Review: Next up we have two heavyweight dubstep forces linking up in colossal fashion as Nomine and Nurve combine to launch E&B Recordings with a pair weighty warblers. We kick off with a look into Nomine's deep roller: 'Templatez'. This one packs a real punch, with no notable snare drum to speak off, the grizzly sub textures run riot amidst bouncy kick patterns and eastern plucks for a certified thrill ride. On the flip, Nurve arrives with the more contemporary dubstep flavours, working between bubbling synthesizer thwacks and sharp, metallic percussive slaps. Awesome stuff from two fantastic artists.
Review: Flexing across his two more prominent aliases, Raff AKA Demon AKA Macabre Unit AKA Nurve b2b's himself hard in the kisser at the behest of professor Nomine. Three tunes a-side, his 140 dubstep-inspired Macabre Unit guise takes the lead with drama and dark humour; "Darth Vader" is a theatrical skanker, "Mash Up Da Place" is a woozy, toxic jam with a bassline that spirals into paranoia while "Man Up" gets all stiff upper-lip with its rising bass hook that flips between textures with a nervous twitch. Raff's slower, tech-inspired Nurve constructions complete the story with glacial glee... "Silentium" is a sparse, deep space twist on halftime and alien jungle, "Amazon" is a swampy triplet swinging riddim while "Best To Just Ride It" sends us packing off to space on a rocket of off-grid drums and raw man-eating bass. Immense.
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