After delivering some of 2012's most iconic music, High Contrast returns with another superb single to get 2013 off to a cracking start.
First up, we have the awe-inspiring "Spectrum Analyser" with its immense intro that artfully pairs a driving, mechanical tone with bleepy 8-bit SFX. Massive euphoric builds and catchy melodies make "Spectrum Analyser" an instant crowd-pleaser with buckets of energy and plenty of interesting twists and turns to capture the imagination. With a synth hook so big that it feels like it was created in the Large Hadron Collider, this one will definitely get your particles accelerating!
Flipping over for "Some Things Never Change", this one is full of nostalgic undertones and drifting melodies. With a vintage sound reminding you exactly why you love High Contrast so much, "Some Things Never Change" remains true to its title. Soulful vocal snatches pepper the piece and it's full of that familiar feel-good vibe that has dominated so much of High Contrast's work in the past. If this doesn't warm the cockles of your heart then we don't know what will.
High Contrast 'Spectrum Analyser' Written by Lincoln Barrett and Ben Daglish. Arranged and produced by Lincoln Barrett. Published by Songs In The Key Of Knife / High Technology Publishing
After delivering some of 2012's most iconic music, High Contrast returns with another superb single to get 2013 off to a cracking start.
First up, we have the awe-inspiring "Spectrum Analyser" with its immense intro that artfully pairs a driving, mechanical tone with bleepy 8-bit SFX. Massive euphoric builds and catchy melodies make "Spectrum Analyser" an instant crowd-pleaser with buckets of energy and plenty of interesting twists and turns to capture the imagination. With a synth hook so big that it feels like it was created in the Large Hadron Collider, this one will definitely get your particles accelerating!
Flipping over for "Some Things Never Change", this one is full of nostalgic undertones and drifting melodies. With a vintage sound reminding you exactly why you love High Contrast so much, "Some Things Never Change" remains true to its title. Soulful vocal snatches pepper the piece and it's full of that familiar feel-good vibe that has dominated so much of High Contrast's work in the past. If this doesn't warm the cockles of your heart then we don't know what will.
High Contrast 'Spectrum Analyser' Written by Lincoln Barrett and Ben Daglish. Arranged and produced by Lincoln Barrett. Published by Songs In The Key Of Knife / High Technology PublishingHigh Contrast - High Technology Lifestyle - ANTI/THESIS Vol. 1High Contrast2024-02-25 | The second track of ANTI/THESIS Vol. 1, providing the stylistic opposite to 20th Century Jungle with a more Techno inspired, Dancefloor feel.Anti Thesis Vol1 Out NowHigh Contrast2024-02-24 | 20th Century Jungle + High Technology Lifestyle = ANTI/THESIS Vol. 1 #jungle #dnb #shortsHigh Contrast - 20th Century Jungle - ANTI/THESIS Vol. 1High Contrast2024-02-24 | The first release in a new series called ANTI/THESIS, where there will be two tunes each time that are opposite to each in some way, stylistically or thematically. Here we have 20th Century Jungle, a 90s jungle flavoured tune that is the polar opposite of it's accompanying track, High Technology Lifestyle, but to me they still fit together at the same time as being opposed.This probably won’t ever get released because of the sample 🤗High Contrast2023-12-19 | ...You Don’t Understand out now!High Contrast2023-06-25 | My new track You Don’t Understand featuring Jamie McCool is out now! #highcontrast #dnbWolf of Wall Street - Drum and Bass editionHigh Contrast2023-06-24 | An iconic scene from Scorsese's modern classic where Mat and Leo discuss.. how to make it in the Drum and Bass scene today! I made this with a little help from an AI voice cloner :)High Contrast - Cant Give You UpHigh Contrast2023-01-06 | A new track from me for 2023. Trying to bring back a bit of that original, early 2000's Liquid Funk vibe. It's also the first new single release from me on my label Highly Contrasting.High Contrast - Vintage Vinyl Liquid Funk DJ Set (feat. MC DRS)High Contrast2022-05-06 | Recorded live at XOYO 16th August 2019 as part of Calibre's DJ residency there. This was a great opportunity for me to dust off the old dubplates and play some classic liquid sounds from around the early 00's era. Weirdly, a few hours before my set the barman at the hotel bar spilt boiling hot water on my left hand which meant I had to dj mostly one handed for this set, not so easy with vinyl! Still, the crowd brought the vibes and got me through it so it was a really memorable gig.
True Colours 20th Anniversary Vinyl is available now.High Contrast - Music Is Everything (Pola & Bryson Remix)High Contrast2022-04-01 | Out Now on Highly Contrasting Recordings: ada.lnk.to/MusicIsEverythingPBR
Taken from the forthcoming True Colours 20th Anniversary Remix album: ada.lnk.to/TrueColours20Ad3l3 - 3a5y 0n M3 - High Contrast Bootleg RemixHigh Contrast2021-11-19 | ...High Contrast presents Audio NastiesHigh Contrast2021-09-21 | Take a trip through the strange sounds of weird banned horror films of the 70s and 80s, the 'Video Nasty' era that I grew up during, when films like Driller Killer and The Evil Dead were in seemingly every corner video shop in the UK. This time is lovingly recreated in new British horror film Censor which is out this week on VOD and has inspired me to bring you the Audio Nasties!
Tracklist: Texas Chainsaw Massacre opening music - Tobe Hooper & Wayne Bell Seven Notes In Back - Vince Tempera Zombie 2 - Fabio Frizzi Adulteress' Punishment from Cannibal Holocaust - Riz Ortolani Cannibal Ferox - Roberto Donati Now You're All Alone from Last House on the Left - David Hess Profondo Rosso - Goblin Mask of Death from Dawn of the Dead - Jack Trombey Lone Wolfs Theme from Shogun Assassin - Mark Lindsay Pieces - Stelvio Cipriani Helen Has Green Eyes from Possession - Andrzej Korzynski New York...One More Day 3 from New York Ripper - Francesco De Masi The Beyond - Fabio Frizzi Flashing from Tenebrae - Goblin Teenagers Cha-Cha-Cha from Bay of Blood - Stelvio Cipriani Don't Go In The House - High ContrastSTREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 2.4High Contrast2021-03-12 | High Contrast will be broadcasting live for the Streams From The Underground 2.0 series at 8pm tonight. Be sure to subscribe to get notifications.STREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 2.3High Contrast2021-03-05 | High Contrast will be broadcasting live for the Streams From The Underground 2.0 series, Thursdays at 8pm for the next 2 weeks. Be sure to subscribe to get notifications.STREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 2.2High Contrast2021-02-26 | High Contrast will be broadcasting live for the Streams From The Underground 2.0 series, Thursdays at 8pm for the next 3 weeks. Be sure to subscribe to get notifications.STREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND 2.1High Contrast2021-02-19 | High Contrast will be broadcasting live for the Streams From The Underground 2.0 series, Thursdays at 8pm for the next 4 weeks. Be sure to subscribe to get notifications.High Contrast Live StreamHigh Contrast2021-02-18 | ...High Contrast - Rhythm Is Changing (feat. LOWES)High Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Snare The BlameHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - The future is a mirror that eatsHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Time Is Hardcore (feat. Kae Tempest & Anita Blay)High Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Windows 95High Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - A few notes on the cultureHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - A Mind Forever VoyagingHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Arcadia (feat. Bim)High Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Disk 2High Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - DolphinHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Going UpHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Hold On MeHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - Met Her At A Dance In Leicester (feat. UK Apache, Ady Suleiman)High Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDHigh Contrast - More Brilliant Than The SunHigh Contrast2020-12-04 | Notes From The Underground is out now: https://HighContrast.lnk.to/NotesFromTheUndegroundIDSTREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND IVHigh Contrast2020-11-27 | Join High Contrast for an exclusive 'Jungle On Vinyl set, the fourth part of the Streams From The Underground Tour. Presented in association with the Music Venues Trust #SaveOurVenuesSTREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND IIIHigh Contrast2020-11-20 | Join High Contrast for an exclusive 'Music For Films' set, the third part of the Streams From The Underground Tour. Presented in association with the Music Venues Trust #SaveOurVenuesSTREAMS FROM THE UNDERGROUND IIHigh Contrast2020-11-13 | Join High Contrast and The High Contrast Band for part 2 of the Streams From The Underground Tour in association with the Music Venues Trust #SaveOurVenuesStreams From The Underground 2.1High Contrast2020-11-12 | ...High Contrast - If We Ever (Unglued Remix)High Contrast2018-08-24 | Buy Yellow Vinyl or Stream here: high-contrast.lnk.to/IfWeEverRemixyb
One of the underground drum & bass scene’s most promising young talents Unglued, finally releases the most sought after dubplate on the drum & bass circuit, his remix of High Contrast’s decade-long anthem ‘If We Ever’, on Hospital Records.
Following the immense success of his debut single ‘Chicken In A Spacesuit’, Unglued’s ‘If We Ever’ remix has been devastating browsers and bass-bins alike with few tracks in memory having generated such a stir. A weapon of choice by the likes of Andy C, London Elektricity, Randall, Kings Of The Rollers and of course the legend himself High Contrast, plus anyone else who could get their hands on it… Twinned with a 2018 re-master of the original, this limited run 12” record is primed to be one of the most anticipated releases in Hospital history.
Hospital Records youngest signed artist has set the scene by storm over the last twelve months. Performing on the infamous Arcadia Spider and on the main stage at Hospitality On The Beach, plus with upcoming sets in Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and across the UK. He’s made significant movements through the underground with vinyl only mixes for FabricLive, DJ Mag and Reprezent Radio, showcasing his extensive knowledge of 90’s jungle. Stay tuned, there’s much more to come in 2018…
After the success of the prior four ‘Fast Music’ compilation albums, we’re taking it back to where it all started with the second edition of ‘Fast Soul Music’ - bigger, better and more soul than ever before.
As promised, we’ve delivered a mammoth 52 track album stacked to the brim with OG Hospital classics, and some of the finest cutting edge drum & bass soul from some of the very best the game has to offer. Dose up on bangers from longstanding Hospital surgeons High Contrast, Nu:Tone and Logistics complimented by the surgical prowess from favourites such as S.P.Y, Fred V & Grafix, Whiney, Keeno and many more bringing their own unique flairs that we’ve all come to know and love.
Immerse yourself in endless amounts of soul and daydream the day away by owning this slice of history, and getting to know the artists we’ve carefully chosen to represent the forefront of our sound from over the last 20 years since we began this journey.
On your marks, get set… bass. Hospital Records has accelerated into its third decade with over 300 releases making up an extensive, high-energy drum & bass catalogue. Taking care of your wellbeing is of upmost importance so we’ve gone the extra mile with ‘Fast Running Music’, providing 50 doses of quality 174 beats that’ll take you straight to the finish line.
Hospital classics are in abundance across two mixed CDs with longstanding team member Nu:Tone setting the pace. Get heart rates increased and endorphins released with power-fuelling tracks from the likes of Camo & Krooked, Fred V & Grafix, Wilkinson, Danny Byrd and Netsky.
The ‘Fast Music’ series has already delved into the different shades and styles of the label's make-up covering the genre’s soul origins, jungle roots and live warehouse movements. Now the fourth division explores more pulse-racing counterparts in the ‘Fast Running Music’ LP.
Music video by High Contrast performing Shotgun Mouthwash. (C) 2017 3 Beat Productions Ltd
http://vevo.ly/s2EPnr$tahnlee Krewbrick by Kranye WestHigh Contrast2016-02-20 | I love Kanye but I love Kubrick more, so after hearing West say he was 50% more influential than Stan I thought it only right to poke a little fun at that comment. Especially as he mispronounced it as Krubrick at the end of the rant. If you're going to say you're bigger than the most influential and respected film-maker OF ALL TIME (as Yeezy would say) then at least say his name right. So here is my Kanye versus Kubrick mashup, all meant in jest, enjoy!High Contrast - Calling My Name (Official Video)High Contrast2016-02-12 | Buy or Stream 'Hospitality 2016' compilation here! https://HospitalRecords.lnk.to/Hospitality2016yc
High Contrast himself directs the official video for 'Calling My Name' out now on Hospitality 2016!
In 2015 Hospitality reached new heights with eighty-two shows reaching over twenty countries across the globe! We’ve recreated the unparalleled atmosphere of a Hospitality dance-floor in our huge 60-track compilation.
‘Hospitality 2016’ brings you the biggest tracks from the current drum & bass scene including 25 brand new exclusives that are set to take the year by storm.
In the first of 2 full CD length mixes dive into fresh tracks from Fred V & Grafix, Krakota, Logistics, Metrik, Urbandawn and an extra something special from no other than High Contrast! Med School have gone from strength to strength and with their 10th year on the horizon we get a taste of what’s to come with brand new music from Keeno, Anile and Whiney.
In the second hour we’re spoilt for choice with previously unreleased tracks from Nu:Tone, S.P.Y and the Gresham duo Nu:Logic. There are refreshing remixes in store including Diego Torres’ rework of the London Elektricity classic “Had A Little Fight” and the long awaited Logistics spin on Etherwood’s “Light My Way Home” featuring Eva Lazarus.
We’ve brought in a whole load of the scenes exciting newcomers including the mysterious Dawn Wall, the USA’s bundle of energy Ownglow and smooth movers Pola & Bryson.
With the 5th year winning the Drum & Bass Arena Award for ‘Best Club Night’ behind us, Hospitality is onto even bigger and better things in 2016, kick started with this massive compilation!
Following from the sounds of soul and jungle, chapter three of the “Fast Music” series dives into the deeper levels of drum & bass.
“Fast Warehouse Music” draws forty-six tracks from the Hospital Records back-catalogue that rewind the clock to the days of the warehouse raves, swamping concrete jungles with all-surrounding subs from unforgiving sound-systems.
Cut the lights and descend into the darkness with two hours of Hospital classics mixed by longstanding member of the Hospital team, Nu:Tone. Unearthed are the works of Hospital favorites (Nu:Logic, Lynx and S.P.Y), Med School experimenters (Royalston, Rawtekk, Anile, Bop and Joe Syntax) as well as prominent players Photek, Commix, Subwave, Enei and Stray.
High Contrast - When The Drums Come In (feat. Wonda)
After a two year hiatus ‘Hospitality’ is back, and bigger than ever! This massive fifth instalment comes fresh from winning “Best Club Night” (for the fourth year running!) at the Drum&Bass Arena awards.
This time round the album has doubled in size, with not one but two full CD length mixes. Put together by Hospital stalwart Nu:Tone, who hits the turntables fresh from his recent album success with 'Future History' which reached no 7 in the iTunes dance chart.
Containing 22 brand new previously unreleased tracks, Hospitality 2015 features a full spectrum of D+B artists; from High Contrast to Icicle, from Hazard and Etherwood to Noisia, all flavours of D+B are covered in these two exhilarating mixes. With some superb remixes from the likes of Break, Logistics, Culture Shock and LSB also included - no stone is left unturned.
Exclusive unreleased tracks to the album include a special VIP edition of Nu:Logic's 'Everlasting Days' which both Gresham brothers have been unleashing in recent sets, as well as a cheeky re-rub of legendary Zed Bias’s jungle classic 'Something About This’.
Other exclusives come from D&BA best newcomer producer 2014 winner Maduk, as well as Technimatic, London Elektricity, Russ Chimes, Nu:Tone and more.
To celebrate 18 years of Hospital Records throughout 2014, Hospitality brought together thousands of people, who all shared the same love for music, in a series of worldwide events. Bringing Hospitality firmly into 2015, this compilation provides a panoramic snapshot of D+B and brings you the very best of Hospitality.