Cat No: NERVE030
Artist: Saburuko vs Morphy
Released: 16th June 2010

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

A: “Feels Good” – Saburuko

AA: “On The Slate” – Saburuko & Morphy

AAA: “Glasgow Rockers” – Morphy

Paul Reset’s notes:

Well, it’s time for last orders and as we close the doors and start tidying up, who better to join us for one last pint of Red Stripe than Saburuko and Morphy. Both have been good friends for many years outside of the world of drum n bass and I’m honoured to have them involved in the final release.

First up we’ve got a big ol’ summery number from Saburuko – “Feels Good”. Sampling an old skool classic to quality effect, it’s a bit of a belter and always does the damage on the floor. Next up we’ve got a Saburuko & Morphy collab in the shape of “On The Slate”, taking things on a darker, rolling route, this is a brilliant chunky amen roller packed with atmosphere. To finish off proceedings and Nerve we have an unreleased gem from Morphy in the shape of “Glasgow Rockers”. This one’s been played to death by both of us over the years and has provided the soundtrack to many a messy evening. This one’s all about the infectious horn hook showing Morphy’s love for reggae and dub.

The artwork for this release was put together by Glasgow’s ithinkitsnice, as well as being my unfortunate flatmate for a coupla years and putting up with my crap banter – he’s also been a big supporter of the label from day one so I was really chuffed when he agreed to take on the artwork and even more chuffed when I saw the brilliant finished article! Check out more of his stuff over at ithinkitsnice.com.

Cat No: NERVE027
Artist: Matt U
Released: 12th February 2010

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

A: “Close Call”

AA: “The Alchemist”

Paul Reset’s notes:

I’ve been a big fan of Matt U’s work for a long time, from his early releases on BSE and Moving Shadow through to his recent dubstep outings, his unique brand of tough edged beats ‘n’ bass have always been a favourite of mine and while Matt’s been concentrating mostly on the dubstep genre of late, he’s gone back in on the drum n bass tip and delivered two chunks of techy goodness for NERVE027.

“Close Call” kicks off the release with hard beats driving a techy synth hook over rumbling sub bass with catchy female vocal snippets and crisp percussion overlayed for good measure. “The Alchemist” on the flip is a chunky dubby roller on an eastern vibe with sinister undertones.

More info:

Matt-U on Myspace

ICR has delivered time and time again for Nerve (with NERVE018, NERVEBP002 and NERVEBP003) and he’s a producer I’m constantly pestering for new material. An ability to draw on any number of influences to create a drum n bass concoction that’s uniquely his own and free of any associations to passing trends in dnb has seen him carve out his own niche and build an untarnished reputation.

While he was previously one of the most prolific producers in the scene, other commitments have seen him spend less time recently on new material. But thankfully he’s back with an amazing new free album called “Restored”.

Showcasing his ability to create otherworldly atmospherics and wrapping them in tough beats and bass, he’s also included his headwrecking remix of Goldie’s rave classic “Krisp Biscuit” and DJ Trax pops in at the end to turn in an amazing hip hop remix of “Less Than Three”.

Here’s a coupla clips below to give you a taster and you can also download the album in a handy ZIP file complete with artwork here:

Download ICR’s “Restored” LP

ICR – “Nevermore”

ICR – “Heavy Water”

ICR – “Less Than Three (DJ Trax remix feat. Assorted Anonymous)”

Watch out for more new material from ICR in the shape of two albums – one for his own Misspent Music imprint (“Between Nowhere and Goodbye”) and one for Counter Intelligence (“Such Unimportant Things Like Us”).

For our first guest mix of 2010 we’re very happy to welcome Temper D.

With a back catalogue of top quality drum n bass releases on labels such as Concord Dawn’s Uprising, Offkey and his own Temper D Productions he’s now branching into the world of house, dubstep and fidget house. Now signed to Cut La Roc’s Rocstar imprint and with a bag of hefty beats in his arsenal it’s looking like 2010 could be a big year for him!

For now, he’s put together a cracking 35 minute mix for us showcasing his latest productions featuring everything from drum and bass to dubstep and fidget house.

If you’d like some of these beats on your MP3 player or turntable why not pick up Temper D’s “Wonky Glasses EP” on Standard Audio, the absolutely huge “Jump Around” on TDP, and keep an eye out for his “Phat Slang” EP on Rocstar and the “Bring The Bass EP” on Electrostimulation in early 2010. He’s also made his Nerve debut on Nerve Breaks 016 with “Nu Skool Robbery”.

For more info check out http://www.temperd.co.uk/.

Download:

Temper D – Guest Mix for Nerve – January 2010

Listen:

Tracklisting:

1. Prolix and Temper D – Mr Kabba
2. Cooh – Frogger
3. Temper D – Wanna Say
4. Temper D – Supreme Race
5. Temper D – Unknown Teacher
6. Temper D – Gangbanger
7. Temper D – Wouldn’t Expect It
8. Temper D – Fear and Hatred
9. Temper D – Level Checking
10. Brandon Miles and Tricky Pat – Pip Squeak (TDP forthcoming)
11. Brandon Miles and Tricky Pat – Radio X (TDP forthcoming)
12. Temper D – Phat Slang
13. Kanji Kinetic feat Shiftee Mover – Splatterbass (Temper D Remix)
14. Temper D – Jump Around VIP
15. Blue Motion, Brandon Miles and Tricky Pat – Sulphur

Cat No: NERVE025
Artist: Morphy / Linden
Released: 16th December 2009

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

A: “Tuva (Morphy rmx)” – Linden

AA: “Samsara (Linden rmx)” – Morphy

Paul Reset’s notes:

Well we’ve got something a bit special here to wrap up 2009 for Nerve. Two of Scotland’s best producers go head to head, remixing each other’s material and moulding the tracks into their own inimitable shape.

First up we’ve got Morphy taking on “Tuva” (From Linden’s “Hidden EP”). The original was a techy beast of a track and I was keen to see what Morphy would do it. He’s stripped all the elements back, coated it in lush analogue warmth and delivered an amazing chunk of movie soundtrack style dnb. Dipping it’s toes into the world of IDM and ambient but retaining the dark dubby groove he’s become known for.

Next up we’ve got Linden taking on Morphy’s “Samsara” (NERVE023). The original was an dubby amen roller with an eastern vibe and Linden’s again stripped back the original elements and delivered an atmospheric bass monster that’s guaranteed to fill the more discerning dancefloor.

For more info:

Morphy on Myspace
Linden on Myspace

Artist: NJC
Released: December 14th 2009

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

1: “The Roof Party (feat Innerheart)”

2: “Generic”

3: “Hub Dole (feat The Marvelous)”

4: “Zipper”

5: “Ras Baby”

6: “Bosa Bosa”

7: “Norbital State”

8: “Desi Flo (vs DSD)”

9: “Stand and Deliver (feat The Marvelous)”

10: “Be Real (feat Irie J)”

11: “Gold Leaf”

12: “Perfect Love”

13: “Turners Bass (feat Mr Lee)”

14: “National Anthem”

Paul Reset’s notes:

I first discovered NJC’s work through his “Feelz Good” track on L Plates, I played the tune to death, got in touch and we did the tune swapping thing for a good few years, again and again he delivered dancefloor smasher after smasher (“Lose It” on Function was another big fave) and was a big feature of my sets for many years. He’s been off working in other genre’s for the past coupla years (explained further below) but now he’s back with an album of unreleased tunes now available on iTunes and he’s kindly given us this 14 track album of brilliant drum n bass, downtempo, dubstep and electronica as a wee taster for it!

Some linear notes if you will….

All of the music from the NJC Xmas Xtras are tracks that have been produced over the last 8 years by Nat Clarkson. Some of them have been made in the last 3 years and have slipped the net whilst Nat has been producing with bands and new artists. You may remember some of the DnB tracks as they were floating around during 2003/2005. Tracks like Hub Dole and Stand and Deliver were made with UK band The Marvelous whilst Nat was producing their debut album during 2007. Nat says “It was a nice break to explore the different sounds of live music along with dance production, we had fun making the tracks and thats important”. Nat was asked to do a remix of the National Anthem which is the last track in the downloads – this was a joke really but worth sharing with everyone…

NJC is currently working on new DnB for release in 2010 and also co-runs Ambiel Music with Gordon Mulrain and Dance Regime with Chris Grabiec which are 2 independent labels. Ambiel Music is geared towards bands, solo acts, experimental and non-hard dance music. Dance Regime is geared towards harder dance and electronic music. These labels are still under development.

To tie in with this free download NJC has put out an album of unreleased DnB tracks from 2003-2005, now available at iTunes.

NJC online:

NJC – official site
NJC on Myspace
NJC on Youtube
NJC on Facebook
NJC on Twitter

Secret Society AKA Tohm Tronic & Resonate have been involved in the drum n bass scene for over 15 years and individually had releases (under various aliases) on labels like Flex, Hardleaders and Hyper Records. They teamed up in recent years to form their own Digi-Lab Records and became heavily involved in the J-Tek scene – becoming one of the scene’s leading production and DJ teams.

They first came to my attention with the brilliant “Grindhouse” on Outrage’s “Backlash” imprint – a brilliant slice of drum n bass which veered towards the deep n dark sound but retained a crackin’ groove. I then discovered their amazing J-Tek stuff and they were also nice enough to let us release some of their brilliant dnb on Nerve (NERVEBP004) and have now remixed Jammin J’s “Fall” in a J-Tek stylee for NB015.

They’ve also put together this guest mix for the site, showcasing their diversity behind the decks as well as behind the production desk with a mixture of nu skool jungle tekno, drum n bass and a light sprinkling of dubstep.

For more info check out Secret Society on Myspace.

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Secret Society – Guest Mix for Nerve – November 2009

Tracklisting:

1. Fall(Secret Society RMX) – Jammin J – Nerve Breaks
2. Contrast V2 – Secret Society – Pure-Tone Dub
3. Look Out – Tango & Ratty – Steel Fingers Dub
4. Children Of The Tube – Secret Society – Pure-Tone Dub
5. Untitled – Secret Society – Dub
6. Mistabishi – White Collar Grime – Hospital
7. Leaf – Sabre – Critical Music
8. Untitled – Secret Society – Dub
9. Shadow Master – Secret Society – Dub
10. Cold Revenge – Icicle – Renegade Hardware
11. Forsaken – Alix Perez ft Spectrasoul – Shogun Audio
12. Untitled – Unkown – Dub

Cat No: NERVE024
Artist: Linden / Kantyze
Released: 3rd November 2009

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

A: “Frogdarts” – Linden

AA: “Nebula” – Kantyze

Paul Reset’s notes:

Linden made his debut on Nerve with the outstanding “Hidden EP” (NERVEEP001) and followed it up with the brilliant “Day By Day” on “The Intercity EP” (NERVEEP002). Since then he’s been making more waves in the drum n bass scene and with releases lined up on Broken Audio, Diverse Products and many others he’s sure to be one of the names on everyone’s lips for 2010.

For our 24th release he delivers “Frogdarts” – a chunk of techy dnb with crisp drums and a growly bassline that smashes up the dancefloor everytime.

On the flip we welcome French duo Kantyze into the Nerve fold. With past releases on Fokuz and Basswerk amongst others they’ve been carving a niche for their cutting edge techy beats. Here they bring “Nebula” – a deep n spacey slice of tech step – harking back to the late 90s vibe but bringing it up to date with 2009 production values.

For more info:

Linden on Myspace
Kantyze on Myspace

Cat No: NB014
Artist: Diazepam – remixes by CJ Weaver
Released: October 26th 2009

Tracklisting – click track title for 320kbps MP3 download

1: “Autumn Tides (CJ Weaver’s Low Tide rmx)”

2: “Autumn Tides (CJ Weaver’s High Tide rmx)”

Paul Reset’s notes:

Working out of Virginia in the US, CJ Weaver’s productions have been pricking up the ears of drum n bass fans worldwide. With a taste for deeper beats he’s turned in two brilliant remixes of Diazepams original (NB013). Both remixes take the warm atmospherics of the original and add more stripped back beats to up the drum n bass factor.

A total must for anyone who’s feeling the deeper drum n bass beats that have been regaining popularity over the past year or two.

CJ Weaver has lots of forthcoming goodies on labels such as Digibeat, Absys Recordings and Golden Age and has just released “The Thorazine Shuffle” on Dust Audio. For more info – check his Myspace page.

Shortcut and Conflict AKA DBR UK have been making some big waves on the drum n bass scene over the past few months with their unique brand of deep but dancefloor edged drum n bass.

With releases forthcoming on Broken Audio, Translation Recordings and Skynet’s relaunched N:Vision imprint they’re becoming a name to watch. We asked them if they’d put together a guest mix for us and they delivered this belter of a mix.

So stream it or download it and get it in your ears!

Download MP3 (right click and save target as)

Listen:

For more info check out DBR on Myspace.

Tracklisting:

1. Alix Perez Feat Zero T – Suffer In Silence – Shogun Audio
2. Skeptical- Be The One – Dub
3. Jubei & Cern – Black Hole
4. Genotype – Sign Of Madness – Broken Audio Dub
5. S.P.Y – ASBO
6. DBR UK – Moonquake V.I.P – Apex Dub
7. Spectrasoul – Buried
8. Native & Circa – Ithaca – Broken Audio Dub
9. Spectrasoul – Insisnia
10. DBR UK & Marginal – Floating Tribe – Translation Dub
11. Code3 – Payload
12. Mindmapper – Resurrection Hub – Broken Audio Dub
13. Commix – Justified
14. Digital & Outrage – Sensor
15. S.P.Y – Slumdog
16. Skeptical – Offline – Dub
17. Commix – Breaking Through
18. DBR UK – 2019 – Eternia Music Dub
19. Break – Aftershake
20. K Dan – Final Fight – Broken Audio Dub
21. Jubei – The Path
22. Skeptical – Could This Be – Dub