#4 Feat. New Releases in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

2024 was an unreal year for Deep, Dark & Dangerous, featuring a host of landmark releases including Decade, celebrating 10 years of what DDD stands for. So, true to form the label is dropping a cohort of insane remixes for 4/20. Featuring some of the big hitters and freshest talent from the DDD roster, including Ternion Sound, TRUTH, Hypho, DMVU, Distinct Motive, Chef Boyarbeatz and Wraz., remixed by Combine, The Greys, Canvas, Medicine Place and Dayzero, to name a few. DDD feels blessed to drop such an array of crate artillery on this most auspicious of days. Enjoy a deep, dark dollop of dubstep as you spark up and zone out. You wont regret it.

Illaman, Hypho, Ternion Sound, Chef Boyarbeatz, Truth, Distinct Motive, Khiva, JLeon, PAV4N, Basura, Animai, REZ, Kowta, Substance (CA), Wraz., DMVU

#5 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

Two DDD favourites join forces, under severe pressure from upper management to produce a slew of nasty 140 bangers, or else. Concocted in some godforsaken lab of musical weaponry, Hypho and Wraz locked themselves away in search of the deepest, darkest and most dangerous sounds known to bass music. Following this extensive and painstaking mission, were pleased to report, the pair overachieved in spades - coming through with three of the most rotten tunes youll hear this century, forming the aptly titled Pressure. The duo come out swinging with Tactics, a slice of unadulterated dubstep filth with UK MC Hypes spitting fire to add further chaos to proceedings, followed by Pressure and Program - two instrumental jams whose manic intensity slowly suffocates you as you gasp for air. Feeling the weight of pure Pressure? Get the fuck over it.

Hypho, Wraz., Manchester Hypes

#9 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

Deep, Dark & Dangerous is beyond hyped to welcome party starter DJ, producer, radio presenter and all round bass music badass SHOSH to the label. Her DDD debut Dizzy EP is set to disorientate you in the best possible way, sending you dizzy in the dance with its high octane flows, percussive grooves and sub flexing energy - all tied together with an exquisite mixdown. The London-based American born UK artist cut her teeth in the UKG scene as the leading force behind 24hr Garage Girls, but has always had a passion for dubstep which led her to experimenting adding her UKG flavours to the 140 world - with recent releases on UKF and Deadbeats. The results in Dizzy EP see this unique sound go to another level, three 140 monsters ready to make the party rock and shut down the rave. Led EP opener Bounce and lead single Block Party, its a one-two punch of infectious animation before the eponymous closes proceedings with melodic, broody weight. Ready to get Dizzy? Not likely.

SHOSH

#28 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

Two of the hottest young prospects in the 140 dubstep scene, Kali x Siskiyou, combine for a simply exquisite double A side on DDD - Regulatin / Sneakers. The groove for Regulatin is nawty, featuring a punchy lofi beat that prime J Dilla would be proud of, while still packing serious heat in the subs and a bucket load of swag. Sneakers is a more complex affair, with jazzy overtures and shuffling hats, the tunes immaculate vibe and atmospheres will transport you to another dimension in the club. Dont miss out on these rising talents: fully DDD approved.

Siskiyou, Kali

#36 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

UK don ENiGMA Dubz is back on DDD with Machine Learning - a concept EP that could redefine dubstep and bass music. AI is dominating the news agenda and changing our day-to-day existence with every passing moment. We constantly hear use cases of AI imitating humans, but what about a human re-imagining AI? With Machine Learning, ENiGMA Dubz is the human within the machine - engineering and creating dubstep music as if he was an AI entity becoming more intelligent with every passing week until sentience is realised, yet every element of the composition is man made. Across the four tracks from Week 1 to Week 4, and enticing atmospheric interludes, the audio experience becomes more complex, with recurring themes, sounds and melodic passages being interwoven within the AIs consciousness - all underpinned by customary ENiGMA Dubz bass pressure and production prowess at 140 bpm. Machine Learning truly blurs the lines between whats human, and whats machine.

ENiGMA Dubz

#43 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

Melding sci-fi with fantasy via the form of cold, deep, menacing 140 beats - DDD UK veteran Youngsta teams up with Costa Rican super duo Mucky Update on their futuristic four track slap down: The Curse. Taking inspiration in equal parts from Stranger Things as Dungeon and Dragons, the three producers piece together a body of tracks set to send their enemies to the abyss, and beyond - showcasing phenomenal technical prowess, sound design and a complete disregard for common decency. Washing over you like a spell of satanic sorcery - the EP is cohesive in its manipulation of your very senses, disorientating, wonky, woosy and damn right nasty. The beats cut through like excalibur being brandished by a futuristic knight from a hostile alternate dimension - while the low frequencies flex subs like they are black holes enveloping the rave and all in attendance. Any label with any self respect would issue warnings with music as downright nasty as this, but DDD lost that years ago - all in the name of dubstep. Ready to feel The Curse? Come join the crew.

Youngsta, Mucky Update

#45 Feat. New Releases in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

The Netherlands finest deep bass badman Kwizma is back on DDD for his first EP release on the label since 2020s Monster. Its been worth the five year wait, as with Macaw EP he has flown to new heights to create a collective of 140 tracks that showcase his incredible musicality, technical prowess and penchant for all things Deep, Dark & Dangerous in devastating fashion. Trojan Horse and title track Macaw work in tandem as a tantalizing 1-2 punch, with both tunes creating sublime world-influenced atmospheric soundscapes, before the sub-fuelled drops do the business - both firm favourites of DDD bossmen, Truth. Vivere then flips the vibe to a place of meditative bliss, with dub reggae inflections, stunning chords and exquisite percussion choices - as the bird soars above the clouds - before system banger Huntsman tears down the place with its mad energy as it hurtles back down to earth. Macaw (Tree Top VIP) wraps things up with aplomb, dovetailing perfectly to encapsulate the full breadth of the EPs sonics, craft and bass pressure. Year of the snake? Nah. Kwizma has ensured 2025 is the year of the Macaw.

Kwizma

#56 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

DDD is beyond hyped to welcome one of the hottest upcoming talents in the scene for their debut EP release on the label, ATLs uncompromising bass machine - Canvas. With Inner Loops, they present a dynamic eurythmic conceptual tour-de-force across four energetically and emphatically executed tracks, with conceptual essence dripping from every pore. As the title alludes to, this EP contemplates the cyclical nature of human thought patterns and emotions. Our lives are cataloged by continual themes of self-discovery & acceptance, the dance of light & darkness, time, untapped potential, and angst. - Canvas This theme is apparent from the outset as Temptations provides an introspective maelstrom, straddling the reflective with the outright outrageous assault of the senses that will send raves into shockdown. Transitioning to Seconds Lost where techno and acid rave essences are scattered within a derelict landscape of sonic scarcity, before the drop slaps the listener senseless - with this techno inspired aesthetic carrying over to the gargantuan Exponential. EP closer is a more choppy and technical affair, with complex vocal cuts and hi-hat patterns matched by an ice cold metallic snare clap and trance-like synths. Locked inside your Inner Loops? This EP could set you free.

Canvas

#64 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

DDDs favourite Berlin-based bass butcher Bukez Finest is back on the label, and this time hes cut up beats so rotten theyre gonna putrefy your very existence. Across three gnarly Putrefied Soul riddims, the Germans genome shaking production prowess is bordering on clinical insanity. Tortured genius or certified madman? Well let you decide. The eponymous opener stays true to Bukez heritage, with ice cold metallic textures and system shattering bass - before a techno breakdown that wouldnt be out of place at the Berghains most debauched raves. Malas been rinsing this one. Who Da Buckezt takes things in an all the more urban direction, with faux gangsta swag, nasty putrid beats and savage satanic synths. EP closer Bussin might be the nastiest of the lot, as discordant, disorientating swells, swoon and gloom, gorging on misery and discombobulation before glitchy breakbeats finally drag you down to the pits of hell. Ready to have your soul putrified? Youd be lucky.

Bukez Finezt, Phil Phader

#82 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

Celebrating 10 years of Deep, Dark & Dangerous: Decade. A specially curated collection of tunes that encapsulates everything we love about our label and the community weve built around it. TRUTH has always lived and breathed music that is deeper, darker and dangerouser but we could never have dreamed of where the imprint is at now, through pure passion for and dedication to sound system culture. What started as monthly Monday night in a 100 person capacity San Francisco basement in 2012, leading to our first release in November 2014 - Deep, Dark & Dangerous takes huge pride in representing the best of dubstep, 140 and bass music in a catalogue approaching 140 releases. This celebration compilation of DDDs first decade as an imprint is all about looking forward. Through an epic double album of original tracks, this is the cream of the crop - featuring our favourite big hitters and some of the hottest young talent in the underground. Decade showcases the best of where were at but also what the future holds for the scene we call home. Heres to the next decade.

Truth, Substance, Kowta, Basura, Combine, WAVHART, Abstrakt Sonance, Stylust, Klinical, Ternion Sound, Darkimh, Mythm, Cartridge, Breathworkz, Khiva, Wraz., isded, Sectra

#89 Feat. Staff Picks in 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime

The opening track in many a TRUTH set, including their epic 2024 Red Rocks performance. The Illuminated starts of emotively uplifting, with granulated choir and strings... followed by an ultra-subby drop into low deep bass frequencies... punctuated by brutal techno-influenced stabs. Buckle up for the distorted square wave switch up which fuses with a UKG beat for an additional energy boost on the second drop! Since we think this is the perfect set opener, we have made The Illuminated the opening track of Decade the album to celebrate 10 years of Deep, Dark & Dangerous. A forward-looking album, absolutely full of A++ level tracks from across the Deep, Dark & Dangerous spectrum!

Truth