Touching Bass: Dub Phizix

It seems like an age since Manchester’s Dub Phizix capsized drum and bass with the groundshaking “Marka”. Steeped in half-step duttiness, it took just 11 minutes for every copy to be snapped up after the release in December 2011. The track, which featured the brilliant vocals of Broke-N-£nglish’s Strategy, came courtesy of Exit Records – the label run by D&B megalith, dBridge. “Marka” refused to be pigeon holed by any previous formula, putting dancehall-influenced rhythms head to head with Strategy’s rumbling lyrical spurts.

Phizix is no newbie, mind. He’s grafted for over a decade, both heavily involved in Manchester’s Estate Recordings as well as a whole heap of D&B label royalty. Just peep his discography to reel through record goldmines like Soul:R, Critical, Samurai Music, Commercial Suicide, Dispatch and Ingredients.

This week’s Touching Bass features a potpourri of bass-ridden tracks from the likes of Chimpo, Major Lazer and Fracture to break your neck to this weekend.

TRACKLIST

Major Lazer ft. Turbulence - "Anything Goes"

Unknown - "Untitled"

Rockwell - "_)_"

Clarity - "Parallels"

Fixate - "Tweeker"

Skeptical - "Tundra"

Yelawolf - "Mixing Up The Medicine"

Fracture - "Overload"

Chimpo - "Restless Legs Syndrome"

Skeptical - "Square Breathing"

Homemade Weapons - "After Dark VIP"

The Rum Baba - "Stop talk"

Schlachthofbronx ft. Warrior Queen - "Dickie Riddim"

Shy FX vs Sam Binga

Om Unit and Sam Binga - "Triffidz"

Fixate - "Precipitation"

Break and Xtrah ft DRS - "Always New"

Dub Phizix - "Dib Dib"

Babycham - "Babylon Bwoy"

Skeptical - "Static"

Think Tonk - "Bury Dem"

Jekyll - "Blabbermouth"

Sizzla - "Champion sound (Dub Phizix remix)"

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