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The Amazing Adventures Of One Curious Pixel is the name of Bop's second album, which is a follow up for his excellent debut album Clear Your Mind which was released two years ago. It's about time I say. Check out the clips from the Soundcloud player before and/or the minimix on youtube.

Release date is May 30th, and it's already available for preorder at Hospital Shop

Bop - The Amazing Adventures Of One Curious Pixel (MEDIC23) by Med School Music

Fracture and Neptune have been working on their sound for 11 years now, and to celebrate that they have compiled a retrospective album to showcase what they have been doing together. It's a 18 track digital album with all the tunes digitally remastered by Bob Macc and contains some classic F&N tracks like Too Doggone Funky, Colemanism and their first release, Deadlands as well as some previously unreleased and some brand new beats.

Release date end of May 2011 with a limited edition sampler 12" with hand printed and individually numbered artwork. This LP is must buy. Seriously.

More info at the Astrophonica website

Retrospect LP - A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune [exclusive clips] by Fracture And Neptune

Esc just recently made a guest mix for our podcast. Now a Canadian label In Da Jungle released his first single, "Lost and Found" with a remix from Mineral on the side.

The original track, which we already heard in his mix, is a rather deep and chilled track with a subtle drum programming, I kind of feel tempted to say minimal but I refuse to use that word.
In the remix Mineral has taken a darker and more energetic route. With a growling bassline, a boymerang breakbeat and scifi synths the remix almost sounds like early Teebee releases. That's not exactly a bad thing.

You can check the tunes from the Soundcloud players below or from Juno Download where you can also buy the release.

Esc - Lost And Found by In Da Jungle Recording

Esc - Lost And Found (Mineral Remix) by In Da Jungle Recording

Lightless Digital, the digital offshoot of Fanu's label Lightless kicks off today with its first release, a 5 track ep from Dak. We at Science thought it would be a good idea to sit down and have a chat about Dak, his music and his methods in the studio. Check the previews of the ep below, view the full article to see the full interview.

Hospital Records' always so very nice sister label Med School Music are about to release a sequel to the New Blood 010 compilation album which they released approximately a year ago. That album introduced us guys like Enei, Stray and Joe Syntax, and also ended up getting good recognition outside the usual drum'n'bass listener base.

The limited advance vinyl copies of the new album, titled New Blood 011 are already in the Hospital Shop and features tracks from new and not-so-new producers like Anile, Eleven8, Flame, Furi Anga, and Nuage. Preview tracks are dropping on the Med School website every monday until the release date, which is march 28th.

The release date of Exit Records' long await compilation "Mosaic Vol 1" is near and the guys at The Nest who are also hosting the album launch party are giving away a previously unreleased track from Skream.

Download "Firecall" from Soundcloud.

I'm personally very excited about this album and been waiting for couple of these tunes to come out for ages, so it's a buy on sight album for me. The two samplers are already out, and the album itself will be released on January 31st.

Critical Music starts the new year by releasing a digital compilation album called Critical Sound Of Drum & Bass. It features 19 tracks in total, 9 from their impressive back catalogue and 10 previously unreleased.

Here's a minimix to showcase what's on the album. The actual release date is January 10th.

Being a big fan of good old 90's atmospheric drum & bass and also really liking jazz, Polska's newest album from Subtle Audio really works for me.

Combining future jazz and drumfunk into the same package, this album is a nice step out of the ordinary releases these days.

Check out some samples at Soundcloud or head over to the digital store of your choice. Available as 2xCD and download.

The german leftfield drum'n'bass label Alphacut strikes again, this time with some beats from the shores of the Baltic Sea, Paranoid Society from Tallinn and Dejaru from Turku.

The a-side from Paranoid Society, "White Lies" is on the lighter tip with some nice percussions and photek-like breaks in the beginning, but towards the end the track mutates into an amen stormer. Dejaru keeps things dark with his track "Black Mask", which is a hard, break driven drum'n'bass track with a techno approach. Both tunes have been appearing in my sets for a long time.

These tracks come on 200 pieces of handnumbered vinyl, as usual. Get your own copy from the Alphacut website. Check out also their previous release: Cycom - Rudebwoy VIP / Teh Fanu Remix

Paranoid Society - White Lies (ACR 021, 12", 2010) by Alphacut Records

Dejaru - Black Mask (ACR 021, 12", 2010) by Alphacut Records

Download them from the Nerve website

Let's hear what the label has to say:

Going back to the Nerve roots with this release - two absolutely brilliant tough n techy rollers from Finland's finest - Trisector & Dejaru. Individually they create a beautiful cacophony of noise - with Trisector releasing on Med School and Dejaru delivering for Vampire Records but together it's an even more beautiful thang.

Absolutely brilliant stuff, for more on these guys and other fine Finnish producers - make sure to check out the Finnish Drum n Bass and Dubstep 2010 compilation.