511 – North Base

Six years in the making Manchester‘s latest Drum & Bass export North Base have been causing serious damage within the dance music circuit. Regularly placed on lineups alongside Chase & Status, Andy C, DJ Hype and more this trio certainly are making a strong impact. Already having played at some of the top music festivals and clubs worldwide including Glastonbury, fabric, Warehouse Project, Creamfields, Ultra, Metropolis, Soundclash, Snowbombing and more.

Their unique cutting edge productions have already gained support from the heavy weights of the DnB world with DJs such as Andy C, Matrix & Futurebound, Fred V & Graffix and others, regularly supporting their tracks.

Having featured on MistaJam’s Radio One show with their remix of “Craig David & Big Narstie’s – When The Bassline Drops” is notably one of the biggest tracks to hit the decks this season. But it doesn’t just stop there over the years their high calibre remixes for the likes of Example, Laidback Luke, Sander Van Doorn, Ms Dynamite, Labrinyth, The Freestyles and some even more heavier remixes in the pipeline for 2017 these guys are evolving from strength to strength and are becoming serious game players within the drum and bass scene. 2016 has been a huge year for the collective, and with dates already confirmed for next year that are set to take them to the next level. 

For this weeks podcast they have gone in on a big way, they have created a Journey of rave to present day music from 1992 to 2016 in 123 tracks and over 5 hours of music for us and your listening pleasure, so we are excited to bring you North Base this week, listen to the mix above or download it from here

Sum up this podcast in 10 words…
A Journey of rave to present day music from 1992 to 2016 (In 10 words not counting 1993-2016 tho lol)

What’s your personal favourite track on it?
Wow there is so many tunes on this mix that we like. We have to say Wax Doctor New Direction the 1st track has to be a winner as it’s so ahead of it’s time from when it was made in 1992. But so many other Gems on there it’s hard to pinpoint just one track when there a so many good ones.

What’s the special ingredient in this mix?
The Special ingredients in this mix has to be the selection of tracks we chose for the mix. Not only that, it’s a 5hr 47 mins journey of bass music that shaped the scene to what it is today. To many people forget about the old music these days so this mix can show folk out there that the old stuff has a place in history and should never be forgotten.

What’s the best gig you’ve played recently?
Again there are a few shows that have stood out for us this year. Creamfields being one of them also Loughborough University for DBE has been up at the top of the list. Them guys know how to party. Also Warehouse Project, Hideout Festival, Parklife thet list is endless.

What have you got coming up?
We have Loads of new music about to drop from some of the scenes pioneering labels but we can’t let the cat out of the bag just yet so keep your ears to the ground for that. Next month sees us guys release our next single entitled PLANET X & GET AWAY on NEMESIS RECORDINGS which has been getting great support by MISTAJAM on BBC RADIO 1 & BBC RADIO 1 XTRA and also other key players in the game such as ANDY C, MATRIX & FUTUREBOUND, FRED V & GRAFIX, SHIMON, TC, FRICTION just to name a few.

And finally, do you have a special message for our readers?
It took over 3 weeks to compile this mix and has a lot of history in there. From our first time going out way back in 1992. To playing a gig 2 weeks ago in a car park under a train station. We are so thankful to do what we do for so many years now, either being Prophecy or Silver or Sonic & Silver DJing. Or Simon Spice in his band, too producing so much music for such a long time. We want to thank you the fans out there who have supported us throughout the years. We hope you enjoy this mix as musch as we enjoyed making it. We hope to see you all on the dance floor very soon……..

Tracklist
1. Wax Doctor – New Direction
2. Top Buzz – Livin in Darkness
3. Nookie – Sound Of Music
4. Jack n Phil – We Are Unity
5. Ray Keith – You Got Me Burning up
6. Wax Doctor – Rock to the Groove
7. Krome & Time – The Slammer
8. Scott & Keith – Get Busy Crew
9. Phuture Assassins – Future Sound (2 Bad Mice Remix)
10. Omni Trio – Feel Good
11. Boogie Times Tribe – Dark Stranger
12. Andy C – Cool Dowmn
13. Splash – Babylon
14. Q Project – Champion Sound
15. Omni Trio – Renegade Snares
16. Slipmatt – Breaking Free
17. Dead Dread – Dread Bass
18. Johnny Jungle – Killa Sound
19. Firefox – Bonanza Kid
20. Renegade – Dark Soldier
21. Deep Blue – Helicopter Tune
22. Roni Size & DJ De – All the Crew Big Up
23. Pascal – P-Funk Era
24. Remarc – RIP (Remarc Remix)
25. Leviticus – Burial
26. Randall & Andy C – Sound Control
27. DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter
28. DJ SS – Lighter
29. Krust – Set Speed
30. Bill Riley – In At The Deep End
31. Die – Clear Skyz
32. Roni Size – Brut Force
33. Doc Scott – Shadow Boxing
34. Dillinja – Silver Blade
35. Optical – To Shape The Future
36. Dillinja – Acid Track
37. Mampi Swift – Load
38. Shimon & Andy C Mutation
39. Roni Size – Buck Rodgers
40. Dillinja – Threshold
41. Adam F – Circles
42. Moving Fusion – Turbulance
43. DJ Zinc – Casino Royal
44. Wots My Code Dubplate (Total Science Remix)
45. Shy FX – Bambaata
46. Ed Rush & Optical – Compound
47. Ed Rush & Optical – Wormhole
48. Ed Rush & Optical – Slip Tru
49. Ed Rush & optical – Fixation
50 Konflict – Beckoning
51. Die – Slide Away
52. Dillinja – Nast Ways
53. Total Science – Jungle Jungle
54. Roni Size – Trust Me
55. J Majik – Spaced Invader
56. Pendulum – Trail Of Sevens
57. MIST & High Contrast – 3 AM
58. Rebel Mc (feat) Top Cat – Champion DJ (Shy FX Remix)
59. Krust – Warhead
60. Bad Company Uk – The Pulse
61. Bad Company Uk – The Nine
62. Dillinja – Hard Noize
63. Sonic & Silver – Rocket Launcher
64. Marcus Intalex & ST Files – How You Make Me Feel
65. Chase & Status – Hurt You
66. Commix – Be True
67. Pendulum – Distress Signal
68. Fresh & Sigma – Cylon
69. Hazard – Busted
70. Ed Rush & Optical – Chubrub
71. Culture Shock – Kronix
72. Culture Shock – Ohrwurm
73. Dillinja – Feels Like Im Alone
74. Sub Zero – Poon
75. Icicle (feat) MC SP – Dreadnought
76. Gridlok – Insectercide
77. Sub Zero – Now More Than Ever
78. Smooth Virgo Cluster
79. Wilkinson – Tonight
80. Taxman – Evasion Remix
81. Sub Focus – Bit Patchy
82. Spor – 1up
83. Wilkinson – Need To Know
84. Hazard – Air Guitar
85. Mincape – Bounce
86. Matrix & Futurebound – Control
87. The Prodigy – Voodoo People – Pendulum Remix
88. Sub Focus – Hold On
89. Subfocus – Out The Blue
90. Culture Shock – Raindrops
91. Loadstar – Stepped Outside
92. Champion – Phoenix
93. Dimension – Pathogen
94. Hazard – Mark Q
95. Wilkinson – Afterglow
96. Benny Page – Champion Sound – North Base remix
97. Sigma (feat) Top Cat – Special Dedication
98. Culture Sock – I Remember
99. Dimension – Digital World Vip
100. Metrik – Slipstream
101. Moko – Your Love – Culture Shock Remix
102. Route 94 – My Love – Sigma Remix
103. Sigma – Nobody To Love
104. Hazard – Bricks Don’t Roll
105. Culture Shock City Lights
106. Mefjus -Lebniz
107. Ivy Lab – Sunday Crunk (Mefjus Remix)
108. Noisia & The Upbeats – Omnivore
109. Dimension – Whip Slap
110. North Base – Join The Dots
111. Demo & Cease – Ladies Night – Drumsound & Bassline Smith Remix
112. Noisia & The Upbeats – Dead Limit
113. North Base – I Found You
114. North Base – Extrimus
115. Example – Later – North Base Remix
116. North Base – Planet X
117. The Freestylers – Spread Love – North Base Remix
118. North Base & Cynematic (feat) Mitch Dowd – Polarity
119. North Base – Get Away
120. Craig David & Big Narstie – When The Bassline Drops – North Base Remix
121. North Base – Lotus Peak
122. North Base Vs ISVK – What R U Doing – Trie Remix
123. Skrillex & Rick Ross – Purple Lamborigini