Review: Based in Buenos Aires but taking a global view, for its latest release SRIE serves up an excellent, diverse compilation. Jonas Kopp's "Dyslexic" is a nocturnal affair, powered by a raw metallic rhythm and rough kicks, while on "Shadow Weaver", Echelon serves up an equally dystopian take on the form, with eerie riffs unravelling over a spiky rhythm. In stark contrast, there are more understated tracks like Temudo's dubbed out "Out of Place" and the purring bass and hypnotic synths of Linear System's "Applied Physics". There are also some fine abstract tracks included here, with the bleak, gurgling bass of Pulso's "The Outsider" and the dark tones of Translate's "Synaptic Area" really impressing.
Review: Since launching the Undagrnd Freqz label imprint, the famous duo of Matt Jam Lamont and Echelon have been on absolute fire. This latest offering sees them unveil the second edition of their 'New Heroes' series, welcoming four fantastic production talents inside for a selection of spicy collaborations. We begin with Soulecta's involvement by the name of 'Need A Friend', a tremendous exploration into old school garage flavour with some jittering drum action and groovy chord maneuvers for good measure. Next, 'Massive & Crew' sees TuffCulture arrive with a more more unusual input, focussing on unusual bass grooves and unique rhythmic switches, before Fraktion joins the party for the blissful vocal slices and sweeping atmospherics of 'Surrender'. Finally, Frankly throws us right back into the heart of old school garage as 'N.S.T' delivers a wicked combination of saxophone melodies and tidy vocal samples to bring the house down.
Review: Following on from a very impactful debut release, the Undagrnd Freqz team of Matt Jam Lamont and Echelon are back at it again with two more summer-ready grooves. We begin with the nostalgic sample slicing and pulsating rhythmic designs of 'Freqz Groove', which conjures up images of early garage parties with it's sliding basslines and syncopated melodic inputs. On the flip, 'Wrapped Up' deploys more fabulous vocal manipulation with catchy string plucks to add a fantastic level of variation between this and the title track, making the pair a very interesting matchup indeed. Fabulous stuff from start to finish!
Review: It's a remix affair on Strictly Flava this week, and the label has done very well in picking up exactly the right sort of talented needed to shake things up a bit. In case you didn't know, these playaz play the game very well - the nu-school garage game, that is! As such, Bad Habit comes through with some fine-ass dusty house beats on his opening two remixes of Scott Diaz and Kay Barnett, and the same thing goes for Doctor Nick, Solution, Prescribe Da Vibe, and every other garage wizard on this tasty little comp. Well, thank God there's some badboys out there carrying forth the garage gospel. Word.
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