TiD&B Features: Mixes

Those with a penchant for the more melodic sounds of drum and bass are sure to be in the know of Technicolour and Komatic’s productions.  Established as successful artists within their own right, when they come to collaborate, results from the studio always prove to be something special. From sourcing stunning vocals to creating full [...]

There’s nothing quite like that moment when your ears instinctively prick up and facial muscles contort battling between a bass face grimace and a beaming grin, in realisation that you’ve found a musical gem.  Even better, is when upon discovering more about said beatmaker(s), you realise you’re yet to be acquainted with their work – [...]

We last spoke with Hybrid Minds just under a year ago when Matt aka Sensa and Josh aka Haste’s collaborative project had just started bubbling, but with so much happening since then, including a string of top notch releases and a new addition to the crew, we felt a catch up was more than necessary! [...]

Regardless of whichever radio show or podcast you’ve relied on over the past twelve months  to satisfy needs for the more melodic and soulful styles of drum and bass, we’re pretty sure you would have come across the sounds of Broken Drum.  Responsible for gems including the heart-wrenchingly beautiful ‘Closure’, ‘Genesis’  and ‘Get The Girl’, [...]

Gideon Thomas caught up with Manchester-based duo, Dawn Raid for an introductory chat to find out more about their recent signing to DJ Vapour’s prestigious 36 Hertz Recordings, as well as what they’ve got planned in the follow up to their feel-good Summer hit ‘Breakdown’…   TiD&B: Can you introduce the members of the crew, [...]

It’s been several months since our last guest mix but now one of our favourite features is back and what better way to return but with a banger; we present TiD&B’s Summer Mix by Flaco! Being based in London, unfortunately the sun is never mentioned enough in our weather forecasts so we have had to [...]

Together, Shortcut, Conflict and Dan Xs are DBR UK, a name synonymous with championing the Drum and Bass scene in the Home Counties, UK for the past 15 years. Recognised for pushing forward deeper 170bpm flavours, the DJ trio have been doing so through a variety of mediums, including hosting primetime shows on pirate radio [...]

When asked to introduce himself and his work, Bjarni Rafn Kjartansson aka Muted begins “I have absolutely no musical background so the only thing I use is my imagination” -  a refreshingly honest but just as modest statement from the 22-year-old Drum & Bass producer from Iceland. After only making music for two years, he [...]

With only days to go until Vapour releases his highly anticipated debut album Legacy on Monday 21st February, we chatted with the 36 Hertz label boss, to find out more about the LP which he describes as ‘the end of an era’… TiD&B: You have achieved so much as an artist over the last 5 [...]

As an influential member of the D&B scene in New Zealand, pushing the genre forward not only as a DJ, but also as a promoter and as label boss of Samurai Music, we were very excited to catch up with DJ Presha.  He explained more about running his label, updated us on some of his favourite [...]