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Juno Recommends Bass Best of 2021

Juno Recommends Bass

Juno Recommends Bass

Juno Recommends Bass Best of 2021
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1
Cat: NMBRS 67. Rel: 01 Feb 21
 
Bass
Bipp (Autechre Mx) (3:34)
Unisil (2:48)
Review: Numbers present a very special release from old friend SOPHIE. On the A we have a fulfilled prophecy... Back in 2015 SOPHIE stated that no one could remix her, unless it's Autechre. Five years later, they delivered. Slowing SOPHIE's subverted take on classic NY house down to an 1989-style, B-side dubby trip, the pioneers keep that riff bubbling subtly but bring her voice to the fore in a sultry, 6AM way. Flip for another special as a bonus digital track 'Unisil' brings a brittle technoid twist on wax for the first time. This can make you feel better.
out of stock $13.16
2
Cat: ZEN 12588. Rel: 08 Nov 21
 
Bass
Decisions (AM intro) (1:42)
You Could Be (feat George Riley) (3:38)
Real Enough To Feel Good (5:09)
Inna Circle (5:26)
Last Before Lights (6:08)
Quest Select (AM outro) (1:30)
Review: Manchester's revered DJ and producer Anz makes a long-awaited debut on Ninja Tune here with her standout All Hours EP. On it, the artist pays tribute to many different aspects of electronic music from across the ages. It is ambitious in that regard, but more than pulls off the task as it soundtracks a whole 24 hour period. After the warm bass and finger clicks of the opener come upbeat summer melodies and slapping electro-funk on 'You Could Be,' shuffling UKG vibes that are super sweet on 'Real Enough To Feel Good,' blistering old school breaks on 'Inna Circle' and a rave tinged old school and hardcore banger on 'Last Before Lights.' These genre-bending sounds are infectious and joyous in equal measure.
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out of stock $12.90
3
Cat: LM 083LP. Rel: 25 Oct 21
 
Bass
I Won't (4:56)
(Baby I Don't Know) What You Want (6:00)
The Look (6:02)
Tell Me (3:59)
These Days (4:58)
Arrow (feat Koreless) (8:55)
Ready (6:28)
Faded (4:19)
On Your Side (feat How To Dress Well) (5:44)
Faithful (6:22)
Quicksand (5:03)
Another Girl (6:45)
out of stock $28.11
4
Cat: LIVITY 047. Rel: 03 May 21
 
Bass
12hrs (4:04)
Three Tribes (3:39)
Bullet Rice (3:42)
The Problem (5:01)
Review: It's a London meets Bristol thing right here as the Tribal Brothers and DJ Polo go toe-to-toe with some beautiful drumcraft. Sitting between kuduro, UK funky and afrobeat, each of these four club-ready cuts are stripped back to the bare rhythm essentials, honing our focus on different elements. On the opener '12hrs' it's the steel drum shimmers. On 'Three Tribes' it's the raw minimalism and human textures while 'Bullet Rise' is all about the big bulging bass tones. Finally 'The Problem' switches to a halftime, creating even more space and mysticism in the mix. It's high time we all linked up.
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out of stock $10.06
5
Cat: NXX 010LP. Rel: 01 Nov 21
 
Bass
2 Strong (3:22)
Masochism (3:29)
Raising Hell (4:06)
U Got The Fever (3:43)
Heaven Knows (3:42)
Salv Goes To Hollywood (2:37)
Knox (interlude) (0:30)
Smell Of The Rubber (4:19)
U Suck (3:04)
Calvin (4:08)
Kuvasz In Snow (2:36)
Heaven Fell (reprise) (2:25)
out of stock $19.08
6
Cat: ENLP 049C. Rel: 05 Jul 21
 
Bass
Banana (4:24)
Serpiente Dorada (3:09)
Rama (4:03)
Booom (2:46)
Bugutu (5:17)
Senen Pani (4:25)
Review: Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira aka Dengue Dengue Dengue are the Peruvian masked duo who make unmistakable music. The Lima based pair have been writing their own rules since 2012, and in 2014 came their most standout work, an incredible six-track EP 'Serpiente Dorada' that took their sound in even bolder new directions. Infused with everything from cumbria to zouk, dancehall to reggae, the experimental 120bpm beats twist and turn you inside out and ow make it to vinyl for the first time via the Enchufada label.
out of stock $15.21
7
Cat: NH 013. Rel: 21 Jun 21
 
Bass
Modulatrum (5:53)
Sospiro Sospirando (5:27)
Sogno (4:59)
Disturbo (5:49)
Reflex (feat Randomer) (5:02)
Compos Mentis (feat Seven Orbits) (5:55)
out of stock $10.06
8
Cat: ITDP 001. Rel: 13 Sep 21
 
Bass
Pulse (4:40)
Procedure (3:42)
Review: High pressure manoeuvres from Ilian Tapes on this mysterious and highly limited one-off run. 'Pulse' is a Samurai style slab of hybrid dub techno that's layered in grains and textures whole 'Procedure' flips the UK garage two-step vibe into a distorted, crunchy and physical groove that's not dissimilar to Tim Wright's early work on Mute. Once again, a very special release from Ilian... Blink and you'll miss it.
out of stock $13.92
9
Cat: ONEF 035. Rel: 02 Aug 21
 
Bass
Fugitives (feat Alix Perez) (4:16)
Kaio (4:02)
Out Of Pocket (3:31)
Migi (4:01)
Review: Fresh from releasing his album Siege and then winning the Goldie Awards earlier this year, beatmaker maverick Tsuruda now makes his EP debut on Perez's 1985. 'Fugitives' takes the lead. A collab with Alix himself, it's a big droning slab of menacing halftime, all tense and stern. It's backed by plenty more heat... 'Kaio' is all about the scratchy funk and bass harmonics, 'Out Of Pocket' is a much creepier affair while the title track 'Migi' is an off-the-wall dubsteppy funk-up that only Tsuruda could create and make it make sense. Supreme grizzles.
out of stock $13.16
10
Cat: HHANDS 018. Rel: 05 Jul 21
 
Bass
Foul Play (5:27)
Lotus (5:44)
Hood Mentality (4:27)
R2D2 On Crack (5:06)
out of stock $12.36
11
Cat: NH 012. Rel: 26 Apr 21
 
Bass
Aquamarine (5:18)
Xantho (6:13)
Silica (4:39)
Black (4:47)
Diatom (4:56)
Jellyfish (4:52)
Review: Ehua debuted on the Nervous Horizon label in 2019 when it put out its third compilation. Now she returns with a full solo EP after also impressing not he likes of femme culture in 2018. Once again she layers up sub-aquatic rhythms with cavernous bass and deft sound designs to make for big, roomy tracks that also make a heavy impression. 'Xantho' is a brilliantly drunken sounding tune that rocks on its heels, 'Black' drills down hard on a UK funky tip and 'Jellyfish' they layers up rubbery bass and leggy drums into perfect body music.
out of stock $12.36
12
Cat: HYPE 015. Rel: 25 Jan 21
 
Bass
The Jackpot (4:55)
Rona City Blues (5:10)
out of stock $14.18
13
Cat: WSDM 018. Rel: 14 Jun 21
 
Bass
Caffeine Dream (7:26)
Gold (4:18)
Light Armour (4:46)
Microfunk Lament (3:22)
Hawksworth Woods (7:29)
Review: It's been a long time between drinks for Leeds lad Iglew, a producer whose last significant release of any sort came way back in 2015. There's a definite "making up for lost time" feel about this comeback EP on Wisdom Teeth, a five-track set that pulls UK bass in a myriad of different directions, all of which are hugely attractive. Check first opener 'Caffeine Dream', a mutant techno excursion full of beefy sub-bass, trippy electronics and hazy chords, before admiring the weighty depth and dreaminess of the leisurely, hot stepping 'Gold'. Elsewhere, 'Light Armour' is a delightful dab of instrumental experimental synth-pop, 'Microfunk Lament' sounds like Akufen-style micro-house and 'digital disco' given a 2021 twist, and 'Hawksworth Woods' is a chiming ambient delight.
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out of stock $9.27
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Cat: EBEAMZ 037. Rel: 15 Mar 21
 
Bass
Chasing Shadows (4:39)
God Knows We Tried (6:14)
If You Dare (feat Zun) (3:33)
Omnipotent Love Energy (5:44)
Skin On Skin (5:16)
Fast Lane (5:33)
Different People (3:55)
Cosmological Horizon Entropy (3:54)
Losing Sleep (3:13)
Matter Of Time (5:01)
Space 2 Breath (5:20)
Outer Space Jam (5:26)
Unpowered Descent (6:02)
Beyond Completely Gone (feat Judas Mordache) (5:46)
Review: UK producer Hugo Massien has built a fine following for his bass heavy inventions over the last few years. Now he capitalises on that with a fantastic debut album for E-Beamz that finds him perfect his signature sound while exploring new territory. It comes after plenty of big 12"s on XL Recordings, Keysound, 17 Steps and Unknown to the Unknown and launches with the airy broken beats and garage flecked sounds of 'Chasing Shadows' before exploring cavernous downbeat on 'If You Dare', warped bass bangers on 'Fast Lane' and chunky ambient on 'Cosmological Horizon Entropy.' These are just some of the highlights amongst many.
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out of stock $23.71
15
Cat: OP 017. Rel: 20 Sep 21
 
Bass
Pulse Fiesta (4:54)
Acid Tool (5:34)
Not To Be (Rude) (5:54)
The Slip (6:38)
Review: Fiesta Soundsystem once again asserts himself at electronic music's top table with this dexterous new offering on the Of Paradise label. The warped synths and jumping bass of 'Pulse Fiesta' open in visceral fashion. It's a big, booming cut for lively dance floor workouts. The subtle arrival of an acidic, turbocharged synth line adds fuel to the jungle breaks of 'Acid Tool' that will ensure it cannot fail to go off, then 'Not To Be (Rude)' blows minds with its dense jungle drums and percussion and lithe synth work. Closer 'The Slip' is a dark, face screwing and brain-melting monster.
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out of stock $11.86
16
Cat: BOCAT 001. Rel: 01 Nov 21
 
Bass
160 Down The A406 (5:49)
Rhythm Love (Feel It) (5:57)
out of stock $12.12
17
Cat: HEK 033. Rel: 17 May 21
 
Bass
A Shrill Manner (5:46)
Bone Hum (6:12)
Shambling (5:00)
Dark Waters (5:33)
The Passage (5:54)
Lesser Circulation (6:30)
out of stock $17.28
18
Cat: HTH 134. Rel: 28 Jun 21
 
Bass
Dragons (3:25)
Elder (3:40)
Halos (3:13)
Lithurgy (4:31)
Traveller (4:13)
Burr (6:18)
Brujita (3:49)
Equitem Nocte (3:26)
Ochre (2:47)
Dragons (part 2) (3:42)
out of stock $15.99
19
Cat: NH 011. Rel: 29 Mar 21
 
Bass
Bic Mac (2:49)
Stock Pile (3:45)
Fall (2:57)
Chased (2:45)
Terminate (3:55)
Review: Futuristic dancehall vibes galore: Montreal's SIM makes his debut on Nervous Horizon with five superb electronic instrumentals. All digging deep into the bashment and moombah sound, but wrapped up in electro and techno armour, the energy and weight behind each track sits somewhere right the centre of rave and soundsystem culture. Visceral, forthright and super physical, all focus is fixed on those bumping kicks and SIM's expert palette of sounds and textures. There are very few styles of bass or tech music that these wouldn't fit in.
out of stock $10.06
20
Cat: TNM 005. Rel: 22 Nov 21
 
Bass
Sabz (5:40)
Qua (4:44)
Review: Klaus returns to his own Tanum Records label with a couple more of his sublime and signature sounds. As always these are serious heady sounds that encourage you to swim in an expansive ocean of ambient design and weighty bass. 'Sabz' kicks off with icy percussion and scurrying synth sounds underpinned by vast sub bass. It's the hollowed out shell of a long-forgotten garage tune and then on the flip 'Qua' layers up sci-fi sound designs, floaty-light pads and vocal apparitions with rubbery bass.
out of stock $11.34
21
Cat: ACRELP 015COL. Rel: 25 Jan 21
 
Bass
Desert Stone (3:40)
Liquid Mantra (2:35)
Hokkaido's Farewell Portrait (2:35)
Southern Dub (feat Domenico Candellori) (4:07)
Kif In The Rif (3:02)
Mandragora (4:50)
Moving On (feat Martha Da'Ro) (4:13)
Rising Fire (feat Kety Fusco) (4:37)
Quietude (1:56)
Tostoini (3:53)
Blue Flower (3:51)
Liquid Portraits (feat Piero Spitilli) (2:11)
out of stock $27.83
22
Cat: IL 2074LP. Rel: 01 Mar 21
 
Bass
Be With You (feat Millie Go Lightly) (2:31)
Bent (feat Hudson Mohawke) (2:33)
Cheetah (feat Semma) (3:32)
Crank (feat Rochelle Jordan) (4:27)
Crown (1:46)
Curves (4:18)
Turn (feat B La B) (3:03)
Get Up (feat Danny Brown) (2:44)
Have A Great Now! (1:06)
Metal (feat Sophie) (3:20)
Notice (feat 24hrs) (3:59)
Pause (feat Matt Ox) (2:34)
Ready2die (feat Messer) (2:55)
Zigzag (4:09)
Review: Jimmy Edgar has been an ever present talent over the last decade. The Detroit artist has a range of styles in his arsenal and explores many of them on the s new album on Innovative Leisure, which is where his J-E-T-S project with Machine Drum also found a home. Recorded over the past few years in multiple cities including Atlanta, Detroit, and, of course, L.A., Cheetah Blend draws on the sounds of those cities as well as his love of rap and is packed with fresh perspective and magical sound design. West Coast boogie, glitchy beats, experimental pop, it all features and it all bangs.
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out of stock $22.95
23
Cat: SNKRX 08. Rel: 28 Jun 21
 
Bass
Fade (4:55)
Kugelblitz (The Inescapable Rewarp) (3:18)
Diffraction (4:48)
Atlantis (4:25)
Particle Horizon (4:28)
Hibernation (Lumina Falls) (3:24)
Review: Sneaker Social Club always does a brilliant job of throwing back to the old school without ever falling into pastiche. This time round, London's J Shadow is the man on the buttons after plenty of solid outings on the likes of Nous Disques, Dream Eater and Collection Artaud. He splices and dices sweet vocal samples, break beats and rugged analogue textures into visceral tracks with a heart of darkness. 'Fade' is a bittersweet post-jungle tune that tugs at the heart strings. 'Diffraction' is a laser lit, choppy and bass heavy rhythm to get that brain melted and 'Atlantis' is a late night roller you'd expect to hear down the airwaves of a pirate radio station.
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out of stock $10.31
24
Cat: MTR 113. Rel: 16 Aug 21
 
Bass
Social Distancing (3:53)
Social Distancing (Little Snake remix) (3:29)
Social Distancing (FJAAK remix) (4:40)
Social Distancing (Ad Lip edit) (2:09)
Social Distancing (Richard Devine A Cappella edit) (1:05)
Review: This is a seance EP to result from the extended mixtape that German genre breakers Modeselektor recently put out. Social Distancing once again shows off the duo's ability to mix up hip-hop and rave sounds. It is a tune with bubbling synth work and rave stabs, but proper rapped vocals from a female with plenty of attitude. Add in booming bass and trap influenced hits and you have a real winner. The remix from Little Snake goes raw and stripped back, FJAAK go for a blistering warehouse techno banger, Ad Lip layers up bass and Richard Devine closes out with a mad a cappella.
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out of stock $11.34
25
Cat: PRGMM 002. Rel: 31 May 21
 
Bass
D3U5E - "Free Mars" (5:29)
D3U5E - "Factor 19" (5:27)
D3U5E & Gav - "Of The Gods" (6:42)
D3U5E & Gav - "Mutant" (3:42)
Review: It's always nice to stumble across an EP that tries to do things differently and defy easy categorization. That's exactly what's on offer from this EP from debutant D3U5E, whose only previously outing was a contribution to Corrupt Data's Hardcore Will Never Die compilation. On side A, he first fuses elements of dubstep, elecro and psychedelic electronica on the fabulous 'Free Mars', before unveiling an off-kilter breakbeat/electro cut that's powered forwards by 8-bit electronics and gargantuan sub-bass. Over on the flip he joins forces with Gav on two tracks: the ghostly, ambient techno influenced dubstep of 'Of The Gods' and the more raw, mind-mangling UK bass heaviness of 'Mutant'.
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out of stock $12.64
26
Cat: COMFORTNOISE 02. Rel: 08 Mar 21
 
Bass
Mountainous Conquest (5:12)
Mental Canoe (5:42)
Green Plunder (5:37)
Ravings Of Rock (4:32)
out of stock $18.04
27
Drifting Through The Streets (5:38)
Agents Everywhere (5:09)
Destroy To Create (5:41)
Dream World (5:01)
out of stock $10.31
28
Cat: BP 015. Rel: 08 Feb 21
 
Bass
Born To Defence (6:39)
Honda Civic (6:39)
Sicko Groove (4:40)
Guia Circuit (3:32)
Review: 
DJ Autumn's Banoffee Pies label is one of the most hyped out there. Each release sells out - usually on pre sales alone - and very much defines the sharp end of the current garage sound. Cassius Select is up now with another fusion of UK sounds from final beats to skeletal garage. 'Born To Defence' is a rhythmically prickly tune with cloning hits and bell sounds and 'Honda Civic' is all inner city menace and unsettling bass hits. 'Sicko Groove' churns up a load of different hits, clatters, smears and smudges into a real melon twister and 'Guia Circuit' brings the filth.
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out of stock $10.31
29
Cat: HDB 132. Rel: 05 Apr 21
 
Bass
Thurs Jung Yout (3:42)
Baguettes (4:46)
Choco Frito (Calamari) (3:19)
Scarab Aloph (2:50)
HopeTak2 (3:18)
Mullit Madollock (4:34)
out of stock $6.97
30
Cat: SETR 007. Rel: 24 May 21
 
Bass
Stop Violence Motivate Violence (Ridinglikeyoustoleit mix) (4:52)
Stop Violence Motivate Violence (Benedikt Frey remix) (5:46)
Breakos Blancos (Falling Callmesnoop DJ interpretation) (7:30)
Review: Big Science co-honcho, Female:Pressure member and renowned broadcaster and DJ in France, NVST lets loose on Serious Trouble with her debut EP - 'Stop Violence Motivate Violence'. Two originals, one remix, all dark matter; NVST's title track comes with the subtitle Ridinglikeyoustoleit and bubbles like a subterranean juke-rave-garage beast. Elsewhere Big Trouble's Benedikt Frey gets murky on the remix as he pitches everything down into a disarming, stern dancefloor sludge. Finally 'Breakos Blancos' shuts things down with another slo-mo shatter-fest with classic 45 King breaks fracturing and firing all over the place. Fighting talk.
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out of stock $12.90
31
Cat: SAVY 002. Rel: 22 Mar 21
 
Bass
Into Your Mind (5:11)
Catch Up (5:06)
Sticky End (5:25)
Lisbon Bridge (4:33)
out of stock $10.31
32
Cat: IMRVLP 001. Rel: 01 Mar 21
 
Bass
Intro (2:08)
Drowning (4:28)
I Saw The Devil (3:02)
Drip Drip (Reflective Nikes) (4:10)
Demantar (4:34)
Broken Neon (5:06)
Show Dem (3:16)
Snakes (2:31)
Interlude (1:53)
Whoop Whoop (1:28)
Lean Back (2:59)
Gold Toothed Tigress (4:06)
Skull In The Mud (2:49)
Purple Soul (2:43)
No Rivals (4:42)
Heated Seats (2:34)
You Said You Would Come (3:44)
I Can't (4:42)
Demantar (part 2 - Embla RIP) (5:26)
out of stock $34.55
33
Cat: HDBCD 056. Rel: 07 Jun 21
 
Bass
Built To Last (feat Xzavier Stone)
Let's Go
Simple Stuff
Black Ting (feat Le3 BLack)
Insecure Behaviour & Fuckery (feat Nova)
Self Doubt (Leaving The Club Early)
On The Lake Outside (feat Baths)
Reflection
Change
Running Like That (feat Eden Samara)
We're Building Something New (feat Iceboy Violet)
out of stock $12.36
34
Cat: HK 025LP. Rel: 30 Aug 21
 
Bass
Dark Side (3:06)
Ekopola (feat Sekelembele) (2:49)
Pema (2:35)
Skunk (2:20)
out of stock $12.36
35
Cat: SR 086. Rel: 12 Apr 21
 
Bass
In A Monochromatic Wilderness Of Pain (3:01)
Strange (4:45)
The Man With The Other Face (5:37)
Distrust (6:23)
Naitsri Complex (5:59)
No Sided Shape (4:28)
Mokujin Ballet (2:36)
Red Moon (5:10)
Review: Standby for a killer album or pure bass and breaks badness from Etch. He says this record is inspired by his favourite iconic horror characters like Buffalo Bill, Leatherface, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers. It also has tracks that take inspiration from his favourite band The Doors and 1995 film Strange Days. As a result the music if often cold and stark, hostile and confrontational and all the was intentional from Etch. "The tracks have been produced in an uncertain and quite downcast period of time for me," he says. Rather than being a depressive listen, though, there is charm in the darkness that cannot fail to get you locked in and moving.
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out of stock $17.02
36
Cat: RB 0004. Rel: 10 May 21
 
Bass
Cassius Select - "Scrooge" (4:29)
Cassius Select - "Who Teh" (3:32)
Ebb - "Alloy" (5:53)
Ebb - "Visions" (5:04)
out of stock $9.80
37
Cat: GRAFT 00. Rel: 25 Oct 21
 
Bass
A (6:15)
B (Big Hands remix) (5:51)
out of stock $15.21
38
Cat: HGL 003. Rel: 01 Mar 21
 
Bass
Dive System (5:26)
Fixed Up (5:01)
out of stock $11.09
39
Cat: PAR 004. Rel: 15 Feb 21
 
Bass
Taking First (5:04)
Rumble (5:57)
NOFM (4:25)
Stam (5:16)
Review: London based Henry Greenleaf goes deeper into exploration of his unique stylistic template on Taking First, for local imprint Par Avion. This follows up 2018's Fold Together, as well as a slew of releases on ARTS, Glasstalk and Wellstreet Records. From the off-kilter dub of the title track, and the slow burning greyscale techno of 'Rumble' on the A side, to 'NOFM' which kicks off the flip with its contorted take on dub techno, and closing it out with the enchanting polyrhythmic complexity of 'Stam'.
out of stock $10.31
40
Cat: KID 005. Rel: 03 May 21
 
Bass
Back2back (4:00)
Danger (4:12)
Activ8 (4:36)
Funky Papi (3:57)
out of stock $11.09
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