Brighton has more than its fair share of big name bookings but you might be surprised at the number of heavyweight DJs and labels with headquarters right on your doorstep. Local legend DJ Friction is one of these big names and his label Shogun Audio is nothing less than a superstar on the UK drum’n’bass scene.
Tonight Audio hosts Shogun’s showcase of their freshest talent. The Prototypes step up by blending European techno synths and infectious vocal loops over rapidfire beats to produce addictive d’n’b rollers, while SpectraSoul hark back to the mid 90s and shun the latest flex for lazy liquid funk.
SpectraSoul’s production is calculated and considered with yearning basslines and minimal backbeats that wear away the dancefloor with their steady soulful grind.By the end of the night Audio is covered with empty cups and broken glass shimmering with sweat, exactly what you’d expect after an evening of Shogun’s top talent.

TOP TEN
Icicle ‘Under The Ice LP’
Phace & Rockwell ‘No’
Wretch 32 ‘Traktor (Friction Remix)’
Spectrasoul ‘Reminiscence’
Hazard ‘Food Fight’
BCee ‘Anybody Out The (Friction & K-Tee Remix)’
Subfocus ‘Stomp’
Vato Gonzalez ‘Badman Riddim (Friction Remix)’
The Prototypes ‘Swagga’
Noisia & Phace ‘Program’

FYI
WEB: shogunaudio.co.uk
NEW RELEASES: Icicle feat. SP:MC ‘Dreadnought’
NEXT EVENT: Check facebook.com/shogunaudio
DOWNLOAD PHOTOS: On Flickr

Words by Zac Colbert
Photos by James Kendall