According to our records, these songs are the best tracks released in 2018 in the drum & bass genre. These were all favorites that received massive airplay on Drum & Bass with DJ Pfeif, originally recorded weekly in the Valley Free Radio Studios, WXOJ, 103.3fm, Northampton, MA US.
The last two episodes of 2018 of Drum & Bass with DJ Pfeif (episodes 216 and 217) featured a bunch of these tracks, but because of the live nature of the mix, not all tunes in this list were featured during those last two shows. We always prepare more shows that will be played each week, and regrettably, some of these tunes didn’t get end-of-the-year play despite being amazing. They had their moment in the sun throughout the year as they were released, and we will continue to rock out to them as our boomboxes blast their heavy rhythms and jungle drums!
So, here’s a list of all the best tunes from 2018! The tunes are in order based on their subgenres within drum & bass. There’s no way to pick the best of the best, so they are all presented here in equal standing. Big ups to the artists, labels, DJs, MCs, and junglists around the world! Thanks for making Drum & Bass with DJ Pfeif a pleasure to host each week!
-DJ Pfeif
| # | Track Title | Artist | Label |
| 1 | ———- | —–HALF TEMPO—– | |
| 2 | Oasis | Dfly | Elm Imprint |
| 3 | Hollywood | The Rum Baba | 31 Recordings |
| 4 | Slingshot | Whiney | Medschool |
| 5 | Whiplash | Kabuki | Unchained Recordings |
| 6 | Alpha | Mashur | Heavy Artillery Recordings |
| 7 | The Fire | Soul Intent featuring Sula Mae | Exkursions |
| 8 | Love Coup | Fox & Foreign Concept & Sam Binga | Critical Music |
| 9 | Everfresh | Sam Binga & Lewis James & Rider Shafique | Astrophonica |
| 10 | Shut Up | Moresounds | Astrophonica |
| 11 | Triple Duppy Demon (feat. Hugh Hardie) | Whiney, Truthos Mufasa | Medschool |
| 12 | ———- | —–HARDSTEP/END WORLD | |
| 13 | In Control | Acid Lab | Dope Plates |
| 14 | Hostage (Original Mix) | I-Dren | Kevlar Beats |
| 15 | Saturn’s Return | Kumarachi & Veak | Deep in the Jungle Records |
| 16 | ———- | —–JUMP UP/WOBBLE | |
| 17 | Relinquish | Current Value | Souped Up |
| 18 | Dont Wanna Try | D-NASTY | Walking Dead Recordings |
| 19 | Monsta | Lowriderz featuring MC Smoky Dogg | Serial Killaz |
| 20 | Lighters Up | Macky Gee | Down 2 Earth Musik |
| 21 | We Love Drum & Bass | MC Shabba D | SaSaSaS Music |
| 22 | Hold Me Down | Salvage & Shadre | G13 |
| 23 | Punk | Solix | Diamond Audio |
| 24 | Bouncy Bass (Vocal Version) | Spaow feat. Skibadee | Spectre Audio |
| 25 | Like A Dogz | Syndax & Defmatik | Bulletproof |
| 26 | Cosmic Funk | Turno & Pacso | Low Down Deep Recordings |
| 27 | Phlegmtrail [Explicit] | Twisted Individual | Grid Recordings UK |
| 28 | Xhale | Ultrah | Biological Beats |
| 29 | Echo Vibes | Taxman | Playaz |
| 30 | ———- | —–JUNGLE HIP-HOP—– | |
| 31 | Higher | Bou feat. Current Value | Souped Up |
| 32 | Don’t Want Nothing | Damage Report | Biological Beats |
| 33 | G.O.A.T. | Dutta | LionDub Street Series |
| 34 | Sekkle | Jinx | Straight Up Audio |
| 35 | Reputation | K Jah | Natty Dub Recordings |
| 36 | Skyline | Nextax | Diamond Audio |
| 37 | Gunfinger Fam (VIP) | Serum, Voltage, Inja | Hospital Records |
| 38 | Lumberjack | Serum | Souped Up |
| 39 | Do Your Thang | Subsonic | Low Down Deep Recordings |
| 40 | Toe Punt | T>I | Co-Lab Recordings |
| 41 | Rockers | Oz | Calypso Muzak |
| 42 | Go Hard | Jinx And Habitat | Ruffneck Ting |
| 43 | The Best | Bou | LionDub Street Series |
| 44 | ———- | —–LIQUID—– | |
| 45 | Forest Fire (Hugh Hardie Remix) | Blu Mar Ten feat. Kite | Blu Mar Ten Music |
| 46 | Discovery (Original Mix) | Dave Shichman | Liquid Drops |
| 47 | Dominic (Original Mix) | Drumagick | All Street Recordings |
| 48 | Intruders | FURNEY | Soul Deep Exclusives |
| 49 | By My Side (Original Mix) | Furney | Soul Deep Exclusives |
| 50 | 100 (Bcee Remix) | Galactus Jack | Future Retro |
| 51 | Unstoppable | I Wannabe | Kos.Mos.Music |
| 52 | Another Long Journey | Invadhertz | Peng Dominion |
| 53 | Astronaut | L-Side | V Recordings |
| 54 | Vertical | mHz | Stomp Break |
| 55 | Don’t Wait | Mohican Sun | Integral Records |
| 56 | Himalaya | Monika | Soulvent Records |
| 57 | Fade (Original Mix) | Nexus and Tight | Radar Records |
| 58 | Electric Touch | Phil Tangent | Lunar Records |
| 59 | Tell Me Why (Rafau Etamski Remix) | Seathasky | C Recordings |
| 60 | Emoji (Original Mix) | Stimpy | Liquid Flavours |
| 61 | Back To The Future (Original Mix) | Stimpy | Liquid Flavours |
| 62 | Nang | Tolima Jets | V Recordings |
| 63 | Hey Now | Unknown Artist | Fokuz |
| 64 | Jonny Deep | The Vanguard Project | FutureRetro |
| 65 | Choices | Cnof | Celsius Recordings |
| 66 | Sonder | Tali ft Blake & Silence Groove | Fokuz |
| 67 | Somewhere Else | Elementz Of Noize | M Ocean |
| 68 | Poveglia (feat. De:Tune) | Degs | Hospital Records |
| 69 | Weight Of The Matter | Tyr Kohout feat. Anastasia | Audio Addict |
| 70 | Don’t Think | mHz | Stomp Break |
| 71 | Sensations (Soligen & Type 2 Remix) | Payback | Liquid Drops |
| 72 | Don’t Just Stare (feat. Danica B) (Flite Remix) | Clark Cables, Danica B, Flite | Simplify Recordings |
| 73 | Emblem of the Sun | Dawn Wall | Ekho |
| 74 | ———- | —–NEUROFUNK—– | |
| 75 | Deep Down | Noisia & Phace | Vision Recordings |
| 76 | Cascade | Proxima | Invisible Recordings |
| 77 | Nobody | Fourward | Elevate Records |
| 78 | ———- | —–POP—– | |
| 79 | Poke the Bear | Rene LaVice & Lynx | Ram Records |
| 80 | Ruckus (feat. $pyda) | Bad Company UK (featuring $pyda) | Ram Records |
| 81 | Headbanger | Critical Impact feat. Skibadee, Jakes & Carasel | AFT |
| 82 | Wild Child (Club Master) | Cyantific | Viper |
| 83 | Roll the Drums | Danny Byrd | Hospital Records |
| 84 | Salute (feat. MC GQ) | Danny Byrd | Hospital Records |
| 85 | In & Out (Club Mix) | DisasZt feat. Phentix & Patch Edison | Mainframe Recordings |
| 86 | No Gravity | Inja, Anile | Hospital Records |
| 87 | Dub for Ya Speaker (Virtue Remix) | KSO, Eddie Craig feat. Dread MC, Tengu | Stepper Man |
| 88 | Miles Apart | Maduk and Dennis Pedersen featuring Ella Noël and Rino | Liquicity Records |
| 89 | Play Me (Mob Tactics Remix) | Mampi Swift & DJ Fresh | Charge Recordings |
| 90 | Hollywood Night (Remastered Mix) | Nelver | SLK |
| 91 | Do You Like It? (Present & Future Sprayout) [Explicit] | Nu:Tone, Degs | Hospital Records |
| 92 | Proud feat. Tiffanie Malvo (Enei Remix) | Sam Binga and Rider Shafique | Critical Music |
| 93 | New Wave | Brookes Brothers | Breakbeat Kaos |
| 94 | Combination | Filip Motovunski | Bad Taste Recordings |
| 95 | Mission | Whiney, Inja | Medschool |
| 96 | No Lights (feat. MC Fats & T.R.A.C.) | Alibi | V Recordings |
| 97 | Forever Dub (feat. Kiko Bun) | Friction | Elevate |
| 98 | Labyrinth (feat. Dana Jean Phoenix) | Cyantific | Viper Recordings |
| 99 | Feel the Fire | Benny V / K-Warren | Dance Concept |
| 100 | Interstellar | TC | Don’t Play |
| 101 | Stomp | Paul T & Edward Oberon | V Recordings |
| 102 | Click Clack (Original Mix) | Deekline & Specimen A | Gorilla Warfare |
| 103 | Simmer Down | Fox & Foreign Concept & Sam Binga | Critical Music |
| 104 | ———- | —–RAG/REG—– | |
| 105 | Jungle Music | Aries & Serial Killaz feat. Spyda | Born On Road |
| 106 | Imitation Soundbwoy | Bassface Sascha & Feindsoul | Serial Killaz |
| 107 | Sun (Vocal Mix) | DJ Limited | Serial Killaz |
| 108 | Where The Root Is | Jaxx feat. Mythz & Golden | Natty Dub Recordings |
| 109 | Jungle Sick [Explicit] | Rate Attack | Metel Music |
| 110 | Real Sound Killa (feat Capital D – Saxxon’s dub VIP) | Saxxon & Liondub | Liondub International |
| 111 | All Ganja Man | Serum & $pyda | BassLayerz Recordings |
| 112 | No Hate (original mix) | Smoky D & Lowriderz | Time Of Night |
| 113 | Jungle Reprezentah (Ozma remix) | Smoky D & Lowriderz | Time Of Night |
| 114 | What I Say | Trex feat. Fox | Mac II |
| 115 | Underwater | Steppa Style & Veak & Lowriderz | Streetlife |
| 116 | Early In The Morning (True Tactix Remix) | Kursiva feat. Blackout JA | South Yard |
| 117 | Champion Sound (Aries Remix) | Deekline & Fish ft. Navigator & Blackout JA | Jungle Cakes |
| 118 | Mad in the Jungle (feat. Doctor) | Friction | Elevate |
| 119 | On Road | Aries & Rahmanee feat. Gardna | Born On Road |
| 120 | Pay Your Way (Fleck New School Jungle Remix) | Fatlion Hifi | Boom Sound Recordings |
| 121 | Babylon Herbalist | Dj Phlex And Bassface Sascha | Serial Killaz |
| 122 | ———- | —–ROLLERS—– | |
| 123 | Real Justice | Ak1200 | Kronic Music |
| 124 | All The Way Up (Original Mix) | Deekline & Specimen A | Gorilla Warfare |
| 125 | Itch & Scratch | Gella | Born On Road |
| 126 | Red Light | Gella | Born On Road |
| 127 | J | Oz | Co-Lab Recordings |
| 128 | Let Me Groove You | Neve & Crimson | The Dreamers Recordings |
| 129 | Eat Box (Voltage & Nicky Blackmarket Remix) | Sammy Nicks & Rekwest | Biological Beats |
| 130 | Louder | DJ Limited | Biological Beats |
| 131 | New Dawn | Phlex And Bassface Sascha | Ruffneck Ting |
| 132 | Running Man | Kings Of The Rollers | Hospital Records |
| 133 | Money Monkey | Shiny Radio | Kos.Mos.Music |
| 134 | Super Funk | Drumsound & Bassline Smith | Chronic |
| 135 | Dafunk | DLR | Chronic |
| 136 | The Wax | Java | Hazardous Musik |
| 137 | ———- | —–TECHSTEP—– | |
| 138 | Beneath | InsideInfo & Hybrid Minds | Drum&BassArena |
| 139 | Every Minute (Bladerunner Remix) | Brookes Brothers | Drum&BassArena |
| 140 | Tile (Original Mix) | Reset Wrong | Noize |
| 141 | Doppler (feat. Sulex) | The Ding | Modular Carnage |
| 142 | Sound Dead | Euphonique | Dutty Bass Audio |
| 143 | Alone In Da Jungle | Shiny Radio | Kos.Mos.Music |
| 144 | Conquer | Sikey & Speedwagon | Fokuz |
| 145 | Haunting | Silent Storm | Brawlin Beatz |
| 146 | Resolute | Was a Be and Synth Ethics | Critical Music |
| 147 | Raw Power Moves | Murdock | Chronic |
| 148 | Lunch Box | Dave Owen | Liquid V |
| 149 | Simian | Mohican Sun | Ekho |
| 150 | Big Band | Skalyz & The Junk-e | Dutty Bass Audio |
| 151 | Last Life in the Universe (SpectraSoul Remix) | Blu Mar Ten | Blu Mar Ten Music |
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