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

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‘Offender‘ is the sixth new track from Dimension this year, following ‘Don’t Sleep‘, ‘Love to Give‘, ‘Saviour‘, ‘Hatred‘ and ‘Remedy‘. The single premiered on Friday via the official UKF channels, and offers a fiery rave banger for those endless stay-at-home lockdown parties, taking a sharp turn away from Dimension’s signature vocal-led and more melodic drum’n’bass comfort zone.

Promoted as the fourth official single off Organ, the new track is in fact the seventh standalone release by Dimension to be featured on the upcoming record. Back at the end of 2018 Etheridge collaborated with drum’n’bass titan Sub Focus for the silver-certified ‘Desire‘ – an immediate genre classic that peaked at 51 in the UK singles chart after 9 weeks and cemented Dimension as one of the most exciting names in the scene. The rising DJ kept the fire burning in 2019 with the anthemic ‘Devotion‘ featuring Cameron Hayes on vocals, as the second highlight in Organ.

Despite the mass lockdown and ongoing events restrictions preventing Dimension’s iconic live sets, the DJ kept dropping new tracks from the album throughout 2020, starting with the atmospheric ‘Love to Give‘ featuring Billy Lockett and Culture Shock, the moody ‘Saviour‘ with Sharlene Hector, the team-up with E11E for the heavy banger ‘Hatred‘, and topping it all off with the beautiful melodies and TS Graye’s soaring vocals in ‘Remedy‘. Shortly before releasing the latest ‘Offender‘, Etheridge finally shared more details on Organ for UKF:

“In the end, the reason I decided to commit to the album project was because I think I’ve become more self-assured, and in-turn become confident in the artist that I am. I wanted to do something that develops a deeper look into my sound – and also – create a musical timestamp of who I am as both an artist and a person. As an artist, I’ve learnt you don’t have to be shy with how you express yourself, and an album really allows you the creative freedom to show this.”

DIMENSION FINALLY TALKS

AN INSIGHT INTO “ORGAN”, THE DEBUT ALBUM

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Following a huge 2019 which saw Dimension play sold-out shows across the world, including the iconic Rampage 2019 Festival, Etheridge was forced to isolate away from what he does best – bring his infectious energy directly to his audience. Making the most of lockdown live, Dimension finished the production of his highly anticipated debut Organ and even managed to sneak in an exclusive virtual set from a secret London location.

Next Tuesday 15 December the DJ is expected to return to live performances at the renowned Foreverland festival in Prague alongside Artful Dodger, James Hype, Notion, and many more. Dimension’s next UK gig is at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on 27 March 2021, supposedly following the release of the record, with several headline shows expected to be announced soon provided the official government guidelines allow live parties to go ahead.

The confirmed tracklist for Organ is below:
1. ‘SAVIOUR’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
2. ‘ALIVE⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣’
3. ‘DANGER’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
4. ‘DEVOTION’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
5. ‘PSYCHO’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
6. ‘REMEDY’
7. ‘UK BORDER PATROL’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
8. ‘ORGAN’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
9. ‘ALTAR’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
10. ‘LOVE TO GIVE’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
11. ‘DOMINO’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
12. ‘OFFENDER’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
13. ‘LORD’S PRAYER’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
14. ‘PLUS MINUS⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣’
15. ‘HATRED’⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
16. ‘DESIRE⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣’
17. ‘SENSORY DIVISION’