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Skunk Rock - Tour Dates / Schedule Update
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The border crossing label keep up the pressure with "Kinetix / Changes" from Bassbin's Beta 2 (SRP10), "Fallen Star / Lightning and Thunder" - Red Army (SRP11), "Random Elements / Melo Step" - Alpha Omega (SRP12), Native Minds "Your Love / Just Do It" (SRP13).
The Skunk Rockers are also touring with the following dates in the schedule 11.01. Nijmegen (Netherlands) w/ A-Sides, 12.01. Ludwigshafen (Germany), 01.02. Thun (Switzerland), 02.02. Basel (Switzerland), 09.02. Dresden (Germany), 23.02. Berlin (Germany), 15.03. Adelaide (Australia), 16.03. Melbourne (Australia) tbc, 23.03. Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) tbc, 18.04. Los Angeles (USA), 19.04. San Francisco (USA), 20.04. Sacramento (USA), 26.04. Zuerich (Switzerland) tbc, 27.04. Thun (Swizterland) tbc 01.05. Chicago (USA), 18.05. Koblenz (Germany)
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Moving Shadow - Archaeon EP / Reissues
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Watch out for a hook up between Dom & Roland and the Usual Suspects Keaton for the "Archaeon EP", due in the New Year and featuring "Archeon / Twisted / Sand Gun / Voyage." Elsewhere at Shadow, watch for some reissued classic catalogue, watch out for "Hold It Down", "Def In The Family," and classic remixes of Foul Play Vol 3 and Cloud Nine's "You Got Me burning." Watch also for a series of remixes of classic Moving Shadow tracks is planned for autumn. Tracks receiving the treatment including "Lord Of The Null Lines" & "Bombscare" and "Helicopter," remixed by Rennie Pilgrim and Rob Playford.
E-Z Rollers album (the follow-up to Weekend World) will be released in early 2002. Watch also for an album from Technical Itch..
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Full Cycle: forthcoming 2002 releases
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The Full Cycle crew have lots going on this year. The long awaited ‘Snapshot’ remixes should be about now, with the much requested ‘Driver’ and ‘Hey DJ’ following just a couple of weeks later. You can also look forward to an album from D Product in the springtime as well as a possible Mix LP related to their Full Cycle monthly in hometown Bristol – speaking of which, this event has apparently been off the hook and we’ll be heading up their sometime soon! The label will also be widening it’s musical scope with the signing of a new downbeat artist who goes by the name of ‘Third Face’, expect to hear something soon. There were also be a new twelve from Surge, which is something to look forward to judging by his debut EP on the label last September. The first Full Cycle party at East London’s Fabric will be on March 8th and feature the whole crew plus guests in the main room, with a Full Cycle downbeat room in room 2 – should be a night to remember! Don’t forget to check the website featuring a new online shop enabling you to purchase music, clothing and other assorted trinkets direct from the label – www.full-cycle.co.uk; In the words of MC Dynamite ‘Waaatch tha mix!!!’.
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Streetbeats - Back To The Beats
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After six months of reorganisation, the Streetbeats team are back on course with SB22, confirmed as a three track EP from Z-No "Stitch / Lalo / Strength (Blue Remix)" due in the next few weeks. Watch for some stunning vocal material due soon, courtesy of Vanna who has joined the label following recent vocal excursions with Full Cycle's Surge.
Meanwhile, the Z-No side project the crew have scored the soundtrack to a short film by Robert Morgan entitled "The cat with hands" due to be screened on Channel Four later this year. Meanwhile z-no are currently finalising a remix album to zno(morph) which is titled zno(whore) to be released through z-no.co.uk in a couple of weeks. ZNo has already completed its first album and is already working on the second, along with the multimedia experience - Z-no(TV) - VN has seen a preview of this and it is VERY exciting. Blue and Raserblade have currently finished off a batch of no less than 15 new tracks all to be released over the current months. Theres an addition to the labels ever expanding clan of talented artists, Vanna an excellent and versatile female vocalist has recorded a few new bits for Streetbeats having just worked with Full Cycle.Expect some sublime vocal drum and bass over the next couple of months.
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Sidewinder/HelterSkelter Drum&Bass Awards 2001 Results
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SIDEWINDER & HELTER SKELTER
ACCELERATED CULTURE
DRUM ‘N BASS AWARDS 2001
‘THE PEOPLES CHOICE’
OFFICIAL RESULTS
DJ / Place / %
HYPE - 1ST (12%)
ANDY C - 2ND (9%)
NICKY BLACKMARKET - 3RD (7.5%)
MAMPI SWIFT - 4TH (7%)
BROCKIE - 5TH (6%)
MICKEY FINN - 6TH (5%)
BAD COMPANY - 7TH (5%)
RAY KEITH - 8TH (4.5%)
ZINC - 9TH (3.5%)
KENNY KEN - 10TH (3%)
The Top Ten DJ’s received 62.5% of the total votes, the remaining 37.5% were awarded to various other DJ's.
MC / PLACE / %
SKIBADEE - 1ST (15%)
SHABBA - 2ND (12%)
FEARLESS - 3RD (11%)
DETT - 4TH (10%)
IC3 - 5TH (5%)
MC MC - 6TH (4.5%)
The Top Six MC’s received 57.5% of the total votes, the remaining 42.5% were awarded to various other MC's.
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Reinforced - "What You Don't Know"
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Dev Pandya is back as Paradox at the R with his second album for the label nearing completion. Entitled "What You Don't Know," the album is scheduled with an April 2002 release date and currently features "Yellow As Hell / Chords + Discords / Serapion Brotherhood / A Funky Mule / Breeze And Soul / Syncopation / Sample Me.8 / Imaginative Revolution / Sample Me.9 / Watcher Watched / Sample Me.10 / Drumfunk / Challenge No Response / Sample Me.11".
Meanwhile, Dev's "The [Drum] Works 2 EP: Chords + Discords / Unnatural Causes / Odissea / Sample me.5 / Sample me.6 / Sample me.7" (RIVET 180) is expected in the New Year, to be followed by "A Funky Mule / You'll Never Learn" to promote the new LP (a first picture disc outside of the Enforcers).
As if that wasn't enough, the label continue to steam ahead with their second wave - Skunkrock producers Native Minds and Alley Cat have signed up to the R with "Can't Stop / Dream." Watch also for Tribalist "4Word Soul / Still Standing" (RIVET163), Genotype & Snypolite "Deadly Pursuit / Low Riderz" (RIVET166), Randall and Flex "Watertech EP / Journey Part 2 / Sniper / Eclipse" (RIVET172), Watch also for a new CD series which captures recent catalogue to an album in the form of "Urban Jungle Soundtracks" with the first mixed by Stretch.
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Cause 4 Concern - Forthcoming Releases
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The C4C crew have been killing it in 2001. With the likes of ‘Peepshow’ (Virus) and ‘Blindside’ bustin’ up dancefloors, plus deeper bits such as ‘White Widow’ (Subtitles) creating a different buzz altogether, C4C are certainly ones to watch in the 2002. ‘Vapour Space’ (Metro) and ‘Soul’ (on their own C4C imprint) should be in the shops real soon, but following this expect to see ‘Facelift’ (1210), Sarin (on True Playaz!) and ‘Timestopper’ (rearing it’s ugly head on the Industry LP) as well as releases on Underfire, Infrared plus Moving Shadow – in the form of a remix of one of the biggest D&B anthems of all time – The Helicopter Tune – as we say in de jungle – BO! (That doesn’t mean body odour by the way).
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Thermal - US label steps up
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Leading US label Thermal has signed the debut album from UFO. Entitled "The Future Is Listening" it features "Future Primative / 6th and Market / Esfirro / Enemy Infitration / Shut Up You Old Baster-ed / Science Fact / Wake Up Ed / Can't Turn Back Time / Are You Recording / Things Happen For A Reason / Airport / Release The Techno / Deckard 2021 / Joan Of Arc / Tinnitus / French Night Water / Don't Step On My Dog." Next up on the Oakland label "7th Avenue / Sifu and Canis Mix" - Polar/K (THEXX), Doighnut Shop / Welcome to The Future" UFO! (THE015), "Control / 2 Step Mix" - Abstract/Calibre (THE016)
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