Review: From Prolix to Technimatic, Total Science to Was A Be by way of Icicle, Joe Ford, Fourward, Spectrasoul, Phace, Ed.It and many more, Friction's label digs deep from the genre's most innovative corners and eras. As we prepare to close off 2016, they've taken a detailed look back over the last 18 months of crucial output to not just represent where the label is at, but the genre itself. An ideal opportunity to fill any holes in your collection cuts such as Fourward & Linguistics demonic stomper "Storm", Was A Be's rudeboy-slewing halftime damager "Blind" or Break's sparkling "Emerald" and complete with a journeyman mix of the tracks themselves, this rounds up yet another serious year at the very forefront of drum & bass.
Review: Shogun weren't messing around when they signed Prolix. One of the elite few who can really inject dangerous levels of funk into their tech and neuro textures, every track he makes - no matter how dark - is a real stand out. Naturally there are no exceptions here for his biggest Shogun release to date: "Danger" lives up to its name with stinking basses and funk-chiselled triplets, "We Do Our Thing" hits with more conventional beats and a riff that's made of 100% paranoia while "Threshold" rolls with a wry nod to the early 2000s with the able guidance of Pendulum's MC Verse. As for "Planet Smasher", it totally deserves its title and features Drumsound & Bassline Smith. Need we say any more?
Review: Launched as part of their highly prized Black Box series and featuring some of the best-regarded producers in the game, Black Box Three is a masterpiece. Populated by heavy, intelligent tracks from the likes of Royalston, Teddy Killerz & Nfonix, Loki, Bad Company UK, Optiv, Prolix, Blokhe4d and tons more, it's definitely an LP that'll see you through to the other side of Christmas. Get the survival cupboard packed and hunker down - you're gonna be in this for a while.
Review: Rest assured, the fourth installment of the Genesis EP will not disappoint. Kicking off with "Iceberg" it's all stripped back aesthetics and warping, metallic tones here with a haunted minimalism. Next "Break & Enter" ups the ante with smashing snares, booming b-line and a growly vocal sample, before "What You Need" takes things on a tougher tip with pounding drums, groaning SFX and plenty of menacing swagger. Last but not least "Anthropocene" rounds things off with great poignancy.
Review: If you like your D+B dark, dirty and full of energy, then this storming EP on Playaz is definitely for you. Prolix steps up with partner-in-crime MC Coppa and the pair go in hard in title track "On Like That" - incendiary lyrics are paired with pounding drums, grizzled bass in a tech-ed up soundscape. "Feed The Habit" is another tear out monster with warping mid range bellows, whilst "Interlace" introduces some MC Kemo style spoken lyrics over the rough beats. Finally, "Shut The Place Down" ends on a dramatic note with a flurry of lyrics, juddering beats and chaotic fury.
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