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: The Undagrnd Freqz team have been on absolute fire over the last few months, unleashing banger after banger from the infamous duo of Matt Jam Lamont and Echelon. The spicy showcasing continues with this fabulous blast from the past in 'Can't See You'. The vocal mix is our first port of call, which takes a typically smooth vocal and slices it up to high heaven, resulting in a super groovy display of UKG mastery between the minimal melodic stutters and pulsating subs below. We also take in the 'Dub' mix version, which allows us to explore a much more stripped back creation, focussing on unpredictable drum stabs and a much darker set of textures. Awesome work.
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: Srie unveils a new split release that brings together tracks from established producers alongside emerging new artists. Staffan Linzatti's "Nature?s Response" is a sleek, linear rhythm led by steely hi hats and hypnotic bleeps, with this combination supported by a booming bass. Working under his Echelon guise, Jeroen Search ups the intensity levels for "SR046", delivering an incessant, jacking slice of techno that features doubled-up claps and a peak-time, robotic rhythm. In between these two techno stalwarts are label owners Pulso and Translate. On "Displaced Self Control", the former drops an eerie, heavily textured track, while Translate's "Neur?l Learning" is a more club-friendly take on this sound, punctuated by insistent bleeps.
Review: Since joining forces to form the now formidable Undagrnd Freqz imprint, Matt Jam Lamont & Echelon have been on absolute fire with the music they are releasing. This brand new two tracker is another great example of that enthusiasm for new garage music in action, kicking off with the wonderful 'So Good'. Following on from a stripped back introduction we are then gifted groovy chord progressions and shimmering vocal slices to really give us that throwback feeling. On the flip, 'Don't Be' takes us down a similar but slightly darker route path, this time pushing those vocal slices even further to round off with tasty two tracker with a bang!
Review: Following on from a pair of very solid introductory releases, the unstoppable duo of Matt Jam Lamont and Echelon return to what they do best on their home imprint of Undagrnd Freqz, this time welcoming Radz into the collaboration zone for a vibrant bubbler entitled 'What You Need'. This one is yet another perfect blend of the old and new as nostalgic chord flutters and old school vocal slicing give some immediate depth, alongside a super clean mixdown and unpredictable horn stabs for good measure. This one also comes complete with a fabulous TuffCulture remix, adding a whole new dimension to this fabulous new single!
Review: Since launching the Unagrnd Freqz imprint towards the start of the year, Matt Jam Lamont and Echelon have been on an absolute killing spree, with this band new single alongside Loa giving us a perfect example of the consistency they have been delivering with. This one takes the title 'Games' and is an instant club-ready hit, as Loa's catchy, classic sounding original vocals deliver a real sense of nostalgia atop Lamont & Echelon's well designed garage instrumental, stuffed full of sparky keyboard riffs and potent sub energy. This one also comes complete with a spicy dub mix and a radio-designated edit for good measure.
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.
We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you've provided to them or that they've collected from your use of their services.