand out year. Starkey also co-runs the label Slit Jockey with compadres Dev79 and El Carnicero. Each record is had stamped, and contained in a craft sleeve Ala 70's Reggae soundsystem dubplates. The record is also limited to 400 copies, so we think it will be a rare bird quite soon. MP3 BONUS: PLEASE INDICATE IN THE "NOTES" SECTION OF YOUR ORDER IF YOU WISH TO HAVE A 320 kb MP3 E MAILED TO YOU WITH YOUR PURCHASE. ALSO INCLUE AN ALTERNATE E MAIL ADDRESS FOR THE LARGE FILE, IF NECCESARY. | |
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Ignatius Halocline Compact Disc (CD) Buried in Time $8.99 Add To Cart |
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| Really excellent electronic music, which is unique enough to defy any Categorization, other than that it sounds like something the UK label Skam would be jumping for, given they are clued into it's existence and aren't too busy releasing tremendous records by Bola. | |
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Fennesz Live in Japan Vinyl (LP) Autofact $17.99 Add To Cart |
| Originally released on CD by the headz label, this is the first time Live in Japan has appeared on vinyl, and as it is released by touch (Via their new partner in the states, Autofact), is a return home for one of the most important peices in Christian Fennesz's catalog of recordings. The packaging is second to none as well, with it's heavy weight spot printed jacket (Designed by the visual counterpart of the touch organization, Jon Wozencroft), and a equally aesthetically pleasing insert, which features the art from the original CD release. As you may have expected, this release is limited, so act fast. | |
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DJ dev79 Slit Jockey Mixtape Volume 1 Compact Disc (CD) Slit Jockey $8.99 Add To Cart |
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| Great mix of mostly state-side Grime and Dubstep. Mixed by DJ dev79, featuring tracks by: Starkey, Drop The Lime, Vex’d, Wiley, Lady Fury, Mayhem Crew and more… Limited CDR pressing. | |
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Otto Von Schiach Maxipad Detention Compact Disc (CD) Ipecac $13.99 Add To Cart |
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| The butcher of Miami breaks is back, and this time, as the back cover says, with “Bling gore & diamond soaked kick drums for the reptilian women!.” While it would be nice, if their where a Dan Doormouse cameo of it, or maybe a few of his trademark skit/ads from previous records, the record is thoroughly enjoyable, and plays like a Heavy Metal/Break Core version of a Mr Oizo record, and thus fits the program both for Mr Shirach and Ipecac. | |
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Ers One Rude Rugged & Rough Compact Disc (CD) Raggabot $9.99 Add To Cart |
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| This is surely the best example of Raga Breakcore set to mix CD since the Soundmurderer mix a couple of years ago (We don’t count the Rupture mix, as it is not mixed, but trainwrecked together). In terms of material, Ers One’s mix is the logical progression as well, with material from Bong Ra (The essential “Amen”), Scud (The more recognizable “Ambush”), and Dialekt’s ode to Ben Kingsley’s character in Sexy Beast that is absolutely hilarious. The icing on the cake would be the very rare tune “Snares Man” by Venetian Snares. | |