Review: Flowrian and Kyro return to Focuz for another round of drum & bass classics in the making and this time things just got a little more chilled. Alright, so the breaks are as edgy as ever and the feverish bass rolls out like nobody's watching but "Never Ever" has the crisp production and dreamlike sampling of a track made for stealth chilling. The happiness continues in "Formulas", tapping away at electro bips and boops while sax swoons all mellow-like in the background. Final track "Valencia" gets a 'deep & dry' remix, topping of the mid-range with hazy atmosphere and a whole bunch of deep-meaning feels. A must-have for every D&B headphone commuter.
Review: Flowrian presents a smashing album on Fokuz; an expansive collection of tracks, this one is bound to impress. With its light, delicate rhythms and intricate percussion, underpinned by gliding melodies and sumptuous vocal elements, there's plenty for the liquid fans to savour here. Kicking off with "Mark Foam" with its gentle, rippling sounds, we are taken through such moments as "The Suns Shadow" with its deep, rhythmic pulse, and the blissed out psychedelia of "Road To Atlantis". Ever reflective, cuts such as "Casandra" draw out the more contemplative side of Flowrian with its melancholy trumpets and drifting malaise. This is well worth checking out if you like more gentle, liquid D&B with plenty of soul and sultriness.
Review: Another day, another dollar... and another release from the ever-prolific Fokuz imprint. This time round it's a three-track EP entitled "There Was A Girl 2011" featuring two tracks from Flowrian and another collab between Intelligent Manner & Dynamic. The title track is all lush twinkling melodies, atmospheric sweeps, dusty breaks rattling and a breezy, distant vocal - a stunner from Flowrian here. Next, "So Sincere" (the collab track) is all twinkling, fairy dust showers and clicking, rolling breaks with gently humming b-line. "Rhino Lands", the concluding track, sees Flowrian back in the hot seat with pattering beats, quirky SFX and the occasional toot of a trumpet.
Review: Flowrian's Science Fiction EP is every inch the bonafide Fokuz release - liquid loveliness on a plate with breezy vocals, gentle breaks and calming atmospherics seeping into every pore. The title track builds with fizzing hi-hats, gentle percussive breaks, shimmying instrumentals and builds into a beautiful roller, full of warm bass and murmuring subs. "Arctique" is the perfect accompaniment - full of dreamy melodies, mellifluous SFX and booming bass. Stick on and relax and pretend it's a summer's evening - irresistibly good.
Review: If dreamy, ethereal, lullaby D&B is your thing then look no further than this release from Flowrian on Fokuz which epitomizes this certain strain of 170 - 175 bpm music. Ironically entitled "Back To Reality", this is a floaty excursion, with tripping breaks providing the backbone with twinkling SFX and soft pads. "Love In Your Eyes" is an equally enchanting piece with rippling keys, warm undulating bass and enunciated breaks.
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