D’n’B double team Commix mix it up for the next instalment of the Fabric Live series bringing there own flavour of drum and bass to the table. I haven’t really followed D’n’B for a very long time now, I had kind of left it for dead but the recent wave of producers crossing over into dubstep territory and making some of the best stuff I’ve heard in the genre made me want to see what the hell I had been missing. Turns out it’s a lot.Some of the names in this mix are big, Commix them selves tern in some nice rollers as do a few from the Metalheadz label, dBridge, Calibre, Instra:mental, Photek and my personal favourite Breakage who is one of the crew who has been making some deep dubstep and made me want to rediscover D’n’B.
The mix starts of with some really deep and soulful rollers, the breaks ratel with a warm funk as string samples, the odd vocal snippet and of course some big sub action. Commix really draw you into their world with the first three; they sort of mesmerize you into it with hypnotic grooves before dropping a really big bassline on you and then its still only a tease, they build the tension well.
The track that really grabs my attention first is the mad groove of, ‘The Causeway’ by Data. When it drops into that robotic sub bass percussive loop it’s an eyes down no nonsense skanker. Some of the melodies on here are really dark, moody and beautiful when the samples sooth there way into the middle of, ‘Buried’ by SpectraSoul it’s a really nice moment and it really adds life to the non stop rolling breaks.
The minimal electro funk roller that is dBridge’s remix of Commix’s, ‘Belleveiw’ sounds like an anthem to me that bleeping melody has been in my head for some time now. It gets dropped in the mix about half way through to really perk things up a little and bring you out of the hypnotised bass state. You’re not aloud back in there for a little while either with the grimey bass dirt of SpectraSoul & Ben E then the dub infused, ‘In Denial’ by Calibre brings back that meditation vibe again, all be it with some hyperactive breaks and Zinc Esq basslines.
OAK really lets you sink into that bass state again it’s a sublime roller with bird samples and some inventive drum programming under some beautiful synth pads. It then melts seamlessly into Jonny L’s ‘Common Origin’ this final section of the mix is where it all happens for me. You can really feel the original D’n’B spirit. This is well reflected in Breakages aptly titled, ‘Old School Ting’ that really smashes it with a big break, bass and chopped female vocal rave samples.
The last few Instra:metal tracks that bookend the excellent jazz tinged shunter ‘Yendi’ by Photek are some of my favourite tracks on here they just have a really minimal vibe to them that adds space and beauty to the mix. Oh yeah his recent dubstep adventures on the 10” split with Breakage on Naked Lunch really is special as well, you have to check that. Final track, ‘Photograph’ just seals the deal and Commix exit in sublime style.
Over all Commix put in a storming mix for the Fabric Live series that really flows and rolls, it has an old school D’n’B feel to it like it could have been made at any point within the history of the genre really. It’s just quality breaks, bass and atmosphere all the way.
D’n’B double team Commix mix it up for the next instalment of the Fabric Live series bringing there own flavour of drum and bass to the table. I haven’t really followed D’n’B for a very long time now, I had kind of left it for dead but the recent wave of producers crossing over into dubstep territory and making some of the best stuff I’ve heard in the genre made me want to see what the hell I had been missing. Turns out it’s a lot.
Some of the names in this mix are big, Commix them selves tern in some nice rollers as do a few from the Metalheadz label, dBridge, Calibre, Instra:mental, Photek and my personal favourite Breakage who is one of the crew who has been making some deep dubstep and made me want to rediscover D’n’B.
The mix starts of with some really deep and soulful rollers, the breaks ratel with a warm funk as string samples, the odd vocal snippet and of course some big sub action. Commix really draw you into their world with the first three; they sort of mesmerize you into it with hypnotic grooves before dropping a really big bassline on you and then its still only a tease, they build the tension well.
The track that really grabs my attention first is the mad groove of, ‘The Causeway’ by Data. When it drops into that robotic sub bass percussive loop it’s an eyes down no nonsense skanker. Some of the melodies on here are really dark, moody and beautiful when the samples sooth there way into the middle of, ‘Buried’ by SpectraSoul it’s a really nice moment and it really adds life to the non stop rolling breaks.
The minimal electro funk roller that is dBridge’s remix of Commix’s, ‘Belleveiw’ sounds like an anthem to me that bleeping melody has been in my head for some time now. It gets dropped in the mix about half way through to really perk things up a little and bring you out of the hypnotised bass state. You’re not aloud back in there for a little while either with the grimey bass dirt of SpectraSoul & Ben E then the dub infused, ‘In Denial’ by Calibre brings back that meditation vibe again, all be it with some hyperactive breaks and Zinc Esq basslines.
OAK really lets you sink into that bass state again it’s a sublime roller with bird samples and some inventive drum programming under some beautiful synth pads. It then melts seamlessly into Jonny L’s ‘Common Origin’ this final section of the mix is where it all happens for me. You can really feel the original D’n’B spirit. This is well reflected in Breakages aptly titled, ‘Old School Ting’ that really smashes it with a big break, bass and chopped female vocal rave samples.
The last few Instra:metal tracks that bookend the excellent jazz tinged shunter ‘Yendi’ by Photek are some of my favourite tracks on here they just have a really minimal vibe to them that adds space and beauty to the mix. Oh yeah his recent dubstep adventures on the 10” split with Breakage on Naked Lunch really is special as well, you have to check that. Final track, ‘Photograph’ just seals the deal and Commix exit in sublime style.
Over all Commix put in a storming mix for the Fabric Live series that really flows and rolls, it has an old school D’n’B feel to it like it could have been made at any point within the history of the genre really. It’s just quality breaks, bass and atmosphere all the way.
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