A Thursday night drum & bass gig in Bristol is standard these days, considering its reputation as a home for d&b. But this event is...
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With a career spanning 30 years, more than 400 tracks to his name and a history hosting the biggest stages, DRS recently embarked on a new, ground-breaking chapter with his headline live show tour: The Man Who Fell To Earth. Jake Hirst hears the story behind a project representing something much greater than music for DRS
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Featuring IAMDDB, Children of Zeus, Metrodome, Chimpo and more...
Dub Phizix has shared a playlist celebrating new electronic music from Manchester.
The producer, DJ and bass luminary— who recently ran a workshop for the...
Proceeds will go to support Intalex's family...
DRS and LSB have released a new track titled 'Angels Fall' in tribute to Manchester drum & bass legend, Marcus Intalex.
Intalex, otherwise known as...
Critical Music celebrates 15 years and 100 releases...
Enei and DRS team up once again for deep, dark drum & bass cut, 'The Process', forthcoming via Critical Music.
The Russian producer and Manchester...
Debut EP offers d&b and hip-hop...
Metalheadz favourite and master of soulful drum & bass, Lenzman, has announced the launch of his very own label, The North Quarter.
Named after the...
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Drum & bass' Mancunian funnyman Dub Phizix has released 12 tracks for free!
Featuring collaborations with Skeptical, DRS, Xtrah, Chimpo and regular partner in crime...
We talk collabs, artistic freedom and musical roots...
Jubei is one who has achieved the highest accolade a producer or DJ could ever wish to be blessed with; the total and unadulterated respect...
One of d&b's most forward thinking producers
Whenever bass heads gather to pick over the new blood pushing drum & bass right back on top, Dub Phizix is one of the few names everyone can agree on. Over the last two years the Manchester-based producer has had an insane string of hits, including the filthy, ubiquitous bashment 'n’ bass bomb 'Marka' (alongside Skeptical and MC Strategy) — which burst out of the scene and rampaged into record boxes worldwide.
MCs were often maligned in the early days of drum & bass, but nowadays it's pretty much universally accepted that a renegade mic-spitter is a...
“There is no other music in the world where an MC stands on the stage for an hour and continuously sprays lyrics with such clarity and power over so many frequencies,” Eksman, one of the d&b scene's foremost MCs, tells DJ Mag. “The life and evolution of the drum & bass MC has grown from strength to strength over the years, and I have no doubt that down the line many more great things are in store for the future generation of MCs in our music.” Undoubtedly so. The role of the drum and bass MC has steadily progressed simultaneously with the scene it resides in, although in the early days MCs experienced negativity from some DJs. But the MC has fought for its corner, and now overwhelmingly basks in the same golden glory as the DJ.