Phil Tangent At Juno Download

Review: The man Phil Tangent has made a name for himself within the drum and bass community for a deep and minimal style, demonstrated with aplomb on recent transmissions for Soul:R and Samurai. Big Phil marks his Commercial Suicide debut in impressive fashion with the two track More Than You'll Ever Know. The lead cut is vintage Tangent, the vast expanses of glacial atmospherics and barely audible female vocals lent some brisk momentum by the regimented steppahs rhythm. "Contrition" is undeniably the ruder of the two productions with a gnarled bass line and frenetic percussion threatening to cause havoc.

Review: Next on the ever-reliable and consistently excellent Soul:R comes a couple of superb cuts from Phil Tangent who has been impressing us of late with his deep, minimal sounds. "Restitution" opens the single with sweeping atmospherics, gentle instrumentals, echoing vocal snatches and bleepy beats. It falls into the drop smoothly and switftly with a deep, throbbing b-line providing a heart beat like loveliness for the rest of the track. Accompanying this is "Squaring The Circle" - another beauty, but this time a more stripped back one with thudding drums, blissed out atmospherics and a sparse, haunted feeling which progresses as a vocal element comes into focus with humming subs below. Excellent from start to finish.