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FLASHBACK - +65 w/ dBridge & SP:MC [Oct 19 2013 Home Club, Singapore]

We are big fans of dBridge. So the great news is the man himself will be in Singapore on Oct 19 for a very special set at Home Club (check out the details HERE). To whet your appetites, here's a selection of the man's best musical moments, pieced together by yours truly.

The dBridge Selection [compiled by Subvert HQ, Singapore] by Zul Othman on Mixcloud

Track list:

1) dBridge - Decayed [EXIT]
2) Get People vs dBridge - Something Better [FREE]
3) Skream - Reflections (feat. dBridge and Instra:Mental) [TEMPA]
4) Scuba - Tense (dBridge Remix) [HOTSHORE]
5) dBridge - City Of Lonely Runaways [DISFIGURED DUBZ]
6) dBridge - Creatures Of Habit [EXIT]
7) dBridge - Rendezvous [EXIT]
8) dBridge - Dischord [DISFIGURED DUBZ]
9) dBridge vs Calibre - Hot Flush [EXITVS]
10) dBridge - 5th Floor [EXIT]
11) dBridge - Since We've Been Apart [SHOGUN AUDIO]
12) dBridge - Not Known [EXIT]
13) dBridge - Detuned Heart [AUTONOMIC]
14) dBridge - Love Hotel [EXIT]
15) Kodo - The Jackal (dBridge Remix) [INGREDIENTS]
16) dBridge - Love U Enough [AEI]
17) dBridge - The Little Things [METALHEADZ]
18) dBridge - My Years [REINFORCED]
19) Instra:Mental and dBridge - Translucent [DARKESTRAL]

Recorded: Oct 11 2013
Time: 54:18

dBridge - Live at Womb

The Exit Records boss and drum‘n’bass maestro throws down some Amen-inspired breaks and future rollers. Live at Womb in Tokyo.
For those who don't know, dBridge aka Darren White’s first introduction into the music scene was in 1992, when he formed the Sewage Monsters outfit with his older brother Steve Spacek. In the mid-90s Darren met Jason Maldini and was soon working alongside him at Trouble On Vinyl. Whilst experimenting with beats the duo released their first 12" on Renegade Hardware, Flash Gordon/Jeep Beats, followed by a bunch of massive anthems. In 1998 Darren was one of the four founding members of Bad Company UK, based on the philosophy of re-energising what was becoming an increasingly minimalist musical genre. Their label BC Recordings defined a whole era in the genre, and as a production crew released on labels such as Prototype, Virus, RAM, React, and Formation, just to name a few. Bypassing the path leading to mainstream success, the crew instead opted to fuel the underground. This way of thinking was embodied in the birth of flagship internet forum dogsonacid.com, which gave fans and fellow artists alike the opportunity to express opinions, contribute ideas and greatly strengthened the global d’n’b community. Not staying still for long, dBridge co-produced Spacek’s second longplayer Vintage High-Tech which defined a new generation of British soul music, harnessing the power of today’s electronic media to create a vintage sound. Laterly his collaboration with Instra:mental created the short-lived but vital Autonomic club night, label and podcast series. Autonomic is credited with giving drum ‘n’ bass a much needed shot in the arm, and signposting the possibilities for a multitude of creative young producers. dBridge also helms his label Exit Records, a home to Om Unit, Dub Phizix, Amit, and veteran Marcus Intalex, and has also started another endeavour: Heart Drive. With a history as varied and colorful as his, no one knows what to expect next from dBridge: but it’s guaranteed to be ahead of the curve.

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XLR8R Podcast 351: Fracture

After nearly a decade in dance music purgatory, drum & bass and jungle have gradually worked their way back into the spotlight. Throughout this process, few labels have proven more reliable than dBridge's Exit Records, and the imprint's latest offering, the Loving Touch EP, comes from Fracture (a.k.a. Charlie Fieber), a veteran UK producer who also heads up a quality imprint of his own, Astrophonica, with partner and frequent collaborator Neptune. On the record's title track, Fracture flips Ralphi Rosario's and Xavier Gold's house classic "You Used to Hold Me" into a hyperkinetic piece of drum & bass, while the remainder of the EP finds him working bits of footwork, grime, hip-hop, and dubstep into a jungle template. On a basic level, this sort of hybridization and creativity is at least partially responsible for the revitalization of drum & bass, and hearing these tunes left us curious about how the approach would work in an elongated format. As such, we invited Fracture to put together an exclusive mix for the XLR8R podcast series.

Right off the bat, the mix is brimming with energy. Drum & bass is a naturally hyperactive sound to begin with, but when infused with low-end-heavy blasts and frequent rhythmic change-ups, the music takes on a whole new vibrance. Over the course of nearly an hour, Fracture employs many of his own tracks—although many of these numbers are collaborative—but he also enlists the talents of like-minded jungle experimenters like Om Unit, DJ Spinn, and Addison Groove. It's not a session for the faint of heart.

Track list:

01 Taso "Lose You"
02 MP ­"U Dont Know Me" (MP)
03 Addison Groove "Masamune" (50Weapons)
04 Fracture "Bump 2 Dis"
05 Om Unit "Nuff Music (feat. Moresounds)" (Cosmic Bridge)
06 DJ Spinn "Dubby"
07 Fracture "Dead and Bury (feat. Moresounds)" (Astrophonica)
08 Fracture "Jam #1 (feat. DJ Spinn & Taso)"
09 DJ Monita "Luv Ta Luv Ya (Fracture's Astrophonica Remix)" (Skeleton)
10 Kid Lib "Soundmove" (Green Bay Wax)
11 Fracture "Loving Touch" ­(Exit)
12 Fracture "Back It Up (feat. Sam Binga & Rider Shafique)" (Astrophonica)
13 Fracture ­"Grippin' Grain (feat. Sam Binga)" ­(Exit)
14 Fracture "From Early (feat. Chimpo) (Fracture's Reduction Mix)" (Metalheadz)
15 Moresounds "Pure Niceness" (Astrophonica)
16 Overlook "Empires"
17 Great Dane "Invite Only" (Alpha Pup)
18 Fracture "She Want It Ruff (feat. Sam Binga & Rider Shafique)" (Astrophonica)
19 Fracture "Whatever (feat. Neptune)" (Astrophonica)
20 Moresounds "Rahstok"

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Dbridge & Kid Drama - The Aptitude Show Exit Recordings Showcase

DBridge & Kid Drama - The Aptitude Show_ Exit Records Showcase | Rinse.FM Podcast_02.03.14 by Avery James on Mixcloud

Tons of exclusives here. Enjoy.

Stray - Triangles [FREE DOWNLOAD]

As part of dBridge's boundary-pushing Exit Records, London-based Stray has quickly become one-to-watch. In recent years, Stray has risen through the ranks of the d’n'b scene to become a fan favourite among those enjoying the more varied experiments coming out of the stable’s preferred tempo range. He’s also been notable for delving more into half-time hip hop productions. Read the rest of the Fact feature HERE.

Stray - Triangles - FREE DOWNLOAD by Exit Records UK

DBridge X Kid Drama presents HeartDrive 03 Module Eight

03 Module Eight by HeartDrive

No track list available, but part three of the dBridge and Kid Drama on going collaboration is now online.

Hyp 165: Kid Drama

Damon Kirkham likes an alias, that much is clear. Formerly one half of Instra:mental (along with Al 'Boddika' Green), he operated as Kid Drama, before employing the Jon Convex moniker around the time the duo split around 2011. Details of the split remain sparse to this day, but what is apparent is that the sepration hasn't stopped the flow of quality music being released by Kirkham. Always operating with a sonic pallete that took note from - but didn't exclusively sitck to - Drum n Bass, he's now focusing on his output as Kid Drama, teaming up with former Autonomic collaborator d-Bridge as Heart Drive for a series of podcasts and some new material. With the podcasts focusing on a glitchy half-step and synth heavy electronica, it would appear Heart Drive is a new exciting chapter in Kirkham's perennially forward facing musical career.

Tracklist free, Hyp 165 takes in all facets of Kirkham's career, travelling from his Autonomic days to the present day revival of Kid Drama. Jungle, Footwork, Half-Step and DnB all fit in seamlessly as Kirkham keeps the quality throughout for an hour's worth of music that refuses to sit still for a single second.

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Stray - FABRICLIVE Promo Mix (Jan 2014)

Track list:

Phonat - Machines Do Care [OWSLA]
Breezy Lovejoy - P.Y.P (Carmack edit) [N/A]
Bondax - Gold (Snakehips Bootleg) [N/A]
Heather B - Takin Mine (Evil Needle Remix) [N/A]
Sabre - Microwave [N/A]
Mr. Carmack - Rock Dem [Self Released]
Stray - Eazy Boy [Exit Records]
AraabMUZIK - A Diamond Life (Duke)
Snakehips - Miss U Always [N/A]
??? - ??? [???]
Pomrad - Pomslap [Earnest Endeavours]
Lovesyou - Be The Same [Self Released]
Arpebu - Keymosa'be! [Freshmoon Records]
Slick Shoota - F Dat (feat. Purple) [Mad Decent]
Sinistarr & Tim Reaper - Riff [N/A]
Fracture - Work It [Exit Records]
Dope Style - You Must Think First!! [Ganja Records]
Silent Dust - Love Sundered (Sinistarr Remix) [None60)
War & Mateba - Wake [N/A]
Dub Phizix & Skeptical - Deeper Love [Metalheadz]
Nick Modern & ARX - Colour Between [Buried Audio]
Stray - VIP Zoom [Exit Records]
??? - ??? [???]
Detail - Pressure [N/A]
Paragon - Recital [N/A]
??? - ??? [???]
Ivy Lab & Hydro - Make It Clear (feat. Frank H Carter III & Lucy Annika) [Metalheadz]
Stray - Award Tour [Exit Records]
Emperor - Precursor (Mefjus Remix) [Critical Music]
Mercedes - Full Tilt (Ulterior Motive Remix) [Airwave Hustler]
The Invaderz - The Ascent [Metalheadz]
Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing (Om Unit Remix) [31 Records]

RA.388 Fis

Olly Peryman was only ever tentatively linked to the drum & bass scene, but these days the bind has been totally snapped. Defining where's he's ended up, though, feels next to impossible. "Lately most of my rhythms are drawn from what I hear and see from my body during meditation," he said recently, illustrating just how far from leftfield his beats have been coming. The biggest takeaway from our Breaking Through piece with Peryman last year was that he doesn't produce to a grid—his sounds, unanchored by quantization, are laid down in a way that "sounds right" to him. It's an approach that mitigates his appeal to DJs, but has yielded some of the strangest and most distinctive electronic music in recent memory. If you're looking for an entry point into the murky world of Fis, then we give you "DMT Usher." The track, which will be re-released later this month as part of an EP for Tri Angle, is like a grotty remix of Apocalypse Now's opening sequence, with Martin Sheen sweating as the helicopter circles above. Or for the full immersive experience, get hold of The Commons, which was released last year on dBridge's Exit Records. Its six tracks fuck with rhythm and charcoal textures in a way that Fis now completely owns.

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Stray x Exit Records x Matchsticks EP Promo Mix

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Track list:

Sabre - Cashmere For Xmas (Critical Music)
Chance The Rapper - Acid Rain (N/A)
Rigglebeats - Doves (N/A)
Sam Binga ft. Redders - Leftem (Critical Music)
Stray - Matchsticks (Exit Records)
Mr. Carmack - Hopscotch (Mad Decent)
&rt;&rt;Wagon Christ - The Funnies (Ninja Tune)
Cardiak - Start It Up Instrumental (G Unit)
ARP▲101 x Darkhouse Fam - Untitled (Brownswood)
Sabre - Voltage (N/A)
Stray - Eazy Boy (Exit Records)
Darkhouse Fam - Brock Wild (Brownswood)
Eprom - Regis Chillbin (Machinedrum Remix) (Rwina)
Gamma - Bounce (N/A)
RP Boo - Speakers R-4 (Sounds) (Planet Mu)
DVA - Walk It Out (Rashad's Slip Away Remix) (Hyperdub)
Earl x Sirrtmo x Boylan - Blunt To My Lips 2014 (N/A)
Mark Pritchard - Natty (Warp Records)
Stray - Chatterbox (N/A)
Okor - Trust Us (N/A)
Machinedrum - SeeSea (Ninjatune)
Traxman - The Comeback 2011 (Planet Mu)
Joss Ryan - Melancholy Dreams (Slick Shoota Remix) (N/A)
Stray - VIP Zoom (Exit Records)
Dream Continuum - Set It (Spectrasoul Edit) (N/A)
Sinistar, Calculon & Austin Speed - Cucaracha (N/A)
Alix Perez x Stray - RIPNDIP (N/A)
Fracture x Stray - Bounce That (Exit Records)
Addison Groove x Sam Binga - Rzor [Friction Remix] (Shogun Audio)
Ivy Lab x Emperor - Pepper (Critical Music)
Noisia x The Upbeats - Little Fling (Critical Music)
dBridge - Original World (Exit Records)
Calibre - Leave Me (Signature)
Halogenix - Feel It (N/A)

MixmagTV: dBridge

Every Friday MixmagTV live streams the world's best DJs from the Mixmag DJ Lab - a mini-club in the corner of the Mixmag office.

Watch this and many more great sets here: bit.ly/14XDcSk

Big up dBridge for his incredible set

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RA.358 D-Bridge

When Resident Advisor spoke to dBridge for an edition of Machine Love in 2011, we made the point that Darren White's career has been one of distinct chapters. Two years on, and we may not have had the seismic shifts such as those between his Future Forces Inc, Bad Company or Autonomic phases, but White has continued his tireless pursuit of innovation. In Chic Anatomy / Den-En-Toshi and Passing Encounter / Scarlett he began exploring straight 4/4 for the first time, passing Drexciyan electro and tense techno as he did so. Meanwhile his label, Exit Records, has issued some seriously far-out club forms in the last 12 months. There's been Dawn Day Night's raucous jungle/juke hybrids, FIS's blackened off-the-grid rhythms, and Om Unit and Sam Binga's unlikely marriage of drum & bass and boogie.

Exit is as much the star as D-Bridge on RA.358. The mix is composed mainly of unreleased tracks from the label, much of it lifted from the follow-up to the excellent Mosaic Vol. 1 compilation.

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Track list:

Kryptic Minds - Burnt To Ashes - Exit Records
dBridge - Beg, Steal & Borrow - Exit Records
Dub Phizix - Yukon - Exit Records
Loxy & Resound - Residual Move - Exit Records
Ruffhouse - Greyscale - Exit Records
Consequence & Fis - Untitled - Exit Records
CMX ft dBridge - Tesserae - Exit Records
Instra:mental & dBridge - White Snares - Nonplus Records
Dan HarbarNam - The Rendering Of Garlic Boy (Loxy & Resound Remix) - Cylon Recordings
dBridge - I Know - Exit Records
Skeptical - Another World VIP - Exit Records
Abstract Element - Acid Coke - Dub
dBridge - OnO - Exit Records
Loxy & Resound - Thin Ice (Skeptical Remix) - Exit Records
Joe Seven - Juiced - Exit Records
Ruffhouse - Untitled - Dub
dBridge - Without Sound - Exit Records
Wraetlic - Better The Devil (dBridge Advocate Mix) - Convex Industries
dBridge, Indigo & Synkro - Untitled - Exit Records
Clarity - Constant - Exit Records
Loxy & Resound - Black Hole VIP - Exit Records

dBridge DJ Mix - CLASH MUSIC

Via CLASH MUSIC: Listen to a DJ mix by dBridge ahead of his appearance at Simian Mobile Disco's Delicatessen London date on October 27th 2012.

The Exit Records founder is set to performing alongside Simian Mobile Disco themselves, Rebuild (A Guy Called Gerald & Graham Massey), Mark EBJMNM, Lone, Radioactive Man and more. Find out more about the event.

We asked about a tracklisting but in dBridge's own words, "I'm not a fan of track lists". DOWNLOAD MIX

Convex Industries Podcast 002 [dBridge]

UKF Bass Culture 25/11/2011 - dBridge b2b Rockwell

UKF Bass Culture 25/11/2011 - dBridge b2b Rockwell by Rockwell

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Carhartt Radio September 2011: dBridge - Exit Radio Show

Carhartt Radio September 2011: dBridge - Exit Radio Show by Carhartt Work in Progress

Welcome to the bass arena: this month London boy Darren White aka dBridge presents some of his own productions and releases of his label Exit Records. Since more than 15 years the DJ and producer is part of the UK Bass scene and produces fearless rhythm music. During the peak of the Drum and Bass movement he shook the world as a member of the notorious quartet Bad Company. Currently dBridge caused international attention towards bass-laden Dubstep tracks that he produced solo or together with Instra:mental. For Carhartt Radio he mixed a smooth but vibrating journey that stays soulful even when it rattles.

Tracklist:

SpectraSoul - Melodies
Consequence - Pseudo Echo
dBridge - Inner Disbelief
dBridge - Freedom Club
dBridge - Mourning Dawn
Code 3 - Living Proof
Consequence - Reflex Reaction (feat. Instra:mental)
Instra:mental - Thugtronik
dBridge - The Haven
Calibre - For You Alone (feat. Steve Spacek)
dBridge - Tradition
dBridge vs. Fierce - Daylight
dBridge - Detuned Heart
Consequence - Rolling Supreme
dBridge, Instra:mental & Skream - Acacia Avenue
dBridge - Baby It's You
dBridge - Love's Ugly Child
dBridge - BR Blues

Consequence - ESP Agency Mix 2011

Consequence - ESP Agency mix 2011 by ESP International

Fresh from his appearance on Exit Records' excellent Mosaic Volume One come this tasty mix from the one they call Consequence.

Various Artists - Mosaic Volume One [Exit Records]

The amount of excellent tunes featured on this compilation is ridiculous: Yes, dBridge's Exit label is now a by-word for quality music. This compilation alone features quality tunes from upcoming producers such as Indigo, Synkro, alongside established names such as Commix, and Skream. Absolutely essential.

Mosaic Vol 1 CD by Exit Records UK