January 5th, 2012
Back in October 2011 I took a trip to Ekaterinburg in Russia. It took ages to get there and I flew through 3 time zones. The whole thing was a mad trip with not much sleep but it was so worth it, such fun! Massive thanks to Rostislav and the Special Request guys. Ekaterinburg rocks! Ridiculously cheap cigarettes too. I captured some stuff on my phone which got edited into this . . .
December 7th, 2011
Here’s a nice little early Christmas stocking filler from us at Astrophonica and Loopmasters.
The following codes give you 10% off Fracture’s Cosmic Drum & Bass sample pack and Fracture’s Albino Presets pack which were both released earlier this year. Both of these are single use per customer and valid until Dec 24th.
Ho ho ho . . .
Cosmic Drum & Bass: FRAC1
Albino Presets: FRAC2
November 27th, 2011
Hello guys, we’re back with another cosmic installment of the Astrophonica story. Following on from the release of our album, “Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune”, we return with our second single of the year, headed by Fracture’s ‘Bad Habit’ b/w Fracture & Neptune’s ‘Music Y’all’ and finished off with a nice digital exclusive to the new Astrophonica store, ‘Play That Record’ by Fracture. Available to order now, shipping Monday 28th November.
Available now on vinyl and digital from your favourite stores including www.surus.co.uk/astrophonica where the MP3 release ships free with vinyl purchase.
November 10th, 2011
According to my friends, some of my Bad Habits are ‘my sarcasm’, ‘touching their computer screen when I point at things’ and ‘sometimes wearing a hat when cooking in the kitchen (?!)’. I have many more but I’m gonna keep them to myself for now as this is about you not me…
Share your worst Bad Habit on the Astrophonica Facebook wall and I’ll send this test press with one off painting by Emilski to the one that gets the most likes by Friday 18th November.
August 4th, 2011
On the evening of Tuesday the 26th July 2011 I joined old friend Stamina on his weekly show on London’s Rinse FM.
We dug deep, played a selection of old and new, surprised each other with certain tunes and had a good old laugh. Big up club 30s.
Download the MP3 of the show here
August 1st, 2011
Can we get a big round of applause and a good luck cheer for Emilski & Nick Duggins, the creators of the music vid for Fracture & Neptune’s Customtone, who are off to Croatia today to attend the international animation festival, Supertoon.
The video has been nominated in the Animated Music Video category along with big hitters such as U2, Coldplay and The Who. We are seriously happy as the guys put in so much work for the video and really deserve this. Let’s hope we can take on the big guns!
Good luck lads!!!
July 23rd, 2011
For those of you who don’t know, Fracture & Mark System have been working together in D&B since the 90s. For those of you who locked in to their shows on Rude FM, thanks for the text messages. It’s now about 13 years later and we’ve finally got a record out together. It’s on Teebee’s Subtitles label (music from which used to get heavy rotation on their Rude FM shows) and features the tracks ‘Yeah, But…’ and ‘Closed Circuit’. We enjoyed making them and we hope you enjoy them too.
Released via ST Holdings on 1st Aug in vinyl & digital format. You can order this right now from the Surus Store and if you order the vinyl you get the MP3 for FREE. What lovely people!
July 11th, 2011
To celebrate the hugely successful ‘Retrospect – A Decade of Fracture & Neptune’ LP the guys will be touring across UK/Europe from September 16th – October 31st 2011. Coming with their distinct, unmistakeable Astrophonica sound, Charlie and Nelson are looking to spread the cosmic vibe and drop into all the major Drum & Bass destinations on their travels. If you have witnessed a Fracture & Neptune DJ set you will know it is an energy filled performance full of vibes, it’s obvious that they love what they do. If you haven’t, then now is your chance…
To whet your appetite for the forthcoming tour we have recently recorded the latest edition of the GRAM Agency podcast which is now available to download or stream from the Fracture & Neptune Soundcloud.
The tour will be managed by Grass Roots Agency so to book Fracture & Neptune for the Retrospect LP European tour please click here
For a campaign round-up on the Retrospect LP click here
GRAM Podcast June 2011 – Fracture & Neptune by Fracture And Neptune
June 22nd, 2011
GRAM Podcast #16 – Fracture & Neptune
‘Good evening Planet Earth, citizens of Earth origin or any other planet in the solar system, good evening Planet Earth…
Welcome to the GRAM June 2011 Podcast with Fracture & Neptune of Astrophonica. Within this transmission you can expect to hear recordings of the highest sonic quality and from each end of the spectrum. Keeping it cosmic as ever, Fracture & Neptune take you through a musical journey of some of their favourite tracks from past, present & future…’
Click here to download the podcast…
June 20th, 2011
We at Astrophonica are extremely excited to announce the release of Customtone / Brain Freeze, as taken from the Retrospect – A Decade Of Fracture & Neptune LP. Full release is 27th June through ST Holdings but as ever, we do have some advance copies for sale over in the shop right now. Remember that Brain Freeze is available only on vinyl, so that means no digital release. The reason we are so excited is that this is the most special vinyl release on the label so far. Why is it so special? Let me tell you…
Designed by Nick Duggins & Emilski, each sleeve has been individually hand printed and numbered. A relief of the artwork was created using the solar plate method which involves the exposing of an image onto a light sensitive plate. Once exposed, you are left with a relief of the image which is then inked up by hand using a roller. Each sleeve was laid on top of the freshly inked plate and then put through a press. This means that each sleeve is completely unique in it’s appearance.
The printing took place over an entire weekend at Astrophonica HQ by Emilski & Fracture. We totally pushed ourselves to the limit with this one, probably managing about 8 hours sleep in 3 days and a load of junk food. At times it was a very surreal experience but are very happy with how it has all turned out, you really are getting a piece of hearts with this one. So here it is…
Fracture & Neptune Featuring Martin Fieber – Customtone [Included on digital LP] by Fracture And Neptune
Fracture Featuring Chewie – Brain Freeze [Vinyl sampler only, no digital release!] by Fracture And Neptune
