To celebrate the release of the Natural History Remixes we’re running a little Facebook competition and giving away a bunch of stuff.

1) A vinyl copy of Natural History Remixes: Part 1 (Seba & Bop)
2) A vinyl copy of Natural History Remixes: Part 2 (Klute & Stray)
3) The ORIGINAL, ONE-OFF, ACETATE DUBPLATE of ‘Believe Me’ / ‘Made of Air’, cut by the legendary Shane @ Finyl Tweek Mastering
4) iTunes vouchers to pick up all 6 remixes including versions from Badmammal & Kastle
5) A bunch of BMT stickers
6) BMT artwork postcards

TO ENTER:
To enter the giveaway, all you have to do is submit a photo of yourself, (or a friend), pictured with one of our releases or T-shirts. It can be any release you like from 1996 up to 2010.

We’ll put all the entries in the competition photo album on Facebook and anyone can vote on them by clicking ‘Like’. The photo with the most ‘Likes’ when the giveaway ends will win all the stuff above.

NB: You have to click ‘Like’ on the Blu Mar Ten Facebook page before you’re able to submit or vote on photos.

Remember, other people are going to be voting on this, so if you want the goodies you don’t need us to tell you that the more amusing / risqué / lunatic / sexy your photo is, the better chance you have of winning…

The closing date for entries is midnight on THURSDAY 26th AUGUST.
The winner will be announced the following day (27th).

Here are some of the entries so far. Head on over to the gallery to vote for your favourites…

Generated by Facebook Photo Fetcher

Blu Mar Ten – Natural History: CD / 12″ Vinyl / Digital

Returning to their ancestral roots, Natural History is the long-awaited first full drum & bass album from Blu Mar Ten, leaving you in no doubt of their position at the cutting edge of the genre.

From the storming remix of vocal opener Starting Over, through the deeply abstract Grey Area to the VIP rework of massive club hit Close and the epic Last Dance, Natural History showcases the trio’s ability to enrich and develop their DNA, resulting in an album full of surprising twists and turns that all carry the Blu Mar Ten stamp of quality.

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

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

Both directors are available for work and we can highly recommend them.

Ross created the ‘Believe Me’ video from the bottom up, and you can see the ‘making of’ videos here.
You can visit Ross at rosscasswell.co.uk and you can email him here.

Raffi has edited three of his own films to create the videos for ‘Made of Air’ and ‘Overwhelm’. You can view the original short films here.
Visit Raffi’s site here. You can also contact Raffi on Youtube and follow him on Twitter.

If you like these videos, feel free to embed or share them wherever you like…

All you have to do to be in with chance of getting some freeness is retweet the following message…

RT @blumarten BMT002: New Blu Mar Ten single. Out now: http://bit.ly/GNlNm . Retweet this and win a signed copy: http://bit.ly/QzcHR #dnb

Make sure you post the message as it is there so we can keep track of you.

On Monday 20th July we’ll randomly pick two people who have retweeted the message and they’ll get the signed vinyl and iTunes vouchers.

Easy as that.

DJ support from: Marky, London Elektricity, Doc Scott, Ed Rush, Teebee, Hype, Spectrasoul, Makoto, Apex, SPY, Craggz, DKay, Seba, Loxy, Ink, Lynx, Instra:mental, John B, ASC, Nerm & Dcode, Randomer and many others.

BMT002A: Blu Mar Ten – Believe Me – vinyl & mp3

BMT002AA: Blu Mar Ten – Made of Air – vinyl & mp3

BMT002D: Blu Mar Ten – Overwhelm – mp3 only

The vinyl is a limited run of 500 copies with gorgeous artwork from ithinkitsnice, so if you decide you want it in 6 months don’t be surprised if you get ripped off on ebay.

Buy on vinyl from all good shops including:
Redeye
Chemical
Juno
Breakbeat Science

Buy mp3s from all good shops including:
iTunes
Beatport
Digital Tunes
Juno
Drum & Bass Arena

Also – please note we’re setting up album launch parties for October – January in cities all around the world, so if we haven’t already arranged something with you and you want to do a party in your town drop us a line here and we’ll sort it out.

“in and of itself I am quite religious,” said Happiness Formula, grabbed hold of a pine branch with two fingers, pulled the branch off, stuck it between his lips and looked down at Life Story with a smug look.

Life Story lay on her side in front of him in the soft grass and when Happiness Formula leaned his back against the trunk of the pine tree and stretched a little she saw a bright lilac strip of sky above the sea beyond, a bluish pier and the burning-red noddles of a couple of sea-buoys.

“I’m quite religious,” he repeated, “but that doesn’t mean that my behaviour is always seemly. I must admit that I’m actually a great ninny.”

Life Story gave a start. “I’d like to know why you invited me here today.”

Happiness Formula laughed. He looked at Life Story and said slowly, “I suppose to have a bit of fun with you.” He grabbed hold of Life Story’s slender ankle, lifted the sole of her foot to his mouth and tickled it with the pine branch.

Life Story pulled her foot away. “Aren’t you straightforward. But so be it. Doesn’t particularly interest me.” Life Story turned her back to him and continued to admire the lilac strip of sky, the pier and the fire-red sea buoys. Something rustled at the top of the tree. A strange chattering and grinding could be heard.

Happiness Formula fell silent and looked covetously at Life Story’s graceful back.

“You entice everyone. Everyone.” said Life Story. “Life stories bend according to you, turn and twist. You spoil them a little and then leave them behind. And we end our stories – disappointed, confused, unhappy and without a single formula. Without a single blasted formula!”

She felt Happiness Formula’s hot breath on the nape of her neck. It intoxicated her. Happiness Formula put his hand on Life Story’s neck. “A gnat’s bitten you.” He poked Life Story’s cheek with the pine branch. “And it’s still biting you…” he whispered.

Life Story turned around and looked angrily into Happiness Formula’s wantonly flashing eyes. “I’m not a woman. And you’re not a man. And even if we were, you know very well how dangerous it is to expect happiness from someone else. You can’t even expect happiness from yourself. A life story has to concentrate on something else, certainly not on happiness and certainly not on a formula. Then maybe… But don’t come enticing me with scented envelopes, thermal socks, favourite ice cream and your There’s-A-Remedy-For-Every-Pain philosophy.

“There’s a lot more to me than favourite ice cream and thermal socks,” Happiness formula said.

“Right. But I’m happier without you.”

And Life Story went away. And down from the pine tree onto her shoulder jumped her Brain’s Monkey. And from somewhere up high her Love’s Red Pheasant landed on her other shoulder. And she went to look after the garden where her Monkey and Pheasant liked to be. And one evening, when her Monkey was already sleeping, Happiness Formula came like a spring rain. They met unexpectedly on the bluish pier and, by the lustre of the Red Pheasant’s feathers and the red sea-buoys, Life Story peeled the formula from Happiness and Happiness carefully released Life from her Story. They remained as Happiness and Life, who became part of one another on that darkening pier. Not a single word, or gnat, or pine branch.

Kristiina Ehin

Full release July 13th

It’s another 2 hour monthly check-up at the Hospital. Chris Goss + Tomahawk are joined by star of the new Sick Music Compilation Randomer to chew the fat about the album, life, the universe, and everything else.

All the latest dubplates and brand new tunes from across the drum & bass spectrum are represented as always, with new tracks and remixes from MC Jakes, Marky & S.P.Y, Blu Mar Ten, The Brookes Brothers and many more

Listen to the show here: kube.totalkiss.com

Listen to our new track ‘Made of Air’ from the show here:

Tracklist:

1st Hour
Danny Byrd – Red Mist V.I.P (Hospital Records)
Sub Focus – Rockit (Ram Recordings)
MRSA – Different (Hospital Records)

[Special Guest Randomer in the studio]
Randomer – Synth Geek (Hospital Records)
Randomer – Autonomy (Med School)
Randomer – Blind (Med School)
Randomer – Scapegoat (Med School)

Dan Habarnam – My Chauffeur (Hospital Records)
Netsky – Memory Lane (Dub)
S.P.Y – Sunshine (Spearhead Recordings)
The Ian Carey Project– Get Shakey (Matrix & Futurebound Remix) (Gfab Records)

2nd Hour
Enter Shikari – Juggernaut (Nero Remix) (Ambush Reality)
Apex – Entrapment (Lifted)
Alex Perez – Down the Line (Break Remix) (Shogun Audio)
Marcus Intalex – Airborne (Soul:R)
Blu Mar Ten – Made of Air (Blu Mar Ten Records)
Phace & Noisia– Sore Point (Neosignal)
MC Jakes – Swerve (Marky& S.P.Y Remix) (D Style)
Gridlock & Mayhem – Meant To Be (Studio 51)
Calvin Harris – Ready for the Weekend (High Contrast Remix) (Sony)
State of Mind – Floor 14 (Bungle Remix) (Syntax Audio)
Brooks Brothers – Last Night (BreakbeatKaos)
Lenzman & Redeyes – Untitled Jazz (Integral)

I had a quick look and found them in the following places, but your local shop might have one or two as well. As with our last single we’re only pressing a very limited number on vinyl so be sure to grab a copy while they’re out there.

Redeye Records

Juno

Chemical

Drop

Catapault

Finish Copy Promos available 22nd June! Ultra limited first pressing. Don’t sleep on these, they won’t last long. Brand new material from the Blu Mar Ten boys! Watch out for the forthcoming LP.
Digital release out 13th July!

Visit his site for more graphical niceness, including previews of his artwork for the forthcoming Bop album on Hospital subsidiary Medschool. Also watch out for his work on all our forthcoming releases

The single will be out this summer, and as with our previous single, the vinyl will be pressed in very limited numbers.

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BMT002A: Blu Mar Ten – Believe Me – vinyl & mp3

BMT002AA: Blu Mar Ten – Made of Air – vinyl & mp3

BMT002D: Blu Mar Ten – Overwhelm – mp3 only

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Support for the single is coming from all quarters including Marky, Doc Scott, Instra:mental, Makoto, John B, London Elektricity, Loxy, Craggz, DKay, Ink, Lynx, Nerm & D Code, Seba, Apex and many more.

The single will be out later in the Summer and will be:

‘Believe Me’ – Vinyl & mp3
‘Made of Air’ - Vinyl & mp3
‘Overwhlem’ – mp3

Audio will be up here and on our Myspace very soon.

‘Believe Me’

‘Made of Air’

‘Overwhlem’

Listen to show on the BBC iPlayer HERE

Tracklist:

0200

Mistabishi – ‘Printer Jam’ [Barbarix Bootleg] (Dubplate)
Randomer – ‘Standoff’ (Dubplate)

V.I.V.E.K – ‘Strategy’
DJ Trax – ‘Flipped Out’
Funk Ethics – ‘Razor Boy’

Blue Bear – ‘Dead Of Night’ (True Tiger)
Arclight – ‘Lost and Found Feat Boffy’ (Dubplate)

Rico Tubbs – ‘Gangsters’ [Tes La Rok Remix] (Menu Music)
Culprete – ‘Humpty Dumpty’

Blu Mar Ten – ‘Made Of Air’ (Blu Mar Ten)
Amaning – ‘Untitled’ (Dubplate)
Lynx and Kemo ft Henree – ‘Deez Breakz’ (Soul:R)

Nerm and D-Code’s Twisted Back2Back Mix
Subterra – ‘Sketch’
Engine Earz and DJ Luxy – ‘Symbols’
D-Code ft Nerm – ‘Outlaw’ (Shiva Soundsystem Recordings)
Infinite Scale – ‘Behind The Scene’ (Rednetic Recordings)
Unknown – ‘Animal’s Den’
Otto Von Schirach – ‘Bass Low’ (Basshead Music)

0300

Spectrasoul – ‘Organiser’ [Ramadanman Remix] (Critical)
Alix Perez – ‘I’m Free’ (Shogun Audio)
Notion & Hobzee – ‘The Art of Combat’

Aref Durvesh – ‘Gentix’ (Nasha Records)
Bop – ‘Song About My Dog’ (Med School)
Plastiq Phantom – ‘Kicking Mr Bubbles’ (Imputor)

DJ Trax – ‘Heaven’s Gate feat Becki Biggins’ (Dubplate)
Deepz – ‘Risque’ (Dubplate)

Headz Up
Chasing Shadows – ‘Amirah’ (Hench)
Chasing Shadows – ‘Flashing Lights’ (Hench)
Chasing Shadows – ‘Dr Sin’ (Hench)

Bat For Lashes – ‘Daniel’ [Duke Dermont Remix] (Parlophone)