Browse by Label: FRIJSFO BEATS (UK)

Artist:	EDMX
Title:	2K3 Beats
Label:	FRIJSFO BEATS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	FRJ 003EP

"UK garage, dubstep & electro! Frijsfo Beats is proud to welcome on board a UK electronic music hero in Ed DMX, aka DMX Krew. Ed offers a new kind of treat from the archives, fusing two-step swing and spacious dubstep rhythms with his immediately recognizable analogue style. The package also includes 'Creole 2,' an uptempo ragga rhythm complete with shimmering electronic steel drums. Fans will know Ed from prolific work on the Aphex Twin-founded Rephlex label. The ability to mutate a Detroitesque electro sound into sick hybrid forms is something he's ably proven on releases like the Collapse Of The Wave Function series. The material on 2K3 Beats dates from 2003-4, but now seems the right time for these atmospheric tracks to see the light of day. The demand for fresh takes on post-garage music (in the dubstep community and elsewhere) should see this EP readily picked up."

Artist:	POINT B
Title:	Free Standing Structure
Label:	FRIJSFO BEATS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	FRJ 004EP

"After his excellent remix for Sully's Phonebox EP last summer, Frijsfo Beats is delighted to provide a home for Point B's latest and best experiments on the fringes of dubstep and UK garage. Point B previously enjoyed a swell of grass-roots appreciation for his material on leading UK electro label SCSI-AV -- a sharp, intricately produced dancefloor twelve and an extremely thoughtful full-length. 2007's EP for Stormfield's Combat Recordings fused his techniques and sound palette with the rhythmic genius of two-step, an idea expanded and developed to its full potential on his first full Frijsfo release. Opening track 'Detritus' is built around an unbreakable backbone of kicks, woodblocks and dense sub-bass growls. Tweaked techno stabs sustain the pressure until Point B drops a mean (but tastefully executed) snippet of Distance- style bass guitar and an atmospheric post-Skream melody. 'No Smokes' is a tense meeting between two-stepping beat patterns and stiff electro-funk, illustrating Point B's distinctiveness. Graceful soundtrack synths smooth things over somewhat, only to get re-jigged for mashed-up dancefloors by fragments of a caustic acid line. 'Isocity Meter' boasts an even brisker, more invigorating arrangement, dominated by huge, metallic bass tones that sound as if they're being collided and yanked apart by an elastic sense of rhythm. Finally, Italian Frijsfo discovery Kuoyàh contributes an unbelievable remix of 'Someone Else's Past.' His trademark loose, unevenly oscillating beat constructions are fascinating in their own right, but take away nothing from the rolling, dark two-step vibe. Any DJ who feels a connection to dubstep's more creative eras should be playing this."

Artist:	SULLY
Title:	Reminder/Jackman's Rec
Label:	FRIJSFO BEATS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.50
Catalog #:	FRJ 005EP

"Griping about dubstep seems pretty pointless at the moment -- for almost every formulaic record on the shelves, there's another young, creative producer beating a much more interesting path. Norwich's Jack Stevens -- better known as Sully -- is justifiably seen as one of those individuals. Tantalisingly doing the rounds on dub for long enough now, 'Reminder' and 'Jackman's Rec' should usher in Sully's biggest moment yet. Since Blackdown (AKA Martin Clark) included both in his end-of-year dubstep chart for Pitchfork, he and DJ partner Dusk have supported the tunes consistently on Rinse FM and at FWD>>, also featuring 'Jackman's Rec' in their XLR8R magazine podcast. 'Reminder' has subsequently been deployed in sets by Ben UFO, Pangaea and Tomb Crew, the latter including it in their recent contribution to FACT magazine's respected mix series. One of Sully's tricks is that his music never falls into predictable slots. 'Reminder' might be a peak-time, late-summer skanker, but there isn't a clichéd reggae sample in earshot. Instead, it's closer to a translation of pioneering producer Pole's crackly dub abstractions into dancefloor form. 'Jackman's Rec' is a velvety roller that on one level, is the best example so far of how Sully's intuition for swing allows him to nail the dark sensuality of early FWD>> beats. Yet at the same time, it's in no way trapped in nostalgia for that era, simply sounding like the next step for future garage."

Artist:	SULLY
Title:	Toffee Apple
Label:	FRIJSFO BEATS (UK)
Format:	10"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	FRJ 009EP

This single from UK bass badman Sully finds the versatile producer taking purple synths and twisting them into dizzying contortions. A rude drop roots the track firmly in UK soundsystem culture while a tough stepper's beat drives it forward. Locating a space between 2step's swing, dubstep's edge and breakstep's drums, Sully's productions perfected styles and vibes four or five years before the "future garage" movement. "Toffee Apple" is the perfect sweetener. Super-limited pressing with artwork etching on the flipside.

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Artist:	VA
Title:	Frijsfo Beats Volume 3
Label:	FRIJSFO BEATS (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	FRJ 010EP