Thread: What current DnB producers / labels do you rate?

Ok so in another thread some of us have been discussing the state of the dnb scene & how it's over run with wibbly wobbly shite & clown-step! Personally there's only realy been a handfull of producers that have kept me interested in more recent times. They are...........

Seba

Kryptic Minds & Leonne Switch

Nebula

Fanu

As far as labels go I'd have to with Secret Operations, Scientific Wax, Subtle Audio, Defcom

Who do you guys rate?

benny page / magistrate / die / ego' trippin (big up matt)




what i have found is unlike the old days where i went out buying labels/artists.....last few years there was no point....had to just listen to the trak.... never knew wot most of em were for sure anyways cos they were all white label promo presses.

All of the above-
Marcus Intallex/ Solution Records
Med School- Bop, Randomer
Data,
Instra:mental- Darkestral Records B-)
D-Bridge-
The insiders/ Eveson
Alex Perez
Calibre
Klute
Breakage/ Commix
Logistics/ Cyantific
Fracture/ Neptune
http://www.abunchofcuts.com
I prefer the more abstract/ deeper stuff - but Have to admit I don't mind the odd cheesey/rave/ Double Drop set by the likes of Andy C, DJ Marky, Nicky BK, Sub focus etc now and again

Mutt / Skitty / D-Bridge / Breakage / Commix / Lynx / Marcus Visionary

Just a few I could think of. Tbh I lost touch with dnb for a big part in the last couple of years. All this crap that was coming out...Not only the clown-step but some of the liquid dnb as well...so boring (-| perfect music to play at the background in supermarkets. I have to say though that there's been a lot more tracks recently that got me enthusiastic again.

Originally Posted by drk_jnglst

Mutt / Skitty / D-Bridge / Breakage / Commix / Lynx / Marcus Visionary

Just a few I could think of. Tbh I lost touch with dnb for a big part in the last couple of years. All this crap that was coming out...Not only the clown-step but some of the liquid dnb as well...so boring (-| perfect music to play at the background in supermarkets. I have to say though that there's been a lot more tracks recently that got me enthusiastic again.

I know what you mean about liquid, most of it's in the same league as clown-step for me! Some of the shite High Contrast, Danny Byrd & the likes put out is soooo fuckin cheesey! With the exeption of High Contrast - If We Ever, a classic piece of oldskool style dnb shame he doesn't make more stuff like that

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Originally Posted by "drk_jnglst":n1v84frr

Mutt / Skitty / D-Bridge / Breakage / Commix / Lynx / Marcus Visionary

Just a few I could think of. Tbh I lost touch with dnb for a big part in the last couple of years. All this crap that was coming out...Not only the clown-step but some of the liquid dnb as well...so boring (-| perfect music to play at the background in supermarkets. I have to say though that there's been a lot more tracks recently that got me enthusiastic again.

I know what you mean about liquid, most of it's in the same league as clown-step for me! Some of the shite High Contrast, Danny Byrd & the likes put out is soooo fuckin cheesey! With the exeption of High Contrast - If We Ever, a classic piece of oldskool style dnb shame he doesn't make more stuff like that[/quote:n1v84frr]
Bump!
Too many sheep following formulas at the mainstream end of things.

Originally Posted by harpicboosh

Too many sheep following formulas at the mainstream end of things.

dnb pretty much is mainstream

Pretty much anything on the following labels...

Westbay
Hospital
Soul:r
Spearhead

and stuff from artists like...

Nu:tone
Seba
Calibre
Makoto
Syncopix
Commix
Lenzman

Cinematic for me is killin it at the moment.

Logistics
Calibre
Zero T
Vapour
Lynx & Kemo
Break
Lenzman
SPY
Marky

theres still a good few but thats just some

AFTER OLDSKOOL, THE OTHER MAIN STYLE I DJ IS D&B, I TEND TO MIX UP THE BEST DEEPER STUFF FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS AND LIKE PRODUCERS SUCH AS:

MARCUS INTALEX
COMMIX
EQUINOX
BREAKAGE
ALPHA OMEGA
DIGITAL
SPIRIT
SERUM
BLADERUNNER
ZERO TOLERANCE (AKA ZERO T)
KLUTE
CALIBRE
TOTAL SCIENCE
MAKOTO
BROOKES BROTHERS

AND SOME OF NEW JUNGLE STUFF FROM BENNY PAGE & VISIONARY

I LIKE ANYTHING DEEP OR WITH OLDSKOOL/ HARDCORE/ JUNGLE SOUNDS IN IT (I THINK EVERY PRODUCER - EVEN THE JUMP UP ONES HAVE AT LEAST ONE GOOD TUNE IN THEM! JUST FINDING ITS THE DIFFICULTY AS THERES SO MUCH OUT THERE NOW). NOT INTO WOBBLE/CLOWNSTEP/ CHEESY OR GIMMICKY RECORDS!