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Tessela is a pseudonym of West Country, UK DJ and techno/bass producer Ed Russell.
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Sounds like:
Tessela,
Special Request,
Loefah
By
Dwayne
on
Nov 25, 2016
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We first featured the unique sounds of Swamp81's Benton all the way back in September 2014.
In true Swamp style, Benton has been a real tease since, with just one official release despite countless radio rips of tracks floating around the internet. ...
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2

Sounds like:
Damien Marley,
Tessela,
Shy FX,
Breakage
By
Emily Gale
on
Oct 1, 2015
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Following up the release of his debut single “Foundation” featuring Stylo G and Busy Signal, Cadenza is back with a heavy, broken beat collaboration with one of my favorite producers, Jakwob. Sampling a vocal from Damien Marley's "As We Enter," the t...
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3

Sounds like:
Paul Woolford,
Tessela,
Benton
By
Dwayne
on
Sep 27, 2015
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London producer-don Paul Woolford (aka Special Request) has announced his signing to the legendary XL label, with a series of EPs due out in October.
Although XL might be more familiar these days as the home of The xx, FKA Twigs, and Jai Paul (as we...
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4

Sounds like:
Benton,
Tessela,
Special Request
By
Dwayne
on
Feb 28, 2015
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We featured Mella Dee's experiments with the rich 130 jungle sound around two months ago; "Heaven" was an absolute stomper.
The London-via-Yorkshire producer is keeping up the sound on this new track, a remix of Mak & Pasteman's hotly anticipate...
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5

Sounds like:
Special Request,
Tessela,
Mella Dee
By
Dwayne
on
Feb 20, 2015
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We first featured Benton last year with his anthemic track "The Callin," a song that seemed to lay halfway between tech house and jungle.
He's added a reggae flavor on his latest track, "Make Love," which starts out with a lover's rock style sample ...
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6

Sounds like:
Benton,
Tessela,
Special Request
By
Dwayne
on
Dec 24, 2014
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We first introduced you to Benton in September, detailing how he was behind the emergence of a new strain of house music, which was heavily indebted to the breaks and energy of jungle -- "130 jungle," as we called it.
He's not the only one on the ac...
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7

Sounds like:
Mella Dee,
Tessela,
Special Request
By
Dwayne
on
Dec 23, 2014
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Benton has been one of the breakout stars of 2014, helping to make a name for himself on the back of one excellent release: "The Callin'" -- and a bunch of YouTube rips that have left fans eager for more.
One of the key reasons Benton's done so well...
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8

Sounds like:
Special Request,
Tessela,
Armand van Helden
By
Dwayne
on
May 23, 2014
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Tessela's monstrous "Hackney Parrot" was one of last year's biggest club tunes, calling on memories of hardcore and rave to send dance floors into a frenzy.
Paul Woolford has drawn on another of the UK's much-loved 90s genres, speed garage, in his r...
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