Part 1 of the Natural History Remixes is out now on vinyl and mp3 in all good stores.
This release features remixes from Seba, Bop & Badmammal.
Vinyl is extremely limited and usually sells out in the first week, so if you want a copy grab it quick.

The tracklist for part 1 is:
Overwhelm (Seba remix) - Vinyl & digital
Believe Me (Bop remix) - Vinyl & digital
Above Words (Badmammal remix) - digital only

Buy it on vinyl in all good stores including:
Redeye
Juno
Chemical
Breakbeat Science (US)

Buy mp3s in all good stores including:
iTunes
Digital Tunes
Drum & Bass Arena
Juno
Beatport
Trackitdown

OVERWHELM (SEBA REMIX) - Vinyl & digital

BELIEVE ME (BOP REMIX) - Vinyl & digital

ABOVE WORDS (BADMAMMAL REMIX) - Digital only

Info on Part 2 of the Natural History Remixes, (featuring reworkings from Klute, Stray & Kastle), will be coming soon.

The artwork for both Parts 1 and 2 is, as usual, provided by our resident designer ithinkitsnice, and for this part of the project he’s produced two beautifully hand-painted covers.

Release date for Part 1 is 26th July and it will be available on vinyl and mp3. As usual, vinyl will be extremely limited, but that’s still not going to stop some of you emailing me 6 months from now moaning that you can’t pick up a copy, is it. Plus ça change.

You can see ithinkitsnice‘s videos for the Part 1 remixes here

Click below to see more artwork shots

Part 1 of the Natural History Remixes set will be hitting all good vinyl & digital shops around July 26th.

The tracklist for part 1 is:

Overwhelm (Seba remix) - Vinyl & digital
Believe Me (Bop remix) - Vinyl & digital
Above Words (Badmammal remix) - digital only

The artwork features hand-painted imagery from ithinkitsnice and vinyl will only be available in very limited numbers, as usual.

Info on Part 2 of the Natural History Remixes, (featuring reworkings from Klute, Stray & Kastle), will be coming soon.

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All videos below created by ithinkitsnice

OVERWHELM (SEBA REMIX) - Vinyl & digital

BELIEVE ME (BOP REMIX) - Vinyl & digital

ABOVE WORDS (BADMAMMAL REMIX) - Digital only

OVERWHELM (SEBA REMIX) - Vinyl & digital
Seba assaults the calm of the original ‘Overwhelm’ with a battery of old skool breaks and signature cosmic sweeps that recall the highlights of the Good Looking Records era. Lifting the tune away from the bedroom and up towards the dancefloor Seba’s remix has immediately become a favourite of some of the biggest names in d&b, effortlessly demonstrating why he’s remained at the top of the game for more than 15 years.
Seba’s remix of ‘Overwhelm’ is featured on DJ Friction’s new mix CD for Ministry of Sound

BELIEVE ME (BOP REMIX) - Vinyl & digital
Bop takes the opposite route with his interpretation of ‘Believe Me’, opening up a bottomless well of reverb and throwing the components of the original into it, piece by piece. The result is a beautiful inversion of the original, showcasing the near-beatless melancholy the young Russian has become famous for.

ABOVE WORDS (BADMAMMAL REMIX) - Digital only
‘Above Words’ is completely transformed by San Francisco’s master of quirky folktronica, Badmammal, who rewrites the tune’s Autonomic-via-Detroit stylings into a gorgeous montage of dusty acoustic Americana. A hypnotising, waltz-time guitar rendition of the original loop builds up into crashing waves of chiming bells and choral vocals, taking the listener on a breathtaking and emotional journey.

I was bumbling around on the Ministry of Sound website because their new CD mixed by Friction is out today and features the Seba remix of our track ‘Overwhelm’.

While I was on there I noticed that another Ministry compilation, ‘Winter Sessions‘, came out a few months ago and included a remix that we did for Jakatta of his track ‘So Lonely’, which was released on the ‘So Lonely’ single in 2001 along with other remixes by Photek, 2 Sinners and Joey Negro.

I hadn’t heard it for years and noticed it wasn’t on youtube, so I took the liberty of uploading a shortened version. If you like it you can still get the full version from iTunes.

Seba’s forthcoming remix of our track ‘Overwhelm’ is featured on the new Ministry of Sound CD Drum & Bass CD mixed by Friction

If you pre-order the album and enter the code ‘FRICTION’ at checkout you’ll receive £1 off your order.

Follow Friction, Shogun Audio and Ministry of Sound on Twitter.

The 7th edition of the Shogun Audio podcast with DJ Friction is up now and features the Seba remix of our track ‘Overwhelm’.

Listen to the remix here:
Subscribe to the Shogun podcast on iTunes

The six remixes will be released in two chapters, around a month apart

Part 1
Overwhelm (Seba remix)
Believe Me (Bop remix)
Above Words (Badmammal remix)

Part 2
By The Time My Light Reaches You I’ll be Gone (Klute remix)
If I Could Tell You (Stray remix)
Nobody Here (Kastle remix)

You can hear Seba’s remix of ‘Overwhelm’ and Bop’s remix of ‘Believe Me’ in our recent Fabric Live Mix. They are also featured in Doc Scott’s latest mix and John B’s latest podcast.
Audio of the other remixes coming soon, so watch this space.

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Watch this space for news on the other remixes, coming soon.

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

Download here

Blu Mar Ten – Drum & Bass Mix Sep 2009 by blumarten

Tracklist:
D Bridge: Love’s Ugly Child
Kharm: Wolf Jacket
Circa: Ida
Blu Mar Ten: Above Words
Logistics: Murderation
Stray: Talking About Nothing
Sinistarr & Kiat: Black Diamonds
Tidal: So Sexy
Crisis: Twilight Bongos
Stray: Saturday
High Speed Dubbing: AMC
Blu Mar Ten: Overwhelm
Mr Sizef: Seven Tones of Romantic
Kharm: Meridian
Mr Sizef: Our Most Sincere Feeling
Sunchase: Varka
Blu Mar Ten: Grey Area
Blu Mar Ten: She Moves Through (ASC remix)
So;Flow: Long Way Over
Vaccine: Radiate (170 edit)
Blu Mar Ten: Last Dance

If you haven’t used a Soundcloud player before, you download the mix by clicking here, or on the button up there on the right. If you want to embed this on your Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or your own blog just click the button and choose the option you want, or click the ‘share / save’ button at the bottom of this post.

You can also leave a comment on the player by clicking the blue bar at the position you want to comment on. Give it a try.

(In no particular order)

1: Blu Mar Ten – Overwhelm (Seba remix)
2: Codex – Medicine Man
3: Furianga – Mare Crisium
4: Jean Doe – State of Transition
5: Kharm – Meridian
6: Mr Sizef & Unquote – Hours Have No Reverse Motion
7: Mortem & Radicall – No Pressure
8: High Speed Dubbing – AMC
9: Crisis – Twilight Bongos
10: Furianga – Mammoth
11: Stray – Silver from the Sky
12: Kharm – Wolf Jacket
13: Stray – Talking About Nothing
14: Linden – Sabotage
15: Lynx & Kemo – Global Enemies (Never remix)
16: Molecular Structures – Bohemian Quarter
17: MTC & Quadra – Cold Trap
18: Stray – Any Chance
19: Circa – Ida
20: so;flow – Long Way Over

Plus everything in our June Top Ten is still just as great as it was a month ago.

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

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

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.