My take on 'Knuckles' by Justice and Metro, original available via www.modernurbanjazz.com. AIM: ZulSubvert E-mail: subvertmoves@hotmail.com. Hope you like it.
MPOD 032 Takes a look at some of the influences that went into the LP Oxymoron. It covers a multitude of tunes ranging from electronic pop to hip hop, acid, rave, breaks and proto d n b, which inspired Justice and Metro.
MPOD 032 Tracklist:
Whats That - Radical Rhythms
Slam - Phuture Pfantasy Club
Clear - Cybotron
Bango - Todd Terry Project
106 - Pacific State
Specific Hate - A Guy Called Gerald
Vol 2 - A Guy Called Gerald
Sunday Afternoon - The Witchdoctor
Kaleidoscope - Rotor
Don't Scandalize Mine - Sugar Bear
Once In A Life Time - Talking Heads
Ghosts - Japan
Chris "The Glove" Taylor - Itchiban Scratch
Tour De France - Kraftwerk - Orange Lemon
Eric B & Rakim - Just A Beat
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Creativity
The Break Boys - My House Is Your House
Pink Noise - Gimme Some More (Energy)
Shut Up And Dance - A Change Soon Come
Mantronix - Bassline
Newcleus - Jam On It
Nightmares On Wax - Im For Real
The Brothers Grimm - Déjà Vu
Tek 9 - Space 91
4 Hero - The Scorcher
Satin Storm - Satin Storm
Hybrid - Twisted Tambourine
The Family Foundation - Express Yourself
Maze - Twilight
Just in time for their superb Oxymoron LP release, Justice & Metro deliver the latest guest mix for http://organicbeats.co.uk. The new album drops Apr 22, available via Surus and other outlets.
MPOD 031 offers a glimpse into the future with tracks from the forthcoming Justice & Metro Oxymoron LP, a Justice soundscape refix of Dubmonger, as well as limited 10 inch business from Felix K on Blueberry, new beats from Muted, fresh promos and some Nostalgic Futurisms.
Grab a deck chair and have yourself a 99....... Justice and Metro bring a summer soundclash loosely based around alternative d and b, jazzy sounds, excursions, sun cream, knotted hankies, parasols and beach volleyball....... Soak it up........
Track list:
To Forgive But Not Forget - Outside - Dorado
Cosmic Interlude - LTJ Bukem - Good Looking
Watching Windows - Roni Size Meets Nu Yorican Soul - Talkin Loud
Manapiare - Raiden - Voodoo
Silver Dawn - Artemis - Good Looking
Peverted Undertone - Prefuse 73 - Warp
Do What You Gotta Do - Pablo - Good Looking
Blowfish - Machine - Creative Wax
Brazilika - Dj Venom - Talkin Loud
Jazzy Fluids - Drexciya - Tresor
California Soul - Som Tres - Odeon Fonografica
Feverish - Justice - Basement
Re-Arrange (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix) - Krust - Talkin Loud
MPOD 023 comes courtesy of Subvert HQ representative Zul direct from Singapore, home of the Subvert sessions podcasts. After his Knuckles remix competition submission narrowly missed out, and following some of the seamless sets he has been pushing out lately, it seemed only fitting to put him on the MPOD series too.
MPOD 024, a pre-Xmas, office party warm up from Justice. Previewing forthcoming 12 of PFM/Jason Os 839 LP remixes, Wet Static from Control Remote and a host of Amen rollers to get you in the mood for the party season. Add to this a hint of detroit techno, some Brazilian beats and an early Xmas gift from Diamond Eye.
Hot on the heels, and packed with more fresh tracks, Justice gives us another summer treat. More dub, abstract and rolling ambient business. Get your swimming shorts on and jump into the deep end.
Celebrating the 20th edition of the MPOD series and the British summertime, Justice selects past, present and some future cuts. A dub element is weaved throughout and feature cuts from the forthcoming Diamond EyE LP, Moments in Life available on MJAZZ 4th July, keeping it Independent.
Track list:
1. When the world jaded (Seba remix)- Furi Anga-Dub 2. Solaris-Cuelock- Blueberry Dub 3. Dragonfly (Sub remix)- CJ Weaver-Dub 4. Old Thomas dub- Marginal & Morphy- DubKraft 5. Damaged dub- Diamond EyE- Mjazz LP 6. Horns of jericho - Sub- Dub 7. Dusty Stylus (Fade remix) - Morphy- Free download 8. Dusty stylus- Morphy- Alphacut records 9. Suspension dub- Morphy- Alphacut records 10. Province- Diamond EyE & Spindall- Dub 11. Ubiquity (Bay-B-Kane remix)- Gappa G & Lucky B- Dub 12. Neutrino- Fade- Dub 13. Warrior Charge- Aswad-Island 14. Curvy Figure- Diamond EyE - MJAZZ LP 15. Cetra- Sinistarr- Dub 16. Stuck in the middle- Muted- Dub 17. Lite star (Lo:Tek Refix)- Justice//Metro- MJAZZ 18. Touchfeel (Subminimal remix)- Justice//Metro feat. Momentum- MJAZZ 19. Same shit, different day- Kidkut & Vessel- Immerse 20. Talking late- JRobinson feat.Eraze- Dub
"Manifesto Music presents: The Modern Sound Of Urban Jazz LP
For Manifesto Music’s third release, we are proud to present ‘The Modern Sound Of Urban Jazz’, our debut LP project featuring a selection of tracks from artists on the legendary Modern Urban Jazz label. This imprint’s contribution to drum & bass history cannot be ignored – set up in 1995 by Justice it has released tracks such as the seminal ‘Aquisse’ from Justice himself as well as a variety of music from respected artists such as Chris Inperspective, long time cohorts Metro & Invincible and more recently Muted, Sinistarr & Felix K over the course of its 16 year history. Left-field, experimental and never conformist, Manifesto Music is honoured to present this release to you.
Kicking things off are the eerie drones of ‘&Found’. Acting much like a sorbet, it clears the palette of the mind in preparation for the mind boggling array of musical flavours that await the listener over the course of the LP. Metro delivers some abstract minimalist styles with ‘Helium’ and this theme is continued with the scientific precision of ‘Reader 38’, a 3 way collaboration from Justice, Metro and Iceland’s Muted.
This track acts as the half-way point in the LP, with the sounds getting more breaksy and rolling for the latter half of the album. The bright and airy ‘Forever’ from Justice & Invincible with its funky bassline and choice female vocals make way for a more all-out dance floor number with breakbeat technician DiamonD EyE’s reinterpretation of Justice’s ‘Bassoon Tune’. The LP is rounded off in fine style with another Justice & Invincible collaboration ‘Hindsight Correction’ with its old school drum edits adding a modern twist to styles of yore.
With so many d&b long players merely being a random selection of assorted singles, this is an LP, albeit a short one, in the true sense of the word. From the first second to the last it takes you on a journey through the many different aspects of drum & bass and it is certain to be a release you will return to time and again. Enjoy."
Justice and Metro recently released the 839 album on Justice's Modern Urban Jazz label. Knowledge spoke to Tony Justice to find out more, read the interview HERE.
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Zul (Subvert HQ, Singapore) has been DJing and promoting parties in the Lion City since the 1990s, performing along side the likes of dBridge, DJ Friction, Joe Syntax, Stamina MC, John B, A-Sides, Pendulum, Cyantific, Sonic, London Elektricity as well as Logistics and Hospital Records' Chris Goss. Gigs-wise, its gone from Hong Kong (he spent time with the White Label crew in 2001), Jakarta to London (playing at the legendary Hospitality parties in Shoreditch, UK) with bits of radio (MediaCorp Radio's Lush 99.5FM Clubscape sessions, to be exact) and a release on Take Off Records squeezed in between.
When not busy with his day job as a journalist in Singapore, Zul also keeps it cutting edge away from the dance floor with the Subvert Sessions Podcast (download via subverthq.blogspot.sg), blending together leftfield and idiosyncratic beats of the 170bpm variety.