Drum & Bass

Forest Drive West is back on beloved jungle outlet Rupture LDN this month with his storming new EP 'Set Free'.

After delivering one of underground d&b’s most-played tracks — ‘Jungle Crack’ — for the label run by Mantra and Double O at the tail-end of 2016, FDW returns from his forays on Livity Sound and the like with five killer cuts.

A tense steppa from the off, the title track is becomes increasingly erractic as it goes on, introducing waves of shuffling percussion and blistering breaks, all underpinned by a continuous, morbid low-end growl.

Pendulum, RAM Records boss Andy C and Dutch trio Noisia are set to headline the 2018 edition of Let It Roll festival, taking place in Czech Republic from 2nd to 4th August.

The gargantuan event is the world's biggest drum & bass festival, and this year brings 330 of the genre's best and brightest to its home at the Milovice Airfield near Prague.

Pendulum have teased the third track from their forthcoming remix album, ‘The Reworks’. 

For the latest track, Bristol-based house duo Icarus has remixed ‘Tarantula’, a dub-infused drum & bass track with loads of dubstep elements originally featured on Pendulum’s 2005 debut studio album ‘Hold Your Colour’. While the teaser clip is only a few seconds long, you can hear glimpses of Icarus’ airy house tones. 

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Lynch Kingsley returns to Inperspective Records this week with eight minutes of freewheeling jungle titled 'Void'.

The Rome producer has become a sought-after signing of late, with drops on Flexout Audio, Beat Machine and Med School.

Following his 2016 'Eden' EP for the label's digital offshoot, INP, his latest effort is the flip to two tracks from another Inperspective favourite, Profane.

Hurtling from precision drumwork to ambient dreamworld as eclectic instrumental samples and vocal snippets whizz by, 'Void' is as mysterious and sci-fi and its name suggests.

Mauoq marks the 10th release on his eponymous label with a full reworking of his 2015 EP 'Fabricate', including this jungle sizzler from Dexta.

Titled 'Refabricate' (see what he did there?), the release collects eerie, dubbed-out remixes from Dispatch man Arkaik, Ukrainian I Wannabe and Best Of British nominees Conduct.

But it's Diffrent Music boss Dexta's version of the original title-track that has us all hot under the collar.

Loaded with bass pressure to the point of eruption, his remix finally drops its payload in the form of a high impact junglist switch-up.

deadmau5, Skrillex, Chase & Status and more artists are set to be featured on the upcoming ‘FABRICLIVE 98’ mix compilation from drum & bass artist Dimension, scheduled for release 25th May. Ahead of the release, Fabric will host a special launch party 11th May featuring Dimension, Metrik, TC, Turno, 1991, Kove and special guest Friction, with a second room hosted by Hospital Records offshoot imprint, Med School.

‘FABRICLIVE 98’ (exclusives in bold)
Out 25th May