ukf free download 50 Downloads You May Have Missed Over Christmas. It’s a modern day Christmas tradition: artists and labels giving away a little something as a way of signing out of the year, saying thanks to everyone who’s supported them and, certainly in the case of newer and rising artists, hopefully pick up a few new ears along the way. Whether it’s a cheeky bootleg or an unreleased dub or, in some cases, entire albums, the spirit of giving was in full effect throughout December as artists were shelling out treats from all directions. Some you had to be quick for – Calibre’s remix of London Grammar and Alix Perez’s remix of 4422 are long gone – but many of them are still up for grabs at time of writing. Many like these. Here are 50 of the best free downloads given away over December and the first week of January that are still active. Most are festive, some are to say thanks for reaching a certain amount of followers, others are free download labels who are just operating like it’s business as usual but need your attention. They come from across the spectrum, too… We got involved in the action and dished out a heavy 140 shaker from Black Sun Empire while other big guns serving up sonic gifts included Teddy Killerz, T>I, Monty, Saxxon, Dutta, Bredren, Gyrda and Krakota . Elsewhere the rising likes of Trex, Skylark, Krusty, OaT, Rizzle and Stompz all smashed out gratis grooves. Meanwhile labels like New Phase Records, Deep Dark & Dangerous, Boey Audio, Brøken Syndicate all offered substantial bundles of badness. And then there’s Special Request who dropped an incredible jungle/hardcore album for any price you choose to pay. And here they all are. Albums, EPs, single tracks; just over 300 tracks combined including many fresh acts who may not be on your radar. Even those who stayed up to date with the festive freebie free-for-all may have missed some of these. There are some absolute beasts in the mix here. Enjoy… Ben Soundscape & Collette Warren – Face The Fear. Ease yourself into the new year with this spacious one. Collette is full dreamy dulcet mode, Soundscape on some next level cosmic magic. Beautiful. Have no fear, grab it here. Bicep – Glue (Changer Bootleg) A very tasteful bootleg of Bicep’s modern day rave classic courtesy of Context Audio and their homeboy Changer. Get sticky. Black Sun Empire – Obsolete. Remember when Black Sun Empire dabbled in the dark art of 140? Black Sun Empire remember. And we gave it away as a cheeky Christmas gift. Deep, heavy, just the right amount of cosmic and yours for nothing mate. Boey Audio – Emergence LP. Fresh out this week! Irish roustabouts Boey Audio get busy on a new-gen flex with this monstrous 29 track album dedicated to brand new talent. No better way to start the year than stocking up on a load of new names for the radar and the styles go right across the board. Immense… And free! Bredren – John Bacon. Some like their bacon smoked, others like it streaky. We like it when it’s called John and it’s cooked by Bredren. Sizzling tech with splash of jazz in those keys and a political message behind its existence, too. Get cooking. BRØKEN & Left/Right Giveaway. 150 tracks from Dallas bass dons Brøken Syndicate and 50 tracks from the label bossman Left/Right, this is an incredible trove of tracks. Mostly flexing around the 120 / 140 area of bass, expect absolute jams from the likes of Bushbaby, Barely Royal, Hypho, Kesis, Toronto Is Broken and stacks more. Grab the Brøken collection here, grab Left/Right’s package here. Hurry though, this download has days left to go… CFUNK Xmas 2019. Welcome to Christmas at Xtrah’s with Avanti, Genic, Koax, Simple Technique and the bossman himself where they don’t eat turkey, they eat raw beef. They don’t pull crackers, they chuck around sticks of dynamite. They don’t give presents to each other, they make nasty gritty techy bash- abouts like these and give them to unsuspecting strangers like us. You sons of bitches, we’re in. Deadline – Out Of Your Mind. Rising Leeds/Brighton duo Deadline say goodbye an old decade and hello to a new one with this stunning take on Alicia Keys’ Time Machine. You’re out of your mind not to cop this one. Deep Dark & Dangerous Remixes – Xmas 2019. Truth are on a mission right now. Dropped just days ahead of their own Risky videogame, this collection of remixes of DDD classics from the likes of Ternion Sound, Pushloop, Wraz, Rez and many more is the Christchurch/LA duo’s way of saying thanks to fans. As they explain in our recent interview, dubstep is in a really exciting creative place right now, these 11 versions are proof. Don’t sleep on these. Division – Distate. Delta 9 doing what Delta 9 do best… Presenting exciting new talent to the world. This time, we head to Austria for some proper purring stripped back stuff from Division. 9 thumbs up. DJ Hybrid – Run Tune Now VIP. The first of two freebies from Audio Addict / Deep In The Jungle bossman DJ Hybrid, here we find him dressing his 2018 banger Run Tune Now a new suit of VIP armour. Grab tune now. DJ Hybrid – Vibez VIP. For his second free download over the Christmas period DJ Hybrid flipped the already deep Vibez into an all-out moody halftime stepper with epic subby rumbles a plenty. Vibez for miles. DJ Kre – Beettle Juice. Newcastle badman DJ Kre barged into Yuletide with a stretchy bassline that’s as smelly as your dad’s favourite cheese and groans like your nan after Christmas dinner. Sprinkled with a cheeky bit of Keaton and some really nice cymbals, this absolutely bangs. It’s showtime. Dreadnaught N’ Stillz – Pull It. Dreadnaught N’ Stillz came to the rescue this Christmas: Pull It wasn’t just a heavyweight junglized smelly-as-hell roll-out, it was also a nice instructional reminder for anyone who’d forgotten what to do with their crackers. Pull the other one mate. Dropset – Resistance Is Futile. A nasty little number from rising Pittsburgh badman Dropset as a biggup for reaching the big 1K on his Soundcloud. What a thank you. Vive la resistance! Dutta – Mimosa. Dutta is on some turbo mince pies this season. Fresh from launching his label Informal with a whole slew of toxic roughhouse funk from the likes of Stompz, Jayline, Scudd, Nuvaman and many more kindred savage spirits, he dropped this ravey treat that’s as bubbly as its namesake. Bottoms up. Emalkay – Fabrication (Toronto Is Broken Bootleg) This one is slightly out of the download timeframe as it landed in November, but f**k it; it’s an absolute beast of a bootleg of one of Emalkay’s most powerful era-defining tunes, it’s from Toronto Is Broken and he gave it away when his house was flooded! Grab it here if you haven’t already. Epicentre – About You. Hello is that the police? We’ve just dropped this absolute gut-wobbling Epicentre freebie on the office system and a massive sinkhole has opened up on the street outside and people are falling in it and stuff. You’ll be round right away? Great stuff, we’ll read last year’s interview with him while we wait. Cause some sinkholes near you. Etch – Nigella (Big Six Oh VIP) Recent celebrations didn’t just stop at Jesus’s birthday, Purple City Souffle and Etch also celebrated TV chef Nigella Lawson’s 60 th trip around the sun lately with this scrumptious VIP of their agenda-setting 2016 release. Woozy, weird, cold and all that oily softness. Excision & Space Laces – Rumble (Teddy Killerz Bootleg) A savage D&B act take on a massive dubstep anthem from two of the North America scene’s biggest titans. It’s every bit as heavyweight as it sounds. Ready to rumble? Gang Starr – Above The Clouds VIP (Saxxon Bootleg) The word Christmas didn’t exist during the Saxon period in England but it’s a good job it does exist during Saxxon’s time or else he might not have treated us to this souped VIP of last year’s Guru salute. Just as rough and scuzzy and Bristol-flavoured as the original bootleg but with a little melodic twist on the bass. Get your head in the clouds. Guzi – Pulse 90. Pulse 90 once just meant the sign of a fit and healthy heart rate. Since Christmas it now also means the sign of a very healthy, gully D&B artist who’s very much on the rise and making steppy, spacious, lean, wobbly bash-outs like this. Shouts to Sub-Liminal soldier Guzi. Check your pulse today. Gydra – Rats. Russian dons Gydra saw in the new decade with a good old-fashioned pest control session. Pure extermination vibes. Smell a rat? Jayline & Warden – Times Are Changing. Headmaster Warden thanks everyone who’s supported his label Bagged & Tagged with this vital collab with Jayline. Heavyweight jump-up just like momma used to cook and some ridiculous spoken samples in the mix. Don’t fear change! Kanye West & Chris Martin – Homecoming (Giganti Bootleg) Blimey. Rawhide bootleg madness from Viper’s mysterious Giganti right here. This has been a key hair-raiser in Andy C’s sets recently. Maybe we can start again? (PS: this download was meant to close weeks ago so grab it while you can) Kin:etic – Essence. Nothing festive here, just London’s Sine continuing their outstanding series of downloads from exciting new talent. December saw them drop Essence, a crisp star-gazing beauty from Brighton-based newcomer Kin:etic. Catch it here. Then catch this month’s release from another newcomer Being here. Show us a sine! Kiril – Hello. Bonjour, namaste, konnichiwa, ahoj, guten tag. Or, as Kiril says, Hello! Another pristine bumper from the rising Italian talent, there’s a strong whiff of funk to this festive freebie. Buongiorno! Krakota – Intersection. Feeling like you’re at a bit of a crossroads at the start of 2020? Don’t worry, Krakota’s on hand with a cool life hack; call it an Intersection instead and vibe the hell out. Powerful dark/light feels from the Hozzy three-deck demon and a cool story about how it came to be, too. Kraking. Intersect this. Krusty – Unforgiving (SLiPZ Remix) No clowning around here from Krusty or SLiPZ with these thundering jump-up wallops. Merry Krustmas ya filthy animals. Kumo – Black Horizon. Foghorns, deep space, sirens: nicely dark vibes from new-gen Manny murker Kumo. Horizon Zero Dun kno. Monty – Blood Stream. A smelly cherry on top of a delicious cake of a year he’s had; Monty signed off 2019 with this gritty troublemaker Blood Stream. Ice cold atmospherics, pneumatic beats and a bassline grumpier than a bouncer at a gabber rave, this absolutely bashes. You what blood? Neuromancer – Pennywise (Unkut 2020 VIP) Back to 92! Full Cycle affiliate Unkut updates this seminal rave classic with full respect. Maintaining the euphoric message of the original while beefing up the tempo and weight, drop this and watch white gloves appear from nowhere. Whistle crew, horn crew. OaT – Morosis. Morosis: previously an archaic medical term for stupidity, now also a name of a moody rumbler from German new-gen talent OaT. Tense, minimal, paranoid; there’s nothing stupid about this whatsoever. If OaT isn’t on your radar yet, he should be in 2020. Scared about the new decade? Don’t worry, it’s Only a Transition. Octagon EP (Next Phase Records) Dutch breakbeat enthusiasts Next Phase Records curate another exceptional V/A right here with the likes of Sonar’s Ghost, Law, Kola Nut, Infest, K3Bee, Mac V, Rainforest, Fjell and Booca. Expect everything from industrial strength jungle to acid breakcore via deep iceberg steppers. See you on the other eight sides. Razlom – Jitterbug. Folk were dancing the jitterbug in the 1920s so it seems fitting to bring it back 100 years later. And what a stampy stinky slap-about banger to do it to, too. Last spotted on the monstrous Program 100 album, Razlom are clearly ones to keep tabs on this year. Do the jitterbug. Rizzle – Hypnotise. Look into Rizzle’s eyes. Not between the eyes. Not behind the eyes. Look into his eyes. Now listen to those stunning, ebb and flowing chords, dreamy pads and the classic Raw Silk vocal sample: You are now hypnotised. Robert Glasper Ft King – Move Love (Paul SG Remix) Putting the jazz into Jazzsticks even on a free download, Vienna maestro Paul SG revisits Move Love, a smouldering late night jam from Blue Note musician Robert Glasper and flips it into a gorgeous D&B version. The blues of the 2011 original are still just as tangible, as are King’s sultry vocals, but there’s added bass slinkiness and much more of a drive to the groove. Get moving. Rowney – Bam Bam Riddim. Bam Bam for the fam: G13 co-founder Rowney adds a brazen twist to the Sister Nancy classic. Chaos guaranteed. Standard download procedure. Sam Harris – Guinness Dub. Seasonal slammage from Sam Harris via Rebel Music right here as Leftfield’s Phat Planet gets the rolling vibe it’s always hinted at. Complete with a nod to the epic TV ad it was used in, this will help you burn a few excess Christmas calories off. Go get it phatty. Screamarts – Evergreen. Pining for Christmas again? Then grab yourself this evergreen. A tune for life, not just the festive period, Salzburg soundboy Screamarts is growing some deep roots right now. Green means go. Skylark – Shinku. Icy designs from Skylark to celebrate the release of his impeccable Intervals EP on Overview. Watch out of the breakdown where things get nicely weird and trippy. Watch out for his forthcoming EP on MethLab, too. 2020 is going to be a strong year for this young Frenchman. Reach for the Skylarks. Solsan – Dreams (Feat Bazil MC) Swiss collective Drum Army proffer a dark salute to the new decade with UK emerging artists Solsan and Bazil MC. Expect purring bass and honest observations. Sweet Dreams. Special Request – Zero Fucks. Not just an entire album from breaks professor Special Request, but his fourth this year! Just as the title suggests, no holds are barred here; just raw, savage gully truths that reinforce the foundations with revitalised futurism. Complete with provocative cameos from David Lynch and Francis Bacon, this is an immense and essential Christmas gift from the man like Paul Woolford. Zero Fucks given. Steve Spacek – If U Wan 2 Find Me (Perspective Remix) dBridge’s big brother Steve Spacek undergoes a cheeky update from rising London artist Perspective as the smouldering, introspective soul of 2016’s I U Wan 2 Find Me gets a dark rolling twist. U want it. Stompz – Vaporize. Sounds of the rudeboy! Tyneside tearaway Stompz lives up to his name once again with this absolutely foul shredder. Do you even Vaporize bro? Trex – Witness. Wooi and indeed oooi. Wrapping up another solid year with releases on the likes of AudioPorn, Mac II and his own fast-growing Trust Audio, Trex laid down some gully gold earlier in December with this thank you to everyone who supported him. Witness the fitness. T>I – Taste. Outrageous bootleg badness courtesy of man like T>I ahead of his album which is expected to drop very soon. Taste the difference! Waeys – Amnesia. Certified ruffness! Overview’s Waeys wished everyone a jolly festive period and warned us of the perils of memory loss with something for the “horn lovers”. He didn’t disappoint. You won’t forget this in a hurry. Wiley, Sean Paul, Stefflon Don – Boasty Ft Idris Elba (Murder He Wrote Remix) Given away to mark his Boiler Room debut at the start of December, Murder He Wrote adds a murky, swaggering 140 twist on the massive 2018 mega-collab Boasty. Much more wholesome than the current Wiley / Stormzy soap opera. Sweet murderation. Zombie Cats – Split. A puuurrrfect way to conclude this epic download round-up, Zombie Cats coughed up one more heavyweight hairball to bid their pivotal year adieu and it’s a total neuro wig-melter. That’s how you shut down a decade. Claws for thought. Free Download Friday #1. Is there any other profession where a craftsman who’s committed to years of practice and study will spend hours, if not days, on something and give it away for absolutely nothing? A carpenter won’t make a table and give it to you for free. A chef doesn’t cook food and feed you for free. A plumber won’t come to your house and fix your central heating for free. No other act highlights how unique the music industry is. Especially electronic music. It’s a big risk, but when it’s done well, giving music away for free can lead to a higher profile, more performances, record deals, exposure and a whole load more. Some artists such as Ambassadeurs have developed an entire career from giving away beats for gratis. In light of Datsik’s recent comments about free downloads we’ve explored the UKF Network vaults for 10 free downloads we’ve supported since 2009. There have been many, across each and every genre. This is the first… It definitely won’t be the last. So sit back, check them out and fill in any gaps you may have missed over the years. Can’t wait for our next Free Download Friday? Start searching the network and explore yourselves… There’s a wealth of free music out there. This is just the beginning! Torqux – No Way Back. The most recent free download on our network, this piano-stamping bass strutter was unleashed just three weeks ago! Download. JavanDee – Final Escape (Dantini remix) The oldest UKF-supported download that’s still active, this takes us right back to 2010. A golden age for wicked wubs, the sawtooth attack still startles the speakers now. Download. Nero – Must Be The Feeling (Delta Heavy Remix) Who remembers this funk-fired gem from Delta Heavy? Those 80s synths they hyped on UKF last month play a lead role before the moombah bass chaos ensues! Download. Deap Valley – End Of The World (Kove Remix) One of Kove’s earlier arm-raisers, here he flips the apocalyptic bomb from grungy female duo Deap Valley into an absolute slammer. Screamingly heavy. Download. AD-Apt – Broken Bones (Bcee & Bladerunner Remix) Roller alert! BCee & Bladerunner twist spitfire UK MC AD-Apt’s lyrical flow into a thundering, bulbous bass workout which still slaps as hard as it did when we first heard it 18 months ago. Download. LAXX – Step One. The trap-meets-dubstep bomb Step One ended up being so big, free downloads have sadly ended. However, the same link on LAXX’s Facebook has got two other really interesting downloads we just had to highlight… Emotion-Less and Computer Virus VIP are both naughty adventures into uncategorisable 4/4 dancefloor chaos. And well worth checking! Download. Datsik – Hold It Down. Not one free download here. Not two. Not even five. This is a whole album from Datsik and friends. For more details on the background and impact of this release check his recent UKF interview. For the audio, simply head here: Download. Dimension – Children (Rollz Remix) As if Dimension’s original wasn’t quite anthemic enough, Rollz adds his own special twist and sonic sparkle. Beautiful. Download. Daft Punk – Get Lucky (TC Bootleg) Daft Punk’s 2013 anthem mischievously rubbed by the unstoppable TC. We all got lucky when he gave this away for free! Download. Ambassadeurs – Ignite. Unique beatsmith Ambassadeurs brings this top 10 a stunning climax. Who doesn’t love a cheeky R Kelly sample? Who doesn’t love a cheeky free download? Follow the link and you’ll find a whole wealth of free creativity! Download. ƱZ presents: UKF Podcast #25. Mas Decent’s ƱZ is back again, and as we all know he’s one of the sickest producers in the trap game right now. Coming through with a massive mix for UKF, dropping unreleased goodie after unreleased goodie in the mix. So many new sick tracks, make sure you peep the ƱZ x Baauer – Untitled, Zeds Dead – Cowboy (ƱZ Remix) and Raf Riley – King Henry’s hustle to name a few. DAMN SON. Full Tracklist below. ƱZ presents: UKF Podcast #25 | Free Download (320 Kbps) <— click the green download button on the UKF page. UKF ANTI-VIRUS #5 (Free Downloads Edition) The Anti-Virus is back once again to mark another week of weirdness, make threatening remarks about a virus we can’t see but totally hate, praise all key workers on the frontline and list a whole load of cool things happening online during lockdown. This one has a special focus on free downloads. With most of us feeling the pinch financially, and even more of us feeling pretty pissed off that this is happening during a particularly gorgeous spell of spring weather, we’ve set out to refill playlists, juice-up radars and provide musical relief with a whole stack of free downloads. Some are given away free to keep spirits up during these seemingly endless lockdown blues, some just happen to be free anyway. Either way, they should provide a little distraction over the next week. Other distractions this week include… Stay At Home Festival: Kicking off Friday and rolling all the way through to Sunday, this NHS fundraiser is one of the biggest streamed D&B event so far. The monster line-up includes Sub Zero, AC13, Trex, Jappa, Collette Warren & Ben Soundscape, Amoss, Kelvin 373 and many more. Any proceeds made from donations will go direct to the soldiers on the frontline. We spoke to the organisers earlier this week, find out more right here. XOYO launch for #ClubForOurCarers: Fancy five hours of Calibre XOYO gold? Look no further as XOYO have launched an awesome new campaign to raise money for the NHS Together charity. Exclusive mixes from the club’s extensive residency series will be uploaded each week and those who donate will receive them ahead of everyone else. It kicks off with sets from Calibre’s residency last year with Fabio, DJ Marky and MCs Fats and GQ . Get involved. A Sine Of Relief: This escalated quickly. London label Sine only announced this project just over two weeks ago and already it’s a whole album… A Sine Of Relief is a charity album which raises funds for both NHS and mental health charity Mind. After reaching out for contributors, they’ve recruited a stately collection comprising the likes of Villem, Mark Dinimal, Trex, Kusp, Wingz, Objectiv, Revan, Arkoze, Qua Rush, Solsan and so many more. The album is out April 17 for just £8 and you can cop Invadhertz – Lonely right now. Chase & Status front man Rebel Clash (aka Rage) has designed a merch range to raise money for NHS. Available via the RTRN site, 100% of proceeds will go to NHS Charities Together. They look dope and are available via the links below… Doc Scott has also been raising money for various frontline charities. His weekly Saturday night streams have become a regular fixture for many over the last few weeks with 50% of any donations made during the stream going to a select charity each week. Last Saturday he and his fans raised over £220 to go towards meals for NHS staff. This week it’s for Coventry Haven Women’s Aid. Join him at 8pm UK time this Saturday via his Facebook. Another NHS fund-raising stream this Saturday comes courtesy of bassline OG Jamie Duggan . He’s been hosting weekly streams in the last few weeks and is levelling up this Saturday, April 11, with a monster 15 hour session that will cover the entire UKG / UK bass spectrum. It kicks off midday UK time and rolls right through to 3am and all money raised through donations will go to NHS Charities Together. Duggan has also stated he’ll be giving away 500 tickets to his gigs for any NHS staff once the pandemic is over. Join him this Saturday via the links below. Looking further ahead The Prototypes are also streaming to raise money for NHS Charities Together. As we reported earlier this week, the Brighton duo will be sharing duties between their two bases over 24 hours, digging deep and representing the full drum & bass spectrum. It kicks off April 17, 7pm UK time. Join the 24 hour party people. NHS fund-raising tunes. Ben Snow – Frequency (Ft Banditt) Proper low-end slinkery from Snow right here. Banditt on spoken word bars, 50% of all proceeds going to NHS. Feel the frequencies… Sampha – Too Much (Cardinal Sound Bootleg) Sampha’s smouldering soul gets a very tasteful D&B treatment from rising talent Cardinal Sound right here and all money will go to NHS charities. Other distractions… As lockdown longness continues, more artists are finding different ways to entertain themselves and find ways to give new talent a break. Cool things that have interested us lately include… Saxxon’s Double Drop Challenge . He picks the tune you need to double into, you record it and he shares the best with the public picking a winner. This week has been all about his Sergio Mendes-sampling Latino VIP and the many tunes you can whip in on that drop. The results are endless, and awesome. Check them here and keep your eye out for his next challenge… Holland’s High Tea Music are also on a talent drive with their Tea Time Talent Show . Hosted every other Sunday night, they play some of their favourite demos they’ve been sent from aspiring artists and give live feedback to each entrant before picking a winner who will release on High Tea Music. Each show they’re joined by fellow top ranking artist. The last show featured Katie Koven. Tune in this Sunday 6pm UK time for the next Tea Time Talent show to see who will join them this week… Free Downloads. We actually set out to unearth a cheeky covid clutch of 19 free downloads but got carried away and lost count so here are 26, including two albums. Those looking for new artists to get on before everyone else, this is your time. New-generation are repping hard… Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah!! (Conrab Subs Bootleg) While we wait for Busta Rhymes to do a special coronavirus update on his classic Put Your Hands Up Where I Can See with a few bars on washing your hands not touching your face, Conrad Sub’s got us all in check with this very cheeky bootleg. Woo and indeed hah. Creatures – Visible (Ft Bluejay) Rebel Music’s Creatures teams up with Bristol MC Bluejay for a slinky stinky roll-out that’s dedicated to all those missing the drums and the bass. That’ll be all of us, then. Diagnostix – Tactical Nuke. For those moments when you just need to clear your mind of all thoughts and worries, Diagnostix steps forth with a dizzying range of putrid bass noises and textures. When you’re done with that, check his Ikea mixes on his Soundcloud for more uncompromising low-end danger. Division – Sensitive. Previously spotted on the likes of Incurzion, Lifestyle and Delta9, Austrian monster Division lays down a stern slab of technoid D&B. Weighty! GAW – Dutchie (Crossy Rework) It might be 4/20 all month this year but with social distancing at an all time high, there’ll be no Dutchie passing for now. But there will be plenty of free downloads like this Crossy rework of GAW’s popular Musical Youth bootleg. This one comes courtesy of Onyx, the team behind this weekend’s Stay At Home Festival. Pass it on! Habit – Kaboom. New Zealand veteran Habit lays down some serious perilous glitchy swing business here. In its artwork, its dynamic and its title Kaboom pretty much sums up what many of us are feeling mentally as we get closer to a whole month of lockdown. J Hus – Big Conspiracy (Gray Bootleg) Forget the 5G plots, the only Big Conspiracy we need right now comes direct from Born On Road’s Gray as he takes J Hus’s most recent single and giving it a stripped back uncomplicated D&B twist. Big. Jappa & Teej. Dropped earlier last month to celebrate 9,000 followers, Jappa & Teej get smellier than ever with this groaning blast-up of the Patra classic Romantic Call. Feel the love… Jorja Smith – Wandering Love (Nixon Remix) Smouldering sunset soul from Bristol’s Nixon as he provides a fresh D&B take on Jorja Smith’s Lost & Found beauty from a few years ago. Feels. Kleu – Bad Nan. Badman with a Bad Nan; Kleu captures our shared incredulousness at panic buying shit ticket addicts with this savage sweary sizzler. You don’t slap your nan when Kleu cooks up a banger, your nan slaps YOU. Law & Wheeler – Chemtrail / Quattro. Is that a Chemtrail in the sky or a big fat poodle’s leg line of 5G? Neither… It’s a grizzly doublet of neck-snappers from Repertoire’s Law & Wheeler. Chemtrail is as dark and pranged out as the title while Quattro is all cosmic, technoid and fluid. Both are great, both are yours for whatever price you can pay… Loto x Teks. Savage laser jump-up business from two young UK talents Loto and Teks. Serious unapologetic grot. Bit like ol’ covid-19 himself. Lupo – Solitude. Born On Road / Gyro soldier Lupo’s dropped a few freebies this month. With its swinging drums and layers of alien bass, Solitude is a stand-out and he cooked it up especially for all of us adhering to the lockdown. Remember, it’s only true solitude if you’re following proper social distancing rules. Otherwise it’s just sparkling ignorance. Big up Lupo. Medusa – Sound Culture. Released to highlight his debut EP on Engage Audio, Medusa’s Sound Culture is an absolute dream of a roll-out. Subtle, purring, stripped back, soaked in subs. The only problem is you’ll be pining for a big system to hear it in its fullest. Powerful tune. Monkia – The Chimera (Low:r Remix) Another gem from NZ, this time polishes and repurposed by Fokuz/Galacy affiliate Low:r. Deep, dreamy, immersive. Yours for nothing, no catch whatsoever. Motiv – Skimmer. It’s high time someone wrote a tune about the ancient art of throwing flat stones across water and watching them bounce across it, props to Motiv for stepping up. Proper grumbly dark bass business, skim when you’re winning. No Patterns – Games. Fresh from his recent outing on Monk Audio (which came with another great free download – Rumble) rising young UK talent No Patterns served up Games a few weeks back with no other reason but to add a little cheer in a confusing world. With its sultry jazzy voice and swampy heavyweight bass, it certainly hits the spot. Nooch – Rhino. Rhino by name, elephantine by nature, Ransaked Records owner Nooch lays down some authentic Bristol bass brutalism. Get horny… Redlight – 9TS Baby (Disrupta Bootleg) Calling all 90s babies! Redlight’s quirky bass house jam from 2014 gets an update from the ever-disruptive Disrupta. Let’s party like it’s 1990 (when there was no such thing as COVID-19) Screamarts – Mystique. Austrian Screamarts has been a consistent source of killer free downloads for a while now and these lockdown times are certainly no exception: Mystique is tense, eerie and heavy… And yet another reason to keep your eyes on him. Sizzla – Solid As A Rock (Dunk Bootleg) Sizzla’s 2002 reggae cut gets a total subversion from Jam Thief Dunk. Stripped back to the bassline and little guitar washes and vocal clips, this ain’t no lazy bootleg business, it’s a slam-dunking Dunk slammer. Stillz & Willers – Dispatch. Wielding a bassline so nasty you need to self quarantine for two weeks without even showing any covid symptoms, UK south coast duo Stillz & Willers were responsible for Pick N Mix’s monthly free download last month. A seriously toxic creeper it is, too. Twisted Individual – Fart. Twisted Individual adds a whole new twist to the idea of a stinker right here with the playfully-titled Fart. Check it for the smelly bassline action, stay for that beautiful flutey sample. V/A – Ragga Bombs 2020. A 10-track stack of skank-packed jams from Slovakian collective Ragga Bombs. Featuring the likes of Liondub, Jamie Bostron, Veak, each cut is splashed with a little rootiscal magic and some of them absolutely destroy things. Go straight to Rise’s remix of Johnny Osbourne’s Ice Cream Love and hear why. V/A – Uplifting Recovery LP. Why just give away one tune when you can give away an entire album? Brand new Nottingham label Encrypted have done just that this week with Uplifting Recovery, a 15 track album loaded with fresh talent and a whole range of sounds, given away with “the sole purpose of making isolation easier to cope with.” A proper harvest for those hungry for new people to follow and support, there’s hours of digging to be done from this album. Warhead – Green Crack. Pure jazzy business as Preston’s Warhead doffs his cap to the sticky stuff with Green Crack. Watch out for the spots where it melts in tempo. Subtly trippy.