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Critical Music
Played by: Dj Dazee
Review: Kasra, the head honcho of Critical Music, kicks off the label's 2024 releases with "Dream Metal," an 8-track exploration of deep, atmospheric drum & bass. Kasra brings together a diverse cast of vocalists and producers, each adding their unique flavour. From the haunting vocals of Slay on "City Of Rain" to the infectious energy of Killa P on "Running Red," the collaborations keep things fresh and exciting. The album goes from atmospheric opener with its ethereal vocals and pulsating bassline with "Spaceman", a more dancefloor-oriented track, with infectious energy and a killer vocal performance with "Talk Up" to take a turn with "Shatter," a darker and heavier layering intricate sounds and textures. "Dream Metal" lives up to its name, weaving a soundscape that's heavy on atmosphere and introspective vibes. Deep basslines pulsate, intricate drum patterns weave through, and haunting melodies drift in and out.
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CRITMLP 003
01 Mar 24
Drum & Bass / Jungle
01 Mar 24
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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CRIT 217
21 Jul 23
Drum & Bass / Jungle
21 Jul 23
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Review: A king selector and respected label director first and foremost, Critical bossman Kasra doesn't dish out sonic sermons very often. But when he does, it's always worth paying attention. Especially when Russian demon Enei is on board, too. Five tracks in total, we range from the swampy half time sludge of "Inside The Box" to the early Metalheadz ice and depth plunge breaks of "Words" via the peaktime heads down stepper "Arcana". The real highlight, though, is "Overthinking". Haunted pianos, ghostly breakbeat flickers and paranoid poetry from everyone's favourite MC, DRS, this is up there with "Count To 10". Yeah, it's that good.
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CRIT 082
29 Jun 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle
29 Jun 15
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Played by: Ronin Selecta [AGN7 Audio], Juno Recommends Drum & Bass, Sunchase, Philth, The Upbeats, Rockwell (Shogun Audio), Hex
Review: Always on top of their game, Critical's mastermind Kasra rips two hard-hitting tracks from his personal collection of pre-release dubs and makes them available to mere mortals. First track "Signalz", by dark neuro powerhouse Mefjus, is a stroppy, storming blaze through time and space. Faster than the speed of light and nasty enough to give the Neosignal guys a run for their money, it's already detonating dancefloors the world over. Kasra's own darkly dangerous stepper "Cypher" takes the flip, combining dirty synths and cinematic tension to create the most perfect drum and bass skank-along track this year has seen so far. As with all Critical releases, bag on sight.
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CRIT 069
18 Mar 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
18 Mar 13
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Played by: Juno Recommends Drum & Bass, Hero Records, Mutated Forms, Liz-E, MIKAL, Diphasic, Emperor, Critical Music
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CRIT 064EP
11 Jun 12
Drum & Bass / Jungle
11 Jun 12
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Review: Fresh from his recent excellent outing on the Shogun Audio's Way Of The Warrior compilation, Brighton-based Foreign Concept weighs in with three heavyweight tracks for Critical. Kicking proceedings off, "Mob Justice" is a heads down, stripped back roller underpinned by deadly subs. Label boss Kasra joins in the fun on "Show Me" which intros with a Robert Owens style vocal before the darkness descends. Finally, "Babyfaced Battleaxe" is a dubstep monster with a catchy old skool vocal hook. Yet another sterling effort from the Critical camp.
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CRIT 058D
24 Oct 11
Drum & Bass / Jungle
24 Oct 11
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Played by: Lenzman
Review: Critical boss Kasra never misses a trick. Having built his label up to be one of the leading lynchpins in D&B, now he takes to the studio hot seat and teams up with S.P.Y for a couple of killer collabs - incidentally his first EP since 2002! "Surface" gets things started with a snappy two-step break, driving, warped bassline and echoing, distant vocal snatches. It's got that all-encompassing, attention grabbing finesse, with Metalheadz style touches and a deep, rolling vibe. "Control", however, takes things back a decade or so, with some classic old skool breaks and classy, stripped back sultriness.
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CRIT 054
18 Apr 11
Drum & Bass / Jungle
18 Apr 11
Drum & Bass / Jungle
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CRITDIGI 001
09 Mar 09
Drum & Bass / Jungle
09 Mar 09
Drum & Bass / Jungle
