28/09/2001 - Renegade Recordings - Future Funk LP & Sampler info -
Watch for new releases for a new compilation entitled "Future Funk" which is set to include cuts from Accidental Heroes, Tronik 500, Future Cut, Total Science, Calibre, Ju Ju and Teebee. A 12" sampler precedes the LP with "Step To This / Avalance" from Tronik 100 and Xplorer & D Pulse
28/09/2001 - Ice Minus - Bristol crew launch new label -
Bart Icus and Decoder hook up with the first from this new label "Break The Ice / Angel" expected in November.
28/09/2001 - Hardleaders - Dillinja steps up -
Dillinja returns to leaders as Capone, with "Take It Down Low / Blue Lazer" (HL55) due in October.
28/09/2001 - Frontline - Outfit back / Ego Tripping Up -
Outfit return to Pascal's label with "Forever / Hot Love" (Front57) followed by Ego Trippin's "Cold Getting Dumb / Conflict 187" (FRONT058)
25/09/2001 - Hospital - High Contrast single / Calibre mixes Changes -
Next up on Hospital, "Make It Tonight / Mermaid Scar" from High Contrast (NHS37). Also at the label, Calibre has delivered a reworking of Danny Byrd + Somnaire's "Changes" using the full vocal.
25/09/2001 - Double Zero - New signing to Emotif subsidary -
The latest signing to DZ is Armour, with "Dexter's Groove / Isolated" (DZ08) due in December.
25/09/2001 - Ebony - Shake It finally in schedule
Watch out for Shy's "Calling You," which is set to follow "Shake It / T Power Mix" now assigned with a November release date (EBR23). The massive "Everything" is expected later in the year.
25/09/2001 - Virus - Universal Project -
Virus 09 is tentatively sketched as Matrix & Fierce and Cause 4 Concern with "Tear Away / Peep Show" (VRS09). Watch also for a rumoured Universal Project cut, entitled "Vessel"
25/09/2001 - Ram - Marcus mixes Evolution / Sparfunk -
Remixes abound at Ram, watch out for the Intallex take on "Evolution" and the hammered 2K1 Dillinja mix of "Truly One" and Shimon's Sparfunk.
25/09/2001 - Commercial Suicide - Juju signs up -
After a scout of the US, Klute has signed up Juju's "Zaid's Tune" for his own label. Watch also for Klute's "Psychosomatic / Galaxian" and "Unwind Yourself /Glue Snigger" and Daniel Savine with "In Control"
25/09/2001 - Chemical Warfare - Stud Next Up -
Next up Stud hooks up with Dopeski for "Heavy / One Out Of Many."
18/09/2001 - Soular - Marcus label update -
Man of the moment Marcus is finally set to launch his much talked about debut with "Play On Me / warp 1," due in the summer to be followed by Calibre's "Interphaze / Fire and water"
18/09/2001 - Sophonic - Mark XTC signs up -
After recent successes on Penny Black, Mark XTC hooks up with Neo for "Understand me / I’m 4 Real" due in November.
18/09/2001 - Science Fiction - Sonic and Silver laucnch label -
Up and coming producers Sonic and Silver (aka Accidental Heroes) step up with a new label, "Soul Food / Summer Of Love" opens, to be followed by material from Intalex and Files, Digital and Total Science.
18/09/2001 - Just Noyce - Emcee subsidary update -
Emcee subsidary Just Noyze steps with its debut very soon, "Remote / Gently Does it" - Frequency (JN01) to be followed by "Jazz Ting / Angel Eyes" - Cybin (JN02) and "Primary Colours / Angel Eyes Remix" from Mechanizm (JN03).
18/09/2001 - Penny Black - Coming Up -
Ray Kieth keeps them coming with something from the man himself "Assault EP: Sal's Theme / Breakage / Tactical Assault / Feeling" (PBLR25) to be followed by "M16 Rifle EP: Bring It Come / Signature / Sub Zero / Corruption" - Special Branch (PBLR26) and "Come On Ep: Phone Call / Its Alright / Jazztramental" - Mark XTC (PBLR27)
18/09/2001 - Emcee - New cuts from Mechanizm -
Watch for "Mystic / Amen" (EMCEE08) and "Rampage / Close My Eyes" (EMCEE08) both from Mechanizm in November.
18/09/2001 - Fuze - Vagrant Single / Beyond Voltage 3 Tracklisting -
Next up "Bomb Squad / Freefall" from Vagrant (FUZE30). Watch out for twelves from Skeptic and Elementz of Noise and the third in the Beyond Voltage compilation series which features the following tracklisting : The Accidental Heroes ‘Closer’, The Vagrant ‘Temperament’, Skeptic ‘Grip’, The Accidental Heroes ‘Motion’, Secret Technology ‘Hydrogen’, Skeptic ‘Diagram’, The Vagrant ‘Seven Bars remix’, Elementz of Noize ‘Awareness’, The Vagrant ‘Nebula’, Gammaray ‘Plasma’, The Vagrant ‘Singularity’, Elementz of Noize ‘Terminal’, Gammaray ‘Nematode’
18/09/2001 - Genetic Stress - Total Science up again -
Next up Total Science's Jason as Tropic with "Cause N Effect / Passion (GS24).
18/09/2001 - Talkin Loud - Les Fleur Intallex Mix / Creating Patterns -
Dollis Hill's finest, Mark Mac and Dego follow "Two Pages" with "Creating Patterns," the first single from which "Les Fleur / 9x9" is due in September - watch also for a Marcus Intallex mix of this single. The album itself contains "Conceptions / Time feat Ursula Rucker / Golden Solitude / TwoTheseme / Another Day feat Jill Scott / Hold It Down feat Lady Alma / Unique / Something Nothing / Ways Of Thought / Eight / Blank Cells / Twelve Tribes feat Mark Murphy / 2BS74638 / Les Fleur / The Day Of The Grays feat Terry Callier."
10/09/2001 - Dread - Sinister LP Tracklisting / Lemon D signs up -
Watch for two more albums for this year, including Danny C and Mike Pears debut full length "Mothership" under their Twisted Anger moniker and one from the Dark Soldier himself entitled "Sinister" which features the following tracklisting "Dark Solider SS Mix / Sinister / Dread Prophet / Power Cut / Dark Solider VIP / Can't Stop The Feeling / UFO / Hijack / No War / Dread Colony / Dread Jungle Techno / Dark Solider Twisted Anger Mix." Next up on the singles tip are "Dark Solider" remixes, coming from the likes of Lemon D, Ray Keith, SS and Twisted Anger (DREAD31LP) and "Old Time Religion / I Represent" from Covert Operation (Lemon D) (DREAD32).
10/09/2001 - 1210 - Album Tracklisting -
Watch out for a triple vinyl LP and double CD compilation (to be mixed by Ed Rush and Fierce) coming up on Fierce's label in November. Tracklisting as follows "Move VIP / Abyss Remix / Pipe Bomb / Time Switch / Rock Baby / Fever / Frogger / White Lightning / Shape Charge / Yes / Move Drum Kru Mix."
10/09/2001 - True Playaz - Total Science Sign Up / Playaz Style / Zinc LP -
Total Science make their debut on Playaz with "Zodiac / Basic" (TPR36) expected in October. Watch also for Hype's "Playaz Style EP: True Playz Sytle / Help Me / Once Again / Reflex." Zinc's (currently untitled) debut LP is in the pipe, with plates of a handful of tracks appearing in DJ sets, the album is expected in the Autumn
10/09/2001 - Charge - Mainframe LP -
Swift returns the "Feedback EP" (Charge 13) to be followed by "Sunrise/No Way Out" (Charge 14). Watch for an EP under his Blade moniker and the "Mainframe LP," in October. Tracklisting of the LP is confirmed as follows : "Future Mianframe / Blaxploitation / Longplay / Nighttrain / Defect / The Tone / Damage / Ultimate Sound / Tripped / Rock It."
10/09/2001 - Renegade Hardware - Aftermath Remixes -
Watch for an EP from Accidental Heroes (feat. Bushwacka) in addition to the "Aftermath Remixes: Rocksteady (4 Horseman Remix) / Ice Age (Digital and Spirit Remix) / Spasm (Future Cut Remix) Horns 2001 (Dylan Remix)" from Digital, Ink, Dylan, Future Cut.
10/09/2001 - Back 2 Basics - Dred Bass -
JB drops "Vizion / Hard Rain" under his Dred Bass Moniker (B2B68) in October
07/09/2001 - Bassbin - Latest update from Dublin -
Watch for "Taken Over / Middlemen" from Zero Tolerance in October (VDBB04). Dublin's premiere crew have releases four and five including tracks from Bassbin veteran Naphta and leftfield drum-freak, Polska. As Naphya at the label says..."the agenda is to put our material that reflects the wide diversities of possibility that are all too rarely explored in the music these days. Saying that, we still want to hear people mix our tunes, and to see people dance to them, so we don't intend to be oblique simply for the sake of it."
07/09/2001 - Frontline - Outfit back -
Outfit return to Pascal's label with "Forever / Hot Love" (Front57).
07/09/2001 - Cause 4 Concern - Eurotrash / Teebee mixes Luca -
"Soul / Eurotrash" is next up from the boys themselves (C4C06). Watch also for the third in the labels limited remix series, with "Relentless / Luca (Teebee Mix" (LTDC4C03) due in October
07/09/2001 - Slow Motion - Alpha Omega signs up -
The second waver's latest outing takes the form of "Platinum / Cherish" from Alpha Omega (SMR07).
04/09/2001 - Idioma - Matrix launches label -
After a while in the wings, Matrix is finally set with his own label - watch for "Fallen Remix / Bad Dreams" from Matrix to be followed by "Nightgasp / Patchwork / Therapy" from Cause 4 Concern
04/09/2001 - Universal Project - Back again -
Keatan and crew roll out the second for thier own imprint, "Haunted Dreams / Relentless" due in August.
04/09/2001 - 1210 - Album forthcoming -
Watch out for a triple vinyl LP and double CD compilation (to be mixed by Ed Rush and Fierce) coming up on Fierce's label.
04/09/2001 - Function - Quad 1 EP Tracklisting / Beta 2 -
Digital is the latest label manager to jump on Irish artists Beta 2, with "Soul Feeling / ETA" due on Function in October. Watch also for a double pack forthcoming on Digital's label, "Quad 1 EP: Hard Ears / Waterhouse Dub A Sides Mix / Conscious Mind / Deluxe" - A-Sides, Digital and Spirit.
04/09/2001 - Cause 4 Concern - Deep Blue signs up -
Deep Blue steps back out of the shadows, following his forthcoming 12" for Doc Scott's 31 Records with "Soul / Eurotrash" for C4C.
04/09/2001 - Shadow Law - New label from US (Update) -
A new label from Atlanta are preparing their 1st release with "chain reaction" by Rob F & Impulse flipped with "Macross" from Mayhem. Rob F & Impulse also have releases coming up on such luminaries as No U-Turn, Subtitles and Negative. SLR002 has been slated as Rob F & Impulse, "Panic".
01/09/2001 - Grooverider - Sony album / Radio 1 Tracklisting -
Grooveriders new album is slowly coming together, with some high profile engineers joining the don in the studio - watch out for "Skies," which is currently raising eyebrows on plate
01/09/2001 - Negative - Next up -
Next up, Rob F and Impulse with "Ultraviolet."
01/09/2001 - Urban Takeover - Asend Signs Up -
Derby's Technique crew touch down on Aphrodite's imprint with "Ruffkut / Apolcalypse" from Drumsound, Simon Smith and Future Tech. Watch also for Muffler "Downfall / Nutcracker" and "Last Straw /Bleak" and "When the Morning Comes" from L Double & Micky Finn due to in September. Asend's "Hardened Soul" is currently floating on test press (URBT28)
01/09/2001 - Droppin Science - Use Of Weapons 12" / Danny Breaks album -
Watch for a swathe of new activity on Danny Breaks imprint, Mark Pritchard is first up with the brilliant "Vicious Enemy / Switchblade." Also expect a reissue of the much sought after "Volumes" back catalogue and the first taste of Danny's own "Vibrations LP," a single release of "Revenge of the big bossa." "Vibrations" itself is finished and set tentatively for an October release as follows : "Intro / astral vibe / return of the space maidens / the big bossa / invasion / beat biter / hypnotique / vibrations / the lost souls / revenge of the big bossa / voyage / outro."
01/09/2001 - Covert Operations - ASC signs up -
The site for the atmospheric label from up and coming producers ASC, Cedar and Dimensions is now live, the first single is slated to be "Serenity / Ethereal Images" from ASC.
