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Take a deep breath and fasten your seatbelts as jump up dons Dope Ammo return with more fast and furious musical ammunition with the Dead Man EP on their own imprint. Driving b-lines, whomping subs and whirring synths are order of the day in "Dead Man", a collab with Oldman, whilst "World At War" kicks off with some epic, euphoric vibes and dramatic, souped up drop before falling into a classic bassline groaner with driving synths and thumping drums. "Say What Ya Think" packs a punch with feisty attitude and hammering drums.
Highly promising outfit Hybrid Minds make a musical foray on Fokuz in the first part of this single. Title track "Patience" is all firm, steady pattering breaks, with a hollow, slightly raucous edge, juxtaposed with soft, sonorous vocal drifting over the top. Gentle, lullaby-like piano keys add further structure to the piece and ensure that the liquid vibes run free for the duration. Accompanying this is Quadrant, who kicks off "Expanse" with an insistent intro, full of drum kicks and blissed out, sweeping atmospherics, building the layers into a fully fledged main part which is full of big, swelling basslines and warm overtones.
A four-track EP from a couple of fledgling artists and split between Rahmanee and Filip Motovunski, this release on Jungle Xpeditions is quite unlike anything out there right now. Unique from start to finish, "Sort Dem Out" is a frantic piece full of trance-like bubbling synths, fast paced drums, a slightly out of place reggae vocal and bleepy melodies. "Sound Of The Police" is another sped up piece of turbo-D&B, whilst "The Montauk Project" is a dubstep-inspired cut full of whomping bass, and then "Obidaya" draws things to a close with more high-octane synthwork and pounding drums.
Unashamed purveyors of the darker, dirtier side of D&B, Cause 4 Concern have been tearing up dancefloors across the world with their unique brand of tech-step / skull-step fury, and now they're back, remixed by Mindscape and DNAudio's Silent Witness. Mindscape's remix of "Dropout" is a gnarly piece of industrial tear out with thunderous drums, gruelling b-line and a punishing Noisia-esque soundscape. Silent Witness's super sleuth version of "Luca" is full of razor sharp beats, driving bass and pummelling subs. Absolutely dangerous.
Callide and Intraspekt team up for a couple of rowdy bangers on Xex Aduio. The release's title track, "Path You Choose", would make a wholly appropriate soundtrack to the end of the world or at the very least some kind of cataclysmic event, with epic build ups, machine gun drums, screeching synths and suitably fear-inducing vocals. "Dark Exile" is by comparison a more stripped down affair, employing a half step tempo with rugged drums and a b-line twisted and contorted to hypnotic effect. It's our pick of the two - just.
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