Irish drum & bass label Subtle Audio Recordings have announced details for their next compilation, simply entitled Volume II.
In his review of their first collection from two years ago, John Citizen said Subtle Audio "makes a conscious effort to position themselves as an alternative to the drum & bass mainstream." The same could be said of Volume II, a three-disc package whose 42 tracks approach drum & bass from a variety of different angles: some more ambient, some more broken beat, others with a tinge of electro, etc. The compilation features established artists like Nubian Minds and Russia's Kontext (AKA Dissident) joining a raft of young producers like Mindmapper and NicTVG, the latter of whom delivers the surprisingly delicate "Sorry I Puked On Your Dress."
The first two discs of Volume II are both unmixed, while disc three shows label boss DJ Code bobbing and weaving through 16 of his favorites from the imprint, both new and old. The compilation will be accompanied by a double 12-inch sampler featuring new tracks from Mecca, Accidental Style, Requiem and others.
Tracklist
CD1
01. Sileni - Random Intro
02. Alpha Omega - Impulse
03. The Blunt Needles - Taken Seriously
04. San.Dra - Retreat
05. DSP & Macc - Los Angeles
06. Parallel - Into The Deep
07. Kontext - Thaw
08. Earl Grey - Hazel Grove
09. CJ Weaver & Indidjinous - Serpentine
10. Mindmapper - Staccato
11. Naibu - Nightscape
12. Nic TVG - From A Bar In An Airport
13. Sub - Katana
CD2
01. Kontext – Thaw (Dissident Remix)
02. Sileni - Real Horrorshow
03. Parallel - The Complications Between Us
04. Mindmapper & Fre4knc - Fangtooth
05. Enjoy - The Crook
06. CJ Weaver - 6,000 Degrees
07. Nic TVG - Sorry I Puked On Your Dress
08. Earl Grey - Asthma Trim
09. Nubian Minds - Highway Cruising
10. DSP & Dj Trax - Lyrica Haze
11. Sub - Sensualism
12. San.Dra - No Signal In Paradise
13. Naibu - Theme For The Cycle
CD3: Mixed by DJ Code
01. Macc - 4L + N
02. Accidental Style - Space Funkt
03. Dissident - Imager
04. Senses - All Over
05. Polska - Blakoh
06. Macc & dgoHn - Mustard Greens
07. Sileni - Pressing Buttons
08. Dan Habarnam - Janee
09. Polska - Dumster
10. Dissident - Oneiroid Pychosis
11. Mecca - Virtual Affair
12. Sileni - Bouncing Octagonal Fragments (Macc Remix)
13. Nebula - Encounters
14. Equinox - Your Love's So Cold
15. Nebula - Hidden Oasis
16. dgoHn - Elle
Subtle Audio will release Volume II on December 6th, 2010.
