Samo Sound Boy At Juno Download

Review: Tropical bass troubadour Samo Sound Boy delivers a decidedly high energy new EP for label Body High. The title track is a relentlessly pounding banger, featuring a pulsating electro-house bassline and campy chopped up vocals samples reminding us of Tobi Newman's Khia remix from many moons ago. "Watch Me Ride" piles on the old 303ims and hammers them home with a stomping kick and cowbells galore. "Drive Time" is a supreme electro-house workout, sounding like early releases on Destined Records. "Acid Walk" is a showdown between an overzealous 303 and sleazy vocalist Njena Reddd Foxxx. It's bass Jim, but not as we know it.

Review: This latest instalment of Trouble & Bass' series of exclusives sees man of the moment Samo Sound Boy take the helm - dropping two newies that'll reinforce his standing as one of America's hottest electro-rave producers. "Rattlesnake" is straight-up huge: a menacing mix of Dutch house-style bleep leads that ride the octaves over a switching set of tropical kicks. "Burning and Stealing" goes in for a more jacking, post-Chicago flavour, using heavily reverbed soul vocals and filtered horns to create something highly unique and constantly surprising.