Food Music welcomes A1 Bassline to the label to release his first LP - Technicality. The album’s title draws from the club night “Technicality”, a monthly Drum & Bass night at Herbal in East London, which is run by Chris Inperspective and continued the sound of early Reinforced and Metalheadz records as well as pushing new forward thinking music. The album is centred around growing up as a teenager discovering this jungle/drumfunk sound through his college friend Rahim (Lab Creation), where the likes on Fold, Ben UFO, Breakage would attend the club. In addition to well received records on DirtyBird, Pets Recordings and his collaborative work with Leon Vynehall as Laszlo Dancehall, the album is a stamp on A1’s sound and his influences from his teenage years to growing up and discovering House and Techno. More

A1 Bassline is fast becoming a prominent name on underground house and techno circuits; one of the UK's new breed of experimental producers who defies any definitive classification.The Brightonian's hybrid house sound has popped up on reputable imprints as diverse as Pets Recordings, DirtyBird and George Fitzgerald's Man Make Music and has given rise to collaborations with the likes of Leon Vynehall and Bobby Champs. But releases on his own label, Source Unknown, a platform upon which he showcases his more techno orientated output, is what captured the attention of the ears behind FINA White. Indeed 'Bad Timing EP' is as strikingly clear indication of the distinctive direction FINA Records' offshoot label is intent on taking. The release opens with Bad Timing, a straight up techno banger whose menacingly melodic low-end tones, relentless thump and rolling toms are the driving force behind its robust and looming groove. A1's layering of long drawn out synths, industrial drums, heavily reverberated claps and shakers are offset by intermittent tribal calls and deep rasping atmospherics; an organic fusion of sounds which give a sinister edge to what is a gritty, energized stomper. Next up is 'Without Time', a similarly complex percussive cut - but with its jungle inspired Arabic horns, trancey synth-lead breakdowns and acid squelches, this time there's a distinctive nod to Bassline's old skool rave sensibility. Yet as the title suggests, the track isn't confined to one era. It's a timeless hybrid. The descant melodic and ethereal synths and cut up vocals give the track it's unmistakable soul and groove, whilst the overriding stuttered mechanical drum and hard hitting bass line make it just as much a techno banger as the lead track. Wrapping up Fina White's debut release is Nail's classy take on 'Without It' - a more direct 4/4 reworking of the original. The more prominent horns and the introduction of softer snares and bells compliment the decidedly warmer bass and serve to underline Nail's penchant for classic underground house.
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London based producer Alex Around has been a mover n’shaker on the scene for sometime now and looks set to further his upward trajectory with this meaty 3 tracker on Geddes’ nofitstate label.. ‘Diffuser’ is a subtle groove with a blissed out touch whilst ‘Homespun Wisdom’ opts for a deeper tripped out route. Djebali provides the remix of ‘Diffuser’ on the flip, toughening up the drums to lend the track a houser edge.
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Dan Beaumont makes his debut on NFS with a solid double helping of deliciously deep beats, ‘Bath House’ already making a splash as it prime position on Matt Tolfrey’s newly released ‘Fabric 81’ mix CD. Hot Swedish duo Mr Tophat and Art Alfie’ also provide a remix in their inimitable style.
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Label head Geddes’ releases his first full ep on nofitstate with Suzie Boo’s dark room presence headlining proceedings, German collective ‘Snuff Crew’ step up on remix duties, injecting a grimier sensibility on their take whilst flip sides Baby continues the darker theme, this time with an acidic tinge which Alexkid locks onto in his remix which rounds off the release, making the 303 the theme of the track with Josh Caffe’s vocal refrain adding a hypnotic bent.
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nofitstate chalk up their 3rd release with the much talked about Swedish duo Mr. Tophat and Art Alfie providing ‘Vretis’, an elongated groove fit to bursting with tension thanks to its extended filtered intro. ‘Locked Groove’ provides the remix on the flip, opting for a more blissfully melodic approach for those early morning sessions whilst ’Takelant’ rounds things off in fine style with a low down and dirty slice of machine-phunk.
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Release no.2 on nofitstate sees Matthew Styles taking over the reigns; the 'Signals EP' is a varied beast as you'd expect from one of the most distinguished and versatile producers of the last couple of years. 'Signals' kicks things off, a beautifully effortless flowing groove with on-point percussion and subtle elements that keep things moving perfectly. 'Lucky' keeps the vibe nice and deep, a razor sharp snare imbuing the track with a sense of energy whilst 'Codex' leans toward melody with it's pitch perfect arpeggiated motif dominating proceedings. 'Gesopik Console' rounds the EP off nicely with a nod to nu-disco energy.
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