Completing a quick fire trio of new EPs, Constant Sound hits release number six with a pair of new tracks from VRSION that come with a dance floor friendly remix from Persuader. VRSION is a German producer who has already made a big impact with his release on Craig Richards' excellent The Nothing Special label. Following up that in fine style is the opener here, 'Torn', which is a hurried and urgent track that sits on the divide between house and techno. It is driven and slick, rubbery and hypnotic but has plenty of nuance and funk in its well programmed drums. Some occult sounds and wordless vocals embellished the whole thing and it really is the sort of track that blows dance floors apart and will stand out in any set. 'Capricorn Meet Leo' then toys with kinked drum patterns, rattling percussion and fathom deep bass that sucks you right into VRSION's world. It's a restless place where harmonies ride up and down the scale, cause claps come at you from odd angles and dark vocals add a sense of paranoia. Remixing this one is Persuader, who does so with a stripped back sense of restrain. he retains the original's weirdness, but layers in serene pads and tripped out atmospherics that really make it ripe for playing at 4am. This is the most adventurous release yet for Constant Sound, and is sure to prove one of its bets as a result. More

Tracklisting:
A1 Calibre - Trimming
B1 Calibre - Getter Go

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- 2022 repress - More

Tracklisting:
A1 Trevino - Backtracking
B1 Trevino - Backtracking (Schatrax remix)

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- 2022 repress -

Trevino & Schatrax on TNS! More

full colour sleeve / 180 grams

Tracklisting:
A1 Mathew Jonson - Diamond Eyes
B1 Freedom Engine - Rain in Kyoto

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Mathew Jonson on The Nothing Special! More

Tracklisting:
A1 Calibre - Double Bend
B1 Calibre - Hostage
B2 Calibre - Savoury Skank
C1 Calibre - Grinch
D1 Calibre - Turtle Duv
D2 Calibre - Going to Ground
E1 Calibre - Frinzingly
F1 Calibre - Rare Groove
F2 Calibre - Im Ent

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Calibre's new album - Double Bend. Nine tracks pressed over three pieces of 180 gram vinyl with artwork by Craig Richards.
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Tracklisting:
A1 Josh Brent feat. Tempo O’Neil - Then Again
A2 Josh Brent - Underground Renegades
B1 Josh Brent - Dicargo
B2 Josh Brent - Ruff Wi Da Smooth

Sales Note:
- 2022 repress -

Next up is Josh Brent - revered throughout the globe for releases on his own Schatrax label, Josh has been releasing records since 1994 and has built a back catalogue of exceptional consistency. Stepping aside from his habitual sound Josh turns in 'Then Again', a 4-track collection of tumbling Breaks and Garage shuffles that have been tried and tested on Fabric's system. As usual, the artwork is by Craig Richards. More

New Calibre 4 track EP on Craig Richards’ The Nothing Special Label, that plays with Breakbeat Garage, House and Dubstep.. More

Jonny Rock a familiar face on the London house and disco scenes is recognized by many for working behind the counter at Phonica Records & Blackmarket Records during the 00’s and as the dude for playing the guitar in ‘Freaks’ project. Rock skillfully joins the dots between the old school house, underground disco and boogie vibes in a party setting. More

Somewhere between extraterrestrial techno and intergalactic disco lies Oli Silva. A waveform of multi-dimensional energy filled with analog heart and electric soul.
His first outing finds him land his spaceship directly on Craig Richards' The Nothing Special, with the genre bending Unlikely Punctuality EP. More

Craig Richards' 2013 track 'Sleeping Rough' is finally repressed alongside two new mixes on the flip side B1: 'Trying To Sleep' remix and B2: 'Trying Not To Sleep' remix. More

'Sometimes life can kick you in the nads,' says Dominick Martin (aka Calibre). 'When life does do that, I need to make music like this. With its tones of hope and gospel-level layers of self-recorded vocals. Raw, uplifting, soulfull... Even to the most ardent of Calibre follower, ' Grow' sounds like nothing else he's done before. Yet it's not actually on the album it gave a name to. Partly because its ultimately positive veneer (even though it was written in the midst of two toxic relationships - one personal, one with the bottle) doesn't quite complement the deeper, more contemplative aesthetic of the album. But also because this is the start of a whole new story for Calibre... 'A part of Dominick is a poet and a part of him is a man who's lived through Northern Ireland at its worst,' observes Craig Richards . 'There's a gentleness and a tension to him and his past and his experiences. Somewhere in that middle ground is his music.'

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Despite building their careers out of strikingly different musical places, both dBridge and Radioactive Man have taken influence from the field in which each other operate. dBridge (Darren White) was part of the iconic drum & bass outfit Bad Company and he helms one of the scene's most solid and quality imprints in Exit Records and Radioactive Man (Keith Tenniswood) was born from the acid house scene and the off kilter electronics of his Two Lone Swordsman projects (alongside Andrew Weatherall) which led him to create his decidedly UK take on Drexciyan electro. It's by no means a stretch to learn that both producers have crates that contain their favourites from each genre but they've also found a mutual respect and connection in the studio over the last few years, leading to the dBRm moniker for Craig Richards' The Nothing Special label. More

At the 2014 SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, BACARDI turned the movements of 100,000 wild bats into an exclusive music track. Using bespoke motion tracking technology, the team used the swarming of the bats to trigger unique beats and mix the track's tone and tempo as they flew. This limited Vinyl pressing of 200 copies features three Craig Richards remix's of that track. More

Chewed up and spat out the other side of the UK’s Acid House scene, Neville Watson was bitten hard by the house music bug and has not looked back since. His brand of deep, raw and jacking house has been released on labels like Clone, Dissident, Rush Hour and Creme Organisation. Neville says 'I kind of like music that sounds like it’s all about to start falling apart at any given moment. There’s plenty of clean music that I do like but as a rule I like it rough' More

Music by Dominick Martin, Drawings by Craig Richards. Limited to 300 Vinyl pressing. DJ support from: DJ Zinc, T++, Mistajam,
Skream, Jamie Hypercolor, Soulclap, A Sagittariun, Flight, Spectrasoul, Klaus Fiehe Om Unit, DJ Marky, Joszif. More

After the success of The Nothing special events a label of the same name begins. The events so far have been held at Fabric of course and New York. The concept is simply that Craig plays all night around live acts. Previous guests have been Pole, Deadbeat, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Emperor Machine, Convextion, Dopplereffekt. 2652, Shackleton and Conforce.....The depth of Craig's musical knowledge as a DJ provides a sense of structure to the parties. The Nothing Special in weekly radio show format commences imminently. First release is by Radionasty - The combined force of Billy Nasty and Keith Tenniswood.
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