Critical Podcast Vol.36 - Hosted by KLAX

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Brighton producers and all round good mates KLAX play hosts to this month’s Critical podcast with a wide selection of tunes to showcase. They introduce their release on Critical : Binary Vol.02 [Out Now] and also drop a wave of fresh new dubs currently hitting the D&B scene. Dont forget to check out their truly triumphant mega mini mix half way through this podcast, it will bring back many memories for any longstanding drum & bass veteran. Download and settle in with KLAX for the next hour. Keep it Critical!

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Critical Sound | Rinse FM | Kasra & Foreign Concept | 03.04.2014

Critical Sound | Rinse FM | Kasra & Foreign Concept | 03.04.2014 by Critical Music

Back again at the Rinse studio - two hours of Critical Sound with Kasra & Foreign Concept.

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Ivy Lab // Critical Music // Rinse FM // 5th March 2014

Critical Podcast Vol.32 - Hosted by Emperor

The man from Halifax kicks off the new season of Critical Music podcasts with a heavy hitting episode. Rolling out with a whole bounty of weighty anthems that are fresh on the D&B scene right now, accompanied with a few dubs of his own. Make yourself comfortable and settle in for an hour with Emperor!

Track List:

1. Ed:it – I Would (SGN:LTD)
2. Rregular & Dementia ft. Disphonia – Doom Loop (Mefjus Remix) (Citrus dub)
3. Lynx – Shimmy (RAM)
4. Sabre, Stray & Halogenix – Askari (Invisible)
5. Emperor – Control (Critical)
6. Phace – Electronic Fronteir (Neosignal)
7. Kasra & Enei – Breath (Critical)
8. Stealth – Chimera (Critical)
9. Spor – Supernova (Lifted Music)
10. Dub Phizix – The Clock Ticks (Critical)
11. Emperor – Precursor (Mefjus Remix) (Critical)
12. Emperor – Foxholes (dub)
13. LAXX – The Unknown (Emperor Remix)
14. Mefjus & Insideinfo – Repentance (Critical)
15. Alix Perez – The Observer (Invisible)
16. Moody Good – Grumbles N Sparkles (dub)
17. Kryptic Minds – Badman VIP (Osiris Music)
18. Sabre – Cashmere For Christmas (Critical)
19. Vanilla – Indigo Pulse
20. Vanilla – Proxy
21. Noisia – Shitbox (Mau5trap)
22. Break – Day One (Quarantine)
23. Emperor – Hold Up (dub)
24. Emperor – Phamel Cat (Free Download)&rt;&rt; Emperor - Phamel Cat by - Emperor

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Episode 68: Subvert Sessions Podcast | 170BPM [January 2014]

From deep ambient soundscapes to Amen tear outs, Episode 68 zigzags through the rough with the smooth structures of drum and bass to hallucinatory effect.

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Track list:

01. HijaQ - Galactic Sequences [Something Deep]
02. ASC - You And Me [Auxiliary]
03. HijaQ - Pixel Universe [Something Deep]
04. ASC - Oracle [Samurai Red Seal]
05. Synkro - In My Arms (feat. Manos) [Apollo]
06. DFRNT - Dark Blue [Cut]
07. Stray - Everytime [Critical]
08. Enei - Thinline (Blocks and Escher 97 Mix) [Critical]
09. Diphasic - Permanent [Phyla]
10. Safire - The Power Of Thought [Dispatch]
11. Hybris, Quadrant D and Iris - Graphene [Dispatch]
12. Dub Phizix - The Clock Ticks [Critical]
13. Lung - Curiosity Cove [Med School]
14. Kid Drama - Grind (feat. Om Unit) [Exit]
15. M Zine, Scepticz and Phase - Sustain [31]
16. Sonic - Headtop [Nemesis]
17. Zul - Annie Hall (edit) [Take Off]
18. Synkro - Acceptance [Apollo]
19. Bonobo - Sapphire [Ninja Tunes]
20. Phaeleh - Storm (feat. Jess Mills) [Afterglo]
21. Borealis - You Were Away (Bulb Remix) [Origami Sound]

Time: 54:58
Recorded: Jan 30 2014
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Release date: Jan 31, 2014

Critical Sound | Rinse FM | Kasra | 05.02.14

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Ivycast/002

As another year draws to a close, Ivy Lab do the honours of wrapping things up with another one of those special Ivy Casts. This Christmas episode is packed full of surprises. Seriously weighty hip-hop, some debut Ivy Lab releases and some road testing of a whole bunch of special unreleased material. Not forgetting showcasing some more previews of Critical Music presents Underground Sonics for good measure.

Track List:

(00:00:42) Gravediggaz – ‘Defective Trip’ [Gee Street]
(00:03:02) Buckshot Le Fonque – Some Shit At 78 BPM [Columbia]
(00:03:50) Funk Doobiest – ‘The Funkiest’ [Epic]
(00:05:06) Shaquielle O’Neil – ‘No Hooks Ft. RZA & Method Man’ [Jive]
(00:07:29) Mykki Blanko – ‘Join My Militia’ [UNO NYC]
(00:10:26) Beautiful Lou – ‘Running Through The Jungle ft. Heemes’ [Free Download]
(00:12:03) Al Ripkin Jr. – ‘Slap Haps’ [White]
(00:13:08) Mr Carmack – ‘Birth Control’ [Jeffrey's]
(00:14:54) Great Dane – ‘Dreat Gane’ [Free Download]

(00:16:27) Beats and Ideas from the Lab (Unreleased Material)

(00:30:52) Mutated Forms – ‘Reach You In Your Sleep’ [Blu Mar Ten Music]
(00:32:01) Sam Binga ft. Redders – ‘Lefdem’ [Critical]
(00:33:52) Alix Perez – ‘Gully Halves’ [White]
(00:35:23) Nick Modern & Crime – ‘Logic Bomb’ [Adapt]
(00:37:18) Innervisions – ‘Static Link’ [Reinforced]
(00:39:55) Boymerang – ‘Mind Control’ [Regal]
(00:42:08) Ed Rush – ‘Subway’ [Prototype]
(00:44:15) Photek – ‘The 3rd Sequence’ [Astralwerks]
(00:46:21) Vertigo – ‘The Drained’ [Droppin' Science]

(00:48:43) DLR – Sleep Talk [Shogun]
(00:51:20) Dub Phizix – The Clock Ticks [Critical]
(00:53:10) Noisia & The Upbeats – Little Fling [Critical]
(00:54:46) Lenzman & FD – Joanie’s Theme [Metalheadz]
(00:56:29) Ivy Lab – Baby Grey [Critical]
(00:59:27) Level 2 – Expressions [Liquid V]
(01:00:43) Ivy Lab – Live On Your Smile [Critical]
(01:03:39) Forren – One & Only [White]
(01:05:26) Halogenix – Shores [White]
(01:08:23) NFM – Ambush [Chronic]

(01:10:17) Photek – Presha XIII [Photek Productions]
(01:12:03) Icicle – Dumbstep [Shogun Audio]
(01:14:52) Mefjus & Inside Info – Repentance [Critical]
(01:16:29) Emperor – Foxholes [White]
(01:18:09) DLR & Break – We’ll See [Dispatch]
(01:19:25) Black Sun Empire – Breach (The Upbeats Remix) [Blackout Music]
(01:20:09) Ivy Lab & Emperor– Pepper [Critical]
(01:22:10) The Upbeats – The Proof [White]
(01:24:00) Halogenix – Voids [White]

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Critical Music Podcast Vol.31 - Hosted by Mefjus

After his last podcast reached number 1 in the iTunes podcasting charts, Mefjus is back with another episode set to smash that record once again.
Showcasing some of the world's most future thinking producers from the likes of Fourward, Inside Info, Maztek, Phace, Noisia, Prolix & Gridlok.
Mefjus doesn't hold back either, with some sneak peaks of Critical's secret album project that is due out over the next few months and showcasing his upcoming 'Contemporary EP'. Keep your ears peeled for those! Enjoy!

Track List:

01 - Gang Starr - Above the Clouds [Noo Trybe]
02 - Rido - They think that [Metalheadz]
03 - Fourward - Guilty Pleasures [SGN:LTD]
04 - Foreign Concept ft. MC DRS [Critical Music]
05 - Mefjus & InsideInfo - Repentance [Critical Music]
06 - InsideInfo - Up to you [Viper DUB]
07 - Emperor - Control [Critical DUB]
08 - Camo & Krooked - Ruhepuls [Hospital]
09 - dBridge & Vegas - True Romance [Metalheadz]
10 - Phace - The Setup [Critical Music]
11 - Billain - Red Surface [DUB]
12 - Maztek - iMaz [Hardware DUB]
13 - Acray - Untitled Hybrid Tune [Authentic Music DUB]
14 - Phace - Vitreous [Neosignal]
15 - Mefjus - Dissuade [Critical Music]
16 - Friction & K-Tee - Jupiter (Mefjus RMX) [Shogun Audio]
17 - Mefjus - Mob Rule [Critical Music]
18 - Rockwell - Childhood Memories (Neosignal RMX) [Shogun Audio]
19 - Mefjus & InsideInfo - Mythos VIP [DUB]
20 - Mefjus & Icicle - Contemporary [Critical Music]
21 - BSE & Jade - Deadhouse (Mefjus & InsideInfo RMX) [Blackout DUB]
22 - Gridlok & Prolix - Membrane [RAM]
23 - Phace - Electronic Frontier [Neosignal]
24 - Detail - Time Stretch [DUB]
25 - Mefjus - Leakproof [Critical Music]
26 - Noisia & Evol Intent - The Liquid [Vision]
27 - BSE - Brainfreeze (Neonlight RMX) [Blackout DUB]
28 - Neosignal - Sequenz (Mefjus RMX) [Division]

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IVY LAB / IvyCast 001

Critical Music & Ivy Lab present to you the first installment of the Ivy Cast 001 90 mins of ‘beats a plenty’ varying from Hip-Hop to drum & bass.

Track list:

//Hiphop

Riff Raff - Bird On A Wire (Instrumental)
Flatbush Zombies - S.C.O.S.A
Schoolboy Q - Sexting
Ab Soul - Control System
The Underachievers - Herb Shuttles
Lunice - Juice
FootwoRk - Break yo Back
Boeboe - Low Key (G Jones Remix)
Great Dane - Oh
Crime Mob - Rock Yo Hips (DJ Wonder Remix)
Al Ripken Jr - Everything i Got Now
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Riggle Beats - City Life
Lapti - Leaving Home
SelfSays - Charlie Kaufman
Eric Lau - Love Again
Ge-ology - Diurnal Insomnia

//Drum & Bass

Stray - L.A. Zoom
Stray & Halogenix - Poison (Fracture's Astrophonica Remix)
Charli XCX - You're The One (Dub Phizix Remix)
Enei - Machines VIP
Digital & Spirit - Phantom Force (Fracture's Astrophonica Remix)
Break - So True VIP
Mark System - Optix
Cause4Concern - Low Life
Konichi - Helense Subtle VIP
Locust Lung & Bringa - Hyperfunctional
Mefjus & Kasra - Cypher
Cern - Hollow Moon
Nickbee - Flow Away
Zero T ft. Riya - Truth Hurts
Bungle - Astral Travel
Ivy Lab - Oblique (Ft. Frank Carter III)
Fade - Look Deeper
Forren ft. Sam Wills - This Time
Judda - Pressure Plate VIP
Lenzman - Broken Dreams (Makoto Remix)
Ivy Lab & Hydro - Make It Clear (Ft. Frank Carter III & Lucy Annika)
Enei - Running (Foreign Concept Remix)
Ivy Lab - After Thought (Ft. Frank Carter III)
Goldie - Single Petal Of A Rose

Critical Sound | Emperor Promo Mix

Emperor - Critical NYE Promo Mix

Resident Advisor - Critical Recordings Mix

One of the few drum & bass labels that credibly toes the line between underground and overground, Kasra's London imprint Critical is one of the reasons that the genre is so vital at the moment. Read the rest of the feature HERE.

Download: RA Label of the Month 1105 Mix: Critical Recordings (right click + save target as)

Track list:

Synkro - Dwelling (Critical)
Rockwell - Rain (Unreleased)
Rockwell - Underpass (Alix Perez VIP) (Critical)
Dub Phizix & Skeptical - Four (Critical)
Sabre, Stray & Haolgenix - Untitled (Unreleased)
Vicious Circle & Jubei - Deliberate (Critical)
Foreign Concept - Mob Justice (Critical)
Jubei - Untitled (Unreleased)
Dub Phizix - Break It (Critical)
Enei - Stonehead (Critical)
Foreign Concept & Bringa - Cemetary (Shogun)
D Bridge, Fierce , Break & Nico - Galleon (Quarantine)
June Miller - Snapcase (Critical)
Enei & Riya - No Fear (Critical)
S.P.Y. & Kasra - Surface (Critical)
Marcus Intalex - Hot Hands (Soul:r)
Basher - Transmission (RAM)
Spectrasoul - Organiser (Critical)
J Majik & Wickaman - Old Headz (Metalheadz)

Paradox - Critical Podcast Vol. 16

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Track list:

01. Seba & Paradox feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw - The Light (Critical Music)
02: Paradox - Legacy (Paradox Music - taken from the forthcoming Ramifications LP)
03. Seba & Paradox - As If (Critical Music)
04: Paradox - Black 69 Version (Paradox Music - exclusive to the Ramifications LP sampler)

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ROCKWELL - CRITICAL PODCAST #15

Rockwell's Aria EP is now in all good record shops, and to celebrate the man himself has put together a special podcast. This time round it's a heady mix of his favourite tracks, a selection of influences.

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Critical Sound of Drum & Bass Mini Mix

On January 10th Critical releases a brand new compilation. 19 tracks of the best of underground drum and bass featuring 10 unreleased gems. The album features Breakage, Break, Spectrasoul, Rockwell, Enei, Calibre and many more. In the meantime, check out this cracking mini-mix. More details at www.criticalmusic.com.

Critical Sound of Drum & Bass Mini Mix by Critical Music

S.P.Y - CRITICAL PODCAST #14

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Track list:

Break feat Nico - Salvage
Spectrasoul - I was 10
Die & Break - Slow Down
Ulterior Morive - Frozen Sky
Skeptical - Cold One (Jubei Remix)
East Colors, Noel & Enei - Cracker
SPY - ASBO
SPY & Marcus Intalex - Paulista Dub
SPY & Kasra - Surface
SPY - Wall of Mirrors
Keynote - Cyborg
Krakota - Be Myself
Data - Compassion
SPY & Marcus Intalex - Celestial Navigation
Apollo Two - Return To Atlantis (Marky & SPY Remix)
Zero 7 - In the Waiting Line (Remix)
SPY - Favela (VIP)
Survival - Sky (Break Remix)
SPY - StormTrooper

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NYMFO - CRITICAL PODCAST #14

Track list:

01. BTK - Things I Do (Spectrasoul Remix) - Demand
02. Commix & Icicle - Ultra Clean - Dub
03. Nymfo - Conscious Minds - Dub
04. Siren - Broken Silence - Siren
05. Friction & K.Tee - Set It Off (Icicle Remix) - Shogun
06. Nu:Tone & Logistics - Relentless - Hospital
07. Spirit - Three in One (Need For Mirrors Remix) - Inneractive
08. Enei - Slow Motion - CIA
09. Jonny L - Approaching - Piranha
10. A-Sides - Another Earth - Dub
11. Amoss - Footloose - Dub
12. Octane, DLR & Ant TC1 - The Jazz Club - Dispatch
13. Lenzman - Take It Back - Shogun LTD
14. Survival - Sky (Break Remix) - Dispatch
15. Enei, Eastcolours & Noel - Cracker - Critical
16. Total Science & SPY - Stay - Dub
17. Black Sun Empire - Transmission - BSE
18. Ulterior Motive & FD - All That We Are - Metalheadz
19. Nymfo - Recollection - Dispatch
20. Calibre - No Reply - Signature
21. Nymfo - Try To Forget - Critical:Modulations

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TOTAL SCIENCE // CRITICAL MUSIC PODCAST #12

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Track list:

1. Break ft Die - Slow Down
2. Skeptical - Cold One (Jubei Remix)
3. Spirit - Tone Two
4. Total Science & S.P.Y - Stay
5. Total Science Ft Riya - Redlines (Break Remix)
6. A-Sides - One DJ
7. Break ft Calyx & Teebee - Don't Look Down
8. Friction - Set it Off (Icicle Remix)
9. Die - Get to Bizness
10. Lenzman Ft Riya - Bittersweet Part 2
11. Babylon Timewarp - Durban Poison (Bladerunner Remix)
12. S.P.Y - Hot Spot
13. Octane, DLR & Ant TC 1 - The Jazz Club
14. Eastclolours, Noel & Enei - Cracker
15. Total Science - Scaremonger
16. Total Science - Lightweight
17. Calibre - Rose

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Stray // Critical Music Podcast #8

Latest Critical signing Stray burst onto the scene last year with his genre busting anthem Timbre. To celebrate the release of his debut Critical single Erase / Locked Up, Stray delivers a storming podcast.

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Track list:

Stray - Timbre VIP - Critical
Dub Phizix - Athos - Dub
Alix Perez and Zero T - The Ladders - Dub
Stray - The Pursuit - Dub
DJ Optiv and Bulletproof - Camouflage - 1210 Recs
Stray - Fireball - Critical
Hybris - The Cleaner - Critical
Data - Burning Paradise - Blackout Music
Stray - Children - Dub
Lenzman - More Than I Can Take - Critical Modulations
Rockwell - Reverse Engineering - Darkestral
Commix - Japanese Electronics - Instramental Moog Mix - Metalheadz
Stray - Pushed - Exit
Genotype - On The Inside - Cylon
Squarepusher - Plaistow Flex Out - Warp