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Beta 2
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Review: Cor blimey governors! Zero T and Beta 2 don't muck around when they get together, do they? Last spotted on a collab flex on Dispatch last year, here the pair lay the foundation smack down on Headz with this massive six track EP. Tapping right back on the classic deep jazz sound the label has always celebrated and championed as the much as heavier stuff (think Hidden Agenda, Sci-Clone, J Majik) each of these cuts will whisk you away to places you didn't even know existed. The gilded Rhodes on "In My Head", the slinky, lithe bassline of "Misdemeanour", the star-gazing poignancy of "Stacks", the list goes on. Yet another exceptional EP from the mothership.
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META 079
07 Feb 20
Drum & Bass / Jungle
07 Feb 20
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Review: The man, the myth, the groove magician: Beta 2 returns to Horizons with three more eternal heaters. "Manufacturism" rolls like its 1999 all over again with its restrained but ominous themes but latent sense of funk, "Voices In The Sky" stays in a similar era with its dark rainbow of basses that interplay and swirl around a precision break and classic humanised chords and "Sans Swing" is the grimiest piece in the puzzle with its Dispatch-style distorted, shapeshifting lava bassline and rolling heads-down drums. Supreme quality as always from both Beta 2 and Horizons.
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HZN 101EP
19 May 17
Drum & Bass / Jungle
19 May 17
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Review: The enigmatic concept that is Beta 2 returns to his spiritual home with four more stark soundscapes. "Black Dahlia" takes the lead with its lolloping brown papered double bassline and jazzy, hip-shaking flurries. "Speckled Dots" retains that jazz sentimentality with psychedelic blasts on the fills but a much grittier bottom foundation. Deeper into the EP and we're destined for more cosmic pastures as both "The One That Got Me" and "Slide" take us on a trip to much further D&B planetary systems on Photek-style rockets. Delectably futurist.
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METHPLA 021
05 Aug 16
Drum & Bass / Jungle
05 Aug 16
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Review: After a few years away from the scene, Zero T has returned to remind us who's the boss. Up there with Calibre and Break, his productions rattle with effortless funk and soul while exposing enough dark underbelly to appeal to fans of the harder sound. Hence this appearance on Metalheadz with Beta 2. "Election" is a growling, grunting roller with a simple-but-deadly bass lick while "What's Wrong" flips for a slower tempo halftime slinky session that nods deftly at the very early days of dubstep when UKG took a turn for the dark. For balance Beta 2 goes solo "The Edge". A bulbous roller a la late 90s Moving Fusion, watch out for those strings - when they come in, they'll sweep you off your feet.
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METHPLA 017
26 Jan 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle
26 Jan 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Review: Unlike his more prolific counterparts on the scene, Beta 2 has been working away quietly and sporadically over the past few years, spreading his talents sparsely but effectively, like a stealth bomber. With a timeless quality only a few producers manage to evoke, his tracks always bring the glory years of D&B to mind, transitioning smoothly from 1994 to 2004 to 2014 in the blink of an eye. "2nd Page" is a masterpiece in smooth, swaying drum and bass, picking up swooning strings as it rolls past. Second track "NOD" is made of harder stuff, with rough breaks and empty, minimal atmosphere. Moving into techier territory, "Time Traveller" takes beats most familiar to fans of the likes of Burial and Four Tet, speeds them up and sends them on their way with a gorgeously soothing rumble of velvety bass and soaring atmospherics. A true gem.
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METHXX 08
25 Aug 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle
25 Aug 14
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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PM 010
25 Nov 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
25 Nov 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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PM 005
04 Jul 11
Drum & Bass / Jungle
04 Jul 11
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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INN 021
01 Jul 07
Drum & Bass / Jungle
01 Jul 07
Drum & Bass / Jungle
