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Albums
Federico Albanese
Autistici & Justin Varis
Matt Bartram
Vitaly Beskrovny
Patrick Castillo
Matt Davignon
Ecovillage
Forrest Fang
Alejandro Franov
Karen Gottlieb
Mark Harris
Jason Kao Hwang
Irezumi
C Joynes / Nick Davis
GX Jupitter-Larsen
Keenya
Lowe & Kalma
Lorenzo Masotto
Kazuya Matsumoto
Martin McCain
Ocoeur
Paranoid Winter
Qluster
Michael Robinson
Sumrrá
Erika Tazawa
Vittoria Fleet
Daniel Wohl
Yorkston/Thorne/Khan

Compilations / Mixes / Remixes / Reissues
20 Years Henry St. Music
DJ.Food
Future Disco Vol 9
Moodymann

EPs / Cassettes / Mini-Albums / Singles
30drop
Alter Echo & E3
Amulets
Gordon Beeferman
CFCF
Gunshae
Tevo Howard
Lenzman
Limo
Qasim Naqvi
North Atlantic Drift
Policy
Nils Quak
Andy Skopes / Denial
Svarog

Andy Skopes / DBR UK / Denial: Missions (ft. Blackeye) / Poison Light
Dispatch Ltd

With this early-2016 single, Dispatch Ltd serves notice that the year should be a powerful one for the UK-based drum'n'bass label. Belters both, the release features two Denial collaborations, the first with Andy Skopes and the second DBR UK. Blackeye also gets into the action on the Skopes-Denial throwdown “Missions,” which locks into its steamrolling groove from the drop. There's a strong undertow to the tune, coarsened as it is by gnarly grime, a blacker-than-black bass throb, and the near-subliminal vocal elements Blackeye weaves into its lethal weaponry.

“Poison Light” by comparison opts for a light-speed, scalpel-sharp pulse that's equally rich in low-end dynamism and dystopic atmosphere. High-pitched bleeps and supplicating voices punctuate the mayhem at the same time as a monstrous bass figure writhes in the throes of seeming agony. Denial and DBR UK pack a heady amount of imaginative detail and texture into the cut's five-minute framework, making for a wild and dizzying ride.

February 2016