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Christmas is just around the corner, and it's getting cold. Here at Knowledge we've decided to bring to you 2 installments of the finest electronic music this side of 2011 to stuff your stockings with. In part 1 we bring you a D&B special, with fresh sounds from the likes of Zero T & Script, Unquote and Break. This is followed up with a full hour long guest mix from Nu:Logic (Nu:Tone & Logistics) to celebrate the release of their new EP, New Technique. Get the log fire blazing, forget the tired Christmas music and jam out to this whilst decorating your Christmas tree! Check out the Knowledge top 20 D&B tracks of 2010 here: www.kmag.co.uk/editorial/features/20-best-drum-and-bass-singles-of-2010 Keep up to date with GLP's India adventures via his blog here: www.matadortravel.com/user/31851/blog - Tracklist Unquote - We Breathe Yoghurt Lying On A Strawberry Bed - Influenza Minus Zero T ft Script - Guessing Games - Footprints Nu:Logic - New Technique - Hospital Break ft Calyx & Teebee - Don't Look Down - Symmetry BTK - Things I Do (Spectrasoul Remix) - Demand Nero - Me And You (Danger Remix) - MTA Made In Space - Strange Encounter Remix - Unsigned - Nu:Logic 'Influences' Mix - Tracklist Matrix – Mute 98 – Prototype Lexis & Universal – Groove Therapy – Looking Good Influx Datum – Forever – New Identity Calibre – Jane's Twitch – Thermal Klute – Part Of Me – Hospital Calibre – Vice – Creative Source Fallen Angels – Rapier – Sirkus Mask & Swabe – Splurt (Ray Keith Remix) - Dope Dragon Dagga – Laughing Gas – Hospital Shimon & Andy C – Quest – Ram 3 Way – Sgt General – Dope Dragon Roni Size / Reprazent – Watching Windows (Ed Rush & Optical Remix Dub) - Talkin Loud Digital – True Natty – Function Jonny L – Running – Pirhana Cybotron – Light Years – Prototype Fortran – Sardines – Metro Rymetyme & Trace – Frogger – 1210 Goldie – Believe (Grooverider Remix) - F.F.R.R. Cloud 9 – Mind Games – Penny Black Solo – Pressure (Peshay Remix) - Mo'Wax Therapy – Loose (Photek Remix) - A&M

It's fireworks night but the fun doesnt end there as we've got plenty more bangers in this month's Knowledge podcast. We've got explosive new material from Black Sun Empire, Mixmaster Doc and Headhunter as well as a tight dubstep mix from new label Platter Records. There's also a smooth unsigned track plus a classic from the archives from Krust, who you might catch at Knowledge's Fluid night in London. Get ready to light up those bonfires. Track list Black Sun Empire - Chaingang [BSE Recordings] Body, Soul & Fourward - Comply To The Rules [Nasca] Need for Mirrors - Greazy ft Stapleton [V Recordings] Mixmaster Doc - Makyo [Peer Pressure Recordings] Komatic - Now She's Free [Bass Drive Tunes] - Guest mix from Platter Records and Mike Lennon Mike Lennon - Total Control (Bare Noize remix) [Platter] Jinx In Dub feat. Mikey Don - Shaka Sonics (Rob Sparx remix) [Platter] Broke Djs - Personal (Riskotheque & Marchmellow remix) [Platter] Hektagon - Above Ground [Platter] Matt Domino feat. Jazz T - Threatz (Mike Lennon remix) [Absolute Music] Jinx In Dub feat. Mikey Don - Shaka Sonics [Platter] - Headhunter - Chasing Dragons [Idle Hands] Compound One - Pum Pum Beat [Compound One] Plot Twist - Fena [Fortified Audio] Truth - Stay [Disfigured Dubz] Ben Kama - Floating Funk [Unsigned] Krust - Warhead [V-Cycle]

We've been hard at work unearthing the freshest new music for your listening pleasure this month. We've got new drum & bass from the Autonomic and Med School labels, plus a tough dubstep selection from the likes of Silkie and Synkro. We've got an eclectic guest mix from Hospital Records' latest rising star, Stanza, who takes us on a whistle-stop tour through liquid, minimal and techno-influenced drum & bass. To close the podcast we've got a second guest mix combining grime, garage and funky rhythms from the crew behind Oxford's Free Range nights. Get in. Track list ===== Riya - Seems Like [Autonomic] Circa - Kabal [Med School] Artificial Intelligence - Unforgettable ft. Jenna G [V Records] --- Stanza guest mix Mutated Forms & Stanza - Memory Flash [Dub] >> Decimal Bass & D-Side - Business [Dub] Rockwell - Full Circle [Shogun] Danny Byrd - Moonwalker [Hospital] Stanza - Circuit Bored [Different] Royalston - Glitchbitch [Med School] Task Horizon - Focused Locust ft MILK67 [Mainframe] Noisia - Diplodocus [Quarantine] Mutated Forms - Shadow People [Grid] >> Vicious Circle & Fierce - Section [Quarantine] Loadstar - Link To The Past [Ram] --- Marco Del Horno vs DJ Swerve - Ho! Riddim ft P Money [Black Butter Records] Silkie - 80s Baby [Deep Medi] Seven - Germs [Black Box] Synkro - Back Then [Dubstep for Deep Heads] Matta vs Pablo Gad - When I Was A Yout [Unsigned] Blame - Music Takes You [Moving Shadow] --- Charris, B-Ill and Script guest mix === Unsigned artist Q&A Please introduce yourself... We are James and Andy, we produce mostly dark dubstep music. How long have you been making music? As Matta we have been producing for around two years. How would you describe your music? A typical song will have dark undertones to it. We try not to keep to one sort of style as we like to keep things interesting and for people to listen to our music without expecting a set formula. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? Johnny L - Piper. Where can people hear more of your music? People can hear our stuff here on Soundcloud (Matta Music) or at http://www.myspace.com/mattamusicuk We also have an album and EP coming out on Ad Noiseam records (http://www.adnoiseam.net) in early November.

This podcast is a must-listen if you want a peek at two of the most highly anticipated drum & bass albums of the year. We've got a track from the great Artificial Intelligence release 'Stand Alone', plus a cut from Commix's 'Re:Call To Mind'. Essential listening! As if that wasn't enough, we've got a guest mix from S.P.Y that's absolutely loaded with dubplates and unreleased material from labels such as Metalheadz and Critical. We've also got a tidy dubstep selection in the second half, plus the regular unsigned section and a trip down memory lane with the legendary Congo Natty! Track list ===== Commix - Japanese Electronics (Instra:mental remix) [Metalheadz] Sequent Industry - Clear Blue [Camino Digital] System - Sy-Fi [Integral] Foxrox & Geetox - Too Much Temptation [Audio Danger] Artificial Intelligence - High Tide [V Records] - - - Guest mix from S.P.Y 8bits – Cyclops (DuB) S.P.Y & Kasra – Surface (Critical Recs DUB) Total Science & S.P.Y – Untitled (DUB) S.P.Y – Sabotage (DUB) S.P.Y – Fields of Joy (Critical Recs DUB) S.P.Y – Wall of Mirrors (DUB) Data – Compassion (Metalheadz Dub) Marcus Intalex & S.P.Y – Paulista Dub (SOULR DUB) S.P.Y – Favela (VIP) (Metalheadz DUB) Xample & Lomax – Link to the Past (Ram Records DUB) - - - Truth - Burglar [Aquatic Lab] Guttstar - Fresh Produce [Party Guy Records] Dubkasm - Nyah Keith (Guido remix) [Punch Drunk] Kelpe - Margins [Team Acre] Retrospekt – Don’t You Know [Unsigned] Congo Natty ft Top Cat – Original Ses (Police In Helicopters) [Congo Natty] === Unsigned Artist Q&A Please introduce yourself... Hi, I'm Matt Brinkworth aka Retrospekt. I'm a Drum & Bass producer from Cardiff, currently based around Hertfordshire and London. How long have you been making music? I've gone through quite a few outlets and genres of music, I play bass guitar and was in a couple bands whilst I was in Cardiff. I started experimenting with electronic music about 3 or 4 years ago. How would you describe your music? I think I'm still exploring the different aspects of the Drum & Bass genre but I tend to swing towards more jazzy and soul based chords and moving sub bass lines. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? Without a doubt, Calibre - Let Me Hold You. Where can people hear more of your music? Follow me on twitter.com/retrospektuk facebook 'Retrospekt' and search for me on youtube!

Whether you’ll be spending August dancing in a field or winding your waist at the Notting Hill carnival, we’ve got the soundtrack to get you in the mood to party. On the guest mix we’ve got Storm, the first lady of drum & bass, with a sparkling selection of new beats and dubplates to get your feet moving. We’ve also got brand new tracks from the EZ Rollers, Polska, Total Science and S.P.Y, plus some deep, funky dubstep from Mala, Mensah and DJ Madd. The sun’s out so get up and dance! Tracklist ===== Total Science & S.P.Y - Legion (Metalheadz) Fracture & Neptune - The Limit (Astrophonica) EZ Rollers - Pages (Digital Colours) Polska - Good Day (Subtle Audio) - - - GUEST MIX FROM STORM Tracklist System – Sy Fy – (Integral) Rehab – Lushness – (Liquid V) Commix – Double Double – (Metalheadz) Zero 7 – In the Waiting Line - S.P.Y remix – (Dub) S.P.Y – Sabotage – (Dub) Seba & Physics – Before I Can Breathe – (Dub) Spirit – Juggernaut – (Inneractive) - - - Mala - Don’t Let Me Go (Soul Jazz) Superisk - Find Your Way (Punch Drunk Records) DJ Madd - Need This (Black Box) V.I.V.E.K. - Feel It (Deep Medi) DJ K.O. - Slow Burner ft. MadKem and Silent Knight DJ 6IX – The Run Around (Unsigned) Q Project - Champion Sound (Total Science Hardcore Will Never Die remix) ===== Unsigned artist Q&A DJ 6IX Please introduce yourself... I go by DJ 6IX, it’s a play on numbers and words, but it’s pronounced as ‘six’. I live in Toronto, Canada, born and raised. I DJ a lot of different genres of music and focus mainly on producing drum & bass. How long have you been making music? I’ve been producing for six years, and freelance studio recording for two years. I produce a lot of drum & bass, and also have some dubstep and house tunes out there. I also record bands and create music for advertisements. To develop the craft of producing and engineering music has taken time, and I'm constantly learning and always trying to find information to help me make great sounding, dance floor ready music. How would you describe your music? My music is on the melodic side, but also contains a dark and raw atmosphere. I try to keep my music simple. I'm a firm believer in making the drums and sub bass the standout in my drum & bass tunes. I like my subs to have rhythm and that's what gets you dancing. I have a minimalist emotion in my music, making you concentrate on what’s really making you move. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? There are so many tracks across so many genres I could mention. As for drum & bass/jungle, I prefer tracks that have a lot of feeling and soul, so I'm going to have to go with ‘Inner City Life’ by the man Goldie. That tune had such great influence and spectrum, it’s the kind of track all artists strive to make. Where can people hear more of your music? http://www.reverbnation.com/dj6ix and DJ 6IX

It's festival season in the UK and we at Knowledge are indulging to the utmost, but that hasn't stopped us producing a top class July podcast. We've got a genre-spanning guest mix from J Majik & Wickaman that takes you on a journey from dubstep to electro to drum & bass. We've also got a deep and minimal dubstep mix from Rinse.fm's DJ Crises. Plus we've got brand new tracks from the likes of Digital, Hatcha and the Digital Soundboy label. You'll enjoy this! Tracklist ===== * All Thieves - Starz (Zero T remix) [Footprints] * Kava Kava - Clarity (B Complex remix) [Chocolate Fire Guard] * 8bits - So Good [Digital Soundboy] * Fred V - Catch You [Cue] * Digital - Weatherman [Exit] - - - J Majik & Wickaman guest mix * Nero - Innocence [MTA Records] * 501 - Dub You [Not Safe For Work] * Excision & Datsik - Swagga (Downlink Remix) [Rottun] * Deadmau5 - The Reward Is Cheese - Rising Trax * J Majik & Wickaman - Disco [Mosquito] * Mindflow - Switched (Cutline Remix) [Never Say Die] * J Majik & Wickaman - Assassin [Mosquito] * DJ Fresh - Fight [Breakbeat Kaos] * J Majik & Wickaman - Feel About You (Album Mix) [Mosquito] * >>> Emalkay - When I Look At You [Dub Police] * J Majik & Wickaman - Mosquito [Mosquito] * RV & Wickaman - Deep Down [Mosquito] - - - * Lewis B - Rhodeselicious [Z Audio] * Hatcha & Lost - King Of The Trees [Blackbox] * Kassem Mosse - Hi-Res [Non Plus] Unsigned Track - *J Robinson & Shima - Exposure VIP [Unsigned] Classic Track - * LTJ Bukem - Atlantis - Good Looking Records - - - DJ Crises guest mix * Universe – The Next (TKR Remix) * Shutter – Crisp (Dub) * Life Cycle – Fused Forces * Revelation – Be-1ne * Dazed – ANS * The Big Sleep – Dcult * Mango Tree Remix (Dub) – Dodger Man (Crises test-mix)

Welcome back to the Knowledge podcast! This month we've got a moody and minimal guest mix from Fracture & Neptune – definitely a must-hear for all fans of deep drum & bass. We've also got brand new tracks from SpectraSoul and Blokhe4d, plus some juicy low-tempo stuff from Quest, rude dubstep from I.D and a slice of dancehall and UK Funky. We also play you Dominic Ridgway's winning tune from Knowledge's competition to remix Sabre's track '100 Teeth'. Tracklist ===== SpectraSoul – Absentis [Shogun Audio] Blokhe4d – Last Days of Disco [Bad Taste Recordings] Eveson – The Alchemist [Influence Records] Drumagick – Dry Your Eyes ft. Ernesto [BMR] Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Blood Pressure ft Riko [Greco-Roman Music] --- Guest mix from Fracture & Neptune DJG - Hydrate [Warm Communications] > > Genotype - Standing Ground (tease) Compound One - Get Loose (Fracture & Qualifide 170 BPM Remix) [Compound One] Fracture - Get Lost [Astrophonica] Fracture & Neptune - The Limit [Astrophonica] System - Observation Point [Dub] Fracture & Neptune - The Trunk [Astrophonica] Ulterior Motive - Harbour [Subtitles] --- Quest – Smooth Skin [Deep Medi] I.D. – Fresh Air [Sub Slayers] Kush Arora – Humidifier [Kush Arora] Sabre – 100 Teeth [Dominic Ridgway remix] – winner of the Knowledge remix competition Omni Trio – Thru the Vibe [Moving Shadow]

We're celebrating the first signs of summer in the UK with some great feel-good drum & bass from the likes of Culture Shock, Eveson and DC Breaks. We've also teamed up with Backdrop Promotions to offer you not one but two guest mixes, one from Moving Fusion and one from DisasZt. On top of that there's some superb dubstep from June Miller and Mensah, plus future garage vibes and the regular unsigned section. Come grab a piece! Tracklist ----- Kabuki - Just Hold On ft Jenna G (Serum remix) [V Records] Culture Shock - Surprise [Ram] Eveson - Fantasize [Integral] Mindflow - Switched (DC Breaks remix) [Never Say Die] June Miller - Brussel North [54Music] - - - Guest mix from Moving Fusion S.P.Y – Go With The Flow [Ram] Affinity – Static (Moving Fusion & Ant Miles remix) [Never Say Die] Smooth – 7th Sense [Viper] Twisted Individual – Gimp Mask remix [Unknown] Culture Shock – Counthederal [Ram] Ant Miles & Moving Fusion – Mass Hysteria [Liftin Spirit] Hamilton – Breathe [Frequency] Blokhe4d – Theque [Bad Company] Camo & Krooked – History Of The Future [Audioporn] - - - Mensah – 1986 Was The Future [Hench] Jackal Youth – Let Me Be [Reduction] Late – Losing You [Immerse] Nilow – Chinese Dreams [Unsigned] Moving Fusion – Turbulence [Ram] - - - Guest mix from DisasZt DisasZt , Kos & Tenchu - Raise It Up [Big Riddim] DisasZt & Infame - Oh My Dear! (Body & Soul Remix) [Mainframe] DisasZt - Rumours feat. Coppa [Mainframe] DisasZt - Rebound [Mainframe] DisasZt & Konkav - Voices [Big Riddim] DisasZt & Shimon - Snakey [Audioporn] DisasZt - Red Agent feat. Jenna G [Mainframe] DisasZt & Shimon - We Rise [DUB] ----- Unsigned artist Q & A NILOW Please introduce yourself... Hello my name is Janis aka Nilow (pronounced Nee-low), a dubstep producer BASSed in Berlin, Germany. How long have you been making music? When I was a teenager I played bass in some punk and hardcore garage bands. Also I tried to play drums. Three years ago I got my first producing program, Cubase, but understood nothing until a good friend explained it to me. Now I can say I've been seriously producing for two years. How would you describe your music? My music has influences from many genres: electro, drum & bass, dubstep, classical music and many more. All these kinds I try to combine in my tracks. I want to create something new with my tunes. Dubstep is so multifarious and that’s why I love it. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? Wow - there are many tracks I'd like to have made, Bad Company feat Rawhill Crew - Mo Fire (Dillinja remix), Borgore - Saturday Night and The Beatles - Yesterday, to name a few. Where can people hear more of your music? Nilow and on myspace.com/nilow030

April is here and to celebrate we have a dazzling guest mix from Sunchase, showcasing everything that's great about deep and minimal drum & bass. We’ve also got brand new tunes from Artificial Intelligence, Total Science, SPY and Ruckspin, as well as the first release on dBridge’s and Instra:mental’s Autonomic label – a dubstep collaboration with Skream. Plus there’s the unsigned section and details on Knowledge’s competition to remix a Sabre track. Tracklist ===== Breakage – Open Up (Digital Sound Boy) Artificial Intelligence – 3’s A Crowd (V Records) Inside Man – Ocean’s One (Vibration) Skream, Instra:mental and dBridge – Acacia Avenue (Autonomic) ----- Guest mix from Sunchase Sunchase - Eyewitness [Revolution] Villem - Provide [Utopia Music] Chris Octane & Dirty Le Roi - Drop Out [Dispatch] Data & Dynamic - The Fold [Inside Recordings] Sunchase - Varka [X-Tinction Agenda] Sabre - Peril (Stay's Club Mix) [Critical] Sunchase - Fantomas [Drone Audio] Ulterior Motive - Yogurt Brainwave [Subtitles] Sunchase - Away From Here [Drone Audio] Triad - Aftermath (feat. MC Fava) [Deep Soul Music] Sunchase & Abstract Elements - Phantom [Drone Audio] Sunchase - Moulded [Drone Audio] Bop - Song About My Dog (Subwave Remix) [Medschool] ----- Sabre – One Hundred Teeth (Critical) - check out Knowledge’s remix competition (www.kmag.co.uk) 501 – Back Up (Z Audio) Matt U – Void (Black Box) Ruckspin – Jibber (Ranking) Pdex – Any Style ft Melodi Hadebe (In The Fade) DJ Flawless – Aliens The One! (Unsigned) Roni Size / Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag (Talkin’ Loud)

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! Tracklist ===== Noisia – Machine Gun (Division) - See Kmag’s feature on the most-anticipated DnB albums of 2010 Ivory – Hand Grenade (Rat Records) Zero T & Bailey – Wasp Factory (Footprints) DJ SS – Black (Bladerunner remix) (Formation) Redeyes – Oh Please! (Spearhead) ----- 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) ----- 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) - See Kmag’s feature on the best debut singles in DnB ===== 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 97-2002. 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? You can catch me on Soundcloud @ Depone and http://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? To hear more from me you can follow me at xtrah or go to www.myspace.com/djxtrah. You can also catch me playing at my night in London called Jam @ Bar Rumba, starting Thursday 8th April. All details of the event are on this page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=456222405503&ref=mf

On this month's podcast we've got a slamming dubstep mix from Doctor P of Circus Records, who plays some big, loud and heavy dub tunes from the likes of Flux Pavilion. We've also got a range of drum & bass from the thoughtful, minimal styles of June Miller to the brash jump-up of Taxman and Heist. We've also got some wonky hip hop from Bulgaria and some future-looking garage from Glasgow. Enjoy! **Tracklist** Heist – Death Star (Sumo Beatz) Taxman – Harry's Revenge (Ganja) KG – Counter Attack (Industry Standard Musik) June Miller – Converge (Horizons) Xilent – Killing Spree (Beta) Guest mix from Doctor P of Circus Records Doctor P - Sweet Shop RSK - Black Books (Doctor P Remix) Flux Pavilion - Normalize Flux Pavilion - Voscillate (Roksonix Remix) Doctor P - Rasputin's Gold Cookie Monsta - U Can Do It Funtcase - Mattress Punch Doctor P - Gargoyle Flux Pavilion - Meathead Flux Pavilion - Got 2 Know Doctor P - Badman Sound Subeena – Picture (Opit Records) Cardopusher – Gibold (TrueTiger) 1000names – Paradise Rings (Team Acre) VVV – Back to Life (Fortified Audio) NCQL – Constructive Use of Resources (Unsigned) DJ Hazard – Selector (Ganja) Q&A with Unsigned Artist NCQL Please introduce yourself. How's it going Kmag I'm NCQL (Alfred Nelson), a 20-year-old producer in Auburn, AL, USA. How long have you been making music? I've been playing with the flames a while but I didn't really get serious until about 2 and a half years ago. How would you describe your music? I tend to jump around the D&B realm genre-wise but this comes from the process of attempting to realise concepts. I describe my music as more or less a realisation of thoughts, creative urges, and feelings I may have during that time. I create as it comes. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? Melodically, I've always had a thing for traditional orchestra, if I were a composer I'd most want to be like Ishikawa Tomohisa. When it comes to beats though, I think my favorite track I wish I'd made is Let go of the release by Amplicon. Where can people here more of your music? You can check out: ncql myspace.com/ncql wegotanamp.com last.fm/music/ncql And before I got into D&B heavily, I submitted much of my developments to an art and music group called Evoke: evokeone.com

Knowledge magazine brings you the December edition of our podcast. This month we have an eclectic mix of styles from the likes of Break, Marcus Visionary and Izaak Stern. We showcase some quality unsigned talent and an exclusive guest mix from Dom & Roland. We also give you a sneaky peak at a track from True Tiger's forthcoming dubstep album.... Happy new year! **Tracklist** Marcus Visionary - Blackboard (Lion Dub) Break - Mason (Run DNB) DKay & Concept - For Love Or Money (Brigand) Scandalous Unltd. - Bloodtrail (True Tiger) Izaak Stern - Moon Palace (Qilin) Guest mix and interview with Dom & Roland DC Breaks - Taken VIP (Frequency) Hadouken - Lights Out (Spor rmx) (dub) Netsky - Midnight Express (Spearhead) Eveson - Simply (Channel 82) Chaz D - Amnesia (unsigned) Hammer - Hurricane (HyGrade remix) (unsigned) Classic Track - Shy FX & UK Apache - Original Nuttah (SOUR) Q&A with Unsigned Artist Chaz D Can you introduce yourself? 19-year-old drum & bass DJ/Producer Charles Dixon aka Chaz D. How long have you been making music? I'm not actually sure when I started making music, before drum & bass I used to mess around in a few bands. I've learnt to play the piano & bass guitar so I've always been very musical. How would you describe your music? I'm trying to create something that works on the dancefloor, has a lot of energy but is also very musical at the same time. I have many influences in music and I try and incorporate them into my production. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? At the moment I wish I wrote Therapy by Original Sin. How/where can people here more of your music? Myspace.com/djchazd and my releases including In A World, released on X Rated Audio, are available from all good DJ download sites. Q&A with Unsigned Artist HyGrade Can you introduce yourself? I'm Dan Traynor, aka HyGrade. How long have you been making music? Since I can remember, started out making hip hop beats and now I'm starting to move towards more club orientated music. How would you describe your music? I would say my production style is very versatile, I make everything from music that will put you to sleep to tunes that will rip your face off! Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? You Rock My World - Michael Jackson (Darkchild) How/where can people here more of your music? Check out youtube.com/hygrademusic, soundclick.com/hygrade or myspace.com/hygrade and make sure you follow me on twitter.com/hygrade!

The Knowledge podcast is back for November, with possibly our biggest show to date. Massive new tunes from Skream, Breakage, Bcee, plus a guest mix from Orignal Sin to celebrate his new album, Grow Your Wings, dropping this month. We've also been to Amsterdam to check out Innovation and catch up with some of the artists and promoters... Enjoy! **Tracklist** Sidius & Rawkus - Alive - Steam Ill Skillz - Back Track - Ill Skillz Recordings Bcee ft Ad-Apt - Heartbreak (Matrix remix) - Spearhead Breakage ft Newham Generals & David Rodigan - Hard - Digital Soundboy Randomer - Scapegoat - Med School **Original Sin in the mix** **Innovation in the Dam feature, with interviews from Andy C, Ollie and Chef** **Knowledge download store top 5 D&B and Dubstep downloads** dBridge - Inner Disbelief - Exit Jubei - Alignment - Metalheadz Instra:mental - No Future (Skream remix) **Unsigned** PPK - Emote - www.soundcloud.com/PPK **Classic tune** Renegade Snares - Omni Trio - Moving Shadow Q&A with Unsigned Artist PPK Can you introduce yourself? My name's Hydrophonic (AKA PPK) and I'm a DJ and Producer from Oxford. How long have you been making music? For about 5 years seriously. I've been an passionate vinyl collector since about 1999, when I first discovered Drum & Bass. Over the years my energy has been more and more focused towards making my own music to incorporate into my DJ sets. How would you describe your music? Deep, moody and rolling. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? This is a hard question for me as I have so many favourite tunes but one which immediately springs to mind is Jungle Jungle by Total Science - This tune never gets boring for me. How/Where can people here more of your music? You can listen to my stuff on SoundCloud or Myspace. New tracks on the way so watch this space... www.soundcloud.com/PPK www.myspace.com/hydrophonic84

This month we’ve got a guest mix and interview with Stanza of dubstep/grime label True Tiger Recordings. He tells us what the label’s been up to recently, why Michael Jackson’s singles still stand the test of time, and what it’s like playing dubstep to thousands of rock fans while supporting Enter Shikari on their UK tour. Plus he delivers an upfront mix featuring some fresh music from the likes of Sukh Knight, Caspa and Rusko. We’ve also got a special sampling section where GLP explains the origins of some of the most famous drum breaks in modern music. He starts with the most famous break of all, the Amen, and delves into the archives to play part of the 1969 tune ‘Amen Brother’, by the Winstons. He also plays some classic early jungle from Renegade and Ray Keith to demonstrate the break in action. If you want to know more about the origin and influence of what is probably the most important six-second sample of all time, we recommend this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac GLP also plays The Incredible Bongo Band’s cover of ‘Apache’ – the source of the Apache break. Dating from the early 1970s, this track was so important to the development of turntablism that DJ Kool Herc has described it as “the national anthem of hip hop”. GLP picks examples from Matrix and Chase & Status that show what the Apache break sounds like when it’s reworked into drum & bass and hip hop. We’ve got all that plus great tracks from Original Sin, Alix Perez, Netsky and the Upbeats, as well as a classic track – ‘Shadow Boxing’ by Nasty Habits – that’s been specially recommended by Knowledge editor Colin. And of course, there’s the unsigned section. See below to read about the artists featured this month, in their own words. **Synamatix** Please introduce yourself: Hi, I'm Synamatix. I'm a 21-year-old dubstep DJ/producer from NW London. How long have you been making music? I've been making music since I was 11, but only got into production when I was 16. Been producing dubstep for about a year and a half now. How would you describe your music? Deep dubstep, taking influence from two-step, jazz, drum & bass etc. I just write deep bass, big deep bass. I can't write much else, haha. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? Kode 9 vs. Badawi - 'Den of Drumz' ... it's got the sickest rhythm. How/where can people hear more of your music? When I DJ out, or on soundloud.com/synamatix. I'm a bit of an internet slag so my music is pretty much everywhere now - just search for 'Synamatix'. **Hansollo** Please introduce yourself: My name is Daniel Noetzel, I'm from Poland. How long have you been making music? I have been producing D&B since 2005. But I started my adventure with music a lot earlier, making beats for some local hip-hop groups. That was very amateur, though. How would you describe your music? It's hard to describe my own style. I try to cross musical boundaries and do not like to be classified into one particular genre. My inspirations come from various sides. Ambient, reggae, hip hop, psytrance, funk – there's something interesting in every style and I am trying to develop without any limits. I avoid copying from others, rather look for interesting ideas and refine them in my own way. Which track by any artist do you wish you'd made? Oh, there's too much to name them all :). In D&B it would be Future Prophecies' productions – ‘Miniamba’ and ‘Black Dragon’, or Concord Dawn ‘Morning Light’. How/where can people hear more of your music? Some of my productions are to be released in the beginning of 2010. Art of Electronic Music will release my tracks ‘Colossus’, ‘Sun on the Water’, ‘Save Me From Myself’ and ‘Abyss’. ‘Positive Vibes’ will be a part of a Polish dubstep compilation by Apparitino recordings. There are few more to come, but I cannot tell you the details yet. www.soundcloud.com/hansollo Tracklisting Original Sin - Therapy - Playaz Sinstarr - Native - Quilin Alix Perez - The Cut Deepens ft Foreign Beggars - Shogun DJ Vapour - Cut Paper (Paper Cuts VIP) - 36 Hertz Planas - Agbekor - Ranking ***Stanza Interview & Guest Mix*** ***Sampling Section*** ***Knowledge Download Store Top Tracks*** (Correct at time of recording – 17/10/09) Top 5 drum & bass tracks 5. Alix Perez ft. Peven Everett and SpectraSoul – Forsaken – Shogun Audio 4. Alix Perez ft. Zero T – Suffer in Silence – Shogun Audio 3. Noah D ft. Einstein – Killing Time (Break DnB remix) – Basshead Music 2. DJ Fresh feat Stamina MC & Koko – Hypercaine – Breakbeat Kaos 1. Deadmau5 featuring Rob Swire – Ghosts 'n' Stuff - Sub Focus Remix – Mau5trap Top 5 dubstep tracks 5. Nneka – Heartbeat (Chase & Status We Just Bought A Guitar Mix) – YoMamas Recordings 4. Stereo:Type – Shock! (Nero Remix) – Hardcore Beats 3. Deadmau5 featuring Rob Swire – Ghosts 'n' Stuff (Nero Remix) – Mau5trap 2. DJ Fresh feat Stamina MC & Koko – Hypercaine (Nero Dubstep Mix) – Breakbeat Kaos 1. EmalKay - When I Look At You – Dub Police Netsky - Everyday - Liq-Weed Ganja The Upbeats - Ki Ki Kai Kai ft Cardz - Non Vogue 321 vs Tim Healey & Deekline ft Bounty Killer - Bring It Back (Ed Solo & JFB remix) - Giant Pussy ***Unsigned Section*** Hansollo - Jah Jah is Coming - Unsigned Synamatix & A-Spec - Anti the City - Unsigned ***Colin’s Classic of the Month*** Nasty Habits - Shadow Boxing - 31

The first instalment features Spearhead label owner BCee in the mix with some fresh dubs and on the phone to talk about the future of Spearhead Records. Tunes this month include new pieces from Nero, DKay & Lee, Break, Eddie K and BMK among others, and some unsigned talent from Bristol, definitely ones to watch! Tracklisting Nero ft Alana - Can't Take It - Grenade Records DKay & Lee - Tuning VIP - Razor BMK & City Kings - Don't You Mind - Extent Recordings Envy - Tongue Twister - Stop Start Records Eddie K - Who's The Hardest - Hench ***BCee Interview & Guest Mix*** BCee feat. Ad-Apt – Heartache – Spearhead Records – Oct 09 Marky & S.P.Y. - Riff Raff – Digital Soundboy P Money – Everything (BCee Remix) - Intrinsic – Oct 09 (will be the flip to the Blame remix) BCee feat. Jo-S – Mr. Bidigan (Total Science Remix) - Forthcoming Spearhead BCee – Generations – Spearhead Records Stretch & Vern – I'm Alive (BCee & Mr. Mess Remix) - Dub Logistics – Murderation – Hospital ***Knowledge Download Store Top 10*** (At time of recording - 05/09/09) 10. Alpine Dub - Dragging The Block - X-Rated 9. Cinematic - Colour Blind - Future Retro 8. Far Too Loud vs Code Zero - Blackout (Genki vs Muffler remix) - Exogenic Breaks 7. Nero - Act Like You Know - Breakbeat Kaos 6. Sub Focus - Rock It - Ram 5. The Prodigy - Take Me To The Hospital (Sub Focus Remix) 4. Jokers of the Scene - Baggy Bottom Boys (High Contrast remix) - Fools Gold 3. Platnum - Trippin' (Nero Remix) - Hard To Beat 2. Far Too Loud vs Code Zero - Blackout - Exogenic Breaks 1. Mr. Dan & Sparks - Body Slam (Modified Motion remix) - Can You Feel It Media Qemists - S.W.A.G (Interface remix) - Ninja Tune Hazard - Tactix - Tru Playaz Noah D Ft Einstein - Killing Time (Break remix) - Bass Head ***Unsigned Section*** Drop n Roll - Like Dem Nature Kid ft Crazy - Bring Me Down ***Classic Track*** Zinc - Hear No Evil (Instrumental) - Bingo