The new compilation from Hospital Records, ‘Hospitality – Drum & Bass 2012′, is out today and features our track ‘Problem Child’.

‘Hospitality – Drum & Bass 2012′ comes as a 31-track mix CD or 31 unmixed tracks plus the mix as a digital download.

Buy direct from the Hospital Shop or iTunes.

For a limited time we’ve bundled up some of our T-Shirts and girl’s vests with CD copies of ‘Love is the Devil‘.

Buy a ‘Blu Mar Ten’ shirt, ‘Sweet Little Supernova’ vest or ‘Problem Child’ shirt and get the CD free of charge.

Only available from our shop

Our new album, ‘Love is the Devil’, is out now on vinyl, CD & mp3 in all good stores. Get it now and help us pay the studio rent and feed the cats.

If you buy the vinyl from www.blumarten.com/shop you’ll get the CD, all the mp3s and stickers included free of charge.
Even if you don’t play vinyl you can still stick it on your wall like I do.

If you feel like getting less for your money you can also buy from these places:

MP3
iTunes
Beatport
Digital Tunes
Juno

Vinyl & CD
Redeye
Chemical
Juno

Tracklists for each format are:

Vinyl (4 tracks)
a) Into the Light (feat. Airwalker)
b) Hollow Men
c) Damage
d) Made in London

CD (13 tracks)
Into The Light (feat. Airwalker)
All Thoughts Are Prayers
Blind Soul (feat. Stray)
Five Summers
High Hopes (feat. INtrepid)
Made In London
The Fourth (feat. Jenni Potts)
Another Year (feat. Mike Lesirge)
Problem Child
Love Is The Devil
Sweet Little Supernova (feat. Rochelle Parker)
Whisper (feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw)
Blue Skies

MP3 (18 tracks)
Into The Light (feat. Airwalker)
All Thoughts Are Prayers
Blind Soul (feat. Stray)
Damage
Five Summers
High Hopes (feat. INtrepid)
The Beginning
Made In London
The Fourth (feat. Jenni Potts)
Another Year (feat. Mike Lesirge)
Problem Child
Love Is The Devil
Sweet Little Supernova (feat. Rochelle Parker)
Hollow Men
Whisper (feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw)
Blue Skies
Still The One (feat. InsideInfo)
All Or Nothing

If you’d like to book a Love is the Devil party in your town, please email Rob Homer at Faze2 Agency.

Our new album ‘Love is the Devil’ is now available for preorder from our store.

As a thank-you for buying directly from our store all vinyl orders will include a CD copy of the album, all 18 tracks as 320k mp3s and prints & stickers of the album artwork.

This offer is only available when you get the album from blumarten.com/shop and is only available for the limited number of vinyl copies we have in stock.

Click here to preorder yours now. Orders will ship on 28th October.

Full release is 31st October.

Album preview:
Blu Mar Ten – Love is the Devil (album preview) by Blu Mar Ten

Available to buy now from:

iTunes UK
iTunes International
Amazon (2xCD)
HMV (2xCD)
ASDA (2xCD)

You can see the full tracklists and get more info on the UKF Bass Culture site

The 2 CD & Download compilation features 41 of the most upfront and explosive tracks in bass music from scene stalwarts and emerging talent alike. With a tracklist that runs like a who’s who of the most exciting producers in the scene at the moment… From the synth heavy power of ‘Evelate’ by Gemini to Skizm’s earth-shattering remix of ‘Heavy Artillery’ and the technoid DnB of Blu Mar Ten & Insideinfo’s ‘Still The One’ there is a dizzying barrage of pure dancefloor destruction on offer. Whatever your poison, there is enough here to quench the thirst of even the most hungry bass fiends.

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Tracklisting:
1 Kubiks and Crewz – Andromeda
2 Kubiks – Gas Mask
3 David Carbone – Bamboo (Kubiks Remix)
4 Kubiks and Recriminate – Intentions
5 Kubiks and Zetek – Wake Up Call
6 Kubiks and Bionic1 – Invincible
7 Kubiks and Calculon – Android on Steroids
8 Kubiks and Lomax – Find a Way (Blu Mar Ten Remix)
9 Kubiks – Do Me Wrong
10 Kubiks and Zetek – Why
11 Kubiks and Zetek – Final Thought

Hear our remix below…

Buy ‘Blurred Vision’ on CD from all good shops, such as Redeye or Juno or get the mp3 version from Beatport.

Why is this? Many reasons…
I like holding what I play, and I like seeing the grooves..and all that usual stuff that dinosaurs like me blabber on about. I like the fact that spending money on cutting a plate of a tune makes me think really carefully about what I want to play, and how much I want to invest in supporting a tune. I like the feel of my record bag… I don’t mind that it’s heavy, it’s become almost like a pet to me. It keeps me company at airports and train stations, and lets me sit on it when I need to.
I like the associations pretty much all my records have with various places and times, and I like the scars they pick up along the way at gigs. Even if they become unplayable I never get rid of them..In fact I especially don’t get rid of them if that happens; they’re more likely to get elevated to the hall of heroes in my collection. ‘Those who gave their lives so that we may live..’ etc..
I like frantically heaving my records on and off the decks, and the booth area filling up with vinyl when I don’t have time to put them back in their sleeves. It’s chaotic, it’s ridiculous and it’s all very very human.

So it’s a shame that I realise that at many of our gigs in recent times there has been some problem or other with the decks. Usually to do with imperfect needles, or records jumping. I guess this is no surprise, as less and less people play vinyl, and so are less likely to notice any problems. This coupled with deck maintenance sliding fast down a club’s priority list means that the problems associated with playing vinyl are growing exponentially. Yes, of course we soundcheck, and yes, of course we request proper set-ups before the show happens…but out here in the real world problems often show themselves once it’s too late to do anything about it.

It’s a stark choice facing those of us who still like to play vinyl. Do we turn up and grit our teeth, try and turn in the best technical performance we can even though the set-up may be leagued against us? It may mean substandard mixing, and may often mean that we can’t play the tunes we have cut, (as plates are more sensitive to jumping than vinyl, especially as they get a bit older)…all of which is, at best, unsatisfying and at worst, embarrassing. Not to mention unfair to the people who have paid money to come and hear you play.

Personally, I don’t give a damn what people choose to mix their music. I’m only a purist insofar as my own preferences go. CD, laptop, vinyl, memory sticks; whatever…It’s all fine by me, but I don’t like the feeling that I’m being forced out of the thing that I enjoy playing and into another medium.

But whatevs…There’s not much I can do to influence this, it’s up to the promoters and clubs. If everyone is happy with DJs finally doing away with vinyl once and for all, (and that may well be the majority decision, in which case I’ll have to accept it), then carry on and force us to switch to CDs & laptops.

But if, like me, you love vinyl, and love playing with vinyl then please, check the Technics one last time before the party starts.

To be continued…

Our new album ‘Natural History’, is out now on vinyl, CD and MP3.

The album vinyl double-pack features hand-drawn artwork on thick matte card, with full illustration innersleeves and an A1 poster. This will be limited to 500 copies globally.

The CD version of the album features a matte CD cover, six-page booklet of extended illustrations and a limited edition artwork postcard.

Buy ‘Natural History’ on Vinyl from all good shops including:
Redeye
Chemical

Buy ‘Natural History’ on CD from all good shops including:
Redeye
Chemical
Juno

Buy ‘Natural History’ on MP3 from all good shops including:
iTunes
Beatport
Digital Tunes
Juno

Click below for more details and to hear the tracks…

CD Tracklisting:
01. Starting Over (2009 Remix)
02. Above Words
03. God’s Lonely Man
04. By The Time My Light Reaches You I’ll Be Gone
05. Grey Area
06. Believe Me
07. Close (VIP)
08. Clipjoint
09. If I Could Tell You
10. Nobody Here
11. Last Dance
12. Overwhelm
13. Bedroom Eyes

Digital Version will feature the following Bonus Tracks:
(14). Made Of Air
(15). Eight Rounds Rapid

2 x 12″ Vinyl Tracklist:
A) Close (VIP)
B) Clipjoint
C) If I Could Tell You
D) Last Dance

Blu Mar Ten – Natural History by Blu Mar Ten

Remember that we’re only selling a limited number of physical copies of the album.

The album vinyl double-pack features his hand-drawn artwork on thick matte card, with full illustration innersleeves and an A1 poster. This will be limited to 500 copies globally.

The CD version of the album features a matte CD cover, six-page booklet of extended illustrations and a limited edition artwork postcard.

Release date: Monday 2nd November 2009

The album vinyl double-pack features his hand-drawn artwork on thick matte card, with full illustration innersleeves and an A1 poster.
This will be limited to 500 copies globally, so don’t blame us if you miss it.

The CD version of the album features a matte CD cover, six-page booklet of extended illustrations and a limited edition artwork postcard.

The album vinyl double-pack features his hand-drawn artwork on thick matte card, with full illustration innersleeves and an A1 poster. This will be limited to 500 copies globally, so don’t expect it to be easy to get hold of, and expect to pay a lot for it on ebay if you miss it on launch day.

The CD version of the album features a matte CD cover, six-page booklet of extended illustrations and a limited edition artwork postcard.

This one is definitely for the collectors, so don’t miss out.
Release date is expected to be November 2nd 2009.