Review: Digital Terror galvanise their vaults with this absolute stormer of a collection. Bulging with some of the biggest names flexing in the fertile badlands between jump up / rollers, the whole album smacks of premium, uncut timeless D&B from the likes of Hoogs, Bou, Dutta, T>I, Taxman, Macky Gee, Rawtee and many many more. If you've been following Digital Terror you'll already know that every track is a highlight but stand out thumpers include the sinewy metallic ripples on Danger & Nightfang's "Turbulence", the blistered breaks and flabby bass wallops on Dutta & Raz's "Spectacular" and T>I's super slimy shakedown of Hoogs' "Jungle Bad". Stinking!
Review: With this release, Walking Dead Recordings have decided to represent the younger generation of jump-up producers, the hungry kids that are pushing the limits of how nuts jump-up can get before we all suffer immediate cardiac arrest. Eazy's 'Heat Ray' has that deeply satisfying, grating feeling to it that's reminiscent of a Bou tune, that feeling of frequencies just being pushed to their absolute limit. This is a common factor across the other three as well, in particular Simskai's 'Obey', which, with glitching complexity, fills that gnarly niche of Belgian jump-up badness. Big EP.
Review: In the many a hipster in the UK may turn their noses up at dark and dirty jump up, "It's too loud, too simple and just too much". But in Europe and across the pond jump up is embraced and nurtured as part of the wider scene, and therefor can accommodate influence from across the entire dnb sphere, and vice versa. We think this the reason Simskai's, gutter scraping-ly good EP sounds so distinguished. 'Instruments' is an assault rifle track, with modulated shots being flung all over the top of a warm, undercover sub. 'Monster' is a fast paced stepper brimming with herculean energy and twisted techy nods. High pitched whistles and a tongue in cheek vox sample bring all the grubby hallmarks of jump up to 'Weird' but there are levels of echoes and atmospherics that bring a dystopian nuero feel. 'Energy' has a real mix of the darker sub-genre's, a barrage of sci-fi samples, a low pulsating sub and high distorted bursts of synth, it's a biggie. 'Lights Out' finishes the EP were we started, in a grotty, devil summoning soundscape, crisp breaks standout here against a collection of horror film worthy elements.
Review: VIP klaxon! Walking Dead revisit the vault and update with fresh version power. First up is a critical damager from Walking Dead's parent label Escalated Sounds. We don't need to tell you how brutal this was throughout the first half of 2016 - now it's back with a modified hook and added hype for the VIP. Simskai's laser bass gangbanger "Game Over", meanwhile, flexes its VIP muscles on the fills with additional twists on the bass hook and full focus on the spine-hunching reverse strings. VIP - very important party-hurters.
Review: Flipping the switch and easing into the new year with subversive style, heavyweight dancefloor imprint Bass Legion let loose with a collection of deeper, liquid sounds you might not expect from their usually uncompromising acts. Serious moments of delicate and imaginative music abound as Tsuki plays a restrained piano number, Metal Work goes on a Total Science style space funk step odyssey and Dutta delivers a wondrous filtered hazy roller that wouldn't have gone amiss on Hospital 15 years ago. Rounding up the deep concept in style Vision takes us to the stars on a Maduk style trip while Simskai gets freak on a slippery synth disco trip. A well-executed concept; more labels should take a leaf out of Bass Legion's book and get their artists exploring other styles.
Review: Belgium b2b Britain: Simskai calls up Croydon up-and-comers Delta & Fluxy for a sense-shattering tear-up with bass tones that sound like a space-ship being folded inside out. Metallic, sharp yet out-of-this-world, this blows minds on every outing. Simskai goes solo for the second part as "Gave Over" goes all-out grunt with alien sound bass punctuation and just the right amount of eerie strings in the background.
Review: Belgian badness: Simskai makes his Murda Sound debut with two Rampage-ready sonic scud missiles. "Crazy" deftly plays Q&A between strange strings and an addictive bassline hook while "Program" goes in on the fun offensive with two rollercoaster basslines vying for attention and a mid-'90s trance-style counter melody on the build-up (think Da Hool) May Simskai's prolific assault long continue.
Review: After a series of strong-armed dispatches on Clawhammer throughout 2015, Simskai makes his debut on Digibit's Shifin Beatz with a firing four-tracker: while "Magician" doesn't pull any rabbits out of hats, it will certainly transform your dancefloor into chaos, "People" is a lesson in minimalism as a gurgling bassline drapes itself subtly over concrete drums while "The One" takes us deep into the robot's most romantic psyche. Finally we climax with "Cruel". Loaded and coded with a devilish laugh and tungsten tip bass slaps, it lives up to its name.
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