Knowledge

Podcast 06

This month we've got a guest mix and interview from San Francisco's finest drum & bass duo, Bachelors of Science. They've put together a slick, soulful mix featuring some of the best tracks from their forthcoming album, Warehouse Dayz. We've also got some sick electro from Noisia's hotly-anticipated LP as well as a techno-DnB hybrid from Camo & Krooked and a brand new remix of Black by DJ SS (definitely one for the heads!). Plus there are two superb unsigned tunes and a classic track from the archives. Enjoy!

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Tracklist

Noisia – Machine Gun (Division)
Ivory – Hand Grenade (Rat Records)
Zero T & Bailey – Wasp Factory (Footprints)
DJ SS – Black (Bladerunner remix) (Formation)
Redeyes – Oh Please! (Spearhead)

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Guest mix from Bachelors of Science

Bachelors of Science - Lost Inside (Horizons Music)
Bachelors of Sceince - The Ice Dance (Lenzman Remix) (Horizons Music)
Consequence - Farewell (Exit Records)
Spectrasoul - Insignia (Exit Records)
Alix Perez - Contradictions (Shogun Audio)
Bachelors of Science - Bombay Sapphire
Nautilus - Small Adventure (Precious Metal)
Bachelors of Science (featuring Erica London) - Cant Let Go (Acapella) (Horizons Music)

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Synkro – Departure (Med School)
Camo & Krooked – Mindset (Beta)
Distance – Menace (Chestplate)
Dark Sky – Something 2 Lose (Black Acre)
I.D. & Skinnz - Shimmy (Double Science)
Depone – DX7 Heaven (Unsigned)
Xtrah – Proximity (Unsigned)
Dead Dred – Dred Bass (Moving Shadow)

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Unsigned artist Q&As

DEPONE

Please introduce yourself...
Hello! My name is Matt aka Depone (pronounced Dee-Pone – had to get that out of the way because people I meet never know how to pronounce it!). I'm a music technology specialist degree student in west London.

How long have you been making music?
I have been making music for around six years but only took it seriously and developed my skills for the last four years. I don't have any formal music training, ie. piano or guitar, but I have self taught myself music theory along with my degree and I feel I 'play' my music in my sequencer. Does that make sense?

How would you describe your music?
My music is an eclectic mix of dubstep, nu skool breakbeats, techno and any other influence I have in my life. I made the change from nu skool breaks to dubstep around four years ago and very quickly got absorbed in the sound. I found the driving bass, melodies and creativity really inspiring. On the flipside I also make more chilled trip hop beats as I grew with the Massive Attack and Portishead from the Bristol era playing in my Walkman around my early school days. I'm a follower of neurofunk-type DnB as well and have a particular soft spot for the label Virus between the years of 1997-2002.

Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made?
This one is really hard to answer as I'm a music techy in training, but I'm going back to my roots and selecting Oxygen by Bad Company from the album Inside The Machine. This album was a huge influence on me.

Where can people hear more of your music?
http://soundcloud.com/depone and www.myspace.com/deponedub.

XTRAH

Please introduce yourself...
Hi Knowledge, name is Xtrah. I'm from London, England and I'm 22 years young.

How long have you been making music?
I've been making music for around three years now but only seriously for the past year or so.

How would you describe your music?
I would call my music deep, minimal drum & bass.

Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made?
If I could have made any track it would have to be Shimon and Andy C's Recharge taken from the Speed Of Sound album in 1996, such a huge tune. I still drop it to this day!

Where can people hear more of your music?
http://soundcloud.com/xtrah or www.myspace.com/djxtrah. You can also catch me playing at my night in London called Jam @ Bar Rumba, starting Thursday 8th April.