Category Archives: heart of the bass

luv463

luv463 The Halcyon Daze Of Decontrol

The Halcyon Daze Of Decontrol

this 14th anniversary mixtape sets the controls for the heart of the bass. hearkening back to the halcyon days of Interchill all day after parties full of heady dubs and come down phatties. where there was always a steady flow of mid tempo grooves that kept us going, with an ample cushion of bass that guaranteed a soft landing when needed.
photo : Mercury as seen from the satellite of luv
Tracklist:
  1. Halcyonitis – Burning Bush – Free World Records (1995)
  2. Rolling Heavy In The Spielplatz – Deadbeat meets The Mole – BLKRTZ (2020)
  3. My World Is Spinning (Version) – The Rootsman – Meteosound (2003)
  4. Slowdiver – The Kaleidoscope – Pik’n’Mix (1997)
  5. Exodub Implosion – Sly & Robbie – Palm Pictures (1998)
  6. Mother India (Mela Remix by Moody Boyz) – Fun-Da-Mental – Nation Records (1995)
  7. Rug Munch – Swag – Version (1998)
  8. Golden Clouds (Youth Gigantic Dreadnaught Dub Mix) – The Orb ft. Lee Scratch Perry – Cooking Vinyl (2023)
  9. Nike Air (Solid Doctor Remix) – Nonplace Urban Field – Incoming! (1996)
  10. 3 – Pretty Sneaky – Meakusma (2021)
  11. Green Eggs & Smack – Dr. Suess – Holistic Recordings (1994)
  12. Upstairs – HAN – Interchill Records (1998)
  13. Angel (Mad Professor Remix) – Massive Attack ft. Horace Andy – Virgin (1998)
  14. 6 A.M. Jullandar Shere (All Fetters Loose Dub by The Grid & Black Star Liner) – Cornershop – Wiija Records (1996)
  15. Bone Pointer – W.R.F. – Facility 4 (2023)
  16. Decontrol (Aquarius Heaven Remix) – The Subs – Lektroluv / Ministry Of Sound (2011/2012)
  17. Kiyadub 45 – Andrew Weatherall – Byrd Out (2017)
  18. ending of 4 – Pretty Sneaky – Mana (2020)

luv324

luv324 Hovering Above Unhindered And Shifty

Hovering Above Unhindered And Shifty

the free flow beats on this mixtape hover just above 150 bpm as the sweet daddy slips and slides between juke, dubstep, breaks, drum’n’bass, idm, and even some sped up trip hop creating jacked up robot rock for future generations to enjoy.
photo : Jesse Dixon’s Flying Car
Tracklist
  1. New Haven – Falty DL – Ninja Tune (2014) > buy link
  2. Lizard King – Lone – Bleep (2014) > buy link
  3. Flycatcha – Machinedrum ft. Body Language – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link
  4. Talk To Me – Distance – Tectonic (2016) > buy link
  5. Dark Energy – Aleksi Perälä – Rephlex (2007)
  6. Turn the hiphop on – Anti-G – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link
  7. Murda Bass – Taso – Teklife (2016) > buy link
  8. Void – Kode9 – Hyperdub (2015) > buy link
  9. Boog Me Out – Si Begg – Position Chrome (1996)***
  10. B Free – Dream Continuum – Planet Mu (2012) > buy link
  11. The Escape Of The Blvck Rxbbit – Jlin ft. Avril Stormy Unger – Planet Mu (2016) > buy link
  12. untitled track 3, side a – Astrobotnia – Rephlex (2002)
  13. L.S.D. – Kaotic Chemistry – Moving Shadow (1992)
  14. Pra Fechar – Nidia Minaj – Warp (2015) > buy link
  15. Bamboo (The From Workshop) – Spooky – Generic (1996)
  16. Floating Palace – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  17. Big Catzz – Rustie – Warp (2015) > buy link
  18. Move Out – DJ Taye – Hyperdub (2016) > buy link
  19. Paul Is Dead – Taz & Akka – Rwina Records (2013) > buy link
***track played at wrong speed, on 45rpm instead of 33rpm.

luv264

luv264 Digital Camouflage

Digital Camouflage

a hard beat collection of jungle and drum’n’bass that will wake you up, shake you down and rinse you out.
image : Fatiglie MacDougal
Tracklist:
  1. Junglebunny – Amen Andrews – Rephlex (2003)
  2. Wardance (Unreleased Dub Mix) – Rebel MC – Congo Natty (2004)
  3. The Truth – Break – Symmetry Recordings (2006) > buy link
  4. Bad Sound – Soundmurderer + SK-1 – Rewind Records (2004)
  5. Sidewinder (Hochi & Infiltrata Remix) – Special Forces – Photek Productions (2006)
  6. Skin Out (Drum & Bass Dub) – Admiral Bailey & Mad Cobra – Greensleeves Records (2007) > buy link
  7. Baby I Wanna Live (DJ Pulse Mix) – Espiritu – Heavenly (1996)
  8. Mr. Right (OD5150 Dub Mix) – Operator – D’Lux Dropz (2003)
  9. Standby – Genotype – Reinforced Records (2001)
  10. Can’t Punish Me – Dom & Roland – Moving Shadow (1999/2006)
  11. Breakdown – Paradox – Paradox Music (2006)
  12. Da Clash – Remarc – Planet Mu (2004)
  13. Ninja Chicks – Fanu – Darkestral Ice (2007)
  14. Fi You – Murderbot – Mashit (2005)
  15. Nasty Rabbits – Shitmat – Planet Mu (2009) > buy link
  16. Ragga Ragga – Terry Tee ft. Terry Ganzie – Knowledge & Wisdom Records (2001)
  17. Rockers International – Equinox – Bassbin Recordings (2006)
  18. See You Smile – 16 Armed Jack – JungleXpeditions (2004)

luv049

Echo and Decay

bass, beats, echo and decay; an old skool dubstep mixtape from well before it was “dead”.
photo : the radio anechoic chamber at the Technical University of Denmark taken by Alastair Philip Wiper
Tracklist
  1. Size 3 (Skream Remix) – Marc Ashken – Leftroom (2007)
  2. Magnetic City – Kode9 – Soul Jazz (2007) > buy link
  3. Back To Chill – Goth-Trad – Skud (2007) > buy link
  4. Lighthouse Dub – Monkeysteak – Punch Drunk (2006) > buy link
  5. One Life – Toasty – Clandestine Cultivations (2006) > buy link
  6. Military – Benga & Walsh – Hotflush Recordings (2006)
  7. Flags – Goth-Trad – Deep Medi Musik (2007)
  8. Nomad (RMX) – Distance – Abucs (2007)
  9. M/a…ximum Reespeck – Darqwan – Planet Mu (2007) > buy link
  10. Walkin’ With Jah – Digital Mystiks – Soul Jazz (2006)
  11. Fat Larry’s Skank (Kode9 Remix) – Kode9, Benny Ill & The Culprit – Tempa (2006) > buy link
  12. Tribute – Juju – Narco Hz (2006)
  13. Monsters – Emalkay – Boka Juniors (2007) > buy link
  14. Tusk Hunter – Neil Landstrumm – Planet Mu (2007) > buy link
  15. Harpoon – Scuba – Scuba (2006) > buy link
  16. Break Out – Slaughter Mob – Urban Grafitti (2006) > buy link
  17. Tomb – Gatekeeper – Skull Disco (2006) > buy link
  18. Blood Line – iTAL tEK – Planet Mu (2007) > buy link

luv211

The Washing Machine’s Secret Echo Chamber

inside my washing machine i found a secret echo chamber, in it i placed a tiny microphone. then i took a pile of dusty old dub singles and put them through a full cycle, rinsed them out good, and this is what it sounded like.
photo : evanduril
Tracklist:
  1. Blue Eyez – Skream – Tempa (2006) > buy link
  2. Bleach – Scuba – Abucs (2009)
  3. Thunder – Forsaken – Immerse Recordings (2007) > buy link
  4. Elements – Pinch – Swamp81 (2010)
  5. Pyramid Lake – Airhead – R&S Records (2012) > buy link
  6. Travelling – Kutz – Soul Jazz (2006) > buy link
  7. Element 16 (Sulfur) – 12th Planet – Argon Records (2008)
  8. Radical – Distance – Chestplate (2007) > buy link
  9. Phantom – F – 7even Recordings (2008) > buy link
  10. Torn & Submerged – Pinch & Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  11. Spiders – Spiders – Brainmath (2009) > buy link
  12. Crusher Dub – Vex’d – Planet Mu (2005) > buy link
  13. Far East Assassin (DJ Distance Remix) – Goth Trad – Skud Records (2007)
  14. Voices No Bodies – T++ – Honest Jon’s Records (2010) > buy link
  15. Gangstaz – Pinch – Tectonic (2007) > buy link
  16. Speak – Scuba – [Naked Lunch] (2009) > buy link
  17. Half Ounce – Juju – NarcoHz (2007)

luv163

I Won’t Run Away

luv took some bass infused techno and some techno inspired bass music and made this heavy blend of robot rock. a sound so big you won’t be able to run away from it.
photo by Andre Ermolaev of Icelandic volcanic run off
Tracklist:
  1. Ieee Mitten Menu (Mint Mix) – Speedy J – Novamute (1999) > buy link
  2. Fruit Punch – Terror Danjah – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  3. Thin Crust – Sympletic – Warp (1996) > buy link
  4. Feral (Lone Mix) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011) > buy link
  5. Ocia Syndor – Drexciya – Clone (2002)
  6. Angel (Si Begg remix) – Toasty – Hotflush Recordings (2007) > buy link
  7. Atlanta ’96 – Atlanta – Instant Life Records (1993)
  8. Pretty Bright Light – RSD – Punch Drunk (2007) > buy link
  9. Liquid Is Liquid (Remix) – Liquid – XL Recordings / Torso Dance (1992)
  10. Creybey – Morgan Zarate – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  11. Instinct – RAC – Warp (1996) > buy link
  12. Can Control – Eprom – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  13. Naturalistik – Plastikman – Plus 8 (1994) > buy link
  14. Anxiety – Falty DL – Planet Mu (2009) > buy link
  15. Koito – Ricardo Villalobos – Perlon (2012) > (searching for buy link)
  16. I See Them Everywhere – Si Begg – Noodles Recordings (2008) > buy link
  17. Bones – Krampfhaft – Rwina Records (2012) > buy link
  18. Improvisations : Part 2 (Si Begg ‘S.I. Futures’ Remix) – Robert Miles – S:alt Records (2002)
  19. Fish – Ikonika – Hyperdub (2009) > buy link
  20. Funk Tube – Debasser – Novamute (2002)
  21. Get A Grip – LV & Mumdance – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  22. Rantanplant – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2012) > buy link
  23. Meu – Jets – Leisure System Records (2012) > buy link
  24. Ropno – Markus Müller – Squonk (2007) > (searching for buy link)
  25. Come1 – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link

luv128

Way Past Bedtime

why stop now, you’ve been up for daze. this should keep you going and fit your head space. sun’s up with long shadows; it’s way past bedtime.
Tracklist:
  1. All Your Love – Hudson Mohawke – Warp (2011) > buy link
  2. Mass Appeal – Raffertie – Ninja Tune (2012) > buy link
  3. Lazarus – Pinch – Tectonic (2007) > buy link
  4. Africastle (Kode9 Remix) – Battles – Warp (2012) > buy link
  5. Autonomia (Pinch’s Dub Version) – Mark Stewart / Primal Scream – Future Noise Music (2012) > buy link
  6. Breezin – Sepalcure – Hotflush Recordings (2011) > buy link
  7. Bastard Spirit – Shackleton – Woe To The Septic Heart (2010) > buy link
  8. CMYK – James Blake – R&S Records (2010) > buy link
  9. So Cruel – Bass Clef – Punch Drunk (2011) > buy link
  10. Surge (16Bit Mix) – Amon Tobin – Ninja Tune (2011) > buy link
  11. Quiet Riot – Likhan’ – 7even Recordings (2009) > buy link
  12. Snarled – Skream – Tempa (2011) > buy link
  13. Dirty Dutch – Funkystepz – Hyperdub (2012) > buy link
  14. rrrr – Peverelist & Hyetal – Punch Drunk (2010) > buy link

luv120

Now We Can Begin

beats & bass,
onwards & upwards.
Tracklist:
  1. Willenhall – Bibio – Warp (2011)
  2. Ntombi Ya Mugaza (Burnt Friedman Remix) – Zinja Hlungwani – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  3. Humanized – Modeselektor & Anti Pop Consortium – Monkeytown Records (2011) > buy link
  4. 40 Bus – Ras G – RAMP Recordings (2011) > buy link
  5. Earth A Kill Ya (Mala Remix) – King Midas Sound – Hyperdub (2011) > buy link
  6. It’s Serious – Cooly G ft. Karizma – Hyperdub (2011) > buy link
  7. Deadman – Shackleton – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  8. Lay Me Down – Machinedrum – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link
  9. Restructure 2 Rebuild – Digital Mystikz – Honest Jon’s Records (2010) > buy link
  10. 93 Million Miles – Africa HiTech – Warp (2011) > buy link
  11. Kibera Benga – Maasai Mbill, W. Warero, Modeselektor, Just A Band – Out Here Records (2011) > buy link
  12. Stereotype (instrumental) – Pritch & Trim – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link
  13. Stereotype – Pritch & Trim – Planet Mu (2011) > buy link
  14. Circular Logic (Front To Back) – DJ Shadow – Island Records / Universal (2011) > buy link
  15. Goldene Kugel – Siriusmo – Monkeytown Records (2011) > buy link
  16. Surfer’s Hymn (Actress Primitive Patterns Extended Mix) – Panda Bear – Kompakt (2011)
  17. Mangled Riddim – Walton – Hyperdub (2011) > buy link
  18. Bloom (Blawan RMX) – Radiohead – Ticker Tape Ltd. (2011) > buy link
  19. Uya Kwihi Ka Rose (Peverelist Remix) – Tshetsha Boys – Honest Jon’s Records (2011) > buy link
  20. One Week Over – SBTRKT – Brainmath (2010) > buy link
  21. Farthing Wood Dub – Hype Williams – Hyperdub (2011) > buy link

luv044

New Needles, Dead Rats

this mix of classic dubstep was my first foray into the new mutations of bass music, ending up a gateway drug for myself and many others as we set our controls for the heart of the bass.
image : sweet daddy
Tracklist:
  1. Punisher – Pinch – Planet Mu (2006) > buy link
  2. The Knowledge (Vex’d Remix) – Toasty – Hot Flush (2006) > buy link
  3. Grime ll Dark – Amen Andrews vs. Spac Hand Luke – Rephlex (2006)
  4. Hyloz – Boxcutter – Planet Mu (2006) > buy link
  5. Missin’ – D1 – Tempa (2006) > buy link
  6. Berkane Sol – Geiom – Berkane Sol (2006)
  7. Anger Management – Mark One featuring Virus Syndicate – Planet Mu (2004) > buy link
  8. Clapton Deep – Bass Clef – Blank Tapes (2006) > buy link
  9. Bombardment of Saturn – Vex’d- Planet Mu (2006) > buy link
  10. Rocker (Plasticman Remix) – Alter Ego – Skint (2004) > buy link
  11. Death By Stereo – Plasticman – Rephlex (2004)
  12. Harlem Shoot Me – Neil Landstrumm – Planet Mu (2006) > buy link
  13. Blipstream – Skream – Tempa (2006) > buy link
  14. Haunted – Digital Mystikz – DMZ (2006)
  15. Mean Fiddler – Mark One – Southside Dubstars (2006)
  16. Anti War Dub – Digital Mystikz featuring Spen G – DMZ (2006)
  17. Stardust – M.R.K.1 – Planet Mu (2006) > buy link

luv055

Babylon Burner

dis mix is for heavy eyelids, heavy heads, heavy hearts, heavy times, heavy bass and heavy beats. peace out.
photo : Babylon burning
Tracklist:
  1. Legalize It – unknown – WAR002 white label (2007)
  2. Hooby – Silkie – Deep Medi Musik (2007) > buy link
  3. Chest Boxing – Skream – Tempa (2007) > buy link
  4. Comb 60s – Benga – Planet Mu (2006) > buy link
  5. Circling – Appleblim – Skull Disco (2008) > buy link
  6. Shake Out Your Demons – Digital Mystikz feat. Sgt. Pokes – Disfigured Dubz (2007)
  7. Chamber Dub – Pinch – Soul Jazz (2007) > buy link
  8. Hear Dis Style – The Others – Boka (2007) > buy link
  9. Rufage – Loefah – DMZ (2006)
  10. Jakin – Jazzsteppa – Hotflush Recordings (2008) > buy link
  11. Joyful Sound – DJG – Narco Hz (2007)
  12. Simulacrum – Ikonika – Hyperdub (2008) > buy link
  13. Die Brucke – Peverelist – Punch Drunk (2007) > buy link
  14. Philly – Boxcutter – Hotflush Recordings (2007) > buy link
  15. Circular – Subeena – Immigrant Recordings (2008) > buy link
  16. Doomed – MRK 1 – Contagious (2006)
  17. The Rope – Marlow – Storming Productions (2006) > buy link
  18. excerpt from – Stampin’ – The Bug ft. Flowdan – Ninja Tune (2007) > buy link