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Insight podcast

Insight podcast is a fortnightly download hosted by DFRNT. It is a regular showcase for new and emerging deep and dub-influenced bass music. Featuring dubstep, dub-techno, garage, broken beat, IDM and all that falls within the styles of future bass music.

Latest episode

Insight 33 - January 2012 This episode features Wasserfall, Akkord, Dimbidub, Bubblebath, Nicko Vee, Orphan101, Cauto, Little Dragon, Close, Pulsar, Hatti Vatti and Reza.

Next DJing dates

Nothing scheduled

Information

DFRNT (real name Alex Cowles) is a music producer, DJ and designer. He produces deep dubstep, dub-techno, chill-out and electronic music. He DJs dubstep and techno with a strong emphasis on deep but danceable.

 

DFRNT hosts the fortnightly Insight podcast where he showcases music that he enjoys, with the emphasis on deep and melodic dubstep and dub-techno. DFRNT also runs the Echodub label and collective - a group of around 20 musicians that work together, and the associated label releasing tracks from the collective, and beyond. DFRNT's latest project is Cut. A netlabel specialising in free music done properly.

 

Alex writes the SittingOvation blog and is editor for Modus Magazine, a new printed publication centered around deeper dubstep and techno.

 

Currently living in Edinburgh, Scotland; Alex also works full-time as lead designer and web developer for a search engine marketing company.

 

To date, DFRNT has played alongside Joker, Dorian Concept, Africa Hitech, Harmonic 313, Rob Sparx, Ruckspin, Mad EP, Indigo, Forsaken, Stenchman, Antiserum, Deville, Hellfire Machina, Paranoise, Desto and Afterdark to name a few. His DJing has also taken him to Boston, Burlington, NYC, Philly, Baltimore, Washington DC, Orlando, Puerto Rico and all over the UK.

 

Prior to DJing as DFRNT, Alex has also supported and DJed alongside Mylo, Pendulum, Tim Deluxe, Dave Clarke, Krafty Kuts, A Skillz, Dan Greenpeace, Utah Saints, Vicious Circle and more.

Interviews

Oct 2011 / Disco Droppings
Sep 2011 / 88 DC
Jul 2011 / K Mag
Jul 2011 / Nu Directions
Jun 2011 / The Daily Street
Nov 2010 / Faux Magazine
Nov 2010 / 45HZ Blog
Oct 2010 / Massivesynth.com
Apr 2010 / Sinning In LA
Feb 2010 / Pattern Awareness
Sep 2009 / Sonic Router
Aug 2009 / K Mag

Mixes

• June 2011 Dubstep For Deep Heads Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 Daega Sound - When You're Dreaming
  02 Isotroph - Kenya
  03 Hatti Vatti - Giza Dub
  04 Ak0pian - Dampstart
  05 Hatti Vatti - Great
  06 DFRNT - Remember When
  07 DFRNT - The Darkness
  08 Bojcot Selectah - The Executioner
  09 Infra & M3ta - Dioxin
  10 Jack Dixon - Somebody Told Me (DFRNT's Other Remix)
  11 Muteqx - My Psychosis
  12 Versa - 5am
  13 Luthor - 3 Days
  14 Actraiser - Infidel
  15 Blasta - Aint No
  16 Daega Sound - Stranded
  17 DFRNT - The Big Freeze
  18 DaDub - No Struggle

• June 2011 The Daily Street Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 2562 – The Times [Tectonic]
  02 Appleblim & October – Fountains of Paradise [Schmorgazbord]
  03 Dadub – Dub On Struggle [A Quiet Bump]
  04 Egoless – Dubrovnik [Unreleased]
  05 Quantec – Ray Of Hope (A Made Up Sound Remix) [Echocord]
  06 El Rakkas – Seas Of Disease [LoDubs]
  07 DFRNT – Whup [Gradient Audio]
  08 Pattie Blingh – Brother: The Point (2562 Remix) [Ramp]
  09 ID feat Rider Shafique – The Light [Bass Music]
  10 Versa – Monsoon [Smokin Sessions]
  11 Shed – The Bot [Ostgut Ton]
  12 Jack Sparrow – Dune [Tectonic]
  13 Daega Sound – Stranded [Unreleased]
  14 Hatti Vatti feat Sara Brylewska – Different Music [Mindset]
  15 DFRNT – Free Dive – [Unreleased]
  16 Synkro – Hornz [Open Earz]
  17 Egoless – Brain Ball Noise [Unreleased]
  18 Hatti Vatti – Giza Dub [New Moon]
  19 DFRNT – Remember When [Subdepth]
  20 Mouch – Manta [Gradient Audio]
  21 Hatti Vaiit – Piranha’s Melody [New Moon]
  22 RSD – On Deck [R8]

• April 2011 Subliminal Sessions Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 Martyn & Mike Slott - All Nights
  02 T Williams - Hard Cash
  03 Shed - Boom Room
  04 CRST - Revisit
  05 2562 - Aquatic Family Affair
  06 Didz & Chico - Something New
  07 ID & Skinnz - Most High
  08 Objekt - The Goose That Got Away
  09 Materia - Strangefunk
  10 Headhunter - Chasing Dragons
  11 ASC - Advent
  12 Goli & Ashburner - Field of Vibrations
  13 Headhunter - 7th Curse
  14 DJ Madd - Stranger
  15 RSD - On Deck
  16 Sclist - Far Beyond
  17 Keyedup - Space Digital
  18 Requake - Waterdrops
  19 Rob Sparx - Walk On
  20 ID - Handbagger (Baobinga Remix)

• March 2011 J'aime Le Dubstep Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 FaltyDL – Phrequaflex
  02 Duncan Powell – Pushin (FaltyDL Remix)
  03 DFRNT – Short Bus (Jus Wan Remix)
  04 DJ Madd – Bass Comedown
  05 Martyn – Left Hander
  06 Nocturnal Sunshine – Right Now
  07 Von D – Chachas Leggings
  08 16 Bit – Serum
  09 Crisp & Pressa – Atom
  10 Yinyang Audio – Altered State
  11 Lurka – Lucid
  12 Icicle – Minimal Dub
  13 SP:MC – Trust Nobody
  14 Commodo – Querky
  15 Fluid Katanga – While It Lasts
  16 RSD – On Deck
  17 TRG – Strobe Lick
  18 Kuru & Dustmite – Daime Forca
  19 Asusu – No Kya (F Remix)
  20 Jack Sparrow feat Ruckspin – Dread
  21 DLX – Matter Of Fact (Breakage’s Relatively Speaking Remix)
  22 Spherix – Lesser People
  23 Geiom – Remenissin’ (Skream’s Tribal 44 Mix)
  24 Janner – Just One Kiss
  25 Ruckspin – Shikra
  26 Goli & Ashburner – Field Of Vibrations
  27 Great Skies – Night Of Demons)

• December 2010 Kraftfuttermischwerk "Winter Music" Advent Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 The Strait Of Anain - Snow Closures
  02 Siprut - U
  03 PH.2 - Constellation
  04 Isotroph - Genese
  05 Tripswitch - Strange Parallels (Codemonkey Remix)
  06 L-ow - Diver (Furesshu's Die Welle Edit)
  07 WNCL - Mrs Fingers (Quantec Remix)
  08 Quantec - Ray Of Hope (A Made Up Sound Remix)
  09 Steve Foulds - White Noise
  10 Isotroph - Kenya (Opti's Uhuru Peak Remix)
  11 Q600 - Shinzon (Hatti Vatti Remix)
  12 Isotroph - Lymbes (F Remix)

• October 2010 Loft Party Radio Mix stream / tracklist

  01 Icicle - Minimal Dub
  02 Biome - Customs
  03 Lurka - Run
  04 MAKO - Redlight
  05 Commodo - Querky
  06 Jakes - Kill Tha Roach
  07 Dom Hz - Don't Stop
  08 Prodigy - Voodoo People (Dismal Futures Remix)

• October 2010 Subline Radio Mix download / tracklist

  01 Daega Sound – Outpost [Fathom]
  02 Planas – Roots Music [Immerse]
  03 Box Mouse – Mind Games With Iron Bars [Unreleased]
  04 By Proxy – 68 (Vandera Remix) [Car Crash Set]
  05 Crisp – Bumbaclaat [Unreleased]
  06 Dom Hz – Black Diamonds [Open Earz Free]
  07 EGOLESS – Everynone [Unreleased]
  08 Incyde – Impulse [Unreleased]
  09 vvv – Backtracker [Unreleased]
  10 Kontext – Fear Of Laughing [Immerse]
  11 Eleven8 – I Fell In To A Memory [Unreleased]
  12 Fluid – True Spirit [Mood One]
  13 Gravious – Junction City [Saigon]
  14 Myrkur – Transmission [Unreleased]
  15 Paranoise – 3 Minutes Connoisseur [Unreleased]
  16 Oceania – Watercolour [Unreleased]
  17 Cairo – Evergreen [Unreleased]
  18 Autopilot – Shuffle [Life After Math]
  19 Throwing Snow – Bring Me Back (feat. Jesse Moncrieff) [Unreleased]
  20 TKR – Strange Thoughts [Stoke Audio]

• June 2010 Sunday Morning Mix download / tracklist

  01 DFRNT - So Far Away [unreleased]
  02 Vishnu - Karri [unreleased]
  03 Box Mouse - Transfer [unreleased]
  04 BunZer0 - Sideline [unreleased]
  05 Cairo - By The Wayside [unreleased]
  06 Dom Hz - Black Diamonds [earzfree001]
  07 Egoless - Everynone [unreleased]
  08 Lewis B - Hush [forthcoming Smokin Sessions]
  09 Oceania - Watercolour [unreleased]
  10 Unquote - Cold Tenderness (DFRNT Remix) [forthcoming Nu Directions]
  11 Interval - Kosmos [unreleased]
  12 Autopilot - Lasts Forever [unreleased]
  13 Absorb vs Sequel - Play The Game (DFRNT Remix)
  14 DFRNT - Dirge [unreleased]

• June 2010 Electronic Explorations Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 Lurka - Blank [dub]
  02 16Bit - Serum [Mindset]
  03 Crisp & Pressa - Atom [dub]
  04 DFRNT - Dangerous [dub]
  05 I.D. - Slope [Sub Slayers]
  06 Incyde - Dusk [dub]
  07 MAKO - Seshaan [dub]
  08 Underbeat Core - Happy Ciano Dead (it was Ted Remix) [dub]
  09 Sepalcure - Down [Hotflush]
  10 DFRNT - Cruise [dub]
  11 DFRNT - Rosebud [dub]
  12 DFRNT - Our Little Secret [dub]
  13 Helixir & G. Rina - Let You Drive [7even]
  14 DFRNT - Close Your Eyes (Subreachers 'Keikop' Refix) [Echodub]
  15 Egoless - Bluestep [dub]

• April 2010 Sinning In LA Mix download / tracklist

  01 Autopilot - Platonic Rust
  02 TagTeamDub - Scatter
  03 Korea - Changes
  04 Lostlojic & Innex - Come and Get Your Love (Vandera Remix)
  05 Skinnz & ID - Offshore
  06 TKR - Inspiration
  07 Sepulcure - Love Pressure
  08 Guardian - London Taxi
  09 Muteqx - My Psychosis
  10 Asusu - No Kya
  11 DJ Madd - Here For Another Day
  12 DJG - Avoid The Noid
  13 Furesshu - Horizons (Asusu's Strip)
  14 ID - Slope
  15 Lewis B - Pinball
  16 Synkro - Angels
  17 DFRNT - Rising Tide
  18 Lurka - Blank
  19 Kromestar & Cessman - Kalawanji
  20 Breakage Ft. Erin - Justified

• April 2010 Percussionlab Lovestep Mix download / tracklist

  01 DFRNT - Last Night
  02 Kromestar - Jasmine
  03 Brumak - Explorer
  04 DFRNT - Hello
  05 Rob Sparx Vs DFRNT - Powerplant
  06 Actraiser - Imaginarium
  07 Clubroot - Eastern Promise
  08 DFRNT - Rampant Behavior
  09 Dm Hz - Without You
  10 Vandera - Pure Light
  11 Jack Dixon - Somebody Said They Saw You
  12 Myrkur - Outer Space
  13 Radian - Greenfield
  14 Von D - Nouvelle Histoire
  15 DFRNT - Our Little Secret
  16 Actraiser - Blue Sapphire
  17 Egoless - For Spring
  18 Absense - Heart 4 U
  19 Skyence - Stuck In Time (feat. Tanvi Rao)

• April 2010 Metropolis NYC Mix download / tracklist

  01 Myrkur - Metropolis
  02 Naphta - Soundclash 1 (Grievous Angel VIP)
  03 Hektagon - The One
  04 Synkro - Wonder Why
  05 Actraiser - Lone Wolf VIP
  06 Headhunter - Experience
  07 DJG - The Gate
  08 Cinnamon Chasers - Luv Deluxe (Scuba Remix)
  09 Hektagon - Tokyo
  10 Gat Decor - Passion (DFRNT Remix)
  11 Man Like Me - London Town (George Lenton Remix)
  12 JOTS - Baggy Bottom Boys (DZ Ravestep Remix)
  13 Rob Sparx - Thugstep
  14 Synkro - Honrz

• February 2010 Expansions Broadcast Mix stream & download / tracklist

  01 Skyence - Not Me
  02 Tim Exile - Don't Think We're One
  03 L Vis - United Groove (Baobinga & ID Remix)
  04 F - Energy Distortion (Untold Remix)
  05 Ike Release - I'm Gone
  06 ??? - Outpost
  07 Egoless - Earthlings
  08 Jack Dixon - We Had A Better Life
  09 The Next feat. TKR - I Want You
  10 Throwing Snow - Cronos
  11 Unknown Artist vs Aphex Twin - Dublicker
  12 DFRNT - All I Want
  13 Piro & Proxima - Blue Dog
  14 Matoa - Hei You
  15 Millie and Andrea - Black Hammer
  16 El Rakkas - Seas Of Disease (LV Remix)
  17 Spherix - Lesser People

Podcast

Insight podcast is a fortnightly download hosted by DFRNT. It is a regular showcase for new and emerging deep and dub-influenced bass music. Featuring dubstep, dub-techno, garage, broken beat, IDM and all that falls within the styles of future bass music.

Latest episode

Insight 33 - January 2012 This episode features Wasserfall, Akkord, Dimbidub, Bubblebath, Nicko Vee, Orphan101, Cauto, Little Dragon, Close, Pulsar, Hatti Vatti and Reza.

DFRNT releases

2011

• Dear Theo / Remember When / Sectioned / Sit Down Before You Fall Down Subdepth
• Cruise / Rosebud / Tribal / Whup Gradient Audio
• Monday Morning / Piston / The Big Freeze [12"] On The Edge
• Dangerous / In You go / Our Little Secret TBA
• Close Your Eyes EP Echodub
• Emotional Response EP [CD] Nu Directions
• Emotional Response EP [12" sampler] Nu Directions
• Rising Tide / Sunflower / Triple Threat EP Toffler

2010

• Weapon 2010 EP Echodub
• Saturation Point EP On The Edge

2009

• Metafiction LP On The Edge
• Therapy EP On The Edge
• Dark Jazz EP On The Edge
• Headspace EP On The Edge
• The Tripped EP On The Edge

2008

• Lounge / Wake Up Echodub
• Forward Thinking EP Echodub
• The DFRNT Engine EP Insectmind

Appears on

2011

• Jack Dixon - Somebody Said They Saw You (DFRNT's Other Remix) Formant
• Unquote - Cold Tenderness (DFRNT Remix) Nu Directions
• Quantec - On The Hook (DFRNT Remix) Lost Soul Recordings
• DFRNT - Last Night Sheeva Records
• DFRNT - Fathoms Code Of Arms
• SGNL - Orange Chrome (DFRNT Remix v1) TBC

2010

• Origin Unknown - Valley Of Shadow (DFRNT Remix) White Label
• DFRNT - Headspace (Scuba's Secret Mix) Ostgut Ton
• Kid Kenobi - Safe Sound (DFRNT Remix) Klub Kids
• Steve Foulds - Gentle Seduction (DFRNT Remix) Stripped Recordings
• The Niallist - I Came (DFRNT's Still Coming Remix) Little Rock
• DFRNT - Surface (Foiled Torsos Remix) Echodub
• DFRNT - Entrance Tentracks
• Absorb vs Sequel - Play The Game (DFRNT Remix) No label
• Subsource - The Ides (DFRNT Remix) Doombox Records

2009

• DFRNT - Stay All Afternoon Cloak x Dagger / Tentracks
• El Rakkas / DFRNT Split EP Echodub

2008

• DFRNT - Surface
  DFRNT - Quite Simply Echodub
• Baobinga & ID - Into The Air (DFRNT Remix)
  Baobinga & ID - The Machine (DFRNT Remix) Fat!
• DFRNT - Catch Me Insectmind

DJ dates

Nothing scheduled

Live mixes

Nothing currently recorded