Review: Duploc have been on a killer run over the last couple of years, with this latest drop from Nahilith providing even further wood for the fire, focussing on fiery dubstep flavours all the way through. We begin with the heavyweight sub grinds and clicky drum work of 'Prowler', followed by the more shifting synthetic melodies of 'Dreams' and hard hitting kick thumps of 'Dissolve', setting the tone for the EP in lightning fast fashion. Next, 'Nothing To Prove' focuses on dizzying, eerie pad & vocal combos with a thudding lead bass pattern below, before the twisted string intrusions of 'Imperial' close things off in style.
Review: As always with the Duploc team, a compilation drop means nothing but carnage as they this time unveil the fourth full edition of their 'BLXCK TXPES' series. Whenever one of these compilations drops, we rush to the tracklisting to see what heavyweight names will be joining us, with the standouts from this latest edition immediately looking like 11th Hour, Hebbe, Oddkut, Infekt & Leo Cap to name a few, all providing system-crunching originals that pack one hell of a punch. Alongside this, RWB unloads a uniquely skippy stomper in 'Amunjica', next to the grizzly synths of Nahliths' 'Shroud', The wizzy LFO slides of Mikrodot's 'Sun God' and of course the vocal heavy stamps of Merricat Black's killer closer in 'Tricky Bizzness'. What a collection this is!
Review: It's always exciting to see the return of the Nomine Sound imprint, who as the official guests on this month's JunoDownload podcast, have some very exciting bits in store. The first of which is this beautiful selection from Nahlith. We open up with the eerie guitar plucks and bulbous percussive skips of 'Balance', which gives us a trippy introductory feel, followed by the eastern-sounding melodic plucks of 'Kitsune' which again delivers a gnarly low end to match. From here, 'Suspect' then arrives with a very well finessed arrangement, focussing on popping melodic dives into sweeping pad textures, before Flutemithun gets involved for the finale in 'Zero 7', a jittering dive through amazonian rhythms and haunted woodwind lines, rounding off the EP with a dash of mystery for good measure.
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