Review: Flipping fire between Saucy and Low Pitched, Spekktrum is slaying the system right now with a sound that refuses to sit in any one genre: grime, breaks, garage, bassline. It's all in his pranged-out icy cold melting pot. "The Feeling" is a straight up riff-heavy 4x4 stomper while "G Force" takes a more frazzled, fractured approach while "Quantum" causes early 90s flashbacks before sucking us back into the present day by way of a dangerously grizzled bass drop. Serious feelings.
Review: Low Pitched seems like the perfect label to house the grime-leaning bass stepping of artists like Spekktrum and Spookz. The former drops the heavy, breezy "Minimise That" featuring the iconic vocals of Flirta D in the background, and Sublow remixes the tune into a more bass-heavy dance banger with one potent bassline. The two team up on "Tell Me", another furious grime excursion, this time featuring the vocals of Lil Nasty, and backed with a more straight-cut radio edit.
Review: Inspired by the lack of pigeonholing in today's bassline scene, the much respected Low Pitched have rustled up their first album, Low Pitched Presents: Resonate, which aims to capture this aforementioned musical diversity. They haven't held back either, packing a whopping 23 new jams on this album, truly laying claim to having all bases covered. Highlights include the juddering low-end juggernaut "Patterns" by Clexx, the crisp, floating in space 2-stepper "Rowdy" and the truly next level, otherworldly rhythms of "Swedger" by Sketchman. A snapshot of a scene in full bloom.
Review: Never content to just trot out generic bass bangers, Spekktrum always seeks to push things forward. "Electronic Music" is no different being a spacey rhythm trip peppered with classic interview clips of ravers in their defiant youth. "Need Your Love" really takes his percussion skills to new heights, with various metallic effects ricocheting off each other in fine style. "Witness" is the darkest offering here - all break beats and wobble bass. A real standout however, is Spooky collaboration "House Of Haunted Horrors", which features a mean, dubby groove and an otherworldly breakdown.
Review: Two underground heavyweights, Spekktrum and Spookz, recently collided on the mighty "Violate". Here they drop the mixes led by their own sparse and nasty VIP grime mix. Elsewhere we get relentless 4x4 from Pavv, dark claps and trap beats on Hypho's mix, the ominous vibes and military rolls of J Beatz's rework and Lucent's boomy basement wobbler. Fierce.
Review: London's bass hero Spekktrum is back, skidding in at the 11th hour to deliver one last collection of beats before the year is out. It's a more stripped back sound he's gone for here: "Sound Dem Killa" features pitched-down ragga vocals over a doomy, gurgling half-step beat, "Shadow People" is a bit perkier, with clickety-clack beats, sampled movie dialogue and plenty of bass snarls, whilst "Ultrasonic" reintroduces the classic move of using samples of vintage, stiff-upper-lip technical monologues over breakbeats. Spookz also adds some ace tropical beats to the latter too! Result!
Review: Since being established one year ago, UK label Saucy have kept themselves very busy indeed. Apart from releasing singles from a top selection of international talent, they've also treated their audience to a few mini-compilations too. Here, they go for the big one: a full-blown collection to celebrate their first birthday. There are 20 tracks to chosen from, highlights include the deep string-led house of "Murder (Skapes mix)" by SPX, the otherworldly laser-bass attack of "Renegade Horns" by Libra and the haunted bass-step of Distro's remix of Pelikann's "Hear Me".
Review: Celebrating exactly a year of deep bass business, Artifice serve up their debut compilation with 10 blisteringly fresh exclusive tracks... And it's got something for everyone. Fancy a shuffle? Jump straight on Flare's chuggy Carl Craig flavoured "Digital Progression". Need a wide-tied, filo-fax hurling Janet Jackson style 80s b-boy jam? Chow down on Vern & Milla's "Bugeye". More of a sexytime, sensual type of DJ? Then get massaged by the purring velvet chords of Chris Darnoc's "Luke Jaywalker" (before getting swept off your feet by the depth-plunge bass) Want to pretend you're in London, 1999, during UKG's most influential era? Look no further than Harry Judda & James Dusk's "Hands Off". The list goes on. Something for everyone, but delivered with real consistency, Artifice are doing it right.
Review: Charismatic Tumble selector Joel hits the road once again with a collection of sinewy UKG, future bass, twisted house and barbed wire grime. Highlights fall of every track like an ill-fitting suit with gully gems such as the weirded out wobbles of Joedan & Kontent?s ?Ruggish?, Killjoy?s vitalising squelch funk on ?Public Enemy?, and premium sexytime silk in the form of Taz?s ?Lonely? and gossamer two-step soul by way of Spekktrum?s ?Talk To Me?. What with it being exactly a year since the last Roadman collection, we?re hoping Tumble turn this into an annual affair.
Review: Gunk guzzling garage right here as Spekktrum and Spookz hook up once again for three slabs of barbed wire two-step. "Violate" is a shiny grime hybrid with Capo Lee adding vocal armour to the bubbling breakbeats. "Time" is a much darker affair; all pacey kicks and twisted, tightly woven basslines. Finally "Intelligence" takes us back to the late 90s with a groove that switches between pirate amens and brigadier two-steps, sounding like the illegitimate lovechild of Radioactiveman and Stanton Warriors. That's no bad thing.
Review: UK operation Saucy Record return with a swiftly compiled second volume of Saucy Selections featuring a healthy 17 cuts of Tech, Bass, House and Garage from the international community. Label regulars like Libra (UK), Melod!k, and Spekktrum brush up against Saucy newcomers and there's a pleasant array of styles and sounds to be found within this selection, moving from sultry cuts such as opener "Had Enough" by Chris Skapetis to tougher and rougher bassline movers. Grande's "NOS" playfully toys around the Club Constructions approach to dancefloor tools, whilst Spekktrum is on aggro form with compilation highlight "The Game".
Review: London's fearsome rave reveller, Spekktrum, doesn't beat around the bush discussing his sound: "I make bassy stuff," he says. Spekktrum doesn'tdilly dally when it comes to production either, and "Babylon Bass" is a straight to the point, wobble-heavy reggae-step jam. For those wanting a little spice, the VIP mix is gets the breaks out for a dubbed-out assault. Elsewhere Dr Cryptic turns the bass to 11 and injects a lethal dose of 4x4 flow. Meanwhile, Negativ delivers a housed-up rework and Spookz closes with a UKF sizzler.
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