Review: What an exciting link up we have here as the veteran sounds of Daffy and the explosive styles of PJ Bridger join forces for yet another fabulous addition to the Time Is Now catalogue. Opening up the selection, 'We Come Dere' works wonders as a haunted, distant 2-step homage to original broken-beat flavours, followed closely by more moody energy as 'Way Back When' focusses more-so on bulbous LFO crunches and intense shaker-lead drum stutters. The pair then dive into a move breaks-driven design as 'Dutty' provides us with another dubwise-infused room shaker, before jumping into the remixes. First up, Bakey steps up for an intricate, 808-centred rethink of 'Way Back When', deploying colourful organ chords and more of original dubwise FX, before Ollie Rant gives 'Way Back When' a much more dancefloor orientated overhaul, focussing on skippy chord progressions and soulful vocal samples, giving us a couple of very exciting alternate versions to close things off.
Review: The summer is most certainly en route and the garage & breaks sound combination continues to grow in popularity, which is what makes this new Frankel & Harper drop on Council Work so damned exciting. We open up with a post-hardcore mash up of wavy elements on 'Counter Strike' as breaksy drums and hardcore chord progressions and spliced into one lane, followed by the unusual drum textures and hypnotic melody work of 'Armshouse'. From here, the title track 'Return' then sweeps into the field of play, giving us a gorgeous soundscape of distant harmonic textures and floating pad designs, followed by an even more unpredictable overhaul from the one and only Al Wooton, sending it into the stratosphere with a eerily otherworldly refit. Lovely work!
Review: What a tidy link up we have here as Groovy D & Daffy join forces for a selection of vibrant garage-inspired originals, exploring the dance with a very cool collection. We open up with 'Zero G', a rave-ready thumper, fusing original hardcore energy with tidy patois vocal samples and sizzling garage drumlines to really kick start the party, before Daffy rides out on solo duty with the speed garage inspired bassline action of 'Supercross', again upping the pace of the overall EP. From here, we then see Groovy D launch his remix, which takes the track down a bit of a different alley, speeding up the tempo and letting the LFO bloops run wild, rounding off the EP with a very cool dash of energy!
