Toolroom Knights Mixed By Jaguar Skills

Toolroom Records has asked a true selector in Jaguar Skills to sort out their Toolroom Knights compilation, and trust us, he prepared a banger! He’s known for his weekly mixes on Trevor Nelson’s show, as well as regularly sorting out BBC Radio 1′s “In New DJs We Trust”, and personally, the DOA News Desk loves when he goes on one, and sorts out Christmas mixes and such. Jag has also been known as something of a fixture at their Toolroom Knights parties, so it just makes sense for him to bring his skills (pun intended) for this compilation, showcasing how easily he can jump from Hip-Hop to dubstep, from House to DnB, and all points in between. Not only does he drop two exclusives from his studio (alongside DJ@War), we’ve got some bangin’ originals and remixes featuring producers like Dillinja, Friction, Die & Interface, Fatboy Slim, Pendulum, TC, Adam F with Redman, Run DMT, Nuyorican Soul and plenty more. You’d think it’d sound like a trainwreck, but Jaguar Skills is a pure ninja, and sliced, diced and realigned these tracks with precision. Perfect soundtrack for a raucous summer!

Head over here to get hold of a copy.

Ink – Last Scroll LP

Ink is an enigma within the Drum & Bass scene. 20 years within the game, his name is on the shortlist of producers who have been representative of the Renegade Hardware sound throughout its inception. He’s not only a well-established producer and DJ, but he’s also had his hand at putting together albums on the A&R-side, as well as running his own imprints. Over the last few years, we’ve seen him help bring forth a number of talented producers, as well as evolve his own production style to really bring some intriguing tracks to the DnB scene as a whole. For all of his worth, it’s telling that Hardware has given Ink the honor of producing the first artist album that Hardware’s ever released! The Last Scroll is one of those projects that could not have been rushed – it’s the culmination of a life spent experiencing, and drawing from those experiences creatively. Featured producers include Perpetuum (whom we’d argue has helped pull out some of Ink’s finest work, as their Hard Soul LP showed us), BTK, FRISKe, Genotype, J Dub and others, including the one like Loxy (really, what would an Ink album on Hardware be without a feature from Loxy?)…

Ink The Last Scroll vinyl: HWARELP05, 2 x 12″ CD: HWARELP05CD, 2 x CD (20 tracks)

Tracklist:
CD1 – The Papyrus
01. Ink – Fear Not
02. Ink & BTK – 5 Elements
03. Ink & BTK – Dr. Umbougu
04. Ink & BTK – Reptile
05. Ink & BTK – Dreamworld
06. Ink & Friske – Informer
07. Ink & Gremlinz – Remorse
08. Ink & J Dub – Craze D Minor
09. Ink & Khanage – Modern Jungle
10. Ink, Loxy & Genotype – Yellow Eyed Demon

CD2 – The Palette
01. Ink ft. Colette Warren – Far Eye
02. Ink – Hidden Dreams
03. Ink – Sunshine
04. Ink & J Dub – Sight Beyond Sight
05. Ink – Planet Hunter 06. Ink – Dubaron Project
07. Ink & Perpetuum – Never Say Never
08. Ink & Perpetuum – So Addicted
09. Ink & Perpetuum – Speed 10. Ink & Perpetuum – World Turns

We Need You – Writers Wanted

So as you can see, the new site has been running for a few months now and we seem to of finally ironed out the bugs once and for all!

Now it’s time for the next stage, a new site is nice to look at but the real appeal is in what we offer on the station, apart from the excellent shows running 7 days a week, we want to offer something more for people to check in-between their favourite shows…

“For this, we need YOU!”

We are looking for people who want to contribute by writing articles for the site.You don’t need any coding experience, just the time to commit a few hours a week to write for us and a real passion for music, be it dnb, dubstep, hip hop or anything else relevant.

In exchange for your time we will offer you a place to air your thoughts and opinions without censorship.

If you are interested in writing a blog, news articles, reviewing the latest tracks, interviewing artists, video blogging, writing a column or would just like to get involved so you can delete posts on our forums please get in touch via the contact page here

FabricLive.58: Goldie

Who better to provide a stellar look into the Drum & Bass lexicon than Goldie, Metalheadz labelhead and just an all around ambassador for the sound. Always on the cutting edge, Goldie continues to not only do his thing as an artist, but really set an example of what a premier DnB label should be, helping talented artists murture their craft.

It just makes sense that fabric hits Goldie up for Fabriclive.58, and the tracklist we got sent today looks like a home run. He obviously features a grip of tunes from the Metalheadz camp from the likes of Jubei, Subwave, Need For Mirrors, Mutated Forms and Rido (with Adam F’s “Metropolis” thrown in), as well as bits from Fresh, Marcus Intalex, A-Sides, DJ Hazard, Basher, dBridge and plenty more. Great time capsule of the scene, seen through Goldie’s optics. Check it out…

Release date: 18 July 2011 (UK) | 23 August 2011 (US)

Tracklist:

01 Rido feat. Thomas Oliver – Twisted [Metalheadz]
02 Marcus Intalex feat. S.P.Y. – Celestial Navigation [Soul:r]
03 Lenzman – Lasers [Metalheadz]
04 Need For Mirrors – Lofar [Metalheadz]
05 Enei – One Chance VIP [Critical]
06 Subwave & Enei – The Mines [Metalheadz]
07 S.I.N. & Mutated Forms – Right Now [Spearhead]
08 Fresh – The Gatekeeper [Ram]
09 DJ Hazard – Proteus [Playaz]
10 Critical Impact – Translation [Metalheadz]
11 Adam F – Metropolis [Metalheadz]
12 Mutated Forms – Crowlin [Metalheadz]
13 Jubei – Patience VIP [Metalheadz]
14 Rido – Focus [Metalheadz]
15 Basher feat. Xtrah – Convulsions [Ram]
16 Mutated Forms – Doubts [Grid]
17 A Sides – One DJ [ClearSkyz]
18 Mark System feat. Youngman – Hold It [Digital Soundboy]
19 Icicle feat. Robert Owens – Redemption (Alix Perez Remix) [Shogun Audio]
20 Lenzman – Open Page (Subwave Remix) [Metalheadz]
21 dBridge – Cornered [Exit]
22 Jubei – Alignment (Boddika Remix) [Metalheadz]
23 Mikal – Higher Forces [Metalheadz]
24 Wickaman & RV – Ev’s Dead [Ram]
25 J Majik & Wickaman – Old Headz [Metalheadz]
26 Commix – Be True [Metalheadz]
27 Goldie – Timeless [FFRR]