Us & Machines

OWSLA/Atlantic

Lone Romantic

Krafty Kuts doesn't follow trends, he shakes them up, sending shockwaves of sonic disruption through the scene, a force that now surges into his forthcoming album Turbulence. Krafty Kuts has never chased trends; instead, he has spent decades shaking them up - a philosophy that inspired the title of his forthcoming album, Turbulence. From early releases with Ministry of Sound, Fabric and Finger Lickin', to founding his own Against The Grain label and Brighton's Supercharged club nights, Krafty Kuts' career reads like a long-form study of British bass culture. Pulling from UKG, breaks, bassline and with flashes of jazz, Turbulence twists familiar forms into something far harder to pin down. The beats are fractured and the energy is unpredictable by design. Collaborations come loaded with pedigree and punch: MC Spyda (of Tarantula with Pendulum and Balaclava with Shy FX fame) rides the low-slung, future-leaning 'Running', while B Live cuts through the breakbeat-garage hybrid 'Best In Me'. Elsewhere, 'Rocket' glows with the soulful touch of Scarlett Quinn, and Skool of Thought helps unleash the broken beat juggernaut 'Flowers'. This isn't an album that blends genres - it destabilises them. Check out the club smashes 'Wub Juggler' and 'New Ting', with support spanning from Rinse FM to BBC Radio 1. 'Over the past few years I've been releasing an EP series called Breakin' Boundaries, because I've always been about exploring the full depth and range of bass and breaks-driven music, irrespective of sub-genre. This album has been a long time coming, and honestly, I feel like I've pushed my sound further than ever before. It's full-throttle bass, diving deep into where breaks can go next - but it also includes deep, melodic songs too' This marks the first artist album released on Against The Grain in a few years, inspired by the resurgence of interest in the breaks genre and its embrace by A-list artists such as Fred Again, Chris Lorenzo, Bonobo to name a few. But do not expect a polite reintroduction. This is Krafty Kuts with the lights down low and the bass turned up, delivering a contemporary body of work that, as the title suggests, is here to shake things up.

Capital Heaven

INSTINCT39

ElezD kicks off the summer with some relentless, high powered techno. Distributed by Triplepoint - www.triplepointmusic.com

Major Recordings/Warner Records

Zero Tolerance Recordings

83

ElectroBreakz Private Label Group 2026

Cheap Thrills

Faux Poly

Be Yourself Music

Up The Stuss

Following the huge success of their comeback EP Gold Teeth, Mak & Pasteman are back on DEXT Recordings with the follow up Push It. The new EP sees the influential duo continue their resurgence with two heavyweight collaborations that reaffirm why their sound remains a cornerstone of the UK underground. The lead track, Push It, finds Mak & Pasteman teaming up with Denham Audio for a no nonsense club destroyer ,fusing tough as nails drums and low slung, snarling basslines, underpinned by a catchy vocal sample and immersive pads that lock perfectly into the groove. Next up, the duo link with Odd Occasion for another standout cut, blending gritty, hardware-driven breaks, obscenely distorted low end funk, and chopped up vocals to raise the energy levels even further. With DEXT026, Mak & Pasteman continue to define their legacy still evolving, still pushing boundaries, and still delivering the kind of uncompromising dancefloor heat that has been at the heart of DEXT since day one.

KNTXT

Dance Traxx LDN

OWSLA/Atlantic

SPINNIN' DEEP