Tuesday 24 July 2012

South London Ordnance on 14tracks.om


South London Ordnance's 'Sanctuary' featured on Boomkat's 14tracks.com series: 
'How To Improve Your Swing In 14 Easy Steps'

http://14tracks.com/

Buy the vinyl on our Surus shop and get the mp3 free: http://www.surus.co.uk/2nd-Drop-Records/

2nd Drop 017 photos

Photos of our 17th release:
2nd Drop 017
Djrum
A. Watermark
AA. The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Undercoat pt. 2)

Catalogue number: 2NDDRP12027
Illustration: Will Barras www.willbarras.com 

http://www.surus.co.uk/2nd-Drop-Records/Watermark-18274.aspx



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Wednesday 11 July 2012

Tessela remix on 14tracks.com


Tessela's remix of DjRum's Turiya from his 'Mountains' EP is featured on Boomkat's 14tracks.com series: 'Hardcore will never die.

http://14tracks.com/

Buy the vinyl on our Surus shop and get the mp3 free: http://www.surus.co.uk/2nd-Drop-Records/


Sunday 8 July 2012

2nd Drop 017: Djrum 'Watermark / The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Undercoat pt.2)'


2nd Drop 017
Djrum
A. Watermark
AA. The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Undercoat pt. 2)

Two tracks of epic proportions for the 2nd full release from DjRUM on 2nd Drop. Clocking in at an immense 18 mins, it should really be EP or mini album, yet these monster tracks are two glowing paragon’s of bass music.
The opening track from DjRUM's outstanding mix for Mary Anne Hobbs back in early Sept 2011, Watermark begins with a wonderful flourish of harp arpeggios and obscure movie samples before dropping into a dubbed out techno pulse. Replete with Djrum's trademark ambience and decaying sound palate, Watermark is both soft and delicate, whilst powerful and robust. It's no surprise that he can count T++, Craig Richards (Tyrant), Gilles Peterson and Scuba as fans.
On the flip, The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn (Undercoat pt.2) is the final instalment of the Mountains EP released in Aug 2011. Starting out as a VIP of Undercoat to explore its further techno reaches, the track quickly took on a life of its own, and has now morphed into a widescreen canvas rumbling down each vein of reference and subtly embellishing it further whilst bringing in new elements to complete the story and the Mountains saga. Or is it....
And finally, we are once again delighted to present the highly respected artist Will Barras as responsible for the fine artwork for this release. We wanted to build on and reference the previous Djrum artwork from Matt Taylor, and Will took it down a darker bovine strand, depicting a gothic afterlife where the army of the apocalypse ride skull headed beasts through the desolate wastes of the world. www.willbarras.com
 
Released by: 2nd Drop Records
Release/catalogue number: 2NDRP12017
Release date: Jul 23, 2012
ISRC: GB-VFF-08-00033

Soon available to pre-order at our Surus webshop. When you buy the vinyl, receive the mp3, FREE.
http://www.surus.co.uk/2nd-Drop-Records/



5th Birthday Photos at Hidden

A small selection of photos from our 2nd Drop Records 5th Anniversary.  Pedestrian, Tessela, Djrum, and South London Ordnance all stepped up. Many thanks to Hidden, Blink and Found for letting us celebrate in style. Huge bigups to our followers, creatives, designers, photographers, artists, DJs, producers, radio stations, blogs, clubnights, and fans of the label and for your continued support! Roll on the next 5 years!