Review: Onward marching soldiers; Street Creeps and Silent Storm arm-up and fire off shots on the second edition of Digital Roots' 'Soldiers'. Street Creeps takes the lead; 'Warn Them' is pure lasers and a foreboding MC vocal advising how to fire your gunfingers while 'Ten Bags' has a bit more junglist grit to it. Next up is two tracks from Silent Storm: 'Fire 2 Night' ignites with a big vibe before hammering us with a DC Breaks style bassline while 'My Selec' dusts off the breaks for more of a tear-out sensation. Salute!
Review: He's barely had time to have a wash, a kip and a cuppa since he explored 'Area 51' last month but rising star Silent Storm continues on his adventures with this debut escapade on Eternal: 'The Victim'. As always with Mr Storm, the full focus is on the addictive riff craft as 'The Victim' kicks things off with a big Q&A bounce. It's backed by more energetic flavours: 'Rug Rat' brings a little steel drum shimmer into the mix, 'Scaredy Cat' balances between vibey organs and savage chainsaw bass before 'Hold It' closes the set with the grottiest, squelchiest tones of the EP. Close your eyes and smell the late 2000s / early 2010s.
Review: This is a joint single from two artists we're not overly familiar with, on a label we're also not massively familiar with. Neither of those things matter though when the music is as good as it is here, with one tune being a Silent Storm remix, the other a Silent Storm original. 'Your Demand Refix 2019' packs a fantastic set of well-layered drums which carry all the energy through the tune, energy which seeps into its creative low-frequency blend of wobbles and pulses which are literally dying to be played out through a sound system. 'Trippin' is steppier, less fluid but more broken and sharper, with Benny L-esque bass stabs that ricochet from its hard-hitting drum line. Top tunes.
Carnage (feat SMK - Jack The Ripper remix) - (4:34) 175 BPM
Review: Featuring some of the suavest artwork you're going to see for a while, Silent Storm is landing over on Profound Beats with a fiery single which includes a remix from resident serial dancefloor killer Jack The Ripper. 'Protection' opens with a reggae influenced intro that's held together by an array of percussive knocks, yet flips on the drop into a expansive web of bassline force that contracts and expands according to its underpinning drum snaps. Super unique feel on this one, love it. The flip is less sophisticated but more furious and it features the vocals of SMK on mic duty. Jack The Ripper has done a wicked job for transforming this one into a jagged mash of punchy synths and industrial bass notes. Nice.
Review: From zero to bravo in two seconds flat, Silent Storm belies his title with his third militant package of the year. "Army Chatter" is a laser-firing stampede designed to flatten and conquer nations. "Razor" is the ultimate pincer movement with its sneering, searing electrified bass rasps while "Try That Again" stocks up the stabby arsenal for an all-out badman blockage. Finally "Carnage" seeks and destroys with a little help from SMK. Charge after charge of murk muskets, it's another battle won for the Silent soldier.
Review: Fresh from remixing Hizzleguy, Silent Storm lets rip into the new year with two almighty shock-outs. "Rise Of Time" opens with a big synth-lashed dancefloor intro before hurling you into a dizzy, filtered quacking bassline while "Your Demand" shows off Silent Storm's funkier side with some precision chiselled horns that drop into a riff so hooky you'll be signing up at the clinic. Silent is golden.
Certified & Silent Storm - "All Be Free" - (5:12) 175 BPM
Masker - "Dirty Business" - (4:26) 175 BPM
Review: Subway Soundz have get busy on the recruitment flex with five certified bangers from a whole cast of badmen. Higher Stakes bosser Pacso links up with Term for the grizzly opening salvo before Ego Trippin throw a few extra notes into the already infectious bassline riff on the Methodical "Barely Breathing". Elsewhere Coda tans our hides with a high harmonic Clipz-style bassline Certified & Silent Storm dust off the divas while Masker provides the final knock out with the super-bounce roller "Dirty Business". Time to get mucky.
Review: Invasion by name, invasion by nature: Silent Storm is in A-game takeover mode with this immaculate five-piece of timeless jungle jams. The title track will carpet bomb your crowd with deep funk Bristol science, "Clangers" will enforce martial law with its hypnotic out-of-this-world hook and groaning bass while "2 Deep" will create instant lockdown with its Cartoons style 96 era riff and Lafayette Afro sample. "Burn Them To Ashes" flattens and plunders the land with its spooked out drone bass while "Technique" claims victory with its Trilogy-style elastic bass and pummelling rolling drums. Invasion complete.
Review: Mayhem and Fingaz write two new cliffhanger chapters in the book of Silent Storm; "Deja vu" sets a raw late 90s tone with deep references to the likes of Moving Fusion and early incarnations of Bad Company thanks to its unrelenting drive and unapologetic sense of darkness. "Freek Sack" boots us into an apocalyptic future where sandpaper basslines and sharp two-steps act as hard currency and are regularly traded for rolling shakers and hi-hats. Vicious.
Review: For his latest audio assault, jump-up maestro Jayline dons a suit and does his best Lord Sugar impression. The man himself would undoubtedly be pleased with the title track (a hook-up with pal GPS), whose rolling beats, warped sub and gritty electronic stabs are the aural equivalent of dishing out a kicking in the board room. There's a similarly surging, in-your-face feel about "Willow", where a creepy but picturesque breakdown offers light relief from the rampaging breaks and throbbing sub. Elsewhere, AC MC lends a hand on future jump-up anthems "I Don't Rate It" and "Chicken Press", while "What's Gonna Happen" is a pleasingly dark and murky tech-step roller.
Review: A huge collection of hi-tempo, hi-energy tracks from the Soundbully Audio roster sees Volume 2 bust out of the label like a ready-made rave. Stuffed with cinematic samples, jump up beats, breaks and techy influences, there's something here for everyone. Set up to find and showcase the best new jump-up talent in the UK and beyond, this release features the likes of Soul Culture, Macky Gee, Complex and Hedex. What they've managed to find between the new names and the familiar faces is a full spectrum of sounds within the 170+ genre - interesting, especially while the world obsesses over taking it down to house tempo.
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