The new free EP by Jammin J called “Something Special” [ABAGAFREE015] is out today!!! …and it IS something special. This is Jammin J’s debut EP on ABAGA Records. The title track starts the EP with a drum & bass stomper for the dancefloor, and the tracks that follow keep that upbeat vibe, utilizing jungle breaks, lush chords, sax and guitar, and leave your speakers………

ABAGA Records will be releasing Profisee’s ‘Hold Up EP’ on Monday (February 20th). To celebrate, we will be having a launch party at Edinburgh club night Coalition in Sneaky Pete’s on Sunday, February 19th.

Line-up:

Profisee (Cloak x Dagger)
Tactus (ABAGA Records)
Paranoise (Coalition/49hz)

you can listen to the ep here…….

Bristol-based producer Quektis presents his debut EP with tasteful yet heavy basslines, dubstep grooves and a strong reggae influence, and for free download.
Remixes of Bob Marley’s “Sun Is Shining” and RadiKal Guru’s “Inilusion” fit in well with this hard-hitting, dancefloor-worthy EP. Big things to come from this producer……

ABAGA Records are part of a campaign to help save the BBC Introducing In Scotland show on Radio 1. The BBC are restructuring and are cutting a weekly 2 hour show every Sunday at midnight that showcases Scottish talent. This would be a huge loss for local musicians and listeners, and make it harder for Scottish artists to reach international audiences…..

My interview with Edinburgh soundsystem, collective and blog Electrikal has just been put online. I was asked for a background on the label and myself, and there’s a mix in there too. Read it at www.electrikal.net/11/abaga-recordsmix-inside. I was also recently interviewed for Greek blog Dubstepforum.gr, with questions about my production and influences…..

We are proud to announce the winner of our ‘Black Meat’ remix competition: DanieL Bazz
Thank you to all who entered, there was a great response, and a lot of good remixes. Other remixes that made it to the top of our pile were by GWIL, Silverfoxx, and Nicro, but there are too many good remixes to mention. We will be releasing the winning remix in the coming months…..