Translation label manager RogueState rinses out a full-spectrum set that delves deep into the dungeon of sparse, cavernous soundscapes and abstract beat structures to celebrate the launch of the Bassment Beats EP Vol. 1, re-surfacing at the halfway mark with future-fresh jungle rhythms, juke, and dub stylings.
The first Translation Sessions podcast of the year comes courtesy of label-owner/manager Rogue State, who serves up a fresh selection of beats that runs the spectrum from deep to dark to dubbed out and dreamy.
Track list:
1. L.A.O.S. & Physics feat. MC Coppa - Do it Propa - dub 2. Jaybee - Dark Day's Night - Translation dub 3. DBR (UK) - Troubled Soul - Translation dub 4. Data - Prowl - Inside dub 5. Jaybee & Sinistarr - Should I (Heavy1 Remix) - Rubik dub 6. Edward Oberon - Void - Translation 7. Skream - Motorway - Exit 8. Mortem - Life Forms - dub 9. C-Sonix - Logan's Run - Broken Audio dub 10. Dagobah (Mad Rabbit & Bringa) - Return to Detroit - IM:LTD dub 11. Loxy & Resound - Vertigo - Exit 12. Grimm & Stranjah - Reign Supreme - Channel 82 dub 13. Mr Foul - Driver - dub 14. Theory - Dirty Tricks - Translation 15. Fracture & Neptune - The Limit - Astrophonica 16. FD & Ulterior Motive - All That We Are - Metalheadz 17. Sinistarr - Sunburn - dub 18. DBR (UK) - New Man VIP - dub 19. Morphy - Backpack - CX dub 20. DBR (UK), Flatliners & Alien Pimp - Narcotech - Translation 21. Nuage - Before I Breathe - Translation dub
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.
