MJAZZ 12 & 13
MJAZZ 012 comes in the form of Zulu by Metro, an absolute killer of a track, this moody roller has been described as sounding like the cleaner from labyrinth. Heavy, grimey bass with melodic bell chimes and grinding sounds, topped with african chants and techy beats. The Flip is Marbles which finds Invincible teaming up with Metro on a weighty drum funk brawl of bass, beats and bleeps.
Supported by Nerm & D-Code, Gappa G, Pessimist, Sub, Diamond Eye, Justice, Joe Syntax and Illusionist & Darm.
MJAZZ 013 starts with the slower bass driven lushness of Stratocumulus from Iceland's Muted. Full of atmospheric pressure from the iceman's unique sound. Cuelock delivers the flip and picks up the pace with Cumulus Clouds. Hypnotic with rolling bass, techy detriot esque stabs and lines, MJAZZ 013 will definitely take you up into the clouds.
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The seminal Modern Urban Jazz release from 1995.
ICONS (Justice & Blame) - Emotions with Intellect.
Muzik Mag - 5 out of 5 - "[the title] is the most accurate definition of this album you could ask for.... one of the greatest drum'n'bass albums to date..."
Option - "a smart, wonderfully soulful record that ranks with the best jungle has to offer.... Thick with bass, suffused with freeform jazz riffs... spacy and slow, with an uncharacteristic warmth..."
Code - "This is an amazing album which somehow failed to garner the same attention as projects by Goldie and LTJ Bukem around the same time. I believe much of this was actually produced in 1994 - I saw Fabio review "Salsa Flavour" in Atmosphere magazine that year, for instance and the tunes certainly have a '94 production feel to them. However, they are streets ahead of much contemporary Drum & Bass in terms of subtlety and execution.
The aforementioned "Salsa Flavour" is a real fusion between Salsa and Drum & Bass. All the Brazilian influenced D&B that's coming out now falls flat in comparison with this gem. The whole album is brillant though, don't pass it up"
"Blame and Justice's polished, jazzy drum'n'bass productions walk the line between Goldie's house-oriented jungle and the organic futurist fusion of L.T.J Bukem. On Emotions with Intellect, the duo let their synthesizers do the mood enhancement while a crucial set of breaks provides reserves of intellect. It's undoubtedly an emotional album, and intelligent at that."
Available Digitally for the first time ever.
FREE MP3s of Emotions With Intellect by ICONS when you buy the Vinyl
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Justice & Metro's 839 LP gets the remix treatment.
Following the release of their critically acclaimed, highly cinematic and left of centre experimental D&B LP Justice & Metro's 839 album has now undergone the remix treatment.
The 839 remixes features, new and up & coming artists as well as established producers and a few old school surprises to boot. It aims to be a lot different to the original making it a very nice package indeed.
Remixes include Deep Blue, PFM, Lo:Tek, Subminimal, Dominic Ridgway, 2nd City Blue, Jason oS, Cuelock, 2Suckadjs vs 42floor, Zoon Van Snook, Diamond Eye, Fade, Fushara, Momentum, and competition winner Caps Lock
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839 REMIXES digital booklet click here
Hand finished stencil sprayed sleeve
12" Vinyl Sampler
Touch Feel featuring Momentum - PFM
Remix
Solomon - Jason oS Remix
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Kmag's Essential Drum & Bass Album Jan 2012
"If you're intrigued and thrilled by electronic music's endless potential to evolve, warp and re-contextualise, this album is essential listening." Kmag
This north london geezer has been going about his work of quietly carving out some sophisticated and thoughtful drum and bass for quite some time now. With his features and remixes on numerous MJAZZ releases and his releases via Fokuz he has received great interest and many props. So the time seemed about right for him to drop an LP project which fully showcases his talent. Check it out.
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Reviews & Interviews
Kmag
Everyday Junglist
Organic
An Interview with the main man Diamond Eye for MJAZZ T.V.
MJAZZ presents the second installment of its ltd CD LP series.
The Modernists 2 is limited to 100 hand finished and numbered copies.
Featuring an array of artists from around the globe, some of the finest exponents
of quality leftfield drum and bass including - Felix K, Cuelock, Metro, Sinistarr,
Ultracode, Muted, Sight Unseen, Justice, Marginal, Nuage, Gerwin, Diamond Eye
and Dominic Ridgway.
a nice little article about the Modernists 2 from Organic and Example
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The Aquisse remix project….
For those who don't know 'Aquisse' is one of Justice's most well known and well
loved tracks. This seminal classic is one of the many reasons why he and the
MJAZZ label are held in such high regard in d&b circles.
2010 marked the tracks 15th birthday so he thought it would be a good opportunity
to bring it up to date and release it for a new generation of d&b fans.
For this he enlisted the talents of no less than 7 of his favourite producers in the
genre at the moment, Sinistarr, Chris Inperspective, Metro, Muted, DiamonD EyE, Invincible and Paranoid Society.
This re-release includes the original mix by Justice and the Justice & Neil Trix Aquisse 06'
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Aquisse by Justice
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and Q&A from the remixers, the Organic interview with Justice & Sinistarr.
Out now is the debut collaborative album from Justice & Metro - 839
featuring Muted, Momentum and DiamonD EyE
Supported by Laurent Garnier, Nerm, Blu Mar Ten, DJ Flight, Alley Cat, Sinistarr,
Code, Stunna, Felix K, Illusionist & Darm, Dominic Ridgway and many more...
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Human Thinking - Justice & Metro - 839
