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Review: Can you remember what you were doing ten years ago? I think I was trying to get Katie Smith drunk on cheap cider and get into her knickers, but that's another story. What Total Science were doing was setting up what would become one of the pioneering labels of the drum & bass scene. Now, in celebration to their now grown up and rather attractive baby, Total Science have decided to release "A Decade Of CIA Records", a retrospective mix CD which features some of the highlights of the last decade and some of the highlights of the next.

Review: Nominated as the best Drum & Bass act at the Urban Music Awards 2005, Total Science, quite possibly the most prolific artists in D & B history, have taken a year to create a truly international project for this, their fourth album. Crafted between two studios, their Oxford base and Philadelphia (where they utilised the vocal talent on hand), guest performers on this project include Grand Agent, Phone, Patrice Williams, Darien Brockington, Lady Ama, Kaidi Tatham (Bugz in the Attic), DJ Craze and MC Conrad. Covering the entire range of the TS sound, we go from soulful vocal tunes to MC ed dancefloor rollers, bouncy bass through to anthemic crowd pleasers with the neo-soul ‘Vibe’ picking up pays on Trevor Nesons ‘Soul Nation’ show and 1Xtra’s Ronnie Hare, ‘Sweet Music’ has become a highlight of Dego’s (4 Hero) sets after having been picked up by King Britt. ‘Defcom VIP’ (aka Defcom 69 remix), not only was a huge anthem last year, but in it's VIP mix has made it onto EA games ‘Fifa Streets 2’. IDJ "Total Science have been at the forefront of drum & bass for over a decade.

Review: World renowned drum & bass duo Total Science are proud to present 'Audioworks V/A Vol. 3', showcasing an eclectic selection of some of the finest recent releases on CIA from talent signed to the label. Among the roll call are Baron, Funky Technicians, Stress Level & TC1 alongside Total Science themselves. Featuring a bit of everything, stylewise the sounds range from liquid emotion to dub orientated flavours, bass heavy stormers and out and out jump up rounded off with some sleazy, funk fuelled grooves. All tracks have been selected by Q Project from the back catalogues of the CIA labels, Advanced and Fix.