Hyper exclusive and hyper funky, the 'Revolution Of The Giraffe' LP has been transmogrified into cassette and magazine form, for your hearing and reading pleasures.
Dash your old tapes out the car and join the revolution with this unique collector's item, and get nose-deep in some fine literature as you enjoy the new era of Diffrent Music. Includes fictional stories & mistruths on:
A.Fruit, Amir De Bois, Arkaik, Beezy, BK Balance, BrandNewTrumpets, Chills, Crypticz, Cuelock, Dexta, Eusebia, Fearful, Gaunt, Hyroglifics, Illexxandra, Itti, Lakeway, Macc, MNTX, NoNation, Pepsi Slammer, Sense MC, Sheba Q, Silent Dust, SpajA.S.E., TGRbass & so much more!
Includes unlimited streaming of Revolution Of The Giraffe
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Hyper exclusive and hyper funky, the 'Revolution Of The Giraffe' LP has been transmogrified into cassette and magazine form, for your hearing and reading pleasures.
Dash your old tapes out the car and join the revolution with this unique collector's item, and get nose-deep in some fine literature as you enjoy the new era of Diffrent Music. Includes fictional stories & mistruths on:
A.Fruit, Amir De Bois, Arkaik, Beezy, BK Balance, BrandNewTrumpets, Chills, Crypticz, Cuelock, Dexta, Eusebia, Fearful, Gaunt, Hyroglifics, Illexxandra, Itti, Lakeway, Macc, MNTX, NoNation, Pepsi Slammer, Sense MC, Sheba Q, Silent Dust, SpajA.S.E., TGRbass & so much more!
If that wasn't enough, you can also let strangers know you have intergalactically good music taste by representing this premium Diffrent Music embroidered garment exclusively available as part of the album bundle.
A classic fit tee in a refined all-black colourway, the design also features our signature quartet of Giraffes embroidered across the left-chest in white and pink accordingly, and custom Diffrent Music inside-collar tags. This is seriously premium clobber in its highest form ‐ and not to be slept on or available anywhere else!
Sizes in S, M, L, XL and XXL.
*Magazine image is a mock-up and subject to change.
Includes unlimited streaming of Revolution Of The Giraffe
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Diffrent Music roars back into action after an extended hiatus to raise a couple of young giraffes with the electrifying new compilation, ‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ LP.
Launched in 2010 with the aim of bringing something new to a drum & bass scene that had become overly formulaic, the label has continuously pushed in new directions, often incubated tomorrow’s stars, and evolved beyond even that original grand ideal. ‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ unleashes 17 tracks of bleeding-edge electronic music, proving that after 13 years, Diffrent still sounds like nothing else.
Core artists from the label’s distinguished history bring their expertise, such as drum & bass mainstay Arkaik and sound architect Fearful, who team up with label boss Dexta for the MC GQ-sampling ‘Old Skool’ — a new track with a classic Diffrent sound. And there are numerous debuts: A.Fruit reworks an all-time Diffrent classic, ‘Boxgroove’ by Dexta & Hyroglifics, into a glitchy halftime stomper; none60 bosses Silent Dust turn Dexta’s ‘SE4’ into a rebellious dancefloor juggernaut; and the mysterious Gaunt’s ‘Firefloor’ becomes locked ‘n’ loaded rave artillery in the hands of Pepsi Slammer.
Label stalwart Mauoq puts his signature psychedelic future dub spin on ‘Departed’ by Cuelock, who in turn delivers the ice-cold, grime-indebted ‘Pages Of Snow’. Lakeway conjures the epic ‘Even Though’, nearly eight minutes of ecstatic, spell-binding, hyper-rave wonder. Dexta goes solo with squelchy techno jungle stormer ‘Giraffes On Acid’. Even Sense MC makes an… appearance.
New-gen Diffrent acts are in fine form too. The inimitable BrandNewTrumpets opens the album alongside Macc; ‘We Are The Tightrope Walkers’ is a powerful spoken word piece that erupts into a hail of punishing breaks. No Nation, Sheba Q and BK Balance, meanwhile, turn out explosive, hi-tek junglism on ‘Too Late’. From Diffrent’s industrial-toned sister label Are We Really Alone? (A.W.R.A.), Amir De Bois joins forces with Fearful for the paranoid, jittering ‘73’; Tokyo’s Itti summons thunderous bass on the ritualistic ‘Rumbling’; and Croatian artist Spaj.A.S.E.’s competition-winning, mind-mashing remix of the first ever Diffrent release, ‘Everyones Mad’ by Chills, finally sees the light of day.
Always looking to the future, Diffrent also welcomes modern jungle visionary Eusebeia, who puts his ethereal touch to Crypticz’s ‘Could Have Been’, and Stateside up-and-comers Illexandra & TGRbass, who deliver the supercharged, elastic bounce of ‘Swampy Swami’.
Closing out with one from deep within the vaults, ‘Aftaparty’ is Beezy and MNTX’s ode to seeing where the night takes you. It’s a fitting note to end on, as a new era of Diffrent Music begins. Where will it take you? Join us on the ride and find out.
"I've loved every moment of the label so far: the fast-paced release schedules, the slow years, the podcasts, albums, singles, EPs, parties, etc. This compilation album signposts where we are at — a bunch of classic Diffrent artists, a load of new faces, and a few remixes thrown in for good measure. Each tune stands alone, but stands tall next to each of its siblings. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we have! The revolution is here, join the revolution!"
- Dexta
‘Revolution Of The Giraffe’ will be released Friday 22nd September 2023. It will be available digitally and on cassette, alongside a limited edition zine.
Diffrent Music is an independent record label based in South London, founded in 2010, headed by DJ, (Chris) Dexta specialising in the more experimental side of underground music.
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