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Good day all, hope it's OK to jump in here without formal introductions ...

I co-run a little netlabel that deals with electronic music in most forms. We are proudly unleashing our first two dubstep releases on 16th October.

Soundbox - Entry Point [VB23MP030]



Bristol based producer Rich James is having his debut album released with Virus B-23 and also a forthcoming 12" on Boka.
The Entry Point album will be available as MP3/WAV/FLAC download from these digital stores - www.junodownload.com | www.addictech.com

Tracklisting -

01 - 3rd Earth Lunatic
02 - Whisper
03 - The Art Of Soundboxing
04 - Dungeon Waltz
05 - 3rd Earth
06 - Fuel Injected Oasis
07 - Original Skankster
08 - Red Stripe Chaser

the track 3rd Earth Lunatic can be heard on the player at www.myspace.com/drihoney ... full streamable tracks will be available soon on our main website


Markomen - Psychederelict Dubs Vol 1 [VB23MP031]



Hailing from the Medway Towns in Kent and producing his own take on dubstep. Markomen's 4 track release will be available as MP3/WAV/FLAC download from these digital stores - www.junodownload.com | www.addictech.com

Tracklisting -

01 - Strawhead Riddim
02 - Babylon Blues
03 - Muddy Valley Vox Pops
04 - Dubstep Reggae Sounds

tracks can be heard at www.myspace.com/markomenproject2k ... full streamable tracks will be available soon on our main website


If anyone is playing on net radio shows, has gigs, does reviews etc and would like promo CDrs sent to them please mail me at henryoid@virusb-23.co.uk ... in return we'd expect some feedback and where appropriate a comment or quote to tie in with the promotion for the full releases ...

Thanks for your time,

peace

Big up the Virus b23 crew for pushing a plethora of good sounds..

Lookin' forward to getting these bits Dr I Honey....

Mr racket

should be sending out tomorrow ... should be something amongst the 12 tracks that you like (fingers crossed)

[b]racket wrote: Lookin' forward to getting these bits Dr I Honey....

handshake

Releases will be out on Monday (16th)

*click HERE for 96kbps full track Markomen previews.
*click HERE for 96kbps full track Soundbox previews.

Soundbox's 3rd Earth Lunatic was played on Wedge's show earlier in the week and got a massive response- check out the previews and let us know what you think

Markomen's "Strawhead riddim" is pure sickness!

few people picking up on that particular track ... nice one

FULL RELEASE NOTES, LINKS, FEEDBACK etc




Soundbox - Entry Point (VB23MP030)

3rd Earth Lunatic
The Art Of Soundboxing
Whisper
Dungeon Waltz
3rd Earth
Fuel Injected Oasis
Original Skankster
Red Striper Chaser
Mastering by tarekith@gmail.com


Buy MP3/WAV/FLAC at Addictech
Buy 192kbs & 320kbs MP3/WAV at Juno Download
Stream full length 96kbs tracks >here</URL>here<
Markomen's Virus B-23 profile page >here<



Without a doubt dubstep has to be one of the fastest spreading electronic musical forms in the last ten years. The sound is massive globally. Bristol (UK) has always given us great producers in many areas of music and dubstep is no exception. Someone who is about to burst onto the scene is Rich James aka Soundbox with a forthcoming 12" release on the mighty Boka label and his debut album dropping on Virus B-23. With a healthy mixture of electronics, edits, bass mutations, musical form and experimentation the Entry Point album is heaving with energy and ideas. Most bases are covered honestly and thoughtfully with a Soundbox Productions stamp on it ... the album release unravels into darkness, crystalized moods and facets that should get approval of people into their dubstep. Fragmented echoes and patterns occupy the space for deeper atmospherics within the tunes and adding to the structure you'll hear haunting piano, delicate sounds, splintered hats, bass being given a full workout and many hints and touches that combine into pieces of music that are memorable and destined to be dropped on the more adventurous dubstep soundsystems. There may only be eight tracks on the album that clock in at thirty eight minutes but that seemingly short space of time is an adventure and with 3rd Earth Lunatic opening up proceedings rather ominously to begin with but then dropping into bass swells, clattering drums and vibrating tones you get a taste of what's to come. Entry Point is a confident and striding first album that gives us just a peek at what Rich has up his sleeves and with more releases being a dead cert we here at HQ think he's defintely a name to watch.

Equally there are tracks that will be played by DJs and the album also works well as something that can be listened to from beginning to end at home on a decent system (neighbours permitting). It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea as the music world is a fickle place and tastes are more varied than ever, but Entry Point should hopefully slip across a few genre barriers and appeal to different groups of people. A follow up download single is planned for December featuring a remix by Markomen.


Biggups and support from -

Deapoh, Barefiles / Baredubs - "I'm really liking this ... Soundbox is heavy"

Repax_one, Shrine Of Juju - "Albums are about texture and Soundbox's Entry Point travels from sublime dubbed out late nighter nodders through technical jarring blipscapes whilst sometimes plunging into depths of what I'd describe as futuristic slasher film filth and underpinned with massive amounts of bass of course! It woos and tears you to shreds in a single sitting. Overall listening to this makes my palms sweat at the thought of playing it on a big rig to a crowd of unsuspecting dub zombies, eyeballs are bound to wobble infact limbs may fall off."

Bushby, Digital Distortions - "3rd Earth Lunatic, Whisper and The Art Of Soundboxing are fresher (and filthier) than something that's fresh and filthy."

Fine Cut Bodies, Chi Recordings - "Really nice release ... quality glitchy dubstep. I'll be playing some of these in my sets!"

Mr Seavers, Pure Filth - "Red Stripe Chaser ... never has the phrase filthy fucking bass dirge had such profound meaning. I can see myself trying to work some of this stuff into techno sets."

DJ Wedge, H.E.N.C.H. - "A deep soundtrack of moody atmospheric landscapes in contrast with punishing bass frequencies and grimey beats. With eclectic influences from techno, breakcore, dubstep and garage this bass weight fusion will not disappoint even the most hardened electronic journalist. A good one for the coffee table market, as well as the tear out skankers."

Markomen - Psychderelict Dubs Vol 1 (VB23MP031)


Strawhead Riddim
Babylon Blues
Muddy Valley Vox Pops
Dubstep Reggae Sounds*


All tracks written and produced by Markomen
Mastering on Babylon Blues and Dubstep Reggae Sounds by Asimilon at Number Seven Studios
Sleeve, design, A+R and blurb by Dr I Honey
*Efforts were made to contact Linton Kwesi Johnson before this release regarding the use of his poetry


Buy MP3/WAV/FLAC at Addictech
Buy 192kbs & 320kbs MP3/WAV at Juno Download
Stream full length 96kbs tracks >here</URL>here<
Markomen's Virus B-23 profile page >here<


If you follow the A2 out of the East End of London and drive for a little under an hour you'll reach north Kent. There's not much to visit for or shout about but perched around the River Medway are the Medway Towns, which include Gillingham. In this partially decaying town lives a peculiar producer who goes by the name of Markomen. The first release of his take on what is now termed dubstep is a four track digital download, titled Psychederelict Dubs Vol 1. His sound has been compared to that of Adrian Sherwood by a certain blog critic. Although you may not agree with that, there's a definate air of the bass-heavy and dark-but-triumphant vibes from these schools of modern dub experimentation. Psychederelict is an ongoing idea that he first pondered almost three years ago as a possibility of crossing of electronica elements, sci-fi production and bassline sensibilities. Members of Glade Festival favourites Liquid Connective are in on the concept too, and are adding their perceptions and various angles to this viral microculture. It's only recently, after years of continuing to use his time and creative energies to make drum and bass and electronica-techno hybrids, that the idea of psychederelict dub (spurred on by hearing the work of other dubstep artists) was fed into his expanding hardware-filled and software-fuelled studio. These four tracks are what the equipment gave back. Work is underway on volume two and an exclusive track will also appear on the first year compilation from Virus B-23 (called Phlegmatic Selections) which is released in December. There's also talk of a Markomen remix of a track from the Soundbox debut album, Entry Point.


With support and biggups from -


Bracket, Combat Recordings - "Really liking the Markomen release ... sounds tight. Babylon Blues gets my vote!"

John Bushby, Digital Distortions - "My favourite track is Muddy Valley Vox Pops, that's a killer track, proper dark and filthy."

Symmetrik, Hyponik Magazine - "Markomen brings forth some massive dubstep beats with crisp production and stacked up layers of bass. Attention detail is never overlooked and I can't wait for this guy to be big so I can hear it over a huge soundsystem."

love that shit
maybe you can give my tune a ears up
http://web.mac.com/blicksteven/iWeb

cheers
Blick

^ bing ... PMed

you can hear DJ Wedge of Bristol's H.E.N.C.H. crew dropping some Soundbox tracks on his show tonight

www.subfm.com 10 -12 GMT