“A Milestone”.

You can by the EP on Vinyl at the Beta Webstore (we ship worldwide) if you click here.

And digitally at Beatport, where tracks from the EP are currently dominating the Top 10 D&B chart click here.

Read more about the release and listen to clips here.

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Hot on the heels of Camo & Krooked’s ‘Edge of Mind’ EP comes a debut single from Poland’s Xilent, another bright new talent unearthed by Mr. John B.

‘Killing Spree’ opens with swirling atmospherics that conjure the mood whilst a snarly melodic bassline whirrs into action, underpinned by charging percussion and some extremely slick edits.

Xilent “Killing Spree”

‘Dislocation’ takes a more straight forward approach with an arpeggiated synth hook reeling us into a drop of epic proportions before Xilent unleashes even more edit abuse, twisting and contorting his sublime soundscape into a new beast for the second drop.

Xilent “Disclocation”

Xilent (Eryk Kowalczyk) is a young drum’n'bass producer. Originally from Warsaw (Poland), Eryk produced his first bits at the age of nine, when he was introduced to the Propellerhead Rebirth RB-338 synthesizer set. From then on, he tended to diversify his sound from techno, through breakbeat, finally to find his place in the drum’n'bass genre, influenced by artists like DJ Rap, Future Cut, Calyx, Concord Dawn. Throughout that time he also found himself playing the drums in a few hardcore punk bands like Fast Forward.

His official drum’n'bass career began in 2007 when he was noticed by a recording label called Shadowforces, and not much time has passed since he published his first track on a vinyl under the label alongside many other artists’ quality tracks. During the next two years Xilent moved to Edinburgh (Scotland) and has become a member of international labels such as Beta Recordings managed by John B himself, Ammunition Recordings, Mindtech Recordings and more. This time with influences from fat cats like Spor, Apex or Miss Redflower he managed to create his own style with heavy beats and addictive melodies. Many of his digital releases have seen the light of day hitting the top drum’n'bass charts on Juno or TrackItDown, one of which was rated “one of the biggest tracks of 2009 without a shadown” and even a “drum’n'bass anthem” – (‘Terminal’, Ammunition Rec., rated by TrackItDown). In December 2009 Xilent played for the first time live in Poland (Lodz) and he claims there will be more, the first of which is in Berlin in January 2010.

Click here to download Hi Res Photos & Logos of Xilent.

Label: Beta Recordings
Cat: BETA022
Released: 22nd February 2010
Format(s): 12” vinyl / digital
Press/PR: Reprise Music Group | nick@reprisemusicgroup.com
Distribution: SRD | +44(0)208 802 3000
Info/Audio: www.betarecordings.com

www.myspace.com/xilent1

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A. CAMO & KROOKED – TIME IS TICKING AWAY (feat. SHAZ SPARKS)

B. CAMO & KROOKED – MINDSET

C. CAMO & KROOKED – SKYLINE

D. JOHN B – NUMBERS (CAMO & KROOKED REMIX)

With a back catalogue that already boasts releases for Viper Recordings, Technique, Uprising, Renegade Hardware and Urban Takeover, Austria’s latest DnB exports Camo & Krooked continue their stratospheric rise to the highest echelons of DnB fame with this essential four-tracker for John B’s esteemed Beta Recordings.

Kicking off proceedings with the minimal tones of ‘Time is Ticking Away’ featuring the vocal talents of Shaz Sparks, the boys pick up the pace with the Calvin Harris-esque power chords of ’Mindset’ and seal the deal with the driving and uplifting ‘Skyline’. Rounding things off in fine style, John B’s ‘Numbers’ is put through the Camo & Krooked mill and turned out in an electro style to great effect.

DJ support: Pendulum, Grooverider, DJ Fresh, Adam F, John B, London Elektricity, Matrix & Futurebound, Shimon, Concord Dawn, DJ SS and more.

You can download Hi Res Photos of Camo & Krooked, their Logo, and Biography by clicking here

Label: Beta Recordings
Cat: BETA021
Released: 22nd February 2010
Format(s): 12” vinyl / digital
Press/PR: Reprise Music Group | nick@reprisemusicgroup.com
Distribution: SRD | +44(0)208 802 3000
Info/Audio: www.beta-recordings.com

www.myspace.com/camokrooked

1. Utopia // Diamond Shine // Breed12inches
2. Falling of Ideas // m25, Nummix & First Function // Unsigned
3. Hard Fi // I Shall Overcome (Paul B Remix)
4. John B // Robot Lover // Beta
5. John B // Numbers (Camo & Krooked Remix) // Beta
6. John B feat. Shaz Sparks // Red Sky // Beta
7. Camo & Krooked // Turn Up The Music
8. Michael Jackson // Beat It (John B Re-Edit)
9. Subfocus // Rock It // Ram
10. Freeland // Under Control (TC Remix)
11. Alix Perez feat Fats // Down the Line (Break Remix)
12. Doc Scott // Unofficial Ghost // Metalheadz
>> Marty McFly feat. Emmet Brown // Delorian?
13. Johnny L // Evah
14. Fallin (Shockone Remix) // Agent X feat. Mutaya
15. Juggernaut (Nero Remix) // Enter Shikari
16. Ian Carey Project // Get Shakey (Matrix & Futurebound Remix)
17. Camo & Krooked // One
18. Klement // Girls
19. Johnny L // Come Here
20. Bloc Party // Trojan Horse (John B Remix)

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And if you hate iTunes but still love John B you can download the mp3 here:
www.john-b.com/podcast/JohnB_StudioMixJuly2009.mp3

Tracklist to follow…

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And if you hate iTunes but still love John B you can download the mp3 here: www.john-b.com/podcast/JohnB_Live_Zweibruken_ElectroTechnoItalo80sSet.mp3

As you can see it was an amazing show, ROASTING in there, so much so they got me 2 huge fans which worked a treat – except they blew my CDs about Had no time to hang around afterwards either, there’s only one flight a day out of Nizhny Novgorod on a decent airline (i.e not a scarey Russian one!) at about 5 am – so I had to literally jet right out of there as soon as my set was done – straight to the airport, with all my makeup on and rave-dirt etc! Got a few funnny looks at Passport control but managed to totally sort myself out and get changed in the wierd little airport bathroom before the flight took off. I think I was only on the ground for about 4 hours from the point of landing in Russia to taking off again – that’s a proper rave-commute

Anyway – here’s some of the photos below, and as always you can see the whole gallery on my flickr gallery, facebook AND myspace (yes I spend a lot of time uploading stuff!)

John B’s magnificent remix of Bloc Party’s track “Trojan Horse” is now available on their new album “Intimacy Remixed”.

You can listen to a clip of it on the John B myspace page if you click here.

Buy the CD here.

Download on itunes here.

www.blocparty.com

Many thanks to Lukas Verdijk for sending over the photos from my gig over in Holland a couple of weeks ago, and big up to DJ Tyson for hooking up the event and getting the audio recording and these pics over so quickly – check out my podcast for the recording of my set!

The club was a bit smaller than I’m used to playing lately, but the vibe was excellent, really REALLY good sound & lighting, and literally everyone in there was going nuts – ended up with loads of randoms up on the stage jiggling about Flew over from London to Dusseldorf then a quick drive over to Arnhem with Shimon, who was also playing – good to catch up with mr AudioPorn and check out what he’s playing too. So yeah, great gig – looking forward to going back sometime!

I’ve posted the whole photo galleries up on flickr, the John B Myspace page & the John B Facebook Fan page.

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TRACKLIST:

1. Body & Soul ft. Fourward // Authority
2. John B // Light Speed
3. John B // Robot Lover
4. John B // Dancing in the Dark
5. John B // Disco Hoho Mashup
6. DJ Rashad // Get Down (John B SpeedUpMashUp)
7. Klement // Check the This is
8. Unknown // Hard Fi Bootleg Remix
9. Deadmau5 // I Remember (J Majik & Wikaman Remix)
10. Messages // Brookes Brothers Remix
11. Drop the fader (John B Remix)
12. Pig & Dan // Terminate
13. John B // Vertigo
14. Pryda // Animal
15. Justin Timberlake // Sexy back (Alavi ReRox Remix)
16. Alavi – Smells Like ReRox
17. Chase & Status ft. Plan B // Pieces
18. You Spin Me Round Bootleg Remix
19. John B // Stalking You On Myspace (12″ Mix)
20. Dirty Sanchez // Tranny Sex (John B Remix)
21. John B – Take Me Home
22. Kubrak // Fast Forward
23. Bloc Party // Trojan Horse (John B Epic Remix)
24. John B // The Journey

More photos of the gig up on flickr, John B on Myspace & John B Facebook Fan page.

And if you hate iTunes but still love John B you can download the mp3 here: www.john-b.com/podcast/JohnB_Live_LuxorLive_Arnhem_25_04_09.mp3

Randon drunken backstage banter at Pirate Station in St. Petersburg. John B with the camera chatting and rambling with El Hornet of Pendulum, Noisia, Chase & Status, Subfocus. And a piano. No DJs were harmed during the making of this film…

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