Mix Series Part 8: Stazma - Live in Dresden

Stazma The Junglechrist Live Set

Welcome to part 8 of our 2013 mix series. Following on from the last live set we posted (Gore Tech live at MethLab Manchester), we are happy to be bring you a very recent recording from the breakcore messiah, Stazma The Junglechrist, performing live at Disturbance of Peace IX in Dresden on 17th May 2013.  The set itself is a very heavy fusion of metal and breakcore, delivered in Stazma's own unique style.  Just a shame we weren't all there to witness it live.

Stazma The Junglechrist // MethLab Mix - Live @ Disturbance Of Peace IX by MethLab Management

There's also a cheeky little video of that set here, just in case you wanted to see the lovable, sweaty frenchman doing his thing!.

End.User

We've got some release and tour news for you, concerning the one and only End.User.  Firstly, he has put a good deal of his back catalogue on his bandcamp page (http://www.end-user.bandcamp.com/) and most of it is name your own price.  A great chance to get these classics digitally and at whatever price you see as fair.
Secondly, his latest piece of wax (a sexy little pink number) is on the new Retox imprint and features three stunning pieces that are classic End.User all the way.
The remix of Ritualz Third Eye track is enough to make you weep, in the best way possible.  Check it here...

ritualz • enduser remix clip by end.user

To coincide with this release, End.User will also be performing at the next Retox event which kicks off his European tour throughout September and October 2013.
More info on that below, but first, give the opening track a blast!



So, onto tour news.  We're happy to announce that due to popular demand, the upcoming End.User tour has been extended for an extra month.  With dates already confirmed for every weekend in September, there's still a chance for you to bag him for events in October.

Current End.User tour dates:

7th September: Rotterdam (NL)
13th September: London (UK)
14th September: Berlin (DE)
21st September: Bristol (UK)
27th September: Manchester (UK)
25th October: Paris (FR)

We're aiming to fill up his diary until the end of October so, get in touch asap if you're interested in having this one man riot destroy your town.  In fact, it's hard to believe there isn't a Halloween show for him yet.  This is your chance to bag a real live American for Halloween (apparently they love that shit over on the sunny side of the pond).

Ninja Columbo

The 9th Niinja Colmbo release is about to drop and what a scorcher it is to!  This ep has monster written all over it.  Three of the highest energy performers that have not long finished touring the planet together have now given Niinja their best choices for an audio riot.

In the words of label owner Miike Teknoist:

"Dr Bastardo has, in my opinion, written the best hardcore track that he’s ever written and realistically, style wise, there is no other label that would be more suited to release such a high energy acid rave jungle core kind of track.

Then there's Skull Vomit, now making some really forward thinking core and this is definitely in the vein of Niinja Columbo. Quite a psychedelic pounder from the American carnage machine.

Finally Ladyscraper goes on a full on breakcore rage and basically just annihilates anything that dares have this track come through its speaker system. Sheer chaos."

You can hear a preview of the Dr.Bastardo track, The Crimson Mask, right here...


Available from The Hardstore, Juno and the rest from Monday 5th August 2013.

Stazma's profile page HERE
End.User's profile page HERE
Dr.Bastardo's profile page HERE
Ladyscraper's profile page HERE

All booking enquiries to: ASH@METHLAB-AGENCY.COM

A summer of new mixes coming your way

Hey ho folks! Summer is upon us, which means it must be mix season.   Throughout all of 2013 we will endeavour to upload brand new and exclusive mixes every week to our SoundCloud page from each and every one of our artists.  Make sure you're subscribed to our blog, twitter, facebook, mailing list, etc. as these mixes will be coming out thick and fast and we'd hate for one to pass you by.

First up is a mix from Undead Roniin, the two headed samurai that is The Teknoist & Scheme Boy. Featuring new tracks and mashups of old Ninja Columbo releases, this decks vs ableton set is just a little taster of their new show, which you can catch live on May 31st at MethLab Manchester (see below for more details).

Undead Roniin - MethLab Promo Mix May 2013 by MethLab Management

RELEASES

Two corking releases to brag about this week. Stazma The Junglechrist lays yet another pristine breakcore frenzy on the doorstep of Peace Off Records and The DJ Producer has just dropped his latest Third Movement release, Journeys Never End, which can only be described as a masterclass in hardcore techno. Check out the previews below and get buying...support your CORE!

Listen to & buy Stazma's Chaos Propaganda EP here...


Here's a couple of youtube previews of The DJ Producer's Journeys Never End EP for you to check out...




You can buy the EP from Juno HERE and keep The DJ Producer at the top of their Gabber/Hardcore chart, where he rightly belongs.

EVENTS

Just over a week to go until we unleash audio fury upon the unsuspecting Manchester public. This is our first official outing to the North of England and with MethLab warriors The DJ Producer, Undead Roniin, The Sect, Monster X and Gore Tech in tow, we expect the battle to be bloody, 'til the end. Get there early to avoid disappointment as this intimate venue will reach capacity in no time. Sound provided by the oh so very mighty Neuron rig.



Facebook event page HERE


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Breakcore...at it's finest

We're happy to announce another batch of new breakcore signings to the family.

Please welcome, Ladyscraper and Dr.Bastardo!  Both artists have a long history together with their involvement with such UK crews as Wrong Music, but sonically they definitely both have their own unique sound and their own ways to rupture dancefloors across the globe.  They will also be joining Skull Vomit on Miike Teknoist's next Ninja Columbo release (due out in the next month or two).

But before we get to them, here's some news of one of our other breakcore superstars, Stazma...

Stazma The Junglechrist

Our man Julien aka Stazma The Junglechrist has been keeping himself very busy in the studio recently, but with a couple of EP's about to drop and a string of live dates coming up, the resurrection is about to begin...

Releases:

ACID BLEED EP /// OUT ON ACROPLANE 1st APRIL by Stazma The Junglechrist

POFF LTD 25 - CHAOS PROPAGANDA /// FIRST FULL LENGHT STAZMA VINYL /// OUT ON THE 8th APRIL by Stazma The Junglechrist

Live dates

27/04/2013 : JFX PARTY /// Off du Printemps de Bourges @ Le Nadir, Bourge, FR
04/05/2013 : BREAKING BASS @ Les Tanneries, Dijon, FR
17/05/2013 : Dresden
08/06/2013 : Toulouse
20/07/2013 : Dominator Festival


Full Stazma profile HERE

Ladyscraper

Coming at you like Phil Anselmo with his cock in one hand and a canvas bag full of Gabber kicks in the other, new MethLab signing Ladyscraper alternates between beating the shit from your bowels and transporting you to lovely fairy castles surrounded by flying unicorns.

So far in 2013, Ladyscraper has released ‘The Witch’ as another free DL album on Grindcore Karaoke.  The legendary Agrophobic Nosebleed posted this about the release ‘This shit is LIGHTYEARS ahead of anything ANB has ever done musically. Grindcore is almost 30 fuckin' years old, it's nice to be listening to something that actually sounds like 2013 for a change’. Following The Witch we have the second free DL Ladyscraper Album of 2013, The Wizard, which will be landing on Rotator’s Peace off imprint late April, followed by a split on Ninja Columbo with Skull Vomit and Dr. Bastardo early summer.

Listen to The Witch minimix here...

Ladyscraper - The Witch (MINI MIX ALBUM PREVIEW) by ladyscraper

Full Ladyscraper profile HERE

Dr.Bastardo

Dr. Bastardo's first practical experiments were made available to the public in 2006 on the 2x12 "When Dub Plates Attack" on Peace Off. He has since had work released by Ad Noiseam, Proboscus, Rancourous, and Our Fucking Jungle. He is also well known for his live practical demonstrations of techno science at events around the UK and Europe.

The Doctor has made a special promo mix exclusive to MethLab, showcasing all the tunes from his numerous upcoming releases.  Download and listen to it here...

Dr. Bastardo - MethLab Promo Mix March 2013 by MethLab Management

Full Dr.Bastardo profile HERE

All booking enquiries: ASH@METHLAB-AGENCY.COM

The Teknoist & his labels // New Releases // Tour Info

Will this man ever run out of energy?  Not fucking likely!  Miike Teknoist as been at the forefront of Hardcore and Breakcore for over a decade now and the pacemaker isn't slowing down for anyone.  To our minds, he is one of the few truly orignal artists at this end of the musical spectrum.

From his humble beginnings in "the bay," he's emerged from the shadow of such luminaries as Dolphin, Hellfish and The DJ Producer, to reinvent the genre and to show us there was more to Core than just Hard.

As well as an extensive back catalogue on classic labels such as Deathchant, Planet Mu and Ad Noiseam, including two full length albums on the latter, Miike has also driven the scene forward with his own labels Ninja Columbo, Samurai Brylkreem and Our Fucking Jungle.

In addition to his many solo releases, he has also notched up a very impressive list of collaborative projects.  Starting out in what have become classic partnerships with Dolphin and Scheme Boy (arguably the reasons for Ninja Columbos original conception), he then moved on to working with Eustachian, MacheeeN Boi, End.User, Needle Sharing and Kitech to name but a few.  Many of these collaborations are still ongoing. His full length collab with End.User and Needle Sharing is now out on Ad Noiseam after a very special launch at the 2012 Maschinenfest Festival during End.User's set.  Check the video of that one-off performance here:

His collab work and new Ableton vs decks live show with Scheme boy is now under the name of Undead Roniin. Expect new EP's very soon on both Abused Recordings and Ninja Columbo. You can catch a little preview of that project here:



So, not content with constantly pushing the boundaries of hard electronics with his solo and collaborative work and running three top notch labels, The Teknoist has also been a great ambassador for the scene worldwide, with tours all across the globe.  This week sees the start of his debut tour of Australia:

Australia Tour 2012

 

23rd November 2012 - Destroy Ordinary, Melbourne
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24th November - Pressure Point, Sydney
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30th November - Basement Session, Perth
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Current Releases

THE TEKNOIST - Statement Of Intentional Bitterness (NII007)
A) The Teknoist - Statement Of Intentional Bitterness (The Re-Rage)
B) The Teknoist - Cephlalopod Carnage VIP Version


Buy the vinyl HERE
Buy the digial HERE

THE TEKNOIST & KITECH - Combo Killer (SAMURAI002)
A) The Teknoist and Kitech - Combo Killer
B) The Teknoist - Vicious and Cannabalistic
Featuring Methlab's latest signing, Kitech (more on that in the next mailshot)


Buy the vinyl HERE
Buy the digial HERE 

ENDUSER SHARES NEEDLES WITH THE TEKNOIST (ADN164)

Buy direct from Ad Noiseam HERE

OUR FUCKING JUNGLE (OFJ002)
Papau New Guinea remix / Jungle Destroyer 
Featuring MethLab's very own Stazma The Junglechrist and Dr.Bastardo

Buy the vinyl HERE

The Teknoist's website
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Peace Off Breakcore Special: New mixes & new releases

Peace Off Records, the love child of Rotator and Satan himself, has been leading the world in Breakcore since it's conception well over a decade ago.  Alongside it's spin-off labels, such as Bang-a-Rang, Ruff, Mutant Sniper, Kamikaze Club and many more, Peace Off has released some of the scenes most classic tracks and featured such artists as Rotator (obviously), Monster X, TechDiff, Broken Note, Venetian Snares, Scheme Boy & The Teknoist, Parasite, Stazma, the list goes on and on.

At MethLab we're very proud of our close association with Peace Off and it's artists and it's Peace Off's latest signing that we're particularly proud to have on the MethLab roster.  Please welcome Manchester's very own Gore Tech!

Gore Tech's seizure inducing sound can only be described as Ragga Deathstep and utilizes the archetypal sounds of Dub, Hardcore, Dancehall and Crossbreed with Heavy Metal time signatures and overdriven subsonic force.
After recently completing remixes for Underhill, on the legendary Ad Noiseam Records and another for Llamatron on the Peace Off subsidiary, Ruff, Gore Tech is now dropping his first Peace Off vinyl with the Heretic EP, featuring a blistering remix by Rotator himself.

You can listen to previews of the Heretic EP here...


Clcik HERE to buy the Heretic EP.

Gore Tech has kindly provided us with an exclusive mix for MethLab. Click the pic below to view his artist page on our site and get downloading that mix punx!

There's also another little offering from the main man himself, Rotator. Out soon on Homicide Records.  Check out this little preview...



It wouldn't be right to mention Gore Tech, Rotator and Peace Off without also mentioning Stazma The Junglechrist, another Peace Off and MethLab artist who is currently killing it with high pressure releases and a live show causing anal prolapses all across Europe.  Having taken the early Breakcore ethos of genre mashing and amen splicing, Julien Stazma delivers his sound of Rave, Gabber, Jungle and Dub with a modern, tight production that is synonymous with the French producers these days.

His latest release is a split with another MethLab favourite, Dr.Bastardo on Miike Teknoist's new jungle label, Our Fucking Jungle.  Listen to the preview here...

The vinyl of Our Fucking Jungle 02 can be bought from The Hard Store HERE.

As well as the Peace Off store, which can be found HERE, you can also buy digitals from Stazma himself HERE.

Last but certainly not least is the one and only Monster X.  Another Peace Off mainstay and sound design master, who like Stazma, has earned himself a reputation as being a live act not to be messed with.  Sonically a Monster X set can take you from stomach churning horror ambience to twisted Techno and then ultimately to frenetic, glitched-to-fuck Breakcore  His latest release was a track on the awesome Electronic Explorations compilation, which can be found HERE.

Here's a taster of the Monster X track from that compilation...



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New Mix // Stazma Fresh Beats

Fresh fix of new Stazma tunes and upcoming releases!

New Release // Dr Bastardo - Stazma // JUNGLE!!!

Have a listen to the lush and epic reworking of FSOL's Papua New Guinea... recoined 'Pappa New Guinea' by Bastardo. It'll brighten up a rainy Monday (it's rainy for me anyway...) with it's warm 90's overtones and well-mashed amen breaks. It's part of the second release with Stazma on The Teknoist's new 'Our Fucking Jungle' label... a label that kind of does what it says on the tin... and is all about bringing the Jungle... Below you can listen to another Dr.Bastardo's tracks from the first OFJ release - BRING ON THE ACID JUNGLE!!!!! Both are available from all good record and digital stores now! (Just follow the links, or go to Juno Download).