Additionally, you can hop over to their official website and check the label’s annual review of the 20 best albums, tracks, labels, remixes and artists of the year. Both mixes are available to re-play on the YouTube links provided above, with full details on tracklists and download links in the description, and can also be found as exclusive playlists on UKF’s Spotify page. No matter which Tier you find yourself into on this festive day, tune in to enjoy the best electronic bangers of 2020 “featuring some (not all!) of [the] favourite uploads from the past 12 months“.

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The drum & bass mix starts with a distinctive Australian flavour, jumping straight into ShockOne’s explosive ‘Follow Me‘ followed by one of the absolute highlights of the year in Pendulum’s huge comeback ‘Driver‘. Aside taking the world by storm upon its release in September, and steadily approaching 3 million streams in Spotify, the song recently won the Best Track Award at the 12th Drum and Bass Arena Awards.

The UKF mix includes three tracks by Dimension: ‘Don’t Sleep‘ , ‘Hatred‘ and ‘Love To Give‘ all expected to appear on the British DJ’s highly anticipated upcoming debut record Organ. Two singles come straight from Metrik’s hugely successful third album Ex Machina, released in June 2020 via Hospital Records. At the end London-based Fox Stevenson delivers his energetic ‘Like That‘ as the perfect conclusion of the epic mix. 

The annual dubstep compilation starts with the collaboration between the American producers GRiZ and Blunts & Blondes setting the modd in style with their hit ‘Juicy‘. Fox Stevensons also makes a solid appearance here with ‘Just Don’t Mind‘, alongside the traditional entries by the likes of Doctor P, PhaseOne, Zeds Dead and Feed Me. The Best of Dubstep 2020 finishes with the melodic and uplifting ‘Elevate‘ by the English DJs Tisoki and Upgrade featuring vocals by Monstercat’s latest recruit Courtney Drummey. 

Created in 2009 by Luke Hood, UKF started as a platform for friends to share and discover new music. The idea quickly became very popular with its subscribers and followers continuing to increase to this day, and expanding over several YouTube channels, live events and widely celebrated annual compilations. Operating at the very heart of the British drum & bass and dubstep scene and championing an impressive list of influential artists, the label celebrated its 10th anniversary last year and arguably achieved its mission to become “the home of bass music“. 

Coming just in time for Christmas day, the Best of Drum & Bass and Dubstep 2020 mixes will surely keep the endless lockdown home party going all the way to New Year’s Eve, and is one thing we can all enjoy together regardless of which Tier we welcome 2021 in. In case you are still not fed up with the Christmas songs, here is an alternative version of some of the classics, suggested by UKF to add and extra electronic spark to the festive day.

Need some new Christmas bangers to get you into the festive spirit? Ho ho ho gosh, we’ve got you covered! pic.twitter.com/sXIUTRS6C2 — UKF (@UKF) December 24, 2020

Chase & Status’ RTRN II FABRIC marks part six of the iconic club’s Fabric Presents series that started in February 2019 with a performance by UK producer and DJ Bonobo celebrating the music venue’s 20th anniversary, and have since featured Kölsch, The Martinez Brothers, Amelie Lens, Maribou State, with Brooklyn-based house DJ Octo Octa & Eris Drew in line for the next installment in November 2020. The series covers a wide range of electronic genres and have already presented some of the finest names in the international house, techno and trip-hop scenes, with Chase & Status given the honour to enrich its repertoir with “over an hour of raw, melodic & energetic jungle“.

It’s here. We’re proud to present RTRN II FABRIC. Our first @fabriclondon mix.

Ft 6 unreleased singles & VIPs from us, one from Bou & over an hour of raw, melodic & energetic jungle.

Out Today. On CD, 8 track dbl vinyl & digital mix. https://t.co/OrYHoI1rBO#chaseandstatus pic.twitter.com/INIwPu3uFj

— Chase & Status (@chaseandstatus) October 30, 2020

RTRN II FABRIC features club classics and well-known tracks by Remarc, DJ Rap, SHY FX, Wax Doctor, Watch The Ride and Bou, as well as Chase & Status’ latest release ‘Engage‘ and few previously unheard tracks from their upcoming record like ‘Why‘ and ‘Hardstep‘. The compilation title itself is a clever twist on their last album RTRN II JUNGLE from 2019 that saw the band return to their earlier jungle roots and authentic drum’n’bass sound after few previous years of experimenting with grime projects, venturing into pop and dance territories and collaborating with an extensive list of established music stars and breakthrough artists.

In an exclusive interview for Beatportal, Will Kennard (Chase) reveals curious details about spending time with his family and keeping busy with music under lockdown, the difficulties in creating such extensive mix in the contemporary digital times, and the immence importance of Fabric for the UK club scene and the duo’s own history. He goes on to discuss the release of Chase & Status’ new tracks as part of the mix instead of standalone singles, and the final tracklist of the compilation:

“This just made perfect sense. Doing a mix with other people’s songs is cool, but we wanted there to be a bit more interest in it. There are lots of original versions of stuff, original music, and just kinds of different edits of existing songs. So I think it sounds pretty fresh!”

 

 

 

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On the eve of the release of RTRN II FABRIC… tell us your first memory of visiting the club in the comments. ⠀ ⠀ Get it tomorrow on the link in bio. ⠀ #RTRNIIFABRIC #chaseandstatus Публикация, споделена от Chase & Status (@chaseandstatus) на Окт 29, 2020 в 12:22 PDT

Following the release of the Fabric Presents compilation RTRN II FABRIC, the dynamic electronic duo has given Spotify’s very special ‘Massive DnB’ playlist the “Chase & Status treatment“. Curated entirely by the two London DJs, the world’s biggest drum’n’bass playlist this week covers an exclusive selection of 49 club bangers, including some of their recent jungle releases and more than 4 hours of d’n’b nostalgia. Listen to the full playlist in the link bellow now, or use it for an electronic twist on this year’s #HalloweenAtHome later tonight.

TAKEOVER @Spotify‘s ‘Massive DnB’ Playlist has had the Chase & Status treatment, curated by us.
Stream here: https://t.co/DbTs7yWkwm#RTRNIIFABRIC #MassiveDnB #ChaseandStatus pic.twitter.com/U845IL47TZ

— Chase & Status (@chaseandstatus) October 31, 2020