Review: Hot on the heels of his last month's 'Set Me Free / Source Code', Brazilian-in-Bristol S.P.Y continues to throw down some heavyweight feels on DARKMTTR. As always, he's thriving in the contrasts. 'Complicated' hits hard with its anthemic euphoria and big vocal hook before dropping into a rifle-like laser riff that rises and rises with venomous momentum. 'Insidious' meanwhile shows S.P.Y's headsier side off. A nod back to his Dubplate Style project, there's a swaggering UK feel to this one that you could imagine Randall laying down at 3am. Everyone's a winner right here.
Review: Following big bangers on the likes of Wilkinson's Sleepless and his original stomping ground Hospital Records earlier this year, Carlos S.P.Y returns to his own label DARKMTTR with two outright anthems for the summer season. Already big staples at festivals, these explosive emotional workouts show S.P.Y at his most heavyweight and heroic... 'Set Me Free' is a big dancefloor weapon laced with a rush-inducing arpeggio and beats slick enough to cause an oil disaster. 'Source Code' takes us deeper into S.P.Y's psyche with technoid elements and a sense of momentum strong enough to shave every hair from your body. Freedom!!!
Review: S.P.Y - can look back over his career with Hospital Records, Shogun Audio and Metalheadz and feel pretty good about his contribution to drum and bass. Looking to the future, DARKMTTR is the artist's new label project dedicated to contemporary, new forms. Keeping the piano rolls fresh and drums liquid in "I've Been Missing You", the groove stays the same in "Alpha Centauri" only with a heavier bassline added to compliment its menacing atmospheres and low end swagger. Breaking it down some in the title-track with rip-roaring synths and tear-out breaks, a slightly stripped back but loaded number of low end frequencies thrum underneath a barrage of chaotic drums, white noise and epic drops in "Bad Monday". DARKMTTR has arrived.
Review: It's been a brief minute since we took in a drop from the Maraki team, who return to releasing here with the third edition of their hailed 'Spaces' EP series. We kick off with co-founder My Nu Leng joining forces with S.P.Y for a hardcore inspired melting pot of breaksy drum lines and pulsating bass stabs entitled 'Feel It'. Next, Freddie Martin makes his return with 'Do Your Thing', a typically raucous experiment, combining smooth drumlines with unpredictable melodic structures for excellent listening. From here, NuBass arrives on the scene with the metallic synthesizer fluctuations of 'Titanic' to add a different direction to the show, followed finally by the incredibly groovy bass sweeps of Tony Wonka's 'Break', a perfect ending to a well thought out tracklisting.
Review: Total Science's CIA take a moment for reflection as they look back over the decades of hard service they've done and cherry pick a few old gold favourites. As with previous Select Files collections, the range is widescreen and full of authentic, timeless, honest D&B. You want highlights? You best start going through every track... Everything from Calibre's 2009 snarling bongo-buster "Understand" to some of S.P.Y's earliest cuts such as "Dark Age" and "Magic Hour" and the VIP of Total Science's evergreen ballistic rave weapon "Defcom 69" still hits the spot like they did the first time round. Get selective.
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