Welcome:
Welcome everyone! It’s my pleasure to bring you all the first of my monthly Community Roundup. I’m FauxRealz, and I’ll be highlighting all the awesome stuff you have accomplished this last month and talk about the things you all have upcoming. As you are aware, Stonx is more than just a person, more than just a label, but is a thriving community as well, and as a community, here’s what you all have done this last month!
Community Spotlight:
Every month, we will be spotlighting a community member that has gone above and beyond, making an impact within the community and scene as a whole.
This month, our spotlight goes to Triddy! Very recently, Triddy has joined us on the label team. His ear for Neurofunk, and DnB as a whole, will be an important asset to the team. He is our monthly curator of the Community Raid Train as well, putting together the pieces of the time slots, organizing the community to join the fun, and providing the digital flyers for us all to help promote the artists involved. Now, officially on the team, his leads and contacts have already lead us to many new artists, some of which I’m sure you’ll be hearing much more of in the future.
Triddy’s energy, enthusiasm, and support for this community is felt by everyone. You can always find Triddy in the Community Discord(link at the bottom), and also on some of his socials as well, give him a follow!
https://www.instagram.com/triddydnb?igsh=emN2bmV1N3JjYXo0
https://www.twitch.tv/triddydnb
Recently Released and Upcoming Releases from the Community:
May 2nd: Anizo – Dolphin Unfriendly Tuna / Burn Corpo Shit (Stonx Music)
https://cygnusmusic.link/gn4y1vm
April 25th: Abducted LTD 10 Years On Earth VA (Abducted LTD)
https://www.beatport.com/release/10-years-on-earth/4540350
April 26th: Profuze – The Aspects EP (DnB Doctor)
Profuze: “Whats up everyone, I just released an ep after quite a while, let me know what you think.
I didn’t went for the Standart neuro slappers cause I also like to experiment in other subgenres of dnb.”
https://www.beatport.com/release/the-aspects-ep/4517223
May 3rd: Scarlet Veil – Every Fantasy
Sodie: “Final tune from our album is live on Soundcloud a week ahead of streaming platforms (and it’s on Bandcamp early too). Come run through the trees with meeeeeeeeee! So excited for our last tune to be out and for us to start celebrating an actual album next week!”
https://scarletveil.bandcamp.com/album/every-fantasy
April 12th: Stonx, Sindicate, and Bad Syntax – Wizard (Eatbrain)
Stonx: “I mean we’ve been shouting about this enough but it deserves a post here too. Out today on Eatbrain as a part of the Divergence V part 2! Stonx @Sinan Sindicate & @Bad Syntax Wizard!”
April 10th: Avile – Criminal VIP / Criminal Stonx Remix (Neuroheadz)
https://www.beatport.com/release/criminal-vip-criminal-stonx-remix/4478176
April 23rd: Sodie – Shadow Armies (m00seT’s Five Guys Fridays Mix)
https://sodievox.bandcamp.com/track/shadow-armies-m00sets-five-guys-fridays-mix
Competitions, Challenges, and Submissions Info:
Every year, Stonx Music has a community VA, Disciples of Distortion! Community members are welcome to submit entries for consideration, and this years deadline is quickly approaching on June 17th. Get those submissions in, can’t wait to here what you all create!
Here’s a few posts from the community:
-Competition posted by community member, Acidion:
From splice’s discord
This month’s challenge offers our biggest prize to date: the Arturia MatrixBrute Noir Edition ($2,299 value)! Get a better look at the MatrixBrute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRoqZyNMa8E Additionally, the top 3 entrants will win a copy of Arturia Pigments 5!
https://splice.com/plugins/39137133-pigments-5-vst-au-by-arturia?utm_source=discord&utm_medium=social If you already own Pigments 5, you may choose any other Arturia Plugin offered on Splice! CHALLENGE
Create a track that showcases your sound design and songwriting. The track needs to be between 1-3 minutes long, and you must use at least one instance of Analog Lab Play. If you already own the full version of Analog Lab, you may use that as long as you incorporate some of the provided drum samples (below). You are free to add any other elements you like, including other samples, loops, synths, and even vocals—whatever you think will really make your track shine. Any genre is acceptable; we’re looking for overall creativity, quality, and listener appeal.
-Submission info posted by community member, STELLGAR:
We’re looking for submissions for our annual charity VA as a continuation of our #musicforpeace project. Last year we raised over 500 Euros for the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, this year we hope to surpass that amount and contributions will go to a cause supporting people affected by war or oppression. Last years record featured 29 tracks from artists across the globe of many different styles of dnb and we’d love to hear demos from the community and wider for thus years project. Submissions are open until June 1st at this link please: https://airtable.com/appITswM05oDwgsoV/pagqptBbV0RRNLkLp/form (edited)
Featured Content:
We have some extremely talented people in this community. Producers, DJ’s, Artists, and many more! Here’s a collection of some of the stuff the community has contributed to this last month:
Posted by community member, LeeUHF: “Hey also. I did our latest Podcast Yo! DNB Wraps as a listening party for our 50th release album on Dirbox with 26 DNB Remixes. It interviews some awesome artists such as Stonx, ESKR, Glitch CIty, L3MMY DUBZ, Impex, Konetix + More”
Posted by community member, O&P: “To celebrate the Release of 10 Years on Earth Bad Syntax invited us to make a guest mix for the latest Best Drum and bass podcast episode. Check it out!”
Posted by community member, FauxRealz: “If you missed it(Stonx Community Raid, April), check it out here. Lots of dubs in this one.”
Posted by community member, Sindicate: “Heyy I’ve made a guest mix for Unity Rage, the collective hosting the gig I’m playing in Prague next month.”
Posted by community member, Profuze: “After already playing in the UK, Hungaria, many times in Czech Republic and of course a lot of times in Austria, I’ll be playing my first gig in germany this week!
I’ll be playing for Neurophoria in Hannover, and on top of that, MC Coppa will be hosting throughout my show. That’s definitely a dream come true! I am super hyped and thought this would be something cool to share here with y’all.”
Posted by community member, Sindicate: “Yo guys, my Hamburg collective Liquid Concrete is hosting an open air event at a really cool venue 20th of April. Our beloved O&P from the Stonx community are our special guests!!!
In addition 4/20 is the perfect date to celebrate legalization in Germany.”
Posted by community Member, Sindicate: “Heyy, this is something I’m very excited about! This is my first gig I play in Czech Republic and also I’m honored to headline this event together with the incredible Ekwols!!!
17.05.24 Cross Club in Prague, CZ.”
Community Engagement:
This last month, O&P introduced the community to a free VST called Muse (link below). I have personally used this multiple times now and can tell you that you WANT THIS! In a nutshell, Muse is a lot like Teams, but, for working with others in your DAW of choice! It’s a great tool to have, and I think as more and more become familiar with it, we will see a lot collabs in the future. Link Below:
Stonx Music partners with BestDrumAndBass.com and with that, brings a couple of services that are offered to us. If you are a label and want to use a promo mailer service that has fantastic outreach and meaningful feedback, check the link below:
If you are a Producer and/or DJ, and want an amazing EPK, look no further. BestDrumAndBass.com has you covered! Check link below:
Join Our Community
Our community is forever growing with talented veterans and the freshest up and comers alike. Come join us, share your music, share your techniques, learn from others and teach others as well! This community is open arms for the DnB enthusiast, the DnB producer, and the DnB DJ. Hopefully we’ll see you in there!
Conclusion (Shout Outs):
Big shout out the the entire community! Thank you for your submissions this last month to be highlighted here, and I encourage you all to continue using the “Showcase Central” section of the Discord, and if you haven’t yet, please do! I would love to highlight more things you all are doing and help shine some light on it!
See you next month!
Stay Connected:
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Words by FauxRealz
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Label Manager / Co-founder
Sinan – Sindicate
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